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.)

                                
                                  ¶ There þe pore dar plede · and preue by pure resoun,
                                
                                  To haue allowaunce of his lorde · by þe lawe he it cleymeth, [folio 59b] 
                                  Line 109 
                                
                                  Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde · of riȝtful iugge he axeth,
                                
                                  And seith, 'lo! briddes and bestes · þat no blisse ne knoweth, [knoweth] couthe COB.] 
                                
                                  And wilde wormes in wodes · þorw wyntres þow hem greues, [hem] hym B.] 
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                                  And makest hem welnyegh meke · and mylde for defaute,
                                
                                  And after þow sendest hem somer · þat is her souereigne Ioye, [hem] hym CB. her] B om.] 
                                
                                  And blisse to alle þat ben · bothe wilde and tame.
                                
                                  Þanne may beggeres, as bestes · after bote waiten, [as] and RCOB. bestes] bid|ders (corrected to beestes) O. bote] bothe C.] 
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                                  Þat al her lyf han lyued · in langour and in defaute. [langour] hungur B. in (2)] B om.] 
                                
                                  But god sent hem some tyme · some manere ioye, [hem] hym CB.] 
                                
                                  Other here or elles where · kynde wolde it neuere;
                                
                                  For to wrotherhele was he wrouȝte · þat neuere was ioye shaped. [wrotherhele] wo other wel C; woo oþer wele B; ouer myche woo O. was ioye] ioye was R.] 
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                                  ¶ Angeles þat in helle now ben · hadden ioye some tyme,
                                
                                  And diues in deyntees lyued · and in douce vye; [in (1)] in (printed in the) W. douce vye] doute vrrie (sic) B.] 
                                
                                  Riȝte so resoun sheweth · þat þo men þat were riche, [þo] þe W; þoo O. þat—riche] R om.] 
                                
                                  And her makes also lyued · her lyf in murthe.
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                                  ¶ Ac god is of a wonder wille · by þat kynde witte sheweth, [Ac] And C. a] W om.] 
                                
                                  To ȝiue many men his mercymonye · ar he it haue de|serued. [men—mercymonye] man his mede W.] 
                                
                                  Riȝt so fareth god by some riche · reuthe me it þinketh,

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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?
Canvas: Page 242
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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