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 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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 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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 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together_o than_o do_v man_n and_o wife_n and_o whither_o that_o they_o go_v in_o good_a way_n or_o evyll_n ever_o together_o they_o will_v be_v still_o but_o there_o be_v encheason_n as_o man_n may_v see_v why_o that_o they_o will_v ever_o together_o be_v for_o encheason_n that_o god_n through_o his_o may_v and_o wyâ—_n that_o body_n and_o soul_n first_o together_o knit_v another_o be_v for_o that_o one_o may_v nothing_o do_v but_o if_o that_o other_o will_v help_v thereto_o the_o three_o be_v for_o they_o shall_v together_o come_v before_o our_o lord_n god_n to_o their_o doom_n the_o four_o encheason_n be_v when_o they_o come_v there_o together_o they_o shall_v dwell_v without_o any_o where_o therefore_o the_o more_o be_v their_o pain_n and_o care_n when_o that_o one_o shall_v from_o that_o other_o fare_n and_o this_o departing_a may_v be_v call_v death_n that_o fly_v about_o as_o do_v a_o man_n breath_n through_o all_o land_n both_o far_o and_o never_o and_o spare_v nothing_o for_o any_o powere_n for_o prayer_n ne_o gift_n that_o any_o man_n may_v gyve_v where_o that_o death_n come_v he_o suffer_v no_o man_n to_o live_v for_o he_o â—e_v spare_v neither_o high_a ne_o low_a that_o he_o ne_o reve_v their_o life_n in_o a_o lytell_fw-mi throw_v so_o death_n have_v no_o mercy_n of_o no_o wight_n as_o saint_n bernarde_n wytness_v full_a right_a ¶_o â—on_v miserietur_fw-la in_o opie_n nec_fw-la revereiur_fw-fr diviciis_fw-la nec_fw-la sapientie_n nec_fw-la moribus_fw-la nec_fw-la etati_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v that_o death_n of_o povert_n no_o mercy_n take_v neither_o too_o rich_a man_n reward_n he_o have_v neither_o to_o wysdome_n that_o
a_o woman_n or_o after_o she_o crave_v than_o may_v he_o see_v without_o any_o doubt_n as_o well_o within_o as_o he_o do_v with_o out_o for_o if_o a_o man_n may_v see_v she_o within_o aright_o it_o be_v full_a dredefull_a to_o every_o man_n sight_n and_o so_o foul_a every_o man_n within_o be_v as_o the_o book_n tell_v and_o wytness_v all_o this_o and_o therefore_o i_o hold_v a_o man_n nothing_o wise_a that_o make_v himself_o of_o to_o moche_n prize_v since_o he_o may_v every_o day_n both_o here_o and_o see_v what_o that_o he_o be_v here_o and_o what_o he_o shall_v be_v but_o a_o proud_a man_n of_o this_o take_v no_o heed_n for_o he_o fail_v reason_n that_o shall_v he_o lede_n when_o that_o he_o be_v young_a and_o love_v play_v other_o have_v wealth_n at_o his_o like_n other_o that_o he_o be_v bring_v in_o to_o great_a worshype_n than_o he_o of_o himself_o take_v he_o not_o keep_v for_o himself_o than_o he_o know_v all_o there_o least_fw-mi and_o fare_v than_o as_o unreasonable_a be_v that_o follow_v his_o own_o will_n and_o nothing_o else_o as_o say_v it_o david_n wytness_v and_o tell_v ¶_o homo_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la esset_fw-la non_fw-la intellexit_fw-la comparatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mentis_fw-la insipientibus_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v when_o a_o man_n in_o worship_n be_v bring_v right_o good_a understand_v have_v he_o nought_o therefore_o he_o may_v be_v liken_v both_o in_o flesh_n and_o