rerum_fw-la habundancia_fw-la eterna_fw-la dampnacionis_fw-la sunt_fw-la indicia_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v contynuall_a heel_n and_o worldly_a well_o as_o to_o moche_v ruche_n and_o good_n feel_v be_v token_n as_o in_o book_n write_v be_v of_o hell_n dampnacyon_n endless_a ywy_n and_o to_o these_o word_n that_o some_o man_n mysspeak_v accord_n saint_n gregory_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v ¶_o continuus_fw-la successus_fw-la rerum_fw-la temperasium_fw-la eterne_a dampnacioâ—â—_n est_fw-la iudicium_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v that_o contynuall_a hap_n come_v of_o worldly_a good_n be_v a_o tokening_a of_o dampnacyon_n that_o at_o the_o last_o shall_v be_v before_o god_n that_o then_o shall_v fall_v without_o pyte_n but_o the_o world_n praise_v none_o man_n only_o but_o they_o that_o to_o the_o world_n be_v happy_a and_o upon_o worldly_a thing_n setteâ—â—_n their_o herte_n and_o ever_o fly_v the_o simple_a state_n of_o poverte_a such_o man_n be_v besy_n and_o gather_v fast_o and_o fare_v as_o their_o lufe_v shall_v evermore_o last_v to_o they_o the_o world_n be_v quaint_a and_o favourable_a iâ—_n all_o thing_n that_o thynk_v they_o profitable_a and_o can_v moche_v of_o worldly_a queyâ—tyse_n the_o world_n call_v they_o good_a man_n and_o wise_a and_o to_o they_o fall_v riches_n many_o fold_n but_o it_o be_v their_o dampnacyon_n as_o i_o have_v tell_v for_o in_o heaven_n may_v no_o man_n have_v a_o home_n that_o follow_v the_o world_n and_o his_o wysoome_n and_o such_o wysdome_n say_v a_o wise_a clarcke_n and_o 〈◊〉_d that_o before_o god_n it_o be_v hold_v but_o folly_n ¶_o sapiencia_fw-la huâ—uâ—_n 〈…〉_o ¶_o but_o many_o to_o the_o world_n mothe_a lystetâ—_n and_o he_o be_v not_o wise_a that_o thereon_o trust_v for_o it_o lede_v a_o man_n with_o wrynche_n and_o wile_n and_o at_o the_o last_o he_o it_o begyle_v a_o man_n may_v be_v call_v both_o wytty_n and_o wise_n that_o set_v the_o world_n at_o lytell_fw-mi prize_v and_o hate_v the_o thing_n that_o the_o world_n love_v most_o 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omnes_fw-la patres_fw-la mei_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o be_v thou_o still_o lord_n say_v he_o for_o why_o i_o be_o come_v toward_o the_o and_o a_o pylgryme_n as_o all_o my_o father_n be_v thus_o may_v every_o man_n see_v that_o lyve_v here_o that_o be_v to_o say_v lord_n be_v thou_o not_o still_o that_o 〈◊〉_d make_v i_o here_o know_v thy_o will_n and_o 〈…〉_o to_o my_o soul_n thou_o gyve_v that_o may_v make_v she_o both_o glad_a and_o believe_fw-mi and_o say_v thus_o thereto_o i_o be_o thy_o saluacyon_n for_o thou_o be_v my_o pylgryme_n trow_v in_o devocyon_n ¶_o of_o two_o way_n in_o this_o world_n two_o way_n there_o be_v in_o this_o world_n full_a rife_o one_o be_v way_n of_o death_n another_o of_o life_n this_o world_n be_v the_o way_n and_o also_o passage_n through_o the_o which_o lie_v our_o pylgrymagâ—_n by_o this_o way_n all_o we_o must_v needs_o go_v and_o each_o man_n belove_v that_o it_o be_v so_o in_o this_o world_n be_v two_o way_n of_o kind_n who_o that_o will_v assay_v the_o 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now_o have_v we_o cat-tail_n and_o now_o we_o it_o tine_n and_o now_o we_o be_v rich_a and_o now_o we_o be_v poor_a and_o now_o we_o have_v lytell_a and_o now_o we_o have_v more_o and_o