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Passus sextus de visione ·
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This were awykkyda wykkyd weye . but who-so hadde a guyde
that wolde folowyn vs ylke a fote · þus this folke hem menyd ·
Quod perkyn the ploughman · by seynt peter of rome
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y haue an halfe acre to erye · by the hye weye
hadde y eryed this halfe acre · and sowyn yt aftur
y wolde wendyn wyth ȝowe · and the weye teche
Hm.6.7: The rubricating scribe failed to note the paraph indicator in the left margin. This were a longe lettynge · quod a lady yn a sclayre
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what schulde we wommen · werche the whiles ·
Summe schull sowe the sakke quod peers · for schedynge of the whete
and ȝee louely ladyes · wyth ȝoure longe fymbgerrysfy[n]gerrys
that ȝe haue sylke and sendal · to sowe whan tyme is
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chysybles for chaplaynes · cherches to honoure
wyues and wydewes · wolle and flax spynneth ·
maketh cloth y conseyl ȝowe and kenneth so ȝoure douhtres
the nedy and the nakyd · nymeth hede howe þey lygge.n
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and casteeth hem cloþes · for so comaundeth treuthe
For y schall lenyn hem lyflode · but ȝif the londe fayle
flesch and brede bothe · to ryche and to pouere
als longe as y leue · for the lordys loue of heuene
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and al manere of men · that by mete and drynke lybbeth
helpeth hym to wurche wygthly · and wynnyth ȝoure food
By cryste quod a knygth tho · he kennyth vs the beste
ac on the teme trewly · taugth was y neuere
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ac kenne me quod the knygth · and by cryste y wol assaye
By seynt poule quod perkyn · ȝe profre ȝowe so fayre
that y schal swynke and swete · and sowe for vs bothe
..as oþ..er laborers do for thy loue al my lyfe-tyme
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yn couenaunt that thu kepe · holy cherche and my-sylue
fro wastours and fro wykkyd men · that þis worlde stroye.n
and go hunte hardylyche · to harys and to foxes
to bores and to brokkes · that breken adown myn hegges
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and goo affayte thy faucouns · wylde fowlys to kulle
for suche comyn to my crofte · and croppeth my whete
curteysly this knygth thanne · comsyd these woordes
by my power peers quod he · y plygth the my trewthe
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to fulfulle þys forwarde · þowe y fygth schulde ·
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as longe as y lyue · y schall the ma.....ynteyne
ȝe and ȝit a poynte quod peers · y praye ȝowe of more
loke ȝe tene no tenaunt · but trewthe woll assente
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and þo....hewh ȝe mowe amercyen hem · late mercy be taxour
and mekenesse thy mayster · mawgre medes chekes ·
and þow.h poore men profre ȝowe presentes and ȝiftes
nyme it nougth yn aduenture · ȝe mowe it nougth deserue
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for ...ȝe   schalte ȝelde it aȝen · atte one ȝeres ende
yn a ful perelous place · purgatory it hattethHm.6.45: The <e> is retouched in a different ink.
And mysbede nougth thy bonde-menan · the bettre may the speede
thowe he be thyn vndurlynge here · wel may happe yn heuene
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that he wurthier sytte · and wyth more blysse
Amice ascende superius · & cetera ·
For yn a charnel atteHm.6.50: Though Hm appears to agree with LM in reading atte, "at the," against at or & in in other B manuscripts, usually Hm means only "at." cherche · c......herles ben euyl to knowe
or a knygth fram a knaue there · knowe this yn thyn herrteHm.6.51: The scribe's "2" form of <r> has been overwritten with hand3's anglicana form.
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and that thu be trewe of thy tonge · and tales that thu hatye
but ȝif they ben of wysdome or of wytte · thy werkmen to chaste
holde wyth none harlottes · ne here nougth here tales
and namly at the mete · suche men eschue
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for it ben the deueles dysours · y do the to vndurstonde
I assente by seynte iame · .seyde the knygth thanne ·
forto wurche by thy woordes · the while my lyfe dureth
And y schal apparayle me quod perkyn · yn pylgrymes wyse
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and wende wyth ȝowe y woll · tyl we fynde trewthe
and caste on my clothes · y-clowtyd and hole
my kokeres and my ...?...cuffes · for colde of my n.ayles ·
and hange myn hoper · at myn hals · yn stede of a scryppe
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a buschel of bredcorn · brynke ...?...?...wiþ me ther-ynne
for y wolde sowe it my-sylfe · and sutthyn woll y wende
to pylgrymage as palmers doon · pardon forto haue
Ac who-so helpeth me to erye · or sowyn here or y wende
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schall haue leue by oure lorde · to lese h.....eere yn heruest
and make hem merye therwyth · magre who-so gruccheth ..
