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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.)

¶ Dobest is aboue bothe · and bereth a bisschopes crosse, [bothe] hem boþe O.] Is hoked on þat one ende · to halie men fro helle. [Is] And is B. hoked] an hoke R.] A pyke is on þat potente · to pulte adown þe wikked, [A] And a B. is] R om. on—potente] on þe potente CO; in þe poynt B. pulte] pelte R; pilte O; putte WCB. wikked] helle B.] Þat wayten any wikkednesse · dowel to tene. [wikkednesse] wickednesse to do B.] 97 And dowel and dobet · amonges hem ordeigned [folio 34b] [and (2)] haþ B. ordeigned] ordeyneden O; ordeyneþ B; han or|deyned W.] To croune one to be kynge · to reule hem bothe; [one] and R. R omits from to reule (l. 99) to kynge in l. 104.] Þat ȝif dowel or dobet · did aȝein dobest, [did] doþ O.] 100 Þanne shal þe kynge come · and casten hem in yrens, [A page 108] [casten] putte B.] And but if dobest bede for hem · þei to be þere for euere. [bede] did C; dyde B; bidde O. hem] hym CB. þei—þere] þei be þer O; þer to be B.] ¶ Thus dowel and dobet · and dobest þe thridde, [dobest] best C.] Crouned one to be kynge · to kepen hem alle, [be] be (printed the) W; þe B. kepen] so in WCOR; spelt kepin L; B has helpe.] 104 And to reule þe Reume · bi her thre wittes, [þe] þi O.] And none other-wise · but as þei thre assented." [none] in non B. assented] assentes C; assenteþ B.] ¶ I thonked thouȝt þo · þat he me þus tauȝte; [þus] B om.] "Ac ȝete sauoureth me nouȝt þi seggyng · I coueite to lerne [Ac ȝete] Ac R; And yet C; And ariȝt B. seggyng] seying W; sayeng C; segge B. lerne] lere B.] 108 How dowel, dobet, and dobest · don amonges þe peple." ¶ "But witte conne wisse þe," quod þouȝt · "where þo thre dwelle; [quod] C om. þo] þei B.] Ellis wote I none þat can · þat now is alyue." [can] can þe telle B. is alyue] lyueþ B.] ¶ Þouȝte and I thus · thre days we ȝeden, [we] COB om.] 112 Disputyng vppon dowel · day after other,
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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.,
1867-85.

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