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.)
[No] Ne E. After ous (vs) PE add is, which IMTFSK omit; cf. B-text. yf—hit] it synne IT.]In þe olde lawe, as [þe] lettre telleþ · menne sones me cald ous, [A page 179] [[þe ITS] PEMK om. þe let|tre] lettere M; lered men F. telleþ] techeþ I; seith MFS. menne] men E; mennus FS; manes M; mennes IK; menis T. me] so also IMFE; men SK; T om. cald] calleþ S.]Line 112 [Of] Adames ysshue and eue · ay til god-man deide, [[Of MFSKT] And PE. eue] of eeues F.]And after hus resureccion · redemptor was hus name,And we hus blody breþren · as wel beggers as lordes. [blody] blod M.]For-thy loue [we] as leue children · and lene hem þat nedeþ, [For-thy] For-whi M. [we MFKTSG] PE om. and] I om. hem] we him S; hym K. nedeþ] nudeþ P.]Line 116 And euery man help oþer · for hennės shuileþ we alle [for] fro I.]To haue as we han deserued · as holychurche wittnesseþ,
Et qui bona egerunt, ibunt in uitam eternam; [qui vero mala, in ignem eternum].
[deserued] serued F. [qui, &c.] in S only.]For-thi lerne we lawe of loue · as oure lord tauhte; [A page 180] [For-thi] For-whi M. lawe] þe lawe T.]The poure peuple faile [we] nat · whil eny peny ous lasteþ. [The] And T. [we MFTSKG] PE om. ous lasteþ] lastuþ vs S.]Line 120 For in here liknesse oure lorde · lome hath be knowe; [For] Fore P. lome] ful lome F; lombe S; whilom T.]Witnesse in þe paske woke · when he ȝeode to emaus, [woke] wouke FT; wike M. when] wen P. ȝeode] wente F. emaus] romaynes (!) T.]Cleophas ne knew hym nat · þat he crist were, [ne] K om.]For hus poure aparail · and pilgrimes cloþes,Line 124 Til þat he blessede here bred · and brak hit by-twyne hem. [þat] MF om. here] þe M. by-twyne hem] hem bituene IT.]So by hus werkes thei wiste · þat he was Iesus, [thei] hy S. Iesus] lord Iesus F.]Ac by hus cloþing þei knewe hym nat · so caitifliche he ȝede. [hus cloþing] knowing T.]Al was ensample sothliche · to ous synful here, [Al was] And al was in T.]Line 128
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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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