The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 10: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson Poetry 137 (Ra)
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Hic incipit liber qui uocatur pers plowman prologus [This is the only manuscript (in all the surviving manuscripts of Piers) in which the first section is titled prologus.] .

I N a somyr sesoun . whenne[^a1] I south wente[^a2]
I schop me a[^a3] schroude[^a4] . as I a schep[^1] were 
In abyte as an ermyte . von [v]n -holy of werkys
Y wente wyde in this wordle[^a5] . wondrys to hure[^a6] .
But vp-on[^a7] a may morwe . on maluerne hyllys[^a8]
Me by-fel a ferly . of fayrye me thouȝthe 
I was wery for-wandred . I[^a9] wente me to reste
Vnder a brod banke . by a burne syde .
But[^a10] as I lay and lenede . and loked on the waterys[^2]
I slombryd in[^a11] aslepyng a slepyng . I[^a12] sweuenede[^a13] so merye 
Þer[^a14] gan I to mete . anerwelous a [m]erwelous swo euene[^3]
that I was in a wildernysse . I wyste[^a15] neuere where .
But[^a16][^4] as I behelde in-to þe este . vp[^a17] to the sunne
I saw[^a18] a tour in[^a19] a coste[^a20][^5] . tryly ontyrid[^a21] 
A dep dale by-nethe . a doungon þer-ynne
W ith depe dykys and derke . dredful[^a22] of syȝth .
A fayr felde ful of folke . fonde I bytwene
Of alle maner of men . the mene and þe riche[^6] 
Worchynge and wandrynge . as þis wordle[^a23] askys[^a24]
Somme putte hem to plow . and[^a25] pleyde ful selde .
In seed tyme[^a26] of sowyng . swonkyn[^7] ful harde
Þat[^a27] þes wastorys now[^a28] . wyt[^8] glotonye destroyen 
Some[^a29] putte hem to pride . and paralyde hem þer -after[^9]
In countenance of cloþing . þey[^a30] comyn[^10] dysgysed[^11] .
To[^a31] prayere and to[^a32] penaunce . putte hem many[^12]
For[^a33] þe[^a34] loue of oure lord . lyuede ful[^a35] strayte[^a36][^13] 
In hope for to[^a37] haue . heuene-ryche[^14] blysse
As ankerys and hermytes . þat lyuen[^a38] in her cellys .
And[^a39] coueytyn nouȝth in þe[^a40] countre . to caryen a-boute[^15]
for none[^a41] lykerous[^16] lyflode . here lykamys to plese 
Some[^a42] chosen hem to chaffare . þey[^17] cheuyd þe betere
as hit ys sene in[^a43] oure syȝth . þat suche men þryuen.
And summe men[^a44] myrthes to make . as menstralys cunne
gete[^a45] gold with her gle . synne-les[^a46] I trowe 
ac iaperis and iangeleres . iudacys chyldryn
gon fyndyn[^a47] meny[^a48] fantasyes . and foles hem makyn .
And han wit at her wille . to worche what hem lykys
þ at þat[^a49] poule precheþ of hem . I dar not prouyn here 
Qui loquitur turpiloquium . ys lucyferes hyne
beggeres and bydderes[^a50] . faste a-boute ȝede .
Til her belyes and her bagges . ware bred-ful[^a51] crammed[^a52]
þei flyteþ[^a53] for her fode . and[^a54] fyȝthen at þe ale 
in glotenye god wot . go þei to bedde
and rysen vp with rybaudye . as robertes knauys .
Sclep[^a55] and slowthe . sewyth hem euere
pylgrymys and palmeres . plytyth hem to-gedere 
to[^a56] seke seynt Iame . and seyntes in[^a57] rome
and[^a58] wente forþ in her way . with manye wyse talys .
And hadde leue to lye . al her lyf after
hernytes her[m]ytes on an hepe . with hokede stauys 
wente to walsyngham . and her wenches after
grete lobyes and longe . loth for[^a59] to swynke .
Cloþed hem in copys . to be knowe fro oþere
schopyn hem ermytes . here ese to haue 
on fele halue . fonden hem to done[^18]
lederes þei be of louedayes . and with þe lawe medle .
I fonde þer þe[^a60] freres . alle þe fower orderes
prechynge þe peple . for profyt of here[^a61] wombys 
glosede þe gospel . as hem goud lykede
for couetyse of copys . construdyt construd yt[^a62][^19] as þei wolde .
Many of þo[^a63] maystres . mown[^a64] cloþen hem at lykyng
for her money and her marchaundyse . metyn to-gederis 
sythe charite haþ be chapman . ⁊̃ & chef to schryue lordis
Fele[^a65] ferlyis han falle . in a fewe ȝerus .
But holy cherche and þey . holdyn[^a66] to-gederys
þe moste myschef of þis[^a67] molde . mounteþ[^a68] vp faste 
þer prechede a pardoner . a prest as þouȝ he[^a69] were
brouȝthe forþ bullys[^a70] . wyth busschopys selys .
And seyde[^a71] hym-self . myȝte a-soyle hem alle
of falsnesse of fastynge . of[^a72] a-vowes brokyn 
þe[^a73] lewdemen lewde men leued hym[^a74] wel . and lykyd his speche
come knelyng vp[^a75] . to kyssyn his bullys[^a76] .
He blessed[^a77] hem with his breuet . and blered here eyes
rauȝthe hem[^a78] with his rageman . broches and rynges[^a79] 
þus ȝe[^a80] ȝeuen ȝore gold . glotonys to helpyn[^20]
and lenyn hit to[^a81] loselys . þat lecherye haunten .
But were[^a82] þe byschop y-blessed . and worþ boþe his erys
his selys[^a83] schulde not be sent . to disseyue þe peple 
I trowe hit be not for[^a84] þe byschop . þat þe boye precheþ
but[^a85] for[^a86] þe pardoner and þe parichesprest pariches prest[^a87][^21] . departyn[^a88] þe syluer .[^22]
That þe pore[^a89] scholde departyn[^a90] . ȝif þat þei ne were
p arsonys and parrysprestes parrys prestes . playnen[^a91] to her byschop 
þat her parryssenys[^a92][^23] ben[^a93] pore . syþen þe pestelens tyme
to haue a lycence and a[^a94] leue . at londoun to dwelle .
To synge for symonye . for syluer is swete
þer houyd an houndred . in howys of sylke 
seriauntes þo[^a95] semede . pletede[^a96] at þe barre
þei pleted[^a97] for penys . and poundyt þe lawe .
Ac[^a98] non[^a99] for þe[^a100] loue of our lord . opnyd[^a101] here lyppys[^a102]
þ ou myȝthist beter mete þe[^a103] myst . on maluerne hyllys 
þan getyn a mum of her mowȝt mow[tȝ] . tyl monye be schewyd
I saw þer[^a104] byschopys bolde . and bacheleres of dyuyn .
By-come clerkes of a-count . þe kyng for to seruyn
I saw þer archedeknys and denys . þat dignyte hauyn 
to preche þe peple . and pore men to fede
þey beþ[^a105] lopyn to loundoun . þorw[^a106] leue of here byschop .
And beþ[^a107] clerkes of þe kynges bench . þe cuntre to schynde
barounys ⁊̃ & burgeysys[^a108] . and bondeagys[^a109][^24] alse 
I saw in þat symple[^a110] . as ȝe schul here herafter[^a111]
I saw[^a112][^25] þer bakesteres ⁊ & brewesteres[^a113] . bocheres[^a114] ⁊ & kokys[^a115] .
Wollene webesteres . and weuerys of lynene
taylowres tauerneres[^a116] . and tynkeres[^a117] boþe 
masounys mynores and many oþer craftys
ac[^a118] dykeres and delueres . þat don here werk[^a119] ylle .
To[^a120] dryue forþ þe longe day . with deusa[^a121][^26] dammeme damme eme
cokys and her knawys . cryden[^a122] hote pyes hote 
gode gees ⁊ & grys . go we dyne go we
tauerneres tolled hem . and[^a123] tolde hem[^a124] þe same .
Wyth whyt wyn of oseye . and[^a125] of gascoyne[^27]
Of þe ryn and þe[^a126] rochel . þat roost to defye 
þis saw I[^a127] my-self[^a128] . and seuen syþes more .

[^a1: whenne (Ra) | whanne (T D H2 J K Wa Ma) | when (Ch Ha La) | whon (V) | as (U E)]

[^a2: I south wente (Ra U E) | softe was the sonne (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La E K Wa Ma)]

[^a3: a (Ra) | into a (T U Ch V J La E Wa Ma) | in (H2 La K) | in a (U E Wa Ma) | to (D) | vndur (Ha) | þe (J)]

[^a4: schroude (Ra) | shroud (T U V Ha E Ma) | schroudes (D H2 La) | schregges (Ch) | schropbys (J) | schrubbes (K) | shrowedes (Wa)]

[^a5: wordle (Ra) | world (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La K Wa Ma) | worlde (JE)]

[^a6: hure (Ra) | here (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J E Wa Ma) | wayte (La) | heare (K)]

[^a7: vp-on (Ra) | on (T U H2 Ha J La K Wa Ma) | in (D Ch V) | apon (E)]

[^a8: hyllys (Ra) | hilles (T U Ch H2 J La E K Wa) | hulles (D V La) | hullis (Ha) | hellys (Ma)]

[^a9: I (Ra U E) | & (T D Ch V Ha J La K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (H2)]

[^a10: But (Ra E) | And (T U D H2 V Ha J La K Ma) | [nothing] (Ch Wa)]

[^a11: in (Ra V Ha) | into (T D Ch J) | on (U H2 La E Ma) | [nothing] (K Wa)]

[^a12: I (Ra U E) | it (T D Ch H2 V Ha La K Wa Ma) | and (J)]

[^a13: sweuenede (Ra) | swiȝede (T) | sweuenyd (U) | schewed (D) | swede (Ch) | swyed (H2 La Wa) | sownede (V Ha) | sweuedyn (J) | sweued (E) | swyyd (K) | semede (Ma)]

[^a14: Þer (Ra E) | Þanne (T U D H2 J La Ma) | And þenne (Ch) | þenne (V) | þen (Ha) | Than forthwith (K) | And þan ('And' cancelled) (Wa)]

[^a15: I wyste (Ra U Ha E K Wa) | wiste I (T D Ch H2 J La Ma) | wuste I (V)]

[^a16: But (Ra U Ch J E K) | Ac (T D La) | And (H2 V) | [nothing] (Ha Wa Ma)]

[^a17: vp (Ra) | an heiȝ (T U V E) | on hey (D Ma) | an hie (Ch) | on hye (H2 K) | an hiȝe (Ha) | on heght (J) | on hygh (La) | an hey (Wa)]

[^a18: saw (Ra U D Ch E Wa) | saiȝ (T) | say (H2 J) | sauh (V) | sawe (Ha K) | sagh (La) | seyth (Ma)]

[^a19: in (Ra U H2 J E Ma) | on (T D Ch V Ha La K Wa)]

[^a20: coste (Ra) | toft (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La K Wa) | cost (?coft/?toft) (E) | twist (Ma)]

[^a21: ontyrid (Ra) | Imakid (T K Ma) | atirid (U) | Imaked (D Ch H2) | Imakett (V) | maked (Ha Wa) | makyd (J) | ytymbred (La) | entyred (E)]

[^a22: dredful (Ra U E) | & dredful (T D Ch H2 V J La K Wa Ma) | þat dredeful was (Ha)]

[^a23: wordle (Ra) | world (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E K Wa Ma) | werlde (J)]

[^a24: askys (Ra E) | askiþ (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J K Wa Ma) | wilnyth (La)]

[^a25: and (Ra H2 V Ha J E K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T U D Ch La)]

[^a26: seed tyme (Ra U E) | settyng (T D Ch H2 La K Wa Ma) | Eringe (V Ha) | sowing (J)]

[^a27: Þat (Ra E) | Whom þat (T Ch) | and wonnen þat (U Wa) | whanne þat (D) | that many (H2) | þat monie of (V Ha) | þat many of (J) | þan þer y sygh (La) | Wan that (K) | wonnyn þat (Ma)]

[^a28: now (Ra E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | in þe worlde (cancelled in Wa) (H2 Wa)]

[^a29: Some (Ra U E Wa) | And summe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a30: þey (Ra U E Ha Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a31: To (Ra U H2 V E Wa) | In (T D Ch Ha J La K Ma)]

[^a32: to (Ra U V) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a33: For (Ra U V Ha J E) | Al for (T D Ch La K Ma) | and for (H2 Wa)]

[^a34: þe (Ra U H2 Ha J E Wa) | [nothing] (T D Ch V La K Ma)]

[^a35: ful (Ra U Ch H2 V Ha J E) | wel (T D La K Wa) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a36: strayte (Ra D Ha J) | streite (Most A MSS) | strayght (K) | harde (V E)]

[^a37: for to (Ra U D H2 V Ha J E Wa) | to (T Ch La K Ma)]

[^a38: lyuen (Ra) | holden hem (Most A MSS) | leven (E) | dwelle (Wa)]

[^a39: And (Ra U E) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a40: in þe (Ra U E) | in (Most A MSS) | to (H2)]

[^a41: none (Ra V Ma) | no (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a42: Some (Ra H2 J E Wa) | And somme (All Other A MSS)]

[^a43: ys sene in (Ra U E) | semiþ to (Most A MSS) | semeth in (Ha) | semyth be (J)]

[^a44: summe men (Ra) | somme (All Other A MSS)]

[^a45: gete (Ra U E Ma) | And gete (Most A MSS) | þat (Ha K)]

[^a46: synne-les (Ra U D Ha J E) | giltles (T Ch V) | synfullyche (H2) | gylelas (La) | gylefully (K) | gylously (Wa) | senles (Ma)]

[^a47: gon fyndyn (Ra) | Fonden (Most A MSS) | þa feynen (Ha)]

[^a48: meny (Ra) | hem (Most A MSS) | þaim (E) | hem in (K Wa) | hem to (D) | hem on (Ma)]

[^a49: þ at þat (Ra U) | Þat (Most A MSS) | What (Ha)]

[^a50: beggeres and bydderes (Ra U E K) | Bidderis & beggeris (Most A MSS) | Than bidders & beggers (Wa)]

[^a51: bred-ful (Ra U D) | bratful (T La) | bretfulle (Ch) | bretful (H2 La Ma) | faste (V Ha) | full (J Wa) | with bred full (E) | fully (K)]

[^a52: crammed (Ra U D) | ycrammid (T K) | Icrammed (H2) | ycrommed (La Wa) | Icrommedt (V) | be cromed (E) | filled (Ch) | cramed (J Ma) | crommed (Ha)]

[^a53: þei flyteþ (Ra U E) | Flite þanne (T Ch) | Flytteden & (D) | Faytours (H2 La) | Feyneden hem (V) | Fayteden (Ha Ma) | Fayted (J) | And flytyd fast (K) | They faited (Wa)]

[^a54: and (Ra U Ch Ha E K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D H2 V J La)]

[^a55: Sclep (Ra) | Slep (T D Ch H2 E Ma) | Sleep (U V Ha) | Slouth (J) | Sory slep (La) | Also sclepe (K) | Slogardie (Wa)]

[^a56: to (Ra H2 E K Wa Ma) | For to (T U D Ch V Ha J La)]

[^a57: in (Ra U E) | at (Most A MSS) | of (Wa Ma)]

[^a58: and (Ra E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | They (Wa)]

[^a59: loth for (Ra U E) | þat loþ were (All Other A MSS)]

[^a60: þe (Ra D Ha La) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | of (Ma)]

[^a61: here (Ra U D) | þe (T Ch H2 La Wa) | her (Ha J K) | heore (V) | þair (E) | hem (Ma)]

[^a62: yt (Ra) | it (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (H2 J Wa Ma)]

[^a63: þo (Ra) | þise (T) | þis (V Wa) | þese (U D H2 Ha) | þer (J) | þir (E) | thes (Ch K) | heore (La) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a64: mown (Ra) | may (T D Ch J E K Wa) | mow (U) | mowe (H2) | mowen (V Ha) | ben (Ma) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a65: Fele (Ra E) | Manye (Most A MSS) | Mony (V La)]

[^a66: holdyn (Ra J La E) | holden bet (T Ch H2 Wa) | þe better to holde (Ha) | holde (U) | holdyn better (K) | holde bet (D V) | holdyn bet (Ma)]

[^a67: of þis (Ra) | on (Most A MSS) | on þis (U) | of þe (E) | of (Wa) | vpon (Ha)]

[^a68: mounteþ (Ra V) | is mountyng (Most A MSS) | mountith (U) | mountes (E) | is toward (Ma)]

[^a69: a prest as þouȝ he (Ra) | as he a prest (Most A MSS) | as prest as he (U J) | prist as he (E) | a prest as it (Ha)]

[^a70: bullys (Ra E) | a bulle (Most A MSS)]

[^a71: seyde (Ra U E) | seide þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a72: of (Ra U D J La Ma) | & of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a73: þe (Ra U V E Wa) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | These (Ha)]

[^a74: hym (Ra U V Ha J E Ma) | it (T Ch) | [nothing] (D H2 La K Wa)]

[^a75: knelyng vp (Ra U) | vp knelynge (Most A MSS) | knelyng vppon kneys (E)]

[^a76: bullys (Ra Ma) | bulle (Most A MSS) | bulles (Ha K)]

[^a77: blessed (Ra U Ha E) | bunchide (Most A MSS) | blenchet (J)]

[^a78: rauȝthe hem (Ra U) | And rauȝte (Most A MSS) | And he rauȝte (La) | he rauthe (Ma) | rauȝhe (E)]

[^a79: broches and rynges (Ra U D E Ma) | ryngys & brochis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a80: om. (Ra U H2 V Ha J La Wa Ma) | þei (T D Ch) | þai (E) | thay (K)]

[^a81: hit to (Ra U D V E) | to (Most A MSS) | hyth to (Ha) | at (Wa) | þese (Ma)]

[^a82: But were (Ra T U Ch Ha E) | Were (D H2 J K Ma) | Weore (V La) | Where (Wa)]

[^a83: selys (Ra) | sel (T Ch V Ha Wa) | seel (D H2 J) | seal (U La K Ma) | seaules (E)]

[^a84: I trowe hit be not for (Ra) | It is not be (H2 J Wa) | I trow noght it be for (E) | y trowe it is noght for (U) | Saue hit his not bi (V) | He is nouȝ al be (D) | It is nouth born (Ma) | It is not al by (Ha K) | hit is nat al be (Ch) | hit is not by (La) | It is not al by (T)]

[^a85: but (Ra) | Ac (T J E Wa) | But (U D Ch H2 V Ha La K Wa)]

[^a86: for (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a87: þe pardoner and þe parichesprest pariches prest (Ra E) | parissh prest & þe pardoner (All Other A MSS)]

[^a88: departyn (Ra U V E) | parte (Most A MSS) | departid (H2)]

[^a89: pore (Ra U J Wa) | pore peple of þe parissh (T D CH H2 V La K) | pore men (E) | poore of þe parysche (Ha)]

[^a90: departyn (Ra E) | haue (All Other A MSS)]

[^a91: playnen (Ra H2 V La K Wa) | pleynide hem (T U D Ch J Ma) | han playned (Ha) | pleyne þaim (E)]

[^a92: parryssenys (Ra U Ha K) | parissh (Most A MSS) | cherches (Ma) | kirkes (E)]

[^a93: ben (Ra U J) | were (D H2 E K) | weryn (Ma) | was (T Ch Wa) | haþ ben (V) | han ben (Ha) | weore (La)]

[^a94: and a (Ra U) | & (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (D Wa)]

[^a95: þo (Ra) | it (Most A MSS) | þei (U) | thay (K) | þaim (E)]

[^a96: pletede (Ra U) | þat seruide (Most A MSS) | to serven (D V Ha) | atseruyd (E)]

[^a97: þei pleted (Ra U) | Pleten (Most A MSS) | þat pledeyn (J) | To pleden (Wa) | to pletyn (Ma)]

[^a98: Ac (Ra U) | And (Most A MSS) | But (Ha Wa) | Wald (E) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a99: non (Ra U E) | nouȝt (T D Ch J) | nouth (Ma) | nauȝt (H2) | Not (V La) | [nothing] (Ha Wa)]

[^a100: þe (Ra U Ha Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a101: opnyd (Ra U) | vnlose (Most A MSS) | opyn (E) | not open (Ha) | not vnlese (Wa)]

[^a102: lyppys (Ra U E) | lippes ones (All Other A MSS)]

[^a103: þe (Ra H2 V Ha E Ma) | [nothing] (T U D Ch J La) | a (Wa)]

[^a104: þer (Ra U V Ha) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a105: þey beþ (Ra) | Ben (T Ch H2 Ha J Ma) | Beon (V La) | Beth (D Wa) | þei ben (U) | Or (E)]

[^a106: þorw (Ra U) | be (Most A MSS) | to (E) | for (J)]

[^a107: beþ (Ra) | ben (T U Ch H2 V J Ma) | be (D Wa) | beon (La) | er (E) | become (Ha)]

[^a108: burgeysys (Ra) | burgeis (Most A MSS) | burgeises (Ha) | burches (E) | bugeys (Ma)]

[^a109: bondeagys (Ra U J) | bondage (T D Ch H2 Wa) | Bonde men (V Ha La E Ma)]

[^a110: symple (Ra) | semble (Most A MSS) | semele (T)]

[^a111: herafter (Ra V) | aftir (All Other A MSS)]

[^a112: I saw (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a113: brewesteres (Ra) | bocheris (Most A MSS) | brewers (E Wa) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a114: bocheres (Ra E) | breusteris (All Other A MSS)]

[^a115: ⁊ & kokys (Ra) | manye (Most A MSS) | boþe (U) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a116: tauerneres (Ra Ch) | t[ok]keris (Kane) | Tokers (Wa) | and towkers (H2) | toucheris (U) | & toucherys (Ma) | and thackers (J) | tanneris (T) | & tynkelers (E) | & tornors (La) | & Souters (D)]

[^a117: tynkeres (Ra) | tolleris (Most A MSS) | tokkeris (T D) | Tapsters (Ch)]

[^a118: ac (Ra) | As (T D Ch La Ma) | And (U H2 J) | Als (E) | [nothing] (V Ha Wa)]

[^a119: werk (Ra U) | dede (T D Ch La Wa) | dedes (H2 V E Ma) | dedys (J) | dedus (Ha)]

[^a120: To (Ra) | And (Most A MSS) | þat (U La K) | And heuere (Ma)]

[^a121: deusa (Ra U) | dieu saue (Most A MSS) | dieuȝ (Ha) | deu vus (V) | douce (Ma) | dieu gard (D)]

[^a122: cryden (Ra U) | crieþ (T D Wa) | crien (Ch H2 V Ha J La Ma) | cried (E) | cryyd (K)]

[^a123: tolled hem . and (Ra U) | to hem (Most A MSS) | til hem (D) | vnto þaim (E) | on tyll hym (Ma)]

[^a124: hem (Ra U Ch H2) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a125: and (Ra U E Ma) | & wyn (All Other A MSS)]

[^a126: þe (Ra H2 Ha J) | of þe (T U Ch K Ma) | of (D V E Wa) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a127: þis saw I (Ra U) | Al þis sauȝ I (Most A MSS) | þis sawe I (E) | All þis saw I (Wa)]

[^a128: my-self (Ra) | slepyng (Most A MSS) | my selue slepynge (U)]

[^1: Ra.P.2: The final <p> has been overwritten with what looks like the dark ink used to supply the folio numbers.]

[^2: Ra.P.9: manuscript w..erys: the letters <at> are practically worn away.]

[^3: Ra.P.11:The manuscript spelling, with swo for swe, is not elsewhere attested. There may be some confusion with "swoon"--or simply (as with chost below--10.193) a mistake in the vowel.]

[^4: Ra.P.13: But begins with a bigger capital <B> than in lines 5, 9 above.]

[^5: Ra.P.14: This is Kane's reading of Ra. It is not an alliterating toft (as in Knott-Fowler; Schmidt): there is no obvious ascender to make the <c> into <t> or the bar to make the <s> into <f>.]

[^6: Ra.P.18: The <i> has been overwritten in darker, later ink.]

[^7: Ra.P.21: swonkyn is faded, but it looks more like <o> than <e>. The <d> of harde at the end of the line is touched up in darker ink.]

[^8: Ra.P.22: The downstroke of <t> looks like later addition, or overwriting, in darker ink. The original cross-stroke appears to be the only original stroke remaining; the remainder of line worn and faded. This is the only instance in the manuscript where the preposition wyth is spelled without its final <h>. The omission of final <h> after <t> also occurs in a number of verb forms: askyt, byddyt (see Front Matter sections IV.2.5.1.8 and IV.2.5.1.9).]

[^9: Ra.P.23: The second half of this line is much worn, faded; the <a> of and and <af> of after have been overwritten in darker ink.]

[^10: Ra.P.24: manuscript: ...yn (comyn reported in Kane) is much worn and faded.]

[^11: Ra.P.24: Many letters in dysgysed look touched up in later ink.]

[^12: Ra.P.25: There is a (worm)hole in <a>; <ny> is touched up in darker ink.]

[^13: Ra.P.26: The ra and <e> have been touched up with darker ink.]

[^14: Ra.P.27: The <h> and final <e> of heuene and <y> in ryche have been touched up with darker ink.]

[^15: Ra.P.29: boute is much faded/worn.]

[^16: Ra.P.30: The <k> is broken; and the er is very faint.]

[^17: Ra.P.31: A number of letters in this line have been touched up in darker ink.]

[^18: Ra.P.55: This and the following line are not in Knott-Fowler, Kane, or Schmidt. See Kane, n. to Pro.54 on additional lines in H2, E and Ra: the lines in Ra are similiar to the 3rd and 4th of E's addition, but there are no parallels to E's 1st and 2nd. The two lines in H2 are distinctly different from any of these. Also, this line in Ra begins with a space of 9+ characters' width, suggesting uncertainty about its exemplar's text (or sense), or an attempt to emend it. E has Vicars in this position in the corresponding line. Tilot (an ordained priest, and a vicar of Chichester Cathedral from before 1415) may have intended to substitute another word for one so closely associated with himself (see Horobin [2005]: 19-20). He apparently never settled on an appropriate replacement, and this unique word-blank remains.]

[^19: Ra.P.60: There is a slight space between <d> and <y>, but it is no more than that separating non-ligatured consonants and <y>–as, for instance, in copys earlier in this line. The yt would be an unique instance of that spelling for the pronoun in Ra; it is not, however, unusual as a verb-ending, so perhaps the correction should be to construyt: cf. construit at 8.133.]

[^20: Ra.P.75: There is some spotting of red ink in the right margin, not obviously offset from the facing page.]

[^21: Ra.P.80: The long <s> is written over (or squeezed in after) an original <e> at the end of pariche.]

[^22: Ra.P.80: What looks a bit like an <e> or <;> following syluer is more likely interpretable as an irregular, large punctus–cf. 4, 8 lines below–with 2 stray ink spots.]

[^23: Ra.P.83: What may appear to be a macron above the <e> is rather the curved downstroke of the <y> above.]

[^24: Ra.P.98: See Kane's note to Pro.96. The word is unambiguously bondeagys: the <o> bites the initial <b>, a frequent practice of this scribe.]

[^25: Ra.P.100: I saw is Ra's unique reading in this line; it is arguably the scribe's mistaken copying of the beginning of the previous line.]

[^26: Ra.P.105: I.e., douce.]

[^27: Ra.P.109: This line and the next are linked with a red bracket at the end. This bracketing, unique in the MS, corresponds to an anomaly in the red ticking for the line-initial capitals at the beginning of these two lines. What the correspondence suggests is, however, not clear.]

Passus primus de visione .

N Ow[^a129] what þis[^a130] fayre[^a131] mounteyn may mene[^a132] . ⁊ & þis[^a133] derke[^a134] dalys
and[^a135] þis[^a136] felde ful of folk . fayre wil I[^a137] schewe 
a lufly lady of lere . in lynene was[^a138] y-cloþed
cam doun fro þe[^a139] chyf[^a140][^28] . ⁊ & called me fayre .
And sayde sone sclepyst þou . seyst þou þis peple
how bysy þat[^a141] þei be . a-boute þe mase 
þe moste party of þe[^a142] peple . þat passyth on lyue[^a143]
haue þei worschepys of[^a144] þis wordle[^a145] . þei kepe no betere .
Of oþer heuene þan here . hold þei no tale
I was a-ferd of hire face . þow sche fayre were 
and sayde mercy madame . what may þis by-mene[^a146]
þe tour in[^a147] toft[^a148] quod sche . trouþe is þer-inne .
Wolde[^a149] þat þou[^a150] wrouȝtest . as his word schewys[^a151]
for he is fader of feyth . and formed vs[^a152][^29] alle 
with[^a153] fel and whyt face[^a154] . ⁊ & a[^a155] fyn wyt[^a156]
for to worschepe hym þerwith . whyl þat[^a157] ȝe[^30] ben here .
Ther-fore[^a158] he lyȝthe[^a159][^31] in-to[^a160][^32] erþe . to helpe vs[^a161] echone
of wollene[^a162] of lynene[^a163] . of lyflode at nede 
in mesurable manere . to maken vs[^a164] atese at ese
and commaunded of his cortesye . in comoun þre þynges .
Are non nedful but þo . to[^a165] meuyn[^a166] hem I þenke
and rekkene hem in resoun . reherse ȝe[^a167] hem after 
þat on is vesture verylyche[^a168] . from[^33] chele ȝou[^a169] to saue
þat oþer[^a170] mete at ȝour[^a171] mel . for myschef[^a172] of ȝour -selue[^a173] .
Drynke[^a174] when þou dryest[^a175] . ac do hit not out of resoun
so þat[^a176] ȝe[^a177] wyrche[^a178] þe worce . when ȝe[^a179] swynke schulde 
for loot[^a180] in his lyfdayes . for lykyng of drynke
dede by his douȝtryn . as[^a181] þe deuel lykyd .
Delyted[^34] hym in drynke . as the deuyl wolde
and lecherye hym lauȝthe . and lay by hem boþe 
and al he wyted þe[^a182] wyn . þat wyckede dede
dred delytable drynke . and þou schalt do þe betere .
Mesure is medycyne . þey þou[^35] moche desyre[^a183]
al is not good to þe gost . þat þe gut askyt 
ne lyfful to[^a184] lykame . þat lyf[^a185] is to þe soule
lef not ȝut[^a186] ȝu[r] lykame . for alþer a l[y]er hem[^a187] techys .
That þis[^a188] wreched wordle[^a189] . þe to[^a190] be-traye
for þe fend and þy flesch . folwyn to-gedere 
to[^a191] schende þi sely[^a192] soule . set hit in þyn herte .[^36][^37]
A madame mercy[^38] quod I . me lykes wel ȝour wordis .
Ac þe money of[^a193] þis molde . þat men so faste holdys
telleþ me to whom . þat tresoure apendys 
go to þe gospel quod sche . þat god seyde hym -selue
þo þe peple hym aposyd . with a peny in þe temple .
Ȝif[^39] þei schulde worschep þer -with . sesar þe kyng[^40]
and god[^a194][^41] asked of hem . of whom spak þe lettere 
and ymage lyke . þat þer -inne standys
sesar þei sayde . we sen wel echone .
Reddite sesar is [i][^42] quod[^43] god þat sesar byfallyþ
⁊ & que sunt dei deo . or[^a195] ellys ȝe do ylle 
For ryȝthful[^a196] resoun[^44] schal reule[^a197] ȝow alle
and kende[^a198][^45] wit be wardeyn . ȝowre welþe to kepe .
And tutour of ȝour trosour[^46] to[^a199] take hit ȝou at nede
for husbondrye and he . holden to-gedere 
þanne I frayned hure fayre . for hym þat hure made
þe doungoun in þe dale . þat dredful is of syȝth .
What may hit by-mene . madame I þe by-seche
þat is þe castel of care . who-so comeþ þer-to[^a200] 
may banne þat he bore was . to body or to soule
þer -inne woneþ a wyȝth . þat was[^a201] y-hote .
Fader of falfhede fal[s]hede . he fonde hit hym-self
adam and eue . he heggede hem to helle[^a202] 
and[^a203] conseyled caym . to kylle his broþer
iudas he iapede . with Iewene syluer .
And syþen on a eldere . heng hym- self[^a204] after
he is lettere of loue . and[^a205] seyneth[^a206][^47] hem alle 
þat trustyn on his trosour . be-trayd ar sonered[^a207] soner[e][^48] .
þan haddy hadd y wonder in my wit . what womman hit were .
That suche wyse wordes . of holy wryt schewde
and assched[^a208] her on þe hye name . or þen sche þenne ȝede[^a209] .
what sche were wyterly . þat wyssed me so fayre .
holychurche I am quod sche . þou auȝtys me to knowe .
I vnderfong þe furst . and ȝut ȝu[r] feyþ þe tauȝthe
þou brouȝtes brouȝtes[t] me borwys . my byddyng to wyrche 
to loue me lely . þe[^a210] whylys þy lyf duryth[^49][^50]
thanne I knelyd on my kneys . ⁊̃ & cryed hure of grace .
Prayede hure pytusly . to praye for my synnys
and ek teche me kyndely . on cryst to byleue 
þat I myȝthe wyrke his wille . þat wrouȝthe me to manne
teche me to no trosour . but tel me þis ylke .
Hou I may saue my soule . þat seynt arn[^a211][^51] y-holde
whenne alle tresoures aren arn tryed quod sche[^a212] . trouþe is þe beste 
I do hit on deus caritas . to deme þe soþe
hit is as derworþe a dreury . as dere god hym-selue .
For who-so is trewe of his tonge . tel hit[^a213] tel[l]i[þ][^52] non oþer
doþ þe werkes þer -wiþ . wyllyþ[^a214] no man ylle 
he is a god by þe gospel . on grounde and a-lofthe
Luke
and eke lyk to oure lord . by seynt Iamys[^a215][^53] wordys .
Clerkes[^a216] þat hit knoweþ[^a217] . schulde kenne hit a-boute
for crystene and vncrystene . cleymeþ echone 
kynges and knyȝthes . schulde kepe hit by resoun
and ryde and rappe adoun[^a218] . in remys a-boute .
And take trespasoures . and tyȝe hem faste
til truþe haue[^a219][^54] termynyd . here truþe[^55] to an[^a220] ende 
for dauyt in his dayes . dubbede knyȝtes
and[^a221] dude hem swere on her swerdys[^a222] . to serue truþe euere .
This[^a223] is þe prophecye apertly[^a224] . þat a-pendyþ to knyȝtes
and nouȝth to faste a fryday . in fyue score wynter 
but holde with hym and with hure . þat askeþ þe truþe
and neuere leue hem for loue . ne for[^a225] lachynge[^56] of syluer[^a226] .
And he o -so þat pursewyt[^a227][^57] . he[^a228] is apostata in her[^a229] ordere
and cryst kyngene kyng . knyȝthede tene 
cherubyn ⁊ & seraphyn . and such seuene oþere[^a230]
and[^a231] ȝaf hem myȝth in his[^58] mageste . þe meryere hem þouȝthe .
And ouer his mayne . made hem archangelys
tauȝthe hem þorw þe trinyte . þe treuþe to knowe 
to be buxum at his byddyng . he bad hem nouȝt ellys
lucyfer[^59] with legyonys . lered hit in heuene .
And wat wa[s] þe louelekyst of syȝth . after oure lord[^60]
tyl he brak buxsumnesse . þorw bost of hym-selue 
þanne fel he with his felawys . and fendys by-come
out of heuene in-to helle . hoblede þey faste .
Summe in erþe and[^a232] some in eyre[^a233] . doun in-to[^a234] helle depe
and lucyfer lowest . lyȝthe[^a235] of hem alle 
for pride þat he putte oute . his payne haþ non ende
and alle þat worschepe[^a236] with wrong . wende þey schulde .
After here deþ-day . and dwelle with þat schrewe
ac þo þat worche þat[^a237] word . þat holycherche techys 
and endeþ as I ere sayde . in parfyte workys
mowe be syker þat her soule . schal wende in-to heuene .
Ther truþe is in trinite . and trowen[^a238][^61] hem alle
for-þy I seye as I sayde ere . by sent[^62] of þese tyxtes 
whanne alle trosures be[^a239] tryed . truþe is þe beste
leryþ þus[^a240] lewyde men . for letteryd hit knowyn .
That truþe is[^a241] tresour . þe[^a242] tryeste on erthe
ȝut haue I no[^a243] knowynge quod I . ȝe mot me betere teche[^a244] 
by what crafth[^63] in my cor es [s][^64] . hit comeþ[^a245] and where
þou dotede daffe quath he [sc]he[^65] . dulle are þy wittes .
Hit is a kynde knowynge . þat comes[^a246] in þyn herte
for to loue þi lorde . leuer þan þy-seluyn 
no dedly synne to do . þeȝ þou deye[^a247] schuldest
þis I trowe be truþe . who can teche þe betere .
Loke þou suffre hym to say . ⁊ & syþe lere after[^a248]
for þus witnesseþ his word . worche þou þer -after 
þat loue is þe leuyste þing . þat oure lord askeþ
and ȝe[^a249] [þ]e plente of pes . prechyd[^a250][^66] in þyn harpe .
Ther þou art merye at mete . whem[^a251] whe[n][^67] heny[^a252][^68] byddyt þe ȝedde
for in kynde knowynge of[^a253] herte . ther comeþ[^a254] amerthe a merthe[^a255] 
and þat falleþ to þe fader . þat formede[^69] vs alle
lokede on vs with loue . and let his sone deye .
Meklyche for oure mysdedys . to a-mende vs alle
and ȝut wolde hym[^a256] no wo . þat wrouȝthe hym þat pyne 
but mekly by[^a257] mouþe . mercy[^a258] by-souȝthe
to haue pyte on þat peple . þat pyned hym to deye[^a259] .
Here myȝthe þou se exaumples . in hym -self one
þat he was mercyful[^a260] and meke . and mercy gan graunte 
to hem þat hengyn hym by[^a261] . and his herte þerled
for-þy I rede þe þou[^a262] ryche . haue reuthe[^70] on þe pore .
Thow[^a263] ȝe be myȝthy to mote . beþ meke of ȝour workys
for þe same mesure ȝe mete . amys oþer ellys 
ȝe schul be weye þer-with . whenne ȝe goþ[^a264] hennys
for-þy[^a265] beþ[^a266] trowe[^a267][^71] of ȝour tonges . and trewlyche wynne .
And ek be chast[^a268] as a chylde . þat in þe[^a269] cherche wepys
but[^a270] ȝe loue lely . þe[^a271] pore[^72] 
of such gode as god sent . goudlyche departyn[^a272]
þei[^a273] haue[^a274] no more meryte . in masse ne in houres .
Than malkyn of hire maydynhede . þat no man desyres
for Iamys þe gentyl . Iugyd[^a275] in his bokys 
þat feyþ withoute fet . is febeler þan nouȝth
and[^a276] ded as a dore nayl . but ȝif þe dede folwe .
Chastite with -oute cheryte . worþ schryned[^73] in helle
Hit is as lewyd as a laumpe . þat no lyȝth is inne 
manye chapelaynes are chaste . ac cherite is a-waye
are no men hardere þan þey . whan þey beþ a-vaunsed .
Wonkynde to her kyn . and eke to alle crystene
schewen[^a277] here cherite . and chyden after more 
such chastyte with -oute cherite . worþ schryned[^a278][^74] in helle
ȝe curatures þat kepe ȝou . clene of ȝour body .
Ȝe beþ a-combred with synne[^a279][^75] . ȝe counne nouȝt out crepe
so hard haþ auaryce . hasped ȝou to-gedere 
þat is no truþe of trynite . but trecherye of helle
and a begynnynge[^a280] to lewede men . þe latter to dele .
For þis are wordis[^a281] y-wryten[^a282] . in þe ewangelye
Date ⁊ & dabitur uobis . for I may[^a283] dele ȝou alle 
þat is þe lok of loue . þat lateþ oute my grace
to comforte þe carfulle . a-combred with synne .
Loue ys þe leuyste[^76] þyng . þat oure lord askeþ
+

[A corrector's cross, probably contemporary with the following marginal note.]

and eke þe redyeste[^a284] gate . þat goþ in-to heuene 
fol 32 printed post f. 24 b

[This appears in ink below the cross, in a later (?19 cent.) hand. It marks the beginning of the displaced lines from Passus 7. The concluding four lines of Passus 1 come at the end of the transposed text, after VII.211: fol. 7v, below.]

dame worch whanne tyme is . perys wyf hatte
his douȝter hatte[^77] ryȝth so . or þi dame schal þe bete .
His sone hatte suffre þy soueraynys . to haue here wille
and dem hym[^a285] nouȝt for[^a286] þou dost . þou schalt hit sore a-bye 
let god wyrche þer-withalle[^a287] . for so his word teches
for now I am olde and hore . and haue of myn owe .
To penaunce ⁊ & to pylgermage . wyl I passe with oþere
for-þy I wyl or[^a288] I wende . do wryte my be-questes [^78]
In dei nomine amen . I makyd[^a289] my-seluyn
for he[^a290] schal haue my soule . þat best haþ deserued .
And defende hit fro þe fend . for so is my[^a291] by-leue
til I come to his a-countes . as my crede me techys 
to haue reles and remyssyoun . on þat rente[^a292] I leue
þe cherche schal haue my careyne . ⁊̃ & kepe my bonys .
For of my corn and my catel . he craueþ þe tyþys
I payde hem[^a293] a-prestly[^a294] . for peryl of my soule 
he is by-holde[^a295] I hope . to haue me in mynde
and monne me in his memorie . a-mong alle crystene .
My wyf schal haue al[^a296] þat I wan . truly[^a297] and no more
and dele a-mong my frendys . and my dere chyldryn 
for þouȝ I deye to-day . my dettes beþ y-quytted[^a298]
I bar home þat I borwed . or[^a299] I to bedde ȝede .
And with þe resydue and þe remenaunt . by þe rode of chestre
I wolde[^a300] worschepe þer -with . truþe by[^a301] my lyue 
and be his pilgrym at þe plow . for pore menys sake .
my plow[^a302] schal be my pykstaf[^a303] . and pyke[^a304] wp[^a305] [v]p þe rotes .
And helpe my culter to kerue . and close þe forewys[^a306][^79]
Now is peres and þe pilgrimys . to þe plow fare
to herye þe[^a307] half akere . helpyn hym manye
dykeres and delueres . dyggyng on[^a308] þe bankes[^a309] 
Ther-with was perkyn a-payde[^a310] . and preysed hem ȝerne
oþer werk-men þer were . þat wrouȝthyn ful faste 
euerey[^a311] man on his manere . made hym[^a312] to done
and some to plese perkyn . gaderyd[^a313] out[^a314] þe wedys .
At þe[^a315] hey prime peres . let þe plow stande
to ouer -sey hem hym-self . who-so best wrouȝthe 
schuld be heryed[^a316] þer -after . when heruest tyme come[^80]
þanne sete þer[^a317] some . and sunge at þe ale .
And helpen to erye[^81] þat half akre . with dusadammeme dusa dammeme[^a318]
by þe prince of paradys . quod peres þo I[^a319] i[n] wratthe 
but ȝe ryse þe raþer . ⁊ & rape ȝou to werche
schal no greyn þat her groweþ . glade ȝou at nede .
And þey ȝe deye for dol . þe deuel hange[^a320] þat recke[^a321]
þanne were faytourys a-ferd . and fayned hem blynde 
some leyde þe[^a322] leg a-lery . as suche loselys[^a323] counne
and pleyned hem to peres . with suche pytous wordis .
We haue no[^a324] lymes to lobore with . lord y-graced be ȝe
ac we praye for ȝou peres . and for ȝour plow boþe 
þat god for[^a325] his grace . ȝoure greyn multyplye
and ȝelde ȝou for[^a326] ȝour almesse . þat ȝe ȝyue vs here .
For we mowe noþer swete ne swynke[^a327] . such febelnysse[^a328] vs eyleþ
ȝif hit be[^82] quod peres þat ȝe seye . I schal hit sone a-spye 
ȝe beþ wastores I wot wel . ⁊ & truþe wot þe soþe
and I am his olde hyne . I[^a329] auȝte hym to warne .
s Whyche[^a330][^83] wastores in þis wordle[^a331] . his werkmen to destroyin[^a332]
ȝe eten þat I[^a333] schulde ete . þat erye for vs alle 
ac truthe schal teche ȝou . hys teem for to dryue
boþe to sette and to sowe . and to[^a334] saue his tilþe .
Chace[^a335] gees[^a336] from þe[^a337] corn . ⁊̃ & kepe his bestis
or ȝe sculle eten barly bred . and of þe brok drynke 
but he be blynd oþer[^a338] brokeschankyd . oþer[^a339] bedred lygges
ȝe[^a340] schulle[^84] as[^a341] I . so me god helpe .
Til god of his grace . gere hem to a-ryse
ankeres and ermites . þat holdeþ hem in her sellys 
ȝe[^a342] schal haue of myn almesse . al þe while I lybbe
y-now eche day at non . ac no more ar[^a343] morwe[^a344] .
Lest[^85] his flesch and þe fend . foulyd his soule
onys at non is y-nowȝ . þat no werk ne[^a345] vsyþ 
he a-bydeþ wel þe betere . þat bommeþ not to ofþe
Nota

[The Na is in a later (?16th century) hand.]

þan gan þe wastores[^a346] aryse . and wolde haue y-fouȝte .
To pers þe plowman . he proferyd his gloue
a bretonyr a braggere . bostede[^a347] hym al-so 
and bad hym go pysse hym[^a348] with his plow . pylede schrewe
wille þou nelle þou we wil haue . oure wil[^86] of þy flour .
n

[There is a small <n> for nota in the left margin. Perhaps it is a <cc>-shaped paraph mark? It is possibly related to the inserted make in the following line.]

Thy[^a349] flees[^a350] fette a-way[^a351] . wanne w[h]anne[^87] so vs[^a352] lykyþ
and make[^88] vs merye þer -with . maugre þy chekys 
þanne peres plowman[^a353] . pleyned hym to þe knyȝthys[^a354]
to kepe hym as couenaunt was . f rom[^89] cursede schrewes .
Fro wasteres þat wayte . wynneres to schende
curteysly tho þe knyȝth[^a355] . as[^90] his kynde wolde 
warnede wastores[^a356] . and wyssede hem[^a357] betere
or ȝe[^a358] schal a-byȝe by þe lawe[^91] . by þe lord[^a359] þat I welde[^a360]
I was not woned to worche quod wastores[^a361] . now wil I not bygynne
?

[A <cc>-shaped paraph mark, or is it a small <n> for nota? This is in the gutter and not visible in the image provided. It perhaps is meant to alert the scribe to insert the <⁊̃ &> at the beginning of the line.]

⁊̃ &[^92] let lyth of þe lawe . and lasce of þe knyȝth 
and countede peres at a pese . and his plow boþe
and mancede hym and his men . whanne þei nyxt mette .
Now by þe peril of my soule quod peres . I schal apeyre ȝou alle
and hopyd after hounger . þat herde hym at þe fyrste 
a-wrek me on þes[^a362] wastores quod peres . þat þis wordle[^a363] schendis
hounger in haste þenne hente . wastores[^a364] by þe mawe .
And wrang hem[^a365] by þe mawe[^a366] . þat alle watered her[^a367] eyen
and buffeted þe bretoner . a-bouþe þe chekys 
þat he loked as[^a368] a lanterne . al his lyf after
he bet hem so boþe . and[^a369] brak[^a370] nere here mawes .
Ne hadde peres with a pese lof . prayed hym belyue
and with a bene bach[^a371] . he hadde[^a372] by-twene 
and hitte hounger þer -with . a-mydde his lyppys
and bledde in-to þe body-ward . a bolle ful of grouuel .
Ne hadde þe fesysyoun[^a373] . defended hem water
to bate[^a374] þe barly bred . and þe benys y-grounde 
þei hadde ben dede by þis day . and doluen al warme
faytoures for fere . flowyn in-to bernys .
And flappyn on with flaylys . fro morwe til eue
þat hounger was not so[^a375] hardy . onys[^a376] on hem to[^a377] loke 
for a potel of pesyn . þat peres hadde y-maked[^a378]
[su]ffere sor [ow]yng

[The marginal comment, in dark ink, is by a later hand. The tight stitching prevents a clear view into the gutter for the image provided. The text looks like "[su]ffere sor [ow]yng."]

an hep of ermytes . hente hem spadys .
And doluen dryt and donge . to dryue[^a379] hounger out
blynde and blereyed[^a380] . were a-boute[^a381] a þowsand 
þat leyȝe blynde[^a382] and broke-legged . by þe hye-waye .
hounger hem helede . with an hot cake .
And manye[^a383] lame mennys lymes . were lyþed þat tyme
and by-comen knauys . to kepe peres bestes 
and prayde for[^a384] cherite . with peres for to dwelle
and[^a385] for couetyse of his corn . to chace[^a386] a-way hounger .
And peres was proud þer -of . and putte hem in-to[^a387] offys
ȝaf[^a388] hem mete and mone . as þey myȝthe a-serue 
þanne hadde peres pyte . and prayde hounger to wende
home in-to his owen ȝerd[^a389] . and holde hym þer euere .
And[^a390] ȝut I praye[^a391] quod peres . or[^a392] þou passe ferþer
of beggeres and bydderes . what is best[^a393] to done 
for I wot wel be þou went[^a394] . þey[^a395] wil worche ylle
myschef hit makeþ . þey[^a396] beþ so meke nowþe .
And for defaute of fode . þus faste þey[^a397] wyrche
and hit beþ my blody breþryn . for god bouȝthe vs alle 
truþe tauȝthe me onys . to loue hem echone
and helpe hem of al þing . what[^a398] þat hem nedyþ .
Now wolde I wyte ȝif þou wystyst . what were þe beste
hou[^a399] I myȝthe a-mastrye hem . and make hem to wyrche 
hong

[A faded hong may have an even fainter concluding suspension mark for <er>, calling attention to the apprearance of hounger in the verse line.]

here now quod hounger . ⁊ & hold hit for a wysdom
bolde beggeres and bygge . þat mowe her bred by-swynke .
ffor loylerars

[The marginal note, in a 16th-century hand and lightly underlined in black, may be a reference to lollers, and point to the beggeres in the preceding verse.]

W ith houndys bred and horsebred . hold vp her hertes
and bayte[^a400] hem with bonys[^a401] . for swellyng[^a402] of her wonbys[^a403] wo[m]bys 
and ȝif þe gromys[^a404] grucche . byd hem go and swynke
for[^a405] he schal soupe swetter . when he haþ hit[^a406] deserued .
Ac ȝif þou fynde ony freke . þat fortune haþ a-peyred
with fyre oþer with falce men . fonde suche to knowe 
comforte hym[^a407] wiþ þy catel . for cristes loue of heuene
loue hem and lene hem . for[^a408] so[^a409] lawe of kynde wolde .
And alle[^a410] men þat þou myȝthe a-spye . þat nedy beþ or naked[^93]
and nouȝth haue to spende . with mete ne[^a411] with mone 
lat make[^a412][^94] þe frendys þer -with[^a413] . and[^a414] so mathew vs techys
Facite uobis amicos ⁊ & cetera .[^95] wolde[^a415] not gryue god .
+

[A corrector's cross, marking the end of transposed text from Passus 7, which began on fol. 5v, above.]

For-þy I seye as I sayde ere . by sent[^a416] of þese tyxtes
whan alle tresoures are tryde . truþe is þe beste 
now haue I told þe what truþe is . þat no tresour is betere
I may no longer lette[^a417] . now loke þe oure lord.

[^a129: N Ow (Ra E Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a130: þis (Ra U V Ha E K) | þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a131: fayre (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a132: may mene (Ra U) | [be]meniþ (Kane) | bemenyth (J K) | bemeneth (H2 V Ha La Wa) | meniþ (T) | meneþ (D Ch Ma) | menys (E)]

[^a133: þis (Ra V Ha) | ek þe (Most A MSS) | þe (U K Wa)]

[^a134: derke (Ra T U Ch H2 V K) | merke (Ma) | dyrke (D) | merk (Wa) | myrk (J E) | deope (Ha La)]

[^a135: and (Ra V E) | And ek (Most A MSS) | And all (Wa)]

[^a136: þis (Ra Ha) | þe (Most A MSS) | that (K) | þis feire (V)]

[^a137: fayre wil I (Ra) | I shal ȝow faire (Most A MSS) | faire y schal ȝow (U) | feire I schal ow (V)]

[^a138: was (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a139: þe (Ra U D H2 V Ha E Ma) | þat (T Ch J La K) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a140: chyf (Ra) | clyf (U D H2 La E K Ma) | cleffe (J) | kiþ (T Ch) | loft (V Ha) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a141: þat (Ra D H2 Ha J Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a142: þe (Ra U V Ha) | þis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a143: on lyue (Ra) | on þis erþe (T H2 K) | here in eorþe (La) | here on erþe (D) | nou on eorþe (V) | vppon erþe (U Ha) | on erþe (Wa) | in erþe (Ma) | on þe erþe (Ch E) | on þis hye (J)]

[^a144: of (Ra U D Ha J E Wa Ma) | in (T Ch H2 V La K)]

[^a145: wordle (Ra) | world (Most A MSS) | werld (J)]

[^a146: may þis by-mene (Ra U Ha E) | is þis to mene (Most A MSS) | is tomene (J)]

[^a147: in (Ra U) | of (T Ch J E Ma) | on (D H2 Ha La K Wa) | & (V)]

[^a148: toft (Ra) | þe toft (Most A MSS) | þis toft (V)]

[^a149: Wolde (Ra D) | And wolde (Most A MSS) | þat wolde (U J) | he wolde (Ha Wa)]

[^a150: þou (Ra E) | ȝe (Most A MSS) | men (Ma)]

[^a151: schewys (Ra) | techiþ (Most A MSS) | techit (J Ma) | tecchithe (Ha) | techys (E) | teches (D)]

[^a152: vs (Ra E M) | ȝow (Most A MSS) | ow (V)]

[^a153: with (Ra E Ma) | Boþe wiþ (All Other A MSS)]

[^a154: whyt face (Ra) | wiþ face (Most A MSS) | with fleche (E) | in flesh (Wa)]

[^a155: a (Ra) | ȝaf ȝow (Most A MSS) | with owr (E) | & ȝoure (Ma)]

[^a156: fyn wyt (Ra) | fyue wyttes (All Other A MSS)]

[^a157: whyl þat (Ra) | whiles (T U D H2 La) | þe whyle þat (Ha) | while (V K Wa) | wyll (Ma) | wiles (Ch) | qwylis (J) | qwylse (E)]

[^a158: Ther-fore (Ra D E) | And þerfore (Most A MSS) | And for (V)]

[^a159: lyȝthe (Ra) | hiȝte (T Ch V) | heet (Ma) | hooteth (Ha) | byhyghte (La) | heten (Wa) | hyed (J) | hiȝte ȝow (D H2) | hetyth yow (K) | bad ȝow (U) | light (E)]

[^a160: in-to (Ra) | þe (Most A MSS) | into þe (E) | [nothing] (U H2)]

[^a161: vs (Ra E Wa) | ȝow (Most A MSS) | ow (V) | [nothing] (K)]

[^a162: wollene (Ra U V) | wollen (D H2 Ha La Wa) | wollyn (E K Ma) | lynene (T) | linen (Ch)]

[^a163: lynene (Ra) | lynen (H2 Wa) | lynnene (U V) | lynnen (D Ha La) | lynnyn (E K) | lynenyn (Ma) | wollene (T) | wollen (Ch)]

[^a164: vs (Ra E Wa) | ȝow (Most A MSS) | ow (V)]

[^a165: to (Ra U) | & (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Ch)]

[^a166: meuyn (Ra) | nempne (Most A MSS) | nempnen (V La) | nemen (D) | nemyn (J Ma) | nembe (Wa) | neuen (E) | name (K)]

[^a167: ȝe (Ra U Wa Ma) | þou (Most A MSS) | þe (La) | þe (? ȝe) (E K) | ȝow (H2) | [nothing] (V Ha J)]

[^a168: verylyche (Ra U E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | of cloþe (Wa) | cloþing (D Ch La)]

[^a169: ȝou (Ra U Ha La E) | þe (T Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | þe nou (J) | þat it may þe (D) | ow (V)]

[^a170: þat oþer (Ra D Ma) | þat oþer is (T H2 Ha J La K Wa) | þe toþer is (U) | And þat oþur (V) | And (E)]

[^a171: at ȝour (Ra U E) | at (All Other A MSS)]

[^a172: myschef (Ra U Ha E) | myseise (Most A MSS) | mysease (K) | myshese (Wa)]

[^a173: ȝour -selue (Ra E) | þiselue (Most A MSS) | ȝow selue (U)]

[^a174: Drynke (Ra U Ha) | And drink (Most A MSS) | The þredde drink (Wa Ma)]

[^a175: þou dryest (Ra D Ha J Ma) | þe driȝeþ (T A N) | þe drieth (Ch) | þe dryeth (H2) | ȝow drieth (U) | þou drye art (Wa) | ȝow thristes (E) | þou druiȝest (V) | þou dryyst (K) | þe thyrstes (La)]

[^a176: so þat (Ra U) | Þat (Most A MSS) | At (E)]

[^a177: ȝe (Ra U La E) | þou (Most A MSS) | the (H2)]

[^a178: wyrche (Ra U Ch J) | worþe (T D H2 Ha La K) | weore (V) | wirke (E Ma) | do (Wa)]

[^a179: ȝe (Ra U La E) | þou (All Other A MSS)]

[^a180: loot (Ra Ha) | loth (Most A MSS) | lot (V) | lote (Ch) | lott (K)]

[^a181: as (Ra E K) | þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a182: þe (Ra H2 E Ma) | it (T D V Ha La) | it þe (Wa) | [nothing] (U Ch J K)]

[^a183: desyre (Ra Ma) | ȝerne (Most A MSS) | ȝeore (V) | crave (E)]

[^a184: lyfful to (Ra) | liflode to þe (Most A MSS) | lyflode to þy (D)]

[^a185: lyf (Ra) | lef (Most A MSS) | leof (V Ha La)]

[^a186: ȝut (Ra) | þi (Most A MSS) | þis (E)]

[^a187: hem (Ra Ma) | hym (All Other A MSS)]

[^a188: þis (Ra) | is þe (Most A MSS) | is þis (D E Ma)]

[^a189: wordle (Ra) | world (Most A MSS) | werlde (J E) | word (V)]

[^a190: þe to (Ra) | þe to (Most A MSS) | [wolde] þe (Kane) | þat wolde þe (Ma) | þat wald þe (E)]

[^a191: to (Ra E) | And þat (D H2 Ha J K Wa) | And (V La) | For to (T Ch Ma)]

[^a192: þi sely (Ra) | þi (Most A MSS) | þi sory (E) | þe (Wa)]

[^a193: of (Ra H2 J La E K Wa Ma) | on (T D Ch V) | in (Ha)]

[^a194: god (Ra H2 J La E K Wa) | he (All Other A MSS)]

[^a195: or (Ra D Ch H2 V Ha J La E K Wa Ma) | oþer (T)]

[^a196: ryȝthful (Ra) | riȝtfulliche (Most A MSS) | rightful (E) | rytfulleche (Ma)]

[^a197: schal reule (Ra) | shulde rewele (Most A MSS) | rewlys (E)]

[^a198: kende (Ra D) | kynde (Most A MSS) | kuynde (V)]

[^a199: to (Ra V Ha La E) | & (Most A MSS) | ac (H2)]

[^a200: þer-to (Ra) | þereinne (Most A MSS) | þarin (E)]

[^a201: was (Ra) | wrong is (Most A MSS) | is wrong (Wa) | wrang is (E)]

[^a202: helle (Ra) | ille (Most A MSS) | euyll (E K)]

[^a203: and (Ra J La Wa Ma) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | he (E)]

[^a204: self (Ra Ch E K Ma Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a205: and (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | he (J)]

[^a206: seyneth (Ra) | leiȝeþ (T U H2 La) | lyeth (D V) | liys (E) | lyygh on (K) | bylyȝeth (Ha) | gillith (J) | gylyd (Ma) | lithers (Wa) | laccheth (La)]

[^a207: sonered (Ra) | sounest (Most A MSS) | sunnest (Ma) | sannest (La) | so fast (J)]

[^a208: assched (Ra) | h[a]lside (Kane) | hailside (T) | halsyde (E) | halsed (D Ha Wa) | halsede (H2 V) | hailsyd (K) | hailised (Ch) | coniured (La) | askyd (Ma) | axed (J)]

[^a209: þenne ȝede (Ra) | þennis ȝede (Most A MSS) | þennis yode (E) | ȝede þenne (J) | þeonne ȝeode (V)]

[^a210: þe (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a211: arn (Ra) | art (Most A MSS) | am (E) | had (D)]

[^a212: quod sche (Ra Wa Ma added later in) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | quod heo (Ha)]

[^a213: tel hit (Ra Wa) | telliþ (T D Ch V K) | & tellith (H2 Ha) | & teleth (La) | tell he euel of (J) | trow þou (E Ma)]

[^a214: wyllyþ (Ra La K) | & wilneþ (T) | willeþ (D) | and willeth (Ch) | and wyllith (H2) | willit (Ma) | & wil (J) | wil (Wa) | and doþ (V) | & doþ (Ha) | at wil (E)]

[^a215: Iamys (Ra) | lukis (Most A MSS) | Lucus (V) | lucas (H2)]

[^a216: Clerkes (Ra Ch V Ha crossed out in) | Þe clerkis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a217: hit knoweþ (Ra) | knowe it (Most A MSS) | knowyn it (after cancelled kennyn a) (J) | it knowe wel (Wa)]

[^a218: adoun (Ra Ch K) | doun (All Other A MSS)]

[^a219: haue (Ra E Wa) | hadde (Most A MSS) | hedde (V)]

[^a220: an (Ra) | þe (Most A MSS) | þe (H2 K)]

[^a221: and (Ra J K Ha E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | He (Wa)]

[^a222: swerdys (Ra) | swerd (Most A MSS) | sweord (La) | swerdus (Ha) | swordes (K)]

[^a223: This (Ra J E) | Þat (Most A MSS) | For þat (Ma)]

[^a224: prophecye apertly (Ra) | professioun apertly (Most A MSS) | perte profession (V) | parfyt professyoun (Ha) | profeace (Ma)]

[^a225: ne for (Ra) | ne (Most A MSS) | ne no (Ha) | no (La)]

[^a226: syluer (Ra U E) | ȝeftis (T Ma) | ȝiftes (Ch H2 La Wa) | yeftis (K) | ȝiftis (J) | ȝiftus (V Ha) | gyftes (D)]

[^a227: he o -so þat pursewyt (Ra) | whoso passiþ þat poynt (All Other A MSS)]

[^a228: he (Ra E) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a229: her (Ra) | his (Most A MSS) | þe (V) | that (K) | [nothing] (E Ma)]

[^a230: and such seuene oþere (Ra E) | such sevene & anoþer (T H2 La Wa N) | shuche seuen & a noþer (Wa) | & sweche vij othere (Ma) | & seuen moo oþere (J) | and siche mo oþere (U) | & alle þe foure ordres (Ha K) | an al þe foure ordres (V) | such seuene and on oþer (Ch) | suche seuene and oþer (D)]

[^a231: and (Ra U V Ha J La E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | He (Wa)]

[^a232: and (Ra V K Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a233: eyre (Ra E) | erþe (Most A MSS) | eorþe (La) | þe Eorþe (V) | þe eyr (Ma)]

[^a234: doun in-to (Ra) | summe in (All Other A MSS)]

[^a235: lyȝthe (Ra) | liþ (Most A MSS) | lithe (Ch) | lyyth (K) | liȝþ (V) | light (U E) | liþ hit (H2)]

[^a236: worschepe (Ra) | werchen (All Other A MSS)]

[^a237: þat (Ra Ch V K Ma) | þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a238: trowen (Ra) | tron[iþ] (Kane) | troneþ (N) | tronen (T) | treonen (La) | turnyt (Ma) | trowe (H2) | crowneþ (Ha K Wa) | Corouneþ (V) | crownen (D Ch) | techys (E) | tryeste (U J)]

[^a239: be (Ra) | are (Most A MSS) | arun (J) | ar (E) | ben (Ha) | is (D V Wa N)]

[^a240: þus (Ra) | it þus (Most A MSS) | it þis (V) | þis (D Ma) | it these (K) | it þe (Wa E) | to (J) | it to (Ha) | it (U N)]

[^a241: is (Ra U Ch H2 V E Ma) | is þe (Most A MSS) | is a (Ha Wa)]

[^a242: þe (Ra U E) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a243: no (Ra) | no kynde (All Other A MSS)]

[^a244: me betere teche (Ra) | kenne me bet (J La K Wa N) | me bet kenne (T D H2) | teche me betere (V) | me betere kenne (U Ch) | me teched better (Ha) | lerne betere (Ma) | better to lere (E)]

[^a245: comeþ (Ra) | compsiþ (Most A MSS) | bicomseþ (Ha) | domseth (K) | coueitid (Ma)]

[^a246: comes (Ra) | kenneþ (Most A MSS) | comseth (U) | cometh (Ch) | komyt (Ma) | kyndellys (E)]

[^a247: þeȝ þou deye (Ra U) | diȝe þeiȝ þou (Most A MSS) | yf þou dye (E) | to deth þouth þou (Ma)]

[^a248: after (Ra D E) | it aftir (Most A MSS) | it further (Ha) | it forþure (V)]

[^a249: ȝe (Ra) | ek þe (Most A MSS) | also þe (Wa) | also (U) | in (E) | I (Ma) | is (La)]

[^a250: prechyd (Ra Ma) | preche it (Most A MSS) | prechet (V) | preche þou it (E) | put it (U)]

[^a251: whem (Ra) | ȝif (Most A MSS) | whan (U) | ȝef (La) | whon (V) | & (J Ma)]

[^a252: heny (Ra) | men (Most A MSS) | me (Ch V)]

[^a253: of (Ra) | in (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (U J)]

[^a254: comeþ (Ra H2) | comsiþ (T J La) | comsit (Ch) | Cumse (V) | conseyue (D) | comseth (U K Wa N) | begynnys (E) | bygynne (Ha) | coueitid (Ma)]

[^a255: amerthe a merthe (Ra) | a miȝt (Most A MSS) | myȝte (D) | alle merthe (Ma) | al myrth (E) | a Fitte (F) | suche a fytt (Ha)]

[^a256: hym (Ra D Ch J K Wa) | he hem (Most A MSS) | he heom (La) | he þaim (E) | he hym (U)]

[^a257: by (Ra) | wiþ (Most A MSS) | be (U E Wa)]

[^a258: mercy (Ra U Ch Ha J A M) | mercy he (All Other A MSS)]

[^a259: deye (Ra) | deþe (Most A MSS) | deye (E A)]

[^a260: mercyful (Ra) | miȝtful (Most A MSS) | mygthi (A) | mythy (Ma)]

[^a261: by (Ra T U D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | heiȝe (V) | hyȝe (Ha) | eye (Ma) | on cros (La) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a262: þe þou (Ra) | þe (Most A MSS) | þee (Ha) | ȝe (H2 J) | ȝow (A N Ma)]

[^a263: Thow (Ra Ch Wa) | Þeiȝ (T V Ha N) | They (H2) | þouȝ (D K) | þoȝe (U) | þouth (Ma) | þof (J) | Thou (A) | þagh (La) | Yf (E)]

[^a264: goþ (Ra) | wende (Most A MSS) | gon (U)]

[^a265: for-þy (Ra T D Ch H2) | For þeiȝ ȝe (Most A MSS) | Thow ȝe (A) | þouth ȝe (Ma) | Thow þow (Wa)]

[^a266: beþ (Ra Ch) | be (T U D H2 E Wa N) | ben (V Ha J A K Ma) | beon (La)]

[^a267: trowe (Ra J) | trewe (Most A MSS) | trwe (Ha N) | treowe (La)]

[^a268: be chast (Ra) | as chast (Most A MSS) | als chast (E) | [nothing] (U)]

[^a269: þe (Ra H2 E N) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a270: but (Ra U V E A Ma) | But ȝif (All Other A MSS)]

[^a271: þe (Ra) | & lene þe (Most A MSS) | and eke loue þe (V) | & ȝeue to lone þe (H2) | & loue wel þe (Ha A) | & releue þe meseise & (La) | & succurre þe (E) | & ek þe (Ma)]

[^a272: departyn (Ra Ha E A) | parteþ (All Other A MSS)]

[^a273: þei (Ra) | Ȝe (Most A MSS) | Tho (A)]

[^a274: haue (Ra D J E K Ma) | ne haue (Most A MSS) | naue (V) | haueþ (La) | han (A) | hast (Ha)]

[^a275: Iugyd (Ra U J La K Wa N Ma) | ioynide (T Ch H2 V) | he iuggith (A) | demys (E) | hath wryten (D) | Seyth it (Ha)]

[^a276: and (Ra U V Ha J Wa) | And as (Most A MSS) | as (D A Ma)]

[^a277: schewen (Ra) | Chewen (Most A MSS) | þei schewyn (Ma) | Thay shew al (E)]

[^a278: schryned (Ra U) | cheynid (Most A MSS) | shewed (D) | claymed (V Ha)]

[^a279: synne (Ra) | coueitise (Most A MSS) | care (V Ha)]

[^a280: begynnynge (Ra) | lering (Most A MSS) | lernynge (U Ch Ha A K Wa N Ma) | leornyng (V La)]

[^a281: wordis (Ra U V J La K) | þe wordis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a282: y-wryten (Ra U V) | writen (Most A MSS)]

[^a283: may (Ra U E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | shal (Wa)]

[^a284: redyeste (Ra Ha) | graiþ (Most A MSS) | geynyst (Ma) | grettest (E A) | gracieuse (Wa N)]

[^a285: hym (Ra) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La) | [out] (A)]

[^a286: for (Ra) | for ȝif (Most A MSS) | for ȝef (La) | for ȝeue (Ch) | [out] (A)]

[^a287: þer-withalle (Ra Ch) | wiþal (Most A MSS) | al (D) | [out] (A)]

[^a288: or (Ra D Ha J K N Ma) | er (T U E) | eer (Wa) | ar (Ch V La) | [out] (A)]

[^a289: makyd (Ra) | make it (Most A MSS) | write it (Wa) | [out] (A)]

[^a290: for he (Ra T U D Ch H2 E) | He (V Ha J La K Wa N Ma) | [out] (A)]

[^a291: is my (Ra U E Ma) | I (Most A MSS) | I wil (Wa) | [out] (A)]

[^a292: rente (Ra) | rental (Most A MSS) | trentale (Ch La) | [out] (A)]

[^a293: hem (Ra D) | hym (Most A MSS) | hit him (La) | [out] (A)]

[^a294: a-prestly (Ra) | prestly (Most A MSS) | þe prist (Wa) | [out] (A)]

[^a295: by-holde (Ra A H2) | holden (All Other A MSS)]

[^a296: al (Ra) | of (Most A MSS) | half (Wa) | [nothing] (U V Ha E H)]

[^a297: truly (Ra U E A) | wiþ treuþe (Most A MSS) | with þe (Ma)]

[^a298: y-quytted (Ra U V Ma K) | quyt (Most A MSS) | aqwytyd (H) | paied (La)]

[^a299: or (Ra D Ch Ha A K Ma) | er (T U V J La E H) | eer (Wa) | ar (N)]

[^a300: wolde (Ra) | wile (Most A MSS) | wole (U D Ch V Ha La) | wold (E)]

[^a301: by (Ra E) | in (Most A MSS) | be (U) | to (Wa)]

[^a302: plow (Ra U E) | plouȝpote (Most A MSS) | plow staf (A) | staf (Ma) | plough Foote (K) | plowbat (Ha)]

[^a303: pykstaf (Ra U J La E K) | pyk (T Ch V Wa H) | pekedstaf (D) | pyked (Ma) | pilgrimstaf (Ha N) | potent (A)]

[^a304: pyke (Ra E A H) | putte (T D Ch K Wa) | potten (Ma) | posse (Ha) | posschen (V) | picche (U) | pyche (La) | pycchyn (J) | rende (N)]

[^a305: wp (Ra) | at (Most A MSS) | owt (E) | vp (U A N H) | aweye (Ma)]

[^a306: forewys (Ra) | forewis (T) | forewes (La) | forowes (Ch K N) | forwys (D Ha A Ma H) | forwes (Wa) | furwes (U) | fowrys (J) | fores (E) | vorwes (V)]

[^a307: þe (Ra U A Ma) | þis (Most A MSS) | þat (H) | his (Ha)]

[^a308: dyggyng on (Ra) | di[gg]eþ vp (Kane) | dyggen vp (U E K) | digged vp (N) | dyggid vp (A) | dolue vp (La) | doluyn vp (J) | duluen vp (Ma) | þat deluyn vp (H) | dykeþ vp (T Ch) | dyken vp (D) | dyke vp (Wa) | Dikeden vp (V) | diȝten vp (Ha)]

[^a309: bankes (Ra Ch V) | balkis (Most A MSS) | Rotes (Ma) | rotys (H)]

[^a310: a-payde (Ra V Ha Ma H) | payed (Most A MSS) | ypaied (U) | wel paid (Wa) | wele payyd (J) | wele Ipayd (A)]

[^a311: euerey (Ra U E) | Eche (Most A MSS) | vche (V La)]

[^a312: hym (Ra U V Ha E A Wa N H) | hymself (T D Ch J La K Ma)]

[^a313: gaderyd (Ra) | pykide (Most A MSS) | þei pekede (H) | & pykyd (E)]

[^a314: out (Ra U E) | vp (All Other A MSS)]

[^a315: At þe (Ra) | At (Most A MSS) | And at (Wa) | And at the (K) | And atte (Ma)]

[^a316: heryed (Ra) | hirid (Most A MSS) | hyre (Wa N)]

[^a317: þer (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a318: dusadammeme dusa dammeme (Ra) | hey trolly lolly (Most A MSS) | dieu sa dame emme (U) | dieu or dame Emme (E)]

[^a319: I (Ra) | in (Most A MSS)]

[^a320: hange (Ra U E Wa) | haue (Most A MSS) | hym haue (D) | haue hym (A)]

[^a321: recke (Ra D) | recche (Most A MSS) | rechith (A) | rekkyth (J) | rakys (E)]

[^a322: þe (Ra U V Ha E) | here (Most A MSS) | her (Ch J) | heore (La) | þeire (N)]

[^a323: loselys (Ra U D V Ha J La E A K N H) | lorellis (T Ch H2 Wa Ma)]

[^a324: no (Ra) | no (Most A MSS) | none (T H2 H) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a325: for (Ra D V E) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a326: for (Ra V La K) | of (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa H)]

[^a327: swete ne swynke (Ra U Ch E) | swynke ne swete (Most A MSS) | swynke (N)]

[^a328: febelnysse (Ra) | seknesse (Most A MSS) | feblesse (U)]

[^a329: I (Ra U A Ma) | & (All Other A MSS)]

[^a330: s Whyche (Ra) | Suche (T D CH Ha La E Wa) | Sweche (A Ma H) | whuche (V) | whiche (U K) | wyche (N) | Qwyche (J)]

[^a331: wordle (Ra) | world (Most A MSS) | werlde (J H)]

[^a332: to destroyin (Ra) | distroyeþ (Most A MSS) | schende (Ma)]

[^a333: I (Ra T) | [hy] (Kane) | hij (N) | þei (Most A MSS) | þai (E A Wa)]

[^a334: to (Ra E A K) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a335: Chace (Ra T U D Ch E) | Cacche (A K N Ma H) | Gaste (V Wa) | gast (Ha) | kaire (La) | To kepyn (J)]

[^a336: gees (Ra T U D Ch E Wa H) | [cowes] (Kane) | coos (A) | crowes (La K N Ma) | crowys (J) | crowen (V Ha)]

[^a337: þe (Ra U Ha J E A Wa N) | his (All Other A MSS)]

[^a338: oþer (Ra) | or (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a339: oþer (Ra) | or (Most A MSS) | & (H)]

[^a340: ȝe (Ra U E K Wa) | Þei (All Other A MSS)]

[^a341: as (Ra) | ete as good (All Other A MSS)]

[^a342: ȝe (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a343: ar (Ra) | til (T Ch V Ha J A H) | ar (U La Wa Ma) | or (D E K) | [nothing] (N)]

[^a344: morwe (Ra U D La E A K) | on þe morewe (T) | a (V Ma) | þe (Ha Wa H) | on morowh (J) | on þe morne (Ch) | aftre (N)]

[^a345: ne (Ra T V Ha K N) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a346: þe wastores (Ra T Ch) | wastour (Most A MSS) | þe wastour (T Ch) | a wastour (J)]

[^a347: bostede (Ra U K) | he bostide (T D Ch H2 La) | a bostid (V Ha J Wa N Ma H) | he bost (A) | bost (E)]

[^a348: hym (Ra Ch V Ha E Ma H) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a349: Thy (Ra U) | and þi (T D Ch H2 E Wa) | And of þi (V Ha J La A K N Ma H)]

[^a350: flees (Ra) | flessh (Most A MSS) | fleche (J) | fysche (A)]

[^a351: fette a-way (Ra Ch H2) | fecche (V A K N MA H) | fette (La Wa) | to fechin (J) | fecche awey (T D) | fettin awey (U) | & þy fysch (Ha) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a352: so vs (Ra) | vs (Most A MSS) | þat vs (D V Ha)]

[^a353: plowman (Ra D V A) | þe plouȝman (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a354: knyȝthys (Ra) | kniȝt (Most A MSS) | knygh & prayed hym to helpe (Wa)]

[^a355: tho þe knyȝth (Ra Wa Ma H) | þe kniȝt þanne (All Other A MSS)]

[^a356: wastores (Ra V Ha) | wastour (U D J La E A N H) | þe wastour (T Ch K) | þe wastours (Wa) | þan wastour (Ma)]

[^a357: hem (Ra Ha Wa) | hym (Most A MSS) | hem do (V)]

[^a358: ȝe (Ra) | þou (Most A MSS) | boye þou (N) | þei (Ha)]

[^a359: lord (Ra U E) | ordre (Most A MSS) | orde (J)]

[^a360: welde (Ra U D E A) | bere (All Other A MSS)]

[^a361: wastores (Ra) | wastour (Most A MSS) | a wastour (V) | [nothing] (N)]

[^a362: on þes (Ra E) | on (T D Ch Ha La K N) | on þese (U A) | on þis (V Ma) | of (J Wa) | of þis (H)]

[^a363: wordle (Ra) | world (Most A MSS) | werlde (J) | word (Wa) | werd (A) | wreld (H)]

[^a364: wastores (Ra V) | wastour (Most A MSS) | þaim (E)]

[^a365: hem (Ra) | hym so (Most A MSS) | him (J)]

[^a366: mawe (Ra E) | wombe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a367: her (Ra) | his (Most A MSS) | þair (E)]

[^a368: as (Ra Ma) | lik (All Other A MSS)]

[^a369: and (Ra U E) | þat he (T D Ch K N H) | he (V Ha J La A Ma) | þat (Wa)]

[^a370: brak (Ra U E Ma) | brast (T Ch H2 A K N H) | barst (D V Ha La) | brosten (Wa)]

[^a371: bach (Ra) | batte (Most A MSS) | bat (D V) | kake (H)]

[^a372: he hadde (Ra T U) | he[ȝ]ede hem (Kane) | he ȝede hem (Ma) | he ȝed hem (H) | he ȝede (J N) | he ȝede so (Wa) | ȝede hem (Ha) | had hyhyd (K) | busked heom (La) | he wente hem (A) | he had (D Ch) | I bot hem (V) | þai abade (E)]

[^a373: fesysyoun (Ra U E N) | fisician ferst (All Other A MSS)]

[^a374: bate (Ra E) | abate (Most A MSS) | abate wiþ (Wa)]

[^a375: so (Ra U Ha J E Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a376: onys (Ra U E) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a377: to (Ra U E K Wa Ma) | for to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a378: y-maked (Ra U La K Ma) | mad (Most A MSS) | made (J Wa N) | Imad (V) | Imade (Ch) | ymakyd (U H) | make (Ha E)]

[^a379: dryue (Ra E) | ditte (T Ha J N) | dryuen (U Ch) | dutte (D V La) | holde (Wa Ma) | holdyn (A H) | fil (K)]

[^a380: blereyed (Ra) | bedrede (Most A MSS) | blereeyȝed (U) | blered (E)]

[^a381: a-boute (Ra U E) | botind (T D Ch V Ha La K) | boted (Wa Ma) | betyn (A) | Ibotyd (J) | wotned (N) | aboutyn (H)]

[^a382: blynde (Ra J A K Ma H) | [blereyed] (Kane) | for blynd (U V Ha La E N) | [nothing] (Wa) | [line omitted] (T D Ch)]

[^a383: manye (Ra Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a384: for (Ra V Ha A Wa Ma) | pur (Most A MSS) | par (J N H) | pytously par (La) | hym for (U)]

[^a385: and (Ra) | Al (Most A MSS) | And alle (Ma) | [nothing] (A Wa)]

[^a386: chace (Ra T U D Ch) | cacche (N K H) | cachen (J Ma) | cacchyn (A) | chache (E) | kayre (La) | caste (V Ha) | kepe (Wa)]

[^a387: in-to (Ra) | in (Most A MSS) | to (D)]

[^a388: ȝaf (Ra A) | And ȝaf (Most A MSS) | he ȝaf (N)]

[^a389: ȝerd (Ra U J E) | er[d]e (Kane) | T D Ch Ha La K (erþe) | hurde (V) | lond (A H) | hous (Wa N) | lord (Ma)]

[^a390: And (Ra U V J La E Ma H) | Ac (T D) | Bor (Ch Ha K Wa N) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a391: praye (Ra La) | preye þe (Most A MSS) | prey you (E)]

[^a392: or (Ra U D ChHa K) | er (Most A MSS) | ar (N)]

[^a393: is best (Ra U V Ha E A K Wa Ma H) | best is (T D Ch J N) | best beo (La)]

[^a394: went (Ra U Ch Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma H) | ywent (T D V)]

[^a395: þey (Ra U D Ch V Ha J E N Ma H) | hy (T) | he (A) | þay (La K Wa)]

[^a396: þey (Ra U Ch V Ha J La A N Ma H) | h[y] (Kane) | þai (E) | thay (K) | þat þey (D) | þe (Wa) | hym (T)]

[^a397: þey (Ra U D Ch V Ha J La A Wa Ma H) | hy (T) | þay (E) | thay (K) | now þei (N)]

[^a398: what (Ra U) | aftir (Most A MSS) | qwat (E) | [nothing] (T D Ch)]

[^a399: hou (Ra Ha) | And how (Most A MSS) | and wherewiþ (Wa)]

[^a400: bayte (Ra) | abaue (D Ha J A K N) | baue (T U H2 E Ma) | bayue (H) | abate (La) | batten (Ch) | Ba mme (V) | fede (Wa)]

[^a401: bonys (Ra D Ha K) | benes (La E Wa) | benys (U J A N Ma H) | bones (T Ch H2 V)]

[^a402: swellyng (Ra U E) | bollnyng (T D H2 Ha J A N) | bolnyg (H) | bolling (Ch V La K Ma) | bornyng (Wa)]

[^a403: wonbys (Ra H) | wombe (T D Ch H2 J E A) | wombes (U V Ha K Wa Ma) | belyes (N) | illegible (La)]

[^a404: gromys (Ra) | gromes (Most A MSS) | gomes (V)]

[^a405: for (Ra) | And (All Other A MSS)]

[^a406: haþ hit (Ra La Wa) | it haþ (T D Ch A K) | han hit (V) | hase it (E) | hat (H) | haþ (J) | it han (U N Ma) | it haue (Ha)]

[^a407: hym (Ra Wa) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La)]

[^a408: for (Ra U Ha E A K Ma H) | & (T D Ch J La) | [nothing] (V Wa N)]

[^a409: so (Ra Ha K Ma H) | so þe (Most A MSS) | as (Wa N) | þe (A)]

[^a410: alle (Ra) | alle maner of (Most A MSS) | alle maner (D Ha) | al maner suche (Wa) | eke al maner of (La) | [nothing] (U E)]

[^a411: ne (Ra U E) | or (Most A MSS) | oþer (Ha) | & (Wa)]

[^a412: lat make (Ra U D) | Make (Ha J A K Wa N) | Mak (V La Ma H) | Bot make (B) | And make (T Ch)]

[^a413: þer -with (Ra D Ch V Ha J La K Wa Ma H) | þermi[d] (Kane) | þermyde (U N) | þer mydde (A) | þer mede (E) | þer miþ (T)]

[^a414: and (Ra U D J La E A K N Ma H) | for (T Ch V Ha) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a415: wolde (Ra U E) | I wolde (All Other A MSS)]

[^a416: sent (Ra) | siȝte (Most A MSS) | sith (H2 Wa) | [nothing] (A Ma)]

[^a417: lette (Ra N) | lenge (T Ch H2 C La K Wa) | lengen (D) | lende (Ha E A) | lendyn (J) | lettyn (Ma) | duelle (Wa) | duellen]

[^28: Ra.1.4: While the emendation to clyf is attractive, I retain the MS reading and suggest that this hapax may offer an (otherwise unattested) form of MED chef (n.), 5(a), meaning "top" and implying "of the mountain, or tower", mentioned earlier).]

