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.)
Þan crystes crosse, þat ouer-cam · deþ and dedly synne.¶ And now is werre and wo · and who so why axeth, [axeth] askeþ W.]For coueityse after crosse · þe croune stant in golde. [stant] standes C.]Bothe riche and religious · þat Rode þei honoure,Line 506 Þat in grotes is ygraue · and in golde nobles. [in (2)] C om. nobles] nobiles C.]For coueityse of þat crosse · men of holykirkeShul tourne as templeres did · þe tyme approcheth faste. [tourne] ouerturne B.]¶ Wyte ȝe nouȝt, wyse men · how þo men honoured [wyse] ye wise WO. In margin of L—the fall of the church throwgh covitovsnes (in a later hand).]More tresore þan treuthe? · I dar nouȝt telle þe sothe;Resoun & riȝtful dome · þo Religious demed. [þo] þoo O; þe W. demed] damneden B.]Line 512 Riȝt so, ȝe clerkes · for ȝowre coueityse, ar longe,Shal þei demen dos ecclesie · and ȝowre pryde depose,
Deposuit potentes de sede, &c.
[þei] glossed i. resoun &c. in L.]¶ Ȝif knyȝthod & kynde wytte · and comune con|science [comune] þe commune by W; comune & B. Crowley has—& com|mune by conscience.]Togideres loue lelly · leueth it wel, ȝe bisshopes,Line 516 Þe lordeship of londes · for euere shal ȝe lese, [londes] youre londes W. shal ȝe] ȝe schul O; ye shul CB.]And lyuen as leuitici · as owre lorde ȝow techeth,
Per primicias & decimas.
[lyuen] leuen C. ȝow] W om. decimas] diuicias CB.]¶ Whan costantyn of curteysye · holykirke dowedWith londes and ledes · lordeshipes and rentes,Line 520 An Angel men herde · an heigh at Rome crye, [an heigh] on hyȝ O; on heiȝ B.]'Dos ecclesie þis day · hath ydronke venym, [In margin of O—Hodie vene|num est effusum in ecclesia domini.]And þo þat han petres powere · arn apoysoned alle.'A medecyne mote þer-to · þat may amende prelates, [mote] moot W; mot C; mo B; muste O.]Þat sholden preye for þe pees; · possessioun hem letteth, [folio 68b] Take her landes, ȝe lordes · and let hem lyue by dymes. [let hem] leteth hym C. dymes] dismes CB.]
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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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