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.)
To serue god godeliche · ne greueth hym no penaunce,
Nichil inpossibile volenti,
[no] nouȝt no B. R reads—With eny wel or wo (half-line blank) To serue god godeliche · ne greueth hem no penaunce, nichil difficile volenti, &c.]Ne lakketh neuere lyflode · lynnen ne wollen,
Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono.
[neuere] noyther R. lyflode] C om.]Line 273 If prestes weren parfyt · þei wolde no syluer take [folio 47b] [parfyt] wise R. no] no (printed ne) W. In the margin of O—Of annueleris prestis.]For masses ne for matynes · nouȝte her mete of vsureres,Ne neither kirtel ne cote · þeigh þey for colde shulde deye,Line 276 And þei her deuo[i]r dede · as dauid seith in þe sauter,
Iudica me, deus, & discerne causam meam.
[deuoir] so in WCOB; deuor L; deuer R. dede] R om. seith] says C; seide R. discerne] so in W, but printed decerne.]Spera in deo speketh of prestes · þat haue no spendyng syluer, [deo] deo &c CB. haue] han R; haueþ B.]Þat ȝif þei trauaille trewlich · and trusten in god almiȝti, [trusten] tristen RB; trist C.]Hem shulde lakke no lyflode · noyther wollen ne lynnen. [Hem] thaym C. wollen—lynnen] lynnen ne wollen W.]And þe title þat [ye] take ordres by · telleth ȝe ben auaunced; [þat] COB om. [ye WR] þei LCOB. ordres] ordre O; her ordre B. telleth] til CB. ȝe] þei B.]Line 281 Þanne nedeth nouȝte ȝow to take syluer · for masses þat ȝe syngen. [nouȝte—to] naught yow C; not ȝow O; yow noȝt to WRB. syngen] syngeth R.]For he þat toke ȝow ȝowre tytle · shulde take ȝow ȝowre wages, [ȝow (1)] R om. shulde] shal C.]Or þe bisshop þat blesseth ȝow · if þat ȝe ben worthy. [Or] Of C. blesseth] blessed W; blisses C; blissiþ B.]¶ For made neuere kynge no knyȝte · but he hadde catel to spende, [neuere] neuere no L; but as the other MSS. omit this first no, it is unnecessary to retain it.]Line 285
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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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