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¶ For I seiȝe mede in þe moot halle · on men of lawe wynke And þei lawghyng lope to hire · and lafte resoun manye ¶ Waryn wisdome · wynked vppon Mede — Piers B, IV.154–156

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 18h

¶ Clerkes þat were confessoures · coupled hem togideres Alle to construe þis clause · and for þe kynges profit Ac nouȝte for conforte of þe comune · ne for þe kynges soule — Piers B, IV.151–153

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And ȝif ȝe worken it in werke · I wedde myne eres That lawe shal ben a laborere · and lede a-felde donge And loue shal lede þi londe · as þe lief lyketh — Piers B, IV.148–150

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

¶ For nullum malum þe man · mette with inpunitum And badde nullum bonum · be irremuneratum ¶ Late ȝowre confessoure sire Kynge · construe þis vnglosed — Piers B, IV.145–147

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ben vnpunisshed in my powere · for peril of my soule Ne gete my grace [þorw] giftes · so me god saue Ne for no Mede haue mercy · but mekenesse it make — Piers B, IV.142–144

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I sey it bi my-self quod he · and it so were That I were kynge with crowne · to kepen a Rewme Shulde neuere wronge in þis worlde · þat I wite myȝte — Piers B, IV.139–141

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

¶ And ȝet quod resoun bi þe Rode · I shal no reuthe haue While Mede hath þe maistrye · in þis moot halle Ac I may shewe ensaumples · as I se other-while — Piers B, IV.136–138

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Vppon forfeture of þat fee · who-so fynt hym at Douere But if it be marchaunt or his man · or messagere with lettres Prouysoure or prest · or penaunt for his synnes — Piers B, IV.133–135

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And alle Rome-renneres · for robberes of byȝende Bere no siluer ouer see · þat signe of kynge sheweþ Noyther graue ne vngraue · golde noither siluer — Piers B, IV.130–132

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here haukes and her houndes · helpe to pore Religious · ¶ And til seynt Iames be souȝte · þere I shal assigne That no man go to Galis · but if he go for euere — Piers B, IV.127–129

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And til prechoures prechyng · be preued on hem-seluen Tyl þe kynges conseille · be þe comune profyte Tyl bisschopes baiardes · ben beggeres chambres — Piers B, IV.124–126

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Til clerken coueitise be · to clothe þe pore and to fede And religious romares · recordare in here cloistres As seynt Benet hem bad · Bernarde and Fraunceys — Piers B, IV.121–123

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tyl pernelles purfil · be put in here hucche And childryn cherissyng · be chastyng with ȝerdes And harlotes holynesse · be holden for an hyne — Piers B, IV.118–120

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

¶ Rede me nouȝte quod resoun · no reuthe to haue Til lordes and ladies · louien alle treuthe And haten al harlotrye · to heren it or to mouthen it — Piers B, IV.115–117

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

¶ Somme men redde Resoun þo · to haue reuthe on þat schrewe And for to conseille þe Kynge · and conscience after That Mede moste be meynpernour · resoun þei bisouȝte — Piers B, IV.112–114

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And efte þe balder be · to bete myne hewen But resoun haue reuthe on hym · he shal rest in my stokkes And þat as longe as he lyueth · but lowenesse hym borwe — Piers B, IV.109–111

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

¶ Nay quod þe Kynge þo · so me cryst helpe Wronge wendeth nouȝte so awaye · arst wil I wite more For loupe he so liȝtly · laughen he wolde — Piers B, IV.106–108

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And I forgyue hym þat gilte · with a goode wille So þat þe kynge assent · I can seye no bettere For Mede hath made m[yn] amendes · I may namore axe — Piers B, IV.103–105

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

¶ Pitously pees þanne · prayed to þe kynge To haue mercy on þat man · þat mys-did hym so ofte For he hath waged me wel · as wisdome hym tauȝte — Piers B, IV.100–102

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And profred pees a present · al of pure golde Haue þis man of me quod she · to amende þi skaþe For I wil wage for wronge · he wil do so namore — Piers B, IV.97–99

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bettere is þat bote · bale adoun brynge Þan bale be ybette · & bote neuere þe bettere ¶ And þanne gan Mede to me[k]en here · and mercy she bisought — Piers B, IV.94–96

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And be borwgh for his bale · and biggen hym bote And so amende þat is mysdo · and euermore þe bettere ¶ Witt acorded þer-with · and seide þe same — Piers B, IV.91–93

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And late hym nouȝte þis seuene ȝere · seen his feet ones ¶ God wot quod wysdom · þat were nauȝte þe beste And he amendes mowe make · late meynprise hym haue — Piers B, IV.88–90

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

¶ Þe kynge swore bi crist · and bi his crowne bothe Þat wronge for his werkis · sholde wo þolye And comaunded a constable · to casten hym in yrens — Piers B, IV.85–87

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Conscience and þe comune · knowen þe sothe ¶ Ac wisdom and witte · were about faste To ouercome þe kynge · with catel ȝif þei myȝte — Piers B, IV.82–84

