Woot no wight what werre is Ther that pees regneth, Ne what is witterly wele Til weylawey!
This passage there stands as follows:-- Thenne cam Pees into parlement, And putte up a bylle.
Though I bi treson be take At youre owene wille, Suffreth myne apostles in pees And in pays gange.
Pees unpynned it, Was porter of Unitee, And in haste askede What his wille were.
Hir preieres and hir penaunces To pees sholde brynge Alle that ben at debaat, And bedemen were trewe.
So though ther nere comfort noon but this, That men purposen pees on every syde, 1350 Ye may the bettre at ese of herte abyde.
And though so be that pees ther may be noon, Yet hider, though ther neverpees ne were, 1360 I moste come; for whider sholde I goon, Or how mischaunce sholde I dwelle there Among tho men of armes ever in fere?
And though thy lady wolde a litel hir greve, Thou shalt thy pees ful wel here-after make, But as for me, certayn, I can not leve 605 That she wolde it as now for yvel take.
But no sodein mutacioun ne bitydeth nat with-oute a manere chaunginge of corages; and so is it befallen that thou art a litel departed fro the pees of thy thought.
And in the latere ende of thy wode Muse, thou preyedest that thilke 45 pees that governeth the hevene sholde governe the erthe.
And yif thou agrysest hir false 45 trecherye, despyse and cast awey hir that pleyeth so harmfully; for she, that is now cause of so muche sorwe to thee, sholde ben cause to thee of pees and of Ioye.
Put I saw pees with my own eyes," persisted Betty.
I entremete me of brocages, I make pees and mariages, I am gladly executour, And many tymes procuratour; I am somtyme messager; 6975 That falleth not to my mister.
This bargeyn ende may never take, But-if that she thy pees wil make.
Monday, and there ar be this tyme proclamacions made, or shall be, thorwe London, the pees to be kepte up on grete peynes; and the Lumbards to occupie the merchaundizes as thei dide til the Counsail or Parlament have otherwise determyned.
Item, on Tuesday next comyng schal the sescions of the pees be at Wolsyngham.
Wherfor I pray yow, make yowr word god if ye may, and at the lest, let myn adversarijs not have it in pees if ye may.
The points or pees e, f, to the palms g were blunt.
Thanne come Pees into Parlement;" Peace presents a petition against Wrong, and enumerates his evil actions.
Each merit is rewarded by God, and consequently the benefit of it cannot be applicable to any one who pays: "As Peter held his peesin grauntinge of siche thingis, so shulden thei holden ther pees, sith thei ben lasse worth than Petir.
A number of women are dancing round a temple of brass, before whose door Dame Pees sat with a curteyn in hir hond.
The tenderness of the mother's "Pees litel sone, I wol do thee non harm" as she binds her kerchief round the child's eyes is far more moving in its simplicity than the most harrowing description could be.
And thanne comPees into parlement, And putte forth a bille, How Wrong ayeins his wille Hadde his wif taken, And how he ravysshede Rose Reginaldes loove, 2180 And Margrete of hir maydenhede Maugree hire chekes.
Thanne wowede Wrong Wisdom ful yerne, 2230 To maken pees with his pens, Handy dandy payed.
The kyng hath mede of his men, To make pees in londe.
Man and his make I myghte bothe biholde; Poverte and plentee; Bothe pees and werre; Blisse and bale bothe 7240 I seigh al at ones; And how men token mede, And mercy refused.
And thus cam out the tricherie, Which under fals Ypocrisie Was hid, and thei that wende pees Tho myhten finde no reles Of thilke swerd which al devoureth.
So do you tell her all a that I bid ee, and a mind your pees and cues.
Whereby I have now once again given the costard monger his pees and his cues.
Item, that the sescionys of the pees wyth owte cause was warnyd in the myddys of hervest, to grette trobill of the contre, whiche was never se in Norffolk at seche tym of the yere; and itt was unlawfully warnyd to appere with inne iiij.
And as gytte ther hath ben no thyng fownden before the Justice of the Pees of Coventre of thys riot, be caws the shreffe of Warwyk shyre is dede,[90.
Justene offpees for twenty dayis set he Off Inglissmen in Lorn, at men mycht be Playn to declayr; bot, for this causs, I wyss, 1045 That all Scotland be conquess than was his.
Yeit still off peesthe ost lugyt all nycht, Quhill on the morn the sone was ryssyn on hycht.
Warly scho said; ‘Thus wyssmen has ws kend, 1315 ‘Ay efftir wer pees is the finall end.
Quhen it wes wer, till armes he him kest; 905 Wndir the croun he wes ane off the best: In tyme off pees till courtlynes he yeid; Bot to gentrice he tuk nayne othir heid.
Till his desyr the lordis grantis thair; 1520 Rycht at his will thai haiff consentit haill; For nakyn thing the pees thai wald nocht faill.
All the haill pass apon him selff he sall tak, “Off pees or wer quhat hapnyt we to mak.
I tolds you tar pees un shust Got; and now you shees how dat shust Got he pees mine friend.
Hanz, raising his hands, "you pees sho goot a gal as I ever did she.
You pees such a goot girl," he repeated, "and you will pe mine goot friend, eh?
Tar pees shust so much wisdom in vat you shays, mine friend Critchel.
Unt he prings dat shorrow when mine poor Tite he pees sho far away as I ton't know where he is.
Mine mudder she send me for you, doctor, to goame right quick to Meeses Barbour; she pees ferry seeck.
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