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land_n but_o he_o that_o serve_v the_o world_n and_o have_v thereto_o love_n serve_v the_o world_n and_o nothing_o god_n above_o for_o the_o world_n be_v here_o the_o devylles_n servant_n and_o he_o that_o it_o serve_v and_o thereto_o will_v grant_v and_o many_o a_o man_n now_o after_o the_o world_n lysten_v but_o i_o hold_v he_o not_o wise_a that_o thereon_o trust_v for_o this_o world_n be_v false_a and_o deceyvable_a and_o in_o all_o thing_n wonder_o unstable_a therefore_o i_o hold_v a_o man_n nothing_o wytty_n that_o about_o the_o world_n make_v he_o besy_n for_o a_o man_n may_v not_o god_n servant_n be_v but_o he_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o world_n will_v flee_v 〈◊〉_d he_o may_v not_o love_v god_n but_o he_o the_o world_n despise_v 〈◊〉_d the_o holy_a gospel_n say_v in_o this_o wise_n ¶_o â—emo_fw-la potest_fw-la duobâ—s_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—eruire_v aâ—t_fw-la unum_fw-la odio_fw-la habebit_fw-la 〈…〉_o &_o unum_fw-la susâ—inebit_fw-la &_o asterum_fw-la contempâ—â—et_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v no_o man_n can_v serve_v god_n at_o will_n neither_o two_a lord_n that_o he_o ne_fw-mi do_v full_a evyll_n for_o else_o he_o shall_v hate_v one_o in_o his_o deed_n and_o that_o other_o love_n in_o his_o manhede_v other_o he_o shall_v maintain_v that_o one_o outryght_a 〈◊〉_d that_o other_o despise_v and_o set_v full_o light_v the_o world_n be_v god_n ennemye_n and_o so_o man_n shall_v it_o call_v for_o it_o be_v contraryous_a to_o his_o work_n all_o 〈◊〉_d so_o be_v everywhichone_o that_o the_o world_n love_v well_o as_o the_o holy_a evangelyst_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n ¶_o 〈◊〉_d vust_n esse_fw-la amicus_fw-la hâ—ius_fw-la mundâ—_n inimicus_fw-la dei_fw-la constitultur_n ¶_o 〈…〉_o he_o that_o will_v the_o world_n friend_n be_v god_n ennemye_n forsooth_o than_o be_v he_o and_o sore_o worldly_a man_n greve_v god_n ywys_o therefore_o the_o apostell_n in_o his_o epystell_n say_v this_o ¶_o noâ—â—te_v diligere_fw-la mundum_fw-la nec_fw-la ea_fw-la que_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la suâ—â—t_fw-la ¶_o love_n nought_o the_o world_n say_v he_o ne_o nothing_o that_o in_o the_o world_n may_v be_v for_o all_o that_o be_v in_o this_o world_n that_o any_o man_n teâ—â—_n can_v other_o it_o be_v covytous_a or_o lust_n of_o flesh_n of_o man_n other_o covytous_a of_o eye_n that_o man_n may_v with_o look_v other_o pride_n of_o life_n as_o wytness_v the_o book_n ¶_o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la aut_fw-la est_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la carnis_fw-la aut_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la ocuâ—orum_fw-la aut_fw-la superbia_fw-la vite_fw-la ¶_o covytous_a of_o flesh_n that_o be_v sing_v that_o parteyn_v to_o a_o man_n lust_n or_o like_n covytous_a of_o eye_n as_o every_o man_n may_v guess_v be_v riches_n that_o come_v to_o a_o man_n with_o bliss_n and_o pride_n of_o life_n that_o man_n keep_v in_o thought_n and_o ever_o desire_v to_o great_a honour_n to_o be_v bring_v and_o lyck_v and_o lust_n of_o flesshe_o majesty_n engender_v the_o foul_a sin_n of_o lechery_n but_o god_n make_v the_o world_n as_o he_o be_v wytnes_n for_o to_o serve_v man_n in_o all_o manner_n of_o goodness_n wherefore_o be_v man_n servant_n to_o the_o world_n then_o and_o make_v he_o the_o world_n bond_n man_n since_o he_o may_v serve_v god_n and_o ever_o be_v â—re_n and_o out_o of_o the_o world_n thraldom_n be_v but_o will_v a_o man_n know_v right_a as_o he_o shall_v what_o the_o world_n be_v and_o her_o falseness_n behold_v he_o shall_v have_v no_o will_n as_o i_o understande_v after_o the_o world_n any_o thing_n to_o fond_a lo_n what_o say_v bartholomewe_a the_o great_a clerk_n that_o speak_v of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o her_o work_n ¶_o mundus_fw-la nichil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la ê™_n quodâ—am_fw-la exilium_fw-la erumpna_fw-la labour_v
