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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.)

Wel may þe barn blesse · þat hym to book sette; That lyuynge after lettrure · sauede hym lyf and soule! [That] Þe S. lyuynge] lyuyng haþ M. sauede] saueþ M.] Dominus pars hereditatis mee · ys a murye verset, [mee] IM om. verset] versett P; uers M; vers T.] 129 Hit haþ ytake fro tyborne · twenty stronge þeeues; [Hit] For it T.] Þer lewede þeeues ben lollid vp · loke how þei been sauede! [lollid] i-lolled M. sauede] i-saued M.] Þe þeef þat hadde grace of god · a goode fryday, as þow toldest, [a] on MT; & (!) E. as—toldest] to be i-saued M.] 132 Was, for he ȝelde hym creaunt to crist · and hus grace askede. [ȝelde EIKG] ȝeld S; ȝuld P; ȝald T; held M; see l. 153. hym EIMKSTG] miswritten hem P. and] as M.] And god is ay gracious · to alle þat gredeþ to hym, [ay] euer S; G om. alle—hym] hem þat to him gredeþ M.] He wol no wickede man be lost · bote yf he wol hym-self;
Nolo mortem peccatoris, sed ut magis conuertatur & uiuat.
[He] And IT. wol] wile þat M. yf] KSG om. sed—uiuat] IKSTG om.] And þauh þe þeef hadde heuene · he hadde non hye blisse [And] Ac MKSG; But T. non hye] not so hy S.] 136 As seynt Iohan and oþer seyntes · þat han a-serued bettere. [Iohan] Ion EM. a-serued EMK] a-seruede P; serued ITG; de|seruyd S.] Ryght as som man ȝyueþ me mete · and set me a-mydde þe floor, [man] KG om. set MST] sett P; sette IKG; setteþ E. a-mydde] inmyddes M.] Ich haue mete more þan ynowe · ac nat with so muche worshup [nat with] with noȝt E. so] IT om.] As þo þat sytten at þe syd-table · oþer with þe souereynes in halle, [at þe] ate S; at K. table] bord M. þe] M om. souereynes] souereyntees I; souerayn T. in halle] S om.] 140
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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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