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And toke Mede myd hem [·] mercy to winne ¶ Pees put forþ his hed · and his panne blody Wyth-outen gilte god it wote · gat I þis skaþe — Piers B, IV.79–81

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

¶ Thanne wowed wronge · wisdome ful ȝerne To make his pees with his pens · handi-dandi payed Wisdome and witte þanne [·] wenten togideres — Piers B, IV.76–78

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I seye it bi þi-self · þow shalt it wel fynde But if Mede it make · þi myschief is vppe For bothe þi lyf and þi londe · lyth in his grace — Piers B, IV.73–75

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For þat wronge had ywrouȝte · so wikked a dede And warned wronge þo · with suche a wyse tale Who-so worcheth bi wille · wratthe maketh ofte — Piers B, IV.70–72

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And seide had I loue of my lorde þe kynge · litel wolde I recche Theiȝe pees and his powere · pleyned hym eure ¶ Þo wan wisdome · and sire waryn þe witty — Piers B, IV.67–69

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Þat wronge was a wikked luft · and wrouȝte moche sorwe ¶ Wronge was afered þanne · and wisdome he souȝte To make pees with his pens · and profered hym manye — Piers B, IV.64–66

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And ȝet he bet me þer-to · and lyth bi my Mayde I [am] nouȝte hardy for hym · vneth to loke ¶ The kynge knewe he seide sothe · for conscience hym tolde — Piers B, IV.61–63

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Forstalleth my feyres · and fiȝteth in my chepynge And breketh vp my bernes dore · and bereth aweye my whete And taketh me but a taile · for ten quarteres of otes — Piers B, IV.58–60

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He borwed of me bayard · he brouȝte hym home neure Ne no ferthynge þer-fore · for nauȝte I couthe plede He meyneteneth his men · to morther myne hewen — Piers B, IV.55–57

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And Margarete of hir maydenhode · maugre here chekis Bothe my gees & my grys · his gadelynges feccheth I dar nouȝte for fere of hym · fyȝte ne chyde — Piers B, IV.52–54

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

¶ And þanne come pees in-to parlement · and put forth a bille How wronge aȝeines his wille · had his wyf taken And how he rauisshed Rose · Reginoldes loue — Piers B, IV.49–51

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

¶ Curteisliche þe kynge þanne · come aȝein resoun And bitwene hym-self and his sone · sette hym on benche And wordeden wel wyseli · a gret while togideres — Piers B, IV.46–48

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For conscience knoweth hem nouȝte · ne cryst as I trowe [¶] And þanne resoun rode faste · þe riȝte heiȝe gate As conscience hym kenned · til þei come to þe Kynge — Piers B, IV.43–45

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Or as many capones · or for a seem of otes Þan for loue of owre lorde · or alle hise leue seyntes For-þi resoun lete hem ride · þo riche bi hem-seluen — Piers B, IV.40–42

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Þei ne gyueth nouȝte of god · one gose wynge Non est timor dei ante oculos eorum For wot god þei wolde do more · for a dozeine chickenes — Piers B, IV.37–39

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There as wratthe and wranglyng is · þere wynne þei siluer ¶ Ac þere is loue and lewte · þei wil nouȝte come þere Contricio & infelicitas in vijs eorum &c — Piers B, IV.34–36

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

¶ And conscience knewe hem wel · þei loued coueitise And bad resoun ride faste · and recche of her noither Þere aren wiles in here wordes · and with Mede þei dwelleth — Piers B, IV.31–33

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In þe cheker and at þe chauncerie · to be discharged of þinges And riden fast for resoun [·] shulde rede hem þe beste For to saue hem for siluer · fro shame and fram harmes — Piers B, IV.28–30

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Whiche maistries Mede · maketh on þis erthe ¶ One waryn wisdom · and witty his fere Folwed hem faste · haued to done — Piers B, IV.25–27

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For he wil make wehe · tweye er he be there ¶ Thanne conscience vppon his caple · kaireth forth faste And resoun with hym ritte · rownynge togideres — Piers B, IV.22–24

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And sette my sadel vppon suffre · til I se my tyme And lete warrok it wel · with witty wordes gerthes And hange on hym þe heuy brydel · to holde his hed lowe — Piers B, IV.19–21

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And called catoun his knaue · curteise of speche And also tomme trewe tonge · telle me no tales Ne lesyng to lawȝe of · for I loued hem neuere — Piers B, IV.16–18

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And ritte riȝte to resoun · and rowneth in his ere And seide as þe kynge badde · and sithen toke his leue ¶ I shal arraye me to ride quod resoun [·] reste þe a while — Piers B, IV.13–15

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And acounte with þe conscience · so me cryst helpe How þow lernest þe peple · lered and lewede ¶ I am fayne of þat forwarde · seyde þe freke þanne — Piers B, IV.10–12

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PiersBot @piersbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rape þe to ride · and resoun þow fecche Comaunde hym þat he come · my conseille to here For he shal reule my rewme · and rede me þe beste — Piers B, IV.7–9

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