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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Arystotyles answereth: |
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Arystotyles answereth:
‘Sothly,’ quod he, ‘I dar expresse,As touchyng the gretnesse,
Yt ys but smal vn-to the sihte;
ffor ther-with-al, vnnethë myghte,
An hungry kyte (& do no wast,)
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To staunche hys hunger (for gret nede,)
At the ffulle hym-sylff to ffede.’
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