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.)

                                
                                  ¶ "Ȝet haue I no kynde knowing," quod I · "ȝet mote ȝe kenne me better, [ȝet mote ȝe] ye mote W. ȝe kenne me] I lerne R.] 
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  By what craft in my corps · it comseth and where." [corps] cors W; coors O.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "Þow doted daffe," quod she · "dulle arne þi wittes; [Here MS. R. has lost two leaves. It begins again at P. ii. l. 40.] 
                                
                                  To litel latyn þow lernedest · lede, in þi ȝouthe;Heu michi, [quod] sterilem duxi vitam iuueni|lem! [lede] leode WO. ȝouthe] thougthe C. [quod] This reading must be right, as shewn by the scansion of the line. It occurs in MS. Camb. Ff. 5. 35. But LWC, and Crowley's text, have quia.] 
                                
                                  ¶ It is a kynde knowyng," quod he · "þat kenneth in þine herte [he] she W; sche O. See note.] 
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  For to louye þi lorde · leuer þan þi-selue;
                                
                                  No dedly synne to do · dey þouȝ þow sholdest:
                                
                                  This I trowe be treuthe · who can teche þe better,
                                
                                  ¶ Loke þow suffre hym to sey · and sithen lere it after. [lere] here C.] 
                                
                                  For thus witnesseth his worde · [worche] þow þere|after; [W omits. [worche COC2] worcheth L (wrongly).] 
                                  Line 145 
                                
                                  For trewthe telleþ þat loue · is triacle of heuene; [of] in O.] 
                                
                                  May no synne be on him sene · þat vseth þat spise,
                                
                                  And alle his werkes he wrouȝte · with loue as him liste; [his] this C. he] he (printed be) W.] 
                                
                                  And lered it Moises for þe leuest þing · and moste like to heuene, [lered] lernede O. þe] O om.] 
                                  Line 149 
                                
                                  And also þe plente of pees · moste precious of vertues. [þe] C om. plente] plentee WC. Cf. Text A.] 
                                
                                  ¶ For heuene myȝte nouȝte holden it · it was so heuy of hym-self,
                                
                                  Tyl it hadde of þe erthe · yeten his fylle. [yeten] eten WO; heten C.] 
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  ¶ And whan it haued of þis folde · flesshe & blode taken, [haued] hadde WO; had C. þis] þe O. taken] OC2 om.] 
                                
                                  Was neuere leef vpon lynde · liȝter þer-after,

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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?
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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