Ac it semeth now soothly To the worldes sighte, That Goddes word wercheth noght On lered ne on lewed, But in swich a manere As Marc meneth in the gospel: Dum caecus ducit caecum, ambo in foveam cadunt.
And but if Luc lye, He lereth us by foweles, We sholde noght be to bisy Aboute the worldes blisse; Ne soliciti sitis, He seith in the Gospel, And sheweth us by ensamples Us selve to wisse.
Trusteth wel, and understondeth me, Ther shal not oon to mercy goon on-lyve, Al were he lord of worldestwyes fyve!
And men shul drede, un-to the worldes ende, From hennes-forth to ravisshe any quene, 895 So cruel shal our wreche on hem be sene.
Ne though I livede un-to the worldes ende, 1580 My name sholde I never ayeinward winne; Thus were I lost, and that were routhe and sinne.
And syn of the worlde: ne theyr braunches comprehende: Nat thoughe I lyued vnto the worldes ende.
When in the world I liued, I was the worldes Commander Boiet.
Hir love I best, and shal, whyl I may dure, Bet than my-self an hundred thousand deel, 35 Than al this worldes richesse or creature.
Pees is the cheef of al the worldes welthe, And to the heven it ledeth eek the way; Pees is of soule and lyfe the mannes helthe 80 Of pestilence, and doth the werre away.
And ye tolden your-selfe, that ilke jewel in his kinde was so 80 good and so vertuous, that her better shulde I never finde, al sought I ther-after to the worldes ende.
For if I drede theworldes hate, Me thinketh, I were litell to prayse; I drede nothing your hye estat, Ne I drede not your disese.
Al is well don what ever they make, For they shal answere at +ones for all; 410 For worldes thank, such worch and wake, And all such false shall foul fall!
But afterward, whan Crist took his manhede, Pees was the firste thing he leet do crye Ayenst the worldesrancour and envye.
Loke how many orders take Only of Christ, for his servyce, That the worldes goodes forsake?
The thirde tyme shal ginne whan transitorie thinges ofworldes han mad their ende; and that shal ben in Joye, glorie, and rest, both body and soule, that wel han deserved in the tyme of Grace.
The worldes chaunces upon aventure Ben ever set; but thilke chaunce of pees Is so behovely to the creature That it above al other is peerlees.
For vayne honour, or for the worldes good, They that whylom the stronge werres made, 100 Wher be they now?
The worldescause is wayted over-al; Ther be the werres redy, to the fulle; 205 But Cristes owne cause in special, Ther ben the swerdes and the speres dulle.
Ther shal not oon to mercy goon on-lyve, Al were he lord of worldes twyes fyve!
With flaterie he broghte aboute 2260 His pourpos of the worldes werk, Which was ayein the stat of clerk, So that Philosophie he lefte And to richesse himself uplefte: Lo, thus hadde Arisippe his wille.
And fro the ferste regne of alle Into this day, hou so befalle, 580 Of that the regnes be muable The man himself hath be coupable, Which of his propre governance Fortuneth al the worldes chance.
Lich to the peines of this flod Stant Avarice in worldes good: He hath ynowh and yit him nedeth, For his skarsnesse it him forbiedeth, And evere his hunger after more Travaileth him aliche sore, So is he peined overal.
Here lyves thanne were longe, Here wittes grete, here mihtes stronge, Here hertes ful of besinesse, Wherof the worldes redinesse In bodi bothe and in corage Stant evere upon his avantage.
And afterward the yer suiende The god hath mad of hire an ende, And fro thisworldes faierie Hath take hire into compaignie.
And so hit laste into the yeer Of Albert and of Berenger; 780 Bot thanne upon dissencioun Thei felle, and in divisioun Among hemself that were grete, So that thei loste the beyete Of worschipe and of worldes pes.
That knew this worldes transmutacioun, As he had seyn it chaungen up and doun, 2840 Ioye after wo, and wo after gladnesse: And shewed hem ensamples and lyknesse.
The pryde of man and beste he leyde adoun, Wher-so he cam, un-to the worldes ende.
Loke how thou rydest for the same entente, To winne good, thou rekkest never how; Right so fare I, for ryde wolde I now Un-to the worldes ende for a preye.
He was so strong that no man mighte him lette; At bothe the worldes endes, seith Trophee, In stede of boundes, he a piler sette.
What if within the Moones fayre shining spheare, What if in every other starre unseene Of other worldes he happily should heare, He wonder would much more; yet such to some appeare.
What if in euery other starre vnseene 8 Of other worldeshe happily should heare?
My Lords, this, which in shew is brave attendance And love to me, is theworldes posture right, Where one man's falling downe setts up another.
I love thee, too: thy physick Will quickly purge me from the worldes abuses.
Where after we shall neuer haue hongre ne thurst / seynge the than / not as we now do / in mysteryes & of ferre home / but thenne shall we see the face to face in glorye with thy fader in vnyte of the holy goost by all worldes Amen.
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