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.)

Fiat-uoluntas-tua · festeþ hym eche day. [Fiat] And fiat G. eche] iche a T. eche day] euermore F.] And also he can clergie · credo-in-deum-patrem And portreieþ [wel] þe pater-noster · and peynteþ hit with auees. [And] He M. portreieþ] por|treye T. [wel MFTG] PE om. peynteþ] peynte T. hit] it wel F. auees] so PEFG; aues MT.] 320 And oþer-while hus wone is · to wende in pilgrymages, [in] on T.] Ther poure men and prysouns beþ · and payeþ for here lyflode, [payeþ] paye T. lyflode] fode TG; table F.] Clotheþ hem and comforteþ hem · and of crist precheþ hem, [hem (2)] F om. precheþ hem] to hem techeth F.] What sorwes he suffrede · in ensample of ous alle, [he] þat he F. ensample] saumple F. ous] us MF; vs TG.] That pouerte and pacience · parfitliche ytake [G omits. pacience] penaunce T. parfitliche ytake] pacientliche taken T; þat parfitly be take F.] 325 Ys muche merit to þat man · þat wel may suffren. [G omits. Ys] Worþ T. muche] gret M. to] for F. wel] it T. may] may hem M.] Whan he haþ thus visited fetered folke · and oþer folke poure, [A page 265] [Whan] And whanne T. thus] M om. visited EF] visitid TG; i-visited M; visetid P. fetered] vetered F. oþer folke] EG om.] Then he ȝerneþ in-to þouht · and ȝepliche he secheþ [he ȝerneþ] ȝerniþ he T. þouht] so all but T, which has ȝouþe, as in B-text.] Pruyde, with alle þe portinaunce · and packeþ hem to|gederes, [þe] here G. portinaunce] so PG; aportenaunce M; portenaunces E; purtenaunces F; appurtenaunces T. packeþ] pekk (sic) E.] 329 And laueþ hem in þe lauandrie · laboraui-in-gemitu-meo, [hem] hym E. þe] G om. lauandrie] launderie T.] And boukeþ hem at hus brest · and beteþ hit ofte, [And] T om. hem] M om. beteþ] beeteþ P. hit] hem G; it ful F.] And with warme water of hus eyen · wokeþ hit [til hit] white;
Lauabis me, et super niuem dealbabor.
[warme] wharme P. eyen] eiȝes T. wokeþ] so PEM; weoketh F; werkiþ T; wetiþ G. hit—hit M] hem til hit G; it til he F; hit he PT; hit þe (sic) E.] 332
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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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