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.)

                                
                                  Arne none nedful but þo · and nempne hem I thinke, [and] O om.] 
                                
                                  And rekne hem bi resoun · reherce þow hem after. [þow] ȝe O.] 
                                
                                  That one is vesture · from chele þe to saue, [is] W om. vesture] clothinge C2. chele] chelde C; cold W; colde C2.] 
                                
                                  And mete atte mele · for myseise of þi-selue, [atte] at W; at þe R; atte the C.] 
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                                  And drynke whan þow dryest · ac do nouȝt out of resoun; [ac] and CC2.] 
                                
                                  That þow worth þe werse · whan þow worche shuldest.
                                
                                  ¶ For loth in his lifdayes · for likyng of drynke,
                                
                                  Dede bi his douȝtres · þat þe deuel lyked; [lyked] wolde C. But C omits the next line, which ends with wolde.] 
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                                  Delited hym in drynke · as þe deuel wolde,
                                
                                  And lecherye hym lauȝt · and lay bi hem boþe;
                                
                                  And al he witt it wyn · þat wikked dede. [O omits. it] it þe WC.] Inebriamus eum vino, dormiamus que cum eo, Vt seruare possimus de patre nostro semen.
                                
                                  Thorw wyn and þorw women · þere was loth acombred,
                                
                                  And þere gat in glotonye · gerlis þat were cherlis. [gat] he gate O. gerlis] barnes C. cherlis] karles C.] 
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                                  For-þi drede delitable drynke · and þow shalt do þe bettere;
                                
                                  Mesure is medcyne · þouȝ þow moche ȝerne. [moche] myche O; muchel W; mikile C; muche R.] 
                                
                                  It is nauȝt al gode to þe goste · þat þe gutte axeþ, [to] for O. þe—axeþ] guttis askys C.] 
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                                  Ne liflode to þi likam · [þat leef is to þi soule. [[þat leef—not þi likam] LWC wrongly omit this, owing to the repetition of likam; but we find—þat leef is þi soule Lef nauȝt þi licame R; þat leef is to þi soule Leeue þou not þi likham OC2. Cf. Text A.] 
                                
                                  Leue not þi likam] · for a lyer him techeth, [[þat leef—not þi likam] LWC wrongly omit this, owing to the repetition of likam; but we find—þat leef is þi soule Lef nauȝt þi licame R; þat leef is to þi soule Leeue þou not þi likham OC2. Cf. Text A.] 
                                
                                  That is þe wrecched worlde · wolde þe bitraye. [A page 9]  [þe] a O.] 
                                
                                  For þe fende and þi flesch · folweth þe to-gidere, [þe] W om.] 
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                                  This and þat [sueth] þi soule · and seith it in þin herte; [[sueth] so in R. The other readings hardly make sense; they are—seest L; seeþ WO; sees C; seiþ C2. Cf. Text A. seith] setth C. it] O om.]

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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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