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.)
¶ Alle þat bereth baslarde · brode swerde or launce, [baslarde] baslard R; base|larde W; baselard CB; basalard O.]Axe [other] hachet · or eny wepne ellis, [[other R; oþer OB] ouþer WC; orther L (corruptly).]Line 304 Shal be demed to þe deth · but if he do it smythyeIn-to sikul or to sithe · to schare or to kulter;
Conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres, &c.;
Eche man to pleye with a plow · pykoys or spade, [B omits.][pykoys] pykoise W; pikeys CO; pycoys R.]Spynne, or sprede donge · or spille hym-self with sleuthe. [B omits.][or (2)] other R. spille] lese R.]Line 308 ¶ Prestes and parsones · with placebo to hunte,And dyngen vpon dauid · eche a day til eue. [a] W om.]Huntynge or haukynge · if any of hem vse,His boste of his benefys · worth bynome hym after.Shal neither kynge ne knyȝte · constable ne MeireLine 313 Ouer-lede þe comune · ne to þe courte sompne,Ne put hem in panel · to don hem pliȝte here treuthe,But after þe dede þat is don · one dome shal rewarde,Mercy or no mercy · as treuthe wil acorde. [folio 14] Line 317 ¶ Kynges courte and comune courte · consistorie and chapitele, [consistorie] constorie R. chapitele LR] Chapitle WCO.][consistorie—courte] B omits.]Al shal be but one courte · and one baroun be iustice; [consistorie—courte] B omits.][one] oon WC; on R; o O. baroun] C om.]Thanne worth trewe-tonge a tidy man · þat tened me neuere.Batailles shal non be · ne no man bere wepne,Line 321 And what smyth þat ony smyt[h]eth · be smyte þer|with to dethe,
Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladium, &c.
[smytheth] smyþeþ WO; smi|thie R; smyteth LCB. smyte] smiten R.]¶ And er þis fortune falle · fynde men shal þe worste,By syx sonnes and a schippe · and half a shef of arwes;And þe myddel of a mone · shal make þe iewes to torne, [to] R 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.,
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