The Pellican did sitte and weep;
And to him-selfë he gan say,
1280
"God wolde that any of Christes sheep
Had herd, and y-takë kepe
Eche a word that here sayd was,
And wolde it wryte and well it kepe!
God wolde it were all, for his grace!"
1285
Plowman. I answerde, and sayd I wolde,