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-þi," quaþ reson, "ich rede the · rewele þi tonge euere; [For-þi] For-whi M. the rewele] þow reule I.] 
                                
                                  And er þow lakke eny lyf · loke ho is to preise. [ho] who-so K.] 
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                                  For is no creature vnder cryst · þat can hym-selue make; [is no] y not S. creature] curatour T (wrongly).] 
                                
                                  And yf cristene creatures · couthen make hem-selue, [And yf] For and M; And K. cristene creatures] creatures cristene IT.] 
                                
                                  Eche lede wolde be lacles · leyf þow non oþere! [Eche] Eche a MK; Ech a I; Iche a T. wolde] wolle S. lede—lacles] wolde lede lackes (sic) E.] 
                                
                                  Man was mad of suche matere · he may nat wel a-sterte [A page 189]  [suche] suche a KT.] 
                                
                                  That som tymes hym tit · to folwen hus kynde; [tymes] time MT. tit] betyt I; ne betit T; tid E.] 
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                                  Caton a-cordeþ her-with · nemo sine crimine uiuit." [her-with] þer-wiþ MK; kyndely þerwiþ T.] 
                                
                                  Tho cauhte ich colour a-non · and comsed to be ashamed, [ich] y a S.] 
                                
                                  And awaked þer-wiþ; · wo was me þenne, [wo] and wo I.] 
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                                  That ich ne hadde ymet more · so murye as ich slepte, [ymet] met KT; mete S.] 
                                
                                  And sayde a-non to my-self · "slepynge, ich hadde grace [ich hadde] hadde y ST; had i I.] 
                                
                                  To wite what dowel ys · ac wakynge neuere!"
                                
                                  And þenne was þer a wiȝt · what he was ich nuste:— [wiȝt EI] wiȝht K; withg M; wiȝ T; whiȝt P; so in l. 221. nuste] nyste IT; ne wiste M.] 
                                
                                  "What ys dowel?" quaþ þat wiȝt · "y-wys, syre," ich seyde, [What] Þat M. ich] he MK (wrongly).] 
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                                  "To see muche and suffren al · certes, syre, ys dowel." [syre] þat S; IT om.] 
                                
                                  "Haddest þow suffred," he seide · "slepyng þo þow were, [suffred] suffrede P; i-suffred M. þo] þaw M.] 
                                
                                  Þow sholdest haue knowe þat cleregye can · and more conceyued þorwe reson. [knowe] i-knowe M. and—þorwe] þat conseyued more þan I; & conceyued more þourȝ KT.] 
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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Canvas: Page 243
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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