The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundum Wit et Resoun, by William Langland (About 1362-1380 A.D.): Edited from numerous manuscripts, with prefaces, notes, and a glossary, by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat ... In four parts |
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“My syre seyde so to me and so did my dame,
Þat þe leuere childe þe more lore bihoueth,
And Salamon seide þe same þat Sapience made,
Who-so spareth þe sprynge spilleth his children.”
Þat þe leuere childe þe more lore bihoueth,
And Salamon seide þe same þat Sapience made,
Qui parcit virge, odit filium.
Þe Englich of þis latyn is who-so wil it knowe,Who-so spareth þe sprynge spilleth his children.”
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