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FLOUR YAT SEMES FAIRE AND BRYGHT *WYTH STORMES FADES AND TYNES YE MYGHT *ALSO EUELS AND GRETE MYSCHEUES COMES TO A MAN YAT HERE LYUES AS FEUER DROPSY AND *JAUNDYS *TYSYK GOUTE AND OYer MALEDYS YAT GARRES HYm FORCE AND STRENGHT TYNE AS STORMES GARRES YE FLOURES DWYNE FOR YI% A+MAN MAY LYKEND BE . *TO A FLOURE YAT IS FAIRE ON TO SE YAT SEYEN WHEN IT IS FORTH BROGHT *WELKES AND DWYNES TIL IT BE NOGHT YIS SULD BE ENSAUMPLE TILLE VS *ALS *JOBE I%N A BOKE SAYS YUS HE SAYS MAN ALS A FLOURE BRYGHT *COMYS FOzTH FYRST VN-TO HIS LYGHT *AND BREKYS SONE AND PASSES AWAY ALS A SCHADOWE ON SOMERSE DAY *AND NEUER I%N YE SAME STATE DUELLES *BOT AY PASSAND ALS *JOBE TELLES *OF YIS YE ProFETE *WYTENESE BERES *JN YE SAUTER . BE YIS VERES YE ProFETE SAYS AND SO IT ES *ARLY A+MAN PASSES AS DOS YE GRYS *ARLY AT YE BEGYNNYNG / OF THE DAY *HE FLORICES AND HE PASSES A-WAY *BE IT EUEN HE ES DOUNE BROGHT *AND FADES AND FAILES & TORNES TO NOGHT *JN YE FYRST BE-GYNNYNG OF MAN IX *C WYNTer LUYUDE YAI YAN *HIS CLERKS I%N BOKES BERES WYTTENES *BOT SETHEN WEX MAN LYUYNG LES *SO WOLDE GODDE YAT IT SULD BE *FOR VN-TO NOE ALLE YUS SAYDE HE . *MY GASTE HE SAYDE SALLE NOGHT AY DUELLE *JN MAN FOR HE HYS FLESSHE AND FELLE . *HYS DAYES SALLE BE FOR TO DUELLE HERE . *A HUNDRETH AND TUENTY zERE *BOT SO GRETE ELDE MAY NOW . NONE BERE *FOR WHY MANS LYFE IS COMEN SCHORTERE . *FOR YE COMPLECCION OF ILK MAN *JS FEBULLER~ YAN IT WAS YAN~ *NOWE IS IT FEBULLER TO SE . *FOR WHY MANS LYFE SCHORTER~ BUS BE *AND AY YE LENGAR A MAN MAY LYUE YE MORE HIS LYFE SALLE NOW HYM GREUE *AND YE LESSE SALLE HYM THYNKE IT SWETE *ALS *JNNE A PSALME WYTTENES YE ProFETE *JFFE I%N MYGHTNES FOURE SCORE FALLE *MARE ES YAIRE SWYNK & YAIR~ WITH ALLE *FOR SELDOME A+MAN OF YAT ELDE *HAUES HELE OR MAY HYM SELUEN WELDE *AND NOW FALLES SHORTER MANS DAYES *ALS *JOBE . YE HALY MAN SAYS *NOW HE SAYS MY FO DAYES SERE *SALLE ENDE WYTH A SCHORTE TYME HERE *FO MAY NOW FOURTY zERE PASSE *AND FEWAR~ FYFTY ALS SAME TYME WASSE *BOT ALS TYTE ALS MAN WAXES ALDE YAN WAXES HYS KYND WAYK AND CALDE YAN CHAUNGES HYS COMPLECCIOUnE HYS MANERS AND HYS CONDICIOUnNE . 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I . HAUE TALDE YAT FALLES TO MAN WHEN HE WEXS ALDE YUS MAY MEN SE YAT KEN YEM KANE *WHAT YE MANERS ARE OF AN ALD MANE . YE LAST ENDE OF MANS LYFE HARDE ES WHEN HE DRAWES TO DEDE WARDE *WHENE HE I%S SEKE AND ALLE DOUNE LYSE *AND SO FEBYLL HE MAY NOGHT RYSE YAN ERE MEN ALS VNCERTAYNE *WETHER HE SALLE DY OR COUERE AGAYNE *BOT zYT KAN SUM+MEN YAT ARE SLYGH WYTE YF HE SALLE OF YAT EUYLLE DY *BE CERTAYN TOKYNS ALS HE SALLE HERE YAT BE-FALLES WHEN DEDE IS NERE HYS FROUNT BEGYNNES YAN DOUNWARD TO FALLE . *AND HIS BROWYS HELDYS DOUNE WITH ALLE YE LEFTE HYGH OF HYM YAN SEMES LESSE *AND NAROWERE YAN YE RYGHT EGH ES HIS NESE AT YE POYNTE IS SCHARP AND SMALLE . *AND YAN BEGYNNES HIS CHYN TO FALLE HIS POUCE . AR~ STILLE WITH-OUTEN STERYNG HIS FETE WAX CALDE HIS BODY CLYNGES *AND YF NERE DEDE BE A zONGE MAN HE WAKYS & MAY NOGHT SLEPE YAN *AND AN ALDE MAN TO