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.)

Thei haue no [pite] of þe puple · þat parcel-mele mote biggen; [[pite MIFEG] pyte S; puteye P. of] on MS. puple] pore peple M. mote biggen] biggeth F; biggen M.] Þauh þei take hem vntydy þyng · þei hold hit no treson, [Þauh] And þogh I. hem] F om. þei—treson] no tresoun þey ne halde it I; no tresoun þei hit holden M; no tresun þey holden hit S; no trespace þei holdeþ F.] And þauh þei fulle nat ful · þat for lawe [is seled], [lawe] þe lawe M. [is seled MIFE] is selyd S; miswritten y seelde P.] 88 He gripeþ þer-for as grete · as for þe grete treuthe. [He gripeþ] þei gripen M. He—þerfor] þerfore gripeth he F. þer|for—grete] as grete þerfore S. as (2)] E om. grete (2)] graith I.] Meny sondry sorwes · in cyte[es] fallen ofte, [cytees] citees IFE; cyteus S; cites MG; cyte P. ofte] ful ofte I.] Boþe þorw fuyr and flod · and al for false puple, [flod] þurgh flood IF. and (2)] I om. for] þurgh I; þorw M; þorȝ S.] That by-gylen good men · and greueþ hem wrongliche, [That] þey S. good] so goode E. wrongliche] wrongfulli M; with wrong F.] The whiche cryen on hure knees · þat crist hem auenge, [whiche] wiche P; whiche þat I.] Here on þys erthe · oþer elles on helle, [F omits. on (2)] in IS.] 94 That so by-gyleþ hem of here good; · and god on hem sendeþ [and—sendeþ] þat god hem wolde senden I. and] MF om.] Feueres oþer fouler yueles · oþer fur on here houses, [Feueres] Feuer I. yueles] so E; hyueles P; eueles M; euelys S; euelus F; euel I. fur] fyr IF; feor M; fuyre S.] Moreyne oþer oþere meschaunce · and menye tyme hit falleþ, [meschaunce] meschances IM; myschaunses S. tyme] tymes I.] 97 That innocence ys yherde · In heuene a-monge seyntes, [seyntes] þe seintes I.] That louten for hem to oure lorde · and to oure lady boþe, To graunten gylours on erthe · grace to amende, [To] I om.] 100 And haue here penaunce on pure erthe · and noȝt þe pyne of helle. [And] To F; And to M. pure] M om. þe] to I; in þe P; but MFS EG omit in.]
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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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