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.)

Seþþen lawe haþ I-loket · þat vche mon haue a make In Mariage and Matrimoyne · I-Medlet to-gedere, [

200—202. Only two lines in TUH2, thus:

As betwyn sengle & sengle · siþþe lawe haþ y-grauntid

þat iche man haue a make · in maner of wedlak TH2 (where H2 omits As];

Ac bytwene sengle and sengle · siþþe lawe haþ y-graunted

þat euery man haue a make · in mariage of wedlok U.

]
Line 202
And worche þat with his wyf · and with no wommon elles. [worche—with] do þat werk on T; wurche on U. with no] on no T; no U.] ¶ Þat oþer-gates ben I-geten · [for gadelynges ben holden, [

V has only one line, þat oþergates ben I-geten · ben fyndlynges and lyȝers; I give l. 204 as it stands in TUH2; for l. 205 we find,

þat ben false folke · and false heires also U.

And þat ben fals folke & fals eires · alse foundlynges & folis TH2.

OBS. The vellum (better) portion of U ends here; the rest is on paper; and begins at l. 48 of Passus XI.

]
Þat ben false folke and false heires] · fyndlynges and lyȝers, [

V has only one line, þat oþergates ben I-geten · ben fyndlynges and lyȝers; I give l. 204 as it stands in TUH2; for l. 205 we find,

þat ben false folke · and false heires also U.

And þat ben fals folke & fals eires · alse foundlynges & folis TH2.

OBS. The vellum (better) portion of U ends here; the rest is on paper; and begins at l. 48 of Passus XI.

]
Vn-Gracios to gete loue · or eni good elles, Line 206 ¶ Bote wandren as wolues · and wasten ȝif þei mouwen. [But wandriþ & wastiþ · what þat þei mowe T.] A-ȝeyn Dowel þei don vuele · and þe deuel plesen, And aftur heore deþ day · schul dwelle wiþ þe schrewe, [þe schrewe] þe same T; þat same H2.] Bute God ȝiue hem Grace · heer to A-Mende. [Bute] But ȝif T. hem] hym T.] Line 210 ¶ Þenne is Dowel to dreden · and Dobet to suffren, And so comeþ Dobest aboute · And bringeþ a-doun Modi, [modi] mody TH2.] And þat is wikkede wil · þat Mony [werke] schendeþ." [is] H2 omits. [werke H2T] men V.]
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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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