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.)
Ne brouȝte by her bokes · to blisse ne to ioye; [brouȝte] bouȝte R.]Line 136 For alle her kynde knowynges · come but of dyuerse sightes. [knowynges] knowynge CB. come] cam R.]¶ Patriarkes and prophetes · repreued her science, [repreued] repreueth RB; re|preueden W; reproued C. science] sightes C; siȝtis B (cf. line 137).]And seiden, her wordes ne her wisdomes · [was] but a folye; [ne] and W. wisdomes] wis|dome R. [was R] nas LWCOB; but observe the alliteration.]As to þe clergye of cryst · counted it but a trufle;
Sapiencia huius mundi, stulticia [est] apud deum.
[As] And W. it] COB om. trufle] trefle R. [est WCB] LRO om. deum] R om.]Line 140 For þe heihe holigoste · heuene shal to-cleue,And loue shal lepe out after · in-to þis lowe erthe, [þis] þe W; his O.]And clennesse shal cacchen it · and clerkes shullen it fynde; [folio 51]
Pastores loquebantur ad inuicem.
[shullen] schal C; shal B.]¶ He speketh þere of riche men riȝt nouȝt · ne of riȝt witty, [riȝt nouȝt] noȝt B; nouȝt C.]Line 144 Ne of lordes þat were lewed men · but of þe hexte lettred oute,
Ibant magi ab oriente, &c.
[hexte] hyeste WO; heighest C; heiȝeste B.]¶ If any frere were founde þere · Ich ȝif þe fyue shil|lynges; [Ich] I WCOB.]Ne in none beggares cote · was þat barne borne, [beggares] burgeises W.]But in a burgeys place · of bethlem þe best; [141—148. R omits.]
Set non erat locus [eis] in diuersorio; & pauper non habet diuersorium.
[burgeys] Burgeises W. beth|lem] bedlem O. [eis] supplied from the Vulgate; W has ei; LCOB om. locus] CB om.]Line 148 ¶ To pastours and to poetes · appiered þat aungel, [To] þo B. þat] þe WCOB; an R.]And bad hem go to bethlem · goddis burth to honoure, [bethlem] bedlem O; bethelem C; bthlem (sic) R. burth] sone B.]
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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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