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 rentis and robis · with raveyn euere lauȝte. [raveyn; so I read it. Mr Wright prints rabeyn, as it may also be read. lauȝte; glossed caught.] 
                                
                                  Ȝit was not þe ffawcon · ffull ffed at his likynge,
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  ffor it cam him not of kynde · kytes to loue.
                                
                                  Than bated he boldeliche · as a brid wolde,
                                
                                  To plewme on his pray · þe pol ffro þe nekk;
                                
                                  But þe blernyed boynard · þat his bagg stall,
                                  Line 164 
                                
                                  Where purraile-is pulter · was pynnyd ffull ofte,
                                
                                  Made þe ffawcon to ffloter · and fflussh ffor anger,
                                
                                  That þe boy hadd be bounde · þat þe bagge kepte.
                                
                                  But sone þer-after · in a schorte tyme,
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                                  As ffortune ffolwith · ech ffode till his ende,
                                
                                  This lorell þat ladde · þis loby awey [ladde; MS. hadde; but ob|serve the alliteration and the sense.] 
                                
                                  Ouere ffrithe and fforde · ffor his ffals dedis,
                                
                                  Lyghte on þe lordschepe · þat to þe brid longid,
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  And was ffelliche ylauȝte · and luggid ffull ylle,
                                
                                  And brouȝte to þe brydd · and his blames rehersid
                                
                                  Preuyly at þe parlement · amonge all þe peple.
                                
                                  Thus hawkyd þis Egle · and houed aboue,
                                  Line 176 
                                
                                  Þat, as god wolde · þat gouerneth all þingis,
                                
                                  Ther nas kyte ne krowe · þat kareyne hantid,
                                
                                  Þat he ne with his lynage · ne louyd ffull sone.
                                
                                  ffor wher so þey fferde · be ffryth or be wones, [wones; Mr Wright prints woves, but in his glossary says "qu. wones." Cf. Lorde, who shal wonye in þi wones? B. 3. 234. And see Pass. iii. 220, below.] 
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  Was non of hem all · þat him hide myȝth,
                                
                                  But cam with him a reclayme · ffro costis aboute,
                                
                                  And ffell with her ffetheris · fflat vppon þe erthe, [Cf. platte hure to þe erthe; C. 7. 3.] 
                                
                                  As madde of her mynde · and mercy be-souȝte,
                                  Line 184 
                                
                                  Þey myȝte not aschonne · þe sorowe þey had serued. [serued; glossed deserved.] 
                                
                                  So lymed leues · were leyde all aboute,
                                
                                  And panteris preuyliche · pight vppon þe grounde, [Here follow the catchwords—With grennes of good here.]

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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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