The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)
And ȝut þese wrecches of þys worlde · is non y-war by oþer, [þese MFK] þees P; þis ISE. y-war IK] i-war M; awar F; war ES; miswritten whar P; cf. B-text.]Ne for drede of eny deþ · with-draweþ hem fro pruyde, [hem] him I.]Ne parteþ with þe poure · as pure charyte wolde,Line 65 Bote in gayenesse and in glotenye · for-glotten here goodes, [in (2)] IMFSK om. for-glot|ten] for-glutten FS; for-glwten E.]And brekeþ nat here bred to þe poure · as þe book hoteþ;
[Frange esurienti panem tuum; et egenos vagos|que induc in domum tuam.]
[nat here] no F. hoteþ] telleþ E. [Frange—tuam] from E; not in P. et—tuam] IMSKG om. in—tuam] F om.]Ac þe more he hath, and wynneþ · þe world at hus wylle, [hath—wynneþ] wynneþ and haþ I. and] or S.]Line 68 And lordeþ in leedes · the lasse good he deleþ. [lordeþ] lord is M.]Tobie tauhte nat so · takeþ hede, ȝe ryche,How he tolde in a tyme · and tauhte hus sone dele:
Si tibi sit copia, abundanter tribue: si autem exiguum, illud impertiri libenter stude.
[dele] to dele S. stude] S om.]And þis is no more to mene · bote 'ho so muche good weldeþ, [þis] MFSK om. no—mene] to mene no more IFSK. bote—so] who I.]Line 72 Be large þer-of while hit last · to leedes þat been needy. [last MFSK] laste P; lasteþ I. leedes] hem E; men K.]Yf þow haue lytel, leue sone · loke by þy lyue [leue] apparently miswritten loue P.]Get þe loue þer-with · þauh þou fare þe werse.' [þe] M om. þer-with] þer-wiþ here M. fare—werse] þe werse fare IMFSK.]Line 75 Ac lust no lord ne lewed man · of suche lore nou to hure, [ne] now ne I. lewed] lettred I; leered FK. man] men I. nou] I om. to] M om. hure] huyre S; here IMF.]Bote lythen how þey myghte lerne · lest good to spene. [lythen] leten M. lest good] best here goode E. spene] spende M.]And so lyuen lordes now · and leten hit a dowel; [so lyuen] þat loueþ loueþ (sic) I.]
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The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (about 1362-1393 A. D.)
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
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