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.)
[catel] þe catel WB. seggen] saynge C.]Line 421 Þe heuedes of holicherche · and þei holy were, [heuedes] heedis O.]Cryst calleth hem salt · for crystene soules;
Et si sal euanuerit, in quo salietur.
[crystene] cristynes C; cristned B.]Ac fresshe flesshe other fisshe · whan it salt failleth, [Ac] For W; And C.]It is vnsauory, for soth · ysothe or ybake. [ysothe] so in O; y-sothen B; ysoothe C; sothen R; ysoden W; Crowley has sodden. ybake] baken R.]Line 425 So is mannes soule sothly · þat seeth no good ensaumple [seeth] sayes C. ensaumple] ensamples W; saumple B.]Of hem of holycherche · þat þe heigh weye shulde teche,And be gyde, and go bifore · as a good baneoure, [baneoure] banner C; but in margin of C is baneour; Banyer W.]Line 428 And hardy hem þat bihynde ben · and ȝiue hem good euydence. [bihynde ben] been bihynde O.]¶ Elleuene holy men · al þe worlde torned [Elleuene] Enleuene B.]In-to lele byleue; · þe liȝtloker, me thynketh, [liȝtloker] liȝtliker O. thynk|eth] thynke C.]Shulde al maner men · we han so manye Maistres,Line 432 Prestes and prechoures · and a pope aboue,Þat goddes salt shulde be · to saue mannes soule. [folio 67b] ¶ Al was hethenesse some tyme · Ingelond and Wales, [Ingelond] Engelond WC; Eng|lond O; englong B; england R.]Til Gregory gerte clerkes · to go here and preche. [gerte] so in CO; garte W; and grete RB. to—and] to go and to RCO; gunnen go and B.]Line 436 Austyn at Caunterbury · crystened þe kynge, [kynge] kynge þere R.]And þorw myracles, as men may rede · al þat marche he torned [may] so in R; mowe C; mowen O; mown B; mow (printed now) W.]To cryst and to crystendome · and crosse to honoure,And fulled folke faste · and þe faith tauȝte [fulled] follede W. faste] R om.]Line 440 More þorw miracles · þan þorw moche prechynge,
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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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