PART III.]
II. THE PLOWMANS TALE.
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1125Hir riche clothing shal be rightwysnesse,
Hir tresour, trewë lyf shal be;
Charitè shal be hir richesse,
Hir lordship shal be unitè;
Hope in god, hir honestè;
1130Hir vessell, clenë conscience;
Pore in spirit, and humilitè,
Shal be holy churches defence.”
Hir tresour, trewë lyf shal be;
Charitè shal be hir richesse,
Hir lordship shal be unitè;
Hope in god, hir honestè;
1130Hir vessell, clenë conscience;
Pore in spirit, and humilitè,
Shal be holy churches defence.”
“What,” sayd the Griffon, “may thee greve
That other folkes faren wele?
1135What hast thou to donë with hir †leve?
Thy falsheed ech man may fele.
For thou canst no catell gete,
But livest in londe, as a lorell,
With glosing gettest thou thy mete;
1140So fareth the devell that wonneth in hell.
That other folkes faren wele?
1135What hast thou to donë with hir †leve?
Thy falsheed ech man may fele.
For thou canst no catell gete,
But livest in londe, as a lorell,
With glosing gettest thou thy mete;
1140So fareth the devell that wonneth in hell.
He wold that ech man ther shuld dwell,
For he liveth in clene envy;
So with the tales that thou doest tell
Thou woldest other people distry,
1145With your glose, and your heresy,
For ye can live no better lyf,
But clenë in hypocrisy,
And bringest thee in wo and stryf.
For he liveth in clene envy;
So with the tales that thou doest tell
Thou woldest other people distry,
1145With your glose, and your heresy,
For ye can live no better lyf,
But clenë in hypocrisy,
And bringest thee in wo and stryf.
And therwith have [ye] not to done,
1150For ye ne have[n] here no cure;
Ye serve the divell, †not god ne man,
And he shall payë you your hyre.
For ye woll farë well at feestes,
And warm [be] clothed for the colde,
1155Therfore ye glose goddes hestes,
And begyle the people, yonge and olde.
1150For ye ne have[n] here no cure;
Ye serve the divell, †not god ne man,
And he shall payë you your hyre.
For ye woll farë well at feestes,
And warm [be] clothed for the colde,
1155Therfore ye glose goddes hestes,
And begyle the people, yonge and olde.
1125–30. Her. 1125. clothynge. 1126. treasoure; lyfe. 1128. lordshyppe. 1131. Poore; spirite. 1133. the. 1135. haste; lyue (read leve). 1136. eche. 1139. glosynge. 1141. wolde; eche; there shulde. 1142. enuye. 1146. lyfe. 1148. the; stryfe. 1149. Supply ye. 1151. neyther (read not). 1154. warme; supply be.
