*THE BIGYNNYNG OF ALLE yIS PROCESSE *RYzT KNOWYNG OF A MAN+HYM-SELF IS *BOTE SUm HAy FUL GRETE LETTYNG *THAT yEI MAY HAUE NO RIzT KNOWYNG *OF HEM-SELF yAT yEI FURST SHOLD KNOWE *THAT FURST TO MEKENES SHOLD HEM DRAWE *THER-OF FOURE yINGIS J FYNDE *THAT MAKEy A MANNYS WITTE OFTE BLYNDE *AND KNOWYNG OF HYM-SELF LETTEy *WHERE yOROUz HE HYM-SELF FOR-GETEy *OF THIS SEINT BERNARD BEREy WITTENES *THAT yES FOUR BEy WRITE IN VERS *THAT IS FAUOur OF FOLK & FAIRENES *AND BRENNYNG OF zOUy & RYCHES *REUEy A MAN RIzT SKELE & MYNDE *TO KNOWE HYM-SELF WHAT HE IS OF KYNDE *THE FLOURE LETTEy HYM IN HIS SIzT *THAT HE MAY NOT KNOWE HYM-SELF RIzT *AND HIS HERT MAKEy DULLE & VNBUXOME *TO yENKE IN yE TYME IN yE TYME yAT IS TO COME *THES FOURE NORESCHEN POMPE AND PRIDE *AND OyER VICES THAT MEN SHOLD HIDE *JN WHOM SUM HAUE OF yE FLOURES *SELDOM IS SENE ANY MEKNES *ALSO yEI LETTEy A MAN yAT HE CAN NOT SESE *THE PERILES OF THE WORDLE & VANI%TEES *NE yENKE ON yE TYME yAT IS TO COME *NE OF DEyE NE OF yE DAY OF DOME *NE CAN NOT VNDERSTOND NE SE . *THE PAYNES yAT AFTer HIS LIF SHALLE BE *TO SYNFUL MEN THAT HERE VSEy FOLYE *NE THE BLIS yAT GOD+MEN BEy WURTHY *BOTE IN DELITES SETTEy HERE HERTYS FAST *RIzT AS HIS LIF SHOLDE EUER LAST *AND zYUEy HYM ALLE TO VANITE *AND TO yING yAT MAY HIS LIKYNG BE . *SICHE MEN BEy NOT LEDDE WITH SKILLE *BOTE FOLOWEy HERE WILLES TO FULFILLE *AND NO yING ELLES TAKEy HEDE ; *WHAT WONDER IS IF yEI HAVE NO DREDE *AND ALLE FOR DEFAUTE OF KNOWYNG *OF yAT . yAT yEI MYzT HYM TO DREDE BRYNG *AND SOME MEN WOLE NOT VNDERSTONDE *THE yING yAT MYzT MAKE HEM DREDONDE **FOR yAI WILLE NOT HERE BOTE yAT HEM PAYEy *THER-FOR yE PROFETE IN yE SAUTER SEIEy *HE SEITH HE HAy NO WILLE TO FELE *NE VNDERSTONDE TO DO WELE *THES WORDES BY HEM MAY BE SAID HERE *THAT WILLE NOT VNDERSTOND & LERE *TO DREDE GOD AND DO HIS WILLE *SOME VNDERSTONDEy AS yEI HERE TELLE *BOTE WIRKEy AFTER HERE OWEN WILLE *BOTE NO DREDE IN HURE HERT WILLE DUELLE *AND FOR DEFAUTE OF TREVyE MAY yAT WEL BE ; *FOR yEI TROWE NOT BOTE yAT yEI SEE *BOTE yE PROPHETE SEIy IN yIS MANERE *BY HYM y\T GROCCHEy WHEN yEI OF DREDE HERE *THE ProPHETE SAID AND yEI TROWED NOUzT *BOTE GROCCHED & WERE GREUED IN yOUzT *THES BE MEN yAT TREWED IN yING *THAT MEN SEIy AzENS HERE LIKYNG *BOTE GROCCHED & WEXEy FAST WROWARD *WHEN MEN SEIy AUzT yAT yEM yENKEy HARD *SONE CAN SVICHE THINKE ^& IN BOKES REDE *BOTE LIzTNES OF HERT BY-REUEy HEM DREDE *SO y\T HIT MAY NOT WITH HYM DUELLE *OF WHICHE SPEKEy CRIST IN yE GOSPELLE *TILLE A TYME HE SEIy SOME TROWEy