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 yf þe gromes grucche · bid hem go swynke, [þe] þo S. go] go and IM.]And he shal soupe þe swettere · when he hath deserued. [þe] IMG om. when] wen P. hath] it haþ I; haþ hit MG.]And yf þow fynde eny folke · wham false men han apaired, [And] Ac MIG. wham] wam P; þat I. men] folc M. han] haþ M; haue SG.]Line 229 Comforte hem with þy catel · for so comaundeþ treuthe;Loue hem and lene hem · so lawe of kynde wolde;
Alter alterius onera portate.
[so] and so I.]And alle manere men · þat þow myght aspye [men] of men IMG.]Line 232 In meschief oþer in mal-ese · and þow mowe hem helpe,Loke by þy lyf · let hem nouht for-fare. [Loke] Loke þow M.]Yf þow hast wonne ouht wickeliche · wisliche dispende hit;
Facite uobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis." [hast] haue M. ouht] auȝt S; I om. wickeliche] wickedlich EIG; wickedly S; wrongfulli M. dispende hit] þow hit spende M.] [B page 105]
"Ich wolde nat greuye god," quaþ peers · "for al þe good on erthe; [wolde—greuye] wul not greue S. on] in IG.]Line 236 Myghte ich synneles do as þou seist?" seide peers plouhman. [A page 86] [synneles do] do synneles S. peers] pieres þe I.]"Ȝe, ich by-hote þe," quaþ hunger · "oþer elles þe byble lyeþ;Go to oure by-gynnynge · þo god þe worlde made,As wise men han ywryte · and as wittnesseþ genesis, [ywryte] ywritte E; writen M; wrytun S; y-writen I. as] I om.]That seith, with swynke and with swot · and swetynge face [seith] seiþ þat M. face] faces M.]Line 241 By-tulye and by-trauaile · treuly oure lyf-lode;
In labore & sudore uultus tui uesceris pane tuo.
[By-tulye] By-tilye S; Bi|telede M; By tillyng E; By-tuyl G. by-trauaile] bi-traueilede M. oure] his M. & sudore] I om.]And salamon þe sage · with þe same acordeþ,
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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.,
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