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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09641	The vision of pierce Plowman nowe the second time imprinted by Roberte Crowlye dwellynge in Elye rentes in Holburne whereunto are added certayne notes and cotations in the mergyne, geuyng light to the reader. And in the begynning is set a brefe summe of all the principal matters spoken of in the boke. And as the boke is deuided into twenty partes called Passus: so is the summary diuided, for euery parte hys summarie, rehearsynge the matters spoken of in euery parte. euen in suche order as they stande there.; Piers the Plowman	Langland, William, 1330?-1400?	1550 (1550)	STC 19907; ESTC S104327	153,375	262

bishop It is hethē as to heuēward helples to the soule Hethen is to meane after heath and vntilled earth As in wilde wildernes waxeth wilde beastes Rude and vnreasonable runnyng without cropers Ye menen wel how Mathew sayth how a mā made a feaste He fed hē with no venison ne fesaūtes baked But with fowls that frō him nold but folowed his whistlynge Math. xx Ecce altilia mea et omnia parata sunt And with calues fleshe he fedde the folke that he loued The calfe betokeneth clēnes in hē that kepeth lawes For as the cow through kind milke the calfe nourisheth til an oxe So loue leauty lelly men susteyneth And maydens and mylde men mercy desieren Ryght as the cowe calfe coueteth swete milke So done rightfull men mercye and trueth And who so that excuseth hem that ar persōs priestes That heneds of holy kyrke bē that haue her wil here Without trauel the tith deale that true men biswinkē Thei wold wroth for I write this to witnes take Both Mathew Marke and Memento domine dauid What pope or prelat now performeth the christ hight Ire in vniuersum mundū et predicate euangelium Mat. xvi Alas that mē so longe on Makometh should beleue So many prelates to preache as the Pope maketh Of Nazareth of Niniue of Nepthalim Damasco That they ne went as Christ wysheth sithē they wyl haue name To be pastour and preache the passion of Iesus And as hem selfe sayde so to lyue and dye Bonus pastor animam suam ponit c. Iohn x. And sayde it in saluation to Saracines and other For christen and vnchristen Christ sayde to preachers Ite vos in vineam meam Math. xx And syth that these Saracines scribes and Iewes Haue a lyppe of oure beleue the lyghlier me thynketh They should turne who so traueiled to teach hem of the trinitye Querite et inuenietis Mat. vii c. It is ruth to reade howe ryghtwyse men lyued Howe they defowled her fleshe forsoke her owne wil Farre fro kyth and from kynne ill clothed yeden Badlye bedded no boke but Conscience Ne no ryches but the rode to reioyce hem therin Absit vos gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri c. Galat. vi And tho was plenty and peace among pore and rych And nowe is ruth to read how the redde noble Is reuerēced ere the rode How couetise of the cleargy wyll destroy the church receiued for the worthier Then Christes crosse that ouercame death deadly syn And nowe is warre and wo and who so why asketh For couetise after crosse the crowne standes in golde Boeth ryche and religious that rode they honoure That in grotes is grauen and in nobles For couetous of that crosse men of holye kyrke Shal turne as tēplars did the time approcheth nere Wyt ye not ye wyse men howe tho men honored More treasure then trouth I dare not tell the soth Reason and ryghtfull dome the religious demed Ryght so you clarkes for your couetise ere longe Shal they deme Dos ecclesie and your pride depose De posuit potentes de sede Luke ● c. If knyghthode and kyndwyt An admonicion to the cleargy commune by cōsciēce To gyther loue lelly leueth it well ye byshoppes The lordshyps of landes for euer shall ye lese And lyue as Louitiei as our Lorde you teacheth Per primitias et decimas c. Whan Constantyne of curtesy Deut. 18. Nume v. holy kyrke dowed With landes and leades lordshyps and rentes An angell men harden on hyghe at Rome crye Dos ecclesie thys day hath dronke venyme And they that haue Peters power are poysoned al A medicine muste therto that may amend prelates That should praye for peace possession hem letteth Take her landes ye lordes A medicyne for the Cleargye let hem lyue by decimus If possession be poyson and imperfit hem make Good were it to discharge hem for holy kyrke sake And purge hem of poyson ere more peryl fal If priesthode were perfect the people should amende That cōtrarien Christes law christendome despise For al Paynymes prayeth and perfectly beleueth In the holy great god and his grace they asken And make her mone to Makomet her message to she we Thus in fayth lyue that folke in a false meane And that is ruth of ryghtfull men that in realme wonneth And a peril of the Pope and prelates that he maketh That bear bishops names of Bethlem of Babilō That hip about in Englāde to hallow mens aulters And crepen amōg curatours cōfessen againe the law Nolite mittere falcem in messem alienam Mani a mā for christes loue Bishops dutye was martyred in Rome Ere any christendome was knowne ther or any crosse honored Eueri bishop that bereth cros bi the he is holdē Through his prouīce to passe to his puple to shew Tellen hem and teachen hem on the trinitie to beleue And fedē hem w e gostly fode gyue there it neadeth In domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum Esai iii. Et ideo nolite constituere me regem Malachias sayth for suche as sycke be and feble Inferte omnes decimas in horreum meum Mal. iii. vt sit cibus in domo mea And we christian creatures that on the crosse beleuen Are fyrme in the fayeth god forbode els And haue clarkes to kepe vs therin hē the come after And Iues liuē in lelly loue our lord wrote it him selfe In stone for it stedfast was and stande shal euer Dilige deum et prorimum is perfite Iewes lawe And toke it to Moyses to teach mē til Messias came And on that lawe they leue yet and leten it the best And yet knewe they Christ that christendome taught For a perfite prophete that muche people saued Of selkougth sores they sawe it ofte Both of miracles meruels howe he men feasted Wyth two fishes fiue loues fyue thousande people And by the māgerye men might se the Messias he semed And when he lift vp Lazar that layed was in graue And vnder stone stanke with styfe voyce him called Lazare veni foras Iohn xi Dyd hym ryse and roome right before the Iewes And they sayd and swore w e sorcery he wrought And studyed to destroye him and stroyed hem selues And throughe his patience her powre to naughte he broughte Vincunt patientes Daniell of her doynge diuined and sayde Cum sanctus sanctorum veniat cessabit vnctio bestra And wenē tho wretches the he were pseudo propheta And that hys lore be leasynges and lacken it all And hopen that he be to come that shall hem releue Moses eft or Messie her maisters yet diuineth And Phariseis and Sarasins Scribes Grekes Are folke of one fayth the father god they honouren And sithen that the Sarasines and also the Iewes Konne the fyrste clause of our beleue