The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. ??: London, University of London Library, MS S.L.V.88 (I)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. ??: London, University of London Library, MS S.L.V.88 (I)William LanglandEdited by D. Vance Smith Associate Editors: ???Technical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research Assistant??? Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Shayne Brandon, Cynthia Girard, and Daniel Pitti.The Medieval Academy of America and SEENET by Boydell and Brewer, LTDWoodbridge, SuffolkISBN: 0-472-002???

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20?? </titleStmt><editionStmt><edition>Combined facsimile & documentary edition.</edition><respStmt><resp>Identification of hands</resp><name>DVS = Vance Smith</name></respStmt></editionStmt><extent>1 computer optical disk : col. ; 4 3/4 in.</extent><publicationStmt><publisher>The Medieval Academy of America and <hi rend="bold">SEENET</hi>, by Boydell and Brewer, LTD.</publisher><pubPlace>Woodbridge, Suffolk</pubPlace><date> </date><idno type="callNo">Source copy consulted: London, University of London Library, MS S.L.V.88 (I) </idno></publicationStmt><seriesStmt><p>SEENET, A.?? </p></seriesStmt></biblFull></sourceDesc></fileDesc><encodingDesc><editorialDecl default="NO"><p> <list type="simple"><head>Attribute Values</head><item> <label>br</label> <term>brown ink</term></item><item> <label>ab</label> <term>anglicana bastarda</term></item><item> <label>it</label> <term>italic</term></item><item> <label>lc</label> <term>Lombard Cap</term></item><item> <label>o[number]</label> <term>ornamented capital, N lines high</term></item><item> <label>rb</label> <term>rubricated</term></item><item> <label>tr</label> <term>touched in red</term></item><item> <label>tx</label> <term>textura</term></item><item> <label>ul</label> <term>underlined</term></item><item> <label>ur</label> <term>underlined in red</term></item><item> <label>gr</label> <term>green ink</term></item><item> <label>bl</label> <term>blue ink</term></item></list></p></editorialDecl></encodingDesc><profileDesc><langUsage default="NO"><language id="lat">Latin</language><language id="fre">French</language><language id="ger">German</language></langUsage> <handList> <hand id="hand1"/> <hand id="hand2"/> <hand id="secretaryCorrector"/> <hand id="handx"/> <hand id="secretary"/> <hand id="handrub2"/> <hand id="corrector"/> </handList></profileDesc><revisionDesc><change><date>December 2009 </date><respStmt><resp>revise header, provide XML files with link files </resp><name>Hoyt N. Duggan </name></respStmt><item>New header created, provided XML files with link files </item></change></revisionDesc></teiHeader> <text> <body>  <div1 type="passus" n="I1"> <l id="I1.1" n="RK1.1"> what þe mountayn meenes and þe merke dale</l> <l id="I1.2" n="RK1.2"> and al þe feld ful of folc I schal you fair<expan>e</expan> sche <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I1.3" n="RK1.3"> a louely lady of lere in lynnen I-cloþed</l> <l id="I1.4" n="RK1.4"> Com hir doun fro þ<expan>at</expan> hul and called me fair<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I1.5" n="RK1.5"> and saide sone slepestow /rd/ seestow þis peple </l> <l id="I1.6" n="RK1.6"> how bysy þat þey been and al aboute þe mase</l> <l id="I1.7" n="RK1.7"> þe moste part of þe pepel <hi rend="rb"/> þat passeþ on erþe </l> <l id="I1.8" n="RK1.8"> haue þei worschip in þis world wolde þey no bet<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> </l> <l id="I1.9" n="RK1.9"> Of oþer heuen þan here halde þay no tale <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I1.10" n="RK1.10"> I was afered of hir face thogh sche faire w [\'c9.] </l> <l id="I1.11" n="RK1.11"> and saide mercy ma-dame what may þi [s\'c9] </l> <l id="I1.12" n="RK1.12"> þe tour vpo<expan>n</expan> þe toft quo þ sche truthe is þ<expan>er</expan>inn [e\'c9] </l> <l id="I1.13" n="RK1.13"> and wolde þat ȝe wroghten as his word techeþ </l> <l id="I1.14" n="RK1.14"> For he is fader of faith <hi rend="rb"/> and formere of alle </l> <l id="I1.15" n="RK1.15"> To be feiþful to him ȝaf ȝow fyue wittes </l> <l id="I1.16" n="RK1.16"> For to worschip him with þe whiles ȝe lyuen here </l> <l id="I1.17" n="RK1.17"> wher-fore he hette þelementȝ to helpe ȝou alle times </l> <l id="I1.18" n="RK1.18"> and bringe forþ ȝour<expan>e</expan> bilyue boþe lynen & wollen </l> <l id="I1.19" n="RK1.19"> and in mesure thogh moche were to make ȝou at ese </l> <l id="I1.20" n="RK1.20"> and comau<expan>n</expan>ded of his curtesie in co<expan>m</expan>mune þre þinges </l> <l id="I1.21" n="RK1.21"> are noon nidefole but þo þre <expan>;</expan> & nemne hem I þenke </l> <l id="I1.22" n="RK1.22"> and rekne hem by rewe reherse hem wher þe likeþ </l> <l id="I1.23" n="RK1.23"> þe firste is foode <hi rend="rb"/> and vesture þe secounde </l> <l id="I1.24" n="RK1.24"> and drenke þ<expan>at</expan> doth þe good and drinke not out of tyme</l> <l id="I1.25" n="RK1.25"> loth in his lyue þorgh likorouse drinke</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="7r" entity="I7r"/> <l id="I1.26" n="RK1.26"> wickedly wroghte and wratthed god almyghty </l> <l id="I1.27" n="RK1.27"> In his dronkenesse a-day his doghtres he dighte </l> <marginalia hand="secretary" place="marginLeft">glotenie</marginalia> <l id="I1.28" n="RK1.28"> and lay by hem boþe as þe book telleþ</l> <l id="I1.29" n="RK1.29"> In his dronkenesse ^ bigat <hi rend="rb"/> gerles þ<expan>at</expan> wer<expan>e</expan> cherles </l> <l id="I1.30" n="RK1.30"> [an]d al he witte þe wyne his wickedde deede </l> <l id="I1.31" n="RK1.30"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Inebriemus eu<expan>m</expan> vino dormiamus q<expan>uia</expan> cu<expan>m</expan> eo ut seruare possi<lb/>mus de patre nostro semen Gen<expan>e</expan>s<expan>is</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I1.32" n="RK1.31"> <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear> wyn and þurgh woma<expan>n</expan> þer-was loth accombred </l> <l id="I1.33" n="RK1.32"> [\'c9] drede delitable drinke <expan>;</expan> boþe day and nyghtes </l> <l id="I1.34" n="RK1.33"> [\'c9] ure is medecyn þogh þou moche ȝerne </l> <l id="I1.35" n="RK1.34"> [\'c9] l is not good to þe gost þat þe gost askeþ </l> <l id="I1.36" n="RK1.35"> [\'c9n] e liflode to þe likhame þat leef is þe soule </l> <l id="I1.37" n="RK1.36"> leef nat þy licame <hi rend="bl"/> for a lyer him techeþ </l> <l id="I1.38" n="RK1.37"> [\'c9] hich [i] sþe wrecchede worlde wolde þe biguyle</l> <l id="I1.39" n="RK1.38"> [\'c9.] d and þy flessch folowen to-gideres </l> <l id="I1.40" n="RK1.39"> [\'c9] th þe soule <hi rend="rb"/> and saith it þe in herte </l> <l id="I1.41" n="RK1.40"> [\'c9] þe [t]o ben y-war <hi rend="bl"/> what wolde þe disseyue </l> <l id="I1.42" n="RK1.41"> [\'c9] ame mersy me liketh wel ȝoure wordes </l> <l id="I1.43" n="RK1.42"> ac þe moneye of þis moolde þat men so faste kepen </l> <l id="I1.44" n="RK1.43"> Telleþ me to whom þ<expan>at</expan> tresour bilongeþ </l> <l id="I1.45" n="RK1.44"> Go to þe gospel q<expan>uo</expan>d sche and se what god saide </l> <l id="I1.46" n="RK1.45"> whan þe poeple apposed hi<expan>m</expan> of a peny in þe te<expan>m</expan>ple </l> <l id="I1.47" n="RK1.46"> and god axed at hem whos was þe coyne </l> <l id="I1.48" n="RK1.47"> Cesares þay saide sothliche we knoweþ </l> <l id="I1.49" n="RK1.48"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Reddite Cesari</hi></foreign> saide god þat Cesar bifalleth </l> <l id="I1.50" n="RK1.49"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et que sunt dei deo</hi></foreign> or ȝe don ille </l> <l id="I1.51" n="RK1.50"> For rightfulliche resou<expan>n</expan> scholde rewle ȝou all </l> <l id="I1.52" n="RK1.51"> and kynde witte be wardein ȝour<expan>e</expan> welþe to kepe </l> <l id="I1.53" n="RK1.52"> and tuto<expan>ur</expan> of ȝour tresour and take it ȝow at nede </l> <l id="I1.54" n="RK1.53"> For housbandrie and he holdeth togideres </l> <l id="I1.55" n="RK1.54"> I freyned hir fair<expan>e</expan> þo for him þat hire made</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="7v" entity="I7v"/> <l id="I1.56" n="RK1.55"> þe depe dale & þe derke so vnsemely to se [to]</l> <l id="I1.57" n="RK1.56"> what may it bymene <hi rend="bl"/> madame I beseche </l> <l id="I1.58" n="RK1.57"> þat is þe castel of care who-so com þ þ<expan>er</expan>inne </l> <l id="I1.59" n="RK1.58"> may banne þat he bore was <hi rend="rb"/> in body and i[n] soule</l> <l id="I1.60" n="RK1.59"> þer-Inne woneþ a wight <hi rend="bl"/> þ<expan>at</expan> wrong is his name</l> <l id="I1.61" n="RK1.60"> Fader of falshede <hi rend="rb"/> fond it first of alle </l> <l id="I1.62" n="RK1.61"> Adam and Eue <hi rend="bl"/> he eggede to ille </l> <l id="I1.63" n="RK1.62"> and counceilede Caym to killen his broþ<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I1.64" n="RK1.63"> Iudas he beiapede <hi rend="rb"/> þorgh Iewene siluer </l> <l id="I1.65" n="RK1.64"> and after<expan>-?</expan>ward anhanged him heye vpon an [el\'c9] </l> <l id="I1.66" n="RK1.65"> he is lettere of loue and lieth alle tymes </l> <l id="I1.67" n="RK1.66"> þat tresteþ in treso<expan>ur</expan> of erthe he bytrayeþ sonest </l> <l id="I1.68" n="RK1.67"> To combre men with coueytise <hi rend="rb"/> þ<expan>at</expan> is his kynde & lore</l> <l id="I1.69" n="RK1.68"> þan had I wond<expan>er</expan> in my witte <hi rend="rb"/> what woma<expan>n</expan> sche were </l> <l id="I1.70" n="RK1.69"> þat suche wise wordes of holy writ sche [\'c9]</l> <l id="I1.71" n="RK1.70"> and halsede in þe heye name or sche þen [n\'c9] </l> <l id="I1.72" n="RK1.71"> what sche were witterly þ<expan>at</expan> wissed me so & tag [\'c9] </l> <l id="I1.73" n="RK1.72"> holy chirche I am q<expan>uo</expan>d sche þou oghtest m [\'c9. ] we </l> <l id="I1.74" n="RK1.73"> I vnderfeng þe formest <hi rend="rb"/> and free man þe made </l> <l id="I1.75" n="RK1.74"> þou broghtest me borwes <hi rend="bl"/> my bidding to fulfille </l> <l id="I1.76" n="RK1.75"> leue on me & loue me <hi rend="rb"/> al þy lyfe tyme </l> <l id="I1.77" n="RK1.76"> þan I kneled on my knees <hi rend="rb"/> and cried hir of g<expan>ra</expan>ce </l> <l id="I1.78" n="RK1.77"> and preied hir pitously to p<expan>re</expan>ie for me to amende </l> <l id="I1.79" n="RK1.78"> and also kenne me kyndely on crist to bileeue </l> <l id="I1.80" n="RK1.79"> Teche me to tresor <hi rend="rb"/> But telle me þis ilke </l> <l id="I1.81" n="RK1.80"> how I may saue my soule that saynt art I-holde </l> <l id="I1.82" n="RK1.81"> whan al treso<expan>ur</expan>s ben I-tried <hi rend="bl"/> treuþe is þe beste </l> <l id="I1.83" n="RK1.82"> I do it vpon <hi rend="rb">Deus caritas</hi> to deme þe soþe </l> <l id="I1.84" n="RK1.83"> It is as derworthe a druerie <hi rend="rb"/> as dere god him-selue </l> <l id="I1.85" n="RK1.84"> For who is trewe of his tonge <hi rend="bl"/> and of his tuo handes </l> <l id="I1.86" n="RK1.85"> and do þ þe werkes þer-wiþ <hi rend="rb"/> and wilneth no ma<expan>n</expan> ylle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="8r" entity="I8r"/> <l id="I1.87" n="RK1.86"> he is a god by þe gospel and g<expan>ra</expan>unte may hele </l> <l id="I1.88" n="RK1.87"> and also like to our lord by seint lukes wordes </l> <l id="I1.89" n="RK1.88"> Clerkes that knowen it is þus <hi rend="rb"/> kenne it aboute </l> <l id="I1.90" n="RK1.89"> For cristene and vnc<expan>ri</expan>stene claymeþ it echone </l> <l id="I1.91" n="RK1.90"> nges and knyghtes shulde kepen it by