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.)

"Ich haue no kynde knowyng," quaþ ich · "ȝe mote kenne me bettere, [B page 17] [mote] moste M. ȝe mote] ȝit mote ȝe I. kenne me] me teche M.] By what wey hit wexith · and [wheder] out of my men|yng." [what] wat P. [wheder I] whider B; whodur S; wider M; wonder PE. my menyng] menynges IB. wheder—menyng] whedurward he draweþ F.] 138 "Thow dotede daffe," quaþ hue · "dulle aren þy wittes, [dotede] dotest M; dosen (sic) I. hue] sche MIS; scheo F; ȝo E. dulle] dolle P. aren] arn M; are IS; be F; byþ G. þy] ȝowre S.] Ich leue þow lernedist to lyte · latyn in þy ȝowthe; [leue] so IFSEGB; lyue P; trowe M. lernedist] lernest M. to] ful M. lyte] litel MIF. þy] þe S. ȝowthe G] ȝouþe MISB; spelt ȝoweþe P; ȝougheþ E; F has liue.] Heu michi, quod sterilem · duxi uitam iuuenilem! Hit is a kynde knowyng · þat kenneþ in þyn herte [kenneþ] knoweþ M; cumseth F. in] M om.] For to louye þy lord · leuest of alle, [leuest] luuest P.] And deye raþere þan to do · eny dedlich synne;
Melius est mori quam male uiuere.
[deye] to deye S. to] MIS om.] 144 And þis ich trowe be treuthe · who so can teche þe betere, [And] As E; M om. ich trowe] trowe i F. so] M om.] Loke þow soffrie hym to say · and so þow myght lerne. [þow (1)] to E. þow myght] myght þou IG; mith þou M; maistow F.] For treuthe telleþ þat loue · ys tryacle for synne, [for] to abate I.] And most souereyne salue · for saule and for body. [for (1)] boþe for F. saule—body] bodi and for soule M. for (2)] F om.] 148 Loue is þe plonte of pees · and most preciouse of ver|tues; [plonte] so ESG; plante MIF. and] MIFS om.] For heuene holde hit ne myȝte · so heuy hit semede, [For] M om. hit] it first I.] Til hit hadde on erthe · ȝoten hym-selue. [on] of I. ȝoten] I-ȝotun I; ȝeten EG. hym-selue] hit-selue IS.] Was neuere lef vp-on lynde · lyghter þer-after, [lef] placed after lynde in PE only. vp-on] on MF. lyghter] lygheter P; þat was litere M.] 152
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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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