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.)

A shereyues clerk cryede · "a! capiatis mede, [cryede] þo cride F. a] aa F. capiatis] capias I; capiatis nunc M.] 164 Et saluo custodias · sed non cum carceratis." [Et—custodias] In salua cus|todia F; Et salua custodia S. cum] S om. carceratis] incarceratis F.] The kynge to his consail tho · tok conscience and reson, [A page 51] [his] þe M; I om.] And [modiliche] vp-on mede · meny tyme lokede, [[modiliche MFSEG] moodi|liche I; myldeliche (wrongly) P. meny] many a F.] And lourede vp-on men of lawe · and lightliche seide, [vp-on] up M.] "Thorȝ ȝoure lawe, ich leyue · ich lese menye escheytes; [Thorȝ] þorȝ SE; Thorgh I; þorw M; þurw F; Thorȝe P. lawe] lawes S. ich] as i MIFS. escheytes] chetes I; cheetus F; cheytus S.] Mede and men of ȝoure craft · muche treuthe letteþ. [Mede] For mede F. letteþ] lette F.] Ac reson shal ·[rekene] with ȝow · yf ich regne. eny whyle, [[rekene] rekne I; rikene M; regne PEFS; cf. B-text. regne] lyue M. whyle] wyle P.] 171 And deme ȝow by þys day · as ȝe haue deseruyd. Mede shal nat meynprise ȝow · by marye of heuene, [B page 56] [marye] Mary loue F.] Ich wolle haue leaute for my lawe; · let be al ȝoure ianglyng; [let] and late I. al] I om. ianglyng M] ianglend (badly) P; iangle EIFS.] 174 By leel men and lyf-holy · my lawe shal be demyd." [By—men] And by leele I. be IMFSE] by (by mistake) P.] Quath conscience to þe kynge · "with-oute [þe] comune help, [Quath] Tho carped F. with|oute] whith-oute P. [þe EIS] PMF om.] Hit is ful hard, by myn hefd · þer-to hit to brynge, [hefd] heued I; hed MSE; heed F. þer-to] herto I. hit—brynge] hit for to bringe F; to bringen it I.] And alle ȝoure lege ledes · to lede þus euene." [þus] now þus F.] 178 "By hym þat rauhte on rode" · quaþ reson to þe kynge, [rauhte] reste MS; rest him F; deied E. on] on þe F; vp þe I.] "Bote ich rewely þus alle reames · reueþ me my syght; [Bote] But ȝif S. ich rewely] ich ruly E; I rewle F; I rule S; i lede M; ȝe reule I. alle reames] þi reme F. reueþ] elles reueþ M; by|reueth F.] And brynge alle men to bowe · with-oute byter wounde, [And brynge] And but I bringe F. wounde IMFSE] wonde P.]
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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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