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senuit_fw-la iam_fw-la mundus_fw-la uâ—erque_fw-la &_o maior_fw-la mundus_fw-la &_o minor_fw-la &_o quanto_fw-la proluxius_fw-la utriusque_fw-la senectus_fw-la ê“ducitus_fw-la tantâ—_n deterniâ—_n utriusque_fw-la natura_fw-la conprobatur_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v as_o it_o be_v in_o latin_a tell_v either_o world_n now_o wax_v full_a old_a and_o the_o long_o that_o their_o time_n be_v here_o seek_v and_o the_o age_n of_o either_o other_o forth_o ybrought_a the_o more_o in_o malice_n aâ—d_v in_o feblenes_n ywys_o the_o kind_n of_o either_o other_o mâ—â—led_v â—s_n of_o the_o condycyon_n of_o worldliness_n of_o those_o worldly_a man_n great_a outrage_n man_n may_v see_v of_o pomp_n and_o pride_n and_o all_o vanyte_n in_o dyverse_a manner_n and_o in_o dyverse_a guise_n that_o now_o be_v use_v in_o many_o manner_n wise_a in_o worldly_a have_v and_o high_a bear_v as_o in_o idle_a apparyle_n and_o foul_a wear_v the_o which_o ask_v over_o great_a costage_n and_o at_o the_o last_o it_o tourn_v to_o 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and_o through_o such_o uncomely_a pomp_n and_o pride_n they_o ne_o wot_v whither_o they_o may_v go_v or_o ride_v for_o so_o moche_n pride_n as_o now_o be_v ywene_n be_v never_o before_o among_o man_n see_v for_o such_o guise_n that_o come_v of_o wantonhede_v i_o trow_v that_o they_o may_v be_v token_n drede_v of_o great_a myschyfe_n and_o hasty_a to_o understande_v that_o be_v now_o in_o to_o this_o world_n command_v and_o therefore_o god_n wrath_n with_o they_o shall_v mete_v as_o wytness_v david_n the_o prophet_n ¶_o etirritaverunt_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o vanitatibus_fw-la suis._n ¶_o and_o they_o meve_v he_o to_o wrath_n say_v he_o in_o their_o new_a fyndynge_n of_o vanyte_n this_o may_v be_v call_v as_o the_o book_n prove_v by_o they_o that_o such_o dysguyse_n use_v for_o such_o man_n therewith_o god_n greve_v and_o therefore_o from_o they_o his_o grace_n he_o reve_v and_o god_n at_o the_o last_o to_o they_o will_v send_v great_a vengeance_n but_o they_o they_o amend_v god_n suffer_v 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clarcke_n can_v tell_v for_o god_n himself_o wytness_v it_o in_o the_o gospel_n woe_n to_o you_o say_v chryst_n that_o thynk_v with_o your_o will_n that_o evyll_n thing_n be_v good_a and_o good_a thing_n evyll_n that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o themselves_o shall_v be_v woe_n that_o in_o this_o world_n myslyve_v their_o life_n so_o and_o thus_o be_v the_o world_n and_o man_n life_n therein_o full_a with_o vanyte_n and_o wretchedness_n of_o sin_n but_o some_o man_n love_v so_o moche_v this_o life_n and_o also_o the_o world_n that_o be_v full_a of_o strife_n and_o so_o they_o think_v never_o to_o wend_v there_o fro_o but_o ever_o to_o dwell_v here_o if_o it_o may_v be_v so_o and_o love_v so_o moche_v this_o world_n vanyte_n and_o never_o desire_v here_o in_o other_o life_n to_o be_v but_o will_v a_o man_n well_o he_o understande_v that_o the_o world_n be_v besy_n a_o man_n for_o to_o shonde_v and_o what_o he_o shall_v have_v thereof_o at_o the_o last_o end_n when_o he_o shall_v from_o the_o world_n wend_v than_o shall_v he_o list_v both_o night_n and_o day_n to_o forsake_v myrthe_n and_o sing_v well_o away_o a_o man_n therefore_o must_v such_o work_n forsake_v and_o to_o god_n mercy_n all_o his_o herte_n take_v and_o lede_n here_o his_o life_n in_o mekenes_n and_o povert_n in_o fâ—sting_a and_o in_o penance_n and_o other_o work_v smert_a and_o know_v his_o conseyence_n that_o be_v inward_a to_o have_v the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n than_o afterward_o and_o thus_o shall_v every_o man_n he_o well_o be_v think_v if_o he_o will_v god_n grace_n in_o he_o sink_v now_o have_v i_o tell_v you_o in_o dyverse_a manere_fw-la the_o condycyon_n of_o man_n life_n and_o of_o the_o world_n here_o and_o now_o i_o will_v pass_v furthermore_o and_o speak_v of_o the_o three_o part_n and_o of_o his_o lore_n that_o tell_v specyal_o as_o i_o shall_v rede_n of_o death_n and_o wherefore_o it_o be_v to_o drede_v ¶_o here_o begyn_v the_o three_o part_n of_o this_o book_n that_z speak_v of_o death_n death_n be_v most_o dredefull_a thing_n that_o be_v in_o all_o the_o world_n as_o the_o book_n wytness_v this_o for_o there_o be_v no_o quick_o thing_n lyve_v that_o against_o death_n be_v sore_o dread_a flee_v it_o as_o long_o as_o he_o may_v but_z at_o last_o it_o be_v death_n pray_v and_o when_o death_n come_v and_o make_v debate_v all_o thing_n he_o bring_v in_o to_o another_o state_n for_o no_o man_n may_v against_o he_o stand_v whither_o he_o come_v by_o water_n or_o by_o land_n ¶_o of_o three_o manner_n of_o death_n as_o clarcke_n find_v write_v they_o rede_v three_o manner_n of_o death_n ben_fw-mi y_fw-mi â—_o man_n drede_v one_o be_v bodily_a that_o after_o kind_n do_v wend_v and_o y_o e_o
