Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

;2 I. PERES THE PLOUGHMANS CREDE.Swich a bild bold, y-buld • oponerj>e hei3teSay i nou^t in certeine • s\]>\>e, a longe tyme.3erne Jjeron loked,Y ^emede vpon J?jt house & *Whou3 \>e pileres weren y-peynt and •And queynteli i-corven • wij) curiouse knottes,pulched ful dene, i6oWiJ) wyndowes well y-wrou}! wide vp o-lofle.•And })anne y entrid in and even-forj? went,'•And all was walled \>at wone |)0U3 it wid were,Wij) posternes in pryuytie ' to pasen when hem liste; 165Orche3ardes and erberes euesed well clene,•& a curious cros craftly entayled,*Wi}) tabernacles y-ti3t * to toten all abouten.pe pris of a plou3-lond of penyes so rounde'To aparaile jjat pyler were pure • lytel. 170panne y munle me for|) • ]>e mynstre to knowen,And a-waytede a woon wonderlie well y-beld,•Wi|) arches on eueriche half & belliche y-corven,•Wij) crochetes on corners • wij) knottes of golde,Wyde wyndowes y-wrou3t • y-written full })ikke, 175Schynen \\\\> schapen scheldes * to schewen aboute,•Wi|) merkes of marchauntes y-medled bytwene,•Mo |>an twenty and two twyes y-no?/mbred. ,per is none heraud \>at haj) • half swich a rolle,•Rijt as a rageman haj? rekned hem newe. 180Tombes opon tabernacles tyld opon lofte,•Housed in hirnes harde set a-bouten,•Of armede alabaustre clad • for ]>e nones,[Made vpon marbel in many maner wyse,•Knyghtfj w her conisant