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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 wisshed witterly · with wille ful egre, [wisshed] wissed C. witterly] ful witterly W. ful] for (corrected to ful) L; ful WCROB.] 80 Þat disshes a[nd] dobleres · bifor þis ilke doctour, [and] miswritten a in L. do|bleres] doublers WC; doubleris O; dubbleris B. ilke] ille B; R om.] Were [molten] led in his maw · and Mahoun amyddes! [[molten WCOB] molte R; moltoun L. led] leded (!) C. his] here R.] "I shal iangle to þis Iurdan · with his iust wombe, [iust] mysty R; Iutte, corrected to Iuste O.] To telle me what penaunce is · of which he preched rather."— [folio 54] [me] men O. rather] þere ay R.] 84 Pacience perceyued what I thouȝt · and wynked on me to be stille, [wynked—to] bad me R.] And seyde, "þow shalt se þus sone · whan he may no more, [shalt] salt C.] He shal haue a penaunce in his paunche · and puffe at ech a worde, [a (1)] C om. a (2)] CB om.] And þanne shullen his guttis godele · and he shal galpen after; [godele] godle R; goþele WC; groþele O; gruwe B.] 88 For now he hath dronken so depe · he wil deuyne sone, [wil] wole WRB. deuyne] dyuye (sic) B. In the margin of O—Doc|tours of freris.] And preuen it by her pocalips · and passioun of seynt Auereys, [by] R om.; by-for C. her pocalips] þe appocalipsis B.] Þat neither bacoun ne braune · blan[c]mangere ne mor|trewes [blancmangere] so in WCO; blaumanger or blanmanger L; bla|manger B; ne blanmanger R. mor|trewes] mortreux C; mortrels B.] Is noither fisshe [ne] flesshe · but fode for a penaunte. [fisshe] fisse C. [ne CROB] nor W; no L. fisshe—flesshe] fleisch ne fisch B. a penaunte] þe penauntes R; a penaunce C.] And þanne shal he testifye of a trinitee · and take his felawe to witnesse, [þanne] C om. a] þe W. felawe] felawes COB.] 93 What he fonde in a freyel · after a freres lyuynge, [freyel] frayel WCB; freiel R. a (2)] COB om. freres lyuynge] frere leuynge R.]
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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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