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.)

                                
                                  Lytel loueþ he þat lorde · that lente hym [al] þat blisse, [al IMFSEKG] P om.] 
                                
                                  That so parteþ with þe poure · a parcel, whenne hym nedeþ. [whenne] wenne P. hym] hem I. nedeþ IMFSE] nudeþ P; neodeþ K.] 
                                  Line 48 
                                
                                  Ne were mercy in mene men · more þan in ryght ryche, [ryght] M om.] 
                                
                                  Meny time mendynans · myghte gon a-fyngred; [time] tymes I. mendynans] mendynantz I; mendynauntus F; mendenauntus S. a-fyngred] of|hongred M; anhungred I; see l. 43.] 
                                
                                  And so seith þe sauter · ich sauh hit in memento,Ecce audiuimus eam (.i. caritatem) in effrata; inuenimus eam in campis silue. [sauh] seyh I; sai MS; saw F. i. caritatem] FS om.] 
                                
                                  Clerkus and knyghtes · carpen of god ofte, [god ofte] good hostes I (wrongly).] 
                                  Line 52 
                                
                                  And haueþ hym muche in hure mouthe · ac mene men in herte. [A page 125]  [hym] IK om. ac] and M. men in] in here I.] 
                                
                                  Freres and faitours · han founde vp suche questiones [vp] F om. questiones] de|maundus F.] 
                                
                                  To plese with proute men · sitthe þe pestilences, [proute] prut E; proude MISK; þe prowde F. þe] þis I; MFS om. pestilences] pestelences P; pestilence time M; cf. l. 60.] 
                                
                                  [And preching at seint poules · in pure enuye of clerkes,] [From I; also in KGS; inserted in F after l. 57; PEM omit. And preching] So þei preche F. in FSG] miswritten and IK.] 
                                
                                  That folk is nouht ferm in þe feith · ne free of here goodes, [nouht] S om. ferm] in-ferme (!) E. þe] K om.] 
                                  Line 57 
                                
                                  Ne sory for here synnes; · so is pruyde en-hansed [B page 147]  [for] of SK. pruyde] pryuyde P; but see l. 64. is pruyde] pride is I.] 
                                
                                  In religion and al þe reame · among ryche and poure, [and] in M. al] in al IK.] 
                                
                                  That preyeres han no power · these pestilences to lette. [these] thees P; M om. pesti|lences] pestelences P. lette] bete K.] 
                                
                                  For god is def now a dayes · and deyneþ nouht ous to huyre, [nouht] SK om. huyre] hure IKE; here MF.] 
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                                  And good men for oure gultes · he al to-grynt to deþe; [gultes] giit F. he] M om. deþe IMFSEK] dyþe P.]

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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 199
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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