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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.)

And lyues þat our lorde loueþ · and large weyes to heuene. [And] As E. weyes] wey T. to] ȝeueþ to M.] Ac þe poure pacient · purgatorye passeþ [þe] E om. purgatorye] þe purgatory I.] Raþere þan þe ryche · þauh thei renne at ones. [thei] ȝe F.] 32 For yf a marchaunt and a messager · metten to-gederes, [metten] so PIMK; mette F; meten ET; mete S.] And scholde wenden o way · where both mosten reste, [o way] on wai M; awey S. mosten reste MIKS] moste reste FG; muste resten T; written most . . rest P (the margin of the leaf being cut off).] And rekene byfore reson · a resonable acounte, [a MKFT] cut off in PI. acounte MIKF] acompte T; mis|written acountes P. a—acounte] acounte þat is resonable S.] What one haþ, what anoþer haþ · and what hy hadde boþe, [what] & what S. anoþer] oþer MTKF; þat oþur S. haþ] T om. hy] þei MIKTFS.] 36 The marchante mote nede be lette · lengere þen þe messagere; [34—37. E omits. In P, these lines are written in the margin, but by the same scribe; Whitaker omits them.] [be] by S. lette] I-lette I; let MKFST. þe messagere] þat oþur F.] For þe parcels of hus paper · and oþer pryuey dettes [þe] S om. paper] paupere E.] Wol lette hym, as ich leyue · the lengthe of a myle. [leyue] leue MKSET; leeue F.] The messager doþ na more · bote [with] hus mouth telleþ [The] Þere þe KT. doþ] he dooth F. [with EIMKFST] P om.] 40 Hus [erande], and hus [lettere] sheweþ · and is a-non delyuered. [[erande] erende IK; arnede (sic) T; lettere PE; letture S; lettre F; letteres M. [lettere] lettre KT; erande E; eraunde S; ernde PM; arende F.] And thauh þei wende by þe wey · tho two to-gederes, [wende] so PEKFT; wend S; wenten M; wente I. tho] þei MF; þe E.] Thauh þe messager make hus wey · a-mydde þe whete, [amydde] amyde P; amonge T. whete] fayre whete IT.] Wole no wys man wroth be · ne hus wed take; [wroth be] be wroth ITKFS.] 44
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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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