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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“Nay, so God glade me!” seide þe gome þenne,
“Sauh I neuere Palmere with pyk ne with schrippe
Such a seint seche bote now in þis place.”
“Peter!” quod a Plouȝ-Mon and putte forþ his hed,
“I knowe him as kuyndeliche as Clerk doþ his bokes;
Clene Concience and wit [kende] me to his place,
And dude enseure me seþþe to serue him for euere.
“Sauh I neuere Palmere with pyk ne with schrippe
Such a seint seche bote now in þis place.”
“Peter!” quod a Plouȝ-Mon and putte forþ his hed,
“I knowe him as kuyndeliche as Clerk doþ his bokes;
Clene Concience and wit [kende] me to his place,
And dude enseure me seþþe to serue him for euere.
Boþe to sowen and to setten while I swynke mihte,
I haue ben his felawe þis fiftene wynter;
Boþe I-sowed his seed and suwed his beestes,
And eke I-kept his Corn I-caried hit to house,
I-dyket and I-doluen I-don what he hihte,
With-Innen and withouten I-wayted his profyt;
Þer nis no laborer in þis leod þat he loueþ more,
For þauh I Sigge hit my-self I serue him to paye.
I haue ben his felawe þis fiftene wynter;
Boþe I-sowed his seed and suwed his beestes,
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I-dyket and I-doluen I-don what he hihte,
With-Innen and withouten I-wayted his profyt;
Þer nis no laborer in þis leod þat he loueþ more,
For þauh I Sigge hit my-self I serue him to paye.
I haue myn hure of him wel and oþerwhile more;
He is þe presteste payere þat pore men habbeþ;
He with-halt non hyne his huire þat he hit naþ at euen.
He is as louh as A lomb louelich of speche,
And ȝif ȝe wolleþ I-wite wher þat he dwelleþ,
I wol wissen ow þe wey hom to his place.”
He is þe presteste payere þat pore men habbeþ;
He with-halt non hyne his huire þat he hit naþ at euen.
He is as louh as A lomb louelich of speche,
And ȝif ȝe wolleþ I-wite wher þat he dwelleþ,
I wol wissen ow þe wey hom to his place.”
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