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.)

Bules and bocches · and brennyng Aguwes; [Bules] so PE; Byles IM; Belis T; Boilus FS. Aguwes] so PE; agues MFS; anguisshe T.] 84 Frenesyes and foule vueles · these foragers of kynde [vueles] eueles IMF; yueles E. these] T om. foragers] for-goerus S; forgoers F.] Hadden pryked and preyed · polles of people; [pryked] prykede P; i-priked MF; y-preched (!) I. preyed] preyede P; y-preyed I; i-peyned M; I-paied F. of] of þe MFS; þe (sic) T.] Largeliche a legion · lees þe lyf sone. [Largeliche] Þat largelich F. lees] so PI; leef (for lees) F; les ST; loste M. þe] þy E.] Ther was—"harow and help! · her comeþ kynde, 88 With deþ þat is dredful · to vn-do ous alle!" The lord þat lyuede after lust · þo aloud criede [lyuede] lyueþ S. lust EMIFST] loust P. aloud] he loude T.] After comfort, a knyght · to come and bere hus baner. [to] I om. hus] oure T.] "Alarme! Alarme!" quaþ þat lorde · "eche lyf kepe hus owene." [Alarme] Asarmus FS (twice). þat] þe T. lyf] man F.] 92 Thenne mette þese men · er mynstrales myghte pipe, [þese] þes P.] And er heraudes of armes · hadden discriued lordes. [er] or EF; here S. discriued] discriuede P; discreued E; descriued F; descreued M; discried T.] Elde þe hore · was in þe vaunt-warde, [Elde] Þe was eelde (sic) F. was] he was T; F om. vaunt] auaunt MFS; vaun T.] And bar [þe] baner by-fore deþ · by right he hit claymede. [[þe MFST] a PE.] Kynde cam after hym · with menye kynne sores, [kynne] kynnes M.] 97 As pockes and pestilences · and muche people shente; [pestilences—muche] pestilence þat many T.] So kynde þorgh corupcions · culde ful menye. [þorgh] with F. culde] kullede M; killede F; kilde ST.] Deþ cam [dryuyng] after · and al to douste [paschte] [[dryuyng EMFS] dremend (for dreuend?) P; dryuande T. douste] so PES; doust F; duste M; dust T. [paschte FS] passhte T; paihste P; pacchede M; pouste (!) E.] Kynges and knyghtes · caysers and popes; 101 Lered ne lewide · he lefte no man stande; [ne] and MET. lewide] lewede he sparede S. he] T om.]
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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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