[^29: Ra.1.14: The first-person plural pronoun here, and in following lines (e.g., 17, 19), is characteristic of RaE (with Ma here, and with Wa in the other two instances).]

[^30: Ra.1.16: Ra departs from EWa (we) and Ma (he), and joins with the other manuscripts in using a second-person pronoun here.]

[^31: Ra.1.17: The non-alliterating lyȝthe here [for hiȝte in T and others, with assorted variants elsewhere] is paralleled only by E's light.]

[^32: Ra.1.17: in-to here [for þe elsewhere] is paralleled only by E's into þe.]

[^33: Ra.1.23: There is a small, natural hole in the manuscript here.]

[^34: Ra.1.29: This line begins with a variant form of the capital <D>: cf. 4 lines earlier.]

[^35: Ra.1.33: NOTE this spelling of þou, the first instance in the manuscript; this form, which appears frequently, justifies expanding the þ with superscript u as þou.]

[^36: Ra.1.39: The appearance of a punctus at the end of this line is irregular, but the regular pattern is maintained by the lines on either side.]

[^37: Ra.1.39: Many manuscripts have a line following this (Kane's 1.40) which is absent here, as it is from E. There is, furthermore, no obvious sign of its being dropped in the regular quatrain capitals in Ra.]

[^38: Ra.1.40: The change of script to textura marks this as French.]

[^39: Ra.1.45: The initial yogh here is, unusually, capitalized.]

[^40: Ra.1.45: There is a border of wavy lines, in red, under the last line of text on this side.]

[^41: Ra.1.46: The omission is marked by an infralinear caret.]

[^42: Ra.1.49: The looped "r" at the end requires an <es> or <is> expansion. The scribe is perhaps remembering the Latin, which contains both caesaris and caesari, but not adjusting for the English in the second half-line, which more properly translates the Latin genitive form.]

[^43: Ra.1.49: There is a two-letter space following the <q> (with diagonal abbreviation stroke). The red discoloration of the space may indicate that it previously contained a punctus (now erased) marking the caesura. One would have expected the caesura to be after god, but there is no obvious mid-line punctuation in this line.]

[^44: Ra.1.51: The expected caesural punctus is missing.]

[^45: Ra.1.52: The first <e> is written over what appears to be the initial stroke of a <y>.]

[^46: Ra.1.53: There was a hole in the original folio: cf. 23 above. An expected caesural punctus is missing: cf. lines 49, 51 above.]

[^47: Ra.1.66: Ra's unique reading seyneth, Kane interprets as seyueth.]

[^48: Ra.1.67: Kane queries whether it has been "? touched up." The concluding red is in darker ink, and the form of <d> is unusual, almost cursive, which shows up frequently later in the manuscript when the graph is linked with following <e>. This may explain the odd left-curving stroke at the bottom right of the letter and the raised (and irregular) punctus following. Cf. the form souner(e) at 11.285, 312.]

[^49: Ra.1.75: The <y> is oddly formed, as though the scribe could not decide between <y> and <þ>. The bottom of the initial long downstroke leans toward the left, rather than the right (as is usual with his <þ>), but it does not have the loop-continuation from the second stroke of a <y>.]

[^50: Ra.1.75: For some inexplicable reason, the scribe left a final ruled line unfilled at the bottom of this page.]

[^51: Ra.1.81: The choice of art by many scribes, and modern editors, diverges from the Dreamer's usual form of addressing her with the 'polite' ȝe, which should take the plural form of the verb, as is Ra's form here.]

[^52: Ra.1.85: The reading is tel hit in RaWa; the sense seems to require we follow Knott-Fowler and Kane in choosing to emend this to the reading of other manuscripts: telliþ.]

[^53: Ra.1.88: Iamys has been underlined, in what appears to be the same ink and nib as the later marginal note.]

[^54: Ra.1.94: The hau, and especially <e>, are very faded.]

[^55: Ra.1.94: This second truþe is also in Ha and Ma; otherwise, the manuscripts read trespas.]

[^56: Ra.1.100: In situations other than with a final <g> this suspension mark normally stands in for er: cf. neu(er)e and sylu(er) in this line. But it may also be intended as a superscript <e>, as in the similar forms with final <r> in the preceding two lines: score and hure. This also seems to be the usual <e> suspension following <g>, as in ȝeldynge (Ra.2.66) and blessynge .]

[^57: Ra.1.101: he so þat pursewyt is unique to Ra; all other manuscripts, of whatever version, present variants more closely related to Kane's reading of this half-line whoso passiþ þat poynt.]

[^58: Ra.1.104: The omission is marked by infralinear caret.]

[^59: Ra.1.108: The second minim of the <u> and the <c> appear to be written over a partly erased (or incomplete) <y>. The darker ink of the <c> suggests that the pen was freshly dipped after the faint minim was inscribed over the first downstroke of the <y>.]

[^60: Ra.1.109: What appears to be an irregular punctus here is more like a stray drop of ink, or dirt.]

[^61: Ra.1.121: trowen in Ra has its closest analogue in trowe of H2. Kane emends to tron[iþ]; Schmidt follows N's troneþ; and Knott-Fowler prefers T's tronen.]

[^62: Ra.1.122: Kane's note is 'sent (? seut)': cf. 1.322 below]

[^63: Ra.1.127: This spelling of the word is unique, and not found in the MED.]

[^64: Ra.1.127: The spelling cores is unique and not warranted. Perhaps a long <s> in the exemplar was mistaken as a not completely dissimilar <es> abbreviation.]

[^65: Ra.1.128: he is also in H2, but in it altered by later hand to she.]

[^66: Ra.1.136: Ra's prechyd is supported by Ma; and by V's prechet.]

[^67: Ra.1.137: The reading is whem, with what appears to be an irrecularly formed <a,> instead proving to be an <e> pressing up against the first minim of <m>.]

[^68: Ra.1.137: The reading of the manuscript is clearly heny (less probably heuy) which is either a variant of any with an epenthetic <h>, or a variant of hine (servant; person). Cf. Introduction, IV.1.2.8.]

[^69: Ra.1.139: The <f> is written in over an original <t>.]

[^70: Ra.1.148: The <e> is squeezed in between <r> and <u>, taking hostage the first minim of <u>.]

[^71: Ra.1.152: The extended bottom stroke of the <o> may suggest the scribe (or a later reader) sought to alter the letter to an <e> . Cf. trowe also in J. Kane notes J's variant, but not Ra's.]

[^72: Ra.1.154: This is an exceptionally short line; the variants in other manuscripts may suggest the early loss of an alliterating phrase at the start of the second half-line.]

[^73: Ra.1.161: Or is it schryued? The word is also in U and L; others have variants of cheynide. And cf. 1.167 below.]

[^74: Ra.1.167: Cf. 1.161 above.]

[^75: Ra.1.169: synne is unique to Ra; cf. 1.176 below.]

[^76: Ra.1.177: The second stroke of the <y> is a slight afterthought, correcting what began as a <þ>.]

[^77: Ra.1.180: Ra is unique in omitting do from this line.]

[^78: Ra.1.186: This line may mark a new scribal stint: the letters become a bit bigger and ink a bit darker.]

[^79: Ra.1.205: A small hole in the original folio obscures the <e> in forewys; the hole intrudes between plow and fare in the next line.]

[^80: Ra.1.215: A blot (or a later sloppy attempt at correction) obscures the space following the second minim. What follows the two minims of <u> or <n> in the original hand does not appear to be another minim, but what looks like <ee>. What exactly lies beneath the dark, later blot is to the naked eye quite unclear.]

[^81: Ra.1.217: The initial <e> appears to have been immediately corrected from what appears to be the beginning downstroke of <h> (cf. the spelling heryed in 215 above).]

[^82: Ra.1.230: soth is here absent from Ra; UJA read so.]

[^83: Ra.1.233: A lower-case long <s> is inserted by the original scribe before the capital <W>; the fact that the <s> and not the <W> is ticked with red indicates it was an early self-correction. There is no sign of any strike-through or subpunction (e.g., under <h>).]

[^84: Ra.1.240: Ra, uniquely, does not have ete as good here.]

[^85: Ra.1.245: There appears to be the remains of a deleted (?rubbed/scraped) <e> after the <t>.]

[^86: Ra.1.252: Note the irregular line division: Kane places the following words at the beginning of the next line.]

[^87: Ra.1.253:This is the only instance (in ~55 appearances) in the manuscript where the aspirate <h> is omitted from the spelling of this word.]

[^88: Ra.1.254: The insertion is above the line; a caret below marks the position.]

[^89: Ra.1.256: The <r> is written over an original <o> by the main scribe.]

[^90: Ra.1.258: The <a> appears to have been touched up later with dark ink.]

[^91: Ra.1.260: The <a> and the first stroke of <w> are blotted (?while being touched up) with darker ink.]

[^92: Ra.1.262: Immediately before the initial <l>, the original scribe has inserted a tilded et.]

[^93: Ra.1.317: This and the following seven lines, which embrace the point where lines have been displaced from Passus 7 into Passus 1, are quite irregular (as can be seen in their inconsistent alliteration). This is evidence, presumably, of an attempt to rationalize the awkward juncture caused by the displaced lines.]

[^94: Ra.1.319: lat make here links what is Kane's 7.210 (without the final phrase of his 7.210 and all of his 7.211: i.e., "hem [fare þe betere]], | [Or with werk or with word þe while þou art here].") with the beginning of 7.212: "Make þe Frendis...." Arguably a clear instance of eye-skip that suggests the original began its lines with "lat make" and something like "bot make" (as in E) or "and make" (as in T and Ch).]

[^95: Ra.1.320: <I> is absent from RaUE.]

Passus secundus de visione

Ȝut kneled I on my kneys . and souȝþe[^a418] hure of grace
and sayde mercy madame . for marye loue of heuene 
þat bare þat[^a419] blessede barne . þat bouȝþe vs on þe rode
ken me by soum crafte . to knowe þe falce .
Loke on þy lyfþe half . ⁊ & loke[^a420] where he standys
ffall(es) ffavell
boþe fals and fauel . and his feres alle[^a421] 
I loked on my lyfþe half . as þe[^a422] lady me tauȝthe
mede
and was war of a womman . wonderly y-cloþed[^a423] .
y -purfyled with pellure . þe puryste on erþe
y-corouned in a coroune . þe kyng haþ no[^a424] betere [^96]
of þe puryste perreye . þat prince wered euere
in red scarlet robyd . rybaynyd[^a425] a-boute[^a426] with golde .
Ther is[^a427] no quene queyntere . þat quyk is on lyue
what is þat[^a428] womman quod I . so[^a429] wonderly[^a430] a-tyryd 
⸫

[A pyramided three lobes: not visible in image.]

þat is mede þe mayde . þat[^a431] haþ noyed me ful ofte
and lacked my lore . to lordys a-boute .
In þe popys paleys sche is .[^97] preuy as my-selue
and so schulde sche not be . for wrong was hure syre 
out of wrong sche wexe . to wroþerhele manye
I auȝthe be hyere þan sche . for y come of betere[^a432] .
mede
To-morwe worþ þe maryage mad . of mede and of falce
false
fauel with fayre speche . haþ forged hem to-gedere [^98]
favel
to-morwe worþ þe mariage . y-made as I[^a433] telle
þer myȝþe þou wyte ȝif þou wolt[^a434] . whych þei ben alle .
That longeþ to þat lordschep . þe lesse an[^a435] þe more
know hem þer ȝif þou canst . and kep þe from hem alle 
ȝif þou þenkest[^a436] to wone . with truþe in his blysse
I may no lenger lette . lord I þe by-teche[^a437] .
And become a goud man . for eny couetyse I rede
al þe ryche retenaunce . þat ryneþ[^a438] with falce 
were y-bede[^a439] to þe bredale . on boþe two sydys
symony
syre symonye is of-sent[^a440] . to sele[^a441] þe chartres .
That fals oþer[^a442] fauel . by ony fyn holdeþ
and feffe mede þerwith[^a443] . in maryage for euere 
þer nas halle ne hous to herberwe þe peple
þat ech feld nas ful . of folke a-boute .
In myddes a mounteyne . at mydmorwe tyme[^a444]
was pyȝþ vp a pauyloun . proud for þe nonys 
and ten þousand tentys[^a445] . tyȝth þer[^a446] by-sydes
of kyȝthys k[n]yȝthys[^99] of cortyeres[^a447] . of comeres a-boute .
For sysores for somnerys . for selleres for byggeres[^a448]
for leryd for lewyd . for laboreres for[^a449] þrepis 
alle to witnesse wel . what þe wryt wolde
in what maner þat mede . in mariage was feffed .
To be fastnyd with fals . þe fyn is a-reryd
þanne fauel fettyþ hire forþ . and to fals takeþ 
in forward þat falshede . schal fynde hire for euere
and sche be buxoum[^a450] at his bode . his biddyng to fulfylle .
At bedde and at bord . buxoum and hende
and at sire symonyes wille[^a451] . to[^a452] schewyn[^a453] his heste 
symonye and syuyle . standes vp[^a454] boþe
and vn-foldeþ þe vestyment[^a455][^100] . þat fals haþ makyd[^a456] .
☞
Thus bygynneþ þis[^a457] gome[^a458] . and gretyþ[^a459] wel eche
wyten and witnessen . þat woneþ vp-on erþe 
þat I fauel haue[^a460] . falsnesse to mede
to be present in pryde . for pore or for ryche .
W ith þe erledome of enuye . euere[^a461] to laste
with al þe worschep[^a462] of lecherye . in lengþe and in brede 
with þe kyngdome of couetise . I crowne ȝou[^a463] to-gedere
and alle þe vycys[^a464] of vsures . and auaryce þe faste .
Glotonye and gret oþis . I gyf hem to-gedere
with alle þe lytes[^a465][^101] of lust . þe deuel for to serue 
in al þe seygnorye of scleuþe . I sese hem to-gedere
þey to haue and[^a466] holde . and here eyres after .
W ith al þe portunances of purgatorye . in-to þe pyne of helle
ȝeldynge[^102] for þis þing . at on ȝeres ende 
here soulis to sathanas . and[^a467] synke in-to[^a468] pyne
þer to wone with wrong . whilys god is in heuene .
In witnesse of which þing . wrong was þe fyrste
peres[^a469] þe pardoner . paulyns douȝter[^a470] 
and[^a471] bette þe bydul . of bokyngham schyre
randolf þe reue . of rokelond[^a472] sokne .
Mundy þe mylnere . ⁊̃ & many mo oþer
in þe date of þe deuel . þis[^a473] dede I[^a474] a-sele[^a475] 
Theologye
by seyt[^a476] of sire symonye . and sygnys of notories
syuyl
þanne tenyde hym theologie . when he þis tale hurde [^103]
and sayde to syuyle . sorwe[^a477] on þy bokys
such weddyng to worche . to werre[^a478] with truþe .
And or[^a479] þis weddyng be y-wrouȝþ . wo þe by-tyde
for mede is muliere . of frendis[^a480] engendryt 
god graunteþ to gyue . mede to truþe
and þou hast ȝif hure . to a gyloure .
The tyxte telleþ not so . truþe wot þe soþe
Dignus est operarius mercede[^a481] .[^104]
worþi is þe werkman . mede[^a482] to haue 
and þou hast fastned hure with fals . fy on þy lawes[^a483]
for al by lesynges þou lyuest . ⁊̃ & lecherouse werkes .
Symonye and þi-self . schendeþ holy cherche
ȝe and þe notoryes . noyȝen þe peple 
ȝe schul a-byȝe boþe . by god þat me made
wel ȝe wyte warnerdys . but ȝif ȝour wit fayle .
That fals is[^a484] faytour . and fals[^a485] of his werkes
and as[^a486] bastard y-bore . of belsabuckes kynne[^a487] 
and mede is[^a488] muliere . a mayden of gode
sche myȝthe kysse þe kyng . for[^a489] ȝif sche wolde .
Worcheþ by wysdoum . and by wit after
Rgh
ledyþ hure to londone . þer lawe is handlyd[^a490] 
ȝif eny leute wil loke . þey lygge to-gedere
and[^a491] Iustyse iugyn hure . to be Ioynyd with false .
Ȝut[^105] be war of þat[^a492] weddyng . for witty is treuþe
for conciens is of his conseyl . ⁊̃ & knoweþ ȝou echone 
and ȝif he fynde ȝou in þe faute[^a493] . and with þe[^a494] falce holdyn
hit schal be-set ȝour soulys . wel sore at þe laste .
Here -to asenteþ syuyle . ac symonye nolde[^a495]
til he hadde syluer . for celys[^a496] and sygnys 
þanne fette fauel forþ . floures[^a497] y-nowe
and bad gile go gyue gold . anon al[^a498] aboute .
And namlyche to þe notoryes . þat hem non faylede[^a499]
⁊̃ & feffe fals witnesse . with floures y-nowe[^a500] 
for he may mede a-mastrye . and make at my wille
þo þis gold was y-gyue[^a501] . gret was þe þankyng .
To fals and to fauel . for here grete[^a502] ȝifthes
and come to comforte . fro care þe falce 
and certes sayde[^a503] sece[^a504] . schulle we neuere
tyl mede be þy wedded wyf . þorw wit of vs alle .
For we haue mede a-maystryid . with oure merye speche
þat[^a505] graunteþ to go . with a good wylle 
to londone and[^a506] loke . ȝif þat þe[^a507] lawe wolde
Iugen ȝou ioyntlyche . in lawe[^a508] for euere .
Thanne was falce fayn . and fauel as blyþe
and let somone alle þe seggis . in scheres a-boute
and alle beþ bon[^a509] . beggeres and oþre
to wende with hem to westmynystre . to witnesse þis dede .
Thanne caryd þey for capelys . to caryyn hem þeder
þanne fette fauel folys . þer-of[^a510] þe beste 
sette mede on a chyrreue[^106] . y-schod[^a511] al newe
and fals on[^a512] a sysour . þat sofly sof[t]ly[^107] trotted .
And fauel vp a[^a513] fayre speche . fetysly[^a514] atyryd
þo hadde notorijs[^108] none  anoyȝed þey were 
and[^a515] symonye and syuyle . schulde on here fet gange
þan seyde[^a516] syuyle . and swore[^a517] by þe rode .
That somnores schulde be sadlyd . and seruyn hem echone
and let hem parayle[^a518] þe[^a519] prouysoures . in palfray wyse 
sire symonye hym-self . schal syttyn on here backes
and alle þe denys and subdenys . as destreres hem dyȝthe .
For þei schulle bere þese bisschopys . and brynge hem at her[^a520] reste
paulyus pauly[n]us peple . for pleyntes in constorye 
schulle serue myn[^109] -self . þat seuyle hatte
and lat sadle þe[^a521] comysarye . oure cart schal he drawe .
And fette in[^a522] oure vytaylys . of fornicatoures
and makyn of here[^a523][^110] a long cart . to lede al þis oþere 
as folys[^a524] and faytoures . þat on here fet rennys[^a525][^111]
and mede þe maydyn[^a526][^112] . and al þe mayne after .
I haue no tyme[^a527] to telle . þe tayl þat hem folwyd
of meny maner men[^a528] . þat on þis molde lybbys 
ac gyle was foregoere . and gredde[^a529] hem alle
soþnesse seþ[^a530] hem wel . and seyþ[^a531] but lytyl .
But prikede forþ on his palfray . and pasede hem alle
and cam[^a532] to þe kynges curt . and conciense tolde 
and concyense to þe kyng . carpede[^a533] after
by crist quod þe king . and I myȝthe chacche[^a534] .
Fals oþer fauel .[^113] oþer . eny of his ferys
I wolde be-wreke me[^a535] of þo[^a536] wrecchis . þat wrouȝthyn[^a537] so ylle 
and don hem hange by þe hals . and alle þat hem manteynyþ
schal neuere man on[^a538] þis molde . meynpryse[^114] þe beste[^a539] .
But ryȝþ as þe lawe lokeþ . lat falle on hem alle
and comandyþ a constable . he[^a540] come at þe fyrste 
to take[^a541] þe[^a542] tyrauntes . for eny tresour y-hote
feteryþ falsnysse faste . for eny skynnys[^115] ȝyftys .
And gaderyþ[^a543] of gylis hed . lat hym go no ferþer
and bryngeþ mede forþ[^a544] . maugre hem alle 
symonye and seuyle . I sende hem to warde[^a545]
þat holy chyrche for hem . worþ harmed for euere .
lyere

[The last letter is blotted/erased.]

And ȝif ȝe lacche lyere[^116] . lat hym nauȝth a-schape
ere he[^a546][^117] put on þe pylory . for eny tresour[^a547] I-hote 
drede at þe dore stant[^a548] . and þat dome herde
and wyȝþlyche wente . to warne þe falce .
And bad hem[^a549][^118] fle for fere . and his feres alle
☞ ffallsnis ffly eth to the ffrey ers ⁊ & gyll to marchanttes

[A pointing finger followed by four lines of secretary hand. There is a black line above the first line, continuing from the pointing finger; and the last line is underlined in black.]

þo[^a550] falsnesse for fere . fley to þe freres 
and gyle doþ hym to go . a-gast for to deye
ac marchauntes mette with hym . and made hym a-byde .
Be-schette hym in here schoppes . þe peple[^119] to serue
lyȝþlyche lyere . lepte[^a551] a-way þennys 
lurkande þorw lanys . to be logged[^a552] of manye
he was nowher welcome . for his many talys .[^120]
lyeres fferd to pardonares
Ouer -al y-honted . and I-hote trusse
til pardoneres hadde pite . and pulled hym to house 
waschede[^a553] hym and wyped hym . and wounde hym in cloþes .
and sente hym on sondayes . with selys to cherche .
And ȝaf pardoun for pens . pound-mele a-boute
þanne lourede[^121] lechys . and letteres þo[^a554] sente 
for to wone with hem . wateres to loke
spysourys spak with hem[^a555] . to a-spye her ware .
For he coude on her crafte . and knoweþ[^a556] many gummys
Menstralys and messageres . mette with hym onys 
and withheld hym half[^a557] ȝer[^122] . and enleue dayes .
freres with fayre speche . fetten hym þennys .
For[^a558] of comeres . copyd hym as a frere
ac he haþ leue to lepe in and[^a559] out . as ofte as hym lykyþ 
and ys wel-come when he wol[^a560] . and woneþ with hem ofthe
alle fleddyn for fere . and flowyn in-to hernys .
S Saue me
Saue mede þe mayden . no mo dorste a-byde
ac treuly for to[^a561] telle . sche tremelyd for drede[^a562] 
and eke wep and wrong . when sche was a-tached .

[^a418: souȝþe (Ra) | criȝede (Most A MSS) | praide (U2 Ha) | preyde (A Ma)]

[^a419: þat (Ra Ha La A) | þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a420: loke (Ra) | lo (Most A MSS) | see (U D Ha J K N) | seo (V)]

[^a421: alle (Ra E) | manye (Most A MSS) | many vnfeythfully to knowe (A)]

[^a422: þe (Ra U D V Ha E A) | þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a423: y-cloþed (Ra) | cloþide (Most A MSS) | Iclothid (K N Ma) | atired]

[^a424: no (Ra U D Ch H2 V Ha E A K) | non (T J La Wa N Ma)]

[^a425: rybaynyd (Ra Ch Ha E Wa Ma) | & ribande (Most A MSS) | IRybaunt (V)]

[^a426: a-boute (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a427: is (Ra U Ch Ha J La E A K) | nis (T D H2 V Wa N Ma)]

[^a428: þat (Ra A) | þis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a429: so (Ra U D J La K Wa N Ma) | þus (T Ch H2 V Ha) | þat is þus (E A)]

[^a430: wonderly (Ra U V N) | worþily (Most A MSS) | worthly (Ch) | wortly (H2) | wondurly (Ha) | gentely (Ma)]

[^a431: þat (Ra V Ha Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a432: betere (Ra U Ch E) | a betere (Most A MSS) | an betere (Ha)]

[^a433: as I (Ra Ma) | as I þe (Most A MSS) | soþ as I (V Ha) | soth I (J) | as I þe treuly (Wa) | er of (La)]

[^a434: wolt (Ra V Ha La K) | wilt (Most A MSS) | will (E Wa)]

[^a435: an (Ra) | & (All Other A MSS)]

[^a436: þenkest (Ra) | wilnest (T U V Ha La Wa N) | willest (D Ch H2) | will (E) | wilt (Ma) | wolt (K) | couet (J)]

[^a437: by-teche (Ra) | bekenne (Most A MSS) | bytake (Ha) | bekepe (E)]

[^a438: ryneþ (Ra) | regniþ (Most A MSS) | regnyt (Ma) | reignyn (J) | Regneden (V) | regned (Ha) | woneþ (Wa) | wonnys (E)]

[^a439: y-bede (Ra) | beden (T Wa) | bedyn (D) | bede (V) | boden (Ha La N) | bodyn (J K Ma) | bode (H2) | yboden (U) | bidde (Ch) | byddyng (E)]

[^a440: of-sent (Ra V N) | assent (Most A MSS) | sent (La) | of asscent (Ma) | aftur sent (Ha J) | sent for (K) | Isent (Wa)]

[^a441: sele (Ra D La Wa) | asele (T U Ch V) | ensele (H2) | enseale (K) | selen (Ma) | selyn (J) | seele (Ha N) | seyll (E)]

[^a442: oþer (Ra U V Ha Wa N) | & (All Other A MSS)]

[^a443: þerwith (Ra T D Ch H2 V Ha J Wa) | þer wiþ (T) | þermyd (La U K N) | þer wyt (Ma) | þat maydyn (E)]

[^a444: tyme (Ra La) | tide (All Other A MSS)]

[^a445: tentys (Ra) | of tentis (Most A MSS) | of teltys (Ma)]

[^a446: þer (Ra U La Ma) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | forþ (Ha)]

[^a447: cortyeres (Ra) | cuntre (U H2 V Ma) | þe Contre (D Ha La E) | cuntres (T Ch J K Wa N)]

[^a448: byggeres (Ra U Wa) | beggeris (T D Ma) | beggers (Ch H2 E) | biggeris (J) | biggers (Ha) | biggars (N) | Buggers (V) | byars (K) | buyers (La)]

[^a449: for (Ra) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a450: buxoum (Ra U J E Ma) | boun (La K Wa) | bowen (N) | bounde (T D Ch H2) | Boxum and Boun (V Ha)]

[^a451: at sire symonyes wille (Ra U D) | as sire symonye wile (All Other A MSS)]

[^a452: to (Ra U) | segge to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a453: schewyn (Ra V La) | sewen (All Other A MSS)]

[^a454: vp (Ra U) | forþ (All Other A MSS)]

[^a455: vestyment (Ra) | feffement (All Other A MSS)]

[^a456: makyd (Ra) | ymakid (T U J K) | Imaked (Ch H2 N) | maked (D) | made (V Ha E Wa) | Imakyn (Ma) | yformed (La)]

[^a457: þis (Ra E Wa) | þe (Most A MSS) | þise (N) | thes (K) | þeose (La)]

[^a458: gome (Ra) | gomes (Most A MSS) | goom (U) | gromes (D H2 J Wa N)]

[^a459: gretyþ (Ra) | gredde (T H2 V) | grede (N) | greden (Ch La K Wa) | gredeþ (D) | gredith (U) | gradden (Ha) | criddyn (J) | crye (E) | crye þe chartre (Ma)]

[^a460: haue (Ra U) | haue feffyd (E) | feffe (Most A MSS) | feff (Ha) | fastne (Ma)]

[^a461: euere (Ra U N) | for euere (T D H2 J K) | euer for (V Ha Wa) | for euere more (Ma) | euer more (Ch La E)]

[^a462: worschep (Ra U D) | lordsshipe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a463: ȝou (Ra U) | hem (Most A MSS) | þaim (E)]

[^a464: vycys (Ra U) | Ile (Most A MSS) | isle (H2 N) | ilde (Ma) | ill (K) | euell (E)]

[^a465: lytes (Ra) | delites (Most A MSS) | delices (U K) | delicis (J) | likyng (E Ma)]

[^a466: and (Ra Ha La) | & to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a467: and (Ra U) | to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a468: in-to (Ra U V Ha E Ma) | in (All Other A MSS)]

[^a469: peres (Ra U V J) | And piers (Most A MSS) | A piers (E)]

[^a470: douȝter (Ra V Ha N) | doctor (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (J)]

[^a471: and (Ra U N Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a472: rokelond (Ra J) | rutelondis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a473: þis (Ra U D E K Wa N Ma) | þe (T Ch H2 V Ha J La)]

[^a474: I (Ra U N Ma) | is (T D J K Wa) | was (Ch H2 V Ha La) | here þai (E)]

[^a475: a-sele (Ra U N Ma) | asselid (T Ha) | aselyde (J) | asseled (Ch) | aseled (H2) | aselet (V) | aseelid (La) | seled (D) | yseled (Wa) | Insealid (K) | seyll (E)]

[^a476: seyt (Ra) | siȝte (All Other A MSS)]

[^a477: sorwe (Ra U Wa Ma) | now sorewe (Most A MSS) | sorow (Ch E) | serwe (V)]

[^a478: werre (Ra) | wraþþe (Most A MSS) | wrathyn (J Ma) | wreþen (Ch) | wreþthe (Wa) | teone (V Ha)]

[^a479: or (Ra D Ch E) | er (Most A MSS) | ar (V K N) | her (Ma)]

[^a480: frendis (Ra T D Ch H2) | mendis (V Ha Wa) | mendes (J La K) | mennis (N) | mannys (Ma) | frendis of frendis (U) | fendes (E)]

[^a481: mercede (Ra T Ma) | mercede sua (U D Ch H2 V Ha J K Bm Bo Cot) | sua &c (La E N) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a482: mede (Ra) | his mede (Most A MSS) | his hire (Ma) | his hure (V) | hi huyre (Ha)]

[^a483: lawes (Ra T U Ch H2 Bm Bo Cot) | lawe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a484: is (Ra) | is a (All Other A MSS)]

[^a485: fals (Ra) | feyntles (T D Ch H2 J La E) | feynt (Bm Bo Cot) | feytles (Ma) | feythles (U Ha N) | faithles (K Wa) | faylere (V)]

[^a486: and as (Ra) | And as a (Most A MSS) | And als a (E) | And a (Ch V Ha La) | He is a (Cot) | He his (Bm) | He is (Bo)]

[^a487: kynne (Ra U Ha J N) | kynde (T Ch H2 La E K Bm Bo Cot) | kende (Ma) | kyn (D Wa) | kunne (V)]

[^a488: is (Ra U D K Wa N Bm Bo Cot) | is a (All Other A MSS)]

[^a489: for (Ra) | for cosyns (Bm Bo Cot) | for cosyn (All Other A MSS)]

[^a490: handlyd (Ra D L) | handlid (Bm Bo Cot) | yhandlit (Most A MSS) | haldyng (E)]

[^a491: and (Ra U) | And ȝif þe (T D Ch H2 V Ha J) | And þagh (La) | And the (Bm Bo Cot) | þei (Ma) | Giff ony (E) | and though ye (K) | and though (Wa) | and þei þe (N)]

[^a492: þat (Ra U La) | that (Bm Bo Cot) | þe (T H2 V E Wa Ma) | þis (Ha) | youre (D) | [nothing] (Ch J K N)]

[^a493: þe faute (Ra Ma) | defaute (All Other A MSS)]

[^a494: þe (Ra T U D H2 K N Bm Bo Cot) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a495: nolde (Ra U D Wa) | ne wolde (Most A MSS) | it nold (K) | no wolde (La)]

[^a496: celys (Ra U J Wa N) | his selis (Most A MSS) | his seale (K) | his sawes (Ha)]

[^a497: floures (Ra) | floreynes (All Other A MSS)]

[^a498: anon al (Ra) | al (Most A MSS) | to uche gome (La) | [nothing] (Ch H2 Ha E Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a499: faylede (Ra U) | fail[e] (Kane) | fayle (D H2 E Wa Ma Bm Bo Cot) | failiþ (T) | failed (Ch J La K N) | lacked (Ha)]

[^a500: floures y-nowe (Ra) | floreynes ynowe (Most A MSS) | florens ynowe (Ha K) | floryns ynowe (U D) | floreynes feole y praye (L) | floreynes mony (E) | fele faire nobles (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a501: y-gyue (Ra U La) | gyue (T H2) | gefe (Wa) | geuen (D) | gevyn (E K) | ygyuen (N Bm Bo Cot) | ȝeuen (Ch Ma) | ȝouen (Ha) | Iȝouyn (J)]

[^a502: grete (Ra) | faire (All Other A MSS)]

[^a503: certes sayde (Ra) | certys seydyn to him (Ma) | certes sothly (E) | seide certis (Most A MSS) | saide certes in same (La) | saiden for certeyn (Bm Bo Cot) | sikerly þay saiden Certes (Wa) | sworen on þe hoolydom þat (Ha)]

[^a504: sece (Ra) | cesse (Most A MSS) | secyn (J K) | ceese (Ha) | slepe (Ma)]

[^a505: þat (Ra) | Þat he[o] (Kane) | þat hee (Ha) | þat he (T Ch H2) | þat sche (U D J L Wa N Ma) | þat sho (E) | And that shs (Bm Bo Cot) | þan he (Ch)]

[^a506: and (Ra) | to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a507: þat þe (Ra U Bm Bo) | þat (T D H2 Wa Cot) | at þe (E) | þe (Ch Ha J La K N) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a508: in lawe (Ra U) | in ioye (Most A MSS) | with Ioye (Ma) | to be Ioyned (Ha)]

[^a509: bon (Ra) | boun (Most A MSS) | bounde (D) | bolde (J) | bonde men (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a510: þer-of (Ra) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a511: y-schod (Ra K Ma Bm Bo Cot) | shod (Most A MSS) | schoȝed (La) | Ischood (V) | rode shodde (Wa)]

[^a512: on (Ra U Ha La E) | sat on (All Other A MSS)]

[^a513: vp a (Ra) | vpon (T Ch J E K N Ma Bm Bo) | apon (La) | on (Wa) | vppon a (U H2) | vp on a (Cot) | on a (D V Ha)]

[^a514: fetysly (Ra N) | fe[int]liche (Kane) | Feyntliche (V Ma) | fayntely (E) | ful feyntly (Ha) | quentyliche (H2) | quentely (Bm Bo Cot) | sotely (Ch) | fetelych (J) | fastlyche (D) | fetisliche (T U K) | fetosly (La) | ful fetisly (Wa)]

[^a515: and (Ra K) | Þat (Most A MSS) | And eke þat (La) | [nothing] (Wa N)]

[^a516: seyde (Ra U V Ha N) | said (Wa) | swor (Most A MSS) | swore (Bm Bo Cot) | sware (E K)]

[^a517: swore (Ra U V Ha N) | seide (Most A MSS) | syde (Ma)]

[^a518: hem parayle (Ra) | apparaille (Most A MSS) | apparaylen (D La) | apparaylyn (Ma) | aparelyn (J)]

[^a519: þe (Ra U Ma) | þise (T Ha) | þis (J La) | þese (D H2) | these (Bm Bo Cot) | þes (Ch K) | [nothing] (V E Wa N)]

[^a520: her (Ra T Ch H2) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a521: sadle þe (Ra U E) | cartesadil þe (All Other A MSS) | And cartsadyl our (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a522: fette in (Ra) | fette forth (Bm Bo Cot) | fetten (T U Ch H2 V N Ma) | fettyn (Ma) | fet (J La) | fecche (Ha K) | fethem (Wa) | shall fett (E) | setten (D)]

[^a523: here (Ra) | lyere (Most A MSS) | lier (Ch Ha) | lyȝere (Bm Bo Cot) | liȝere (H2 V) | liars (K) | leyers (E)]

[^a524: folys (Ra T U D Ch H2 J Ma) | foolys (Bm Bo Cot) | fobbars (K) | Fabulers (V) | fals (E) | flaterers (Ha) | Freres (La Wa N) | fo[bb]is (Kane)]

[^a525: rennys (Ra) | iotten (T) | Iotton (H2) | trotten (Ch Bo Cot) | rennen (V Ha Wa N) | rennyn (J) | renneth (D La) | rennes (U Ma) | rynnen (K) | ganges (E) | [line missing] (Bm)]

[^a526: þe maydyn (Ra) | in þe myddis (All Other A MSS) | in myddys (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a527: tyme (Ra La N) | tom (Most A MSS) | tome (Bm Bo Cot) | tome (altered to tonge) (D) | toom (H2 Wa) | tong (Ch E) | tunge (U A Ma) | while (V)]

[^a528: men (Ra V) | of men (U Ch Ha J La E A Wa N Ma Bm Bo Cot) | of man (T H2) | man (D K)]

[^a529: gredde (Ra) | gyede (T U H2 J) | gyed (D Ch La Wa N) | gied (Bm Bo) | gyded (E K) | gydys (Ma) | bygyed (Ha) | gilede (V) | begylith (A) | grayed (Cot)]

[^a530: seþ (Ra) | seiȜ (T H2 E) | seyȜe (Ch) | seye (U) | sey (Bm Bo Cot) | see (K) | say (D J La A N) | sawȝ (Ha) | sauh (V) | seiþ (Wa Ma)]

[^a531: seyþ (Ra) | seide (Most A MSS) | sayde (Bm Bo Cot) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a532: cam (Ra J A K N Ma) | come (All Other A MSS) | comm (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a533: carpede (Ra J) | carpide it (Most A MSS) | carpid hit (Bm Bo Cot) | it carpyd (E) | & told it (A)]

[^a534: I myȝthe chacche (Ra V) | I miȝte cacche (Most A MSS) | y myghtte caicche (Bm Bo Cot) | I kacche mythe (Ma) | I hym cache myght (Ch) | kacche mowe I (La) | I hem caut may (A) | I mowe cacchyn here (J)]

[^a535: be-wreke me (Ra) | be wroken (All Other A MSS)]

[^a536: þo (Ra U D Ha La A N) | þise (T Wa) | þise (altered to þo) (H2) | thyse (Bm Bo Cot) | þis (V) | þes (Ch) | þoys (E) | þe (J K Ma)]

[^a537: wrouȝthyn (Ra U) | werchen (T) | werchyn (D) | werkyn (E A Ma) | worchen (Ch H2 V Ha La K) | worche (Wa N) | wyrkyn (J) | worcheth hem (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a538: on (Ra U D Ch Ha A K Wa N) | of (T H2 J La Ma) | vppon (V E)]

[^a539: beste (Ra T U D J Wa Ma) | leste (Ch H2 V Ha La E A K N Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a540: he (Ra U) | þat (Most A MSS) | that (Bm Bo Cot) | to (Ch)]

[^a541: take (Ra U) | atache (Most A MSS) | takyn (Ma) | cache (E A) | cachen (Wa)]

[^a542: þe (Ra V Ha La N) | þis (T H2 Wa) | þes (Ch) | þese (U D) | these (Bm Bo Cot) | þo (J E A K) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a543: gaderyþ (Ra) | gederiþ (T H2) | gedereþ (Ch) | gadereth (U) | gerde (Bm Bo Cot) | gurde (D Ha) | gurdeþ (V La) | gyrde (J Wa) | gyrd (E) | gyrdith (A K N) | gerdit (Ma) | ge[rd]iþ (Kane)]

[^a544: forþ (Ra U) | to me (All Other A MSS)]

[^a545: warde (Ra) | warne (Most A MSS) | seye (Ha)]

[^a546: he (Ra) | he be (Most A MSS) | he beo (La)]

[^a547: tresour (Ra U) | preyour (Most A MSS) | thyng (A Wa Ma)]

[^a548: stant (Ra U) | stood (All Other A MSS)]

[^a549: hem (Ra U) | hym (Most A MSS) | þaim (E)]

[^a550: þo (Ra U) | Þanne (Most A MSS) | þenne (V Ha) | And þanne (Ma K)]

[^a551: lepte (Ra) | lep (Most A MSS) | lepyd (E) | wente (A)]

[^a552: to be logged (Ra) | toluggid (Most A MSS) | lodly tologged (La) | luggyd (J) | logged (Wa) | to be luged (E) | to lyen (A) | [nothing] (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a553: waschede (Ra) | Wysshen (T D K) | wisshe (N) | wyschyn (struck through, weschen above (J) | weschen (Ch) | Weischen (Bm Bo Cot) | whuschen (H2) | wosschen (V Ha La) | washe (Wa) | Weschid (A) | Waschid (U) | wyssin (Ma) | Þai weshyd (E)]

[^a554: þo (Ra) | he (U) | þey (La Wa N Ma) | þai (E) | him (H2 V Ha K) | hym (Bm Bo Cot) | to him (Ch) | for him (J) | be (T) | ben (D) | [nothing] (A) | [hy] (Kane)]

[^a555: with hem (Ra T) | wiþ h[i]m (Kane) | wiþ hym (U D Ch H2 V La K Wa N Bm Bo Cot) | to hym (A Ma) | to þaim faste (E) | him with for (J) | wiþ him feyre (Ha)]

[^a556: knoweþ (Ra Wa) | kneuȝ (T V E) | knewȝ (H2) | knew (Ch A Ma Bm Bo Cot) | knewe (U K N) | kneow (La) | know (J) | knowith (D) | couþe (Ha)]

[^a557: half (Ra T U N Ma) | half a (D V J E A K Wa) | an half (Ch Ha) | on half (La) | with hem (Bm Bo Cot) | wit hem (H2)]

[^a558: For (Ra) | For knowing (Most A MSS) | For knawyng (E) | For knoweris (A) | Fro knowing (T H2)]

[^a559: in and (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a560: wol (Ra Ch K) | wile (Most A MSS) | wele (Ma) | wole (V Bm Bo Cot) | cometh (U Ha La) | comyth (A) | cummys (E)]

[^a561: for to (Ra) | to (Most A MSS) | I (E)]

[^a562: drede (Ra U Ha N Bm Bo Cot) | fere (Most A MSS) | feare (K) | ferde (E A Ma)]

[^96: Ra.2.10: A following line, Kane's 2.11, is absent from RaU.]

[^97: Ra.2.17: The punctus is oddly located at this point.]

[^98: Ra.2.22: Two Kane lines (2.24-25) which follow this are absent from RaU.]

[^99: Ra.2.40: The <s> is superscript, and its form (?a compacted long-s) appears only here and at Ra.2.159: skynny(s). It is possibly a later addition.]

[^100: Ra.2.52: vestyment is unique to Ra. This may suggest that feffement, the reading in other manuscripts, was in Ra's exemplar spelled with an initial <v> and the ff was interpreted as st.]

[^101: Ra.2.62: lytes: this may be a variant (unrecorded in MED) of the plural of the noun lith, a form to which the MED gives four distinct meanings. The most relevant one, given seygnorye of Scleuthe in the next line, would be "An estate, landed property; a household, habitation." Slightly less attractive, but still possible, might be "A slope, hill." Cf. lytȝ at 3.191.]

[^102: Ra.2.66: The suspension mark looks to be the same form as that for er in pardon(er) 4 lines below; but its appearance after final <g> seems regularly to stand for final <e>, as in lachynge above, Ra.1.100, and blessynge below, Ra.7.93. And cf. the usual form following final <r>.]

[^103: The regular alternation of line-end punctuation is interrupted here: the expected . is replaced by ]

[^104: This Latin line regularly appears here in other manuscripts (except Wa, which omits it). Tilot inscribes it in red in the right margins, at the end of lines 2.83 and 2.85. The added line breaks between "est" and "operarius." This is a unique instance of this sort of addition/correction by Tilot.]

[^105: Ra.2.100: The initial yogh is clearly a capital here.]

[^106: Ra.2.126: The original chyrreue, or possibly thyrreue, is altered in a darker ink, by a later hand which overwrites a long <s> over <c> and <v> over <u>.]

[^107: Ra.2.127: What may appear at first glance to be a superscript <t> is simply the overlapping strokes of the descender from <y> above and the ascender of <l> on this line. The missing <t> is not noted in Kane.]

[^108: Ra.2.129: Both the <i> and <j> are dotted with a <v>-shaped mark.]

[^109: Ra.2.138: myn appears to be over an erasure/scraping; note extra-wide blank following it.]

[^110: Ra.2.141: here, unique to Ra, could easily have been misread from liere, the reading of other manuscripts. J, however, has hem.]

[^111: Ra.2.142: Kane's following line (2.145) is not present in Ra.]

[^112: Ra.2.143: maydyn is unique to Ra here, though it is commonly collocated with mede elsewhere. This is consistent with the omission of K.2.145, since there is no mention in Ra of Fals & fauel for Mede to be in þe myddis of.]

[^113: Ra.2.152: Syntax (not always an infallible guide in this manuscript) suggests that this punctus is the proper one, even though it may appear to be an otiose continuation of the bottom stroke of <l>; the second punctus, after oþer , is incorrectly placed.]

[^114: Ra.2.155: An <e> is inserted between <m> and <y> (and overwrites the third minim of the <m>); this makes the <m> appear like an <n> (as reported in Kane's variants).]

[^115: The form of this superscript <s> is the same as that at Ra.2.40, above.]

[^116: Ra.2.164: There is a later underlining in black of lyere here, presumably by the supplier of the marginalia.]

[^117: Ra.2.165: be is uniquely absent here in Ra: this could easily be the result of eyeskip because be and he look similar.]

[^118: Ra.2.168: RaU have hem [hym elsewhere], taking falce as a collective noun, not an individual personification. Cf. þaim in E, which uniquely has felshed instead of þe false at the end of the previous line.]

[^119: Ra.2.172: The faulty alliteration suggests that Ra may have collapsed two lines into one. Knott-Fowler (and Kane, with slight spelling variants) reads: Besshette hym in here shoppis to shewen here ware, Aparailide hym as a prentice the peple to serve. The repeated to s probably occasioned an eye-skip.]

[^120: Ra.2.175: There is a blank line following Ra.2.175. This is a unique occurrence in Ra.]

[^121: Ra.2.181: The following three words are underlined in black by a later hand, most likely Hand 3, who is responsible for the underlined marginalia on this, and nearby, folios.]

[^122: Ra.2.186: The upper extension of the <r> appears to have been scraped lightly, to remove a superscript <e>.]

Passus tercius de visione .

N ow is mede þe mayde . name[^a563] of hem alle
And[^a564] with bedelys and baylifys . brouȝth[^a565] to þe king 
þe king called[^a566] a clerk . I can not his name
to take mede þe mayde . and make hure at ese .
I wolde[^a567] a-saye hure my-self . and soþly a-vise[^a568]
what man of þis molde[^a569] . þat hure were leuyst 
and ȝif sche wyrke[^a570] by wyt . and my wil folwe
I wil for-gyf hure þe gylt . so me god helpe .
Curteysly þe clerk þan . as þe king hyȝþe
tok mede by þe myddel . and brouȝthe hure to chaumbere 
and[^a571] þer was merþe and mynstrasye[^a572] . mede to plese
/ med ys worshy pyd at weste mynstre
and þo þat[^a573] wone at westmenstre . worschepyn hure alle .
Gentely with Ioye . þe Iustyse[^a574][^123] to sompne[^a575]
busked hym[^a576] to þe bour . þer þe berthe[^a577] duellyþ 
comnfortyth comfortyth[^124] hure kyndely . by clergyes leue
and sayde murne not mede . ne make þou no sorwe [^125]
For we wil wisse þe kyng . and þi wey make[^a578]
for al concienses cast . and craft as I trowe 
myldelyche mede þan . mercyed hem alle
of here gret goudnesse . and[^126] hem echone .
Coupys and[^a579] clene gold . and pecys of syluer
rynges with rubeys . and rychesses manye 
þe leste man of here mayne . a motoun of golde
þan lauȝthe þei leue . þes lordes at mede .
w ith þat come clerkes . to comforte hure þanne[^a580]
and bode[^a581] hure be blyþe . for we beþ þyn owyn 
for to wyrche þy wylle . whyl oure[^a582] lyf lasteþ
hendelyche sche þanne[^a583] . behyȝþ hem þe same .
To loue ȝou[^a584] lell y[^127] . and lordys ȝou[^a585] make
and in constorye at þe[^a586] court . calle ȝoure[^a587] names 
þer[^a588] schal no lewednysse hem[^a589] lette . þe lede þat I louie
þat he ne worþ furste a-vaunsed . for I am be-knowe .
Ther counynge clerkes . schul clocke be-hynde
þan cam[^a590] þer a confessour . y-copyd as a frere 
to mede þe mayde . meklyche he lowtede
and seyde wel softly . a[^a591] schryft as hit were .
They lered and lawed l[e]wed . hadde loyn[^a592][^128] by þe alle[^a593]
and þei falsnesse[^a594] hadde y-folwed .[^129] þe . þis . xj elleuene[^a595] wynter 
I schal a-soyle þe my-self . for a sem[^a596] whete
and eke be þi bawdekyn . and bere wel þin arnde
A -mong clerkes and knyȝthis . conciensce conciense to felle
þan mede for hure mysdedes . to þe[^a597] man knelyd 
and schrof of[^a598] her schrewedenesse . schameles I trowe .
tolde hym a tokne[^a599] . and tok hym a noble .
For to be hure bedman . and hure baude after
þan he a-soyled hure sone . and swyþe[^a600] he sayde 
we haue a wyndowe[^130] at[^a601] wyrchyng . wil stonde vus v[s] hyȝe[^a602]
woldest þou glase þe gable . and graue þer þy name .
Sikyr schulde þy soule be . hefne to haue
wiste I[^a603] qwaþ þe womman . þer is no[^a604] wyndowe ne auter 
þat I ne schuld make ⁊̃ &[^a605] amende[^a606] . and my name wryte
þat ech segge schal se . I am suster of ȝour house .
And[^a607] god alle gode folke such grauyng . defendeþ ⁊ & seyþ[^131][^132]
Nesciat sinistra quid faciat dextera .
let nouȝt þy lyȝ ft[^133] half[^a608] . late ne raþe[^134]
wite[^a609] what þy rythalf ryt half[^a610][^135] . worchyt or delyþ .
And[^a611] so pryuylyche parte hit . þat pride be not seye
Neyþer in syth ne in[^a612] soule . for god hym -self knoweþ 
who is curteys or kynde . or co[^136] coueytes or ellys
for-þi I rede[^a613] ȝou lordes . such wrytynges leuyþ[^a614] .
To wryte in wyndowys . of ȝour wel dedys
or[^a615] to gredyn after godys men . when ȝe ȝeyue dolys .
an auntere ȝe haue ȝour hyre . þer of ȝoure gode[^a616]
for oure saueour seyde[^a617] . and hym-self preched .[^137]
Meyrys and maysteres[^a618] . ȝe[^a619] þat beþ mene
by-twythe[^138] þe king ⁊̃ & þe common . to kepe þe lawes 
as[^a620] punschin on pylorijs . and on pynnyng-stolys
breweres bakeres[^a621] . bocheres and kokys .
For þes are men on[^a622] molde .[^139] þat most harme werkyn
to þis[^a623] pore puple . þat parcel-mele beggen[^a624] .
for þey poysone þe puple . pryuyly wel ofte
and rechyn þorw regratyng[^a625] . and rentes hem buggen[^a626] .
Of þat þe pore puple . schulde pote in her wombes[^a627]
for ne[^a628] tok he[^a629] on-trewely . he[^a630][^140] tymbred not so hye 
ne bouȝþe none bargayns[^a631] . be þou[^a632] wel certeyne
and[^a633] mede þe mayden . þe meyr sche be-sowȝthe .
Of[^a634] alle suche selleres . syluer to take
of presentes with -oute pens . as peces of syluer 
ryng[^a635] or oþer rychesses[^a636] . þes regrateres to meyntene
for my loue quod þat lady . loue hem ychone .
And suffre hem to selle . sumdel a-geyn resoun
salomon þe sage . a sermoun he made 
to[^a637] a-mende meyres . and men þat kepe þe lawes
and tok hem[^a638] þis teme . þat I telle thinke .
Ignis deuorabit tabernacula eorum . qui libenter accipiunt munera .
A-mong þese lettered men[^a639] . þis latyn a-mounthyþ 
þat fyre schal falle . and for-brenne at þe laste
þe hous and þe homes[^a640] . of men[^a641] þat desyren .
To haue ȝiftes of here seruises[^a642] . in ȝouþe or in elde
þe king for his[^a643] counseyl . calde[^a644] after mede 
and of-sente hire swyþe . with[^a645] seriauntes hire
fette[^141] and brouȝþe hire to boure . with blysse and with Ioye .
Nota ☞
Curtaysly þe king . comseþ to telle
to mede þe m ayden[^142] . melus þese wordes [^143]
Won-wyttyly[^a646] wrouȝþ . hast þou wel[^a647] ofte
And[^a648] worse wrouȝþest þou neuere . þan þo þou fals toke .
But[^a649] I for-gyue þe þat[^a650] gylt . and graunte þe[^a651] grace
hennys to þy deþday . do þou so no more 
I haue a knyȝt hyȝþ conciens . come late fro by-ȝonde
ȝif he wil[^a652] þe to wyue . wilt þou hym haue .
Ȝe lord quod þat lady . lord for-bede ellys .
but I be holly at ȝour heste . honge me ellys .
þan was conciens cald . and cam to[^a653] a-peyren[^a654]
by-fore þe king and his counseyl . clerkes and oþere .
Knelyng concyens . to þe king louted
what[^a655] his wille were ⁊̃ & . what he don schulde 
wil[^a656] þou wedde þis womman . ȝif I wil a-sente
for sche is fayn of þi felaschep . for to be þy make .
Qwaþ conciens to þe king . crist hit me for-bede
ere I wedde such a wyf . wo me be-tyde 
sche is frethil[^a657] of hure fleys[^a658] . fykel of hure speche
sche makeþ men mysdo . manye skore tymes .
In trust of hure tresour . sche tenyþ wel manye
wyues and wedues . wantonnesse techeþ 
lered hem lecherye . þat louedyn[^a659] hure ȝiftes
ȝour fader sche felde . þorþ þor[ȝ] falce be-hestes[^a660] .
Poysonede[^a661] popys . a-peyred holy chirche
Is nouȝt a beter baude . by hym þat me made 
by-twen helle and heuene[^a662] . ⁊erþe & erþe þeyȝ men souȝþe
sche is tykel of hure tayl . talle-wys of hure tounge
As comoun as þe cartway . to knaue and to monke[^a663]
to menstralis[^a664] and[^a665] meselys[^a666] . many tyme[^a667] in hegges .
Sysoures and soumneres . suche men hire preyse[^a668]
schirreues and[^a669] schyres were schent . ȝif sche ne were .
Sche doþ men lesyn here lond . and here lyf boþe
and letyyȝ[^a670] passe þe[^a671] prysoneres[^144] . and preyeþ[^a672] for hem ofthe 
and gyf þe gayloures gold . and grotes to-gederes
And[^a673] vnfetereþ þe falce . to[^a674] fle wher hym luste[^a675] .
He[^a676] takeþ truþe[^a677] by þe top . and[^a678] teyȝeþ hym faste
and hangeþ hym for hatered . þat harmed neuere 
to be cursed in constorye . he[^a679] counteþ nouȝth a ryssche
for he[^a680] copyþ þe comyssarye . and cloþeþ[^a681] his clerkes .
Sche is a-soyled as sone . as hure -self lykyþ
sche may ney as moche don . in a monþe onys 
as ȝour secret seel . in seuene score dayes
sche is priuey with þe pope . proueysoures hit knoweþ .
Sire symonye and hure -self . seleþ here[^a682] bulles
sche blesseþ þus[^a683] bischopys . þey þat[^a684] he[^a685][^145] be lewde 
prouendres parsones and prestes .[^146] sche manteyneþ to holde[^147]
lemmanys and lotebijs[^148] . al here lyf- dawes[^a686] .
And brynge forþ barnes . a-ȝen forbode lawes
þer sche is[^a687] with þe king . wo is þe rewme 
for sche is fauourable and[^a688] fals . and fouleþ truþe ofte
barounes and burgeyses[^a689] . sche bryngeþ to[^a690] sorwe .
By Iesu with hire Iewelys . ȝour Iustyces[^a691] sche schendeþ
and leyþ a-ȝens þe lawe . and lefteþ[^a692] hem ofte[^a693] 
þat feyþ may not haue his forþ . his[^a694] h[ure] floreyns goþ so thicke
sche ledeþ[^a695] lawe as hure lust . and louedayes makeþ .
The mase for a mene man . þow[^a696] he mote euere
lawe is so lordly . and loþ to maken ende 
with -oute presentes or pens . he pleseþ wel fewe
clergie[^149] and couetyse . coupleþ hem[^a697][^150] to-gederes
This is þe lif of þat lady . oure[^a698] lord ȝif hure sorwe
and al þat manteyne hure men . myschauns hem by-tide 
for pore men[^a699] haue no power . to pleyne þey[^a700] hem nede[^a701]
schuche[^a702] a mayster is mede . among men of gode .
Than murnede mede . ⁊ & pleyned[^a703] hure to the kyng .
to haue space and[^a704] speche[^a705] . spede ȝif sche myȝthe .
þe kyng graunted hure grace . with a goud wille
excuse þe ȝif þou canst . I can no more segge[^a706] .
For conciens accuseþ þe . to conge þe for euere
nay lord qwat[^151] þat lady . leue hym þe werse 
whan ȝe wyte wyterly . wher þe wrong lyggeþ
þer þat myschef is gret . mede may helpe .
And þou knowyst concyens . I c am[^152] nouȝt to chyde
for to[^a707] dispyce[^a708] þy persone . wyth a proud herte
wel þou wost conciens . but[^a709] þou woldest lye
þou hast hangen[^a710] on myn half . elleuene tyme[^a711] .
And grepyn my gold . and gyuen hit wher þe lykyþ
why þou wratthest þe now . wonder me thynkyþ 
ȝit I may as I myȝthe . mylde[^a712] þe with ȝiftes
and mainteyne[^153] þy manhode . more þan[^154] þou knowest
And[^155] þou hast famed me foule . by-fore þe king here
for kylled I neuere no king[^156] . ne counseyled þer -after 
ne dede as þou dost[^a713] . I do hit on þe king
in normandye was he .[^157] nouȝt noyȝed[^a714] for me[^a715] .
And[^a716] þou þy-self sykerly[^a717] . schamed[^a718] hym ofte
crepe in-to a cabanne . for colde of þy naylys 
wenest þou[^a719] þat wynter . wolde[^a720] lasten euere
and dreddest to be ded . for a dym knowde[^a721] k[l]owde[^158]
And hastest[^a722] þe homward . for hunger of þy wombe
withoute pyte þou[^a723] pelour . pore men þou robbedest 
and bore out[^a724] bras on þi bak . to caleys to selle
and[^a725] I lafte at home[^a726] with my lord . his lyf for to saue .
And made hym merþes[^a727] . fro morwen til eue[^a728]
I[^a729] batred hym on þe bak . boldede his herte 
dede hym hoppe for hope . to haue[^a730] at his[^a731] wille
had I be marchal of his men[^159] . by marie loue[^a732] of heuene .
I dorste haue leyde my lyf . and no lasse wedde
he schoulde haue be a lord in[^a733] þat lond . in lengþe and in brede 
and eke king of þat lytȝ[^a734][^160] . his kyn for to helpe
þe leste barn[^a735] of his blode . a baronys pere .
Cowardlyche þou conciens . þou[^a736] counseyledest hym þennes
to leuyn his worschep[^a737] . for a lytel syluer 
þat is þe rycheste of rewmys[^a738] . þat regnes[^a739] ouer-houes
hit by-come a king . þat kepeþ a rewme .
To ȝeue his men mede . þat manlyche[^a740] hym seruen
b

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mede makeþ hym y-loued[^a741] . and for a man holden[^161]
a
to alienys . to alle men . to honoure hure[^a742] h[em] with ȝiftes 
emperoures erlys[^a743] . and alle maner of[^a744] lordes .
Thurȝ ȝiftes haue ȝonge men . to renne[^a745] and to ryde
þe pope with his prelates . ȝifthis[^a746] vnderfongen 
and medyþ men hym -self . to meynten hure lawes[^162]
seruauntes for here seruise . we sen wel þe soþe
Take mede of here maystres . as þei mown a-corde
beggeres for here byddyng . byddeþ me[^a747] me[n] mede 
menstrales for here merþe . mede þei axin .
þe king haþ mede of his men . to make pes in londes .
Men þat ben[^a748] clerkes . mede of hym crauytȝ[^a749]
prestes þat prechin . þe peple to gode 
Axin mede of[^a750] masse pens .[^163] and here mete alse
Alle kinde[^a751] crafty men . craue mede for here prentys 
Mede and marchaundise . mot nede com[^a752] to-gedere
no wyt[^a753] as I wene . with -oute mede myȝþe lybbe 
qwaþ þe king to conciens . be crist as me þinkyþ
mede is worþi . þe maystrye to haue .
Nay quod conciens to þe king . and knelyd to þe erthe
þere arn two[^a754] maner of medes . my lord by ȝour leue 
þat on god of his grace . geuyþ in his blysse
to hem þat worchen wel . whiles þei ben here .
The prophete precheþ hit . and put hit in þe sawter
Qui peccuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram .
tak no mede my lord . of men þat beþ trewe
loue hym and lene hem . for[^164] our lordes loue of heuene .
Godes mede and his mercy . þer -with myȝth þou wynne
þer is a mede mesureles . þat maysteres desyren 
to menteyne mysdoeres . mede þei takyn
and þer -of seyþ þe sauter . in a psalmes ende .
In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt . dextra eorum re. repleta[^165] est muner muner[ibus][^166]
And he þat grypytȝ oure[^a755] gyfte s[^167] . so me god helpe 
schal a-bye ful[^a756] bytterly . or þe boke lyes
prestes and parsones . þat plesynges desyren[^168] .
mede off the molde
To[^a757] take mede and mone . for messes þat þei synge
schal han þe[^a758] mede of þe[^a759] molde . þat mathew haþ graunted 
Amen amn am[e]n . reciperunt mercedem suam .
Thaþ Tha[t][^169][^170] laboreres and lond[^a760] folk . takeþ of here maystres
hit is[^a761] no maner of mede . but a mesurable hyre 
in marchaundie is no mede . I may hit wel a-vowe
hit is a permutacioun a-pertly . a peneworþ for a-nother .
Ac reddest þou neuere regum . þou recreyede mede
how[^a762] þe vengauns fel on saul . and on al[^a763] his chyldryn 
god sente hym to seye . by samueles mouþe
þat agas[^a764] and[^a765] amelek . and al his puple after .
Schulde deye for a dede . þat don hadde his[^a766] eldren
a-ȝens israle and aaron . and moyses his broþer 
samuel seyde to saul . god sendeþ þe and hoteþ
to be buxoum and bold[^a767] . his byddyng to fulfylle .
wend þeder with þin ost . wymman to kylle
children and chorles . schep[^a768] hem to deye[^a769] 
loke þou kylle þe king . coueyte not his godes
for eny milyouns of mone . morþere hem ychone .
Barnes and bestes . brene hem to deþe
and for he kylde nouȝt þe king . as crist hym bad[^a770] 
coueyted here catel . kylde nouȝt here bestes
but brouȝthe with hem[^a771] þe bestes . as þe bylle[^a772] tolde[^a773] .
God seyde to samuel . þat saul schulde deye
and al his sed for þat synne . schenfullyche ende 
suych a myschef mede . made þe king to haue
þat god hated þe king[^a774] for euere . and alle his eyres after .
Thou [e][^a775] culorum of þis[^a776][^171] kepe . I not to schewe
en[^a777] aunter ȝif hit[^a778] noyed me . ende[^a779] wil I make .
in[^a780] conciens knowe I þis . for resoun[^a781] hit me[^a782] tauȝthe
þat resoun schal regne . and rewmes gouerne .
And ryȝth as agas[^a783] hadde hap . men schuld se sum -tyme[^a784]
samuel schal scle hym . and saul schal be blamed 
And dauid schal be dyademyd .[^172] and daunten hem alle
and o . cristene king . kepe vs alle[^a785] .
Schal no more mede . be mayster on erthe
but loue and lownesse . and lewte to-gederes 
and who-so trespaseþ trewlyche[^a786] . and[^a787] takeþ a-gaynes ryȝth[^a788]
his wikke[^a789] lewte schal don hym lawe . and lese his[^a790] lyf ellys 
Schal no seruaunt[^a791] for his[^a792] seruise . were no[^a793] sylk gowne[^a794]
ne no ray robe . with ryche pelure 
mede of mysdoeres . makeþ hem so ryche
þat lawe is lord woxin . and lewte is pore .
...rowgh Concyens .uche loue Shall that ..t lardes .albe a laboror

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wykkednysse[^a795] is commaundour . and kyndenysse is bansched
and[^a796] kynde wit schal come ȝit . and conciens to-gedere 
and make of lawe a loburer . schuche lawe[^a797] l[ou]e schal a-reyse .

[^a563: name (Ra U) | no mo (T D Ch La A K Ma) | & na ma (E) | no mo (J Wa N) | na mo (Bm) | nomen (Bo Cot) | homme (H2) | Inomen (Ha) | Inomen & no mo (V)]

[^a564: And (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a565: brouȝth (Ra) | brouȝt (D U E K Wa N Ma) | & brouȝt (Ha) | brout (A) | ybrouȝt (T Ch V) | ybrougȝ (H2) | ybrought (Bm Bo Cot) | ybroghte (La) | brohut (J)]

[^a566: called (Ra Ch Ha Bm Bo Cot) | calliþ (T La) | calleþ (D Wa N) | callitȝ (H2) | calllyd (J E K) | callide (U) | cald (Ma) | callid in (A) | clepet (V)]

[^a567: wolde (Ra U) | wile (T D Ch H2 V J Wa N) | wole (Ha La K) | wul (Bm Bo Cot) | schal (A Ma) | sal (E)]

[^a568: a-vise (Ra) | apose (T U D Ch H2 J La K N Bm Bo Cot) | aposen (V) | opose (Wa) | here apose (A) | hyre appose (Ma) | hir appose (Ha) | appoyse (E)]

[^a569: molde (Ra U Ha E K Wa) | world (Most A MSS) | worlde (Bm Bo Cot) | werld (A)]

[^a570: wyrke (Ra E) | werche (T A Ma) | worche (Ch H2 V Ha La K Wa N) | wurche (U) | wirche (D J) | [out] (Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a571: and (Ra A Ma Bm Bo Cot) | Ac (Most A MSS) | Bot (Ch La E K) | þan (Wa N) | [nothing] (V Ha)]

[^a572: mynstrasye (Ra U) | mynstrecye (Bm Bo Cot) | mynstralcie (Most A MSS) | mistralsy (E) | menstralcy (Ma) | Munstralsye (V) | mynstrales (D)]

[^a573: and þo þat (Ra) | Þat (Most A MSS) | That (Bm Bo Cot) | Þo þat (Ma) | þei þat (Ha) | Heo þat (V) | And þai þat (Wa)]

[^a574: Iustyse (Ra U V Ha added J E K) | Iustices (Most A MSS) | iustyses (Bm Bo Cot) | Iustice is (Ch)]

[^a575: to sompne (Ra) | somme (La N) | some (D) | summe (for A Ma) | to sowpen (U) | sone (T Ch H2 Wa Bm Bo Cot) | soone (V) | sonne (K) | sone come (E) | wel soone (Ha)]

[^a576: hym (Ra U H2 V Ha E K Bm Bo Cot) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La)]

[^a577: berthe (Ra) | burde (T H2 Ha) | Buyrde (V) | byrde (U K Wa) | bierde (N) | birde (E) | berde (D Ch J A Ma Bm Bo Cot) | beorde (La)]

[^a578: make (Ra T U D Ch H2 E Bm Bo Cot) | [shape] (Kane) | schape (Ha J Wa N) | schapen (V La) | schapyn (Ma) | maken (K) | makyn (A)]

[^a579: and (Ra) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a580: þanne (Ra) | thanne (Bm Bo Cot) | þe same (Most A MSS) | eken (La)]

[^a581: bode (Ra) | bidden (T Ch H2 K Bm Bo Cot) | biddyn (Ma) | beden (La N) | bedyn (D) | bodyn (J) | bad (U E A Wa) | biddeþ (V Ha)]

[^a582: oure (Ra U V Ha J La K Wa N MaBm Bo Cot) | þi (T D Ch H2 E A)]

[^a583: sche þanne (Ra Ch K N) | sche þen ('þen' cancelled) (J) | þanne heo (Most A MSS) | than she (Bm Bo Cot) | Mede (Ma)]

[^a584: ȝou (Ra U) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La) | þaim (E)]

[^a585: ȝou (Ra U D) | hem (Most A MSS) | to (V J La Bm Bo Cot)]

[^a586: at þe (Ra U E) | at the (Bm Bo Cot) | at (Most A MSS) | in (H2) | & in (Ma)]

[^a587: ȝoure (Ra U) | ȝour (Bm Bo Cot) | here (T D H2 Wa Ma) | her (Ha J K N) | heore (V) | har (Ch) | þair (E) | my (La)]

[^a588: þer (Ra U E Ha) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a589: hem (Ra U V Ha K) | hym (T Ch H2 La Wa) | you (E) | [nothing] (D J N Ma)]

[^a590: cam (Ra J A) | com (Most A MSS) | comeþ (Ch H2) | comyt (Ma)]

[^a591: a (Ra) | in (All Other A MSS)]

[^a592: loyn (Ra) | leiȝe (T) | leyȝen (Ch) | leyen (V La) | leyn (Ha Wa Ma) | leyne (N) | leye (U D H2 J) | ly (E) | lyen (K) | loy (A)]

[^a593: alle (Ra) | ichone (T Wa) | echone (D Ch H2 A K) | ilkane (E) | alle (U V J La) | boþe (Ha N Ma)]

[^a594: falsnesse (Ra U Ha) | falshed (Most A MSS) | Fals (V) | falnesse (J)]

[^a595: xj elleuene (Ra) | fiftene (Most A MSS) | fyueten (J) | four score (U)]

[^a596: sem (Ra U J N) | sem of (Most A MSS) | somme of (Ha) | summe of (V)]

[^a597: þe (Ra A) | þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a598: of (Ra) | hire of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a599: tokne (Ra U) | tale (Most A MSS) | tale þer (Wa)]

[^a600: swyþe (Ra) | siþen (T U H2 K N) | sythn (E) | syþyn (Ma) | siþe (Wa) | siþ (Ha) | sethen (D Ch La) | seþin (J) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a601: at (Ra Ma) | in (Most A MSS) | of (T) | on (H2)]

[^a602: hyȝe (Ra J A) | wel heiȝe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a603: I (Ra) | I þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a604: is no (Ra) | nis (Most A MSS) | ne is (J) | nes no (Ch) | nis nouþur (V)]

[^a605: ⁊̃ & (Ra U H2) | or (Most A MSS) | oþur (V)]

[^a606: amende (Ra Ch Wa) | mende (Most A MSS) | make (Ha J)]

[^a607: And (Ra) | Ac (T U D H2 N) | Bot (Ch V Ha J La E A K Wa) | As (Ma)]

[^a608: half (Ra U J A N) | hond (T V Ha La K) | hand (D Ch H2 E Wa Ma)]

[^a609: wite (Ra U) | Be war (Most A MSS) | Ben war (V La) | Ben wel I war (Ma) | wytyn (J) | wete (E)]

[^a610: rythalf ryt half (Ra U J) | riȝt hond (All Other A MSS)]

[^a611: And (Ra T U Ch H2 N) | Ac (D J Ma) | Bote (V La E K) | [nothing] (A Ha Wa)]

[^a612: in (Ra U D Ch V Ha J E Wa N Ma) | in þi (T H2 La A K)]

[^a613: rede (Ra U Ha Wa Ma) | lere (Most A MSS) | lerne (J)]

[^a614: such wrytynges leuyþ (Ra) | leuiþ such wrytyng (Most A MSS) | such writynge ȝe leue (V) | swych wrytyng to leuen (Ma) | swyche writyng to lete (Wa) | suche lernyngus to leue (Ha)]

[^a615: or (Ra U D V Ha J La E A K Wa N) | Oþer (T Ch H2) | Oþyr (Ma)]

[^a616: ȝoure gode (Ra U) | here (D Ch H2 V Ha E A Wa N Ma) | hire (T) | rith hire (J) | resceyued (La) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a617: seyde (Ra) | it seide (Most A MSS) | says (E) | it seiþ (V) | it seth (A) | seiþ (H)]

[^a618: maysteres (Ra) | maceris (Kane) | macerys (U A) | macers (J La) | masers (N) | mercers (E) | maistris (T Ma) | Maystres (D Ch H2 V Wa) | maysters (Ha) | masters (K)]

[^a619: ȝe (Ra J La N) | hij (T H2) | þei (U D) | & thay (K) | and ȝe (V) | hem (Ch) | [nothing] (Ha E A Wa Ma)]

[^a620: as (Ra) | as to (Most A MSS) | to (Ha A Ma) | For (E)]

[^a621: bakeres (Ra V) | & bakeris (Most A MSS) | & bowchers (E) | & brewers (Wa N) | & breusters (Ma)]

[^a622: on (Ra Ha) | of þise (T Ch H2 J E N Ma) | on þis (D La A K Wa) | in þis (U) | vppon (V)]

[^a623: þis (Ra) | þe (Most A MSS) | þeo (La) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a624: beggen (Ra Ch) | biggen (T U J Wa) | biggyn (N Ma) | bigge (A) | buggen (La) | Beggyn (D K) | biggeth (H2) | abyggen (Ha) | abuggen (V) | sare abysse (E)]

[^a625: regratyng (Ra) | regratrie (U D H2 J La E A K Wa N) | regratie (T) | Regatorie (V) | regatris regratrie (A) | regratoures (Ha) | Regalrye (Ch)]

[^a626: buggen (Ra La) | biggen (T U Ch H2 Ha Wa N Ma) | byggyn (A) | bygge (J) | beggyn (D) | byen (K) | buggeþ (V) | byes (E)]

[^a627: wombes (Ra U Ha) | wombe (Most A MSS) | wambe (E)]

[^a628: for ne (Ra U Wa) | For (Most A MSS) | For no (with <no> cancelled) (E) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a629: he (Ra T Ch H2 J Ma) | h[y] (Kane) | þei (U D V Ha La Wa N) | þai (E A) | thay (K)]

[^a630: he (Ra T Ch H2 J) | h[y] (Kane) | þei (U D V Ha La Wa N Ma) | þai (E A) | thay (K)]

[^a631: bargayns (Ra U) | burgages (Most A MSS) | burgace (A) | burges (J) | borgates (La)]

[^a632: þou (Ra U D E) | ȝe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a633: and (Ra A) | Ac (T U D Ch H2 J Ma) | Bote (V Ha La E K Wa N)]

[^a634: Of (Ra Ch) | Or (Most A MSS) | Oþer (U) | As (A Ma)]

[^a635: ryng (Ra T Ch H2 K) | Rynges (U D V La E Wa N Ma) | Rynggys (J A) | Or rynges (Ha)]

[^a636: rychesses (Ra U D Ma) | richesse (T Ch H2 J K Wa N) | riches (La A) | richeȝ (E) | Rubyes (V Ha)]

[^a637: to (Ra U V Ha J Wa N Ma) | For to (T D Ch H2 La A K) | For (E)]

[^a638: hem (Ra Ch V J A K Wa N Ma) | hym (T U D H2 Ha) | heom (La) | þaim (E)]

[^a639: men (Ra U V Ha Wa Ma) | lordis (Most A MSS) | lordyes (J)]

[^a640: homes (Ra T U D Ch H2 V J La A K N Ma) | home (Wa) | hoomes (Ha) | hame (E)]

[^a641: men (Ra) | hem (Most A MSS) | þem (A K) | þaim (E) | hym (Ma)]

[^a642: of here seruises (Ra) | [or ȝerisȝiuys] (Kane) | or ȝerisȝeuys (J N) | or ȝeresȝeftes (La) | or ȝeriuys (A) | & ȝerius (Ma) | or presentes (K) | or mede (Wa) | amysse (Ha) | wrangwysly (E) | for here seruice (T U Ch H2) | for here seruyses (D) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a643: for his (Ra) | fro (T D Ch H2 V La E N Ma) | þo fro (J) | fro þe (Wa) | from þe (Ha A) | fro his (K) | & his (U)]

[^a644: calde (Ra) | com & callide (T U) | com & callid (H2 E K) | com & called (D Ch La) | cam & callyd (J Ma) | com ... and cleped (V) | com & cryed (A) | & called (Ha Wa N)]

[^a645: swyþe . with (Ra) | as swiþe (T U D H2 Ha) | aswiþe (V) | als swithe (Ch J N) | swythe (La K Wa) | with a sergaunt þe (Ma) | [nothing] (E A)]

[^a646: Won-wyttyly (Ra) | Vnwisly (E A) | vnwittily (U D K Wa) | Vnwittily ywys (T) | On witly I wis (Ch) | Ful wyckedely Iwis [woman] (H2) | vnwitly womman (N) | womman vnwittely (La) | Vnwyttily þu mede (Ma) | Vnwittily mayde (J) | Certis unwysely (Ha) | Qweynteliche quaþ þe kyng (V)]

[^a647: wel (Ra D) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | wol (U A) | full (E) | right (K) | many tyme and (Wa)]

[^a648: And (Ra A N) | Ac (T U D H2 Ha J) | Bot (Ch V La E K Wa Ma)]

[^a649: But (Ra Ch Ha La E K Wa) | Ac (T U D H2 V J) | But ȝit (N) | And (A) | [nothing] (Ma)]

[^a650: þat (Ra J La E K Ma) | þe (T U H2 Wa) | þis (V Ha N) | þy (D Ch) | in þi (A)]

[^a651: þe (Ra T U D Ch) | þe my (H2 V J La E A K Wa N Ma) | [nothing] (Ha)]

[^a652: wil (Ra A) | wilneþ (T U N) | wilne (V La) | wylleþ (D) | willyth (H2) | will (Wa) | wele (Ma) | wol (Ch Ha K) | will wedd (E) | ȝerne (J)]

[^a653: and cam to (Ra) | to comen & (All Other A MSS)]

[^a654: a-peyren (Ra) | aperen (T U Ch H2) | Apere (D Ha J La A K Wa N) | apeeren (V) | appeire (E) | apsperyn (Ma)]

[^a655: what (Ra U N) | What þat (T D Ch H2 V A K) | What at (E) | to wyte what (Ha La Wa) | To heryn what (Ma) | & askyd qwat (J)]