man_n can_v show_v neither_o too_o old_a man_n for_o their_o day_n be_v few_o death_n will_v have_v neither_o reverence_n nor_o favour_n neither_o friendship_n of_o king_n ne_o emperor_n neither_o of_o bysshop_n ne_o yet_o of_o prelate_n neither_o of_o other_o what_o soever_o they_o be_v of_o state_n therefore_o saint_n bernarde_n say_v thus_o in_o his_o write_v for_o every_o man_n shall_v drede_v death_n come_v ¶_o mortem_fw-la esse_fw-la communem_fw-la cunctis_fw-la scito_fw-la viventibus_fw-la ¶_o understande_v thou_o he_o say_v that_o death_n be_v to_o all_o common_a both_o to_o more_o and_o less_o and_o thus_o shall_v death_n bysyte_n every_o man_n and_o yet_o what_o he_o be_v no_o man_n dyscerne_v can_v but_o the_o pain_n of_o death_n that_o all_o shall_v feel_v as_o tell_v a_o philosopher_n to_o we_o full_o well_o he_o lyken_v a_o man_n life_n unto_o a_o three_fw-mi that_o be_v waxing_n if_o it_o may_v be_v through_o a_o man_n heart_n wrote_n to_o spring_v and_o in_o every_o place_n a_o branch_n grow_a and_o the_o crop_n at_o y_fw-es â—_o mouth_n out_o come_v may_v and_n to_o each_o a_o jointe_n a_o root_n be_v dight_v and_o every_o vain_a that_o be_v in_o a_o man_n body_n have_v a_o rote_n fasten_v full_o hear_v thereby_o and_o to_o every_o fynger_n and_o toe_n also_o be_v a_o rote_n from_o the_o three_fw-mi grow_a thereto_o that_o in_o each_o limb_n that_o be_v in_o every_o side_n the_o rote_n of_o the_o three_fw-mi shall_v thereon_o betide_v if_o that_o three_fw-mi be_v so_o sore_o pull_v out_o that_o the_o rote_n shall_v arise_v all_o about_o than_o shall_v the_o rote_n the_o jointe_n strain_v and_o each_o bone_n and_o synewe_v also_o with_o vain_a than_o a_o more_o pain_n can_v no_o man_n cast_v than_o this_o 〈…〉_o long_o as_o it_o may_v last_v and_o yet_o the_o pain_n of_o death_n be_v hold_v more_o and_o hard_a in_o his_o time_n than_o this_o wear_v therefore_o every_o man_n before_o as_o it_o be_v say_v may_v great_o drede_v the_o hard_a death_n braid_v but_o the_o most_o drede_n be_v then_o all_o within_o if_o a_o man_n soul_n be_v in_o deed_o sin_n and_o therefore_o the_o prophet_n say_v thus_o in_o his_o book_n and_o warn_v we_o echone_v thereto_o to_o look_v ¶_o o_o mors_fw-la ê™_n amara_fw-la memoria_fw-la tua_fw-la homini_fw-la iniusto_fw-la ¶_o o_o thou_o bitter_a death_n and_o dredefull_a say_v he_o full_a grisly_a thing_n it_o be_v for_o to_o think_v on_o the_o and_o namely_o to_o that_o man_n that_o be_v full_a of_o sin_n wherefore_o his_o conscyence_n be_v greve_v within_o therefore_o i_o thynk_v a_o man_n be_v not_o sly_a that_o make_v not_o he_o to_o death_n ready_a for_o so_o certain_a in_o earth_n be_v no_o manner_n man_n that_o his_o end_n day_n forsooth_o tell_v can_v neither_o the_o time_n of_o death_n can_v not_o look_v and_o so_o saint_n bernarde_n say_v in_o this_o book_n ¶_o quid_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la hymanis_fw-la certius_fw-la est_fw-la morte_fw-la quid_fw-la incertius_fw-la hora_fw-la mortis_fw-la invenietur_fw-la ¶_o he_o 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v to_o a_o man_n more_o certain_a than_o be_v death_n that_o be_v so_o sudden_a and_o what_o be_v also_o more_o uncertain_a thing_n than_o be_v the_o time_n of_o death_n come_v therefore_o saint_n austyne_n the_o holy_a man_n say_v thus_o in_o his_o book_n as_o i_o prove_v can_v ¶_o â—rscis_fw-la qua_fw-la hora_fw-la veniat_fw-la morâ—_n ideo_fw-la semper_fw-la vigila_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la venery_n te_fw-la ê‘atum_fw-la inuâ—niat_fw-la â—_o tempus_fw-la illiê°_n forte_fw-fr nescis_fw-la ut_fw-la senê‘_n ideo_fw-la in_fw-mi ê‘atê°_n ¶_o man_n thou_o know_v nat_n say_v he_o what_o time_n death_n come_v shall_v be_v therefore_o wake_v as_o thou_o have_v ever_o know_v the_o tide_n and_o time_n of_o death_n come_v that_o death_n find_v the_o when_o he_o shall_v come_v all_o ready_a to_o god_n and_o buxom_a for_o thou_o shall_v not_o perchance_o know_v the_o come_n of_o death_n to_o hold_v the_o law_n and_o in_o thy_o conscyence_n to_o make_v the_o yare_a for_o when_o death_n come_v he_o will_v not_o spare_v than_o behove_v we_o our_o life_n so_o to_o cast_v as_o every_o day_n of_o our_o life_n be_v the_o last_o and_o every_o day_n we_o aredy_o to_o make_v as_o we_o shall_v each_o day_n the_o death_n take_v and_o not_o abide_v till_o death_n we_o vysyte_n for_o saint_n austyne_n in_o his_o book_n thus_o do_v write_v ¶_o 〈◊〉_d nobis_fw-la ultimum_n dies_fw-la ut_fw-la obseruerentur_fw-la bene_fw-la ceteri_fw-la diâ—â—_n raro_fw-la enim_fw-la perantur_fw-la remedia_fw-la cum_fw-la mortis_fw-la venerunt_fw-la pericula_fw-la ¶_o the_o