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.)
For þer as pouerte passeþ · pees folweþ commenliche, [commenliche] comunly T. pees—commenliche] folweth pees oft tyme F.]And euere þe lasse þat eny lyf ledeþ · the lyghter hus herte is þere, [þat eny] a F. lyf] G om. eny—ledeþ] on lede T.]As he þat wot neuere with wham · in [nyghtes] to mete;
Paupertas est sine solicitudine semita: Seneca.
[G omits. neuere] nere T. with] whit P. in] on T. [nyghtes] nyȝtes E; niȝtes tyme T; miȝti tyme (sic) F; myghtes P. Paupertas est] F om. sine] absque EFG. solicitu|dine] solitudine T. Seneca] F om.]The seueþe, hit is a welle of wysedome · and fewe wordes sheweþ, [The seueþe] The seuenethe F; It semiþ T. hit] F om. welle EFTG] weelle P.]Line 144 For lordes aloweþ hym lytel · oþer leyth ere to hus reisone; [leyth] leiþ E; leyen F; lig|geþ T.]He tempreþ hus tonge to-treuthe-ward · þat no tresour coueyteþ;
Sapiencie temperatrix.
[hus] þe T. ward] G om. Sa|piencie, &c.] ETG om.]The eyhteþe, hit is a leel labour · and loþ to take more [eyhteþe] eiȝte T; oþer G. hit] EG om.]Than he may sothliche deserue · in somer oþer in wynter;Line 148 And þauh he chaffare, he chargeþ no los · mowe he charite wynne;
Negocium sine dampno.
[los] lost E.]Þe nyethe, hit is swete to soules · [is] no suger swettere; [Þe] Ne (!) T. nyeþe] nyþe EF; neiþe T. Þe—hit] Anoþer G. swete] so swete F. soules] soule F. [is T] þer is F; PEG om.]For pacience is hus paneter · and payn to pouerte fyndeth, [hus] TG om. paneter] panter EFT; paniter G. payn—pouerte] pouert payn he T; pouerte payn G.]And sobrete ȝeueþ here swete drynke · and solaceþ here in alle angres. [here (1)] heere P; here EF; hire T. drynke] drynkus F. here (2)] heere P; hire T; hem E; F om. alle angres] angre G.]Line 152
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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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