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.)
Alle þe clerkes vnder Crist · ne couþe þys asoile;
Quare placuit, quia uoluit, etc.
[couþe] shulde M. þys] it I.]Line 156 And so ich seye by þe · þat sekest after weyes, [A page 205] [þe] þi-self T. weyes] þe weyes I; þe wiȝes T.]How creatures [han] kynde witt · and clerkes comen to bokes, [[han IKG] hadde T; and PEMS. and] and how ITKG.]And how þe floures in þe fritth · comeþ to feyre hewes; [T omits. þe] þat M (twice). floures] foules KG.]Was neuere creature vnder cryst · þat knew wel þe bygynnynge [bygynnynge] gynnyng T.]Line 160 Bote kynde, þat contreeuede hit furst · of corteise wil. [hit] M om. furst] I om. of] of his IMT; or S. corteise ES] cortese K; curteis MI; korteis G; miswritten cortesie P; kynde T.]He tauhte þe tortle to trede · þe pokok to cauke, [pokok] pecok KTG.]And Adam and eue · and oþer bestes alle [oþer—alle] alle oþere bestes IT.]A cantel of kynde witt · here kynde to saue.Line 164 Of good and of wikke · kynde was þe ferste,He seih hit and suffrede hit · and seide hit bee sholde;
Quia ipse dixit, & facta sunt; ipse mandauit, & creata sunt.
[He] IKTG om. seih] si M. RUBRIC. Dixit et facta sunt IKSTG; M om.]Ac whi he wolde þat wikkede were · ich wene and ich leyue, [were] S om. and] as M. leuye] leue EIMTG; leoue K; be|leue S.]Was neuere man vpon molde · þat myghte hit aspye.Ac longe-lybbynge men · lyknede mennes lyuynge [A page 206] [lybbynge] lyuynge MST. mennes] menne K; men IS; manes M; menis T.]Line 169 To bryddes and to bestes · as here bokes telleþ,Þat the fayrest fowel · foulest engendreþ, [fowel] foule EIMKS; foul TG.]And feblest fowel of flicht is · þat [fleeþ] oþere swymmeþ. [feblest] þe febleste T. flicht] flight I; fliȝt T; fliȝht K; flith M; flyȝt G. [fleeþ IM] fleþ ET; fleuþ S; flucht P; fluȝht K; flyyt G.]Line 172 That is, þe pokok and þe popeiay · with here proude federes [pokok] pecok KTG; pookoc P. with] withe P.]
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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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