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.)

                                
                                  ¶ Þanne hadde fortune folwyng hir · two faire damoy|seles, [damoyseles] damesels C.] 
                                
                                  Concupiscencia-carnis · men called þe elder mayde, [mayde] B om.] 
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                                  And coueytise-of-eyes · ycalled was þat oþer, [ycalled] called CB.] 
                                
                                  Pryde-of-parfyte-lyuynge · pursued hem bothe,
                                
                                  And badde me, for my contenaunce · acounte clergye liȝte.
                                
                                  ¶ Concupiscencia-carnis · colled me aboute þe nekke,
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                                  And seyde, "þow art ȝonge and ȝepe · and hast ȝeres ynowe,
                                
                                  Forto lyue longe · and ladyes to louye;
                                
                                  And in þis myroure þow myȝte se · myrthes ful manye, [in] R om. myrthes] myȝtes W.] 
                                
                                  Þat leden þe wil to lykynge · al þi lyf tyme." [wil] wole W; wyl C; wel R; wollen B.] 
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                                  ¶ Þe secounde seide þe same · "I shal suwe þi wille;
                                
                                  Til þow be a lorde and haue londe · leten þe I nelle, [a] B om.] 
                                
                                  Þat I ne shal folwe þi felawship · if fortune it lyke."
                                
                                  "He shal fynde me his frende" · quod fortune þer-after;
                                
                                  "Þe freke þat folwed my wille · failled neuere blisse." [folwed] folweþ CR; folwiþ B.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Thanne was þere one þat hiȝte elde · þat heuy was of chere, [of chere] C om.] 
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                                  "Man," quod he, "if I mete with þe · bi Marie of heuene, [mete] mette B.] 
                                
                                  Þow shalt fynde fortune þe faille · at þi moste nede,
                                
                                  And concupiscencia-carnis · clene þe forsake.
                                
                                  Bitterliche shaltow banne þanne · bothe dayes and niȝtes [bothe] bothe þe C.] 
                                
                                  Coueytise-of-eyghe · þat euere þow hir knewe, [hir] it CO; hit B.] 
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                                  And pryde-of-parfyt-lyuynge · to moche peril þe brynge." [of] of þi R. brynge] brouȝt CB.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "Ȝee, recche þe neuere," quod recchelesnes · stode forth in ragged clothes, [stode] stonde B.] 
                                
                                  "Folwe forth þat fortune wole · þow hast wel fer til elde; [fer] fare C. til] to RCB.]

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Title: 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.)
Author: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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