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.)
For þei han her hyre here · an heuene as it were, [her—here] here her salarium B. an] and WCO; her B.]And is gret lykyng to lyue · with-oute laboure of body; [is] his B; eke O; W om. lyue] þe lif R.]And whan he deyeth, ben disalowed · as dauid seith in þe sauter,
Dormierunt, & nichil inuenerunt;
Line 130 And in an other stede also · velud sompnum surgencium, domine, in ciuitate tua, & ad nichilum rediges.[&] RO om. rediges] eorum rediges R. See Note.]Allas! þat ricchesse shal reue · and robbe mannes souleFram þe loue of owre lorde · at his laste ende!Line 133 ¶ Hewen þat han her hyre afore · aren euermore nedy, [Hewen] þay B. hyre afore] huire to-fore R.]And selden deieth he out of dette · þat dyneth ar he deserue it, [he (1)] R om. ar he] or þei R.]And til he haue done his deuor · and his dayes iourne. [deuor] deuoir WC; deuer RB. dayes] C om.]For whan a werkman hath wrouȝte · þanne may men se þe sothe, [may] mowen O; may (printed many) W. may men] men may B.]Line 137 What he were worthi for his werke · and what he hath deserued; [he were] were he B.]And nouȝt to fonge bifore · for drede of disalowynge.¶ So I segge by ȝow riche · it semeth nouȝt þat ȝe shulle [nouȝt] R om.]Haue heuene in ȝowre here-beyng · and heuene her-after; [heuene in] to heuenes for R. here] hiȝe B; hee C. beyng] beryng CB; dwellyng W. heuene (2)] heuene also W. her-after] þer-after WR.]Riȝt as a seruaunt taketh his salarye bifore · & sitth wolde clayme more, [as] so as W. salarye] hire C. sitth] after C. more] huire R.]Line 142 As he þat none hadde · and hath huyre atte laste. [none] non ne R. huyre] heuene R. atte] at þe WROB.]It may nouȝt be, ȝe riche men · or matheu on god lyeth;
De delicijs ad delicias, [difficile] est transire.
[god] yow CB. De] De (printed Væ) W. [difficile WCROB] deficile L. transire] ascendere R.]¶ Ac if [ye] riche haue reuthe · and rewarde wel þe pore, [Ac] And C. [ye WCROB] þe L.]
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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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