The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAAEFGGHFAHFCIFFJ AKLKHIIKDFFGF AFIFADAFAMKCFNAFEMEA FFEIAOFFIIA IPIIKFGFGMAFMIAFDFAF AKAFAOCGFCMF FFFAFCAKEGAFAAGEFFGF AEFCCNFIEFAFAKA AAEFKEAGAAFIAAAAIFAI MI

Thus I awaked and wroot what I hadde ydremedA
And dighte me derely and dide me to chircheB
To here holly the masse and to be housled afterC
In myddes of the masse tho men yede to offryngD
I fel eftsoones aslepe and sodeynly me metteA
That Piers the Plowman was peynted al blodyA
And com in with a cros bifore the comune pepleE
And right lik in alle lymes to Oure Lord JesuF
And thanne called I Conscience to kenne me the sotheG
'Is this Jesus the justere ' quod I 'that Jewes dide to detheG
Or it is Piers the Plowman Who peynted hym so rede 'H
Quod Conscience and kneled tho ' Thise arn Piers armesF
Hise colours and his cote armure ac he that cometh so blodyA
Is Crist with his cros conquerour of Cristene 'H
'Why calle ye hym Crist ' quod I 'sithen Jewes called hym JesusF
Patriarkes and prophetes prophecied biforeC
That alle kynne creatures sholden knelen and bowenI
Anoon as men nempned the name of God JesuF
Ergo is no name to the name of JesusF
Ne noon so nedeful to nempne by nyghte ne by dayeJ
For alle derke develes arn adrad to heren itA
And synfulle aren solaced and saved by that nameK
And ye callen hym Crist for what cause telleth meL
Is Crist moore of myght and moore worthi nameK
Than Jesu or Jesus that al oure joye com of 'H
'Thow knowest wel ' quod Conscience 'and thow konne resonI
That knyght kyng conquerour may be o personeI
To be called a knyght is fair for men shul knele to hymK
To be called a kyng is fairer for he may knyghtes makeD
Ac to be conquerour called that cometh of special graceF
And of hardynesse of herte and of hendemesseF
To make lordes of laddes of lond that he wynnethG
And fre men foule thralles that folwen noght hise lawesF
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'The Jewes that were gentil men Jesu thei despisedA
Bothe his loore and his lawe now are thei lowe cherlesF
As wide as the world is wonyeth ther noonI
But under tribut and taillage as tikes and cherlesF
And tho that bicome Cristene bi counseil of the BaptisteA
Aren frankeleyns free men thorugh fullynge that thei tokeD
And gentil men with Jesu for Jesus was yfulledA
And upon Calvarie on cros ycrouned kyng of JewesF
' It bicometh to a kyng to kepe and to defendeA
And conqueror of his conquest hise lawes and his largeM
And so dide Jesus the Jewes he justified and taughte hemK
The lawe of lif that laste shal evereC
And fended from foule yveles feveres and fiuxesF
And from fendes that in hem was and false bileveN
Tho was he Jesus of Jewes called gentile propheteA
And kyng of hir kyngdom and croune bar of thornesF
'And tho conquered he on cros as conquerour nobleE
Mighte no deeth hym fordo ne adoun bryngeM
That he n'aroos and regnede and ravysshed helleE
And tho was he conquerour called of quyke and of dedeA
For he yaf Adam and Eve and othere mo blisseF
That longe hadde yleyen bifore as Luciferis cherlesF
And took Lucifer the lothly that lord was of helleE
And bond hym as he is bounde with bondes of yreneI
Who was hardiere than he His herte blood he shaddeA
To maken alle folk free that folwen his laweO
And sith he yeveth largely al his lele ligesF
Places in Paradis at hir partynge hennesF
He my wel be called conquerour and that is ' Crist ' to meneI
'Ac the cause that he cometh thus with cros of his passionI
Is to wissen us therwith that whan we ben temptedA
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Therwith to fighte and fenden us fro fallynge into synneI
And se bi his sorve that whoso loveth joyeP
To penaunce and to poverte he moste puten hymselvenI
And muche wo in this world wilnen and suffrenI
'Ac to carpe moore of Crist and how he com to that nameK
Faithly for to speke his firste name was jesusF
Tho he was born in Bethleem as the Book tellethG
And cam to take mankynde kynges and aungelesF
Reverenced hym right faire with richesses of ertheG
Aungeles out of hevene come knelynge and songeM
