[Verses on the seven virtues] This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A06574 of text S100680 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17037). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A06574 STC 17037 ESTC S100680 99836510 99836510 788 2240876678

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A06574) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 788) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1:19) [Verses on the seven virtues] Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name. ([1] p.) S.n., [London : 1500?] Title from STC. "Doubtfully attributed to John Lydgate."--STC. Imprint from STC. Xylographic. Reproduction of original in the British Library. imperfect; A fragment. eng Virtues -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo [Verses on the seven virtues] [no entry] 1500 1 381 47 0 0 0 0 0 1233.6 F The rate of 1233.6 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-01 Sampled and proofread 2008-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
〈…〉 〈…〉 am ●●ent by diuyne proui●●●●● 〈…〉 we mankynde by doctryne euydent . ●●me to amende his original offense . 〈…〉 〈…〉 But by the meanes of christes 〈…〉 I fayth shal brynge hym fro captiui 〈…〉
〈…〉 〈…〉 de thou man that art nat charitable . 〈…〉 my doctryne and se thou folowe me . 〈…〉 whome procedeth welth inestymable . 〈…〉 z and pleasour ioy and prosperyte . where as debate wo peyne and myserie . Cometh of hatered grounde of al malice Therfore ensue ye me that am charyte . For where as I am is no maner vice .
temperaunce . 〈…〉 asty people wȳthout any mesure . 〈…〉 al ye nat vnto your remembraunce . 〈…〉 e greuous peynes ye shal endure . 〈…〉 your synne and mysgouernaunce . Therfore submyt you to attemperaunce If that ye entende heuen to procure . For of hastynesse procedeth vengeaunce wyth sodeyne murder I you ensure .
●●●tice 〈…〉 t by name called am Iustice . 〈…〉 euery-man gyue sentence of ryght . 〈…〉 nysshinge trespassers for theyr malice . 〈…〉nge no man for ridysse nor myght An abuser of Iustice hateth my lyght . For he the ryght wol nat dyscus . He loueth derkenesse hatinge the lyght . Vt non arguantur opera eius .
〈…〉 ce . whome god wyth me hath ornate . 〈…〉 ulde folowe the steppes of humylite 〈…〉 wolde continue stil his estate . 〈…〉 lyue wythout al aduersyte . Trouth it is that bȳ myn magnanymyte I subdue Prynces for theȳr offence . But certaynly subdued shulde I be . If that I wanted the helpe of prudence .
〈…〉 ope . 〈…〉 t man that doth nat vnto me enclyne . 〈…〉 l dongeon damned is perpetually . 〈…〉 〈…〉 xtremely priuate of the grace diuyne . ●●●rfore man mortal se thou thy mynde 〈…〉 . Vnto me hope whych by my policye . Beinge man that erst was damned by synne For to beholde our sauyour eternally . Beholde what profite a man by me doth wy●●●
〈…〉 udence 〈…〉 that gyueth hym vnto negligenc● 〈…〉 of ●●t falleth into mys 〈…〉 〈…〉 lacke of wysodome liuynge in pro 〈…〉 〈…〉 fore he that wol lerne prouyden●● 〈…〉