bone_n to_o beeste_n that_o reason_n and_o wit_n can_v none_o therefore_o every_o man_n that_o have_v wit_n and_o mind_n oft_o shall_v think_v on_o his_o wretched_a kind_n and_o that_o with_o fylthe_n he_o be_v all_o ynome_n as_o he_o maâ—_n see_v every_o day_n from_o his_o body_n come_v both_o at_o nose_n and_o at_o mouth_n and_o byne_v also_o all_o manner_n corrupcyon_n come_v he_o fro_o and_o how_o foul_a it_o be_v to_o every_o man_n sight_n saint_n bernarde_n wytness_v to_o we_o full_o right_a ¶_o simo_n diligenter_n conâ—ideres_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la os_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la nares_fw-la ceterosque_fw-la meatus_fw-la corporis_fw-la tui_fw-la egreditur_fw-la vilius_fw-la fterqui_fw-la linium_fw-la nunê™_n videres_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v man_n will_v thou_o inward_o see_v and_o behold_v what_o thing_n come_v from_o the_o through_o nose_n and_o mouth_n contynual_o and_o through_o other_o place_n of_o thy_o body_n a_o foul_a dunghill_n see_v thou_o never_o none_o than_o be_v a_o man_n make_v in_o flesh_n and_o in_o bone_n for_o in_o all_o that_o time_n that_o a_o man_n here_o lyve_v his_o own_o kind_n no_o good_a fruit_n gyve_v whither_o that_o he_o live_v short_a time_n other_o long_a but_o thing_n that_o stynk_v wonder_v strong_a and_o foul_a fylth_v and_o nothing_o else_o as_o innocent_a the_o great_a clarcke_n in_o a_o book_n tell_v ¶_o herbas_fw-la inquit_fw-la &_o arbores_fw-la diligenter_n iwestiga_n ille_fw-la de_fw-fr fe_o producunt_fw-la flores_fw-la &_o frondes_fw-la &_o fructus_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la lende_n &_o pediculos_fw-la ille_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la effundunt_fw-la oleum_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la de_fw-la te_fw-la sputum_fw-la urinam_fw-la &_o stercus_fw-la ille_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la spirant_fw-la suanitatemâ—â—_n tu_fw-la abhominationem_fw-la â—tercoris_fw-la ¶_o this_o clarcke_n tell_v thus_o in_o his_o book_n thou_o man_n he_o say_v â–ª_o behold_v well_o and_o look_v herb_n and_o tree_n that_o in_o earth_n do_v spring_v take_v thou_o good_a heed_n what_o they_o forth_o bring_v herb_n bring_v flower_n and_o make_v seed_n aâ—d_a tree_n fruit_n and_o branch_n spread_v and_o thou_o brynge_v forth_o of_o thyself_o here_o both_o nytte_n and_o lyâ—e_v and_o other_o vermyne_n yfere_o of_o herb_n and_o tree_n sprynge_v bawme_n good_a both_o oil_n and_o wine_n in_o help_n of_o man_n food_n and_o that_o come_v from_o the_o do_v foul_a stynke_n as_o dounge_n and_o pysse_n and_o spatle_v of_o herb_n and_o tree_n come_v good_a savoure_n and_o of_o the_o man_n foul_a breath_n and_o sour_a for_o such_o as_o the_o three_fw-mi bear_v with_o the_o bow_n such_o be_v the_o same_o fruit_n that_o thereon_o grow_v for_o a_o man_n be_v as_o a_o three_fw-mi that_o stand_v not_o hard_a of_o who_o the_o crop_n be_v turn_v downwarde_a and_o the_o rote_n be_v a_o high_a toward_o the_o firmament_n as_o wytness_v in_o this_o book_n the_o clarcke_a innocent_a ¶_o quid_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quedam_fw-la arbour_n eversa_fw-la cvius_fw-la radicis_fw-la â—unt_fw-la crines_fw-la trinicus_fw-la est_fw-la caput_fw-la cum_fw-la collo_fw-la stipes_fw-la est_fw-la pectus_fw-la cum_fw-la alno_fw-la ramâ—et_fw-la ulne_fw-la cum_fw-la tibiis_fw-la frondes_fw-la st_o digiti_fw-la cum_fw-la artil_a hoc_fw-la est_fw-la