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.)
Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis; arguam te, & statuam contra faciem tuam.
[For] IT om. seggen] seiȝe M. and] alle M. Nolite, & c.] M om.]Thei wollen a-leggen al-so · and by þe godspel preouen hit, [A page 172]
Nolite iudicare quemquam."
"Wher-of serueþ lawe," quaþ leaute · "and no lyf vndertoke [Wher-of] And wher-of IT; Wer-of P.]Line 32 Falnesse ne faiterie? · for som-what þe apostel seide,
Non oderis fratrem tuum secrete in corde [tuo.]
[[tuo FST] PEMK om.]Thyng þat al þe worlde wot · where-fore sholdest þow spare [A page 173] [where-fore] where-to S; where K.]To rehercen hit by retoryk · to a-rate dedliche synne? [hit] it al I. a-rate] rate F; rehete T.]Ac be þow neuer þe furste · the defaute to blame; [þow neuer] neuer-more IT. the] F om. to] for to F.]Line 36 Thauh þow see, sey nat · som tyme, þat is treuthe. [see] hit seo M; I om. sey] me sey F. treuthe] trewe MFS; truwe K.]Thyng þat wolde be pryue · publisshe þow hit neuere,Noþer for loue labbe hit out · ne lacke hit for non enuye;
Parum lauda, uitupera parcius."
[Noþer for] Ne for no M. labbe—out] loue it nouȝt T. hit] S om. non] MFSTK om.]"He seith soth," quaþ scripture [þo] · and skypte an hy, and prechede, [He] A (sic) IT. [þo ITFSKG] PE om.]Line 40 Ac þe matere þat hue meeuede · yf lewede men hit knewe, [hue] sche IT; he PMFSEK (wrongly); cf. ll. 49, 72. meeuede] moeued E. yf] & T.]Þe lasse, as ich leyue · louye þei woldeThe by-leyue of oure lorde · þat lettrede men techen.Of here teme and of here tales · ich took ful good hede; [of] FIK om. ful] wel T; F om.]Hue seide in here sarmon · selcouthe wordes: [F omits. Hue] Sche M; Heo K; He PITES (wrongly). here] heore M; his E.]Line 45
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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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