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.)

                                
                                  He was vnhardy, þat harlot · and hudde hym in in|ferno. [vnhardy—harlot] vn harlot (by mistake) R. hudde] hud R; hidde WYC2B; hid C.] 
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                                  Ac ar þis day þre dayes · I dar vndertaken, [Ac] And CC2. þis—dayes] þise daies þre B; thise dayes thre dayes C.] 
                                
                                  Þat he worth fettred, þat feloune · fast with cheynes,
                                
                                  And neure eft greue grome · þat goth þis ilke gate;[O mors, ero mors tua, &c.] [grome] gome WRC2. [O—tua] in R only.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And þanne shal feith be forester here · and in þis fritth walke, [forester] forster WCC2Y. walke] C om.] 
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                                  And kennen out comune men · þat knoweth nouȝte þe contre, [out] CC2BY om. comune] vn|kunnande (miswritten unkunmande) B.] 
                                
                                  Which is þe weye þat ich went · and wherforth to iherusalem.
                                
                                  And hope þe hostelleres man shal be · þere þe man lith an helynge; [an] in Y; to CC2B.] 
                                
                                  And alle þat fieble and faynt be · þat faith may nouȝt teche,
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                                  Hope shal lede hem forth with loue · as his lettre telleth, [telleth] hem telles CB.] 
                                
                                  And hostel hem and hele · þorw holicherche bileue, [hostel] herber C. hele] hel hem C; heele hem B. holicherche] holichirchis B.] 
                                
                                  Tyl I haue salue for alle syke · and þanne shal I re|tourne, [retourne] turne W.] 
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                                  And come aȝein bi þis contree · and confort alle syke
                                
                                  Þat craueth it or coueiteth it · and cryeth þere-after. [it (1)] C2 om. or] and W. and] or W.] 
                                
                                  For þe barne was born in bethleem · þat with his blode shal saue

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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 309
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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