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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.)

Daniel deuynede · þe Dremels of a kyng, [folio 400a:2] [Daniel] Dauid T. deuynede] demide T dremels] drem T; dremys U. kyng] kyng onys U. H has, & beriþ witnes þer of a kingis dremyng.] Þat Nabugodonosor · [nempne þese clerkes.] [137—139. V is here misdivided, and omits part of l. 139, having for it only þat Nabugodonosor hette.] [þat] H om. [nempne—clerkes] from U; also in T; þese clerkis hym nempneþ H.] Daniel seide, "Sir kyng · þi sweuene is to mene, 140 Þat vnkouþe knihtes schul come · þi kin[g]dam to clayme; [vnkouþe knihtes] an vnkynde kniȝt T; vncouthe kynges U. king|dam] kindam V; kingdom THU.] Among lower lordes · þi lond schal be departet." [lower] lewide T. lond] londis THU.] As Daniel diuinede · hit fel in dede after, [diuinede] demide T; deuysed H. hit—dede] in dede it fel T; in dede it byfel UH.] 143 þe kyng laste his lordschupe · and lasse men hit hadden. [kyng] lord U. laste] les T; lost HU. lordschupe] lond H. lasse] lesse T; false U. men hadden] lordis hadden it H. OBS. H ends here.] ¶ And Ioseph Mette Metels · ful Meruilous alse, [In T and U only two lines. And Iosep mette merueillously · how þe mone & þe sonne And þe en|leuene sterris · halsiden hym alle T; And Ioseph mette merueilousliche · how þe mone & þe sonne And seuene sterres · hailsede hym al abowtyn U.] How þe sonne and þe Mone · and enleuene sterres [In T and U only two lines. And Iosep mette merueillously · how þe mone & þe sonne And þe en|leuene sterris · halsiden hym alle T; And Ioseph mette merueilousliche · how þe mone & þe sonne And seuene sterres · hailsede hym al abowtyn U.] Falden bi-fore his Feet · and heileden him alle. [In T and U only two lines. And Iosep mette merueillously · how þe mone & þe sonne And þe en|leuene sterris · halsiden hym alle T; And Ioseph mette merueilousliche · how þe mone & þe sonne And seuene sterres · hailsede hym al abowtyn U.] 147 ¶ "Beu fiz, quod his Fader · for defaute we schulle, I my-self, and my sones · seche þe for neode." ¶ Hit fel as þe Fader seide · In Pharaones tyme, [fel] befel TU. þe] his TU.] Þer Ioseph was Iustise · Egipte to kepen. [þer] þat TU. Egipte] al egipte U.] ¶ Al þis makeþ me · on Metels to þenken [Transposed in U.] , [me] me mochil U.] 152 Mony tyme at Midniht · whon [men] schulde slepe, [me] me mochil U.] , [Mony tyme] Manye tymes T. [men] T; VU have I.] On Pers þe plouh-mon · and whuch a pardoun he hedde, [and—a] whiche a T; & whiche a U. hedde] hauiþ T.] And hou þe preost inpugnede hit · al bi pure Resoun, [bi pure] before T.] And diuinede þat Dowel · Indulgence passede, [diuinede] he leuide T. pas|sede] passiþ T.] 156 Bienals and Trienals · and Busschopes lettres
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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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