now_o we_o have_v rest_n and_o now_o we_o have_v travail_n and_o now_o find_v we_o our_o strength_n what_o it_o may_v avayle_v and_o now_o we_o be_v great_a and_o now_o we_o be_v bare_a and_o now_o we_o be_v well_o and_o now_o we_o be_v in_o care_n and_o now_o we_o be_v light_v and_o now_o we_o be_v slow_a and_o now_o we_o be_v high_a and_o now_o we_o be_v low_o now_o love_n now_o hate_v now_o peace_n and_o strife_n all_o these_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o man_n life_n that_o ever_o betoken_v moche_n unstedfastnes_n of_o this_o world_n wealth_n that_o so_o changeable_a be_v and_o as_o this_o life_n be_v ever_o away_o pass_v so_o be_v the_o world_n every_o day_n appare_v for_o the_o world_n to_o her_o end_n draw_v fast_o as_o clarcke_n by_o many_o thing_n can_v cast_v therefore_o the_o world_n as_o 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befall_v the_o more_o be_v their_o travail_n and_o sorrow_n with_o all_o but_o now_o moche_v short_a be_v man_n day_n as_o job_n the_o good_a man_n open_o say_v ¶_o 〈◊〉_d quid_fw-la non_fw-la paucitas_fw-la diâ—rum_fw-la meorum_fw-la finietur_fw-la breuâ—_n ¶_o now_o he_o say_v my_o short_a day_n that_o few_o be_v shall_v come_v to_o end_n in_o lytell_a time_n here_o and_o when_o a_o man_n wax_v to_o be_v old_a than_o begyn_v his_o kind_n to_o be_v feable_v and_o cold_a and_o than_o change_v his_o complexyon_n and_o his_o manner_n turn_v up_o so_o down_o than_o wax_v his_o herte_n full_a hevy_a and_o hard_a and_o his_o head_n feeble_a and_o ever_o downwarde_a than_o revele_v his_o face_n evermore_o and_o more_o and_o foul_a wax_v than_o it_o be_v before_o his_o wit_n be_v short_a when_o he_o aught_o thynk_v â—is_n nose_n drop_v his_o onde_n stynk_v his_o sight_n wax_v dim_a he_o look_v under_o the_o brow_n his_o bark_n be_v crooked_a he_o stope_v full_a low_o his_o ear_n wax_v death_n 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lyve_v he_o be_v like_o a_o man_n but_o when_o he_o be_v blodeles_a and_o become_v wan_a than_o may_v a_o man_n his_o likeness_n there_o see_v and_o all_o change_a as_o never_o have_v be_v he_o and_o when_o his_o life_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o end_n than_o shall_v he_o hence_o in_o this_o manner_n wend_v both_o poor_a and_o naked_a as_o he_o hither_o come_v when_o from_o his_o mother_n womb_n he_o be_v nome_fw-mi for_o he_o bring_v with_o he_o nothing_o that_o day_n and_o so_o he_o shall_v hence_o pass_v away_o but_o it_o be_v only_o a_o wynd_n cloth_n that_o shall_v about_o he_o be_v wrap_v forsooth_o for_o when_o the_o life_n wyndeâ—h_v from_o he_o away_o than_o be_v he_o but_o foul_a earth_n and_o clay_n that_o tourn_v to_o more_o corrupcyon_n about_o than_o any_o caryon_n that_o lie_v there_o out_o for_o the_o corrupcyon_n of_o he_o in_o every_o side_n if_o it_o lie_v above_o ground_n long_o in_o any_o tide_n it_o may_v than_o the_o eyre_n so_o corrupt_a make_v so_o that_o man_n shall_v their_o death_n thereof_o take_v so_o soul_n stynk_v it_o be_v and_o so_o violent_a and_o so_o wytness_v the_o clarcke_a innocent_a ¶_o quid_fw-la enim_fw-la fetidius_fw-la humano_fw-la cadauâ—râ—_n quid_fw-la 〈◊〉_d homine_fw-la mortuo_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o he_o say_v what_o thing_n may_v foul_a be_v than_o a_o dead_a man_n body_n be_v for_o to_o see_v and_o what_o be_v more_o horryble_a in_o