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.)

                                
                                  Hit shal vndon ous deoueles · and doun brynge ous alle." [ous deoueles] deuelus dynt F. doun EIMFT] don (for doun) P; a|doun G.] 
                                
                                  "Now y seo wher hus soule · comeþ seilinge hider|wardes [A page 337]  [Now] And now IT. wher—comeþ] his soule · come M.] 
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                                  With glorie and with gret light · god hit is, ich wot wel. [With] Whit P.] 
                                
                                  Ich rede we fleo," quaþ þe feond · "faste alle hennes; [we] miswritten wey P.] 
                                
                                  For us were betere nat beo · þan abyde in hus syghte. [us] vs EIFTG; we M; hus P.] 
                                
                                  For thi lesynge[s], lucifer · we loste furst our ioye, [lesynges IMFT] lesynge PEG; see l. 350. lucifer] þow lucefer M.] 
                                  Line 348 
                                
                                  And out of heuene hider · thi prude made ous falle; [prude] pride EIMFT; pryte G; badly spelt pruede P.] 
                                
                                  For we [leyuede] on þy lesinges · þer losten we [oure] blysse. [For] Whan M. we] he (!) T. [leyuede] leuede G; leued EIFT; leueden M.; miswritten lyuede P; but see l. 338. on] F om. [oure FTG] þe M; PE om.; but see l. 348. I omits last half of l. 350, and first half of l. 351.] 
                                
                                  And now, for a later lesynge · þat þow lowe tyl eue, [a] F om. lowe] louwe E; low F.] 
                                
                                  We han lost oure lordshep · a londe and in helle;Nunc princeps huius mundi [eicietur foras]." [We] Whe P. lordshep] mis|written lorshep P. a] on M; o T; in F. in] eke yn G. [eicietur, &c.] from M; PEITFG om.] 
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                                  Suþþe þat satan · myssayde þus foule [Suþþe] He seiȝ T (wrongly). myssayde, &c.] þus foule mysseide · & schenfully rebukede F. myssayde] misdede G.] 
                                
                                  Lucifer for hus lesynges · leyue ich non oþer, [leyue ich] i leue M; now leue i F.] 
                                
                                  Bote oure lord atte laste · lyeres here rebuke, [Bote] But þat F. atte] ate F; at þe MT. here] wol F.] 
                                
                                  And wyte hem al þe wrecchednesse · þat wrouht is on erthe. [wyte F] miswritten wyten P; witen M. þe] from (!) T. wrouht is] is i-wrout M; wroght is here ITG. on] in I.] 
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                                  Beo yware, ȝe wise clerkes · and wytty men of lawe, [Beo] Buþ M; Beth FT; Biþ G. yware] war FT. wytty men] ȝe witty IT.] 
                                
                                  Þat ȝe [be-leiȝe] nat [þese lewed] men · for atte laste dauid [[be-leiȝe T] bileue (for bileie) I; by-gylie PE; bi-gile MG. Þat—be-leiȝe] Bigileth F. nat] non MG. [þese lewed F] þis lewed IT; lewed EMG; þeos P. atte] ate F; at þe MT.]

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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Canvas: Page 387
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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