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.)

                                
                                  For [þei] þat ben vnkynde to his · hope I none other, [[þei WCC2BY] LR om] 
                                
                                  But þei dwelle þere diues is · dayes with-outen ende. [þei] thay schul CC2Y; þat þei shal B.] 
                                
                                  Þus is vnkyndenesse þe contrarie · þat quencheth, as it were, [vnkyndenesse] kyndenesse (!) B.] 
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                                  Þe grace of þe holy gooste · goddes owne kynde.
                                
                                  For þat kynde dothe, vnkynde fordoth · as þese cursed theues, [dothe] deth R. cursed] cor|sede W.] 
                                
                                  Vnkynde cristene men · for coueityse & enuye, [&] of C2.] 
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                                  Sleeth a man for his moebles · wyth mouth or wyth handes.
                                
                                  For þat þe holygoste hath to kepe · þo harlotes de|stroyeth, [þo] þe WC2.] 
                                
                                  Þe which is lyf & loue · þe leye of mannes bodye. [lyf] þe lif CB.] 
                                
                                  For euery manere good man · may be likned to a torche,
                                
                                  Or elles to a tapre · to reuerence þe Trinitee;
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                                  And who morthereth a good man · me thynketh, by myn Inwyt, [who] who-so CBC2Y; ho-so R.] 
                                
                                  He fordoth þe leuest lyȝte · þat owre lorde loueth.
                                
                                  ¶ Ac ȝut in many mo maneres · men offenden þe holy|goste, [Ac] But C2; And WC.] 
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                                  Ac þis is þe worste wyse · þat any wiȝte myȝte [Ac] And C; But C2.] 
                                
                                  Synnen aȝein þe seynt spirit · assenten to destruye, [Synnen] Synegen R. þe] CBYC2 om.] 
                                
                                  For coueityse of any kynnes þinge · þat cryst dere bouȝte. [kynnes] CYC2B om.] 
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                                  How myȝte he axe mercy · or any mercy hym helpe, [Also in R; WCYC2B omit; Crowley retains it.] 
                                
                                  Þat wykkedlich & willefullich · wolde mercy anynte? [anynte] so in R; aniente WC; anientice YC2B.] 
                                
                                  Innocence is nexte god · & nyȝte and day it crieth, [nexte] nex C.] 
                                
                                  'Veniaunce, veniaunce · forȝiue be it neuere,

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

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