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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‘Sothly,’ quod he, ‘I se ryht wel
Yt may avaylle neueradel
(ffor ouht that I kan espye,)
With yow to holden chaumpartye,
Or Argue al the longë day:
Yt ys best that I go my way.
Do what yow lyst, ffer or ner,
Your myght ys grete, and your power;
What-so ye lyst, ye may well don̄.’
‘And thus thys mayster ys a-gon,
And dydë ek hys bysy cure,
ffor to tellen to Nature
Off hys exployts and off hys sped.
And a-noon, as she took heed,
She gan to gruchen in hyr thouht;
But whan she sawh yt wayllede nouht,
Mor to maken résistence,
She suffrede al in pacïence.’
Yt may avaylle neueradel
(ffor ouht that I kan espye,)
With yow to holden chaumpartye,
Or Argue al the longë day:
Yt ys best that I go my way.
Do what yow lyst, ffer or ner,
Your myght ys grete, and your power;
What-so ye lyst, ye may well don̄.’
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And dydë ek hys bysy cure,
ffor to tellen to Nature
Off hys exployts and off hys sped.
And a-noon, as she took heed,
She gan to gruchen in hyr thouht;
But whan she sawh yt wayllede nouht,
Mor to maken résistence,
She suffrede al in pacïence.’
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