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.)

                                
                                  Vpon a cruel coueityse · myn herte gan hange. [a] O om. herte] consience R.] 
                                
                                  And if I sent ouer see · my seruauntz to Bruges, [if] O om. see] sehe O. ser|uauntz] seruaunt B.] 
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                                  Or in-to Pruslonde my prentys · my profit to wayten, [Pruslonde] pruys londe R; Pruce lond W; spruce land (sic) C.] 
                                
                                  To marchaunden with monoye · and maken her es|chaunges, [marchaunden] marchaundisen B. monoye] so in R; moneie WCOB. eschaunges] chaunges R.] 
                                
                                  Miȝte neuere me conforte · in þe mene tyme, [neuere] nere R. tyme] while W.] 
                                
                                  Noither messe ne matynes · ne none manere siȝtes, [none] no RC. siȝtes] shytes R.] 
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                                  Ne neuere penaunce perfourned · ne pater-noster seyde,
                                
                                  Þat my mynde ne was more · on my gode, in a doute, [on] in R. a] O om.] 
                                
                                  Þan in þe grace of god · and his grete helpes:Vbi thesaurus tuus, ibi & cor tuum." [Vbi] Vbi est R.] 
                                
                                  [Ȝet [þe] glotoun with grete othes · his [garnement] hadde soyled, [[þe] must be inserted; R om. [garnement] miswritten granement; but garnement ( = garment) is right.] 
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                                  And foule be-flobered it · as with fals speche;
                                
                                  Þere no nede ne was · [tok] godes name an Idel, [þere] miswritten As þere, which is nonsense; it is repeated from Pass. V. l. 377, which see. [tok] must be inserted; R om.] 
                                
                                  Swore þere-by swithe ofte · and al by-swatte his cote.
                                
                                  And more mete ete and dronke · þen kende miȝt defie— [kende] such is the usual spell|ing in R, wherever L has kynde.] 
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                                  "And kauȝte seknesse sum-tyme · for my sorfetes ofte; [sorfetes] miswritten forfetes; but sense and alliteration decide it.] 
                                
                                  And þanne I dradde to deye · in dedlich synne"—
                                
                                  Þat in-to wanhope he [worthe] · and wende nauȝt to be saued, [[worthe] miswritten wrathe in R.] 
                                
                                  Þe whiche is sleuthe so slow · þat may no slithes helpe it, [slithes] a better spelling is sleiȝtes ( = sleights); cf. l. 365.] 
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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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