resou<expan>n</expan> </l> <l id="I1.92" n="RK1.91"> [\'c9] n and rappe a-doun in reumes aboute </l> <l id="I1.93" n="RK1.92"> [\'c9] take transgressores and teyen hem faste </l> <l id="I1.94" n="RK1.93"> [\'c9] treuþe hadde termyned her trespas to þende </l> <l id="I1.95" n="RK1.94"> [\'c9] halden w<expan>ith</expan> him and wiþ her<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> þat han trewe acciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I1.96" n="RK1.95"> [\'c9] for no lordene loue <hi rend="rb"/> leue þe trewe partie </l> <l id="I1.97" n="RK1.96"> Treweliche to take and treweliche to fight </l> <l id="I1.98" n="RK1.97"> Is þe p<expan>ro</expan>fessioun and þe poure ordre </l> <l id="I1.99" n="RK1.98"> þat apendeth to knyghtes <hi rend="bl"/> and who-so passeþ þ<expan>at</expan> poynt </l> <l id="I1.100" n="RK1.99"> Is appostata of knyghthode <hi rend="rb"/> for þey sholde noþer faste </l> <l id="I1.101" n="RK1.100"> [\'c9.] erke <hi rend="bl"/> but fighte and fende trouthe </l> <l id="I1.102" n="RK1.101"> [\'c9er] leue for loue <hi rend="rb"/> in hope to lacche siluer </l> <l id="I1.103" n="RK1.102"> [\'c9] d in his dayes <hi rend="bl"/> dobbede knyghtes </l> <l id="I1.104" n="RK1.103"> dede he[\'c9] swere on her swerd <hi rend="rb"/> to serue trouþe euer </l> <l id="I1.105" n="RK1.104"> and god whan he bigan heuen <hi rend="bl"/> in þ<expan>at</expan> grete blisse </l> <l id="I1.106" n="RK1.105"> made knyghtes in his Court <hi rend="rb"/> creatures ten </l> <l id="I1.107" n="RK1.106"> Cherubyn and seraphyn <hi rend="bl"/> suche vii. and anoþ<expan>er</expan> lucifer </l> <l id="I1.108" n="RK1.107"> louelokest þo ac litel while it dured he was an archagel of heuen [raised dot] </l> <l id="I1.109" n="RK1.108"> On of goddes knyghtes he and o þre wiþ him </l> <l id="I1.110" n="RK1.109"> helden nat wiþ trowþe <hi rend="bl"/> lopen out in lo þly forme </l> <l id="I1.111" n="RK1.110"> For his false wille <hi rend="rb"/> þat lust hadde to be like </l> <l id="I1.112" n="RK1.111"> his lorde þat was almighty </l> <l id="I1.113" n="RK1.111"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ponam pedem meu<expan>m</expan> in aquilone <expan>;</expan> et s<expan>imi</expan>lis ero altissimo</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I1.114" n="RK1.112"> lorde whi wolde he þo <hi rend="bl"/> þat wikked lucifer </l> <l id="I1.115" n="RK1.113"> lvppen a-luft in þe north syde </l> <l id="I1.116" n="RK1.114"> þan sitten in the sonne side þ<expan>er</expan> þe day roweþ</l> <l id="I1.117" n="RK1.115"> nere it for northene me<expan>n</expan> anon I wolde ȝou telle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="8v" entity="I8v"/> <l id="I1.118" n="RK1.116"> Ac I wol lacke no lif <hi rend="bl"/> quoþ þat lady soþely </l> <l id="I1.119" n="RK1.117"> hit is sikerere by southe þere þe sonne regneþ </l> <l id="I1.120" n="RK1.118"> þan in þe north be meny <hi rend="rb"/> noman leue oþer </l> <l id="I1.121" n="RK1.119"> For þider as þe feend fleigh his foot fer to sette </l> <l id="I1.122" n="RK1.120"> Ther he failed and fulle and his felawes alle </l> <l id="I1.123" n="RK1.121"> and helle is þer he is <hi rend="rb"/> and he there I-bounde </l> <l id="I1.124" n="RK1.122"> Euen þe contrarie sitteth c<expan>ri</expan>st clerkes witeþ þe soþe. </l> <l id="I1.125" n="RK1.122"> <hi rend="rb">Dixit domin<expan>us</expan> D<expan>omi</expan>no meo sede a dextris meis</hi> </l> <l id="I1.126" n="RK1.123"> Ac of þis matier no more nemnen I nelle </l> <l id="I1.127" n="RK1.124"> hewes in þe haly day after hete waiten </l> <l id="I1.128" n="RK1.125"> Ac they caren noght þogh it be colde knaues whan þey </l> <l id="I1.129" n="RK1.126"> wonder wise holy writte telleþ how þei fillen </l> <l id="I1.130" n="RK1.127"> so<expan>m</expan>me in þerþe some in þeir <hi rend="rb"/> some in helle depe </l> <l id="I1.131" n="RK1.128"> Ac lucifer lowest <hi rend="bl"/> lith of hem alle </l> <l id="I1.132" n="RK1.129"> For pride þe<expan>r</expan> him pokede <hi rend="rb"/> his peyne haþ non ende</l> <l id="I1.133" n="RK1.130"> and all that worthen þ<expan>at</expan> wikked is wenden þey s le </l> <l id="I1.134" n="RK1.131"> after her deþ day and dwelle þere wrong is </l> <l id="I1.135" n="RK1.132"> and all þat han wel I-wroghte wende they schu[l]le</l> <l id="I1.136" n="RK1.133"> Estward til heuene <hi rend="bl"/> euer to abide </l> <l id="I1.137" n="RK1.134"> Ther treuthe is þe to<expan>ur</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> that treuþe in sitteþ </l> <l id="I1.138" n="RK1.135"> lere is þus lewed men forlettrede it knoweþ</l> <l id="I1.139" n="RK1.136"> þat treuþe and trewe loue <hi rend="rb"/> is no tresour bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I1.140" n="RK1.137"> I haue no kynde knowing q<expan>uo</expan>d I ȝit mote ȝe kenne me bettr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I1.141" n="RK1.138"> By what wey it wexeþ and wheder out of menynges </l> <l id="I1.142" n="RK1.139"> þou dosen daffe quoþ sche dulle are þy wittes </l> <l id="I1.143" n="RK1.140"> To litel lernedest I leue latyn in þy ȝouþ<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I1.144" n="RK1.140"> <hi rend="rb">heu michi q<expan>uo</expan>d sterilem duxi vita<expan>m</expan> iuuenilem</hi></l> <l id="I1.145" n="RK1.141"> It is a kinde knowing <hi rend="bl"/> þat kenet in þin herte </l> <l id="I1.146" n="RK1.142"> For to louye þi lord leuest of alle </l> <l id="I1.147" n="RK1.143"> Deie raþer <hi rend="rb"/> than do eny dedly synne </l> <l id="I1.148" n="RK1.143"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Melius est mori q<expan>ua</expan>m malo viuere</hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="9r" entity="I9r"/> <l id="I1.149" n="RK1.144"> And þis I trowe be trouþe [?] who-so can teche þe bettr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I1.150" n="RK1.145"> loke þou suffre him to seye <hi rend="rb"/> and so myght þou lerne </l> <l id="I1.151" n="RK1.146"> For treuþe telleþ þat loue <hi rend="bl"/> is triacle to abate synne </l> <l id="I1.152" n="RK1.147"> and most souerayn salue <hi rend="rb"/> for soule and for body </l> <l id="I1.153" n="RK1.148"> [lo] ue is plante of pees <expan>;</expan> most p<expan>re</expan>cious of v<expan>ir</expan>tues </l> <l id="I1.154" n="RK1.149"> [f] or heuen holde it ne might so heuy it first semed </l> <l id="I1.155" n="RK1.150"> [\'c9] l it hadde of erþe <hi rend="rb"/> I-3otu<expan>n</expan> hit-selue </l> <l id="I1.156" n="RK1.151"> [\'c9] s neu<expan>er</expan> lef vpon lynde lighter þ<expan>er</expan>-aft<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I1.157" n="RK1.152"> [\'c9] whan it hadde of þe folde <hi rend="rb"/> flesche and blood ytake</l> <l id="I1.158" n="RK1.153"> [\'c9] ho was it portatif and p<expan>er</expan>sende <hi rend="bl"/> as þe poynt of a nedele </l> <l id="I1.159" n="RK1.154"> May non armure it lette <expan>;</expan> ne none hie walles </l> <l id="I1.160" n="RK1.155"> For þi is loue leder<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> of our<expan>e</expan> lordes folc of heuen </l> <l id="I1.161" n="RK1.156"> and a mene as þe mair is <hi rend="bl"/> bitueen þe kyng and þe co<expan>m</expan>mune </l> <l id="I1.162" n="RK1.157"> Right so is loue ledere and þe lawe shapeþ </l> <l id="I1.163" n="RK1.158"> [\'c9] man for his misdedes <hi rend="rb"/> þe m<expan>er</expan>cement and he taxeth <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I1.164" n="RK1.159"> and for to knowe it kyndely, it comeþ by myght, </l> <l id="I1.165" n="RK1.160"> [\'c9] e herte þ<expan>er</expan> is þe heued, and þe heihe welle /</l> <l id="I1.166" n="RK1.161"> For of kynde knowynge of herte þer cometh a myȝte, </l> <l id="I1.167" n="RK1.162"> and þat falleþ to þe fader þat formed vs alle, </l> <l id="I1.168" n="RK1.163"> loked on vs with loue, lete his sone deie, </l> <l id="I1.169" n="RK1.164"> mekeliche for oure misdedes, to amende vs alle /</l> <l id="I1.170" n="RK1.166"> But mekely w<expan>ith</expan> mouthe mercy he bysoghte, </l> <l id="I1.171" n="RK1.167"> To haue pite of þe peple, þat peyned him to deþe : or <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I1.172" n="RK1.168"> here myght þou se ensamples in him-selue one</l> <l id="I1.173" n="RK1.169"> þat he was mightful and meke, and mercy gan g<expan>ra</expan>unte </l> <l id="I1.174" n="RK1.170"> To hem þat hengen hie, and his herte thorlede / </l> <l id="I1.175" n="RK1.171"> For-thi I rede ȝow riche <hi rend="bl"/> haue reuþe vpon þe pou<expan>er</expan>e </l> <l id="I1.176" n="RK1.172"> þogh ȝe be myghty to moote <hi rend="rb"/> beþ meke in ȝour werkes</l> <l id="I1.177" n="RK1.173"> for þe same mesure þat ȝe mete <hi rend="bl"/> amys oþ<expan>er</expan> elles </l> <l id="I1.178" n="RK1.174"> 3e schal be weye þer-with / when ȝe wende hennes </l> <l id="I1.179" n="RK1.174"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Eadem mensura qua mens<expan>uris</expan> fuer<expan>itis</expan> rem<expan>ecietur</expan> vobis & ca.</hi></foreign> </l> <milestone unit="fol." n="9v" entity="I9v"/> <l id="I1.180" n="RK1.175"> For þogh ȝe be trewe of ȝoure tonges & treweliche wyn [\'c9water damage, wear] </l> <l id="I1.181" n="RK1.176"> and ben as chaste as a childe <hi rend="rb"/> þat chit neyþ<expan>er</expan> ne fighteþ</l> <l id="I1.182" n="RK1.177"> Bot if ȝe loue leleliche <hi rend="bl"/> and lene þe pouer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I1.183" n="RK1.178"> Of such good as god sent ȝow <hi rend="bl"/> goodliche parte </l> <l id="I1.184" n="RK1.179"> 3e ne haue no more marite <hi rend="rb"/> in messe ne in houres </l> <l id="I1.185" n="RK1.180"> þan malkyn of hir maydenhode whan noma<expan>n</expan> hir co [\'c9tear] </l> <l id="I1.186" n="RK1.181"> For Iames þe gentil iuggeþ in his bookes </l> <l id="I1.187" n="RK1.182"> þat faith wiþouten þe feet <hi rend="rb"/> is feblere þan noght </l> <l id="I1.188" n="RK1.183"> And as ded as dore nayl <hi rend="bl"/> but if þe dedes folwe </l> <l id="I1.189" n="RK1.183"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ffides sine op<expan>er</expan>ibus mortua est</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I1.190" n="RK1.184"> Chastite wiþoute charite worþ cheyned in helle </l> <l id="I1.191" n="RK1.185"> It is as lewed þing as a lampe <hi rend="rb"/> þ<expan>at</expan> no light is ynne </l> <l id="I1.192" n="RK1.186"> Many chapeleyns arn chaste <hi rend="rb"/> ac charite hem faileth </l> <l id="I1.193" n="RK1.187"> Are none harder<expan>e</expan> ne hungrier<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> þan me<expan>n</expan> of holy chirche </l> <l id="I1.194" n="RK1.188"> Auerous and euel-willed <hi rend="bl"/> whan þey ben avaunsed </l> <l id="I1.195" n="RK1.189"> vnkynde to here kyn <hi rend="rb"/> and to alle cristene </l> <l id="I1.196" n="RK1.190"> Chewen here charite and chiden after more </l> <l id="I1.197" n="RK1.191"> and ben acombred w<expan>ith</expan> coueytise <hi rend="bl"/> þey can not crepe out </l> <l id="I1.198" n="RK1.192"> So harde haþ auarice hapsed hem togidres </l> <l id="I1.199" n="RK1.193"> and þat is no treuþe of þe t<expan>ri</expan>nyte <hi rend="rb"/> but treccherie synne </l> <l id="I1.200" n="RK1.194"> and a luther ensample leef me <hi rend="bl"/> as for þe lewed peple </l> <l id="I1.201" n="RK1.195"> For þis aren wordes y-writen <hi rend="rb"/> in the ewangelie </l> <l id="I1.202" n="RK1.196"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Date et dabitur vobis</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I1.203" n="RK1.197"> For I dele ȝow alle <hi rend="bl"/> and þat is þe book of loue </l> <l id="I1.204" n="RK1.198"> and vnloseth grace þ<expan>at</expan> co<expan>m</expan>forteþ all carfull acco<expan>m</expan>bred w<expan>ith</expan> synne </l> <l id="I1.205" n="RK1.199"> So loue is leche of lif <hi rend="rb"/> and lisse of alle peyne </l> <l id="I1.206" n="RK1.200"> and þe grasse of grace <hi rend="bl"/> g<expan>ra</expan>ythest way to heuene </l> <l id="I1.207" n="RK1.201"> For I may seie as I seide ere be sight of þis texcestes </l> <l id="I1.208" n="RK1.202"> Whan all treso<expan>ur</expan>s been tried treuthe is þe beste </l> <l id="I1.209" n="RK1.203"> loue it quoþ þat lady lette may I no lenger </l> <l id="I1.210" n="RK1.204"> To lere þe what loue is <hi rend="rb"/> and leue at me she laghte</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I2"> <milestone unit="fol." n="10r" entity="I10r"/> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus secundus de visione vbi p<expan>ri</expan>us</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I2.1" n="RK2.1"> <hi rend="o2"><hi rend="gold">A</hi></hi>nd þen I kneled vppon my knees and cride to hir of g<expan>ra</expan>ce....