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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‘And ffirstë, ȝeue thow haue plesaunce,
With me to hauen áqueyntaunce,
Thow schalt aqueyntyd ben anoon
With these ladyes euerychon,
Verreyly at thyne ownë lyst:
In my byheste haue ffully tryst,
ffor gracë off the hooly goost
Schal ffolewe the in euery coost,
Ryght as this whytë dowuë doth,
Ay sueth me, and that is soth,
Whiche schal the teche and tellen al
The secreës celestyal.
ffor, sche is off hevene (ffer and ner)
The verrey trewë messager.
Erly at morewe, and at eve
Estudyantys sche kan releve,
To ȝeue hem her reffeccyoun
By myne ad-mynystracyoun.’
With me to hauen áqueyntaunce,
Thow schalt aqueyntyd ben anoon
With these ladyes euerychon,
Verreyly at thyne ownë lyst:
In my byheste haue ffully tryst,
ffor gracë off the hooly goost
Schal ffolewe the in euery coost,
Ryght as this whytë dowuë doth,
Ay sueth me, and that is soth,
Whiche schal the teche and tellen al
The secreës celestyal.
ffor, sche is off hevene (ffer and ner)
The verrey trewë messager.
Erly at morewe, and at eve
Estudyantys sche kan releve,
To ȝeue hem her reffeccyoun
By myne ad-mynystracyoun.’
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