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

7. PERES THE PLOUGHMANS CREDE, 3•Nolde it nou3t maken \at houspanne kam I to Jj^t cloister & gaped abouten•Whou; it was pilered and peynt & portred well dene,*half, as y trowe. 190All y-hyled wi]? leed • lowe to |?e stones,And y-paued wi]) peynt til • iche poynte after o))erWijj kundites of dene tyn * dosedWi}> lauoures of latun *all aboute, 195louelyche y-greithed.I trowe \q gaynage of ]?e ground • in a gret schireNolde aparaile \at place ' 00 poynt til other ende.panne was \e chaptire-hous wrou3t • as a greet chirche,Coruen and couered • andWij) semlich selure 'As a Parlement-hous *queyntliche entayled 2coy-set on loftey-peynted aboute.panne ferd y into fraytour • and fond ^ere an o]>er,An halle for an heyj kinge * an housholde to holden,Wij? brode hordes aboute • y-benched wel dene, 205Wij? windowes of glas wrou^t as a Chirche.'panne walkede y ferrer & went • all abouten,And seij halles full hyje & houses • full noble,•Chambers wij? chymneyes & Chapells gaieAnd kychens for an hy^e kinge • in castells to holden, 210And her dortour y-dijte ' wi]? dores ful strongeFermery and fraitur with fele mo houses,•And all strong ston wall sterne opon * heijje,Wi|) gaie garites & grete & iche hole y-glased•*& ojj^re houses y-nowe to herberwe ]?e queene. 215& 5et |>ise bilderes wilne beggen a bagg-ful of wheate*•Of a pure pore man ^at male onejje paie ^Half his rente in a 3er and half ben behynde • !panne turned y a^en whan • y hadde all y-toted,And fond in a freitour a frere on a benche, 220•A greet cherl & a grym•growen as a tonne,Wij> a face as fat * as a full bledder,B 2