last_o day_n of_o man_n here_o say_v he_o for_o all_o other_o day_n better_o keep_v shall_v be_v for_o man_n ordeyn_v remedy_n to_o late_o when_o peril_n of_o death_n stand_v at_o the_o gate_n and_o in_o the_o same_o state_n that_o he_o be_v than_o he_o shall_v be_v deem_v when_o he_o be_v go_v therefore_o every_o man_n for_o drede_v of_o letting_a shall_v not_o abide_v death_n come_v but_o make_v he_o ready_a or_o he_o death_n feel_v and_o than_o after_o keep_v himself_o well_o for_o when_o death_n be_v to_o the_o gate_n come_v than_o to_o late_o have_v he_o his_o warning_a nome_fw-mi for_o death_n from_o a_o man_n his_o mind_n byreve_v and_o no_o kindly_a wit_n in_o he_o byleve_v for_o than_o shall_v he_o find_v such_o pain_n and_o drede_n that_o he_o shall_v think_v upon_o no_o mysdede_n but_o in_o this_o pain_n and_o in_o nothing_o else_o as_o the_o holy_a man_n saint_n austyne_n tell_v ¶_o timor_fw-la mortis_fw-la totam_fw-la vitam_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicat_fw-la lt_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la tunc_fw-la libeat_fw-la cogitare_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o drede_v of_o death_n he_o say_v when_o he_o assayl_v a_o man_n change_v the_o soul_n and_o make_v the_o body_n win_v so_o he_o lust_n than_o to_o have_v no_o thought_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v here_o ywrought_v therefore_o every_o man_n amend_v he_o here_o or_o death_n come_v and_o send_v his_o messengere_fw-la and_o if_o a_o man_n will_v before_o beware_v than_o of_o all_o sin_n death_n shall_v find_v he_o bare_a his_o messenger_n well_o may_v be_v call_v syckenes_n that_o go_v before_o and_o bring_v he_o indystre_v for_o syckenes_n oft_o time_n pyne_v a_o man_n so_o that_o for_o great_a syckenes_n his_o mind_n be_v go_v for_o than_o may_v â—e_v think_v upon_o nothing_o else_o but_o upon_o the_o pain_n that_o upon_o he_o dwell_v but_o when_o dâ—ath_n come_v to_o he_o soon_o afterward_o than_o pain_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v more_o hard_a for_o than_o shall_v he_o be_v let_v in_o such_o drede_n so_o that_o of_o himself_o he_o take_v lytell_a heed_n and_o that_o be_v reason_n for_o he_o will_v nought_o while_o that_o he_o may_v have_v god_n in_o thought_n therefore_o he_o shaâ—l_v then_o less_o clean_o his_o mind_n and_o thus_o we_o may_v 〈◊〉_d saint_n austyne_n find_v ¶_o hac_fw-la animaduersione_fw-la percuttitor_n peccator_fw-la ut_fw-la moriens_fw-la obliviscatur_fw-la svi_fw-la qui_fw-la dum_fw-la viveret_fw-la oblitus_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la svi_fw-la ¶_o the_o sinful_a man_n he_o say_v as_o it_o be_v write_v with_o the_o pain_n of_o death_n shall_v be_v ysmyte_n that_o for_o the_o pain_n that_o in_o he_o shall_v fall_v forget_v himself_o when_o he_o hence_o shall_v for_o while_n that_o he_o live_v at_o his_o own_o will_v he_o forget_v god_n and_o his_o hest_n will_v not_o fill_v and_o also_o synnefull_a man_n have_v here_o no_o grace_n to_o have_v repentance_n neither_o time_n ne_o space_n thus_o shall_v he_o dye_v and_o so_o less_o heaven_n bliss_n and_o be_v put_v in_o to_o pain_n without_o any_o lysse_n for_o they_o be_v unkind_a and_o to_o god_n uncurtaye_v therefore_o saint_n david_n in_o the_o psalter_n thus_o say_v ¶_o 〈…〉_o sicut_fw-la homines_fw-la inoriemini_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la unno_fw-la de_fw-la prinâ—â—pibus_fw-la cadetis_fw-la ¶_o and_o sare_v thus_o to_o man_n you_o shall_v dye_v all_o and_o as_o on_o of_o the_o prince_n you_o shall_v fall_v that_o be_v you_o shall_v dye_v in_o the_o same_o manere_fw-mi as_o all_o man_n dye_v in_o this_o world_n here_o and_o as_o the_o ghost_n that_o fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o be_v put_v to_o hell_n with_o a_o horryble_n steven_fw-mi therefore_o to_o every_o man_n it_o be_v wysdome_n to_o amend_v he_o of_o sin_n or_o death_n come_v and_o have_v god_n in_o mind_n while_o his_o life_n be_v as_o the_o prophet_n command_v and_o say_v this_o ¶_o memento_n creatoris_fw-la tui_fw-la antequam_fw-la veniat_fw-la tempus_fw-la visitationis_fw-la tue_o ¶_o think_v man_n he_o say_v and_o have_v in_o thought_n how_o that_o make_v the_o first_o of_o nought_o while_o thou_o lyve_v and_o or_o thy_o time_n be_v when_o god_n with_o death_n will_v vysyte_n the_o for_o death_n clean_o man_n mind_n breke_v and_o therefore_o saint_n david_n to_o god_n thus_o
