[Piers Plowman]
| dc.contributor | Oxford Text Archive |
| dc.contributor.author | Langland, William, 1330?-1400? |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T16:19:05Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T16:19:05Z |
| dc.date.created | 1370-1390 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0500 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0500 |
| dc.description.abstract | Title proper supplied by cataloguer |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 428 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English, Middle |
| dc.language.iso | enm |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Although this resource has been deposited with us, it is not currently available for re-use by others. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Poems -- England -- 14th century |
| dc.subject.other | Poems |
| dc.title | [Piers Plowman] |
| dc.type | Text |
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| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 438832 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 0-1499 |
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000001 In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, 000002I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, 000003In habite as an heremite unholy of werkes, 000004Wente wide in this world wondres to here. 000005Ac on a May morwenynge on Malverne hilles 000006Me bifel a ferly, of Fairye me thoghte. 000007I was wery forwandred and wente me to reste 000008Under a brood bank by a bourne syde; 000009And as I lay and lenede and loked on the watres, 000010I slombred into a slepyng, it sweyed so murye. 000011Thanne gan I meten a merveillous swevene-- 000012That I was in a wildernesse, wiste I nevere where. 000013A[c] as I biheeld into the eest an heigh to the sonne, 000014I seigh a tour on a toft trieliche ymaked, 000015A deep dale bynethe, a dongeon therinne, 000016With depe diches and derke and dredfulle of sighte. 000017A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene-- 000018Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche, 000019Werchynge and wandrynge as the world asketh. 000020Somme putten hem to th . . .
