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.)

                                
                                  Now, lorde, sende hem somer · and some manere ioye,
                                
                                  Heuene after her hennes goynge · þat here han suche defaute!
                                
                                  For alle myȝtest þow haue made · none mener þan other,
                                
                                  And yliche witty & wyse · if þe wel hadde lyked. [þe wel] thy wille COB.] 
                                
                                  And haue reuthe on þise riche men · þat rewarde nouȝte þi prisoneres; [And] But lord W. on] of CB. prisoneres] prisones R.] 
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  Of þe good þat þow hem gyuest · ingrati ben manye; [ingrati] vnkynde O.] 
                                
                                  Ac, god, of þi goodnesse · gyue hem grace to amende. [Ac] And C. hem] vs O.] 
                                
                                  For may no derth ben hem dere · drouth, ne weet, [ben] O om. weet] weet hem greue W.] 
                                
                                  Ne noyther hete ne haille · haue þei here hele, [Ne] B om. ne] nor C.] 
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                                  Of þat þei wilne and wolde · wanteth hem nouȝt here.
                                
                                  ¶ Ac pore peple, þi prisoneres · lorde, in þe put of myschief, [Ac] And C. þi] þei B. pri|soneres] prisones R.] 
                                
                                  Conforte þo creatures · þat moche care suffren
                                
                                  Þorw derth, þorw drouth · alle her dayes here, [þorw (2)] and CO; of B. drouth] drouȝþe OB.] 
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                                  Wo in wynter tymes · for wantyng of clothes, [wynter tymes] wyntres tyme R.] 
                                
                                  And in somer tyme selde · soupen to þe fulle; [selde] seldeu C.] 
                                
                                  Conforte þi careful · cryst, in þi ryche, [þi (2)] B om. ryche] richesse W.] 
                                
                                  For how þow confortest alle creatures · clerkes bereth witnesse,Conuertimini ad me, & salui eritis:
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                                  ¶ Þus, in genere of his [gentrice] · Ihesu cryst seyde, [his] alle his R; WCOB om. [gentrice O] gentries W; gentrise CB; genitrice LR.] 
                                
                                  To robberes and to reucres · to riche and to pore. [and] R om. reueres] reueris WCOB. After l. 182, R adds—To hores, to harlotes · to alle maner poeple.] 
                                
                                  Þow tauȝtest hem in þe Trinitee · to take baptesme,
                                
                                  And be clene þorw þat crystennynge · of alle kynnes [synnes]; [be] to be W. [synnes RCO] synne WB; L om.; but the line is marked.] 
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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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