speak_v ¶_o domine_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la qui_fw-la memor_fw-la sit_fw-la tui_fw-la ¶_o lord_n he_o say_v that_o man_n alyve_a be_v nought_o that_o in_o time_n of_o death_n have_v not_o the_o in_o thought_n but_o man_n may_v understande_v thereby_o the_o death_n of_o soul_n through_o sin_n namely_o for_o the_o man_n that_o of_o god_n myndeles_fw-la be_v it_o seem_v in_o soul_n that_o he_o dead_a be_v for_o god_n vysyte_v we_o by_o every_o manner_n way_n where_o that_o the_o token_n of_o death_n feel_v we_o may_v for_o if_o we_o can_v we_o well_o understonde_v the_o token_n of_o death_n each_o day_n do_v we_o fond_a wherefore_o i_o thynk_v all_o that_o here_o seem_v be_v more_o dead_a than_o alyve_a as_o wise_a man_n deme_v for_o the_o book_n tell_v and_o wytness_v before_o that_o a_o man_n anon_o as_o he_o be_v bear_v begynneth_n toward_o his_o death_n to_o draw_v and_o with_o dyverse_a evylles_n often_o be_v guawe_n as_o anger_n and_o syckene_v that_o fall_v all_o day_n the_o which_o death_n throw_v call_v we_o may_v and_o in_o other_o way_n and_o peril_n many_o one_o that_o oft_o greve_v man_n in_o flesh_n and_o in_o bone_n than_o be_v our_o birth_n here_o but_o abide_v a_o bodily_a death_n that_o be_v our_o end_n for_o the_o long_o that_o a_o man_n wax_v old_a the_o more_o may_v this_o life_n death_n be_v cold_a than_o seem_v our_o life_n here_o nothing_o else_o but_o as_o it_o be_v death_n as_o the_o book_n tell_v and_o to_o that_o other_o life_n come_v we_o nought_o till_o death_n this_o life_n to_o end_n have_v bring_v but_o when_o death_n of_o our_o life_n have_v make_v a_o end_n than_o know_v we_o nought_o whither_o for_o to_o wend_v whither_o that_o we_o shall_v to_o well_o other_o to_o woe_n but_o certes_o to_o that_o one_o we_o shall_v go_v and_o to_o good_a man_n than_o death_n be_v the_o way_n to_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n that_o last_v i_fw-mi and_o to_o the_o wicked_a man_n that_o pass_v that_o entre_fw-fr in_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n they_o shall_v ever_o be_v therefore_o saint_n david_n the_o holy_a prophet_n thus_o speak_v to_o god_n with_o word_n sweet_a ¶_o qui_fw-la â—xaltas_n i_o de_fw-mi portis_fw-la mortis_fw-la ut_fw-la annuncien_fw-fr oens_fw-fr land_n tuas_fw-la ¶_o lord_n almyghty_a god_n forsooth_o thou_o be_v he_o that_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n have_v take_v i_o so_o that_o i_o may_v tell_v pass_v all_o thing_n the_o great_a multytude_n of_o thy_o praysynge_n in_o the_o holy_a gate_n of_o thy_o daughter_n zion_n that_o gate_n as_o clarcke_n tell_v that_o can_v thereon_o be_v holy_a church_n that_o god_n first_o cheer_n through_o the_o which_o man_n come_v to_o the_o gateof_o peace_n and_o by_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n as_o we_o may_v see_v the_o bitter_a death_n of_o hell_n understande_v may_v be_v from_o that_o same_o place_n god_n keep_v we_o may_v and_o day_n and_o grant_v we_o his_o love_n as_o he_o well_o may_v therefore_o we_o shall_v he_o serve_v and_o his_o will_n worche_n in_o the_o true_a believe_v of_o holy_a church_n so_o that_o we_o may_v than_o afterward_o wend_v to_o the_o cytte_n of_o peace_n that_o have_v none_o end_v but_o all_o man_n that_o shall_v to_o that_o place_n come_v hence_o shall_v wend_v through_o death_n all_o and_o some_o but_o that_o death_n to_o they_o be_v nothing_o evyll_n that_o lyve_v here_o in_o earth_n after_o god_n will_n and_o in_o such_o holy_a life_n steadfast_o dwell_v as_o saint_n austyne_n the_o holy_a man_n in_o a_o book_n tell_v ¶_o mala_fw-la mors_fw-la illi_fw-la putanda_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la sva_fw-la boni_fw-la actus_fw-la processerunt_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v man_n shall_v not_o to_o they_o evyll_n death_n ween_v that_o in_o good_a dede_n will_v his_o life_n mean_n for_o nothing_o make_v a_o man_n so_o high_a of_o boast_v as_o evyll_n dede_n that_o follow_v the_o death_n most_o for_o all_o be_v deed_o that_o sin_n will_v do_v and_o therefore_o saint_n austyne_n say_v thus_o thereto_o ¶_o non_fw-la potest_fw-la male_a mori_fw-la qui_fw-la bene_fw-la vixerit_fw-la &_o vix_fw-la bene_fw-la moritur_fw-la qui_fw-la male_a vixerit_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v he_o may_v no_o evyll_n death_n have_v that_o lyve_v on_o earth_n through_o god_n law_n but_o un_v may_v man_n by_o any_o reason_n dye_v in_o good_a death_n that_o lead_v his_o life_n in_o treason_n but_o that_o man_n that_o hate_v this_o life_n like_n dare_v never_o drede_v of_o death_n come_v or_o after_o his_o death_n here_o no_o pain_n he_o dere_n as_o caton_n