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.)
Why ȝowre couent coueyteth · to confesse and to burye,Rather þan to baptise barnes · þat ben catekumelynges. [catekumelynges] cathecumynys O; catekounelyns CB.]Baptizyng and burying · bothe ben ful nedeful, [bothe] hath CB. ben] beþ WR.]Ac moche more merytorie · me þynke[þ] it is to baptize. [Ac] And C. þynkeþ] so in WOR; þynkiþ B; thyngket C; þynke L. it] CO om.]For a baptized man may · as maistres telleth, [as] as þise W; as wel as B.]Line 80 Þorugh contricioun come · to þe heigh heuene;
Sola contricio [delet peccatum.]
[to] til R. [delet peccatum COB] LWR merely have &c.]¶ Ac a barne with-oute bapteme · may nouȝt so be saued; [folio 45]
Nisi quis renatus fuerit [ex aqua, &c.;]
[a] W om. so] CB om. saued] ysaued R. [ex aqua, &c COB] LWR om.]Loke, ȝe lettred men · whether I lye or do nouȝte." [whether] whetur R; wheher C. do] COB om.]And lewte loked on me · and I loured after. [lewte] lewete þo R; leaute B. loked] lok C.]Line 84 "Wherfore lourestow?" quod lewte · and loked on me harde, [lourestow] lourest þou OB.]"Ȝif I durste," quod I, "amonges men · þis meteles auowe!" [þis meteles] þeise metelis O.]"Ȝe, bi peter and bi poule," quod he · "and take hem bothe to witnesse,
Non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo, set publice argue illos."
[ȝe] ȝhe O; ȝis W; CB om. take] so in LR; took WC; toke OB. hem] COB om. publice] puplice O.]¶ "Þei wol alleggen also," quod I · "and by þe gospel preuen,
Nolite iudicare quemquam."
[quemquam] R adds &c.]Line 88 ¶ "And wher-of serueth lawe," quod lewte · "if no lyf vndertoke it, [lewte] leute þanne R. it] erased in O.]Falsenesse ne faytrye; · for sumwhat þe apostle seyde,
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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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