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.)

Wheþer we loue þe lordes here · byfor owre lorde of blisse; [Wheþer] miswritten Wherþer in L. owre] þe W.] ¶ And exciteth vs bi þe euangelye · þat, when we maken festes, [euangelye] euangeliste B.] Line 184 We shulde nouȝte clepe owre kynne þer-to · ne none kynnes riche;
'Cum facitis conuiuia, nolite inuitare amicos;
[shulde] shal C. none kynnes] none kyne R; no kyn OB.]
Ac calleth þe careful þer-to · þe croked and þe pore, [Ac calleth] And calles C.] For ȝowre frendes wil feden ȝow · and fonde ȝow to quite [ȝowre] oure C. wil feden] wolen fede RB; wol fenden C. fonde] fonden R.] Ȝowre festynge and ȝowre faire ȝifte; · vche frende quyteth so other. [festynge] fastyng B. ȝifte] ȝifte W; ȝiftes RO; ȝiftis B; giftes C. quyteth] quit R.] Line 188 ¶ Ac for þe pore I shal paye · and pure wel quyte her trauaille, [CB omit. pure] puire R. quyte] quiten R.] Þat ȝiueth hem mete or moneye · and loueth hem for my sake.' [

moneye] mone R. and] or W. After l. 190 R inserts an ap|parently spurious line—

¶ Almiȝty god hath made riche · men if he wolde.

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For þe best ben somme riche · and somme beggers and pore. [For] Ac for R.] Line 191 For alle are we crystes creatures · and of his coffres riche, [his] CB om.] And bretheren as of o blode · as wel beggares as erles. [And] As R. o] oo W; COB om. wel] O om.] For on caluarye of crystes blode · crystenedome gan sprynge, [on] at R.] And blody bretheren we bycome þere · of o body ywonne, [bycome] bicome (printed bi|comen) W. o] one R; a CB.] As quasi modo geniti · and gentil men vche one, Line 196 No beggere ne boye amonges vs · but if it synne made;
Qui facit peccatum, seruus est peccati, &c.
¶ In þe olde lawe · as holy lettre telleth, [holy] þe R. telleth] techiþ B.]
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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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