"Ac the smoke and the smolder That smyt in oure eighen, That is coveitise and unkyndenesse, That quencheth Goddes mercy. For unkyndenesse is the contrarie Of alle kynnes reson. For ther nys sik ne sory, Ne noon so muche wrecche, That he ne may lovye, and hym like, And lene of his herte 12060 Good wille and good word, And wisshen and willen Alle manere men Mercy and forgifnesse, And lovye hem lik hymself, And his lif amende. "I may no lenger lette," quod he; And lyard he prikede, And went awey as wynd; And therwith I awakede. 12070 * * * * * {369} _Passus Decimus Octavus, etc. et Tertius de Do-bet._ Wolleward and weet-shoed = Wente I forth after, 12073 As a recchelees renk That of no wo roughte, And yede forth lik a lorel Al my lif tyme, Til I weex wery of the world, And wilned eft to slepe, And lened me to a lenten, 12080 And longe tyme I slepte; And of Cristes passion and penaunce, The peple that of raughte, Reste me there, and rutte faste Til _ramis palmarum_. Of gerlis and of _gloria laus_ Gretly me dremed, And how _hosanna_ by organye Olde folk songen. Oon semblable to the Samaritan, 12090 And som deel to Piers the Plowman, Bare-foot on an asse bak Boot-les cam prikye, {370} Withouten spores other spere, Spakliche he lokede, As is the kynde of a knyght That cometh to be dubbed, To geten hym gilte spores, Or galoches y-couped. Thanne was Feith in a fenestre, 12100 And cryde a _fili David_, As dooth an heraud of armes, Whan aventrous cometh to justes. Old Jewes of Jerusalem For joye thei songen, _Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini._ = Thanne I frayned at Feith, What al that fare by-mente, And who sholde juste in Jerusalem. 12110 "Jhesus," he seide, "And fecche that the fend claymeth, Piers fruyt the Plowman." "Is Piers in this place?" quod I. And he preynte on me: "This Jhesus of his gentries Wol juste in Piers armes, In his helm and in his haubergeon, _Humana natura_; That Crist be noght bi-knowe here 12120 For _consummatus Deus_. In Piers paltok the Plowman This prikiere shal ryde. For no dynt shal hym dere, As _in deitate Patris_." "Who shal juste with Jhesus?" quod I, {371} "Jewes or scrybes?" "Nay," quod he; "The foule fend, And fals doom and deeth. Deeth seith he shal for-do 12130 And a-doun brynge Al that lyveth and loketh In londe and in watre.