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: |
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Sapyence axeth:
Quod Sapyence to hym ageyn,‘Than axe I the (no thyng in veyn,)
Yiff thow knowe auht, answere to me,
The inward gret capacyte
Off an herte, wych ys so smal;
And yiff yt myghte (to reknen al,)
Be fully fed in any wyse;
Or what thyng myghte to yt suffyse
To appese hys gret delyt,
Or staunche hys gredy appetyt.’
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