The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAAEFGGHFAHFCIFFJ AKLKHIIKDFFGF AFIFADAFAMKCFNAFEMEA FFEIAOFFIIA IPIIKFGFGMAFMIAFDFAF AKAFAOCGFCMF FFFAFCAKEGAFAAGEFFGF AEFCCNFIEFAFAKA AAEFKEAGAAFIAAAAIFAI MIThus I awaked and wroot what I hadde ydremed | A |
And dighte me derely and dide me to chirche | B |
To here holly the masse and to be housled after | C |
In myddes of the masse tho men yede to offryng | D |
I fel eftsoones aslepe and sodeynly me mette | A |
That Piers the Plowman was peynted al blody | A |
And com in with a cros bifore the comune peple | E |
And right lik in alle lymes to Oure Lord Jesu | F |
And thanne called I Conscience to kenne me the sothe | G |
'Is this Jesus the justere ' quod I 'that Jewes dide to dethe | G |
Or it is Piers the Plowman Who peynted hym so rede ' | H |
Quod Conscience and kneled tho ' Thise arn Piers armes | F |
Hise colours and his cote armure ac he that cometh so blody | A |
Is Crist with his cros conquerour of Cristene ' | H |
'Why calle ye hym Crist ' quod I 'sithen Jewes called hym Jesus | F |
Patriarkes and prophetes prophecied bifore | C |
That alle kynne creatures sholden knelen and bowen | I |
Anoon as men nempned the name of God Jesu | F |
Ergo is no name to the name of Jesus | F |
Ne noon so nedeful to nempne by nyghte ne by daye | J |
For alle derke develes arn adrad to heren it | A |
And synfulle aren solaced and saved by that name | K |
And ye callen hym Crist for what cause telleth me | L |
Is Crist moore of myght and moore worthi name | K |
Than Jesu or Jesus that al oure joye com of ' | H |
'Thow knowest wel ' quod Conscience 'and thow konne reson | I |
That knyght kyng conquerour may be o persone | I |
To be called a knyght is fair for men shul knele to hym | K |
To be called a kyng is fairer for he may knyghtes make | D |
Ac to be conquerour called that cometh of special grace | F |
And of hardynesse of herte and of hendemesse | F |
To make lordes of laddes of lond that he wynneth | G |
And fre men foule thralles that folwen noght hise lawes | F |
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'The Jewes that were gentil men Jesu thei despised | A |
Bothe his loore and his lawe now are thei lowe cherles | F |
As wide as the world is wonyeth ther noon | I |
But under tribut and taillage as tikes and cherles | F |
And tho that bicome Cristene bi counseil of the Baptiste | A |
Aren frankeleyns free men thorugh fullynge that thei toke | D |
And gentil men with Jesu for Jesus was yfulled | A |
And upon Calvarie on cros ycrouned kyng of Jewes | F |
' It bicometh to a kyng to kepe and to defende | A |
And conqueror of his conquest hise lawes and his large | M |
And so dide Jesus the Jewes he justified and taughte hem | K |
The lawe of lif that laste shal evere | C |
And fended from foule yveles feveres and fiuxes | F |
And from fendes that in hem was and false bileve | N |
Tho was he Jesus of Jewes called gentile prophete | A |
And kyng of hir kyngdom and croune bar of thornes | F |
'And tho conquered he on cros as conquerour noble | E |
Mighte no deeth hym fordo ne adoun brynge | M |
That he n'aroos and regnede and ravysshed helle | E |
And tho was he conquerour called of quyke and of dede | A |
For he yaf Adam and Eve and othere mo blisse | F |
That longe hadde yleyen bifore as Luciferis cherles | F |
And took Lucifer the lothly that lord was of helle | E |
And bond hym as he is bounde with bondes of yrene | I |
Who was hardiere than he His herte blood he shadde | A |
To maken alle folk free that folwen his lawe | O |
And sith he yeveth largely al his lele liges | F |
Places in Paradis at hir partynge hennes | F |
He my wel be called conquerour and that is ' Crist ' to mene | I |
'Ac the cause that he cometh thus with cros of his passion | I |
Is to wissen us therwith that whan we ben tempted | A |
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Therwith to fighte and fenden us fro fallynge into synne | I |
And se bi his sorve that whoso loveth joye | P |
To penaunce and to poverte he moste puten hymselven | I |
And muche wo in this world wilnen and suffren | I |
'Ac to carpe moore of Crist and how he com to that name | K |
Faithly for to speke his firste name was jesus | F |
Tho he was born in Bethleem as the Book telleth | G |
And cam to take mankynde kynges and aungeles | F |
Reverenced hym right faire with richesses of erthe | G |
Aungeles out of hevene come knelynge and songe | M |
