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A newe Treatyse deuyded in thre [arties

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[The fyrst parte is to know, & haue ī mynde]

Here begyn̄eth a newe Treatyse deuyded in thre parties.

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1.

Here begynneth the fyrste parte of this boke/that speaketh of mannes wretchednes.

Of the begynnyng of mans lyfe.

Of the myddes of a mans lyfe.

Here ye may here of the ende of a mannes lyfe.

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Here begynneth the seconde parte of this boke/that speaketh of the worlde.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto the see.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto a wyldernes.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto a Forest.

Howe the worlde may be lykened to a battell in a felde.

Of two wayes in this worlde.

Of the vnstedfastnes of this worlde.

Howe the rowndenes of this worlde is lykened to a man.

Of the condycyons of worldly men.

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Here begynneth the thyrde parte of this boke/that speaketh of death.

Of thre maners of death.

Howe a mannes soule is deade throughe synne.

Howe in hell is death without ende.

What maner thynge is death.

Men dredeth death for foure thynges.

Of the fyrste encheason why men dredeth death.

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The .ij. encheasō why mē dredeth death.

Howe the deuyll came and appered vnto saynt Bernarde.

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Of the thyrde encheason why men dredeth death.

Of the fourth encheason why men dredeth death.

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Homo nascitur ad laborem: sicut Auis ad volandum.

He sayeth man is made, to trauayle aryght
As the foule is made to his flyght

For lytell rest he hath in his lyfe ywys
But euer in trauayle, full besye is
And yet is a man, when he is bore
The fendes of hell, and all ylore
Untyll he throughe grace, agayne ben ynome
And to baptyme afterwarde come
Therfore euery man, shall vnderstande so
That his lyfe, is but sorowe and woo.