A yING *AND PASSEy yER-FRO IN TYME OF TEMPTYNG *AND ALSO THUS SAIy yE ProPHETE *DAUID *JN A PSALME yAT CORDEy yER-WITH *HE SAID IN HIS WORDES TROWED yAI% *JN PraYSYNG LOUED HYM AS yEI GAN SAY *BOTE SONE yEI HADDE DONE & FORzAT *HIS WERKYS & yOUzT NO MORE IN yAT *THERE-FOR SVICHE MEN BEy SO VNSTEDFAST *THAT NO DREDE WITH HEM MAY LONGE LAST *FOR yEI BEy SO WILDE WHEN yEI BE IN QUERT *THAT yEI KUNNE HOLDE NO DREDE IN HERT *BOTE HO-SO CAN NOT DREDE MAY LERE *THAT yIS TRETYS WILLE REDE OR HERE *OF yEI WOLE REDE OR HERE TO ENDE *THE MATERYS yAT BEy yer-IN CONTENDE *AND VNDER-STOND AND TROWE *AND yAT SHALLE MAKE HERE HERTIS LOWE *TO WERKE GODES WERKES AND FLE FOLIE ; *yOROUz DREDE yer MAY CONCEYUE yerBY *THER-FORE THIS BOKE IS IN *ENGLISH DRAWE *OF DIUerS MATERS yAT BEy VNKNAWE *TO LEWEDE MEN yAT BEy VNKUnNYNG *THAT BEy NO LATYN VNDERSTONDYNG *TO MAKE HEM . HEM-SELF TO KNOWE ; *AND FRO LIKYNG OF THIS LIF HEM DRAWE ; *AND FORTO STERE HEM TO DREDE *WHEN yEI HERE CLERKIS yIS BOKE REDE *BOTE zITTE yER IS SOME DIUerS MATERE *THAT COMFORTEy HEM yAT WILLE HIT HERE *AzENS yE MATIERS yAT BEy HARDE *AS zE MOWE WEL HERE AFTERWARDE *THIS BOKE ALSO BEREy WITTENES *THAT IN-TO SEUENE PARTIES DEPARTED IS *THE FIRST PARTIE TO HAUE IN MYNDE *OF THE WRECCHEDNES OF MANKYNDE *THE SECUNDE OF yE WORDLE LUyERNES *OF THIS VNSTABLE LIF yAT IS *THE yRIDDE OF DEy BODELY *THE FOURyE IS OF PAYNE OF PURGATORY *THE FYyE OF yE DAY OF DOME *AND OF TOKNES yAT SHALLE BY-FORE COME *THE SEUENE IS OF THE PAYNE OF HELLE *THER DAMPNED MEN SHUL IN DUELLE *THE SEUENE IS OF yE IOYES OF HEUENE *THAT BE MORE yAN TONGE CAN NEMENE *AND OF ECHE PARTY FYND MEN MAY *JN yIS BOKE DIUERS MATERS BEy SAY *AND IN yE FIRST PARTIE ^yAT WRITE IS *WOLE J SPEKE OF MANNES WRECCHEDNES *FOR ALLE yAT WRITE ^IS BY-FORE TO LOKE *JS BOTE ENTRE OF THIS BOOKE *HERE BIGYNNEy yE FIRST PART y\T IS OF WRECCHEDNES OF MAN **FIRST WHEN GOD MADE AL+yING OF NOUzT *OF A FOULE MATER MAN WAS WROUzT *THAT WAS ERyE TVO SKYLES TO HOLD *THAT ONE IS FOR yAT GOD WOLD *OF FOULE MATERS MAKE MEN IN DESPITE *OF LUCIFER yAT FELLE yAT TIDE ; *FOR yEI SHOLDE HAUE yEN MORE SHENSHIPPE *AND MORE SOROWE WHEN yEI HIT KEPE *THAT MAN OF SO FOULE MATER SHOLDE DUELLE *JN yAT PLACE FRO THE WHICHE yEI FELLE *THAT Oyer SKYLLE IS THUS TO SE *FOR MAN SHOLDE HERE yE MEKER BE *AND WHEN HE SEEy & yENKIy IN yOUzT *OF HOWE FOULE MATer HE WAS WROUzT *FOR-WHI GOD yOROUz HIS GRET MYzT *THAT SETTE yAT PLACE IN HEUENE BRYzT *WAS MADE VOYDE yOROUz yE SYNNE OF PRIDE *THAT HIT WERE