folium_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o vento_fw-la rapiter_n &_o stipula_fw-la que_fw-la a_o sole_a siccatur_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v what_o be_v a_o man_n but_o in_o shape_n as_o a_o three_fw-mi turn_v up_o so_o down_o as_o man_n may_v see_v of_o the_o which_o the_o rote_n that_o thereto_o belong_v be_v the_o here_o on_o thy_o head_n that_o thereon_o hang_v than_o be_v the_o stock_n next_o the_o rote_n grow_a that_o be_v thy_o head_n with_o thy_o neck_n show_v the_o body_n of_o the_o tree_n that_o be_v set_v thereto_o be_v thy_o breast_n with_o thy_o womb_n also_o the_o bow_n be_v thy_o arm_n with_o thy_o hand_n and_o the_o leg_n with_o thy_o foot_n that_o thou_o on_o stand_v man_n may_v they_o branch_n by_o reason_n call_v the_o toe_n and_o the_o foot_n with_o thy_o fynge_n all_o life_n be_v the_o lief_a that_o hang_v not_o fast_o that_o will_v away_o with_o the_o wind_n blast_v and_o a_o man_n that_o be_v both_o young_a and_o light_v though_o he_o be_v never_o so_o hardy_a in_o fight_n and_o comely_a of_o shape_n and_o lovely_a of_o cheer_n yet_o syckenes_n and_o anger_n may_v he_o dear_a and_o he_o may_v and_o fairness_n abate_v and_o bring_v he_o soon_o in_o to_o low_a state_n and_o soon_o change_v his_o fair_a colour_n and_o make_v he_o fade_v as_o do_v the_o flower_n for_o a_o flour_n that_o be_v fair_a to_o man_n sight_n through_o storm_n it_o fade_v and_o lese_v his_o may_v angres_n and_o evylles_n and_o myschyfe_n both_o oft_o come_v to_o a_o man_n that_o be_v he_o loath_a as_o fever_n and_o dropsye_a and_o jaundyse_n also_o tysyke_n and_o the_o gout_n and_o other_o evylles_n mo_z that_o make_v his_o fairness_n away_o for_o to_o wend_v as_o storm_n do_v their_o flower_n shende_v this_o shall_v be_v ever_o ensample_n to_o we_o therefore_o saint_n job_n in_o his_o book_n say_v thus_o ¶_o homo_fw-la quasi_fw-la flos_fw-la egreditur_fw-la &_o contritur_fw-la &_o fugit_fw-la velud_fw-la umbâ—a_fw-la &_o numê™_n in_o eod_n etc._n etc._n ¶_o man_n he_o say_v as_o flour_n be_v bright_a when_o it_o come_v first_o to_o earthly_a sight_n and_o soon_o be_v break_v and_o pass_v away_o as_o do_v the_o shadow_n in_o summer_n day_n and_o never_o in_o the_o same_o state_n dwell_v but_o evermore_o pass_v as_o job_n tell_v of_o this_o the_o prophet_n wytness_v ywys_o in_o a_o psalm_n of_o the_o psalter_n that_o say_v this_o ¶_o mane_fw-la sicut_fw-la herba_fw-la tranâ—eat_fw-la mane_n floreat_fw-la &_o transâ—at_fw-la vespâ—re_fw-la descidat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o the_o prophet_n say_v thus_o in_o that_o case_n a_o man_n pass_v away_o as_o do_v the_o grass_n early_o begin_v of_o the_o day_n he_o flour_v and_o soon_o pass_v away_o and_o at_o even_o it_o be_v down_o bring_v that_o fade_v and_o wax_v all_o to_o nought_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o man_n he_o be_v gyve_v nine_o hundred_o year_n in_o earth_n to_o live_v as_o clarcke_n in_o book_n bear_v wytnes_n and_o say_v that_o man_n life_n be_v draw_v to_o shortness_n for_o god_n will_v that_o it_o shall_v so_o be_v and_o god_n say_v himself_o so_o unto_o noe._n ¶_o non_fw-la permanebit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la meus_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ineternumque_fw-la caro_fw-la est_fw-la erunt_fw-la enim_fw-la dies_fw-la illius_fw-la centum_fw-la viginti_fw-la anni_fw-la ¶_o my_o ghost_n he_o say_v shall_v not_o ever_o dwell_v in_o man_n that_o be_v make_v of_o flesh_n and_o fall_v