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 Religious, þat haue no reuthe · þough it reyne on here auteres. [reuthe] ryghte C.] 
                                
                                  ¶ In many places þer hij persones ben · be hem-self at ese, [places] place C. þer] or B. hij] þei WO; thay C. persones ben] ben persons W. be] be (pr. by) W.] 
                                
                                  Of þe pore haue þei no pite · and þat is her charite; [þe] O om. her] his C; hir pure R.] 
                                
                                  Ac þei leten hem as lordes · her londe lith so brode. [Ac] And COB. londe lith] londes lyen W.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Ac þere shal come a kyng · and confesse ȝow re|ligiouses, [religiouses] religiouse O; re|ligiouns B.] 
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                                  And bete ȝow as þe bible telleth · for brekynge of ȝowre reule, [þe] C om.] 
                                
                                  And amende monyales · monkes and chanouns, [monyales] monial C.] 
                                
                                  And putten hem to her penaunce · ad pristinum statum ire, [hem] W om. ad] B om.] 
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                                  And Barounes with Erles beten hem · þorugh beatus virres techynge, [with] and COB. beten] biten R. virres] so in LWR; vir-is B; vir CO.] 
                                
                                  Þat here barnes claymen · and blame ȝow foule:Hij in curribus, [et] hij in equis; ipsi obligati sunt, &c. [Hij] so in the MSS. in both places, except that C has Hijs in the first case. [et WCROB] L om.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And þanne Freres in here freitoure · shal fynden a keye
                                
                                  Of costantynes coffres · in which is þe catel [coffres] tresore COB.] 
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                                  Þat Gregories god-children · han yuel dispended. [god-children] gode childerne R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And þanne shal þe abbot of Abyndoun · and alle [his] issu for euere [Abyndoun] Abyngton C. [his WCROB] L om. issu] vssue R.] 
                                
                                  Haue a knokke of a kynge · and incurable þe wounde.
                                
                                  ¶ That þis worth soth, seke ȝe · þat oft ouer-se þe bible:

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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 159
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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