[^a656: wil (Ra A) | wilt (Most A MSS) | Will (E) | wolt (U Ha La K)]

[^a657: frethil (Ra) | freel (T U A) | frel (H2) | frele (D V J La Wa N) | freil (E) | freyle (Ha) | frayle (K) | frely (Ch) | fals (Ma)]

[^a658: fleys (Ra) | feiþ (Most A MSS) | feth (A) | fait (Ma) | Flesch (V E) | fleische (Ha) | flexe (J)]

[^a659: louedyn (Ra U) | louiþ (Ha K) | loueþ (V La) | louet (Ma) | louen (Ch J Wa) | loue (N) | lufys (E) | louiden (T) | loueden (H2) | loued (D)]

[^a660: be-hestes (Ra U D Ch H2 Ha La E K Ma) | behest (T V J Wa N)]

[^a661: Poysonede (Ra) | Apoisonide (Most A MSS) | Enpoiseneth (La) | heo poiseneþ (Ha E Wa) | Sche hath poysynhyd (J)]

[^a662: helle and heuene (Ra U D La) | heuene & helle (All Other A MSS)]

[^a663: to monke (Ra T U Ch) | to alle (H2 V Ha J K Wa N Ma) | to monkes (D) | al other (E) | othir (La)]

[^a664: menstralis (Ra T U Ch H2) | monkis (Ha J La K Wa N Ma) | monke (E) | Preostes (V)]

[^a665: and (Ra U Ch Ma) | to (T H2 V Ha J La) | & to (E K Wa N)]

[^a666: meselys (Ra) | mynstrelis (Most A MSS) | messangeris (T U Ch H2)]

[^a667: many tyme (Ra U) | to myselis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a668: preyse (Ra) | preisiþ (T) | preiseþ (Ch La) | preysit (Ma) | preysen (U V Ha) | praysen (Wa N) | praysyne (K) | priuseth (H2) | prasys (E) | proresid (J)]

[^a669: and (Ra) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a670: letyyȝ (Ra) | letiþ (Most A MSS) | lettyt (Ma) | let (U) | lateþ (Wa) | lat (J) | lettes (E)]

[^a671: þe (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a672: preyeþ (Ra) | paieþ (Most A MSS) | payet (Ma) | payȝeth (J) | pays (E)]

[^a673: And (Ra) | To (Most A MSS) | For to (La)]

[^a674: to (Ra J La E) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | and (Ch V Ha Wa)]

[^a675: luste (Ra) | lykiþ (All Other A MSS)]

[^a676: He (Ra T H2) | Heo (V Ha La) | Sche (U Ch J K Wa N) | And (E Ma)]

[^a677: truþe (Ra U Ha J E Ma) | þe trewe (Most A MSS) | þe treowe (La) | þe true (K) | þe trwþe (N)]

[^a678: and (Ra U Ch V Ha J La E K Wa N Ma) | [nothing] (T H2)]

[^a679: he (Ra H2) | heo (T Ha La) | sche (U Ch J K Wa N) | sho (E) | [nothing] (V Ma)]

[^a680: he (Ra H2) | heo (T V Ha La) | sche (U Ch J K Wa N Ma) | sho (E)]

[^a681: cloþeþ (Ra H2) | cotiþ (Ha J) | Coteþ (V La K Wa N) | cotid (E) | cloþiþ (T U) | cloþes (Ch) | cloyth (Ma)]

[^a682: here (Ra D J K N) | þe (T U Ch H2 V Ha) | heore (La) | þair (E) | hem here (Wa) | alle þe (Ma)]

[^a683: þus (Ra) | þise (T H2 N) | þies (J) | þese (U D) | þes (Ch) | þees (E) | þeo (La) | þe (V Ha K Wa Ma)]

[^a684: þey þat (Ra) | ȝif (T Ch H2 Ha) | ȝef (?þef) (J) | þif (Wa) | þeigh (N) | þagh (La) | though (K) | þeigh þat (U) | þough þat (V) | þo þat (D) | þere þat (Ma) | of all (E)]

[^a685: he (Ra) | þei (Most A MSS) | þai (E Wa) | thay (K) | þ1 (H2) | [nothing] (D)]

[^a686: dawes (Ra) | dayes (Most A MSS) | dawys (Ma)]

[^a687: is (Ra U) | is wel (Most A MSS) | dwellys (E)]

[^a688: and (Ra) | to (Most A MSS) | þe (Wa) | [nothing] (N)]

[^a689: burgeyses (Ra) | burgeis (Most A MSS) | bachelers (Ha)]

[^a690: to (Ra U H2 V Ha Wa) | in (All Other A MSS)]

[^a691: Iustyces (Ra V Ha La Ma) | Iustice (All Other A MSS)]

[^a692: lefteþ (Ra) | lettiþ (Most A MSS) | lettyt (Ma) | lettes (E)]

[^a693: hem ofte (Ra) | þe treuþe (T D Ch H2 Ha K) | treuthe ofte (U) | hem oftyn (J) | hem euere (Wa) | him eure (N) | hym þe gate (E Ma) | so faste (V) | it so fast (Ha)]

[^a694: his (Ra Ch) | hire (T H2 Ha Wa Ma) | hir (V) | here (U D J) | her (K N) | þe (E) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a695: ledeþ (Ra D V N) | let (T H2) | Ledyt (Ma) | ledith (U Ch Ha J La K Wa) | hase (<as> cancelled) (E)]

[^a696: þow (Ra) | þeiȝ (T H2 Ha Wa N) | þey (Ma) | þouȝ (D K) | þowȝ (Ch) | þoghe (U) | ȝof (J) | þauȝ (V) | þagh (La) | if (E)]

[^a697: coupleþ hem (Ra) | heo coupliþ (Ha) | sche coupleth (U Ch Wa) | heo coupleth (V La) | sche couplet (D) | sche cowpellith (J K) | sche copleþ (N) | þai coupyll (E) | he coupliþ (T) | he compliþ (H2) | sche compellit (Ma)]

[^a698: oure (Ra U Ch V Ha Ma) | now (T D H2 J E Wa N) | now our (K) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a699: men (Ra) | men mowe (T U D Ma) | men mown (La) | men may (E K) | mowe (Ch) | may (V Ha) | [nothing] (J Wa N) | men now (H2)]

[^a700: þey (Ra Ha Ma) | [þeiȝ] (Kane) | þouȝ (D K N) | þof (J) | þauȝ (V) | þagh (La) | hem þeiȝe (U) | ȝif (T H2 E Wa) | ȝef (Ch)]

[^a701: hem nede (Ra) | hem smerte (T D H2 V J Ma) | hem smert (Ch Ha) | hem smarte (K) | þei smerte (U) | þai smert (E) | him smert (Wa) | þey sterue (La) | him scholde (N)]

[^a702: schuche (Ra) | Such (Most A MSS) | Siche (Ha) | Swiche (U J Ma) | Swilke (E) | Shche (Wa)]

[^a703: pleyned (Ra Ha Wa) | menide (T H2) | menyd (J) | Menede (V) | mened (D Ch La) | mevyd (K) | mowed (N) | pleynyd (Ma) | pleynede (U) | plenyd (E)]

[^a704: and (Ra) | to (Most A MSS) | forto (Ha)]

[^a705: speche (Ra) | speke (Most A MSS) | speken (V) | speykyn (J) | [nothing] (H2)]

[^a706: segge (Ra J La) | seiȝe (T H2 Ha) | seye (V) | sey (Ch) | say (E Wa) | seyn (N) | sayne (K) | sigge (U D) | siggyn (Ma)]

[^a707: for to (Ra) | Ne to (Most A MSS) | No to (La) | Ne (J E)]

[^a708: dispyce (Ra U) | depraue (Most A MSS) | deprauyn (J) | dampne (H2 La) | disprayse (E)]

[^a709: but (Ra Wa) | but ȝif (Most A MSS) | but ȝef (Ch La)]

[^a710: hangen (Ra U) | hongid (T Ha K) | honged (D Ch H2 V La) | hangyd (E Ma) | hanged (N) | hongen (Wa) | hangyn (J)]

[^a711: tyme (Ra J) | tymes (All Other A MSS)]

[^a712: mylde (Ra U) | menske (V Ha La E K Wa N Ma) | manschippyn (J) | auaunce (T D Ch H2)]

[^a713: dost (Ra) | demist (Most A MSS) | demys (E) | dust (V) | didest (Ha)]

[^a714: noyȝed (Ra Ha) | anoyed (T D K N) | anoȝede (H2) | anuyȝed (V) | noied (U Ch Wa) | noyede (J) | nuyed (La) | agreuyd (Ma)]

[^a715: me (Ra U) | my sake (All Other A MSS)]

[^a716: And (Ra) | Ac (Most A MSS) | Bot (Ch Ha La E K Wa N Ma)]

[^a717: sykerly (Ra U) | soþly (Most A MSS) | suthly (E)]

[^a718: schamed (Ra D La E Wa) | asshamidest (T K) | ashamyd (Ha) | aschamed (Ch) | schamedyst (J) | schamedest (N) | aschamyst (H2) | þou schamedyst (Ma) | schomesdest (V) | conseiledest (U)]

[^a719: wenest þou (Ra) | Wendist (Most A MSS) | þou wendest (Ha J Wa N) | And wedest (La) | For þ (E)]

[^a720: wolde (Ra U D) | wolde han (T H2) | wolde haue (Ch V Ha J La K Wa N) | wald haue (E) | wolde ... hue (Ma)]

[^a721: knowde (Ra) | cloud (Most A MSS) | colde (J)]

[^a722: hastest (Ra) | hastidest (U) | hastedest (Ch V Ha La Wa) | hastedyst (J Ma) | hastide (T H2) | hasted (D K N) | hast (E)]

[^a723: þou (Ra U Ha La E K N Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 V Wa) | þan (J)]

[^a724: bore out (Ra) | bar here (Most A MSS) | bere heore (La) | beere heor (V)]

[^a725: and (Ra) | Þere (All Other A MSS)]

[^a726: at home (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a727: merþes (Ra) | merþe (T D) | myrthe (H2 K) | mirthes (U) | mychel myrthe (J) | muche murthe (La) | murþe ful muche (V) | wiþ myrþe (Wa) | with my myrthe (N) | mery (Ch) | merie (Ha) | merie men (E Ma)]

[^a728: fro morwen til eue (Ra U) | mournyng to leue (Most A MSS) | þair murnyng to leue (E) | his mornyng to leue (J)]

[^a729: I (Ra U D K Wa N) | And (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a730: haue (Ra) | haue me (Most A MSS) | han (U)]

[^a731: his (Ra U) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | here (Ha)]

[^a732: marie loue (Ra U) | marie (Most A MSS) | maries loue (Ha)]

[^a733: a lord in (Ra) | lord of (Most A MSS) | lord of al (Wa)]

[^a734: lytȝ (Ra) | kiþ (Most A MSS) | cuþþe (V) | ketthe (Ma) | cuntrey (Ha)]

[^a735: barn (Ra V Ha) | brol (Most A MSS) | brothel (J) | Baron (Wa) | braunche (Ma)]

[^a736: þou (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a737: worschep (Ra) | lordsshipe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a738: of rewmys (Ra U) | reaume (All Other A MSS)]

[^a739: regnes (Ra) | reyn (U V Ha La) | rayn (J K) | regniþ (T) | regneþ (D Wa N) | reigneth (Ch) | regnet (H2) | rengnit (Ma) | is (E)]

[^a740: manlyche (Ra) | mekly (Most A MSS) | meokely (La) | menskly (Ha)]

[^a741: y-loued (Ra) | be louid (T H2 J Ma) | be loued (D Ch) | to be loued (E K) | biloued (Ha N) | to be louid (U) | beo bilouet (V) | beo loued (La) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a742: hure (Ra) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La) | him (H2 N Ma) | [nothing] (U E Wa)]

[^a743: erlys (Ra U D J K Wa N) | & Erlis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a744: maner of (Ra La) | maner (Most A MSS) | other (E)]

[^a745: renne (Ra T Ch H2 V Ha K N) | ȝerne (E Ma) | rennen (U D La Wa) | rennyn (J)]

[^a746: ȝifthis (Ra) | presentis (Most A MSS) | presandes (E)]

[^a747: me (Ra) | of men (T D Ch H2) | men (V Ha J La E K Ma)]

[^a748: ben (Ra T U D Ch H2 E) | kenne (La) | kennyn (J) | ken (Wa N) | techyn (Ma) | kunnynge (Ha) | knoweþ (V) | byn (K)]

[^a749: mede of hym crauytȝ (Ra) | crauen of hem mede (All Other A MSS)]

[^a750: of (Ra) | & (Most A MSS) | And eke (D) | [nothing] (E MA)]

[^a751: Alle kinde (Ra) | Alle kyn (Kane) | alkyn (K) | Alle kynne (U) | Alle kunne (V) | Alle kende (D) | Alle kinnes (Ch N) | alkens (Wa) | & alle kyn (J) | Of alle kyn (T H2) | & alle manere (Ha) | Alle maner (La) | [nothing] (E Ma)]

[^a752: com (Ra) | go (T H2 V E K Wa N) | gon (D Ma) | goon (K) | mete (U) | metyn (J) | holde (Ha) | [nothing] (Ch)]

[^a753: wyt (Ra) | wiȝt (Most A MSS) | wiȝth (D) | whyte (J) | man (N)]

[^a754: two (Ra U Ha La E N) | to (T Ch H2 J K Ma) | too (D Wa) | twey (V)]

[^a755: oure (Ra) | here (T U D H2 J Wa Ma) | her (K) | heore (V La) | þe (N) | siche (Ha) | suche (E) | [nothing] (Ch)]

[^a756: ful (Ra U) | it (T D H2 Ha Wa) | it full (E A) | hit wel (La K N) | wel (J) | wol (Ma) | [nothing] (Ch V)]

[^a757: To (Ra Ha Ma) | Þat (T D Ch H2 J La) | And (V E K) | Or (Wa) | Schal (U) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a758: þe (Ra U Wa Ma) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | here (Ha) | that (late corrector) (H2)]

[^a759: of þe (Ra) | on þis (Most A MSS) | in þis (V E) | of þis (U J La Ma)]

[^a760: lond (Ra U) | louȝ (T H2) | louh (V) | low (D J La K N) | lewed (Wa) | lewid (Ha E A Ma) | lewd (Ch)]

[^a761: hit is (Ra U D J A K N Ma) | Is (T Ch H2 La E Wa) | Nis (V) | hit nis (Ha)]

[^a762: how (Ra Ha Wa) | Why (Most A MSS) | Qwy (J E)]

[^a763: on al (Ra) | on (T U Ch H2 La A K) | eke on (D J Ma) | [nothing] (V Ha E Wa N)]

[^a764: agas (Ra Ch E) | agag (Most A MSS) | agagye (K) | agax (J) | achaz (U)]

[^a765: and (Ra U Ch V J E) | of (Most A MSS) | for (D)]

[^a766: his (Ra U D V Ha J La E K Wa N Ma) | here (T H2 A) | her (Ch)]

[^a767: bold (Ra U) | boun (Most A MSS) | bone (Ch) | bownde (K) | boner (E) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a768: schep (Ra) | choppe (Most A MSS) | chop (V J Ma) | chope (E) | chopen (H2) | schap (D) | dryue (Ha)]

[^a769: deye (Ra) | deþe (Most A MSS) | dede (E Ma) | þe deþ (N)]

[^a770: bad (Ra U) | bode sente (Most A MSS) | boþe sente (D) | self hihte (V) | self send (Ha) | selue bad (U) | bode sende (La)]

[^a771: hem (Ra U Ha A) | hym (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa N)]

[^a772: bylle (Ra) | bible (Most A MSS) | bibille (Ch E)]

[^a773: tolde (Ra D Ch H2) | [telliþ] (Kane) | tellith (U N) | tellit (A Ma) | telleþ (V La K Wa) | tellys (E) | techiþ (Ha J) | hym tolde (T)]

[^a774: þe king (Ra U D H2) | him (V Ha J La E A K Ma) | þat king (T Ch)]

[^a775: Thou [e] (Ra) | Þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a776: þis (Ra U V Ha J La K Wa) | þis cas (N Ch E A Ma) | þis clause (T H2) | þis terme (D)]

[^a777: en (Ra) | An (Most A MSS) | On (D La) | O (N) | In (V J E A) | And an (Wa) | And (Ch)]

[^a778: ȝif hit (Ra U J) | it (Most A MSS) | þat it (E) | if I (Wa)]

[^a779: ende (Ra) | non ende (A N) | non eynde (La) | nane ende (E) | now ende (J) | now an ende (D) | nygh an ende (K) | and ende (T U Ch V) | and ende (H2) | non hende (Ma) | amende (Wa)]

[^a780: in (Ra T U Ch H2 E K) | I (Ha J La A Wa N Ma) | yf (D) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a781: resoun (Ra U E) | kynde (Most A MSS) | kuynde (V) | kende (Ch)]

[^a782: hit me (Ra T U D Ch H2) | wit me (V Ha J La A Wa N Ma) | me (K) | hase it (E)]

[^a783: agas (Ra U Ch E) | agag (Most A MSS) | agagx (J)]

[^a784: hap . men schuld se sum -tyme (Ra) | happe shal somme (Most A MSS) | happe sum schulden haue (K) | hap men schul se some tyme (U) | hap for hise grett synne (E) | rygth so schal synne (A)]

[^a785: alle (Ra) | ichone (T H2 J Wa Ma) | echone (U D Ch Ha A K) | vchone (V La N) | ilkane (E)]

[^a786: trewlyche (Ra T U Ch H2) | to treuþe (Ha A Ma) | to trouþe (V La E) | treuþe (D K N) | aȝeyne trewthe (J Wa)]

[^a787: and (Ra T U D Ch H2 Ha A) | or (V J La E K Wa N Ma)]

[^a788: a-gaynes ryȝth (Ra U) | aȝeyn his wille (V Ha J E A K Wa N Ma) | ony þyng (D) | to þe wrong (T Ch H2) | aȝeyn him (La)]

[^a789: his wikke (Ra T U D Ch H2) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a790: lese his (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La K N) | no (E A Wa Ma)]

[^a791: seruaunt (Ra U H2 K) | seriaunt (Most A MSS) | seriauntȝ (N)]

[^a792: his (Ra U D) | þat (Most A MSS) | here (A)]

[^a793: no (Ra U E) | a (Most A MSS) | þe (A) | [nothing] (Ch)]

[^a794: gowne (Ra U) | houue (T D H2 V Ha La K) | houfe (E) | howe (Ch Wa N) | owue (J Ma) | houys (A)]

[^a795: wykkednysse (Ra U Ha E Ma) | Vnkyndenesse (All Other A MSS)]

[^a796: and (Ra V A) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | Bot (Ch Ha La E K Wa N Ma)]

[^a797: lawe (Ra) | loue (Most A MSS) | luve (E)]

[^123: Ra.3.13: The black underlining is by a later hand.]

[^124: Ra.3.15: The macron is placed above the <o>, and the scribe perhaps first transcribed the macron in his exemplar as an <n>, realized the mistake, and inserted the macron. There is a very faint dot beneath the <n> and it may be a faded subpunction.]

[^125: Ra.3.16: The punctus elevatus is blotted, in perhaps a sloppy attempt at correction by the scribe, since a punctus would normally be his normal punctuation here.]

[^126: Ra.3.20: gaf is uniquely absent from Ra here.]

[^127: Ra.3.29: lelle is altered by the original scribe to lelly–or vice versa.]

[^128: Ra.3.37: The <n> is written over what appears to be an erased <m>.]

[^129: Ra.3.38: There are in fact three punctus toward the middle of this line: one here; another connected to the upstroke of the <e> of the following þe (which is probably the logical place for the mid-line caesura); and a third before the number xj.]

[^130: Ra.3.47: The top of <n> is broken/washed out by a brown stain/blot.]

[^131: Ra.3.53: Note line division: the appearance of & seyþ at the end of this line is shared by RaU.]

[^132: Ra.3.53: The red marks at end of last thorn appear to be offset from the red capital <I> across the page, line 85. Also, the medial punctus is unusually placed in this line: one might expect it after folke. Finally, RaU uniquely divide this line from the next after ⁊ & seyþ]

[^133: Ra.3.55: The <f> is written over what appears to be an original <t>: an <f> in the exemplar may have been interpreted as a <ȝ>, i.e., <lyȝt>, and quickly corrected (before beginning the next word, but leaving the <ȝ> unexpunged. The spelling is unique to Ra.]

[^134: Ra.3.55: There appears to be a change of scribal stint, marked by the lighter ink, beginning at the start of this line; it continues for the first eight-and-a-half lines of the next page.]

[^135: Ra.3.56: half appears here in RaUJ–but not in AN, as was the case in the previous line.]

[^136: Ra.3.59: This appears to be an uncorrected error: co anticipates the first two letters of the next word.]

[^137: Ra.3.64: Kane's line 64a (= Matt. 6:2) is absent, uniquely, from Ra following this line.]

[^138: Ra.3.66: by-twythe appears at the end of the previous line in other manuscripts.]

[^139: Ra.3.69: There appears to be a change of stint here, marked by the use of darker ink at this point.]

[^140: Ra.3.74: Both forms of he in this line appear in RaJTChH2 [for hy or þei elsewhere]. Ma agrees with Ra in the first instance, but not in the second.]

[^141: Ra.3.92: There is odd line-division here in RaU: fette (or variant) concludes the previous line in all the other A MSS.]

[^142: Ra.3.94: A double minim (<n> or <u>) following the initial <m> has been transformed into an <a>., perhaps by the main scribe.]

[^143: Ra.3.94: The first two lines on this page are darker and larger; there is a change of pen/stint at the third line.]

[^144: Ra.3.126: letyyȝ passe þe pr is written over an erasure.]

[^145: Ra.3.138: The caret mark is placed before be, though the actual addition is in the space above the <e> of be.]

[^146: Ra.3.139: The medial punctus should properly precede and prestes.]

[^147: Ra.3.139: to holde is apparently misplaced from the beginning of the next line, as is usual in other manuscripts.]

[^148: Ra.3.140: Both <i> and <j> are dotted with a light, curving mark.]

[^149: Ra.3.152: The <c> is written over an erasure.]

[^150: Ra.3.152: Ra, uniquely, omits heo before coupleþ and, also uniquely, inserts hem after it.]

[^151: Ra.3.162: A unique spelling of the word with a final <t> in this manuscript.]

[^152: Ra.3.165: com changed to cam apparently by the main scribe.]

[^153: Ra.3.172: The <i> is dotted with the light, curved form usually employed in the Latin texts.]

[^154: Ra.3.172: The superscript insertion was probably required when the scribe's eye conflated the two similar forms: þan and þou.]

[^155: Ra.3.173: There is a change of stint with this line: the letter size and pen width appears to change.]

[^156: Ra.3.174: The <i> before <n> is dotted.]

[^157: Ra.3.176: The punctus should more properly follow nouȝt.]

[^158: Ra.3.180: The correction (of Ra's hapax) to klowde seems reasonable. Though unattested in MED, the spelling kloude is, according to the OED found in Rolle's Psalter, verse 5 of Psalm 147, and in the accompanying commentary.]

[^159: Ra.3.188: The middle minim of <m> is overwritten in dark ink.]

[^160: Ra.3.191: Cf. lytes, at 2.62 above.]

[^161: Ra.3.198: A stroke appears to have been added to turn original <l> into <h>; it overlaps with <o>. It is not obviously a normal instance of biting.]

[^162: Ra.3.203: In the right margin there is some bleed-through from the verso of the folio: the Amen at the beginning of 3.235 below.]

[^163: Ra.3.211: This is a light, or faded, punctus.]

[^164: Ra.3.224: <f> written over <c> (or <t>).]

[^165: Ra.3.229: The suspension is not noted by Kane.]

[^166: Ra.3.229: The citation ends without the final <ibus>, another detail not reported by Kane.]

[^167: Ra.3.230: The final letter is an awkward conversion, from a double minim (<n> or <u>) to a sigma <s>. It is arguably the main scribe's work.]

[^168: Ra.3.232: The first stroke of <n> appears to have begun as a sigma <s>: cf. E.]

[^169: Ra.3.236: Thaþ appears here uniquely for That in Ra.]

[^170: Ra.3.236: There appears to be a new scribal stint beginning with this line.]

[^171: Ra.3.260: The absence of cas here probably means the . should properly follow þis rather than kepe.]

[^172: Ra.3.266: The punctus is rather faded.]

Passus quartus [Ra.4.0: quartus over scraping/erasure] de visione .

S essyþ now[^a798] seyde þe king . I suffre ȝou no lengere
ȝe schul sawtlyn[^a799] for soþe . and serue me boþe 
cus[^a800] hirre h[u]re quod þe king . conciens I hote
nay by god[^a801] quod conciens . conge raþere[^a802] .
But resoun rede me þer -tille[^a803] . arst[^a804] wil I deye
and I commaunde[^a805] quod þe king . to conciens þanne 
rap þe to ryden . and resoun[^a806] þou fecche
commande hym þat he come . my counseyle to here .
Forhe For he[^173] schal rewle my rewme . and rede me þe beste
of mede and of mo oþere . what man schal hure wedde 
and counte with conciens[^a807] . so me god[^a808] helpe
how þou leryst þe peple . lered and lewed[^a809] .
I am fayn of þat forward . seytȝ þe feytȝ[^a810][^174] þenne
and ryȝt rennes to resoun . and rownes in his ere 
seyde hym as þe king sente . and swyþe[^a811] tok his leue
I schal a-ray me to ride quod resoun . reste þe a-whyle .
And calde catoun his kanue k[na]ue . curteys of speche
set my sadel vpon suffre . til I se my tyme 

[There is a streaked ink blot in the left margin.]

and let warroke hym wel . wiþ ryȝthful[^a812] gerþes
hong on hym an[^a813] heuy brydel . and[^a814] hold his hede lowe .
And ȝut we wil[^a815] make many a[^a816] wehe . ere we come þere

[There is what looks like small, faint curved ink mark (? <c>) in the left margin.]

þanne conciens on his capel . caryeth[^a817] forþ faste 
and resoun with hym ryȝth[^a818] . and rapiþ hym swyþe
a ton at on were[^a819] wisdoum . and witty his fere .
Folwede hym[^a820] faste . for he[^a821] hadde to done
In þe[^a822] chekyre and þe[^a823] chauncerye . to be discharged of þinges 
and ryde faste for resoun . schulde rede hem þe beste
for to saue hem -self . fro fchame [s]chame and fro harmes[^a824] .
Ac conciens cam[^a825] arst to þe[^a826] court . by amyle a myle way
and rowned[^a827] forþ with resoun . ryȝt to þe king 
curteysly þe king þan . com in-to resoun[^175]
and by-twyn hym[^a828] and hys sone . set hym on[^a829] benche .
And wordedyn a gret while . wel wisly to-gederes

[In the right margin of this line and the next there is bleed through from the red capital <S> at 4.1 on the recto side.]

þen com pes in-to[^a830] parlement . and put vp a bylle 
how wrong a-ȝens his wille . hadde his wif take
and how he rauesched rose . raynaldes loue .
And margrete of hure maydenhed . maugre hure chekys
boþe my geys and my grys . his gadelynges fecches 
I dar not for fere of hym . fytthen ne chyde
he borwed of me bayerd . and brouȝthe hym neuere a-gayn .
Ne no ferþing þer -fore . for nouȝt I coude[^a831] plete
he maynteynes his men . to murþere myn hynes 
for-stalles my feyres . fyttes in my cheping
brekeþ vp my berne dores . and beryþ a-wey my whete .
And takeþ me but a tayle . for x ten quarteres of[^a832] otys
and ȝut he betyþ me þer -to . and lyth by my mayden 
and I[^a833] am not so[^a834] hardy . onys for hym[^a835] to loke
þo knew þe king[^a836] he sayde soþ . for conciens hym tolde .
☞
Wrong[^176] was a-ferd þo . and wisdam he souȝthe
to make his pes with his pans . and profrede manye[^a837] 
and sayde had I þe[^a838] loue . of my lord þe king[^177]
lytel wolde I recche þat[^a839] pes and his power . pleyned hem euere
Wysdam wan þo . and so dude wit alse
for þat wrong hadde y-wrouȝt[^a840] . so wycked a dede 
and warnede wrong[^a841] . wytes[^a842] swych a wys tale
and who[^a843] wercheþ by wil . wratthe makeþ ofte .
I sey hit by my-self . þou schalt hit sone fynde
but mede[^a844] hit make . þer[^a845] myschef is vppe 
for boþe þi-self and[^a846] þi lond . lyþ in his grace
wrong þan on wisdam wep . to helpe hym at nede[^a847][^178] .
For ryȝt þer -of[^a848] is[^a849] . handy-dandy payed[^a850]
þan wysdam and wyt . wenten to-gederes 
and tok mede with hem . mercy to wynne
pes put hym[^a851] forþ . his hede and his panne[^a852] .
Redly[^a853] with -outen gilt . god wot þat is[^a854] skaþe
conciens and þe king . knewe wel þe soþe 
and wiste wel þat wrong . was a schrewe euere
and[^a855] wisdam and wit . were a-boute faste .
To ouercome þe kyng . with catel ȝif þei myȝte
þe king swor by crist . and by[^a856] crowne boþe [^179]
to caste hem[^a857] in Irenys . he schal not þis vij seuene ȝer .[^180] se his fet onys
god wot qwaþ wisdam . þat were not þe beste .
And he amendes mowe make . lat meynpris hym haue
and be borwe for his bale . and bryngen[^a858] hym bote 
Amende þat mysdede . and euermore þe betere
wit a-cordeþ þer -with . and se yde[^181] þe same .
Beter is þat bote . bale a-doun brynge
þan bale be bote[^a859] . and bote neuere þe betere 
þan gan mede to meke hure . and mercy by-souȝthe
and profered pes a present . al of pure[^a860] golde .
Haue þis of me man qwaþ he[^a861] . to amende þi skaþe
for I wil wage for wrong . he schal[^a862] do so no more [^182]
____
for[^183] mede haþ mad my mendes . I may no more axyn
nay quod þe king . so god ȝyue me blysse .
Wrong wendeþ not so a-way . er I wyte more
lep he so lyȝtly a-way . lauȝen he wolde 
and after[^a863] þe balder be . and[^a864] betyn myn hynen
but resoun haue ruþe on hym . he schal reste in[^a865] stokkes .
As longe as I lyue . but more loue hit make
some men[^a866] redde resoun . to haue ruþe on þat schrewe .
and to counseile þe king . and conciens boþe
þat mede muste be meynpernour . resoun þei be-souȝte .
☞ ?

[The <cc> paraph mark may be contemporary with the text; the pointing finger is later, and the most elaborate instance in the manuscript. The inks of the two are distinctly different.]

Rede me nout quod resoun . no ruþe to haue
til lordes and ladyes . louen alle truþe 
til[^a867] peronelys purfyl . be put in he[^a868] he[r] hocche
til childres chersyng . be chasted with ȝerdes .
And harlotes almesse[^a869] . be holden for an hyne[^a870]
til clerkes and kyȝtthes k[n]yȝtthes . be curteys of her mouþe[^a871] 
and hate to[^a872] here harlotrye . or[^a873] mouþe hit hem -selue[^a874]
til prestes here preching . proueþ[^a875] hem-selue .
And do hit in dede . to drawe vs to gode
Rychar

[The first part of the name in the gutter is not visible in the provided image.]

Rychard h
tyl seynt Iame be y-souȝth[^a876] . þer I schal a-syne 
?
þat no man go to galys . but ȝif he go for euere[^184]
and alle þe[^a877] rome-renneres . for robberes of by-ȝonde .
Bere no syluer ouer se . þat sygne of king scheweþ
neyþer grotes ne gold . y-graue with kinges coyne 
vp forfeture of þat fee . who fynt hym dygnere[^a878]
but hit be marchaunt or[^a879] his man . or[^a880] myssager with lettres .
tyl seynthar

[(Or should it read feynthar, since the first letter is clearly barred?) The words, slanting downward to the right, in the right margin, appear copy the first two words at the top of this page (and cf. the catchword at the bottom of the facing verso page), and then modulate to the <har> of the Rychard "signature." There are a number of other (?contemporary) pen-trials of Rychard at various points down the right margin.]

Or[^a881] prouysour or prest . þat þe pope a-vaunseþ
and ȝut quod resoun by þe rode . I nel[^a882] no ruþe haue 
whil mede haþ þe maystrye . to mote in þe[^a883] halle
and[^a884] I may schewe ȝou[^a885] ensaumple as I se oþer .[^185] I[^a886] sey hit for[^a887] my-selue .
And hit were so[^a888] þat I were king . with crowne to kepe a rewme
schuld neuer wrong in þe word[^a889] . þat I wyte myȝthe 
be vnpunsched by[^a890] my power . for peril of my sowle
ne gete my grace with[^a891] ȝiftes . so me god helpe .
Ne for no mede haue mercy . but meknysse hit made
for nullum malum þe may[^a892] mete wyþ [^186]
Inpunitum . and bad nullum bonum[^a893] irremuneratum[^187] .
Let þi confessour syre king . construe hit þe in[^a894] englys .
loue shalle a laborer ⁊ & lede to the ffyld dong

[Much of the entry is not visible in the image provided.]

And ȝif þou wirke hit in werk . I wedde boþe his[^a895] erys
þat lawe schal be a labourer . and lede to felde[^a896] dunge 
and loue schal lede þy lond . as þe best[^a897] lykes
clerkes þat were confessoures . coupled hem to-gederes .
For to construe þe[^a898] clause . and[^a899] declyned faste
ac[^a900] resoun a-mong þe[^a901] renkes . hadde rehersed þo[^a902] wordes 
þer was[^a903] man in þat[^a904] mothalle . more ne lasse
þat he ne held resoun a mayster . and mede a muche wrecche
Loue let of here lyȝt . and low hure to skorne
and sayde hit so loude . þat soþnesse hit herde 
þat who[^a905] wynne hure to wyue . for welþe of hure godys
but he[^a906] he [be] cokewald y-calde . cut of my nose .
On warned[^a907] wysdom þo . on-wittes[^a908] fere
coude[^a909] not warpen a word . to with -segge resoun .
but stareden and[^a910] stodiede . and stode forþ[^a911] as bestes .
þe king a-corded by crist . to resounes sawes .
And rehersed þat resoun . had ryȝthfully schewed
ac hit is ful[^a912] hard by myn hed . here -to to brynge[^a913]
and alle my lyche[^a914] ledes . to ledyn hem þus[^a915] euene
by hym þat rauȝþe on þe rode . quod resoun te t[o] þe king .
But ȝif[^a916] I reule þus my[^a917] rewme . rent of[^a918] my rybbys
ȝif hit be so[^a919] þat buxumnesse . be of[^a920] myn a-sent
and I a-sente quod þe king . by seynte marie my lady
be my counsel y-come . of clerkes and of[^a921] erlys .
Ac redly resoun . þou schalt not ryde[^a922] hennys
for as longe as I lyue . loue[^a923] þe I wille[^a924]
I am redy quod resoun . to reste with ȝou euere
so conciens be of ȝour counseyl . kepe I no better
I graunte quod þe king . godes forbode he fayle
as longe as I lyue . lybbe we to-gederes .

[^a798: now (Ra J Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a799: sawtlyn (Ra) | sauȝte (T Ch H2) | sauȝten (K) | saghten (D) | sawtyn (J) | sauȝtene (V) | saȝtene (Ha La) | saughtle (N) | saghtlyn (U) | saghtyll (E) | sautalyn (Ma) | acorde (A Wa)]

[^a800: cus (Ra) | Kisse (Most A MSS) | kys (D E A) | dusse (U V La) | kesse (Ma)]

[^a801: god (Ra T U D Ch H2) | Crist (V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma)]

[^a802: raþere (Ra) | me raþere (All Other A MSS)]

[^a803: þer -tille (Ra D La K) | þerto (All Other A MSS)]

[^a804: arst (Ra D Ch V La) | [raþer] (Kane) | rather (E A Wa N Ma) | leuere (Ha) | erst (T H2 J K) | first (U)]

[^a805: commaunde (Ra D J La K Ma) | comaunde þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a806: resoun (Ra U Ch V A N Ma) | resoun þat (T D H2 J La K) | resoun to (Ha E Wa)]

[^a807: conciens (Ra T U D Hw V E A) | þe consience (Ch Ha J La K Wa N Ma)]

[^a808: god (Ra U D V Ha A) | Crist (All Other A MSS)]

[^a809: lered and lewed (Ra U V Ha J Ma) | þe lerid & þe lewid (Most A MSS) | the lettred & the lewed (K)]

[^a810: þe feytȝ (Ra) | þe frek (Most A MSS) | consciens (J Ma)]

[^a811: swyþe (Ra) | siþþe (Most A MSS) | aftir (A)]

[^a812: ryȝthful (Ra T U Ch H2) | wytful (D J La K Wa N) | wittful (A) | full wyght (E) | swiþe fele (Ha) | swiþe feole (V) | to goode (Ma)]

[^a813: an (Ra U V Wa Ma) | þe (Most A MSS) | a (E)]

[^a814: and (Ra U) | to (All Other A MSS)]

[^a815: we wil (Ra D) | wile he (Ma H2 J Wa) | wol he (Ch V Ha La K) | schal he (U) | he will (E A N) | wile we (T)]

[^a816: many a (Ra Ha) | many (Most A MSS) | mony (E) | moni a (V) | [nothing] (Wa Ma)]

[^a817: caryeth (Ra U Ch V J) | cairiþ (T) | cayreth (H2 La) | careþ (N) | caryd (E A) | caried (D Ha K Wa Ma)]

[^a818: ryȝth (Ra) | rit (T D J Ma) | rideþ (Ch V Ha Wa N) | ryd (La) | ryte (K) | to ryde (E) | ryȝt (H2) | right (U) | rygth (A)]

[^a819: a ton at on were (Ra U) | Ac [o]n wary[n] (Kane) | Ac vnwary (T H2) | Ac on warry (D) | Bot on wary (Ch N) | Bot one waryn (K Wa) | Bot on a wayn (V) | & in a wayn (Ha) | Bod an warnyd (E) | & þo waryn (J) | & warnyd (A) | Bot on warynd (Ma) | At on asent weore (La)]

[^a820: hym (Ra D Ma) | hem (Most A MSS) | heom (La) | þaim (E) | ȝe (A) | [nothing] (U)]

[^a821: he (Ra) | hy (T) | hij (H2) | þei (U D Ch V Ha J La N Ma) | þai (E Wa) | thay (K) | we (A)]

[^a822: þe (Ra U La K) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a823: and þe (Ra La) | & in (Most A MSS) | in (A) | and (V K) | and in þe (U)]

[^a824: harmes (Ra U D La K Wa) | harm (T Ch H2 V E) | harmys (J A N Ma) | shame also (Ha)]

[^a825: cam (Ra H2 A K Ma) | com (Most A MSS) | comeþ (Wa)]

[^a826: þe (Ra U A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a827: rowned (Ra U) | rombide (T) | romyd (A K) | Romede (V Ma) | Romed (D Ch H2 Ha J La E Wa) | rowmed (N)]

[^a828: hym (Ra U J A Wa N) | hymself (All Other A MSS)]

[^a829: on (Ra U D H2 V J La K Wa N Ma) | a (T) | on (Ch E A)]

[^a830: in-to (Ra D Ch V J La E K Ma) | into þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a831: coude (Ra U Ch H2 Ha A Ma) | couþe (T D J La E Wa N) | could (K) | con (V)]

[^a832: of (Ra T La E Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a833: and I (Ra T U D H2 Wa) | I (Ch V Ha J La E A K N Ma)]

[^a834: so (Ra U V Ha) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a835: onys for hym (Ra) | [for hym vnneþe] (Kane) | for him vneth (J La K) | for hym vneþis (Ha) | for hym ones forth (Wa) | for hem onis for (N) | for hym to wynkyn ne (A Ma) | for hym to wynke ne (E) | for him vp for (V) | vnneþe on hym for (T Ch H2) | onneþe on hym (D) | ones on hym (U)]

[^a836: þo knew þe king (Ra T U Ch H2) | [Þe king kneuȝ] (Kane) | þe kyng kneuh (V) | þe kyng knewe (J E A K Wa N Ma) | þe kyng kneow (La) | þe king seide (Ha) | That knewe þe kyng (D)]

[^a837: manye (Ra U A) | hym manye (Most A MSS) | forþ Moneye (V Ha) | him (Ma) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a838: þe (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | I (J)]

[^a839: þat (Ra) | Þeiȝ (T N) | Thei (H2 J) | þowȝ (Ch K) | þow (D Wa) | Tho (A) | þauh (V) | þagh (La) | if (U) | Gyf (E) | but (Ha Ma)]

[^a840: y-wrouȝt (Ra Ha La K N) | wrouȝt (Most A MSS) | don (U) | I do (V Ma)]

[^a841: wrong (Ra U A) | wrong þo (Most A MSS) | wrang þer (E)]

[^a842: wytes (Ra) | wiþ (Most A MSS) | wit (Ma) | & with (E)]

[^a843: and who (Ra) | Whoso (Most A MSS) | Ho so (J) | Wha sa (E) | whose (V) | Qwo (A)]

[^a844: but mede (Ra U K) | But ȝif mede (Most A MSS) | For bott I (E) | But ȝif I (A M)]

[^a845: þer (Ra) | þi (U V Ha J E A K Wa N Ma) | þis (La) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2)]

[^a846: þi-self and (Ra) | þi lyf & (Most A MSS) | þey lyue in (D)]

[^a847: to helpe hym at nede (Ra U) | hym to helpe (T Ch H2 E) | To helpe him (La K) | to helpyn him (J) | & praied to helpe him (N) | fast (Wa) | to hym helpe (D) | to helpe (V Ha A Ma)]

[^a848: For ryȝt þer -of (Ra U) | For of (T D H2 J La N) | And of (Ch) | Him for (V Ha) | For (K) | Sum what for of (Ma) | And praed hym for of (E) | And prayed hym for (Wa) | And wisdom in (A)]

[^a849: is (Ra U D V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma) | hise penys he proffride (T Ch H2)]

[^a850: payed (Ra U D La N Ma) | to paye (T Ch H2) | rediliche to be paid (K) | Rediliche he payede (V Ha) | hastely he payed (A) | & sone had he payd (E) | I wisse he payed him þanne (J) | help hym at his nede (Wa)]

[^a851: put hym (Ra D) | putte (V La) | put (U Ch H2 Ha E A K Wa N Ma) | putte hym ('hym' cancelled) (T) | þo put (J)]

[^a852: panne (Ra) | panne blody (Most A MSS) | blody panne (U) | hode blody (Ha) | panne all blodi (H2)]

[^a853: Redly (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a854: þat is (Ra) | gat I þis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a855: and (Ra U) | Ac (T D H2 J) | Bot (Ch V Ha La K Wa N Ma) | bot þan (E) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a856: by (Ra) | be his (All Other A MSS)]

[^a857: hem (Ra V Wa) | hym (All Other A MSS)]

[^a858: bryngen (Ra T) | biggen (U K) | biggyn (N) | bigge (Ha A Wa) | buggen (V La Ma) | beggyn (D J) | als bye (E) | bring (Ch) | beingen(?) (H2)]

[^a859: bote (Ra U A Wa) | bet (T H2 Ha Ma) | beten (V La) | Ibete (D) | Ibetyn (J) | Ibette (Ch) | bute (E) | Ilete (K)]

[^a860: pure (Ra U Ch K Wa N) | purid (T H2 Ha E A Ma) | pured (D) | puyred (La) | pure Red (V) | pewre (J)]

[^a861: qwaþ he (Ra) | quaþ heo (T H2 V Ha) | [nothing] (La E Wa N) | sche (U D Ch J K Ma) | ȝhe (A)]

[^a862: schal (Ra T U D Ch H2) | [wile] (Kane) | wil (J E A Wa N) | wol (V Ha La K) | wolde (Ma)]

[^a863: and after (Ra) | And ofte (T D Ch H2 Ha K) | oftyn (Ma) | oftere (U) | eft (V J La) | eftirward (E) | eke (A N) | Alwey (Wa)]

[^a864: and (Ra) | to (Most A MSS) | forte (V)]

[^a865: in (Ra U Wa) | in þe (Ch V La E K) | my (J A N Ma) | into þe stockis (Ha) | hym in þe (T D) | hym in (H2)]

[^a866: some men (Ra T D Ch H2 E) | Summe (J La A K Wa Ma) | þenne summe (V Ha) | þanne (U) | þanne was (N)]

[^a867: til (Ra) | And (All Other A MSS)]

[^a868: he (Ra) | hire (Most A MSS) | here (U D H2 Ha A Wa) | her (Ch K N) | heore (V) | þair (E) | perkyns (La)]

[^a869: almesse (Ra) | holynesse (Most A MSS) | holinis (A) | halynes (E) | harlotrie (U)]

[^a870: for an hyne (Ra T U H2 V La A K Wa) | for an heþyng (Ch) | for an heuene (Ma) | for a hyne (E) | for any hyne (D) | an hyne (J) | ful hiȝe (Ha)]

[^a871: mouþe (Ra U D La E Wa Ma) | mouþes (All Other A MSS)]

[^a872: to (Ra U V Ha J La E K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2)]

[^a873: or (Ra U H2 J K) | oþer (T D Ha La) | or to (E Wa Ma) | to (Ch) | and (V)]

[^a874: mouþe hit hem -selue (Ra U) | mouþe it (K) | mowthin it for euere (J) | mouþe it with tungis (T H2) | hit with tong (Ch) | mowþe (E Wa) | mowthin (Ma) | hit mouþen (D) | and vsun hit no more (V) | & no more it vsen (Ha) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a875: proueþ (Ra) | preue hit (T Ch H2 Ha) | preuen hit in (V) | preuen (N) | preuyth (A) | preoue it (La) | proven it (K) | proven (Wa Ma) | preued (D) | it preuyth (J) | profers (E)]

[^a876: y-souȝth (Ra) | souȝt (Most A MSS) | sougth (Ma) | south (A) | Isouȝt (Ch U La) | Isouht (V)]

[^a877: alle þe (Ra T D Ch H2) | alle (U V Ha La A K Wa N Ma) | no (E) | [nothing] (J)]

[^a878: dygnere (Ra) | at douere (V Ha J K Ma) | at douyr (A) | at douorre (Wa N) | do euere (T D CH H2) | diuerse (U) | may (E)]

[^a879: or (Ra U D Ch H2 J La E A N Ma) | oþer (T Ha K) | oþur (V) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a880: or (Ra U D Ch H2 V J La E A K Wa N Ma) | oþer (T Ha)]

[^a881: Or (Ra D V La A K Wa N Ma) | Oþer (T U Ch H2 Ha) | Or ellis (J E)]

[^a882: nel (Ra) | shal (Most A MSS) | scal (J) | wol (U La)]

[^a883: þe (Ra La) | þis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a884: and (Ra) | Ac (T U D H2 V Ha J) | Bot (Ch La E K Wa N Ma) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a885: ȝou (Ra U E A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a886: I (Ra U D J La E A K Wa N Ma) | For I (T H2 V Ha) | For ȝef (Ch)]

[^a887: for (Ra D V J La E A Wa N Ma) | be (T U H2 K) | [nothing] (Ch Ha)]

[^a888: were so (Ra U) | so were (Most A MSS) | so weore (V La) | so war (K)]

[^a889: in þe word (Ra) | in þis world (Most A MSS) | in þis werlde (J E A) | more (Wa) | [nothing] (Ja)]

[^a890: by (Ra D La) | at (T Ch H2 Ha) | be (U) | beo (V) | in (J E A K N Ma) | for (Wa)]

[^a891: with (Ra U D) | þoruȝ (T H2 La) | þorow (Ch J E A K N) | þorw (V) | þourth (Ma) | þrow (Wa) | by (Ha)]

[^a892: þe may (Ra U) | þe man (J K Wa N) | þe Mon (V La) | þat man (Ma) | he may (T D Ch H2) | [nothing] (Ha A) | to man (E)]

[^a893: bonum (Ra U D Ch H2 Ha E) | bonum be (V K N) | bonum ben (Ma) | bonum bene (J) | conum shold be (Wa) | malum (T) | malum be (A)]

[^a894: in (Ra U V Ha La E K Ma) | on (T D Ch H2 J A Wa N)]

[^a895: boþe his (Ra) | myne (Most A MSS) | boþe myn (U V Ha La Wa N) | þerto myn (J)]

[^a896: to felde (Ra) | afeld (T V Ha E) | afelde (Ch H2 K N) | on feld (A) | on felde (D J Wa) | on feild (La) | ofilde (Ma) | to feld (U)]

[^a897: best (Ra U) | lef (T D H2 La K Ma) | leue (Ch J A Wa N) | leof (V) | self (Ha E)]

[^a898: þe (Ra U L) | þis (All Other A MSS)]

[^a899: and (Ra U V Ha La) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a900: ac (Ra T D H2) | Ac whanne (U J) | Bot (Ch) | Bot when (Ha La K) | And (A) | And whan þat (Ma) | whanne (V E Wa N)]

[^a901: þe (Ra U D K) | þise (T J Wa N) | þis (V) | these (H2) | þes (Ch) | þeose (La) | þo (A) | hem (Ha Ma) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a902: þo (Ra A K) | þise (T) | þis (J Wa Ma) | these (H2 Ha) | þees (E) | þeose (V La) | þes (Ch) | alle þise (N) | þe (U D)]

[^a903: was (Ra La E A) | nas (Most A MSS) | ne was (J)]

[^a904: þat (Ra V) | þe (Most A MSS) | this (H2) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a905: þat who (Ra) | Whoso (Most A MSS) | Ho so (J A) | Hose (V) | Wha (E) | For who so (U)]

[^a906: he (Ra) | he be (All Other A MSS)]

[^a907: On warned (Ra) | Waryn (La Wa N) | waren (J K) | Warne (T D H2) | War ne (E) | wary (Ch) | Vnwar was (U) | I warne þat (Ha) | Than boþe (A) | was nouþer (V) | Reyth her (Ma)]

[^a908: on-wittes (Ra) | ne [witty] his (Kane) | ne no wyt his (T H2) | ne witti his (V Ha J Wa N) | & witti his (K) | ny witti his (La) | & wyt his owne (D) | ne wyt his (Ma) | ne witty in (A) | & witte his (Ch E) | & ynwit his (U)]

[^a909: coude (Ra D Ch H2 A K Ma) | couþe (T U J Wa N) | kouthen (La) | Þai couth (E) | þat couþe (V) | ne couþe (Ha)]

[^a910: and (Ra T U D Ch H2 Ha) | for (V J La A K N Ma) | forth (E Wa)]

[^a911: stode forþ (Ra U) | stoden (T H2 Ha La K) | stodyn (D J A Ma) | stode (E) | stooden (V) | stode stille (Wa N) | stonden (Ch)]

[^a912: ful (Ra D A) | wel (T Ch H2 J La K) | wol (U) | [nothing] (V Ha E Wa N Ma)]

[^a913: brynge (Ra U D) | bringe it (T Ch H2 J La K N) | hit bringe (V Ha Wa) | bryng þaim togeder (E) | bryngge hem to togeders (Ma) | brynge togederis (A)]

[^a914: lyche (Ra K) | lige (T U V Ha) | ligge (A) | leige (E) | lege (D Ch H2 La Wa N Ma) | riche (J)]

[^a915: hem þus (Ra T U D Ch H2 Ha) | þus (V J La E K Wa N Ma) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a916: But ȝif (Ra T D Ch H2 J K) | But (U V Ha La E A Wa N Ma)]

[^a917: my (Ra) | þi (T U Ch H2 V Ha E Wa Ma) | ȝoure (D J A K N) | oure (La)]

[^a918: rent of (Ra) | rend out (T V Ha E A N) | rendith out (J) | rent out (D Ch La K) | rend of (U Wa Ma) | rend outȝ (H2)]

[^a919: be so (Ra U Ha J) | be (T D Ch H2 E A) | beo so (V) | so be (K Wa N Ma) | beo (La)]

[^a920: of (Ra U D Ha La K Wa N Ma) | at (T Ch H2 V J E A)]

[^a921: of (Ra U D V Ha E A Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 J La K N)]

[^a922: ryde (Ra E A K Wa N Ma) | raike (Ch) | riden (U La) | rydyn (J) | wende (T D H2) | rydest (V Ha)]

[^a923: loue (Ra T U D Ch H2 E) | lete (J Wa) | leten (N) | leete (V La) | letten (K) | leuyn (A)]

[^a924: wille (Ra U D H2) | [n]ile (Kane) | nylle (J A K Wa) | nulle (V La) | nelle (N) | wile (T) | wol (Ch)]

[^173: Ra.4.9: The scribe appears to have squeezed in the small <e> into the space after <h>.]

[^174: Ra.4.13: Ra's feytȝ appears to be a hapax, and the near identity with the preceding seytȝ might encourage an editor to substitute the freke witnessed by most other manuscripts. A possible alternative interpretation would be to take this as a ?unique spelling of fitz.]

[^175: Ra.4.31: There is noticeable bleed-through from the red quartus in the title of the passus on the recto side, which was inscribed in the space of a heavily scraped erasure.]

[^176: Ra.4.49: Wrong is underlined in black by a later hand, probably that responsible for the marginal pointing finger, which is not visible in the gutter in the image provided.]

[^177: Ra.4.51: Knott-Fowler, Kane, and Schmidt all print the first words of Ra's following line–lytel wolde I recche–at the end of this one. Either choice produces an irregular line.]

[^178: Ra.4.60: at nede appears only in RaU, perhaps because wep was put in the first half-line, before the caesura. (There are other similar instances in Ra.)]

[^179: Ra.4.70: An entire line [= Kane 71] is absent from RaUDTCh; TCh also lack the whole of the following line 72. In RaUD, however, although the first half of Kane 72 is absent, its second half-line (to caste hem in Irenys) stands at the beginning of their next line. This produces an irregular line in RaUD.]

[^180: Ra.4.71: This (rather slight) punctus here may be simply a stray mark from the <r>, but it appears where a punctus would logically appear in the regular line (i.e., Kane's line 73).]

[^181: Ra.4.76: seede is changed (lightly–by a later hand) to seyde. To correct the irregular alliteration of the line, Kane (in his 1988 revised edition) emended seide to [witnessede], and Schmidt to [wiþ]seide.]

[^182: Ra.4.82: There are five lines (containing Pees's speech) absent following this line, perhaps as a result of eyeskip: from the no more at the end of the previous line to the no more at the end of Kane 89. The absence of the five lines here is unique to Ra; but Kane's line 89 is also absent from A (as is Kane's 90 from AHa). Horobin (2005) suggests that the "omission may be deliberate, perhaps reflecting the scribe's sensitivities towrards the integrity of the legal process" (p. 20); and cf. the omission of "Vicars" from Prol. 55.]

[^183: Ra.4.83: A 1/2-inch horizontal line in the left margin connects to the top of the <f> of for. This later marginal mark may signal that a reader noted the omission of the five lines mentioned above.]

[^184: Ra.4.103: The second half of the line has been underlined, in what appears to be the same black ink as the later <cc> paraph mark in the margin.]

[^185: Ra.4.112: Note the line junctures of this and the next 2 lines. Other manuscripts divide these three into four lines.]

[^186: Ra.4.118: Note line division: Inpunitum is at end of this line in nearly all other manuscripts.]

[^187: Ra.4.119: Note the use of textura <d> in the two English words, but the bastard <a>s and <b>. The juxtaposition of two different <r>s (the second found elsewhere only in the English text) in irremuneratum is a unique instance in the manuscript.]

Passus quintus de visione .

T he king and his knyȝtes . to þe cherche wente
to here matynes and masse . and to þe mete after 
þan waked I of my wynkyng . and wo was with -alle
þat I ne hadde sclepte sadder . and y-seye more .
Ere I hadden fare a furlong . fant asye[^a925][^188] me hadde[^a926]
þat I ne myȝthe ferþer a fot . for defaute of slepyng .
I sat softely a-doun . and sayde my by-leue
and so I babled on my bedes . þei brouȝþe me on slepe .
Than saw I[^a927][^189] mekel more . þan I be-fore tolde
I[^a928] saw þe feld ful of folke . þat I by-fore sayde[^a929] 
and conciens with a cros . com[^190] forþ to[^a930] preche
he[^a931] prechede[^a932] þe peple . to[^a933] haue pyte on hem -selue .
And prouede þe[^a934] pestelence[^a935] . was[^a936] for pure synne
and[^191] souþwest wynd . on saterysday at euen 
was a-pertly for pryde . and for no- þing[^a937] ellys
pyryes and plomtreys . were put[^a938] to þe erþe .
In exsaumple[^192] seyþ god[^a939] ȝe schul do þe betere
beches and brode okes . were blowe to þe grounde 
and turned vp[^a940] þe[^a941] tayl . in toknyng of drede
þat dedly synne er domesday . schal for-do hem alle .
Of þis matere myȝthe I[^a942] . mamele wel longe
ac I schal say as I seyde[^a943] . so me god helpe 
how conciens with a cros . comsede to preche
and[^a944] bad wastour go worche . what he best coude[^a945] .
And wynne þat he had[^a946] wasted . with som maner craft
he[^a947] prayde to[^a948] peronel . hure purfyl to leue 
and kepe hit in hure cofre . for catel at nede
thomas he tauȝþe to take . to take . to take[^193] two staues .
To[^a949] fecche felys hom . fro wyuene pyne
he warnede watte . his wif was to blame 
þat hure hed was worþe a marke . and his hod not[^a950] a grote
he chargeþ chapmen . to chaste here children .
Let no wynnyng for-weny hem . whyles þei beþ ȝonge
he prechede[^a951] prelates . and prestes to-gedere 
þat þei preche þe peple . and[^a952] proue hit hem -selue
and lyue as ȝe lere vs . for we[^a953] wil loue[^a954] ȝou þe betere .
And swyþe[^a955] he radde religyus . here reule to kepe[^a956]
☞
last þe king and his counceyl . ȝour commounes a-peyre 
and[^a957] stiward in[^a958] ȝour stede . for[^a959] ȝe be stywed betere
and[^a960] þat[^a961] seynt Iame . and seyntes at rome .
Sekyþ seynt truþe . for he may saue vs[^a962] alle 
qui cum patre ⁊ & filio . þat fayre[^a963][^194] ȝou mote[^a964] by-falle .
Than[^a965] repentauns . rehersed[^a966] his teme
and made wille[^a967] to wepe . water with his eye[^a968] .
P eronel proud herte . plat hure to þe erþe
and lay longe er sche loked . and lord mercy cryed 
and be-hyȝte to hym . þat vs alle made
sche schulde vnsewe hire serk . and sette þer an heyre .
To[^a969] a-fauten hire fleys . þat fresch[^a970] was to synne
schal nere[^a971] hey herte me hente . but holde me lowe 
and suffre[^195] to be nysseyd [m]ysseyd . and so dude I neuere
but now I wil[^a972] meke me . and mercy by-seke .
Of al þat I haue had . of[^a973] enuye in myn herte
lecchour seyde allas . and on[^a974] oure lady cryde 
to make mercy for his mysdede . by-tweþe god and hym
with þat he schulde[^a975] satourdayes . vij seuene ȝer after[^a976] .
Drynke but wiþ þe goos[^a977] . and dine but onys
enuye with heuy herte . asked after schryfte 
and carfully his compte[^a978] . he gynnyþ to[^a979] schewe
he was pale as a[^a980] pelet . and[^a981] paltyk[^a982] semede .
He was cloþed in a caury-maury . I coude[^a983] hit not discrie[^a984]
a kyrtel and a curtepy . a knyf by his syde 
of a freres frog[^a985] . were þe fore-sleuys
as a lyk[^a986] þat hadde y-leye[^a987] . longe in þe sunne .
So loked he with lene chekes . lowrynge[^a988] foule
his body was bolned for wroth[^a989] . þat he bot his lyppe[^a990] 
and wrothlyche he wrong[^a991] his fyste . to wreke hym he þouȝþe
with werkes and with[^a992] wordes . when he sey his tyme .
Venym or verious . or vynegre I trowe
walwyþ in my wombe . and wa xeþ[^196] I wene[^a993] 
I myȝte not manyaday many a day[^a994] . do as a man myȝthe
swych wynd in my wombe . wa xyþ[^197] er I dyne .
I haue a nehebour ny me . I[^198] noyed[^a995] hym wel ofte[^a996]
and blamed hym by-hynde his bak . to brynge hym in fame 
to a-peyre hym by my power . I pursued wel ofte
and by-lowe hym to lordes . to do hym lese syluere .
And don his frendes to[^a997] ben his fon . þurȝ my falce tonge
his grace and his gode happes . greued me wel fore [s]ore[^199] 
by-twen hym and his mayne . wratthe made ofte[^a998]
boþe his lyme and his lyf . was lost þorw my tonge .
Whan I mette him in market . þat I most hated
I halsed hym as hendely . as I his frend ware 
he is douȝthier þan I . durste[^a999] [I] durste non harme don him
ac haddyn I[^a1000] maystry or[^a1001] myȝth . I wolde mourþre him for euere .
Whan I come to þe cherche . and knele by-fore[^a1002] þe rode
to praye for þe peple . as þe prest me[^a1003] techys 
after[^200] þanne I crye on my kneys . oure lady[^a1004][^201] gyf[^202] hem sorwe
þat bare a-way my bolle . and my brode[^a1005] schete .
Fro[^a1006] þe auter myn eye . I turne and by-helde by-h[o]lde[^203]
how hayne haþ a newe cote . I wyssche[^a1007] hit were myn owe[^a1008] 
and al þe wele[^a1009][^204] þat he haþ . greueþ me wel sore
of his lesyng I smyle[^a1010] . and þer -of lauȝeth[^a1011] myn herte .
And[^a1012] of his wynnyng I wepe . and weyle þe tyme
I deme men þer þei[^a1013] do ille . and ȝut I do werse 
I wolde þat ech wyȝth . were my knaue
and who-so haþ more þan I . þat angreþ myn herte .
Thus I lyue loueles . lyk a lyþer dogge
þat al my brest bolneþ . for byter of my galle 
may no sugre ne swete þing . swete[^a1014] hit an vnche
ne non diapendion . dryue hit fro myn herte .
Ȝif schryft shulde . hit were[^a1015] gret wonder
ȝis redly[^a1016] quod repentauns . and redde hym to gode 
sorwe for synne . saueþ wel manye
I am sory quod enuye . I am but selde oþer .
And þat makeþ me so mad[^a1017] . for I ne may me wenge[^a1018]
þan come couetyse . I can hym not discrye[^a1019] 
so angrey[^a1020] and so[^a1021] holwe . sire heruy hym loked
he was byter-browed[^a1022] . and eke[^a1023] baberlypped .[^205]
w ith two blered eyen . as[^a1024] a leþer[^a1025] purs[^206]
lolled his chekes in a tore tabard . of xij twelue wynter age 
but ȝif a lous coude[^a1026] lepe . I may hit not trowe[^a1027][^207]
þat he ne[^a1028] schulde slyde[^a1029] þer -on[^a1030] . so was hit bare[^a1031] .
I haue y-loued[^a1032] couetyse[^a1033] quod he . al my lyf tyme[^a1034][^208]
and knowe[^a1035] hit here be-fore crist . and his swete moder[^a1036]
for sum -tyme serwed I[^a1037] . symme at þe noke
and was his prentys y-plyȝþ . his profyt to loke .
Furst I lerned to lye . a lef oþer tweyne
wyckedly to wynne[^a1038] . was my furste lessoun 
to wynchestre and to wy . I wente to þe feyre
to[^a1039] many maner marchaundie . as my mayster me het .
Ne hadde þe grace of gile . go a-mong my ware
hit hadde be vn-solde þis vij seuene ȝer . so me god helpe 
þan drow I me a-monge draperis . my donet to lere
to drowe þe leser[^a1040] a-long . þe lengere hit semeþ[^a1041] .
A -mong þe ryche rayes . I rendred a lessoun
broched hem with a pak-nedle . and playted[^a1042] hem to-gedere 
put hem in a pressour . and pynned hem þer-inne[^209]
my wyf was a wynnestre . and wollen cloþ made .
And spak to þe spynnestre . to spynne hit so softe[^a1043][^210]
þe pound þat he[^a1044] weyes[^a1045] by . weyeþ[^a1046] a quarter more 
þan ony[^a1047] almesdede[^a1048] . whem whe[n] I weyed truþe
I bouȝthe hure barly . sche brew hit to sale .
Peny-ale and pigwhey[^a1049] . sche pured to-gederes
for laboureres for[^a1050] loþ[^a1051] folk . þat lyueþ[^a1052] by hem[^a1053] -selue 
þe beste in my bed chaumber . lay by þe walles[^a1054]
and who-so boused[^a1055] þer-of . bouȝth hit þer -after .
A galoun for a grote . god wot no lesse
When hit come in coppe ale[^a1056] . þat craft my wyf vsed 
rose þe regrater . was hure ryȝthe name
sche haldeþ[^a1057] ostrye[^a1058] . þis xj elleuene wynter 
And[^a1059] I swere now soþly[^a1060] . þat synne schal I lete
ne neuere weye wyckedely[^a1061] . ne no[^a1062] chaffare make 
but wende to walsyngham . and my wif after[^a1063]
and bydde þe rode of bromeholme . brynge me out of dette .
N ow[^211] be-gynneþ glotoun . for to go to shrifte
and carieþ[^a1064] hym to churche-ward . his synne[^a1065] to schewe 
and betoun þe brewestre . þer bad[^a1066] hym goud morwe
and she axede of him . whederward he wolde .
To holy chyrche quod he . for to here masse
and sytthe I wil be shreue . and synne no more 
I haue goud ale gossyb quod[^212] she . glotoun wilt þou a-saye
hast þou quod he . ony hote spyces .
Ȝe glotoun gossyb[^a1067] . god wot wel hote
I haue pepyr and pienye . and a pounde of garlyk 
and a ferþingworþ of fynkele[^a1068] sed . for faftyng fa[s]tyng[^213] dayes
þanne goþ glotoun[^214] in . and grete oþes after .
Sysse þe sowestre . sat on þe benche
watte þe wafrere . and his wif boþe 
symme þe tynkere . and two of his knaues
hycke þe hakeney-man . and hobbe[^a1069] þe melnere[^a1070] .
Clares of kockes[^215] lane . and þe clerk of þe cherche
dawe þe dykere . and a doseyn othere 
a ribaud[^a1071] a ratoner . a[^a1072] rakere of chepe
a ropere a redyng-king . and rose þe dyschere[^a1073][^216] .
And[^a1074] vp-holderes[^a1075] . erly by þe morwe
ȝeuyn glotoun with glad chere . goud ale to drynke[^a1076] 
clement þe cobelere cast of his cloke
and at þe newe feyre . nempneþ hit to selle .
hicke þe osteler . hitte his hode after
and[^a1077] bette þe bocher . to be[^a1078] on his syde .
þer were chapmen y-chose[^a1079] . þe chaffare to preise
and ho-so[^a1080] hadde þe hode . schuld haue a-mendes of þe cloke .
Thei[^a1081] resyn vp in rape . and rownede to-gederes
and preysede þe peneworþes . a-pertly[^a1082] by hem -selue 
þer were oþes on an[^a1083] hep . þei cunne not ȝut Iuge[^a1084][^217]
ne[^a1085] by here conciens . a-corden to-gederes .
Til robyn þe ropere . was rad vp to ryse[^a1086]
and nempnyd for[^a1087] a nounpere . þat no debat ware[^a1088] 
hicke þe ostler . þan hadde þe cloke
in couenaunt þat clement . þe cuppe schulde fille[^a1089] .
And haue hickes hod þe osteler . and holde him y-serued
and ho-so[^a1090] repented raþes[^a1091] raþe[r][^218] . sholde rise a-fore[^a1092] 
and grete sire glotoun . with a galoun of ale[^a1093]
þer was lauȝyng and lowring . and let go þe coppe .
Bargeynes and beueryches . be-gunne to[^a1094] ryse[^a1095]
and setyn so til euesong . and sunge sum -whyle[^a1096] 
til glotun hadde y-golped . a galoun of ale[^a1097]
he pissed a potel . in a pater -noster whyle .
And blew þe rounde rowet[^a1098] . at þe riggebonys ende .
þat alle þat herde þat horn[^219] . held here nose after 
and wisshed it had be waxed . with a wisp of fersen
he hadde no strengþe to stonde . ere he his staf hadde .
And þanne gan he go[^a1099][^220][^221] sum -tyme . o-syde[^a1100][^222] and sum -tyme o-rere[^a1101]
as ho-so layde lynes . to lacche wilde[^a1102] foules 
when he drow to þe dore . þan dymmed his eyen
he stumbled[^a1103][^223] on þe þresfold . and fel[^a1104] to þe erþe .
That with al þe wo of þe word[^a1105] . his wif and his douȝter[^a1106]
beryn him to his bed . and brouȝþe him þer -inne 
and after al þat[^a1107] surfet . an axces he hadde
þat he slep saturday and sunday . til sunne ȝede to reste .
Thanne waked he of his wynkyng . and wyped his eyen
þe furste word þat he spak . what[^a1108] where is þe bolle .
his wif blamed[^a1109] him þanne . of wickednesse of[^a1110] synne
þan was þe[^a1111] shrewe a-shamed . and schraped[^224] his erys .
And gan to gretyn[^a1112] grymly . and gret dol made[^a1113]
for his lethyr lyf . þat he lyued hadde 
an[^a1114] vowed to faste . for hunger or for[^a1115] þherste[^225]
shal neuere fysch on[^a1116] fryday . defye in my mawe[^a1117] .
Er abstinence myn awnte . haue y-gif me leue
and ȝut haue I hated hure . al my lif tyme 
S louþe for sorwe . fel doun on sowne[^a1118]
til vigilate wile[^a1119] . fecche water to[^a1120] his eyne .
And flapte[^a1121] hit on his face . and faste on him cried
and sayde war[^a1122] for wanhope . wil þe betraye 
I am sory for my synne . sey to þi-self þanne[^a1123]
and bet þi-self on þi[^a1124] brest . and byd him of grace .[^226]
Than sat slouþe vp . and shryued[^a1125] him faste
and made a-vow to veri[^a1126] god . for his foule slouþe 
shal no sunday be þis .vij seuene ȝer . but syknesse hit make
þat I ne shal do me er day . to þe parysch[^a1127] cherche .
And here masse and matines . as I a monke were
shal non ale after mete . holden me þennys 
til I haue euesong herd . I be-hote þe[^a1128] rode
and ȝut wol I[^a1129] ȝelde a-ȝen . ȝif I so moche haue .
Al þat I wickedly by-wan[^a1130] . syn[^a1131] I wit hadde
and þei my lyflode fayle[^a1132] . lette ȝut[^a1133][^227] I nelle 
þat euery[^a1134] man shal haue his . er I hennys wende
and with þe residue and[^a1135] remenaunt . by þe rode of chestre .
I wil seke truþe . or I se rome
roberd þe robbere . on reddite lokede 
and[^a1136] for þer was not wher-with . he wepd wel[^a1137] sore
and ȝit[^a1138] synful shrewe . sayde to him -selue .
Crist þat on caluery . on[^a1139] þe cros deyde[^a1140]
þo dismas my broþer . by-souȝth him[^a1141] of grace 
and þou haddest mercy on þat man . for memento sake
þi wil wirche[^a1142] vp-on me . as I haue wel deserued .
To haue helle for euere . ȝif þat hope ne were[^a1143]
to[^a1144] rewe on þis roberd . þat red non ne[^a1145] haueþ 
ne neuer wenyþ to wynne . with craft þat he knoweþ[^a1146]
but for þi moche mercy . mitygacioun I be-seke .
Dampne me not at domysday . for þat I dede so ylle
ac what by-fel of þis feloun . I can not fayre shewe 
wel I wot he wepte[^a1147] faste . water with his eyne
and knowliched his gilt[^a1148] . to crist ȝit eft-sone .
That penitencia his pik . shulde[^a1149] pulche newe
and lep with him ouer lond . al his lif tyme 
for he hadde leye by latro . luciferes aunte[^228]
a þousand men and mo[^a1150] . þo thrunge to-gederes .
Wepyng and weyling . for here wyckede dedis
cried vp-ward to crist . and to his clene moder
to haue grace to seke truþe . so god[^a1151] leue þat ȝe[^a1152] mote

[^a925: fant asye (Ra D K Wa) | feyntise (T Ch H2 Ha La Ma) | fayntis (J) | Fantyse (N) | A Feyntise (V A) | a fayntnes (E) | swiche fantesie (U)]

[^a926: hadde (Ra T D H2) | hente (U V Ha J La A K Wa N Ma) | hynt (E) | kauȝt (Ch)]

[^a927: om. (Ra) | mekel (Kane) | mekyll (E) | meche (A) | mochel (K) | moche (U Ch) | muche (D H2 V) | mychel (J La N Ma) | myche (Ha) | meke (T) | a muche (Wa)]

[^a928: I (Ra U J E) | For I (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (H2 Wa)]

[^a929: sayde (Ra) | tolde (D) | toulde (K) | telde (A) | I tolde ("I" cancelled) (H2) | of tolde (La Wa) | of tald (E) | nempnyd (U) | memede (Ma) | memyde (H) | schewede (V)]

[^a930: forþ to (Ra) | for to (Most A MSS) | for the (La)]

[^a931: he (Ra U V E Wa N) | And (All Other A MSS)]

[^a932: prechede (Ra) | preyede (T) | preied (Ch Ha La) | preide (V Ma) | preyȝede (H2) | preyȝed (J) | praiede (Wa) | prayed (D K N) | prechide (U) | prechid (E A)]

[^a933: to (Ra U E A N) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a934: þe (Ra) | þat þise (T) | at þe (E) | þat þis (U V J) | þat þese (D H2) | þat þes (Ch) | þat þe (Ha La A K Wa) | þat (N Ma)]

[^a935: pestelence (Ra U Ha J La E A Wa N Ma) | pestilences (T D Ch H2 V K)]

[^a936: was (Ra) | wern (Most A MSS) | wer (Ch K) | weren (H2) | were (D) | weryn (J) | weore (V) | fell (E)]

[^a937: þing (Ra U A) | poynt (All Other A MSS)]

[^a938: put (Ra T D Ch H2) | puffid (Kane) | puffyd (J A K) | puffed (Wa N) | poffet (La) | possid (Ha E) | possed (Ma) | passchet (V) | putte (U)]

[^a939: seyþ god (Ra U) | segges (La K) | to Men (V Ha Ma) | sent god (T Ch H2) | sayd god (D) | I say for (E) | I say (A) | [nothing] (J Wa N)]

[^a940: vp (Ra U D A K Wa Ma) | vpward (All Other A MSS)]

[^a941: þe (Ra U V La E Wa Ma) | here (Most A MSS) | her (Ch N)]

[^a942: myȝthe I (Ra) | I miȝte (Most A MSS) | myght y (U) | I mought (Ma) | y (Ha)]

[^a943: seyde (Ra U A) | saiȝ (T V) | sayhe (J) | say (H2) | saye (Ma) | sauȝ (Ha) | saw (D) | sawe (Ch E) | seegh (K) | sygh (La)]

[^a944: and (Ra) | He (All Other A MSS)]

[^a945: coude (Ra U A) | couþe (Most A MSS) | coulde (K)]

[^a946: had (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | ne (V)]

[^a947: he (Ra U V N) | And (Most A MSS) | And he (E)]

[^a948: to (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | dame (N)]

[^a949: To (Ra) | And (All Other A MSS)]

[^a950: not (Ra U J E Ch K) | not worþe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a951: prechede (Ra) | pre[yide] (Kane) | preyede (V) | preied (Ha A) | Preyde (Ma) | praied (La K Wa N) | prayȝed (J) | praed als (E) | prechide (U H2) | preched (Ch) | prechet (D) | prechiþ (T)]

[^a952: and (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La E N) | [nothing] (A K Wa Ma)]

[^a953: for we (Ra) | we (Most A MSS) | þei (Ha)]

[^a954: loue (Ra U V Ha La A K) | leue (T Ch H2 Wa) | leuyn (Ma) | trast (E) | lowe (N) | louen (D) | louyn (J)]

[^a955: swyþe (Ra) | siþþe (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (Wa N)]

[^a956: kepe (Ra U E) | holde (All Other A MSS)]

[^a957: and (Ra) | And be (Most A MSS) | And ben (J K) | And beo (V) | & were (Ha)]

[^a958: in (Ra U V Ha K Wa N) | of (All Other A MSS)]

[^a959: for (Ra) | til (Most A MSS) | or (D) | so þat (U) | & tillyn (Ma)]

[^a960: and (Ra) | And ȝe (Most A MSS) | Tho (Wa N) | and nout (Ma)]

[^a961: þat (Ra) | þat seke (Most A MSS) | sekyn (Ma)]

[^a962: vs (Ra) | ȝou (Most A MSS) | ow (V)]

[^a963: þat fayre (Ra U Ha Wa N) | Faire (All Other A MSS)]

[^a964: ȝou mote (Ra U) | mote ȝow (T D Ch H2 V K Wa N) | mote ȝe (La Ma) | ȝe mot (J) | ȝou (A Ha) | might hym (E)]

[^a965: Than (Ra T U D Ch H2) | Þanne ran (J La E A K N Ma) | ÞEnne Ron (V) | þen ran (Ha) | And þan ran (Wa)]

[^a966: rehersed (Ra T D Ch) | and reherside (V La Ma) | and rehersid (Ha J K) | and rhersis (A) | rehersid (H2 E) | rehercede (U) | to reherce (Wa N)]

[^a967: wille (Ra U Ch A N) | wil (T D J La Wa Ma) | will (E K) | william (V Ha) | wylkoc ('oc' overwritten as ? 'ed') (H2)]

[^a968: eye (Ra) | eiȝen (T Ch H2) | eien (U D K Wa N) | eyghenen (La) | eyne (Ma) | eȝen (V) | ene (E) | Ien (J) | yne (A) | [damaged] (Ha)]

[^a969: To (Ra U Wa) | For to (Most A MSS) | Forte (V) | Fort (N) | Tho (A)]

[^a970: fresch (Ra U Ha La) | fers (T D Ch H2 J E Wa Ma) | Fyrse (K) | fiers (N) | Frele (V A)]

[^a971: nere (Ra) | neuere (All Other A MSS)]

[^a972: I wil (Ra J) | wile I (T U D H2 E Wa N) | I con wel (V) | wele I (Ma) | wol I (Ch Ha La K) | I (A)]

[^a973: of (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a974: on (Ra U D J La E K Wa N) | to (T Ch H2 V Ha A Ma)]

[^a975: schulde (Ra U J Wa N) | [shulde] þe (Kane) | schulde þe (V Ha La A K Ma) | suld þe (E) | on (Ch) | þe (T D H2)]

[^a976: after (Ra D V E A Ma) | þeraftir (Most A MSS) | sykerly þerafter (J)]

[^a977: goos (Ra U M) | doke (Most A MSS) | duke (E Wa) | doge (La)]

[^a978: compte (Ra) | cope (T H2) | coupe (U D E N) | coulpe (Wa) | Culpe (K) | counte (A) | gylt (J) | gult (La) | gultis (Ha) | gultus (V) | synnes (Ch) | wilis (Ma)]

[^a979: he gynnyþ to (Ra U) | [comsiþ] he to (Kane) | com for to (A) | he couettes to (E) | begynnyth he to (K) | begynneþ he to (T H2 La Wa N) | begynnyth to (Ma) | begynnyth for to (J) | begynneþ to (D V Ha) | begynneþ for to (Ch)]

[^a980: he was pale as a (Ra K) | He was as pale as a (T U D Ch H2 La A) | He was as pale as (J) | as pale as a (V Wa Ma) | Also (N) | þe pelour was (Ha) | He was als a (E)]

[^a981: and (Ra U) | in þe (Ha J La A Ma) | & in þe (E) | in a (V Wa N) | & in a (K) | & on þe (T Ch H2) | on (D)]

[^a982: paltyk (Ra) | palesie he (Most A MSS) | palasie he (Wa) | palesie (Ch) | palesy (E) | palatik (U)]

[^a983: coude (Ra La A K) | [couþe] (Kane) | couthe (U V Ha J E Wa N) | can (T D Ch H2 Ma)]

[^a984: discrie (Ra U Ch La A) | descryue (T D H2 Ha) | descreue (N) | discreue (V) | discry (E) | discrien (J) | discryn (Ma) | deserne (K) | deuise (Wa)]

[^a985: frog (Ra A) | frokke (Most A MSS) | frogge (U) | freyke (J)]

[^a986: lyk (Ra) | lek (T D Ch E K Wa Ma) | leek (U H2 V J La) | leyke (A) | led (N) | he (Ha)]

[^a987: y-leye (Ra U) | leyn (T D La N) | leye (Ha) | layn (A) | layne (Ch) | lay (H2) | lyen (J) | yley (Wa) | Ileiȝen (V) | Ilay (K) | ben (E) | Iben (Ma)]

[^a988: lowrynge (Ra U D Ha J La A K Wa N Ma) | lourande (T Ch H2 E) | lourede he (V)]

[^a989: wroth (Ra T U D H2) | wraþþe (V Ha J La K Ma) | wreþþe (Ch E A) | angre (Wa N)]

[^a990: lyppe (Ra T U D Ch H2) | lippes (V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma)]

[^a991: wrong (Ra V Ha La K N Ma) | wroþ (T U D Ch H2 J Wa) | wrang (E)]

[^a992: and with (Ra) | or wiþ (U V Ha E K Wa Ma) | or (D La N) | & (T Ch H2 J)]

[^a993: I wene (Ra D Ha Ma) | as I wene (T U Ch H2 J E N) | Ich wene (V) | as Ich wene (K) | as I trowe (Wa) | me wrathe (La) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a994: many a day (Ra Ha K) | many day (Most A MSS) | mony day (V La)]

