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.)

                                
                                  ¶ Alle riȝtful recorded · þat resoun treuthe tolde, [riȝtful] rightfulle W.] 
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                                  And witt acorded þer-with · and comended his wordes,
                                
                                  And þe moste peple in þe halle · and manye of þe grete, [þe (2)] þis R.] 
                                
                                  Aud leten mekenesse a maistre · and Mede a mansed schrewe. [And] O om. maistre] mais|tresse B. mansed] mased C; masid B.] 
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                                  ¶ Loue lete of hir liȝte · and lewte ȝit lasse,
                                
                                  And seide it so heiȝe · þat al þe halle it herde,
                                
                                  "Who-so wilneth hir to wyf · for welth of her godis, [wyf] wyue RB.] 
                                
                                  But he be knowe for a koke-wolde · kut of my nose!" [kut] bitte (prob. miswritten for kitte) R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Mede mourned þo · and made heuy chere,
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                                  For þe moste comune of þat courte · called hire an hore.
                                
                                  Ac a sysoure and a sompnoure · sued hir faste, [Ac] And C. sued] sueden O.] 
                                
                                  And a schireues clerke · byschrewed al þe route, [al] al (printed at) W.] 
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                                  "For ofte haue I," quod he · "holpe ȝow atte barre, [holpe] Ihulpe R. atte] at þe WCOB.] 
                                
                                  And ȝit ȝeue ȝe me neuere · þe worthe of a russhe." [ȝeue] gaue C. russhe] risshe W; resshe C; rische O; reische B.] 
                                
                                  ¶ The kynge called conscience · and afterwardes resoun, [A page 51] 
                                
                                  And recorded þat resoun · had riȝtfullich schewed, [riȝtfullich] reufulliche (!) CB.] 
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                                  And modilich vppon Mede · with myȝte þe Kynge loked, [with—loked] miȝte þat kyng loke R.] 
                                
                                  And gan wax wrothe with lawe · for Mede almoste had shent it, [gan] gand C. wax] wexe W. it] C om.] 
                                
                                  And seide, "þorw ȝowre lawe, as I leue · I lese many chetes; [ȝowre] W om. many] myn B. chetes] eschetes W; eschetis B.] 
                                
                                  Mede ouer-maistrieth lawe · and moche treuthe letteth.
                                
                                  Ac resoun shal rekene with ȝow · ȝif I regne any while,
                                
                                  And deme ȝow bi þis day · as ȝe han deserued. [bi þis] on a O.] 
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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 55
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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