Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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 as a mayde for mannes loue · her moder forsaketh, [for] for a R.] Hir fader and alle her frendes · and folweth hir make, [Hir] And O. folweth] folowes C; folwed R.] Moche is suche a mayde to louie · of hym þat such one taketh, [suche a] þat R. Moche—louie] Muche moore is to loue W.] 266 More þan a mayden is · þat is maried þorw brokage, [More—is] Than is þat maiden W. is (2)] C om.] As bi assent of sondry partyes · and syluer to bote, [As] And COB.] More for coueitise of good · þan kynde loue of bothe;— ¶ So it fareth bi eche a persone · þat possessioun for|saketh, 270 And put hym to be pacient · and pouerte weddeth, [put] puttes C; puttiþ OB.] Þe which is sybbe to god hym-self · and so to his seyntes." [þe] R om. to—seyntes] neyȝ is pouerte R.] ¶ "Haue god my trouthe," quod Haukyn · "ȝe preyse faste pouerte; [ȝe—faste] þat huyre faste preyse R.] What is pouerte with pacience," quod he · "proprely to mene?" [with] R om. quod he] O om.] 274 ¶ "Paupertas," quod pacience · "est odibile bonum,

Remocio curarum, possessio sine calumpnia, donum dei, sanitatis mater;

Absque solicitudine semita, sapiencie temperatrix, negocium sine dampno;

Incerta fortuna, absque solicitudine felicitas."

[sanitatis] sanitas CB (also sanitas in MS. W); semita R. so|licitudine] solitudine R (once); B (twice).] ¶ "I can nouȝt construe al þis," quod Haukyn · "ȝe moste kenne [me] þis on englisch." [al] COB om. ȝe] þe R. kenne me þis] so in WR; kenne þis L; seye it O; seyn hit B; sayn C.] 276 "In englisch," quod pacyence, "it is wel harde · wel to expounen; [wel (1)] ful B.] Ac somdel I shal seyne it · by so þow vnderstonde. [Ac] And CR. þow] ye C; ȝee B.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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