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 boxome as of berynge · to burgeys and to lordes, [burgeys] burgeises W.] 
                                
                                  And to pore peple · han peper in þe nose,
                                  Line 197 
                                
                                  And as a lyoun he loketh · þere men lakketh his werkes.
                                
                                  ¶ For þere ar beggeres and bidderes · bed[e]men as it were, [ar] aren R; arn O; er C. [bedemen WROB] bedmen LC.] 
                                
                                  Loketh as lambren · and semen lyf-holy, [lambren] lambroun R; lam|bern C. semen] semed R. lyf] ful W.] 
                                  Line 200 
                                
                                  Ac it is more to haue her mete · with such an esy manere, [Ac] And C. with] on R; in COB. an] COB om.] 
                                
                                  Þan for penaunce and parfitnesse · þe pouerte þat such taketh. [and] or COB.] 
                                
                                  ¶ Þere-fore by coloure ne by clergye · knowe shaltow hym neuere, [coloure] colon B. hym] hem C; W om. Cf. l. 189.] 
                                
                                  Noyther þorw wordes ne werkes · but þorw wille one.
                                
                                  And þat knoweth no clerke · ne creature in erthe, [ne] in (!) C. in] on W; an R.] 
                                  Line 205 
                                
                                  But piers þe plowman · petrus, id est, christus. [id est] i. W; hit is B.] 
                                
                                  For he ne is nouȝte in lolleres · ne in lande-leperes hermytes, [ne is] nys WR; is COB. lolleres] losellis O; freris B. lande|leperes] land-lepynge B.] 
                                
                                  Ne at ancres, þere a box hangeth · alle suche þei faiten. [at] in B.] 
                                
                                  Fy on faitoures · and in fautores suos! [faitoures] a faytour B. in] on C.] 
                                  Line 209 
                                
                                  For charyte is goddis champioun · and as A good chylde hende,
                                
                                  And þe meryest of mouth · at mete where he sitteth. [meryest] merþe B. mouth] muthe R.] 
                                
                                  Þe loue þat lith in his herte · maketh hym lyȝte of speche, [þe] To R.] 
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                                  And is [companable] and confortatyf · as cryst bit hym|selue,

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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 266
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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