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 ich grette hym goodliche · and greiþliche hym told, [And] I om. ich] M om. greiþliche] greiliche P.] 
                                
                                  How þat wit and hus wif · wissed me to hym, [wissed] had wissed F. to hym] him tille M.] 
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                                  To [kenne] and to knowe · kyndeliche dowel. [[kenne IMFS] kowe (sic) P; kow KE; cf. l. 102.] 
                                
                                  "By cryst," quaþ clergie · "yf þow coueyte dowel, [E omits. cryst] crist þo FSK. clergie] clergiȝe þo M.] 
                                
                                  Kep þe ten commaundemens · and kep þe fro synne; [fro] out of M. kep—synne] care no forþere I.] 
                                
                                  And by-leyf leelly · how godes sone a-lyghte
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                                  On þe mayde marie · for mankynnes sake, [mankynnes] mankynde I.] 
                                
                                  And by-cam man of þat mayde · with-oute mannes kynde. [man] S om. mannes kynde] mankynde IK; makynde (sic) S.] 
                                
                                  And al þat holy churche · here-of can þe lere, [lere] lerne MF.] 
                                
                                  By-leyf lelly þere-on · and look þow do þer-after. [By-leyf—þere-on] Leeue it leely I. lelly—on] þer-on lelly K.] 
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                                  Her-of austin þe olde · made bokes and bokes; [B page 155]  [Austyn þe olde · here-of made bokes I.] 
                                
                                  Ho was hus autor · and him of god tauhte? [Ho] But ho F; Sche M (wrongly). and] þat FS.] 
                                
                                  Patriarkes and prophetes · aposteles and angeles
                                
                                  And þe holy trinite · to austyn appeirede, [holy] trewe IFSK; truwe M. appeirede] y-perede S; þat apperede F] 
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                                  And he ous seide as he seih · and so ich by-leyue, [he] y S. seih] say I; si M; sy F; seyȝ S; seiȝe E (and in l. 154).] 
                                
                                  That he seih þe syre and þe sone · and seynte spirit to|gederes, [That] M om. þe] F om. (twice). syre] fader I. spirit] espirit IKS.] 
                                
                                  And alle þre bote on God · and her-of made he bokes, [made he] he made I. bokes] þe bokes E.] 
                                
                                  Ȝe, busiliche bokes; · ho [beþ] hus wytnesses?Ego in patre & pater in me [est;] et qui me vidit, patrem meum uidit qui in celis est. [Ȝe] Ac ȝe F. Ȝe—bokes] I om. ho] ȝe M. [beþ IFKG] ben M; buþ S; miswritten but (for buth) P; bot E; cf. l. 150. [est IM] PEFSK om. me uidit] uidit me M; videt me FS. patrem—uidit] uidet & patrem meum S; videt & patrem F; uidit & patrem M. qui in—est] qui, &c. E; FS om.] 
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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Canvas: Page 204
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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