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.)

                                
                                  Ac þere ne was lyoun ne leopart · þat on laundes wenten, [lyoun] leon W. leopart] leopard W; leopartz R; lyberde C.] 
                                
                                  Noyther bere, ne bor · ne other best wilde,
                                
                                  Þat ne fel to her feet · and fauned with þe tailles. [ne] hit ne B. fel] fil WB. þe] hir C; here B. tailles] taile R.] 
                                
                                  And if þei couth han ycarped · by cryst, as I trowe,
                                
                                  Þei wolde haue fedde þat folke · bifor wilde foules.
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                                  [For alle þe curteisie þat bestes kunne · þei kidde þat folke ofte [In R only.] 
                                
                                  In likkyng and in lowynge · þere þei on laundes ȝede.] [In R only.] 
                                
                                  Ac god sent hem fode bi foules · and by no fierse bestes, [Ac] And C. foules] fowle C. no] none B.] 
                                
                                  In menynge þat meke þinge · mylde þinge shulde fede; [shulde] schul C.] 
                                
                                  As who seith, religious · ryȝtful men shulde fynde, [As] As (printed Ac) W. re|ligious] Religiouses WO. shulde] schol C. fynde] fede W.] 
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                                  And lawful men to lyf-holy men · lyflode brynge. [brynge] sholde brynge W.] 
                                
                                  And þanne wolde lordes and ladyes · be loth to agulte,
                                
                                  And to take of her tenauntz · more þan treuth wolde,
                                
                                  Fonde þei þat Freres · wolde forsake her almesses, [Fonde] so in R; Founde (printed Foulde) W; Founde CB; Founden O. almesses] almesse CR; almysse B.] 
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                                  And bidden hem bere it · þere it was yborwed. [hem] hym B. yborwed] borwed R.] 
                                
                                  For we ben goddes foules · and abiden alwey, [folio 66]  [In margin of O—Dietyng of religious.] 
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                                  Tyl briddes brynge vs · þat we shulde lyue by. [vs] vs meet C; vs mete OB.] 
                                
                                  For had ȝe potage and payn ynough · and peny-ale to drynke, [had] haue O. ynough] O om.] 
                                
                                  And a messe þere-mydde · of o manere kynde, [a messe] a mees W; on messe R. þere-mydde] therwith C; þe mydde B. o] on R; any COB.] 
                                
                                  Ȝe had riȝt ynough, ȝe Religious · and so ȝowre reule me tolde:

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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 271
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1867-85.

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