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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.)

Of þis mater ich myghte · momely [ful] longe, [momely] momele MF; ma|mele I; mene S. [ful IMFSEG] wel P; cf. B-text.] 124 Ac ich shal seye as ich seih · slepynge, as it were, [seih] si M; sy F.] How reson radde al þe reame · ryght for to lyuen. [ryght for] riȝtly F; I om. lyuen] heuene I.] He bad wastours go worche · and wynne here sustin|aunce [go] to MI. wynne] gete M.] Þorw som trewe trauail · and no tyme spille. 128 He preide purnele · here porfil to leue, [He] Also he F. here] of hure M.] And kepe hit in here cofre · for catell at hure nede. [at hure] oþer F. nede IMEF] nude P.] He tauhte Thomme stowe · to take two staues, [stowe E] stone P; stouue S; stowue IF; of stowe M. He—stowe] Tomme stowue he taghte I. two] þe S.] And fecche felice home · fram wyuen pyne. [fecche] fette IF. fram] fro þe M. wyuen] wyfen E; wyuene IMF.] 132 He warnede watte · hus wif was to blame, [hus—was] waite · his wif F. to] S om.] For hure hefd was worth half mark · and hus hod nat a grote. [hefd] hede IF; hed MES. mark] a mark S. hod] F om. nat] nouȝt worþ M.] He bad bette go kutte · a bowh oþer tweye, [bette] will E. go] to IFS. tweye] tweine M.] And bete beton þer-myd · bote hue wolde worche. [þer-myd] þer-wiþ IF. bote] but ȝif IM. hue] written he P; heo F; ȝo E; sche IM; cf. Pass. v. 92.] 136 He charged chapmen · to chasten here children, And lete no wynnynge for-wene hem · þe while þei ben ȝonge; [And] IF om. for-wene] for|wanyen I. þe while] þe wile P; þer|whil I; while þat MF.] For ho so spareþ þe spring · spilleþ hus children; [B page 59] [ho so] who I. spring] sprigge FI; ȝerde E. spilleþ] he spilleþ MS. hus] here I. children] heirus F.] And so wrot þe wise · to wissen us alle,
Qui parcit uirge, odit filium.
[wise] wise man M. wissen IMFSE] wisen P. us] hus P. filium] filium suum F.] 140 And sitthe he preide prelates · and prestes to-geders, [A page 54]
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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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