his_o day_n shall_v be_v to_o live_v in_o here_o a_o hundred_o and_o also_o twenty_o year_n but_o so_o great_a age_n may_v no_o man_n bear_v for_o death_n will_v he_o in_o short_a time_n there_o for_o the_o complexyon_n of_o every_o man_n be_v now_o more_o feeble_a than_o it_o be_v than_o therefore_o man_n life_n may_v short_a be_v for_o now_o it_o be_v febl_a all_o for_o to_o see_v for_o the_o long_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v life_n to_o more_o sorrow_n he_o shall_v be_v dryfe_n and_o less_o think_v that_o this_o life_n be_v sweet_a as_o in_o the_o psalter_n wytness_v the_o prophet_n ¶_o si_fw-la in_o potentatibus_fw-la octoginta_fw-la anni_fw-la amplius_fw-la corum_fw-la labour_n et_fw-la doâ—or_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o if_o in_o strenghthe_n four_o score_n year_n may_v
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 and_o thynk_v to_o bliss_n to_o bring_v his_o ghost_n and_o to_o the_o world_n trust_v right_a nought_o but_o ever_o in_o that_o other_o world_n set_v his_o thought_n for_o no_o sure_a dwelling_n shall_v we_o here_o find_v as_o the_o apostell_n paul_n wytness_v thus_o sayende_v ¶_o non_fw-la manentem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la hiâ—_n habemus_fw-la set_v futuram_fw-la inquitimus_fw-la ¶_o he_o say_v no_o sure_a dwelling_n here_o have_v wâ—_n but_o seek_v we_o another_o that_o ever_o shall_v be_v and_o as_o geâ—â—â—s_n have_v our_o soâ—â—urne_n a_o lytell_fw-mi time_n till_o we_o hence_o turn_v and_o that_o may_v fall_v rather_o than_o we_o wenâ—_n for_o man_n be_v here_o but_o as_o a_o alyaâ—e_a to_o travail_v here_o in_o way_n all_o time_n to_o wend_v in_o to_o our_o country_n as_o do_v pylgryine_n therefore_o the_o prophet_n unto_o god_n speak_v thus_o as_o david_n in_o the_o psalter_n tell_v to_o us._n ¶_o 〈…〉_o advena_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la apud_fw-la te_fw-la 〈…〉_o ut_fw-la 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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it_o be_v light_v and_o now_o be_v there_o cold_a and_o now_o great_a hete_n and_o now_o it_o be_v dry_a and_o now_o it_o be_v wete_z and_o now_o it_o be_v hail_n and_o snow_n full_a strong_a and_o now_o fair_a wether_n and_o son_n shine_v among_o and_o now_o be_v the_o wether_n clear_o and_o fair_a with_o all_o and_o now_o it_o be_v dark_a and_o rain_n do_v down_o fall_n by_o all_o the_o varyaunce_n man_n may_v understande_v be_v token_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v varyande_v â—et_o there_o be_v mo_z token_n that_o we_o may_v lere_n of_o the_o unstableness_n of_o this_o world_n here_o for_o now_o be_v great_a mirth_n and_o now_o mourning_a and_o now_o be_v laughter_n and_o now_o weep_a and_n now_o man_n be_v well_o and_o now_o be_v woe_n and_o now_o be_v a_o man_n friend_n and_o now_o be_v foe_n and_o now_o be_v a_o man_n light_v and_o now_o be_v hevy_a and_o now_o be_v a_o man_n glad_a and_o now_o be_v dreary_a and_o now_o have_v we_o joy_v and_o now_o have_v we_o pine_v and_o 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 clarcke_n have_v i_o tell_v be_v as_o moche_v to_o mean_n as_o the_o world_n that_o be_v old_a for_o two_o earthly_a world_n to_o this_o life_n befall_v as_o tell_v be_v before_o as_o clarcke_v it_o call_v but_o the_o more_o world_n and_o also_o the_o less_o full_a changeable_a be_v and_o away_o do_v pass_v the_o more_o world_n be_v this_o world_n long_o and_o broad_a but_o the_o less_o world_n be_v liken_v to_o manhood_n ¶_o how_o the_o rowndenes_n of_o this_o world_n be_v liken_v to_o a_o man_n and_o as_o the_o more_o world_n be_v round_o yset_v so_o be_v the_o less_o as_o a_o man_n that_o be_v mer_fw-fr for_o in_o you_o â—_o breed_n of_o a_o man_n
