The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 14 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFDGHGGDIG JEBDBGEDBBGKGJI LMCGE GGL GBNCOEGBBAEC GGEGEGPBCEGDA CGCBCJCGBCDCGNMIDAEG JGBCAMMK BIMEGMDCGEC K P G AGGDGCEEEGGL CGLDCAKDEEGEDLG'I have but oon hool hater ' quod Haukyn 'I am the lasse to blame | A |
Though it be soiled and selde clene I slepe therinne o nyghtes | B |
And also I have an houswif hewen and children | C |
Uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venire | D |
That wollen bymolen it many tyme maugree my chekes | B |
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It hath be laved in Lente and out of Lente bothe | E |
With the sope of siknesse that seketh wonder depe | F |
And with the losse of catel that looth me w ere | D |
For to agulte God or any good man by aught that I wiste | G |
And was shryven of the preest that for my synnes gaf me | H |
To penaunce pacience and povere men to fede | G |
Al for coveitise of my Cristendom in clennesse to kepen it | G |
And kouthe I nevere by Crist kepen it clene an houre | D |
That I ne soiled it with sighte or som ydel speche | I |
Or thorugh werk or thorugh word or wille of myn herte | G |
That I ne flobre it foule fro morwe til even ' | - |
'And I shal kenne thee ' quod Conscience 'of Contricion to make | J |
That shal clawe thi cote of alle kynnes filthe | E |
Cordis contricio | B |
Dowel shal wasshen it and wryngen it thorugh a wis confessour | D |
Oris confessio | B |
Dobet shal beten it and bouken it as bright as any scarlet | G |
And engreynen it with good wille and Goddes grace to amende the | E |
And sithen sende thee to Satisfaccion for to sonnen it after | D |
Satisfaccio | B |
'And Dobest kepe th clene from unkynde werkes | B |
Shal nevere my te bymolen it ne mothe after biten it | G |
Ne fend ne fals man defoulen it in thi lyve | K |
Shal noon heraud ne harpour have a fairer garnement | G |
Than Haukyn the Actif man and thow do by my techyng | J |
Ne no mynstrall be moore worth amonges povere and riche | I |
Than Haukyn wi l the wafrer which is Activa Vita ' | - |
'And I shal purveie thee paast ' quod Pacience 'though no plough erye | L |
And flour to fede folk with as best be for the soule | M |
Though nevere greyn growed ne grape upon vyne | C |
Alle that lyveth and loketh liflode wolde I fynde | G |
And that ynogh shal noon faille of thyng that hem nedeth | E |
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We sholde noght be to bisy abouten oure liflode | G |
Ne soliciti sitis Volucres celi Deus pascit Pacientes vincunt | G |
Thanne laughed Haukyn a litel and lightly gan swerye | L |
'Whoso leveth yow by Oure Lord I leve noght he be blessed ' | - |
'No ' quod Pacience paciently and out of his poke hente | G |
Vitailles of grete vertues for alle manere beestes | B |
And seide ' Lo here liflode ynogh if oure bileve be trewe | N |
For lent nevere was lif but liflode were shapen | C |
Wherof or wherfore or wherby to libbe | O |
' First the wilde worm under weet erthe | E |
Fissh to lyve in the flood and in the fir the criket | G |
The corlew by kynde of the eyr moost clennest flessh of briddes | B |
And bestes by gras and by greyn and by grene rootes | B |
In menynge that alle men myghte the same | A |
Lyve thorugh leel bileve and love as God witnesseth | E |
Quodcumque pecieritis a patre in nomine meo Et alibi Non | C |
in solo pane vivit homo set in omni verbo quod procedit de ore Dei ' | - |
But I lokede what liflode it was that Pacience so preisede | G |
And thanne was it a pece of the Paternoster Fiat voluntas tua | G |
'Have Haukyn ' quod Pacience 'and et this whan the hungreth | E |
Or whan thow clomsest for cold or clyngest for droughte | G |
And shul nevere gyves thee greve ne gret lordes wrathe | E |
Aison ne peyne for pacientes vincunt | G |
By so that thow be sobre of sighte and of tonge | P |
In ond ynge and in handlynge and in alle thi fyve wittes | B |
Darstow nevere care for corn ne lynnen cloth ne wollen | C |
Ne for drynke ne deeth drede but deye as God liketh | E |
Or thorugh hunger or thorugh hete at his wille be it | G |
For if thow lyvest after his loore the shorter lif the bettre | D |
Si quis amat Christum mundum non diligit istum | A |
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'For thorugh his breeth beestes woxen and abrood yeden | C |
Dixit et facta sunt | G |
Ergo thorugh his breeth mowen bothe men and beestes lyven | C |
