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.)
Ȝeue poure peuple þe pans · ther-of porse þow none, [Ȝeue] Ȝif MK; And ȝif F; Ȝif þe TS. pans] pens M; penys T. porse] purse IFTS; purce M.]Ac ȝeue hem forth to poure folke · þat for my loue hit askeþ. [Ac ȝeue] But ȝif MT; Ac gif F; Ac ȝif KS. hem] hym S; it T. to] to þe T. askeþ] aske IT.]Line 165 For-sake al and suwe me · and so is thi beste;
Si uis perfectus esse, uade & uende omnia [que habes.']
[suwe] haue S. is] it is F. thi] so PK; þy I; þe MTFSE. que habes] in S only.]Thus consaileþ crist · in comun ous alle:— [Thus] Ȝet T.]'Ho so coueyteþ to come · to my kynriche, [to (1)] to me E. to (2)] in T.]Line 168 He mot for-sake hym-self · hus suster and hus broþer, [mot] moste M. suster—broþer] broþer and his sisteor M (wrongly).]And al þat þe worlde wolde · and my wil folwen,
Nisi renunciaueritis [omnibus] que possidetis,' &c.
[Nisi, &c.] Nisi quis renun|ciauerit omnibus que possidet, &c. F. [omnibus EFS] omnia PMIKT.]Meny prouerbis ich myghte haue · of meny holy seyntes, [Meny] Mo KT.]To testifie for treuthe · þe tale þat ich shewe, [testifie] testefie PK; testefiȝe M. for] T om. shewe] tolde M.]Line 172 And poetes to preouen hit · porfirie and plato; [porfirie] porphirie MFIS.]Aristotile, ouidius · and elleuene hundred,Tullius, tholomeus · ich can nat telle here names, [tholomeus] ptholomeus S.]Preouen pacient pouerte · pryns of alle vertues. [pryns] pris M.]Line 176 And by [þe] greyn þat groweth · god ous alle techeþ [[þe MFTSK] PE om.][Mischeifs on þis molde · mekeliche to suffre:]
Nisi granum frumenti cadens in terra mortuum fuerit, ipsum solum manet;
[From M; also in IKTFSG; PE om. Mischeifs] Mischeues M; but see l. 201. on] of FS. þis] T om. molde] world S. terra] terra & P; but EMITFSK omit &. ipsum, &c.] MFIKTS om.]Bote yf [þe] sed þat sowen is · in þe sloh sterue, [[þe MEKSFT] þat P. in] on S.]Line 179 Shal neuere spir springen vp · ne spik on strawe curne; [curne] kerne ITFS; kurne EK.]Sholde neuere whete wexe · bote whete fyrste deyde. [whete] miswritten wete P (twice).]
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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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