Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.)

And who repentyde raþest · shold aryse after, [who] he þat E; who so I; whose M. raþest] him raþer I.] 392 And grete syre gloton · with a galon of ale. [with] whit P. of] MFSE om.] Þer was lauhyng & lakeryng · and 'let go þe coppe!' [lauhyng] lauȝynge S; lawyng M; haulyng (sic) E. lakeryng] la|kryng E; likeryng MS; lowring I. & lakeryng] alowd F.] Bargeynes and beuereges · by-gunne to aryse, [to aryse] þo to wake I.] And setyn so til euesong rang · and songe vmbwhyle, [And] þei M. setyn] so PE; seten M; settun S; sete F. rang] I om. vmbwhyle] vmbwyle P; vmbi|while MIE; vnbiwhile F; eche while S.] Til gloton hadde yglobbed · a galon and a gylle. [hadde] adde P.] 397 Hus guttes gonne godely · as two gredy sowes; [godely] so PS; to gosely I; godele M; to goþel E. Hus—godely] þat his guttus godeled F. two FS] tuo I; to (for two) PM; þe E. gredy] grete E; hongry S.] He pissede a potell · in a pater-noster while, And blew hus rounde rewet · atte rygbones ende, [And] He I. hus] þe E. rewet EG] rywett P; ryuet IM; ruet FS. atte] at þe E; at his MIFS; atte þe P.] 400 Þat alle þat herde þat horne · hulde here nose after, [þat G] þan P; þe IMFE; his S. nose] nosus F; neses M.] And wusched hit hadde be wexed · with a wips of breres. [hit] þat hit P; IMFSE omit þat. wexed] i-wexed M; ywaxed E; wasche I. wips] weps E; bosk M.] He myghte noþer stappe ne stonde · tyl he a staf hadde. [B page 76] [myghte] ne myȝt E. noþer] nat þo nowþur F. ne] so in IMSE; ne or no P; no F. stonde] stonnde P. a] his I.] Thanne gan he go · lyke a glemannes bycche, [Thanne] And þanne IF. he] hue P (wrongly).] 404 Som tyme asyde · [and] som tyme a-rere, [A page 63] [asyde] asyde a sail (!) F. [and IMFS] PE om. a-rere] so in the rest; a-ryre P.] As ho so laith lynes · for to lacche foules. [As] Has P. laith] leid S. lynes] lymes F. lacche] cacche M; take F.] And whenne he drow to þe dore · þanne dymmed hus eyen; [whenne] wenne P.] 407 He [thrumbled] at þe þreshefold · and þrew to þe erthe. [He] And I. [thrumbled I] thromlide G; trobled F; trobelode S; stomblede PE; stomlede M. But see A-text. þreshefold] þresc|wolde M; treshfold E. þrew SIF] þreu P; þrew him M; drow E.]
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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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