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.)
Alle þe clerkes vnder crist · ne couthe this asoile; [couthe] coude M; cowde F.]Bote thus by-longeþ to by-leyue · alle þat lykeþ dowel. [thus] þis MF; þus it I. lykeþ] liken to M; loueþ S.]For hadde neuere frek fyn wit · þe faith to dispute, [hadde] ne hadde M.]Ne man myghte haue no merit þer-of · myghte hit be preoued;
Fides non habet meritum ubi humana racio [pre|bet experimentum.]
[myghte (1)] mouȝthe I. no] IF om. haue—þer-of] meryt haue þerof F. myghte (2)] mouȝt FK. preoued] preouede P; preued FK; y-preuyd S; i-preued M. humana racio] humanum M. [prebet, &c. EMFS] possidet dnium P; K om.]Line 160 Thus by-leyue and leaute · and loue is þe þridde, [by-leyue—lcaute] in bileue lele (sic) I.]That makeþ men to dowel · dobet, and dobest." [That] þei F. men] EF om. to] S om. dobet] and dobett I; do|bet boþe F.][Þanne] scripture scorned me · and many skyles shewede, [B page 168] [[Þanne MF] Þenne ISKG; The PE; cf. B. xi. 1.]And contynaunce made to clergie · to congie me, hit semede, [to (1)] on I. congie] conge MS; congeie IK; cunge F. hit] as it F.]Line 164 And lakkede me in latyn · and lyght by me sette,
And seide, "multi multa sapiunt, & seipsos nesciunt."
[me] I om. in] a IF. lyght] lite E.]Tho wepte ich for wo · and wraþede of [here] wordes, [wraþede] wraþþe ISK. [here I] hus P; his MKS; þis E; þese F; cf. B. xi. 3.]And in a wynkynge ich worth · and wonderliche ich mette. [worth MS] wurthe F; wrathe K; warth PI. and] an P. ich (2)] me I; ESK om. mette EMIFSK] mete P.]For ich was raueshed ryght þer; · fortune me fette, [raueshed] raueshede P; raue|schyd S; rauyssched IK; i-raueisshed M. fortune] for fortune I; as for|tune F.]Line 168 In-to þe londe of longynge · and loue hue me brouhte, [In-to] And in-to I. þe] a M; S om. and loue] a-lone IM. hue] heo FK; sche I; he MS.]And in a myrour, hihte myddelerd · hue made me to loke, [hihte] þat highte I; hatte S. myddelerd] myddulerþe SF. hue] heo F; sche IM; scheo K; he S.]
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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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