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 þere þat richesse regneth · reuerence folweth, [reuerence] reuerences R.]Line 204 And þat is plesaunte to pryde · in pore and in riche. [pore] pouerte C; pouert B.]And þe riche is reuerenced · by resoun of his richchesse, [And] Ac R. reuerenced] yreuerenced C.]Þere þe pore is put bihynde · and par auenture can more [þere] That C.]Of witte and of wysdom · þat fer awey is better [fer] B om. awey] wei R.]Line 208 Þan ricchesse or reaute · and rather yherde in heuene. [reaute] realte O; rente B. yherde] herde C; herd OB.]For þe riche hath moche to rekene · and riȝte softe walketh, [riȝte softe] many tyme hym þat W.]Þe heigh waye to-heuene-ward · oft ricchesse letteth,
Ita [in]possibile diuiti, &c.,
[heigh] riȝt R. oft] W om. ricchesse] riche R; Richesse hym W. [inpossibile W] possibile LCROB.]¶ Þere þe pore preseth bifor þe riche · with a pakke at his rugge,
Opera enim illorum sequ[u]ntur illos.
[preseth] precheth R. rugge] rygge CO. sequuntur] sequntur LCRB.]Line 212 Batauntliche as beggeres done · and baldeliche he craueth, [Batauntliche] Batanlich C.]For his pouerte and his pacience · a perpetuel blisse;
Beati pauperes, quoniam ipsorum est regnum celorum.
[his (2)] COB om.]¶ And pryde in ricchesse regneth · rather þan in pouerte, [And] Ac R. pouerte] pouert RB.]Arst in þe Maister þan in þe man · some mansioun he hath. [Arst] Or R. þan] or R. þe] O om. he] R om. hath] haueþ WR; has C.]Line 216 Ac in pouerte þere pacyence is · pryde hath no myȝte, [Ac] And C.]Ne none of þe seuene synnes · sitten ne mowe þere longe,Ne haue powere in pouerte · if pacyence it folwe. [it] W om.]For þe pore is ay prest · to plese þe riche,Line 220 And buxome at his byddyng · for his broke loues; [byddyng] biddynges W. loues] looues O.]
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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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