[^a995: noyed (Ra) | haue noiȝed (T Ch J) | haue noyed (U D K Wa) | haue nuyed (La) | hath noyd (A) | haue anoied (Ha) | haue anoyd (Ma) | haue anuyȝed (V) | haue neiȝede (H2) | noyde (E) | anyed (N)]

[^a996: wel ofte (Ra) | ofte (Most A MSS) | wol ofte (U) | full ofte (E)]

[^a997: to (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a998: wratthe made ofte (Ra) | I haue mad wraþþe (Most A MSS) | Ichaue Imad wraþþe (V) | haue I wraþþe (Wa N) | I haue mad ofte wratthe (U) | I haue mad striffe ofte (E) | I haue makid wreche (A)]

[^a999: durste (Ra) | I dar (Most A MSS) | I durste (Ha Ma)]

[^a1000: haddyn I (Ra) | hadde I (Most A MSS) | hedde U (V) | I hed (E) | y had had (Ha)]

[^a1001: or (Ra E K) | & (Most A MSS) | oþer (U)]

[^a1002: by-fore (Ra V) | to (Most A MSS) | beforn (A) | afore (U)]

[^a1003: me (Ra U) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | vs (V)]

[^a1004: oure lady (Ra U) | þat crist (Most A MSS) | þat god (A Wa) | & praed crist (E)]

[^a1005: brode (Ra U V) | broken (T Ch H2 Ha La E Wa Ma) | broke (D J K N) | borne awey (A)]

[^a1006: Fro (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J K) | [Awey] fro (Kane) | Also fro (Ma) | Also to forne (A) | And also fro (E) | þan fro (Wa) | & fro (N)]

[^a1007: I wyssche (Ra T U D H2) | Þanne I wysshe (N) | þan I wysshe (J K) | þanne wische y (La) | þen wische y (Ha) | I wissed (Ch) | þenne Ich wussche (V) | þan I wissyd (E A Ma) | Anon I wysshe (Wa)]

[^a1008: owe (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | owne (Ch H2) | owen (U) | howne (later addition) (T)]

[^a1009: þe wele (Ra U Ha) | þe webbe aftir (Most A MSS) | his wele after (Ha) | with þe webbeȝ aftir (E)]

[^a1010: smyle (Ra U) | lauȝe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1011: þer -of lauȝeth (Ra U) | [it liȝtiþ] (Kane) | it liȝteþ (N Wa) | hit lightenes (La) | & light was (E) | hit likeþ (V Ha K) | it likith (J) | ay lykenge (Ma) | a lytil (A) | þerof (T D Ch H2)]

[^a1012: And (Ra Ha N) | Ac (T U D Ch H2 V J) | But (Ch La K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (E A)]

[^a1013: þei (Ra T D Ch H2 Ha La) | [hy] (Kane) | þat (V J K) | þat he (Wa) | þat þai (A) | þat men (N) | at mony (E) | y (U)]

[^a1014: swete (Ra) | swage (T D Ch H2 La E A Ma) | swagen (U) | asswage (K) | aswagyn (J) | may swage (Wa N) | dryue (V Ha)]

[^a1015: were (Ra U) | shope (Ha Wa) | schope (Ch K N Ma) | schepe (D) | shop (T) | stoppe (H2 E A) | saue (J La) | swopen out (V)]

[^a1016: redly (Ra) | redily (Most A MSS) | rede I (E)]

[^a1017: mad (Ra T U D H2 V Ha La A Wa) | mat (N H) | mate (J K) | madde (Ch E Ma)]

[^a1018: wenge (Ra) | venge (Most A MSS) | vengen (Ha) | avengyn (J) | awenge (N) | be vengyd (H)]

[^a1019: discrye (Ra A Ma) | descryue (T) | discryue (D Ch H2 Ha La K Wa) | descreue (N) | discreue (V) | descrye (U) | discry (E) | discriyn (J) | dyscryȝe (H)]

[^a1020: angrey (Ra) | hungirly (T Ch H2) | hongurliche (La) | hyungryly (N) | hungrely (E) | hongrely (D Wa) | hungry (U V Ha J A K Ma H)]

[^a1021: so (Ra U V K A Wa N) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1022: byter-browed (Ra) | [betil]browid (Kane) | betyllbrowyd (E) | betilbrowed (Ch K Ma) | bedilbrowyd (J) | bittilbrowid (A H) | Bitilbrowed (Wa N) | bitelbrowid (Ha) | bitelbrowed (La) | bitelbrouwed (V) | bittirbrowid (T) | betterbrowed (D) | babirlippid (U) | baburlippud (H2)]

[^a1023: eke (Ra U D A Ma H) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | alswa (E)]

[^a1024: as (Ra T U D Ch H2) | And as (V Ha J A K Wa N Ma H) | And also (E) | And eken as (La) | lik (D) | And (A) | and lyk (V)]

[^a1025: leþer (Ra K) | leþerene (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1026: coude (Ra U D Ch H2 J A Ma H) | couþe (T V Ha La E Wa N) | could (K)]

[^a1027: trowe (Ra U D J K) | leue (T Ch H2 La E A Wa H) | leuen (Ma) | Ileue (V Ha N)]

[^a1028: þat he ne (Ra U) | He (T D H2 J La A K N H) | Heo (V) | Sho (E) | She (Wa Ma) | he ne (Ch) | how heo (Ha)]

[^a1029: slyde (Ra) | wandre (T D Ch V K N Ma) | not wandre (A Wa) | not wanderyn (H) | nat wandre (H2) | noght wandir (E) | nor haue wandred (La) | walke (Ha) | renne (J) | slideren (U)]

[^a1030: þer -on (Ra U) | on þat walsshe (Most A MSS) | þer vpon (Ma) | þeron ȝerne (J) | or walke ther (K)]

[^a1031: bare (Ra) | þredbare (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1032: y-loued (Ra) | ben (Most A MSS) | ylouid (T) | loued (D Ch H2) | louyd (U)]

[^a1033: couetyse (Ra T U D H2 K) | coueitous (La Wa) | Covetous (V Ha J A N H) | coutous (Ma) | covatyse (E) | conscience (Ch)]

[^a1034: he . al my lyf tyme (Ra T Ch) | þat caitif (Ha H) | þat caytefe (A) | þat katyf (E N) | þis Caityf (V K) | þe caytefe (J Ma) | þat kaityf (La) | am caytif (Wa) | he al my lyue (D) | al my lif tyme (U H2)]

[^a1035: knowe (Ra T U D Ch H2 La) | biknowe (E Wa) | byknowe (Ha) | beknowe (V J A K Ma H) | byknewe (N)]

[^a1036: here be-fore crist . and his swete moder (Ra) | here (D Ha J E A K N Ma H) | her (Ch) | heere (V) | hire (T H2) | now here (La) | here byfore crist & his clene modir (U) | [nothing] (Wa)]

[^a1037: serwed I (Ra) | I seruide (Most A MSS) | serued I (U)]

[^a1038: to wynne (Ra U) | to weiȝe (T H2 H) | to weie (Wa) | to weyen (D La Ma) | to weyn (A) | to wey (E) | for to weie (V Ha) | for to way (K) | for to weygh (N) | to wirke þo (J) | towrie (Ch)]

[^a1039: to (Ra) | Wiþ (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1040: leser (Ra N) | list (Most A MSS) | listes (La) | lyser (J) | lysour (U) | lesour (Wa H)]

[^a1041: semeþ (Ra) | semide (T Ha) | semyd (J E A K N H) | semede (V) | semed (D Ch H2 Wa Ma) | semyth (U) | tileden (La)]

[^a1042: playted (Ra K) | pleit (T) | pleited (Ha N) | playtyd (J E) | pletede (V) | plite (Ch) | plited (Wa Ma) | plytyd (H) | platte (A) | platted (La) | ypleted (U) | pleyȝt (H2) | plyȝte (D)]

[^a1043: so softe (Ra) | softe (Most A MSS) | out (A Ma) | þer owt (E H)]

[^a1044: he (Ra) | heo (T H2 V Ha La) | ȝhe (A) | sho (E) | sche (U D J K Wa N Ma H) | I (Ch)]

[^a1045: weyes (Ra) | [payede] (Kane) | paied (La Wa N) | payid (H) | payd (E) | payde (A) | payȝed (J) | paysed (K) | peysed (Ha) | peysede (V) | weid (T) | weyed (U H2) | weyȝed (Ch) | way (D Ma)]

[^a1046: weyeþ (Ra) | peisid (T H2 J) | peysed (D Ch) | peisede (V) | paysed (K N) | pysed (Ma) | it peysid (A) | passyd (E H) | passed (La) | weied (Ha Wa) | was (U)]

[^a1047: ony (Ra U D) | myn owne (La) | myn awn (J) | myn awne (E) | myn (V Ha N Wa Ma) | my (A) | any (T) | þe (Ch H2) | [nothing] (K H)]

[^a1048: almesdede (Ra U) | aunsel dede (Most A MSS) | Aunser dede (D K N) | hauncer (Ma) | poundur dede (A) | selfe did (J) | deode (La) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a1049: pigwhey (Ra) | pilewhey (T) | pilewheye (K) | pilwhay (H2) | pelewaye (Ch E) | pelawey (A) | pilwyle (J) | pylewile (La N) | pylqwyt (H) | piriwhit (V) | periwhit (Ha) | pilewhew (U) | pele was (D) | pewe (Wa) | spilawaye (Ma)]

[^a1050: for (Ra U) | & (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1051: loþ (Ra U D) | louȝ (T Ch H2 V J K N) | litel (La) | lewid (Ha E A) | pouere (Ma) | lond (Wa) | lowd (H)]

[^a1052: lyueþ (Ra) | lay (T D H2 E K N Ma H) | layne (J) | liþe (Ch) | lyth (A) | layd it (Wa) | lyued (La) | lyuen (U V Ha)]

[^a1053: hem (Ra T U D H2 V Ha J H) | hym (Ch K Ma) | it (Wa N) | þe (A) | heom (La) | þaim (E)]

[^a1054: walles (Ra) | wowes (U M) | wouȝ (T H2) | wowe (D J Ch V Ha J A Wa N H) | walle (E K)]

[^a1055: boused (Ra) | bummide (T) | bummyd (D J) | Bummede (V) | bummed (U Ch H2 K Wa N) | bybbyd (H) | bubbith (A) | dronke (Ha) | drong (La) | drange (Ma) | boght (E)]

[^a1056: coppe ale (Ra) | cuppemel (Most A MSS) | copnale (E) | coppis medelid (A)]

[^a1057: haldeþ (Ra) | haþ yholde (T) | hat yholde (H2) | haþ holde (D Ch Ha H) | haþ holden (U V La Wa) | haþ holdyn (Ma) | had holden (J K N) | hadde holdyn (A) | hade haldyn (E)]

[^a1058: ostrye (Ra A) | huxterie (T Ch H2 V Ha J La Wa N) | hockestrye (K) | hukstrerye (D) | osterye (U) | hostrye (Ma) | ostryȝe (H) | ostre (E)]

[^a1059: And (Ra N H) | Ac (T U D H2) | Bote (V J La E K Ma) | but now (Ha) | Now wil (Wa) | [nothing] (Ch A)]

[^a1060: soþly (Ra T U H2 Wa) | so þ[e I] (Kane) | so þike I (N) | so mote I the (A Ma H) | als mot I the (E) | so I think (J) | to þe (La) | soþely (Ch Ha K) | soþliche (D) | [nothing] (V)]

[^a1061: weye wyckedely (Ra Wa) | wykkidly weiȝe (Most A MSS) | weyȝyn wikkedly (J) | wykkidly to wey (E) | wykkidly forto weye (Ha) | wyckedly to wynne (Ma) | wykkidly werke (A) | wynne wykkidly (U)]

[^a1062: ne no (Ra U) | ne wykkide (T D H2 J K N Ma H) | no wiked (Ch La) | ne (Wa) | ne cursyd (E) | ne fals (V Ha A)]

[^a1063: after (Ra J N) | alse (T U H2 V La Ma) | als (Wa H) | also (D Ch Ha K) | alswa (E) | boþe (A)]

[^a1064: carieþ (Ra Ch V K) | ca[iriþ] (Kane) | kaireth (La N) | carith (A) | karyd (E) | caryyth (J) | caried (U D) | cariede (T H2) | koueryth (H) | kouerereth (Ma) | wendiþ (Ha) | shope (Wa)]

[^a1065: synne (Ra U) | coupe (N) | culpe (K H) | cowlpe (E) | countis (A) | gilt (J) | synnes (T D Ch H2 Wa Ma) | schrift (V Ha La)]

[^a1066: þer bad (Ra T U D J) | bad (Ch H2 V La E A K Wa N) | badde (Ma) | sche bad (H) | þen bad (Ha)]

[^a1067: gossyb (Ra) | gossib quaþ heo (T H2 La) | gossib quaþ sche (Ch Ma H) | gossip quaþ heo (V) | gossip quaþ sche (J N) | Gossop quaþ sche (K) | gossib ȝhe quath (A) | good gossib quaþ sche (Wa) | quaþ sche (D) | quaþ sho (E) | quaþ heo (Ha) | gossib ȝa (U)]

[^a1068: fynkele (Ra) | fenel (D Ch H2 V Ha J K Wa N Ma) | fenill (E) | fenkel (A H) | fenkil (U) | felkene (T)]

[^a1069: hobbe (Ra U Ha) | hogge (T D Ch H2 V La) | hough (Ma) | hugh (E) | hewe (K Wa H) | hwe (J) | hyne (N) | lawe (A)]

[^a1070: melnere (Ra) | nedelere (J A K Wa Ma H) | nedlere (V Ha) | mellere (D) | myllere (T Ch H2) | mylner (U E) | [nothing] (N)]

[^a1071: ribaud (Ra) | ribibour (Most A MSS) | bribour (La) | bribure (J) | rebauderere (H) | redylle maker (E)]

[^a1072: a (Ra U V Ha J E K Wa H) | & a (T D Ch H2 La A Ma) | þe (N)]

[^a1073: dyschere (Ra) | disshere (Most A MSS) | dyȝsshere (H2) | dystere (Ma) | dychere (J H) | dysare (K) | dissheres (N) | kempstere (Wa)]

[^a1074: And (Ra U Ha J A) | Of (Most A MSS) | And of (V H)]

[^a1075: vp-holderes (Ra U) | vpholderis an hep (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1076: drynke (Ra U Ha) | hansele (Most A MSS) | hansale (H) | honsel (V)]

[^a1077: and (Ra U D J N) | And bed (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1078: to be (Ra U) | be (T Ch H2 Ha E K H) | ben (V A Wa Ma) | beon (La) | to ben (D) | to bene (J) | shulde ben (N)]

[^a1079: y-chose (Ra U V H) | chosen (T D Ch H2 Ha La Wa) | chosyn (E A) | ychosen (N Ma) | Ichosyn (J K)]

[^a1080: and ho-so (Ra) | Whoso (Most A MSS) | ho so (D J a H) | Wha sa (E) | Hose (V) | An who so (Wa) | For who so (La N) | þat who so (U)]

[^a1081: Thei (Ra U V Ha Ma H) | Þo (T D Ch H2 La Wa) | Thay (A) | To (N) | Two (J) | Twoo (K) | Twa (E)]

[^a1082: a-pertly (Ra T U H2) | aparte (Ma) | aparte (?aperte) (A N H) | aparty (J) | aparty (?aperty) (D) | inparty (?inperty) (E) | apert (Wa) | pertely (Ch) | & parteden (V)]

[^a1083: on an (Ra U D) | An (Most A MSS)]

[^a1084: þei cunne not ȝut Iuge (Ra) | þei couthe not ȝut Iuge (N U) | þanne þei ne couþe (T H2) | þei couþe not (V Ha E Wa) | þen cowde þey nouȝt (D) | ȝit cowthen he nouȝt (J) | bot þen þei ne couþe (Ch) | Tweyne coude nought (H) | and tweyn coude nought (Ma) | [out] (La A K)]

[^a1085: ne (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1086: vp to ryse (Ra U) | to arisen (T D H2) | to arise (Ch Ha) | to rysen (K) | to rysyn (J) | to ryse (La E N) | for to rysen (Ma) | for to ryse (A Wa H) | forte arise (V)]

[^a1087: for (Ra U V A N) | hym for (T Ch J La K H) | hem for (Wa) | hym to (H2) | hym (Ha E) | [nothing] (D Ma)]

[^a1088: ware (Ra Ma) | nere (T Ch A Wa N) | neore (V) | were (U D H2 Ha J E K H) | aros (La)]

[^a1089: þe cuppe schulde fille (Ra U J A K Wa) | [shulde þe cuppe felle] (Kane) | shulde þe coppe fille (Ha N) | schulde þe Cuppe fulle (V) | þe cuppe suld fille (E) | þe coppe xuld fylle (H) | þe cupped shuld fellyn (Ma) | scholde fulle þe coppe (La) | þe coupere shulde felle þe cuppe (T) | the coupere schulde fille the cuppe (H2) | þe cobelere schuld fille þe cuppe (D Ch)]

[^a1090: ho-so (Ra D J A H) | whoso (T U Ch Ha K Wa) | wo so (Ma) | qwa sa (E) | who that (H2 N) | he þat (V) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a1091: raþes (Ra) | raþere (U) | raþest (Most A MSS) | ratherest (Ma) | sonnest (J)]

[^a1092: a-fore (Ra U) | aftir (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a1093: of ale (Ra U V E Ma H) | ale (Most A MSS) | of good alle (A)]

[^a1094: to (Ra U Ch H2 V J La K Ma) | for to (T D E Wa N H) | þo to (Ha)]

[^a1095: ryse (Ra U D Ch Ha J E Wa N H) | arise (T H2 V La K Ma)]

[^a1096: sum -whyle (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha A Wa Ma) | [vmbe]while (Kane) | vmbeqwyle (J) | vmwhile (N) | somqwyle (H) | sumtyme (K) | wel murie (La) | [nothing] (E)]

[^a1097: of ale (Ra N) | & a gille (Most A MSS) | of gyle (A)]

[^a1098: rowet (Ra E) | ryuet (T U) | reuet (D Ch A K H) | rewet (Ha J La) | Ruwet (V) | ruet (H2 Wa N Ma)]

[^a1099: go (Ra U Ch H2 J) | to go (T Ha K N) | to gon (D) | to ga (E) | for to go (V) | gon (La A Ma H)]

[^a1100: o-syde (Ra) | aside (Most A MSS) | on side (D H) | of syde (E) | auaunt (Ha) | arere (J A)]

[^a1101: o-rere (Ra) | arere (Most A MSS) | on rere (H) | of arere (E) | asyde (J A)]

[^a1102: wilde (Ra U D) | wiþ (Most A MSS) | alle (La)]

[^a1103: stumbled (Ra) | [þr]umblide (Kane) | þrompelde (V) | stumblide (T U) | stumblid (Ha) | stombled (D J K Wa N) | stombelid (H2) | stombeld (E) | stumbuled (Ma) | stomblod (La) | stomelid (A H) | stumles (Ch)]

[^a1104: fel (Ra T D Ch H2 Ha A Ma H) | [þrew] (Kane) | threw (La E K N) | þreuh (V) | þrogh (Wa) | threw him (J) | stey (U)]

[^a1105: word (Ra Ma) | world (Most A MSS) | werlde (J E A H)]

[^a1106: douȝter (Ra) | wenche (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1107: þat (Ra Ma) | þis (Most A MSS) | his (Ch La)]

[^a1108: what (Ra U) | was (T Ch H2 La K Wa N) | qwat (J) | [nothing] (D V Ha E A Ma H)]

[^a1109: blamed (Ra D Ch H2 La Wa N Ma) | [wit]ide (Kane) | wytyd (E A) | wyssyd (H) | warnede (V) | blamide (T U) | blamyd (J K) | blamy (Ha)]

[^a1110: of (Ra Ha) | & (Most A MSS) | & of (V Ma) | & eke is (A)]

[^a1111: þe (Ra U Ch H2 Ha J) | þat (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1112: to gretyn (Ra J) | grete (T Ch H2 E A Wa N Ma) | greton (K) | to grete (U) | to grede (D V La) | wepe (H) | to be sory (Ha)]

[^a1113: made (Ra T U D H2) | make (Ch E A) | maken (K H) | to make (V Ha J La Wa N)]

[^a1114: an (Ra) | And (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1115: or for (Ra U Ha J La E Ma H) | or (T D Ch H2 K Wa N) | oþer for (V) | & for (A)]

[^a1116: on (Ra V Ha La E Wa N Ma) | on þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1117: mawe (Ra U V Ha J Wa) | wombe (Most A MSS) | mawe (cancelled for 'wombe') (H)]

[^a1118: on sowne (Ra) | a swowe (T Ha) | aswoune (U H2 Wa Ma) | on swounne (H) | in swowe (N) | yswowe (La) | in swoune (E) | Iswowene (V) | in a swowe (J) | In a swouȝe (Ch) | in a swowne (K) | in sweye (A) | to grounde a swoun (D)]

[^a1119: wile (Ra) | þe veil (V J La A K N H) | þer while (T H2) | þat wille (E) | þer wol (Ch) | wol (U) | [nothing] (D Wa Ma)]

[^a1120: to (Ra T U D E) | at (V J La A Wa N H) | atte (Ma) | of (Ch) | for (H2) | wiþ (Ha)]

[^a1121: flapte (Ra) | flattide (T) | flattid (J) | flattede (H2) | flatted (D Ch) | flatte (V) | flat (U Ha La) | flapt (N) | flascht (Wa) | plattyd (Ma) | platte (H) | platt (E) | plat (A)]

[^a1122: war (Ra Wa) | war þe (Most A MSS) | warre þe (Ma) | be ware (J) | Be wel war (N)]

[^a1123: þanne (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1124: þi (Ra Ha La Wa) | þe (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1125: shryued (Ra) | seynide (T) | seynyd (K) | seynede (H2) | seined (D) | saynede (U) | sayned (Ch Wa) | signed (La) | schraffe (E) | sikede (V) | siked (N) | syhede (H) | syhed (A Ma) | seide (Ha) | crowchid (J)]

[^a1126: to veri (Ra U) | tofore (T D Ch J La K H) | before (H2 V Ma) | afor (N) | to (Ha A Wa) | vnto (E)]

[^a1127: parysch (Ra U) | dere (Most A MSS) | derne (H) | dore (V) | [nothing] (La E)]

[^a1128: þe (Ra T U K) | to þe (D Ch H2 V J La Wa N) | be (Ma H) | by (Ha) | þe be (E A)]

[^a1129: wol I (Ra Ch La) | wile I (Most A MSS) | I wol (U E) | Ichulle (V) | I wold (Ha) | shal I (N)]

[^a1130: by-wan (Ra) | wan (Most A MSS) | won (V) | bewan (D)]

[^a1131: syn (Ra A H) | siþen (T U H2 K N) | siþ (Wa) | siþþe (Ha) | sethen (D E) | seþin (J) | seþþe (V) | seth (Ma) | sen (Ch) | seothe (La)]

[^a1132: fayle (Ra) | lakke (T D V J La N) | lake (E Wa H) | lak (Ch Ma) | lacken (H2 Ha) | I lacke (K) | me faile (U) | lede (A)]

[^a1133: lette ȝut (Ra) | leten (T H2) | letyn (J A) | letten (U D Ch V Ha Wa Ma) | lettyn (K H) | leten in (N) | ȝet lett (E) | leue (La)]

[^a1134: euery (Ra U Ha A) | iche (H2 J Wa N) | eche (D Ch K Ma H) | vche (V La) | iche a (T) | ilke (E)]

[^a1135: and (Ra K N) | & þe (Most A MSS) | of þe (Wa) | þe (Ma)]

[^a1136: and (Ra U V E Wa N Ma H) | Ac (T D H2 J) | Bot (Ch La A K) | [nothing] (Ha)]

[^a1137: wel (Ra La Wa) | swiþe (T U D H2 Ha K Ma) | ful (V E A N) | [nothing] (Ch J H)]

[^a1138: ȝit (Ra) | ȝet þe (T D H2 V La K Wa N) | ȝit þat (U J) | ȝet þat (E) | þus þat (Ma) | þe (Ch Ha A H)]

[^a1139: on (Ra U V E K) | vpon (Most A MSS) | oppon (Ch) | apon (La) | þat vpon (A)]

[^a1140: deyde (Ra U Ha) | diȝedist (T) | diȝedest (V) | dyedest (La) | dydyst (K) | dydest (Wa) | deydist (A) | deyddyst (H) | deydest (D H2 N) | dyed (E) | dyde (Ma) | deyȝide (J) | dedest (Ch)]

[^a1141: him (Ra U) | þe (Most A MSS) | ȝow (J)]

[^a1142: wirche (Ra D) | w[orþ]e (Kane) | worthe (J Ma) | worþ (V Ha La K Wa H) | worch (Ch) | wurche (U) | werche (T H2 A) | wirke (E) | mercye (N)]

[^a1143: ne were (Ra U D A K N Ma H) | nere (T Ch H2 Ha Wa) | neore (V) | ne ware (J) | no weore (La) | were (E)]

[^a1144: to (Ra Ch H) | so (Most A MSS) | Swa (E) | Thou (A N)]

[^a1145: red non ne (Ra T H2) | reddere ne (E H) | reddere non (A) | redde none ne (N) | rederd ne (Ma) | no redde (K) | no rede (Wa) | no red (D V J) | no reed ne (Ha) | reed non ne (Ch) | reed non (U) | red none no (La)]

[^a1146: he knoweþ (Ra D Ch) | I owe (N) | I knowe (V Ha J A K Wa Ma H) | I knawe (E) | he knowe (La) | he knowiþ (T U H2)]

[^a1147: wepte (Ra U H2 V A K Ma) | wep (T) | wepe (D Ch) | wept (Ha Wa N H) | wepyd (E) | weopte (La) | weptyd (J)]

[^a1148: gilt (Ra T U D Ch H2 J K N Ma H) | coupe (A) | coulpe (E) | gult (V Ha La) | gret gylt (Wa)]

[^a1149: shulde (Ra U D V La Ma) | he shulde (T Ch H2 K N) | suld (E) | xulde (H) | apertly schuld he (J) | shulde be (Ha) | myght (Wa) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a1150: men and mo (Ra U) | of men (T D Ch H2 V J A K N) | men (Ha E H) | mo men (Ma) | men sagh I (Wa) | [nothing] (La)]

[^a1151: so god (Ra U E K) | god (Most A MSS) | got (N)]

[^a1152: ȝe (Ra) | hy (T) | he (J A) | þei (U D Ch H2 K N Ma) | þai (E) | þei so (V Ha La H)]

[^188: Ra.5.5: The second <a> is converted from an original <e>.]

[^189: Ra.5.9: The ink of the strike-through of <a> looks quite dark, so it may be that used by the later reader (Hand 3), i.e., the Secretary hand that provides a number of marginal notes.]

[^190: Ra.5.11: There is a stain on <m>.]

[^191: Ra.5.14: þe is absent from Ra; the reading is <a> in EK and þis in V.]

[^192: Ra.5.17: The long <s> was later squeezed in between the <x> and <a>, probably by the main scribe–although it is the only instance of this spelling in the manuscript.]

[^193: Ra.5.28: The repetition of to take is unique to Ra. Others put the punctus after tauȝte.]

[^194: Ra.5.42: A stain partly obscures the final <e> of fayre.]

[^195: Ra.5.51: The <r> has an irregular appearance: perhaps the result of a contemporary correction over the first stroke of an ?<e>.]

[^196: Ra.5.70: The <x> seems to be a correction by overwriting of an original <þ>, or <y>. Cf. two lines below.]

[^197: Ra.5.72: As in line 70 above, the <x> here is a correction of an original <þ>, or possibly <y>.]

[^198: Ra.5.73: A stain partly obscures the boundaries of the punctus and following I.]

[^199: Ra.5.78: This variant is not reported by Kane. Although the crossbar of the <f> may not be quite as firm and horizontal as in falce immediately above, or ofte immediately below, nor does the scribe's <o> require an onset stroke that might account for the appearance here. See also by fore and for in lines 85-86 below--and sore at the end of line 91.]

[^200: Ra.5.87: after becomes the last word in Kane's added line 5.87 (based on E A Wa Ma). The added line is otherwise absent from Ra and most other manuscripts.]

[^201: Ra.5.87: oure lady [for þat crist elsewhere] appears only in RaU.]

[^202: Ra.5.87: what appears to be the long descender of a long <s> (or <f>) is converted immediately into a <g>.]

[^203: Ra.5.89: The line divisions in this and the next two lines vary in many manuscripts.]

[^204: Ra.5.91: Kane, on the evidence of other manuscripts, makes this the end of the previous line (his 92); the remainder of this line, þat...sore, appears only in RaU.]

[^205: Ra.5.108: RaTChH2UDMa break the line here; others continue the line to eyen (middle of Ra's next line).]

[^206: Ra.5.109: Note the irregular alliteration caused by the division of this and the next line.]

[^207: Ra.5.111: trowe [for elsewhere] appears in RaUJDK. Cf. Knott-Fowler I may it nought leve; Kane (1988), who revises his earlier I may it nouȝt leue to read I leue and I trowe; and Schmidt I may nouȝt leue, [I trowe].]

[^208: Ra.5.113: This line and the following one are a site of substantial disagreement in the manuscripts. RaTUDChH2 divide what is a single line in many manuscripts (= Kane 5.114) into two at this point. The rather formulaic phrases in the second half-lines of both RaU's lines might fairly be characterized as "filler."]

[^209: Ra.5.127: The line following this (= Kane 5.128) is absent here from RaU.]

[^210: Ra.5.129: the unique so here in Ra may be Tilot's inadvertent anticipation of the first letters of softe: cf. co coueytes at Ra.3.59.]

[^211: Ra.5.145: This is the first appearance of a rubricated one-line initial capital, a few more of which appear in this and the following passus: 5.211, 6.24, and 6.113.]

[^212: Ra.5.151: The usual suspension mark for quod, seen in the following line, is omitted here. This omission continues in a number of the following folios.]

[^213: Ra.5.155: While Tilot usually omits connecting long <s> to a following <t>, as in hast three lines above and sowestre two lines below, fastyng is clearly what is intended here.]

[^214: Ra.5.156: The initial <g> appears to be written over a scraped letter.]

[^215: Ra.5.161: Kane's textual notes here (5.162) queries Ra's reading as "? korkes lane". It is more likely a <c> (admittedly not completely well formed) than <r> before the <k>. Although the scribe does use a small <r> similar to this (usually in final position: e.g., regrater at 5.139 at the top of this page), its second stroke is distinctly different from the cross-stroke here, which is more like that he provides for his <t>.]

[^216: Ra.5.164: dyschere is a spelling unique to Ra, not noted by Kane. A suspension mark (for ?<er>) was originally inscribed from the upper stroke of the <c>, but was overwritten by the upright for the <h>.]

[^217: Ra.5.175: The second half-line is variously treated by manuscripts and editors. Kane and Knott-Fowler, following JNV, end the line with whoso it herde here, and retain þei couthe not for the beginning of their following line. Schmidt opts to follow AMaH and reads ouer þe hood and þe cloke as the concluding half-line. RaUN are the sole witnesses to not ȝut Iuge; and, along with TChH2, RU (but not N) end the line at this point.]

[^218: Ra.5.182: raþes is unique to Ra: the scribe may simply have dropped a final <t>, but U reads raþere, so the <s> may be for <r> (although the forms are not easily confusable in Ra's own hand).]

[^219: Ra.5.190: What looks like an odd <n> form is the result of a later blot/stain in the manuscript.]

[^220: Ra.5.193: The <g> in go is irregular: compare the form in gan and the violation of height. The scribe appears to have written the first stroke of an <h> and corrected it immediately to this larger <g>. He may have begun a second he or perhaps (less likely) the <t> of to, which appears here in many manuscripts. He altered the initial stroke of <h> (or <t>) to a large <g>. There may be some scraping of the bottom the original large initial ascender of <h>.]

[^221: Ra.5.193: Note the line-division: Ra combines two lines (in Knott-Fowler, Kane, and Schmidt) into one very long line, omitting the second half of Kane's line 194: lik a glemans bicche which, though absent from T, is well attested by UEVA and others.]

[^222: Ra.5.193: There is no space in the sequence e.o but there is also no obvious sign that either the punctus or <o> is a later insertion.]

[^223: Ra.5.196: Both Kane and Schmidt emend T's non-alliterating stumblide on the basis of V's þrompelde; most of the remaining manuscripts show reflexes of Ra's stumbled.]

[^224: Ra.5.204: The small <c> is clearly inserted later.]

[^225: Ra.5.207: This is a unique instance of this <þh> spelling of the word in Ra; but cf. þhurȝ at 10.179.]

[^226: Ra.5.216: A following line (= Kane's 5.219) is absent here in RaU.]

[^227: Ra.5.226: ȝut is present here in Ra; and appears before lett in E.]

[^228: Ra.5.247: aunte is written over an erasure.]

Passus sextus de visione .

A c þer were fewe men so wise . þat þei[^a1153] thedir coude
blustre[^a1154] forþ as bestes . ouer valeys[^a1155][^229] and hulles 
til late and longe . þat þei a lede mettyn
y-parayled[^a1156] as a paynym . in pilgrymys wise .
He bare a burdoun y-bounde . with a brod lyste[^230]
a bagge and a bolle . he bar by his side 
an hundred of ampollus . on his hat seten
sygnes of synay . and schellys of galys .
and many a[^a1157] cros[^a1158] on his cloke . and keyȝes of rome
and þe vernicle him[^a1159] by-forn . for men schuld hym knowe[^a1160]
and sen by his synes . whom he souȝth hadde
þis folke freyned hym fayre .[^231] whennes[^a1161] þat he come .
Fro synay he sayde . and fro þe sepulcre
ac[^a1162] bedlehem and[^a1163] babyloyne[^232] . I haie ha[u]e be in boþe 
In ermonye . in alisaundre . and[^a1164] many oþer places
ȝe mow sen by my synes . þat sytten on myn hat .
That I haue walked[^a1165] wyde . in wet and in drye
and souȝth gode seyntes . for my soule hele 
knowest þou a[^a1166] corseynt quod þei . þat men calle truþe
canstu wisse vs þe wey . wher þat he[^a1167] duelleþ .
Nay so me god helpe . sayde þe gome þanne
I sey neuere palmere . with pik ne with skrippe 
axen after him . ere now in þis place .
P eter quod a plowman . and putte forþ his hed .
I knowe him as kyndely . as clerkes done her[^a1168] bokes
clene conciens and wit . kennyþ me to his place 
and dude me to[^a1169] sure him[^a1170] . for to[^a1171] serue him euere[^a1172]
boþe now and siþe[^a1173] . whil I swynke myȝthe .
I haue be his folwere . al þis fourty wynter
boþe sowen his sed . and sewed his bestes 
and kepid his corn . and caried hit to house
dyken[^a1174] and doluen . .[^233] and don what he hyȝthe .
Wyth-inne and with -oute . to wayte[^a1175] his profyte
þer is no labourer with -inne[^a1176] his lordschep . þat him lykeþ[^a1177] betere 
for þouȝ I sey hit my-self . I serue him to paye
I haue myn hire of hym wel . and oþer -while more .
He is þe prestyste payȝere . þat pore men knoweþ[^a1178]
he ne halt[^a1179] no hyne his hyre . þat he ne haþ hit at eue 
he is as low as a lomb . and louely of speche
and ȝif ȝe wil[^a1180] wite . where þat he[^a1181] duelleþ .
I shal[^a1182] wisse ȝou wel[^234] . ryȝth to his place
ȝe leue peres quod þe[^235] pilgrymys . and profered him hire 
nay by þe peril of my soule quod peres . and gan for to[^a1183] swere
I nolde fonge a ferþing . for seynt thomas shrine .
For truþe wolde loue me þe wores[^a1184] wor[se] . a long tyme after
ac ȝe þat wil[^a1185] wende þeder[^a1186][^236] . þis is þe weye[^a1187] 
ȝe mote go þorw meknysse . boþe maydenis[^a1188] and wyues
til ȝe come in-to conciens . þat crist wyte þe soþe .
That ȝe loue him leuere . þan þe lyf in ȝour hertes
and þanne ȝour neyȝbores nixte . in none wyse a-peyre 
oþer -wise þan ȝe wol[^a1189] . men wrouȝþe to ȝou[^a1190] ȝou[r]-selue
and so boweþ forþ by a broke . buxum[^a1191] of speche .
Forþ til[^a1192] ȝe fynde a ferde[^a1193] . ȝour faderes[^237] honowred honowr[e][^a1194][^238]
wadeþ in þat water . and ways[^a1195] ȝou þer -inne[^a1196] 
and ȝe schulle lepe þe lyȝtlyere . al ȝour lyf tyme
so shul ȝe[^a1197][^239] se suere nouȝt . but hit be for nede .
And namly on[^a1198] ydel name[^a1199] .[^240] of god al-myȝthy .[^241]
þan shal ȝe[^a1200] come by a crofte . comeþ[^a1201] not þer -inne 
þat[^a1202] croft hatteþ coueyteþ not . mannys[^a1203] catel ne here wyuys .[^242]
ne none of here seruantes . þat noyȝe hem myȝthe .
Loke ȝe[^a1204] breke no bowes þere . but þei[^a1205] be ȝour[^a1206] owyn
two stokkes þer stondeþ[^a1207] . but stynt ȝou[^a1208] not þere 
þei hatte stel not ne sle not . but[^a1209] strik forþ by boþe
lef hem on þi lyft half . and loke not þer -after .
And hold wel þin halyday . hey til þe[^a1210] eue
þan shalt þou blenchen[^243] a-bak[^a1211] . ber no fals witnesse 
he is frithed in with floreynis . and oþer fees[^a1212] manye
loke þou plucke no plantes[^a1213] þer . for peril of þi soule .
Than[^a1214] shalt þou se[^a1215] sey soþ . so hit be to done
and[^a1216] loke[^a1217] þou lye not . for no mannys byddyng 
þan shalt þou come to a court . as[^a1218] clere as the sunne
þe mot is of mercy . þe maner al aboute[^244]
And alle þe walles beþ of wit . to holde wil þer -oute
þe cornelys beþ of cristendoum . þat kynde to saue 
and burased[^a1219] bu[t]rased with lef[^a1220] so[^a1221] . or[^a1222] þou best[^a1223] not saued
alle þe howses beþ heled . halles and chaumbres .
W ith no led but with loue and lownesse . as breþren of o wombe
þe t oure[^245] þer truþe is him -self . is vp to þe sunne 
he may do with þe daysterre . what so him[^a1224] lykyþ
deþ dar not do noþing[^a1225] . þat he defendes .
Grace hatteþ þe gateward . a goud man for soþe
his man hatte a-mende ȝou . for meny men him[^a1226] knoweth 
tel him þis tokne . truthe wot þe sothe
y parformed þe penauns . þat[^a1227] þe prest[^a1228] en-Ioyned .
I[^a1229] am sory for my synnes . and so shal I euere
whan I thinke þer-on . þow I were a pope 
byddyþ a-mende ȝou . mekyn him to his maistre
ones[^246] to wynne[^a1230] vp[^247] þe wyket . þat þe wyȝt[^a1231][^248] shette .
Tho adam and eue . etyn oure[^a1232] bane
for he haþ þe keyes and þe clyket . þow þe king clepe[^a1233] [s]lepe[^249] 
and ȝif grace graunte þe . to gon in on[^a1234][^250] þis wyse
þou schalt se truþe him -self .[^251] sytte[^a1235] in þyn herte .
And lere þe for to loue . and his lawes halde
ac be war[^a1236] of wratthe nouþ[^a1237] . þat wykkede s hrewe 
For he haþ enuye to him . þat in þin herte sytteth
and loke[^a1238] for no[^a1239] pride . to preyse thy-selue .
The boldnesse of þat buffet[^a1240] . makeþ þe blynd þanne
⁊̃ & so[^252] worþ þe[^a1241] dryue out . as dew .[^253] and þe dore y-closed[^a1242] 
y-keyȝed and y-cleketed . to holde[^a1243] þe þer-oute
happily an hundred wynter . er þou eft entre .
Þus myȝthe þou lese his loue . to lete wel by þi-selue
and gete hit a-ȝen thurȝ grace . and þurȝ no[^254] -thing[^255] elles 

[Nothing appears to have been lost by the removal of the strip from the bottom of this folio.]

[In addition to the bleed-through of the folio number 23 from the recto, there may have been some words erased in the left corner of the upper margin. In the top center there are ink marks offset from Rychard barnard in the top margin of the facing recto of 24.]

Ac þer arn vij seuene douȝtres[^a1244] . þat serue truthe euere
and beþ porteres to þe posternys . þat to þe place longeþ .
þat on hatte abstinence . humylite[^a1245] is anoþer[^a1246]
charite and chastite . beþ her chef maydens 
Largenesse þe lady . lateþ in wel manye
ac who[^a1247] is sib to þe[^a1248] sustres . so me god helpe .
he is wonderly wol-come . and fayre vnderfonged
But[^a1249] he[^a1250] be sib to some . of þes seuene sustres[^a1251] 
hit is wel hard by myn hod[^a1252] . ony of ȝou alle
to gete ingate[^a1253] at[^256] eny gate . but grace be þe more .
B y crist quod a cuttepurs  I haue no kyn þere .[^257]
Ne I quod a pelour[^a1254] . by ouȝth þat I knowe
wite god quod[^a1255] waufrere . wiste I þat þe sothe[^a1256] 
shulde I neuere ferþer a fote . for no freres[^258] prechyng
ȝis quod peres plowman[^a1257] . an an[d] poked him to gode .
Mercy had[^a1258] a mayden þere . she[^a1259] myȝte ouer hem alle
she[^a1260] is sib to alle synful . and hure sone alse 
and þorw þe help of hem two . hope þou non oþer
þou myȝt se[^a1261] grace þere . so þou go by tyme .

[^a1153: þei (Ra T H2) | þe wey (U Ha J A N Ma) | þe ȝei (V) | þe weyȝe (H) | þe way (La E K Wa) | [nothing] (D Ch)]

[^a1154: blustre (Ra) | But blustrid (Most A MSS) | But blustre (A) | And Bloundered (E) | But bustelyng (V) | But bleoseden (La)]

[^a1155: valeys (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J K N) | baches (Wa) | dales (Ma H) | bankes (E A) | hulles (La)]

[^a1156: y-parayled (Ra) | Aparailid (Most A MSS) | Iparailed (La) | Parayled (U) | Perraylid (A)]

[^a1157: a (Ra U D Ch J La A K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T H2 V Ha E N H)]

[^a1158: cros (Ra U V E) | crouch (Most A MSS) | croche (K) | crosses (Ha)]

[^a1159: him (Ra U H) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1160: hym knowe (Ra U D V La A) | knowe (T Ch H2 J N Ha) | knowe hym (Wa) | knowyn (K) | yknowe (Ha) | Iknowen (Ma)]

[^a1161: whennes (Ra T D Ch H2 N Ma) | [fro] whenis (Kane) | from whenne (V H) | Fro whennes (U La) | qwen (J) | from whens (K) | fro whens (Wa) | fro when (Ha) | fro whene (A) | qwyne (E)]

[^a1162: ac (Ra) | At (Most A MSS) | Atte (Ma) | From (V)]

[^a1163: and (Ra V E) | at (Most A MSS) | & at (Ha)]

[^a1164: and (Ra Ch E N H) | in (T U D H2 J La A Wa Ma) | and in (V Ha K)]

[^a1165: walked (Ra U J Wa Ma) | walkid wel (T Ch La) | walked wil (D) | walked ful (V Ha E N H) | walkid wol (A) | walkid wel wel (H2)]

[^a1166: a (Ra Ha Ma) | ouȝt a (T Ch H2 V La E Wa N) | oute a (J A H) | aught a (U D) | [out] (K)]

[^a1167: he (Ra U D V Ha J Wa) | wy (T Ch H2 E N) | wyghe (La) | wyte (A) | wyth (H) | man (Ma) | [out] (K)]

[^a1168: clerkes done her (Ra) | clerk doþ his (Most A MSS) | clerk doys his (E) | clerk doþ is (A) | clerk doþ (D) | [out] (K)]

[^a1169: to (Ra T U D Ch H2 E) | [nothing] (Ha V J La A N Ma H) | [out] (K)]

[^a1170: him (Ra T U D Ch H2 Ha) | hym [siþþe] (Kane) | him sithen (La N) | him syþin (J) | seþþe (V) | sithen (A) | sothe (Ma) | sothenesse (H) | [nothing] (E) | [out] (K)]

[^a1171: for to (Ra D A) | to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1172: euere (Ra D A Ma H) | for euere (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1173: now and siþe (Ra U) | sowe [and sette] (Kane) | sowe & sette (La) | sowen & sette (N) | to sette & to sowe (E) | to sowe and to sette (Ha A Wa Ma H) | sowyn & settyn (J) | to sowen and to setten (V) | sowe & seden (D) | sowe his seed (T Ch H2) | [out] (K)]

[^a1174: dyken (Ra T U Ch H2) | Dyked (La N) | Dykyn (D) | I diked (E) | I dikid (A) | Idyket (V) | Idykete (Ma) | dychid (J H) | And eke diked (Wa) | I haue dichid (Ha) | [out] (K)]

[^a1175: to wayte (Ra) | waytide (T H2) | waited (Ch A) | waytyd (H) | I wayted (V Ha E N Ma) | & wayted (La) | awaited (Wa) | to wayten (U) | wayten (D) | weele (J) | [out] (K)]

[^a1176: with -inne (Ra) | in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1177: him lykeþ (Ra U) | he louiþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1178: knoweþ (Ra Ma) | knowen (T U D Ch H2 La Wa N) | knowiþ (Ha) | knowyn (J A H) | knawen (E) | habbeþ (V) | [out] (K)]

[^a1179: ne halt (Ra T U D Ch) | wiþhalt (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1180: wil (Ra E A H) | wilneþ (T H2 La N) | willeþ (D) | wolleþ (V) | willen (Ma) | wille (U) | wol (Ch Ha Wa) | desyrin (J) | [out] (K)]

[^a1181: he (Ra U D H2 V Ha La E Wa) | wy (T Ch N) | wyht (J) | wyte (A) | wytt (H) | man (Ma) | [out] (K)]

[^a1182: shal (Ra T U D Ch H2 Ha J La A N Ma) | [wile] (Kane) | wil (Wa) | wol (V) | sall (E) | xal (H) | [out] (K)]

[^a1183: gan for to (Ra U H2 J N) | gan to (T Ch Ma) | gan (A) | can (La) | began to (D Wa) | bigon to (V) | he gan (H) | he gun (E) | fast he dide (Ha) | [out] (K)]

[^a1184: wores (Ra) | wers (Most A MSS) | worse (D Ha) | lasse (V La) | lesse (N) | [out] (K)]

[^a1185: wil (Ra E A) | wilneþ (T U H2 V Wa N) | wilnen (La) | willeþ (D Ch) | wole (Ha) | ȝernyn (J) | þenkyn (Ma) | thenke (H) | [out] (K)]

[^a1186: wende þeder (Ra) | to wende (T U D Ch H2 V La N H) | wende (E A) | to hym wende (Ha) | to wenden þe weye (Ma) | to wite (J Wa) | [out] (K)]

[^a1187: weye (Ra Wa) | weye þider (All Other A MSS) | [out] (K)]

[^a1188: maydenis (Ra) | men (Most A MSS) | man (Ha A N) | Mon (V) | ȝe (Wa) | [out] (K)]

[^a1189: ȝe wol (Ra) | þou woldist (T A Ma H) | þou woldest (D Ch H2 V Wa N) | ȝe wolde (U La) | ȝe wald (E) | þou wost (J) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1190: ȝou (Ra U E) | þi (Most A MSS) | ȝor (Ma) | or (La) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1191: buxum (Ra) | be buxum (T D Ch H2 E A) | beo buxum (V) | beþ buxum (U J N H) | beþ buxhomme (Ma) | beoth buxum (La) | hight buxum (Wa) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1192: Forþ til (Ra U A) | Forto (Most A MSS) | For til (Ma) | Til (Wa N) | Vnto (E) | For (D) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1193: ferde (Ra) | foorþe (T) | forthe (H2 Ma H) | forþ (N) | furth (E) | forde (U D Ch La A) | for (Wa) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1194: honowred honowr[e] (Ra) | honoured (Ch) | honour (A) | honouriþ (Most A MSS) | to honewre (Ha) | ȝe honoure (La E) | ȝe honnourdd (Ma) | hem ȝe honoure (J)]

[^a1195: ways (Ra) | wasshiþ (T) | waschyth (H) | wachith (J) | wasscheþ (V N) | waschetȝ (H2) | wassche (U D La A Wa Ma) | weshe (E) | weshe (Ch) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1196: þer -inne (Ra U Ma) | wel þere (T D Ch V J La N) | þere (A Wa H) | wel thare (H2) | þen þare (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1197: shul ȝe (Ra U Ma) | shalt þou (T D Ch H2 V) | xalt þou (H) | Thou schalt (A) | schal ȝe (J La Wa N) | sal ȝe (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1198: on (Ra U D La Wa) | an (T Ch H2) | in (V J E A N Ma H) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1199: name (Ra U) | þe name (Most A MSS) | þe nome (V) | non othe (A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1200: shal ȝe (Ra N) | shalt þou (T Ch H2 Wa Ma) | Thou schalt (A) | xalt þou (H) | schal þou (D) | sall ȝe (E) | schul ȝe (U V J) | schule ȝe (La) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1201: comeþ (Ra U J) | ac come þou (T H2) | but come ȝe (V) | but come (D La E Wa H) | but komen (Ma) | but comeþ (N) | but come þou (Ch) | come þu (A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1202: þat (Ra T Ch H2 Wa) | þe (U D V J La E A N Ma H) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1203: mannys (Ra J) | menis (Most A MSS) | mannes (La) | mans (Wa) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1204: ȝe (Ra) | þou (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1205: þei (Ra U Ch) | it (T D H2 J A Wa) | ȝif hit (V E N Ma H) | ȝef hit (La) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1206: ȝour (Ra U) | þin (Most A MSS) | þi (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1207: stondeþ (Ra V La) | stonde (T Ch H2 N) | stonden (U D Ma) | stondyn (H) | stondith (A) | stondes (Wa) | standyn (J) | standes (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1208: ȝou (Ra) | þou (Most A MSS) | þe (E) | ȝe (U N) | [nothing] (J Wa H) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1209: but (Ra T U Ch H2 Wa) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1210: þe (Ra T H2 Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1211: a-bak (Ra U) | at a berwe (D N) | [nothing] (A) | be a bergh (Wa) | at berwh (La) | at a bowhe (J) | at a bourne (T) | at a borne (Ch) | at a burne (H2) | at a brok (V Ma) | at a brook (H) | at a brige (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1212: oþer fees (Ra U J Ma H) | oþere [fees] (Kane) | oþere feys (E) | oþer foos (Wa) | oþer foes (N) | oþer federis (A) | oþere flouris (T) | oþer floures (D Ch H2) | fees (La) | oþes (V) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1213: plantes (Ra T U D H2) | plante (Ch J La E A Ma H) | plaunte (N) | plonte (V) | plant (Wa) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1214: Than (Ra U E Wa Ma H) | And þanne (T D Ch H2 J) | þenne (V) | And (La) | [out] (Ha A K N)]

[^a1215: se (Ra U D Wa) | [se] (Kane) | see (E Ma) | seo (La) | sen (H) | seyin (J) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V) | [out] (Ha A K N)]

[^a1216: and (Ra U V J La E) | [And] (Kane) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 A Ma H) | And þan (Wa) | [out] (Ha K N)]

[^a1217: loke (Ra A Wa) | loke þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha K N)]

[^a1218: as (Ra U D J La A Wa H) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V E N) | is (Ma) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1219: burased (Ra) | boterasid (T H2 A H) | boterased (D La) | boteraseded ('ed' cancelled) (J) | Botrace it (Wa) | botraces (N) | boterace (Ch) | Ibotrasde (Ma) | briteschid (U) | britasyd (E) | Brutaget (V) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1220: lef (Ra) | beleue (Most A MSS) | þe bileeue (V) | eliues (A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1221: so (Ra D J La A) | [nothing] (T U Ch H2 V E N Ma H) | wel (Wa) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1222: or (Ra Ch H2 La E Wa H) | oþer (T V N Ma) | or elles (U A) | elles (D) | worth (J) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1223: best (Ra U Ch H2 J A Wa H) | [be]st (Kane) | bes (La) | beys (E) | be (N) | worst (T D) | moten beo (V) | longe (Ma) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1224: so him (Ra Wa) | hym dere (T Ch H2 J A N Ma H) | he dere (E) | him deore (V La) | þat hym (D) | hym good (U) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1225: noþing (Ra D Wa) | þing (T U Ch H2 V J La N) | [nothing] (E A Ma H) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1226: men him (Ra V E) | man he (T Ch H2 J Wa N H) | men he (La Ma) | man hym (U D) | [out] (Ha A K)]

[^a1227: þat (Ra U V E A Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 J La N) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1228: prest (Ra) | prest me (Most A MSS) | preste on me (J Ma H) | prist (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1229: I (Ra V Wa N) | And (T D Ch H2 J La Ma H) | And y (U E A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1230: to wynne (Ra U V) | to weue (T H2) | To weve (D) | To weyue (N) | To wayue (Ch La) | And wayue (Wa) | Prey hym to weyn (A) | To weyen (H) | To wynnyn (J) | To wynneyn (Ma) | To put (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1231: þe wyȝt (Ra) | [þe wif] (Kane) | þe wy (N) | þe wey (V Ma) | þe whye (La) | þe wight (U) | he (Wa) | þe aungel (A) | þe weyȝe (H) | þe way (E) | he with (T D Ch J) | he with wylle (H2) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1232: oure (Ra) | here (T U D H2 A Wa Ma) | her (Ch J N H) | heore (V La) | þer (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1233: clepe (Ra) | Clepe (U) | slepe (Most A MSS) | slepyd (E) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1234: in on (Ra U J) | in in (V La N) | in (T D Ch Wa Ma H) | on (H2 E A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1235: sytte (Ra H) | wel sitte (T Ch La) | wel syttyn (H2) | wel syttyng (N) | wil sette (D) | wil syttyn (J) | sitten (U V Ma) | sette (E) | setten (Wa) | syttyn (A) | [out] (Ha K)]

[^a1236: war (Ra U V J E A Wa N Ma H) | war þanne (T D Ch H2) | war þenne (La K) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1237: nouþ (Ra D E H) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V La A) | noght (U) | nouȝt (D) | þe nouȝt (N) | noye yow noght (E) | neyth ȝou nouth (H) | he wrathe þe not (J) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1238: loke (Ra) | pokiþ (T K H) | poketh (D La A Ma) | poukiþ (Ch) | poke (H2) | prokerryth (J) | wil prike (Wa) | Put (E N) | puiteþ (V) | lokith (U) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1239: for no (Ra) | forþ (V J La A K N) | forth for (H) | for (U H2) | ye furth no (E) | þe for (T D Ch Ma) | þe wiþ (Wa) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1240: þat buffet (Ra) | þi bienfait (T H2 N) | þi benefait (Ch) | þi benfet (D) | þi benefeth (A) | þi beynfeate (K) | þi bienfaitȝ (La) | þi benefetes (Wa) | þi benefetys (J H) | þi benfes (V) | þi lyffe fett (E) | þi kyme (Ma) | þat benfeet (U) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1241: worþ þe (Ra) | worst þou (T U D Ch H2 La Ma) | wordyst þou (H) | doys þou (E) | bestow (Wa) | worþestou (V) | worþ þou (J K N) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1242: y-closed (Ra) | closid (T U H2 A K H) | closed (D Ch La Wa N Ma) | closede (J) | Icloset (V) | is closyd (E) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1243: holde (Ra U V J Ma) | kepe (Most A MSS) | holden (V) | holdyn (J) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1244: douȝtres (Ra) | sistris (T H2 J E A H) | sustres (La Wa) | susters (D K) | sustren (Ch V N Ma) | doutres (U) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1245: humylite (Ra U J N) | And Humylite (V La E A K Wa Ma H) | and meknesse (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1246: is anoþer (Ra) | anoþer (T U H2 V J La N) | hat an other (E) | þat oþer (D Ch K) | þe tother (A Wa) | the tohere (Ma) | þe oþr (H) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1247: who (Ra La N) | whoso (T Ch H2 K Wa) | ho so (D A H) | hose (V) | wo so (Ma) | qwo so (J) | qwa sa (E) | sche (U) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1248: þe (Ra U H) | þis (T V J La N) | þes (Ch K) | þese (D H2 A Wa) | tho (Ma) | þa (E) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1249: But (Ra D H2 E) | But ȝif (T U A H) | But ȝef (Ch) | But þagh (La) | And bote (V K Wa N Ma) | Ac bot if (J) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1250: he (Ra U J A Wa Ma H) | ȝe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1251: sustres (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | I tell you for sothe (E) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1252: hod (Ra) | hed (Most A MSS) | heued (U E) | had (D) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1253: ingate (Ra U E K H) | ingang (T D) | ingonge (N) | in ȝong (La) | in goynge (V J) | inganges (H2) | any Ingange (Ch) | in (A Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1254: a pelour (Ra) | an apeward (Most A MSS) | a apeward (H) | an hapeward (A) | an apewart (La) | þe apeward (D) | apeward (H2) | a peward (E) | a Bereward (Ma) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1255: quod (Ra) | quaþ a (Most A MSS) | qd þe (D) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1256: þe sothe (Ra U E) | forsoþe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1257: plowman (Ra U E La) | þe plouȝman (Most A MSS) | þe plouȝmon (V La) | [nothing] (Wa) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1258: had (Ra) | is (Ch V J La E A K Wa N Ma H) | haþ (T D) | hatȝ (H2) | hadde (U) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1259: she (Ra) | haþ (T D Ch J La N) | hatȝ (H2) | has (E) | and haþ (V K Ma) | & hat (H) | þat hath (A) | þat (U) | & (Wa) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1260: she (Ra J Wa N) | And she (T U D Ch H2 K H) | Heo (V) | And heo (La) | Scho (E) | And he (Ma) | And (A) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1261: se (Ra) | gete (Most A MSS) | geten (Ch) | getyn (J Ma) | gett (E K) | [out] (Ha)]

[^229: Ra.6.2: valeys appears in most manuscripts and is adopted by Knott-Fowler; Kane and Schmidt choose the alliterating (and durior) baches, the unique reading of Wa.]

[^230: Ra.6.5: Kane's line 6, following this, is absent from RaUA.]

[^231: Ra.6.12: fro is absent from RaJTH2 and others.]

[^232: Ra.6.14: This appears to have begun as babyb, and the scribe adapted the final stroke of the third <b> as the first stroke of an <o>. It is not a case of biting: cf. boþe at the end of the line.]

[^233: Ra.6.32: The double punctus is clear, and quite unusual.]

[^234: Ra.6.41: Kane presumably would count wel as the beginning of second half-line, suggesting that alliteration is the reason for his emendation of shal. Schmidt reads I shal wisse ȝow [þe wey wel riȝt] to his place; and cf. Knott-Fowler: I shal wisse yow wel the right way to his place.]

[^235: Ra.6.42: The superscript <e> here appears darker, and somewhat oddly shaped: cf. the more usual form in the middle of third line below. But at least a few similar forms do appear elsewhere: e.g., before place at line 104 (fol. 23v).]

[^236: Ra.6.46: although þeder appears here uniquely in Ra, in all but Ra and Wa it appears at the end of the line, after weye.]

[^237: Ra.6.53: The scribe seems to interrupt a suspension mark for e, or possibly es, at the end of the <r>, writing in the es instead.]

[^238: Ra.6.53: The -ed is clear [as also in Ch; and cf. Ma], but it does not make much good sense here; the context calls for a final -e, or -eþ, for the imperative form.]

[^239: Ra.6.56: The <s> in shul is written over what appears to be a misplaced initial minim.]

[^240: Ra.6.57: The punctus appears to be misplaced: it should more properly precede name.]

[^241: Ra.6.57: This punctus is irregular, not consisitent with the scribe's marking of quatrains. And see two lines below for a similar extraneous line-ending punctus.]

[^242: Ra.6.59: This punctus is irregular, not consistent with the scribe's usual marking of quatrains. And see two lines above for a similar extraneous line-ending punctus.]

[^243: Ra.6.66: at is absent from RaUA; be is the reading in Wa.]

[^244: Ra.6.72: the expected line-ending punctus is missing.]

[^245: Ra.6.78: The <o> is written over what appears to be a long <r>.]

[^246: Ra.6.88: ones is placed at the end of the previous line in Knott-Fowler, Kane, and Schmidt, despite the evidence of most manuscripts, including RaUJT.]

[^247: Ra.6.88: Kane is no doubt correct: "above line same hand."]

[^248: Ra.6.88: wyȝt appears in RaU; wy (Knott-Fowler's reading, and Schmidt's) appears in many others. Kane's wif is witnessed by no manuscript: see his note, pp. 445-46.]

[^249: Ra.6.90: Kane properly, I believe, queries whether the initial letter in U is "C? or badly written round s?".]

[^250: Ra.6.91: in on appears only in Ra U J; in in in V La N; on in H2 E A; in in T and the rest.]

[^251: Ra.6.92: wel is absent here from RaUEAVWaMaH.]

[^252: Ra.6.98: The ⁊̃ & and so are written over an erasure; there is some sign of an erased letter (or letters), but the original is not decipherable by eye.]

[^253: Ra.6.98: This second more correctly placed punctus seems in slightly lighter ink.]

[^254: Ra.6.102: no is added later in a darker ink.]

[^255: Ra.6.102: thing [for gift elsewhere] appears in RaUMa.]

[^256: Ra.6.112: The <t> inserted above is in a later, darker ink; the <//> marking the place for the insertion below is in a lighter ink.]

[^257: Ra.6.113: The appearance of a punctus elevatus at the mid-line caesura is highly unusual in this manuscript. Likewise, the appearance of two lines, this and the previous, each with a concluding punctus is irregular.]

[^258: Ra.6.116: The darker ink of a later attempt to touch up (?correct) the <e> has produced a diagonal streak.]

Passus septimus de visione .

T his were a wickede weye . but who-so hadde a gide
þat myȝt folwe vs eche fote . til[^a1262] we were þere 
quod perkyn þe plowman . by seynt thomas[^a1263] þe apostel
I haue an half akre to ere . by þe hyȝe weye .
Had I ered myn[^a1264] half akre .[^259] I wil[^a1265] with ȝou til ȝe be[^a1266] þere
þis were a long lettyng . quod a lady in a sleyre 
what shul[^a1267] we wynne[^a1268] . ⁊ &[^a1269] wyrke þe whyle
some shul sowe þe sak . for sheding of þe whete .
And wyues þat haue wolle . werchen hit ȝe shole[^a1270]
spynnet hit spedly . spareþ not ȝour fyngres 
but ȝif hit be holyday . oþer holy euen
Rychard barnard

[There are two erasures to the left of this "signature," which are too obscure to decipher by eye.]

lokeþ forþ ȝour lynene . and laboureþ þer -on faste .
The nedy and þe naked . nym hede how þe þe[i] lyen
casteþ hem cloþes for colde . for so wil truthe 
for I shal lene hem lyflode . but ȝif þe lond fayle
as longe as I lyue . for þe lordes loue of heuene .
And ȝe louely ladyjs . with ȝour louely[^a1271] fyngrys
þat haue syke sy[l]ke and sandel . soweþ hit when tyme is 
chesibles for chapeles . cherchis to honoure
and alle maner[^a1272] men . þat by þe mete libbes[^a1273] .
Help hem wyrche witly[^a1274] . þat wynne ȝour fode
by crist quod a knyȝt[^a1275] . þou kennest vs þe beste 
and[^a1276] on þis[^a1277] teme truly . tauȝt was I neuere
kene[^a1278] me quod kniȝt[^a1279] . I[^a1280] wil leye þer to ere[^a1281] .
?

[This is a unique red paraph mark, not visible in the provided image.]

By seynt poule quod perkyn . for þou proferest þe so lowe
I schal swynke and swete . and sowe for vs boþe 
and[^a1282] laboure for ȝour[^a1283] loue . al my lyf tyme
in couenaunt þat þou kepe wel[^a1284] . holy cherche riȝt[^a1285] .
And me[^a1286][^260] fro wateres wa[s]teres[^a1287] and wikkemen wikke men . þat me wolde[^a1288] distroye
and go hunte hardily . þe[^a1289] hare and[^a1290] fox 
and to beres[^a1291] and[^a1292] buckes . þat breke myn hegges
and fech þe hom faukonys . þe foules to kylle .
For thes come to my croftes[^a1293] . and croppe my whete
curtesly þe kniȝt . conseyuede his[^a1294] wordes .
by my power peres . I plyȝte þe my trouþe
to fulfylle my[^a1295] forward . whilis I may stonde .
And[^a1296] ȝut a poynt quod perkyn . I praye þe more
loke þou tene no tenaunt . but truþe wil a-corde[^a1297] 
and þey pore men profre þe . presentes and[^a1298] ȝiftes
nym hit[^a1299] nouȝt in[^a1300] aunter . þou mow hit[^a1301] not deserue
For þou shalt ȝiue hit[^a1302] a-ȝen . at on ȝeres ende
in a wel perlious ere[^a1303] perliousere[^261] place . þat purgatorie hatteþ 
And mysbede not þi bonde-men . þe beter þou myȝt[^a1304] spede
and[^a1305] be trewe of þi tonge . and talis þou hate .
but hit be[^a1306] wisdam oþer[^a1307] wit . þi werkmen to chaste
hold with none harlotes . ne here non of[^a1308] her tales 
And namlyche at mete . suche men eschue
for hit arn þe deueles dishoures . I do hit þe[^a1309] vnderstonde 
I a-sente by seynt iame . seyþ[^a1310] þe kniȝt þanne
for to worche by þi word . whil my lyf dureȝt[^a1311]
and I shal aparayle[^a1312] quod perkyn . in pilgrimys wyse
and wende with ȝou þe wey . til we fynde truþe .
He caste on his cloþes . y-clouted and hole
his cokeres and his cuffys . for colde of his nayles 
and heng his hopur on[^a1313] his bak[^a1314] . in stede of his[^a1315] skrippe
a busshel of bred corn . bryng me þer -ynne .
For I wil sowe hit my-self . and swythe[^a1316] wil I wende
and who-so helpeþ me to erye . or eny þing swynke
shal haue by oure lord god[^a1317] .[^262] þe more hire in heruest
and make him merye with þe corn . who-so hit be-grucche .
And alle skynnes[^a1318] crafti men . þat cunne leue with[^a1319] truþe
I shal fynde hem fode . þat feyfully[^a1320] lybbe .
saue Iacke þe Iogelour . and Ionet at þe[^a1321] stewes[^263]
and robyn þe ribaudour . for his rusti wordes .
Truthe tolde me þus onys[^a1322] . and bad me telle hit ferther[^a1323]
Deleantur de libro . I shulde not dele with hem 
for holy chyrche is holde of hem . no tithes to taken[^a1324]
Et cum iustis non scribantur .
Ant. f. 4 b.

[Lines 70-213a (in Kane) are misplaced in RaUE; they appear beginning on fol. 5v (not 4v as in this marginal note) above.]

They beþ[^a1325] a-skaped godes[^a1326] aunter . god[^a1327] hem amende
+

[The cross is placed in the margin, between lines 69 and 70.]

[^264] for al þe gold quod peres[^a1328] . þat groweþ on þis[^a1329] grounde 
myȝt I synneles don as þou seyst . seyde peres þanne
ȝe hardyly[^a1330] quod hunger . or ellys þe byble lyes .
Go to genesys þe geaunt . engendrour of vs alle
In sudore uultus tui[^a1331] . swynke þou shalt þi mete 
tile[^265] and laboure for þi liflode . as[^a1332] oure lord hyȝte
and sapiens seyþ þe same . I se hit in þe bible .
Piger propter frigus . no felde nolde[^a1333] tilie
he shal[^a1334] bygge and begge[^a1335] . and noman bete his hunger 
Mathew with þe mannes face . þes wordes þus mowtheþ[^a1336]
þ at[^a1337] seruus nequam[^266] had a name . and for he ne wolde[^a1338] hit vse .
He hadde maugre of his mayster . euer -more after
and by-nam him his namme . for he ne wolde[^a1339] worche 
and ȝaf[^a1340] him in haste . þat hadde ten þer[^a1341] by-fore
and sitthen hit[^a1342] seyde . þat his mayster[^a1343] hit hadde[^a1344] .
He þat haþ shal haue . to helpe þer nede is
and he þat nouȝt haþ . shal not han[^a1345] . ne no man him helpe 
and þat he wenyþ wel to haue . I wil þat hit[^a1346] him[^a1347] be-reued[^a1348]
kynde wit wolde . þat eche wit[^a1349] wrouȝthe[^a1350] .
Or[^a1351] with teching or[^a1352] tellyng . or traualyng of hande[^a1353][^267]
þe sauter seyþ in þe psalme . of Beati omnes 
Labores[^268] manuum tuarum . quia manducabis . ⁊ & cetera
he þat get his fode here . with trauayl of his handes .
Go d[^269] geuyþ hem his blessynge . þat here liflode here[^a1354] so wynne[^a1355]
Ȝit I praye þe quod peres . for[^a1356] charite ȝif þou kennys[^a1357] 
eny lyf[^a1358] of lechecraft . ken[^a1359] hit me my dere
for somme of my seruauntes . ben sek oþer-while .
Of al þe wyke worcheþ[^a1360] not . so here wombe aketh
I wot wel quod hunger . what syknesse hem eyleþ 
þei han manged ouer - mykel[^a1361] . þat makeþ grone[^a1362] ofte
ac I hote þe quod hunger . as þou þin hele weldest[^a1363] .
ffor bwr thyngs

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That þou drynke no day . er þou ete[^a1364] sum -what
and not ete[^a1365] er[^a1366] hunger þe take . and sent[^a1367] þe of his sauce [^270]
to sauoure þi lyppus . and kep sum til super tyme
and syt not[^a1368] longe a-rys vp . er apetyt haue[^a1369] his fylle .
Let not sire surfet . sit[^a1370] at þi bord
lef[^a1371] not him[^a1372] he[^a1373] is a lechour . and liberous[^a1374] of his[^a1375] tunge 
and after many maner metes . his mawe is a-longed
and ȝif þou diete[^a1376] þe þus . I dar leyn[^a1377] myn armes .
That fysyk shal his furred hod . for his fode selle
and eke his cloke with[^a1378] alabre[^a1379] . and þe knottes[^a1380] of golde 
and be fayn by my fay[^a1381] . his fysyk to letyn
and lerne him[^a1382][^271] laboure with lond . last his[^a1383] lyflode him fayle .
Ther are mo lyeres þan lechys . god[^a1384] hem a-mende
þey don men deye with[^a1385] her drynke[^a1386] . ere destene wolde[^a1387] 
by seynt poul[^a1388] quod peres . þes are profytable wordes
þis is a louely lessoun . lord hit þe for-ȝelde .
Wend now when þy wil is . for[^a1389] wel be þou euere
I be-hote god quod hunger . hennys ne wil I[^a1390] wende 
ere I haue dined by þis day . and y-drunke boþe
I haue no peny quod peres . poletes to bugge[^a1391]
Neyþer ges ne grys . but tweyne grete[^a1392] cheses
a fewe cruddes and crem . and an auer[^272] cake 
a lof of benys and bren . y-bake for my children

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and ȝut[^a1393] I sey by my soule . I haue no salt bakoun .
Ne no cokeney be crist . colloppes to make
ac I haue parsely[^a1394] and poret . many[^a1395] cool[^a1396] plantes 
and eke a kow and a calf . and a cart mare
to drawe a[^a1397] -felde þe[^a1398] dunge . whil þe drouthe lestyþ .
By þis liflode I most[^a1399] lyue . til lammasse tyme
by þat I hope to haue . lammasse[^a1400] in my croft 
þan may I dyȝthe þi dyner . as þe dere lykyþ
al þe pore puple . þe[^a1401] pesecoddes fetten .
Benys and bake applys . þei brouȝte in her lappes
chibolles and skalonys[^a1402] . and ripe cheries manye 
and profred peres þis present . to plese þer -with hunger
and[^a1403] hunger ete[^a1404] þis in haste . and asked after more .
Than þis folk for fere . fetten him more[^a1405]
grene poret and pesyn . to poysone[^a1406] him þey þouȝthe 
by þan[^a1407] hit neyhed[^a1408] heruest . and[^a1409] newe corn come to towne[^a1410]
þan were[^a1411] folk fayn . and fedde hunger with þe beste .
W ith goud ale and glotonye . þei[^a1412] gere[^a1413] him to slepe
þo[^a1414] wolde[^a1415] wastour not wyrche . but wandre[^a1416] a-boute 
ne no beggere ete bred . þat benyn come inne[^a1417]
but coket and[^a1418] clere -matyn . or of clene whete .
Ne non halpeny ale . on[^a1419] none[^a1420] wise drynke
but of þe beste and þe brouneste . þat brewesteres sellyn 
laboureres þat haue no lond . to[^a1421] lyue by but[^a1422] her handes
deyneþ not[^a1423] to dyne o day[^a1424] . nyȝth-olde wortes .
Ther may[^a1425] no peny-ale hem paye . ne no pece of bakoun
but[^a1426] hit he [b]e[^273] freschflesch fresch flesch . oþer fysche y-fryed 
boþe[^a1427] chaufed[^a1428] and plus[^a1429] chaufed[^a1430] . for chillyng of here mawe
but[^a1431] he be heylyche hered[^a1432] . ellys wil he grucche[^a1433] .
That he was ewere[^a1434] man wrouȝt[^a1435] . warie þe tyme
and[^a1436] curse þe king . and al his[^a1437] counseyl after 
suche lawes to loke . labureres to chaste
ac whil hunger was her mayster . her non wolde[^a1438] chide .
Ne stryue a-ȝen þe statute . so sternely he lokede
I warne ȝou werkman[^a1439] . wynneþ whil ȝe mowe 
For hunger hiderward . heyeth[^a1440] him faste
he shal a-wake thour[^a1441] thour[ȝ] watur . wastoures to chaste .
Er fyue wynter[^a1442] be ful -fyld[^274] . such famyn shal a-rise
þorw flod and foule wederes . cornes[^a1443] shul fayle 
and so seyþ saturne . and sent ȝou to warne

[^a1262: til (Ra U Ch J E A Wa N Ma) | forto (D La K) | forto þat (V) | til þat (T H2) | tel (H) | [out] (Ha)]

[^a1263: thomas (Ra) | poule (Most A MSS) | paule (E) | peter (V Ha) | [out] (D)]

[^a1264: myn (Ra U) | þat (Most A MSS) | þe (E) | [out] (D Wa)]

[^a1265: I wil (Ra) | I wolde wende (Most A MSS) | wold I wende (V Ha J) | wol I wandre (La) | I schuld (A) | I suld (E) | I xulde (H) | I schal (U) | I wolde fayn (N) | [nothing] (Wa) | [out] (D)]

[^a1266: be (Ra Wa) | were (T Ch H2 V E K N H) | weren (Ma) | bene (J) | beon (La) | come (Ha A) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (D)]

[^a1267: shul (Ra U Ch V Ha) | shulde (Most A MSS) | schule (La) | xul (H) | sall (E)]

[^a1268: wynne (Ra) | wommen (T U E A K N H) | wymmen (D Ch H2 V Ha J La Wa Ma)]

[^a1269: ⁊ & (Ra) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | do or (Ma) | do þere (Wa)]

[^a1270: ȝe shole (Ra U) | faste (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1271: louely (Ra T U D Ch H2) | longe (V Ha J La A K Wa N Ma H) | lang (E)]

[^a1272: maner (Ra Ha Wa) | maner of (Most A MSS) | maner oþer (N) | [out] (A)]

[^a1273: libbes (Ra) | libbiþ (T J) | lybbeth (D Ch H2 La Wa Ma) | libben (U) | lyveth (K) | liuen (V Ha N) | leuyth (H) | leuys (E) | [out] (A)]

[^a1274: witly (Ra J A H) | wiȝtly (Most A MSS) | wygtely (Ma) | wythtlyly (N)]

[^a1275: knyȝt (Ra U E H) | kniȝt þo (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1276: and (Ra H) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | Bot (Ch Ha La E K Wa Ma) | Saue (V) | For (N) | [nothing] (A)]

[^a1277: þis (Ra H) | þe (T U D Ch J E K N Ma) | þat (A) | a better (La) | [nothing] (H2 V Ha Wa)]

[^a1278: kene (Ra Ch A) | Ac kenne (T U D H2) | But kenne (J La K Ma) | Bote tech (V) | And kenne (E) | But ken (H) | Now (N) | But ken þou (Wa) | [variant line] (Ha)]

[^a1279: kniȝt (Ra H2) | þe kniȝt (Most A MSS) | þe kyng (D)]

[^a1280: I (Ra D) | & I (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1281: leye þer to ere (Ra) | [conne] eren (Kane) | conne erie (V) | lere to erye (U D) | lerne to eren (T Ch H2) | gon eryen (H) | comsen eiren (K) | comse to erye (N) | gynne eryn (Ma) | gynne to eryyne (J) | fayn lern (Wa) | be þine ayre (E) | [variant line] (Ha La A)]

[^a1282: and (Ra U) | And ek (Most A MSS) | Ac ek (T) | And slso (N) | And take (E) | And lelly (Wa)]

[^a1283: ȝour (Ra) | þi (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1284: kepe wel (Ra U wa) | kep (Most A MSS) | wilt kepe (D)]

[^a1285: holy cherche riȝt (Ra U) | holy[k]ir[k]e (Kane) | holy chirche (T D Ch H2 V J La A K H) | holichurche (Ha) | hali kirk (E) | holy kirke (N) | holy cherche (Ma) | þe right of holy cherche (Wa)]

[^a1286: me (Ra) | myself (Most A MSS)]

[^a1287: wateres wa[s]teres (Ra) | wastours (Most A MSS) | wastour (Ch) | watris (U)]

[^a1288: me wolde (Ra) | wolde me (Most A MSS) | it wil (Wa)]

[^a1289: þe (Ra T U D Ch H2) | to (V Ha La K Wa N Ma) | two (J) | at (E A) | for (H) | om.]

