Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.)

To clucche oþer to clawe · to cluppe oþer to holde. [To] For to F. clucche] clicche MTG; clyche F. cluppe] clippe MFITG.] Were þe myddel of myn hand · with-oute mal ese, [Were] Ac were F.] In menye kynne manere · ich myghte my-self helpe, [menye] many a F. my] me M.] Boþe meue and amende · þauh alle my fyngres oken. By this simile," he seide · "ich seo an euidence, [By] & so by F. simile] similitude T. he] y G. he seide] F om.] 160 That ho so synegeþ in þe seynt espirit · asoilled worth he neuere, [That] F om. synegeþ] syn|neþ EMT; senneþ I; synnede F. þe] F om. seynt] I om. espirit] spirit IEG; espijt (sic) M. asoilled] asoillede P; amended G.] Noþer her ne elles-wher · as ich herde telle;
Qui peccat in spiritum sanctum [neque remit|tetur ei,] &c.
[ne] nor F. spiritum sanc|tum] spiritu sancto I. [neque—&c] from F; M has—ne r. &c.; PEIT om.] He prikeþ god as in þe paume · þat peccat in spiritum sanctum. [He] For he IT. as] M om. þe] his IT.] 163 For þe fader is as þe fust · þe sone is as þe fyngres, [þe (1)] god þe IG. as] M omits (twice). fyngres] fynger MEIFG.] The holy gost of heuene · he is as þe paume. [The] & þe F. he] MG om.] So ho so synegeþ aȝens þe seynte espirit · hit semeþ þat he greueþ [So] F om. so] þat G. syne|geþ] synege F; synneþ MEITG. seynte] FG om. espirit] spirit EIFG. hit] hem I.] 166 God, þer he gripeth · and wolde hus grace quenche. [A page 314] [þer] þer-wiþ I. quenche EM IFTG] queynche P.] For to a torche oþer to a taper · the trinite is likened, [likened MI] likenede P; lyk|ned GT; I-likned F; ylickened E.] As wexe and a weke · [were twyned] to-gederes, [As] & as F. a] FTG om. [were twyned I] were tweyned M; were twynnyd T; if þei were wounde F; and warme fur PEG (by confusion with l. 171); see B-text.] And fuyr flaumed · forth of hem boþe; [FT omit. fuyr flaumed] flaumed fuyr PEG; but fuyr flam|mede M; þanne flammyng fure I; see B-text.] 170 And as wex and weke · [and warm fuyr] to-gederes [FT omit. [and warm fuyr MG] and warme fure I; were twynede P; were twyned E (by con|fusion with l. 169); see B-text.]
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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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