Which two lines in this excerpt from the play Everyman show that Everyman is reluctant to go with Death and wants to delay the time of his final journey? Alas, shall I have no longer respite? I may say Death giveth no warning: -To think on thee, it maketh my heart sick, For all unready is my book of reckoning. -But twelve year and I might have abiding, My counting book I would make so clear, That my reckoning I should not need to fear. -Wherefore, Death, I pray thee, for God's mercy, -Spare me till I be provided of remedy.
Most likely the following lines: >> For all unready is my book of reckoning. >> But twelve year and I might have abiding, To be reluctant is to hesitate or to not be ready, just as the first line reads "unready... of reckoning". And the idea of delay is portrayed in the following line by the phrase "twelve year". Good.luck.
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