The Vision of William concerning Piers Plowman together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, By William Langland (About 1362-1380 A.D.): Edited from Numerous Manuscripts, with Prefaces, Notes and a Glossary, By the Rev. Walter W. Skeat |
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“Þat is þe Castel of care,” quod heo “hose comeþ þer-Inne,
Mai Banne þat he born was to Bodi or to soule.
Þer-Inne woneþ a wiht þat wrong is I-hote,
Fader of Falsness he foundede [it] him-seluen;
Adam and Eue he eggede to don ille;
Counseilede Caym to cullen his Broþer;
Iudas he Iapede with þe Iewes seluer,
And on an Ellerne treo hongede him after.
He is a lettere of loue and lyȝeþ hem alle
Þat trusteþ in heor tresour þer no truþe is Inne.”
Mai Banne þat he born was to Bodi or to soule.
Þer-Inne woneþ a wiht þat wrong is I-hote,
Fader of Falsness he foundede [it] him-seluen;
Adam and Eue he eggede to don ille;
Counseilede Caym to cullen his Broþer;
Iudas he Iapede with þe Iewes seluer,
And on an Ellerne treo hongede him after.
He is a lettere of loue and lyȝeþ hem alle
Þat trusteþ in heor tresour þer no truþe is Inne.”
Þenne hedde I wonder in my wit what wommon hit weore,
Þat suche wyse wordes of holy writ me schewede;
And halsede hire in þe heiȝe nome er heo þeonne ȝeode,
What heo weore witerly þat [wisside] me so feire.
Þat suche wyse wordes of holy writ me schewede;
And halsede hire in þe heiȝe nome er heo þeonne ȝeode,
What heo weore witerly þat [wisside] me so feire.
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