As Holy Writ witnesseth whan men seye hir graces | B |
Aperis tu manum tuam et imples omne animal benediccione | C |
'It is founden that fourty wynter folk lyvede withouten tulying | J |
And out of the flynt sprong the flood that folk and beestes dronken | C |
And in Elyes tyme hevene was yclosed | G |
That no reyn ne roon thus rede men in bokes | B |
That manye wyntres men lyveden and no mete ne tulieden | C |
'Sevene slepe as seith the book sevene hundred wynter | D |
And lyveden withouten lifiode and at the laste thei woken | C |
And if men lyvede as mesure wolde sholde nevere moore be defaute | G |
Amonges Cristene creatures if Cristes wordes ben trewe | N |
Ac unkyndenesse caristiam maketh amonges Cristen peple | M |
And over plentee maketh pryde amonges poore and riche | I |
Ac mesure is so muche worth it may noght be to deere | D |
For the meschief and the meschaunce amonges men of Sodome | A |
Weex thorugh plentee of payn and of pure sleuthe | E |
Ociositas et habundancia panis peccatum turpissimum nutrivit | G |
For thei mesured noght hemself of that thei ete and dronke | J |
Diden dedly synne that the devel liked | G |
Vengeaunce fil upon hem for hir vile synnes | B |
So thei sonken into helle the citees echone | C |
' Forthi mesure we us wel and make oure feith oure sheltrom | A |
And thorugh feith cometh contricion conscience woot wel | M |
Which dryveth awey dedly synne and dooth it to be venial | M |
And though a man myghte noght speke contricion myghte hym save | K |
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And brynge his soule to blisse by so that feith bere witnesse | B |
That whiles he lyvede he bilevede in the loore of Holy Chirche | I |
Ergo contricion feith and conscience is kyndeliche Dowel | M |
And surgiens for dedly synnes whan shrift of mouthe failleth | E |
Ac shrift of mouth moore worthi is if man be ynliche contrit | G |
For shrift of mouthe sleeth synne be it never so dedly | M |
Per confessionem to a preest peccata occiduntur | D |
Ther contricion dooth but dryveth it doun into a venial synne | C |
As David seith in the Sauter et quorum tecta sunt peccata | G |
Ac satisfaccion seketh out the roote and bothe sleeth and voideth | E |
And as it nevere n adde ybe to noghte bryngeth dedly synne | C |
That it nevere eft is sene ne soor but semeth a wounde yheeled ' | - |
'Where wonyeth Charite ' quod Haukyn 'I wiste nevere in my lyve | K |
Man that with hym spak as wide as I have passed ' | - |
'Ther parfit truthe and poore herte is and pacience of tonge | P |
There is Chante the chief chaumbrere for God hymselve ' | - |
'Wheither paciente poverte ' quod Haukyn 'be moore plesaunt to Oure Dright | G |
Than richesse rightfulliche wonne and resonably despended ' | - |
' Ye quis est ilie ' quod Pacience ' quik laudabimus eum | A |
Though men rede of richesse right to the worldes ende | G |
I wiste nevere renk that riche was that whan he rekene sholde | G |
Whan he drogh to his deeth day that he ne dredde hym soore | D |
And that at the rekenyng in arrerage fel rather than out of dette | G |
Ther the poore dar plede and preve by pure reson | C |
To have allowaunce of his lord by the lawe he it cleymeth | E |
Joye that nevere joye hadde of rightful jugge he asketh | E |
And seith ''Lo briddes and beestes that no blisse ne knoweth | E |
And wilde wormes in wodes thorugh wyntres thow hem grevest | G |
And makest hem wel neigh meke and mylde fer defaute | G |
And after thew sedet hem somer that is hir soveyn joye | L |
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And blisse to alle that ben bothe wilde and tame ' | - |
'Thanne may boggeris as beestes after boote waiten | C |
That al hir lif han lyved in langour and in defaute | G |
But God sente hem som tyme som manere joye | L |
Outher here or elliswhere kynde wolde it nevere | D |
For to wrotherhele was he wroght that nevere was joye shapen | C |
'Aungeles that in helle now ben hadden joye som tyme | A |
And Dives in deyntees lyvede and in douce vie | K |
Right so reson sheweth that tho men that riche were | D |
And hir makes also lyvede hir lif in murthe | E |
'Ac God is of a wonder wille by that kynde wit sheweth | E |
To yyve many men his mercymonye er he it have deserved | G |
Right so fareth God by some richeruthe me it thynketh | E |
For thei han hir hire heer and hevene as it were | D |
And greet likynge to lyve withouten labour of bodye | L |
And | G |
William Langland
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