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.)
Myne þei be & of me · I may þe bette hem clayme.Al-þough resoun recorde · & riȝt of my-self, [Al-þough] And þouȝ WB.]Line 328 That if þei ete þe apple · alle shulde deye, [þei] he W.]I bihyȝte hem nouȝt here · helle for euere.For þe dede þat þei dede · þi deceyte it made; [dede (1)] dyede C. dede (2)] dide WCB; diden O.]With gyle þow hem gete · agayne al resoun. [gete] gate C.]Line 332 For in my paleys, paradys · in persone of an addre, [my] O om. paleys] place OB.]Falseliche þow fettest þere · þynge þat I loued. [fettest] fecchest R. þere] WO om.]¶ Thus ylyke a lusarde · with a lady visage,Theuelich þow me robbedest; · þe olde lawe graunteth, [þe] and þe W. lawe] lawe it B.]Þat gylours be bigiled · & þat is gode resoun;
Dentem pro dente, & oculum pro oculo.
[be] þat ben B.]Line 337 Ergo, soule shal soule quyte · & synne to synne wende, [soule (2)] B om. to synne] C om.]And al þat man hath mysdo · I, man, wyl amende. [man wyl] may wel O. amende] amende it R.]Membre for membre · bi þe olde lawe was amendes, [folio 80b] [amendes] amendid B.]And lyf for lyf also · & by þat lawe I clayme it, [þat] þe O. it] R om.]Line 341 Adam & al his issue · at my wille her-after. [al] B om.]And þat deth in hem fordid · my deth shal releue, [þat] at R.]And bothe quykke & quyte · þat queynte was þorw synne; [quykke] quik R; quyke O; quykee C; quykye B; quykne W.]Line 344 And þat grace gyle destruye · good feith it asketh. [destruye] distroyed CB.]So leue it nouȝte, lucifer · aȝeine þe lawe I fecche hem, [it] I WCOB. nouȝte] neuere R. aȝeine] þat aȝen B.]But bi riȝt & by resoun · raunceoun here my lyges:
Non veni soluere legem, sed adimplere.
[But] And O. by] RCB om. lyges] lieges C; leges R; liegges B. adimplere] implere R.]Þow fettest myne in my place · aȝeines al resoun, [fettest] foched C. myne] hym B. al] R om.]Line 348
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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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