The Vision of William
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Excerpt from The Vision of William: Concerning Piers the Plowman The title ´Piers Plowman,´ or, as I prefer to write it, ´Piers the Plowman,´ is one which has been frequently misconstrued and misunderstood by many authors, and concerning which many text-books have blundered inextricably. It is most important that the reader should have a clear idea of what it means, and as it is rather a difficult point to explain accurately, I must ask him to give me his best attention; and I cannot refrain from adding the hope that, if he succeeds in mastering the explanation of it, he will refrain from using the phrase in future in the old slovenly way. The difficulty is three-fold, as originating in a three-fold error. The three mistakes commonly made are these. First, Piers Plowman is used as though it were the name of an author a; secondly, two poems which are quite distinct, and the respective titles of which are familiarly expressed as The Vision of Piers Plowman and Pierce the Ploughman´s Crede, have been frequently confounded together; and thirdly, the name of ´The Vision of Piers Plowman´ is commonly given to what is really the ´Liber de Petro Plowman,´ of which the ´Vision´ forms only about a third part . I must ask the reader to bear in mind that, in what I am now going to say, I make no reference whatever to the Crede, and do not make any assertion about it till I again expressly mention it by its full title. Unless this be remembered, our chance of arriving at the truth is much lessened. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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