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.)

That frere flaterere be fet · and fysyke ȝou syke." [frere flaterere] þat frere M; þe frere FS. fet] i-fet MF. syke] be sike F.] The frere here-of herde · and hyede faste [frere] fals frere F. hyede] he hied F.] 324 To a lorde for a lettere · leue to haue to curen [to (2)] T om.] As he a curatour were · and cam with hus letteres [he—curatour] a curatour he MFT. and] T om. letteres] lettere T.] Baldely to þe bushope · and hus breef hadde, [breef] so PF; bref EMST.] In countreyes þer he cam · confessions to hure; 328 And cam ther conscience was · and knockede atte ȝate. [atte] at þe MFT.] Pees vnpynnede þe dore · þat was portour of vnite, [vnpynnede] þo vnpynned F; openide T. þe dore] hit MFS; it T. þat] MT om. was portour] porter was F.] And in hast he [askede] · 'what hus wil were?' [he] T om. [askede MF] asked E; eschte S; hesshede P; hiȝte T.] "In faith," quaþ þis frere · "for profit and for helthe, [frere] frere þo F. helthe] helpe S.] Carpe ich wolde with contricion · and þer-fore cam ich hyder." [ich wolde] wolde i T. con|tricion] conscience F.] 333 "He is syke," seide pees · "and so aren meny oþere; [so] M om. aren] beþ E.] Ypocrisye haþ hurt hem · ful hard is yf [þei] keuere." [hem] hym S. hurt hem] hem I-hert F; i-hurt hem M. [þei EMF T] þey S; miswritten ȝe P.] "Ich am a surgen," seide þe frere · "and salues can ich make, [ich] T om.] 336 Conscience knoweþ me wel · and what ich can don." [what] wot what M; what þat FS. don E] done P; do MF.] "Ich preye the," quaþ pees þo · "er þow passe forþere, [þo] T om. forþere] ferrer F.] What hattest þow? ich praye [þe] · hele nat þy name." [hattest þow] hattestow F. [þe EF] PMST om. praye þe] þe pray F.] "Certes," seide his felawe · "syre penetrans-domos." [his] is P.] "Ȝe, go þi gate," quaþ pees · "by god, for al þy fysike, [A page 383] Bote þow conne [oþer] craft · þou comest nat here-ynne. [[oþer MFS] any oþer E; eny PT.] Ich knew such on ones · nat eyhte wynter passede, [on] a wy F. passede] a-passad M.]
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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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