any_o place_n than_o be_v to_o behold_v a_o dead_a man_n face_n and_o when_o it_o be_v in_o earth_n by_o wound_n worm_n will_v do_v eat_v it_o in_o a_o lytell_a stound_n till_o that_o foul_a flesh_n away_o be_v ybyte_v and_o thus_o i_o find_v in_o holy_a book_n ywryte_n ¶_o â—um_fw-la autem_fw-la moritur_fw-la homo_fw-la hereditabit_fw-la serpented_n &_o verine_n ¶_o the_o book_n say_v that_o when_o a_o man_n shall_v dye_v as_o his_o kind_n herytage_n he_o take_v the_o way_n to_o worm_n and_o adder_n that_o foul_a be_v of_o sight_n for_o to_o they_o fall_v man_n flesh_n by_o right_a therefore_o shall_v every_o man_n after_o earth_n sleep_v among_o foul_a worm_n that_o on_o they_o shall_v creep_v and_o they_o shall_v gnaw_v his_o foul_a â—arkayes_n and_o so_o say_v holy_a wryt_n and_o speak_v this_o way_n ¶_o omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o puâ—uere_fw-la doimienâ—_n &_o verâ—es_fw-la operient_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ¶_o that_o be_v in_o earth_n shall_v sleep_v every_o man_n and_o worm_n shall_v ear_n they_o from_o the_o â—oe_n to_o the_o pan_n for_o in_o this_o world_n so_o wytty_n man_n be_v none_o neither_o so_o fair_a in_o flesh_n ne_fw-la bene_fw-la neither_o emperor_n king_n ne_o ceaseâ—_n ne_o none_n other_o lord_n what_o state_n he_o have_v here_o neither_o rich_a ne_o poor_a ne_o bond_n ne_o free_a learned_a ne_o lewd_a what_o ever_o he_o be_v that_o he_o ne_o shall_v turn_v after_o his_o last_o day_n to_o earth_n and_o to_o powdre_n and_o to_o foul_a clay_n therefore_o in_o my_o thought_n i_o have_v moche_n wonder_v 〈…〉_o that_o no_o man_n in_o earth_n un_v will_n it_o see_v what_o he_o be_v and_o be_v and_o what_o he_o shall_v be_v but_o who_o that_o will_v here_o in_o his_o herte_n cast_v what_o he_o first_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o last_o and_o also_o what_o he_o be_v while_o he_o lyve_v here_o he_o shall_v then_o find_v full_a lytell_fw-mi matiere_o to_o make_v any_o mirth_n here_o while_o he_o dwell_v as_o a_o wise_n vereyfyour_fw-mi in_o his_o verse_n tell_v ¶_o simo_n quie_n sentuet_fw-la quo_fw-la tendet_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la veniret_fw-la numê™_n gauderet_fw-la set_v in_o omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la fleret_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v who_o that_o will_v feel_v and_o see_v whence_o he_o come_v and_o whither_o shall_v he_o all_o manner_n myrthe_n he_o shall_v forsake_v and_o ever_o weep_v and_o sorrow_n make_v for_o who_o that_o of_o a_o man_n have_v than_o a_o sight_n when_o worm_n have_v gnaw_v he_o out_o right_a and_o eat_v his_o flesh_n in_o to_o the_o hard_a bone_n so_o horryble_a a_o sight_n see_v he_o never_o none_o as_o he_o may_v see_v in_o that_o carkaye_n as_o saint_n bernarde_n wytness_v and_o say_v ¶_o post_v hominem_fw-la vermis_fw-la post_fw-la vermin_n fetor_n &_o horror_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o non_fw-la hominem_fw-la vertitur_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v after_o death_n man_n be_v worm_n become_v and_o after_o worm_n to_o stench_n he_o be_v nome_fw-mi and_o so_o every_o man_n here_o turn_v shall_v he_o be_v from_fw-mi man_n in_o to_o no_o man_n as_o it_o be_v not_o he_o thus_o may_v mense_fw-la as_o it_o be_v write_v how_o that_o a_o man_n in_o his_o mother_n be_v behyght_n and_o of_o this_o