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 dauid in þe sauter seith · of suche þat loueth Ihesus, [R omits this line, and the quo|tation.]
'Virga tua & baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt, &c.
[ipsa] ipse C. consolata] consolata (printed consolati) W.]Al-þough þow stryke me with þi staffe · with stikke or with ȝerde, [or with] other CO; oþer wiþ B.]It is but murth as for me · to amende my soule.'And þow medlest þe with makynges · and myȝtest go sey þi sauter, [makynges] makynge R; mais|tries CB.]Line 16 And bidde for hem þat ȝiueth þe bred; · for þere ar bokes ynowe [ȝiueth] geues C; ȝeuen B. þe] me B. ar] ben O. ynowe] y-knowe W; O om.]To telle men what dowel is · dobet, and dobest bothe, [men] me O. is] CB om.]And prechoures to preue what it is · of many a peyre freres." [preue] proue CB. a] C om.]¶ I seigh wel he sayde me soth · and, somwhat me to excuse, [and] ac R.]Line 20 Seid[e], "catoun conforted his sone · þat, clerke þough he were, [Seide] Seid L; And seide R; Seide W; Saide C. conforted] con|forted me W; to conforte CB.]To solacen hym sum tyme · as I do whan I make;
Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, &c.
[as] and R. I] ich R.]¶ And of holy men I herde," quod I · "how þei other|while [of] R om. herde] here R; hard C.]Line 24 Pleyden, þe parfiter to be · in many places. [places] a place R.]Ac if þere were any wight · þat wolde me telle [Ac if] And if C; ȝif R. wight] wit R.]What were dowel and dobet · and dobest atte laste,Wolde I neuere do werke · but wende to holicherche, [do werke] worche B; wyrke C.]And þere bydde my bedes · but whan ich eet or slepe."
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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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