wytness_v in_o this_o verse_n ¶_o non_fw-la metuit_fw-la mortem_fw-la qui_fw-la sit_fw-la contempnere_fw-la vitam_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v he_o that_o can_v this_o life_n despise_v shall_v not_o drede_v death_n in_o no_o manner_n wise_a for_o so_o do_v martyr_n that_o their_o death_n seek_v for_o after_o this_o world_n nothing_o they_o wrought_v and_o also_o holy_a man_n will_v to_o death_n be_v dight_v to_o dwell_v in_o heaven_n with_o god_n almyght_v as_o the_o book_n of_o their_o lyve_n tell_v to_o we_o for_o so_o do_v a_o holy_a man_n that_o say_v thus_o â–ª_o ¶_o â—upio_fw-la dissolui_fw-la â—_o esse_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la ¶_o i_o covet_v he_o say_v hence_o for_o to_o wend_v out_o of_o this_o life_n and_o be_v with_o chryste_n without_o end_n for_o holy_a man_n think_v here_o this_o life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o sorrow_n and_o strife_n therefore_o they_o coveyt_v the_o end_n of_o their_o day_n as_o say_v a_o holy_a man_n as_o i_o tell_v may_v ¶_o melius_fw-la est_fw-la dies_fw-la mortis_fw-la ê™_n dies_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v better_o be_v the_o day_n of_o death_n alone_o than_o the_o day_n of_o birth_n that_o be_v full_a of_o moan_n for_o a_o good_a man_n die_v for_o to_o go_v unto_o rest_n their_o life_n be_v endeles_a and_o joy_v alther_o mest_z when_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n shall_v begone_v as_o in_o apocalyps_n wytness_v saint_n john_n ¶_o beati_fw-la mortui_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la ¶_o blessyd_v by_o all_o they_o in_o deed_n and_o in_o word_n that_o die_v here_o in_o earth_n in_o the_o honour_n of_o our_o lord_n for_o all_o that_o man_n faith_fw-mi in_o good_a life_n end_n they_o dye_v with_o god_n and_o to_o he_o shall_v wend_v in_o to_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v on_o high_a well_o be_v he_o that_o through_o death_n that_o stead_n may_v nyghe_a and_o doubteles_a though_o holy_a man_n die_v here_o well_o yet_o the_o pain_n of_o death_n they_o shall_v feel_v but_o when_o they_o shall_v a_o new_a life_n win_v when_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n depart_v atwynne_n somedele_n they_o shall_v then_o have_v drede_v through_o mankind_n and_o through_o manhede_v since_o that_o chryste_n dread_a death_n in_o his_o passion_n through_o kind_n of_o his_o flesh_n as_o it_o be_v reason_n than_o ought_v a_o man_n both_o less_o and_o more_o the_o bitter_a pain_n of_o death_n drede_v full_a sore_n ¶_o the_o two_o encheason_n why_o man_n drede_v death_n the_o second_o encheason_n be_v as_o i_o in_o book_n rede_v why_o that_o death_n be_v so_o great_o to_o drede_v for_o the_o dreadful_a sight_n of_o many_o foul_a fende_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v see_v than_o &_o few_o other_o friend_n when_o that_o this_o life_n here_o draw_v to_o you_o â—_o end_n and_o wote_v not_o whither_o he_o shall_v with_o they_o wend_v for_o when_o the_o life_n of_o a_o man_n be_v in_o doubt_n than_o will_v devylles_n come_v he_o about_o to_o take_v the_o soul_n with_o they_o away_o in_o to_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n and_o that_o be_v their_o prey_n for_o as_o wood_fw-mi lioness_n they_o shall_v then_o fare_v and_o on_o he_o grenne_n roar_v and_o stare_v and_o horryble_a rolling_n and_o on_o he_o blere_o and_o with_o hideous_a look_n to_o make_v he_o fere_n and_o so_o they_o will_v stand_v at_o his_o end_n if_o that_o they_o may_v in_o wanhope_o he_o bring_v through_o such_o thretue_a as_o they_o will_v then_o make_v and_o through_o drede_n that_o they_o shall_v take_v through_o hideous_a syghte_n that_o they_o then_o will_v show_v the_o horryble_a company_n that_o stand_v shall_v in_o rue_v and_o therefore_o the_o prophet_n saint_n jeromye_n wytness_v these_o word_n in_o his_o propheâ—ye_n ¶_o omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la eius_fw-la apprehend_v crunt_fw-la eam_fw-la inter_fw-la angustias_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v that_o among_o his_o anguyssh_n great_a his_o enemy_n shall_v he_o take_v and_o nought_o let_v than_o be_v no_o wonder_n though_o the_o devylles_n come_v to_o the_o sinful_a man_n when_o death_n have_v he_o nome_fw-mi as_o the_o devyll_n to_o saint_n bernarde_n come_v at_o the_o last_o day_n to_o bring_v the_o holy_a man_n in_z to_z great_a afray_n ¶_o how_o the_o devyll_n come_v and_o appear_v unto_o
