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 ȝaf þat Mnam to hym · þat ten Mnames hadde, [Mnam] nam RO. Mnames] Mnammes CB; napmes R; nammes O.] 
                                
                                  And with þat he seyde · þat holicherche it herde,
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                                  'He þat hath shal haue · and helpe þere it nedeth,
                                
                                  And he þat nouȝt hath, shal nouȝt haue · and no man hym helpe; [þat] C om. nouȝt hath] hath nouȝt CB.] 
                                
                                  And þat he weneth wel to haue · I wil it hym bireue.' [A page 87]  [wel] for R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Kynde witt wolde · þat eche a wyght wrouȝte
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                                  Or in dykynge or in deluynge · or trauaillynge in preyeres, [in (2)] CB om.] 
                                
                                  Contemplatyf lyf or actyf lyf · cryst wolde men wrouȝte. [lyf (2)] COB om. men] þei WCOB.] 
                                
                                  Þe sauter seyth in þe psalme · of beati omnes, [þe] a R.] 
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                                  Þe freke þat fedeth hym-self · with his feythful laboure, [þat] B om. his] C om.] 
                                
                                  He is blessed by þe boke · in body and in soule:Labores manuum tuarum, &c."
                                
                                  ¶ "Ȝet I prey ȝow," quod pieres · "par charite, and ȝe kunne
                                
                                  Eny leef of lechecraft · lere it me, my dere.
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                                  For somme of my seruauntz · and my-self bothe [bothe] been seek oþer while O.] 
                                
                                  Of al a wyke worche nouȝt · so owre wombe aketh." [a] þe O. wyke] woke R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "I wote wel," quod hunger · "what sykenesse ȝow eyleth,
                                
                                  Ȝe han maunged ouer-moche · and þat maketh ȝow grone. [ouer] to COB. and] B om. grone] to grone COB.] 
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                                  Ac I hote þe," quod hunger · "as þow þyne hele wilnest, [Ac] And COB.] 
                                
                                  Þat þow drynke no day · ar þow dyne somwhat.
                                
                                  Ete nouȝte, I hote þe · ar hunger þe take, [þe (2)] R om.] 
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                                  And sende þe of his sauce · to sauoure with þi lippes;
                                
                                  And kepe some tyl soper-tyme · and sitte nouȝt to longe, [tyl] to RO; for CB.]  [A page 88]

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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 106
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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