The Vision of William concerning Piers Plowman together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, By William Langland (About 1362-1380 A.D.): Edited from Numerous Manuscripts, with Prefaces, Notes and a Glossary, By the Rev. Walter W. Skeat |
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In a somer sesun whon softe was þe sonne,
I schop me in-to a schroud A scheep as I were;
In Habite of an Hermite vn-holy of werkes,
Wende I wydene in þis world wondres to here.
Bote in a Mayes Morwnynge on Maluerne hulles
Me bi-fel a ferly A Feyrie me þouhte;
I was weori of wandringe and wente me to reste
Vndur a brod banke bi a Bourne syde,
And as I lay and leonede and lokede on þe watres,
I slumberde in A slepyng hit sownede so murie.
I schop me in-to a schroud A scheep as I were;
In Habite of an Hermite vn-holy of werkes,
Wende I wydene in þis world wondres to here.
Bote in a Mayes Morwnynge on Maluerne hulles
Me bi-fel a ferly A Feyrie me þouhte;
I was weori of wandringe and wente me to reste
Vndur a brod banke bi a Bourne syde,
And as I lay and leonede and lokede on þe watres,
I slumberde in A slepyng hit sownede so murie.
Þenne gon I Meeten A Meruelous sweuene,
Þat I was in A Wildernesse wuste I neuer where,
And as I beo-heold in-to þe Est an-heiȝ to þe sonne,
I sauh a Tour on A Toft [triȝely] I-maket;
A Deop Dale bi-neoþe A dungun þer-Inne,
With deop dich and derk and dredful of siht.
Þat I was in A Wildernesse wuste I neuer where,
And as I beo-heold in-to þe Est an-heiȝ to þe sonne,
I sauh a Tour on A Toft [triȝely] I-maket;
A Deop Dale bi-neoþe A dungun þer-Inne,
With deop dich and derk and dredful of siht.
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A Feir feld ful of folk fond I þer bi-twene,
Of alle maner of men þe mene and þe riche,
Worchinge and wondringe as þe world askeþ.
Of alle maner of men þe mene and þe riche,
Worchinge and wondringe as þe world askeþ.
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