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.)

                                
                                  To conseille þe kyndely · to knowe what is dowel." [To] I COB. to—is] for to knowe R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ I seide, "graunt mercy, madame" · and mekeliche hir grette, [graunt mercy] gramercy B. hir] y here B.] 
                                
                                  And went wiȝtlich awey · with-oute more lettynge, [wiȝtlich awey] miȝteliche my wey R; wiȝthi a-weye B.] 
                                
                                  And til I come to clergye · I couthe neuere stynte. [til] R om.] 
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                                  And gret[te] þe good man · as studye me tauȝte, [grette] so in WCRO; grett B; gret L. man] man wel CB. studye] þe gode wif R (which is better).] 
                                
                                  And afterwardes þe wyf · and worshiped hem bothe,
                                
                                  And tolde hem þe tokenes · þat me tauȝte were.
                                
                                  Was neuere gome vppon þis grounde · sith god made þe worlde, [Was] Was þere B. gome] mane C. sith] syn C; synnes R. þe] þis O.] 
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                                  Fairer vnder-fongen · ne frendeloker at ese, [frendeloker] frendloker CRB; frendeleker O; frendlier W.] 
                                
                                  Þan my-self sothly · sone so he wist
                                
                                  Þat I was of wittis hous · and with his wyf dame studye. [Þat] That (printed Than) W. wyf] C om.] 
                                
                                  I seyde to hem sothely · þat sent was I þider, [hem] hym COB. was I] I was R.] 
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                                  Dowel and dobet · and dobest to lerne.
                                
                                  ¶ "It is a comune lyf," quod clergye · "on holycherche to bileue, [A page 131] 
                                
                                  With alle þe artikles of þe feithe · þat falleth to be knowe.
                                
                                  And þat is to bileue lelly · bothe lered and lewed,
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                                  On þe grete god · þat gynnyng had neuere,
                                
                                  And on þe sothfaste sone · þat saued mankynde
                                
                                  Fro þe dedly deth · and þe deueles power, [þe (2)] W om.] 
                                
                                  Þorwgh þe helpe of þe holy goste · þe whiche goste is of bothe;
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                                  Three [propre] persones · ac nouȝt in plurel noumbre, [[propre R] wrongly omitted in LWCOB. ac] and CR.] 
                                
                                  For al is but on god · and eche is god hym-selue;

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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 154
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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