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.)

                                
                                  ¶ "If it be soth," quod pieres, "þat ȝe seyne · I shal it sone asspye! [If it] If þis CB. þat—seyne] CB om. In margin of O—Of ydel beggers.] 
                                
                                  Ȝe ben wastoures, I wote wel · and treuthe wote þe sothe! [ȝe] þo R. wote (2)] wot wel R.] 
                                  Line 132 
                                
                                  And I am his olde hyne · and hiȝte hym to warne [A page 81] 
                                
                                  Which þei were in þis worlde · his werkemen appeyred. [his] þat his B. appeyred] apayreth R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Ȝe wasten þat men wynnen · with trauaille and with tene, [with (2)] COB om.] 
                                
                                  Ac treuthe shal teche ȝow · his teme to dryue,
                                  Line 136 
                                
                                  Or ȝe shal ete barly bred · and of þe broke drynke.
                                
                                  But if he be blynde [or] broke-legged · or bolted with yrnes, [[or WCROB] and L.] 
                                
                                  He shal ete whete bred · and drynke with my-selue, [whete] swete O.] 
                                
                                  Tyl god of his goodnesse · amendement hym sende.
                                  Line 140 
                                
                                  Ac ȝe myȝte trauaille as treuthe wolde · and take mete & huyre
                                
                                  To kepe kyne in þe felde · þe corne fro þe bestes, [kyne] kyene C; ken R kyen WB; kijn O.] 
                                
                                  Diken or deluen · or dyngen vppon sheues, [dyngen vppon] picchen vp B.] 
                                
                                  Or helpe make morter · or bere mukke a-felde. [make] to make B.] 
                                  Line 144 
                                
                                  ¶ In lecherye and in losengerye · ȝe lyuen, and in sleuthe, [in (2)] COB om. ȝe lyuen] lyue R.] 
                                
                                  And al is þorw suffrance · þat veniaunce ȝow ne taketh.
                                
                                  ¶ Ac ancres and heremytes · þat eten [noȝt] but at nones, [Ac] As C. [noȝt WCOB] LR omit.] 
                                
                                  And namore er morwe · myne almesse shul þei haue, [er] er þe W.] 
                                
                                  And of my catel to cope hem with · þat han cloistres and cherches. [of my] COB om.; of W. cope] kepe W. and cherches] in kerkes R.] 
                                  Line 149 
                                
                                  Ac robert renne-aboute · shal nowȝte haue of myne,

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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 100
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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