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.)

                                
                                  Loue þy frend þat folweþ þy wil · þat is [þy] faire soule. [[þy EIG] þi MFT; þe P.] 
                                
                                  For whanne alle frendes faillen · and fleen a-wey in deiynge, [alle] þi F. deiynge] so PE; deyyng G; deiyng M; dyyng F; deynge I; doyng (!) T.] 
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                                  Then suweþ þe þy soule · to sorwe oþer to ioye, [þe] so G. þy] IT om.] 
                                
                                  And ay hopeþ eft to be · with here bodye atte laste [eft to] for to FTG; forte M. with] whit P; and in l. 166. here] F om. atte] at þe MTG.] 
                                
                                  In murthe oþer in mornynge · and neuere eft to departe. [eft] F om.] 
                                
                                  And þat is charite, my leue childe · to be cher ouer thi soule; [my] IT om. leue] F om. child] sone M. cher] cheer F. ouer] of G. be—ouer] loue wel M.] 
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                                  Contrarie hure nauht, as in conscience · yf þou wolt come to heuene." [as] F om. to] in T.] 
                                
                                  "[Wher] sarrasyns," ich seyde · "seo nat what is charite?" [[Wher] Where IG; Whare F; Were P (for Wher, contr. form of Wheþer); Wheþer ET; For (wrongly) M. ich seyde] seiden (wrongly) M. nat] now M. seo] i-se I.] 
                                
                                  "Hit may be þat sarrasyns hauen · a suche manere charite, [F omits. be] be so ITG. a suche] swich a M; such a ITG.] 
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                                  Louye, as by lawe of kynde · oure lord god al-myghty. [Louye] Louen T; To loue F. by] be þe M.] 
                                
                                  Hit is a kynde þyng, a creature · hus creatour to honoure; [a kynde] kende F; kyndely IT. a] for a M; euery T; IG om. to] G om.] 
                                
                                  For þer is no man þat mynde hath · þat ne meokeþ hym and by-secheþ [For] F om. is] nys FT. mynde] kynde M. ne] M om.] 
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                                  To þat lord þat hym lyf lente · and lyflode him sendeþ. [lyf] F om. and] I om. him] M om. sendeþ EMFG] sende I; sente T; seyndeþ P.] 
                                
                                  Ac meny manere men þer beoþ · as sarrasyns and Iewes,
                                
                                  Louyeþ nat þat lorde a-ryght · as by þe legende sanctorum, [Louyeþ—þat] Leuiþ nat on oure T.] 
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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 316
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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