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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.)

And whan I loue lelly · owre lorde and alle other, Þanne is lele loue my name · and in latyn amor; [and] C om.] And whan I flye fro þe flesshe · and forsake þe caroigne, [flye] fle R.] Þanne am I spirit specheles · and spiritus þanne ich hatte. [I] I a W. and] WCOB om.] 36 Austyn and ysodorus · ayther of hem bothe [ayther] oþer B.] Nempned me þus to name; · now þow myȝte chese, [now] and now W. myȝte] myȝtist O.] How þow coueitest to calle me · now þow knowest alle my names.
Anima pro diuersis actionibus diuersa nomina sortitur: dum viuificat corpus, anima est; dum vult, animus est; dum scit, mens est; dum recolit, memoria est. Dum iudicat, racio est; dum sentit, sensus est; dum amat, amor est; dum negat vel consentit, consciencia est; dum spirat, spiritus est."
[now] for now W. þow know|est] knawestow C; knowest þow B. alle] W om. vult] wlt (sic) R. scit] B om.; sit R.] ¶ "Ȝe ben as a bisshop," quod I · al bourdynge þat tyme, [as] B om.] 40 "For bisshopes yblessed · þei bereth many names, [þei] COB om.] Presul and pontifex · and metropolitanus, [metropolitanus] metropolanus R.] And other names an hepe · episcopus & pastor." ¶ "Þat is soth," seyde he · "now I se þi wille! 44 Þow woldest knowe and kunne · þe cause of alle her names, [her] my W.] And of myne, if þow myȝtest · me þinketh by þi speche!" [myne] me W.] ¶ "Ȝe, syre," I seyde · "by so no man were greued. [so] so þat B.] Alle þe sciences vnder sonne · and alle þe sotyle craftes [sciences] science ROB; sciens C.] 48
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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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