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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.)

For þe abbot of engelonde . and þe abbesse hys nece [þe abbesse] abbace F; abbas M. hys] ys P.] Shullen haue a knok on here crounes · and in-curable þe wounde;
Contriuit dominus baculum impiorum, uirgam dominancium, plaga in-sanabili. [B page 160]
[knok] knotte F. on] vpon I. here crounes] þe croune M. wounde IFSE] wonde P. and—wounde] in|curable schulle þei wende M.] Ac er þat kyng come · as cronycles me tolde, [I omits. er] er þan M; ar S; or FE. þat] þis S.] Clerkus and holychurche · shal be cloþed newe. [churche] kirke would better suit the metre.] 180 And sitthe he consailed þe kyng · hus comune to louye; [A page 54] [B page 59] [to] S om.] For þe comune ys þe kynges tresour · conscience wot wel, [For] F om. þe] F om. con|science] as conscience F.] And al-so," quath reson · "ich rede ȝow riche, [riche] þat be riche F.] And comuners to a-corden · in alle kynne treuthe. [And—a-corden] Acordeth with þe comune F.] 184 Let no kynne consail · ne couetyse ȝow departe, [kynne] kynges M; careful F. couetyse] conscience M. departe] parte I; to parte M.] Þat on wit and on wil · alle ȝoure wardes kepe. [on] o IFS (twice).] Lo! in heuene an hy · was an holy comune, [heuene—hy] in þe heye heuene F; heuen and in erþe I.] Til lucifer þe lyere · leyued þat hym-selue [leyued] leued IMFSE.] 188 Were wittyour and worthiour · þan he þat was hus maister. Hold ȝow in vnite · and [he] þat oþer wolde [Hold] Holdeþ M. Hold—in] Holliche holduth F. [he IMSEG] ȝe P. he þat] ho so F. oþer] hoþer P. wolde] wille F.] Ys cause of alle combraunce · to confounde a reame." [alle] careful F. combraunce] comberances I.] And sitthen he preide þe pope · haue pyte of holy|churche, [sitthen] þanne F. pope] peple · to M. of] on IMFS.] 192 And no grace to graunte · til good loue were [to] ne I.] Among alle kynne kynges · ouer cristene puple: [kynne] cristene M. ouer] ouere P; of S.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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