</l> <l id="I2.2" n="RK2.2"> and seyde m<expan>er</expan>cy madame <hi rend="bl"/> for marie loue of heuen</l> <l id="I2.3" n="RK2.3"> þat bar þ<expan>a</expan>t blisful barne þat boght vs on þe roode</l> <l id="I2.4" n="RK2.4"> kenne me by som craft <hi rend="rb"/> to knowe þe false</l> <l id="I2.5" n="RK2.5"> <damage>...</damage>oke vpon þi left halue <hi rend="bl"/> and lo wher he standeþ</l> <l id="I2.6" n="RK2.6"> [\'c9]alse and fauel <hi rend="rb"/> and fykel tonge lyer</l> <l id="I2.7" n="RK2.7"> [\'c9]nd many mo of her maners <hi rend="rb"/> of men and wymme<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I2.8" n="RK2.8"> [\'c9] loked vpo<expan>n</expan> my left half <hi rend="bl"/> as þe lady me taghte</l> <l id="I2.9" n="RK2.9"> And a woma<expan>n</expan> as it were wonderly I-cloþed</l> <l id="I2.10" n="RK2.10"> sche was purfiled in pellur<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> no purer in erþe</l> <l id="I2.11" n="RK2.11"> and crouned in a croune the kyng haþ non bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.12" n="RK2.12"> On all hir fyue fyngres <hi rend="rb"/> ful richely I-renged </l> <l id="I2.13" n="RK2.13"> and þer-on rede rubies and oþ<expan>er</expan> riche stones</l> <l id="I2.14" n="RK2.14"> hir robyng<expan>e</expan> was richere <hi rend="bl"/> þan I rede couþe</l> <l id="I2.15" n="RK2.15"> For to telle of hir ayr <hi rend="rb"/> no tyme haue I nouþe</l> <l id="I2.16" n="RK2.16"> hire aray wiþ hir richesse <hi rend="bl"/> rauissched myn herte</l> <l id="I2.17" n="RK2.17"> whos wif sche were <hi rend="rb"/> and what was hir name</l> <l id="I2.18" n="RK2.18"> leeve lady q<expan>uo</expan>d I þo <hi rend="bl"/> layn not if ȝe knowen</l> <l id="I2.19" n="RK2.19"> þat is mede þe mayde <hi rend="bl"/> haþ noyed me ful ofte</l> <l id="I2.20" n="RK2.20"> and I-lowe on my lemma<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> þat leute is hoten</l> <l id="I2.21" n="RK2.21"> and lakkeþ him to lordes <hi rend="bl"/> þat lawes han to kepe</l> <l id="I2.22" n="RK2.22"> In kyngescourt in co<expan>m</expan>mune court <hi rend="bl"/> co<expan>n</expan>trarieth my teching</l> <l id="I2.23" n="RK2.23"> In þe popes paleys <hi rend="rb"/> he is pryue as my-selue</l> <l id="I2.24" n="RK2.24"> Ac soþenesse wolde not so <hi rend="rb"/> for sche is a bastard</l> <l id="I2.25" n="RK2.25"> Oon fauel was hir fader <hi rend="bl"/> þat haþ a fikel tonge</l> <l id="I2.26" n="RK2.26"> and selde soþ saith <hi rend="rb"/> but if he souche gile</l> <l id="I2.27" n="RK2.27"> and mede is manered after him <hi rend="rb"/> as men of kynde carpeþ</l> <l id="I2.28" n="RK2.27"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Talis pater talis filia</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I2.29" n="RK2.28"> For schal neuer breere bere <hi rend="rb"/> bery as a vyne</l> <l id="I2.30" n="RK2.29"> ne on a croked kene þorne <hi rend="bl"/> kynde figge wexe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="10v" entity="I10v"/> <l id="I2.31" n="RK2.29"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Bona arboit bonu<expan>m</expan> fructu<expan>m</expan> facit</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I2.32" n="RK2.30"> I oghte ben heyhere þan he I cam of a bettre</l> <l id="I2.33" n="RK2.31"> þe fader þat on forþ broght <hi rend="rb"/> <hi rend="rb">filius dei</hi> he hoteþ</l> <l id="I2.34" n="RK2.32"> þat neuer liede ne lawhede <expan>;</expan> in al his lif<expan>-</expan>time</l> <l id="I2.35" n="RK2.33"> And I am his dere doghter <hi rend="bl"/> duchesse of heuene</l> <l id="I2.36" n="RK2.34"> þat what man me louyeth <hi rend="rb"/> and my wille folweþ</l> <l id="I2.37" n="RK2.35"> schal haue grace to good I-nogh <expan>?</expan> and a good ende</l> <l id="I2.38" n="RK2.36"> and what ma<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t mede loueþ <hi rend="bl"/> my life I dar wedde</l> <l id="I2.39" n="RK2.37"> he schal lese for hir loue <expan>?</expan> and lippe of trewe charite</l> <l id="I2.40" n="RK2.38"> þat helpeþ man most to heuen <hi rend="rb"/> mede most letteth</l> <l id="I2.41" n="RK2.39"> I do it vpon dauid <hi rend="bl"/> þe dombe wil not lien</l> <l id="I2.42" n="RK2.40"> <hi rend="rb">D<expan>omi</expan>ne q<expan>ui</expan>s habitabit in tab<expan>er</expan>naculo tuo &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I2.43" n="RK2.41"> And d<expan>avi</expan>d v<expan>n</expan>doþ him-selue as þe dombe scheweþ</l> <l id="I2.44" n="RK2.42"> <hi rend="rb">Et sup<expan>er</expan> innocente<expan>m</expan> munera non accepit</hi> </l> <l id="I2.45" n="RK2.43"> Tomorwe worth mede maried <hi rend="bl"/> to a mansed wrecche</l> <l id="I2.46" n="RK2.44"> To on false faytlesse <hi rend="bl"/> of þe feendes kynne</l> <l id="I2.47" n="RK2.45"> Fauel þorgh his flat<expan>er</expan>yng speche haþ mede foule enchau<expan>n</expan>ted</l> <l id="I2.48" n="RK2.46"> and all his lyares ledynge / þis lady is þus I-wedded</l> <l id="I2.49" n="RK2.47"> soffre and þou schalt se / suche as ben I-payed</l> <l id="I2.50" n="RK2.48"> þat mede is þus I-maried / to-morwe thou schalt a[spie]</l> <l id="I2.51" n="RK2.49"> Know he<expan>m</expan> if þou canst / and kepe þe fro hem alle</l> <l id="I2.52" n="RK2.50"> þat loueþ her<expan>e</expan> lordeschipe lasse oþer more</l> <l id="I2.53" n="RK2.51"> lakke hem nat but let hem worþe til leute be I<expan>?</expan>ustice</l> <l id="I2.54" n="RK2.52"> and haue poer to pu<expan>n</expan>yssche ho<expan>m</expan> / than put forth thy resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I2.55" n="RK2.53"> For I-bekenne þe crist q<expan>uo</expan>d sche / and his clene moode<expan>r</expan></l> <l id="I2.56" n="RK2.54"> and acombr<expan>e</expan> þou neu<expan>er</expan> þy conscience ffor coueytise of mede</l> <l id="I2.57" n="RK2.55"> þus lefte me þ<expan>a</expan>t lady liggyng as a-slepe</l> <l id="I2.58" n="RK2.56"> and I say how mede was maried metyng as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.59" n="RK2.57"> al þe riche retienance þ<expan>a</expan>t roteth he<expan>m</expan> of fals leuyng</l> <l id="I2.60" n="RK2.58"> were beden to þe bridale / a boþe half þe cu<expan>n</expan>tr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.61" n="RK2.59"> Of many man<expan>er</expan> of men / þat of medes kynne we[\'c9]</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="11r" entity="I11r"/> <l id="I2.62" n="RK2.60"> Of knyghtes of clerkes of oþr<expan>e</expan> comu<expan>n</expan>e peple</l> <l id="I2.63" n="RK2.61"> As sysours and sompno<expan>ur</expan>s schirreues and here clerkes</l> <l id="I2.64" n="RK2.62"> Bedeles and baylyues and broko[ur]s of chaffares</l> <l id="I2.65" n="RK2.63"> forgoers and vitailers and voketts of þarches</l> <l id="I2.66" n="RK2.64"> <damage>...</damage>I <expan>?</expan> can not rekne þe route / þat ran aboute meede</l> <l id="I2.67" n="RK2.65"> [..]nd Symonye & syuile and siso<expan>ur</expan>s of contrees</l> <l id="I2.68" n="RK2.66"> [\'c9]ere most p<expan>ri</expan>ue with meede of ony me<expan>n</expan> me þoghte</l> <l id="I2.69" n="RK2.67"> [\'c9]fauel was þe firste þat fette hir out of chambr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.70" n="RK2.68"> [\'c9]a broco<expan>ur</expan> broght hir forþ to be ioyned to þe false</l> <l id="I2.71" n="RK2.69"> whan symonye and syuyle I segh þ<expan>er</expan> boþe wille</l> <l id="I2.72" n="RK2.70"> þei assented it were so at silueres p<expan>re</expan>ier</l> <l id="I2.73" n="RK2.71"> þan luppe lyer forþ / and saide lo her a chartr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I2.74" n="RK2.72"> þat gile haþ ȝyue to falsnesse / and g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>ted also mede</l> <l id="I2.75" n="RK2.73"> and p<expan>re</expan>ieth syuyle to se [it?] and symonye to rede it</l> <l id="I2.76" n="RK2.74"> þanne Symonye and Ciu[i]le standen forþ bothe</l> <l id="I2.77" n="RK2.75"> and u<expan>n</expan>foldeþ þe feoffame<expan>n</expan>t þat fals hath I-maked</l> <l id="I2.78" n="RK2.76"> þan saide Symonye þat Ciuile it herde</l> <l id="I2.79" n="RK2.77"> al that loueþ and bilieueþ vppe liking of mede de </l> <l id="I2.80" n="RK2.78"> leeueþ it leelly þis worth her laste mede</l> <l id="I2.81" n="RK2.79"> þat folweþ falsnesse / fauel and lyere</l> <l id="I2.82" n="RK2.80"> meede and suche men þat aft<expan>er</expan> mede waiten</l> <l id="I2.83" n="RK2.81"> <hi rend="rb"><foreign lang="lat">Sciant p<expan>re</expan>sentes et futuri &c<expan>etera</expan></foreign> The feoffment of Meede</hi> </l> <l id="I2.84" n="RK2.82"> witen and wittenessen / þat wonyen on erþe</l> <l id="I2.85" n="RK2.83"> that mede is maried more for hir richesse</l> <l id="I2.86" n="RK2.84"> þan for holynesse or heendenesse oþer for hir kynde</l> <l id="I2.87" n="RK2.85"> Falsnesse is fain of hire for he wot hir riche</l> <l id="I2.88" n="RK2.86"> and fauel þat haþ a fals speche faffeþ he<expan>m</expan> by þis l<expan>et</expan>re</l> <l id="I2.89" n="RK2.87"> To ben pruyse in pruyde / and pouert to despise</l> <l id="I2.90" n="RK2.88"> To bacbyte and to boste and bere fals witnesse</l> <l id="I2.91" n="RK2.89"> to skorne and to skolde : and sclau<expan>n</expan>dr<expan>e</expan> to make</l> <l id="I2.92" n="RK2.90"> u<expan>n</expan>?buxu<expan>m</expan> and bolde / to breke þe ten hestes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="11v" entity="I11v"/> <l id="I2.93" n="RK2.91"> þe erldome of enuye and Ire he hem g<expan>ra</expan>unte</l> <l id="I2.94" n="RK2.92"> wiþ þe castel of cheste and chatering out of resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I2.95" n="RK2.93"> They counteþ of coueitise <hi rend="rb"/> and co<expan>n</expan>senteþ to hem boþe</l> <l id="I2.96" n="RK2.94"> wiþ vsur<expan>e</expan> and auarice <hi rend="bl"/> and oþer false sleithes</l> <l id="I2.97" n="RK2.95"> In bargaynes and brogages[]? <hi rend="bl"/> wiþ þe borwe of þefte</l> <l id="I2.98" n="RK2.96"> with al þe lordschipe of leccherie <hi rend="bl"/> in lengþe and in [\'c9] </l> <l id="I2.99" n="RK2.97"> As in werkes and in wordes and in waytynge of ȝe[\'c9]</l> <l id="I2.100" n="RK2.98"> In woldes and wesscheynges <hi rend="rb"/> and wiþ Idel þoghtes</l> <l id="I2.101" n="RK2.99"> þer that wille wolde and werkmanschipe faileth</l> <l id="I2.102" n="RK2.100"> Glotonye agyueþ hem and grete oþes to-gidres</l> <l id="I2.103" n="RK2.101"> Alday to drynke at diu<expan>er</expan>se tauernes</l> <l id="I2.104" n="RK2.102"> and þer to iangle and to iape <hi rend="rb"/> and iuge her evenc<expan>ri</expan>sten</l> <l id="I2.105" n="RK2.103"> and fastyng-dayes to frete by-for<expan>e</expan> none and drynke</l> <l id="I2.106" n="RK2.104"> with spycerie speke ydelnesse <expan>;</expan> in veyn speche and spende</l> <l id="I2.107" n="RK2.105"> and sue forþ such felaschipe <hi rend="bl"/> til they be falle in slewþe</l> <l id="I2.108" n="RK2.106"> and awake with wanhope <hi rend="rb"/> and no wille to amende</l> <l id="I2.109" n="RK2.107"> For he leueth be loft <hi rend="bl"/> whan he his life leteth</l> <l id="I2.110" n="RK2.108"> þis life to folwe falsnesse <hi rend="rb"/> & folc þ<expan>a</expan>t on hym leueþ</l> <l id="I2.111" n="RK2.109"> after <add place="marginLeft" hand="handx">{???