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 þe lyme þat she loued me fore · and leef was to fele, [lyme] leeme B.] 
                                
                                  On nyȝtes namely · whan we naked were, [we] sche O.] 
                                
                                  I ne myght in no manere · maken it at hir wille, [at] B om.] 
                                  Line 196 
                                
                                  So elde and she sothly · hadden it forbeten. [she—forbeten] hee it hadde forbete R. forbeten] for-boden B.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And as I seet in þis sorwe · I say how kynde passed, [as] was (!) R. seet] so in WR; sat CB; satte O. say] so in R; seyȝ O; seigh C; sauȝ WB.] 
                                
                                  And deth drowgh niegh me · for drede gan I quake,
                                
                                  And cried to kynde · out of care me brynge.
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                                  "Loo! elde þe hoore · hath me biseye, [me biseye] my lif seye R.] 
                                
                                  Awreke me, if ȝowre wille be · for I wolde ben hennes."
                                
                                  ¶ "Ȝif þow wilt ben ywroken · wende in-to vnite, [ywroken] I-wreke R; wroken W; wroke B.] 
                                
                                  And holde þe þere eure · tyl I sende for þe, [holde] halde R.] 
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                                  And loke þow conne somme crafte · ar þow come þennes." [conne] cunne OB; cune R. ar] er WB; or CO.] 
                                
                                  "Conseille me, kynde," quod I · "what crafte is best to lerne?" [Conseille] Conseileth R. is] be R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "Lerne to loue," quod kynde · "& leue of alle othre." [leue] lief C; leef W. of] R om.] 
                                
                                  ¶ "How shal I come to catel so · to clothe me and to fede?"
                                  Line 208 
                                
                                  "And þow loue lelly," quod he · "lakke shal þe neure [quod he] quod I B; R om.] 
                                
                                  Mete ne wor[l]dly wede · whil þi lyf lasteth." [Mete] Wede R. worldly WROB] wordly LC; but cf. P. xix. 287. wede] mete R.] 
                                
                                  ¶ And þere, by conseille of kynde · I comsed to rowme [I] R om. rowme] roome O; rome WCRB.] 
                                
                                  Thorw contricioun & confessioun · tyl I cam to vnite;
                                
                                  And þere was conscience constable · cristene to saue, [conscience] R om. to] for to O.] 
                                
                                  And biseged sothly · with seuene grete gyauntz, [gyauntz] geauntz W; geauntes RCO; giauntes B.] 
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                                  Þat with Antecrist helden · hard aȝein conscience.

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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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