1. Then a plowman said, "Speak to us of Work."

2. The plowman slowly blows at the glowing globe.

3. A plowman and his great plow, now standing idle in the furrow, had in a day wrought a terrible havoc.

4. An innocent plowman is more worthy than a vicious prince.

5. Businessman, they drink my wine. Plowman dig my earth. No reason to...nobody of it is...

6. A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

7. In Texas, Mr Plowman also sees potential for cottonseed oil[sentencedict.com/plowman.html], a byproduct of cotton production.

8. It is this knowledge prompted by, and answering to, divinely inspired longing that William Langland gestures towards in Piers Plowman.

9. Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

10. This must have happened to such an extent with Piers Plowman that scholars have quite a challenge in trying to figure out which version is the more original.

11. The very first reference to that legendary activist Robin Hood appears in 1362 in a work credited to William Langland and known as The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman.

12. "The days are coming, " declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes.

13. Surely he says this for us, doesn't he?Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

14. Yes, for our sake it was written because the plowman should plow in hope, and he who threshes, in hope of partaking.

15. Of course the reason that Robin Hood and Piers Plowman make it into today's podcast is that this is also the document that first mentions spinsters, making the word about 650 years old.

16. A little bear went in the mountain to make a living, a plowman gave him a sickle (reaphook), a carpenter gave him a hammer.