Gloria in excelsis Deo | A |
'Kynges come after knelede and offrede sense | F |
Mirre and muche gold withouten mercy askynge | M |
Or any kynnes catel but knoweliched en hym sovereyn | I |
Both of sond sonne and see and sithenes thei wente | A |
Into hir kyngene kith by counseil of aungeles | F |
And there was that word fulfilled the which thow of speke | D |
Omnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine Iesu | F |
' For alle the aungeles of hevene at his burthe knelede | A |
And al the wit of the world was in tho thre kynges | F |
Reson and Rightwisnesse and Ruthe thei offrede | A |
Wherfore and why wise men that tyme | K |
Maistres and lettred men Magi hem callede | A |
' That o kyng cam with Reson covered under sense | F |
The seconde kyng siththe soothliche offrede | A |
Rightwisnesse under reed gold Resones felawe | O |
Gold is likned to Leautee that laste shal evere | C |
And Reson to riche ls to right and to truthe | G |
'The thridde kyng tho kam and knelede to Jesu | F |
And presented hym with Pitee apperynge by mirre | C |
For mirre is mercy to mene and mylde speche of tonge | M |
Ertheliche honeste thynges was offred thus at ones | F |
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Thorugh thre kynne kynges knelynge to Jesu | F |
'Ac for alle thise preciouse presents Oure Lord Prynce Jesus | F |
Was neither kyng ne conquerour til he comsede wexe | F |
In the manere of a man and that by muchel sleighte | A |
As it bicometh a conquerour to konne manye sleightes | F |
And manye wiles and wit that wole ben a ledere | C |
And so dide Jesu in hise dayes whoso hadde tyme to telle it | A |
'Som tyme he suffrede and som tyme he hidde hym | K |
And som tyme he faught faste and fleigh outherwhile | E |
And som tyme he gaf good and grauntede heele bothe | G |
Lif and lyme as hym liste he wroghte | A |
As kynde is of a conquerour so comsede Jesu | F |
Til he hadde alle hem that he for bledde | A |
' In his juventee this Jesus at Jewene feeste | A |
Water into wyn turnede as Holy Writ telleth | G |
And there bigan God of his grace to do wel | E |
For wyn is likned to lawe and lifholynesse | F |
And lawe lakkede tho for men lovede noght hir enemys | F |
And Crist counseileth thus and comaundeth bothe | G |
Bothe to lered and to lewede to lovyen oure enemys | F |
So at that feeste first as I bifore tolde | A |
Bigan God of his grace and goodnesse to dowel | E |
And tho was he cleped and called noght oonly Crist but Jesu | F |
A fauntekyn ful of wit filius Marie | C |
For bifore his moder Marie made he that wonder | C |
That she first and formest sholde ferme bileve | N |
That he thorugh Grace was gete and of no gome ellis | F |
He wroghte that by no wit but thorugh word one | I |
After the kynde that he cam of there comsede he Dowel | E |
'And whan he was woxen moore in his moder absence | F |
He made lame to lepe and yaf light to blynde | A |
And fedde with two fisshes and with fyve lowes | F |
Sore afyngred folk mo than fyve thousand | A |
Thus he confortede carefulle and caughte a gretter name | K |
The which was Dobet where that he wente | A |
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For deve thorugh hise doynges and dombe speke and herde | A |
And alle he heeled and halp that hym of grace askede | A |
And tho was he called in contre of the comune peple | E |
For the dedes that he dide Fili David lhesus | F |
For David was doghtiest of dedes in his tyme | K |
The burdes tho songe Saul interfecit mille et David decem milia | E |
Forthi the contree ther Jesu cam called hym fili David | A |
And nempned hym of Nazareth and no man so worthi | G |
To be kaiser or kyng of the kyngdom of Juda | A |
Ne over Jewes justice as Jesus was hem thoughte | A |
'Wherof hadde Cayphas envye and othere of the Jewes | F |
And for to doon hym to dethe day and nyght thei casten | I |
And killeden hym on cros wise at Calvarie on Friday | A |
And sithen buriede his body and beden that men sholde | A |
Kepen it fro nyghtcomeris with knyghtes yarmed | A |
For no frend sholde it fecche for prophetes hem tolde | A |
That that blissede body of burieles sholde risen | I |
And goon into Galilee and gladen hise Apostles | F |
And his moder Marie thus men bifore demede | A |
'The knyghtes that kepten it biknewe hemselven | I |
That aungeles and archaungeles er the day spronge | M |
Come knelyn | I |
William Langland
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