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.)

Hit is wickede to wage ȝou · ȝe wexeþ oute of numbre. [ȝe] for ȝe M. wexeþ EFM] wexiþ T; wexuþ S; miswritten wexit P.] Heuene haueþ euene numbre · And helle is with-oute numbre; [T omits. haueþ] haþ an E. numbre (2)] F om.] Line 270 For-thi ich wolde witerly · þat ȝe were in registre, [For-thi] For-whi M. wolde] wulle S. witerly] whiterly P; with|turli M. were—registre] weren i|registred M; in registre were F.] And ȝoure numbre vnder notarie signe · and noþer more ne lasse." [

notarie] so PEF; notories MT; a noteryes S. more] mo MFST.

After l. 272, T repeats l. 261 in the form—But þei be nempnid in þe noumbre · of þeim þat ben wagit.

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Enuye herde þis · And het freres go to scole, [het] heet F; hette T; bad S. go] to go F.] Line 273 And lerne logik and lawe · and eke contemplacion, And preche men of plato · and prouen hit by seneca, That alle þyng vnder heuene · ouhte to beo in comune. [ouhte] owe E.] He lyeþ, as ich leyue · þat to þe lewede so precheþ, [He] But he F.] For god made to men a lawe · and Moyses hit tauhte, [A page 380]
Non concupisces rem proximi tui.
And vuel is this yholde · in parshes of yngelonde, [vuel] euele MFT; yuel E. parshes] so PE; parsches M; parisches F; parosshis T.] For persones and parshe-preestes · þat sholde þe peuple shryue, [For] Þat T. sholde] schul S.] Line 280 And thei beon curatours cald · to knowe and to hele, [And] T om. cald] i-cald M. hele] helpe E; holde T.] Alle þat been here parshenes · penaunces [to enioyne], [penaunces] penaunce FS. [to enioyne MFS] enioyne T; enioyneþ P; enioyned E.] And beo ashamede in here shryft; · ac shame makeþ hem wende, [And—in] Ac for þei schameth of F. ac] & T; F om. wende] to wende F.] Line 283 And fleo to [þe] freres · as fals folke to westmynstre, [[þe EMST] fals F; P om. as] & T. fals] S om. folke] folk dooth FS; folc don M.] Þat borweþ and bereþ hit thuder · And thenne byddeþ frendes [hit] MFS om.]
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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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1867-85.

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