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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.)

Or prechen of þe penaunce · þat pilat wrouȝt [þe] COB om. pilat] Pilat wikkedly W.] To Ihesu þe gentil · þat Iewes to-drowe:— Litel is he loued · þat suche a lessoun scheweth, [Litel] Ful litel B.] 36 Or daunted or drawe forth · I do it on god hym-self! [daunted—drawe] daunteþ or drawiþ B. god] B om.] ¶ But þo þat feynen hem folis · and with faityng libbeth, [þo] þei B; þoo W.] Aȝein þe lawe of owre lorde · and lyen on hem-selue, [lorde] C omits, by mistake.] Spitten and spewen · and speke foule wordes, 40 Drynken and dryuelen · and do men for to gape, [dryuelen] drauelen O. for] for (printed fer) W. gape] Iape B.] Lickne men and lye on hem · þat leneth hem no ȝiftes, [Lickne] Likkene RO; Lykene C. ȝiftes] gestes CB.] Þei conne namore mynstralcye · ne musyke, men to glade, Than Munde þe mylnere · of multa fecit deus! [mylnere] mulenere R; melner C.] 44 Ne were here vyle harlotrye · haue god my treuthe, Shulde neuere Kyng ne kniȝt · ne chanoun of seynt Poules [chanoun] canoun R.] Ȝyue hem to her ȝeresȝiue · þe ȝifte of a grote! [ȝeresȝiue] yeresgyfte C. ȝifte] worth R; value O.] ¶ Ac murthe and mynstralcye · amonges men is nouthe Leccherye, losengerye · and loseles tales; [Leccherye] But lecherie B. losengerye] and losengerie RCOB.] 49 Glotonye and grete othes · þis murthe þei louieth. [þei] R om.] ¶ Ac if þei carpen of cryst · þis clerkis and þis lewed, [A page 124] [carpen] harpen C.] Atte mete in her murthes · whan mynstralles ben stille, [her] COB om. murthes] murþe W.] 52 Þanne telleth þei of þe trinite · a tale other tweyne, [tweyne] tweye W; tweyen O.] And bringen forth a balled resoun · and taken Bernard to witnesse, [forth] O om.] And putten forth a presumpsioun · to preue þe sothe.
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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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Page 145
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
1867-85.

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