Lydgate's Fall of Princes Edited by Dr. Henry Bergen ... presented to The Early English Text Society by The Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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Machabree the Doctoure. |
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Machabree the Doctoure.
Mans lyfe is nought els, platly for to thinke,
But as [a] wind[e] which is transitory,
Passing ay forth, whether he wake or winke,
Toward this daunce, haueth this in memorye,
Remembryng aye there is no better victory
In this life here than fle syn at the least;
Than shal ye reygne in paradise with glorye.
Happy is he that maketh in heauen his feast!
But as [a] wind[e] which is transitory,
Passing ay forth, whether he wake or winke,
Toward this daunce, haueth this in memorye,
Remembryng aye there is no better victory
In this life here than fle syn at the least;
Than shal ye reygne in paradise with glorye.
Happy is he that maketh in heauen his feast!
Yet been there folke mo than sixe or seuen,
Recheles of life in many maner wyse,
Like as there were hell[e] none nor heauen.
Such false errour let euery man despise;
For holy saynctes and olde clerkes wyse
Written contrary, her falsenes to deface:
To liuen wel, take for the best emprise,
Is much[e] worth when men shall hence passe.
Recheles of life in many maner wyse,
Like as there were hell[e] none nor heauen.
Such false errour let euery man despise;
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Written contrary, her falsenes to deface:
To liuen wel, take for the best emprise,
Is much[e] worth when men shall hence passe.
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