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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.)

And yf men lyueden as mesure wolde · sholde neuere be defaute [yf] M om. defaute] þe faute I.] Among crysten creatures · yf crystes worde be trewe;
Dabo tibi secundum peticionem tuam."
[worde] wordes IST. trewe] trywe P. tuam] cordis tui E.] "What is parfit pacience?" · quaþ Actica uita. [A page 241] [What is] Wiþ his T.] 276 "Meeknesse and Mylde speche · and men of on wil, [on] oo F; o IST.] Þe whiche wil loue ledeþ · to oure lordes place; [whiche] wiche P. wil] þat S. ledeþ] lat IT; lede M.] And þat is charite, chaumpion · chief of alle vertues, [chief] & cheef F.] And þat is poure pacient · alle perilis to suffre." [þat] þus S. is] his F. poure] pure S (but poure = poor; see next line). pacient] pacience MS; see l. 287.] 280 "Where pouerte and pacience · plese more god al|myghty [Where] Wheþer MFT. and] or S.] Than do ryghtful richesse · and resonably to spende?" [do] dooth F; IT om. spende] dispende T.] "Ȝe, quis est ille?" quaþ pacience · "quyk laudabimus eum! [ille] hic F. pacience] con|cience M. laudabimus] laudemus I.] Thauh men rede of riche · ryght to þe worldes ende, [Thauh] For þogh F. riche] richesse IMT. worldes EIMFT] wordles P; worlus S.] [I wist neuere renke þat riche was · þat whan he rekne sholde,] [Supplied from B-text. With|out this line, the sense is quite in|complete; but I can find it in no C-text MS.] 285 And whan he drouh hym to þe deþ · þat he ne dradde hym sarrer [And whan] Whan F; Þan whan I; Þat whanne T. drouh] drow ES; drogh I; drou M; drew F. hym (1)] I om. dradde] drat M. sarrer] sarre M; sorere EI; sorrer F; sor|rere T.] Than eny poure pacient · and þat preoue ich by reyson. [þat] E om. preoue ich] i preue M.] Hit are bote fewe folke of these riche · þat ne falleþ in arerage, [Here one leaf is lost in G; down to xvii. 41. Hit are] Þer ar F; Þer ben E. of] in T. these] thees P; þe M; þis IT. ne] hy ne S; þei ne T. arerage IMS] arirage PE; rerage F; arrerage T.] 288
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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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