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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.)

And to peers plouhman · proferede to fighte, [I omits.] And bad hym 'go pisse with hus plouh · peyuesshe shrewe!' [peyuesshe] peuysche EMSG.] 151 A brytonere com braggynge · a-bosted peers al-so; [com] cam IMSG; came E. a|bosted] & bosted EG; and abostede MS; he bostede I.] "Wolle þow, ne wolle þow · we wolleþ habbe oure wil, [A page 82] [Wolle] Wilt M; Wult S. ne wolle] ne wolt S; nylt M; nelle EI. þow] þou, quoþ he I. wil] willus S.] Boþe þy flour and þy flessh · fecchen when ous lykeþ, [Boþe] And I. when] wen P.] And make ous myrye þer-myd · maugre ho by|gruccheþ!" [ho] whose M. bygruccheþ] by-grucche SG; gruccheþ M.] 155 Peers þe plouhman þo · pleynede to þe knyght, [þo] M om. to] him to I.] To kepe hym and hus catel · as couenaunt was by|twyne hem: [bytwyne hem] bi-fore M.] "Awreke me of þese wastours · þat maken þys worlde dere; [of] on M. þese S] þis ME; þise I; þes P. worlde EI] world MS; wordle G; worde P.] Thei counte nat of cursyng · ne holy [kirke] dreden; [counte] a-counten M. cursyng] cursynges I. [kirke I] churche PES; chirche M.] Ther worth no plente," quaþ peers · "and þe plouh ligge." [Ther] For þer I. plente] miswritten pleynte P.] 160 Curtesliche þe knyght þen · as hus kynde wolde, Warned wastour · and wissede hym betere, [wastour] wastours M. hym] hem M.] "Oþer ich shal bete þe by þe lawe · and brynge þe in stockes." [þe] ȝow M (twice). in] in-to M.] "Ich was nat woned [to] wirche," quaþ wastour · "and ich wolle nat now bygynne," [B page 102] [woned EIMG] wonyd S; wont (altered to wond) P. [to IMSG] PE om. quaþ] quod a M. and] MSG om. ich—now] now wil I not I.] 164 And let lyght of þe lawe · and lasse of þe knyght, [And—lyght] He tolde litel M.] And sette peers at a pese · pleyne hym wher he wolde. [a pese] an ase I. pleyne] to pleyne I. hym] MG om. wher] wer 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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