}hir<expan>e</expan></add> deþ þay duellen day wiþouten ende</l> <l id="I2.112" n="RK2.110"> In lordschipe w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> lucifer <hi rend="rb"/> as þis lettre scheweþ</l> <l id="I2.113" n="RK2.111"> wiþ all þaportenances of p<expan>ur</expan>gatory and þe peyne of hell</l> <l id="I2.114" n="RK2.112"> In witnesse of þis þing wrong was þe firste</l> <l id="I2.115" n="RK2.113"> and peres þe p<expan>ar</expan>doner <hi rend="bl"/> of paulines queste</l> <l id="I2.116" n="RK2.114"> Bot þe bedil of Bannebury sokene</l> <l id="I2.117" n="RK2.115"> Reynolde þe Reue <hi rend="rb"/> and redyng-kinges many</l> <l id="I2.118" n="RK2.116"> Mu<expan>n</expan>de þe myllere and many anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.119" n="RK2.117"> In þe date of þe deuel <hi rend="bl"/> þis dede is assealed</l> <l id="I2.120" n="RK2.118"> By sight of sir Symonie <hi rend="rb"/> and Suules leue</l> <l id="I2.121" n="RK2.119"> þenne tened him Theologie whan he þis tales herde</l> <l id="I2.122" n="RK2.120"> and seide to Symonie <hi rend="rb"/> now sorwe mote þou haue</l> <l id="I2.123" n="RK2.121"> such a weddying to worche þ<expan>a</expan>t wraþþe mighte treuþe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="12r" entity="I12r"/> <l id="I2.124" n="RK2.122"> and ar þis wedding be wroght wo to al ȝour<expan>e</expan> <damage>...</damage> </l> <l id="I2.125" n="RK2.123"> For mede is moiler / amendes her dame</l> <l id="I2.126" n="RK2.124"> al þogh fals wer<expan>e</expan> her<expan>e</expan> fader <hi rend="rb"/> and fikiltonge hir belsir[\'c9]</l> <l id="I2.127" n="RK2.125"> amandes was hir mooder <hi rend="bl"/> By trewe me<expan>n</expan>nes lokyng</l> <l id="I2.128" n="RK2.126"> and wiþoute hir mooder amendes <hi rend="rb"/> meede may nat be we[\'c9]</l> <l id="I2.129" n="RK2.127"> <damage>...</damage>for trouthe plight hir trouþ<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> to wedde on of hir doghtres</l> <l id="I2.130" n="RK2.128"> a?nd god g<expan>ra</expan>unte it wer<expan>e</expan> so <hi rend="rb"/> so no gile wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.131" n="RK2.129"> [\'c9]d þou hast ȝyue hir as gyle taghte now god ȝif þ<expan>e</expan> sorwe</l> <l id="I2.132" n="RK2.130"> For Ciuile and þi?-selue / selde fulfelleþ</l> <l id="I2.133" n="RK2.131"> That god wolde wer<expan>e</expan> I-do withoute some disceyte</l> <l id="I2.134" n="RK2.132"> I thelogie þe tixt knowe / ȝif trewe-dome witnesseþ</l> <l id="I2.135" n="RK2.133"> þat laurence þe leuite þat lay on þe gredir<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.136" n="RK2.134"> loked vp to our lord / and a-lowde saide</l> <l id="I2.137" n="RK2.135"> God of þy grace / heuen ȝates opene </l> <l id="I2.138" n="RK2.136"> For I man of þi mersy mede haue deserued</l> <l id="I2.139" n="RK2.137"> and suche man may an heye / mede of god des<expan>er</expan>ue</l> <l id="I2.140" n="RK2.138"> It semeth soþely right so on erthe</l> <l id="I2.141" n="RK2.139"> That mede may be wedded / to no man but treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.142" n="RK2.140"> and þ<expan>ou<expan>?not original, perhaps?</expan></expan> hast feffed hir wiþ fals / fy on such lawe</l> <l id="I2.143" n="RK2.141"> For by lesynges ȝe lacchen / largeliche mede</l> <l id="I2.144" n="RK2.142"> þat ȝe nymeþth and þe notaries <expan>;</expan> to noght gynneþ bringe</l> <l id="I2.145" n="RK2.143"> holy chirche ȝe scheweþ / and charite ȝe cheweth and deuowreþ</l> <l id="I2.146" n="RK2.144"> ȝe schal abegen it boþe / but ȝe amende þe sonner</l> <l id="I2.147" n="RK2.145"> For wel ȝe wite ȝyrnardes / as holy writ telleþ</l> <l id="I2.148" n="RK2.146"> þat fals is feithles / þe feend is his syre</l> <l id="I2.149" n="RK2.147"> and as a bastard I-bore / byȝete was he neue<expan>r</expan></l> <l id="I2.150" n="RK2.148"> And mede is moyler<expan>e</expan> / and mayden of goode</l> <l id="I2.151" n="RK2.149"> And myghte kysse þe king / as for his kynnes woma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I2.152" n="RK2.150"> For þy worcheþ by wisdam and by wit also</l> <l id="I2.153" n="RK2.151"> And ledeþ hir to londou<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>er</expan>e lawe may declar<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.154" n="RK2.152"> where matrimoigne may be / of mede and of falshede</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="12v" entity="I12v"/> <l id="I2.155" n="RK2.153"> [\'c9] þogh Iustices a<expan>m</expan>oynen hem / þorgh ioroures oþes</l> <l id="I2.156" n="RK2.154"> ȝit beþ I-war of þe weddyng<expan>e</expan> for witty is trouth<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.157" n="RK2.155"> And conscience is of his cou<expan>n</expan>seil / and knoweþ ȝow alle</l> <l id="I2.158" n="RK2.156"> and if he fynde ȝow in defaute / and wiþ þe falshode</l> <l id="I2.159" n="RK2.157"> It schal sitte ȝour<expan>e</expan> sowle ful sore atte laste - </l> <l id="I2.160" n="RK2.158"> her-to assenteþ Ciuile <hi rend="bl"/> ac Symonie ne wolde</l> <l id="I2.161" n="RK2.159"> Til he hadde silu<expan>er</expan> for þe seal <hi rend="rb"/> and signes of notarie<expan>s</expan></l> <l id="I2.162" n="RK2.160"> To fette fauel forth <hi rend="rb"/> floreyns ynowe</l> <l id="I2.163" n="RK2.161"> and bad gile to gife <hi rend="bl"/> gold al about</l> <l id="I2.164" n="RK2.162"> And nameliche þe notaries þ<expan>a</expan>t non of hem faile</l> <l id="I2.165" n="RK2.163"> and feffe fals witnesses <hi rend="bl"/> with florens I-nowe</l> <l id="I2.166" n="RK2.164"> For he may meede amaistr<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> with his mery speche </l> <l id="I2.167" n="RK2.165"> Tho þis golde was geue <hi rend="bl"/> gret was þe thankyng<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.168" n="RK2.166"> þat fauel and fals had <hi rend="rb"/> for her<expan>e</expan> fair<expan>e</expan> ȝiftes</l> <l id="I2.169" n="RK2.167"> and come<expan>n</expan> ful curtaisly to comforte þe false</l> <l id="I2.170" n="RK2.168"> and seide soþely cesse schal we neuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.171" n="RK2.169"> Til mede be þy wedded wyf <hi rend="bl"/> wille we nat stynte</l> <l id="I2.172" n="RK2.170"> For we mede amaystried þurgh our<expan>e</expan> mery tonge</l> <l id="I2.173" n="RK2.171"> þat he g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>teth to go <hi rend="rb"/> with a good wille</l> <l id="I2.174" n="RK2.172"> To london<expan>e</expan> and to loke <hi rend="bl"/> ȝif lawe wil iugge</l> <l id="I2.175" n="RK2.173"> To be maried for money <hi rend="rb"/> mede haþ assented</l> <l id="I2.176" n="RK2.174"> þanne was fauel fayn <hi rend="bl"/> and falsnesse bl?yþe </l> <l id="I2.177" n="RK2.175"> and leten so<expan>n</expan>ne all her segg<expan>is</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> in ech syde aboute</l> <l id="I2.178" n="RK2.176"> and bad hem all be bonne <hi rend="rb"/> beggers and oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.179" n="RK2.177"> To wende w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hi<expan>m</expan> to westmenstr<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> his weddyng to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.180" n="RK2.178"> Ac hakeneys hadde þey none <hi rend="rb"/> but hakeneys to here</l> <l id="I2.181" n="RK2.179"> þan gan gyle to borwen hors / ac many grete maystres</l> <l id="I2.182" n="RK2.180"> and schop<expan>?</expan> þat a scherreue schulde bere mede</l> <l id="I2.183" n="RK2.181"> Softely in chaimbr<expan>e</expan> / fram syse to sise</l> <l id="I2.184" n="RK2.182"> and fals and fauel fecche forþ sisours</l> <l id="I2.185" n="RK2.183"> and riden on hem and on reeues right faste by mede</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="13r" entity="I13r"/> <l id="I2.186" n="RK2.184"> Symonye and Ciuile saiden and sworen </l> <l id="I2.187" n="RK2.185"> þat prestes and p<expan>ro</expan>uisours schulden p<expan>re</expan>lats serue</l> <l id="I2.188" n="RK2.186"> and I my-selue Ciuile / and Symonye my felawe</l> <l id="I2.189" n="RK2.187"> Wol ride vpo<expan>n</expan> rectores and riche men deuouto<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <l id="I2.190" n="RK2.188"> and notaries on p<expan>er</expan>sones / þat p<expan>er</expan>muten ofte</l> <l id="I2.191" n="RK2.189"> and on pou<expan>er</expan>e p<expan>ro</expan>uisours / and vpon apeles in þe arches</l> <l id="I2.192" n="RK2.190"> Somno<expan>ur</expan>s and sodenes / sup<expan>er</expan>sedeas takeþ</l> <l id="I2.193" n="RK2.191"> <damage type="water"><unclear reason="water">.</unclear></damage>n hem þ<expan>a</expan>t loueth leccherie luppeth vp and rideþ</l> <l id="I2.194" n="RK2.192"> On secuto<expan>ur</expan>s and suche men comth softely aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.195" n="RK2.193"> and late cope þe comissarie our cart schal he drawe</l> <l id="I2.196" n="RK2.194"> and fecchen oure vitailles / and fornicatores</l> <l id="I2.197" n="RK2.195"> and makeþ of a lyer a long-carte / to leden all þise oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.198" n="RK2.196"> as fobbes and fayto<expan>ur</expan>s þat her<expan>e</expan> fette renne</l> <l id="I2.199" n="RK2.197"> þanne fals and fauel ride forth to-gedres</l> <l id="I2.200" n="RK2.198"> and meede in þe myddes / and all þese men aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.201" n="RK2.199"> I haue no tome to telle þe tail þat hem folwed</l> <l id="I2.202" n="RK2.200"> Of many maner<expan>e</expan> men / for mede sake sende aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.203" n="RK2.201"> Ac gyle was forgoer / to gyen al þis peple</l> <l id="I2.204" n="RK2.202"> For to wisse hem þe wey and wiþ mede abide</l> <l id="I2.205" n="RK2.203"> Soþenesse seith hem alle / and seide but a-litel</l> <l id="I2.206" n="RK2.204"> and p<expan>ri</expan>ked forþ on patience and passed hem alle</l> <l id="I2.207" n="RK2.205"> and cam to þe kinges court and conscience tolde </l> <l id="I2.208" n="RK2.206"> and conscience to þe king / carped it aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I2.209" n="RK2.207"> now by crist q<expan>uo</expan>d þe king and I cacche myght </l> <l id="I2.210" n="RK2.208"> Fals or fauel / or her falawe lyar</l> <l id="I2.211" n="RK2.209"> I wolde be wreken on þo wrecches / and on her werkes all</l> <l id="I2.212" n="RK2.210"> and do hem hange by þe hals / and all þat he<expan>m</expan> maynteneþ</l> <l id="I2.213" n="RK2.211"> Schal neu<expan>er</expan> man on þis molde / maynp<expan>ri</expan>se þe leste</l> <l id="I2.214" n="RK2.212"> Bot ȝit as þe lawe lokeþ / lat falle on hem alle</l> <l id="I2.215" n="RK2.213"> and comandede a constable þat cam atte firste</l> <l id="I2.216" n="RK2.214"> To attache þo tyrannt / for eny tresour y-hote</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="13v" entity="I13v"/> <l id="I2.217" n="RK2.215"> <damage type="tear">...