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.)
Þat is baptized beth sauf · be he riche or pore." [CB omit. is] been O. beth sauf] been saued O. he] þei O.]¶ "Þat is in extremis," quod scripture · "amonges saracenes and iewes; [saracenes] Sarzens W.]Line 348 Þei mowen be saued so · and þat is owre byleue,Þat an vncristene in þat cas · may crysten an hethen, [an (1)] on R. þat] þis CB. hethen] haythen C.]And for his lele byleue · whan he þe lyf tyneth, [his] is C.]Haue þe heritage of heuene · as any man crystene.Line 352 ¶ Ac crysten men with-oute more · may nouȝt come to heuene,For þat cryst for cristen men deyde · and confermed þe lawe, [men] man B. deyde] deyede RO; deide W; dede C; dide B.]Þat who-so wolde and wylneth · with cryste to aryse,
Si cum Christo surrexistis, &c.,
[surrexistis] resurexistis C; resurexisti B.]He shulde louye & leue · and þe lawe fulfille.Line 356 Þat is—'loue þi lorde god · leuest aboue alle, [þi] þe B. þi—god] god þi lorde R. aboue alle] of alle thynges CB; aboue al þing O.]And after, alle crystene creatures · in comune, eche man other,'And þus bilongeth to louye · þat leueth to be saued. [to (2)] W om.]And but we do þus in dede · ar þe daye of dome, [ar] er O; or CB; at W.]Line 360 I[t] shal bisitten vs ful soure · þe siluer þat we kepen, [[It WCROB] IL (line marked).]
i. panni.
And owre bakkes þat moth-eten be · and sen beggers go naked, [bakkes] glossed i. panni in L, and cloþes in C; B has bakcloþis. moth] mote R; motthis B. be] B om.]Or delyte in wyn and wylde foule · and wote any in defaute. [delyte] delite vs COB. and (1)] & in R. wote] wite W; woot O; wyten B.]For euery cristene creature · shulde be kynde til other, [A page 134] [folio 42b] And sithen hethen to helpe · in hope of amendement. [CB omit.]God hoteth bothe heigh and lowe · þat no man hurte other, [B omits. hoteth] bedes C. bothe] W om.]Line 366
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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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