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 ȝut on poynt," quaþ peers · "ich praye ȝow ouer|more; [ȝut] M om. on] o ES; a I. ouer SG] ouere P; of I; euer E; M om.] 35 Loke ȝe tene no tenaunt · bote yf treuth wolle assente. [tene IMSEG] tuene P. yf] IS om. wolle] M om.] Whenne ȝe amercyn eny man · let mercy be taxour, [Whenne] Wenne P; And whan I. amercyn] so PS; amercen M; amercieþ E; mercien I.] And meknesse þy maister · maugre mede chekes. [mede] medes M.] Þauh poure men profre ȝou · presentes and ȝiftes, [Þauh] And þogh I. presentes] presantes P. ȝiftes IMESG] ȝeftes P.] 39 Nym hit nat, an aunter · thow mowe hit nat deserue; [Nym] Nymeþ M. thow mowe] ȝe mai M; þou myȝt EG.] For þow shalt ȝulde, so may be · and somdel a-bygge. [shalt] may S. ȝulde] ȝelde MSEG; ȝelden it I. and] or I. a|bygge] abuggen it I.] Mys-beede nouht þy bondemen · þe bet may [þou] spede; [þy] þe M. bondemen ISE] boundemen P; bondeman MG. bet] bettere M. may] myght S. [þou EMSG] þe PI. may þou] þow myȝt M.] Þauh he be here þyn vnderling · in heuene, paraunter, [here] þer-in E.] He worth raþer receyued · and reuerentloker sette;
Amice, ascende superius.
[sette] sitte MISG. Amice, &c.] M om.] 44 At churche in þe charnel · cheorles aren vuel to knowe, [in þe] or in M. cheorles] cherles IMS; chorles E. aren] beþ S. vuel] yuel E; euyl S; euel IM.] Oþer a knyght fro a knaue · oþer a queyne fro a queene. [knyght] kyng M. fro (1)] or I. oþer] MS om. queyne] queene EG; quene IMS. queene] quene EG.] Hit by-comeþ to a knyght · to be curteys and hende, [to (1)] for M. a] þe ISG.] Trewe of hys tonge · tales loth to huyre, [B page 96] [hys] þy IG. huyre] hure E; here M; heere I.] 48 Bote þei be of bounte · of batailes and of treuthe. [and] or I.] Hald nat of harlotes · huyre nat here tales, [of] wiþ none I. huyre] hure E; her M; ne heere I.] Nameliche atte mete · suche men eschewe; [Nameliche] Ac nameliche I. atte] at þe IM; at S. eschewe IMSG] eschywe P; eschiwe E.] Hit ben þe deueles disours · to drawe men to synne. [Hit—þe] For it ben I.] 52
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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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