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.)
He hath ynough þat hath bred ynough · þough he haue nouȝt elles:
Satis diues est, qui non indiget pane.
[ynough] I-nowe R (in both places); B omits the second. þough] if C. non] R om. (!)]¶ Late vsage be ȝowre solace · of seyntes lyues redynge,Þe boke banneth beggarie · and blameth hem in þis manere:
Iunior fui, etenim senui; et non vidi iustum derelictum, nec semen eius [querens panem.]
[hem] COB om. etenim] etenim (printed et jam) W. [querens panem OCB] LWR omit.]Line 88 ¶ For ȝe lyue in no loue · ne no lawe holde; [lyue] lyue nouȝt CB.]Many of ȝow ne wedde nouȝt · þe wommen þat ȝe with delen, [wommen] womman C. þat] CO om.]But as wilde bestis with wehe · worthen vppe and worchen, [bestis] hors B. worthen vppe] & worþ vp O.]Line 91 And bryngeth forth barnes · þat bastardes men calleth. [calleth] callid B.]Or þe bakke or some bone · he breketh in his ȝouthe, [some] þe R. he breketh] he breke C; þei breken R; ȝe brekiþ B. his] here R.]A[nd] sitthe gon faiten with ȝoure fauntes · for euer|more after. [And] L has A; but the line is marked for correction; And WCROB. ȝoure] here R; her O.]Þere is moo mysshape peple · amonge þise beggeres, [mysshape] myshap C; mys|happy B; myschappid O.]Þan of alle maner men · þat on þis molde walketh;Line 96 And þei þat lyue þus here lyf · mowe lothe þe tyme, [And þei] þo R.]Þat euere he was man wrouȝt · whan he shal hennes fare. [þat] þan C. he—man] þei were men W. he shal] þei shal W. fare] C om.]¶ Ac olde men & hore · þat helplees ben of strengthe, [Ac] And C.]And women with childe · þat worche ne mowe,Line 100 Blynde and bedered · and broken here membres, [bedered] bedreden W; bed|rede OB; bedred C; bederede R.]
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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.,
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