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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 61 Recto
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Ver and eche sesoun / mut by processe fade •
In ver of age / may be no sekernesse •
Eche hatħ his houres hevy and eke galde •
Ther sesouns meynt / witħ ioye and hevynesse •
Now fayr now foule / now helth now sekenesse •
To shewe a maner likenesse and ymage •
Our dwellyng here is but a pilgrymage •
And for my part I can remembre weełł •
Whan1 I was gladdest in that fresshe sesoon •
Lyke brotel glasse / not stable nor like stełł •
Ffer out of harre / wilde of condicioun •
Fful geyssħ and voyde of ałł resoun •
Lyke2 a phane ay turnyng to and froo3 •
Or like an orloge / wħan the peys is goo •
Youe to outhryfte and dissolucioun •
Stode onbrydeled of ałł gouernaunce •
Whicħ4 remembryng / by meke confessyoun •
Now with my potento to fynde allegeaunce •
Of olde surfetes / contrite with repentaunce •
To the Ihesu I make my passage •
Rehersyng trespaces / don in my tender age •
Notes
  1. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  2. There is a terminal "e" in the manuscript witness, but the EETS edition has "Lyk." ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "fro," rather than "froo," here. ↩
  4. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩

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