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.)

                                
                                  For no bred þat I brynge forth · saue a beneson on þe sonday, [brynge] brouȝt R.] 
                                
                                  Whan þe prest preyeth þe peple · her pater-noster to bidde [preyeth] preches C; prechiþ B.] 
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                                  For peres þe plowman · and þat hym profite wayten. [peres] pier C. þat] þo þat B. wayten] wayteth RB.] 
                                
                                  And þat am I, actyf · þat ydelnesse hatye, [am I] I am CROB.] 
                                
                                  For alle trewe trauaillours · and tilieres of þe erthe; [For] Of R. þe] COB om.] 
                                
                                  Fro mychelmesse to mychelmesse · I fynde hem with wafres. [with] wiþ my W; O om.] 
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                                  ¶ Beggeres and bidderes · of my bred crauen, [bidderes] bilderis B.] 
                                
                                  Faitoures and freres · and folke with brode crounes.
                                
                                  I fynde payne for þe pope · and prouendre for his palfrey, [prouendre] prouende B.] 
                                
                                  And I hadde neuere of hym · haue god my treuthe,
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                                  Noither prouendre ne parsonage · ȝut of þe popis ȝifte, [þe] W om. ȝifte] ȝiftes R.] 
                                
                                  Saue a pardoun with a peys of led · and two pollis amydde! [peys] payes C. amydde] amyddes W.] 
                                
                                  Hadde iche a clerke þat couthe write · I wolde caste hym a bille, [iche] ech C; ich WR.] 
                                
                                  Þat he sent me vnder his seel · a salue for þe pesti|lence, [sent] sende B. In margin of R—laus & vis Indulgenciarum.] 
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                                  And þat his blessyng & his bulles · bocches miȝte de|stroye:In nomine meo demonia [eicient], & super egros manus imponent, & bene habebunt. [And] R om. þat] B om. bocches miȝte] myȝte bocches O. [eicient] so in WCROB; eiciunt L.] 
                                
                                  And þanne wolde I be prest to [þe] peple · paste for to make, [[þe WCROB] L om. paste] paast W; past B.] 
                                
                                  And buxome and busy · aboute bred and drynke [busy] bisy be B.]

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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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