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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.)

And bi so moche, me semeth · þe sikerere we mowe [me] it R. sikerere] syker|loker R.] Bydde and biseche · if it be þi wille, [biseche] biseche it CB.] Þat art owre fader and owre brother · be merciable to vs, [to] til CO.] And haue reuthe on þise Ribaudes · þat repente hem here sore, [reuthe] mercy R. here] R om.] 512 Þat euere þei wratthed þe in þis worlde · in worde, þouȝte, or dedes." [wratthed] wraþþeden O; wrathe C. in—worlde] R om. dedes] dede CO.] ¶ Þanne hent hope an horne · of deus, tu conuersus viuificabis [nos,] [[nos] in R only.] And blew it with Beati quorum · remisse sunt iniqui|tates, [blew] he blew R.] Þat alle seyntes in heuene · songen at ones,
Homines & iumenta saluabis, quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam, deus, &c.
[þat] Til CB. deus] found in W (but not printed).] 516 ¶ A thousand of men þo · thrungen togyderes; Criede vpward to cryst · and to his clene moder [Cricde] Cryeden O.] To haue grace to go with hem · treuthe to seke. [To—go] Grace to god (!) R.] 519 ¶ Ac þere was wyȝte non so wys · þe wey þider couthe, [A page 67] [C omits. was wyȝte] ne was B.] But blustreden forth as bestes · ouer bankes and hilles, [blustreden] blostereden R; blustrenden (sic) C. forth] for C.] Til late was and longe · þat þei a lede mette, [þat þei] til þey C; til þei wiþ B.] Apparailled as a paynym · in pylgrymes wyse. He bare a burdoun ybounde · with a brode liste, 524 In a withewyndes wise · ywounden aboute. [withewyndes] wiþwynde W; wodebyndis B; swithe wyndes CO.] A bolle and a bagge · he bare by his syde; [bolle] bulle R.] An hundreth of ampulles · on his hatt seten, [An] An (printed And) W. hundreth] hundred WROB.] Signes of synay · and shelles of galice; [synay] a sise (!) R.] 528
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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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