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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 cum in honore esset non intellegit comparatus est in mentis insipientibus.

He sayeth, when a man in worshyp is brought
Ryght good vnderstandynge, hath he nought
Therfore he may be lykened, both in flesshe and bone
To beestes that reason and wyt can none
Therfore euery man, that hath wyt and mynde
Oft shulde thynke, on his wretched kynde

And that with fylthe he is all ynome
As he may se euery day from his body come
Both at nose and at mouth, and byneth also
All maner corrupcyon, cōmeth hym fro
And howe foule it is to euery mannes syght
Saynt Bernarde wytnesseth to vs full ryght.