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.)
To be welcome whanne ich come · oþer-whyle in a monthe, [welcome] wolcome P. whanne] wanne P. whyle] wyle P. oþer|whyle] oonus F.]Now with hym and now with hure · and þus-gate ich begge [and] I om. and—gate] on þis wise I.]With-oute bagge oþer botel · bote my wombe one. [wombe] bodi M.]Line 52 And al-so more-ouer · me þynkeþ, syre reson, [And] F om. more-ouer] more|ouer now F. þynkeþ] meeneth wel F.]Men sholde constreyne no clerke · to knauene werkes; [Men] Me I. knauene] no knaues I.]For by lawe of leuitici · þat oure lord ordeynede, [lawe] þe lawe IM. ordeynede] made F.]Clerkes þat aren crouned · of kynde vnderstondyng [þat aren] I om. aren] arn M; ben E; be F. crouned] i-crowned MI.]Line 56 Sholde noþer swynke ne swete · ne swere at enquestes, [noþer] nouȝt M.]Ne fyghte in no vauntwarde · ne hus fo greue;
Non reddas malum pro malo.
[vauntwarde] vandwarde M; faumwarde I; famwarde S; fawarde F. hus fo] here foos F. reddas] reddes F.]For it ben aires of heuene · alle þat ben crouned, [it ben] it beeth FS; þei ben M. aires] eires ME; heires IF. alle] and alle PE; but IMFS omit and. ben] beþ F. crouned] croun|ede P; I-crouned IFMS.]Line 59 And in queer [and in kirkes] · cristes owene mynestres,
Dominus pars hereditatis mee; & alibi: Cle|mentia non constringit.
[queer] quere FIE; quer MS. [and in kirkes I] and in chirches MS; in churches PE; in kirkus F. owene] I om. mynestres] mene|strales M.]Hit by-comeþ for clerkus · crist for to seruen,And knaues vncrouned · to cart and to worche.For shold no clerk be crouned · bote yf he ycome were [yf] IFM om. ycome] come IFS.]Of franklens and free men · and of folke ywedded. [and] or F (twice). ywedded] yweddede P.]Line 64 Bondmen and bastardes · and beggers children, [Bondmen] But bonde-men F.]Thuse by-longeþ to labour · and lordes [kyn to] seruen [Thuse] þese IMF. by-longeþ] longeþ M. [kyn to MF] to (kyn omitted) I; children sholde PES (which clogs the line); kyn scholde G.]
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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.)
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
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