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.)
That elde felde efte þat frut · oþer fulle to be rype, [felde] so PMGT; feld F; fulde E. þat] þe EFGT. oþer] or it F. fulle] so PE; felle M; fel FGT. rype MFGT] rypy PE.]Þat Iesus sholde Iuste þer-fore · [in] Iugement of armes, [Iuste] E om. [in M] and PE; & by FG; & be in T.]Who sholde fecche þis frut · þe feend oþer Iesus self. [þis] þe F.]The maide myldeliche þo · þe messager hue answerede, [þo] GT om. hue] ȝo E; heo FG; MT om. answerede] grauntede FGT.]And saide hendyliche to him · "loo, me, hus handmayde, [me] me here F.]For to worchen hus wil · with-oute eny synne;
Ecce ancilla domini, [fiat michi secundum ver|bum tuum,]" &c.
[G omits. [fiat—tuum] in F only.]Line 133 And in þe wombe of þat wenche · he was fourty wokes, [wokes] wikus F.]And man by-cam of þat mayde · to saue mankynde, [man by-cam] be-com a man T. to—mankynde] mankynde to saue T.]Byg and abydynge · and bold in hus barn-hede, [G omits. abydynge] biddinge T.]Line 136 To hauen fouhten with þe feende · ar ful tyme come. [To] He þouȝte G. fouhten] i-foute M; i-fouȝte FT.]Ac liberum arbitrium · leche-crafte hym tauhte,Til plenitudo temporis · hih tyme a-prochede, [hih] an hi M. hih—aproch|ede] aproched pure fast F.]Line 139 That suche a surgeyn setthen · yseye was þer neuere, [surgeyn] sorgien EM. setthen] seþen M; siþen GT; suþ E; sith F. þer] E om.]Ne non so faithfol fysician; · for, alle þat [hym] by|souhte, [[hym EMFGT] P om. hym bysouhte] besouȝte hym T.]He lechede hem of here langoure · lazars and blynde bothe; [A page 294]
Ceci uident, claudi ambulant, leprosi mundantur:
[G omits. lechede] lechende M. T puts bothe before laȝars. Ceci uident] MFGT om. ambulant] am|bulabant T. mundantur] mundaban|tur T.]And comune wymmen conuertede · and clansede hem of synne. [conuertede] comfortede M.]And he lyft vp Lazar · þat lay in hus tombe, [he] MT om. Lazar] þe lazer M. Cf. Pass. xviii. 304.]Line 144
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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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