[^a1290: and (Ra K) | & to (V Hs La Wa N Ma) | & two (J) | and at (E A) | and for (H) | & þe (T U D Ch H2)]

[^a1291: beres (Ra) | boris (T D H2 A K N Ma H) | beris (Ha J) | Beores (V) | bere (E) | bore (Ch) | bor (Wa) | brokkys (U) | Roes (La)]

[^a1292: and (Ra J La K H) | & to (U D V Ha A Wa N Ma) | & þe (T Ch H2 E)]

[^a1293: croftes (Ra) | croft (All Other A MSS) | [out] (A)]

[^a1294: his (Ra U) | þise (Most A MSS) | þir (E) | al his (Wa) | to þe (J) | [out] (A)]

[^a1295: my (Ra) | þe (T Ch H2 V Ha) | þis (Ha La E K Wa N Ma H) | þat (U) | þy (D J) | [out] (A)]

[^a1296: And (Ra U N Ma) | Ȝa & (Most A MSS) | But (V) | ȝe (Ha E) | [out] (A)]

[^a1297: a-corde (Ra U) | assent (All Other A MSS) | [out] (A)]

[^a1298: and (Ra D J La Wa N) | or (T Ch V Ha K) | oþer (U H2) | [nothing] (E Ma H) | [out] (A)]

[^a1299: hit (Ra D La K Wa N Ma H) | hem (T U Ch H2 V Ha J) | [nothing] (E) | [out] (A)]

[^a1300: in (Ra V Ha J E Wa Ma H) | an (T U D Ch H2) | on (La K N) | [out] (A)]

[^a1301: hit (Ra D E K Wa N Ma H) | hem (T U Ch H2 V Ha J La) | [out] (A)]

[^a1302: ȝiue hit (Ra) | ȝelde it (Most A MSS) | hit ȝelde (Ch) | ȝeldyn (E H) | [out] (A)]

[^a1303: perlious ere (Ra) | perilous (All Other A MSS) | [out] (A)]

[^a1304: þou myȝt (Ra U Ha) | shalt þou (T Ch H2 K Ma) | þou schalt (V La Wa) | may þou (E) | xalt þou (H) | schaltow (J N) | schal þou (D) | [out] (A)]

[^a1305: and (Ra Ha Ma H) | And þat þou (T U D Ch H2 J La J) | þat þou (N) | And þat þiself (V) | And euere (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1306: be (Ra Ha J Wa N Ma) | be of (T U D Ch H2 K) | beo of (La) | be be (H) | beo (V) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1307: oþer (Ra) | or of (T U D Ch H2 La) | or (V J Wa Ma H) | & (Ha N) | [out] (E A K)]

[^a1308: non of (Ra) | nouȝt (T U D Ch H2 J N H) | not (V Ha La Wa Ma) | [out] (E A K)]

[^a1309: hit þe (Ra) | þe to (Most A MSS) | þe (V J Ma H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1310: seyþ (Ra U) | seide (Most A MSS) | quod (La K Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1311: dureȝt (Ra) | duriþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1312: aparayle (Ra U) | apparaille me (Most A MSS) | aparayle þe (D) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1313: on (Ra U V Ha J Ma H) | at (Most A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1314: bak (Ra U V) | hals (Most A MSS) | alse (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1315: his (Ra U) | a (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1316: swythe (Ra) | siþþe (T H2 Ha) | siþe (Wa H) | sithen (U K N) | seþþe (Ch) | seþþen (V) | sethe (D) | sethen (Ma) | sethin (J) | seothen (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1317: lord god (Ra) | lord (Most A MSS) | god (Wa) | heouene (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1318: skynnes (Ra) | kyne (Most A MSS) | skynnys (H) | manere (Ha) | maner of (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1319: with (Ra V Ma H) | in (Most A MSS) | be (Ch) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1320: feyfully (Ra) | feiþfulliche (Most A MSS) | skilfulliche (U) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1321: at þe (Ra U J La K Wa) | of þe (T D Ch H2 V Ha Ma H) | atte (N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1322: þus onys (Ra U) | ones (Most A MSS) | onys (D J H) | of hem (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1323: ferther (Ra U Ha J) | forþ (T D H2 K Wa H) | forþe (Ch N) | forþer (V La Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1324: taken (Ra V) | asken (T H2 La K Ma) | askyn (H) | aske (Ha) | axen (U D Ch) | axin (J) | axe (N) | take here wynnyng is so wid (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1325: beþ (Ra Ha) | arn (T Ch H2) | be (K Wa) | ben (U D V J N H) | beon (La) | [out] (E A Ma)]

[^a1326: godes (Ra) | good (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (N) | [out] (E A Ma)]

[^a1327: god (Ra U Ch V Ha H) | now god (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A Ma)]

[^a1328: for al þe gold quod peres (Ra) | quaþ peris for al þe gold (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (U)]

[^a1329: þat groweþ on þis (Ra D Ch) | on (Most A MSS) | on þis (T Ch H) | on þe (A K) | in (Wa)]

[^a1330: hardyly (Ra) | I hote þe (Most A MSS) | be goode (Ma)]

[^a1331: uultus tui (Ra U) | & (V Ha J La Wa N Ma H) | &c & (T D Ch) | & in (K) | [out] (H2 A)]

[^a1332: as (Ra) | & so (Most A MSS) | for so (H Ha K Wa) | [out] (H2 A)]

[^a1333: nolde (Ra D N Ma) | wolde (T U Ch H) | would (K) | wolde he (La Wa) | wolde it (A) | wild (J) | noluit (Ha) | nolde he (V) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1334: shal (Ra Ha J N) | shal go (Most A MSS) | shal gon (D) | shal cone (H) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1335: bygge and begge (Ra Ha) | begge & bidde (U D K Wa N Ma H) | beggyn & byddyn (J A) | beoge & bidde | bidde & begge (T Ch V) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1336: þes wordes þus mowtheþ (Ra) | mouþiþ þise wordis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1337: þ at (Ra U J La A K N Ma H) | [nothing] (Most A MSS)]

[^a1338: ne wolde (Ra A) | nolde (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1339: ne wolde (Ra) | nolde (Most A MSS) | nolde not (V Ha) | wold not (A) | [out] (H2 Wa)]

[^a1340: ȝaf (Ra T D) | ȝaf it | ȝaf hit (Ch V Ha J La A K Wa N Ma H) | [out] (U H2)]

[^a1341: þer (Ra T H2 A K) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | ȝeer (D) | [out] (U H2)]

[^a1342: hit (Ra) | he (Most A MSS) | sone he (La) | he þus (V) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1343: mayster (Ra) | seruaunts (U V A K N Ma H) | seruaunt (T D Ch Ha La Wa) | seruandes (J) | [out] (H2)]

[^a1344: hadde (Ra T D Ch H2) | herde (J La Wa N) | herden (V Ha) | herdyn (U H) | harde (A) | hard (K) | hardyn (Ma)]

[^a1345: han (Ra J) | haue (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1346: þat hit (Ra La) | it (T U D H2 Ha J) | hit (Ch V A Ma) | [nothing] (Wa K N H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1347: him (Ra Ch A Ma) | hym (Wa H) | be hym (T U D H2 Ha J) | him beo (V) | hym by (N) | fro hym (La K) | [out] (E)]

[^a1348: be-reued (Ra K) | bereued (D Wa) | be reuyd (H) | beo reued (La) | bereuid (T U H2 J) | byreued (Ha) | bireuet (V) | breuyd (N) | bereve (A Ma) | bereuen (Ch) | [out] (E)]

[^a1349: wit (Ra) | wiȝt (T H2 J La Wa N) | wiȝth (D) | man (U Ch Ha A K Ma H) | mon (V) | [out] (E)]

[^a1350: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrouȝte (T D Ch H2 V Ha J K Wa N) | wrougthe (Ma) | wrouth (A H) | for his fode wroghte (U) | scholde worche (La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1351: Or (Ra D La K N H) | Oþer (T Ha J) | Eyþer (Ch) | [nothing] (V A Wa Ma) | [out] (U H2 E)]

[^a1352: or (Ra D Ch J Wa N Ma) | oþer (T U) | oþer wiþ (Ha) | or with (V La A K H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1353: hande (Ra) | honde (Wa) | hondis (T U V Ha La A) | handis (Ma H) | handes (D Ch J K N) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1354: here (Ra T) | her (Ch) | [nothing] (Most A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1355: wynne (Ra N) | wynneþ (Most A MSS) | wynnyt (Ma) | wynnyn (J) | geten (Wa) | swynkeþ (V) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1356: for (Ra U) | put (Most A MSS) | par (V J La N) | ?pro (J) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1357: kennys (Ra) | kenne (Most A MSS) | Conne (V J LA N) | cunne (U) | Canne (K) | canst (Ha) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1358: lyf (Ra V G) | lif (T Ch Ma) | lyfe (A) | lef (Wa N) | leef (U La) | leff (K) | leefe (J) | lessoun (Ha) | lyst (D) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1359: ken (Ra) | kenne (A) | lere (T D V K N Ma) | lerne (Ch Ha J H) | þou lere (La) | lerne þou (Wa) | teche (U) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1360: worcheþ (Ra Ch) | werkiþ (T) | [hy] werkiþ (Kane) | werke (D) | worche (Wa) | þei werche (Ha A H) | þei worcheþ (La) | heo worcheþ (V) | þei wurchen (U) | þei wyrchen (J) | þei worche (N) | þei werkyn (Ma) | thay worchen (K) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1361: mykel (Ra Ma) | mykil (U) | mukel (La) | muche (T D Ch V Wa) | myche (Ha N) | mychel (J K) | meche (H) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1362: grone (Ra U) | hem grone (Most A MSS) | heom grone (La) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1363: weldest (Ra) | woldest (Ch) | woldyst hauen (H) | woldis hauyn (A) | wilnest (T Ha La K Wa N) | wylne (V) | willest (D) | willist (Ma) | desirest (U) | desirist (J) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1364: ete (Ra) | dyne (T U D Ch La A K Ma H) | haue dyned (N) | haue dynet (V) | haue ydyned (Ha) | hast dyned (Wa) | dyen (J) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1365: not ete (Ra) | nouth ȝet (H) | not ȝet (A) | ete nouȝt (T Ch N) | ete not (V K Wa) | Eet not (Ha) | ȝit nouȝt (J Ma) | Ete no thyn (La) | ete (U D) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1366: er (Ra) | til (D) | I hote þe er (T H) | I hote þe or (Ch K) | I hote þe ar (N) | I hote þe til (Ha) | Ich hote þe til (V) | I bidde þe er (U) | I bid or (J) | I hote er (La) | I hote ar (Ma) | I hote or (A) | I þe hote er (Wa) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1367: sent (Ra) | sende (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1368: not (Ra U D) | nouȝt to (T Ch La N H) | not to (V Ha J A K Wa Ma) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1369: haue (Ra) | haue eten (D Ch Ha La N) | haue etyn (J K Ma) | haue eteyn (U) | habbe Iȝeten (V) | haþ eten (T A Wa) | hat etyn (H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1370: sit (Ra N) | sitte (Ch Ha Wa H) | sitten (T U D V La K) | syttyn (J A Ma) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1371: lef (Ra) | Leue (T U K Wa) | Loue (D Ch V Ha La) | Loffe (J) | ne lof þou (Ma) | longe (H) | [nothing] (N) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1372: not him (Ra) | hym nouȝt (T U D Ch J) | hym not (V Ha La K) | not (Wa) | hym ryth nouth (H) | þou hym no þyng (Ma) | [nothing] (N) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1373: he (Ra Ha) | for he (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1374: liberous (Ra) | likerous (Most A MSS) | lekerous (Ma) | lecorous (Ch) | kekerous (H) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1375: of his (Ra) | of (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1376: diete (Ra U D N) | diȝete (T V) | dyote (La Wa) | dyith (H) | dyht (J) | dight (K) | dighte (Ma) | vsest (Ha) | do (A) | ech daydo (Ch) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1377: leyn (Ra U Ma H) | ley (T D Ch J A Wa) | leye (Ha La N) | lay (K) | legge (V) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1378: with (Ra T D Ch K) | of (U V Ha J La A N Ma H) | and his (Wa) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1379: alabre (Ra) | calabre (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1380: knottes (Ra) | knoppis (T U D Ch J La K Wa N) | knappis (V Ma) | coppis (Ha A H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1381: fay (Ra Ch J La K Wa Ma) | feiþ (T D V A) | faiþ (Ha) | [out] (U H2 E N H)]

[^a1382: him (Ra) | to (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La K Wa) | [nothing] (N Ma H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1383: his (Ra Ha) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1384: god (Ra U Ch A) | lord (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E N)]

[^a1385: with (Ra U D A Wa N Ma H) | þoruȝ (T Ch H2 V Ha J La K) | [out] (E)]

[^a1386: drynke (Ra U V Ha A Wa N Ma H) | drynkes (T D Ch J La K) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1387: wolde (Ra V Ha J Ma H) | it wolde (T U D Ch La K Wa N) | amende (A) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1388: poul (Ra U Ch V J La K Wa N) | pernel (T D H2 Ha A Ma H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1389: for (Ra) | þat (T U D Ch H2 J La K Wa) | þere (N) | & (Ma) | om. (V Ha A H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1390: ne wil I (Ra) | nile I (not) (T) | nyl I (U J A Ma H) | nell I (K) | nel I (D Ha) | nel I nauȝt (Ch) | nul I (V La) | wil I not (Wa) | wil I (N) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1391: bugge (Ra V La) | biggen (T) | bigge (U Ch Ha J A K Wa Ma H) | begge (D) | bye (N) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1392: tweyne grete (Ra) | tweyne grene (Wa) | twey grene (V) | two grene (T U Ch Ha J La K) | to grene (A) | too grene (D) | a grene (N Ma H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1393: and ȝut (Ra) | And ȝit (U J Wa Ma) | And ȝet (La K H) | And (T D V Ha) | ȝit (N) | [nothing] (Ch A) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1394: parsely (Ra Ch N) | persile (T V La K H) | persil (U D) | persel (A Wa) | perceel (J) | persoly (Ha Ma) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1395: many (Ra) | & many (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1396: cool (Ra) | cole (T U D V J La K N) | colis (A Ma H) | caul (Ha) | colde (Ch) | cold (Wa) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1397: a (Ra V Ha N) | on (T U D Ch J La A K Wa Ma) | to (H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1398: þe (Ra Ha N) | my (All Other A MSS) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1399: most (Ra Ha La Wa Ma) | mote (T V J N) | must (K H) | miȝt (Ch) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (U H2 E A)]

[^a1400: lammasse (Ra) | heruest (All Other A MSS) | haruest (K) | [out] (U H2 E A)]

[^a1401: þe (Ra) | þan (Wa N) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1402: skalonys (Ra) | chiriuellis (T) | Chirfellys (D) | chireuellis (J) | chiryuels (La) | cheruelys (U K Ma H) | cheruelles (Ch Wa N) | cheruel (A) | Cheef mete (V) | chesteyns (Ha) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1403: and (Ra T D Ch K Ma) | [nothing] (U V Ha J La A N H) | [out] (H2 E Wa)]

[^a1404: ete (Ra U D K N) | eet (V Ha J La) | hente (T Ch A Ma H) | [out] (H2 E Wa)]

[^a1405: more (Ra) | manye (T U D Ha J A Wa N Ma) | monye (V) | mony (Ch) | suche monye (La) | faste (K) | [out] (H2 E Wa)]

[^a1406: poysone (Ra) | poysene (H) | poyson (K) | poysen (U) | poysyn (J Ma) | apoysen (N) | apoysyn (A) | apoysened | [peysen] (Kane) | plesen (La) | ple (Wa) | plese (V) | [variant line] (Ha) | [out] (T D Ch H2 E)]

[^a1407: by þan (Ra J) | by þenne (U) | Be þat (T D Ch Ha La K Wa N Ma H) | Whan (A) | Til (V) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1408: neyhed (Ra H) | neyȝed (Ha) | neiȝede ner (T U V J Wa) | neyȝed nyȝe (Ch) | neyȝed ney (D) | nighhid nye (K) | nyghed neor (La) | neschid ner (A) | was ny (Ma) | was comyn (N) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1409: and (Ra A Wa N Ma) | þat (U D V Ha J La H) | for (K) | [nothing] (T Ch) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1410: towne (Ra U) | chepyng (T D Ch V Ha J La A K N) | markett (Wa) | sellyn (Ma) | riped (Ha) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1411: were (Ra Ch Ha) | was (T U D La A H) | was þe (J Wa N) | war the (K) | was þat (V) | wox (Ma) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1412: þei (Ra U Ch La N Ma) | h[y] (Kane) | he (T D) | þai (Wa) | thay (K) | þen (H) | and (V Ha) | [nothing] (J) | [variant] (A) | om. (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma H) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1413: gere (Ra) | gart (T D V A) | [..]rt (H2) | garte (La) | gartyn (J) | gert (Ch) | gratte (K) | grathe (Wa) | gret (N) | gat (H) | getyn (Ma) | dyden (U) | made (Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1414: þo (Ra A N Ma H) | And þo (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La K) | Than (Wa) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1415: wolde (Ra Ch Ha A Wa N H) | nolde (T D V La) | would (K) | ne wolde no (Ma) | no wold (J) | wolde no (U) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1416: wandre (Ra H2 N) | wandrite (T Ha) | wandride (U) | wandred (D Ch K Wa) | wanderyd (J A H) | wandren (V La) | wandryn (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1417: come inne (Ra) | comen ynne (U) | in come (All Other A MSS) | were in (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1418: and (Ra V Ha J Wa N Ma) | or (T U D Ch La K H) | [out] (H2 E A)]

[^a1419: on (Ra) | in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha E)]

[^a1420: none (Ra U Ch H2 V J La K N Ma) | no (T D A Wa) | [out] (Ha E)]

[^a1421: to (Ra U D V J La K N H) | but (T Ch H2 Ha A Wa Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1422: by but (Ra U) | on but (D V J La K N H) | be (Ch A Wa) | by (Ha) | on (T H2 Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1423: not (Ra V Wa) | nouȝt (T U Ch J N H) | nout (Ma) | now (D K) | [nothing] (Ha La A) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1424: o day (Ra) | a day (T H2 V Ha K Wa N) | on day (Ch) | on þe day (A) | on dayes (La) | on þe day but (Ma) | on þe day with non (H) | wiþ (U) | [nothing] (D J) | [out] (E)]

[^a1425: Ther may (Ra) | May (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 E)]

[^a1426: but (Ra U Ch H2 V Ha A H) | But ȝif (Most A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1427: boþe (Ra V Ha) | And (T U D Ch La K H) | & þat (Ma) | And ȝit (Wa) | Or (H2) | [nothing] (J A N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1428: chaufed (Ra) | chaud (T U H2 V Ha J La K Wa N Ma H) | chaut (D Ch) | chauyd (A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1429: plus (Ra U D V J La K Wa N) | pluys (T Ch H2 Ha Ma) | plu (A) | pur (H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1430: chaufed (Ra) | chaud (Most A MSS) | chaut (D Ch) | chawd (Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1431: but (Ra U V Ha J La Ma) | But ȝif (T D H2 N) | And but (Ch K Wa) | Ȝet but (H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1432: hered (Ra) | hirid (T) | hyryd (H) | hired (U D H2 K Wa) | hyryyd (J) | heryed (N) | Ihered (Ch) | Ihuret (V) | yhuyred (Ha La) | [variant] (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1433: grucche (Ra) | chide (Most A MSS) | chyden (La K) | chidyn (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1434: ewere (Ra) | werk (T H2 V J La A N Ma H) | work (D Ch K) | werk (Ha Wa) | om. (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma H) | [out] (U E)]

[^a1435: wrouȝt (Ra Ch La Wa N) | ywrouȝt (T H2 V J K Ma H) | wrout (D) | bycome (Ha A) | [out] (U E)]

[^a1436: and (Ra V Ha H) | And þanne (Most A MSS) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (U E)]

[^a1437: his (Ra V Ha Wa H) | þe (T D Ch H2 J La A N Ma) | that (K) | [out] (U E)]

[^a1438: her non wolde (Ra) | wolde here non (J) | wolde þere non (T D Ch H2 V La K N) | þanne wolde þay not (Ma) | wolde þei not (Ha Wa) | wolde non (A H) | [out] (U E)]

[^a1439: werkman (Ra) | workmen (Ch K) | werkmen (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1440: heyeth (Ra) | hyeth (U) | hithid (J) | hastiþ (T Ch H2 Ha La K N) | hastyt (H) | & hastit (Ma) | & hastet (D) | he hastit (A) | and hast (Wa) | aȝen hiȝeþ (V) | [out] (E)]

[^a1441: thour (Ra) | þorw (V) | þurȝ (Ha) | thrugh (K) | þourth (Ma) | [þoruȝ] (Kane) | þorugh (La) | ȝour (U J A) | ȝow þorow (N) | ȝow thorw (H) | wiþ (Wa) | þis (T H2) | þes (Ch) | þese (D) | [out] (E)]

[^a1442: wynter (Ra) | ȝer (T U Ch H2 V Ha J A Ma H) | [nothing] (D La K Wa N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1443: cornes (Ra) | fruytes (T V Ha K N) | fruicthis (Ma) | froytes (D) | freutis (A) | frutes (H2 K) | frutys (J) | froite (Ch) | fruth (H) | fodes (Wa) | flodis (U) | [out] (E)]

[^259: Ra.7.5: Kane divides his lines 5 and 6 here; they are conjoined in RaUK. The line breaks after wende in VHaJ; after ȝow in N. A number of manuscripts offer various attempts to "complete" the both lines.]

[^260: Ra.7.29: and myself is absent from RaU at the end of the previous line; both have And me at the beginning of this line.]

[^261: Ra.7.42: There is a slight gap following the sigma <s> before er[e]. This scribe tends only to use the sigma <s> in final position. Nevertheless, since a prepositional or adverbial ere in this context would make little sense, it is probably best to treat it as the comparative suffix of the adjective.]

[^262: Ra.7.59: The punctus is attached to end of <d>.]

[^263: Ra.7.63: The second half-line appears to be written over a scraping/erasure.]

[^264: Ra.7.70: The line here is quite different in Kane, reading the second half of Ra's preceding line as the first half of this one: I wolde not greue god, quaþ peris, for al þe gold on ground; and similar lines are offered by Knott-Fowler and Schmidt. Ra is missing first half-line of this and rearranges/rewrites the remainder.]

[^265: Ra.7.75: tile appears here in Ra, and in T U Ch D. In other manuscripts it concludes the previous line.]

[^266: Ra.7.80: Although the superscript <a> is placed above the <m>, the expansion offers no difficulty to a reader of Latin texts.]

[^267: Ra.7.89: The absence of Kane's line 7.233 following this is unique to Ra.]

[^268: Ra.7.91: There is clear "biting" of the <b> and <o>.]

[^269: Ra.7.93: The <d> is written in darker ink, over what appears to be an original <t>. There appear to be signs of earlier scraping.]

[^270: Ra.7.102: This and the next two lines (in RaD = ll. 102-4) comprise 4 lines (= Kane 245-8) in other manuscripts.]

[^271: Ra.7.112: The inserted him, unique to Ra, Kane correctly indicates it is in the "same ink."]

[^272: Ra.7.122: auer [for hauer elsewhere] is unique to Ra.]

[^273: Ra.7.150: The <b> of be appears to have been originally an <h>: .]

[^274: Ra.7.161: wynter be fuld fyld is written over an erasure.]

Passus octauus de visione .

T ruthe herde telle þer[^a1444] -of . and to peres sente
to takyn[^a1445] his tem . and his erthe tylie[^a1446] 
and purchas[^a1447] him a pardoun . a pena ⁊ & a culpa[^275] .
For him and[^a1448] his eyres . euer-more after .
And bad him hodde[^a1449] ho[l]de him athome at home . and eryen his layes[^a1450]
and[^a1451] þat ȝe shul helpe[^a1452] . to erie and[^a1453] to sowe 
or ony maner myster . þat myȝthe peres helpe[^a1454]
part in þat pardoun . þe pope haþ y-graunted[^a1455] .
Kinges and kniȝtes . þat kepeþ[^a1456] holy cherche
and ryȝthfully þe[^a1457] rewme . rewlyþ and þe[^a1458] peple 
haue[^a1459] pardoun þorw purgatorie . to passe ful[^a1460] sone
with patriarchis in paradis . to pleye þer-after .
Bysshopis þat blessen . and boþe lawes kunne
loke on þat o lawe . and lere men þat oþer 
and bere boþe[^a1461] on here[^276] bak . as her baner sheweth
and prechen hire parsonys . þe peril[^a1462] of synne .
How þat þe[^a1463] shabbede shep . shul[^a1464] here wolle saue
haue[^a1465] pardoun with þe aposteles . when[^277] þei passen[^a1466] hennys 
at þe[^a1467] day of dome . at here deys[^a1468] to sitten
marchaunt[^a1469] marchaunt[es][^278] in þat[^a1470] margyn . hadden manye ȝeres .
But none a pena ⁊ & a culpa[^279] . þe pope nolde[^a1471] graunte[^a1472]
for þei holde[^a1473] not her holydayes . as holy churche techys[^a1474] 
and for þei swere by here soule . ⁊̃ & so god mot[^a1475] hem helpe
a-ȝens clene conciens . here catel to selle .
And[^a1476] vnder his secret[^a1477] sel .[^280] truþe sente him[^a1478] a lettre
and bad him[^a1479] begge[^a1480] baldely[^a1481] . what him best[^a1482] lykede[^a1483] .'[^281]
and swythe[^a1484] selle hit a-ȝen . and saue þe wynnyng
and make meysoun deu[^a1485] þer -with . mysese to helpe .
Wyckede weyes . wytly[^a1486] to a-mende
and þinke on[^a1487] brygges a-boute . þat to-broke were 
maryen maydenys al-so . or[^a1488] make hem nounnes
pore widues þat wiln . be wyues non[^a1489] ofter[^a1490] .
Fynden[^a1491] suche here fode . for oure lordes loue of heuene
sette scoleres to scole . or[^a1492] sum kennys[^a1493] craftes 
releyue religious[^a1494] . and renten hem betere
and I shal sende my-self . michael[^a1495] myn aungel .
That no deuel shal ȝou dere . deye when ȝe deye
þat I ne shal sende his[^a1496] [ȝour] soule . saf in-to heuene 
and by-fore þe face of my fader . for me[^a1497] ȝou[^a1498] sette[^a1499]
vsure .[^a1500][^282] auarice . and oþes I defende .
That no gile go with ȝou . but þe grete[^a1501] truþe
þan were marchauntes merie . and some[^a1502] wepe .[^283] for Ioye 
and ȝaf wille for his wrytyng . wollene choþes c[l]oþes[^284]
For he copede[^a1503] þus hire clause . hy konne[^a1504] him gret mede 
Men of lawe hadde leue[^a1505] . for lered[^a1506] þei ben alle
and[^a1507] so seyt þe sauter . and sapience boþe 
Super innocentem munera non accipies . a regibus ⁊ & principibus[^285]
Of prynces and of[^a1508] prelates . here pencioun shal[^a1509] a-rise // erit[^a1510][^286]
and of no pore peple . no peneworþ to take 
ac[^a1511] þat spendiþ his speche . to[^a1512] speke[^a1513] for þe pore
þat innocent is[^a1514] and nedy . and no man a-peyre[^287]
Shal no deuel at his deþday . derie him a myte
þat he ne worþ saf sykerly . and so seyþ þe sauter
ac do[^a1515] [t]o bugge water ne wynd . and[^a1516] wit is þe thridde
wolde[^a1517] neuere holy writ . god wot þe soþe .
These þre for thralles . . beþ proued[^a1518] a-mong vs alle
to waxen and wanyen . þe while[^a1519] god lykeþ
his pardoun in purgatorye . wel petit[^a1520] is I trowe
þat ony mede of mene men . for motyng reseyuen[^a1521] .
Ȝe legisteres and lawyeres . ȝe[^a1522] wyte ȝif I lye
syn[^a1523] ȝe se hit is þus . sheweþ[^a1524] þe beste
alle lyuynge[^a1525] laboroures . þat lyuen[^a1526] by here handes
þat trulyche taken . and trulyche wynnen .
And lyue[^a1527] in loue and in lawe . for here lowe herte
hadde þe same absolucyoun . þat sent was to peres
Beggeres and bydderes . beþ[^a1528] not in the bulle
but[^a1529] þe suggestionys[^a1530] be soþ . þat him nede to[^a1531] begge
for he þat beggeþ or biddeþ . but ȝif[^a1532] he haue nede
he is fals with þe fend . and frawdeþ[^a1533] þe nedy
And eke gileþ þe gyuere . a-geyns his wille
þey lyue not in loue . ne no lawe holden
þey wedde no wymmen[^a1534] . þat þei with delyn
but as wilde bestes with whe-he[^a1535] . and worþ vp to-gederes .
And brynge[^a1536] forþ barnys . þat barnes[^a1537] ben y-holden[^a1538]
or his bak or his bon . þei brekyn in his ȝouthe
and gon and fayten with her fauntes . for euer more after
þer beþ[^a1539] mo mysshape a-monges hem . who-so take[^a1540] hede
Than of alle oþer maner man[^a1541] . þat on þis molde wandryn[^a1542]
þo þat haue[^a1543] þus here lyf . mow loþe þe tyme
þat euere he was man wrouȝth . when he shal hennys fare
and[^a1544] olde men and hore . þat are helples[^a1545] of strengþe
And wymmen with childe . þat wyrche[^a1546] ne mowe
blynde and blereyde[^a1547] . and broken here membres
þat takeþ here[^a1548] myschef mekely . as meselis and oþere
haue as pleyn pardoun . as plowmen[^a1549] hem -seluen[^a1550] .
Of[^a1551] here low herte . oure lord haþ hem y-graunted[^a1552]
here penaunce and here purgatorie . vp-on þis pleyn[^a1553] erthe
Peres quod a prest[^a1554] . þi pardoun most I rede
I shal[^a1555] construy[^a1556] euery[^a1557] clause . and telle[^a1558] hit þe on englys[^a1559] .
And peres at his prayer . his[^a1560] pardoun vn-foldeþ
and I by-hynde hem boþe . behelde al þe bulle[^a1561]
in to[^a1562] t[w]o[^288] lynys hit lay[^289] . and not a[^a1563] lettere more
hit[^a1564] was wryten ryȝt þus . in witnesse of truþe .
Et qui bona egerunt [^290] ibunt in uitam eternam .
Qui uero mala [^291] in ignem eternum .
Peter quod þe prest þo . I can no pardoun fynde
but do wel and haue wel . and god shal haue þi soule 
and do euyl and haue euyl . trust[^a1565] þou non oþer
þan[^a1566] after þi deþ-day . þou shalt wende to helle[^a1567] .
And peres þo[^a1568] for[^a1569] tene . pulled hit a-sunder and seyde[^292]
Si ambulauero in medio umbre mortis  non timebo[^293] mala . quoniam tu mecum es .
I shal sece[^a1570][^294] of my sowyng quod peres . and swynke not so harde
ne a-boute my lyflode[^a1571] . so busy be no more
of prayeres of[^a1572] penaunce . my plow shal be[^a1573] here -after
and be-loure þat I by-lowe[^a1574] ere . þey[^a1575] liflode me fayle .
X
Þe prophete his pe yne haþ[^a1576][^295] . in penauns and in wepyng
by þat þe sauter vs seyþ . and so dude[^a1577] many oþere
þat loueþ god lelly . his lyflode is þe more
Fuerunt mihi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte .
And but ȝif þe boke[^a1578] lye . he telleþ[^a1579] vs a-noþer
by foules[^a1580] þat are not busey[^296] . a-boute þe bely Ioye
Non[^a1581] soliciti scitis[^a1582] s[i]tis .
He seyt in his gospel . and sheweþ hit vs fayre[^a1583][^297]
by on[^a1584] exaumple oure -selue to wisse[^298]
Whan þe frost freseþ . fode hem by-houeth
Þei haue[^a1585] no gerner . to go to[^a1586] . but god fynt hem alle
quod[^a1587] þe prest to perkyn . by crist[^a1588] as me thenkeþ
þou art lerned[^a1589] a lytel . who lered[^a1590] þe on boke
Abstinence myn aunte[^a1591] . myn . a . b . c . me tauȝthe
and conciens com after . and tauȝthe[^a1592] me moche more[^a1593]
were þou a prest peres[^a1594] . þou myȝt[^a1595] preche when þe lykede
Q uoniam[^299] literaturam non cognoui . myȝthe[^a1596] be þi teme.
Lewed lorel quod peres . litel lokest þou on þy[^a1597] byble
on salomonys sawes . litel[^a1598] þou beholdest .
Ecce[^a1599][^300] derisores ⁊ & uirga[^a1600] [iu]rg[i]a[^301] cum eis ne crescant
The prest and perkyn . a-posed here[^a1601] eyþer oþer
and þorw here wordes I a-wok[^a1602] an[^a1603] wayted a-boute 
and saw þe sonne euere[^a1604] souþ . sytte þat tyme
mete-les and moneyles . vp-on[^a1605] maluerne hullys .
Mamelyng[^a1606] on þis metelys .[^302] made[^a1607] me to studie
and for peres men[^a1608] þe plowman . wel pensyf in herte 
for þat I saw sleping . ȝif hit so be myȝthe
and[^a1609] catoun construit hit nay . and canonistres boþe .
And Iugyn hem -seluen[^a1610] . Sompnia ne cures . ⁊ & cetera[^a1611][^303] .
and[^a1612] for þe bible bereþ . witnysse how[^304]
daniel
dauid[^a1613][^305] demede[^a1614] þe dremys of a knyȝth[^a1615] .
þat nabagodonosor . i nemned[^306] þis clerk[^a1616]
danyel[^307] seyde sire king . þi sweue[^a1617] sweue[ne] is to mene .
That vn-kyd[^a1618] knyȝt[^a1619] shal come . þi kyngdoum cleyme[^a1620]
a-mong lowere[^a1621] lordes . þi kingdam[^a1622] shal[^a1623] be departed 
as daniel demed[^a1624] in dede . hit by-fel[^a1625] after
þe king les his lordschep . lasse[^a1626] men hit hadde .
And Iosep mette meruelyusly . hou þe mone and þe sunne
and þe xj elleuene sterres . hayled[^a1627] hym alle 
bew[^a1628] sire[^a1629] quod his fader . for defaute we shulle
I my-self and my sones . sekyn[^a1630] þe for nede .
And[^a1631] hit befel as þe fader[^a1632] seyde . in pharao-ys tyme
þat Iosep was iustise . egypt to kepe 
al þis makeþ me . on metelys to thinke
many tymes at mydnyȝt . when men shulde slepe .
On peres plowman[^a1633] . whych a pardoun he haueþ
and hou þe prest enpugned[^a1634] hit . al by pure[^a1635] resoun 
and demed[^a1636] þat do-wel .[^308] indulgence passyþ
byenales and trienales . and bisshopes lettres .
Do-wel at þe day of dome . is dignelyche vnderfonge
he passeþ al þe pardoun . of[^a1637] seynt petres cherche 
Now[^309] haþ þe pope power . pardoun to graunte
þe peple with a[^a1638] penauns . to passe to Ioye[^a1639] .
þis[^a1640] a lef[^a1641] of oure by-leue . as lettred[^a1642] men vs teche[^a1643]
Quodcumque ligaueris super terram . ⁊ & cetera
and so I leue lely . lord forbede ellys 
þat prayeres and pardoun . and penauns[^a1644] ben[^a1645] salue[^a1646]
to[^a1647] soules þat heue[^a1648] h[a]ue synned[^a1649] . seuene sythes dedly .
Ac[^a1650] to truste on þis tryenales . truly me þinkeþ
hit is not so syker for þe soule . certus as[^a1651] do wel 
for-þi I rede now[^a1652] þinkeþ[^a1653] . þei þat[^a1654] ben[^a1655] on erþe
vp-on trust of ȝour tresoure . trienales to haue .
Be þou neuere þe bolder[^a1656] . to breke þe . x . ten hestes
and namly[^a1657] ȝe[^a1658] maystres . as meyres and Iuges 
þei[^a1659] haue þe welþe of þis word[^a1660] for who-so men[^a1661] be y-holde[^a1662]
to purchace pardoun . and þe popes bulles .[^310]
At þe[^a1663] day of dome[^a1664] . whan dede[^a1665][^311] shul a-rise
and come alle[^a1666] by-fore crist . a-countes to ȝelde[^a1667][^312]
how þou ledest þi lyf here . and his lawe keptest
what þou dedust day by day[^a1668] . þe doum[^a1669] wil reherse
a poke ful of pardoun þere . ne[^a1670] prouinciales letteres
þouȝ þou be founde in þe fraternite . of alle þe[^a1671] . iiij . foure orderes
and haue indulgence dublefold . but dowel ȝou[^a1672] helpe
I nolde[^a1673] ȝyue for þe[^a1674] patent of þi pardoun[^a1675] . o fleis[^a1676] hele 
for-þi I conceyle alle cristen . to[^a1677] crie god mercy
and marie his moder . to ben[^a1678] mene be-twynne[^a1679] .
That god ȝif[^a1680] vs grace her . er[^a1681] we gon hennys
suche werkes[^a1682] to worche[^a1683] . while[^a1684] we ben here 
þat after oure deþ-day . do-wel reherse
þat at þe day of dome . we dude[^a1685] as we[^a1686] auȝthe[^a1687] . Amen[^a1688]

[^a1444: þer (Ra) | her (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1445: takyn (Ra J A Ma H) | taken (U D V La K Wa N) | take (T Ch H2 Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1446: his erthe tylie (Ra) | his erþe tilien (T H2) | his erþe telyen (D Ch) | [tilien þe erþe] (Kane) | tilyen þe erþe (U K) | tilyen þe eorþe (V) | tilye þe eorþe (Ha Wa N Ma) | tilye þe eorþe (La) | telyen þe erde (A) | telyn þe erthe (H) | truly tylyyn þe erthe (J) | [out] (E)]

[^a1447: purchas (Ra T D H2 Ha) | purchaise (Ch) | purchasen (U) | purchased (La K Wa N) | purchasid (A H) | purchac[ide] (Kane) | purchasede (V) | purchasidyn (J) | purchasyn to (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1448: and (Ra U Ch K) | & for (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1449: hodde (Ra) | holde (T D Ch H2 Ha K Wa) | holden (U V La) | holdyn (J Ma H) | helden (N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1450: layes (Ra U La Wa) | laiȝes (T H2) | leyȝes (Ch V) | leyes (D Ha K Ma) | leyys (J N) | leygthys (H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1451: and (Ra D) | And alle (U V Ha J La K Wa Ma H) | and alle þo (N) | And þo (T Ch H2 A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1452: ȝe shul helpe (Ra) | holpen (T N) | helpen (Ch) | helpyn (D) | holpyn (A) | holpen him (U) | holpyn him (Ma) | holp hym (Wa) | helpen him (H2) | helpyn hym (K H) | him hulpyn (J) | hym helpen (Ha) | euere hulpen him (V) | holpen hendely (La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1453: and (Ra Ha La A N) | or (T U Ch H2 V K Wa Ma H) | er (J) | or ellys (D) | [out] (E)]

[^a1454: helpe (Ra Ha J A Wa H) | helpen (T U Ch H2 V K N Ma) | helpyn (D) | availe (La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1455: y-graunted (Ra V Ha La H H) | hem grauntid (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1456: kepeþ (Ra) | kepen (T D H2 V Ha La K) | kepyn (J A N Ma H) | kepe (Ch Wa) | helpen (U) | [out] (E)]

[^a1457: þe (Ra) | in (Most A MSS) | in þe (J) | in here (U) | in this (H2) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1458: and þe (Ra V Ha) | þe (Most A MSS) | here (U) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1459: haue (Ra D K) | han (Most A MSS) | hauen (Ha) | By (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1460: ful (Ra V Ha A N H) | wel (T U D Ch H2 J La K Wa) | wol (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1461: boþe (Ra H) | bothin (J Ma) | hem boþe (T U D Ch H2 V Ha K N) | hem bonere (Wa) | heom (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1462: peril (Ra Ch V J Wa Ma H) | perel (U Ha A) | periles (T D H2 La K N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1463: þat þe (Ra K) | þat (T U D Ch H2 J A H) | þat a (N) | þat here (Ha) | þe (La Wa) | heore (V) | fro (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1464: shul (Ra U Ch) | xul (H) | shol (Wa) | schal (V La N) | schollin (J) | shulde (T H2 Ha) | schuld (D A K) | þey may (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1465: haue (Ra D Ha J K) | han (T U H2 V La A Ma) | þei han (N) | And haue (Ch) | And (Wa) | Þat (H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1466: passen (Ra U D V La K) | passyn (J) | passe (T Ch H2 N) | partyn (A Ma H) | wende (Ha Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1467: at þe (Ra Ha La A H) | And at þe (T D Ch H2 K Wa N Ma) | Atte (J) | On þe (U) | And atte (V) | [out] (E)]

[^a1468: deys (Ra) | deis (T U D Ch H2 V Ha N Ma) | des (A Wa) | desse (K) | dees (H) | dayes (J La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1469: marchaunt (Ra) | Marchauntis (T D Ch H2 Ha K Wa H) | Marchaundys (J A) | Marchantȝ (U N Ma) | Marchauns (La) | Marchans (V) | [out] (E)]

[^a1470: þat (Ra J) | þe (T U D H2 Ha La K Wa N Ma H) | þis (V) | here (A) | [nothing] (Ch) | [out] (E)]

[^a1471: nolde (Ra V Ha La Wa N) | wolde (T U D Ch H2 J A K Ma) | wyl (H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1472: graunte (Ra) | granten (U) | hem graunte (D Ch V Ha J K Wa N Ma) | hem non grante (H) | heom grante (La) | hym graunte (T H2) | non graunte (A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1473: holde (Ra U Ha N) | hold (D A Wa) | holden (K) | holdyn (Ma H) | holdeþ (V La) | helde (T H2) | helden (Ch) | heldyn (J) | [out] (E)]

[^a1474: techys (Ra) | techiþ (T U Ha J N) | techit (A Ma H) | techitt (K) | techitȝ (H2) | techeþ (D Ch V La Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1475: mot (Ra) | muste (T U H2 J La A K N) | moste (V) | mote (Ch H) | shulde (Ha) | [nothing] (D Wa Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1476: And (Ra H2 A H) | Ac (T D J) | om. (U Ch V Ha La K Wa N Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1477: secret (Ra Ch J La K N H) | secre (T U D V Ha Wa Ma) | sekir (H2 A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1478: him (Ra Ch H2) | hym (T A) | hem (D K Wa N Ma H) | [nothing] (U V Ha J) | heom (La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1479: him (Ra Ch H2 Ma) | hym (T A) | hem (U D V Ha J K Wa N H) | heom (La) | [out] (E)]

[^a1480: begge (Ra T) | bigge (U D H2 Ha A K Wa N Ma) | Bugge (V La) | byggyn (J) | bye (Ch) | byen (H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1481: baldely (Ra H) | boldely (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1482: him best (Ra A Ma) | hem best (U V Ha J K N H) | þat hym (T Ch H2) | þat hem (D) | heom best (La) | þing hem best (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1483: lykede (Ra V) | likeþ (T D) | likith (U H2 La H) | liked (Ch Ha K Wa N) | lykyd (J A) | ligede (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1484: swythe (Ra) | siþen (T U La K N) | sithe (H2 Wa) | syth (A) | sytthyn (H) | siþþe (Ha) | sethen (D) | sethin (J) | seþþen (V) | seþþe (Ch) | oft (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1485: meysoun deu (Ra V J) | mesoun dieux (Ha La K Wa N) | þe mesoun dieu (U) | mesonis deux (T Ch H2) | maisouns dieux (Ma) | mesendews (H) | mescon dyen (A) | mensoun de dieu (D) | [out] (E)]

[^a1486: wytly (Ra H) | wiȝtly (T Ch H2 V Ha K N) | wytlyche (D) | wytely (A) | wyttylyche (J) | also witterly (Wa) | þer with (Ma) | wide wher nedful weore (La) | Wightliche (U) | [out] (E)]

[^a1487: þinke on (Ra) | bynde (T Ch H2) | byende (D) | bigge (Ha) | bete (N H) | Beete (V) | boten (K) | amenden (Ma) | makyn (J) | Feble (La) | broken (Wa) | om. | [out] (U E A)]

[^a1488: or (Ra U D V J La K Ma) | or ellis (Ha) | elles (N) | & (T Ch H2 A Wa H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1489: be wyues non (Ra) | not be wyues (T) | wyues ... none ben (Ma) | no wyues to beon (La) | wyuys ... be non (H) | nat be wyuis (H2) | nouȝt be wyues (Ch) | not to be wifes (K) | ben no wyues (J) | be no wyfes (Wa N) | beo none wyues (V) | be no more wyfes (Ha) | ben and none wyues (U) | nede be wyfes (D) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1490: ofter (Ra H) | aftir (U D V Ha La K Wa N Ma) | Aftur (J) | helpe hem þere aftir (T Ch H2) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1491: Fynden (Ra N) | Help to fynde (Wa) | Fynde (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1492: or (Ra T N) | oþer (Ch H2) | or to (U D V Ha J La K Wa Ma H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1493: kennys (Ra) | skynes (T) | skynnes (H2) | skynnys (H) | skennes (D) | kyns (J) | kynnes (Ch La N) | kyne (K) | kynne (U) | kynde (Wa) | maner (Ma) | oþer (V Ha) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1494: religious (Ra U Wa) | religiouse (Ha) | religioun (T D H2 V J K N Ma H) | Religiouns (Ch) | pore religioun (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1495: michael (Ra J) | seynt Michel (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1496: his (Ra T D H2 La K) | ȝour (U Ch Ha J Wa N) | ȝor (V) | [out] (E A Ma H)]

[^a1497: for me (Ra) | forme (U D Ch H2 K La H) | furme (N) | fourme (T Wa) | fourmen (V Ma) | þat formyd (J) | frely (Ha) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1498: ȝou (Ra D Ha Wa) | ȝoure (T U Ch H2 J K N Ma H) | or (V) | his (La) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1499: sette (Ra Ha) | sete (La) | to sitte (Wa) | setis (T Ch H2 J N H) | seetys (Ma) | seetes (V K) | settys (U D) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1500: . (Ra) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1501: grete (Ra U Ha) | graiþ (T D H2 K N) | greiþ (Ch La) | grathe (Wa) | grace of (V) | heye (Ma H) | hard (J) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1502: and some (Ra) | many (T H2 N H) | & many (D Ch) | svme (Ma) | þei (V J) | þai (Wa) | and (U Ha La K) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1503: copede (Ra) | coped (D La K N) | copide (Ma) | coupid (H2) | coupide (T) | copiede (Kane) | Copiede (V) | copied (U Ch J) | copyid (H) | copie (Ha) | copy (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1504: konne (Ra) | konned (La) | konnyt (Ma) | couden (V) | cowde (U) | could (K) | couþe (Ha N) | cowthin (J) | comandyn (H) | ȝeue (T D Wa) | ȝeuen (H2) | ȝaf (Ch) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1505: leue (Ra N) | lest (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1506: lered (Ra D) | lerned (Wa) | lettred (V La K N) | lettrid (U Ma) | letteryd (J H) | lewid (T H2) | lewd (Ch) | loþ (Ha) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1507: and (Ra U La K Wa H) | For (T D Ch H2) | An (Ma) | [nothing] (V Ha J) | [variant line] (N)]

[^a1508: of (Ra U D J N Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1509: shal (Ra U D J La K Ma) | xal (H) | shulde (T Ch H2 V Ha N) | most (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1510: erit (Ra U) | erit merces eorum (J K Wa N Ma H) | erit merces eius &c (La) | erunt merces super innocentem &c (Ha) | &c (D) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1511: ac (Ra) | Ac he (T D H2 V J) | Bot he (Ch Ha La K N Ma) | Bot ȝe (Wa) | And he (H) | For he (U) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1512: to (Ra) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1513: speke (Ra Wa) | spekiþ (T U Ch H2 V Ha La K N H) | spekyt (Ma) | speked (D) | speykyth (J) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1514: innocent is (Ra) | Innocent ben (Ma) | innocentis ben (U) | is Innocent (T D Ch H2 V Ha La K N H) | ben Innocentys (J) | is not nocent (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1515: do (Ra) | [nothing] (Wa) | to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1516: and (Ra N) | ne (T D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | no (La) | non (H) | or (U Ha) | [nothing] (V) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1517: wolde (Ra Wa N) | Ne wolde (T U D Ch H2 Ha K Ma H) | Nolde (V) | No wolde (La) | Ne wyld (J) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1518: beþ proued (Ra) | ben þrowe (T Ch) | be þrowe (D) | ben throwen (U K N) | beon throwen (La) | be throwyn (J) | ben Iþrowen (Ma) | bien trowen (H2) | beo þriven (V) | beþ sowen (H) | ben yȝeuen (Ha) | þrowe (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1519: þe while (Ra) | where þat (T U D Ch H2 La K Ma) | were þat (J) | qwer þat (H) | wheþer þat (Ha) | wheyþer þat (Wa) | wheþer (V N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1520: petit (Ra V La K Wa N) | litel (T D Ch H2 Ha) | litil (U J) | peti (Ma) | petyful (H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1521: reseyuen (Ra) | resceyue (U) | reseruit (Ma) | resceyueþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1522: ȝe (Ra U D V Ha J La K Wa Ma N) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (E A H)]

[^a1523: syn (Ra) | siþen (T U H2 La K N) | Sythyn (J Ma) | Siþ (Wa) | Sytthyn (H) | Siþþe (Ha) | Sethe (D) | Seþþe (Ch V) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1524: sheweþ (Ra) | sheweþ to (La) | schewyth to (J H) | sewiþ to (Most A MSS) | sewit to (Ma) | sueth to (U) | sweþ to (N) | serueþ to (V Ha) | seweþ (K) | sewith (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1525: lyuynge (Ra U Ha K N) | libbyng (T D H2 La Ma) | Libbinde (V) | lyffyng (J) | leuyng (Ch) | leuyg (H) | lyues (Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1526: lyuen (Ra T U H2 Ha K Wa N) | lyuyn (J) | leuen (Ch) | leuyn (H) | leue (D) | libben (V La) | libbet (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1527: lyue (Ra La Wa N) | lyuen (T U H2 V Ha) | lyuyn (J K) | leuen (D Ch) | leuyn (H) | ledyn (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1528: beþ (Ra Ch Ha) | ben (T U H) | be (D H2 Wa N) | Beoþ (V La) | weryn (J) | ne byn (K) | ne beth (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1529: but (Ra V Ha La K N Ma H) | But ȝif (T U D H2 La Wa) | But ȝef (Ch) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1530: suggestionys (Ra) | suggestioun (T D Ch H2 V Ha J La Wa N H) | subiectioun (K) | cause (Ma) | destenye (U) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1531: him nede to (Ra) | [shapiþ hem to] (Kane) | schapith hem to (J) | schapit hem to (Ma H) | schapeþ hem to (D V N) | schapen hem to (U) | schapith them (K) | makith hom to (La) | þei fore (T Ch H2 Ha Wa) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1532: but ȝif (Ra J) | but (T U D Ch H2 V La K Wa Ma H) | til (Ha) | or (N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1533: frawdeþ (Ra) | defraudith (U Ha J K H) | defraudeþ (V La N) | gyleþ (D Ch H2) | defouleþ (Wa) | kiliþ (T) | dysseiuyt (Ma) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1534: wymmen (Ra J La) | women (K) | womman (T D Ch H2 Ha Wa N Ma H) | wommon (V) | wyues (U) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1535: whe-he (Ra) | wehe (T D H2 J La K Wa Ma H) | wouh (Ch) | woo (Ha) | wo (U V) | vche (N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1536: brynge (Ra D H2 Wa N Ma) | bringen (T U Ha La K) | bryngyn (H) | bringgyn (J) | bringeth (Ch V) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1537: barnes (Ra) | bois (T Ch H2 K) | barons (Wa) | barnes þey (La) | bastardes (U V Ha J N Ma H) | þey (D) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1538: y-holden (Ra K) | Iholde (Wa) | holden (T U D V Ha La N) | holdyn (J Ma H) | holde (Ch H2) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1539: beþ (Ra Wa) | ben (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J K N) | beon (La) | arn (Ma H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1540: take (Ra) | takiþ (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La K Wa N H) | takit (Ma) | takyd (J) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1541: man (Ra) | men (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1542: wandryn (Ra U Ma) | wandriþ (T D H2 J La K Wa) | wandren (Ch V Ha) | wendryth (H) | wenden (N) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1543: haue (Ra) | lyuen (T U H2 V Ha La) | lyuyn (J K) | lyue (Wa N) | leuen (D Ch) | ledyn (Ma H) | [out] (E A)]

[^a1544: and (Ra H) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | Bot (Ch V Ha La A K Wa N Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1545: are helples (Ra) | helpeles ben (T U D J A K N H) | helples bien (H2) | helplas beon (La) | helples beþ (Ch Ha) | helples beoþ (V) | help be (Wa) | feble ben (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1546: wyrche (Ra D) | werche (T Ha A) | werchyn (H) | worche (Ch H2 N) | worchen (V La K Ma) | werke (U) | wyrkyn (J) | worche þei (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1547: blereyde (Ra) | blereyed (U) | bedrede (T Ch H2 A K H) | bedred (J) | Bedreden (V Ha La) | bederede (Wa) | bedderede (Ma) | Beddred (D) | þe bedred (N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1548: here (Ra A Ma) | her (Ch K) | þis (La H) | his (T D H2) | [nothing] (U V Ha J Wa N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1549: plowmen (Ra) | þe plouȝman (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La A K N H) | piers (Wa Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1550: hem -seluen (Ra) | hymselue (T U D Ch H2 J) | him seluen (V Ma H) | hym siluen (Ha) | hymself (K Wa N) | him seoluen (La) | hym selfe hath (A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1551: Of (Ra) | For loue of (Most A MSS) | For þe loue of (La) | For (V A) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La E A K Wa N Ma H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1552: y-graunted (Ra) | grauntid (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1553: pleyn (Ra) | pur (T U Ch H2 J K N) | pore (D) | [nothing] (V Ha La A Wa Ma H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1554: prest (Ra T Ch H2) | prest þo (U D V Ha J K Wa N Ma H) | preost þo (La) | prest þanne (A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1555: I shal (Ra A N) | For I shal (T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La K Wa Ma) | & (H) | [out] (E)]

[^a1556: construy (Ra) | construyn (J) | construe (La Ch V A K Wa N Ma H) | construe it (T D H2 Ha) | construen it (U) | [out] (E)]

[^a1557: euery (Ra U Ha) | iche (T J A Ma) | eche (D K Wa) | eche a (H) | vch a (V La) | euerich a (Ch) | the iche (H2) | þe vche (N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1558: telle (Ra A) | teche (H) | kenne (T D H2 K Wa N) | ken (U Ch La) | kennyn (J Ma) | knowen (V) | vndo (Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1559: englys (Ra) | engelische (A) | englissh (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1560: his (Ra) | þat (U K) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1561: bulle (Ra U D H2 V Ha J La A K Wa N Ma) | bille (T Ch Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1562: to (Ra D A Ma) | two (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1563: a (Ra U Ch H2 V J La A K Wa N Ma H) | o (T) | on (D) | [nothing] (Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1564: hit (Ra) | And (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1565: trust (Ra) | hope (U V H) | & hope (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1566: þan (Ra Wa) | Þat (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La K N Ma) | And (J H) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1567: þou shalt wende to helle (Ra) | þe deuyl schal haue þi soule (A Ma H) | to helle ne shalt þou wende (T H2) | to hel Sne schalt þow (Ch) | to helle þou schalt (U J) | to helle for to (Wa) | to helle schalt þou (D Ha K) | to helle schaltou (V La N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1568: þo (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1569: for (Ra T D Ch H2 Wa) | for pure (U Ha J La A K N Ma H) | for puire (V) | [out] (E)]

[^a1570: sece (Ra) | secyn (J H) | seisyn (Ma) | cesse (T K Wa N) | cese (U D Ch H2 V Ha La A) | [out] (E)]

[^a1571: lyflode (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La A K Wa N) | bylyff (H) | belyue (Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1572: of (Ra) | & of (T U D H2 V J Ma H) | & (Ch Ha La A K Wa N) | [out] (E)]

[^a1573: be (Ra Ch Ha K) | ben (T U D V A N H) | bene (J) | bien (H2 Ma) | beon (La) | beþ (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1574: by-lowe (Ra) | bylowhe (U) | belouȝ (H2 D Ha) | beolouh (V) | lowhe (J) | louȝ (T L) | lowgh (N) | lowȝe (Ch) | laughed (H) | lawghede (Ma) | love (L) | [out] (E A Wa)]

[^a1575: þey (Ra H2 J) | þeiȝ (T) | þeiȝe (U) | þouȝ (D Ch K) | þaugh (La) | þe (N) | [nothing] (V Ha Ma H) | [out] (E A Wa)]

[^a1576: his pe yne haþ (Ra) | hadde his peynes (H2) | his payn eet (U J La N) | his peyned (T) | hym peyned (K) | were pyned (A) | peyneden hem (V) | in peyne (Ha) | is fayn (D) | In praiers (Ch) | be occupyid (H) | [out] (E Wa Ma)]

[^a1577: dude (Ra V) | duden (La) | dede (T D Ma) | ded (Ch H) | dide (U H2 K) | did (N) | dydyn (J) | don (A) | doþ (Ha Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1578: þe boke (Ra V) | luk (T U Ch H2 Ha J La K Wa N Ma H) | also seynt luk (N) | lutȝ (D) | [out] (E)]

[^a1579: telleþ (Ra) | leriþ (T) | leryth (H) | lereth (D Ch V La) | lerit (Ma) | lereȝt (H2) | lernyth (U J A K) | lerneþ (Ha N) | byddeþ (Wa) | [out] (E)]

[^a1580: by foules (Ra U J K N) | by þe foules (La) | by birdes (Wa) | be folis (A) | to ben foles (Ma) | þat ben folys (H) | we folys (D) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V Ha) | [out] (E)]

[^a1581: Non (Ra) | Ne (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1582: scitis (Ra K) | sitis (T U Ch H2 V Ha J La A N Ma) | sitis & (D) | sitis dicentes quid manducemus (Wa) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1583: fayre (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E)]

[^a1584: on (Ra) | an (Ha) | ex (H) | [nothing] (T U D Ch H2 V J La A K Wa N Ma) | [out] (E)]

[^a1585: Þei haue (Ra U J) | Haue þei (T D Ch H2 V Ha A K Wa N) | hauen þey (La) | ha þey (Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1586: to go to (Ra U V La A Wa N) | to gon to (J K Ma) | þerto (T D Ch H2) | greiþ (Ha) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1587: quod (Ra A) | What quaþ (Most A MSS) | Qwat quod (J) | Piers quod (N) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1588: crist (Ra) | [out] (E H) | peter (All Other A MSS)]

[^a1589: lerned (Ra D Ch) | lernid (T H2) | lettrid (U Ha) | lettred (La K Wa N Ma) | letteryd (J A) | lettret (V) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1590: lered (Ra V La Wa) | lernide (T U) | lernyd (H2 A) | lerned (D Ch Ha K N) | taughte (Ma) | taute (J) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1591: myn aunte (Ra A) | myn abbesse (La) | þe abbesse (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1592: tauȝthe (Ra) | tauȝte (V Ha) | tauth (A) | kennide (T) | kennyd (U J K) | kenned (D Ch H2 La Wa N) | kennede (Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1593: moche more (Ra U) | michell better (K) | betere (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1594: peres (Ra J N) | piers quaþ he (T U D Ch H2 La A K Wa) | quod he (V Ha Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1595: myȝt (Ra D Ch H2 Ha A Wa N) | miȝtest (T U V La K) | mygthist (Ma) | mytist (J) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1596: myȝthe (Ra V J A Wa N) | þat miȝte (T U D Ch H2 La K Ma) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1597: þy (Ra) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [nothing] (K) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1598: litel (Ra T Ch H2 Ha J A) | luitel (V) | seldom (U K) | selden (D La N Ma) | seld (Wa) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1599: Ecce (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Ha J La A K Wa N Ma) | E[j]ice (Kane) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1600: uirga (Ra U) | iurgia (T D Ch H2 V J La N Ma) | virga (Ha A K Wa) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1601: here (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1602: a-wok (Ra V Ha K Wa N Ma) | awook (U) | wok (T D Ch H2 J La A) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1603: an (Ra) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1604: euere (Ra) | euene (T U D Ch H2 V La Wa N Ma) | euen (Ha) | euyn (J A K) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1605: vp-on (Ra) | on (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1606: Mamelyng (Ra) | Musyng (T U Ch H2 Ha J La A K N Ma) | Meusyng (D) | And musande (Wa) | Mony elynge (V) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1607: made (Ra) | han mad (T Ch H2 V La A Wa) | haþ mad (U Ha J K N) | haþ maked (D) | had mad (Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1608: men (Ra) | loue (T D Ch H2 V Ha La A Wa N) | lyf (U J) | [nothing] (K Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1609: and (Ra U H2 N) | Ac (T D J La Ma) | As (A) | Bot (Ch V Ha K Wa) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1610: And Iugyn hem -seluen (Ra) | And saith hym self (K) | And seyn be hem selfe (J) | And siggen bi hem seluen (V) | And hem seluen siggyn (Ma) | and by hem selue (U) | And he hem selfe boþe (A) | Caton saiþ him self (Wa) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 Ha La N) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1611: ⁊ & cetera (Ra D Ch Ma) | cures ne mens humana (N) | cures nam mens est humana quod optat (Ha) | [nothing] (T U H2 V J La A K Wa) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1612: and (Ra U) | Ac (T D H2 V Ha) | Bot (Ch J K Wa Ma La) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (E H N)]

[^a1613: dauid (Ra T D) | daniel (Ch H2 V Ha A K Wa N Ma) | daniel þe prophete (U J) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1614: demede (Ra) | demide (T) | demyd (H2 Ma) | deuynede (V) | deuyned (U Ch La A Wa N) | dremyd (D) | Dyuynyd (J) | dyvyned (K) | dampneþ (Ha) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1615: knyȝth (Ra) | king (T D Ch H2 V Ha A K Wa Ma) | kyng ones (N) | kyng onys (U J) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1616: clerk (Ra) | clerkis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1617: sweue (Ra) | sweuene (T U D Ch H2 V Ha A Wa N Ma) | sweuyn (J K) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1618: vn-kyd (Ra) | an vnkynde (T Ch H2) | vncouthe (U V Ha J K Wa N Ma) | an vncouþe (D) | vnconyng (A) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1619: knyȝt (Ra T H2) | kniȝtes (Ha K Wa) | kniȝtys (N) | knihtes (V) | knytis (A) | kyng (D Ch) | kyngis (J) | kynges (U) | men (Ma) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1620: cleyme (Ra) | to cleyme (T U D H2 Ha A Ma) | to clayme (Ch V K Wa) | to cleue (J) | to cle??? (N) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1621: lowere (Ra U V Ha J La Wa N) | lowar (K) | hyere (A) | lewide (T) | lewid (H2) | lewed (D) | lewde (Ch) | lether (Ma) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1622: kingdam (Ra) | londis (T U D H2 Ha J La Wa) | lond (Ch V A K N Ma) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1623: shal (Ra Ch V A K N Ma) | schul (U D Ha) | shuln (T H2 Wa) | schollyn (J) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1624: demed (Ra D Ch h2) | demyd (A) | dymde (Ma) | deuyned (Wa N) | deuynyd (J) | diuinede (V) | dyuyned (U K) | deuysed (Ha) | demide (T) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1625: by-fel (Ra U Ch Ha Wa) | befil (H2) | fel (T D V J A K N Ma) | feol (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1626: lasse (Ra) | & lesse (T D Ch H2 A Wa) | & lasse (V Ha J K N Ma) | & false (U) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (E H)]

[^a1627: hayled (Ra) | haylsiden (D K) | haylsedyn (J) | hailsede (U) | hailsed (Ch N) | halsiden (T) | halside (H2) | he heylid (A) | Falden bifore his Feed and heileden (V) | grettyn (Ma) | worshipt (Wa) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1628: bew (Ra U V J A N) | Beau (All Other A MSS) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1629: sire (Ra) | fitȝ (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | fiȝ (U V Ma) | fisȝ (J) | filtȝ (N) | seris (A) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1630: sekyn (Ra J A Ma) | seken (K) | seke (T U D Ch H2 K) | seche (V Wa N) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1631: And (Ra Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1632: þe fader (Ra V A Ma) | his fadir (Most A MSS) | he (K) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1633: plowman (Ra) | þe plouȝman (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa N Ma) | þe plouh mon (V) | {unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1634: enpugned (Ra U Wa N) | enpugnedid (Ma) | inpugnid (T A) | inpugnide (H2) | inpugned (D Ch) | inpugnede (V) | inpungnyd (J K) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1635: by pure (Ra U V J La K Wa N) | be poure (Ma) | to pure (A) | before (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1636: demed (Ra K Wa N) | demede (Ma) | deuyned (D) | dyuynyd (J) | diuinede (V) | dyuyned (U) | he leuide (T H2) | he leued (Ch) | he leueth (D) | [unclear] (La) | [out] (Ha E H)]

[^a1637: of (Ra U H2 V J A K Wa N Ma) | at (T D Ch) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1638: with a (Ra) | wiþoute (T Ch H2 V A K Wa N) | wiþouten (U J) | withoutyn (Ma) | apertly withoute (D) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1639: to passe to Ioye (Ra V K Wa N) | to passen to ioie (U) | to passyn to Ioye (J) | to pasyn into Ioy (A) | for to gon to ioie (Ma) | a pena & a culpa (T Ch H2) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1640: þis (Ra) | Þis is (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1641: a lef (Ra D V Wa N Ma) | a lefe (K) | a leef (U J) | þe lif (T Ch H2) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1642: lettred (Ra D N) | lettrid (T U H2 Wa) | lettret (V) | letteryd (J Ma) | lettered (Ch) | letterd (K) | lernyd (A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1643: teche (Ra) | techiþ (U J A) | techit (Ma) | techeþ (D V K Wa) | techen (N) | shewiþ (T) | schewitȝ (H2) | scheweþ (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1644: prayeres and pardoun . and penauns (Ra) | pardoun & penaunce & preyours (T U H2 V J K Wa N) | pardoun & preiers & penaunce (Ma) | pardoun and penaunce oft tymes (Ch) | pardoun & penaunce preyerrs (D A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1645: ben (Ra) | do (T D H2) | don (V A) | doun (N) | doone (K) | doþe (Ch) | shal (Wa) | may (Ma) | togidres mown (U J) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1646: salue (Ra T H2 N) | saue (U D Ch A K Wa) | sauen (V J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1647: to (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1648: heue (Ra) | haue (D J K) | han (T U H2 V A Wa N Ma) | haþe (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1649: synned (Ra U D Ch K N) | synnyd (J A) | sennyd (Ma) | sunget (V) | ysynned (T H2 Wa) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1650: Ac (Ra U J) | Bote (V K Wa N Ma) | And (T D Ch H2) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1651: as (Ra D Ch V) | as is (T U H2 J K Wa N Ma) | as for to (A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1652: now (Ra) | ȝow (T Ch H2 V J K Wa N) | ȝe (D Ma) | þat (U) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1653: þinkeþ (Ra Wa) | þinkyn (Ma) | þenke (D) | renkes (T Ch H2 V K N) | lordes (U J) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1654: þei þat (Ra) | þat (T U Ch H2 V J K Wa N Ma) | þan (D) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1655: ben (Ra) | beþ (Wa) | riche ben (T U D Ch V K N Ma) | riche bene (J) | riche bien (H2) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1656: bolder (Ra Ch H2 Wa N Ma) | boldar (K) | baldere (T U D) | baldar (J) | Baldore (V) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1657: namly (Ra) | nameliche (T U D Ch H2 J K Wa N Ma) | nomeliche (V) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1658: ȝe (Ra T U Ch H2 V J K Wa N) | þe (Ma) | þese (D) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1659: þei (Ra) | þei to (U) | Þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1660: þe welþe of þis word (Ra) | þe welþe of þis world (V K N Ma) | þe welth of þe world (J) | þe wele of þis world (Wa) | welthe of þis world (U) | þe world at wille (T Ch) | the wolrd at wylle (H2) | world (D) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1661: for who-so men (Ra) | & wise men (T U Ch H2 J K N) | for Wyse men (V) | & for wysmen (D) | þat wise men (Ma) | & wise (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1662: be y-holde (Ra) | beþ yholde (Wa) | be holde (Ch) | ben holden (T D V K N) | ben holdyn (J) | bien holden (H2) | ben holde (U) | arn holdyn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A H)]

[^a1663: At þe (Ra) | At þe dredful (T U Ch H2 V J A K N Ma) | And at þe dredful (Wa) | At dredful (D) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1664: day of dome (Ra U V J) | dom (A K Wa N) | doom (Ma) | dom day (T) | domesday (D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1665: dede (Ra U Ch V J Ma) | dead (N) | þe dede (T D H2) | dedes (Wa) | deth (K) | men (A) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1666: alle (Ra U V J K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 A N) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1667: ȝelde (Ra D Ch H2 J A Wa N) | ȝelden (T U V) | ȝeldyn (Ma) | yelde (K) | [out] (Ha La E H)]

[^a1668: by day (Ra D Ch H2 V J A K Wa N Ma) | [nothing] (T) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1669: doum (Ra) | dom (T D Ch J A K Wa N) | doom (H2 V Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1670: ne (Ra J K Wa Ma) | ne þe (T D Ch H2) | ne no (A) | & (N) | with (V) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1671: of alle þe (Ra) | of alle (Wa Ma) | of þe (D) | in alle (A) | among þe (T Ch H2 V J K N) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1672: ȝou (Ra D J N Ma) | ȝe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1673: nolde (Ra D V N Ma) | nold (Ch J A K Wa) | ne wolde (T H2) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1674: þe (Ra D K) | þi (T U Ch H2 V Wa) | ȝoure (J N Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1675: patent of þi pardoun (Ra D) | patentes of thy pardone (K) | patentis of pardon (A) | patentis (Ma) | patent (T Ch H2 Wa) | pardoun (V J N) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1676: o fleis (Ra) | on pye (T D V K) | o pye (J) | o pie (Wa) | oon pye (H2) | one pies (N) | on pies (Ma) | a pece (A) | on piȝe (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1677: to (Ra D V J A K N Ma) | we (Wa) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1678: ben (Ra A Ma) | be (T D Ch H2 J K Wa N) | beo (V) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1679: be-twynne (Ra) | betwene (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1680: ȝif (Ra) | ȝef (Wa) | gif (N) | ȝiue (T V J) | ȝeue (D Ch H2) | feve (K) | graunte (Ma) | of (A) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1681: her . er (Ra) | here or (D J A K N) | er (T V Wa Ma) | or (Ch H2) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1682: werkes (Ra) | werkis (T H2 V J A N Ma) | workes (Ch K Wa) | wurkes (D) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1683: worche (Ra D V K Wa) | werche (T H2 A N) | wirche (Ch) | wyrchin (J) | werkyn (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1684: while (Ra D Ch H2 A) | whiles (T K N) | wyleȝ (Wa) | qwylis (J) | while þat (V Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1685: dude (Ra) | duden (V) | dede (T D H2 A N) | ded (Ch) | dedyn (Ma) | dyde (K Wa) | wrowtyn (J) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1686: we (Ra D K) | he (T Ch H2 Wa N Ma) | he vs (V J) | [variant half-line] (A) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1687: auȝthe (Ra) | ouȝte (D) | avghten (K) | hiȝte (T Ch H2 V Wa N) | highte (Ma) | bad & tawte (J) | [variant half-line] (A) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^a1688: Amen (Ra J) | Amen Amen (Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E H)]

[^275: Ra.8.3: Unusually, there are no rubrics or ticking of the Latin words that comprise this half-line. Cf. 8.21, below.]

[^276: Ra.8.15: There is a very light suspension mark above the <r>.]

[^277: Ra.8.18: The stain above the line doesn't appear to obscure anything.]

[^278: Ra.8.20: The þei in 8.22 suggests that this should here be a plural, as is regularly the case in other manuscripts. And cf. marchauntes at 8.42.]

[^279: Ra.8.21: As in 8.3, the first line on this folio above, there are no rubrics or ticking of the Latin words.]

[^280: Ra.8.25: A very slight punctus is visible after sel.]

[^281: Ra.8.26: A light diagonal mark was added later above the punctus to make it a punctus elevatus, which would have been expected at this point.]

[^282: Ra.8.40: The punctus here may appear to be irregular, until one sees that it is functioning like a comma separating items in a series. Cf. 8.199 below.]

[^283: Ra.8.42: The insertion of a punctus here is irregular.]

[^284: Ra.8.43: The change of letter-size and lighter ink suggest that these last two words may be a later addition; they are clearly in the hand of the original scribe. The first stroke of the <o> of cloþes bites the second stroke of an original <h>.]

[^285: Ra.8.47: erit is written at the end of the next line.]

[^286: Ra.8.48: erit here continues the Latin from the previous line.]

[^287: Ra.8.51: Two following lines (Counfortiþ hym in þat cas, coueitiþ nouȝt his goodis, / Ac for oure lordis loue lawe for hym shewiþ," [= Kane 51-52]) are absent, uniquely, from Ra here.]

[^288: Ra.8.92: This is a unique instance of this spelling of the number in Ra: cf. 2.31; 3.218; 5.28, 109, 159; 6.62, 120; 9.8, 73; 11.40, 109, 275]

[^289: Ra.8.92: Bleed-through from the recto renders this word less than totally clear, and likewise parts of those in the line below.]

[^290: Ra.8.94: what are probably the two elements of a punctus elevatus run together here.]

[^291: Ra.8.95: The use of a punctus elevatus is unusual at mid-line for this scribe. Though there are a couple of instances in passages of English, the form is generally limited to his rubricated lines of Latin, as can be seen from the preceding line and line 101 below.]

[^292: Ra.8.100: and seyde is assigned to the beginning of the next line by Kane; RaT and most manuscripts divide the lines after seyde.]

[^293: Ra.8.101: The Latin text in Ra moves to a second line, but it is clearly continuous: there is no capital at the beginning of the second line.]

[^294: Ra.8.102: sece appears to be this scribe's usual spelling: cf. 2.114. Ra's variant spelling here is not noted in Kane, who lists Ra, unusually, after U as witness to the spelling cese.]

[^295: Ra.8.106: In addition to the last three letters of peyne, there remain two or three unfilled spaces from the erasure. Kane queries whether it was "altered from penauns (?) same hand." Since penaunce appears in the same position two lines directly above, this makes good sense.]

[^296: Ra.8.111: This is a widely variant half-line in the manuscripts; Kane adopts the reading from Ra.]

[^297: Ra.8.113: fayre is unique to Ra; the line break at this point is paralleled by D, which breaks the line after ous.]

[^298: Ra.8.114: A following line, Kane's 8.115, is absent uniquely from Ra.]

[^299: Ra.8.122: Two letters ?<li> appear to have been scraped after the <m>, and the erasure affected the middle of the following <l>.]

[^300: Ra.8.125: Kane emends to E[j]ice (the usual reading of the Bible verse (Proverbs 22:10). But there is no sign of that form, or even Eice, in any Piers manuscript; all witness Ecce.]

[^301: Ra.8.125: There is no ambiguity about the scribal form uirga: the third minim is clearly dotted.]

[^302: Ra.8.130: An eyeskip caused by a repeated [metelys] may account for the absence of the second half of Kane's 8.130 and first half of 8.131 from RaDK. Also, han is absent here from RaWa.]

[^303: Ra.8.134: The Latin is neither rubricated nor underlined here.]

[^304: Ra.8.135: Kane and Schmidt place How at the beginning of next line; the line division after how appears in RaTDCh. The line divides after prophete in U J; after deuynede in V La; after dremys in K; and after oþer in Wa]

[^305: Ra.8.136: In addition to the marginal addition of daniel the same hand has here underlined dauid.]

[^306: Ra.8.137: The ink suggests that the minim before the initial <n> was later added by the scribe and then subsequently, even immediately, deleted by subpunction.]

[^307: Ra.8.138: The change of ink and pen nib suggests that a new stint begins with this line.]

[^308: Ra.8.153: The punctus is connected to last stroke of <l>.]

[^309: Ra.8.157: This appears to be a slightly larger capital <N> than usual.]

[^310: Ra.8.171: This line is missing from T D Ch and H2.]

[^311: Ra.8.172: The word is somewhat worn/faded.]

[^312: Ra.8.173: At the end of this line and in the right margin, there is bleed-through from the rubricated words on the verso: Ra.9.17]

Explicit hic visio willelmi de petro . ⁊ &cetera Et hic incipit
vita de dowel . do-bet . ⁊ & dobest . secundum wit ⁊ & resoun .

[Et hic incipit vita de dowel . do-bet . ⁊ & dobest . secundum wit ⁊ & resoun .] [This is the "title" provided at the bottom of the previous folio [29r]. We might, however, have expected "prologus" to be supplied as the specific title for Passus 9, given that passus 10 is titled "primus de dowel," passus 11 "secundus," and passus 12 "tertius.]

T hus y-robed in russet . I romed[^a1689] a-boute
al a somer sesoun . for to seche[^a1690] dowel 
and I[^a1691] frayned wel[^a1692] ofte of folk þat I mette
ȝif ony[^a1693] wiste where . dowel was at inne .
And what man he myȝthe be . of meny man I frayned[^a1694]
was þer[^a1695] neuere wyȝth as I wene[^a1696] . þat me wisse cowde[^a1697] 
wher þis lede longeþ . lasse ne[^a1698] more
til hit fel[^a1699] on a fryday . two freres I mette .
Maysteres of þe menoures . men of gret wyt
and[^a1700] haylsed hem hendely . as I hadde lerned[^a1701] 
and prayde hem for cherite[^a1702] . er þei passed ferþer
ȝif þey knewe[^a1703] ony countre . or costes a-boute .
Wher þat do-wel duellyþ . doþ[^a1704] me to wisse
marie quod þo[^a1705] maystres . at hom with[^a1706] vs he duelleþ 
and euere haþ as[^a1707] I hope . and euere shal here -after
Contra . quod I as a clerk . and gan[^a1708] to disputen[^a1709] .
Sepcies in die . cadet[^a1710] iustus ⁊ & cetera[^a1711]
Seuene sythes on þe day[^a1712] seyþ[^a1713] þe book . falleþ[^a1714] þe riȝtful[^313]
and[^a1715] who-so synnes[^a1716] he[^a1717] sayde[^a1718] . certes me thinkes 
þat[^a1719] dowel and do-euel . mow not duelle to-gederes
Ergo he is[^a1720] nowt al-way at hom . a-mong ȝou freres
He is oþer -while ellys -wher . to wissen[^a1721] þe peple
I shal sey[^a1722] þe my sawe[^a1723] . seyde[^a1724] þe frere þanne 
how vij seuene syþes on þe day[^314] . þe sadde man synnes
by a fore-bysne quod þe frere . I shal þe fayre shewe[^a1725] .
Let brynge a man in a bot . a-myddes[^a1726] a brod water
þe wynd and þe water . and þe waggeng[^a1727] of þe bote 
makeþ þe man many tyme[^a1728] . to falle and to stande
for stonde he neuere so styf . he stumbleþ in þe wagging[^a1729] .
And ȝit[^a1730] he is saf[^a1731] and sound . and so him by-houes[^a1732]
For ȝif he ne a-rise[^a1733] raþer . and rauȝthe þe sterne[^a1734] 
þe wynd wolde with þe water . þe bot ouer -throwe
þer were þe mannys lyf y-lost[^a1735] . for lachesse of him -selue .
Ryȝt þus hit[^a1736] fareþ quod þe frere . with[^a1737] folk here on erþe
þe water is lyk[^a1738] to þis[^a1739] word[^a1740] . þat waxeþ and wanyes[^a1741] 
þe godes of þe[^a1742] grounde . beþ[^a1743] lyk to[^a1744] þe[^a1745] wawes
and[^a1746] as wyndes and wateres . wawes[^a1747] a-bowte .
The bot is lik[^a1748] to þe body . þat brotel is of kinde
and[^a1749] þow[^a1750] þe fend and þe flesh . and þe falce word[^a1751] 
syþen[^a1752] sy[nneþ] þe sadde man . seuene sithes on[^a1753] þe day
ac dedly synne doþ he not . for do-wel him helpeþ .
That[^a1754] is charite þe champioun . chef helpe of alle[^a1755][^315]
a-ȝen vij. seuene[^a1756][^316] to[^a1757] stonde . he[^a1758] steryȝt þe[^a1759] soule
þat þey[^a1760] þe[^a1761] body bowe . as a bot[^a1762] doþ on þe[^a1763] water
ay is the[^a1764] soule saf . but þou thi-self wilt .
Folwe þi fleschly[^a1765] wil . and þe fend[^a1766] after
and do[^a1767] dedly synne . and drenche þy soule[^a1768] 
god wil suffre þe to deye[^a1769] so . for þou[^a1770] hast þe maystry
I haue no kinde knowyng quod I . to conseyue þi wordes .
And[^a1771] ȝif I may lyue[^a1772] and loke[^a1773] . I shal go lere[^a1774] ferþer[^a1775]
I by-kenne þe[^a1776] crist . þat on þe cros deyde[^a1777] 
and þei seyde þe same . saue þe fro myschauns
and gif[^a1778] þe grace on þis erþe . in goud lyf to ende .
Thus[^317] I wente wide-wher . dowel to seche[^a1779]
and[^a1780] as I wente by a wode . walkyng myn one 
blysse of þe bryddes . maden e[^a1781] mad[e][^318] me to[^a1782] abyde
and vnder lynde[^a1783] vp-on a launde . lened I me a stounde .
To lyþen[^a1784] þe layes . þe[^a1785] louely bryddes[^a1786] madyn[^a1787]
blisse of þe[^a1788] bryddes . brouȝte me a-slepe 
þe meruelyouste metyng . mette me þanne
þat euere dryȝt in doute . drempte[^a1789] as I wene .
A meke[^a1790] man me thouȝþe[^a1791] . lyk to my-seluen[^a1792]
com[^a1793][^319] and calde[^a1794] me by my ryȝthe[^a1795] name 
what art þou quod I[^a1796] . that my name knowest
þat wost þou[^a1797] wel quod he . and no wyȝth[^a1798] betere .
?

[A faint, small paraph mark appears in the left margin.]

Wot I quod I . who art þou . thoutȝ thou[ȝt] þan he seyde[^a1799]
I haue serued[^a1800] þe þis[^a1801] .vij. seuene ȝere . sey[^a1802] þou me no raþer 
art þou thout[^a1803] quod I[^a1804] . þou coudest[^a1805] me telle
wher do-wel dwelleþ . and do me to wisse .
Do-wel quod he and do-bet . and do-best þe thridde
are[^a1806] þre fayre vertues . and beþ[^a1807] not fer[^a1808] to fynde 
who-so is meke of his mouþ . and[^a1809] mylde of his speche
trewe of[^a1810] tounge . and of his two handis .
And þorw[^a1811] þe[^a1812] labour of[^a1813] his handes[^a1814] . his lyflode wynneþ .
and[^a1815] trost[^a1816] of his taylende . takeþ but his owyn 
and is[^a1817] not drunkelew ne denyous[^a1818] . do-wel him folwyþ
do-bet þus doþ . he[^a1819] doþ moche more .
He is as low[^a1820] as a lomb . and louely[^a1821] of speche
whil[^a1822] he haþ[^a1823] of his owyn[^a1824] . he delyþ[^a1825] þer most[^a1826] nede is 
þe bagges of[^a1827] þe bigerdelys . he haþ broke[^a1828] hem alle
þat erle[^a1829] auarous . hadde and[^a1830] his eyres .
And with mammonas mone[^a1831] . he haþ mad him frendes
and is ronne to þe[^a1832] relygious[^a1833] . and haþ rendred þe bible 
and precheþ[^a1834] þe peple . seynt powles wordes
Libenter suffertis ⁊ & cetera[^a1835] .
þe[^a1836] wise suffretȝ[^a1837] the onwise . with ȝou for to[^a1838] lybbe .
And with glad wil do[^a1839] hem good . for so god him[^a1840] hyȝte
do-best is a-boue hem boþe . and bereþ a bisshopes crose 
y-hoked[^a1841] at þat on ende . to holde him[^a1842] in good lyf
a pyk in[^a1843] þe[^a1844] potent . to pycche[^a1845] a-doun wickede[^a1846] .
That haunteþ[^a1847] eny[^a1848] wickednesse . dowel to tene[^a1849]
and as do-wel and do-bet . don[^a1850] him[^a1851] to vnderstonde 
þey haue[^a1852] crouned a[^a1853] king . to kepin[^a1854] hem alle .