and alkyn crafty men · that kunnyn lyue yn trewthe
y schal fynde hem food · that feythfully lybbeth ·
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Saue iakke the iogolour · and ionet of the stywes
and danyel the d...yes pleyere · and denote the bawde
and frere the faytour · and folke of his ordre
and robyn the rybaudour · for his rusty woordesHm.6.75: Following this line, Hm omits the line Treuthe tolde me ones and bad me tellen it after, customarily found in all other B manuscripts and here given in the spelling of L.
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Deleantur de libro viuencium · y schulde nougth dele wyth hem ·
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for holycherche is hote of hem no tythe to take
Quia cum iustis non scribantur · & cetera
They ben a-scapid good aduenture · god hem amende
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Dame wurche whan tyme is peers wyfe higthe
his doughter higth do rygth so · or thi dame schall þe bete
his sone higth suffre thy souereynes · to haue her wylle
deme hem nougth for ȝif thu doost · thu schalt it dere abugge
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lat god y-wurthe wyth all · for so his woord techeth ·
for nowe y am olde and hore · and haue of myn owne
to penaunce and to pylgrymage · y woll passe wyth othre
for-thy y woll or y wende · do wryte my byqueste
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In dei nomine amen · y make it my-sylue
he schal haue my sowle · that beste hath deseruyd it ·
and fro the f.ende it deffende · for so y byleue
tyl y come to his accountes · as my crede me telleth
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to haue a reles and aremyssyouna remyssyoun · on that rental y leue
The kurkeHm.6.93: This unusual spelling probably reflects the scribe's intent. He manifests a tendency to avoid the /k/ forms with just six instances in the poem to the twenty-one in L, nineteen in M, and twenty in W. The form probably is by analogy with rounded forms in church. schal haue my careyne · and kepe my bonys
for of my corn and catel · he crauyd the tythe
y payde it hym prestyly · for peryl of my soule
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forþy is holdyn y hope · to haue me in his masse
and myngyn yn his memorye · amonge alle crystene
My wyfe schal haue of that y wan · wyth trewthe and nomore
and dele amonge my doughtres · and my dere children ·
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for þowe y deye to-day · my dettys are quytte
y bar home þat y borwyd · er y to bedde ȝede
And wyth the residue and the remenaunt · by the rode of lukes
y woll wurschip ther-wyth · trewthe by my lyue ·
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and ben his pylgryme at the .....plough for poore mennys sake
my ploughfote schall be my pyked staf.e · and pluccheHm.6.105: Plucche, "pull" <OE plyccan. a-two þe rotes
and helpe my cultur to kerue · and clense the furwys
Nowe is perkyn and his pylgrymes · to the plough faren
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to erye this halfe acre · helpyn hym manye
dykers and deluers · dykyd vp the balkes
ther-wyþ was perkyn a-payde · and preysydyn hym faste
oþer werkmen ther were · that wrouhten ful ȝerne
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echemaneche man yn his manere · made hym-sylfe to done
and summe to plese perkyn · pykyd vp the wedes
Atte hie prime perys · leet the plough stande ·
to ouerseen hem hym-sylfe · and who-so beste wrougthe
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he schulde be huyred theraftur · whan heruest-tyme come ·
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...?...Thanne setyn & songyn · summe atte the nale ·
and holpyn erye his halfacre · wyth howe trolly-lolly
Nowe by the perel of my soule quod peers · al yn pure tene
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but ȝe aryse the rathur · and rape ȝowe to wurche
schall no greyne that groweth · glade ȝowe at nede
and thowe ȝe deye for doel · the deuyl · hym haue that recche
Tho were faytours afferde · and feyned hem blynde
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summe leydyn here legges a-lyry · as suche losell kunnyth
and madyn here mone to peers · and prayde hym of grace
for we haue no lymes to labour wyth · lorde of grace bydde we the
ac we praye for ȝowe peers · and for ȝoure plowe bothe
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that god of his grace · ȝoure grayn multyplye
and ȝelde ȝowe for ȝoure almesse · that ȝe ȝyuyn vs here ·
for we may nougth swynke nor swete · suche syknesse vs eyleth ·
ȝif it be sooþ quod peris · that ȝe seyn · y schall it sone aspye ·