FULFILDE ON ECHE A SIDE *THOROUz yE VerTU OF MEKNES *THAT EUENE TO PRIDE CONTRARY IS *THER-FOR MAY NO MAN yEDER COME *BOTE yAT IS MEKE AND BUXOME *THAT PROUEy yE GOSPEL yAT SAIy VS *HOV GOD SEIDE TO HIS DECIPLES yUS *BOTE zE BE HE SAIDE AS A CHILDE *THAT IS TO SAY MEKE & MYLDE *zE SHULLE NOT ENTRE BY NO WAY *JN-TO HEUENE RICHE yAT LASTEy AY *yAN HIT BY-HOUEy yAT A+MAN EUERE BY-SEKE *THAT . yAT MAY MAKE HYM MEKE *BOTE NO yING MAY MEKE HYM MORE ; *THAN TO yENKE IN HERT AS J SEIDE ORE ; *HOW HE WAS MADE OF FOULE MATERE *AND IS NOUzT ELLYS BOTE FOULE ERyE HERE *FOR yUS SEIy A CLERC AS J zOV SAY *WHAT IS MAN BOTE ERyE & CLAY *AND POUDRE yAT WIy WYNDE BREKEy *AND yer-FOR JOBE TO GOD yUS SPEKEy *HE SAIDE LORDE AS yU MADE ME *FOULE ERyE AND CLAY HERE TO SE *RIzT SO yU SHALT TurNE ME A-GAYNE *TO ERyE AND POUDRE yIS IS CERTAYNE *THAN SEIy OURE LORD GOD ALMYzTY *AzENS MAN yUS SHORTLY *HE SAIy MAN ASHE AR\T yU NOV *AND TO ASCHES TurNE A-zEN SHALT yU *THAN IS A+MAN NOT ELLYS TO SAY *BOTE ASCHE AND POUDRE ERyE & CLAY *OF yIS SHOLDE ECHE MAN HERE HAUE MYNDE *AND KNOWE yE WRECCHEDNES OF HIS KYNDE *THAT IS DEPARTED AS J SHEWE CAN *IN ALLE yE PARTIES OF LYF OF MAN *ALSO MANNYS LIFE CAST MAY BE *PRINCIPALLY IN PARTYES THRE *THAT BEy TO OURE VNDERSTONDYNG~ *BYGYNNYNG MYDWARDE AND ENDYNG~ *THEES yRE PARTIES BE yRE SPACES TOLDE *OF yE LIFE OF EUerY MAN zONG AND OLDE *BYGYNNYNG OF MAN yAT FIRST IS *COUETOUSNES & MYCHE WRECCHEDNES *THER-FOR J WOLE NOW OR J PASSE *SHEWE zOV WHAT A MAN FIRST WAS *SUMTYME WAS WHEN A+MAN WAS NOUzT *BY-FORE HE WAS GOTEN & WROUzT *HE WAS GOTEN AS WE KNOWE *OF VILE SEED OF MAN WITH SYNNE SOWE *AND CONCEYUED yAN SYNFULLY *WITH-I%N HIS OWEN MODER BODY *THER HIS ERBER WTIH SYNNE WAS DIzT *AS DAUID SAIy IN yE SAUTER BOKE RYzT *LO HE SAIDE AS MAN-KYNDE IS *J AM CONCEYUEDE IN WRECCHEDNES *AND MY MODER HAy CONCEYUEDE ME ; *JN SYNNE AND IN VNCHASTITE *THARE ^Y DUELLED IN A FOUL DONGOUN *AND I%N A FOULE STEDE OF CORUPCIOUN *WHERE J HADDE NONE Oyer FODE *BOTE CORUPCIOUn AND FOULE BLODE *AND STENCHE AND FILTHE AS J SAIDE ERE *WITH yIS HE WAS NORISSHEDE yERE *AFTER-WARDE WHAN HE IS OUT-COME *FRO yE DONGOUn OF HIS MODER WOMBE *AND WAS BORE TO yIS WORDLE RYzT *HE HADDE NOyer STRENGEy NE MYzT *NOyER TO GO NE zITTE TO STONDE *NE TO CREPE WITH FOTE NE HONDE *THAN HATH A MAN LAS yEN A BESTE *WHEN HIT IS BORE & IS ALDER LESTE *FOR WHAN A BEST IS BORE SO MAY HE GO *BOTE A MAN HAy NO MYzT yER-TO *ALSO RENNE BOyE TO & FRO *WHEN HE IS BORE SO TO DO *FOR yAN MAY HE NOT STONDE NE CREPE *BOTE SPERNE CRYE & EUER WEPE *FOR VNNEyE A CHILDE IS BORE FULLY *THAT HIT BY-GYNNEy WEPE NE CRY *AND BY yAT CRYE MEN MOWE KNOWE yAN *WHEyER HIT BE MAN OR WOmMAN *FOR WHAN HIT IS BORE HIT CRYETH WA WA *JF HIT CRIEy HIT CRIEy *A . *A *THE FIRST LETTER IS OF yE NAME *OF OURE FORE-FADER *ADAME *AND IF yE CHILD A WOMAN BE *WHEN HIT IS BORE HIT SEIy *E *E *THAT IS yE FURST LETTER TAKE HEDE *OF THE NAME OF *EUE y\T WROUzT OURE DEDE *THER-FOR A CLERK MADE IN yIS MANERE *THIS VERS OF METRE y\T SHEWEy HERE *ALLE yEES HE SAITH yAT COME OF *EUE *AND BE BORNE WITH LIF HERE TO LEUE *WHAN yEI BE BORE WHAT-SO yEI BE *THEI SEY OTHER *A . Oyer *E . *THIS IS HERE yE BIGYNNYNG *OF OURE LIF SOROWE AND GRETYNG *TO WHICHE OURE WRECCHEDNES STEREy VS *AS *JNNOCENT TELLEy yAT SAIy yUS *HE SAIy ALLE WE BE BORE WEPYNG~ *WEL SOROWFUL SEMBLAUNT MAKYNG~ *FOR TO SHEWE yE GRETE WRECCHEDNES *OF OURE KYNDE yAT IN VS IS *THUS WHEN yE TYME COMEy OF OURE BIRTHE *ALLE MADE SOROWE AND NO MIRTHE *NAKED WE COME HEDER & BARE *AND PORE SO SHUL WE HENNYS FARE *ON THES TO TYMES WE SHULDE yENK yAN *FOR yUS SEIy *JOB yE RYzTFUL MAN *NAKED HE SEITH FIRST J COME *HIDER OUT OF MY MODER WOMBE *AND NAKED J SHAL HENNYS PASSE *AND AS JOB SEIy SO HIT WAS *THUS IS A MAN ATTE yE FIRST COMYNG *NAKED & BRYNGEy WITH HYM NO yING *AND IF ANY CLOyED FORy COME *HIS CLOyING IS FOULE AND LOTHSOME *THAT IS NOUzT BOTE A BLODY SKYNNE *THAT HE WAS BY-FORE LAPPED JNNE *WHILES HE IN HIS MODER WOMBE LAY *THE WHICHE IS A FOULE yING IN FAY *A FOULER TO HERE SAIy yE BOOKE *AND ALDER+FOULEST ON TO LOKE *THIS IS A MAN AS WE MAY SE *JN WRECCHEDNES & IN *CAYTIFTE *AND FORTO LYUE BOTE A FEWE DAIES *THER-FOR *JOB yUS OPENLY SAIS *HE SAIy MAN yAT IS BORE OF WOMMAN *LYUYNG SHORT TYME FUL+FILD IS yAN *OF MANY MANER OF WRECCHEDNES *THUS SAIy *JOB AND SOy HIT IS *ALSO MAN IS BORE TO NOUzT ELLYS *BOTE TO TraUAILLE AS *JOB TELLES *HE SEIy MAN TO TraUAILLE IS BORN FUL RYzT *AS BRIDDE IS HERE VNTO FLIzT *FOR LI%TEL REST IN yIS LIF NOV IS *BOTE GRETE TraUAYLE AND BISSYNES *zIT A MAN IS WHEN HE IS BORNE *THE FENDES SONE AND FRO GOD LORN *AY TILLE HE yOROUz GraCE MAY COME *TO BAPTEME AND TO *CRISTENDOME *THUS MAY A MAN HIS BIGYNNYNG SE *FUL OF WRECCHEDNES AND CAYTIFTE *THAT OyER ParTYE OF LYF MEN CALLEy *THE MYDWARDE AFTER HIT FALLEy *THE WHICHEy FRO yE BYGYNNYNG *OF MANNYS LYF VNTO yE LAST ENDYNG *THE BYGYNNYNG OF MAN AS J HAUE TOLDE *JS FOULE AND WRECCHED TO BY-HOLDE *BOTE HOV FOULE IS MAN AFTER-WARDE *TELLEy OPENLY SEINT *BERNARDE *SEINT *BERNARD SEIy