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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.)

Dum cecus ducit cecum, [ambo in foueam cadunt.]
[to] te O. lere] lerne B. cecus] secus B. cecum] secum B. [ambo in foueam] in OC2 only; cadunt I have supplied.] ¶ Wo was hym marked · þat wade mote with þe lewed! [R omits.] Wel may þe barne blisse · þat hym to boke sette; [blisse] blesse þat man W. to—sette] sette to scole R.] 187 Þat lyuynge after letterure · saued hym lyf and soule! [saued] saueþ W.] Dominus pars hereditatis mee · is a meri verset, [meri] murye W; myrie C. verset] verseit R.] Þat has take fro tybourne · twenti stronge þeues; Þere lewed theues ben lolled vp · loke how þei be saued! [be] ben RB.] Þe thef þat had grace of god · on gode fryday as þow speke, [on] a R. þow speke] þu speke R; thow spake C; þow spekest W; ȝe speken O.] Was, for he ȝelte hym creaunt to cryst on þe crosse · & knewleched hym gulty, [Was] þat was B. he] þat he B. ȝelte] yald W; ȝelde R; yelde C; ȝalte O; ȝald B. creaunt] recreant R. on—&] & vpon a cros R. knew|leched] know C; knewe O; knew B. hym] R om.] 193 And grace axed of god · [þat to graunten it is] redy [R omits. [þat—is] so in W; and he is euer LCOB.] [To hem] þat boxomeliche biddeth it · and ben in wille to amenden hem. [[To hem] from W; LCROB om. þat] þam B. biddeth] bid C. hem] hym B; hem (not printed) W.] Ac þough þat þef had heuene · he hadde none heigh blisse, [Ac] And CB. þef had] CB om. none] no C; but not so B.] 196 As seynt Iohan and other seyntes · þat asserued hadde bettere. [asserued] deserued WCOB. In margin of L—in domo meo multe sunt mantiones.] Riȝt as sum man ȝeue me mete · and sette me amydde þe flore, [sum man] som men C; if men B. ȝeue] gyf C. sette—flore] amyd|de þe floor sette me W.] Ich haue mete more þan ynough · ac nouȝt so moche worship [Ich haue] I haue CB; And hadde W. þan] þa B. ac] and C.] As þo þat seten atte syde table · or with þe souereignes of þe halle, [atte] at þe WCROB. syde] COB om. þe (1)] COB om.] 200
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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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