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 fond ich neuere, in faith · for to telle treuthe, [And] Ac F. treuthe] of treuthe P; but MFSEK omit of.]Line 275 That clergie of cristes mouth · comended was euere. [A page 136] [B page 166] [comended] comsed M.]For crist seide to seintes · and to suche as he louede,
Dum steteritis ante reges et presides, [nolite cogi|tare quomodo aut quid loquamini,] & cetera:
[Dum, &c.] Here M has the rubric quoted above, l. 273. steteritis FSKG] steteris PE. [nolite cogitare EFS] PK om. [quomodo, &c.] in S only.]'Thauh ȝe come by-fore kynges · and clerkes of þe lawe,Beeþ nat a-ferd of þat folke · for ich shal ȝeue ȝow tonge, [ȝow] S om.]Connynge and clergie · to conclude hem alle.'Line 280 Dauid makeþ mencion · he spak among kynges, [makeþ] made M. he] and M.]And myghte no kynge hym ouer-come · as in connynge speche. [speche] of speche F.]Sothly," seide rechelesnesse · "ich see by menye euydences, [menye] myn S; F om. euy|dences MSKG] euedences P.]Line 283 That noþer wit ne wyghtnesse · wan neuere þe maistrie [noþer] K om.]With-oute þe grete gyfte of god · with hus grace and fortune. [þe] FS om. grete] KG om. and] and his M.]For he þat most [seih] and seide · of þe sothfast trinite [[seih] si M; say S; miswritten seith PEFKG; but see l. 154.]Was Austyn þe olde · þat euere man wiste.He saide thus in hus sarmon · for ensample of grete clerkes,
Ecce ipsi idioti rapiunt celum, vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimur.
[He] KG om. for] in M. en|sample] saumple F. idioti] ydioti E; ydiote MFS. rapiunt] rapiunt nobis S. sapientes] FS om.]Line 288 This is to mene no more · to men þat ben lewede,'Aren none raþere raueshed · fro þe ryghte by-leyue [raþere raueshed] rauysched raþur FS. raueshed] i-rauessched M.]Cominliche þan clerkes · most knowynge and connynge; [Cominliche] Comenliche S; Comuneliche MF. and] of FS.]And none sonnere ysaued · ne saddere in þe by-leyue [And] Ne F. þe] F om.]
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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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