William Langland

“ I wol undertaken
Shal nevere devel hym dere,
Ne deeth in soule greve.
For, though I seye it myself,
I have saved with this charme,
Of men and of wommen
Many score thousand.
⁠"Ye seien sooth," seide this heraud ”

“ And in this fryth walke,
And kennen out comune men
That knowen noght the contree
Which is the wey that I wente,
And wher forth to Jerusalem.
And Hope the hostilers man shal be,
Ther the man lith an helyng ”

“ And as the weke and fir
Wol maken a warm flaumbe,
For to murthen men myd
That in the derke sitten;
So wole Crist of his curteisie,
And men crye hym mercy,
Bothe forgyve and foryete, 11850
And yit bidde for us
To the Fader of hevene
Forgifnesse to have. ”

“ To the people taughte.
Virtus infirmitate perficitur, etc. 12040
⁠"And though that men make
Muche doel in hir angre,
And ben inpacient in hir penaunce,
Pure reson knoweth
That thei han cause to contrarie
By kynde of hir siknesse ”