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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.)

Thus leryde me a lerede man · for oure lordes loue, seint austyn, [A page 253] That pure pouerte and pacience · was a louh lyuynge in erthe, [lyuynge] G om. in] on FT.] A blessid lyf with-oute busynesse · bote oneliche for þe soule;
Absque solicitudine felicitas.
[with] whit P. Absque solici|tudine] Solitudine T.] 155 Now god þat al þynge gyueþ · graunte hus saule reste, [þynge] T om. G places god after saule.] That wrot þis to wisse men · what pouerte was to mene!" [þis] þus EG.] Thenne hadde actyf a ledere · þat heyhte liberum arbitrium, [A page 254] [ledere EFTG] apparently lodere T. heyhte] hiȝte EFT; het G. liberum arbitrium] arbitrium liberum E.] That knewe conscience ful wel · and clergie boþe; [That] He TFG.] "He þat haþ londe and lordshep," quaþ he · "at the laste ende [Here M begins again. He] Þe M. londe] lonnde P. londe and] G om. lordshep] lordschepe boþe M.] 160 Shal be pourest of power · at hus partyng hennes." [hennes] elles G.] Thenne ich wondrede what he was · this Liberum Arbitrium, [ich] T om. wondrede] hadde wondir T. this] miswritten thees P; þat T.] And prayede pacience · þat ich a-pose hym moste. [prayede] preide to F. ich] M om. T is corrupt here.] And [he] suffrede me and seide · "assay hus oþer name." [[he MFTG] PE om. me] F om.] "Leue liberum arbitrium," quaþ ich · "of what londe ar ye? 165 Ȝif þow be cristes creature · for cristes loue, tel me." [A page 255] [Ȝif] And ȝif T. tel me] telle hit me E; me telleþ M.] "Ich am cristes creature," quaþ he · "and cristine in menye place, [place] so PTFG; a place E; places M.] And in cristes court yknowe · and of hus kynne a partye; [yknowe] ich know (wrongly) E; Iknowe wel 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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