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.)

                                
                                  Que perfecisti, destruxerunt; [iustus autem quid fecit?] [[god IMFSKG] PE om. gyueþ] ȝifþ I; doþ M. most greue] greueth most I. [iustus—fecit S] iustus, &c. M; iustus autem, &c. F; iustitiam P (wrongly); I om.] 
                                
                                  And harlotes for [hure] harlotrie · aren holpen er nedy poure; [And] I om. [hure S] here IKG; heore M; her F; PE om. aren] K om. er] or FSE. nedy IMFSEK] nudy P.] 
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                                  And þat is no ryght ne reson · for raþer men sholde
                                
                                  Help hem þat hath nouht · þan þo þat han no neede. [hem] him IMFEK. þo] hem S; him M.] 
                                
                                  Ac he þat haþ holy writ · aye in hus mouthe, [aye] as it were F.] 
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                                  And can telle of treuthe · and of þe twelue apostels,
                                
                                  Oþer of þe passion of crist · oþer of purgatorie peynes, [B page 145]  [peynes] þe peynes I.] 
                                
                                  Lytel is he a-lowed þere-fore · among lordes [at] festes. [alowed] loued K; loued or leet I. þerefore] herfore I. [at IMFG] ate S; of PE; K om.] 
                                
                                  Nowe is þe manere atte mete · when mynstralles ben stylle, [A page 124]  [atte E] ate F; at þe IM; at SK; atte þe P.] 
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                                  The lewede a-ȝens þe lered · þe holy lore to dispute,
                                
                                  And tellen of þe trinite · how two slowe þe þridde, [two] tweyne M.] 
                                
                                  And brynge forth ballede resones · and taken bernarde to witnesse, [ballede resones] a balled resoun K. and] IK om. witnesse] witt|nesse P.] 
                                
                                  And putteþ forþ presompcions · to preouen þe sothe.
                                
                                  Thus thei dreuelen atte deyes · þe deyte to knowe, [B page 146]  [atte] at þe MF; as þe (wrongly) I; at S. deyes] dee M. deyte] diete F; dette (!) IS.] 
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                                  And gnawen god with gorge · when here guttes fullen. [when] while þei M; whan þei F. here guttes] þe wombe F.] 
                                
                                  Ac þe carful mai crie · and quaken atte ȝate,
                                
                                  Boþe a-fyngred and a-furst · and for defaute spille, [a-fyngred] so PFK; a-fyngryd S; a-fyngered E; of-hongret M; an|hungred I. a-furst] so PSK; a-first F; aþurste E; a-þruste I; a-þrest M.] 
                                
                                  Ys non so hende to haue hym yn · bote hote hym go þer god is! [yn] I om. hote] bidde M. hote hym] S om.] 
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                                  Thenne semeþ hit to my syght · to suche as so biddeþ, [to (2)] bi M. as] þat IS.] 
                                
                                  God is nat in þat hom · ne hus help neither!

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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 198
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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