The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 11 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCD EAAAF FAGHAIJKK LM G GEAIFJ FAE A JF JFH GGAJAMAAFKINFFAAAJHA CAAECNFF GGKFMFHEOAA GA F EOAAOAIHHCMEGEOAGK AJAHAAA AAA EAFIAAGGIKAMAOAAPEON AJF MA| Thanne Scriptare scorned me and a skile tolde | A |
| And lakked me in Latyn and light by me sette | A |
| And seide ' Multi multa sciunt et seipsos nesciunt ' | B |
| Tho wepte I for wo andwrathe of hir speche | C |
| And in a wynkynge w o rth til I weex aslepe | D |
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| A merveillous metels mette me thanne | E |
| For I was ravysshed right there for Fortune me fette | A |
| And into the lond of longynge and love she me broughte | A |
| And in a mirour that highte Middelerthe she made me to biholde | A |
| Sithen she seide to me Here myghtow se wondres | F |
| And knowe that thow coveitest and come therto peraunter ' | - |
| Thanne hadde Fortune folwynge hire two faire damyseles | F |
| Concupiscencia Carnis men called the elder mayde | A |
| And Coveitise of Eighes ycalled was that oother | G |
| Pride of Parfit Lyvynge pursued hem bothe | H |
| And bad me for my contenaunce acounten Clergie lighte | A |
| Concupiscencia Carnis colled me aboute the nekke | I |
| And seide 'Thow art yong and yeep and hast yeres ynowe | J |
| For to lyve longe and ladies to lovye | K |
| And in this mirour thow might se myrthes ful manye | K |
| That leden thee wole to likynge al thi lif tyme ' | - |
| The secounde seide the same' I shal sewe thi wille | L |
| Til thow be a lord and have lond leten thee I nelle | M |
| That I ne shal folwe thi felawship if Fortune it like ' | - |
| ' He shal fynde me his frend ' quod Fortune therafter | G |
| 'The freke that folwede my wille failled nevere blisse ' | - |
| Thanne was ther oon that highte Elde that hevy was of chere | G |
| ' Man ' quod he 'if I mete with thee by Marie of hevene | E |
| Thow shalt fynde Fortune thee faille at thi mooste nede | A |
| And Concupiscencia Carnis clene thee forsake | I |
| Bittrely shaltow banne thanne bothe dayes and nyghtes | F |
| Coveitise of Eighe that evere thow hir knewe | J |
| And Pride of Parfit Lyvynge to muche peril thee brynge ' | - |
| ' Ye Recche thee nevere ' quod Rechelesnesse stood forth in raggede clothes | F |
| ' Folwe forth that Fortune wole thow has wel fer til Elde | A |
| A man may stoupe tyme ynogh whan he shal tyne the crowne | E |
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| ''Homo proponit '' quod a poete and Plato he highte | A |
| ''And Deus disponit'' quod he 'lat God doon his wille '' | - |
| If Truthe wol witnesse it be wel do Fortune to folwe | J |
| Concupiscencia Carnis ne Coveitise of Eighes | F |
| Ne shal noght greve thee graithly ne bigile thee but thow wolt ' | - |
| ' Ye farewel Phippe ' quod Faunteltee and forth gan me drawe | J |
| Til Concupiscencia Carnis acorded til alle my werkes | F |
| 'Allas eighe ' quod Elde and Holynesse bothe | H |
| 'That wit shal torne to wrecchednesse for wil to have his likyng ' | - |
| Coveitise of Eighes conforted me anoon after | G |
| And folwed me fourty wynter and a fifte moore | G |
| That of Dowel ne Dobet no deyntee me thoughte | A |
| I hadde no likyng leve me o f the leste of hem ought to knowe | J |
| Coveitise of Eighes com ofter in mynde | A |
| Than Dowel or Dobet among my dedes alle | M |
| Coveitise of Eighes conforted me ofte | A |
| And seide ' Have no conscience how thow come to goode | A |
| Go confesse thee to som frere and shewe hym thi synnes | F |
| For whiles Fortune is thi frend freres wol thee lovye | K |
| And fe stn e thee in hir fraternitee and for thee biseke | I |
| To hir Priour Provincial a pardon for to have | N |
| And preien for thee pol by pol if thow be pecuniosus | F |
| Pena pecuniaria non sufficit pro spiritualibus delictis | F |
| By wissynge of this wenche I dide hir wordes were so swete | A |
| Til I foryat youthe and yarn into elde | A |
| And thanne was Fortune my foo for al hir faire biheste | A |
| And poverte pursued me and putte me lowe | J |
| And tho fond I the frere afered and flittynge bothe | H |
| Ayeins oure firste forward for I seide I nolde | A |
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| Be buried at hire hous but at my parisshe chirche | C |
| For I herde ones how Conscience it tolde | A |
| That there a man were cristned by kynde he sholde be buryed | A |
| And for I seide thus to freres a fool thei me helden | E |
| And loved me the lasse for my lele speche | C |
| Ac yet I cryde on my confessour that so konnyng heeld hymself | N |