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
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 he_o than_o be_v find_v in_o such_o he_o shall_v be_v deem_v in_o a_o lytell_a stound_n therefore_o the_o last_o day_n that_o may_v we_o befall_v our_o day_n of_o doom_n we_o may_v well_o call_v but_o at_o our_o last_o day_n when_o god_n soon_o shall_v come_v than_o with_o our_o body_n up_o we_o shall_v be_v nome_fw-mi before_o our_o lord_n god_n that_o almyghty_a king_n be_v that_o all_o thing_n shall_v deem_v that_o day_n iwis_o for_o all_o body_n shall_v wend_v in_o to_o that_o place_n where_o soul_n shall_v be_v deem_v through_o god_n grace_n and_o other_o they_o shall_v have_v full_a joy_n yfere_o other_o full_a pain_n when_o they_o be_v there_o and_o afterward_o they_o shall_v both_o together_o dwell_v whither_o that_o they_o wend_v to_o heaven_n other_o to_o hell_n but_o here_o in_o earth_n shall_v the_o body_n all_o abide_v till_o the_o day_n of_o doom_n shall_v fall_v and_o that_o day_n shall_v be_v full_a straight_o and_o hard_o as_o this_o book_n tell_v son_n hereafterwarde_o but_o the_o sinful_a soul_n go_v than_o to_o hell_n there_o without_o end_n in_o pain_n for_o to_o dwell_v but_o the_o good_a soul_n than_o go_v full_a even_o without_o any_o letting_a in_o to_o the_o bliss_n of_o heaven_n but_o many_o a_o soul_n that_o god_n will_v save_v he_o grant_v they_o mercy_n that_o it_o will_v crave_v for_o in_o the_o bliss_n of_o heaven_n may_v no_o soul_n be_v se_fw-mi but_o he_o for_o his_o sin_n penytent_a before_o he_o other_o here_o do_v penance_n as_o clarcke_n tell_v with_o a_o contryte_n herte_fw-fr who_o god_n forgyve_v and_o when_o manue_v soul_n be_v cleanse_v well_o of_o all_o deed_o sin_n and_o also_o of_o venyell_n through_o penance_n here_o do_v and_o also_o almysdede_n angel_n full_a soon_o to_o heaven_n shall_v he_o lede_n or_o else_o when_o it_o be_v pass_v from_o the_o body_n away_o into_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n that_o shall_v last_o ay_o therefore_o every_o man_n that_o can_v wysdome_n shall_v here_o beware_v or_o that_o 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 dye_v long_o or_o it_o be_v night_n and_o when_o thou_o go_v to_o bed_n if_o thou_o be_v wise_a think_v that_o thou_o shall_v dye_v haply_o or_o thou_o arise_v for_o saint_n austyne_n the_o holy_a man_n say_v thus_o in_o his_o book_n let_v ever_o thy_o herte_n thy_o last_o day_n look_v ¶_o now_o have_v you_o hard_o this_o treatyse_n yrade_n and_o this_o in_o your_o conscyence_n open_o spread_v for_o the_o love_n of_o our_o lord_n jesu_n pray_v for_o he_o that_o this_o book_n draw_v and_o for_o he_o also_o that_o rede_v it_o here_o whither_o so_o be_v that_o he_o go_v far_o other_o never_a as_o for_o the_o most_o sinful_a man_n that_o lyve_v by_o bread_n that_o god_n forgyve_v he_o his_o sin_n or_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o that_o god_n save_v they_o both_o from_o all_o wickedness_n and_o maintain_v their_o lyve_n in_o all_o goodness_n and_o bring_v they_o both_o to_o that_o joyful_a place_n to_o endless_a joy_n in_o sight_n of_o god_n face_n unto_o that_o same_o joy_n he_o we_o bring_v 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