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 bitokneth trewly · telle who so liketh, [liketh] it liketh Y; it liked CB.]Þe holygost of heuene · he is as þe paume. [he] C2 om.]Line 144 Þe fyngres þat fre ben · to folde and to serue,Bitokneth sothly þe sone · þat sent was til erthe, [til] to C2.]Þat toched and tasted · atte techynge of þe paume [145—147. CB om.][atte] and R.]Seynt Marie a Mayde · and mankynde lauȝte;
Qui conceptus est de spiritu sancto, [natus,] &c.
[[natus CBY] LWRC2 om.]Line 148 Þe fader is þanne as a fust · with fynger to touche,
Quia omnia traham ad me ipsum, &c.,
[þanne] pawme W. a] R om. touche] thouche R.]Al þat þe paume parceyueth · profitable to fele.Thus ar þei alle but one · as it an hande were, [an hande] a fust R.]And þre sondry siȝtes · in one shewynge. [in one] in oen in R.]Line 152 Þe paume, for he putteth forth fyngres · and þe fust bothe, [he] it W. he putteth] þe paume put (!) R.]Riȝt so redily · reson it sheweth,How he þat is holygoste · sire & sone preueth.And as þe hande halt harde · and al þynge faste [halt] haldes C.]Line 156 Þorw foure fyngres and a thombe · forth with þe paume, [a] B om.]Riȝte so þe fader and þe sone · & seynt spirit þe þriddeHalt al þe wyde worlde · with-in hem thre, [Halt] Haldes C; W om. with-in] with R. thre] þre holden W.]Bothe welkne and þe wynde · water and erthe, [welkne] wolkne WR; þe welk|ene B; welken CC2.]Line 160 Heuene & helle · and al þat þere is Inne. [þere is Inne] so in R; is þer|Inne W; ther-Inne is CYC2B.]Þus it is, nedeth no man · to trowe non other, [is] RCB om. nedeth] it nedeþ C2. to] WCB om.]That thre þinges bilongeth · in owre lorde of heuene,And aren [serelepes] by hem-self · asondry were neure, [[serelepes] so in Y; serelopes W; surleps R; sereples CC2B; ser|clepes L (but marked for correction). were] were þei WCYC2B.]
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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.,
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