Download or read book The Vision and the Creed of Piers Ploughman, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Langland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Vision and the Creed of Piers Ploughman, Vol. 2 Though men rede of richesse 9192 Right to the worldes ende, I wiste'nevere renk that riche was, That whan he rekene sholde, Whan he drogh to his deeth day, That he ne dredde bym soore, And that at the rekenyng in arre Rather than out of dette. [rage fel Ther the poore dar plede, And preve by pure reson, To have allowance of his lord, By the lawe he it cleymeth, 9133 Joye, that nevere joye hadde, Of rightful jugge he asketh, And seith, Lo 1 briddes and beestes That no blisse ne knoweth, And wilde wormes in wodes, Thorugh wyntres thow hem grevest; And makest hem wel neigh meke, And mylde for defaute; And after thow sendest hem somer, ' That is hir sovereyn joye, And blisse to alle that ben, 9144 Bothe wilde and tame.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.