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.)

How þow coueitest to calle me · now knowest þow alle myne names.
Anima pro diuersis actionibus diuersa nomina sortitur; dum uiuificat corpus, anima est. dum uult, animus est; dum recolit, memoria est; dum iudicat, racio est; dum sentit, sensus est; dum amat, amor est; dum de|clinat a malo ad bonum, liberum arbitrium est; dum negat uel consentit, consciencia est; dum spirat, spiritus est."
[now] MG om. knowest þow] þow knowest MTG. sortitur] uo|catur M. a malo] de malo T.] 201 "Ȝe ben as a bischop," quaþ ich · al bordynge þat tyme, [ben] baw (!) M. bischop EF] bisshop TG; busshop M; badly spelt bihsshep P. bordynge] louryng T; bourdyng F.] "For bischopes blessed · thei bereþ meny names, [bischopes E] bisshopes GT; bischops F; busshopes M; badly spelt bihsshopes P. blessed] i-blessed MG; þat beth blessed F. þei] G om.] Presul and pontifex · and metropolitanus, [Presul] As presul F.] 204 And oþer names an hepe · episcopus and pastor." [an] a gret F.] "That is soth," he seide · "now ich seo þy wil [seide] seide þo · & F.] How þow woldest know and conne · þe cause of alle here names, [How] T om. cause] clause T. here] M om.] And of myne, yf þow myghtest · me þynkeþ by þy speche!" [G omits.] 208 "Ȝe, syre," ich seyde, "by so · þat no man were a-greued, [a-greued] a-greuede P.] Alle þe science vnder sonne · and alle sotile craftes [science] sciences MG. alle] alle þe T.] Ich wolde ich knewe and couthe · kyndeliche in myn herte." [A page 257] [wolde] wold þat F. and] or F. kyndeliche] soþlich G.] "Thanne art þow inparfyt," quaþ he · "and on of prydes knyghtes; [art MFT] ert PEG. inpar|fyt GT] inparfijt M; inparfyȝt P; vnparfit E; imparfit F.] 212
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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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