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.)

                                
                                  Namore þan myn hande may · meue with-outen fyngeres. [myn—may] may an hand R. fyngeres] my fyngres WCC2YB.] 
                                  Line 165 
                                
                                  ¶ And as my fust is ful honde · yfolde togideres, [And] B om. fust] neef C. yfolde] y-holden W.] 
                                
                                  So is þe fader a ful god · formeour and shepper,Tu fabricator omnium, &c., [shepper] scheppere R; shap|pere WC2; chappere B; shapeour Y; schipper C.] 
                                
                                  And al þe myȝte myd hym is · in makyng of þynges. [And] CYC2B om. myd] with C. of] of alle CYC2B.] 
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  ¶ The fyngres fourmen a ful hande · to purtreye or peynten [or] or to CC2B.] 
                                
                                  Keruynge and compassynge · as crafte of þe fyngres; [and] or R. as] is R. crafte] crist C.] 
                                
                                  Riȝt so is þe sone · þe science of þe fader,
                                
                                  And ful god, as is þe fader · no febler ne no better.
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  Þe paume is purelich þe hande · hath power bi hymselue, [hath] and haþ WC2.] 
                                
                                  Otherwyse þan þe wrythen fuste · or werkmanschip of fyngres; [þe wrythen] he writhes þe C; he wriþeþ þe B; þe writen R.] 
                                
                                  For þe paume hath powere · to put oute alle þe ioyntes, [þe paume] he W. put] pult R. alle] R om. After l. 175 B in|serts—and to strecche out þe synwes · and weynes boþe.] 
                                
                                  And to vnfolde þe folden fuste · [for hym it bilongeth; [folio 74b]  [folden] R om. fuste] Neue C.] 
                                
                                  And receyue þat þe fyngres recheth · and refuse bothe,
                                
                                  Whan he feleth þe fust · and] þe fyngres wille. [176—178. [for—and] in R only; but cf. C-text.]  [and] atte L; at WC2; as CYB.] 
                                  Line 178 
                                
                                  So is þe holygoste god · nother gretter ne lasse [So] To (!) C.] 
                                
                                  Þan is þe sire and þe sone · & in þe same myȝte, [and] or R.] 
                                
                                  And alle ar þei but o god · as is myn hande & my fyngres, [my] C om.] 
                                
                                  Vnfolden or folden · my fuste & myn paume,
                                  Line 182 
                                
                                  Al is but an hande · how so I torne it. [is] is it R. an] so in WR; on CC2B; oon Y.]  [how so—þe hande] WCC2YB omit; retained in R and Crowley.]

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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 312
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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