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.)
Bote do as doctours telleþ · for dowel ich hit holde; [Bote] Forte M. telleþ] techeþ IT.]Þat traueileþ to teche oþere · for dobet ich it holde; [for—holde] I holde it for a dobette IT. it holde] holde hit M.]And he þat doþ as he techeþ · ich halde hit for a dobest;
Qui facit et docuerit, magnus uocabitur."
[for] E om. a dobest] so PE; þe beste IMT. magnus] hic magnus E.]"Now þow, cleregie," quaþ conscience · "carpe what is dowel."Line 128 "Haue [me] excused," quaþ cleregie · "by crist, bote in scole, [[me EIMTG] P om.]Shal no such motif be meued · for me, bote þere, [motif] motyng M. meued ITG] meuet M; meeuede P. bote] T om. þere] oþere (wrongly) I.]For peers loue þe plouhman · þat enpugnede ones [For] But for T. plouhman] palmare I; palmere T. þat] ȝent þat (sic) I; ȝet þat pers T. en|pugnede] enpyngned E; enpungnede M; inpugned ITG. (N.B. IT are corrupt here.)]Alle kyne konnynges · and alle kyne craftes,Line 132 Saue loue and leaute · and louhnesse of herte, [louhnesse] lownesse EIMTG.]And no tixt takeþ · to preoue þis for trewe [takeþ] ne takeþ IT; to take M.]Bote dilige deum & proximum · and Domine, quis habitabit in tabernaculo, &c.;[proximum] patrem I; proxi|mum tuum T. and] et I. in taber|nacule] in tabernaculo tuo M; I om.]And preoueþ by pure skyle · inparfit alle þynges,
Nemo bonus,
[inparfit] vnparfit EG.]Line 136 Bote leel loue and treuthe · þat loþ is to be yfounde." [yfounde] founde EITG; founden M.]Quaþ peers þe plouhman · "pacientes uincunt. [A page 218] [uincunt] omnia vincunt T.]By-for perpetual pees · ich shal preoue þat ich seide, [preoue] preue ITG; proue E; prouen M; badly spelt preeouye P; see l. 136.]And a-vowe by-for God · and for-sake hit neuere, [a-vowe] afowe E.]Line 140 That disce, doce, dilige · deum and thyn enemye; [Made into one line in IT (badly); for l. 142, I has—helpe emfothe (sic) þy myght; T has—helpe him for þi miȝt. emforth] euenforþ E; euene-forþ M. myȝt E] myȝte G; miȝt T; myght I; myth M; myȝth P.]
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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.,
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