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ȝe ben wastours y wote wel · and treuthe wote the sothe
and y am his olde hyne · and hygth hym to warne
whuche they were yn this worlde · his werkemen appeyryd ·
ȝe wastyn that me.n wynnyn · wyþ trauayle and wyþ tene
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ac trewthe schall teche ȝowe · his teme to dryue ·
for ȝe schull ete barlybrode · and of the brooke drynke ·
but ȝif he be blynde or brokelegged · or bolted wyth yrens ·
he schall ete whetebrede · and drynke wyth my-sylue
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tyl god of his goodnesse · amendement. hym sende
Ac ȝe þat mygthHm.6.141: Since Ac extends into the left margin, the first three words may have been inserted over an erasure. trauayle as trewthe wolde · and take mete and huyre
to kepen kyen yn the feelde · the corn from the bestys ·
dyken or deluyn · or dyngyn vpon scheuys
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or helpe make morter · or bere mukke afelde
..yn lecherye and yn losengerye · ȝee lyuen and yn slauthe
and all is thorowe suffraunce · that vengeaunce ȝowe ne taketh ·
Ac ancres and heremytes · that etyn nougth but at nonys ·
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and namore tyl on the morowe · myn almus schul they haue
and of catel to kepe hem wyth · that han cloystres and cherches ·
Ac robard rennaboute · schall nougth haue of myne
ne postles but they preche kunne · and haue power of the buschop ·
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they schull haue payn and potage · and make hem-sylfe at ese
for it is an vnresonable relygyoun · that hath rygth nougth at certayn ·
And thanne gan a wastour to wratthe hym · and wolde haue fougthe ·
and to peris the ploughman · he profryd his gloue
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a brytoneer a bragger · abostyd peris als ·
fol. 138vI
And badde hym go pissyn wyth his plough · for-pynyd schrewe
wylte thu or nylte thu · we wyln haue oure wylle
of thy flour and of thy flesch · fecche whan vs lyketh
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and makyn vs mery ther-wyth · maugre thy chekes
Thanne peris the ploughman · playned hym to the knygth ·
to kepyn hym as couenaunt was · fro cursyd schrewes ·
and fro wastourus wolueskynnys · þat maketh þe worlde dere
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for þo wastyn and wynnyn nougth · and that ylke while
wurth neuer plente amonge the peple · þe while my plough lyggeth
Curteysly the knygth thanne · as his k....eynde wolde
warnyd wastour · and wyssyde hym bettre
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or thu schalte a-bugge by the lawe · and by the ordre that y bere
I was nougth wonte to wurche quod wastour · & nowe wol y nat bygynne
and l...eet lygthly of the lawe · and lasse of the knygth ·
and sette peris at a pese · and his plough bothe
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and manaced peers and his men · ȝif þey mette . efte-sone
Nowe by the pereyl of my sowle quod peers · y schal appeyre ȝowe alle
and houpyd aftur hongour · that herde hym atte the furste
a-wreke me on these wastours quod he · that the . worlde schendeth
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hungor yn haste tho · hente wastour by the mawe
and wronge hym so by the wombe · that bothe his yȝen watryd ·
he buffetyd the brytoneer · aboute the cheekys
that he loked lyke a lanterne · all his ly.efe aftur
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he b...eet hem so bothe · he barste nere her guttys
ne hadde peris wyth a pese-lofe prayde hungor to cese
they hadde be doluyn · ne deme thu none othre
Suffre hem lyue he seyde · and late hem ...ete wyth hogges ·
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or elles benys and bren · y-bakyn to-gydres
or elles mylke and mene ale · þus prayde peers for hem ·
Faytours for fere herof · flowyn ynto bernys
and flattyn on wyth flayles · fro morowe tyl euyn ·
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that hungor was nougth so hardy · on hem forto loke
for a potfull of pesyn · that peers hadde y-makyd ·
An hepe of heremytys · hentyn hem spades
and kuttyn h..ereHm.6.191: The final character is malformed. copes · and curtepyes hem made
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and wentyn as werkmen · wyþ spades and wyth schoueles ·
and doluyn and dyggedyn · to dryue aweye honger
blynde and bedrede · were botenyd a thousande
that setyn to begge syluer · sone were they helyd
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for that was bake for bayard · was bote for many hongry ·
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and many a begger for benys · buxum was to swynke