matter_n more_o may_v i_o tell_v but_o no_o long_o thereon_o think_v i_o to_o dwell_v ¶_o here_o begyn_v the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o book_n that_z speak_v of_o the_o world_n all_o this_o world_n here_o both_o long_a and_o broad_a god_n it_o make_v for_o man_n good_a and_o all_o other_o thyngê_n as_o clarcke_n can_v prove_v he_o make_v only_o for_o man_n byhove_n if_o a_o man_n love_v any_o thing_n more_o by_o any_o way_n than_o he_o do_v god_n that_o in_o heaven_n be_v on_o high_a than_o be_v that_o man_n to_o god_n unkind_a that_o so_o lytell_a on_o he_o set_v his_o mind_n for_o god_n be_v more_o worthy_a love_v to_o be_v than_o any_o creature_n that_o man_n may_v see_v since_o he_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o manner_n thing_n and_o of_o all_o thing_n make_v shall_v a_o end_n and_o thus_o i_o say_v by_o they_o that_o gyve_v they_o oft_o to_o the_o world_n like_n that_o thynk_v they_o loft_n and_o love_v all_o thing_n that_o thereto_o fall_v and_o such_o man_n worldly_a man_n i_o call_v
dolore_fw-la doso_fw-la &_o tristicia_fw-la plenus_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v that_o the_o world_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o hard_a exile_n that_o a_o man_n in_o dwell_v both_o dark_a and_o dim_a and_o a_o doleful_a dale_n that_o be_v full_a of_o sorrow_n and_o eke_o of_o bale_n and_o a_o place_n full_a of_o all_o wretchydnes_n of_o anger_n and_o travail_n and_o all_o besyne_n of_o sorrow_n and_o sin_n and_o of_o all_o folye_a of_o shendshyp_n also_o and_o eke_o vylonye_n of_o flytting_a also_o and_o of_o moche_n taxyinge_v of_o moche_n grevaunce_v also_o and_o moche_n mourn_v of_o all_o manner_n of_o filth_n and_o corrupcyon_n of_o moche_n wrath_n and_o extorcyon_n and_o fill_n of_o gyle_v and_o of_o falsehood_n of_o great_a debate_n and_o contynuall_a dread_n so_o that_o in_o this_o world_n be_v nought_o man_n to_o avaunce_v but_o moche_n sorrow_n and_o hard_a mischance_n and_o pomp_n and_o pride_n with_o foul_a covytyse_n with_o vain_a glory_n and_o sloth_n that_o man_n oft_o use_v the_o world_n to_o he_o draw_v all_o man_n and_o so_o dysceyve_v his_o lover_n then_o and_o to_o many_o be_v grevous_a and_o to_o few_o avayl_v for_o his_o lover_n he_o dysceyve_v and_o fail_v and_o all_o that_o despyse_v he_o he_o awayt_v fast_o and_o thynk_v they_o soon_o in_o to_o myschyfe_n cast_v for_o they_o that_o he_o love_v he_o will_v socour_v and_o make_v they_o rich_a and_o great_a of_o honour_n and_o to_o beguile_v they_o he_o thynk_v be_v the_o last_o and_o into_o great_a myschyfe_n he_o will_v they_o cast_v therefore_o worldly_a worship_n may_v be_v tell_v i_o vanyte_v that_o dysceyve_v both_o young_a and_o old_a and_o worldly_a rychesse_n how_o so_o it_o come_v i_o hold_v nought_o else_o but_o as_o fantome_n the_o world_n have_v many_o a_o man_n with_o vanyte_n defile_v and_o with_o pomp_n and_o pride_n oft_o they_o beguile_v therefore_o a_o holy_a man_n as_o you_o may_v here_o speak_v unto_o the_o world_n in_o this_o manere_fw-la ¶_o o_o munde_n inmunde_fw-la utinam_fw-la ita_fw-la inmaundus_fw-la esses_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o non_fw-la tangeres_fw-la aut_fw-la ita_fw-la mundus_fw-la esses_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o non_fw-la conquares_n ¶_o and_o that_o be_v in_o englyshe_a thus_o moche_n for_o to_o