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    The Plowman's Tale
    The Plowman's Tale
    The Plowman's Tale
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    The Plowman's Tale

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    The Plowman's Tale by an anonymous author is about the Middle English tale of a wretched plowman whose crops will not grow in. Excerpt: "The Ploweman plucked up his plowe Whan midsummer mone was comen in, And sayd, "His beestes shuld eate ynowe, And lyge in the grasse, up to the chyn. They ben feble, both oxe and cowe, Of hem nis left but bone and skyn." He shoke of share, and cultre of-drowe…"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 8, 2020
    ISBN4064066429751
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