DEDE DRAWAND *MAY NOGHT WAKE BOT IS AY SLEPAND *MEN SAYS Y\T ALLE YIS TAKYNS SERE *ERE OF A MAN YAT DEDE YS NERE *WHYLES A MAN LYUES HE IS LYKE MAN *WHEN HE IS DEDE WHAT IS HE YAN YAN MAY MEN YAIRE LYKENES SE CHAUNGED ALS IT HADE NEUer BENE HE WHEN MANS LYFE ES BROGHT TO ENDE *ON YE SAME WYSSE SALLE HE HETHEN WENDE *PORE AND NAKYD ALS HE CAME YE FYRST DAY *FRO HIS MODUR WOME *NOTHYNG HE BROGHT WITH HYM YAT DAY . *NOR NOTHYNG SALLE HE BERE A-WAY *BOT A WYNDYNG CLOTH ONLY YAT SALLE BE LAPPYDE ON HIS BODY *AND YUS WRECHYDLY ENDES YE LYFE OF MAN *AND YF HE BE ALDE WHAT ES HE YAN *WHEN YE LYFE IS PASSYD AWAY YAN IS HE NOGHT BOT ERTH AND CLAY YAT TURNES TO MORE CORUPCI%OUNE YAN ANY STYNKANDE CARIOUNE FOR YE CORUPCIOUnE . OF HYS BODY *JF IT SULDE LONGE ABOUEN ERTH LY IT MYGHT YE AYRE SO CORUMPPEDE MAKE YAT MEN YER OF YAIRE DEDE MAY TAKE SO IS IT VILE . AND VIOLENT YER-FOR YE GRET KLERK *JNNOCENT TELLES I%N A BOKE . YUS OPENLI% OF YE WRECHYDNES . OF MANS BODY HE SAIS WHAT THYNG MAY FOULERE BE YAN MANS CARIOUNE IT IS TO SE *OR WHAT IS MORE ORIBYLLE I%N STEDE *YAN MANS BODY WHEN HE IS DEDE *ALSO HE SAYS IS NOGHT SO VGLY ALS HERE IS A+MANS DEDE BODY *AND WHEN IT IS I%N ERTH LAYD LAWE WORMES SALLE IT ALLE TO-GNAWE *TO YE FLESSH BE FRO YE BANYS BYTYN *FOR YI% I%N BOKES YUS FYNDE WE WRYTYN YE BOKE SAYS YAT WHEN A MAN DYES YERE SALLE COME TO HYM YAN . *WORMES AND NEDDURS VGLY I%N SYGHT *TO WHOME MANS FLESSH FALLES W\T RYTH FOR YI% I%N ERTH MAN SALLE SLEPE *AMONG WORMES YAT ON HYM SALLE CREPE *AND GNAW ON YAT STYNKAND KARKAYS *ALS IS WRYTEN I%N A BOKE YAT SAYS HE SAI%S I%N POUDYR SALLE SLEPE ILK MAN *AND WORMES SALLE ALLE COUERE YEM YAN FOR I%N YIS WERLD ES NON SO WYTTI% *SO WYGHT SO FAYRE NO SO MYGHTY *EMPerOURE DUKE NO KAYSERE NON OYER YAT BERES GRET STATE HERE *NE LEREDE NE LEWEDE BONDE NO FRE *NE RYCH NE POUERE WHAT SO YAI BE YAT HE NE SALLE TURNE AT HIS LAST DAY *TO ERTH AND POUDYR AL AWAY *AND WORMYS SALLE RYUE YEM ALLE I%N SUNDYR *AND YERFOR HAUE *J MYKYLLE WONDYR YAT VNNES ANY MAN MAY WILLE SE *WHAT HE WAS IS AND SALLE BE *BOT WHO SO WOLDE I%N HERT CASTE *WHAT HE WAS AND SALLE BE AT YE LASTE *AND WHAT HE IS WHYLES HE LYUES HERE HE SULD HAUE FULLE LYTILL MANERE FOR TO MAKE IOY TO WHYLES HE HERE DUELLES *ALS A VERSIFIOURE I%N METYRE TELLES HE SAYS WHO SO WOLDE FELE AND SE *WHEN HE COME AND WEYIR~ SULDE HE *SULD HE NEUER~ BE BLYTH BOT IOY FORSAKE *AND EUYR GRETE AND SOROW MAKE *WHERTO IS MAN HERE SO MYRY *AND SO TENDUR OF HIS FOULE BODY YAT SALLE BE GNAWEN WYTH WORMES KENE *AND SO VGLY IS YAN TO BE SENE *WHO SO OF HYM YAN HADE A SYTHE *WHEN YAT WORMES HYM SO HADE DYGHTE *WHEN HE IS BARE VN-TO YE BANE *SO GRYSLY SYGHT SAWE HE NEUERE NANE *AS HE MYGHT SE ON YAT CARCAYSE *FOR SEI%NT *BERNARD I%N YIS METYR SAYS AFTUR MAN HE SAYS WORMY ES . *AND AFTIR WERMYN STYNK & VGLYNES *AND SWO SALLE ILK MAN TURNEDE BE YAN FRO A MAN VN-TO NO MAN YUS MAY ILK MAN I%N YIS PARTY SE WHAT HE WAS AND WHAT HE SALLE BE *AND WHAT HE ES WHILES HE HERE LYUES *AND WHAT KYNS FRUTE HIS KYNDE GEUES *HER MAY MEN SE ALS WRYTEN ES *MYKYLLE OF MANS WRECHYDNES