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 buxomenesse and boste · aren euer-more at werre, [more] CB om.] 
                                
                                  And ayther hateth other · in alle manere werkes. [ayther] eiþer WOB.] 
                                
                                  If wratthe wrastel with þe pore · he hath þe worse ende; [wrastel] wrystel C.] 
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                                  For if þey bothe pleyne · þe pore is but fieble, [For] And WO.] 
                                
                                  And if he chyde or chatre · hym chieueth þe worse;
                                
                                  [For loulich he loketh · and loueliche is his speche,
                                
                                  Þat mete or mone · of other men mote asken.
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                                  And if glotonie greue pouerte · he gadereth þe lasse,
                                
                                  For his rentes ne wol nauȝte reche · no riche metes to bugge;
                                
                                  And þouȝ his glotonye be to gode ale · he goth to cold beddynge,
                                
                                  And his heued vn-heled · vn-esiliche I-wrye;
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                                  For whan he streyneth hym to streche · þe strawe is his schetes;
                                
                                  So for his glotonie and his grete scleuthe · he hath a greuous penaunce,
                                
                                  Þat is welawo whan he waketh · and wepeth for colde,
                                
                                  And sum tyme for his synnes · so he is neuere murie,
                                
                                  Withoute mornynge amonge · and mischief to bote.] [227—237. In R only. Cf. C-Text.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And if coueitise wolde cacche þe pore · þei may nouȝt come togideres, [if] þouȝ R. wolde] walde R; WCOB om.] 
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                                  And by þe nekke namely · her none may hente other. [her] for B. hente] henten R.] 
                                
                                  For men knoweth wel þat coueitise · is of a kene wille, [wel] O om. a] W om.] 
                                
                                  And hath hondes and armes · of a longe lengthe, [a longe] longe R; ful greet W.] 
                                
                                  And pouerte nis but a petit þinge · appereth nouȝt to his naule, [nis] ne is R; is O. a] O om. petit] pety R. naule] nauele WCR; name (!) B; in margin of L—vmbili|cus.] 
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                                  And louely layke was it neuere · bitwene þe longe and þe shorte. [it] COB om.]

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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 248
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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