Thus seith Piers the Plowman."
"I kan noght heron," quod Conscience,
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"Ac I knowe wel Piers;
He wol noght ayein holy writ speken,
I dar wel undertake.
Thanne passe we over til Piers come,
And preve this in dede.
Pacience hath be in many place,
And peraunter mouthed