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.)

                                
                                  And bold and [abydynge · þe] while hus bagge lasteþ." [And] MFS om. and] erased in T. [abydynge FS] a-bidyngge M; bidynge ET; byddynge P. [þe MEF] þy P; ST om. hus] þe T.] 
                                
                                  And þanne lowh loude lyf · and let dagge hus cloþes, [lowh F] louh M; louȝe E; louȝ ST; miswritten lohw P. loude] T om.] 
                                
                                  And armyd hym in haste · in harlotes wordes, [MF omit.] 
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  And held holynesse a Iape · and hendynesse a wastour, [hendynesse] hendenesse EMF; hyndenesse ST.] 
                                
                                  And let leaute a cherl · and lyere a freo man; [cherl MFT] cherle E; chierl P; clerke (!) S.] 
                                
                                  Conscience and consail · he countede [hit a] folye. [consail] his consail MF. he countede] þei acountede M. [hit a S] it a F; hit ME; it T; P om.] 
                                
                                  Thus relyede lyf · for a litel fortune, [Thus] & þus F. relyede] relied EF; releuede M; reliuede (over an erasure) T.] 
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                                  And prykeþ forth with pruyde · preyseþ he no vertue, [A page 374]  [preyseþ] preysed S; & preisiþ T. no] noȝt E.] 
                                
                                  Ne careþ nouht hou kynde slouh · and shal come atte laste, [Ne] And T. slouh] so PM; slow EFS. slouh and] T om. atte] at þe MFT; at S.] 
                                
                                  And culle alle erthly creatures · saue concience one. [culle] kil F; kille T. alle] MS om. erthly EFS] erþliche M; erþely T; erthyly P. creatures] creature T.] 
                                
                                  Lyf tho leep asyde · and lauhte hym a lemman, [tho] T om. tho leep] leep þo F.] 
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                                  "Hele and ich," quaþ he · "and hihnesse of herte [quaþ] saide MFS. he] sche M (wrongly).] 
                                
                                  Shal do þe nat drede · neiþer deþ ne elde, [nat] noþer T. drede] to drede MFS. neiþer] ne doþ noþer (sic) T. deþ ne] non M.] 
                                
                                  And [to for-ȝete] ȝouthe · and ȝyue nauht of synne." [[to MFST] PE om. [for|ȝete EMFST] for-ȝute P.] 
                                
                                  This likede lyf · and fortune hus lemman, [lyf] lif wel F. fortune—lemman] his lemman fortune T.] 
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                                  And geten in here glorie · a gadelyng atte laste, [atte] at þe MT; ate F; at S.] 
                                
                                  On þat muche wo wrouhte · sleuthe was hus name.
                                
                                  Sleuthe wax wonder ȝerne · and sone was of age, [Sleuthe] Þo sleuthe T. wax] wex T.] 
                                
                                  And wedded on wanhope · a wenche of þe stewes; [stewes MFT] stywes P; stiwes E; styues S.] 
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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 434
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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