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.)

Percen with a pater-noster · þe paleys of heuene, [Percen] þat persen B.] And passen purgatorie penaunceles · at her hennes partynge, [passen] passen þurgh B.] In-to þe blisse of paradys · for her pure byleue, Þat inparfitly here · knewe and eke lyued. [inparfitly] in parfit lif B. here] R om. eke] R om.] Line 464 ¶ Ȝee men knowe clerkes · þat han cursed þe tyme, [þat—cursed] cursen R.] Þat euere þei couth or knewe more · þan credo in deum patrem; [couth—knewe] kouþe on þe book COB. patrem] COB om.] And pryncipaly her pater-noster · many a persone hath wisshed. [her] þe R. a] C om. wisshed] I-wisched R.] Line 467 ¶ I se ensamples my-self · and so may many an other, [In margin of O is Exemplum bonum. may many] mowen O. an] WCOB om.] Þat seruauntes þat seruen lordes · selden falle in arrerage, [arrerage] rerage R; areragis O.] But þo þat kepen þe lordes catel · clerkes and reues. [But] But (printed And) W. þe] R om.] Riȝt so lewed men · & of litel knowynge, [knowynge] kunnynge R.] Selden falle þei so foule · and so fer in synne, [þei] R om.] Line 472 As clerkes of holikirke · þat kepen crystes tresore, Þe which is mannes soule to saue · as god seith in þe gospel:
Ite vos in vineam meam."
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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.,
1867-85.

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