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.)

That hij precheþ to þe puple · prouen hit hem-selue; [hij] ȝe I. hem] ȝow I.] "Lyue ȝe as ȝe lereþ ous · we shulleþ leyue ȝow þe bettere." [Lyue] Lyueth IM; & lyue F. ȝe (1)] MF om. ȝe (2)] þei F. shulleþ] schulle M; schol S; schal IF. leyue] leue ISE; loue M; leeue F.] And sitthe [he] radde religion · here ruele to holde, [[he IMFSEG] P om. reli|gion] religious MF.] 144 "Leste þe kyng and hus consail · ȝoure comunes a-peyre, [kyng and] kyngus F. ȝoure] her F. a-peyre IMFSG] apeyere PE.] And be stywardes of ȝoure stedes · til ȝe be [stewed] betere. [stywardes] steward FS. of] ouer E. ȝe] he F. [stewed F] stuede PE; stuyd S; stowed I; stywed G; turned M.] Gregorie þe grete clerk · gart write in bokes [A page 132] [B page 158] [SEE B. x. 292. gart] lete E. in] I om.] The ruele of alle religious · ryghtful and obedient. [alle] F om. religious] re|ligion MF; religiouns I. and obedi|ent] to beholde F.] 148 Right as fisshes in flod · whenne hem faileþ water, [Right] þat riȝt F. in] in a M; on þe I. whenne] wenne P; and in l. 150. hem] þay I.] Deyen for drouthe · whenne þei drye liggen, [drouthe] dreuthe or drouthe P; druþe E; drowþe M; droghþe I; drouȝte F. drye] miswritten dryen P.] Ryght so religion · roteþ and sterueth, [religion] religious M.] Þat out of couent and cloistre · coueyteþ to dwelle. [and] and of I; or M.] 152 For yf heuene be on þys erthe · oþer eny eyse for saule, [for saule] to þe soule I; of soule M.] Hit is in cloistre oþer in scole · by meny skyles ich fynde. [cloistre] a cloistre P; but IMFSE omit a; so also in l. 155. meny] sundry F; E om.] For in cloistre comeþ no man · to chide ne to fighte; [chide—fighte] fiȝte ne to chide M.] In scole ys loue and lownesse · and [lykyng] to lerne. [[lykyng EIMF] lokynge PS.] Ac meny day, men telleþ · boþe monkes and chanouns [meny—men] as many man F.] Han ride out of a-ray · here ruele vuel [y]holde, [ride] riden F; i-ride M; ridde E. vuel] euel IMF. yholde EG] i-holde MIFS; holde P.] 158 [Lederes of louedaies · and landes purchassed,] [From M; also in IFSG; PE om. louedaies] lawedayus FSG; ladies I.]
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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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