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.)

                                
                                  How þat feith fleigh awey · and spes his felaw bothe, [fleigh] fleed C; fleȝ R.] 
                                
                                  For siȝte of þe sorweful man · þat robbed was with þeues. [þe] þat W.] 
                                  Line 89 
                                
                                  "Haue hem excused," quod he · "her help may litel auaille; [folio 73b] 
                                
                                  May no medcyn on molde · þe man to hele brynge, [on] vnder R.] 
                                
                                  Neither feith ne fyn hope · so festred ben his woundis,
                                
                                  With-out þe blode of a barn · borne of a mayde. [mayde] mayden O.] 
                                  Line 93 
                                
                                  And be he bathed in þat blode · baptised, as it were, [be he] he be COB; be he (printed he be) W. he] R om.] 
                                
                                  And þanne plastred with penaunce · and passioun of þat babi, [plastred] pastrid B. and] and þe R.] 
                                
                                  He shulde stonde and steppe; · ac stalworth worth he neure, [ac] and CC2.] 
                                  Line 96 
                                
                                  Tyl he haue eten al þe barn · and his blode ydronke. [ydronke] drūnkyn C2.] 
                                
                                  For went neuere wy in þis worlde · þorw þat wilder|nesse,
                                
                                  Þat he ne was robbed or rifled · rode he þere or ȝede, [or (1)] ne R.] 
                                
                                  Saue faith, & his felaw · spes, and my-selue,
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                                  And þi-self now, and such · as suwen owre werkis. [as] þat RC2.] 
                                
                                  ¶ For outlawes in þe wode · and vnder banke lotyeth, [outlawes] outlawe is R. loty|eth] lowted C.] 
                                
                                  And may vch man se · and gode merke take, [may] mowen W; mowe C; mown C2.] 
                                  Line 103 
                                
                                  Who is bihynde and who bifore · and who ben on hors, [who (2)] wo is B.] 
                                
                                  For he halt hym hardyer on horse · þan he þat is a fote. [halt] haldes C. a] on YBC2; at C; W om.] 
                                
                                  For he seigh me, þat am samaritan · suwen feith & his felaw [seigh] seith RC2. feith] forth Y.] 
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                                  On my caple þat hatte caro · (of mankynde I toke it), [hatte] hattiþ B; highte 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 308
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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