Gloria in excelsis DeoA
'Kynges come after knelede and offrede senseF
Mirre and muche gold withouten mercy askyngeM
Or any kynnes catel but knoweliched en hym sovereynI
Both of sond sonne and see and sithenes thei wenteA
Into hir kyngene kith by counseil of aungelesF
And there was that word fulfilled the which thow of spekeD
Omnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine IesuF
' For alle the aungeles of hevene at his burthe kneledeA
And al the wit of the world was in tho thre kyngesF
Reson and Rightwisnesse and Ruthe thei offredeA
Wherfore and why wise men that tymeK
Maistres and lettred men Magi hem calledeA
' That o kyng cam with Reson covered under senseF
The seconde kyng siththe soothliche offredeA
Rightwisnesse under reed gold Resones felaweO
Gold is likned to Leautee that laste shal evereC
And Reson to riche ls to right and to trutheG
'The thridde kyng tho kam and knelede to JesuF
And presented hym with Pitee apperynge by mirreC
For mirre is mercy to mene and mylde speche of tongeM
Ertheliche honeste thynges was offred thus at onesF
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Thorugh thre kynne kynges knelynge to JesuF
'Ac for alle thise preciouse presents Oure Lord Prynce JesusF
Was neither kyng ne conquerour til he comsede wexeF
In the manere of a man and that by muchel sleighteA
As it bicometh a conquerour to konne manye sleightesF
And manye wiles and wit that wole ben a ledereC
And so dide Jesu in hise dayes whoso hadde tyme to telle itA
'Som tyme he suffrede and som tyme he hidde hymK
And som tyme he faught faste and fleigh outherwhileE
And som tyme he gaf good and grauntede heele botheG
Lif and lyme as hym liste he wroghteA
As kynde is of a conquerour so comsede JesuF
Til he hadde alle hem that he for bleddeA
' In his juventee this Jesus at Jewene feesteA
Water into wyn turnede as Holy Writ tellethG
And there bigan God of his grace to do welE
For wyn is likned to lawe and lifholynesseF
And lawe lakkede tho for men lovede noght hir enemysF
And Crist counseileth thus and comaundeth botheG
Bothe to lered and to lewede to lovyen oure enemysF
So at that feeste first as I bifore toldeA
Bigan God of his grace and goodnesse to dowelE
And tho was he cleped and called noght oonly Crist but JesuF
A fauntekyn ful of wit filius MarieC
For bifore his moder Marie made he that wonderC
That she first and formest sholde ferme bileveN
That he thorugh Grace was gete and of no gome ellisF
He wroghte that by no wit but thorugh word oneI
After the kynde that he cam of there comsede he DowelE
'And whan he was woxen moore in his moder absenceF
He made lame to lepe and yaf light to blyndeA
And fedde with two fisshes and with fyve lowesF
Sore afyngred folk mo than fyve thousandA
Thus he confortede carefulle and caughte a gretter nameK
The which was Dobet where that he wenteA
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For deve thorugh hise doynges and dombe speke and herdeA
And alle he heeled and halp that hym of grace askedeA
And tho was he called in contre of the comune pepleE
For the dedes that he dide Fili David lhesusF
For David was doghtiest of dedes in his tymeK
The burdes tho songe Saul interfecit mille et David decem miliaE
Forthi the contree ther Jesu cam called hym fili DavidA
And nempned hym of Nazareth and no man so worthiG
To be kaiser or kyng of the kyngdom of JudaA
Ne over Jewes justice as Jesus was hem thoughteA
'Wherof hadde Cayphas envye and othere of the JewesF
And for to doon hym to dethe day and nyght thei castenI
And killeden hym on cros wise at Calvarie on FridayA
And sithen buriede his body and beden that men sholdeA
Kepen it fro nyghtcomeris with knyghtes yarmedA
For no frend sholde it fecche for prophetes hem toldeA
That that blissede body of burieles sholde risenI
And goon into Galilee and gladen hise ApostlesF
And his moder Marie thus men bifore demedeA
'The knyghtes that kepten it biknewe hemselvenI
That aungeles and archaungeles er the day sprongeM
Come knelynI

William Langland



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