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.)

                                
                                  I ros vp and reuerenced hym · & riȝt faire hym grette; [ros] roos W; raas C; aros B; aroos O.] 
                                
                                  Thre men to my syȝte · I made wel et ese,
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                                  Wesche her feet & wyped hem · and afterward þei eten [&] in R. hem] hes R.] 
                                
                                  Calues flesshe & cakebrede · and knewe what I thouȝte;
                                
                                  Ful trewe tokenes bitwene vs is · to telle whan me lyketh. [is] been O. me] we B.] 
                                
                                  Firste he fonded me · if I loued bettere
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                                  Hym, or ysaak myn ayre · þe which he hiȝte me kulle. [he hiȝte] het B.] 
                                
                                  He wiste my wille by hym · he wil me it allowe, [he] a R.] 
                                
                                  I am ful syker in soule þer-of · and my sone bothe.
                                
                                  I circumcised my sone · sitthen for his sake; [sitthen] sith RO; siþe B.] 
                                
                                  My-self and my meyne · and alle þat male were
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                                  Bledden blode for þat lordes loue · and hope to blisse þe tyme. [loue] sake O.] 
                                
                                  Myn affiaunce & my faith · is ferme in þis bilieue; [faith] fay R. þis] his CB; þis (printed his) W.] 
                                
                                  For hym-self bihiȝte to me · and to myne issue bothe
                                
                                  Londe and lordship · And lyf with-outen ende; [folio 72] 
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                                  To me and to myn issue · more ȝete he me graunted, [ȝete] if (!) B. me] men B; W om.] 
                                
                                  Mercy for owre mysdedes · as many tyme as we asken; Quam olim abrahe promisisti, & semini eius. [Mercy] More CB.] 
                                
                                  And sith he sent me to seye · I sholde do sacrifise,
                                
                                  And done hym worshipe with bred · and with wyn bothe,
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                                  And called me þe fote of his faith · his folke forto saue, [þe fote] þe forþ O; stot CB.] 
                                
                                  And defende hem fro þe fende · folke þat on me leueden. [hem] hym C. leueden] bileueden B.] 
                                
                                  Þus haue I ben his heraude · here and in helle,
                                
                                  And conforted many a careful · þat after his comynge wayten. [a] COB om. wayten] wait|eden W.] 
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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?
Canvas: Page 300
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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