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.)

                                
                                  ffor well mowe ȝe wyttyn · & so mowe we all,
                                
                                  Þat harde is þe somer · þer sonne schyneth neuere.
                                
                                  Ȝe ffostrid and ffodid · a ffewe of þe best,
                                  Line 135 
                                
                                  And leyde on hem lordschipe · aleyne vppon oþer,
                                
                                  And bereued þe raskall · þat rith wolde þei hadde,
                                
                                  And knewe not þe caris · ne cursis þat walkyd;
                                  Line 138 
                                
                                  But mesure is a meri mene · þouȝ men moche yerne:—Deus exaudit clamorem pauperum, et iudicat Causam eorum; dauid in psalmis. [Mesure is medcyne · þouȝ þow moche ȝerne; B. 1. 35; C. 2. 33.] 
                                
                                  Þus be þe rotus · ȝoure raskall endurid,
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Tyll þe blessid bredd · brodid his wyngis,
                                
                                  To couere hem ffrom colde · as his kynde wolde. [Cf. as hus kynde wolde; C. 4. 129; and 9. 161.] 
                                
                                  Rith as þe hous-hennes · vppon londe hacchen,
                                
                                  And cherichen her chekonys · ffro chele of þe wynter, [cherichen; glossed cherissheth. chele; glossed colde.] 
                                
                                  Ryth so þe hende Egle · þe heyere of hem all, [heyere; MS. Eyere; but see iii. 74.] 
                                  Line 145 
                                
                                  Hasteth him in heruest · to houyn his bryddis,
                                
                                  And besieth him besely · to breden hem ffeedrin,
                                
                                  Tyll her ffre ffedris · be ffulliche y-pynned,
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  Þat þey heue wynge at her wyll · to wonne vppon hille,
                                
                                  ffor venym on þe valeye · hadde ffoule with hem ffare,
                                
                                  Tyll trouthe þe triacle · telde somme her sothes. [Cf. For treuthe telleþ þat loue · ys tryacle for synne; C. 2. 147.] 
                                
                                  Thus baterid þis bred · on busshes aboute, [aboute; MS. abouȝte. So also in ll. 157, 182, 186.] 
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  And gaderid gomes on grene · þer as þey walkyd, [folio 112b] 
                                
                                  Þat all þe schroff and schroup · sondrid ffrom oþer.
                                
                                  He mellid so þe matall · with þe hand-molde,
                                  Line 155 
                                
                                  That [þey] lost [of þeir] lemes · þe leuest þat þey had. [Supply þey and of þeir. They lost the liefest of their limbs; i. e. their heads.] 
                                
                                  Thus ffoulyd this ffaukyn · on ffyldis aboute,
                                
                                  And cauȝte of the kytes · a cartfull at ones, [kytes; MS. kuyttis, with kytes written above; see l. 161.]

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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?
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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