But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.
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| Birth: | 1332 |
| Death: | 1386 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author |
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The attribution of Piers to Langland rests principally on the evidence of a manuscript held at Trinity College, Dublin. This directly ascribes 'Perys Ploughman' to one 'Willielmi de Langlond', son of 'Stacy de Rokayle, who died in Shipton-under-Wychwood, a tenant of the Lord Spenser in the county of Oxfordshire'. Other manuscripts also name the author as 'Robert or William langland', or 'Wilhelmus W.'.
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