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 nouȝt for drede of veniaunce · doth þer-fore þe bettere; [COB have one long line— Dred god for loue & þou doste wel · but nouȝt for vengeaunce, and þou dost bet.][R has—And drad hym nauȝt for loue of vengeance · to do þe bettere.]He doth best, þat with-draweth hym · by day and bi nyȝte [He doth] thow dost COB. þat—hym] if þow withdrawe COB.]Line 96 To spille any speche · or any space of tyme;
Qui offendit in [vno], in omnibus est reus.
[[vno WCOB] verbo LR; see p. 184. in—est] est in omnibus COB.]¶ Lesyng of tyme · treuthe wote þe sothe!Is moste yhated vp erthe · of hem þat beth in heuene, [yhated] hatid O. vp] vpon WOB.]And sitthe to spille speche · þat spyre is of grace, [sitthe] seche R. spyre] spire CROB; spicerie W.]Line 100 And goddes gleman · and a game of heuene;Wolde neuere þe faithful fader · his fithel were vn|tempred, [his] þis W. vntempred] vn|tymbred R.]Ne his gleman a gedelynge · a goer to tauernes! [101—103. C omits from and in 101 to gleman in 103.]¶ To alle trew tidy men · þat trauaille desyren,Line 104 Owre lorde loueth hem and lent · loude other stille, [hem] O om. other] eiþer O.]Grace to go to hem · and agon her lyflode;
Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono.
[to hem] to hem tille R. agon] agoon RO; ofgon W.]¶ Trewe wedded libbing folk · in þis worlde is dowel; [A page 117] For þei mote worche & wynne · and þe worlde susteyne. [mote] musten O.]For of her kynde þei come · þat confessoures ben nempned, [þei] he R.]Line 109 Kynges and kniȝtes · kayseres and cherles, [Kaysers and kyngis · knyȝttis and clerkis B.]Maydenes and martires · out of o man come. [o] a COB.]Þe wyf was made þe weye · for to help worche,Line 112 And þus was wedloke ywrouȝt · with a mene persone;First bi þe faderes wille · and þe frendes conseille,
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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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