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.)

                                
                                  O qui iura regis · christi specialia regis,
                                
                                  Hoc vt agas melius · iustus, & esto pius! [Here MS. G begins.] 
                                
                                  Nudum ius a te · vestiri vult pietate,
                                
                                  Qualia vis metere · talia grana sere;
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  Si seritur pietas · de pietate metas." [91—157. Most of these lines occur in I, folios 5 and 6; cf. note to l. 159.] 
                                
                                  Conscience and þe kyng · in-to þe court wenten, [A page 5]  [B page 9]  [Conscience] þe conscience F. and þe] to S. in-to] & to S. þe] EFG om.] 
                                
                                  Where houede an hondred · in houes of silke, [Here MS. I begins again, but is a mere jumble down to end of the Passus; it contains lines 84—95 of A-text, followed by 91—157 of C-text; and ends with lines 96—109 of A-text.]  [Where] so in SMFGE; Wer P.] 
                                
                                  Seriauntes hij semede · þat seruen atte barre, [hij] hit MG. þat] to F. atte] so in GE; ate S; at þe MF; atte þe (wrongly) P.] 
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  To plede for penyes · and poundes þe lawe,
                                
                                  And nat for [loue of oure lord] · vnlose hure lyppe[s] ones. [B page 10]  [And] M om. [loue of oure lord SMFGI] oure lordes loue PE. vnlose] open M. lyppes] so in MFGI; lyppe PSE.] 
                                
                                  Þow myȝt bet mete þe myst · on maluerne hulles, [myȝt] might I; myȝtest FGS; mitest M. bet] betere MFIG. þe] IF om.] 
                                
                                  Þan gete a mom of hure mouth · til moneye be hem shewid. [mom] word S. be] were G. hem] ISMFG om. shewid] i-schewed MG.] 
                                  Line 164 
                                
                                  Thanne ran þer a route · of ratones, as it were, [B page 7]  [it were] i wene M.] 
                                
                                  And smale mys with hem · mo þan a þousand, [with] a-mong M. smale—hem] with hem smale mys F.] 
                                
                                  Come to on counsail · for hure comune profit; [Come] þat come F. on] o S; a MFG.] 
                                
                                  For a cat of a court · cam whan hym lykyde, [whan] so in SMFE; wen G; wanne P.] 
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  And ouer-leep hem lyȝtlyche · and lauhte hem at wille, [lyȝtlyche] lyȝtlyiche P. at] at his M; alle atte G.] 
                                
                                  And pleide with hem periloslich · & putte hem þer hym lykyde:— [hem] some SFG.] 
                                
                                  "And if we grucche of hys game · he wol greue ous sarrer, [And] M om. of] M om. sarrer] so in S; sarre M; sorre G; þe sorere E; alle F.]

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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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