</damage>fecche falsnesse faste for eny kynnes ȝiftes</l> <l id="I2.218" n="RK2.216"> and gurdeth of gyles hed / lat him go no wydder</l> <l id="I2.219" n="RK2.217"> and bringeþ mede to me / malgre hem all</l> <l id="I2.220" n="RK2.218"> and if ȝe lacchen lyar lat him nat ascape</l> <l id="I2.221" n="RK2.219"> Er he be put on þe pilory / for eny preyer ich hote</l> <l id="I2.222" n="RK2.220"> Drede stood atte dore / and dene herde</l> <l id="I2.223" n="RK2.221"> what was þe kinges wille wittileche awente</l> <l id="I2.224" n="RK2.222"> and falsnesse to fle and his feeres alle</l> <l id="I2.225" n="RK2.223"> Falnesse for fer þo fleigh to þe freres</l> <l id="I2.226" n="RK2.224"> and gile doth him to gon : agast for to deye</l> <l id="I2.227" n="RK2.225"> ac marchauntȝ mette w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> him / and made him abide</l> <l id="I2.228" n="RK2.226"> and bischetten him in here schoppe / to schewen her<expan>e</expan> war<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.229" n="RK2.227"> and p<expan>ar</expan>ayled hi<expan>m</expan> lik her p<expan>re</expan>ntys þe peple to serue</l> <l id="I2.230" n="RK2.228"> lightliche lyar<expan>e</expan> / lepe a-wey þenne</l> <l id="I2.231" n="RK2.229"> lorkynge þorgh lanes to logged of moneye</l> <l id="I2.232" n="RK2.230"> he was no-wher welcome for his many tales </l> <l id="I2.233" n="RK2.231"> Ouer al y-houted / and y-hote trusse </l> <l id="I2.234" n="RK2.232"> Til p<expan>ar</expan>doners hadde pitee on him / and pulled hy<expan>m</expan> in to [\'c9] hou <expan>marginal correction?</expan></l> <l id="I2.235" n="RK2.233"> þei weschen him and wipeden him & wou<expan>n</expan>den hi<expan>m</expan> i<expan>n</expan> clowtes</l> <l id="I2.236" n="RK2.234"> and senten hy<expan>m</expan> on sondayes / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> seales to chirche</l> <l id="I2.237" n="RK2.235"> and gaf p<expan>ar</expan>doun for pens / pou<expan>n</expan>dmele aboute</l> <l id="I2.238" n="RK2.236"> þenne lowreden leches / and lettres þei sente</l> <l id="I2.239" n="RK2.237"> þat lyar scholde wone w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hem / watres to loke</l> <l id="I2.240" n="RK2.238"> Spicers speeken to him / to aspie here ware</l> <l id="I2.241" n="RK2.239"> For he can on here crafte / and knoweþ many go<expan>m</expan>mes</l> <l id="I2.242" n="RK2.240"> ac mynstrals and messag<expan>er</expan>s / mette wiþ lyar ones</l> <l id="I2.243" n="RK2.241"> and of helden hy<expan>m</expan> half ȝer / and endleuen dayes</l> <l id="I2.244" n="RK2.242"> ac freres þurgh fair speche / fecchen him þennes</l> <l id="I2.245" n="RK2.243"> and for knowyng of cuntrees þey copeden hy<expan>m</expan> as a frer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.246" n="RK2.244"> ac he haþ leue to lepe out / as ofte as him likeþ</l> <l id="I2.247" n="RK2.245"> and is welcome whan he comþ / and woneþ w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> he<expan>m</expan> ofte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="14r" entity="I14r"/> <l id="I2.248" n="RK2.246"> Symonye and Ciuile senten to Rome</l> <l id="I2.249" n="RK2.247"> and putte hem þurgh apeles in þe popes g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I2.250" n="RK2.248"> and conscience to þe king accused hem boþe</l> <l id="I2.251" n="RK2.249"> and sayde sire king by crist but clerkes amende </l> <l id="I2.252" n="RK2.250"> þy kyngdom þurgh her coueytise / wol out of kynde wende</l> <l id="I2.253" n="RK2.251"> and holy chirche þurgh hem worth harmed for eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I2.254" n="RK2.252"> alle fledde for fere / and flowen in to hirnes</l> <l id="I2.255" n="RK2.253"> Saue meede the mayde no mo durste abide </l> <l id="I2.256" n="RK2.254"> Ac trewelich to tell he trembled for fer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I2.257" n="RK2.255"> and boþ<expan>e</expan> wepte and wrange / whan sche was atached</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I3"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus Tercius de visione vt p<expan>ri</expan>us</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I3.1" n="RK3.1"> <hi rend="o2"><hi rend="gold">N</hi></hi>ow is meede þe maide and no mo of hem all<expan>e?</expan></l> <l id="I3.2" n="RK3.2"> þorgh bedelles and bailifs broght bifore þe kyng</l> <l id="I3.3" n="RK3.3"> The kyng called a clerk / I can nat his name</l> <l id="I3.4" n="RK3.4"> To take meede þe maide & maken hir at ese</l> <l id="I3.5" n="RK3.5"> I schal assaie ac? hir my-selue and soþeliche appose</l> <l id="I3.6" n="RK3.6"> What man of þis worlde / þat hir leuest hadde</l> <l id="I3.7" n="RK3.7"> and if sche worche wisely / and by wise me<expan>n</expan> counsail</l> <l id="I3.8" n="RK3.8"> I wil forgif hir alle gultes, / so me<expan>extra mark?</expan> god helpe</l> <l id="I3.9" n="RK3.9"> Curteisleche þe clerc þan as þe kyng highte</l> <l id="I3.10" n="RK3.10"> Tok meede by þe myddel / and myldeliche hir broght</l> <l id="I3.11" n="RK3.11"> Into boure wiþ blisse and by hir gan sitte</l> <l id="I3.12" n="RK3.12"> ac þ<expan>ere</expan> was merþe and menstralcie mede to plese</l> <l id="I3.13" n="RK3.13"> þat wendeth to westmenst<expan>re</expan> worschipe hire manye</l> <l id="I3.14" n="RK3.14"> Gentilliche wiþ ioye þe justices some </l> <l id="I3.15" n="RK3.15"> boskede hem to þe bour þer þe buyrde duelled </l> <l id="I3.16" n="RK3.16"> and comforted hire as þey couþe / by þe clerkes leue</l> <l id="I3.17" n="RK3.17"> and seiden moorne nat meede / ne make þou no sorw?</l> <l id="I3.18" n="RK3.18"> For we wol wisse þe kyng / and þy way schape</l> <l id="I3.19" n="RK3.19"> For to wedde at þi wille wher þe leue likeþ</l> <l id="I3.20" n="RK3.20"> For alle consciences caste and crafte as I trowe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="14v" entity="I14v"/> <l id="I3.21" n="RK3.21"> <damage type="tear">.</damage>ildeliche meede þanne ou<expan>er</expan>ȝede hem alle</l> <l id="I3.22" n="RK3.22"> Of hir grete goodenesse and ȝaf hem echone</l> <l id="I3.23" n="RK3.23"> Coupes of clene golde / cuppes of siluer</l> <l id="I3.24" n="RK3.24"> Ringes with rubies / and oþ<expan>er</expan> riche ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.25" n="RK3.25"> þe leste man of hir mayne / a motou<expan>n</expan> of golde</l> <l id="I3.26" n="RK3.26"> when þey had laght her leeue at þis lady meede</l> <l id="I3.27" n="RK3.27"> þanne come clerkes to comforte hir þe same</l> <l id="I3.28" n="RK3.28"> and beden hire be blyþe / for we beþ þin oghne</l> <l id="I3.29" n="RK3.29"> For to worche þi wille / þe while þou mighte dur<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I3.30" n="RK3.30"> and mede hendeliche / bihighte hem þe same</l> <l id="I3.31" n="RK3.31"> To loue hem leleliche and lordes to make</l> <l id="I3.32" n="RK3.32"> and purchace ȝow puendres / whil ȝou<expan>r</expan> pens lasteþ</l> <l id="I3.33" n="RK3.33"> and bigge ȝow benefices pluralites to have</l> <l id="I3.34" n="RK3.34"> and in þe constory at court to calle ȝour<expan>e?</expan> names</l> <l id="I3.35" n="RK3.35"> schal no lewednesse lette / þe clerk þat I louye</l> <l id="I3.36" n="RK3.36"> þat he ne worth ferst auaunced / for I am biknowe</l> <l id="I3.37" n="RK3.37"> þ<expan>ere</expan> konnynge clerkes schul clokke byhynde</l> <l id="I3.38" n="RK3.38"> þan com þere a confesso<expan>r</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> <add place="marginLeft" hand="handx">y</add>coped as a frere </l> <l id="I3.39" n="RK3.39"> <hi rend="bl"/> To meede þe mayde myldeliche he sayde</l> <l id="I3.40" n="RK3.40"> þogh lewed me<expan>n</expan> and lerned me<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> haue layn by þe both<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I3.41" n="RK3.41"> and falshede y-founde þe al þis fourty wynter</l> <l id="I3.42" n="RK3.42"> I schal assaile þe my-self <hi rend="rb"/> for a seem whete</l> <l id="I3.43" n="RK3.43"> and ȝit be þy bedeman and brynge a-dou<expan>n</expan> conscience</l> <l id="I3.44" n="RK3.44"> amo<expan>n</expan>g kynges and knyghtes <hi rend="bl"/> and clerkes and þe like</l> <l id="I3.45" n="RK3.45"> þanne mede for hir mysdedes <hi rend="rb"/> to þis man kneled </l> <l id="I3.46" n="RK3.46"> schrof hir of hir synne schameles y leeue</l> <l id="I3.47" n="RK3.47"> Tolde him a tale and toke him a noble</l> <l id="I3.48" n="RK3.48"> For to been hir beddeman<expan>n</expan> / and to bere wel hir erende</l> <l id="I3.49" n="RK3.49"> among knyghtes and clerkes / conscience to torne</l> <l id="I3.50" n="RK3.50"> and he assoiled hir<expan>e</expan> sone / and siþen he seyde</l> <l id="I3.51" n="RK3.51"> we han a wyndowe on wurchinge wil stande us ful heie</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="15r" entity="I15r"/> <l id="I3.52" n="RK3.52"> wolde ȝe glase þat gable / and graue þer ȝour<expan>e</expan> name</l> <l id="I3.53" n="RK3.53"> In messe and in matyne / for meede we schal synge</l> <l id="I3.54" n="RK3.54"> solempneliche and softeliche / as a suster of our<expan>e</expan> ordr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.55" n="RK3.55"> loueliche þ<expan>a</expan>t lady lawynge sayde</l> <l id="I3.56" n="RK3.56"> I schal be ȝoure frende frere and faile ȝou neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I3.57" n="RK3.57"> þer whiles ȝe louen þis lorde þat leccherie haunteþ</l> <l id="I3.58" n="RK3.58"> and lakketh not þise ladies þat louen þe same</l> <l id="I3.59" n="RK3.59"> it is but freltee of flesch / ȝe fynde wel by bookes</l> <l id="I3.60" n="RK3.60"> and a cours of kynde / where-of we comen alle</l> <l id="I3.61" n="RK3.61"> who may aschape þe schlaundr<expan>e</expan> / þe skaþe myght sone be mended</l> <l id="I3.62" n="RK3.62"> It is synne as of seuen / non sonnere relessed</l> <l id="I3.63" n="RK3.63"> haueþ m<expan>er</expan>sy quoþ meede on men þat it haunteþ</l> <l id="I3.64" n="RK3.64"> and I schal coue<expan>r</expan> ȝour<expan>e</expan> kirke / and ȝour<expan>e</expan> cloist<expan>er</expan> make</l> <l id="I3.65" n="RK3.65"> boþe wyndowes and wowes / I wil amende and glase</l> <l id="I3.66" n="RK3.66"> and peynten and purtreyen / who payed for þe makyng</l> <l id="I3.67" n="RK3.67"> þat eu<expan>er</expan>y segg schal see / I am a sust<expan>re</expan> of ȝour<expan>e</expan> ordr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.68" n="RK3.68"> ac god to alle good folc such g<expan>ra</expan>uynge defendeþ</l> <l id="I3.69" n="RK3.69"> To writen on wyndowes / of eny wel dedes</l> <l id="I3.70" n="RK3.70"> an aunt<expan>ur</expan> pride be peynted þe<expan>re</expan> / and pompe of þe worlde</l> <l id="I3.71" n="RK3.71-72"> For god knoweþ þy conscience / and who þ<expan>a</expan>t catel oghte</l> <l id="I3.72" n="RK3.73"> For þe leeue lordes / leueþ suche writynges</l> <l id="I3.73" n="RK3.74"> God in þe gospel such grauyng noght aloweþ</l> <l id="I3.74" n="RK3.74"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nesciat dextera quid faciat sinistra</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.75" n="RK3.75"> lat nat þi left hande our lorde techeþ</l> <l id="I3.76" n="RK3.76"> y-wite what þou delest wiþ þi righ side</l> <l id="I3.77" n="RK3.77"> ȝit meede þe mayr myldeliche he bisoghte</l> <l id="I3.78" n="RK3.78"> boþe schyrrifs and sergeants and suche as kepeþ þe lawes</l> <l id="I3.79" n="RK3.79"> To punyschen upon pylories and upo<expan>n</expan> pynyng stoles</l> <l id="I3.80" n="RK3.80"> as bakers and brewers / bochers and cookes</l> <l id="I3.81" n="RK3.81"> For there men don most harme / to þe mene peple</l> <l id="I3.82" n="RK3.82"> richen thurgh re<expan>ra</expan>terye <hi rend="rb"/> and rentes hem beggeþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="15v" entity="I15v"/> <l id="I3.83" n="RK3.83"> wiþ þat þe pou<expan>er</expan>e people / schulde putten in her<expan>e</expan> wombe</l> <l id="I3.84" n="RK3.84"> For tooke þay on trewely / þat tymbred nat so heie</l> <l id="I3.85" n="RK3.85"> ne boghten none burgages / be ȝe ful certeyn</l> <l id="I3.86" n="RK3.86"> þay haue no pite of þe people / þ<expan>a</expan>t p<expan>ar</expan>selmele mote begge</l> <l id="I3.87" n="RK3.87"> and þogh þey take he<expan>m</expan> untydy þing / no tresou<expan>n</expan> þey ne halden ....