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.)
For sothest worde þat euere god seyde · was þo he seyde, nemo bonus.[For] For þe B. was] COB om.]Line 441 ¶ Clergye þo of crystes mouth · commended was it litel, [A page 136] [þo] O om. it] CB om.]For he seyde to seynt Peter · and to suche as he loued, [folio 43b]
Dum steteritis ante Reges et presides, &c.;
[Dum] Cum W.]Þough ȝe come bifor kynges · and clerkes of þe lawe,Beth nouȝte abasched · for I shal be in ȝoure mouthes, [Beth] Bees C. abasched] abassed C.]And ȝyue ȝow witte at wille · and kunnynge to conclude [ȝow] B om. at] and WCOB. and] R om.]Hem alle þat aȝeines ȝow · of crystenedome disputen. [of] R om.]¶ Dauyd maketh mencioun · he spake amonges kynges,And miȝte no kynge ouercome hym · as bi kunnyng of speche. [And] Al R. as] B om. as bi] and be C.]Line 449 But witte ne wisdome · wan neuere þe maystrye, [ne] and W. wan] ne wan CB. þe] B om.]Whan man was at myschief · with-oute þe more grace.¶ Þe doughtiest doctour · and deuynoure of þe trinitee, [doughtiest] douȝtiorokest R.]Was Augustyn þe olde · and heighest of þe foure, [Augustyn] Austyn WCROB. þe olde] y-holde B. þe] hem R.]Line 453 Sayde þus in a sarmoun · I seigh it writen ones,
Ecce ipsi idioti rapiunt celum, vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimur:
[seigh] sauȝ B. idioti] so in LRW; ydiote COB. rapiunt] rapiunt (printed irapiunt) W. nos] O om. mergimur] C om.]And is to mene to englisshe men · more ne lasse, [to—men] to men W; on Englissh COB. more] to more COB. ne] and to COB. lasse] losse C.]Aren none rather yrauysshed · fro þe riȝte byleue [rather] oþere raþer OCB.]Line 456 Þan ar þis cunnynge clerkes · þat conne many bokes; [conne] knowe R; kunnen B.]¶ Ne none sonner saued · ne sadder of bileue, [saued] I-saued R.]Þan plowmen and pastoures · & pore comune laboreres. [pastoures] portours B. pore] pouer R; oþere WCOB.]Souteres and shep[h]erdes · suche lewed iottes [B omits. shepherdes] so in W; miswritten sheperdes in L. suche] and oþere W; and swich C. iottes] Iuttes W.]Line 460
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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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