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.)

                                
                                  Þe comune clamat cotidie · eche a man to other, [eche—to] ech a man til W; iche man to O; ech of hem to Y.] 
                                
                                  'Þe contre is þe curseder · þat cardynales come Inne; [curseder] corseder W.] 
                                
                                  And þere they ligge and lenge moste · lecherye þere regneth:'—
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                                  For-þi," quod þis vicori · "be verrey god, I wolde [þis] the CB. be] by WCOBY.] 
                                
                                  That no cardynal come · amonge þe comune peple, [þe] Y om.] 
                                
                                  But in her holynesse · holden hem stille [holynesse] owne holynesse (which sounds better) O. holden] helden WC; holidem (!) B. stille] stille at home O.] 
                                
                                  At Auynoun, amonge þe iuwes · cum sancto sanctus eris, &c., [Auynoun] auioun O; Auion CY.] 
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                                  Or in Rome, as here rule wole · þe reliques to kepe; [reliques] Iewis B.] 
                                
                                  And þow, conscience, in kynges courte · & shuldest neure come þennes,
                                
                                  And grace þat þow gredest so of · gyour of alle clerkes, [gredest] graddest W.] 
                                
                                  And Pieres with his newe plow · & eke with his olde, [his (1)] is C; B om. eke] als C.] 
                                
                                  Emperour of al þe worlde · þat alle men were cristene.
                                
                                  ¶ Inparfyt is þat pope · þat al peple shulde helpe, [þat] þe COBY. peple] þe peple OY; þe pepile C; þe world W. In the margin of O—De papa.] 
                                
                                  And sendeth hem þat sleeth suche · as he shulde saue; [hem] swiche W. suche] hem W. as] þat W.] 
                                
                                  And wel worth piers þe plowman · þat [pur]sueth god in doynge, [pursueth WCOBY] sueth (with pur erased) L.] 
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                                  Qui pluit super iustos · & iniustos at ones, [at] boþe at B.] 
                                
                                  And sent þe sonne to saue · a cursed mannes tilthe, [þe sonne] thy sone Y.] 
                                
                                  As bryȝte as to þe best man · & to þe beste woman. [to (1)] Y om. &] or W.] 
                                
                                  Riȝte so Pieres þe plowman · peyneth hym to tulye [tulye] tilye WCOBY.] 
                                
                                  As wel for a wastour · & wenches of þe stuwes, [stuwes] styuehous B.] 
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                                  As for hym-self & his seruauntz · saue he is firste yserued; [is] C om. yserued] seruede CB.]

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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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