[There appears to be a very faded copy of the first three words above them in the top margin.]

and[^a1855] ȝif do-wel and do-bet . dedyn a-ȝenst[^a1856] dobest
And were vnbuxoum at his biddyng . and bold to don ille
þan[^a1857] þe king shulde[^a1858] come . and caste hem in prisoun 
and putte[^a1859] hem þer in penauns . with -oute pite or grace
but ȝif[^a1860] do-best prey[^a1861] for hem . abyde þer for euere .
Thus de d[o] -wel[^320] and do-bet . and do-best þe thridde
crouned on to be king . and by[^a1862][^321] his[^a1863] counseyl wrouȝthe[^a1864] 
and rewlen þe rewme . by red of hem alle
Rich

[The writing is extremely faded, and not visible in the provided image.]

and oþer -wise and ellys not . but as þei þre asente .
I þanked þouȝth þo . so[^a1865] þat he me[^a1866] tauȝthe
and[^a1867] ȝit sauoureþ me not þi seggyng . so me god helpe 
anx

[This may be an attempt to copy the first word and that begins the preceding line (9.104). The <an> looks plausible, the <d> somewhat less so.]

more kynde knowing . I coueyte to lerne[^a1868]
how dowel and[^a1869] dobet . and do-best don on þis erthe .
But wit counne[^a1870] wisse þe[^a1871] þe [quod] thouȝt . where þo þre duellyn
ellys wot[^a1872][^322] no man . þat now is on erthe[^a1873] 
þouȝt am a[nd][^323] I þus . þre dayes we ȝede[^a1874]
disputyng on do-wel . day after oþer .
And[^a1875] er we war were[^a1876] . wit[^a1877] gan we mete
le [h]e was long and lene . lyk to non oþer [^324]
sad of his sembland[^a1878] . and of a sad[^a1879] speche
I[^a1880] durste meue no matere . to make him to Iangle .
But as I bad þouȝt þo . be mene by-twynne
to putte furþ soum[^a1881] purpos . to[^a1882] prouen his wittes 
þanne þouȝth in þat tyme . sayde þese[^a1883] wordes
where þat dowel and dobet . ⁊̃ & dobest were[^a1884] in londe .
here his[^a1885] wil wolde I wite[^a1886] ȝif wit coude[^a1887] teche .

[^a1689: I romed (Ra D Ch K) | I romyd (U J A Ma) | I rome (H2) | romed I (V) | romed (Wa) | I rombide (T) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1690: seche (Ra) | sechyn (Ma) | seke (T U D Ch H2 V A K Wa) | sekyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1691: and I (Ra U) | And (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa) | I (A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1692: wel (Ra U) | ful (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1693: ony (Ra A) | any wiȝt (T Ch H2 K Wa) | ony wyȝth (D) | ony man (J) | any with (Ma) | eny wight (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N H)]

[^a1694: frayned (Ra U) | askide (T) | askid (H2 J A) | askede (Ma) | asked (D Ch K Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N H)]

[^a1695: þer (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1696: wene (Ra T U D Ch H2) | wente (V A Ma) | went (J K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1697: cowde (Ra U D A Ma) | couþe (T Ch H2 V J Wa) | coulde (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1698: ne (Ra U D V K Wa Ma) | no (J) | ne þe (T H2) | noþer (A) | and þe (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1699: fel (Ra V J A) | befel (T U D Ch K) | befil (H2 Wa) | was (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1700: and (Ra) | I (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma) | and y (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1701: lerned (Ra Ch K Wa) | ylernid (T H2) | lernyd (U J A Ma) | Ileorned (V) | serued (D) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1702: for cherite (Ra) | for charite (U D) | pur charite (T Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | par charite (V J) | besili (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1703: knewe (Ra U V K) | knewen (T H2) | knewyn (J A) | knew (D Ch Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H Wa)]

[^a1704: doþ (Ra J) | do (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1705: þo (Ra) | þe (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | þese (U) | a (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1706: at hom with (Ra U) | amongs (Ch) | among (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1707: as (Ra U V J A K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1708: gan (Ra A) | bigan (Ma) | comside (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | wold (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1709: disputen (Ra U) | disputyn (J A) | desputen (D) | dispute (T Ch H2 Ma) | despute (K) | dispuite (V) | spute (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1710: cadet (Ra) | cadit (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N H)]

[^a1711: ⁊ & cetera (Ra D) | om. (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N H)]

[^a1712: on þe day (Ra U J A Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2) | a day (V K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1713: seyþ (Ra U) | seiþ (T Ch V J A Wa Ma) | seiȝt (H2) | sayþ (D) | saith (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1714: falleþ (Ra T U D Ch H2) | synneþ (Wa) | synnyth (A K) | syngnyt (J) | sungeþ (V) | sennyth (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1715: and (Ra U D V J A K Wa) | Ac (T H2) | Bot (Ch) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1716: synnes (Ra) | synneþ (T U D Ch H2 A K Wa) | sennyt (Ma) | singnyt (J) | sungeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1717: he (Ra U) | I (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa Ma) | as I (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1718: sayde (Ra Wa) | seide (V) | said (K) | seiȝe (T H2) | saie (Ch) | say (D J A Ma) | seiþ (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1719: þat (Ra U D V A K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1720: is (Ra U Ch J A K Wa) | nis (T D H2 V Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1721: wissen (Ra) | wyssyn (J A Ma) | wisse (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1722: sey (Ra D Ch J) | seiȝe (T H2) | seye (U V) | sein (Ma) | say (A K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1723: sawe (Ra U) | sone (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1724: seyde (Ra) | seide (T D Ch H2 V J A Ma) | saide (Wa) | said (K) | seiþ (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1725: shewe (Ra U D V A K Wa) | shewen (T Ch H2 J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1726: a-myddes (Ra) | amyddys (J) | amydde (T U H2 V K Wa Ma) | in myddis (A) | on (Ch) | in (D) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1727: waggeng (Ra) | waggyng (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa) | waggig (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1728: tyme (Ra V Wa Na) | tymes (T U D Ch H2 J A K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1729: wagging (Ra) | waggyng (T U D Ch H2 V J A Wa Ma) | wawyng (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1730: ȝit (Ra U Ch V J A Wa Ma) | ȝet (T D H2 K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1731: saf (Ra D Ch H2 Ma) | sauf (T U Wa) | safe (K) | saue (A) | saaf (V) | both hole (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1732: by-houes (Ra) | behouiþ (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa) | behouyt (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1733: a-rise (Ra) | rese (A) | arise þe (T U D H2 Ma) | rise þe (V J) | rose þe (K) | ros þe (Ch Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1734: rauȝthe þe sterne (Ra) | raught þe sterne (Wa Ma) | rowght þe sterne (K) | rauhte to þe steorne (V) | raughte þe stere (U) | ȝede to þe sterne (A) | rawte þe stere (J) | ariȝt stere (D) | ariȝt sterede (T) | ariȝt sterid (H2) | riȝt stired (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1735: y-lost (Ra V) | lost (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa) | Iloost (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1736: hit (Ra U D Ch V J A K Wa Ma) | [it] (Kane) | [nothing] (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1737: with (Ra) | be (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1738: lyk (Ra U) | liknid (T H2 J Ma) | likned (D Wa) | liknet (V) | lykened (A K) | lekened (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1739: þis (Ra A K) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1740: word (Ra) | world (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa Ma) | werld (J A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1741: waxeþ and wanyes (Ra) | waxeth and wanyeth (U) | waxith & wanyth (A) | waniþ & waxiþ (T D J K Wa) | wanieþ and waxeþ (Ch) | wanyeþ &waxit (H2) | wanyit & wexit (Ma) | wonieþ and waxeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1742: þe (Ra D Ch Wa Ma) | þis (T U H2 V J A K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1743: beþ (Ra Wa) | be (T D H2 J) | ben (Ch V A K) | bet (Ma) | arn (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1744: lyk to (Ra U D) | lik to (Wa) | like to (Ch) | lykened to (A) | liknyd to (Ma) | lyknyt to (J) | lik (T) | lyk (V) | like (H2 K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1745: þe (Ra U D J A) | þe grete (T Ch H2 V K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1746: and (Ra U) | Þat (T D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | Riht (V) | [nothing] (A) | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1747: wawes (Ra U) | wawen (T D Ch H2) | walwyn (J) | walweth (K Wa) | walwit (Ma) | waleweþ (V) | walkyn (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1748: lik (Ra T U D K Wa Ma) | liken (H2) | lyknyd (J) | liknet (V) | likened (A) | leked (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1749: and (Ra V) | Þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1750: þow (Ra) | þoruȝ (T) | thoru (H2) | þorow (Ch J A) | þurw (U V) | þourgth (Ma) | þourȝt (D) | þrow (Wa) | thrugh (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1751: word (Ra Ma) | werd (A) | world (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | werlde (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1752: syþen (Ra) | Synnes (T) | Synneþ (U Ch H2 Wa) | Synnyth (J A K) | Senneþ (D) | Synnyt (Ma) | Sungeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1753: on (Ra U D A K Wa Ma) | om. (T Ch H2 V J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1754: That (Ra U V J A Ma) | And þat (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1755: of alle (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1756: vij. seuene (Ra Ma) | synne (T U Ch H2 J A K Wa) | sunne (V) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1757: to (Ra U) | For he strengþeþ þe to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1758: he (Ra U V) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1759: steryȝt þe (Ra) | stereth þe (D) | stireth þe (U) | steriþ þi (T H2 J A) | stireth þi (K Wa) | stires þi (Ch) | stureþ þi (V) | helpit þin (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1760: þey (Ra H2 Ma) | þeiȝ (T) | þeiȝe (U) | þouȝ (D K) | þow (Ch J Wa) | þauȝ (V) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1761: þe (Ra U D) | þi (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1762: a bot (Ra U V J Wa) | bot (T D Ch H2 K) | þe boot (Ma) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1763: on þe (Ra K) | in þe (T U V Ma) | in a (J) | in (D Ch K Wa) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1764: the (Ra D) | þi (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1765: fleschly (Ra K) | flesshis (T U Ch H2 V Ma) | flechis (J) | Flessh (D Wa) | of þi flesche (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1766: fend (Ra U H2 J K Ma) | fendis (T Ch V A Wa) | fendes (D) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1767: do (Ra U Ch V A Ma) | don (T D H2 J K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1768: soule (Ra U K) | seluen (T V) | selue (D H2 J A Ma) | self (Ch Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1769: deye (Ra D) | deiȝe (T H2) | deyȝin (J) | dey (U) | deyn (A) | die (Ch V K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1770: þou (Ra U V) | þiself (T Ch H2 K Wa) | þy self (D) | þi selue (J) | þinseluyn (Ma) | þe selfe (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1771: And (Ra) | Ac (T D H2 J) | But (U Ch V K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1772: lyue (Ra U K) | lyuen (T H2 V) | lyfnen (J) | leue (D Ch Wa) | go liuen (Ma) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1773: loke (Ra U D H2 Wa) | loken (T Ch V K Ma) | lokyn (J) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1774: lere (Ra) | lerne (T U D H2 V K Wa Ma) | lern (Ch) | lernyn (J) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1775: ferþer (Ra) | beter (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1776: þe (Ra T U D J2 K Wa) | þe to (A Ma) | ȝow (Ch J) | ȝou to (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1777: deyde (Ra U H2 Ma) | deiȝede (T) | deyȝid (J) | deyd (A) | diȝede (V) | diede (Wa) | died (Ch) | dyyd (K) | dyde (D) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1778: gif (Ra Wa) | [g]iue (Kane) | geve (K) | ȝif (D H2 J A) | ȝef (Ch) | ȝiue (T U V) | ȝeue (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1779: seche (Ra V Wa Ma) | sechen (U K) | seken (T D H2) | sekyn (J A) | seke (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1780: and (Ra U H2 V J K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1781: maden e (Ra) | made (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1782: to (Ra V) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La A E N H)]

[^a1783: lynde (Ra U D) | a lynde (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1784: lyþen (Ra U) | listen (K) | lystyn (A) | lestnyn (Ma) | lerne (T D Ch H2) | leorne (V) | leren (Wa) | [out] (Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1785: þe (Ra U Wa Ma) | þat (T D Ch H2 V) | þat þe (A K) | [out] (Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1786: bryddes (Ra T U D H2) | birdes (Ch) | foulis (A Ma) | foules (V K Wa) | [out] (Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1787: madyn (Ra A) | maden (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1788: þe (Ra U D Ch H2 V A K Ma) | þise (T) | þis (Wa) | [variant line] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1789: dryȝt in doute . drempte (Ra) | driȝt in doute drempte (U) | dremide driȝt in doute (T) | dremyd dryȝt in doute (H2) | dremed driȝt in dout (Ch) | dremyd I ȝit in dowte (J) | dremyd y dyd in doute (D) | dremid þing in drougthe (Ma) | dremede driht In drecchynge (V) | dremed dright in þoght (Wa) | dremyd wyth in drouth (A) | dremyd drighte in dede (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1790: meke (Ra) | muchel (T H2) | Muche (V Wa) | much (Ch) | moche (D) | michel (J K Ma) | meche (A) | mykil (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1791: thouȝþe (Ra) | þouȝte (T U D Ch H2 V K) | þoughte (Ma) | þouth (A) | thowte (J) | þough (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1792: my-seluen (Ra V) | me seluen (K) | myselue (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1793: com (Ra T U D Ch H2 V A K Wa) | Cam (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1794: calde (Ra Ma) | callide (T U H2) | callid (J A K) | called (D Ch Wa) | clepede (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1795: ryȝthe (Ra) | righte (U Ch H2 A Wa) | kynde (T D K) | kuynde (V) | kene (Ma) | propir (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1796: I (Ra U D V A K Ma) | I þo (T Ch H2 J Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1797: wost þou (Ra U J) | þou wost (T D Ch V A Wa Ma) | þou wotest (K) | þou (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1798: wyȝth (Ra D) | wiȝt (T U Ch H2 J K Wa) | bodi (V) | man (A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1799: þan he seyde (Ra) | þanne ... quod he (Wa) | seyd I þanne (J) | I me seide I þenne (V) | seide he þanne (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1800: serued (Ra Wa) | seruid (Ma) | sewide (T) | sewyd (H2 A K) | sewed (D Ch) | suwyd (J) | suwed (V) | swyed (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1801: þe þis (Ra U D V Wa) | the thes (K) | þe al þis (A) | þe (T Ch H2 J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1802: sey (Ra A Ma) | seye (U J) | seiȝe (T) | seiȝ (H2) | se (Ch V) | saw (D) | seest (K) | And saw (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1803: thout (Ra J) | þouȝt (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | þouth (A) | youth (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1804: quod I (Ra Ch A Wa) | þo quaþ I (T D H2 K) | quod I þo (V J Ma) | þo quod he (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1805: þou coudest (Ra D K) | þou couþest (T H2 Wa) | coudest þou (U) | canst þou (A) | canstow (J) | const þou (V) | kant þou (Ma) | þow hit cowþest (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1806: are (Ra D) | Arn (T Ch H2 A Wa Ma) | Arne (J K) | Ben (U) | Beoþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1807: and beþ (Ra Wa) | ben (T U Ch K) | be (D H2 A) | betȝ (Ma) | beoþ (V) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1808: fer (Ra U D Ch V Wa Ma) | ferre (J) | far (K) | for (T H2) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1809: and (Ra Ch A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1810: of (Ra) | of his (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1811: þorw (Ra) | þurw (U) | thorow (J) | thoru (H2) | þoruȝ (T Ch K) | þourȝt (D) | þourth (Na) | bi (V) | trewe of (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1812: þe (Ra U Ch) | his (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1813: of (Ra U Ch Ma) | or (T D H2 J) | or bi (V K) | or þrow (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1814: handes (Ra U) | hondes (Wa) | honde (Ch) | lond (T D H2 V J) | land (Ma) | londes (K) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1815: and (Ra D V J K Wa) | is (Ma) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (U Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1816: trost (Ra) | trust (Ma) | Trusty (T H2) | trusti (V K Wa) | trosty (J) | trwsty (D) | Tristy (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1817: is (Ra U V J K Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1818: denyous (Ra) | deynous (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa) | dinous (Ma) | deignous of speche (U) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1819: he (Ra) | ac he (T D Ch H2) | bote he (V K Wa Ma) | & (J) | [out] (U Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1820: low (Ra Ma) | louȝ (T H2) | louh (V) | lowe (Ch J K Wa) | lowelich (D) | [out] (U Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1821: and louely (Ra) | louelich (T D V J K Wa Ma) | and louelich (Ch) | loueliche (H2) | [out] (U Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1822: whil (Ra A Ma) | Whiles (T D Ch H2 Wa) | while (U V K) | Qwyl (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1823: haþ (Ra U A) | haþ ouȝt (Most A MSS) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1824: owyn (Ra A) | owene (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1825: delyþ (Ra U) | helpiþ (T H2 J K) | helpit (A Ma) | helpeth (D Ch V Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1826: most (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1827: of (Ra) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1828: broke (Ra Ch Wa) | broken (T U D H2 V) | brokyn (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1829: erle (Ra Ma) | euer erle (J) | þe Erl (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1830: and (Ra U) | or (T D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | or eny of (V) | or any of (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1831: mone (Ra U J) | money (T D Ch H2 V A K) | mony (Ma) | monoye (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1832: to þe (Ra) | to (Most A MSS) | into (U D V J Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1833: relygious (Ra) | religious (A) | religioun (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1834: precheþ (Ra D Ch V Wa) | prechiþ (T U J) | prechit (A K Ma) | prechitȝ (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1835: suffertis ⁊ & cetera (Ra A Wa) | suffertis insipientes &c (K) | suffertis (V) | sufferte &c (T D H2) | sufferte (Ch) | suffe??? insipientes (Ma) | [out] (U Ha J La E N H)]

[^a1836: þe (Ra T D Ch H2 A Wa) | Ȝe (U V J Ma) | Ye (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1837: suffretȝ (Ra) | suffriþ (T H2 Ma) | suffreþ (U D Ch Wa) | sufferith (J A) | soffreþ (V) | suffre (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1838: for to (Ra U V J A K Wa Ma) | to (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1839: do (Ra U Ch A K) | doþ (T D H2 V J Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1840: him (Ra) | hem (D J) | himself (V Wa Ma) | hymselfe (A) | hymself (K) | bit hym (T H2) | biddiþ hym (Ch) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1841: y-hoked (Ra Wa) | Ihokid (U) | Is hokid (T J A Ma) | His hoked (D) | Yt is hoked (K) | Is hokit (H2) | Is hoked (Ch) | Is hoket (V) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1842: him (Ra V) | men (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | hem (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1843: in (Ra J Wa Ma) | is in (T U D Ch V K) | is (H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1844: þe (Ra U V K Wa Ma) | þat (T Ch H2 J) | þo (D) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1845: pycche (Ra) | pynche (U) | pungen (T H2) | punge (Ch V) | pynge (K Wa) | punchin (J) | puttyn (Ma) | put (D) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1846: wickede (Ra) | þe wykkide (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1847: haunteþ (Ra U) | waiten (T Ch H2 V) | waytyn (J Ma) | wayte (D Wa) | wayteth (K) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1848: eny (Ra V) | any (T J K Wa Ma) | ony (U D H2) | ay (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1849: tene (Ra U D Ch J) | tenen (T H2 K Wa) | tenyn (Ma) | teone (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N H)]

[^a1850: don (Ra H2) | dede (T Wa Ma) | ded (Ch) | dedyn (A) | dydyn (J) | dyddyn (K) | dude (D) | duden (V) | doþ (U) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1851: him (Ra U D Ch J A Wa Ma) | hem (T H2 V K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1852: haue (Ra U D A K Wa) | han (T Ch H2 V Ma) | hath (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1853: a (Ra U D H2 V J A Ma) | o (T) | on (Ch Wa) | one (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1854: kepin (Ra J A Ma) | kepe (T) | depen (U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1855: and (Ra U D Ch J Ma) | Þat (T H2 V K Wa) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1856: a-ȝenst (Ra) | aȝens (T D H2) | aȝen (U Ch Wa) | aȝeyn (V J A) | ageyn (K Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1857: þan (Ra) | Þanne (U J A Ma) | þen (V) | þat Þanne (T D Ch H2 K Wa)]

[^a1858: þe king shulde (Ra U) | shulde þe kyng (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1859: putte (Ra U Wa) | putten (T H2) | puttyn (J) | putt (K) | put (D Ch Ma) | puiten (V) | case (A) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1860: but ȝif (Ra V K Wa) | But (T D Ch H2 A Ma) | & but ȝif (U J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1861: prey (Ra) | bede (T U D A) | beede (V) | bid (Ch K) | bidde (H2 J Ma) | þe þredde bidde (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1862: by (Ra Wa) | [nothing] (A) | be (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1863: his (Ra T U Ch H2 H) | here (D A Ma) | her (J) | heor (V) | hyre (Wa) | theire (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1864: wrouȝthe (Ra) | werchen (T H2 Wa) | werche (D A Ma H) | worche (V K) | wurche (U) | wirchen (Ch) | to wyrche (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1865: so (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1866: me (Ra) | me so had (H) | me so (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1867: om. (Ra U A Ma H) | Ac (T D H2 J) | Bot (Ch V K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1868: lerne (Ra U D J K Wa H) | lere (T Ch H2 Ma) | here (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a1869: and (Ra U Ch H2 V A Ma H) | om. (T D J K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1870: counne (Ra) | can (T D Ch H2 K H) | con (V J) | conne (Wa Ma) | kunne (U) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1871: þe (Ra U) | quaþ (Ch) | þe quaþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1872: wot (Ra T Ch K Wa Ma) | woot (U H2) | not (V) | wot I (D A H) | þer can (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1873: on erthe (Ra) | on lyue (U D H2 J K Wa H) | o lyue (T) | a lyue (Ch V Ma) | on lyfe (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1874: ȝede (Ra U) | ȝeden (T D Ch H2 K Wa H) | ȝedyn (J A) | eodem (V) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1875: And (Ra U D V J K Wa) | Ac (T) | Bot (Ch) | wentyn (Ma) | [nothing] (A) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1876: war were (Ra Ch Wa) | war wern (Ma) | war ware (K) | ywar were (T H2) | war werey (D) | were war (U A) | weoren war (V) | wyst (J) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1877: wit (Ra U) | wit wyt (Ma) | wiþ wyt (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1878: sembland (Ra) | semblaunt (T U D V K Wa Ma) | semelaunt (H2 H) | semland (J) | [nothing] (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a1879: sad (Ra U) | softe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a1880: I (Ra U D V A K Wa Ma H) | I ne (T Ch H2) | and I (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1881: soum (Ra) | a (A) | [nothing] (J) | sum (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1882: to (Ra U Ch H2 V A K Wa) | & (T D J Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1883: þese (Ra U D H2 A Wa H) | þes (Ch J K) | þeose (V) | þis (T) | þise (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1884: were (Ra U) | beþ (T) | beoþ (V) | ben (D A Wa Ma H) | be (Ch J) | bien (H2) | byn (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1885: here his (Ra U Ch) | Here is (T D H2 J K Wa) | His (A) | Oure (V) | To heryn hys (H) | To heryn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1886: I wite (Ra) | I witen (V) | y wite (U) | I wetyn (A) | I (H) | wyte (T D H2 J K) | wete (Ch Wa) | y wetyn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1887: coude (Ra D Ma H) | could (K) | couþe (V) | couþe hym (T Ch H2 V J Wa) | coudd me (A) | coude hym (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^313: Ra.9.18: The second letter may at first look like a <y>, but the descender lacks the customary loop, and the underlying form is that of a <ȝ>, with an awkwardly inserted minim overlapping it.]

[^314: Ra.9.24: on the day appears in this position, and not at the end of the second half-line, only in RaU.]

[^315: Ra.9.42: Ra and U alone break the line at this point.]

[^316: Ra.9.43: In all other manuscripts than RaU, these first two words are placed after helpe, at the end of the preceding line. In those manuscripts, this line begins with For he strengþeþ þe.]

[^317: Ra.9.54: The boundary for the rubricated capital <T> is marked by a vertical line.]

[^318: Ra.9.56: This form madene is unusual (and this form here is unique in Ra). Furthermore, the initial stroke of the final <e> is not its usual curved form, but rather a simple minim, perhaps the result of anticipating the following me and failing to notice the error.]

[^319: Ra.9.63: A crease in the folio makes it appear to be con.]

[^320: Ra.9.99: Ra's de is not noted in Kane, though he does note its appearance in Wa.]

[^321: Ra.9.100: Ra's by is not noted as a variant by Kane, though Wa's form is.]

[^322: Ra.9.108: Kane (1988) adopts not, from V; cf. Schmidt, who reads "[not I]".]

[^323: Ra.9.109: The final minim is altered by a (much) later hand to something approximating a <d>. The original am is not reported by modern editors.]

[^324: Ra.9.112: A following line, Kane's 9.111, is absent from RaUV.]

Passus primus de do-wel .

S ire dowel dwelleþ quod wit . not a day hennys
in a castel þat kynde made . of foure kennys[^a1888] þinges 
of erþe of eyre[^a1889][^325] hit is made . medled to-gederes
with wynd and with water . enioyned wittily[^a1890] .
Kynde haþ closed þer -in . craftily[^326] with -alle
a lemman þat he loueþ . lyk to him -selue 
Anima hit[^a1891] hatteþ[^a1892] . to here haþ[^a1893] enuye
a proud prykere of fraunce . Princeps huius mundi .
And wolde wynne hure a-way . with wyles ȝif he myȝthe
and[^a1894] kinde knoweþ þis[^a1895] wel . and kepiþ hure þe betere [^327]
and[^a1896] do[^a1897] hure to sire do-wel . duk of þe[^a1898] marches
do-bet is hure damesele . sire dowelis douȝter[^a1899] .
And serueþ[^a1900] þis lady lely . bothe late and raþe
þus dowel and do-bet . and do-best þe thridde 
ben[^a1901] maystres of þis mare[^a1902] . þis mayden[^a1903] to kepe
þe[^a1904] counstable of þe castel . þat kepyþ hem alle .
ys a wys knyȝt with -all es e[^328] . sire inwit[^a1905] he hatteþ
and[^a1906] and [haþ] fyue fayre sones . by his furste wyue[^a1907] 
sire see-wel and seywel . and here -wel þe ende[^a1908]
sire wyrch[^a1909] wel with þyn hond . and[^a1910] with[^a1911] man of strengþe .
Sire[^a1912] godfrey dowel[^a1913] . grete lordes alle
þese[^a1914] syxe beþ[^a1915] y-set . to saue þe castel 
to kepe[^a1916][^329] þis wymman .[^330] wise men[^a1917] ben charged
til kynde come or[^a1918] sente[^a1919] . and[^a1920] kepe here him -selue .
what calle ȝe þat castel quod I . þat kynde haþ y-maked
and of[^a1921] what kennys þing[^a1922] . conne ȝe me telle 
kynde quod he is ceatour[^a1923] c[r]eatour . of alle kynnes[^a1924] bestes
fader and formere . þe furste of alle þinges[^a1925] .
And þat he is[^a1926] grete god . þat gynnyng hadde neuere
þe lord of lyf and of lyt[^a1927] and of peyne 
aungelys and al þing . arn at his wille
and[^a1928] man is him most lyk . of mark and of shappe[^a1929] .
For thur[^a1930] thur[ȝ] þe word þat he warp . waxe forþ bestes
and al at his wille . was wrouȝt with a speche 
Dixit ⁊ & facta sunt . ⁊ & cetera .
saue man þat he made . ymage to him - seluen[^a1931]
ȝaf him[^a1932] of his godhede . and graunted him blysse .
Lyf þat ay shal laste . and al his lynage after
þat is þe castel of[^a1933] kynde made . caro hit hatteþ[^a1934] 
as moche to mene . as[^a1935] man with þe[^a1936] soule[^331]
þurȝ[^a1937] myȝth of þe mageste . man was y-maked .
Faciamus hominem ad ymaginem nostram .
In-wit and alle wittes . enclosed ben þer -inne
for loue of þat lady . þat lyf is y-nempned 
þat is Anima . þat ouer al[^a1938] þe body wandreþ
ac in þe herte is hure hom . heyest[^a1939] of alle .
He[^a1940] is lyf and ledere . and[^a1941] lemman of heuene
in-wit is þe help[^a1942] . þat . anima . desyret[^a1943] 
after þe grace of god . inwit is þe grettest[^a1944] .
in-wit in þe hed . is[^a1945] an help . to þe soule .
For þurȝ his cunnyng is kept . Caro ⁊ & anima .
in reule and in resoun . but reccheles hit make 
he eggeþ eye[^a1946] syȝt . and hering to gode
of[^a1947] speche and of[^a1948] going[^a1949] . he is[^a1950] by-gynnere .
In mannys brayn he is[^a1951] most . and myȝthiest[^a1952] to knowe
þer is his boure bremest . but hot[^a1953] blod hit make 
for whan blod is bremere þan brayn . þan is þe wit[^a1954] bounden
and ek wantoun and wilde . with -outen ony resoun .
In fauntes[^a1955] and folys . in[^a1956] hem fayleþ[^a1957] in-wit
and ek in sottes þou myȝt se . þat sytten at þe ale[^a1958] 
þei helden[^a1959] ale in here hed . til inwit be drenchid[^a1960]
and ben brayned[^a1961] as bestes . so here blod waxit[^a1962] .
Than haþ þe pouke power . sire princeps huius mundi
ouer swiche[^a1963] maner[^a1964] men . myȝt is[^a1965] myȝtis in here soulys 
and[^a1966] in fauntes and[^a1967] folys . þe fend[^a1968] haþ no wit[^a1969]
for no werk þat þei werchyn[^a1970] . wikked or[^a1971] ellys .
But[^a1972] þe fader and þe frendes . for fauntes shul be blamed[^332]
and[^a1973] þei be pore and catelles . and kep yn[^a1974] kep[e]n[^333] hem from ylle 
þan is holy cherche a-wenge[^a1975] . to helpe hem saue[^a1976]
F ro[^334] fol yes and fynden[^a1977] hem . til þei ben wisere[^a1978] .
Ac[^a1979] ech[^a1980] wit[^a1981] wi[ȝ]t in þis word[^a1982] wor[l]d . þat haþ understondyng[^a1983]
is chef soueren ouer him -self . his soule to ȝeme 
and chefueschyn[^a1984] for ony[^a1985] charg[^a1986] . whan[^a1987] childhod passeþ
saue him -self fro synne . for so him byhoueth .
For werche he wel oþer wrong . þe wit is his owen
þan is do-wel a duk . and[^a1988] distroyeþ vices 
and saueþ þe soule . þat synne haþ no myȝth[^a1989]
to route[^a1990] ne to reste[^a1991] . to[^a1992] rote[^a1993] in þin herte .
And þat is drede of god . dowel hit makeþ
and is[^a1994] gynnyng[^a1995] of goudnesse[^335] . god for to dowte[^a1996] 
Salomon hit seyde . for a soth tale
Inicium sapiencie timor[^a1997] domini . ⁊ & cetera[^336]
for doute men doþ þe bet . for[^a1998] drede is such a mayster .
That he makeþ men mylde . and mek[^a1999] of her[^a2000] speche
and alle skynnys[^a2001] skoleres . in scole to lere[^a2002] 
þan is do-bet to be war[^a2003] . for betyng of þe ȝerdes[^a2004]
and þer[^a2005] seyþ þe sauter . þe psalme þou myȝt rede .
Virga tua ⁊ & baculus tuus . ⁊ & cetera[^a2006]
Ac ȝif clene conciens acorde . and[^a2007] þi-self do[^a2008] wel
wille[^a2009] þou neuere in þis word[^a2010] . why[^a2011] for to don betere 
for intencio iudicat[^337] hominem[^a2012] .
with[^a2013] counseyl of conciens . a-cordyng with[^a2014] holy cherche
loke þou wisse þi wit . and þi werkes after .
for ȝif þou comsest[^a2015] a-gayn conciens . þou combrest þi-seluen[^338]
and so witnesseþ godes word . and holy cherche[^a2016] after[^a2017]
qui agit contra concienciam . ed . adus . de . ⁊ & cetera[^a2018][^339]
ac ȝif þou werche[^a2019] by godes word . I warne þe þe[^340] beste
what-so men wondryn[^a2020] of þe . wratthe þe neuere .
catoun conceylytȝ so[^a2021] . tak kepe of þis þing[^a2022]
Cum recte uiuas . ne cures uerba malorum .
but suffre

[In the upper left margin: but suffre (i.e. the first two words of the first line) have been washed out and produce a large dark stain.]

but suffre and sit stille . ne[^a2023] seke[^a2024] þou no ferþer .
And be glad of þat[^a2025] grace . þat god haþ þe sente[^a2026]
for ȝif þou comsest[^a2027] to clymbe . and coueytest hyere[^a2028] 
þou myȝt[^a2029] lese þi lownesse . for a lytel pride
I haue herd[^a2030] when[^a2031] lewed men . haue lered[^a2032] here children
þat seldo[^a2033] seld[e] men se þe marbel mosy[^a2034] . þat ofte men[^a2035] tredyn
And ryȝt so by renneres[^a2036] . þat rennyth[^a2037] a-boute .
from religioun to religioun . rechelys[^a2038] þei ben[^a2039] euere
ne men þat cunne[^a2040] alle[^a2041] craftes . as clerkes and oþer[^a2042]
trist[^a2043] tri[f]t[^341] or[^a2044][^342] thedam[^a2045] with þo . is selden[^a2046] y-seye[^a2047] .
Qui circuit omne genus ⁊ & cetera[^a2048]
Poul þe apostel . in his pistel wrot hit
in exaumple[^a2049] þat[^a2050] swiche[^a2051] . shulde not renne abowte 
and for wisdom is writen . and witnessed in cherche[^a2052]
In eadem uocacione . qua vocati estis[^a2053] .
Ȝif þou be man[^343] maried . monk oþer chanoun
hold þe stabele and stedfast . and strengþe þi soule[^a2054]
to be blessed[^a2055] for þi beringe . ȝe[^a2056] beggere[^a2057] þei[^a2058] þou were
loke þou grocche not on god . þei[^a2059] ȝ[^344] he ȝeue[^a2060] þe litel
Be payd[^a2061] with þe porcyoun . pouere[^a2062] oþer riche[^345]
for þus in[^a2063] sufferauns se þou myȝt . how soueraynes a-rise[^a2064] .
and so lerned[^a2065] vs luk . þat lyȝede[^a2066] neuere
qui se humiliat exaltabitur[^a2067] .
And þus of dred ⁊̃ & of oure[^a2068] dede . dobet a-risetȝ[^a2069]
whych is þe frut and þe flour[^a2070] . fostred[^a2071] of boþe
riȝth[^a2072] as a rose þat red is and[^a2073] swete . out of a ragged[^a2074] rote[^346]
and as a[^a2075] row[^a2076] brere þat[^a2077] spryngeþ ⁊ & spredeþ . þat spiceres desiren[^a2078]
Or as whete out of wed . waxeþ[^a2079] out of þe erþe
so dobest out of dobet . and dowel gynnytȝ[^a2080] springe
a-mong men of þis molde . þat meke ben and kynde
For loue of her[^a2081] lounesse[^a2082] . oure lord ȝyft[^a2083] hem grace .
Such werk[^a2084] to werche[^a2085] . þat[^a2086] he his wit[^a2087] payed[^a2088]
formest and ferst . to folk þat ben wedded[^a2089]
and lyuen as here lawes[^a2090] wiln[^a2091] . hit lykeþ god almyȝthi[^a2092]
þat þorw[^a2093] wedlak þe word[^a2094] stant . who-so wil hit knowe[^a2095]
Thei ben[^a2096] þe reychest[^a2097] of rewmes[^a2098] . and þe rote of dowel
for of here kyn[^a2099] þei comyn[^a2100] . þat confessoures ben nemled[^a2101]
boþe maydenys and nunnes[^a2102] . monkes and ankeres[^a2103] .
king[^a2104] and knyȝthes[^a2105] . and alle kennys[^a2106] clerkes
Barounes and burgeys . and bonde-men of tovnes[^a2107][^347]
and[^a2108] falce folk and feyþles[^a2109] . theuys[^a2110] and lyeres[^a2111]
ben conseyued[^a2112] in cursed time . as kaym was of[^a2113] eue
after[^a2114] adam and eue[^a2115] . eten þe appel .
Aȝen[^a2116] þe heste of him . þat he[^a2117] he[m] of nouȝt made .
an aungel in haste[^a2118] . het[^a2119] hem[^a2120] to wende .
in-to þe[^a2121] wrecchede word[^a2122] . to wone[^a2123] and to libbe[^a2124]
in tene and in[^a2125] trauayle . in-to[^a2126] here lyues ende
In þat cursede[^a2127] constellacyoun . þei knewe to-gederes
and brouȝthe[^a2128] forþ a barn . þat muche bale wrouȝthe[^a2129]
kaym þei him calde[^a2130] . in cursed[^a2131] tyme engendred[^a2132]
and so seyþ þe sauter . se hit whan þe lykyþ .
Concepit dolorem[^a2133] ⁊ & peperit iniquitatem[^a2134] .
Alle þat come[^a2135] of þat kaym . crist hated hem[^a2136] after
and manye milyonys[^a2137] mo . of men and of wymman[^a2138]
and of[^a2139] seth and his suster[^a2140] . swiþe[^a2141] forþ come
for þei maried hem[^a2142] with cursed . to[^a2143] men of kaymes kynne[^a2144]
For al þat come[^a2145] of þat kaym . a-cursed[^a2146]
for-þi he sente hem to[^a2147] seye[^a2148] . and seyde[^a2149] him by an aungel
to kepe his kynrede fro kaym[^a2150] . þat þei[^a2151] cople[^a2152] not to-gedere
and syþe[^a2153] seth[^a2154] and his soster[^a2155] . were spoused[^a2156] to kaymes kyn[^a2157]
A -gayn[^a2158] godes heste . gerles[^a2159] þei[^a2160] getyn[^a2161]
and[^a2162] god was wroþ[^348] with here werkes . and sayde þese wordes[^a2163]
Penitet me fecis

[A later copy of the first three words is put in the upper margin above the words. Most of the letters have been smudged, and there is also what appears to be a smaller group of very faded and blotted words above the smudged text.]

Penitet me fecisse eos .i. homines[^a2164] .
and is as moche to mene . amonge vs alle
þat I man maked[^a2165] . now hit me for-þenkeþ[^a2166]
And cam[^a2167] to Noe a-non . and bad him not lette
swyþe to shapyn[^a2168] a ship[^a2169] . of shides and of[^a2170] bordes
him -self and his sones þre . and syþen here wyues
buskede[^a2171] to þat bot . and byde[^a2172] þer-ynne .
Til fourty dayes were[^a2173] fulfyld . þat flode haue y-wassche
clene a-way[^a2174] þe cursed[^a2175] blod . þat caym haþ y-maked[^a2176]
bestes þat now ben . shal[^a2177] banne þe tyme
þat euere cursede[^a2178] kaym . com to[^a2179] þis erþe .
Alle shul[^a2180] deye[^a2181] for his dedys . be downes and hilles
boþe fysshes and foules . forþ with[^a2182] þe[^a2183] bestes
out-take viij[^a2184] eiȝte soules . and[^a2185] eche[^a2186] beste a couple
þat[^a2187] in þe sengle[^a2188] ship . shul[^a2189] be[^a2190] y-saued[^a2191]
Ellys shul[^a2192] alle deye[^a2193] . and to helle wende[^a2194]
þus[^a2195] þhurȝ[^a2196][^349] cursed[^a2197] caym . come[^a2198] care vp-on alle
and al for seth[^a2199] and his children[^a2200] . spoused here[^a2201] eyþer oþer[^a2202]
a-ȝen þe lawe of oure lord . leyȝen[^a2203] to-gederes
And were[^a2204] maried[^a2205] at myschef . as men do now here children
for some as I se now . soth for to telle
for couetyse of catel . vn-kyndely be maried
a carful concepcioun comeþ[^a2206] . of swich a[^a2207] weddyng
As fele[^a2208] of þis[^a2209] folk . as[^a2210] I[^a2211] before shewyd[^a2212]
hit is an vn-comly couple[^a2213] . by crist as y wene[^a2214]
to ȝeue[^a2215] a ȝong wenche . to an olde feble
or wedde ony[^a2216] wedue[^a2217] . for ony[^a2218] wele of godes[^350]
In Ielosye[^a2219] ioyeles . and Ianglyng a-bedde[^a2220]
many a[^a2221] peyre syn þe[^a2222] pestilens . han plyȝþ[^a2223] hem to-gedere
þe frut[^a2224] þat þei brynge forþ . arn many foule wordes
þei haue[^a2225] no children but cho est[^a2226] . and choppys[^a2227] be-twythen[^a2228]
Thei[^a2229] hiden[^a2230] hem to donmowe[^a2231] . but ȝif þe deuel helpe
to folwe[^a2232] after þe flesche[^a2233] . fecche þei hit neuere
but ȝif þei boþe be forswon[^a2234] forswo[r]n . þat bakoun þei tyne
for-þi I counsel alle cristen . þei[^a2235] coueyte not to be[^a2236] wedded[^a2237]
For couetise of catel . or for[^a2238] kynrede riche
but maydenys and maydenys . ȝow to same takyn[^a2239]
wedueres[^a2240] and wedues[^a2241] . werche ȝe[^a2242] al-so
þanne[^a2243] glade ȝe god . þat alle[^a2244] godes[^a2245] sendeþ[^a2246] .
For in my tyme[^a2247] treuly . by-twen man[^a2248] and w y mman[^a2249][^351]
shuld no bedburd be . but þey were boþe clene
of lyf and of loue . and of lawe also
þat derne dede[^a2250] do . no man ne shulde
Ac[^a2251] by-twen sengle and sengle . swich[^a2252] lawe haþ y-graunted[^a2253]
þat euery[^a2254] man haue a make . in mariage[^a2255] of wedlok[^a2256] .
and wirche[^a2257] on his wif . and on no wymman[^a2258] ellys
... ...

[The blots before this and the next line obscure some now-unreadable letters.]

þat oþer -gates beþ[^a2259] y-goten[^a2260] . gadelynges[^a2261] ben holdyn[^a2262]
And þo[^a2263] ben false folk . and false eyres al-so[^352]
fundelynges and lyeres[^a2264][^353] vngracious . to gete loue or eny[^a2265] goud ellys
but wandryn[^a2266] as wolues[^a2267] . and waste[^a2268] ȝif[^a2269] þei mowe
a-ȝen[^a2270] do-wel þei[^a2271] don eyuel[^a2272][^354] . and þe deuel plese[^a2273]
And after here deþ-day . shul[^a2274] duelle with þe same
but ȝif god ȝif[^a2275] hem[^a2276] grace . here to a-mende
þan is do-wel to dredyn[^a2277] . and dobet to suffren[^a2278]
and so comeþ[^a2279] a-boute . and bryngeþ doun mody
and[^a2280] is wicked wil . þat manye werkes[^a2281] shendeþ[^a2282]

[^a1888: kennys (Ra) | kynnes (Ch) | kene (H) | kyn (wa) | kynne (U K) | kunne (V) | kynde (A) | skenis (T) | skynnys (Ma) | skynnes (H2) | maner (D) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1889: of erþe of eyre (Ra) | off erthe of eyir (H) | of eir of erthe (Ma) | of erþe & eir (T D V J K Wa) | of erþe & of eyr (U Ch H2) | of herde & of heyre (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1890: enioyned wittily (Ra) | wittylych enioyned (D) | wittylych enioynyd (K) | wittylych yioyned (Wa) | wittylych Ionyid (Ma) | wittyly enioyned (U) | wittyly enIoynyd (J) | wittely enioyned (A) | witlich enioyned (Ch) | ful wittiliche IMeint (V) | wyttyrly Inioynyd (H) | wiȝtliche enioynede (T) | wiȝtliche enyoyned (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1891: hit (Ra) | he (T H2 H) | sche (U D J K Wa) | heo (V) | ȝhe (A) | þat (Ch) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1892: hatteþ (Ra) | hatte (U D Wa) | hate (K) | hette (V) | hyte (J A) | hyth (H) | haþ (T H2) | hiȝt (Ch) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1893: haþ (Ra U D V J K) | haþe (Ch) | hat (H) | had (A Ma) | hadde (Wa) | [nothing] (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1894: and (Ra Ch A H) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | Bote (V K Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1895: þis (Ra U D Ma) | hit (V K Wa) | hym (Ch) | hire (T H2) | hyr (H) | here (A) | his wille (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1896: and (Ra U K) | And haþ (T D Ch H2 V J) | and hatȝ (H) | and had (A Ma) | and doþ (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1897: do (Ra H2) | don (T D Ch A Wa Ma H) | done (J) | Idon (V) | doþ (U K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1898: þe (Ra A Wa Ma H) | þise (T H2 V) | þis (J) | þese (U D) | þe (Ch) | his (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1899: douȝter (Ra U D V K Wa) | dowter (J) | dowtir (Ma H) | douter (A) | sistir (T) | suster (Ch H2)]

[^a1900: serueþ (Ra U D Ch V) | seruiþ (T J K Ma H) | seruitȝ (H2) | seruyd (A) | seruen (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1901: ben (Ra U K Ma H) | Bene (J) | Bien (H2) | Be | Beþ (T D Ch Wa) | Beoþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1902: mare (Ra) | manoire (Wa) | maner (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1903: mayden (Ra V J K) | maydin (Ma H) | Maide (T U D Ch H2 Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1904: þe (Ra Ma) | Ac þe (T U D H2 J) | But þe (Ch V K Wa) | And þe (H3) | As þe (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1905: inwit (Ra U V J K Wa Ma H) | þe wyt (D) | Iewet (A) | þouȝt (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1906: and (Ra) | And haþ (T Ch V J K Wa) | and hatȝ (H2) | and had (A) | and hadde (H) | and haue (D) | he haþ (U) | he hadde (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1907: wyue (Ra U D H) | wyf (T Ch H2 V J A L Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1908: ende (Ra V) | hende (T U D Ch H2 J K Wa) | thrydde (H) | thride (A) | þredde (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1909: wyrch (Ra) | werche (T H2 A Ma H) | worche (V K Wa) | worch (Ch) | wurche (U) | wyrche (J) | werk (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1910: and (Ra T U) | a (D Ch H2 V J K Ma H) | [nothing] (A Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1911: with (Ra A Ma H) | wiȝt (T U Ch H2 V K Wa) | wyȝht (D) | wytty (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1912: Sire (Ra U) | And sire (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1913: dowel (Ra) | go wel (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1914: þese (Ra U D H2 A H) | þise (T Ma) | þis (J Wa) | þes (Ch) | þeose (V) | [nothing] (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1915: beþ (Ra D Ch) | ben (T U V A K Wa H) | bene (J) | bien (H2) | arn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1916: kepe (Ra T U D Ch H2 V Wa H) | kepen (K) | kepyn (A Ma) | kepyn wele (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1917: wise men (Ra U) | þise wise men (T D V) | these wise men (H2 Wa H) | these sexe (A) | þes wise men (Ch J K) | þo wise men (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1918: or (Ra U D Ch V J A Wa Ma M) | oþer (T H2 K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1919: sente (Ra) | sende (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1920: and (Ra U D V J Ma H) | to (T Ch H2 A K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1921: of (Ra U) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (T D Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a1922: kennys þing (Ra) | kynne þing (U) | kynnys þing is kende (A Ma) | kynnes þing is kende (H2 J) | cunnes þing is kuynde (V) | skyns þing is kynde (H) | kyn þing is kynde (K Wa) | [out] (T D Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a1923: ceatour (Ra V) | creatour (T D Ch H2 J K Ma) | kreature (A Wa H) | creatours (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1924: kynnes (Ra J) | kynnys (Ma) | kennes (Ch) | kennis (H2) | kenis (T) | kyn (K) | kynne (U D) | kunne (V) | skyns (H) | kynde (A) | þing (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1925: þinges (Ra K) | þing (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1926: þat he is (Ra U) | he is (D) | þat is þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1927: lyt (Ra) | lith (H2 A Ma H) | liþ (T Ch) | litthe (J) | liht (V) | light (U) | liȝte (D) | liȝthe (K) | lyst (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1928: and (Ra H) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | But (Ch V K Wa Ma) | As (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1929: shappe (Ra U Ch J) | shap (T H2 V K Wa) | Shape (D) | schaft (Ma H) | face (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1930: thur (Ra) | þurw (U) | þoruȝ (T) | thoru (H2) | þorow (Ch J) | þourth (Ma) | þourȝt (D) | þrow (Wa H) | thrugh (K) | wiþ (V) | be (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1931: seluen (Ra V Ma) | selue (T U D Ch J A H) | self (K Wa) | silue (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1932: him (Ra) | hym gost (Most A MSS) | him goost (U Ma) | goost (H) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1933: of (Ra A) | þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1934: hatteþ (Ra) | hatte (T U D Ch Wa) | hattith (H2 A H) | hate (K) | hette (V) | hotitȝ (Ma) | hyhte (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1935: as (Ra U D Ch V J A K H) | as a (Wa Ma) | þat (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1936: þe (Ra U D A Wa Ma H) | a (V) | his (T Ch H2 K) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1937: þurȝ (Ra) | þurw (U) | þoruȝ (T) | Thoru (H2) | þorow (Ch J A) | ÞOrw (V H) | þourth (Ma) | Þoruȝt (D) | Throw (Wa) | Thrugh (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1938: ouer al (Ra U) | in (Wa) | oueral in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1939: heyest (Ra U D J) | heyst (A) | hiest (Wa) | heiyrst (Ma) | heiȝest (T) | hiȝest (Ch H2 V) | highest (K) | [out] (Ha La E N H)]

[^a1940: He (Ra U H2 Wa H) | Heo (T V) | Ȝhe (A) | Sche (D Ch J K Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1941: and (Ra U J H) | and a (V Wa) | a (T D Ch H2 A K Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1942: help (Ra U D V J A K Wa H) | moost help (Ma) | halle (T Ch H2) | [allie] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1943: desyret (Ra) | dyshyrith (A) | [nothing] (Ma) | desiriþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1944: inwit is þe grettest (Ra T U D Ch H2) | þe gretteste is Inwit (V Wa) | þat grettest is inwytte (A) | grettest is Inwitt (K H) | grettest of alle (J) | þe grettest is Inwyt (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a1945: is (Ra U H2) | & (J) | is & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1946: eye (Ra D) | ey (K) | eye to (U) | eiȝe (T H2 Wa H) | þe eye (A) | þin eie (Ma) | aye (J) | ȝe (Ch) | þe i þe (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1947: of (Ra U) | of good (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1948: and of (Ra U V A) | Of (Wa) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1949: going (Ra U J K) | connyng (T D Ch H2) | connynge (V) | good dede (A Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1950: is (Ra D A Wa) | is þo (J) | euere (Ma) | is þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1951: he is (Ra H2 V A K Wa) | is he (T U D Ch J Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1952: myȝthiest (Ra) | miȝtiest (T U D Ch H2 V J K Wa) | mythyest (H) | mytiest (A) | sunnerist (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1953: hot (Ra) | hoot (U) | ȝef (Ch) | ȝif (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1954: is þe wit (Ra U) | Inwit is (Ma) | is Inwit (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1955: fauntes (Ra U) | ȝonge fauntes (Most A MSS) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1956: in (Ra U) | whan (Wa) | wiþ (All Other A MSS) | [variant] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1957: fayleþ (Ra U D Ch H2 V Wa) | failiþ (T A K Ma) | faylyt (H) | wanyth (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1958: ale (Ra H2 V H) | nale (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1959: helden (Ra K Wa) | heldyn (Ma) | helde (T) | held (Ch) | heeld (U) | heldeþ (V) | holde (H2) | holden (D J) | holdyn (A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1960: drenchid (Ra) | drenched (D Ch Wa) | drenchit (T U H2 K) | drinchid (J) | dronchen (A) | Idrenchid (Ma) | Idrynchyd (H) | adreynt (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1961: brayned (Ra U) | branwood (Ma) | braynwood (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1962: waxit (Ra Ma) | waxith (J H) | waxeþ (U Ch V A) | waxed (Wa) | wexiþ (T K) | wexit (H2) | wexeþ (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1963: swiche (Ra Ma) | sweche (A) | suche (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa) | siche (U) | swethe (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1964: maner (Ra U D V K Wa H) | maner of (T Ch H2 J A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1965: myȝt is (Ra U) | miȝt (T Ch H2 V J K Wa) | mygth (A) | myth (H) | & mith (Ma) | hath myȝte (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1966: and (Ra) | Ac (T U D H2 J) | But (Ch V K Ma) | [nothing] (A H) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1967: and (Ra U A K) | ne in (T H2 V J Ma H) | ne (D) | and In (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1968: fend (Ra U V J A K Ma H) | deuil (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1969: wit (Ra U D) | miȝt (T Ch H2 V J K) | mygth (A Ma) | myth (H) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1970: werchyn (Ra Ma) | werche (T D Ch) | worche (Wa) | worchen (V K) | wurchen (U) | werke (H2) | werkyn (A H) | wyrkyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1971: or (Ra U D V A K Wa H) | oþer (T Ch H2) | oyther (J) | ne (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1972: But (Ra Ch V K Ma) | Ac (T U D H2 J Wa) | And (H) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1973: and (Ra D H2) | And ȝif (Most A MSS) | And ȝef (Ch) | And ȝif þat (V) | ac ȝif (U) | ȝif (J A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1974: and kep yn (Ra) | and kepen (U) | to kepen (V K) | to kepe (T Ch H2 A Wa H) | to kepyn (D J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1975: a-wenge (Ra) | awynge (U) | owyng (T D H2 J H) | asignet (V) | holden (Wa) | holdyn (K Ma) | holde (Ch) | beholdyn (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1976: hem saue (Ra) | hem & saue (T U Ch H2 K Wa H) | hem from ille and saue (A) | hem at nede (J) | hem and sauen (V) | hym & saue (D Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1977: fynden (Ra V K) | fyndyn (A) | fynde (T U D Ch J Wa) | fende (H2 H) | techyn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1978: wisere (Ra U D J A H) | wysore (V) | wisare (K) | wise (T Ch H2 Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1979: Ac (Ra D) | And (T U H2 Ma H) | Bote (V J K) | For (Wa) | [nothing] (Ch A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1980: ech (Ra) | eche (U D Ch A K Wa) | iche (T H2 J Ma H) | vche (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1981: wit (Ra) | wyit (H) | wytte (A) | wiȝt (T U D Ch H2 J K Wa) | with (Ma) | mon (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1982: word (Ra) | world (T U D Ch H2 V J K Wa Ma) | werld (A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1983: understondyng (Ra) | vndirstandyng (Ma) | vndurstondyng (A) | wys vndirstonding (T U Ch H2 V) | his vndirstandyng (D Wa) | his vnderstondyng (K) | wyis vndyrstondyng (H) | with vndirstondyng (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1984: chefueschyn (Ra) | Cheuesschen him (V) | chevessen hym (K) | cheuise hym (Wa) | cheuese hym (D) | cheuisshiþ hym (T U) | cheuysseytȝ him (H2) | cheuiseþ hym (Ch) | to cheuyn hym (H) | clensyn him (Ma) | clense hym (A) | kepyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1985: ony (Ra U D) | any (T Ch H2 K) | euery (J Wa) | heny (A) | en (Ma) | [nothing] (V H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1986: charg (Ra Wa) | charge (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1987: whan (Ra Ma) | qwan (J) | whan he (T U H2 K Wa) | whon he (V) | when he (Ch) | qwan he (H) | whan his (A) | whan þat (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1988: and (Ra Ma) | þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1989: myȝth (Ra) | miȝt (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa) | mygth (A) | mith (Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a1990: route (Ra U V Wa) | rowte (H) | routen (T H2) | routyn (A Ma) | rowten (D Ch K) | rowtyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1991: reste (Ra U V Wa H) | resten (T D Ch K) | restyn (J A Ma) | reston (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1992: to (Ra A) | ne (T D Ch H2 J K Ma H) | ne to (U V Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1993: rote (Ra Wa H) | roten (U D) | rotyn (J A K Ma) | Rooten (V) | roren (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1994: and is (Ra U) | and is þe (U) | It is (T) | It is þe (J K Wa) | Þat is þe (H) | þe (Ma) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1995: gynnyng (Ra J Wa) | begynnyng (T U D Ch H2 V K Ma H) | gynnere (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1996: dowte (Ra) | douten (Most A MSS) | dredyn (A Ma) | drede (V H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a1997: timor (Ra U D Ch V J A K Ma H) | est timor (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1998: for (Ra D) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a1999: mylde . and mek (Ra) | meke & mylde (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2000: her (Ra Ch J A H) | here (T U D K Wa Ma) | hire (H2) | heore (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2001: skynnys (Ra) | skyns (H) | skennis (Ma) | kyns (Wa) | kynne (U J K) | kunne (V) | kynde (T D Ch H2) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2002: lere (Ra U) | lerynn (H) | lerne (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2003: to be war (Ra Wa) | to beo war (V) | to ben war (A Ma H) | to be ywar (Ch) | to ben ywar (T U) | to bene ware (J) | to byn ywar (K) | ywar (H2) | seyþ be ware (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2004: ȝerdes (Ra V) | ȝerdys (J) | ȝerde (U D Ch A Wa Ma H) | ȝarde (T H2 K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2005: and þer (Ra U) | And þerof (T D Ch H2 V J K Wa Ma H) | Of þat (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2006: ⁊ & cetera (Ra) | ipsa me consolata sunt (T U D H2 V J K Ma H) | ipsa me consolata sunn (Ch) | [nothing] (A Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2007: and (Ra) | Bote (V) | þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2008: do (Ra U V A K H) | dost (T D Ch H2 J) | doþ (Wa) | dot (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2009: wille (Ra U Ch) | Wyl (H) | whil (A Wa) | Wilne (T D H2 V K) | & willet (Ma) | ȝerne (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2010: word (Ra Ma) | worde (J) | world (T U D Ch H2 V Wa) | worlde (K) | werld (A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2011: why (Ra T U Ch H2 K) | om. (D V A Wa Ma H) | weye (J) | [wy] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2012: hominem (Ra U Ch V A Wa Ma H) | hominem &c (T D H2 J K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2013: with (Ra U) | For (Ma) | be (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2014: with (Ra U V A K H) | wit (Ma) | wil (Wa) | to (J) | of (H2) | [nothing] (T D Ch) | om. | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2015: comsest (Ra D K Wa) | comist (T J Ma) | comest (U Ch H2 V) | gynnyst (H) | do (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2016: cherche (Ra) | chirche (U) | writ (Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (T D Ha La E N)]

[^a2017: after (Ra U) | boþe (Ch H2 V J A K Wa H) | boþun (Ma) | [out] (T D Ha La E N)]

[^a2018: ed . adus . de . ⁊ & cetera (Ra) | &c (T D H2 K) | edificat ad iehennam (U) | [nothing] (Ch A Wa Ma H) | [out] (V J Ha La E N)]

[^a2019: werche (Ra A) | worche (V K Wa) | wyrche (J) | werchist (T) | worchest (U Ch) | wirchest (D) | werke (Ma H) | werchif (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2020: wondryn (Ra) | worden (T D Ch H2 V A K Wa) | wordyn (Ma H) | seyn (U) | spekyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2021: conceylytȝ so (Ra) | counselith so (K) | Counseileþ so (V J) | counseilit so (Ma) | concelyt þe so (H) | counseilleþ to (D) | conseileþ þe to (U) | techith so (A) | techeþ þe so (Wa) | counseiliþ (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2022: þis þing (Ra U) | his tunge (Wa) | his teching (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2023: ne (Ra Ma) | [nothing] (U) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2024: seke (Ra U D Ch H2 J) | sek (T Wa) | sech (V Ma) | seche (K) | sey (H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2025: þat (Ra) | [nothing] (Wa) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2026: þe sente (Ra U K Ma) | þe Isent (V) | sente (D) | Isent þe (T Ch H2 Wa H) | þe grauntid (J) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2027: comsest (Ra D K Wa) | comsist (T U Ch H2) | Cumse (V) | gynnyst (Ma H) | begynne (A) | couet for (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2028: hyere (Ra) | herre (T D V) | here (K) | heyere (Ma H) | hier (Ch) | hiȝere (H2) | heyrere (A) | hie (Wa) | to ben heiere (U) | for to risyn heyere (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2029: þou myȝt (Ra U D) | þou miht (V) | þou mith (Ma H) | þou mayt (J) | Þou myȝtist (T H2 K Wa) | þan myȝtist þow (Ch) | Thow mythist (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2030: herd (Ra T U D Ch H2) | hard (K) | lernyd (J A Ma H) | lerned (V Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2031: when (Ra) | how (T U D Ch V A K) | þe how (J Ma H) | ȝow (H2 Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2032: haue lered (Ra D) | han lered (V) | han lerid (U) | haue lerned (K) | han lernid (T H2) | han lerned (Ch) | leryn (J H) | lerne (A) | lerne ȝe (Wa) | lernyn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2033: seldo (Ra) | selde (T D Ch H2 K) | selden (V Wa) | seldyn (Ma) | seldom (J A H) | seelde (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2034: men se þe marbel mosy (Ra Ch) | men seen þe marbil mose (U) | men sen þe marbel þryuen (D) | men seyn þat þe marbil (Ma) | men seþ þe marbil (T H2) | mosseth þe merble (K) | mosyth þe marbil (J A) | mosyth þe marbyl (H) | Moseþ þe Marbelston (V) | moseþ þe stone (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2035: ofte men (Ra H2) | men ofte (T U D Ch V K Wa Ma) | men oftyn (J A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2036: renneres (Ra U) | renneris (A Ma) | romberis (T H2) | romeris (J) | romers (D Ch K Wa) | romours (H) | walkers (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2037: rennyth (Ra) | renneþ (Ch) | rennen (T U D H2 K Wa) | rennyn (J A Ma H) | walken (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2038: rechelys (Ra) | regeles (Ch) | reccheles (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2039: þei ben (Ra U) | þei bene (J) | ben þei (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2040: cunne (Ra U V) | conne (T) | connen (D Wa) | connyn (A) | konnit (Ma) | con (H) | conynggen (K) | kennyn (J) | [out] (Ch H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2041: alle (Ra U D J A Wa Ma) | of alle (H) | in al (K) | manye (T) | mony (V) | [out] (Ch H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2042: as clerkes and oþer (Ra) | and clergie boþe (U) | clergie it telliþ (Wa) | Clergie hit telleþ (V) | clargie it tellith (A) | clergie tellith (J) | clergyȝe tellith (H) | as clergie tellit (Ma) | clergie it techith (K) | clergie techiþ euere (T) | clergie techeþ euere (D) | clergie [it telliþ] (Kane) | [out] (Ch H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2043: trist (Ra) | Thrift (T U D Ch K) | þruft (V) | þat thrifte (J A Wa) | þat thryf (H) | with sweche þrift (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2044: or (Ra D V J K H) | of or (A) | oþer (T U Ch Wa Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2045: thedam (Ra Wa) | þeodam (V) | þedom (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2046: is selden (Ra) | is selde (T D Ch J A K) | is seldom (U) | is sildyn (Ma) | selden is (V) | seldom is (H) | seldam is (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2047: y-seye (Ra V) | yseiȝe (T Ch J) | Iseygh (K) | seie (U) | yseyn (Wa Ma) | seyn (D A) | sene (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2048: ⁊ & cetera (Ra D) | &c (T Ch) | in nullo genere est (J A Wa H) | de nullo genere est &c (K) | nullius est generis (U) | nullius generis est (Ma) | [nothing] (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2049: exaumple (R J A K H) | ensaumple (T U D Ch V Wa Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2050: þat (Ra U J K Ma) | of (T D Ch V A H) | how (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2051: swiche (Ra J Ma) | sweche (A H) | suche (T Ch V K Wa) | suche (U) | which (D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2052: cherche (Ra) | chirche (A) | chirches (T Ch V K H) | Cherches (D J Wa Ma) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2053: estis (Ra) | estis in eadem permaneatis (U) | estis state (T D Ch J A Wa Ma H) | estis states &c (K) | [out] (H2 V Ha La E N)]

[^a2054: soule (Ra U) | seluen (T D Ch V K) | seluyn (H) | selue (J) | selfue (Ma) | self (Wa) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2055: blessed (Ra) | blissid (T J A Wa Ma H) | blissed (U D Ch K) | blesset (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2056: ȝe (Ra V Wa) | þe (T Ch) | yea a (K) | a (A) | ȝif þou a (U) | [nothing] (D J Ma H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2057: beggere (Ra U D V J A K Wa Ma H) | biggere (T Ch) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2058: þei (Ra J Ma) | þeiȝ (T U) | though (K) | þowȝ (Ch) | þogh (Wa) | þow (A) | þouȝt (D) | þauh (V) | ȝyf (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2059: þei (Ra) | þeiȝ (T) | þeiȝe (U) | þei (J Ma) | þouȝ (Ch) | þauȝ (V) | þogh (Wa) | þow (A H) | thoughe (K) | þouȝt (D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2060: ȝeue (Ra V A Wa Ma H) | ȝiue (U) | ȝif (J) | gyue (T) | geue (D Ch K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2061: payd (Ra U D K) | paide (Ch Wa) | paied (T V A) | payid (H) | payȝid (J) | apaid (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2062: pouere (Ra Ma) | pore (T D Ch J A K Wa H) | be it pore (U) | porore (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2063: þus in (Ra) | þus þurw (U) | þoruȝ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2064: a-rise (Ra Ma) | arisen (U) | ariseþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2065: lerned (Ra J Wa) | lernyd (K) | lernyt (Ma) | lernyth (A H) | leriþ (T) | lered (D) | lerede (V) | [out] (U Ch H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2066: lyȝede (Ra V) | leiȝede (T) | liede (D K Ma) | lyed (J A Wa) | lyid (H) | [out] (U Ch H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2067: exaltabitur (Ra A K Wa H) | exaltabitur &c (T D Ch Ma) | et qui se exaltat humiliabitur (J) | [nothing] (V) | [blank line] (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2068: of dred ⁊̃ & of oure (Ra U) | of drede & of (D Ma) | of dred & here (T) | thour adred & (H) | of drede & his (Ch V J) | for drede & his (K) | dred of (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2069: a-risetȝ (Ra) | arisiþ (T J A K H) | arisit (Ma) | ariseþ (U Ch V) | aryse (D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2070: frut and þe flour (Ra K) | flour & þe fruyt (T U) | floure & þe froyt (D Ch Wa) | flour & þe freute fore (A) | Flour and Fruit (V) | flure & frute (J) | flour & þe frend (H) | flour & þy frend (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2071: fostred (Ra D Wa) | fostrid (T U) | fosterid (J A H) | Ifostrid (Ma) | Ifostred (V K) | forstered (Ch) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2072: riȝth (Ra) | riȝt (T U D Ch V K) | Rith (Wa H) | Reith (Ma) | Rith as redily (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2073: þat red is and (Ra U V J H) | that is redd & (K Wa) | þat red is (Ma) | riseth (Ch) | [nothing] (T D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2074: ragged (Ra D Ch V K Wa) | raggid (U J Ma) | raggit (T) | raggyd (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2075: as a (Ra U) | a (T D J Wa Ma H) | of (V) | out of (K) | on a (Ch) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2076: row (Ra) | rouȝ (T Ma H) | rogh (Wa) | rowȝ (D) | rowh (J) | rowhe (U) | Rouwe (V) | [nothing] (Ch K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2077: þat (Ra U) | & it (Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2078: desiren (Ra U K Wa) | desyryn (J) | desiriþ (T D Ch V H) | desirit (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E A N)]

[^a2079: waxeþ (Ra Ch V A Wa) | waxiþ (T U J) | waxit (Ma) | waxet (D) | wexith (K) | wex (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2080: gynnytȝ (Ra) | gynneþ (T U D Ch) | gynnyth (J K) | gynnyt (Ma H) | begynnyth to (A) | doþ (V Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2081: her (Ra J K H) | heore (V) | here (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2082: lounesse (Ra D Ma) | om. (T) | lowȝnesse | louhnesse (V) | lownesse (U A K Wa H) | lowe hert (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2083: ȝyft (Ra) | ȝiueþ (T U V) | ȝifit (J) | ȝif (A Ma) | ȝef | ȝaf | yeveth (K) | ȝeuet (D) | ȝeuyth (H) | ȝeue (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2084: werk (Ra) | werke (D) | werch (T) | worche (Wa) | werkis (U J A Ma H) | werkes (V) | workes (K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2085: werche (Ra T U A) | worche (V K Wa) | wurche (U) | wirche | werchen (D Ma) | werkyn (H) | wyrkyn (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2086: þat (Ra U D V J A K Wa Ma H) | as (T) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2087: his wit (Ra) | is wiþ (T D V J K Wa H) | be wiþ (U) | is wel (Ma) | þerwith is (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2088: payed (Ra D K) | paied (T) | paide | payd (U) | payȝid (J) | ypaied (Wa) | Ipayid (H) | apaid (Ma) | apayet (V) | plesid (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2089: wedded (Ra Wa) | weddid (U D J A K) | weddit (T) | Iweddyd (Ma H) | Iweddet (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2090: lawes (Ra D) | lawis (T) | lawe (U Ch V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2091: wiln (Ra T) | wile (Ma) | wil (U A) | will (Wa) | wol (Ch) | wole (V) | woll (K) | wel (H) | wil wele (J) | whil (D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2092: almyȝthi (Ra) | almiȝty (T Ch V A K Wa) | almythy (H) | almity (Ma) | almyghte (U D) | almyht (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2093: þorw (Ra V) | þoruȝ (T) | þorow (Ch J A) | þurw (U) | þoruȝt (D) | þourth (Ma) | þour (H) | þrogh (Wa) | thurgh (K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2094: word (Ra U J Ma) | werd (A) | world (T D Ch V K Wa) | werld (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2095: knowe (Ra U D Ch J A K Wa H) | knowen (T Ma) | Iknowe (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2096: ben (Ra U Ch V A K Ma H) | be (T D) | bene (J) | beþ (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2097: reychest (Ra) | riccheste (T U D Ch V J K H) | rechest (Wa) | ricches (A) | riche (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2098: rewmes (Ra U) | rewmys (H) | reaumes (T Ma) | reames (D) | remes (Ch) | remys (J A) | realmes (K) | Reame (V) | reaume (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2099: kyn (Ra U) | kynde (T D Ch J A K H) | Kuynde (V) | kende (Ma) | kyng (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2100: comyn (Ra U J A H) | comen (T K Wa) | come (D Ch V) | kennyn (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2101: nemled (Ra) | nempnid (T U) | nempned (D Ch V K) | nemyd (H) | nemed (Wa) | namyd (A Ma) | callyd (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2102: nunnes (Ra U) | nonnes (T) | nonne (D) | Martires (V J H) | marters (K) | martres (Wa Ma) | maystris (A) | Mynchons (Ch) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2103: ankeres (Ra D) | ancris (T U Ch V Wa Ma) | ankeris (J A H) | ankers (K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2104: king (Ra H) | Kinges (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2105: knyȝthes (Ra) | kniȝtes (T U D Ch V J K) | knyggtes (Wa) | knythis (Ma H) | knytis (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2106: kennys (Ra Ma) | kyns (J) | skynnys (H) | kyne (T) | kyn (Wa) | kynne (U K) | cunne (V) | kenne (D) | kynde (Ch) | oþer (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2107: tovnes (Ra) | tounes (T D Ch V J K Wa Ma) | tounnes (A) | thounys (H) | towne (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2108: and (Ra) | Ac (T U D Wa) | Bot (Ch J Ma) | As (H) | [nothing] (V A K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2109: feyþles (Ra) | feiþles (T D V A H) | feitles (Ma) | faythles (J K Wa) | faiþlese (Ch) | feithes (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2110: theuys (Ra J) | þeues (D Wa) | thefes (K) | þeoues (V) | as þeuis (T U A) | as þeues (Ch) | schrewys (H) | schewis (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2111: lyeres (Ra D) | lyeris (U A Ma H) | liers (Ch J Wa) | lyars (K) | leiȝeris (T) | lyȝers (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2112: conseyued (Ra U D Ch Wa) | conseyuid (T J A K H) | Conseyuet (V) | conseiuedid (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2113: of (Ra J A Wa Ma) | on (T Ch V K H) | and (U D) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2114: after (Ra A) | After þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2115: eue (Ra U V J A Wa) | she (T D Ch K Ma H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2116: Aȝen (Ra D Ch) | Aȝens (T H) | Aȝenys (A) | Aȝeyn (V J Wa) | Ageyns (Ma) | Ayenst (K) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2117: he (Ra) | hem (T U D Ch V A K Wa H) | hym (Ma) | ȝow (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2118: haste (Ra U V) | hast (K) | angir (T D J A Wa H) | angyr (A) | anger (Ch) | a while (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2119: het (Ra J K) | hete hete (Wa) | hyth (H) | hiȝt (Ch) | hiȝte (T U D MA) | made (A) | þennes (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2120: hem (Ra U D Ch V J A K Wa H) | hym (T Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2121: þe (Ra U Ch) | þis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2122: word (Ra) | werd (A) | world (T U D Ch V J K Wa Ma) | werld (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2123: wone (Ra U) | wonen (T Ch V Wa) | wonyn (J A H) | wonyen (D K Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2124: libbe (Ra U J) | libben (T D Ch V Wa Ma) | lyven (K) | lyue (H) | leue (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2125: and in (Ra U Ch A K Wa Ma) | & (T D V J H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2126: in-to (Ra A Ma) | vnto (Wa) | to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2127: cursede (Ra U) | cursed (D Ch J) | curside (T) | cursid (A K Ma H) | Corsede (V) | corsed (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2128: brouȝthe (Ra) | brouȝt (T U D Ch K Wa Ma) | brouth (A) | Brouȝten (V) | browtyn (J H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2129: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrouȝte (T U D Ch K Wa) | wrouth (A Ma) | wrowte (J H) | wrouȝten (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2130: him calde (Ra) | hym callide (T U) | hym callid (K H) | hym called (Ch) | him callydyn (J) | hym kalledyn (Ma) | hem called (D Wa) | hym clepid (A) | cleped him (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2131: cursed (Ra D Ch V) | cursid (T A K Ma H) | curside (U) | corsed (Wa) | acursyd (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2132: engendred (Ra) | engendret (V) | engendrid (U D) | engenderid (J A H) | engendrit (T Ch Wa) | Ingendred (K) | getyn (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2133: dolorem (Ra Ch H A K Wa H) | dolore (T D) | in dolore (V Ma) | [variant line] (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2134: ⁊ & peperit iniquitatem (Ra D Ch H A K Wa) | & peperit iniquitatem &c (T H) | & peperit iniquitate (Ma) | &c (V) | [variant line] (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2135: come (Ra Ch V Wa) | comen (T U D K) | comyn (H) | camyn (J) | cam (A Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2136: hated hem (Ra) | hatide hem (U) | hetid hem (A) | hem hated (K) | hem hatede (V) | hatid (T J Ma H) | hated (D Ch Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2137: milyonys (Ra J) | mylionos (U) | mylions (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2138: wymman (Ra) | wymman (D V J Wa Ma) | wommen (T U Ch A K H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2139: and of (Ra T U) | That of (D Ch V J Wa Ma H) | Of þat (K) | Ther of (A) | [Þat] of (Kane) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2140: suster (Ra D Ch V Wa Ma) | sistir (T U J A H) | susters (K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2141: swiþe (Ra) | siþþe (T) | sytthyn (H) | sith (Wa) | siþen (Ch K) | sythyn (J) | seþþen (V) | sethen (D A) | sitthe þei (U) | fele (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2142: maried hem (Ra U D Ch) | mariede hem (T) | maryedyn hem (J) | maryid hem (H) | maried them (K) | maried hym (Wa) | maried (A) | Marieden (V) | weryn maried (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2143: to (Ra) | blode to (K) | hed with (A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2144: kynne (Ra U D Ch A) | kyn (T Wa) | kynde (J K) | kuynde (V) | kende (Ma H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2145: come (Ra) | comen (T D Ch V K Wa Ma) | comyn (U A) | camyn (J) | kemyn (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2146: a-cursed (Ra V J) | acursid (T U Ma) | acorsed (Wa) | cursyd (A H) | cursed (D Ch K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2147: hem to (Ra U) | hym to (T Ch Ma) | to (D V J A K Wa H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2148: seye (Ra U) | sey (Ch) | seyn (T) | Sem (D V J A K Wa H) | sende (Ma) | se[þ] (Kane) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2149: seyde (Ra U D Ch V A Ma H) | sayd (J K Wa) | sende (T) | se[i]de (Kane) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2150: kaym (Ra U K) | þat þat kynde (Ma) | kaymes (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2151: þat þei (Ra U D V K Wa H) | þei (T Ch J A Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2152: cople (Ra) | couple (U D Wa H) | couplide (T) | covpelid (K) | couplid (A) | couplede (Ma) | coupled (Ch V J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2153: syþe (Ra) | syth (A K Wa) | sytth (H) | seth (D) | siþþe (U) | siþen (T) | siþin (Ma) | seþen (Ch) | seþþen (V) | sethin (J)]

[^a2154: seth (Ra Ch Ma) | seeþ (U) | sem (T D V A K Wa H) | seem (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2155: soster (Ra) | suster (T D Ch Ma) | sister (U) | systir (A) | suster sed (V) | susterys seede (J H) | sustre seth (K Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2156: were spoused (Ra U D Wa) | wer spoused (Ch K) | were spousid (A H) | wern spousid (T) | weryn spousid (J) | weren spoused (V) | couplid weryn (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2157: to kaymes kyn (Ra) | T kayms kyn (Wa) | wiþ caymes kynne (U) | to kaymes (T D Ch V J K H) | to þat kynde (Ma) | togederis (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2158: A -gayn (Ra J) | Ageyn (D) | & ageyn (Ma) | Aȝeyn (V) | Ageyns (T) | Aȝens (U Ch Wa H) | Aȝenys (A) | Ayenst (K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2159: gerles (Ra Ch) | girlis (T U D K Wa) | gerlys (H) | Gurles (V) | garlis (A) | cherlys (J) | childryn (Ma) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2160: þei (Ra U D Ch V J A Wa Ma H) | thay (K) | hy (T) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2161: getyn (Ra Ma) | geten (T U Ch Wa) | gete (D) | geeten (V) | getten (K) | gette (H) | gotyn (A) | beȝete (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2162: and (Ra U J H) | [nothing] (A) | Þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2163: sayde þese wordes (Ra U) | seyde þyse wor (Ma) | seide suche wordis (T Ch) | seyde swich wordes (D) | suche wordes seide (V K Wa) | swyche wordys seyde (J) | sweche wordis seyde (A H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2164: eos .i. homines (Ra) | hominem &c (D H) | hominem (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2165: maked (Ra D Ch K) | makede (Ma) | makide (T V) | makid (A) | made (U J Wa) | mad (H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2166: for-þenkeþ (Ra) | forþinkeþ (T U D Ch V K Wa Ma H) | forthingkyth (J) | ouyrthynkith (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2167: cam (Ra J A Ma) | com (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2168: shapyn (Ra J A Ma H) | shapen (T U D V K) | schape (Ch Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2169: ship (Ra) | sship (T U) | schippe (Ch J K Wa) | schip (A Ma) | shipe (D) | schyp (H) | schup (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2170: and of (Ra U A K) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2171: buskede (Ra) | Busked (Ch) | Buskide (T) | Bosken (D) | Busken hem (K) | Buskyn hem (J) | buskedyn hem breme (Ma) | Buskym hem brymme (A) | Buskyn hem brymme (H) | Buskide hem (U) | Bring hem (Wa) | Bringen hem (V) | om. | om.]

