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.)
And saracenes for þat siȝte · shulle synge gloria in excelsis, &c., [þat] þe R.]Line 326 For Makomet & Mede · myshappe shal þat tyme;
For, melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe."
[For] And CB.]¶ Also wroth as þe wynde · wex Mede in a while,"I can no latyn," quod she · "clerkis wote þe sothe. [wote] wite W; wyten B.]Se what Salamon seith · in Sapience bokes,Line 330 That hij þat ȝiueth ȝiftes · þe victorie wynneth, [hij] þei WB; he O. ȝiueth] ȝyuen W; ȝeuen B.]& moche worschip had þer-with · as holiwryt telleth,
Honorem adquiret qui dat munera, &c."
[moche] moost W; myche O.]¶ "I leue wel, lady," quod conscience · "þat þi latyne be trewe; [I] retained in W (but not in the printed copy).]Line 333 Ac þow art like a lady · þat redde a lessoun ones, [Ac] An C.]Was, omnia probate · and þat plesed here herte,For þat lyne was no lenger · atte leues ende. [no] O om. (!)]Line 336 Had [she] loked þat other half · and þe lef torned, [[she WC] sche RO; ȝe LB (corruptly). torned] Iturned R.][She] shulde haue founden fele wordis · folwyng þer|after, [[she WC] sche RO; ȝe LB (corruptly). torned] Iturned R.]Quod bonum est tenete · treuthe þat texte made!¶ And so ferde ȝe, madame! · ȝe couthe namore fynde, [couthe] koude C; coude RO.]Line 340 Tho ȝe loked on sapience · sittynge in ȝoure studie.Þis tixte þat ȝe han tolde · were gode for lordes, [han told] haue Itolde R. couthe] coude R.]Ac ȝow failled a cunnyng clerke · þat couthe þe lef haue torned! [Ac] And C. haue torned] attorned (contr. from a torned) R.]And if ȝe seche sapience eft · fynde shal ȝe þat folweth,Line 344 A ful teneful tixte · to hem þat taketh Mede, [B omits. taketh] taken O.]And þat is, animam autem aufert · accipientium, &c.:
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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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