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 a nyghtes nameliche · when we naked were, [nyghtes] nyghȝtes P. And—nameliche] Namelich on nyȝtes M; Namelich a nyȝtus FS.] 
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                                  Ich ne myghte in none manere · maken hit at heore wille, [ne] MFS om.] 
                                
                                  So elde and [hue] hit hadde · a-feynted and forbete. [[hue S] heo MF; ȝo E; he P (for hue, the usual form elsewhere). hit] E om. hit hadde] hadde hit S. a-feynted M] afeyntede P; forfeynted EFS. forbete EMFS] forbeete P.]  [195—198. Erased in T; rewritten in late hand.] 
                                
                                  And as ich sat in þis sorwe · [ich] sauh how kynde passede. [as] M om. [ich E] y S; i FT; and M; P om. sauh] sawe E; saw M; sauȝ T; say FS.] 
                                
                                  And deþ drow neyghynge me · for drede gan ich quaken, [neyghynge] neȝyng E; and neihede MF; nere & nyȝede S; faste to T.] 
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                                  And criede carfully to kynde · [out] of kare me brynge, [carfully] T om. [out EMFST] P om.] 
                                
                                  "Lo, hou elde þe hore · haþ me byseye; [Lo] & seide lo F. haþ] haueþ MS. me] S om. byseye] so PE; bi-seiȝe MT; be-seye S; biseie F.] 
                                
                                  Awreke me, yf ȝoure wil beo · forich wolde be hennes.' [Awreke] Awrekeþ M. me] E om. ich] wo i M.] 
                                
                                  "Yf þow wolt beo awreke · wende in-to unite,
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                                  And hold þe þare euere · til ich sende for þe, [sende—þe] for þe sende F.] 
                                
                                  And loke þou conne som craft · er þou come þennes." [er] or þat F.] 
                                
                                  "Consaileþ me, kynde," quaþ ich · "what crafte be best to leere?" [kynde—ich] quod i to kynde MF.] 
                                
                                  "Lerne to loue," quaþ kynde · "and lef alle oþer þynges." [Lerne] Lere þow T. quaþ] seide F. lef] leue T. þynges] T om.] 
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                                  "Hou shal ich come to catel so · to cloþe me and to feode?"
                                
                                  "And þow loue leelliche · lacke shal þe neuere [And] As S.] 
                                
                                  Wede ne worldlich mete · while þy lyf lasteþ." [worldlich ME] wordliche PF; wordly S; worþi T. while] with F. þy] þe M.] 
                                
                                  And ich þorgh consail of kynde · comsede to rome [And] Þo F. ich] placed before comsede in MFS. þorgh] be 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 437
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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