</l> <l id="I3.88" n="RK3.88"> and þogh þey fulle not fulle þ<expan>a</expan>t for lawe is seled</l> <l id="I3.89" n="RK3.89"> he gripeþ þ<expan>er</expan>fore a-gret / as for þe graith trouþe</l> <l id="I3.90" n="RK3.90"> many sondry sorwes / in Citees falleþ ful ofte</l> <l id="I3.91" n="RK3.91"> Boþe þorgh fyre and þurgh flood / al þurgh fals peple</l> <l id="I3.92" n="RK3.92"> þat bigileþ goode men and greeueþ hem wrongely</l> <l id="I3.93" n="RK3.93"> þe whiche þ<expan>a</expan>t crien on her<expan>e</expan> knees / þ<expan>a</expan>t crist hem avenge</l> <l id="I3.94" n="RK3.94"> here on þis erthe / or elles in helle</l> <l id="I3.95" n="RK3.95"> þat so bigileþ he<expan>m</expan> or her good / þat god he<expan>m</expan> wolde senden </l> <l id="I3.96" n="RK3.96"> Feuer or fouler euel / oþ<expan>er</expan> fyr on here houses</l> <l id="I3.97" n="RK3.97"> moreyne or oþer meschances / & many tymes it falleþ</l> <l id="I3.98" n="RK3.98"> þat innocence is herd in heuen / among þe seintes</l> <l id="I3.99" n="RK3.99"> þat lowten for he<expan>m</expan> to our<expan>e</expan> lorde and to our lady boþe</l> <l id="I3.100" n="RK3.100"> graunte gilours on erþe / grace to amende</l> <l id="I3.101" n="RK3.101"> and haue her pena<expan>un?</expan>ce on pur9e erþe / and nat to peyne of he....</l> <l id="I3.102" n="RK3.102"> and þanne falleþ þe<expan>re</expan> fure on false menes houses</l> <l id="I3.103" n="RK3.103"> and goode menes for her<expan>e</expan> giltes / gloweþ on fyr<expan>e</expan> aft<expan>re</expan></l> <l id="I3.104" n="RK3.104"> al þis haue we seyn / þ<expan>a</expan>t som tyme þorgh a brewer</l> <l id="I3.105" n="RK3.105"> manye burgages brent / and bodies þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I3.106" n="RK3.106"> and þorgh a candel clenynge / in a cursed place</l> <l id="I3.107" n="RK3.107"> Fel doun and forbrent forth al þe r..we</l> <l id="I3.108" n="RK3.108"> For þy mayres þat maken fre me<expan>n</expan> / me þenkeþ þ<expan>a</expan>t þey oghte</l> <l id="I3.109" n="RK3.109"> For to spere and to aspye / for eny speche of syluer</l> <l id="I3.110" n="RK3.110"> what man<expan>er</expan> mesteer or? marchandise he used</l> <l id="I3.111" n="RK3.111"> Er he were undirfonge fre <hi rend="bl"/> and felawe in ȝour<expan>e</expan> rolles</l> <l id="I3.112" n="RK3.112"> It is nat semely for sothe / in citee ne in burgh toun</l> <l id="I3.113" n="RK3.113"> þat vsurie or regraters <hi rend="rb"/> for eny<seg type="shadowHyphen">-</seg>skyns ȝiftes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="16r" entity="I16r"/> <l id="I3.114" n="RK3.114"> Be y-franchised for a fre ma<expan>n</expan> and haue a fals name</l> <l id="I3.115" n="RK3.115"> ac mede þe maide þe maire sche bisoghte</l> <l id="I3.116" n="RK3.116"> Of alle suche sellers seluer to take </l> <l id="I3.117" n="RK3.117"> Or p<expan>re</expan>sents wiþoute pens and oþ<expan>er</expan> p<expan>ri</expan>uy ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.118" n="RK3.118"> haue reuthe on þis reg<expan>ra</expan>ters þat han riche handes</l> <l id="I3.119" n="RK3.118"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">in quor<expan>um</expan> manibus iniquitates sunt</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.120" n="RK3.119"> loue hem for my loue quoþ þis lady mede</l> <l id="I3.121" n="RK3.120"> and suffre hem som tyme to selle aȝem þe lawe</l> <l id="I3.122" n="RK3.121"> Salomon þe sage a sarmon he made</l> <l id="I3.123" n="RK3.122"> In amendeme<expan>n</expan>t of maires and oþer stiwardes</l> <l id="I3.124" n="RK3.123"> and witnesseþ what worth of he þ<expan>a</expan>t wolleþ take mede</l> <l id="I3.125" n="RK3.124"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ignis douorabit tabernacula eor<expan>um</expan> ?? libent<expan>ur</expan> accipiu<expan>n</expan>t mun<expan>er</expan>a\</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.126" n="RK3.125"> amo<expan>n</expan>g þose lettrede lordes þis latyn is to men</l> <l id="I3.127" n="RK3.126"> <hi rend="ul">Feer schal</hi> falle and forbrenne al to blo asches</l> <l id="I3.128" n="RK3.127"> þe houses and þe homes of hem þ<expan>a</expan>t takeþ ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.129" n="RK3.128"> þe king fram counsail called aft<expan>er</expan> meede </l> <l id="I3.130" n="RK3.129"> and sente to see her<expan>e</expan> I-myght not se þ<expan>a</expan>t ladde her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.131" n="RK3.130"> for cortaysliche þe king as his kynde wolde</l> <l id="I3.132" n="RK3.131"> lakkede hire a litel wight for þ<expan>a</expan>t sche loued gile</l> <l id="I3.133" n="RK3.132"> and wilned to be wedded wiþoute<expan>n</expan> his leue</l> <l id="I3.134" n="RK3.133"> and til treuþe hadde tolde hire a tokne fram him<expan>m</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I3.135" n="RK3.134"> and saide untireweliche woma<expan>n</expan> wroght hast þou ofte</l> <l id="I3.136" n="RK3.135"> and many a gift I haue þe forgyue and my g<expan>ra</expan>ce g<expan>ra</expan>unted</l> <l id="I3.137" n="RK3.136"> Boþe to þe and to pyne In hope þou scholdest amende</l> <l id="I3.138" n="RK3.137"> and ay þe lenger I lete go þe lesse trouþe is w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe</l> <l id="I3.139" n="RK3.138"> For werse wroghtest þou neuer þan þ<expan>o</expan> þ<expan>ou</expan> to fals tooke</l> <l id="I3.140" n="RK3.139"> ȝit I forȝyue þe þis gylt <hi rend="rb"/> god forbede ony more</l> <l id="I3.141" n="RK3.140"> þow tene me and treuþe and þou mowe be atake</l> <l id="I3.142" n="RK3.141"> In þe castel of corff I schal do close þe as an anker</l> <l id="I3.143" n="RK3.142"> Or yn a wal worse won by seint mary my lady</l> <l id="I3.144" n="RK3.144"> þat all<expan>e</expan> wantowne wy<expan>m</expan>men schal be war by þe one</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="16v" entity="I16v"/> <l id="I3.145" n="RK3.145"> and bitterliche banne þe and all<expan>e</expan> þat bereþ þy name</l> <l id="I3.146" n="RK3.146"> and teche þe to louye treuþe and take cou<expan>n</expan>sel of resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I3.147" n="RK3.147"> I haue a knygh conscience cam late from byȝonde</l> <l id="I3.148" n="RK3.148"> If he wilneþ þe to wif wiltow him haue</l> <l id="I3.149" n="RK3.149"> ȝa lorde quod þat lady lord it me forbede</l> <l id="I3.150" n="RK3.150"> Bot I be holly at þin heste let hange me elles</l> <l id="I3.151" n="RK3.151"> Thanne was conscience y-called come and aper<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.152" n="RK3.152"> Byfore þe kyng and his counsel as clerkes and oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.153" n="RK3.153"> knelynge conscience to þe king lowtede </l> <l id="I3.154" n="RK3.154"> what his wille we<expan>e</expan> and what he do scholde</l> <l id="I3.155" n="RK3.155"> wilt þou wedde þis meede if I wol assent</l> <l id="I3.156" n="RK3.156"> For sche is fayne of þy felawschip<expan>e?</expan> And for to be thy make</l> <l id="I3.157" n="RK3.157"> Quoþ co<expan>n</expan>science to þe kyng crist it me forbede</l> <l id="I3.158" n="RK3.158"> ar I wedde such a wif wo me bityde</l> <l id="I3.159" n="RK3.159"> For sche is frele of hir faith <hi rend="rb"/> and fekel of hir speche</l> <l id="I3.160" n="RK3.160"> and maketh men mysdo many scor<expan>e</expan> tymes</l> <l id="I3.161" n="RK3.161"> in trist of hir tresour sche teneþ ful many</l> <l id="I3.162" n="RK3.162"> wifes and widewes wantonnesse ȝhe techeþ</l> <l id="I3.163" n="RK3.163"> and lereþ hem to leccherie þat loueth here ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.164" n="RK3.164"> ȝour<expan>e</expan> fader sche afelde fals and sche togidres</l> <l id="I3.165" n="RK3.165"> ȝhe haþ apoysoned popes ȝhe apeireth holy chirche</l> <l id="I3.166" n="RK3.166"> Is not a bettre bawde by him þ<expan>a</expan>t me made</l> <l id="I3.167" n="RK3.167"> bituen heuen and helle and erþe þogh men soghte</l> <l id="I3.168" n="RK3.168"> For sche is tikel of hir tail talewys of tonge</l> <l id="I3.169" n="RK3.169"> as comun as þe cart-way to knaues and to alle</l> <l id="I3.170" n="RK3.170"> to monkes and to all<expan>e</expan> men sche moseles in hegge</l> <l id="I3.171" n="RK3.171"> liggeþ by hir whan hem list lered and lewed</l> <l id="I3.172" n="RK3.172"> sysours and sompno<expan>ur</expan>s suche men hir preiseþ</l> <l id="I3.173" n="RK3.173"> schirrefs of schires were schent if sche ner<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.174" n="RK3.174"> For sche doþ men lesen her lond and her lif boþe</l> <l id="I3.175" n="RK3.175"> sche lateþ passe p<expan>ri</expan>son<expan>er</expan>s paieth for hem ofte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="17r" entity="I17r"/> <l id="I3.176" n="RK3.176"> and gifþ þe gaiolers golde and grotes togideres</l> <l id="I3.177" n="RK3.177"> To unfetere þe false and flee wher him liketh</l> <l id="I3.178" n="RK3.178"> and takþ treuþe by þe top and techeþ him falste</l> <l id="I3.179" n="RK3.179"> and hangeþ him for haterede þat harmede neuer</l> <l id="I3.180" n="RK3.180"> To be cursed in þe constory acompteþ nat a russche</l> <l id="I3.181" n="RK3.181"> For he copeþ þe comissarie and coteth his clerkes</l> <l id="I3.182" n="RK3.182"> ȝhe is assoiled þus sone as hir-selue liketh</l> <l id="I3.183" n="RK3.183"> sche may ny as moche do in a monthe ones</l> <l id="I3.184" n="RK3.184"> as ȝoure secrete seal in six scor daies</l> <l id="I3.185" n="RK3.185"> he is p<expan>re</expan>ue with þe pope puysours it knoweþ</l> <l id="I3.186" n="RK3.186"> For symonye and hir-sulu selleth here bulles</l> <l id="I3.187" n="RK3.187"> he blesseth þese bisschops þogh þey ben ny lewed</l> <l id="I3.188" n="RK3.188"> he p<expan>ro</expan>uendreth p<expan>er</expan>sons and p<expan>re</expan>stes he maynteneþ</l> <l id="I3.189" n="RK3.189"> To holde le<expan>m</expan>mans and lotebys alle here life daies</l> <l id="I3.190" n="RK3.190"> and bringeþ forth barnes aȝens forboden laws</l> <l id="I3.191" n="RK3.190"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">sunt infelices quia matres sunt meretrices</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.192" n="RK3.191"> þer sche is wel wiþ eny kyng woo is þat Reaume</l> <l id="I3.193" n="RK3.192"> For sche is fauorable to þe false þe which defouleþ treuþe</l> <l id="I3.194" n="RK3.193"> by jh<expan>es</expan>u wiþ here iewels þe justice sche schendeþ</l> <l