that_o in_o deed_n be_v meek_a and_o buxom_a and_o so_o tell_v the_o gospel_n and_o say_v to_o we_o that_o god_n speak_v to_o his_o dyscyple_n and_o say_v thus_o ¶_o nâ—si_fw-la effâ—ciamâ—ni_fw-la sicut_fw-la ê“uuli_fw-la non_fw-la intrabitis_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la ceâ—orun_n ¶_o he_o say_v but_o you_o be_v as_o meek_a as_o a_o child_n that_o be_v to_o understande_v both_o meek_a and_o mild_a you_o shall_v not_o come_v by_o any_o manner_n of_o way_n in_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n on_o hey_o but_o one_o thing_n make_v most_o meek_a a_o man_n to_o think_v in_o his_o herte_n as_o often_o as_o he_o can_v how_o he_o be_v make_v of_o foul_a matter_n foul_a thing_n in_o earth_n be_v none_o here_o and_o so_o say_v saint_n job_n in_o his_o moren_a lay_v what_o be_v a_o man_n here_o but_o earth_n and_o clay_n and_o powder_n that_o with_o the_o wound_n do_v breke_v and_o therefore_o the_o good_a man_n to_o god_n thus_o speak_v ¶_o 〈◊〉_d queso_fw-it ê™_n sicut_fw-la lutum_fw-la feceris_fw-la i_o &_o in_o puâ—ueren_n reducis_fw-la meâ—_n ¶_o he_o say_v think_v lord_n how_o thou_o make_v i_o of_o souâ—e_a â—arth_n and_o clay_n in_o this_o world_n to_o be_v and_o thereto_o shall_v i_o turn_v at_o my_o last_o end_n â—uen_o again_o to_o powdre_n and_o to_o nought_o wend_v an_o than_o say_v our_o lord_n of_o myghtye_n most_o to_o every_o man_n that_o have_v in_o he_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ¶_o memento_n 〈…〉_o &_o in_o cinerem_fw-la renerteris_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v think_v man_n that_o ash_n be_v now_o and_o into_o ash_n again_o turn_v shall_v thou_o than_o of_o this_o every_o man_n shall_v have_v mind_n and_o know_v the_o wretchydnes_n of_o his_o own_o kind_n for_o here_o a_o man_n life_n well_o cast_v may_v be_v pryncypal_o to_o tell_v in_o party_n three_o that_o ben_fw-mi make_v to_o our_o understand_v beginning_n mydwarde_o and_o last_o end_n these_o three_o party_n space_n may_v be_v tell_v of_o every_o man_n life_n both_o young_a and_o old_a ¶_o of_o the_o beginning_a of_o man_n life_n the_o beginning_n of_o a_o man_n life_n first_o be_v conceyve_v in_o moche_n wretchydnes_n therefore_o i_o think_v or_o i_o further_o pass_v tell_v what_o every_o man_n in_z y_z e_z beginning_n be_v man_n be_v beget_v as_o well_o it_o be_v know_v of_o foul_a seed_n within_o a_o woman_n sow_v and_o man_n synful_o conceyve_v be_v in_o his_o mother_n womb_n in_o a_o prevy_a place_n and_o how_o his_o dwelling_n be_v there_o ydight_a saint_n david_n tell_v and_o wytness_v full_a right_a ¶_o ecce_fw-la in_o iniquitatibus_fw-la conceptus_fw-la sum_fw-la &_o in_o peccatis_fw-la concepit_fw-la i_o mater_fw-la mea_fw-la ¶_o behold_v he_o say_v what_o man_n kind_n be_v in_o wretchydnes_n i_o be_o conceyve_v ywys_o and_o also_o my_o mother_n have_v conceyve_v i_o in_o many_o sin_n and_o moche_n vylte_n for_o there_o dwell_v a_o man_n in_o a_o dercke_n dongyon_n that_o be_v full_a of_o filth_n and_o corrupcyon_n wherein_o he_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o food_n but_o foul_a glat_n and_o waltsome_a blood_n and_o when_o that_o he_o hither_o come_v be_v from_o his_o mother_n womb_n that_o foul_a place_n and_o be_v here_o bring_v in_o to_o this_o world_n right_a he_o have_v neither_o power_n ne_o may_v neither_o for_o to_o go_v ne_o on_o fâ—te_n stand_v neither_o to_o creep_v in_o foot_n ne_o in_o hand_n than_o have_v a_o man_n less_o may_v than_o have_v a_o be_v when_o he_o be_v new_a bear_v and_o seem_v least_fw-mi for_o when_o a_o be_v be_v ybore_fw-la than_o it_o may_v go_v and_o do_v his_o kind_n here_o evermo_fw-la but_o a_o man_n have_v no_o may_v in_o his_o yongeheade_n for_o he_o may_v not_o go_v but_o as_o man_n do_v he_o lead_v for_o he_o may_v neither_o go_v nor_o creep_v but_o lie_v and_o sprawl_v cry_n and_o weep_v for_o a_o child_n be_v not_o full_o ybore_v that_o it_o ne_v cry_v as_o thing_n forlore_v and_o by_o that_o cry_n man_n tâ—ll_o can_v whither_v that_o it_o be_v woman_n or_o man_n foâ—_n when_o it_o be_v bear_v it_o cry_v swa_fw-mi and_o if_o it_o be_v a_o man_n it_o say_v a._n and_o that_o be_v the_o first_o letter_n of_o the_o name_n of_o adam_n our_o father_n â–ª_o that_o bring_v we_o in_o blame_n and_o if_o it_o of_o a_o woman_n kind_n be_v when_o it_o be_v bear_v it_o sound_v e._n 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o letter_n who_o that_o take_v heed_n of_o the_o name_n of_o eve_n that_o bring_v we_o in_o drede_n therefore_o a_o wise_a clarcke_n make_v in_o this_o manner_n a_o verse_n that_o tell_v of_o that_o same_o matter_n ¶_o