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.)

                                
                                  But, aroutyd ffor his ray · and rebuked ofte, [aroutyd; MS. arouutyd.] 
                                  Line 221 
                                
                                  He had leue of þe lord · and of ladies alle,
                                
                                  ffor his good gouernaunce · to go or he drank!
                                
                                  Þer was non of þe mene · þat þey ne merueilid moche,
                                
                                  How he cam to þe courte · and was not y-knowe;
                                  Line 225 
                                
                                  But als sone as þey wiste · þat witt was his name,
                                
                                  And þat þe kyng knewe him not · ne non of his knyȝtis,
                                
                                  He was halowid and y-huntid · and y-hote trusse, [Cf. Ouer-al houted out · and yhote trusse; C. 3. 228. For y-hote, MS. has y-hotte, with the gloss bydden above it.] 
                                  Line 228 
                                
                                  And his dwellinge ydemed · a bowe-drawte ffrom hem,
                                
                                  And ich man y-charchid · to schoppe at his croune,
                                
                                  Ȝif he nyhed hem ony nere · þan þey had him nempned.
                                
                                  Þe portir with his pikis · þo put him vttere,
                                  Line 232 
                                
                                  And warned him þe wickett · while þe wacche durid:
                                
                                  "Lete sle him!" quod þe sleues · þat slode vppon þe erthe,
                                
                                  And alle þe berdles burnes · bayed on him euere,
                                
                                  And schorned him, ffor his slaueyn · was of þe olde schappe.
                                  Line 236 
                                
                                  Þus malaperte was myȝtffull · and maister of hous,
                                
                                  And euere wandrid wisdom · without þe ȝatis.
                                
                                  "By him þat wrouȝte þis world!" · quod wisdom in wrath,
                                
                                  "But ȝif ȝe woll sumtyme · I walke in amonge ȝou,
                                
                                  I shall fforbede ȝou burnes · þe best on þis erthe, [folio 116b]  [burnes; MS. burnesse, which is merely a bad spelling of the same word. Other instances of confusion between the endings -es and -esse are occasionally found in the MS. Thus we have rosse for ros in Prol. 13.] 
                                  Line 241 
                                
                                  Þat is, gouernance of gettinge · and grace þat him ffollwith;
                                
                                  ffor these two trewly · twynned ȝet neuere."
                                
                                  And so it ffell on hem, in ffeith · ffor ffautis þat þey vsid, [ffautis; MS. ffauȝtis.] 
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                                  Þat her grace was a-goo · ffor grucchinge chere,

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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 494
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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