id="I3.195" n="RK3.194"> ȝhe <sic>lith lith</sic><corr>lith</corr> aȝein þe lawe and letteþ him þe gate</l> <l id="I3.196" n="RK3.195"> þat faith may nat haue his forth her<expan>e</expan> florens goþ so þikke</l> <l id="I3.197" n="RK3.196"> and lett þe lawe at hir lust and louedaies makeþ</l> <l id="I3.198" n="RK3.197"> though which loueday is lost þat leute myghte wynne</l> <l id="I3.199" n="RK3.198"> þe mase for a mene man þogh he moote eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I3.200" n="RK3.199"> lawe is so lordlich and is loth to make eny ende</l> <l id="I3.201" n="RK3.200"> wiþoute p<expan>re</expan>sents or pens ȝhe pleaseþ ful fewe</l> <l id="I3.202" n="RK3.201"> Trewe burges and bonde ȝhe bringeþ to noght ofte</l> <l id="I3.203" n="RK3.202"> and al þe com<expan>m</expan>une in care and in coueytise</l> <l id="I3.204" n="RK3.203"> Religiou<expan>n</expan> he al to-reueth and out of reule to libbe</l> <l id="I3.205" n="RK3.204"> þer ne is cite under sonne ne non so riche reume</l> <l id="I3.206" n="RK3.205"> ther sche is allowed and lete by þ<expan>a</expan>t laste schal eny while</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="17v" entity="I17v"/> <l id="I3.207" n="RK3.206"> wiþouten werre oþ<expan>er</expan> wo wikkidde lawe</l> <l id="I3.208" n="RK3.207"> and custu<expan>m</expan>mes of coueitise þe comun to destroye</l> <l id="I3.209" n="RK3.208"> vnsittynge sustienance hir sust<expan>er</expan> and hir-selue</l> <l id="I3.210" n="RK3.209"> han almost y-made but marie þe helpe</l> <l id="I3.211" n="RK3.210"> þat no londe ne londe ne loueth þe and ȝit lest þin owne</l> <l id="I3.212" n="RK3.211"> For clerkes and coueitise meede haþ knet to-gidres</l> <l id="I3.213" n="RK3.212"> þat al þe witte of þe worlde is woxe in-to gile </l> <l id="I3.214" n="RK3.213"> þus lereth þis lady þi lond <hi rend="bl"/> now lord ȝif hir sorwe</l> <l id="I3.215" n="RK3.214"> For pou<expan>er</expan>e men dar not pleyne <hi rend="rb"/> ne no pleynt schewe</l> <l id="I3.216" n="RK3.215"> Such a maist<expan>rie</expan> is meede / amo<expan>n</expan>g men of goode</l> <l id="I3.217" n="RK3.216"> thenne moorned meede / and mened hir to þe kyng</l> <l id="I3.218" n="RK3.217"> To haue space to speke <hi rend="bl"/> spede if sche myghte</l> <l id="I3.219" n="RK3.218"> þe kyng graunted hir g<expan>ra</expan>ce <hi rend="rb"/> wiþ a good wille</l> <l id="I3.220" n="RK3.219"> Excuse þe if þou canst <hi rend="bl"/> I can nomore sigge</l> <l id="I3.221" n="RK3.220"> For conscience accuseþ þe / to congeie þe for euer</l> <l id="I3.222" n="RK3.221"> nay lord quoþ þ<expan>a</expan>t lady / leeueþ him þe werse</l> <l id="I3.223" n="RK3.222"> whan ȝe witen witterly / in whom þe wrong liggeþ</l> <l id="I3.224" n="RK3.223"> þer þat meschief is gret / meede may helpe</l> <l id="I3.225" n="RK3.224"> and þat knowest þou conscience I cam nat to chide</l> <l id="I3.226" n="RK3.225"> ne to drpraue þe persone / wiþ a proud herte</l> <l id="I3.227" n="RK3.226"> wel þow wost weye <hi rend="rb"/> but if þou wille gabbe</l> <l id="I3.228" n="RK3.227"> þou hast hanged on myn half <hi rend="bl"/> enleuen tyme</l> <l id="I3.229" n="RK3.228"> and also gripen my golde <hi rend="bl"/> and gyue it when þe likeþ</l> <l id="I3.230" n="RK3.229"> why þou wratthest þe now <hi rend="rb"/> wond<expan>er</expan> me þenkeþ</l> <l id="I3.231" n="RK3.230"> ȝit I may as I myȝt menske þe with ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.232" n="RK3.231"> and maytiene þy manhode more þan þou knowest</l> <l id="I3.233" n="RK3.232"> ac þou hast famed me foule <hi rend="bl"/> by-fore þe king her<expan>e</expan><expan>?</expan></l> <l id="I3.234" n="RK3.233"> For kuld I neuer no kyng <hi rend="rb"/> ne conseilde so do do...</l> <l id="I3.235" n="RK3.234"> ac I haue saued my-self <hi rend="bl"/> sixty þousand lyfes</l> <l id="I3.236" n="RK3.235"> boþe her and elles-wher in alle kyn londes</l> <l id="I3.237" n="RK3.236"> ac þou þy-selue soþely who it sigge durste</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="18r" entity="I18r"/> <l id="I3.238" n="RK3.237"> hast arwed many hardy man <hi rend="bl"/> þat hadde wil to fighte</l> <l id="I3.239" n="RK3.238"> To brenne <expan>sic</expan> in Britaigne <expan>sic</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> and bete adou<expan>n</expan> strengþes</l> <l id="I3.240" n="RK3.239"> In contrees þer þe king cam <hi rend="bl"/> conscience him lette</l> <l id="I3.241" n="RK3.240"> þat he ne felde not his foos <hi rend="rb"/> þogh fortune it wolde </l> <l id="I3.242" n="RK3.241"> and as his wordes were ordeigned <hi rend="bl"/> at þe wille of our<expan>e</expan> lord</l> <l id="I3.243" n="RK3.242"> Caitifliche þou co<expan>n</expan>science <hi rend="bl"/> cou<expan>n</expan>seildest þe king to leten</l> <l id="I3.244" n="RK3.243"> In his enemys handes <hi rend="rb"/> his heritage of f<expan>ra</expan>unce </l> <l id="I3.245" n="RK3.244"> vnconnyng is þ<expan>a</expan>t co<expan>n</expan>science <hi rend="bl"/> a kyngdom to selle</l> <l id="I3.246" n="RK3.245"> For þat is conquered þorgh comun helpe / a kyngdom or duchie</l> <l id="I3.247" n="RK3.246"> It may not be solde soþely <hi rend="rb"/> so many part askeþ</l> <l id="I3.248" n="RK3.247"> Of folc þat faght þ<expan>er</expan>fore <hi rend="bl"/> and folwed þe kynges wille</l> <l id="I3.249" n="RK3.248"> þe leste ladde þat longeþ wiþ him <hi rend="rb"/> be þe lond I-wonne</l> <l id="I3.250" n="RK3.249"> lokeþ aft<expan>er</expan> lordschipe <hi rend="rb"/> oþer large meede</l> <l id="I3.251" n="RK3.250"> wher-by he may as a ma<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> for eu<expan>er</expan> mor lyue aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.252" n="RK3.251"> and þat is þe kynde of a kyng þ<expan>a</expan>t conquereþ on his enemys</l> <l id="I3.253" n="RK3.252"> To helpe heyleche al his host <hi rend="bl"/> or elles to g<expan>ra</expan>unte</l> <l id="I3.254" n="RK3.253"> all þat his men may wynne <hi rend="rb"/> do þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ her beste</l> <l id="I3.255" n="RK3.254"> For-þy I counceile no kyng eny councel aske</l> <l id="I3.256" n="RK3.255"> at conscience þat coueiteþ <hi rend="bl"/> to conquer<expan>e</expan> a reume</l> <l id="I3.257" n="RK3.256"> For schulde neu<expan>er</expan> co<expan>n</expan>science be my cou<expan>n</expan>stable wer<expan>e</expan> I a king q<expan>uo</expan>d mede</l> <l id="I3.258" n="RK3.257"> ne be mareschal ouer my men <hi rend="bl"/> þer I moste fighte</l> <l id="I3.259" n="RK3.258"> ac had I meede be marschal <hi rend="rb"/> ouer his me<expan>n</expan> in ff<expan>ra</expan>unce</l> <l id="I3.260" n="RK3.259"> I durste haue leide my life and no lesse wedde</l> <l id="I3.261" n="RK3.260"> he schold haue ben lord of þat lond <hi rend="bl"/> in lengþe and in brede</l> <l id="I3.262" n="RK3.261"> and also kyng of þat kuth <hi rend="rb"/> his kyn for to helpe</l> <l id="I3.263" n="RK3.262"> þe leste brolle of his blood <hi rend="bl"/> a barones piere</l> <l id="I3.264" n="RK3.263"> vnc...nyngleche conscience counseildest him þanne</l> <l id="I3.265" n="RK3.264"> To ...e so his lordschipe for a litel money</l> <l id="I3.266" n="RK3.265"> It bycomþ for a kyng þat schal kepe a reume</l> <l id="I3.267" n="RK3.266"> To ȝeue men meede <hi rend="rb"/> þat mekelich him s<expan>er</expan>ueþ</l> <l id="I3.268" n="RK3.267"> To aliens and to all me<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> to hono<expan>ur</expan>e hem w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> ȝiftes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="18v" entity="I18v"/> <l id="I3.269" n="RK3.268"> meede makþ him be biloued <hi rend="bl"/> and for a man be holde</l> <l id="I3.270" n="RK3.269"> Emp<expan>er</expan>o<expan>ur</expan>s and Erles and alle man<expan>er</expan> lordes</l> <l id="I3.271" n="RK3.270"> Thurgh ȝiftes haue ȝomen <hi rend="rb"/> to ȝerne and to ride</l> <l id="I3.272" n="RK3.271"> þe pope and all p<expan>re</expan>latȝ <hi rend="bl"/> p<expan>re</expan>sentes vnderfongen</l> <l id="I3.273" n="RK3.272"> and ȝeuen meede to men <hi rend="bl"/> to mayntene here lawes</l> <l id="I3.274" n="RK3.273"> seuantȝ for her s<expan>er</expan>uice <hi rend="bl"/> meede þey asken</l> <l id="I3.275" n="RK3.274"> and taken meede of here maistres as þey mowe accorde</l> <l id="I3.276" n="RK3.275"> Boþe beggers and bedeme<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> c<expan>ra</expan>uen meede for her p<expan>re?</expan>ers</l> <l id="I3.277" n="RK3.276"> Menstrals for her me<expan>n</expan>stralcie <hi rend="bl"/> a meede þey asken</l> <l id="I3.278" n="RK3.277"> Maistres þ<expan>a</expan>t kenne clerkes <hi rend="bl"/> c<expan>ra</expan>ueþ þ<expan>er</expan>fore mede</l> <l id="I3.279" n="RK3.278"> Prestes þ<expan>a</expan>t p<expan>re</expan>chen <hi rend="rb"/> and þe poeple techen</l> <l id="I3.280" n="RK3.279"> asken meede and massepans <hi rend="rb"/> and hermete boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.281" n="RK3.280"> all kyn crafty men / crauen mede for her p<expan>ri</expan>ntises</l> <l id="I3.282" n="RK3.281"> Marchandise and meede <hi rend="bl"/> moote nedes to-gederes</l> <l id="I3.283" n="RK3.282"> Is no leede þ<expan>a</expan>t leueþ <hi rend="rb"/> þ<expan>a</expan>t he ne loueþ meede</l> <l id="I3.284" n="RK3.283"> and glad for to gripe hire <hi rend="bl"/> gret lorde oþ<expan>er</expan> pore</l> <l id="I3.285" n="RK3.284"> Quoþ þe kyng to conscience <hi rend="rb"/> by crist as me þenkeþ</l> <l id="I3.286" n="RK3.285"> Meede is worþi me þenkeþ <hi rend="bl"/> þe maist<expan>ri</expan>e to haue</l> <l id="I3.287" n="RK3.286"> nay q<expan>uo</expan>d conscience to þe king <hi rend="rb"/> clerkes witeþ þe soþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.288" n="RK3.287"> That meede is eu<expan>er</expan>more <hi rend="rb"/> a maignteno<expan>ur</expan> of gyle</l> <l id="I3.289" n="RK3.288"> as þe sauter saith <hi rend="bl"/> by suche as ȝiueth meede</l> <l id="I3.290" n="RK3.289"> þat vnlawefulliche lyuen hauen large handes</l> <l id="I3.291" n="RK3.290"> To ȝiue me<expan>n</expan> mede more oþ<expan>er</expan> lesse</l> <l id="I3.292" n="RK3.291"> Ac þer meede is and m<expan>er</expan>cede <hi rend="rb"/> and boþe men demen</l> <l id="I3.293" n="RK3.292"> a desert for sum doynge <hi rend="bl"/> derne oþ<expan>er</expan> elles</l> <l id="I3.294" n="RK3.293"> Mede many tymes <hi rend="rb"/> me<expan>n</expan> ȝyueth bifore þe doyng</l> <l id="I3.295" n="RK3.294"> and þat is noþ<expan>er</expan> resou<expan>n</expan> ne right <hi rend="bl"/> ne in no reume lawe</l> <l id="I3.296" n="RK3.295"> þat eny ma<expan>n</expan> meede toke <hi rend="bl"/> but he it mighte disserue </l> <l id="I3.297" n="RK3.296"> and for to vndirtake to trauaile for anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.298" n="RK3.297"> and wot neu<expan>er</expan> witterly <hi rend="rb"/> wher he lyue so longe</l> <l id="I3.299" n="RK3.298"> ne haue happe to his hele <hi rend="bl"/> mede to disserue</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="19r" entity="I19r"/> <l id="I3.300" n="RK3.299"> I halde him ouerhardy or elles nat trewe</l> <l id="I3.301" n="RK3.300"> þat <hi rend="rb">p<expan>re</expan>manibus</hi> is payed or his pay axeth</l> <l id="I3.302" n="RK3.301"> harlottes and hoores <hi rend="rb"/> and also false leches</l> <l id="I3.303" n="RK3.302"> þey asken here huyr<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> ar þey it haue deserued</l> <l id="I3.304" n="RK3.303"> and gilours gyuen biforn <hi rend="bl"/> and good me<expan>n</expan> at þende</l> <l id="I3.305" n="RK3.304"> whan þe dede is ydo and þe day endeth</l> <l id="I3.306" n="RK3.305"> and þat is no mede but m<expan>er</expan>cede <hi rend="bl"/> a man<expan>er</expan> due dette</l> <l id="I3.307" n="RK3.306"> and but it p<expan>re</expan>stly be payd <hi rend="rb"/> þe paier is to blame</l> <l id="I3.308" n="RK3.307"> as by þe book þat bitte <hi rend="bl"/> no body wiþholde</l> <l id="I3.309" n="RK3.308"> þe huyre of his hewe <hi rend="rb"/> ouer eue til a morwe</l> <l id="I3.310" n="RK3.308"> <hi rend="rb">Non morabitur opus m<expan>er</expan>sen<expan>ar??