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.)

For yf he be fer þer-fro · ful ofte hath he drede [fer] feer P. hath he] he haþ I.] Line 237 That fals folke fecche away · felonliche hus godes; [fecche] wol fecche E; wolden fecche M.] And ȝut more hit makeþ men · meny tyme and ofte [tyme] a tyme F; tymes I.] To synegen, and to souchen · soteltees of gyle, [To] F om. synegen] senegen F; synwen E; synewe S; synnen M; cf. Pass. xi. 25, 26. souchen] sowche boþe F; sewe M; sotile S; sechen K. soteltees] sotiltees I; sotultees F; so|tiles (sic) M.] Line 240 For couetyze of þat catel · to culle hem þat hit kepeþ; [237—241. T omits.] [þat (1)] S om. hem] him MFSIK.] And so is meny [man] ymorþred · for hus money and goodes, [[man MSIKTEG] a man F; men P. hus] M om. and] and his MSIT; and for his K.] And tho þat duden þe dede · ydampned þer-fore after, [þe] þat I. þe dede] K om.] And he for hus harde holdynge · in helle, par aunter. [holdynge MITFSEKG] appar|ently heldynge P. helle] helle pyne T. par aunter] peraduenture E.] So couetise of catel · was combraunce to hem alle; [of] & K. combraunce] a comeraunce E.] Lo, how pans purchasede · faire places and drede, [pans] pens MI; penys T. purchasede] purchasseþ MIT. faire] grete S. drede] brode S.] Line 246 Þat rote is [of] robbers · þe richesse with-ynne! [[of MITFSKG] PE om. richesse] grete richesse S. After l. 247 M adds—For he þat gadereþ so his good · god no þyng preiseþ.]
Hic explicit passus iijus de dowel. [ITM omit. Hic] ES om. KF have—Explicit passus ter|cius.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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