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.)

With þat he shulde þe saterday · seuene ȝere þere-after, [þe saterday] on þe day R.] Drynke but myd þe doke · and dyne but ones. [myd] with CR. Inuidia. O has Envie.]
INUIDIA.
¶ Enuye with heuy herte · asked after scrifte, Line 76 And carefullich mea culpa · he comsed to shewe. He was as pale as a pelet · in þe palsye he semed, [as pale] also pale B. þe] O om. palsye] palacye C.] And clothed in a caurimaury · I couthe it nouȝte dis|creue; [clothed] cluted R. cauri|maury] kaurymaury W; Caurymaury CB; taurimauri (!) R. couthe] coude R. discreue] discryue WCOB; de|scriue R.] In kirtel and kourteby · and a knyf bi his syde, [kourteby] courtepy W; curteby R: curtepy B.] Line 80 Of a freres frokke · were þe forsleues. [þe] his R. forsleues] fore sleues WR.] And as a leke hadde yleye · longe in þe sonne, [leke] leek þat W. yleye] y|leyen C.] So loked he with lene chekes · lourynge foule. ¶ His body was to-bolle for wratthe · þat he bote his lippes, [to-bolle] to-bollen WCO; to|bolne B. bote] boot W; bot R.] Line 84 And wryngynge he ȝede with þe fiste · to wreke hym|self he þouȝte [wryngynge—ȝede] wryngȝed R. þe] his O. fiste] fust W; fuyst B.] With werkes or with wordes · whan he seighe his tyme. [seighe] seyȝ R; say B; saw O.] Eche a worde þat he warpe · was of an Addres tonge, [of] B om. an Addres] an addre R; a neddres W.] Of chydynge and of chalangynge · was his chief lyflode, [and] O om.] With bakbitynge and bismer · and beryng of fals wit|nesse; Line 89 Þis was al his curteisye · where þat euere he shewed hym. [W omits. euere] C om.] ¶ "I wolde ben yshryue," quod þis schrewe · "and I for shame durst; [yshryue] schryuen O. schrewe] sherewe W.] I wolde be gladder, bi god · þat gybbe had meschaunce,
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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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