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.)
"Multi to a mangerie · and to þe mete were sompned, [a] þe S. þe] MF om. sompned] ysompned E; i-sompned M.]And whan þe peuple was plener come · the porter vn|pynnede þe gate, [whan] wan P. was] were S. vnpynnede] opened EM; opeynnede S; & openide (sic) T; vnpynneþ I.]And plyghte in pauci pryueliche · and leet þe remenant go rome." [A page 174] [pauci] paucos S. pryueliche] S om. go] F om. rome] rombe T; pleye S.]Line 48 Al for teene of here tixt · tremblede myn herte,And in a weer gan ich wexe · and with my-selue to dispute [And] M om. to dispute] dis|pute KF; disputede M.]Wheþer ich were chose oþer nat chose; · on holy|churche ich þouhte, [Wheþer] Weþer P.]That vnderfong me atte fount · for on of godes chosene. [vnderfong] vndurfeng FSK. atte] at þe IMTF. chosene] childur F.]"For crist clepide ous alle · come yf we wolde, [clepide] curteisly kept F.]Line 53 Sarrasyns and scismatikes · and so he dude þe Iewes, [scismatikes] miswritten scis|maticyns P; cf. B-text.]And bad hem souken of hus brest · sauete for synne, [of] at IMTFSK. sauete for] to saue þe fro M. of—synne] for synne · saue (sauf T) at his breste IT.]And drynke bote for bale · brouke hit ho so myghte;
O uos omnes sitientes, uenite ad aquas!
[hit] MF om. O uos] F om.]Thenne may alle cristine [come] · and cleyme þer to entre [[come IMTFSKG] PE om. þer] for S.]Line 57 By þat blod þat he boughte ous with · and baptisme, as he tauhte,
Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit, [saluus erit,] & cetera.
[as] þat S. [saluus erit MFE] hic saluus erit S; PKIT om.]For thauh a crystine man coueytede · hus crystendome to reneye, [coueytede] coueite MF. to] K om.]Ryghtfulliche to reneye · no reson hit wolde.Line 60 For may no cherl a chartre make · ne hus catel selle [cherl] cheerl P; clerke ES. a] no F; TK 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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"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.)." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ajt8124.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2025.
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