AS THE BOOK TELLEy *THAT A+MAN IS HERE NO yING ELLYS *BOTE A FOULE SLYME STYNKYNG TO MEN *AND A SAK FUL OF STYNKYNG FEN *AND WORMES FODE yAT yEI WOLDE HAUE *WHAN HE IS DEDE AND LEID IN GraUE *BOTE SOmME MEN AND WYmMEN FAIR SEMEy *TO SIzT WITH-OUT AS MEN DEMEy *AND SHEWEy NOT ELLYS BOTE yE SKYN *BOTE HO MYzT SE yEN WITH-JNNE *FOULER CAREYNE MYzT NEUER BE *THEN HE SHOLD yEN ON HEM SE *THERFOR HE yAT HADDE SO SHARPE A SYzT *AND AS CLERE YzEN & AS BRYzT *AS HAy A BEST yAT yE LYNX CALLES *THAT MAY SE yOROUz STONEN WALLES *LITEL LYKYNG SHOLD HE HAUE yAN *TO BE HOLD OR COUEYTE ANY WOMMAN *FOR yEN HE MYzT SE WITH-OUT DOUTE *AS WEL WITH-JNNE AS WITH-OUTE *AND IF HE WIy-JNNE SAWE HURE RYzT *CHE WERE FUL LOySUME TO HIS SIzT *THUS FOULE ECHE MAN WITH-JNNE IS *AS yE BOOK SEIy AND BEREy WITTENES *THAN MAY WE SAY ON yIS MANERE *HOV FOULE yE KYNDE OF MAN IS HERE *WHERE-FORE J HOLDE A MAN NOT WITTY *THAT HERE IS EUER PROUDE AND JOLY *WHEN HE MAY ECHE DAY HERE SE *WHAT HE IS & WHAT HE SHALLE BE *BOTE PROUDE+MAN OF yIS TAKEy NON HEDE *FOR HYM FAYLEy WITTE yAT HYM SHOLD LEDE *THE MAN yAT IS IN GRETE WURCHEPE *WHAT HYM-SELF IS HE TAKEy NO KEPE *FOR HYM-SELF HE KNOWEy LEST *THAN HE FAREy AS A WODE BEST *THAT STEREy A-BOUTE IN FOURE FETE *THERFOR SAITH *DAUID yE ProPHETE *MAN WHEN HE TO WURCHEPE IS BROUzT *RIzT VNDERSTONDYNG HAy HE NOUzT *HE MAY BE LYKNED AND IS yAN *TO BESTYS yAT NO RESOUn CAN *WHERE-FORE HO SO HAy WITTE IN MYNDE *SHOLD yENK IN yE WRECCHEDNES OF HIS KYNDE *THAT HERE IS FOULE AND WEL LOTHSOME *FOR HE MAY FRO HIS BODY COME *BOTHE FRO A-BOUE AND BY-NETHE *ALLE MANER FILTHE WITH STYNKYNG BREyE *FOR MORE FILTHE IS NON HARDE NE NESCHE *THEN y\T . yAT COMEy FRO MANNYS FLESCHE *AND yAT MAY A MAN BOyE SE AND FELE *THAT WILLE BY-HOLDE HYM-SELUE WELE *HOV FOULE HE IS TO MANNYS SYzT *AND yERFOR SEIy SEINT *BERNARDE RYzT *THE WORDE IN A BOKE SEIy TO THE *JF THU WILTE yI-SELF BYSSYLY SE *WHAT COMEy yOROUz MOUyE & NOSE NAMELY *AND OUT OF OyER ENTRES OF yE BODY *A FOULER DUNG-HEEP SAY yU NEUer NONE *THAN IS A MAN OF FLESH AND BONE *AL+THE TYME yAT MEN HERE LYUEy *HIS KYNDE NON OTHER FRUYzT HERE zEUEy *WHEyER HE LEUE HERE SHORT OR LONGE WHILE *zITTE HE IS LOyLY AND WEL VYLE *AS FYLTHE STYNKYNG AND NO yING ELLYS *AS *JNNOCENT IN A+BOOK THUS TELLYS *THIS CLERK TELLEy VS yUS IN A BOOK *BY-HOLDE HE SEIy REDELY AND LOOK *HERBYS AND TREES HE SEIy yU SEST SPRYNG *AND TAK GODE KEPE WHAT yEI FORyE BRYNG *HERBYS FORTH BRYNGEy FLOURYS AND SEED *AND TREES FRUYTE AND BRAUNCHES TO SPREDE *AND FORy