[^a2172: byde (Ra Wa) | biden (T D Ch V K) | bidin (Ma) | abydyn (H) | abide (U) | vnbydyn (J) | holdym hem (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2173: were (Ra) | be (T U D H2 Wa) | ben (Ch V J K Ma) | arn (H) | hatn (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2174: a-way (Ra D Ch H2 J K Wa) | awey (T U V A Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2175: cursed (Ra D Ch J K) | Cursede (V) | cursid (T U A Ma H) | curside (U) | corsed (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2176: y-maked (Ra D Ch K) | ymakid (T U H2 A Ma H) | Imakyde (J) | Imaket (V) | maked (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2177: shal (Ra Ch K Wa) | shuln (T) | schul (D H2 A) | xul (H) | schulle (U) | scholyn (J Ma) | mouwen (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2178: cursede (Ra Ma) | cursed (Ch) | curside (T) | cursid (H2 A H) | corsed (Wa) | þat cursed (D K) | þat Cursede (V) | þed curside (U) | þat cursyd (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2179: com to (Ra U) | com on (T H2) | come on (D Ch Wa) | cam on (J A) | cam in (H) | came on (K) | com vppon (V) | on (Ma) | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2180: shul (Ra Ch A) | schulle (U) | schal (D J Wa Ma) | xal (H) | shuln (T H2) | schulen (V) | schallen (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2181: deye (Ra U D Ch) | dye (V K Wa) | deien (Ma) | deyn (A) | deiȝe (T H2) | deyȝyn (J) | byen (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2182: with (Ra U Ch H2 V J A K Wa H) | mid (T) | myd (D Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2183: þe (Ra U) | oþere (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2184: viij (Ra) | eihte (V) | þe viij (Ch) | þe eiȝte (T H2 K Wa) | þe eyte (D) | ȝe viij (H) | ȝe eyte (J) | ȝe iij (Ma) | seuene (A) | þe souen (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2185: and (Ra) | & of (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma) | þat of (U) | of (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2186: eche (Ra U D Ch K Wa H) | iche (T H2 J Ma) | vche (V) | eche a (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2187: þat (Ra U D V J A K Wa Ma H) | Put þat (T H2) | Putte (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2188: sengle (Ra U D A) | schynglid (K Ma) | shyngled (Wa) | schynglede (V) | schyngelyd (J) | sollyd (H) | same (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2189: shul (Ra A) | schal (D J Wa) | xal (H) | schullen (V) | schulde (Ma) | schulden (K) | þat shal (T H2) | þat I schal (Ch) | þat tyme schal (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2190: be (Ra U A) | ben (T D Ch V J K Wa Ma H) | bien (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2191: y-saued (Ra D H2 V K Wa) | ysauid (T J Ma H) | sauyd (A) | saued (U Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2192: shul (Ra A) | shal (T D Ch H2 V J Wa Ma) | xal (H) | schulde (U) | schulden (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2193: deye (Ra U J) | dye (V Wa) | dyen (Ch K) | deyen (D A H) | deyin (Ma) | diȝen (T) | deiȝen (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2194: wende (Ra U J K Wa H) | weende (V) | wenden (T D Ch H2) | wendyn (A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2195: þus (Ra U D V J A K Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2196: þhurȝ (Ra) | þurw (U) | þoruȝ (T) | þorouȝ (Ch) | Thoru (H2) | þoruȝt (D) | þorow (J A) | þorw (V) | þourth (Ma) | thour (H) | þrogh (Wa) | thrugh (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2197: cursed (Ra D Ch) | corsed (Wa) | Cursede (V) | cursid (H2 J A K Ma H) | curside (T U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2198: come (Ra Wa) | com (U D V H) | came (K) | cam (A J Ma) | þus come (Ch) | þus cam (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2199: seth (Ra Ch Ma) | seeth (U) | sem (T D V A K Wa) | seem (H2 J H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2200: children (Ra) | sister children (T U) | suster children (H2 V) | suster childern (K) | suster childryn (D) | soster children (Ch) | sisterys childeryn (J A H) | sustres childres (Wa) | sustrin (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2201: spoused here (Ra) | spousid here (U) | spoused (Ch Wa) | spousid (D H2 A K) | spouside (T) | spouseden (V) | spousedin (Ma) | dyspousyd (H) | leyne (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2202: eyþer oþer (Ra) | eiþer oþer (T U H2 V K) | eþer oþer (Ch Wa) | eþir oþer (H) | oþer (D) | togydere (J) | togederis (A) | childryn togedere (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2203: leyȝen (Ra) | leyen (U H) | layen (D K Wa) | lyȝen (V) | leiȝ hem (H2) | ley hem (T Ch) | loyn (A) | spousid (J) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2204: were (Ra U A Wa H) | weryn (J) | wern (K Ma) | weoren (V) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2205: maried (Ra U D Ch H2 V A K Wa Ma) | mariyd (J H) | mariede (T) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2206: comeþ (Ra U Ch H2 V Wa) | comiþ (T D J A K H) | komsit (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2207: swich a (Ra) | sweche a (A) | sweche (H) | swiche (U D J Ma) | such (T Ch H2 V K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2208: fele (Ra D H2 Wa) | fel (T U J K H) | befel (Ch V Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2209: þis (Ra U) | þe (T D Ch H2 K Wa H) | þo (Ma) | þat (V J) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2210: as (Ra T D Ch H2) | þat (U V J K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2211: I (Ra U D Ch V J K Wa H) | [nothing] (R H2 Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2212: shewyd (Ra) | schewed (Ch Wa) | shewide (T H2 J K H) | schewede (U V Ma) | swewed (D) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2213: couple (Ra U D Ch H2 V K Wa Ma H) | copil (T) | weddyng (A) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2214: y wene (Ra) | I wene (T U D Ch H2) | me þinkeþ (V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2215: ȝeue (Ra Ch K) | ȝeuen (D H2 V) | ȝeuyn (A H) | ȝiuen (T J) | ȝyue (U) | ȝif (Wa) | weddyn (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2216: ony (Ra U J A) | any (T Ch H2 K Wa Ma H) | eny (D) | an Old (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2217: wedue (Ra) | widue (D) | wydewe (T U V) | wydowe (K) | wydow (J) | wedewe (H2 Ma H) | wedowe (Ch A Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2218: ony (Ra U D A) | any (T Ch H2 K H) | [nothing] (V J Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2219: Ielosye (Ra H2 K) | Ielesye (V) | Jelousye (D Wa) | Ielusie (U) | Ielisie (A) | iolosie (Ch) | gelosie (T) | gelusie (Ma) | gelesoyȝe (H) | Iolouste (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2220: a-bedde (Ra U D) | on bedde (Ch J M H) | in Bedde (V A K) | of bedde (T H2) | to here beddes (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2221: many a (Ra) | Manye (T U Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | Mony (V) | Sweche many (H) | Ofte (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2222: syn þe (Ra A H) | sith þe (U K) | seþþen þe (V) | siþis þe (Ma) | siþen þis (T) | sithe þis (H2) | siþþe þis (Wa) | seþ þis (Ch) | siþes þese (D) | sen (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2223: plyȝþ (Ra) | pliȝt (Ch) | plyght (Wa) | plight (U K) | pliht (V J) | plyt (A) | plith (Ma H) | piȝt (T H2) | put (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2224: frut (Ra H2 J A K H) | fruyt (T U V) | froyt (D Ch) | fruth (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2225: þei haue (Ra) | Haue þei (T U D Ch H2 J K) | Haue þai (Wa) | Han þei (V H) | & (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2226: cho est (Ra) | cheste (U D J K Wa Ma) | chestes (V) | chiding (T Ch H2 H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2227: and choppys (Ra) | & choppis (T Wa) | & choppes (U Ch V K) | & choppus (H2) | & choppyn (J) | & chappis (Ma) | [nothing] (D H) | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2228: be-twythen (Ra) | betwene (D U J Ma) | hem bitwene (V Wa H) | hem betwen (following struck-through "togyders") (K) | togidere (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2229: Thei (Ra U A) | Thai (Wa) | þey be (D) | Þeiȝ þei (T) | þauȝ þei (V) | Though they (K) | þouth þey (Ma) | þow (Ch J) | Theiȝ thei (H2) | Thynk þei (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2230: hiden (Ra U) | hien (Wa) | don (T D H2 V J A H) | done (Ch K) | gon (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2231: donmowe (Ra Ch H2 A K Wa Ma H) | dunmowe (T U) | danmowe (D) | don now (J) | done all þat þei mowen (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2232: folwe (Ra U) | folewe (T H2) | folewen (V) | folowe (D K) | folow (Ch) | folowyn (J) | folwyn (A Ma H) | fechen (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2233: flesche (Ra) | flicche (T U D Ch H2 J K Ma) | flysh (Wa) | Flucchen (V) | flykke (H) | flyk (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2234: forswon (Ra) | forsworn (T U Ch H2 A K Wa) | forsworyn (J Ma H) | forswore (D V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2235: þei (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2236: to be (Ra U Ch A K H) | to ben (Wa Ma) | to (D) | be (T H2) | ben (V J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2237: wedded (Ra Ch Wa) | weddit (T H2) | weddid (U J A K Ma H) | Iweddet (V) | wedde (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2238: for (Ra U H) | of (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2239: ȝow to same takyn (Ra) | ȝou to same take (U) | macche ȝow ysamme (T) | makkyth ȝow same (J) | mache ȝou þe same (D) | mache ȝou to gederys (H) | macchit ȝow to gederis (Ma) | mach ȝow to geder (Ch) | mache ȝow to gidre (Wa) | matche you togeders (K) | meke ȝou to gederis (A) | marie ȝou to gyderis (H2) | clen ow saue (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2240: wedueres (Ra) | Wedueris (A) | weduers (D) | Wydeweris (T H2) | wydeweres (U) | widewers (V) | wydowers (K Wa) | wedewers (Ma) | wydewys (J H) | widowes (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2241: wedues (Ra D A) | wydewis (T H2) | widewes (U V) | widowes (Ch K) | wedewis (Ma) | wodewes (Wa) | wydoweris (J) | wedewerys (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2242: werche ȝe (Ra A) | wurche ȝe (U) | worche ȝe (Wa) | werchiþ (H2) | werchit (Ma) | werchiþ riȝt (T) | werchith rith (J) | werchyþ rith (H) | wircheþ riȝt (Ch) | wurcheth riȝt (D) | worchet right (K) | worschupeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2243: þanne (Ra U) | And þanne (Ch J K Wa Ma H) | And þenne (V) | And (T D H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2244: alle (Ra U V J Wa) | al (T D Ch H2 K Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2245: godes (Ra) | godis (U J) | goodes (V) | good (T D Ch H2 K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2246: sendeþ (Ra D Ch V) | sendiþ (T U H2 J K H) | sendit (Ma) | saintȝ (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2247: my tyme (Ra T U Ch H2) | vntyme (V J K) | no tyme (Wa H) | non tyme (Ma) | tyme (D) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2248: man (Ra U J K Wa Ma H) | men (T D Ch H2) | Mon (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2249: w y mman (Ra) | wymman (Ma) | wommen (T D Ch) | wymmen (H2) | womman (U J K Wa H) | wommon (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2250: derne dede (Ra U D J K Wa) | dede derne (T Ch H2 V) | dede (Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2251: Ac (Ra U) | As (T D Ch K Wa H) | As is vset (V) | But (J) | [nothing] (H2 A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2252: swich (Ra) | siþþe (T U) | sith (H2 Wa) | Sithen (K) | Seþþen (V) | seþ (Ch) | sethin (J) | siþin (Ma) | But (H) | [nothing] (D A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2253: y-graunted (Ra U Ch K) | ygrauntid (T H2 Ma) | grauntid (A) | graunted (D Wa) | grandyd (H) | is grauntyd (J) | Iloket (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2254: euery (Ra U) | iche (T H2 J Ma) | eche (D Ch A K Wa H) | vche (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2255: mariage (Ra U D V J A K Wa Ma H) | maner (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2256: of wedlok (Ra U D Ch H2 J Wa Ma) | of wedlak (T A) | and Matrimoyne IMedlet togedere (V) | [nothing] (K H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2257: wirche (Ra) | wurche (U) | worche þat (V) | wyrche þat werk (J) | worche þat werk (Wa) | worche þat worke (K) | werche þu þat werke (A) | werke þat werk (H) | þe werk (D) | do þat werk (T Ch H2) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2258: wymman (Ra) | wymmen (J) | wommon (V) | womman (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2259: beþ (Ra Wa) | be (H) | bet (Ma) | ben (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2260: y-goten (Ra) | ygeten (U V) | I getin (Ma) | geten (T D H2 Wa) | getyn (J) | gotten (K) | goten (Ch) | gotyn (H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2261: gadelynges (Ra Ch) | for gadelynges (T U D J K Wa Ma) | gedelyngus (H) | gadlynge (H2) | [nothing] (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2262: ben holdyn (Ra J Ma H) | ben holden (T U D Ch H2 V) | beþ holden (Wa) | arn holden (K) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2263: þo (Ra Wa) | [nothing] (H) | þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2264: lyeres (Ra D) | lyȝers (V) | lyerys (H) | lyers (J Wa) | liars (K) | folis (T Ch H2) | [nothing] (U Ma) | [leiȝeris] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2265: eny (Ra V) | any (T Ch K Wa H) | ony (D H2 J Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2266: wandryn (Ra) | wandren (V K) | wandren aboute (Wa) | wanderin (J H) | wandriþ (T) | wandrit (Ma) | wandritȝ (H2) | wandreþ (Ch) | wandres (D) | om. (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2267: as wolues (Ra V K Wa) | as woluys (H) | os wolwys (J) | as wlfis (Ma) | & walwes (D) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2268: waste (Ra D Wa) | wasten (V K) | wastyn (J H) | wastiþ (T H2) | wastit (Ma) | wasteþ (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2269: ȝif (Ra V J) | if (D K) | what þat (T Ch H2) | what (Wa) | þat (Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2270: a-ȝen (Ra H) | Aȝens (T D Ch H2 Wa) | Ayenst (K) | Aȝeyn (V J A) | ageyn (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2271: þei (Ra D Ch H2 V J Ma) | þai (A Wa) | thay (K) | hy (T) | [nothing] (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2272: eyuel (Ra) | yuel (H2) | euele (T D Ch) | euyl (A) | vuele (V) | ill (K Wa H) | hille (Ma) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2273: plese (Ra) | plesen (T D Ch H2 V Wa) | plesyn (J A Ma H) | pleasen (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2274: shul (Ra D Ch V A) | xul (H) | shal (Wa) | shuln (T H2) | schullen (Ma) | scholyn (J) | schallen (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2275: ȝif (Ra D J) | ȝiue (T H2 V) | geue (Ch K) | [out] (U Ha La E A Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2276: hem (Ra D Ch V J K) | hym (T H2) | [out] (U Ha La E A Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2277: dredyn (Ra A Ma H) | dreden (T Ch V K) | drede (H2 J Wa) | þreden (D) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2278: suffren (Ra D Ch H2 V K Wa) | suffre (T J) | suffryn (Ma) | sufferyn (A) | suffuryn (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2279: comeþ (Ra) | comiþ dobest (T D Ch V J A K Wa H) | komyt dobest (Ma) | cometȝ dobest (H2) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2280: and (Ra A Wa) | þat (H) | And þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2281: werkes (Ra Wa) | werk (T D H2 J A H) | worke (Ch) | mannis werkis (Ma) | wight (K) | men (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2282: shendeþ (Ra D Ch V Wa) | shendiþ (T H2 J A K H) | schendit (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^325: Ra.10.3: eyre is most logically interpreted as ether rather than air; given the frequent scribal confusion of <y> and <þ> in this period, one might make a plausible case for emending it to eþre]

[^326: Ra.10.5: While the upper stroke of <f> is not connected to the upright of <t>, as is usual in the pair <ft> for Tilot (unlike his <st> which is regularly connected at the top), the crossbar of the <t> does not connect to the upright of the <f>, as is otherwise his regular practice.]

[^327: Ra.10.10: The second half-line is inscribed over a scraped erasure.]

[^328: Ra.10.17: Other instances of barred <ll> we have expanded as es. The mid-line punctus appears to hang from the end of the bar.]

[^329: Ra.10.23: wel [added by Kane in 1988 ed., from J] is absent from all other manuscripts.]

[^330: Ra.10.23: þise is absent here only from RaU.]

[^331: Ra.10.40: A following line, Kane's 10.40, is absent only from RaU.]

[^332: Ra.10.67: A following line, Kane's 10.67, is absent only from RaWa.]

[^333: Ra.10.68: The original scribe's two minims (or n/u) has been converted by a later hand to <y>, and an unusual macron is inscribed above it. This is not reported in Kane.]

[^334: Ra.10.70: While Kane does note the change in the following word folyes, he does not remark on the change of Foo to Fro.]

[^335: Ra.10.80: The initial <g> of goudnesse appears to have been written over the ascender of an original <f>, or <s>.]

[^336: Ra.10.82: ⁊ & c here is unique to Ra.]

[^337: Ra.10.91: Knott-Fowler and Kane read "indicat"; Schmidt (following Alford) reads it as "iudicat."]

[^338: Ra.10.94: This and the next six lines are written in a smaller hand to complete the verso of this folio. There is some suggestion here also of newly drawn lines, and much of the text appears to have been written over extensive scraped erasures. Since this is the last side of a complete quire, there appears to have been a need to squeeze in extra lines at the end of the quire, because the following quire had been already begun before this revision was made. This verso contains 34 lines, whereas the facing recto has only 31, as do most of the rest of the pages in this manuscript.]

[^339: Ra.10.96: The abbreviated conclusion to this quotation is problematic. Kane's queried expansion of Ra's text–edificat ad condemnationem (?) &c–is not completely convincing, but has been accepted without hesitation by Schmidt. Kane's edificat derives from . ed . and is possible. Less convincingly, however, he takes the suspension sign following ad as <con>: i.e., the first syllable of condemnationem, despite the fact that a punctus intervenes between it and de. The one unambiguous <con> suspension in this manuscript (on the next verso, 33v, at 10.142) is distinctly different in form: (con)seyued. The form after ad here is, furthermore, this scribe's regular suspension <us> (cf. Faciam<us> and hui<us> on the preceding page, at 10.42, 63; it also appears frequently in English words: e.g., fol. 34v: 10.211 and 11.3).]

[^340: Ra.10.97: It may be worth noting that the two forms of þe in this line are treated differently, the first with a superscript e, the second without.]

[^341: Ra.10.110: Kane queries whether it might be <s> rather than <f>, the usual reading in other manuscripts, and probably what was intended here. The connection of the top stroke of the <s> and the upright of following <t> is regular for Tilot, even if he is not as regular in ensuring that the crossbar of the <t> does not connect with the upright of the preceding <s>: compare comsest (Ra.10.103 above) and apostel (Ra.10.112 below) with coueytest or pistel.

Note also the unusual 3-shaped <r> after the <o>. The word appears to be written over an erasure.]

[^342: Ra.10.110: or [for oþer elsewhere] appears in RaJDVAKH.]

[^343: Ra.10.116: The word may look like mair, but the dot that turns the final minim into an <r> appears to be in a darker shade of ink and may be a later addition or a stray mark.. It is, also, not quite the same mark as we find in his usual form of this short <r>, as in for two lines above, or five lines below.]

[^344: Ra.10.119: There has been a later addition of a <ȝ> after the <i>. The spelling þei in the previous line is, however, left untouched. Kane does not note this original reading in Ra here (which is shared, with that in the previous line, with JMa).]

[^345: Ra.10.120: A following line, Kane's 10.118, is absent uniquely from Ra.]

[^346: Ra.10.126: The line divisions here should be noted: three lines in Kane (divided after swete and row) appear as two here in Ra, as also in T U D Ch K Wa Ma H.]

[^347: Ra.10.140: Kane records no variant in Ra here; it is clearly a <v>; and cf. towne in U.]

[^348: Ra.10.162: The first three-and-a-half words in this line are written over an erasure.]

[^349: Ra.10.179: This is a unique instance of this spelling of the word in Ra; but cf. þherste at 5.207.]

[^350: Ra.10.189: A following line, Kane's 10.189, is absent uniquely from Ra.]

[^351: Ra.10.202: A <y> is written over an original <o> probably by the original scribe. This changes his usual singular form to his plural: cf. 208 below. The macron is possibly contemporary with this later change, but mm is the regular spelling for this scribe in all of the dozen appearances of the word, singular and plural, subject and object.]

[^352: Ra.10.210: The line ends here in RaUDK. U is missing the next line: the result of a missing leaf.]

[^353: Ra.10.211: Knott-Fowler, Kane, and Schmidt follow T (and others) and include these first three words at the end of the previous line.]

[^354: Ra.10.213: The first <e> may have begun with the first stroke of a <y>.]

Passus secundus de do-wel .

T hanne hadde wit a wif . was hote[^a2283] dam stodie
þat lene was of lych . and of low[^a2284] chere
she was wonderly wroþ . þat wit þus me[^a2285] tauȝþe[^a2286]
and al[^a2287] sternely starynge . dam stodie sayde[^a2288] .
Wel art þou wys wit quod she . my[^a2289] wisdam[^a2290] to telle
y
to flatereres or to folys . þat frentyk ben in[^a2291] wittes
and blamed[^a2292] him and banned him[^a2293] . and bad him be stille
With swyche[^a2294] wise wordes . to wissen[^a2295] eny[^a2296] folys .
And seyde . noli[^a2297] mittere man . margeri perlys
a-mong hogges þat hauyn[^a2298] . hawes[^a2299] at wille 
þei don[^a2300] but drauelyn[^a2301] þer vp-on[^a2302] . draf were hem leuere
þan al þe precious perre[^a2303] . þat in parades waxeþ[^a2304]
I sey[^a2305] by þo quod she . þat shewe[^a2306] by here werkes
þat hem were leuere lond . þat[^a2307] wirchepe[^a2308] on erþe
or rychesse or rentes . and reste at here wille
þan[^a2309] þe soþ sawes . þat salomon seyde euere[^a2310]
Wisdam[^a2311] and wit now . is not worþ a roysche[^a2312]
but hit be carded[^a2313] with conciens[^a2314] . as cloþeres don her[^a2315] wolle
þat can construe deseytes[^a2316] . and conspiren[^a2317] wronges

[The marks in the left margin, immediately before and appear to be offset from ink on the opposite page.]

and lede forþ þe[^a2318] loue-day . to lette þe truþe[^a2319] .
Þat swicham[^a2320] swich a[n][^355] kan[^a2321] . is cleped to counseyl[^a2322]
and is[^a2323] serued[^a2324] as a sire[^a2325] . þat serueþ[^a2326] þe deuel[^a2327][^356]
Quare impiorum uia[^a2328] properatur[^a2329] bene[^a2330] est om nibus . qui praue ⁊ & inique agunt[^a2331] .
And he þat haþ holy writ . ay in his mowthe[^a2332]
and can telle of theologie[^a2333] . and of þe xij twelue apostolys[^a2334]
or prechin[^a2335] of þe penans . þat pilatus wrouȝthe[^a2336]
to Iesu þe Ientyl . þat Iewys to-drowe
On cros[^a2337] vp-on calwarie[^a2338] . as clerkes vs techyn[^a2339]
lytel is he loued or late[^a2340] by . þat such a lessoun teches[^a2341]
or damseld[^a2342] da[un]seld or drawe forþ . þis[^a2343] disoures wite þe soþe
for ȝif harlotrie ne holpe[^a2344] hem betere . so[^a2345] haue god my truþe[^a2346]
More þan musyk or makyng . of god almyȝthi[^a2347]
wolde neuere king ne knyȝt . ne chanoun[^a2348] of seynt powlys
ȝeue[^a2349] hem to here ȝersȝeue[^a2350] . þe value of a grote
ac[^a2351] menstracie[^a2352] and merþe . among men is nowþe
lecherie and losengrie[^a2353] . and broþelles[^a2354] talys .
And[^a2355] glotonye[^a2356] with[^a2357] grete oþes . þes are[^a2358] gamenys now-o-dayes[^a2359]
and[^a2360] ȝif þei carpen of crist . þes[^a2361] clerkes and þes þes[^a2362] lewed[^a2363]
at[^a2364] mete in here[^a2365] merþe . whan menstrales[^a2366] faylen[^a2367] .
Than telle þei of þe trinite . how two slowe þe þredde[^a2368]
and bryng[^a2369] forþ a balled[^a2370] tokne[^a2371] . bernard to witnes
and putten[^a2372] forþ[^a2373] presumpcioun . to prouen[^a2374] þe soþe
þus þei drauelyn[^a2375] at here des[^a2376] . þe deite to knowe .
And gnawe[^a2377] god in þe[^a2378] gorge[^a2379] . when[^a2380] here þrotes[^a2381] fullen
ac þe carful may crien[^a2382] . and carpe at þe gate[^a2383]
boþe for hunger and for thrist . and for chele qwake[^a2384]
þer is[^a2385] non to nemle[^a2386][^357] him in . ne angwys[^a2387] a-mende
But honushe[^a2388][^358] him as an hound . and hote[^a2389] him go þennys[^a2390]
lytel loueþ he þat lord . þat leneþ al[^a2391] þat blysse
þat þus parteþ[^a2392] with þe pore . a parcel whan him nedeþ[^a2393]
ne were[^a2394] mercy in mene men . more þan in riche .
Manye[^a2395] mendynauns[^a2396] metelys[^a2397] . myȝt go to bedde
god is mechel[^a2398] in þe gorge[^a2399] . of þes[^a2400] grete maystres
and[^a2401] a-mong mene[^a2402] men . his mercy is in[^a2403] werkes
and so seyþ þe sauter . sek[^a2404] hit in mementote[^a2405]
Ecce audiuimus eum[^a2406] eufrata[^a2407] . inuenimus eam in campis silue .
Clerkes and keddemen[^a2408] . carpen of god faste
and han[^a2409] mechel[^a2410] in her[^a2411] mowtȝ[^a2412] . and[^a2413] many[^a2414] men in herte
freres and faytores han founde[^a2415] vp suche questiouns
to plese[^a2416] with prude[^a2417] men . syn[^a2418] þe pestelens tyme .
That defouleþ[^a2419] oure feyþ als[^a2420] . at festes[^a2421] þer þei sytten
for now is ech[^a2422] boye bold . and he be riche
for[^a2423] to telle[^a2424] of þe trinite . to ben[^a2425] holde[^a2426] a sire
and fyndeþ[^a2427] forþ fantasies . oure feyþ to a-peyre .
And eke[^a2428] defame þe fader[^a2429] . þat vs alle made
and carpen[^a2430] a-ȝen[^a2431] clergie . crabbede[^a2432] wordis
whi wolde our saueour suffre . such a werm[^a2433] in his blisse
þat be[^359] -giled[^a2434] þe womman . and þe wey[^a2435] after .
Thurȝt[^a2436] which[^a2437] werk and wille . þei wente[^a2438] to helle
and al oure[^a2439] sed for þat[^a2440] synne . þe same wo suffred[^a2441] 
swiche[^a2442] notes[^a2443] þei meuyȝt[^a2444] . þis[^a2445] maystres in here glorie
and make me[^a2446] me[n] to misbileue . þat mousen[^a2447] in[^a2448] here wordes
Ac austyn þe hore[^a2449] . for alle swiche[^a2450] precheþ[^a2451]
and for suche tale-telleres . such a teme shewyþ[^a2452] 
Non plus sapere quam op er or tet[^360] sapere[^a2453] .
þat is to say[^a2454][^361] wilneþ[^a2455] . neuere[^a2456] to[^a2457] wyte why
þat god wolde suffre satan . his sed to by-gile .
Ac by-lef[^a2458] lely[^a2459] on þat[^a2460] lord[^a2461][^362] . of holy cherche[^a2462]
and pray[^a2463] him of pardoun and penauns by[^a2464] þi lyue
and for his moche[^a2465] mercy . to a-mende vs here
for al þat willeþ[^a2466] to wyte . þe weyes[^a2467] of god almyȝthi[^a2468]
I wolde his eye[^a2469] were[^a2470] in his ers[^a2471] . and his hele after
þat euere wilneþ[^a2472] . to wyte why[^363] 
þat god[^a2473] suffrede[^a2474] satan[^a2475] . his sed to by-gile
or[^a2476] Iudas þe Iew . Iesu be-trayede[^a2477]
Al was as he wolde . lord y-worcheped[^a2478] þou be[^a2479]
and al worþ as þou wilt . what-so we telle .
and now comeþ[^a2480] conioun[^a2481] . and wolde cacche of my wittes
what is do-wel fro do-bet . now def mote he worþe
Swiþe[^a2482] he wilneþ to wyte . which þei ben alle
but ȝif[^a2483] he leue[^a2484] in þe leste day[^a2485] . þat longeþ to do-wel 
I dar be his bolde borwȝ[^a2486] . þat[^a2487] do-bet wil we[^a2488] neuere
þow[^a2489] do-best drawe on him . day after day[^a2490] .
And whan þat wit was war . how his wif tolde
he by-come[^a2491] so confous[^a2492] . he coude[^a2493] not[^a2494] mele 
and[^a2495] also dom[^a2496] as a dore . drow[^a2497] him a-syde
ac for no carping þat he[^a2498] cowde[^a2499] . ne knelyng to þe grounde .
I myȝte gete no greyn[^a2500] . of his grete wittes
but al[^a2501] loutede[^a2502] . and loked[^a2503] vp-on stode[^a2504]
in sygne þat I shulde . seken[^a2505] hure[^a2506] of grace[^a2507]
and whan I was ware of his wile . to his wif gan I knele
And sayde[^a2508] mercy madame . ȝour man shal I worþe
for to werche ȝour wil . whil[^a2509] ȝour[^a2510] lyf durith[^a2511] .
to[^a2512] kenne me kyndely . to knowe what is do-wel
for þi meknesse man quod she . and for þi mylde speche .
I shal kenne þe to my cosyn . þat clergie hotuþ[^a2513]
he haþ wedded a wif . with -inne þis[^a2514] wykes[^a2515] sexe[^a2516] 
is syb to þe sefne[^a2517] ars . þat scripture is y-nempled[^a2518][^364]
þei two I[^a2519] hope . after my be-seching[^a2520]
shul[^a2521] wisse þe to do-wel . I dar wel vndertake
þan was I as[^a2522][^365] fayn . as foul of fayr morwen[^a2523]
gladdere þan þe gluman[^a2524] . þat gold haþ to ȝifte
And axked[^a2525] hure[^a2526] þe heyway[^a2527] . wher clergie wonde[^a2528]
and tel me sum tokne of[^a2529] him . for tyme is þat I wende
Axke[^a2530] þe heyway[^a2531] quod she[^a2532] . fro[^a2533] hennys to suffre
b

[Transposition letters. Kane properly does not hesitate to refer to these as in the hand of the "original scribe." This transposition of the lines is unique to Ra.]

and ride[^a2534] forþ by rychesse . rest[^a2535] þe[^a2536] not þer -inne
a
boþe wel and wo . ȝif þat þou wilt[^a2537] lerne
for ȝif þou couple[^a2538] þe with him . to clergie comest þou neuere
And ek þe longe launde . þat lecherie hatteþ[^a2539]
lef[^a2540] him on þi lyft[^a2541] half . a large mile and[^a2542] more
til þou come to a court . kep[^a2543] wel þi tounge
fro[^a2544] lesynges and lieres[^a2545] speche . and lykerous drynkes
Than shalt þou se soberte[^a2546] . and symplenesse[^a2547] of speche
þat iche wit[^a2548] be in wille . hit[^a2549] hi[s] wit þe to shewe[^a2550]
so shal þou[^a2551] come to clergie . þat can many þinges[^a2552]
and[^a2553] sey him þis signe . I set him to skole .
And þat I[^a2554] gete[^a2555] grete wel his wyf . for I wrot him[^a2556] þe bible
and sette hure[^a2557] to sapience . and to þe[^a2558] sawter y-glosed[^a2559]
logyk I lerned[^a2560] hure[^a2561] . and al þe lawe after
And al þe mosouns[^a2562] of mosyk[^a2563] . I made hure[^a2564] to knowe[^a2565]
Plato and[^a2566] poete . I putte hem[^a2567] furst[^a2568] to boke
aristotle and oþer mo . I tauȝthe furst to argue[^a2569]
Grammere for gerlis[^a2570] . I gar[^a2571] furst to[^a2572] wryte
and bet hem with a baleys . but ȝif þei wolde lerne
and[^a2573] alle kenne[^a2574] craftes . I construed[^a2575] here to lerne[^a2576][^366]
Tolus[^a2577] of carpenteres and kerue[^a2578] . I tauȝþe[^a2579] ferst[^a2580] masouns
and lerned[^a2581] hem[^a2582] lyne and leuel[^a2583] . þow[^a2584] I lokede[^a2585] dymme
And[^a2586] thologie[^a2587] th[e]ologie þat[^a2588] tened[^a2589] me . ten skore tymes
for þe more I muse þer-on . þe mistlikere[^a2590] hit semeþ[^a2591]
And þe deppere I deuyne hit[^a2592] . þe deppere[^a2593] me hit[^a2594] þouȝþe[^a2595]
hit is no sciens for soþe . to[^a2596] sotile þer-inne
Ne were þe loue þat lyþ þer -inne . a wel lewed[^a2597] þing hit were
ac for hit laft[^a2598] la[s]t[^367] best by loue . I loue hit þe betere
for þer þat loue is lord . balkeþ[^a2599] neuere grace
leue lely þer -on . ȝif þou thinke[^a2600] do wel .
for do-bet and do-best . ben drawe[^a2601] of loues scole[^a2602]
in oþer sciens hit seyþ . I say[^a2603] hit in catoun .
qui simulat[^a2604] verbis . uel[^a2605] corde est fidus amicus .
Tu quoque fac simile . sic ars deluditur arte .[^368]
Ac theologie techeþ vs[^a2606] not so . who-so[^a2607] takeþ[^a2608] hede
he kenneþ[^a2609] vs þe contrarie . a-ȝen[^a2610] catounys wordes
and byt[^a2611] vs ben as breþren . and blesse[^a2612] oure enmys[^a2613]
and louen hem þat lyen[^a2614] on vs . and lene[^a2615] hem at oure[^a2616] nede
and do good a-ȝens[^a2617] euyl . god him -self hotes[^a2618]
and seyde hit him -self . in exaumple[^a2619] of[^a2620] þe beste
Necesse est vt veniant scandala .
Ac[^a2621] astronomye is hard þing . and euel[^a2622] for to knowe
gemettrie[^a2623] and gemessie[^a2624] . is greful[^a2625] of speche
þat thinkeþ werche[^a2626] with þo þre . thryueþ wel late
for sorcerie is þe souerayn boke . þat to þat sciens longeþ[^a2627]
ȝut[^a2628] are[^a2629] þre[^a2630] fybicches[^a2631] of forels[^a2632] of manye mannys[^a2633] wittes
of[^a2634] experimens[^a2635] of alkononye[^a2636] alkono[m]ye[^369] . of albertes[^a2637] makyng
Nigramauncie[^a2638] ⁊̃ & permancie[^a2639] . þe pouke to reyse[^a2640]
ȝif þou thinke[^a2641] do wel . del[^a2642] þer -with neuere
al þese[^a2643] sciences sikerly[^a2644] . I my-self[^370] founded[^a2645]
hem formest . folk to[^a2646] deseyuen[^a2647]
I be-kenne þe crist quod she I can teche þe no betere
I sayde gramercy[^a2648] madame . and mekly hure[^a2649] grette
and wente witly[^a2650] my way[^a2651] . with -oute more lettyng
and fond as she fayre tolde[^a2652] . ⁊ & forþ gan I wende
and er I cam[^a2653] to clergie . coude I neuere stynte
I grette þe godeman . as me þe gode-wif[^a2654] tauȝthe[^a2655]
and tolde him[^a2656][^371] þe toknes . as[^a2657] me tauȝth[^a2658] were
was neuere gome[^a2659] vp-on þe[^a2660] grounde . syn[^a2661] god made[^a2662] heuene
fayrer[^a2663] vnderfonged[^a2664] . ne frendlikere[^a2665] mad at ese
Than my-self soþly . so sone as she[^a2666] it wiste
þat I was of wittes hous . and[^a2667] his wif dam stodie[^372]
and I seyde him[^a2668] sikerly[^a2669] . þei sente me hyder
To lere[^a2670] at ȝow do-wel . and do-bet þer -after
and siþe[^a2671] afterward to se . soum -what of do-best
hit is a wel lely[^a2672] quod she . a-mong þe lewyd[^a2673] peple
actyf hit is y-hoten[^a2674] . hosbondes[^a2675] hit vsen
Trewe tilieres[^a2676] on erþe . talioures[^a2677] and souteris
and alle kynde[^a2678] crafty men . þat konne her[^a2679] craft[^a2680] wynne
with ony[^a2681] trewe trauayle . telye[^a2682] for here fode
dykyn[^a2683] or deluen . do-wel hit hatte
To breke beggeres bred . to[^a2684] baskyn[^a2685] hem with cloþes
comforte[^a2686] þe carful . þat in þe[^a2687] castel ben fetrid[^a2688]
and sekyn[^a2689] out þe seke . and sende hem þat hem nedeþ[^a2690]
obedient as breþren . and sostren[^a2691] to oþere
Þis[^a2692] beþ þo þat[^a2693] dobet . so bereþ witnesse þe sauter .
Ecce quam bonum ⁊ & quam iocundum habitare fratres in vnum .
Syk[^a2694] with þe sory . syng with þe glade
Gaudere cum gaudentibus . flere[^a2695] cum flentibus .
God wot[^a2696] þis is dobet .[^373] sire dobest haþ benefyces[^a2697]
and so[^a2698] is[^a2699] best worþi .[^374] by þat god in[^a2700] gospel graunteþ[^a2701]
qui facit ⁊ & docuerit . magnus vocabitur in regno celorum .
For þis[^a2702] do-best is[^a2703] . a[^a2704] bisshopes pere
prince ouer godes peple . to preche[^a2705] and[^a2706] to teche[^a2707]
Dobet doþ ful wel . and dowel[^a2708] he is al-so
and haþ possessiones ⁊ & pluralites . for pore mennys sake
for mendinant[^a2709] at myschef[^a2710] . þo[^a2711] men were y-dewed[^a2712]
and þat is riȝtful religioun . none renneres abowte
Ne none[^a2713] leperis ouer lond . ladijs[^a2714] to shriue
gregori þe grete clerk . a goud pope in his tyme
of religioun þe rewle[^a2715] . he reherseþ[^a2716] in his morales[^a2717]
and seyþ[^a2718] him[^a2719] in example[^a2720] . þat men[^a2721] shulde do þe betere
when[^a2722] fisshes faylen[^a2723] þe flod . oþ[^a2724] oþ[er] þe fressche water
þei deyen[^a2725] for þe drouthe[^a2726] . when[^a2727] þei drye longe[^a2728]
Ryȝth[^a2729] so by religioun . hit roxlet[^a2730] and steruyþ
þat out of couent in[^a2731] cloystre . coueyteþ[^a2732] to libbe[^a2733]
But[^a2734] now is religioun a ridere . and a rennere by stretes[^a2735]
a ledere of louedays[^a2736] . and a lond byere[^a2737]
Popreþ[^a2738] on a palfray . fro[^a2739] towne to[^a2740] towne
a bedew[^a2741] or a baselard . he beryþ by his syde
godes flesch and his fet . and his fyf[^a2742] woundes
arn more in his mynde . þan[^a2743] memorie of[^a2744] foundour[^a2745]
This is þe lyf of þes[^a2746] lordes . þat shulde lyue[^a2747] with dobet
and wel-a-wey werse . and I wolde[^a2748] al telle
I wende[^a2749] kinges[^a2750] and kniȝtes[^a2751] . and keyseris[^a2752] with erlys
were[^a2753] do-wel and do-bet . and do-best ouer[^a2754] hem alle
for I haue sey hit[^a2755] my-self . and swithe[^a2756] y-rad[^a2757] after
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how crist counseyleþ[^a2758] þe comoun . ⁊̃ & kenneþ[^a2759] hem þis talis[^a2760]
Super cathedram moyli moy[s]i[^375] sederunt principes . qui dicunt facite[^a2761] .
for- þer[^a2762] þ[i] I wende þat þo weyes[^a2763] . were[^a2764] dobest of alle
I wolde[^a2765] not skorne[^a2766] quod scripture . but skreueynis[^a2767] lye[^a2768]
kinghod and kniȝthhod[^a2769] . for ouȝth[^a2770] I can a-spie
helpeþ[^a2771] not[^a2772] to heuene-ward[^a2773] . at one ȝeres ende
Ne richesse ne rente[^a2774] . ne rialte[^a2775] of lordes
powel[^a2776] proueþ[^a2777] in-possible[^a2778] . þe riche[^a2779] in heuene
ac pore men and[^a2780] [i]n paciense . and pacient[^a2781] to-gederes[^a2782]
haue here[^a2783] eritage in heuene . and[^a2784] riche men none
Contra . quod I be crist . þat can I[^a2785] wiþ-say[^a2786]
and proue[^a2787] hit bi þe postel[^a2788] . þat peter is y-nemled[^a2789]
qui crediderit ⁊ & baptizatus[^376] fuerit . saluus erit .
Þat is in extrems extrem[i]s quod scripture . among[^a2790] sarȝynes[^a2791] sarzynes[^377] ⁊ & Iewys
mow ben y-saued[^a2792] so . and þat[^a2793] is oure by-leue
þat[^a2794] on-cristene[^a2795] in[^a2796] cas . may cristene and[^a2797] an hethene
and for his leal[^a2798] by-leue . whan he his lyf tynytȝ[^a2799]
Haue eritage in heuene . as an her[^a2800] he[y] cristene
ac cristene men god[^378] wot . com[^a2801] not so to heuene
for cristene haue[^a2802] a degre . and is oure[^a2803] comoun speche
Diliges[^a2804] dominum deum tuum[^a2805] . ⁊ & proximum tuum sicut teipsum .
Godes word witnesseþ[^a2806] . þat[^a2807] we shul[^a2808] dele oure enmyes[^a2809][^379]
and alle men þat arn nedy . as[^a2810] pore men[^a2811] and suche[^a2812][^380]
Dum tempus habemus[^a2813] operemur bonum ad omnes .
maxime autem ad domesticos fidei . ⁊ & cetera[^a2814] .
Alle kynde[^a2815] creatoures[^a2816] . þat to crist ben lyche[^a2817]
we ben[^a2818] y-holde[^a2819] heyliche[^a2820] . to herie and honoure
and ȝif[^a2821] hem of oure good . as goud as oure -seluen
and soueraynliche to suche . þat sueþ[^a2822] oure beleue
Þat is ech[^a2823] cristenman cristen man[^a2824] . be kinde to oþer
and swithe[^a2825] hem[^a2826] to helpe . in hope to hem[^a2827] a-mende
to harme hem . or[^a2828] teche[^a2829] hem . god hyȝth[^a2830] vs neuere
For he seyþ hit him -self . and[^a2831] his ten hestes
Non[^a2832] mecaberis . –– ne sle not[^a2833] . is þe kinde englys[^a2834]
For mihi uindictam ⁊ & ego retribuam . ⁊ & cetera[^a2835] .
I shal punshe[^a2836] in purgatorie[^a2837] . or in þe pit[^a2838] of helle
euery[^a2839] man for his mysdede . but mercy hit make
ȝit[^a2840] am I neuer þe ner . for nouȝt þat[^a2841] I haue walked[^a2842]
to wite what is do-wel . witterly in herte
For whom -so[^a2843] I werche in þis wordle[^a2844] . wrong[^a2845] oþer ellys
I was marked[^a2846] withoute mercy . and my name entred[^a2847]
in þe legande[^a2848] of lyf . longe er I ded were[^a2849]
and[^a2850] ellys on-wryten[^a2851] .[^381] for wiled[^a2852] as witnesseþ[^a2853] þe gospel
Nemo ascendit[^a2854] in[^a2855] celum . nisi qui de celo descendit ⁊ & cetera[^a2856] .
And I leue on oure lord .[^382] and[^a2857] no lettrure betere
for salamon þe sage . þat sapiens made
God ȝif[^a2858] him[^a2859] grace . and richesse to-gederes[^a2860]
for to reule his rewme[^a2861] . riȝth[^a2862] at his wille
Dede[^a2863] he not wel and wisly . as holy cherche[^a2864] techeþ
boþe in werk and in word . in wordle[^a2865] in his tyme
aristotle and he . who wrouȝthe[^a2866] betere
and al holy cherche[^a2867] . holdeþ[^a2868] hem in helle
And was þer neuere in þis word[^a2869] . two[^a2870] wisere of werkes
of[^a2871] alle counyng clerkes . syn[^a2872] crist ȝede on erþe
taken ensaumple[^a2873] of here sawes . ⁊̃ &[^a2874] sermownis[^a2875] þat þei makyn[^a2876]
and by here werk[^a2877] and here wordes . wissen vs to do wel
And ȝif I shal wirke[^a2878] by here werk[^a2879] . to wynne me heuene
and I[^a2880] for here werkes and here[^a2881] wit . wende to payne[^a2882]
þan wrouȝthe[^a2883] I vn-wittily[^a2884] . with al þe wit þat I lere
On[^a2885] gode fryday I fynde . a feloun was y-saued[^a2886]
and[^a2887] hadde y-lyued[^a2888] al his lyf . with lesynges and þefthe[^a2889]
and for he kneled to[^a2890] þe cros[^a2891] . and to crist shrof[^a2892] him .
Sonner[^a2893] hadde he sauacyoun[^a2894] . þan seynt Ion þe baptyst
or adam or ysaie . or ony[^a2895] of þe prophetes
That hadden[^a2896] y-leye[^a2897] with lucifer . manye longe ȝeres
a robbere hadde remissioun . raþer þan þei alle
with[^a2898] penans of purgatorie[^a2899] . to haue paradys[^a2900] for euere
þan marie of[^a2901] mawdelein . who myȝthe[^a2902] don[^a2903] worse[^a2904]
Or dude worse[^a2905] þan[^a2906] dauid . þat vrie destroyed[^a2907]
or poul þe postel[^a2908] . þat no pite hadde[^a2909]
cristene kinde . to kylle to dethe
and arn non[^a2910] for soþe . so fer[^a2911] in heuene .[^383]
As þese[^a2912] þat wrouȝthe[^a2913] wickedly[^a2914] . in world whan þei were
and ȝit[^a2915] am[^a2916][^384] I . for-ȝote[^a2917] for soþe[^a2918] . of vyue[^a2919] wittes teching .
þat clergie of cristes moutȝ[^a2920] . comindeþ[^a2921] what is[^a2922] neuere
for he seyde hit him -self . to some of his desiples[^a2923]
Dum steteritis[^a2924] ante[^a2925] presides . nolite cogitare . ⁊ & cetera[^a2926] .
That[^a2927] is as moche to mene . to men þat ben lewyd
whan[^a2928] ȝe ben a-posed[^a2929] of princes . and[^a2930] prestes of þe lawe
for to ansuere hem . haue ȝe no dowte
for I shal graunte ȝou grace . of god þat ȝe seruen
The help of þe holy gost . to ansuere hem alle[^a2931]
the douttyest[^a2932] doctour . deuinour[^a2933][^385] of þe trinite
þat was[^a2934] austyn þe olde . and hyest[^a2935] of þe foure
sayde[^a2936] þus[^a2937] for a sermoun[^a2938] . so me god helpe .
Nota
Ecce ipsi idioti[^a2939] rapient[^a2940] celum . vbi nos sapientes in[^386] infernum dimergimur[^a2941] . ⁊ & cetera[^a2942]
And is to mene in our mowtȝ[^a2943] . more ne lesse
arn non raþer raueshid[^a2944] . fro þe ryȝtthe[^a2945] be-leue
þan are[^a2946] þes[^a2947] grete[^a2948] clerkes . þat konne many bokes
ne none sounere[^387] saued[^a2949] . ne sadder of conciens
Than pore peple as plowmen . and pastourres of bestes
souteres and souestreres[^a2950] . and[^a2951] suche lewed Iuttes[^a2952] 
Perchen[^a2953] with a pater noster . þe paleys of heuene
with -oute penauns at here partyng . in-to þe[^a2954] hye blysse[^a2955] .

[^a2283: was hote (Ra D Wa) | was hoten (V) | þat hote (K) | þat hatte (T H2 A H) | þat hiȝt (Ch) | þat hyte (J) | & heithe (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2284: low (Ra) | lowe (D J A K Wa H) | louh (V) | loþly (T Ch H2) | loutȝ (Ma) | lo[uȝ] (Kane) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2285: þus me (Ra A Wa) | me þus (V J K Ma H) | so (T D Ch) | so me (H2) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2286: tauȝþe (Ra) | tauȝte (T D Ch H2 V K) | taugthe (H) | tauthe (Ma) | tauth (A) | taght (Wa) | tawte (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2287: al (Ra V J A Wa Ma) | om. (T D Ch H2 K H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2288: sayde (Ra D Ch K Wa) | seide (T H2 V J A Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2289: my (Ra) | any (T Ch H2 K Wa H) | eny (D) | ony (A) | [nothing] (V J Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2290: wisdam (Ra Ma) | wisdom (V A K Wa) | wisdomis (T D Ch J) | wysdomus (H2) | wysdams (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2291: in (Ra D J K Wa) | of (T Ch H2 V A Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2292: blamed (Ra D Ch Wa) | blamyd (H2 J A K Ma H) | blamede (V) | blamide (T) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2293: and banned him (Ra D Wa) | & bannyd hym (K Ma H) | and bannyd hem (A) | bitterly (T Ch H2) | for his Beere (V) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2294: swyche (Ra J Ma) | sweche (A H) | suche (T D Ch H2 V K Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2295: wissen (Ra K Wa Ma) | wyssyn (J A) | wyssyn (H) | wisse (R D Ch H2 V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2296: eny (Ra V) | any (T Ch H2 K Wa Ma H) | ony (D J A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2297: noli (Ra V J K Wa) | Nolite (T D Ch H2 A Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2298: hauyn (Ra H) | hauen (T D Ch H2) | haue (K) | han (V J A Wa Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2299: hawes (Ra V K Wa) | hawys (D J A H) | hawen (T Ch H2 Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2300: don (Ra V A Wa Ma) | do (T D Ch H2) | done (K) | doun (H) | ben (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2301: drauelyn (Ra A Ma) | dreuelyn (H) | drauele (T H2 V) | dreuele (D Ch Wa) | drevile (K) | dreueler (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2302: þer vp-on (Ra) | þeron (T Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | on þe (D) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2303: perre (Ra J A Ma H) | perrie (T D Ch H2 A K Wa) | Peerles (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2304: waxeþ (Ra D) | wexiþ (T) | wexit (H2) | wexeþ (Ch) | waxith (J K) | waxit (H) | waxxes (Wa) | waxen (V) | growith (A) | growit (Ma)]

[^a2305: sey (Ra Ch J A Ma H) | say (T D H2 K Wa) | sigge (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2306: shewe (Ra D) | shewen (T Ch H2 Wa) | schewen (V) | schewyn (K H) | schewith (A) | schewit (Ma) | werchin (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2307: þat (Ra) | & (T Ch H2 V A K Wa Ma H) | or (D) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2308: wirchepe (Ra) | lordsshipe (T D H2 K Ma) | lordschupe (V) | lordschep (Ch J) | lordschipes (A H) | lorschips (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2309: þan (Ra) | þen al (V) | Þanne alle (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2310: euere (Ra D Ch H2 V J K Wa Ma H) | euere (added later) (T) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2311: Wisdam (Ra V Ma H) | Wisdom (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2312: roysche (Ra) | rosche (H) | ressche (D) | reissche (Ma) | risshe (T Ch H2 Wa) | Russche (V J A K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2313: carded (Ra Ch K) | cardit (T H2) | cardyd (D J) | cardet (A) | carket (V) | caried (Wa) | carpyd (H) | menkt (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2314: conciens (Ra) | qweyntyse (H) | coueitise (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2315: her (Ra Ch K) | here (T D H2 A Wa Ma H) | heor (V) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2316: deseytes (Ra) | deseites (A Wa Ma H) | disceytes (D V J K) | þe deseites (T Ch H2) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2317: conspiren (Ra K) | conspire (T D Ch H2 J A Wa Ma H) | Conspiret (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2318: þe (Ra) | a (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2319: truþe (Ra J K) | treuþe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2320: swicham (Ra) | swyche (J Ma) | sweche (H) | swedche (A) | suche (T D Ch H2 V K) | shch (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2321: kan (Ra) | do can (A) | craftis conne (T Ch) | craftis con (H2) | craftys kan (J K) | craftes connen (D) | craftes cunnen (V) | craftys can doun (H) | craft kan do (Ma) | craftes do can (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2322: is cleped to counseyl (Ra) | ben yclepid to counseil (T H2) | ben clepid to councel (A) | ben cleped to conceile (Ch) | be cleped to Counceyl (D) | to counseil beoþ Iclept (V) | to counceile is cleped (K) | to councel es clepyd (J) | to counsel is callid (Ma H) | to consaill is called (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2323: is (Ra) | ben (T D V A K H) | bene (J) | bien (H2) | arn (Ma) | [nothing] (Ch Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2324: serued (Ra H2 V Wa) | seruid (T A K Ma) | servid (K) | seruyd (D J) | Iseruyd (H) | Iserued (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2325: a sire (Ra Wa) | seris (A) | syrys (J) | sires (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2326: serueþ (Ra V) | servith (K) | serue (T H2) | seruen (D Ch) | seruyn (J A) | sewit (Ma) | sweyn of (H) | folweþ (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2327: deuel (Ra D Ch H2 V) | deuil (T) | deuyl (J) | devile (K) | deuylis lore (H) | deuels lore (Wa) | deuelis loris (A) | lore (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2328: impiorum uia (Ra) | impiorum (K) | via impiorum (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2329: properatur (Ra K) | preperatur (Ch) | preparatur (T D H2) | prosperatur (U V J) | prosperabitur (Ma) | preparabitur (A Wa) | probabitur (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2330: bene (Ra U V J A Ma) | quod bene (H) | ve ve (D) | ve (T CH H2 K Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2331: ⁊ & inique agunt (Ra U V J Wa Ma H) | agunt & inique (T D Ch H2 K) | & inique agerunt (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2332: mowthe (Ra J K H) | mowþe (Ch) | mouthe (Ma) | mouþe (V Wa A) | mouþ (T) | mouth (D) | mouȝt (H2) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2333: theologie (Ra) | tobyȝe (H) | tobie (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2334: apostolys (Ra H) | apostlis (T D Ch V J Wa Ma) | apostelis (A H2) | appostoles (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2335: prechin (Ra J A Ma H) | prechen (T D H2 V wa) | preche (Ch K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2336: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrouȝte (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | wrouhte (V) | wrougthe (Ma) | wrowht (J) | wrouth (A H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2337: cros (Ra V A K Wa Ma H) | crois (T D Ch H2 J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2338: calwarie (Ra) | caluarie (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2339: techyn (Ra A H) | techen (K Wa) | techiþ (T J) | techit (Ma) | techitȝ (H2) | techeþ (D Ch) | telleþ (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2340: late (Ra D A) | lete (T H2) | leten (V) | letyn (J Ma) | lettyn (K) | sett (H) | [nothing] (Wa) | [out] (U Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a2341: teches (Ra) | techiþ (T Ch K) | techitȝ (H2) | techeþ (D) | lerith (J) | Redeþ (V) | schewith (A J) | schewit (Ma) | scheweþ (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2342: damseld (Ra) | dauncelid (Most A MSS) | dauncelyd (D) | daunselit (Ma) | Daunseled (V) | dawenseld (J) | daunsels (Wa) | dauntid (T H2) | daunted (K) | daunteþ (Ch) | honourid (A) | hoso can daunce (H) | daun[cel]id (Kane) | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2343: þis (Ra V Wa) | þise (T Ma) | these (H2 A H) | þes (Ch J K) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2344: holpe (Ra V H) | holp (Ma) | halpe (Ch) | halp (T J) | helpe (D H2 A Wa) | help (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2345: so (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2346: truþe (Ra J) | trouþe (T Ch H2 A Wa) | treuthe (Ma H) | trewþe (D K) | soule (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2347: almyȝthi (Ra) | almiȝt (T Wa) | almyȝty (Ch H2 K) | almyȝte (D) | almithi (Ma H) | almyti (A) | [nothing] (V J) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2348: chanoun (Ra Ch J A K Wa H) | chanouns (Ma) | canoun (T D H2 V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2349: ȝeue (Ra D H2 K H) | ȝeuen (V Ma) | ȝef (Ch) | Ȝiue (T) | ȝyuyn (J) | ȝif (A Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2350: ȝersȝeue (Ra Ch) | ȝeresȝeue (D) | ȝerysȝeue (J) | ȝerisȝiue (T) | ȝeres ȝiue (V) | ȝeres ȝyue (H2) | ȝeris ȝifte (A Ma) | ȝerys ȝyfte (H) | ȝerisȜeft (Wa) | service (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2351: ac (Ra Wa) | But (K Ma H) | BOte (V) | For (J) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2352: menstracie (Ra) | Menstralsie (T D Ma) | Mynstralsy (Ch H2 A) | mynstralcy (J) | mynstralcie (Wa) | mynstralsyȝe (H) | Munstralsye (V) | mynstrelles (K) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2353: losengrie (Ra Ch V K) | losengerie (T D H2 J) | lecherie (Wa Ma) | rebaudie (A) | bysmeryȝe (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2354: broþelles (Ra) | losell.. (H2) | loselis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2355: And (Ra D V K Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 J A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2356: glotonye (Ra T D Ch H2 A K Ma) | Gloteny (J) | glotenie (Wa) | glotenyȝe (H) | geten gold (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2357: with (Ra D V J K Ma) | & (T Ch H2 A Wa H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2358: þes are (Ra) | þise arn (T Ma) | þis arn (Wa) | þese arn (H) | þes arn (K) | þes arn her (Ch) | arn (A) | beoþ (V) | buþ (D) | is (J) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2359: now-o-dayes (Ra J) | now adayes (T D Ch V K Wa) | now on days (A) | on dayis (H) | now (Ma) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2360: and (Ra J Wa Ma H) | Ac (T D H2) | Bot (Ch V K) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2361: þes (Ra Ch J K) | þese (D A) | þise (T Ma) | þis (V Wa) | þe (H) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2362: þes (Ra Ch J K) | þese (D A Ma) | þise (T) | þis (V Wa) | þe (H) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2363: lewed (Ra D) | lewede (V Ma) | lewid (T) | lewyd (J) | lewd (Ch H) | lewde (K) | lewede men (Wa) | lewid men (A) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2364: at (Ra D Ch J A K Wa H) | At þe (T H2) | Atte (V Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2365: in here (Ra Wa Ma) | in her (J K H) | in heor (V) | & at (T D Ch H2 A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2366: menstrales (Ra) | menstralis (Ma) | menstrelles (K) | mynstralis (T J) | mynstrallis (A) | mynstralles (Ch) | mynstrals (D Wa) | mynstrelis (H) | Munstrals (V) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2367: faylen (Ra) | be stille (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2368: þredde (Ra) | þridde (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2369: bryng (Ra Wa) | bringe (T) | bryngen (D H2 K) | bryngyn (J Ma) | bringeþ (Ch V) | Bryngith (A) | bryngyt (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2370: balled (Ra D Ch K Wa) | Ballede (V) | ballid (T A Ma H) | ballyd (J) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2371: tokne (Ra) | resoun take (D) | Resouns tak (V) | take ... & ... reson (Wa) | resun ... take (A) | takyth (H) | resoun toke (T) | resoun and takeþ (Ch) | resoun ... & takyn (J) | resoun & taken (Ma) | Reasoun & take (K) | [out] (U H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2372: putten (Ra K) | puttyn (J A) | potyn (H) | putte (T D Wa) | put (H2) | putteþ (Ch) | puttit (Ma) | puyteþ (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2373: forþ (Ra T Ch H2 V J Ma) | forth a (A) | a (K Wa) | [nothing] (D H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2374: prouen (Ra K Wa) | prouyn (J Ma) | proue (T D H2) | preuyn (A H) | preue (Ch V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2375: drauelyn (Ra Ma) | drauelen (V) | dryuelen (T H2) | dryvylyn (K) | dreuelen (Wa) | dreuelyn (D Ch J H) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2376: des (Ra Ch) | dese (K) | deis (T D H2 V J Ma) | dees (Wa) | dysch (H) | [out] (U Ha La E A N)]

[^a2377: gnawe (Ra) | gnawen (T Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | gnawyn (J A) | knawe (D) | gabbyn (H) | demeþ (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2378: þe (Ra D V J A Ma H) | here (T H2) | her (Ch K) | [nothing] (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2379: gorge (Ra V J A K Wa H) | goorge (Ma) | þrote (T D H2) | þrotes (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2380: when (Ra Ch) | whon (V) | whanne (T D H2 A K Wa Ma) | qwan (J H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2381: þrotes (Ra) | Gottus (V) | guttis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2382: crien (Ra D Ch H2 V J A K Ma H) | criȝen (T) | carpen (Wa) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2383: gate (Ra K Wa Ma H) | ȝate (T D Ch H2 V J A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2384: qwake (Ra) | quake (V J K Wa) | quakyn (A Ma H) | quakiþ (T H2) | quakeþ (D Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2385: þer is (Ra J H) | Is þer (A Wa Ma) | Is (T D Ch H2 K) | Nis (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2386: nemle (Ra) | nymen (T H2 V A K) | nyme (Wa) | neme (Ch) | nemyn (J H) | meuen (D) | takyn (Ma) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2387: angwys (Ra) | his angwys (D) | his anguyssh (T Ch) | his anguysch (H2) | his noie (Wa) | is noye (A) | his nuy (V) | his anoye (K) | his noyce (J) | his disease (Ma) | hys auyr (H) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2388: honushe (Ra) | honysche (U) | hunsen (T Ch H2) | honesshen (D) | comaundin ... out (Ma) | huschen (K) | hoynyn on (J) | hold ... out (A Wa) | honesschen (V) | comaundyn out (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2389: hote (Ra U K Wa) | hoten (T D Ch H2 V) | hotyn (J Ma H) | hunte (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2390: þennys (Ra J Ma) | þennes (U D Ch V) | þenis (A) | þens (Wa H) | þenne (T H2) | hennys (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2391: leneþ al (Ra) | leneþ hym al (Ch) | leniþ hym al (T) | lenyth hym al (H) | lenyth him al (H2) | lent hym alle (A) | lonyt hem al (Ma) | levith hym al (K) | leneþ hym (U D Wa) | leneþ him (V) | leniþ hym (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2392: parteþ (Ra D Ch V) | partiþ (T U H2 J A K) | partin (Ma H) | parten (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2393: nedeþ (Ra U D Ch Wa) | nediþ (T H2 J A K H) | nedit (Ma) | neodeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2394: ne were (Ra U J A Ma H) | Nere (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | Neore (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2395: Manye (Ra T U Ch H2 H) | Many (D K Wa Ma) | Wiþ Mony (V) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2396: mendynauns (Ra) | mendynantȝ (Wa) | mendinantes (K) | mendenawtes (U) | Mendicans (J) | men (T Ch H2 H) | pore men (D Ma) | defauti (V) | [Mendynauntȝ] (Kane) | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2397: metelys (Ra) | Meeles (V) | meteles (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2398: mechel (Ra U) | mechyl (H) | mychel (J) | mochel (K) | michil (Ma) | muche (T D Ch H2 V Wa) | meche (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2399: gorge (Ra U Ch H2 V J A K Wa H) | þrote (T D) | mouth (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2400: þes (Ra Ch K) | þis (T D Wa Ma) | thise (H2) | þies (J) | þese (U A) | þeose (V) | þe (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2401: and (Ra D H) | Ac (T H2 Wa) | Bot (Ch V J K Ma) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2402: mene (Ra D Ch V J A Wa Ma H) | mean (K) | [nothing] (T H2) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2403: is in (Ra) | & his (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2404: sek (Ra) | seke (D Wa) | seek (U) | sekyth (J A) | seche (H) | sech (V K Ma) | se (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2405: mementote (Ra) | Me memento (Ma) | Memento (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2406: eum (Ra Ch J) | eam (T D H2 V A K Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2407: eufrata (Ra U) | effrata (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2408: keddemen (Ra U) | kete men (V K Ma) | ked men (D) | kydde men (Ch) | kid men (T H2) | grete men (Ma H) | courte men (A) | cowrte men (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2409: han (Ra T U) | haue (K) | han hym (H2 V J A Wa Ma H) | haue hym (Ch K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2410: mechel (Ra U) | mechil (A H) | mochel (K) | mychel (J Ma) | muchel (T) | mekul (H2) | muche (V Wa) | much (Ch) | moche (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2411: her (Ra Ch J K H) | here (T U H2 A Wa Ma) | heore (V) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2412: mowtȝ (Ra) | muþ (Wa) | mouþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2413: and (Ra Wa H) | ac (T U D H2) | bot (Ch V J K Ma) | an (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2414: many (Ra) | mene (T U D Ch H2 V J A Wa) | mean (K) | fewe (Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2415: founde (Ra Ch) | founden (T D V K Wa) | foundyn (J A Ma) | fonden (U H2) | fondyn (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2416: plese (Ra U D H2 V Wa) | pleise (T) | plesen (Ch K) | plesyn (J A Ma) | plesse (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2417: prude (Ra) | proude (T U D H2 J K Wa H) | þis proude (V) | þe proud (A) | poure (Ch) | pore (Ma) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2418: syn (Ra A H) | siþen (T) | syþin (Ma) | sithe (H2 Wa) | siþ (U K) | sethin (J) | seþe (D) | seþ (Ch) | seþþe (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2419: defouleþ (Ra D) | defouliþ (T H2 J K H) | defoulit (Ma) | defoulen (U Ch V Wa) | defoulid (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2420: feyþ als (Ra) | feyth (U A K Ma H) | fayth (J Wa) | faiþe (Ch) | false (T) | face (D) | ?fase (H2) | Fey (V) | f[eiþ] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2421: festes (Ra Ch V K Wa) | festis (U J A Ma H) | þe feste (T D H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2422: ech (Ra D) | iche (T U H2 J) | ich (Wa Ma) | vche (V) | eche (A K H) | euery (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2423: for (Ra J A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2424: telle (Ra U Wa) | tellen (T D Ch H2 K) | tellyn (J A Ma H) | talken (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2425: ben (Ra J A Ma H) | be (T U D Ch H2 K Wa) | beon (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2426: holde (Ra U Wa) | holden (T D Ch H2 V K) | holdyn (A H) | howldyn (J) | Iholdin (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2427: fyndeþ (Ra D Ch V) | fyndiþ (T H2 K) | fynte (A) | fynt (Wa H) | fyndyn (J Ma) | fyde (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2428: eke (Ra V J A Wa Ma H) | to (U) | [nothing] (T D Ch K) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2429: fader (Ra U Ch H2 V J Wa) | fadir (T D Ma H) | fadur (A) | father (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2430: carpen (Ra U Ch K) | carpyn (J Ma) | carpeþ (D Wa) | carpith (A H) | carpide (T) | Craken (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2431: a-ȝen (Ra) | aȝens (T D Ch H2 Wa H) | aȝeyn (V J) | ageyn (K Ma) | ageyne (A) | of (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2432: crabbede (Ra H2 V) | crabbide (T U) | crabbyd (J K H) | crabbed (D Ch Wa) | crappede (Ma) | crambit (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2433: werm (Ra U Ma) | wyrm (H) | worm (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2434: be -giled (Ra Ch K) | begilede (Ma) | begylyd (H) | be gyles (U) | begile (A Wa) | bi gyle (V) | he gilide (T) | he gyled (D) | deceyuyd (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2435: wey (Ra D) | wy (T H2) | why (Ch) | man (U J A K Ma H) | worm (Wa) | [variant line] (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2436: Thurȝt (Ra) | Thrugh (K) | þorgh (Wa) | Thorw (H) | Þour (U) | ÞoruȜ (T Ch) | Thorow (J A) | þourth (Ma) | Þoruȝt (D) | [variant line] (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2437: which (Ra) | wheche (A) | wiche (Ch) | qweche (H) | whiche a (T) | wiche a (D) | swyche a (U Wa) | such (K) | wykkyd (J) | who is (Ma) | [variant line] (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2438: wente (Ra U D H) | went (Wa) | wenten (T Ch K) | wentyn (J A Ma) | wenton (H2) | [variant line] (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2439: oure (Ra) | here (T U D A Wa Ma) | her (Ch J K H) | heore (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2440: þat (Ra U V) | here (T D A Ma) | her (Ch J K H) | [nothing] (Wa) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2441: suffred (Ra Ch) | suffrede (U) | suffride (T H2) | sufferid (A) | suffurd (H) | suffryn (J Ma) | suffren (K) | suffreþ (D) | drien (V) | such suffre moten (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2442: swiche (Ra U J Ma) | Suche (T D Ch V K Wa) | Sweche (A H) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2443: notes (Ra) | motes (U) | motifs (T D Ch K Wa) | Motyues (V) | moteyuys (Ma) | motyngys (J) | motetys (H) | maisties (A) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2444: meuyȝt (Ra) | meuen (T Ch V K Wa) | meuyn (J A Ma) | meue (H) | mouen (D) | moue (U) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2445: þis (Ra V Wa) | þis (T Ma) | þese (U H) | þes (D Ch A K) | þies (J) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2446: me (Ra) | men (All Other A MSS) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2447: mousen (Ra U) | mousin (A) | mowsyn (H) | musen (T D Ch K) | musyn (J) | musit (Ma) | leuen (Wa) | leeuen (V) | [out] (H2 Ha La E N)]

[^a2448: in (Ra V) | on (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2449: hore (Ra) | olde (T U D Ch H2 V J H) | elde (A) | old clerk (K) | bold (Wa) | holy man (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2450: swiche (Ra J Ma) | sweche (A) | sweche men (H) | suche (T D Ch H2 V K Wa) | siche (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2451: precheþ (Ra V Wa) | prechide (T) | prechid (H K) | prechede (Ma H) | preched (D Ch) | prechet (U) | precheris (J) | prechouris (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2452: shewyþ (Ra U J) | scheweþ (V) | shewide (T) | schewid (H2 K H) | schewede (Ma) | schewed (D Wa) | iseyde (A) | [out] (Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a2453: sapere (Ra U D H2) | [nothing] (T V A) | &c (J Wa Ma) | sapere &c (Ch K) | sapere et sapere ad sobrietatem (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2454: þat is to say (Ra K) | þat is to sey (Ch) | Þat is to seie (U) | That is to seyn (T H2) | That is to seyne (D) | þat hys (H) | That þis (A) | þis (V) | That is (Wa) | [variant line] (Ma) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2455: wilneþ (Ra K) | willeþ (D) | wil ȝe (Wa) | wyl is (H) | ne wilneþ (T H2) | ne wilnehþ (U) | me willeþ (Ch) | wilneþ ȝe (V) | Coueytyth (J) | [nothing] (A) | [variant line] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2456: neuere (Ra U J Wa) | ne were (H) | were (A) | neuer (D Ch V K) | [nothing] (T H2) | [variant line] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2457: to (Ra U D V J A H) | for to (T Ch H2 K) | [nothing] (Wa) | [variant line] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2458: by-lef (Ra) | beleue (T D Ch H2 J K H) | belef (Ma) | be leef (U) | beleueþ (Wa) | leeueþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2459: lely (Ra) | lelly (T U D Ch H2 K) | treuliche (Ma) | trewly (H) | holych (Wa) | holely (J) | [nothing] (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2460: on þat (Ra V) | on þe (U D K Wa H) | in þe (J) | þe (Ma) | of (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2461: lord (Ra U) | leue (J) | lore (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2462: cherche (Ra J Wa) | Churche (D) | chirche (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2463: pray (Ra U D J K Wa H) | preye (T Ch H2 V Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2464: by (Ra) | be (T U D Ch H2) | in (V J K Ma) | here in (Wa H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2465: moche (Ra D) | meche (U H) | muche (H2 Wa) | much (Ch) | muchel (T) | muchel (V) | mochel (K) | mychel (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2466: willeþ (Ra) | willet (Ma) | wilneþ (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa) | welyn (H) | wole (A) | ȝernyth (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2467: weyes (Ra V) | weyis (U H) | weys (A) | ways (Wa) | whyys (K) | werkes (T Ch) | werkis (H2) | wordes (D) | priuytes (Ma) | [nothing] (J) | [whyes] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2468: almyȝthi (Ra) | almyȝte (U) | almyȝty (Ch K Wa) | Almihti (V) | almythy (H) | almyti (A) | almiȝt (T D H2) | [nothing] (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2469: eye (Ra U D A K Wa Ma) | eiȝen (T Ch H2) | eyȝe (H) | eȝe (V) | Ie (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2470: were (Ra U D Ch H2 J A Wa Ma H) | wer (K) | weore (V) | wern (T) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2471: ers (Ra H2 V J) | eres (D) | ars (T Ch A Wa Ma H) | hars (U) | taile (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2472: wilneþ (Ra U) | willit (Ma) | wold (A) | eft wilneþ (T H2 V J K Wa) | eft willeþ (D) | oft wylyn (H) | wilneþ eft (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2473: þat god (Ra) | þat god wolde (U D V J A K Wa H) | þat god woolde (Ma) | god wolde (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2474: suffrede (Ra) | Suffren (T) | Suffryn (J Ma) | suffre (U D H2 Wa) | Suffer (Ch) | Suffur (H) | Soffre (V) | To suffre (A) | Suffre so (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2475: satan (Ra D H2 A) | Sathan (T U Ch V K) | sory sathan (J) | þat schrewe satan (Ma) | satan þe vnsaut (H) | Sathan vnsaght (Wa) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2476: or (Ra U D Ch V J A K Ma) | Er (T H2) | Oþer (Wa) | Eythyr (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2477: be-trayede (Ra T H2) | betrayed (D) | betrayȝyd (J) | be trayen (U) | betraye (Ch V) | to betraye (A K Wa Ma) | to betrayȝe (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2478: y-worcheped (Ra) | Iworscheped (Ch) | I wyrchepid (U) | yworsshipid (T H2) | Iworschipped (K) | yworshipt (Wa) | worschiped (D) | worscheped (H) | now worchepid (A) | Iheried (V) | thankyd (J) | heried (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2479: þou be (Ra) | be þou (T U Ch H2 V J K) | be þe (D) | be to the (H) | be he (A Wa) | be (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2480: comeþ (Ra) | comyth (U) | comiþ (T A K) | comeþ (D Ch H2 V Wa) | comiþ (J) | comyn (H) | konnit (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2481: conioun (Ra U) | a conyon (Most A MSS) | a Congyoun (D) | a congeoun (Wa) | a congoun (Ch K H) | þies conyon (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2482: Swiþe (Ra) | Siþen (T H2 K) | siþin (Ma) | Sith (Wa) | Sytthyn (H) | Siþþe (U) | Sethyn (J) | Seþe (D) | Seþ (Ch) | Sþe (A) | Sire (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2483: but ȝif (Ra U K) | But (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2484: leue (Ra D Ch A Wa H) | loue (Ma) | lyue (T H2 V K) | lyf (J) | lyue lely (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2485: day (Ra U) | degre (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2486: borwȝ (Ra) | boruȝ (T H2) | borgh (Wa) | borowe (Ch K) | borow (J A) | borwe (U) | borw (D V H) | bourth (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2487: þat (Ra V Ma) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2488: wil we (Ra) | wil he (U D J Wa) | wile he (T H2) | wele he (Ma) | wol he (Ch) | nyl he (K) | nul he (V) | schal he (A) | xal he (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2489: þow (Ra H) | Thou (A) | Þeȝ (T) | Þeiȝe (U) | þey (Ch H2 J Ma) | þouȝ (D K) | thogh (Wa) | þauȝ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2490: day after day (Ra U) | day aftir oþer (T A Ma) | day after oþer (D Ch) | day after other (K) | day aftur oþur (V) | day after oþur (H) | day aftre oþer (Wa) | halfe a day after (J) | day aftir othire (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2491: by-come (Ra) | be come (D Ch H2 A K Wa H) | bicom (V) | bekam (Ma) | becomiþ (T) | come (U) | [variant half-line] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2492: confous (Ra) | confus (T H2 J H) | confuse (U K) | confius (Ma) | copnfusyd (D A) | confoundet (V) | coy (Ch) | confers (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2493: coude (Ra D H2 A Ma H) | couþe (T U Ch V J Wa) | could (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2494: not (Ra D H2 V J K Wa Ma) | nouȝt (T Ch) | nouth (H) | nowt (U) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2495: and (Ra U V J K Wa H) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 A) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2496: dom (Ra A Wa) | dome (K) | dowme (J) | doumb (T D Ch H2 V H) | dombe (U) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2497: drow (Ra U J A K) | & drow (H) | drouȝ (T D Ch V) | and drouȝ (H2) | drogh (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2498: þat he (Ra Ma) | þat i (U V K Wa H) | I (T D Ch H2 J A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2499: cowde (Ra U A Ma H) | couþe (T D Ch H2 V J Wa) | could (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2500: greyn (Ra U D V Ma) | greyne (J K) | grayn (Wa H) | grayne (A) | graunte (Ch) | gayn (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2501: al (Ra) | al lauȝinge he (T) | al lauȝynge he (H2) | al laughyng he (H) | al laghyng he (Wa) | alle lawhyng he (Ch A) | al lauȝwhinge he (V) | al lawqwyng he (J) | al lauwynge he (Ma) | al lawynge he (D) | al louryng he (U K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2502: loutede (Ra V) | louted (D Ch K Wa) | loutide (T H2) | loutid (A J H) | loutydde (U) | lokede (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2503: loked (Ra D Ch K Wa) | lokede (V) | lokide (T) | lokyd (U H2 J A Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2504: stode (Ra) | stody (H) | stodie (D A Ma) | stodye (Ch J) | studie (T U H2 V Wa) | dame studye (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2505: seken (Ra) | beseke (T D Ch H2 H) | besekyn (J Wa) | be seche (U K) | bisechen (V) | besechin (Ma) | prey (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2506: hure (Ra) | hire (T H2 V Ma) | hir (J H) | here (U D A Wa) | her (Ch K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2507: grace (Ra U Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | here grace (D) | his grace (T) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2508: sayde (Ra Wa) | said (K) | seide (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2509: whil (Ra) | while (D Ch V Wa) | wil (U) | qwyl (J H) | the while (K Ma) | þer whiles (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2510: ȝour (Ra) | my (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2511: durith (Ra H2 J) | duriþ (T U) | duryth (H) | dureth (D) | dureþ (Ch V Wa) | lasteth (K) | lastith (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2512: to (Ra U D J A K Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (T Ch H2 V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2513: hotuþ (Ra) | hoteþ (U) | hotyth (H) | hotith (A) | hotit (Ma) | is hoten (T D H2) | is hotyn (J) | is hote (Ch K) | is Ihoten (V) | is hoteþ (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2514: þis (Ra U V Wa) | þise (T Ma) | these (H2 A H) | þes (Ch K) | [nothing] (D J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2515: wykes (Ra U H2 V) | wekis (A) | woukes (T) | wokes (D Ch K Wa) | wokis (Ma H) | wougys (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2516: sexe (Ra U Ch J A H) | sexxe (Wa) | sixe (T D H2 V K) | vj (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2517: sefne (Ra U) | seuene (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2518: y-nempled (Ra) | I nempnyd (U) | Inempnet (V) | Inemelid (A) | nempnid (T H2) | nempned (Ch Wa) | nemned (D) | namyd (K Ma) | nemyd (H) | hotyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2519: I (Ra T U D Ch H2) | as I (A K Wa Ma H) | as Ich (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2520: be-seching (Ra Ch V Ma) | besekyng (T U D H2 A H) | besekyn (Wa) | byddyng | wissynge (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2521: shul (Ra U D Ch H2 V Wa) | Xul (H) | Schal (A K MA) | Shuln (T) | Schulyn | Scholyn | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2522: as (Ra U V J A K Wa Ma H) | a (D) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2523: morwen (Ra H2 V) | morwe (U Ma) | morwyn (H) | morewen (T) | morowen (Ch) | morowe (D J K) | morne (A) | morn (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2524: gluman (Ra J) | gleman (T U D Ch H2 A K) | glewman (Ma H) | glewman (Wa) | gleo Mon (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2525: axked (Ra) | axkid (A) | axide (T U H2) | axed (J) | askyd (K H) | asked (D Ch Wa) | askede (V Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2526: hure (Ra) | hire (T H2 V Ma) | hyr (H) | here (U) | her (Ch K) | herre (Wa) | [nothing] (D J A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2527: heyway (Ra) | hey wey (D A H) | heye weye (U) | heiȝe wey (T V) | hiȝe way (Ch H2) | hye wey (J) | hye way (K) | hie waye (Wa) | eie wey (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2528: wonde (Ra U) | wonyd (D) | woned (Ch K) | wonede (H2) | wonide (T) | dwelt (Wa) | duellyd (J H) | duellede (Ma) | dwelleþ (V) | wel dwellid (A) | [dwell]ide (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2529: of (Ra H2 A) | to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2530: Axke (Ra A) | Axe (T U H2) | Aske (D Ch K Wa Ma H) | Axe þanne (J) | I schal teche þe (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2531: heyway (Ra) | hye way (K Wa) | hye wey (J) | hey wey (D H) | heye wey (U) | heiȝe wey (T V) | hiȝe wey (Ch) | hiȝe way (H2) | eie wey (Ma) | wey (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2532: she (Ra U D Ch K Wa Ma H) | heo (T H2 V) | ȝhe (A) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2533: fro (Ra U D Ch H2 Wa H) | from (T V K) | [nothing] (J A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2534: ride (Ra U D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | rid (T V) | [nothing] (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2535: rest (Ra U J) | Reste (V) | ac rest (D Wa) | ac reste (T H2) | but byde (A) | bot trust (Ch) | but rest (H) | & reste (Ma) | & rest (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2536: þe (Ra V K H) | þou (T U D Ch H2 Ma) | [nothing] (J A Wa) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2537: wilt (Ra D J A Wa H) | willt (U) | wit (Ma) | wile (T H2) | wolt (Ch V K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2538: couple (Ra V J A) | comple (U) | couplest (D Wa) | couplist (T H2) | cowpelest (K) | coplest (Ch) | copplyst (H) | compleinyst (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2539: hatteþ (Ra) | hattyth (H) | hatte (T U D Ch H2 J) | hate (Wa) | hette (V) | hotte (K) | hauntith (A) | hauntid (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2540: lef (Ra D H2) | Leue (T U Ch V J K Wa Ma H) | Lete (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2541: lyft (Ra J A K Wa) | luft (V) | left (T U D Ch H2 Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2542: and (Ra U Ch H) | an (A) | or (T D H2 V K Ma) | oþer (Wa) | othir (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2543: kep (Ra U V A H) | kepe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2544: fro (Ra U D Ch J A Wa Ma H) | From (V K) | For (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2545: lieres (Ra U D) | lyȝeres (V) | liȝeris (T H2) | liȝers (Ch) | lither (K Wa) | lethyr (J H) | lether (Ma) | ledur (A) | li[þer] (Kane) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2546: soberte (Ra U Ch H2 Ma) | sobirte (T A) | sobrete (D J Wa) | sobryete (H) | sobernes (K) | sobre (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2547: symplenesse (Ra Ma H) | sympilnes (A) | symplesse (U J K Wa) | simplite (T) | symplete (D) | sympulte (H2) | sympel (Ch) | symple (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2548: wit (Ra) | wiȝt (T U Ch H2 J K Wa) | wyȝth (D) | wyth (A H) | man (Ma) | mon (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2549: hit (Ra) | his (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2550: shewe (Ra U V J K Wa H) | shewen (T Ch H2) | Schewyn (D A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2551: shal þou (Ra A) | shalt þou (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa Ma H) | schaltow (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2552: þinges (Ra V K Wa Ma) | thenges (U) | thingis (J A) | thyngus (H) | wyttes (T D Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2553: and (Ra U H) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2554: I (Ra D V J A K Wa Ma H) | þou (T H2) | [nothing] (Ch) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2555: gete (Ra) | grete (T D Ch H2 K Ma H) | gret (J A Wa) | grette (V) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2556: him (Ra) | hire (T H2 V J Ma) | hyr (H) | here (D A Wa) | her (Ch K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2557: hure (Ra) | hire (T H2 V Ma) | hir (K H) | here (U D J A Wa) | her (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2558: þe (Ra U A K Wa Ma) | hire (T H2 V) | hyr (H) | here (D) | her (Ch J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2559: y-glosed (Ra Ch Wa) | yglosid (T H2 A) | Iglosyde (J) | Igloset (V) | glosyd (U Ma H) | glosed (D K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2560: lerned (Ra D Ch Wa H) | lernyd (J A Ma) | lerid (T U H2) | lered (V) | servyd (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2561: hure (Ra) | hire (T H2 V Ma) | hyr (H) | here (U D J A Wa) | her (Ch K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2562: mosouns (Ra) | musons (T D Ch V K Wa Ma) | musonys (U J) | musionis (H2) | moysons (H) | musun (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2563: mosyk (Ra) | mesik (Ch) | musik (T U D H2 V J K Wa Ma H) | nusik (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2564: hure (Ra) | hire (T H2 V Wa Ma) | hyr (H) | here (U J A) | her (D Ch K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2565: to knowe (Ra U V J A K Wa Ma H) | knowe alse (T H2) | knowe also (Ch) | knowe after (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2566: and (Ra U Ch) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2567: hem (Ra U Ch) | [nothing] (J H) | hym (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2568: furst (Ra H2 V) | ferst (T U Ma) | first (D Ch J K Wa) | frist (A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2569: I tauȝthe furst to argue (Ra) | I tavghten to argewe (K) | I tawte ferst to argue (U) | to arguen I tauȝte (T D H2 V) | to arguyn I taugthe (H) | to arguyn first I tawte (J) | to argue I taugthe (Ma) | to argue I taght (Wa) | to argue I tauth (A) | to argeu (?argen) I tauȝte (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2570: gerlis (Ra A) | gerlys (J) | gerles (D Ch) | girles (T U K Wa) | gurles (H2) | Children (V) | childryn (Ma) | childeryn (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2571: gar (Ra) | garte (T U D H2 J K) | gert (Ch) | gan (A) | gon (V) | made (Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2572: furst to (Ra V) | ferst to (Ma) | first to (Wa) | frist to (A H) | ferst (T U J) | first (D Ch K) | furst (H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2573: and (Ra T U D Ch H2) | Of (V J K Wa Ma) | Off (H) | For (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2574: kenne (Ra) | ken (D) | kennes (Ma) | kynne (Most A MSS) | kyn (H2) | kynnes (Ch) | kyns (Wa) | kuynis (?knyuis) (A) | skynnys (H) | Maner (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2575: construed (Ra U) | contreuide (T H2) | contreuid (Ma) | contreved (Wa) | contryvyd (K H) | contryued (D) | contrued (A) | contrewed (Ch) | counterfetyd (J) | con Counterfeten (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2576: here to lerne (Ra) | hure ferst to lere (U) | here (T D Ch H2) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2577: Tolus (Ra) | Tolis (T U D H2 A) | toles (Wa) | toolys (Ma) | talys (H2) | her toles (K) | heor tooles (V) | firste her tolys (J) | [nothing] (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2578: kerue (Ra U) | kerueris (T D Ch H2 V J Wa H) | keruirs (Ma) | carueris (A) | carvers (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2579: I tauȝþe (Ra) | I tauȝte (V) | I tauþte (U) | I kennyd (D J A) | & I kennyd (K) | & kennyd (H) | & kenned (Ch Wa) | & kende (T H2 Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2580: ferst (Ra T U Ma) | first (Ch K Wa) | furst (H2 V) | fryst (A H) | & (D J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2581: lerned (Ra U Ch J K Wa) | lernide (T) | lernyd (A H2 H) | lered (D V) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2582: hem (Ra U D Ch V A K Wa H) | hym (T H2) | To wyrchyn with (J) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2583: lyne and leuel (Ra U) | leuel & lyne (D Ch J K Ma) | lyuel & lyne (T H2 V A Wa H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2584: þow (Ra Ch A H) | þouȝ (D K) | þouȝe (U) | þogh (Wa) | þauȝ (V) | þeiȝ (T H2) | þei (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2585: lokede (Ra) | lokyd (U) | loke (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2586: And (Ra H) | Ac (T U D H2 J Wa) | Bot (Ch V K Ma) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2587: thologie (Ra) | theologie (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2588: þat (Ra K) | haþ (T D Ch V J Wa) | hat (A Ma H) | hatȝ (H2) | hayt (U) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2589: tened (Ra U D Ch K Wa) | tenid (T H2 J Ma H) | teoned (V) | tenyn (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2590: mistlikere (Ra) | mistlokere (T U D Ch H2 J K) | mystloker (Wa) | mystlyere (H) | misteliere (Ma) | mistiere (A) | derkore (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2591: semeþ (Ra D Ch H2 V K Wa) | semiþ (T U J H) | semith (Ma) | semyd (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2592: deuyne hit (Ra) | deuyne (H) | deuyned (Ch) | deuynid (H2) | deuynide (T Ma) | dyuynyd (J) | diuinede (V) | dyuyned (U D K) | dyuened (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2593: deppere (Ra U) | derkere (T D Ch H2 Wa Ma) | dyrker (J) | darkar (K) | drykere (H) | Mistiloker (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2594: me hit (Ra) | me (T D H2 V J K Wa Ma H) | hit (Ch) | I (U) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2595: þouȝþe (Ra) | þougthe (Ma) | þouȝte (T D H2 V K) | þoght (Wa) | þowte (U J) | thynkyt (H) | semed (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2596: to (Ra U D V) | for to (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2597: lewed (Ra V Wa) | lewid (T H2 J A Ma) | lewd (D Ch H) | lewde (K) | [out] (U Ha La E N)]

