There is a passage in the "Vision of Piers Plowman" (Passus V.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread' PATER ipse colendi haud facilem esse uiam uoluit, primusque per artem mouit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, nec torpere graui passus sua regna ueterno.
I am not sure if "John Schep" may not contain an allusion to the opening of the poem; but the second passage, here printed in Italics, refers evidently to Passus VI.
The B-text is much longer, containing 7242 lines, with additional passus following after xi.
The A-text contains a prologue and 12 passus or cantos (i.
A, the earlier passusbeing altered in various respects.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "passus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