dicentes_fw-la e._n well_o a._n quotquot_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la ab_fw-la eua._n ¶_o all_n he_o say_v that_o come_v of_o eve_n may_v for_o nothing_o that_o letter_n leave_v when_o they_o be_v bear_v what_o soever_o they_o be_v he_o cry_v first_o a._n other_o else_o e._n this_o be_v of_o our_o life_n the_o first_o beginning_n and_o after_o our_o birth_n sorrow_n and_o weep_a and_o to_o wretchydnes_n our_o kind_n styr_v we_o and_o innocent_a the_o bysshop_n therefore_o say_v thus_o ¶_o oâ—â—_n nascimê°_n ciusanteâ—_n ut_fw-la nature_n nostre_fw-fr miseriam_fw-la exprimamus_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v we_o be_v ybore_v here_o everywhichone_o make_v sorrow_n and_o reuthly_a moan_n all_o for_o to_o show_v our_o great_a wretchydnes_n of_o our_o kind_n that_o be_v full_a of_o brotelnes_n and_o naked_a we_o come_v hither_o and_o bare_a and_o so_o we_o shall_v all_o hence_o fare_v upon_o this_o think_v all_o that_o any_o good_a can_v for_o thus_o say_v saint_n job_n the_o holy_a man_n ¶_o nudus_fw-la egressus_fw-la sum_fw-la ex_fw-la utero_fw-la matris_fw-la meâ—_n et_fw-la nudus_fw-la revertar_fw-la illuc_fw-la ¶_o naked_a he_o say_v in_o to_o this_o world_n i_o come_v when_o from_o my_o mother_n womb_n nome_fw-mi and_o naked_a i_o shall_v turn_v hence_o away_o and_o so_o shall_v all_o at_o the_o last_o day_n thus_o be_v a_o man_n at_o his_o first_o come_v naked_a and_o bare_a and_o bring_v nothing_o but_o a_o skin_n foul_a and_o waltsome_a that_o be_v his_o garment_n when_o he_o shall_v come_v and_o that_o be_v a_o bloody_a skin_n full_a thin_a that_o he_o bring_v and_o be_v wound_n in_o when_o he_o in_o his_o mother_n womb_n lay_v forsooth_o this_o be_v a_o simple_a array_n and_o thus_o be_v man_n make_v as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o moche_n wretchydnes_n and_o captyvyte_o and_o afterward_o lyve_v here_o but_o a_o few_o day_n as_o job_n open_o unto_o we_o all_o say_v ¶_o homo_fw-la natus_fw-la de_fw-la musiere_fw-la brevi_fw-la vivens_fw-la tempore_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v man_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n lyve_v here_o lytell_a time_n and_o soon_o be_v tan_o and_o every_o man_n be_v bear_v to_o nothing_o else_o but_o to_o travail_v and_o sorrow_n as_o the_o book_n tell_v ¶_o homo_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ad_fw-la faborem_fw-la sicut_fw-la a_o vis_fw-la ad_fw-la volandum_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v man_n be_v make_v to_o travail_v aright_o as_o the_o foul_a be_v make_v to_o his_o flight_n for_o lytell_a rest_n he_o have_v iâ—_n his_o lyâ—e_n ywys_o but_o ever_o in_o travail_n full_a resye_n be_v and_o yet_o be_v a_o man_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v the_o fendeâ—_n of_o hell_n and_o all_o ylore_v untyll_a he_o through_o grace_n again_o be_v ynome_n and_o to_o baptyme_o afterward_o come_v therefore_o every_o man_n shall_v understande_v so_o that_o his_o life_n be_v but_o sorrow_n and_o woo_v ¶_o of_o the_o mydde_v of_o a_o man_n life_n that_o other_o part_n of_o man_n life_n man_n call_v be_v the_o mydwarde_o that_o after_o youth_n fall_v and_o that_o be_v first_o from_o man_n beginning_n of_o every_o man_n life_n untyll_o his_o last_o end_n and_o how_o a_o man_n afterward_o be_v foul_a become_v saint_n bernarde_n thereof_o â–ª_o have_v wytne_v nome_fw-mi ¶_o homo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aliud_fw-la est_fw-la ê™_n sperma_fw-la sactus_fw-la fteâ—â—orum_fw-la &_o â—fâ—a_fw-la vermium_fw-la ¶_o saint_n bernarde_n wytness_v as_o the_o book_n tell_v that_o a_o man_n in_o this_o life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o foul_a slime_n horryble_n to_o all_o man_n and_o be_v a_o foul_a sake_n of_o stynk_v fen_n and_o also_o worm_n meat_n that_o they_o will_v have_v when_o that_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o lay_v in_o grave_n but_o some_o man_n and_o woman_n fair_a they_o seem_v to_o sight_n without_o as_o man_n it_o deme_v and_o show_v nothing_o but_o the_o white_a skin_n but_o who_o that_o may_v open_o look_v therein_o a_o foul_a caryon_n may_v there_o never_o be_v than_o man_n shall_v on_o they_o than_o see_v therefore_o who_o that_o have_v a_o sharp_a insyght_n and_o have_v as_o clear_a eye_n and_o also_o as_o bright_a as_o have_v a_o be_v that_o lux_fw-la man_n call_v that_o may_v see_v through_o thick_a stone_n wall_n than_o lytell_a like_n shall_v a_o man_n have_v to_o behold_v
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