meâ—â—_n o_o thou_o world_n he_o say_v that_o ever_o be_v unclean_a why_o may_v thou_o not_o ever_o so_o unclean_o be_v that_o thou_o shall_v never_o nyghe_o i_o other_o be_v so_o clean_a in_o thy_o werke_n all_o that_o thou_o make_v i_o in_o to_o no_o sin_n fall_v ¶_o how_o the_o world_n may_v be_v liken_v unto_o the_o see_v ☜_o the_o world_n may_v by_o many_o encheason_n be_v liken_v to_o four_o thing_n by_o good_a reason_n first_o may_v the_o world_n be_v liken_v ywy_n most_o propre_o to_o the_o see_v that_o long_o &_o broad_a be_v for_o the_o see_v after_o her_o own_o certain_a tide_n eb_v and_o flow_v and_o may_v not_o abide_v and_o through_o storm_n wax_v keen_a and_o blow_n and_o than_o rise_v tempest_n and_o strong_a wawe_n â–ª_o so_o fare_v the_o world_n with_o his_o favour_n bring_v a_o man_n in_o to_o riches_n and_o to_o honour_n but_o afterward_o than_o he_o cast_v he_o a_o down_o in_o to_o moche_v poverte_a and_o trybulacyown_n and_o those_o be_v the_o great_a storm_n and_o keen_a that_o bring_v a_o man_n in_o sorrow_n and_o tene_fw-la ¶_o how_o the_o world_n may_v be_v liken_v unto_o a_o wyldernes_n yet_o may_v the_o world_n that_o be_v broad_a and_o wide_o be_v liken_v to_o a_o wyldernes_n in_o every_o side_n that_o be_v full_a of_o bests_n that_o be_v wild_a as_o lion_n lybarde_n and_o wolf_n unmylde_a that_o will_v strangle_v man_n and_o destroy_v and_o slay_v their_o beeste_n and_o sore_o they_o noye_v so_o be_v this_o world_n full_a of_o mysdoer_n all_o about_o of_o many_o tyrant_n that_o bring_v man_n in_o doubt_n that_o ever_o be_v besy_n both_o night_n and_o day_n man_n to_o annoy_v in_o all_o that_o they_o may_v ¶_o how_o the_o world_n maya_n be_v liken_v unto_o a_o forest._n ☜_o also_o the_o world_n liken_v may_v be_v to_o a_o forest_n that_o stand_v in_o a_o wild_a country_n that_o be_v full_a of_o thief_n &_o wild_a our_o law_n that_o often_o time_n to_o such_o forest_n draw_v haunt_v their_o hire_n pass_v rob_v &_o reve_v both_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o nothing_o leve_v so_o fare_v this_o world_n that_o we_o in_o dwell_v be_v full_a of_o thief_n that_o be_v devylles_n of_o hell_n that_o we_o awayt_v and_o ever_o be_v besy_n 〈◊〉_d to_o â—obbe_v and_o reve_v our_o good_n ghostly_a ¶_o how_o the_o world_n may_v be_v liken_v to_o a_o battle_n in_o a_o field_n and_o yet_o be_v this_o world_n as_o you_o shall_v here_o may_v thus_o be_v liken_v in_o the_o four_o manere_n to_o a_o fair_a field_n full_a of_o dyvers_a battle_n of_o strange_a enemy_n y_fw-fr â—_o each_o day_n we_o assail_v for_o here_o we_o be_v bring_v in_o great_a doubt_n and_o set_v with_o enemy_n all_o hard_a about_o and_o pryncypal_o with_o these_o enemy_n three_o but_o against_o they_o well_o arm_v we_o mught_v be_v that_o be_v the_o world_n the_o fiend_n and_o thy_o flesh_n that_o each_o day_n assayl_v we_o like_o fresh_a therefore_o we_o behove_v both_o day_n and_o night_n for_o to_o be_v ready_a against_o they_o to_o fight_v the_o world_n as_o clarcke_n do_v we_o to_o understande_v against_o we_o fight_v ever_o with_o double_a hand_n both_o with_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o leave_v also_o that_o ever_o yet_o have_v yben_fw-mi our_o flesh_n foe_n and_o wealth_n the_o ryghthande_v may_v be_v tell_v and_o the_o left_a hand_n be_v hap_n and_o anger_v cold_a for_o the_o right_a hand_n assayl_v man_n some_o while_n