and eche poore man wel apayde to haue pesyn for his huyre
and what peers prayde hem to do · as preste as a sperhauk
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and þerof was peris proude · and put hem to werke
and ȝaf hem mete as he mygth aforthe · and mesurable huyre
Thanne hadde peers pyte · and prayde hungor to wende
home yn-tyl his owne ȝerde · and holdyn hym there
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for y am wel a-wroke of wastours · thorow thy mygth
ac y praye the or thu passe · quod peers to hungour
of beggers and of bydders · what beste ben to done
for y wote wel be thu wente · they wyln don full ylle
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for myscheef it maketh · they beth so meke nowthe
and for defaute of her food · this folke is at my wylle
they are my blody bretherne · quod peers for god b..owgth vs alle
treuthe taugth me ones to louen hem echone
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and to helpen hem of alle thyngs · ay as hem nedyd ·
and nowe wolde y wyten of the · what were the beste
and howe hey mygth amaystryen hem · and make hem to werche
Here nowe quod hongour · and hold. it for a wysdome
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bolde beggers and bygge · that mowyn her breed byswynke
wyth houndys brede · and hors brede · holde vp her hertys
abayte hem wyth benys · for bolnynge of her herte
and ȝif the gomes grucche · bydde hem go swynke
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and he schal sowpe swettere · whan he it haþ deseruyd ·
And ȝif thu fynde any freke that fortune hath apeyryd
or eny maner febul man · fonde thu suche to knowe
conforte hym wyth thy catel · for crystes loue of heuene
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loue hem and lene hem · so lawe of god techeth ·
Alter alterius onera portate · & cetera
and al manere of men · that thu mygth aspye
that nedy ben and nougthty · helpe hem wyth thy goodes
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loue hem and lakke hem nougth · and late god take the vengeaunce
thouȝ they done euele · lat god y-wurthe
Michi vindictam & ego retribuam · & cetera
And ȝif thu wolte be gracyous to god · do as the gospel techeth ·
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and byloue th.e amonge lewyd m.en · so schalt thu lacche grace
Facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis · & cetera
y wolde nougth greue god quod peris · for all the good on grounde
mygth y synneles do as thu seyste · seyde peris thanne
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Ȝee y behote the quod hungor · or ellys the byble lyeth ·
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go to genesis the gyaunte · the engendrour of ...vs alle
In sudore ....& in swynke thu schalte thi mete tylye
and labour for thi lyflode · and so oure lorde higthe
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and sapience seith the same · y say it yn the byble
pyger pro frigore · no felde wold.e tylye in wynter
and therfore he schall · begge ...?...in somer · and no man bete his hunger
Matheu wyth mannys face · mowthed these woordes
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that seruus nequam · hadde a Mnam · id est · besaunt & for he nolde nougth chaffare
he hadde mawgre of his mayster · euermore after
and bynam hym his mnan · for he ne wolde werche
and ȝaf that mnam · to hym · that ten mnames hadde
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and wyth that he seide · that holy cherche it herde
he þat hath schall · haue · and helpe there it nedeth
and he that nougth hath nougth schal haue · and no man hym helpe
and that he weneth wel to haue · y wol hym byreue
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.....kynde wyt wolde that eche wygth · wel wrougth
or yn dykynge or yn deluynge · or yn trauayle of prayers
contemplatyf lyf · cryste wolde they wrougthe
the sauter seith yn the psalme · of beati omnes
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the freke that fedeth hym-sylfe · wyth his feythfull labour
he is blyssed by the book · yn body and in sowle ·
Labores manuum tuarum · & cetera
ȝit y praye ȝowe quod peris · pur charite and ȝe kunne
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ony leef of lechecrafte · lerne it me my dere
for summe of my seruauntes · and my-sylfe bothe
of al a wyke werke nougth · lord so our wombe aketh ·
I wote wel quod hunger · what syknesse ȝowe eyleth ·
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ȝe haue manged ouermuche · and that maketh ȝowe grone
ac y hote the quod hunger · as thu thyn hele wylneste
þat þu drynke no day · er thu dyne sumwhat ·
ete nougth y hote the · er hungour the take