BRYNGESTU yOROUz yI SKYN *NETES LUYS AND MOCHE OTHER VerMYN *OF HEM HE SEIy SPRINGEy BAVME FUL GODE *AND OYLE & WYN FOR MANNYS FODE ; *AND OF THE COMEy MYCHE FOULE yING *AS FEN & VRYNE AND FOULE SPETYNG *OF HEM COMEy FUL SVETE SAUOUR *AND OF THE COMEy STENyE FUL SOUR *SICHE AS yE TRE IS WITH yE BOWES *SYCHE IS THE FRUYT y\T yER-ON GROWYS *AN YUEL TRE MAY NO GODE FRUYT BERE *AND yAT KNOWEy ECHE A GARDYNER *A+MAN IS A TRE IN A zERDE *OF THE WHICHE yE CROP IS TurNED DUNWARD *AND yE ROTE TOWARDE THE FIRMAMENT *AS SEIy THE GRETE CLERK *JNNOCENT *HE SAIy MAN IN SHAP IS BOTE A TRE *TURNED VPWARD yAT DOUNE SHOLDE BE *OF WHICHE yE ROTE THAT ON HIT SPRINGEy *JS THE HERE THAT ON MANNYS HEUEDE HONGEy *THE STOK NEXT THE ROTE GROWYNG *JS THE HEUEDE WIy yE NEKKE FOLWYNG *THE BODY OF THE TRE THER-BY *JS THE BREST WITH BELY *THE BOWES BEy ARMES WIy yE HONDES *AND yE LEGGES WITH THE FETE yAT STONDES *THE BRAUNCHES MAY MEN KYNDELY CALLE *THE TOOS AND yE FYNGRES ALLE *THIS IS THE LEEF yAT HONGEy NOT FAST *THAT IS BLOWEN WIy WYNDES BLAST *AND THE BODY ALSO OF yE TRE *THAT WIy yE SONNE MAY I-DRIED BE *A MAN THAT IS BOyE zONG AND LYzT *BE HE NEUER SO STRONGE AND WYzT *AND OF FACE BOyE FRE & FAIRE *JUELYS & SIKENES MAKEy HYM APAIR~ *AND ALLE HIS BEAUTE & STRENGEy A-BATE *AND MAKEy HYM IN SIMPLE ASTATE *AND CHANGEy ALLE HIS COLOUR *AND MAKEy HIT FADE AS DOy yE FLOUR *A FLOUR yAT SEMEy FAIR AND BRYzT *WIy STORMES HIT FADEy & FEBLEy yE MYzT *AND YUELYS AND GRET MYSCHEUES *COMEy TO A MAN yAT HERE LEUES *AS FEUERS DROPESY AND JAUNES *TESYK GOUTES AND OyER MALADIES *THAT DOy HYM SUFFRE GRET PYNE *AS STORMES DOy THE FLOURYS DWYNE *THER-FOR MAY A MAN WEL Y-LIKNED BE *TO A FLOUR yAT FAIR IS ON TO SE *THAT WHEN HIT IS FOR yE BROUzT *WELKEy AND FADEy TIL HIT COME TO NOUzT . *THIS SHOLD BE A ENSAMPLE TO US *FOR-WHY *JOB IN A BOKE SEIy yUS *MAN HE SEIy AS FLOURE BRYzT *FURST COMEy FORy HERE TO yIS LYzT *AND WALKEy AN PASSEy SONE AWAY *AS A SHADOWE ON yE SOMERS DAY *AND NO TYME IN O STATE DUELLEy *BOTE EUER PASSYNG AS *JOB TELLEy *OF THIS DAUID WITTENES BERES *JN A PSALME NAMELY yOROUz yIS VERS *DAUID SEIy THUS AS WRETEN IS *MAN WADEy A-WEY ERLY AS GRAS *ERLY ATTE yE BYGYNNYNG OF yE DAY *HE FLORESSHEy AND PASSEy A-WAY *ATTE EUEN LATE HE IS DOUn BROUzT *AND FAYLEy AND DVYUEy & GOy TO NOUzT *JN THE BIGYNNYNG OF yE LIF OF MAN *NYNE HUNDRED WYNTER MEN LEUED yAN *AS CLERKES SEIy AND BEREy WITTENES *BOTE AFTER yAT BY-COME MANNYS LYF LASSE *AND SO WOLD GOD yAT HIT SHOLD BE *FOR-WHY HE SAIDE yUS TO *NOE ;