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.)

                                
                                  ¶ Ac Mede þe Mayde · þe Maire hath bisouȝte, [Ac] And C.] 
                                
                                  Of alle suche sellers · syluer to take,
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                                  Or presentȝ with-oute pens · as peces of siluer, [folio 11]  [or] And B. pens] pans R.] 
                                
                                  Ringes or other ricchesse · þe regrateres to maynetene. [or other] other othere R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "For my loue," quod that lady · "loue hem vchone, [loue] lord R.] 
                                
                                  And soffre hem to selle · somdele aȝeins resoun."
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                                  ¶ Salamon þe sage · a sarmoun he made,
                                
                                  For to amende Maires · and men þat kepen lawes,
                                
                                  And tolde hem þis teme · þat I telle thynke;Ignis deuorabit tabernacula eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera, &c. [thynke] written thynko in L; þynke W; thenke CRO. accipiunt munera] R om.] 
                                
                                  Amonge þis lettered ledes · þis latyn is to mene, [O omits. ledes] lede R.] 
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                                  That fyre shal falle, and [brenne] · al to blo askes [That] þat is O. [brenne WCOB] preferable to berne, as in L.] 
                                
                                  The houses and þe homes · of hem [þat] desireth [þe homes] homes W. [þat WCROB] L om.] 
                                
                                  Ȝiftes or ȝeresȝyues · bi-cause of here offices. [ȝeresȝyues] ȝereȝiftes R; yeres|yiftes C. offices] office R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ The kynge fro conseille cam · and called after Mede, [A page 33]  [fro] fro þe W.] 
                                
                                  And ofsent hir alswythe · with seriauntes manye, [alswythe] as swiþe WC; also swiþe B. seriauntes] sergeauntz W; sergeauntes CO; seruauntis B.] 
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                                  That brouȝten hir to bowre · with blisse and with ioye. [That] And W.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Curteisliche þe kynge þanne · comsed to telle,
                                
                                  To Mede þe mayde · melleth þise wordes: [melleth] he meneþ W.] 
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                                  "Vnwittily, womman! · wrouȝte hastow oft,
                                
                                  Ac worse wrouȝtestow neure · þan þo þow fals toke. [Ac] And C.] 
                                
                                  But I forgyue [þe] þat gilte · and graunte þe my grace; [[þe] þee WO; þe R; þo (by mistake for þe) CB; L om. Cf. Text A. þat] þis O.] 
                                
                                  Hennes to þi deth day · do so namore! [do] to do R.] 
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                                  ¶ I haue a knyȝte, conscience · cam late fro biȝunde; [biȝunde LR] biyonde WCO.] 
                                
                                  Ȝif he wilneth þe to wyf · wyltow hym haue?" [wyf] wyue RB.]

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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 36
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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