| 'By my feith frere ' quod I ' ye faren lik thise woweris | F |
| That wedde none widwes but for to welden hir goodes | F |
| Right so by the roode roughte ye nevere ' | - |
| Where my body were buryed by so ye hadde my silver | G |
| Ich have muche merveille of yow and so hath many another | G |
| Whi youre covent coveiteth to confesse and to burye | K |
| Rather than to baptize barnes that ben catecumelynges | F |
| Baptizynge and buryinge bothe beth ful nedefulle | M |
| Ac muche moore meritorie me thynketh it is to baptize | F |
| For a baptized man may as maistres telleth | H |
| Thorugh contricion come to the heighe hevene | E |
| Sola contricio delet peccatum | O |
| Ac a barn withouten bapteme may noght so be saved | A |
| Nisi quis renatus fuerit | A |
| Loke ye lettred men wheither I lye or do noght ' | - |
| And Lewte tho lo ugh on me for I loured after | G |
| 'Wherfore lourestow ' quod Lewtee and loked on me harde | A |
| 'If I dorste amonges men ' quod I 'this metels avowe ' | - |
| ' Yis by Peter and by Poul ' quod he ' and take hem bothe to witnesse | F |
| Non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo set publice argue illos ' | - |
| 'They wole aleggen also ' quod I ' and by the Gospel preven | E |
| Nolite iudicure quemquam | O |
| 'And wherof serveth lawe ' quod Lewtee if no lif undertoke it | A |
| Falsnesse ne faiterie For somwhat the Apostle seide | A |
| Non oderis fratrem | O |
| And in the Sauter also seith David the prophete | A |
| Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis c | I |
| It is licitum for lewed men to l egge the sothe | H |
| If hem liketh and lest ech a lawe it graunteth' | H |
| Except persons and preestes and prelates of Holy Chirche | C |
| It falleth noght for that folk no tales to telle | M |
| Though the tale were trewe and it touched synne | E |
| 'Thyng that al the world woot wherfore sholdestow spare | G |
| To reden it in retorik to arate dedly synne | E |
| Ac be neveremoore the firste the defaute to blame | O |
| Though thow se yvel seye it noght first be sory it nere amended | A |
| No thyng that is pryve publice thow it nevere | G |
| Neither for love laude it noght ne lakke it For envye | K |
| Parum lauda vitupera parcius ' | - |
| ' He seith sooth ' quod Scripture tho and skipte an heigh and preched | A |
| Ac the matere that she meved if lewed men it knewe | J |
| The lasse as I leve lovyen thei wolde | A |
| The bileve o f Oure Lord that lettred men techeth | H |
| This was hir teme and hir text I took ful good hede | A |
| 'Multi to a mangerie and to the mete were sompned | A |
| And whan the peple was plener comen the porter unpynned the yate | A |
| And plukked in Pauci pryveliche and leet the remenaunt go rome ' | - |
| Al for tene of hir text trembled myn herte | A |
| And in a weer gan I wexe and with myself to dispute | A |
| Wheither I were chose or noght chose on Holy Chirche I thoughte | A |
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| That underfeng me atte font for oon of Goddes chosene | E |
| For Crist cleped us alle come if we wolde | A |
| Sarsens and scismatikes and so he dide the Jewes | F |
| O vos omnes sicientes venite c | I |
| And bad hem souke for synne sa l ve at his breste | A |
| And drynke boote for bale brouke it whoso myghte | A |
| 'Thanne may alle Cristene come ' quod I and cleyme there entree | G |
| By the blood that he boughte us with and thorugh bapteme after | G |
| Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit c | I |
| For though a Cristen man coveited his Cristendom to reneye | K |
| Rightfully to reneye no reson it wolde | A |
| ' For may no cherl chartre make ne his c h atel selle | M |
| Withouten leve of his lord no lawe wol it graunte | A |
| Ac he may renne in arerage and rome fro home | O |
| And as a reneyed caytif recchelesly aboute | A |
| Ac Reson shal rekene with hym and rebuken hym at the laste | A |
| And Conscience acounte with hym and casten hym in arerage | P |
| And putten hym after in prison in purgatorie to brenne | E |
| For his arerages rewarden hym there right to the day of dome | O |
| But if Contricion wol come and crye by his lyve | N |
| Mercy for hise mysdedes with mouthe or with herte ' | - |
| ' That is sooth ' seide Scripture ' may no synne lette | A |
| Mercy al to amende and mekenesse hir folwe | J |
| For thei beth as oure bokes telleth above Goddes werkes | F |
| Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius ' | - |
| 'Ye baw for bokes ' quod oon was broken out ofhelle | M |
| ' I Troianus a trewe knyght | A |
William Langland
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