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and sende the of his sauce · to sauour wyth ȝoure lyppes
and kepe sum tyl soper tyme · and sytte nougth to longe
and ryse vp or appetyt · haue eten his fulle
lat nougth sire surfayt · syttyn at thi boord ·
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leue hym nougth for he is leccherous · and lykerous of tonge
and aftur many maner of metys · is mawe is affyngryd
and ȝif thu diete the thus · y dare legge myn eres
that Fysyk schal his furrud hoodes · for his food selle
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and his cloke of calabre · wyth alle the knoppes of golde
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and be fayn by my feyth · his fysyke to sulle
and lerne to labour wyth londe · forlyflodefor lyflode is swete
for murtheres are many leches · lorde hem amende
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they don men deye wyþ here drynkes · ar destyne it wolde
By seynt poule quod peers · these are profetable woordes
wende nowe hunger whan thu wolte · þat wel be þe euere
for this is a louely lessoun · lord it the furȝelde
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Byhote god quod hunger · hennes ne woll y wende
tyl y haue dynyd by this day · and y-dronke bothe
I haue no peny quod peers · pullettes to bugge
noþer gees ne gris · but two grene cheses ·
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a fewe cruddes and creme · and an hauerkake
and two loues of benys and bran · y-bake for my fawntys
and ȝit y seie by my soule · y haue no salt bacoun ·
ne none kokeneys by cryste coloppis of to makyn
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ac y haue percyle and porrettes · and many cole plontys
and eke a cowe and a calfe · and a carte mare
to drawe a-felde my donge the while the drougth lasteth
and by this lyflode we mot lyue · tyl lammasse tyme
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and by that y hope to haue · heruest yn my crofte
and þanne may y dygth þy dyner · as me dere lyketh
Alle the poore peple tho · pescoddes fette
benys and bakyn apples · they broughtyn yn her lappes
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chibolles and cheruell · and rype chiries manye
and profryd peers this present · to plese wyth hunger
Al hunger eet yn haste · and askyd aftur more
thanne poor folke for fere · feddyn hunger ȝerne
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wyth grene porret and pesyn · to poysoun hym they thougth
by that it neyȝhed neer heruest · newe corn cam to chepynge
thanne was folke fayn · and feddyn hunger wyth the beste
wyþ good ale as glotoun taugth · and gart hunger to slepe
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And tho wolde wastour nougth wurche · but wandred aboute
ne no beggere ete brede that benys ynne were
but of koket or clermatyn or elles of clene whete
ne none halpenyalehalpeny ale · yn none wyse drynke
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but of the beste and of the brownyste · that yn the burgh is to sulle
Laborers that han no londe to lyuen on · but her handes
deynen nougth to dyne a-day · nygth-olde wortys
may no peny-ale hem paye · ne no pece of bacoun
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but ȝif it be fresch flesch othur fysch · fryed othur bake ·
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and that chaw.ded and plus cha.. ·wd for chyllynge of her mawes
and but he be hielyche huyred · elles woll he chide
and that he was werkman wrougth · wayle the tyme
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aȝenst catouns counseyl · comseth he to iangle
Paupertatis    oonus · pacienter ferre memento · & cetera ·
He greueth hym aȝenste god · and gruccheth aȝenste resoun ·
and curseth ..also the kynge and his counseyl aftur
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suche lawes to loke · laborers to greue
ac whiles hungour was her mayster · ther wolde none of hem chide
ne stryue aȝenste his statut · so sternlyche he lokede
Ac y warne ȝow werkmen · wynnyth while ȝe mowe
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for hunger hiderward · hyeth hym faste
he schall a-wake wyth water · wastours to chaste
er fyue ȝere be fulfuld · suche famyn schall aryse
thorowȝ flodes and thorowh fowle wedres · frutes schul fayle
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and so seyde saturne · and sente ȝowe to warne
whan ȝe see the sonne amys · and two monkes hedes
and amaydea mayde haue the maystrye · and multyply by eiȝht
Than schal deeþ wyþ-drawe · and derthe be iustyse
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and dawe the dykere · deye schal for hunger
but ȝif god of his goodnesse grawnte vs a trewe
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