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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Sapience argueth:
Thanne her-vp-on quod Sapience,‘Yt behoueth in sentence,
That the fulfyllyng in substaunce
To the fulle haue suffysaunce;
Or ellys yt mot nedys be
That the wlgar auctoryte,
Wych for thy party thow hast leyd,
Prevyd by argument & seyd,
In al the world, thow toldest me,
Ther may no placë voydë be;
And yiff that woyde wer any thyng,
Yt sholde folwe, off thy seyyng,
That yt muste fulfylled be;
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Yt muste algatys voyde a-byde:
Thy sentence me lyst nat hyde.’
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