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.)

                                
                                  "Ȝe, go þi gate," quod pees · "bi god, for al þi phisyk, [pees] piers CB. þi (2)] B om.] 
                                
                                  But þow conne somme crafte · þow comest nouȝt her|Inne! [somme] any R; som ooþer W. her-Inne] he Inne (sic) R; ther-Inne CB.] 
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                                  I knewe such one ones · nouȝte eighte wynter passed, [passed] hennes W.] 
                                
                                  Come in þus ycoped · at a courte þere I dwelt, [Come] And cam B. I] þat y B. dwelt] dwelde W.] 
                                
                                  And was my lordes leche · & my ladyes bothe. [folio 91b]  [lordes] ladyes CB; lady O. ladyes] lordes C; lordis OB.] 
                                
                                  And at þe last þis limitour · þo my lorde was out,
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                                  He salued so owre wommen · til somme were with childe!"
                                
                                  Hende-speche het pees · opene þe ȝates— [het] heet WRC; heete O. pees] pees þo R. opene] to opene O; vppon B.] 
                                
                                  "Late in þe frere and his felawe · and make hem faire chere. [þe] R om.] 
                                
                                  He may se and here · so it may bifalle, [here] here her R. it] R om.] 
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                                  That lyf þorw his lore · shal leue coueityse,
                                
                                  And be adradde of deth · and with-drawe hym fram pryde,
                                
                                  And acorde with conscience · and kisse her either other." [her] B om.] 
                                
                                  Thus thorw hende-speche · entred þe frere,
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                                  And cam in-to conscience · and curteisly hym grette, [grette] grete C.] 
                                
                                  "Þow art welcome," quod conscience · "canstow hele þe syke? [canstow] canst þou OB. þe] R om.] 
                                
                                  Here is contricioun," quod conscience · "my cosyn, ywounded,
                                
                                  Conforte hym," quod conscience · "and take kepe to his sores; [and] O om.] 
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                                  The plastres of þe persoun · and poudres biten to sore, [plastres] plastre B. biten] bitten C; ben 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 383
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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