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.)
¶ Bestes þat now ben · shulle banne þe tyme, [A page 119] Line 136 Þat euere þat cursed caym · come on þis erthe;Alle shal deye for his dedes · bi dales and bi hulles, [bi (2)] R om.]And þe foules þat fleeghen · for[th] with other bestes, [forth] so in CWROB; L has for, but the line is marked.]Excepte oneliche · of eche kynde a couple, [of eche kynde] of ich a kynde & O. eche] on R.]Line 140 Þat in þi shyngled shippe · shul ben ysaued.' [þi] þis R.]Here abouȝt[e] þe barne · þe belsyres gultes, [abouȝte] WCRB; bouȝte O; abouȝt L. belsyres] belsire C. gultes] giltes WCRB.]And alle for her forfadres · þei ferden þe worse. [forfadres] fadres W. her for|fadres] his sake B.]Þe gospel is here-ageine · in o degre, I fynde,
Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris, & pater non portabit iniquitatem filii, &c.
[&—portabit] nec pater R. portabit iniq: filii, &c] &c C; por|tabit, &c O; B om.]Line 144 ¶ Ac I fynde, if þe fader · be false and a shrewe,Þat somdel þe sone · shal haue þe sires tacches. [þe] of þe B. sires] sire CR.]Line 146 ¶ Impe on an ellerne · and if þine apple be swete, [on] in C; vpon R. ellerne] Ellere W; ellern tree B. if] B om. ]Mochel merueile me þynketh · & more of a schrewe, [þynketh] thynk C.]Þat bryngeth forth any barne · but if he be þe same,And haue a sauoure after þe sire · selde seestow other;
Numquam [colligimus] de spinis vuas, nec de tribulis fycus.
[[colligimus COB] colligitur LWR. vuas] vua W.]And þus þourw cursed caym · cam care vppon erthe; [folio 37] And al for þei wrouȝt wedlokes · aȝein goddis wille. [wedlokes] wedlok COB.]For-þi haue þei maugre for here mariages · þat marye so her childeren; [For-þi—þei] For þei haue þe B. for] of W. for—mariages] COB om. marye so] so marien CO; marien B. þat—so] as men marien now R.]Line 153 For some, as I se now · soth for to telle,For coueitise of catel · vnkyndeliche ben wedded.As careful concepcioun · cometh of suche mariages, [As] Ac OB; And C. of suche] to þat R.]Line 156
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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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