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.)

For þei shoulde nat faste · ne for-bere sherte; [nat] noþer IG. sherte] serke I.] Bote feithfullich defende · and fyȝte for truthe, [fyȝte—truthe] feithfulli fiȝte M. IB have only the imperfect line—But fighte and fende trouþe.] 100 And neuere leue for loue · In hope to lacche seluer. [A page 12] [In] ne M. seluer] ȝiftes F.] Dauid by hus daies · dobbede knyȝtes, [Dauid] For dauyd F. by] in IF. daies] lijfdaies M; day S. dob|bede] dubbede MF.] And dude hem swerye [on] here swerde · to serue truthe euere. [And dude] Dede I. [on MIFSGB] in PE. here] his MG.] Whanne god by-gan heuene · in þat grete blysse, [Whanne] Wanne P. Whanne god] And god whan he I.] 104 He made knyȝtes in hus court · creatures ten, [He] I om. ten] so MIB; tenne F; tene PESG.] Cherubin and seraphin · suche seuene [and] another; [[and MIFSEB] P om. an|other] on oþur FS; oþere M; oþer E.] Lucifer louelokest þo · ac lytel while it [durede.] [ac] and M. while] wile P. [durede MIFSB] laste PE.] 107 He was an archangel of heuene · on of godes knyȝtes; [on] and on MF; & E.] He and oþer with hym · þat hulde nouȝt with treuthe, [He] But he F. þat] IMFSG om. hulde] helde FESG; helden MI.] Lopen out in loþliche forme · for hus false wille; [Lopen] þei lepten M; & lopen F. hus] heore M; here F.] He hadde lust to be lyke · hus lord god almyghty. [B page 16]
Ponam pedem meum in aquilone, & ero similis altissimo.
[lust] a lust F. be] haue be F. He—lust] þat lust hadde I. hus] oure M. god] þat was I.] Lord! why wolde he þo · þulke wrechede lucifer, [E omits. wrechede] wikked ISG; false M. he—lucifer] lucifer · þat lurdeyn of helle F.] 112 Lepen a-lofte · in þe north syde [a-lofte SB] a-luft I; on a-lofte PE; so a-lofte F; out on lofte M. in] in-to M.] [Þan] sitten in þe sonne side · þer þe day roweþ? [[þan IB] To PEMFS. (This is clearly right; wolde þan = chose rather than. To meet the difficulty, M has—To sitte in þe norþ half; F has—To sitte aȝe þe sunne; of. ll. 117, 118.) roweþ] reweþ E.] Ne were it for norþerne men · a-non ich wolde telle; [telle] ȝow telle MI; schewe F.] Ac ich wolle lacke no lyf" · quaþ þat lady sothly; [sothly] sotthly P; þanne F.] 116
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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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