William Langland,
The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman…
(1887)
“ And laboure for thi liflode, And so oure Lorde highte. And Sapience seith the same, 4270 I seigh it in the Bible, Piger præ frigore No feeld nolde tilie, And therfore he shal begge and bidde, And no man bete his hunger. ”
William Langland,
The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman…
(1887)
“ For liflode is swete. For murthereris are manye leches, Lord hem amende! They do men deye thorugh hir drynkes, Er destynee it wolde." 4350 "By seint Poul!" quod Piers, "Thise arn profitable wordes! ”
William Langland,
The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman…
(1887)
“ Ne noon halfpeny ale In none wise drynke, But of the beste and of the brunneste That in burghe is to selle. Laborers that have no land To lyve on but hire handes, Deyned noght to dyne a day Nyght-olde wortes ”