with_o wealth_n of_o the_o world_n they_o to_o beguile_v and_o that_o be_v wealth_n without_o anger_n and_o dolour_n of_o worldly_a riches_n and_o great_a treasour_n and_o with_o the_o left_a hand_n he_o assayl_v estsoone_o and_o make_v man_n sorry_a often_o and_o groan_v and_o that_o be_v anger_n and_o trybulacyon_n and_o also_o poverte_a and_o moche_n persecucyon_n such_o thing_n clarcke_n the_o left_a hand_n call_v that_o in_o this_o world_n among_o man_n fall_v and_o with_o the_o world_n come_v dame_n fortune_n soon_o that_o either_o hand_n change_v as_o the_o new_a moon_n for_o ever_o he_o tourn_v about_o she_o wheel_v sometime_o in_o to_o woe_n and_o sometime_o to_o well_o and_o when_o she_o let_v the_o wheel_v about_o go_v sometime_o she_o tourn_v from_o well_o in_o to_o woe_n and_o eftsoon_o again_o form_n woe_n in_o to_o bliss_n and_o thus_o turn_v she_o wheel_v often_o be_v and_o that_o wheel_v clarcke_n nought_o else_o call_v but_o hap_n or_o chance_n that_o sudden_o fall_v and_o such_o hap_n man_n hold_v nothing_o else_o but_o wrath_n or_o haâ—e_n that_o in_o man_n dwell_v therefore_o worldly_a wl_v be_v ever_o more_o in_o doubt_n while_o dame_n fortune_n tourn_v she_o wheel_v about_o wherefore_o perfyte_n man_n that_o good_a life_n lede_v the_o wealth_n of_o the_o world_n sore_o they_o drede_v for_o wealth_n draw_v a_o man_n from_o the_o right_a way_n and_o lede_v he_o from_o god_n both_o night_n and_o day_n thus_o may_v each_o man_n drede_v wealth_n who_o that_o can_v and_o so_o say_v saint_n jerome_n the_o good_a holy_a man_n the_o more_o he_o say_v that_o a_o man_n wax_v up_o right_a in_o wealth_n other_o in_o any_o worldly_a may_v the_o more_o he_o shall_v have_v drede_v in_o thought_n that_o from_o the_o bliss_n he_o ne_o fall_v nought_o ¶_o quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o virtutibus_fw-la crescimus_fw-la can_v to_o 〈◊〉_d â—mere_fw-la debemuâ—nt_fw-la sublimius_fw-la corruâ—mus_fw-la ¶_o to_o this_o accord_v a_o clarcke_n seneca_n the_o wise_n that_o counceyl_v we_o the_o world_n to_o despise_v ¶_o tune_v salubre_fw-la consilium_fw-la adâ—oca_fw-la cum_fw-la tibi_fw-la affudunt_fw-la mundi_fw-la despera_fw-la ¶_o seneca_n say_v and_o gyve_v good_a counceyll_n when_o this_o world_n make_v his_o merucyll_n than_o seche_v thy_o wit_n and_o after_o counceyllâ—all_n that_o moche_n wealth_n make_v the_o nat_n fall_v for_o welthynes_n be_v but_o a_o shadow_n somdele_fw-la dark_a and_o so_o say_v saint_n gregory_n the_o noble_a clarcke_n ¶_o 〈◊〉_d fortunis_fw-la timenda_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d prospera_fw-la ê™_n adnersa_fw-la ¶_o saint_n gregory_n say_v in_o this_o maâ—er_a that_o if_o every_o hap_n be_v for_o to_o drede_v here_o yet_o be_v hap_n of_o wealth_n to_o drede_v more_o thaâ—_n any_o 〈◊〉_d sorrow_n though_o it_o greve_v sore_o for_o anger_n manâ—es_v life_n cleanse_v and_o prove_v and_o wealth_n to_o sin_n a_o man_n soon_o move_v and_o so_o may_v man_n his_o soul_n lyght_o spill_v through_o wealth_n that_o man_n have_v at_o their_o will_n and_o so_o come_v afterward_o to_o endless_a pain_n and_o so_o wytness_v the_o doctor_n saynâ—_n auâ—ayne_o ¶_o sanitas_fw-la continuâ—â—_n et_fw-la
