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.)

                                
                                  Þe shappe ne þe shafte · þat god shope hym-selue;
                                
                                  For al þat he did was wel ydo · as holywrit witnesseth,Et vidit deus cun[c]ta que fecerat, et erant valde bona; [þat he] L has þe, corrected to þat he in the margin; þat he WCROB. did] wrouȝt R. ydo] do O. wit|nesseth] witnesse CB.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And badde euery creature · in his kynde encrees, [euery] to vch a R. encrees] encreesse W; encresce CR.] 
                                
                                  Al to murthe with man · þat most woo tholye [most] moste W; moost O; maest C. tholye] tholieth RO; tholde C.] 
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                                  In fondynge of þe flesshe · and of þe fende bothe.
                                
                                  For man was made of suche a matere · he may nouȝt wel astert
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                                  Þat ne some tymes hym bitit · to folwen his kynde; [ne] R om. tymes] tyme WCOB. bitit] bitid CO; bitidiþ B.] 
                                
                                  Catoun acordeth þere-with · nemo sine crimine viuit." [þere-with] with-al R; herwiþ O.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Tho cauȝte I coloure anon · and comsed to ben aschamed,
                                
                                  And awaked þer-with; · wo was me þanne [And] And I O.] 
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                                  Þat I in meteles ne myȝte · more haue yknowen. [haue] hauen R.] 
                                
                                  And þanne seyde I to my-self · and chidde þat tyme;
                                
                                  "Now I wote what dowel is," quod I · "by dere god, as me þinketh!" [wote] woot WC; wot RB. dere] CB om.] 
                                
                                  And as I caste vp myn eyghen · one loked on me, and axed [folio 49]  [And] B om. eyghen] eyen C; eyes R; yen O. one] oon WC; on RB. axed] asked WR.] 
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                                  Of me, what þinge it were? · "ywisse, sire," I seide,
                                
                                  "To se moche and suffre more · certes," quod I, "is dowel!"
                                
                                  ¶ "Haddestow suffred," he seyde · "slepyng þo þow were, [Haddestow] Haddest þow RO; Haddist B.] 
                                
                                  Þow sholdest haue knowen þat clergye can · and con|ceiued more þorugh resoun; [knowen] yknowe CO; knowe RB. conceiued] contreued W. þorugh] bi B.] 
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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Canvas: Page 189
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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