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.)

                                
                                  And al holicherche · holdeth hem bothe ydampned! [A page 135]  [al] as C. holdeth] holt O.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And if I shulde worke bi here werkes · to wynne me heuene, [here] his CB. werkes] wekes (wrongly) C.] 
                                  Line 387 
                                
                                  Þat for her werkes and witte · now wonyeth in pyne, [and] and here R.] 
                                
                                  Þanne wrouȝte I vnwysely · what-so euere ȝe preche. [wrouȝte] wrouȝte (printed wroughe) W. so] B om.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Ac of fele witty in feith · litel ferly I haue, [Ac] And COB. of] O om.] 
                                
                                  Þough her goste be vngraciouse · god for to plese.
                                
                                  For many men on þis molde · more sette here hertis [men] man R. hertis] herte R.] 
                                  Line 392 
                                
                                  In good þan in god · for-þi hem grace failleth,
                                
                                  At here moste myschief · whan þei shal lyf lete. [At here] Ac þe OB; And þe C. myschief] myscheef is O. lyf] þe lif B.] 
                                
                                  As Salamon dede, and such other · þat shewed gret wittes, [dede—other] and other dede R.] 
                                
                                  Ac her werkes, as holy wrytte seyth · was euere þe con|trarye. [Ac] And C. werkes] wordes (wrongly) CB. seyth] R om (!). was] so in LCROB; were W.] 
                                  Line 396 
                                
                                  For-þi wyse witted men · and wel ylettred clerkes, [and] ne R.] 
                                
                                  As þei seyen hem-self · selden done þer-after, [A page 132] Super cathedra[m] moysy, &c. [selden] selde W; senden (!) C. cathedram] so in RO; cathedra LWCB.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Ac I wene it worth of many · as was in Noes tyme, [it] I R.] 
                                
                                  Þo he shope þat shippe · of shides and bordes; [shope] shoop W. and] and of WR.] 
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                                  Was neuere wriȝte saued þat wrouȝt þer-on · ne oþer werkman elles,
                                
                                  But briddes and bestes · and þe blissed Noe,
                                
                                  And his wyf with his sones · and also here wyues; [folio 43] 
                                
                                  Of wriȝtes þat it wrouȝte · was none of hem ysaued. [COB omit. wriȝtes] wightes W. ysaued] saued R.] 
                                  Line 404 
                                
                                  ¶ God leue it fare nouȝt so bi folke · þat þe feith techen
                                
                                  Of holicherche, þat he[r]berwe is · and goddes hous to saue, [herberwe WCOB] herberwe R; heberwe L; (the line is marked).]

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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 163
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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