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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.)

And [now] ben þise as souereynes · wyth seyntes in heuene, [[now WCOB] LR om.; but the line is marked in L. wyth] and CO. souereynes wyth] souereyne B.] 426 Þo þat wrouȝte wikkedlokest · in worlde þo þei were. [wikkedlokest] wikkedest COB. in] in þe B. þo] þe C.] ¶ And þo þat wisely wordeden · and wryten many bokes [wordeden] wrouȝten B.] Of witte and of wisdome · with dampned soules wonye. [of (2)] B om. wisdome] wis|dames O. wonye] wonnes C.] Þat salamon seith, I trowe be soth · and certeyne of vs alle,
[Sunt] iusti atque sapientes · & opera eorum in manu dei sunt, &c.;
[[Sunt R] Siue LCOW; B has Sint.] 430 ¶ Þere aren witty and wel libbynge · ac her werkes ben yhudde [þere] Thay C; þey B. witty] willy CB (corruptly). libbynge] likyng B. ac] and COB. yhudde] hid O.] In þe hondes of almiȝty god · and he wote þe sothe 432 Wher for loue a man worth allowed þere · and his lele werkes, [Wher for] so in LRO (wher = whether); Wher-fore WCB. loue] W om. a] of B.] Or elles for his yuel wille · & enuye of herte, [&] and for W.] And be allowed as he lyued so; · for bi lyther, men knoweth þe gode; [as] for R. so] þere O. bi] by þe W. so—lyther] so lither C; þere as liþen O; so liþer B. þe] CB om.] ¶ And wherby wote men whiche is whyte · if alle þinge blake were, [wote] wite C; witen O; wiste WB. is] were W.] 436 And who were a gode man · but if þere were some shrewe? For-þi lyue we forth with lither men · I leue fewe ben gode. [lither] oþere W. I—ben] thay ben few C; I leue fewe O; hij beþ fewe B.] For qant OPORTET vyent en place · yl ny ad que PATI, [qant] so in LC; quant W; quantȝ R; whan B. vyent] vyn R; comeþ WCOB. en] in COB. yl ny ad] il nad CO. yl—pati] B om.] And he þat may al amende · haue mercy on vs alle; [on] of COB.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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