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.)
Wheþer þorw hunger oþer þorw hete · at hus wil be hit! [þorw (1)] by F; fore T. þorw (2)] EIF om. at] as S.]Line 260 For yf þow lyuest after hus lore · þe shorter lyf þe betere; [yf] F om. lyuest] lyue M.]Si quis amat christum · mundum non diligit istum,[Sed quasi fetorem · spernes illius amorem.] [In E only.]Þorgh hus breþ bestes woxen · and a-brode ȝeden;
Dixit & facta sunt.
[Þorgh] For þow (sic) F. Dixit] Ipse dixit F. sunt] fuerunt IT. Dixit—sunt] M om.]Line 264 Ergo þorw hus [breþ] bestes lyuen · boþe men and fisshes, [Ergo] I om. [breþ SIT] PEM om.; but see last line. hus breþ] him F. men] man M.]As wytnesseþ holy wryte · when we seyn oure graces, [A page 239]
Aperis tu manum tuam, & imples omne animal benedictione.
Hit is founde þat fourty wynter · folke leueden and nouht tylede, [founde] S om. folke] þat folke P (but EIMFS omit þat); men MS. nouht tylede] tylied noght I; tilde nouȝt T.]And out of flent sprange [þe] flod · þat folke and bestes dronken. [And] But M. out] E om. flent] þe flent S; þe flynte IT. [þe IMFEST] P om.]Line 268 And in elyes time · heuene was yclosed, [And] Also F. elyes] helyus S; Elye is T.]That no reyne reynede · þus redeþ men in bookes, [reynede] ne ron T; ne roen (sic) I; reynede þanne F. þus—men] thus rat men IT; as clerkus rede F. in] on I.]That menye wynter men lyueden · and of no mete telden. [That] & F. wynter] wyntres E. of] I om. telden] so PES; tolden M; toolden F; ne tiled I; ne tilide T.]Seuene slepen, [as] seith þe book · more þan syxty wynter, [slepen IMF] slupen PE; sleptun S; slepte T. [as EIMFS] a P; T om. syxty] þre hundred E.]Line 272 Lyueden with-outen lyflode · and at þe laste a-wakeden. [Lyueden] Leueden P (but see next line); & lyuede F; And lyueden T. þe] S om.]
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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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