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The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man

Englisht by John Lydgate, A.D. 1426, from the French of Guillaume De Deguileville, A.D. 1330, 1355. The Text Edited by F. J. Furnivall ... With Introduction, Notes, Glossary and Indexes by Katharine B. Locock

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Sapyence axeth:

‘Thanne,’ quod she, with-outë slouthe,
‘Declare to me the verray trowthe;
Syth thow halst thy sylff so wys,
How gret ys yt, to thyn avys.’