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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.)

As rody as a rose · roddede hus chekes, [roddede] ruddede M; roded were E; ruddite T.] 108 Kowede and carpede · and conscience hym herde, [Kowede] Kowhede E; Cow|hede I; Coughide T; He cowhede M.] And tolde of a trinite · and to-warde me he lokede— [tolde] tolde him ITG. a] þe T. he] ET om.] "What is dowel, sire doctour?" quaþ ich · "is dobet eny penaunce?" [dobet EM] dobest PITG; but see l. 106.] "Dowel?" quaþ þis doctour · and he drank after, [drank] dronk anon M.] 112 "Do þy neyhebore non harme · ne [þy]-selue noþer, [þy] þyn IE. [þy IEG] þi MT; þe P.] Þanne dost þow wel and wisliche · ich dar hit wel a-vouwe." [G omits. Þanne] And þanne IT. dost þow] dostow I.] "Certes, sire," þanne seide ich · "hit semeþ nat here, [nat] nouþe I (wrongly).] In þat ȝe parteþ nat with ous poure · þat ȝe passeþ dowel, [ous] þe T.] Noþer louyeþ as ȝe lereþ · as oure lorde wolde,
Et uisitavit & fecit redemptionem plebis sue israel.
[Noþer] Ne IT. louyeþ] louy|eth nat I; lyueþ nouȝt T; luyeþ M; lyuyeþ G. plebis, &c.] IMTG om.] 117 And ȝe fare þus with ȝoure sike freres · ferly me þynkeþ, [And] And ȝit T. ferly] wonder MG.] Bote dowel endite ȝow · in die iudicii." [Bote dowel] Þat dowel wol I. endite IMT] endit E; endyty P (but it is not the infinitive here).] Thenne conscience ful curteisliche · a contenaunce he made, [A page 217] [G omits ll. 120—128. he] MT om.] 120 And preynte vpon pacience · to preye me be stille, [preynte] prengte M. vpon] vp I. pacience] pacient E. be] to be MT.] And seide hym-self, "syre doctour · by so hit be ȝoure wil, [by] be IT; M om. by so] ȝif E.] 122 What is dowel and dobet? · ȝe diuynours knoweþ." "Ich haue seide," seide þe seg · "y can seye no bettere, [Ich haue] Þat haue i T. seide (1)] i-seid M; y-seide I. seide (2)] quoþ I; E om. þe seg] þat segge IT; þe doctor M. seye] se T.]
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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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