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.)

                                  
                                    Tyl he come þat I carpe of · cryst is his name,
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                                    Þat shal delyure vs some daye · out of þe deueles powere, [some daye] O om.] 
                                  
                                    And bettere wedde for vs legge · þan we ben alle worthy,
                                  
                                    Þat is, lyf for lyf · or ligge þus euere
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                                    Lollynge in my lappe · tyl such a lorde vs fecche."
                                  
                                    ¶ "Allas!" I seyde, "þat synne · so longe shal lette
                                  
                                    Þe myȝte of goddes mercy · þat myȝt vs alle amende!"
                                  
                                    I wepte for his wordes · with þat sawe I an other
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                                    Rapelich renne forth; · þe riȝte waye he went. [270—273. R has—Allas, thouȝte I þo · þat is a longe a-bydynge, And sued hym · for he softe ȝede, Þat he toek vs as tit · ac, trewly to telle.] 
                                  
                                    I affrayned hym fyrste · fram whennes he come, [affrayned] fraynede O.] 
                                  
                                    And what he hiȝte & whider he wolde · and wightlich he tolde. [And] R om. wightlich] whith-liche R.] 
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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 302
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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