Hood Quote by William Langland

“I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.”

William Langland

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But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live…

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Manye chapeleyns arn chaste, ac charite is aweye; Are none hardere than hii whan hii ben avaunced: Unkynde to hire kyn and to alle…

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Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.

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There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.

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“And what a tree took away a tree shall restore”

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For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,It is in cloistre or in scole.

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The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of salvation is…

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A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge as the…

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In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, In habite an heremite unholy…

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Al the povere peple tho pescoddes fetten; Benes and baken apples thei broghte in hir lappe, Chibolles and chervelles and ripe chiries manye, And…

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