Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.)

¶ For he hath þe keye and þe [cliket] · þouȝ þe kynge slepe. [he] scho C. [cliket WCB] clikat LR. þouȝ] þouȝ þat B.] And if grace graunte þe · to go in in þis wise, [in in] in WCROB; but see Text A.] Þow shalt see in þi-selue · treuthe sitte in þine herte, [sitte] W om.] In a cheyne of charyte · as þow a childe were, 616 To suffre hym and segge nouȝte · aȝein þi sires wille. [segge] saye C. segge nouȝte] to segge (!) R. þi sires] thy eires C; þyn heiris B.] ¶ Ac bewar þanne of wrath-þe · þat is a wikked shrewe, [Ac] And WC. wrath-þe] Wratthe CB. shrewe] sherewe W.] He hath enuye to hym · þat in þine herte sitteth; [folio 25b] [to] til COB.] And pukketh forþ pruyde · to prayse þi-seluen. [pukketh] pukkes C; pucketh R; poukeþ O; pokeþ WB. forþ] for C; R om.] 620 Þe boldnesse of þi bienfetes · maketh þe blynde þanne, [bienfetes] benefetes R; bien|faittes CB; beenfetis O. maketk] make C.] And þanne worstow dryuen oute as dew · and þe dore closed, [þanne] O om. worstow] worst þou B; worþest þou O. dryuen] dryues C. dew] deuh R; a dew CB. closed] I-closed R.] Kayed and [cliketed] · to kepe þe with-outen; [Kayed] I-cayed R; Keyed WCOB. [cliketed CB] clikated L; cliketted W; I-clycated R.] Happily an hundreth wyntre · ar þow eft entre. [hundreth] hundred WOB. ar] er WCOB.] 624 Þus myght þow lesen his loue · to late wel by þi-selue, [myght þow] myȝtist þou O; myȝtestow W; miȝtow R.] And neuere happiliche efte entre · but grace þow haue. [but] til O.] ¶ Ac þere [aren] seuene sustren · þat seruen treuthe euere, [Ac] And WC. [aren R] are W; ar L; been O; ben B; be C; see next line. sustren] sistren O; systers C; ȝiftes (!) R.] And aren porteres of þe posternes · that to þe place longeth. [aren] arn W; been O; ben B; be C. porteres] portes C. of] ouer R. þe (2)] C om.] 628 Þat one hat abstenence · and humilite an other, [humilite] vmblete R.] Charite and chastite · ben his chief maydenes,
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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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