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.)
Þan alle þe sothe sawes · þat salamon seyde euere.Line 16 ¶ Wisdome and witte now · is nouȝt worth a carse, [A page 123] [carse] so in R; kerse WCOB.]But if it be carded with coueytise · as clotheres kemben here wolle. [it be] he B. kemben] kemen B. here] CROB om.]Who-so can contreue deceytes · an conspire wronges, [can contreue] kan troue C. de|ceytes] desaytise C.]And lede forth a loue-day · to latte with treuthe; [to—with] and letten þe R.]Line 20 He þat suche craftes can · to conseille is clepid; [folio 38] Þei lede lordes with lesynges · and bilyeth treuthe. [lordes] lordynges C.]¶ Iob þe gentel · in his gestes witnesseth, [gestes] gestes · gretely COB.]Þat wikked men, þei welden · þe welthe of þis worlde, [þei] COB om.]And þat þei ben lordes of eche a londe · þat oute of lawe libbeth;
Quare impij viuunt? bene est omnibus, qui preuaricantur & inique agunt?
[of—a] of ech COB; in vch a R. lawe] C om. (!).]Line 25 ¶ Þe sauter seyth þe same · bi suche þat don ille,
Ecce ipsi peccatores habundantes; in seculo optinuerunt diuicias.
[habundantes] & habundantes O. diuicias] R om.]'Lo!' seith holy letterrure · 'whiche lordes beth þis shrewes!' [holy] þe holy O. letterrure] lecture B. lordes] W om.]Þilke þat god moste gyueth · leste good þei deleth, [moste gyueth] most greueth CR; gyueþ moost W; moost good gyueþ O.]Line 28 And moste vnkynde to þe comune · þat moste catel weldeth;
Que perfecisti, destruxerunt; iustus autem [quid fecit?]
[[quid fecit] supplied from The Vulgate; not in the MSS.]Harlotes for her harlotrye · may haue of her godis,And iaperes and iogeloures · and iangelers of gestes.¶ Ac he þat hath holy writte · ay in his mouth, [In the margin of O is Nota: how good carpyng is not loued.]Line 32 And can telle of Tobye · and of þe twelue apostles, [þe] W om.]
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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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