Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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.)

And al he wited þe wyne · hus wikked dede.
Inebriamus eum uino et dormiamus cum eo, ut seruare possimus de patre nostro semen . Genesis.
[wited] witte hit M; wyted hit S; witte I; wyste (over erasure) G. hus] þat F; þys G. et dormiamus] dormiamusque I. seruare] reseruare FS.] Thorgh wyn and þorw wommen · þer was loth encom|bred; [wommen] womman MI. loth] lot SE. encombred] y-comeryd G.] For-þy dred dilitable drynke · boþe day and nyȝtes. [For-þy] For-whi M; F om. day] so IFEG; daies M; dayuus S.] 32 Mesure is medecyne · þauh þou muche wylne. [is] is a P; but MIFSEGB omit a. wylne] ȝerne I.] Al is noȝt good to þe gost · þat þe gut Askeþ, [gut] so MFSEB; gout P; got G; gost (by mistake) I.] Ne liflode to þe licame · þat leof is to þe saule; [to (2)] I om.] Leue noȝt þy licame · for a lyere hym techeth, [Leue FE] Lyef P; Leef IS; Loue M.] 36 Þat is þe wrecchede worlde · þat wolde þe bygyle; [A page 9] [Þat] Which I. is] G om. þe (1)] þis MSEG. þat] MISG om.] For þe fend and þy flesch · folwen to-gederes, And þat [seeþ] þe saule · and [seith] hit the in herte, [þat] F om. [seeþ EB] seþ S; seyþ PG; sleþ M; sickith F (þat seeþ = Moderation looks after). [seith F] seiþ EB; seyþ SG; saith I; sette M; setth P. M has—And þat sleþ þi soule · and þow sette hem in þin herte.] And wisseþ þe to be ware · and what wolde þe de|ceyuye." [B page 13] [and] IG om. M has—I wisse þe þat þou be i-war · leste þei þe dis|seiue.] 40 "A ma dame, mercy," quaþ ich · "me lykeþ wel ȝoure wordes, Ac þe moneye of þis molde · þat men so faste kepeþ, [of] on M. kepeþ] biholden M.] Telle ȝe me now to wham · þat tresour by-longeþ?" [Telle] Telleþ MI; Tellith F. ȝe] MIF om. by-longeþ] apendeþ M; befallith F.] "Go to þe gospel," quaþ hue · "and see what god sayde, [hue] sche MIS; scheo F; heo G; ȝo E.] 44 Whanne þe puple aposed hym · of a peny in þe temple, [Whanne] Wanne P. of] with F.]
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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.,
1867-85.

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