Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.)

Bestes by gras & by greyn · and by grene rotes. [Bestes] Beste I. greyn] mis|written greyen P.] 244 In menynge þat alle men · myghte þe same [A page 238] Lyuen þorgh leell by-leyue · as oure lord wittnesseþ,

Quodcunque petieritis patrem in nomine meo, dabitur enim uobis; & alibi:

Non in solo pane uiuit homo, sed de omni uerbo, quod procedit de ore dei."

[lord] S om. enim] MFS om. dabitur—uobis] I om. sed—dei] IS om. de (1)] in EM; T om.] "Hast þow ay," quaþ actyf · "suche mete with þe?" [Hast þow] Hastow I; What hastow F. ay] follows actyf in IT. mete] maner mete F.] "Ȝe," quaþ Pacience, and hente · out of hus poke [Ȝe] Ȝe parde S; Ȝe hardiliche F. hente] follows poke in IT. of—poke] his boke (sic) E.] 248 A pece of þe pater-noster · and profrede to vs alle. [pece ITMFSE] pice P. to] it to IT; S om.] And ich lustnede, and lokede · what lyflode hit were; [lustnede] lestenede I; lest|nide T; lustede (!) S; lustened þo F.] Þanne was hit · fiat-uoluntas-tua · þat sholde fynde vs alle. [Þanne] And þanne IT.] "Haue, actyf," quaþ pacience · "and eet this when þe hungreþ, [þe hungreþ] þou hongrest E.] 252 Oþer whenne þow clomsest for colde · oþer clyngest for drouthe; [whenne] wenne P. drouthe] eny droghte I; any drouþe T; þe drouȝte F.] And shal neuere gyues þe greue · ne grete lordes wratthe, Pryson ne oþer payne · for—pacientes uincunt; [payne] penaunces M.] By so þow be sobre · of syght, and of tounge boþe, [By—be] Be þou E. so] so þat IT. boþe] I om.] 256 In ondyng, in handlyng · in alle þy fyue wittes, [S omits. ondyng] heryng M; etyng IT. þy] þe MT.] That þow care for no corn · for cloþ ne for drynke, [That þow] Dar þe nat I; Dar þe S; Þar þe no T. no] þe I. for (2)] ne for I. cloþ] mete S. for (3)] ne for IT.] Ne deþ drede, ne deuel · deye as god lykeþ, [deþ drede] drede deþ M. deþ—deuel] deuel drede ne deeth F. deuel] dowel (!) I. deye] & deye S; but dye F.]
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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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