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.)
I nile not scorne," quod scripture · "but scryueyns liȝe; [nile] nel D; wele U.]Kinghod & kniȝthod · for auȝt I can aspie, [auȝt] nouȝt D.]Helpiþ nouȝt to heuene · at one ȝeris ende, [heuene] hefne-ward U.]Ne richesse ne rentis · ne realte of lordis.Line 224 Poul prouiþ it is vnpossible · riche men in heuene, [it is] U om. is] D om. riche—heuene] þe riche to comen in hefne U.]Ac pore men in pacience · & penaunce togidere [men] D omits. penaunce] U repeats pacience.']Hauen eritage in heuene · ac riche men non."— [Hauen] han here U. ac] and U.]"Contra," quod I, "be Crist! · þat can I þe wisse, [þat—wisse] i kan þe withseye U. þe] D omits.]Line 228 And prouen it be þe pistil · þat petir is nempnid;
Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit, saluus erit."
[þe pistil] apostil U. is nemp|nid] it nemnyþ D. saluus erit] U omits.]"Þat is in extremis," quod scripture · "as sarisines & Iewis [is] U omits. as] among U.]Mowe be sauid so · & so is oure beleue; [so is] þat U (omitting is).]Þat [an] vncristene in þat cas · may cristene an heþene, [þat—cas] þat oon cristen in cas U. [an] oon U; arn TH2; buþ D; see note.]And for his lele beleue · whanne he his lif tyneþ,Line 233 Haue eritage in heuene · as an heiȝ cristene. [Haue] Haue an U.]Ac cristene men, god wot · comiþ not so to heuene;For cristene han a degre · & is þe comun speche,
Dilige deum, etc., Et proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
[degre] dirige U. is þe] our U. Dilige, &c.] Nemo, &c. U (see l. 255).]Godis word witnessiþ we shuln ȝiue · & dele oure enemys, [we—ȝiue] þat we schal þeue (!) U (by error for yeue).]Line 237 And alle men þat arn nedy · [as] pore men & suche, [folio 51b]
Dum tempus est, operemur bonum ad omnes, maxime autem ad domesticos fidei.
[[as H2U] & T; D omits. fidei] H2omits.]Alle kynne creatures · þat to crist beleuiþ [Alle kynde creatours þat crist ben y-lyche U. beleuiþ] longen D.]
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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.,
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