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.)
Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum ad omnes, maxime autem ad domesticos fidei.
[And] And also CB. hoteth] biddes C. habemus] est R. ad omnes] R om.]¶ Poule preched þe peple · þat parfitnesse loued,Line 200 To do good for goddes loue · and gyuen men þat asked, [asked] asketh R; asken OB.]And nameliche to suche · þat sueth owre bileue. [þat] as W. sueth] scheweth R.]And alle þat lakketh vs or lyeth vs · owre lorde techeth vs to louye, [vs (1)] R om. or lyeth vs] and lies vs C; & lieþ vs O; and bilieþ vs B; or lyeþ W. owre lorde] god COB.]And nouȝt to greuen hem þat greueth vs · god hym-self for-badde it,
Michi vindictam, & ego retribuam.
[hym-self—it] þat forbedes C; þat forbediþ O; þat for-bede B. re|tribuam] retribuam &c CB.]Line 204 For-þi loke þow louye · as longe as þow durest,For is no science vnder sonne · so souereyne for þe soule. [science] conscience CO.]¶ Ac astronomye is an harde þynge · and yuel forto knowe, [folio 40b] [an] and C; R om. knowe] C om.]Geometrie and geomesye · is ginful of speche; [is] so W. ginful] synful B.]Line 208 Who-so thenketh werche with þo two · thryueth ful late. [werche] to worche B.]For sorcerye is þe souereyne boke · þat to þe science longeth. [boke] bolk B. þe (2)] þat B; þo R. science longeth] sciences bi|longeþ W.]¶ Ȝet ar þere fybicches in forceres · of fele mennes makynge, [fybicches] fibiche C. mennes] mannys B; men C.]Line 211 Experimentz of alk[en]amye · þe poeple to deceyue, [alkenamye] so in WC; alkene|mye O; alconomie R; alle kyn amye B; alkamye L.]If þow þinke to dowel · dele þer-with neuere. [A page 130] [þinke] þenkist B. dele] dele þou B.]Alle þise science[s] I my-self · sotiled and ordeyned, [sciences] so in WRB; science LO; sciens C.]And founded hem formest · folke to deceyue. [founded] by-fond R.]¶ Telle clergye þise tokenes · and scripture after, [þise tokenes] þis tokene W. and] and to R.]Line 216
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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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