[^a2598: laft (Ra) | last (U H) | lat (T D Ch H2 Ma) | lateþ (Wa) | let (J) | letteth (K) | set (V) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2599: balkeþ (Ra) | lakkiþ (T) | lackyt (H) | lackyd (J K) | lakkeþ (U D) | lakked (Ch) | lakkede (H2 Ma) | þer lackith (A) | þer lakkeþ (Wa) | þat lakkede (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2600: thinke (Ra D) | þenke (T U H2 V Ma) | þink (Ch) | thinke to (J) | thynk to (A K Wa H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2601: drawe (Ra U H2 Wa) | drawen (T D Ch V K) | drawyn (J A Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2602: scole (Ra U V J) | scoole (K) | skile (T H2) | skille (Ch) | skele (D) | lore (A Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2603: say (Ra) | saiȝ (T D H2) | seyh (J) | see (K) | seo (V) | sawȝ (Ch) | saw (U) | [variant half-line] (A Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2604: simulat (Ra U Ch V K Wa) | similat (T D H2 J Ma H) | similiat (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2605: uel (Ra) | nec (T U D Ch H2 V J A K Ma) | non (Wa) | hic non (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2606: techeþ vs (Ra U D) | techiþ vs (T) | techit it (H2) | techeþ it (Ch) | tellyth (H) | tellit (Ma) | telleþ (Wa) | teneth (K) | techith (J A) | techeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2607: who-so (Ra U D Ch K Wa Ma) | hoso (J A H) | hose (V) | who (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2608: takeþ (Ra D Ch V) | takiþ (T H2 J K) | takit (A Ma H) | take (U Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2609: kenneþ (Ra D Ch H2 Wa) | kenniþ (T J K) | kennes (U) | kennys (A) | techeþ (V) | techyth (H) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2610: a-ȝen (Ra U) | aȝens (T D Ch H2 H) | aȝenys (A) | ayenst (K) | aȝeyn (V) | & aȝens (Wa) | of (J) | [out] (Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2611: byt (Ra U) | bid (A) | biddith (H2 J K H) | biddeþ (V Wa) | bidit (Ma) | bidded (Ch) | [nothing] (T D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2612: blesse (Ra) | blysse (U Wa) | blessen (H2 V K) | blessyn (D) | blissen (T Ch Ma) | blissyn (J A H) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2613: enmys (Ra) | enmyys (J) | enmyes (Ch) | enemys (T U H2 V Ma) | enemyes (D) | ennymyes (K) | fomen (A Wa H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2614: lyen (Ra U D K Wa H) | lyin (Ma) | liȝen (T Ch V) | lyȝyn (J) | leiȝen (H2) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2615: lene (Ra U D Ch H2 K Wa) | lenen (T V) | lenyn (Ma) | lenyin (J) | lenden (H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2616: oure (Ra) | here (T U D H2 Ma) | her (Ch K) | heor (V) | [nothing] (J Wa H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2617: a-ȝens (Ra T U D H2 Wa Ma H) | ageins (Ch) | ageynes (A) | ageynst (K) | aȝenys (J) | aȝeyn (V) | a[g]ens (Kane)]

[^a2618: hotes (Ra U) | hotiþ (T H2 J K) | hotit (Ma) | hoteþ (D Ch V Wa) | biddyth (A H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2619: exaumple (Ra J A H) | ensaumple (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2620: of (Ra U J A K) | for (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2621: Ac (Ra U Wa) | Bote (V K) | but (Ma) | And (H) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2 J A) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2622: euel (Ra Ch Ma) | euil (T D H2 J A K Wa) | yuel (U H) | vuel (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2623: gemettrie (Ra) | Geometrie (T U D Ch H2 J Wa Ma) | Gomatrye (K) | Gemetrie (V A) | Geementryȝe (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2624: gemessie (Ra U A) | geomesie (T D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | geemessye (H) | Gemensye (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2625: greful (Ra) | gryfful (U) | gynful (T D H2 V Ma H) | gilefull (K) | gynner (J) | synful (Ch A Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2626: werche (Ra D) | werche werche (T) | worche (Wa) | worcheþ (V) | to werche (U A) | to werchin (Ma H) | to wyrchyn (J) | to worch (K) | dele (H2) | [nothing] (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2627: longeþ (Ra U D Ch Wa) | longiþ (T H2 V J A K H) | longit (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2628: ȝut (Ra) | Ȝet (T H2 V K H) | ȝit (U D Ch J A Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2629: are (Ra) | ar (Wa) | arn (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2630: þre (Ra) | þere (T U Ch H2 V A K Wa Ma) | þer þre (J) | þer iij (H) | þe (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2631: fybicches (Ra) | fybychys (J) | fibiches (K Wa) | febicchis (T) | febucches (H2) | fibeches (U D) | fybytthys (H) | febuthis (Ma) | febecythis (Ch) | febeles (A) | [nothing] (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2632: forels (Ra K Wa) | Forellis (T H2 V J H) | forelles (D) | forelis (U) | forolis (Ma) | forelle (Ch) | om. (A) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2633: mannys (Ra H2 H) | manis (T U Ch A Ma) | mans (K) | mannes (D) | menys (J) | mens (Wa) | mennes (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2634: of (Ra A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2635: experimens (Ra J) | Expermens (D) | Experimentis (T U H2 V K Wa Ma H) | experimentis (A) | Expimentis (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2636: alkononye (Ra) | alkonomye (D V J Wa) | alkenemye (T U K) | alkenamy (Ch) | alconamyȝe (H) | alknamye (H2) | alcamie (A) | alcomie (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2637: albertes (Ra U D K) | albertis (T Ch H2 J A H) | albertus (Wa) | Alberdes (V) | beerdis (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2638: Nigramauncie (Ra) | Nygramauncie (A) | Nygramancy (J) | Nigramansie (Ma) | Nigromancye (V K) | Nigromancie (T U H2) | Nygromancye (D) | Nigirmancie (Wa) | Nigromauncy (Ch) | Nigramancyȝe (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2639: permancie (Ra T D J A Ma H) | perimansie (H2 V) | perymancie (U) | peramancie (K Wa) | pernirancy (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2640: reyse (Ra) | reise (U K) | reisen (T D A Wa) | reysyn (H) | areysen (H2) | areisyn (Ma) | areise (Ch J) | Rise makeþ (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2641: thinke (Ra U D A Ma H) | þinke (U) | think (J K Wa) | þenke (T H2) | þenche (V) | [out] (Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a2642: del (Ra U Wa) | deile (T) | dele (D H2 V J K Ma H) | medil (A) | [out] (Ch Ha La E N)]

[^a2643: þese (Ra U D H2 A Ma H) | þes (Ch K) | þeose (V) | þise (T) | þis (Wa) | þies (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2644: sikerly (Ra U K) | sekyrly (A H) | sikir (T H2 J) | siker (V Ma) | sicre (Wa) | seker (D Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2645: founded (Ra J) | Foundit (T) | foundite (H2) | foundide (U) | Haue Ifounded (V) | founded And founded (Ch) | founded And made (D) | made Fownded (K) | foundyd in feth (A) | foundyd in feyth (H) | fondeth in feith (Ma) | formed In fayþ (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2646: to (Ra U D Ch V J A K Wa Ma H) | for to (T H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2647: deseyuen (Ra U K) | dysseyuyn (A H) | desceyue (T D Ch H2 V J Wa Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2648: gramercy (Ra U D Ch Wa Ma H) | graunt mercy (T H2 V K) | gremercy (J) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2649: hure (Ra) | hire (T V Ma) | hyr (H) | here (U D H2 J Wa) | her (Ch K) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2650: witly (Ra) | wiȝtly (T H2 J K Wa H) | withly (Ma) | wytely (A) | whithly (Ch) | wiȝth in (U) | liȝtliche (D) | forþ on (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2651: way (Ra Ch H2 K Wa H) | wey (T U D V J A Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2652: fayre tolde (Ra U) | foretolde (T D Ch H2 V J A K Wa) | aforn tolde (Ma) | has told (H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2653: cam (Ra J A) | came (K) | com (T D Ch Wa Ma) | come (U H2 H) | coome (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2654: me þe gode-wif (Ra) | þe gode wyf me (T U D Ch H2 V K Wa H) | þe good man me (A) | stody me (J Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2655: tauȝthe (Ra) | tauȝte (T U D Ch H2 V K) | taugth (H) | tauthe (Ma) | tauth (A) | taght (Wa) | taute (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2656: him (Ra) | hire (T V Ma) | hyr (H) | here (U D H2 A Wa) | her (K) | hem (Ch J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2657: as (Ra) | þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2658: tauȝth (Ra) | tauȝt (Ch D K) | taugth (H) | tauth (Ma) | taut (A) | taute (J) | ytauȝt (T) | I tauȝt (V) | Itauȝte (H2) | I tawȝte (U) | told (Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2659: gome (Ra Ch V J A Wa) | grom (T U D H2) | grome (K) | man (Ma H) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2660: þe (Ra) | [nothing] (Ch V J) | þis (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2661: syn (Ra A H) | siþþe (T) | syth (U H2 Wa) | sithen (K) | sythin (J Ma) | seþ (D Ch) | seþþen (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2662: made (Ra U Ch H2 V J K Wa Ma H) | mad (A) | makid (T) | makeþ (D) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2663: fayrer (Ra D J) | Fayrere (U H2 A H) | Fairer (Ch K) | Fairere (T Wa Ma) | Feirore (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2664: vnderfonged (Ra) | vnderfongyd (J) | vndirfonge (T U D Ch H2 V A K Wa) | vndyrfongen (H) | vndirfongin (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2665: frendlikere (Ra Ma) | frendlekere (U) | frendloker (D Ch H2 V J Wa) | frendliere (T A H) | frendliar (K) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2666: as she (Ra U D K) | as heo (V) | as þey (Ma) | so she (J) | so þai (Wa) | heo (T H2) | he (Ch) | þey (H) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2667: and (Ra U H) | & of (D) | & wiþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E A N)]

[^a2668: seyde him (Ra) | seyde hem (U) | seide (Ch H2 V A Ma H) | seyd (J) | saide (Wa) | sayd (D K) | seiȝe (T) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2669: sikerly (Ra) | sootȝly (Ma) | soþliche (All Other A MSS) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2670: lere (Ra T U D H2) | lerne (Ch A K Wa Ma H) | leorne (V) | lernyn (J) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2671: siþe (Ra U) | siþen (T H2 K Ma) | sytthyn (H) | seþen (Ch) | sethyn (J) | seþ (D) | seþþen (V) | [nothing] (A Wa) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2672: lely (Ra) | lely lyf (U D) | lelly life (T H2) | lele lyf (J A) | lelle lyf (Wa) | leal lif (K) | leel loue (Ch) | trewe lif (Ma H) | feir lif (V) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2673: lewyd (Ra U H2 J A) | lewed (V K) | lewide (T) | lewd (D Ch H) | lowed (Wa) | comoun (Ma) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2674: y-hoten (Ra U V) | hoten (T D H2 K Wa) | hotyn (J A Ma H) | hote (Ch) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2675: hosbondes (Ra Wa) | hosebondes (V) | husbondes (K) | housbondes (U D) | husbondis (A) | husbandys (J) | vsbondis (Ma) | husbondryȝe (H) | lewide men (T Ch H2) | [out] (Ha La E N)]

[^a2676: tilieres (Ra K) | tilieris (T) | tiliers (D H2 J Wa Ma) | telieris (A H) | telieres (U) | teliers (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2677: talioures (Ra) | talyours (H) | talliouris (A) | taillours (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | taylourys (J) | as taliouurs (U) | or tailours (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2678: kynde (Ra) | kyne (T) | kyn (D H2 Wa) | kynne (J K) | kynnes (Ch) | kynnys (A) | kenne (U) | kennes (Ma) | skynnys (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2679: her (Ra Ch J K H) | here (T D H2 A Wa Ma) | with here (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2680: craft (Ra U) | foode (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2681: ony (Ra U J) | any (T Ch H2 K Ma) | eny (D) | alle (H) | here (Wa) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2682: telye (Ra) | tilie (U) | Tylien (Wa Ma) | tylyin (J) | toille (T D Ch H2 K) | þat telyn (H) | to leuyn (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2683: dykyn (Ra) | Diken (T U D Ch H2 A Wa) | Dichen (K) | Dychin (J Ma) | Dychoun (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2684: to (Ra) | an (Ma) | & (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2685: baskyn (Ra) | bakken (T Ch H2 K) | bakkyn (H) | bakke (Wa) | bak (D) | bachem (U) | happin (Ma) | coueryn (J) | [variant half-line] (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2686: comforte (Ra U D Ch K H) | Comforth (A) | Counforte (T) | Counfortyn (J Ma) | Confort (Wa) | Confortid (H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2687: in þe (Ra U A) | þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2688: fetrid (Ra) | fetred (Wa) | fettred (Ch) | fetterid (T J) | feteryd (K H) | fetered (U H2) | feteryd (D) | Ifetrid (Ma) | federid (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2689: sekyn (Ra J Ma) | seken (T U D H2) | seke (A H) | sechen (Ch K) | seche (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2690: nedeþ (Ra D Wa) | nediþ (T U Ch H2 J A H) | nedit (Ma) | neden (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2691: sostren (Ra) | sustren (Most A MSS) | sustern (K) | susteryn (J) | sistres (U) | [variant line] (Ma H) | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2692: Þis (Ra Ma) | Þese (U Wa H) | þies (J) | Thes (K) | Þus (T D Ch H2 A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2693: beþ þo þat (Ra) | ben tho that (K Wa) | ben þoo þat (J) | be þo þat (H) | ben (A) | ben þat (U) | is þat (Ma) | byt (D) | bad (Ch) | bed þe (T) | bad þe (H2) | be[þ] (Kane) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2694: Syk (Ra) | Sike (T U D Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | Sykyn (J) | Seke (A) | Loke þou be (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2695: flere (Ra J A) | Et flere (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2696: God wot (Ra T U D Ch H2 J K) | Dredles (Wa Ma H) | Sekyrly (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2697: benefyces (Ra T U D K) | benefycys (J) | bienefices (H2) | benefice (Ch) | ben in office (A Ma H) | be in office (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2698: and so (Ra A K Wa Ma) | so (T D Ch H) | & (J H2) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2699: is (Ra J A K) | is he (T D Ch H2 H) | he is (Wa Ma) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2700: in (Ra) | [nothing] (D) | in þe (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2701: graunteþ (Ra) | hit graunteþ (D) | grauntiþ & techiþ (T Ch J K Wa H) | grauntit & techit (A) | grantitȝ and techitȝ (H2) | boþin grauntit & techit (Ma) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2702: For þis (Ra U) | For þus (Ch) | Forþi (T D H2 A K Wa Ma H) | Þerfore (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2703: do-best is (Ra U A Wa) | is dobest (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2704: a (Ra U D Ch J A Ma H) | [nothing] (T H2 K Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2705: preche (Ra Ch A H) | prechen (T U D H2 K Wa) | prechyn (J Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2706: and (Ra U J A Wa Ma H) | or (T D K) | oþer (Ch) | othir (H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2707: teche (Ra A) | techyn (U) | chaste (T D Ch H2 H) | chasten (Wa) | chastyn (J Ma) | chastien (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2708: dowel (Ra U D Wa) | dewid (T H2) | dewyd (J) | dewed (Ch) | dued (H) | dowed (K) | endued (A) | doutid (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2709: mendinant (Ra) | mendynauntȝ (T D Wa) | mendynauntes (H2 K H) | mendinantis (U) | mendynans (Ma) | mendicans (J) | mendevauntis (Ch) | amendement (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2710: myschef (Ra Ch H2 J A K Wa) | meschief (T) | messchef (U) | myschief (D) | myschyff (H) | mischefs (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2711: þo (Ra U J A K Wa Ma H) | þes (Ch) | þe (T H2) | þat (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2712: y-dewed (Ra) | Idewyd (J) | I dued (U) | Idowed (K) | dewid (T H2) | dued (A) | dueed (Ch) | dowed (Wa) | Induyd (H) | dubbid (Ma) | sumtyme (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2713: none (Ra D H2 J K Ma H) | no (T U Ch A) | [out] (V Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2714: ladijs (Ra U K Ma H) | ladies (T D Ch H2 J A) | [out] (V Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2715: rewle (Ra H2 J K H) | rewele (T) | reule (U D A Wa) | rule (Ma) | rewþe (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2716: reherseþ (Ra Wa) | rehersyth (J A K) | rehersit (U) | reherside (T) | rehersyd (D H2 Ma H) | rehersed (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2717: morales (Ra K) | moralis (U H2 J A Ma H) | morals (T D) | morale (Ch) | moral (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2718: seyþ (Ra U J A) | seide (T D Ch H2) | said (K) | seit (Ma) | saiþ (Wa) | sent (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2719: him (Ra U) | [nothing] (A) | it (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2720: example (Ra J A H) | ensaumple (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2721: men (Ra U) | þai (Wa) | þei (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2722: when (Ra) | Qwan (J H) | Whanne (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2723: faylen (Ra Ch K Wa) | faylyn (J Ma H) | faile (T H2) | fayleþ (U D) | faylith (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2724: oþ (Ra) | or (T U D Ma) | other (K Wa) | eyther (A) | of (Ch H2) | & (J H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2725: deyen (Ra Ma H) | deyin (D) | deye (U) | deyn (J A) | diȝe (T H2) | dyen (K Wa) | deyȝe (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2726: drouthe (Ra A) | douȝte (T D Ch H2 J K Wa) | droughte (Ma) | drowte (U H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2727: when (Ra) | qwan (J H) | whanne (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2728: longe (Ra U) | long (Ch) | lengen (T) | leggen (H2) | liggen (K Wa) | lyggyn (D J Ma H) | lyggith (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2729: Ryȝth (Ra) | Riȝt (T D Ch H2 A K Wa) | Ryth (U H) | Rit (J) | Ryeth (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2730: roxlet (Ra) | roxleþ (U) | roileþ (T D Ch) | roylith (H2 J H) | roilit (Ma) | reylith (A) | rolleþ (Wa) | relexith (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2731: in (Ra) | & (T U D Ch J K Wa H) | an (A) | & of (Ma) | or (H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2732: coueyteþ (Ra) | coueytiþ (U J H) | coueiten (T Ch H2 K) | coueitin (Ma) | coueyte (D A Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2733: libbe (Ra U Ch J Wa) | libben (T D H2 Ma) | lyve (K) | leuyn (H) | leue (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2734: But (Ra Ch K H) | Ac (T D H2 Wa) | And (U Ma) | [nothing] (J A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2735: by stretes (Ra K Wa) | be stretis (U J A Ma H) | be strete (D) | aboute (T Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2736: louedays (Ra J) | louedaies (Ch H2) | lufdayes (U) | ladies (T D A Wa) | ladyis (Ma H) | ladys (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2737: lond byere (Ra A) | lond biggere (T H2 J Wa H) | londe byggar (K) | lond bugghere (U) | lond beggere (D) | biggere of londis (Ma) | lowde begger (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2738: Popreþ (Ra U) | Popereþ (D K) | Poperiþ (T Ch H2) | Poperit (A) | He popreth (Wa) | Prykyth (J) | Rydyth (H) | Ridit (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2739: fro (Ra U D Ch H2 J A Wa H) | from (K) | for (Ma) | to (T) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2740: to (Ra U D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | & to (T) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2741: bedew (Ra A H) | bedowe (Ch J) | bidowe (T U D H2 Wa) | bidewe (K) | bidev (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2742: fyf (Ra) | fyue (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2743: þan (Ra U D J K H) | þan þe (T Ch H2 A Wa Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2744: of (Ra) | of his (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2745: foundour (Ra U) | foundere (Ma) | foundours (T D H2 Wa H) | founders (Ch K) | founderys (J) | frendis (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2746: þes (Ra Ch A) | þese (U D H2) | þis (T) | þo (J K) | þe (Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2747: shulde lyue (Ra Wa) | xuld leuyn (H) | lyuen shulde (T H2 K) | lyuyn schuld (J) | leuen schuld (Ch) | leuyn schulde (Ma) | leue schulde (U D) | leuyn & schuld (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2748: wolde (Ra) | wold (D J A Wa H) | would (K) | wele (Ma) | shulde (T U Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2749: wende (Ra U) | wende þat (T Ch H2 Ma H) | wend þat (D J A K) | went þat (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2750: kinges (Ra) | kyngis (U) | kinghed (T H2) | kynghode (Ch J A K Wa H) | kynghod (D) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2751: and kniȝtes (Ra) | & knythis (U) | & kniȝthed (T H2) | & kniȝthode (Ch J K) | & kniȝthod (D) | & knygthode (Wa) | & knythod (H) | & knyttehod (A) | knythod (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2752: keyseris (Ra) | keysers (Wa) | caiseris (T U D Ch H2 J K Ma H) | cayser (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2753: were (Ra U Wa H) | Wern (T A) | weren (Ch H2) | Weryn (J) | wer (D K MA) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2754: ouer (Ra U) | of (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2755: sey hit (Ra) | seiȝe it (T) | seyn it (D Ch H2 J Ma) | seen it (K) | sen it (A Wa H) | it sen (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2756: swithe (Ra) | siþþen (T) | sithen (H2 A K) | siþin (Ma) | siþ (Wa) | sytthy (H) | seþþen (Ch) | sethen (D) | sethin (J) | suþþe (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2757: y-rad (Ra U) | red it (T D J A H) | redd it (K) | Redde hit (Ch H2 Wa) | raddit (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2758: counseyleþ (Ra) | counceilleþ (D) | counseilliþ (T) | counseileth (K) | conseilyth (H2 H) | counseylyd (J) | conseylede (U) | counseilde (Ma) | consailled (Wa) | conseileth (Ch) | kennyd (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2759: kenneþ (Ra T D Ch H2 K H) | kennes (U) | kennede (Ma) | telliþ (Wa) | tellith (J) | tauth (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2760: þis talis (Ra) | þese lawes (U) | þis tale (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2761: qui dicunt facite (Ra A Ma) | [nothing] (T D Ch H2) | &c (H) | qui dicunt facite &c (K) | qui dicunt & faciunt & (J) | scribe & pharisei qui dicunt facite &c (Wa) | [blank line] (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2762: for- þer (Ra) | Forþi (T U D Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | For (A) | þerfor (J H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2763: þo weyes (Ra D H2 A) | þo wyes (T) | þo weyys (J) | þo weyhes (U) | þo ways (K) | þis wyes (Ch) | þese wythys (H) | þo (Ma) | þoughtes (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2764: were (Ra U D Wa) | wern (T H2 Ma) | weren (Ch A H) | weryn (J K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2765: wolde (Ra) | nile (T Ma) | nyl (H2 Wa H) | nel (D) | wil (J A) | wol (Ch K) | wele (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2766: skorne (Ra) | scorne (T U D Ch H2 J K) | scorn (Wa) | schorne (A) | skorne þe (H) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2767: skreueynis (Ra) | scryueyns (T U D Ch H2 J K) | schreueneris (A) | skriueners (Wa) | scriuers (Ma) | screuoys (H) | variant half-line (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2768: lye (Ra U D A Wa) | liȝe (Most A MSS) | lyȝen (Ch) | lien (Ma) | leiȝe (H2) | variant half-line (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2769: kniȝthhod (Ra) | knythod (A Ma H) | kniȝthod (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E K N)]

[^a2770: ouȝth (Ra) | ouȝt (Ch) | oute (J A) | auȝt (T U H2) | nouȝt (D) | nouth (H) | not (Wa) | not þat (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E K N)]

[^a2771: helpeþ (Ra D Ch H2 K Wa) | Helpiþ (Most A MSS) | Helpit (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2772: not (Ra J A K Wa Ma) | nouȝt (T U D Ch H2) | nouth (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2773: heuene-ward (Ra Wa Ma H) | heuynward (J A K) | hefne ward (U) | heuene (T D Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2774: rente (Ra U K Wa Ma H) | rentis (T D Ch H2 J A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2775: rialte (Ra D Ch J Wa) | ryalte (H) | rialtie (K) | realte (T H2 A Ma) | royalte (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2776: powel (Ra) | Powle (J) | Poule (H2 A K Wa H) | Poul (T U Ch) | Paul (D) | For poul (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2777: proueþ (Ra U) | prouyth (A) | prouit (Ma) | proueþ it (D Wa) | prouyþ it (J) | prouyth it (H) | provith it (K) | preueþ it (Ch) | prouiþ it is (T) | prouyþ it is (H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2778: in-possible (Ra U Wa Ma) | inpossyble (H) | vnpossible (T D J) | on possible (Ch H2) | impossible (A K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2779: þe riche (Ra) | þe Riche to comen (U) | riche men (T Ch H2 A K Ma) | ryche men (H) | ryche men to come (J) | riche man (D) | þat riche men (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2780: and (Ra A Wa Ma) | in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2781: pacient (Ra) | pacience (U) | penaunce (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2782: to-gederes (Ra U K) | togideres (D) | togederis (Ma H) | togidere (T H2) | togydyre (J) | togedere (Wa) | togeder (Ch) | togedur (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2783: haue here (Ra) | Han here (U) | Hauen (T D Ch) | hauyn (Ma) | Haue (K H) | Han (H2 J A Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2784: and (Ra U A Ma H) | ac (T D H2 Wa) | but (Ch J K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2785: can I (Ra D J K Ma H) | can I þe (T Ch H2) | i kan þe (U) | wil I (Wa) | I dar (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2786: wiþ-say (Ra K Wa) | withseye (U J) | withseyn (Ma) | withseyȝe (H) | wel say (A) | wisse (T D Ch H2) | wi[þsigg]e (Kane) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2787: proue (Ra H2 A Wa H) | proue (T U D) | prouyn (J K Ma) | preue (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2788: þe postel (Ra) | þe pistil (T A K) | þe pistel (D Ch H2) | þe pystele (H) | þe pistole (Wa) | þe apostel (J) | apostil (U) | þe gospel (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2789: y-nemled (Ra) | Inemelid (A) | Inempnyd (J) | Inempned (K) | nempnid (T U H2 Ma) | nempned (Ch Wa) | nemnyþ (D) | I menyd (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2790: among (Ra U A Wa Ma H) | amonges (K) | as (T D Ch H2) | with (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2791: sarȝynes (Ra K) | sarȝinis (A) | sareȝines (Ch) | saraȝenys (H) | sarisines (T) | sarisenis (H2) | Sarasynes (D) | sarsynes (U) | sarseynys (J) | sarsyns (Wa) | saranis (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2792: ben y-saued (Ra) | ben sauyd (J) | bien sauyd (H2) | ben sauy (Ma) | be sauid (T U) | be sauyd (D K) | be saued (Ch Wa) | be saf (H) | [out] (V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2793: þat (Ra U) | so (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2794: þat (Ra U A Wa Ma H) | þat arn (T J) | That arn (H2) | þat buþ (D) | þat an (Ch K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2795: on-cristene (Ra) | oncristen (K) | oon cristen (U) | vncristene (T D Ch H2 J A Wa H) | iche cristene (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2796: in (Ra U) | in þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2797: and (Ra H2 Wa) | an (T U D J K Ma) | on (A) | a (H) | at (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2798: leal (Ra D K) | lele (T H2 A Wa) | leel (U Ch) | trewe (Ma H) | gode (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2799: tynytȝ (Ra) | tyneþ (T U D Ch H2 K) | tynyth (J H) | tynnit (Ma) | tenyth (A) | endeth (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2800: an her (Ra) | an hey (D) | an heiȝ (T H2) | anheiȝe (U) | an hie (Ch K) | ony (J) | a man þat is (A Wa H) | he þat is (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2801: com (Ra D) | comiþ (Most A MSS) | comeþ (U H2) | come (Ch A K) | comyn (H) | ne come (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2802: haue (Ra D Ch K) | hauyn (H) | han (T U H2 J A Wa Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2803: oure (Ra) | þe (T U D H2) | here (A Ma) | her (J K H) | he (Wa) | on (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2804: Diliges (Ra Ma) | Diligite (J) | Dilige (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2805: dominum deum tuum (Ra) | dominum deum tuum &c (A Wa Ma) | dominum deum tuum ex toto corde tuo (H) | deum &c (T U H2) | deuum &c (Ch) | deum (D K) | dominum (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2806: witnesseþ (Ra D Ch Wa) | wittnesseþ (U) | witnessiþ (T J A) | witnessit (H2 Ma H) | wittnessith (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2807: þat (Ra U K Wa) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2808: shul (Ra) | shul ȝeue & (D) | shul ȝeue and (Ch) | shul ȝyue and (H2) | xul ȝeuyn & (H) | shuln ȝiue & (T) | schullyn ȝeuyn & (J) | schal ȝeve & (K) | schal þeue &c (U) | schuld ȝeue & (A) | schuldyn ȝeuen & (Ma) | shold ȝeve and (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2809: enmyes (Ra) | enmys (J H) | enemys (T U D Ch H2 A Wa) | enymyes (K) | euene crstene (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2810: as (Ra U Ch H2) | & (T J A K Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2811: men (Ra T U D Ch H2) | om. (J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2812: suche (Ra T D Ch H2) | siche (U) | seyth (J) | syke (K) | [nothing] (A Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2813: habemus (Ra K Ma H) | est (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2814: ⁊ & cetera (Ra D A) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2815: kynde (Ra U A Ma) | kynne (T D J K) | kyn (H2 Wa) | kynnes (Ch) | kende (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2816: creatoures (Ra) | creatouris (Ma) | creatours (U D) | creatures (T Ch H2 J K) | creaturis (A H) | creaturs (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2817: ben lyche (Ra K) | bene liche (J) | ben like (A Wa H) | ben lik (Ma) | ben y lyche (U) | beleuiþ (T H2) | beleueþ (Ch) | longen (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2818: ben (Ra U D Ch A K Ma H) | be (T H2) | bene (J) | beþ (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2819: y-holde (Ra U) | holde (T D H2) | hold (A) | holden (Ch J K Wa) | holdys (Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2820: heyliche (Ra U D H) | heiȝly (T) | heiȝely (H2) | hyelich (K Wa) | hylyche (J) | holy (A) | holliche (Ma) | leely (Cd) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2821: ȝif (Ra A Wa) | ȝiuen (T H2 J) | ȝeuen (U D Ma) | ȝeuyn (H) | ȝeue (Ch K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2822: sueþ (Ra) | suen (U) | sewen (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | sewyn (A) | sewit (Ma) | schewyn vs (J) | swynk (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2823: ech (Ra D) | eche (U J A K Wa) | iche (T H2 Ma H) | euerich (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2824: cristen man (Ra U D Ch) | cristene man (T H2) | cristene creatour (Ma) | cristene creature (A) | creaturys (H) | cristen creature (J Wa) | crystene crature (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2825: swithe (Ra) | siþen (T H2) | siþin (Ma) | sytthyn (H) | syþþe (U) | siþ (Wa) | sethen (D) | sethin (J) | seþþen (Ch) | sithen (K) | [out] (V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2826: hem (Ra T U D H2) | hym (Ch) | hethen (K Wa) | hethyn (J) | heyene (Ma) | trauaylyn (H) | he[þen] (Kane) | [out] (V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2827: to hem (Ra) | hem to (T U H2 K Wa Ma) | hym to (Ch H) | hem (D) | of (J) | [out] (V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2828: or (Ra) | or to (U) | ne (T D K) | no (Ch) | ne to (H2 J A Wa Ma) | non to (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2829: teche (Ra) | slen (T D H2 Ma) | sle (U Ch Wa H) | sclee (K) | slo (A) | harme (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2830: hyȝth (Ra) | hiȝte (T U D H2 A Wa) | higtid (Ma) | hit (Ch) | hett (K) | hyt it (H) | biddith (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2831: and (Ra) | in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2832: Non (Ra U D Ch A K Wa H) | [nothing] (J) | Ne (T H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2833: not (Ra A K Wa) | nouȝt (T U D Ch H2) | nouth (J H) | [out] (V Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2834: englys (Ra) | englissh (T U D Ch H2 J A K H) | ynglysh (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N Ma)]

[^a2835: ⁊ & cetera (Ra K) | dicit dominus (J) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2836: punshe (Ra H) | punisshen (T D) | punysche (H2 Wa) | punschin (Ma) | punchyn (J) | ponyschen (A) | ponisch (K) | ponesch (Ch) | pyne (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2837: purgatorie (Ra U D H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | purcatory (T Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2838: pit (Ra U Ch J A K) | put (T D H2) | putte (Wa) | pet (Ma) | peyne (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2839: euery (Ra U) | Eche (T D Ch J A K Wa H) | Iche (H2 Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2840: ȝit (Ra U Ch H2 J Wa Ma) | Ȝet (T D K H) | and ȝit (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2841: þat (Ra U Ch Ma H) | [nothing] (T D H2 J A K Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2842: walked (Ra) | walkid (T U D Ch H2 J A Ma H) | Iwalked (K) | hawed (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2843: whom -so (Ra) | howso (T U D Ch H2 J K Wa H) | hoso (A) | what so (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2844: wordle (Ra) | world (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | word (Ma) | werlde (J A H) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2845: wrong (Ra U D A K Wa Ma H) | amys (J) | [nothing] (T Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2846: marked (Ra D) | markid (T U H2 Ma) | merkyd (J A H) | merked (Ch) | maked (K) | mad (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2847: entred (Ra U D Ch K H) | yentred (Wa) | entrid (T H2 J Ma) | enterid (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2848: legande (Ra) | legende (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2849: ded were (Ra) | ded ware (U) | were (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | were boryn (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2850: and (Ra) | Or (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2851: on-wryten (Ra) | vnwriten (Wa) | vnwrityn (J K) | vnwrite (U) | vnwretyn (A Ma H) | vndirwriten (T D) | vndurwriten (H2) | writen (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2852: wiled (Ra U) | wykkid (T D) | wykkyd (J H) | wikkid (A) | wikked (Ch) | wyckede (H2 Ma) | wikke (Wa) | wykednes (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2853: witnesseþ (Ra D Ch) | witnessiþ (T) | wytnessyth (J) | wittnessith (K) | witnessit (Ma) | wittenessit (A) | witnessitȝ (H2) | wytnesse (Wa) | seiþ (U H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2854: ascendit (Ra D K Wa Ma H) | ascendet (T Ch H2 J) | assendit (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2855: in (Ra A K Wa Ma H) | ad (T D Ch H2 J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2856: ⁊ & cetera (Ra K) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2857: and (Ra) | & (K Wa) | & on (T U D Ma) | and on (Ch H2) | [nothing] (J A H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2858: ȝif (Ra) | ȝaf (T U D Ch H2 J A Ma H) | gaf (Wa) | gave (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2859: him (Ra U D Ch J A K Wa Ma H) | hem (T H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2860: to-gederes (Ra) | togederis (Ma H) | togideres (D U) | togidere (T H2 J Wa) | togedere (A) | togeder (Ch) | together (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2861: rewme (Ra H) | reume (U Wa) | reaum (T) | reame (D) | realme (K Ma) | Reme (Ch H2) | rem (A) | reeme (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2862: riȝth (Ra) | rigth (Ma) | ryth (A H) | riȝt (T U D Ch H2 J K Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2863: Dede (Ra T D Ch H2 A Ma) | Ȝet dede (H) | dide (U K Wa) | dyd (J) | De[m]de (Most A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2864: cherche (Ra U D) | chirche (T H2 A) | writ (Ch J K Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2865: wordle (Ra U) | world (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma) | werld (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2866: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrouȝte (T D H2) | wrouȝt (Ch) | wroughten (K) | wrowht (J) | wroute (U) | wroutyn (H) | wrote (Wa) | wretyn (A) | dedyn (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2867: cherche (Ra U D Wa Ma) | chirche (T Ch H2 J A K H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2868: holdeþ (Ra) | holdiþ (U H) | holdit (Ma) | holden (T Ch H2 K Wa) | holdyn (A) | hold (D) | helt (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2869: word (Ra Ma) | world (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | werlde (J H) | wordle (U) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2870: two (Ra D Ch H2 J Wa) | twoo (K) | to (T A) | ij (Ma H) | no (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2871: of (Ra) | Fo (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2872: syn (Ra A) | siþþe (T Ch) | syþ (U Wa) | sytthyn (H) | sithe (H2) | sithen (K) | syþin (Ma) | seþe (D) | sethin (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2873: ensaumple (Ra Ch H2 K Wa Ma) | ensaumplis (T) | ensamples (D) | exaumple (J A H) | exsanple (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2874: ⁊̃ & (Ra H) | in (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2875: sermownis (Ra) | sarmonis (T U D H2 J Wa Ma) | sermonys (A) | sermones (Ch) | sermons (K H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2876: makyn (Ra A Ma) | maken (T D K) | make (U Ch J Wa) | maden (H2) | made (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2877: werk (Ra Wa) | werkis (T U D Ch H2 J A Ma H) | workes (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2878: wirke (Ra) | wyrkyn (J) | wirch (Ch) | werke (T D H2) | werken (Ma H) | werche (A) | work (K) | worche (Wa) | wurche (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2879: werk (Ra U J Wa H) | werkis (T D H2 A) | werkes (Ch) | workes (K) | wordes (D) | [nothing] (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2880: and I (Ra U A H) | And (T D Ch H2 J Wa Ma) | And thay (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2881: here (Ra Ma) | her (Ch) | for here (T D H2) | [nothing] (U J A K Wa H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2882: payne (Ra) | peyne (H) | pyne (T U D H2 J A K Wa Ma) | helle (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2883: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrougthe (Ma) | wrouȝte (T D Ch H2 K) | wrouth (A H) | wroutt (U) | wrowht (J) | wroght (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2884: vn-wittily (Ra U) | vnwisly (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2885: On (Ra J A K Wa Ma H) | A (T U D Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2886: y-saued (Ra U K Wa) | sauid (T H2 J A Ma H) | saued (D Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2887: and (Ra K) | Þat (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2888: y-lyued (Ra) | Ilyvyd (K) | lyued (T H2) | lyuede (Ma) | lyuyd (J) | leued (Ch) | leuede (H) | leuyd (D A Wa) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2889: þefthe (Ra) | þefte (Ma) | thefte (J A K H) | þeft (Wa) | þeftis (T D) | þeftes (Ch) | theeftis (H2) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2890: kneled to (Ra) | knelyd to (U) | kneuȝ on (T) | knew on (D Ch H2 H) | knewe it on (K) | beknew on (A Wa Ma) | beknewe on (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2891: cros (Ra U Ch A K Wa Ma H) | crois (T D H2 J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2892: shrof (Ra U J A Wa H) | schroff (K) | shroue (Ch) | shref (T D H2) | schsof (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2893: Sonner (Ra U Ch J) | Sonnere (T D H2 Wa) | Soner (A K) | Sonere (H) | sunere (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2894: sauacyoun (Ra U) | sauacioun (D A Wa) | saluacioun (T Ch H2 K) | saluacyoun (H) | sauid (Ma) | sauyd (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2895: ony (Ra U J A Ma) | any (T Ch H2 K Wa H) | eny (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2896: hadden (Ra) | hadde (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E A Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2897: y-leye (Ra) | leyn (T U D Ch J) | lay (H2) | lien (K) | [out] (V Ha La E A Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2898: with (Ra Wa) | Wiþoute (Most A MSS) | with outen (U J) | withoutyn (A H) | Witoutyn (Ma) | om. | om. | om. | om. | om. (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2899: purgatorie (Ra U D H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | purcatorie (T Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2900: paradys (Ra U H2 H) | paradis (T D Wa Ma) | paradise (Ch J A) | paradice (K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2901: of (Ra) | þe (T Ch H2 Wa Ma H) | [nothing] (U D J A K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2902: myȝthe (Ra) | miȝte (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa) | migth (Ma) | myth (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2903: don (Ra Ma) | do (T U D Ch H2 A K Wa) | doun (J H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2904: worse (Ra D) | wers (T U H2 J A K Ma H) | wors (Ch Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2905: Or dude worse (Ra) | Or dide wurse (U) | Or who dede wers (T) | Or who dede werse (Ma) | Or who dyde worse (K) | Or who dyde wors (H2) | Or who dede worse (D) | Or who ded wors (Ch) | Or ho dede wers (H) | Or ho ded wers (A) | Or she dede wors (Wa) | And also (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2906: þan (Ra U D Ch J A H) | þanne (T Ma) | than (H2 K) | or (Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2907: destroyed (Ra Wa) | destruyed (U) | destroyede (T) | destruȝyd (J) | distroyed (D Ch H2 K) | dystroyid (H) | distroide (Ma) | dystroed (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2908: postel (Ra A) | postil (D) | apostil (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2909: hadde (Ra U D Ch J A K Wa H) | ne hadde (T H2 Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2910: non (Ra D J) | none (U Ma) | þer non (A Wa) | þer none (H) | now (T Ch H2 K) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2911: so fer (Ra U) | souereynes (T Ch H2) | so souereyn (J) | more souereyn (D) | souereynliych (H) | so souereyne liche (A) | so souerainlych (Wa) | so souereynglich (K) | so sikiely (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2912: þese (Ra U D A Ma) | þise (T H2 Wa) | þies (J) | þes (Ch K H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2913: wrouȝthe (Ra) | wrouȝte (T) | wrouȝt (D Ch) | wroght (Wa) | wrouȝten (H2 K) | wrougthin (Ma) | wroute (U) | wroutyn (A H) | weryn (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2914: wickedly (Ra) | wickydly (Ma) | wikkedly (Ch) | wikkydly (A) | wyckidly (H2) | wykkidly (T U) | wykkydly (D H) | wykedlich (K) | so wikkedly (Wa) | wykkyd (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2915: ȝit (Ra Ch H2 J A Wa Ma) | ȝet (T D K H) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2916: am (Ra D) | am I (J Ma) | haue I (Ch K H) | arn þai (Wa) | any I (T H2) | I (A) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2917: for-ȝote (Ra) | forgete (Ch H) | forget (T D H2) | forgat (A) | forged (K) | forgyd (J) | forked (Wa) | aferd (Ma) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2918: for soþe (Ra) | ferther (J A H) | farther (K) | forþere (Wa) | for (T H2) | [nothing] (D Ch Ma) | [ferþer] (Kane) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2919: vyue (Ra) | fyue (T D Ch H2 J A K Wa H) | þe v (Ma) | [out] (U V Ha La E N)]

[^a2920: moutȝ (Ra) | mouȝt (H2) | mouþ (All Other A MSS) | [out] (U V Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2921: comindeþ (Ra) | comendite (T H2) | comendyd (J A) | comended (Ch) | comaundid (Ma H) | commaunded (K) | comonded (D) | [out] (U V Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2922: what is (Ra T H2) | was hit (Ch) | was it (K Ma) | was (J A H) | hit (D) | [out] (U V Ha La E Wa N)]

[^a2923: desiples (Ra) | disciplis (T Ch Ma) | dissiplis (H2) | disciples (D J K Wa) | dyscyplys (H) | [out] (U V Ha La E A N)]

[^a2924: steteritis (Ra U Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | steteris (T D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2925: ante (Ra T D Ch) | ante reges & (U J A K Ma H) | ante reges (H2 Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2926: ⁊ & cetera (Ra Ch J K Wa Ma H) | quid loquamini (U) | [nothing] (T D H2 A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2927: That (Ra) | And (T D Ch H2 J K Wa Ma) | Þis (H) | It (U) | [nothing] (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2928: whan (Ra U A K Wa Ma) | qwan (J H) | what (D) | Wheþer (T Ch H2) | Wh[anne] (Kane) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2929: a-posed (Ra J) | aposid (T) | aposyd (H) | apposid (U H2 Ma) | apposed (D Ch K Wa) | posid (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2930: and (Ra A K Wa H) | or of (T Ch) | othir of (H2) | or (U D J) | of (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2931: alle (Ra U D H2 A K Wa Ma H) | at wille (T Ch H2) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2932: douttyest (Ra) | doutiest (A) | douȝtiest (T U Ch J K Wa H) | douȝctyest (D) | douthyest (H2) | douthiyste (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2933: deuinour (Ra) | dempnour (U) | or dyuynour (T) | or diuinour (D H2 Ma) | or deuynour (Ch A) | or dyvynour (K) | or deuinour (Wa) | dyuynoure or (J) | & deuynour (H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2934: þat was (Ra U J K Wa Ma) | Þat (T D H2 A) | was (H) | As (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2935: hyest (Ra Ch J Wa) | hyeste (K) | heyest (D A H) | heist (U) | hiȝeste (T H2) | heyirst (Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2936: sayde (Ra D Wa) | Said (K) | Seide (T Ch H2 J A Ma) | He seyde (H) | And seide (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2937: þus (Ra U J A K Ma H) | þis (T D Ch H2 Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2938: sermoun (Ra Ch A K H) | sarmoun (T U D H2 J Wa Ma) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2939: idioti (Ra Ch J Ma) | ydioti (T D H2 K) | ydiote (U Wa) | ideoti (H) | indocti (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2940: rapient (Ra) | rapuerunt (Ch H2) | rapiunt (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2941: dimergimur (Ra) | demergemur (U) | mergemur (T D Ch H2) | mergimur (Wa Ma) | merguntur (H) | margimur (A) | merg.... (K) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2942: ⁊ & cetera (Ra) | [nothing] (All Other A MSS) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2943: mowtȝ (Ra) | mouþ (T U Wa) | mouth (D A) | mowth (H) | mouþe (Ch) | mowthe (K) | mouȝthe (H2) | mouthis (Ma) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2944: raueshid (Ra) | rauesched (A) | rauyschid (U J Ma) | rauyssched (D Wa) | yrauisshid (T H2 K H) | IRauesched (Ch) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2945: ryȝtthe (Ra) | riȝte (T D Ch H2 K Wa) | rigthe (Ma) | rith (U J A H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2946: are (Ra) | arn (T Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | buþ (D) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2947: þes (Ra Ch A K) | þise (T Wa Ma) | þies (J) | þese (U H2 H) | [nothing] (D) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2948: grete (Ra T U D Ch H2 J A Ma H) | kete (K Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2949: saued (Ra) | sauyd (U D J A) | ysauid (T H2 K Ma H) | Isaued (Ch Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2950: souestreres (Ra) | seweris (T) | sewerys (J) | seweres (U) | Sewers (D H2) | soweris (A Ma H) | soweres (K) | sowers (Ch Wa) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2951: and (Ra U Ch) | [nothing] (T D H2 A Ma) | & (J K Wa H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2952: Iuttes (Ra) | Iuttis (U) | iottes (Wa) | Iottes (Ch K) | iottis (T A) | Iottis (H2 Ma) | Iottys (D H) | peple (J) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2953: Perchen (Ra) | Percen (T D Wa) | Persen (H2) | Percyn (Ch J) | Percien (K) | Mon persyn (A) | Pasen (U) | þey departyn (Ma) | [nothing] (H) | om. (T U D Ch H2 J A K Wa Ma H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2954: þe (Ra U Ch H2 J A Wa Ma) | [nothing] (T D K H) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^a2955: hye blysse (Ra J) | hie blisse (Ch Wa) | hye blisse amen (K) | heiȝe blisse (T U H2) | heye blisse (Ma) | heye blysse (D) | blisse (H) | blisse of heuyn Amen (A) | [out] (V Ha La E N)]

[^355: Ra.11.21: There is no space dividing the <h> from the <a>, but there is no such word recorded elsewhere. Kane transcribes it as swichani, but there is no "dot," or other distinguishing feature, on any of the minims to mark the first or last an <i>. This is not, however, entirely unusual for Tilot: cf. the in three lines below. But neither <ain> (nor <ani>) nor <am> make good sense here; hence the proposed correction, with "swich an" meaning "a person of the sort indicated; such a person". See MED s.v. on (pron) 1d. .]

[^356: Ra.11.22: A following line, Kane's 11.23, is absent uniquely from Ra.]

[^357: Ra.11.47: See MED nemelen (v). And cf. y-nempled at 11.108.]

[^358: Ra.11.48: What may be transcribed (as by Kane) as hounshe is arguably honushe, given this scribe's somewhat ambiguous location of his macrons. Either reading may serve as an alternative for MED honishen: the spelling is unique to Ra. But cf. variants like hunsen in T Ch H2; honysche in U, honesshen in D, and honesschen in V.]

[^359: Ra.11.68: There is a stray later dark mark over and to left of the bottom of the initial <b> of be.]

[^360: Ra.11.75: Kane transcribes the word as oportet, the word's proper Latin spelling;, but the barred descender nowhere else in this manuscript deserves that interpretation: it is always <er> or <ar>.]

[^361: Ra.11.76: The clause (included in Knott-Fowler) is not in Kane or Schmidt, who continue this line to god wolde]

[^362: Ra.11.78: There is a later correction of lore to lord in H2.]

[^363: Ra.11.83: Modern editors continue this line with þat god wolde: i.e., the beginning of the next line in Ra.]

[^364: Ra.11.108: This hapax should be taken as a variant of nembled, p.ppl. of nemelen (v): cf. 11.47 above.]

[^365: Ra.11.111: I as is written over an erasure.]

[^366: Ra.11.135: In addition to Ra, five other manuscripts (T U D Ch D) break the line here.]

[^367: Ra.11.143: Tilot regularly avoids connecting the top of the <f> to the downstroke of a following <t>, and less regularly refrains from connecting the crossbar of the <t> to the ascender of the <s>, as in the next word best. The context favors last as the intended word, the form found in U H. Other instances of this error by Ra's scribe are: fastyng (5.155) and trift (10.110). And see also craftily(10.5).]

[^368: Ra.11.149: This line is found in Ra D J K Wa Ma, but not in the other witnesses to this passage: T U Ch H2 V A H.]

[^369: Ra.11.162: Kane fails to note that Ra's form is one minim short of alkonomye, which is the spelling in D V J Wa.]

[^370: Ra.11.165: founded ends this line in RaUTDChH; modern editors divide the line after my-self, and begin the next with Foundit, for alliterative reasons.]

[^371: Ra.11.173: Ra's unique reading him is no doubt explained by the absence of the line which precedes this in other manuscripts: i.e., Kane's 11.171.]

[^372: Ra.11.177: Two lines following this, Kane's 11.177-178, are absent from RaDWa.]

[^373: Ra.11.195: Kane's [dobest wot þe soþe] (found in A Wa Ma H) and the line-break following are absent from RaUJTDChH2.]

[^374: Ra.11.196: The line breaks here in many manuscripts.]

[^375: While 'l' and long 's' can in some scribes' work be difficult to distinguish, in Tilot's (as here) it is clear what was written; the obvious misspelling may, however, suggest an uncertainty about the form of the middle letter in his exemplar.]

[^376: Ra.11.235: Here and in the following line's sarzynes, the scribe's <ȝ> must be transcribed as <z>.]

[^377: Ra.11.236: Here and in the previous line's baptizatus, the scribe's <ȝ> must be transcribed as <z>.]

[^378: Ra.11.241: Kane 1988 emends god to crist, for reasons of alliteration, following J.]

[^379: Ra.11.244: Note the line division: despite evidence of RaTUDChH2, Kane puts Oure enemys at the beginning of next line.]

[^380: Ra.11.245: Kane places & suche at the beginning of the next line, despite the evidence of RaUJTDChH2K, from which much of his line 245 is also absent.]

[^381: Ra.11.265: The punctus is apparently misplaced, more properly belonging after for wiled.]

[^382: Ra.11.267: A new scribal stint begins here.]

[^383: Ra.11.294: There are major differences in the revised line in Kane 1988: And [so souereyne forsoþe arn none] in heuene.]

[^384: Ra.11.296: Kane queries (? ani D), and the reading is any in TH2.]

[^385: Ra.11.305: Kane queries whether Ra's reading is demnour (presumably influenced by the reading dempnour in U, Ra's closest sibling).]

[^386: Ra.11.308: There is a line break here in the manuscript, but there is no indication that the scribe considered what follows anything but a continuation of the previous line. This is different from the case at lines 8.94-95, 11.148-49 or 11.246-47 above, where capitalization and/or punctuation clearly marks a new line.]

[^387: Ra.11.312: Or possibly sonnere: cf. 11.285, above.]

Passus tercius de do-wel .

C rist wot quod clergie . knowe hit ȝif þe lyke[^a2956]
I haue do[^a2957] my deuer . þe dowel to teche 
and[^a2958] who[^a2959] -so coueyteþ[^a2960] don[^a2961] betere . þan þe boke telleþ[^a2962]
he passeþ[^a2963] þe apostolis[^a2964] lyf[^a2965] . and put him[^a2966] to[^a2967] aungelys[^a2968] .
But I se now as[^a2969] I seye . as me soþ thinkytȝ[^a2970]
þe were lef[^a2971] to lerne . but loþ[^a2972] for to stodie[^a2973] 
þou woldest[^a2974] konne[^a2975] þat I can . and carpen[^a2976] hit after
presumptuowsly[^a2977] . parauenture . a-pose[^a2978] so manye
That myȝthe[^a2979] turne[^a2980] men[^a2981] to tene . ⁊̃ & theologie boþe[^a2982]
ȝif I wiste[^a2983] witterly . þou woldest[^a2984] don[^a2985] þer-after
al þat þou askest[^a2986] . a-soylen[^a2987] I wolde
skornfully[^a2988] þe scripture[^a2989] . sherte[^a2990][^388] vp his[^a2991] browes
and on clergie crieþ[^a2992] . on cristes[^a2993] holy name[^a2994]
That he shewe me hit[^a2995] ne sholde[^a2996] . but ȝif[^a2997] stryf[^a2998] were
of þe kynde[^a2999] cardinal wit[^a3000] . and cristned[^a3001] in a font[^a3002]
and seyde[^a3003] so loude[^a3004] . þat shame me thouȝthe[^a3005]
Þat hit were boþe[^a3006] skaþe[^a3007] . and sklaundre[^a3008] to[^a3009] holy cherche
sitthe[^a3010] theologie þe trewe[^a3011] . to tellen[^a3012] hit defendeþ[^a3013]
dauid godes derling[^a3014] . defendyþ hit[^a3015] al-so .
Vidi preuaricationes[^a3016][^389] ⁊ & tabescebam .
I saw[^a3017] synful he seyde . þer-fore I seyde no- þing[^a3018]
til þo wrecches ben in wil[^a3019] . here[^a3020] synne to lete
and poul[^a3021] precheþ hit[^a3022] often[^a3023] . prestes hit[^a3024] redyn
Audiui archane[^a3025] que non licet homini loqui .
I am not hardy quod he . þat[^a3026] I herde[^a3027] with erys
telle hit[^a3028] with tounge[^a3029] . to synful wrecches[^a3030]
and god graunted hit[^a3031] neuere[^a3032] . þe gospel hit witnesseþ[^a3033]
in þe passioun[^a3034] whan[^a3035] pilat[^a3036] . a-posed[^a3037] god al-myȝthi[^a3038]
And ask

[This later copying above the first words of the page is blotted; a corresponding blot is to be seen on opposite page.]

And asked[^a3039] Iesu on hy[^a3040] . þat[^a3041] herden hit[^a3042] an hundred[^a3043]
Quid est ueritas[^a3044] . quod he . verilyche tel vs
God gaf[^a3045] him non[^a3046] answere . but gan his tounge[^a3047] holde
riȝt[^a3048] so I rede quod she[^a3049] . red[^a3050] þou no ferþer[^a3051]
Of þat he wolde wite[^a3052] . wis[^a3053] him no betere[^a3054]
for he cam not[^a3055] by[^a3056] cause . to lerne[^a3057] to do wel[^a3058] 
But as he seyþ[^a3059] such[^a3060] I am . when[^a3061] he with me carpeþ[^a3062]
and when[^a3063] scripture þe skolde[^a3064] . hadde[^a3065] þis w yt[^a3066][^390] y-sheued[^a3067]
Clergie[^a3068] in-to a[^a3069] caban . crepte a-non[^a3070] after
and drow[^a3071] þe dore after[^a3072] him . and bad me go do wel[^a3073]
Or wycke[^a3074] ȝif I wolde . wheþer[^a3075] me lyked[^a3076]
þan held I vp myn handes[^a3077] . to scripture þe wise[^a3078]
to be hure[^a3079] man ȝif I most . for euere -more after
W ith þat she[^a3080] wolde me wisse[^a3081] . wher[^a3082] þe toun[^a3083] were
Kynde with[^a3084] hure confessour[^a3085] . hure cosyn[^a3086] was Inne
þat lady þan low[^a3087] . and lauȝthe[^a3088] me in here armes[^a3089]
and sayde[^a3090] my cosyn . kynde wit knowen[^a3091] is wel wide[^a3092]
and his loggyng is[^a3093] with lyf[^a3094] . þat lord[^a3095] is of erþe[^a3096]
And ȝif þou desyre . with him for to a-byde[^a3097]
I shal[^a3098] þe wisse[^a3099] . where[^a3100] þat he dwelleþ[^a3101]
And þanne[^a3102] I kneled[^a3103] on my knes . and kyste[^a3104] her wel[^a3105] sone
and þanked hure a þousand syþes[^a3106] . with þrobbant herte[^a3107]
She called me[^a3108] a clerioun[^a3109] þat[^391] hyȝt[^a3110] . omnia probate . a pore þing[^a3111] with -alle .
þou shalt wende[^a3112] with wil[^a3113] quod she[^a3114] . whiles[^a3115] þat him lykyþ[^a3116]
Til[^a3117] ȝe come to þe burgher[^a3118] . quod bonum est tenete .
ken[^a3119] him to my cosenes hous[^a3120] . þat kinde[^a3121] wit hyȝth[^a3122]
Sey I sente[^a3123] him þis segge . and þat he shewe hym[^a3124] dowel[^a3125]
þus we lauȝþe oure leue . lowtyng at onys[^a3126]
and wente forþ[^a3127] on my way[^a3128] . with . omnia probate .
and ere[^a3129] I cam[^a3130] to þe court[^a3131] . quod bonum est tenete .
Many ferlys[^a3132] me by-fel[^a3133] . in a fewe ȝeris

[A blot is offset from the later writing in the upper left margin of the opposite page.]

The fyrste[^a3134] ferly I fond[^a3135] . a-fyngrid[^a3136] me made
as I ȝede[^a3137] thurgh[^a3138] ȝou . þe[^a3139] ȝouþe .[^392] a-ȝen[^a3140] prime dayes
I stode stille[^a3141] in a stodie[^a3142] . and stared a- bowte[^a3143]
al hayl[^a3144] quod on þo[^a3145] and I answered[^a3146] welcome[^a3147] ⁊ & with whom[^a3148] be ȝe[^a3149]
I am dwellyng with deth . and hunger I hatte[^a3150]
to lyf in[^a3151] his lordshepe[^a3152] . longyt[^a3153] my weye[^393]
I shal felle[^a3154] þat freke[^a3155] . in a fewe dayes
I wolde folwe[^a3156] þe fayn[^a3157] . but fentesye[^a3158] me hendeþ[^a3159]
me folweþ[^a3160] such a fentyse[^a3161] . I may no ferþer[^a3162] walke
go we forþ quod þe gom[^a3163] . I haue a gret[^a3164] boyste
at my bak[^a3165] of broke[^a3166] bred . þi bely for to fylle[^a3167]
A bagge ful of a beggere[^a3168] . I bouȝþe[^a3169] hit at onys
Than maunged[^a3170] I wit[^a3171] . vp at[^a3172] þe fulle
for þe[^a3173] myssyng of mete . no mesour[^a3174] I coude[^a3175][^394]
w ith þat cam[^a3176] a knaue . with a confessoures[^a3177] face[^395]
he halsed me[^a3178] . and I asked[^a3179] him after
Of when[^a3180] þat he were . and wheder[^a3181] þat he wolde
with deþ I duelle[^a3182] quod he . dayes and nyȝtes[^a3183]
Mi[^a3184] name is feuere[^a3185] on þe ferþe[^a3186] day . I am a-þrest[^a3187] euere
I am masager[^a3188] of deþ[^a3189] . men haue I tweyne[^a3190]
þat on is called[^a3191] cotidian . a courrour[^a3192][^396] of oure hous[^a3193]
tercian[^a3194] þat oþer[^a3195] . trewe drinkeres boþe[^a3196]
We han[^a3197] letteres of[^a3198] lyf . he shal[^a3199] his lyf tyme[^a3200] tyne
fro deþ[^a3201] þat is oure duk[^a3202] . swyche dedis[^a3203] we brynge[^a3204]
myȝth[^a3205] I so[^a3206] god wot[^a3207] . ȝoure gates[^a3208] wolde[^a3209] I holden[^a3210][^397]
Nay wil quod þat wyȝth . wend þou no ferther
But lyue as þis lyf . is ordeyned for the
þe[^398] tomblest wiþ a trepget . ȝif þou my tras folwe
and mannes merþe wrouȝþ[^399] no mor . þan he deseruyþ here
Whil his lyf and his lykhame . lesten to-gedere
and þer -fore do after do-wel . whil þi dayes duren

[This, the last page of the manuscript, is much worn and stained. As a result the ink appears quite faded in places, making some words very difficult to read.]

...?...?...

[A number of faded letters or words, presently unreadable (but perhaps including another Rychard), run across the top margin of the page.]

þat þi play be plentevous . in paradys with aungelys 
Þ ou shalt be lauȝth into lyȝth . with loking of an eye
so þat þou werke þe word . þat holy wryt techeþ .
And be prest to preyeres . and profitable werkes
wille þurgh in-wit . þou wost[^400] wel þe soþe
þat þis speche was spedelich . and sped him wel faste
and wrouȝthe þat here is wryten . and oþer werkes boþe
Of peres þe plowman . and mechel puple al-so
and whan þis werk was wrouȝt . ere wille myȝte a-spie
deþ delt him a dent . and drof him to þe erþe
and is closed vnder clour[^401][^402] . crist haue his soule
And so bad Iohan but . busily wel ofte
when he saw þes sawes . busyly a-legged
by Iames and by Ierom . by Iop and by oþere
and for he medleþ of makyng . he made þis ende
Now alle kenne creatures . þat cristene were euere
god for his goudnesse . gif hem swyche happes 
to lyue as þat lord lykyþ þat lyf in hem putte
furst to rekne Richard . kyng of þis rewme .
And alle lordes þat louyn him . lely in herte
god saue hem sound . by se and by land
Marie moder and may . for man þou by-seke
þat barn bryng vs to blys . þat bled vp-on þe rode . amen .

[^a2956: lyke (Ra J) | likeþ (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2957: do (Ra) | don (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2958: and (Ra U) | An (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2959: who (Ra) | ho (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2960: coueyteþ (Ra) | couetyth (J) | coueite (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2961: don (Ra) | to don (U) | bene (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2962: telleþ (Ra U) | tellyth (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2963: passeþ (Ra) | passyth (J) | pasith (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2964: þe apostolis (Ra) | þe apostillis (J) | apostlis (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2965: lyf (Ra) | lyue (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2966: put him (Ra) | put hem (U) | peryth (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2967: to (Ra J) | in to (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2968: aungelys (Ra U) | angelis (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2969: as (Ra U) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2970: soþ thinkytȝ (Ra) | soth thinkyth (J) | soþ þynkeþ (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2971: lef (Ra) | leue for (J) | [out] (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2972: loþ (Ra) | loth (J) | [out] (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2973: stodie (Ra) | stodye (J) | [out] (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2974: woldest (Ra) | woldist (U) | woldyst (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2975: konne (Ra) | kunne (U) | conyn (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2976: carpen (Ra) | carpyn (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2977: presumptuowsly (Ra) | Presumptuously (U) | Presumtuusly (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2978: a-pose (Ra U) | aposyn (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2979: myȝthe (Ra) | it myȝte (U) | myht (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2980: turne (Ra U) | turnun (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2981: men (Ra) | me (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2982: boþe (Ra) | bothin (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2983: wiste (Ra U) | wist (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2984: woldest (Ra) | woldist (U) | wyldyst (J) | om. | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2985: don (Ra U) | doun (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2986: askest (Ra U) | axist (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2987: a-soylen (Ra U) | asoylyn (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2988: skornfully (Ra) | Scornfullych (J) | Scornfulliche (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2989: þe scripture (Ra) | þo scripture (U) | scripture þo (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2990: sherte (Ra) | set (U) | schet (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2991: his (Ra) | here (U) | her (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2992: crieþ (Ra) | cryede (U) | criyd (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2993: cristes (Ra) | cristys (J) | godis (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2994: name (Ra U) | halue (after subpuncted "name" (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2995: That he shewe me hit (Ra) | Þat he schewiȝt (U) | þat it schewe me (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2996: ne sholde (Ra U) | nout schold (J) | om. | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2997: ȝif (Ra) | if it (U) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2998: stryf (Ra U) | I schriuen (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a2999: kynde (Ra J) | [nothing] (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3000: wit (Ra U) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3001: cristned (Ra) | cristenyd (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3002: font (Ra U) | founte (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3003: seyde (Ra) | seyd (J) | seide it (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3004: loude (Ra U) | lowyd (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3005: thouȝthe (Ra) | thowte (J) | it þoute (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3006: boþe (Ra) | [nothing] (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3007: skaþe (Ra) | scathe (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3008: sklaundre (Ra) | slaundre (U) | sclaunder (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3009: to (Ra U) | to al (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3010: sitthe (Ra) | Sethin (J) | Scihoþ (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3011: þe trewe (Ra) | þat trewe is (U) | þat true is (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3012: to tellen (Ra) | to tellyn (J) | tellen (U) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3013: hit defendeþ (Ra) | it deffendeþ (U) | it defendyth (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3014: godes derling (Ra U) | goddys derlyng (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3015: defendyþ hit (Ra) | deffendeþ it (U) | defendith it (J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3016: preuaricationes (Ra) | preuaricantes (U J) | [out] (T D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3017: saw (Ra) | sayhe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3018: þing (Ra) | thing (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3019: wil (Ra) | willw (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3020: here (Ra) | her (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3021: poul (Ra) | powle (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3022: precheþ hit (Ra) | preched it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3023: often (Ra) | oftyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3024: prestes hit (Ra) | prestys it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3025: archane (Ra) | archana uerba (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3026: þat (Ra) | of þat (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3027: herde (Ra) | herd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3028: telle hit (Ra) | Tellyn it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3029: tounge (Ra) | tonge (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3030: wrecches (Ra) | schrewys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3031: graunted hit (Ra) | grauntyd it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3032: neuere (Ra) | neuer (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3033: hit witnesseþ (Ra) | it witnessith (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3034: passioun (Ra) | passyoun (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3035: whan (Ra) | how (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3036: pilat (Ra) | pylat (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3037: a-posed (Ra) | aposyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3038: al-myȝthi (Ra) | almyht (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3039: asked (Ra) | axed (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3040: hy (Ra) | hye (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3041: þat (Ra) | þer (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3042: herden hit (Ra) | herdyn it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3043: hundred (Ra) | hunderith (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3044: ueritas (Ra) | veritas (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3045: gaf (Ra) | ȝaf (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3046: non (Ra) | none (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3047: tounge (Ra) | tung (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3048: riȝt (Ra) | Rit (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3049: she (Ra) | sche (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3050: red (Ra) | rede (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3051: ferþer (Ra) | ferthere (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3052: wolde wite (Ra) | ȝernyth to wyte (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3053: wis (Ra) | wysse (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3054: betere (Ra) | beter (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3055: not (Ra) | nouth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3056: by (Ra) | be (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3057: lerne (Ra) | lernyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3058: do wel (Ra) | dowele (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3059: as he seyþ (Ra) | als ho seyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3060: such (Ra) | swyche (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3061: when (Ra) | qwan (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3062: me carpeþ (Ra) | men Iangelyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3063: when (Ra) | qwan (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3064: skolde (Ra) | scolde (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3065: hadde (Ra) | had (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3066: w yt (Ra) | scole (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3067: y-sheued (Ra) | schewyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3068: Clergie (Ra) | Clergy (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3069: a (Ra) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3070: crepte a-non (Ra) | crepe anone (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3071: drow (Ra) | drowe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3072: after (Ra) | to (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3073: do wel (Ra) | dowele (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3074: wycke (Ra) | wykly (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3075: wheþer (Ra) | qwethir þat (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3076: lyked (Ra) | lykyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3077: handes (Ra) | hondes (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3078: wise (Ra) | wyse (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3079: be hure (Ra) | bene her (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3080: she (Ra) | sche (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3081: wisse (Ra) | wissyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3082: wher (Ra) | qwere (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3083: toun (Ra) | toune (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3084: Kynde with (Ra) | þat kynd wytte (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3085: hure confessour (Ra) | þe confessoure (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3086: hure cosyn (Ra) | her kynnysman (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3087: low (Ra) | lowhe on me (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3088: lauȝthe (Ra) | lawht (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3089: here armes (Ra) | her armys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3090: sayde (Ra) | seyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3091: knowen (Ra) | knowyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3092: wel wide (Ra) | ful wyde (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3093: his loggyng is (Ra) | is lyggyng (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3094: lyf (Ra) | lyfe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3095: lord (Ra) | lorde (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3096: erþe (Ra) | erthe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3097: a-byde (Ra) | dwelle (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3098: shal (Ra) | schal (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3099: wisse (Ra) | wyssyn wynlyche (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3100: where (Ra) | qwere (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3101: dwelleþ (Ra) | dwellyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3102: þanne (Ra) | þan (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3103: kneled (Ra) | knelyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3104: kyste (Ra) | kyssyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3105: her wel (Ra) | here fete (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3106: and þanked hure a þousand syþes (Ra) | A thowsyng tymes I thankyd hire (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3107: þrobbant herte (Ra) | throbbyng hert (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3108: She called me (Ra) | Sche callyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3109: clerioun (Ra) | clergyn þan (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3110: hyȝt (Ra) | hite (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3111: þing (Ra) | thing (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3112: shalt wende (Ra) | schalt wendyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3113: wil (Ra) | willw (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3114: she (Ra) | sche (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3115: whiles (Ra) | qwyl (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3116: lykyþ (Ra) | lykyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3117: Til (Ra) | Tyl (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3118: burgher (Ra) | bowhe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3119: ken (Ra) | kenne (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3120: cosenes hous (Ra) | cosynys howce (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3121: kinde (Ra) | kynde (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3122: hyȝth (Ra) | hite (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3123: sente (Ra) | sent (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3124: shewe hym (Ra) | schew him (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3125: dowel (Ra) | dowele (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3126: þus we lauȝþe oure leue . lowtyng at onys (Ra) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3127: and wente forþ (Ra) | I went forth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3128: on my way (Ra) | in my wey (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3129: and ere (Ra) | Er (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3130: cam (Ra) | kam (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3131: court (Ra) | cuntreyys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3132: ferlys (Ra) | ferlyys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3133: by-fel (Ra) | befel (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3134: The fyrste (Ra) | þe ferste (Ra) | þe fyrst (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3135: fond (Ra) | fonde (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3136: a-fyngrid (Ra) | an hunger it (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3137: as I ȝede (Ra) | And I þan (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3138: thurgh (Ra) | thorow (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3139: ȝou . þe (Ra) | ȝowthe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3140: a-ȝen (Ra) | aȝeyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3141: stille (Ra) | stil (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3142: stodie (Ra) | stody (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3143: bowte (Ra) | boute (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3144: hayl (Ra) | heyle (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3145: þo (Ra) | þoo (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3146: and I answered (Ra) | I seyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3147: welcome (Ra) | welcom (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3148: whom (Ra) | hom (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3149: ȝe (Ra) | ȝowe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3150: hatte (Ra) | hyte (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3151: in (Ra) | & (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3152: lordshepe (Ra) | lordschep (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3153: longyt (Ra) | longyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3154: shal felle (Ra) | schal fellyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3155: freke (Ra) | freyke (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3156: wolde folwe (Ra) | wold folwyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3157: fayn (Ra) | fayne quod I (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3158: fentesye (Ra) | fayntys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3159: hendeþ (Ra) | hentith (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3160: folweþ (Ra) | folwyth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3161: fentyse (Ra) | fayntyse (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3162: no ferþer (Ra) | not forth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3163: gom (Ra) | gome (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3164: gret (Ra) | grete (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3165: at my bak (Ra) | Of battys & (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3166: of broke (Ra) | & brokyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3167: for to fylle (Ra) | to fille (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3168: beggere (Ra) | beggar (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3169: bouȝþe (Ra) | bowht (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3170: Than maunged (Ra) | þan maungyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3171: wit (Ra) | with him (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3172: at (Ra) | to (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3173: þe (Ra) | [nothing] (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3174: no mesour (Ra) | none mesur (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3175: coude (Ra) | cowthe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3176: cam (Ra) | kam (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3177: confessoures (Ra) | confessouris (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3178: he halsed me (Ra) | I haylsyd hym hendely (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3179: and I asked (Ra) | & axid (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3180: when (Ra) | qwennys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3181: wheder (Ra) | qwedyr (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3182: deþ I duelle (Ra) | deth I dwelle (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3183: dayes and nyȝtes (Ra) | dayys & nyhetys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3184: Mi (Ra) | My (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3185: feuere (Ra) | feuer (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3186: ferþe (Ra) | ferthe (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3187: a-þrest (Ra) | athrist (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3188: masager (Ra) | mensenger (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3189: deþ (Ra) | deth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3190: tweyne (Ra) | twayne (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3191: called (Ra) | callyd (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3192: courrour (Ra) | currur (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3193: hous (Ra) | howce (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3194: tercian (Ra) | Tertyen (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3195: oþer (Ra) | othyr (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3196: trewe drinkeres boþe (Ra) | true drinkers bothen (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3197: han (Ra) | haue (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3198: letteres of (Ra) | letterys of his (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3199: shal (Ra) | schal (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3200: tyme (Ra) | tyne (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3201: deþ (Ra) | deth (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3202: duk (Ra) | duke (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3203: dedis (Ra) | dedys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3204: brynge (Ra) | bryng (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3205: myȝth (Ra) | Myht (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3206: so (Ra) | se quod he (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3207: wot (Ra) | wote (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3208: gates (Ra) | gatys (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3209: wolde (Ra) | wold (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^a3210: holden (Ra) | holdyn (J) | [out] (T U D Ch H2 V Ha La E A K Wa N Ma H)]

[^388: Ra.12.12: set in U (the reading adopted by Knott-Fowler); schet in J; she[t] in Kane and Schmidt. Tilot may be confusing or conflating a number of verbs: sheren, sterten, and sheten. The most likely, perhaps, would be the second, sterten, whose meaning includes the idea of quickly or abruptly raising, or rising, something up.]

[^389: Ra.12.20: At this point U stops.]

[^390: Ra.12.36: skele is the reading provided by Kane and Schmidt.]

[^391: Ra.12.51: This long line is broken by J after hite, by Knott-Fowler after clerjoun, by Kane after þat, and by Schmidt after þan þat hyȝte (having added þan from J).]

[^392: Ra.12.61: As noted by Knott-Fowler, a punctus, and spaces, clearly divide ȝouþe into two parts; the odd punctuation and word-division are not noted by Kane or Schmidt.]

[^393: Ra.12.65: Following this line, the modern editors insert a line (Kane's 12.65) from J: [To kyllyn him ȝif I can, þei kynde wit helpe].]

[^394: Ra.12.73: Following this line, the modern editors insert three lines (Kane's 12.74-76) from J.]

[^395: Ra.12.74: The modern editors add a line (Kane's 12.78) following this, from J: [Lene & rewlyche, with leggys ful smale]

[^396: Ra.12.80: The <c> is written over what appears to be the initial stroke of a long-<r>.]

[^397: Ra.12.84: At this point J ends.]

[^398: Ra.12.87: Þ[ou] in Kane and Schmidt.]

[^399: Ra.12.88: w[or]þ in Kane and Schmidt.]

[^400: Ra.12.95: Kane emends þou wost to wiste; Schmidt, to þo wiste.]

[^401: Ra.12.101: the end of the word is more easily read as <ur> than as <m>, the universal reading of previous editors.]

[^402: Ra.12.101: while clom here would be, according to the MED–s.v. clom n(2) (b)–a unique usage, there are a number of late-Middle English appearances of clour in various spellings in the MED. The OED s.v., clowre reports a similar usage ca. 1350. In addition, variant spellings of clover and h[e]art-clover in both dictionaries include a number of early instances not far removed in form from that seen here. Since the etymololgies of clour and clowre are, to put it mildly, uncertain, we might even speculate that they both may, in fact, be variants of the more common clover, going back to OE clafre. See Vaughan, YLS 26 (2016): 131-36]

Explicit do-wel .[^403]

[^403: The script here is textura and is in a larger format, with the initial <E> the largest, most ornate in the manuscript.]

Nomen scriptoris . tilot plenus amoris .[^404]

[^404: The script here is in a marginally larger format than elsewhere in the rubricated Latin of the MS, but not as large (nor in a distinct script) as the preceding line.]

jiii Ther is grau An my w

[The last words here are very faded, and virtually indecipherable: ?An my w. There also appear to be some pen trials and other (unreadable) marks elsewhere in this lower portion of the page.]