begin_v and_o thus_o we_o may_v acompte_v reâ—en_o and_o rede_v a_o hondred_a sin_n against_o one_o good_a deed_n the_o three_o cause_n be_v for_o to_o show_v among_o for_o oft_o time_n our_o dede_n be_v do_v with_o wrong_n and_o nat_n in_o good_a manner_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v and_o perchance_o they_o be_v do_v out_o of_o charyte_n and_o therefore_o our_o good_a dede_n pure_a good_a be_v nought_o but_o saint_n austyne_n say_v our_o evil_a pure_a evil_n be_v wrought_v â–ª_o ¶_o omni_n iniusticie_n nostre_fw-fr quasi_fw-la pannus_fw-la menstruatus_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v our_o good_a dede_n may_v be_v see_v as_o a_o cloth_n defoul_v with_o thing_n unclean_n therefore_o for_o certain_a know_v no_o manner_n man_n how_o he_o shall_v fare_v when_o he_o his_o way_n take_v can_v but_o we_o shall_v byleve_v without_o any_o manner_n drede_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v have_v after_o his_o own_o deed_n but_o thereof_o be_v we_o not_o syker_n in_o our_o life_n day_n as_o wytness_v a_o holy_a man_n and_o in_o this_o manner_n say_v â–ª_o ¶_o nescit_fw-la homo_fw-la utrum_fw-la sit_fw-la dignus_fw-la pro_fw-la actibus_fw-la suis_fw-la amore_fw-la vel_fw-la odio_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v for_o certain_a a_o man_n know_v nought_o though_o he_o have_v here_o never_o sâ—_n moche_o good_a wrought_v whither_o that_o he_o be_v worthy_a after_o his_o deed_n to_o have_v the_o love_n of_o god_n other_o else_o hatred_n and_o also_o isodore_n as_o the_o book_n tell_v we_o accord_n well_o thereto_o and_o say_v all_o thus_o ¶_o seruu_n &_o dei_fw-la dum_fw-la bonum_fw-la agit_fw-fr utrum_fw-la sit_fw-la ei_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la incertus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o he_o say_v the_o man_n that_o be_v god_n servant_n that_o to_o all_o goodness_n make_v his_o haunt_n yet_o be_v he_o nothing_o certain_a in_o thought_n whither_o it_o be_v good_a to_o he_o other_o it_o be_v nought_o wherefore_o our_o lyve_a be_v here_o full_a hard_a as_o wytness_v the_o holy_a man_n saint_n bernarde_n ¶_o quis_fw-la potest_fw-la hic_fw-la vitam_fw-la svam_fw-la ducere_fw-la sine_fw-la tribulatione_fw-la &_o dolore_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v who_o may_v here_o this_o life_n lede_n without_o trybulacyon_n anger_n and_o drede_v therefore_o saint_n bernarde_n say_v thus_o here_o and_o speak_v of_o man_n life_n in_o this_o manere_fw-la ¶_o terret_n i_o tota_fw-la vita_fw-la mea_fw-la que_fw-la diligentur_fw-la discussa_fw-la apperet_fw-la michi_fw-la aut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aut_fw-la sterilitas_fw-la aut_fw-la res_fw-la sunilata_fw-la et_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o saint_n bernarde_n the_o holy_a man_n say_v this_o all_o my_o life_n here_o sore_o greve_v i_o iwis_o for_o if_o it_o well_o and_o even_o dyscuss_v be_v nothing_o else_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o but_o sin_n that_o the_o soul_n most_o der_v other_o barren_a thing_n that_o no_o fruit_n ber_v and_o if_o any_o fruit_n may_v thereon_o seem_v it_o must_v thus_o be_v say_v ryght_o to_o deem_v other_o a_o feign_a thing_n to_o show_v in_o sight_n other_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v nought_o by_o all_o right_a so_o it_o may_v for_o nothing_o be_v forth_o bring_v to_o please_v almyghty_a god_n that_o make_v we_o all_o of_o nought_o so_o that_o all_o a_o man_n life_n be_v with_o sorrow_n lad_n therefore_o no_o wonder_n though_o