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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 1362-1380 A.D.): Edited from numerous manuscripts, with prefaces, notes, and a glossary, by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat ... In four parts
Langland, William (1330?-1400?)

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LUXURIA.

Þanne lecchoure seyde “allas!” and on owre lady he cryed,
To make mercy for his mis-dedes bitwene god and his soule,
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With þat he shulde þe saterday seuene ȝere þere-after,
Drynke but myd þe doke and dyne but ones.
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