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 in þe apparaille of a pore man · and pilgrymes lyknesse [in þe] in C; B om. ap|paraille] paraile R.]Many tyme god hath ben mette · amonge nedy peple, [mette] y-mette R; at þe mete B.]Þere neuere segge hym seigh · in secte of þe riche. [segge] mane i. segge C.]Line 237 ¶ Seynt Iohan and other seyntes · were seyne in pore clothynge, [seyne] seyen W; seyn RCB. in] C om. pore] oþer B.]And as pore pilgrymes · preyed mennes godis. [preyed] preyude R; prayden C; preieden B. mennes] men R. godis] goodes W; goedes R; goddes C; goodis B.]Ihesu cryste on a iewes douȝter alyȝte · gentil woman þough she were, [folio 47] [alyȝte] liȝte W. she] a R.]Line 240 Was a pure pore mayde · and to a pore man wedded. [Was] A was R. pure] puir R. pure pore] pore pure B. mayde] mayden RB. wedded] y-wedded WR.]¶ Martha on Marye magdeleyne · an huge pleynte she made, [In the margin of L is—Martha & Maudelene. an] and (!) RC. she] sho C; W om.]And to owre saueour self · seyde þise wordes,
Domine, non est tibi cure quod soror mea reliquit me sola[m] ministrare, &c.?
[solam] so in WCOB; sola L. R omits all after cure; COB omit ministrare.]¶ And hastiliche god answered · and eytheres wille folwed, [hastiliche] stilleliche B.]Line 244 Bothe Marthaes and Maries · as Mathew bereth witnesse, [Marthaes] in Marthas CB. Maries] in Maries CB. as] and B.]Ac pouerte god put bifore · and preysed it þe bettre;
Maria optimam partem clegit · que non [aufere|tur ab ea.]
[Ac] And C. it] þat W. [auferetur—ea] supplied from COB.]¶ And alle þe wyse þat euere were · by auȝte I can aspye, [þe] CB om. wyse] wyes B.]Preysen pouerte for best lyf · if pacience it folwe, [Preysen] Preiseden W. folwe] folwed W; wolde R.]Line 248 And bothe bettere and blisseder · by many folde þan ricchesse. [blisseder] blesseder W.]
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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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