a_o man_n seld_o be_v glad_a what_o may_v a_o sinful_a man_n say_v thereto_o since_o he_o that_o be_v a_o holy_a man_n of_o life_n evermo_fw-la can_v no_o manner_n fruit_n in_o himself_o see_v than_o may_v another_o man_n drede_v and_o sorry_a be_v of_o this_o life_n here_o that_o ever_o be_v so_o unclean_a in_o the_o which_o there_o may_v no_o fruit_n be_v see_v ¶_o of_o the_o four_o encheason_n why_o man_n drede_v death_n the_o four_o encheason_n be_v and_o the_o last_o to_o tell_v why_o man_n drede_v death_n y_o it_o be_v so_o bitter_a &_o fell_a be_v for_o a_o man_n know_v not_o whither_o to_o wend_v to_o joy_v other_o to_o pain_n after_o his_o life_n end_v for_o so_o wise_a a_o man_n be_v never_o yet_o none_o that_o wist_v when_o to_o death_n he_o shall_v go_v ne_n whither_o he_o shall_v from_o hence_o fare_v to_o joy_n without_o end_n or_o else_o to_o care_n for_o when_o devylles_n and_o the_o angel_n bright_o have_v despute_v our_o life_n aright_o whither_o that_o god_n will_v we_o dampne_a or_o save_v for_o than_o our_o doom_n we_o shall_v have_v and_o whither_o that_o we_o shall_v to_o joy_n or_o pain_n and_o therefore_o in_o certain_a put_v we_o saint_n austayne_v ¶_o bene_fw-la de_fw-fr die_fw-la novissiino_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la pensare_fw-la debet_fw-la quia_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la statu_fw-la quo_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la eum_fw-la suus_fw-la novissimus_fw-la dies_fw-la talis_fw-la eum_fw-la dominus_fw-la iudi_fw-la cabit_fw-la in_o novissimo_fw-la iudicio_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o every_o man_n he_o say_v that_o hence_o shall_v away_o shall_v have_v drede_v of_o his_o last_o day_n for_o in_o what_o manner_n state_n that_o 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death_n come_v and_o make_v he_o all_o ready_a and_o cleanse_v he_o clean_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n that_o none_o be_v see_v so_o that_o death_n he_o find_v clean_o of_o all_o when_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n depart_v shall_v and_o evermore_o think_v upon_o his_o life_n end_n while_o that_o he_o lyve_v here_o or_o he_o hence_o wend_v and_o so_o he_o may_v he_o keep_v from_o the_o devylles_n seruyse_v and_o thus_o teach_v we_o all_o solomon_n the_o wise_n ¶_o in_o omnibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la memorare_fw-la novissimâ—_n tua_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v think_v every_o man_n on_o thy_o end_n day_n if_o that_o thou_o thynke_v almyghty_a god_n to_o pay_v ever_o when_o thou_o thynke_v any_o thing_n begin_v than_o shall_v thou_o not_o fall_v in_o to_o any_o manner_n sin_n and_o think_v that_o thou_o shall_v dye_v and_o know_v never_o when_o nother_n in_o what_o state_n thou_o may_v be_v than_o therefore_o upon_o the_o morn_n when_o thou_o see_v light_v think_v that_o thou_o may_v 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that_o for_o our_o love_n make_v all_o thing_n send_v we_o to_o that_o joy_n that_o be_v fair_a and_o bright_a where_o evermore_o be_v day_n and_o never_o night_n amen_n finis_fw-la ¶_o imprint_v by_o i_o robert_n wire_n dwelling_n in_o saint_n martyn_n parysshe_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o saint_n john_n euangely_v beside_o chare_v crosse._n ☜_o ad_fw-la imprimendum_fw-la solum_fw-la