For I wil sowe it myself; and sitthenes wil I wende 65
To pylgrymage, as palmers don, pardoun forto haue.
Ac whoso helpeth me to erie or sowen here, ar I wende,
Shal haue leue, bi owre Lorde, to lese here in heruest,
And make hem mery þeremydde, maugré whoso bigruccheth it.
And alkyn crafty men, þat konne lyuen in treuthe, 70
I shal fynden hem fode, þat feithfulliche libbeth.'...
(Dame 'Worche-whan-tyme-is' Pieres wyf hiȝte;
His douȝter hiȝte 'Do-riȝte-so- or-þi-dame-shal-þe-bete';
His sone hiȝte 'Suffre-þi-souereynes- to-hauen-her-wille-,