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.)

                                
                                  Þough he couth write neuere so wel · ȝif he had no penne, [no] a CB.] 
                                
                                  Þe lettre[s] for al þe lordship · I leue were neuere ymaked. [lettres O] lettre LWCRB; Crowley has letters; see l. 38.] 
                                  Line 40 
                                
                                  ¶ And so it semeth bi hym · as þe bible telleth,Þere he seyde, dixit, & facta sunt; [semeth] semed R. bible] book COB. he seyde] it sayes C; hit seiþ B; he seyþ O.] 
                                
                                  He moste worche with his worde · and his witte shewe.
                                
                                  And in þis manere was man made · þorugh myȝte of god almiȝti,
                                
                                  With his worde and werkemanschip · and with lyf to laste.
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                                  And þus god gaf hym a goost · of þe godhed of heuene, [of] þoruȝ W. godhed] godded R.] 
                                
                                  And of his grete grace · graunted hym blisse, [folio 35b] 
                                
                                  And þat is lyf þat ay shal last · to al [his] lynage after. [[his WR] LCOB om. lynage] lynages CO.] 
                                
                                  And þat is þe castel þat kynde made · caro it hatte, [þat] þis R. castel] catel (!) RB.] 
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                                  And is as moche to mene · as man with a soule; [is] þat is O.] 
                                
                                  And þat he wrouȝt with werke · and with worde bothe, [worde] his wordes R.] 
                                
                                  Þorugh myȝte of þe maieste · man was ymaked.
                                
                                  ¶ Inwit and alle wittes · closed ben þer-inne, [Inwit] In-wyttis B. closed] I-clothed R.] 
                                  Line 52 
                                
                                  For loue of þe lady anima · þat lyf is ynempned;
                                
                                  Ouer al in mannes body · he walketh and wandreth, [CB omit.] 
                                
                                  Ac in þe herte is hir home · and hir moste reste. [Ac] And WC. hir (1)] his C; B om. hir (2)] his CB.] 
                                
                                  Ac Inwitte is in þe hed · and to the herte he loketh, [Inwitte] wytt B. he] R om.] 
                                
                                  What anima is lief or loth · he lat hir at his wille; [or] & O. his] hire R.] 
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                                  For after þe grace of god · þe grettest is Inwitte.
                                
                                  ¶ Moche wo worth þat man · þat mys-reuleth his In|witte, [man] wiȝt R.] 
                                
                                  And þat be glotouns globbares · her god is her wombe;

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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 134
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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