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.)
As holywrit witnesseth · whan men segge her graces,
Aperis tu manum tuam, & imples omne animal benediccione.
[witnesseth] witnesse C. segge] seye WOB; sayes C. graces] grace R.]¶ It is founden þat fourty wynter · folke lyued with|outen tulyinge, [tulyinge] tiliyng OB; tilynge C.]And oute of þe flynte spronge þe flode · þat folke & bestes dronke, [bestes] best B.]Line 64 And in Elyes tyme · heuene was yclosed, [Elyes] helyes CB.]Þat no reyne ne rone; · þus rede men in bokes, [rone] roon W; roen R; raynde C; ron B. rede] rett R. in] on R.]Þat many wyntres men lyueden · and no mete ne tulyeden. [wyntres] wynter R. lyueden] lyued R. tulycden] teleden R; tylied C; tiliden O; tilieden B.]Seuene slepe, as seith þe boke · seuene hundreth wynter, [slepe] slepen ROB. seith] sayes C. hundreth] hundred WOB; hun|dre C.]¶ And lyueden with-oute lyflode · and atte laste þei woken, [folio 59] [atte] at þe WROB; þe C.]Line 69 And if men lyued as mesure wolde · shulde neuere more be defaute [more] COB om. be defaute] defaute be B.]Amonges cristene creatures · if crystes wordes ben trewe.Ac vnkyndnesse [caristia] maketh · amonges crystene peple, [Ac] And C. [caristia RCOB] caristiam W; carestia L. crystene] cristes R.]Line 72 And ouer-plente maketh pruyde · amonges pore & riche; [pruyde] pryde WO; CB om.]Ac mesure is so moche worth · it may nouȝte be to dere, [Ac] Ther-fore W; And C. so] W om.]For þe meschief and þe meschaunce · amonges men of sodome, [In margin of O—Of Sodom & Gomor.]Wex þorw plente of payn · & of pure sleuthe;
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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.,
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