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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.)

Wyth-inne, as a shepster shere;"— · I-shrewed men & cursed!

Cuius malediccione os plenum est, & amaritudine; sub lingua eius labor & dolor:

& alibi: filij hominum, dentes eorum arma & sagitte, & lingua eorum gladius acutus:—

[shepster] shepsteres WO; shapsteris B. I-] In B. men] man W; cf. C-Text. & (1)] R om. labor & dolor] &c COB. & alibi—acutus] R om. gladius acutus] &c O.] ¶ "Þere is no lyf þat I louye · lastyng any while, [I louye] I loue RC; me loueþ W.] 332 For tales þat I telle · no man trusteth to me, And whan I may nouȝt haue þe maistrye · with malen|colye I take, [with] which R; swich W.] Þat I cacche þe crompe · þe cardiacle some tyme, [þe (2)] and þe W.] Or an ague in suche an angre · and some tyme a feure, [ague] aguwe B. suche] swich WCO.] 336 Þat taketh me al a twelf-moneth · tyl þat I dispyse [taketh] hit holdeþ B.] Lechecrafte [of] owre lorde · and leue on a wicche, [[of WCOB] or LR; but the line is marked for correction in L.] And segge, þat no clerke ne can · ne cryste, as I leue, [segge] seye WB; seggeþ O.] To þe souter of southwerke · or of shordyche dame emme! [shordyche] sordich O.] 340 And segge, þat no goddes worde · gaf me neuere bote, [segge] seye WB; saye; seggeþ O. no] none of B. worde] B om. gaf me] ȝauen B.] But þorw a charme had I chaunce · & my chief hele!" ¶ I wayted wisloker · and þanne was it soiled [wisloker] bisiloker CB. þanne was] that C. it soiled] I-soyled R.] With lykyng of lecherye · as by lokyng of his eye. [as by] and by CO; and B. his] myn R. Here follows the catch|word in L—for eche a mayde þat he mette.] 344 For vche a mayde þat he mette · he made hir a signe [folio 57] [signe] syngne R.] Semynge to-synne-ward · and some tyme he gan taste Aboute þe mouth, or bynethe · bygynneth to grope, Tyl eytheres wille waxeth kene · and to þe werke ȝeden, [eytheres] either C.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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