An Essay Toward the Critical Text of the a Version of Piers the Plowman
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URT2 FROM Prologue 1 to about 1. 183 (185) and from 7. 69a (71) to 7. 209 (216) The evidence grouping URT2 from the beginning of the poem to about 1. 183 (185), and from 7. 69a (71) to 7. 209 (216) [T2 defective from 7. 210 on], appears quite conclusive. Some of the most impor- tant readings are: Prol. 71, "bunchide, " "blessid, " URT2; 1. 98, "professioun, " "prophecye, " RT2 (U defective); 7. 91 (96), "pote, " URT2 omit; 7. 147 (152), "ordre, " "lord, " URT2; 7. 173 (179), "bedrede, " "Were e...y^ed, " URT2; 7. 173, "botnid, " "aboute, " URT2. Other readings are in Prol. 1, 13, 14, 17, 21, 29, 32, 37, 77; 1. 23, 52; 7. 76 (81), 98 (103), 99 (104), 104 (109), 116 (121), 127 (132), 159 (165), 164 (170), 169 (175), 172 (178), 191 (198), 197 (204), 206 (213), 209 (216). After Prol. 54, R adds two lines, and at the same point T2 adds four, including the same two : . On fele halue fonden hem to done lederes Pei be of louedayes and with Pe la we medle. (R) Parsons with P&ir proourases [prouisours ?] permutyn pair chirches With al pe besynes of Pair body Pe better to haue Vicars on fele halue fandyn paim to Done Leders Pai ben of lovedays & with Pe lawe mellyth.
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