The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 2

by William Langland

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[4708]. Matth. xxv, 46. Et ibunt hi in supplicium æternum; justi autem in vitam æternam.

[4721]. Psal. xxii, 4.

[4739]. Psal. xli, 4.

[4745]. Luke xii, 22. Conf. Matth. vi, 25.

[4764]. "Dixit insipiens in corde suo, non est Deus," is the commencement of Psalms xiii. and lii.

[4769]. Prov. xxii, 10. Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ.

[4771]. Perkyn, the diminutive of Peter, or Piers. Formerly the diminutives of people's names were constantly used as marks of familiarity or endearment, as Hawkyn or Halkyn for Henry, Tymkyn for Tim or Timothy, Dawkyn for David, Tomkyn for Thomas, &c.