And Piers for pure tene

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Pulled it a-tweyne,

And seide [Si ambulavero in medio]

[umbræ mortis, non timebo mala,]

[quoniam tu mecum es.]

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"I shal cessen of my sowyng," quod Piers,

"And swynke noght so harde,

Ne aboute my bely joye