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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.)

Ac somme ar swettere þan some · and sonnere wollen rotye. [ar] beþ E. sonnere] sannere P (but see l. 64); sonere E; some (wrongly) I. rotye] rote FTG.] 60 Men may seo on an appul-treo · meny tyme and ofte, [Men] Man E; Me IF. on] in I. meny] many a F.] Of o kynne apples · aren nat yliche grete, [Of] Þat of F. kynne] kynde EIGT; kynde of F. aren] beþ E; ben M. nat] nat alle F; & (sic) T.] Ne of sewynge smale · ne of [o] swetnesse swete. [G omits. of (1)] IT om. sew|ynge EIMT] sywynge P; o suyng F. [o EIF] PMT om.] Tho þat sitten in þe sonne-syde · sonner aren rype, [in] on F. þe sonne] summe F. sonner] sone þei F; son or som E. aren] ben E.] 64 Swettour and saueriour · and also more grettoure [saueriour] of more sauour M. grettoure] grettere MEI; grete F.] Than [þo] þat selde hauen þe sonne · and sitten in þe north-half; [[þo MIFTG] PE om. selde IM] selden ETG; seelde F; seilde P.] And so hit fareþ sothly · sone, by oure kynde. [sothly] sotthly P. sone IFT] soone P (but sone = son); summe M; by some G. by] be MT; of G.] Adam was as tree · and we aren as hus apples, [Adam] Our alder adam F. as (1)] a EMIFG; þe T. aren] weren E; ben EM. as (2)] MF om.] 68 Somme of ows sothfast · and some variable, [ows] vs IT; vs beþ E; vs buþ M; vs be F. F transposes ll. 69 and 70.] Somme litel and some large · like apples of kynde. [and] MIT om. kynde] o kynde FT.] As weddede men and wedewes · and ryȝt worthy maidenes, [As] Among F. wedewes] wedewes or wodewes P (but see l. 76); wydewes MIT; widues E; wyuus F. ryȝt] ryȝth P; rith M.] Þe whiche þe seynt esprit [seweþ] · the sonne of al heuene, [whiche] wiche P. þe] EM om. esprit] spirit IT. [seweþ MI] sueth F; seueth T; PE om.] 72 Conforteþ [hem] in here continence · þat lyuen in con|templacion, [Conforteþ] And comforteþ I. [hem MEITF] him P.] As monkes and monyeles · men of holichurche; [men] and men MF.]
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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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