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.)

And þat þis dede shal dure · [dormiam et requiescam]." [dure] endure F. [dormiam, &c.] from EIMFTG; P om.] "Rauest þou?" quaþ ryghtwisnesse · "oþer þou art ryght dronke! [Rauest þou] What rauestow F; Rauestow I. oþer] or elles M. art IMFT] ert PEG. ryght] MG om.] 194 Leyuest þou þat ȝon light · vnlouke myghte helle, [Leyuest] Leuest EITG; Wen|est M. þou] M om. Leyuest þou] Leuestow F. þat] þat þe PE; but IMFTG omit þe. ȝon] ȝende (sic) E; ȝondur F; ȝoure G.] And saue mannes soule? · suster, wene hit neuere! [And] & also F. wene] lef M.] At þe begynnynge of þe worlde · god gaf þe dom hym|selue, 197 Þat adam and eue · and hus issue alle [eue] eue also F. hus—alle] al his yssue EITG; al heore issue aftur M; al her yssue F.] Sholden deye doun-ryht · and dwelle in peyne euere, [Sholden] Schal I. peyne] pyne FG. euere] for euere M.] Yf þei touchede þe treo · and of þe frut eten. [Yf] Ȝif þat FT; If þat I. þe (1)] þat ITG; a F. þe frut] þat fruyt T. eten] ȝeten M. of—eten] tasted of þe froyt F.] 200 Adam afterwarde · a-ȝens hus defense, [Adam] & ȝit adam F.] Faste fret of þat frut · and for-soke, as hit were, [Faste] He G; IT om. þat] þe IG.] The leel loue of oure lorde · and hus lore boþe, [A page 332] [leel] ITG om. hus] of his G.] And folwede þat þe feonde tauhte · and hus fleshes wil, [hus] þe M. fleshes] miswrit|ten sheshes P.] Aȝens reson and ryghtwysnesse; · recorde þis with treuþe, [and] i I. recorde] i recorde M. þis] it I.] That here peyne is perpetuel · no preyere may hem helpe. 206 For-thi let hem chewe as thei chose · and chide we nat, susteres, [For-thi] For-whi M; For G; F om. chewe] cheue IM; schewe E.] For hit is a botles bale · þe byte þat þei eten." [hit] his M. a] ITG om. byte] bitte I. eten] ȝeten M.] "And ich shal preye," quaþ pees · "here peyne mote haue ende, [quaþ] seide F. ende] an ende P; but EIMFTG omit an.] Þat here wo in-to wele · wende mote atte laste. [Þat] And þat EIFT. wende mote] mote wende ITG; wende F. atte EG] at þe IMFT; atte þe P.] 210
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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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