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 sith he drough vs drynke · [diu]-perseuerans.[W has—And siþþe he brouȝte vs drynke · Dia perseuerans—(omit|ted in printed copy). [diu OB] dia LWR; dya C.]"As longe," quod I, "as I lyue · and lycame may dure!" [As] Also B. I (1)] he RO. I lyue] lif R.]"Here is propre seruice," quod pacience · "þer fareth no prynce bettere;" [is] C om.]¶ And þanne he brouȝt vs forth a mees of other mete · of Miserere-mei-deus;[vs] COB om. a mees of] COB om. deus] R om.]Line 52 And he brouȝte vs of Beati-quorum · of beatus-virres makynge, [he—vs] COB om. vs] R om. of (2)] and of R. virres] so in LW; vir COB; vir his R.]Et-quorum-tecta-sunt- · peccata in a disshe [Et] And R.]Of derne shrifte, dixi · and confitebor tibi![and] & W.]"Brynge pacience some pitaunce" · pryueliche quod conscience; [Brynge] And brynge CB. pitaunce] CB om. pryueliche] O om.]Line 56 ¶ And þanne had pacience a pitaunce · pro-hac-orabit|ad-te-omnis-sanctus-in-tempore-oportuno;[And] R om. C begins—And thanne come to pacience · a pitaunce ybroughte; O has the same; B the same, with com þer for come. pro] Of pro COB. ad te] R om.]And conscience conforted vs · and carped vs mery tales,
Cor contritum & humiliatum, deus, non de|spicies.
[humiliatum] miswritten humi|litatum in L.]¶ Pacience was proude · of þat propre seruice,And made hym muirth with his mete · ac I morned euere, [mete] mene R. ac] and C.]Line 60 For þis doctoure on þe heigh dese · dranke wyn so faste;
Ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum!
[on—dese] vp-on þis hey deyes R. dranke] dronk R vinum] CB om.]¶ He eet many sondry metes · mortrewes and puddynges, [He] And R. eet] ete CB. mor|trewes] mortreux C; mortrels B.]Wombe-cloutes and wylde braune · & egges yfrved with grece. [yfryed] fryed R; fried CB]
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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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