</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I3.311" n="RK3.309"> And þ<expan>er</expan> is resou<expan>n</expan> as a reue rewardynge trouþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.312" n="RK3.310"> þat boþ<expan>er?</expan> þe lorde and þe laborer be leely y-serued</l> <l id="I3.313" n="RK3.311"> þe meede þ<expan>a</expan>t many p<expan>re</expan>st<expan>es</expan> tak<expan>e?</expan>þ for messes þat þai singe</l> <l id="I3.314" n="RK3.312"> <hi rend="rb">Amen amen</hi> Matheu seiþ <hi rend="rb">Mercedem sua<expan>m</expan> recipiu<expan>n</expan>t</hi> </l> <l id="I3.315" n="RK3.313"> In marchandise is no meede I may it wel avowe</l> <l id="I3.316" n="RK3.314"> It is a p<expan>er</expan>mutaciou<expan>n</expan> ap<expan>er</expan>tly <hi rend="rb"/> o penyworth for another</l> <l id="I3.317" n="RK3.315"> and þogh þe kyng of his curtesie Caiser or pope</l> <l id="I3.318" n="RK3.316"> 3yue long or lordschipe <hi rend="bl"/> or oþ<expan>er</expan>e large ȝiftes</l> <l id="I3.319" n="RK3.317"> To her<expan>e</expan> and to lege loue þe cause</l> <l id="I3.320" n="RK3.318"> and ȝif þe lele and liege <hi rend="rb"/> be luter men aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.321" n="RK3.319"> boþe kyng and Cayser <hi rend="bl"/> and þe crouned pope</l> <l id="I3.322" n="RK3.320"> May desavowe þat þey dede <hi rend="bl"/> and do þ<expan>er</expan>wiþ anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.323" n="RK3.321"> and bynyme it hem anon <hi rend="rb"/> and neu<expan>er</expan> more aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.324" n="RK3.322"> neyþer eny of here heirs hardy to claymen</l> <l id="I3.325" n="RK3.323"> þat kyng oþ<expan>er</expan> Cayser hem ȝaf <hi rend="bl"/> catel oþ<expan>er</expan> rente</l> <l id="I3.326" n="RK3.324"> For god gaf salomon grace vpon erþe</l> <l id="I3.327" n="RK3.325"> Richesse and resou<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> þer whil he right lyued</l> <l id="I3.328" n="RK3.326"> and as sone as god seih he sewed noght his wille</l> <l id="I3.329" n="RK3.327"> he reft him of his richesse and of his righte mynde</l> <l id="I3.330" n="RK3.328"> and suffred him lyue in mysbyleue <hi rend="rb"/> I leue he be in helle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="19v" entity="I19v"/> <l id="I3.331" n="RK3.329"> So god gyueþ no þing þat <hi rend="rb">Si</hi> ne is þe glose</l> <l id="I3.332" n="RK3.330"> and right so soþely <hi rend="bl"/> so may king and pope</l> <l id="I3.333" n="RK3.331"> boþe gyue and graunte <hi rend="rb"/> þer his grace likeþ</l> <l id="I3.334" n="RK3.332"> and eft haue it aȝein <hi rend="bl"/> of hem þan don ille</l> <l id="I3.335" n="RK3.333"> þus is meede and m<expan>er</expan>cede <hi rend="rb"/> as tuo maners relaciou<expan>n</expan>s </l> <l id="I3.336" n="RK3.334"> Recte and indirecte <hi rend="bl"/> remude boþe</l> <l id="I3.337" n="RK3.335"> On a sad and a siker semblance to hem-seluen</l> <l id="I3.338" n="RK3.336"> Ac <hi rend="rb">adiectif</hi> and <hi rend="rb">substantif</hi> vnite asken</l> <l id="I3.339" n="RK3.337"> and accordance in kynge in <hi rend="rb">case</hi> & in <hi rend="rb">nombre</hi> </l> <l id="I3.340" n="RK3.338"> and aither is oþ<expan>er</expan>es helpe of hem comþ <hi rend="rb">retribuciou<expan>n</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I3.341" n="RK3.339"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t þe gifte þat god gifþ <hi rend="rb"/> to alle leele lyuynge</l> <l id="I3.342" n="RK3.340"> grace of good ende and gret ioye aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.343" n="RK3.340"> <hi rend="rb">Retribuer<expan>textura r</expan>e dignare domine deus &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></l> <l id="I3.344" n="RK3.341"> Quoþ þe kyng to conscience knowe I wolde</l> <l id="I3.345" n="RK3.342"> what is <hi rend="rb">Relaciou<expan>n</expan> recte and indirecte aft<expan>er</expan> </hi></l> <l id="I3.346" n="RK3.343"> þenne <hi rend="rb">agetiff</hi> & <hi rend="rb">substantif</hi> for englissch was it neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I3.347" n="RK3.344"> Relac<expan>i</expan>on recte <hi rend="rb">quoþ conscience</hi> <hi rend="bl"/> is acorde of treuþe</l> <l id="I3.348" n="RK3.344"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Quia ante late rei recordatiuu<expan>m</expan> est &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.349" n="RK3.345"> Folwyng and fyndyng out <hi rend="rb"/> of þe foundeme<expan>n</expan>t of a strengþe</l> <l id="I3.350" n="RK3.346"> and stifliche stongde forþ <hi rend="bl"/> to strengþe þe foundeme<expan>n</expan>t</l> <l id="I3.351" n="RK3.347"> In kynde and in case and in cours of nombre</l> <l id="I3.352" n="RK3.348"> as a leele laborer bileeueþ þat his maist<expan>re</expan></l> <l id="I3.353" n="RK3.349"> In his paye and in his pitee <hi rend="bl"/> and in his pur<expan>e</expan> treuþe</l> <l id="I3.354" n="RK3.350"> To paie him if he p<expan>er</expan>forme <hi rend="rb"/> and haue pite if he faileth</l> <l id="I3.355" n="RK3.351"> and take hi<expan>m</expan> for his trauaile <hi rend="bl"/> al þ<expan>a</expan>t treuþe wolde</l> <l id="I3.356" n="RK3.352"> So of holy herte comþ hope <hi rend="rb"/> and hardy relaciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I3.357" n="RK3.353"> Seketh and seweþ his <hi rend="rb">substantif sauaciou<expan>n</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I3.358" n="RK3.354"> þat is god þe ground of al a gracious <hi rend="rb">antecedent</hi> </l> <l id="I3.359" n="RK3.355"> And man is <hi rend="rb">Relatiff recte</hi> <hi rend="bl"/> if he be right trewe</l> <l id="I3.360" n="RK3.356"> he acorde wiþ crist in kynde</l> <l id="I3.361" n="RK3.356"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">verbum caro factum e<expan>st</expan></hi></foreign> in <hi rend="rb">case</hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="20r" entity="I20r"/> <l id="I3.362" n="RK3.357"> <hi rend="rb">Credere in ecc<expan>les</expan>ia</hi> in holy kirke to byleeue</l> <l id="I3.363" n="RK3.358"> <hi rend="rb">In nombre</hi> Rotye and arise and remissiou<expan>n</expan> to haue</l> <l id="I3.364" n="RK3.359"> Of oure sory synnes <hi rend="bl"/> to be assoiled and y-clensed</l> <l id="I3.365" n="RK3.360"> and lyue as our<expan>e</expan> crede vs kenneth wiþ crist w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute<expan>n</expan> ende</l> <l id="I3.366" n="RK3.361"> This is relaciou<expan>n</expan> recte right <hi rend="rb">adiectif and substantiff</hi> </l> <l id="I3.367" n="RK3.362"> Acordeþ in alle kyndes wiþ his <hi rend="rb">antecedent</hi> </l> <l id="I3.368" n="RK3.363"> Indirect þing is <hi rend="rb"/> as who-so coueytede</l> <l id="I3.369" n="RK3.364"> alle kynne kynde to knowe and to folwe</l> <l id="I3.370" n="RK3.365"> and wiþoute cause to cacche <hi rend="bl"/> and come to boþe nombres</l> <l id="I3.371" n="RK3.366"> In which ben good and noght good <hi rend="rb"/> and g<expan>ra</expan>unte neyþ<expan>er</expan> wille</l> <l id="I3.372" n="RK3.367"> and þat is not resonable ne right <hi rend="bl"/> to refuse my syr<expan>e</expan> name</l> <l id="I3.373" n="RK3.368"> Seþþe I am his sone and his serua<expan>n</expan>t <hi rend="rb"/> sewe for his right</l> <l id="I3.374" n="RK3.369"> For who-so wolde to wyne haue my wordliche doght<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.375" n="RK3.370"> I wolde feffe him with al hir saire and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hir fowle tailende</l> <l id="I3.376" n="RK3.371"> So <hi rend="rb">indirecte</hi> is in liche to coueyte</l> <l id="I3.377" n="RK3.372"> To acorde in all kynde <hi rend="bl"/> and in all kyns nombr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.378" n="RK3.373"> wiþouten cost and care <hi rend="rb"/> and all kyn trauaile</l> <l id="I3.379" n="RK3.374"> <hi rend="rb">Ac relaciou<expan>n</expan> recte</hi> is a rightful custome</l> <l id="I3.380" n="RK3.375"> as a kyng to clayme <hi rend="bl"/> þe comun at his wille</l> <l id="I3.381" n="RK3.376"> To folwe and to fynde him <hi rend="rb"/> and seche at he<expan>m</expan> his cou<expan>n</expan>seil</l> <l id="I3.382" n="RK3.377"> That her loue to his lawe þorgh al þe lond acorde</l> <l id="I3.383" n="RK3.378"> So comune cleymeþ of a kyng <hi rend="bl"/> þre kynne þinges</l> <l id="I3.384" n="RK3.379"> law & leue and lewte and him lord <hi rend="rb">antecedent</hi> </l> <l id="I3.385" n="RK3.380"> Boþe heued and here kynge haldynge wiþ no partie</l> <l id="I3.386" n="RK3.381"> Bot standyng as a stake þat stiked in þe myre</l> <l id="I3.387" n="RK3.382"> Bitwene tuo lordes <hi rend="rb"/> for a trewe marke</l> <l id="I3.388" n="RK3.383"> ac þe moste p<expan>ar</expan>tie of peple nowe pur<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="rb">indirecte</hi> semeth</l> <l id="I3.389" n="RK3.384"> For þey wilnen and wolden <hi rend="bl"/> as best wer<expan>e</expan> for hem-selue</l> <l id="I3.390" n="RK3.385"> þogh þe kyng and þe comune <hi rend="rb"/> al þe cost hadde</l> <l id="I3.391" n="RK3.386"> Such inp<expan>ar</expan>fyt poeple <hi rend="bl"/> repreueþ all resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I3.392" n="RK3.387"> and halt hem vnstedefast <hi rend="bl"/> for hem lakkeþ <hi rend="rb">case</hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="20v" entity="I20v"/> <l id="I3.393" n="RK3.388"> as <hi rend="rb">Relaciouns indirecte</hi> rechetþ þey neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I3.394" n="RK3.389"> Of þe cours of <hi rend="rb">case</hi> so þay cacche silu<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.395" n="RK3.390"> Be þe <hi rend="rb">pecunie??</hi> y-payed <hi rend="bl"/> þogh p<expan>ar</expan>ties chide</l> <l id="I3.396" n="RK3.391"> he þ<expan>a</expan>t mede may lacche makeþ litel tale</l> <l id="I3.397" n="RK3.392"> nyme he a nombr<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> of nobles or of schillynges</l> <l id="I3.398" n="RK3.393"> how þat cliauntes accordeth <hi rend="bl"/> acounteþ mede litel</l> <l id="I3.399" n="RK3.394"> Ac <hi rend="rb">Adiectiff and substantiff</hi> is as I here telle</l> <l id="I3.400" n="RK3.395"> Ther is vnite acordaunce in <hi rend="rb">case</hi> & <hi rend="rb">gendr<expan>e</expan></hi> & <hi rend="rb">nombr<expan>e</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I3.401" n="RK3.396"> and is to nempne on our<expan>e</expan> mouthe more ne mynne</l> <l id="I3.402" n="RK3.397"> but þ<expan>a</expan>t all man<expan>er</expan> me<expan>n</expan> wymme<expan>n</expan> and childr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.403" n="RK3.398"> schulde co<expan>n</expan>forme he<expan>m</expan> to o kynde <hi rend="rb"/> on holy kirke to bileeue</l> <l id="I3.404" n="RK3.399"> and coueyte þe <hi rend="rb">case</hi> whan þey couþe vndirstonde</l> <l id="I3.405" n="RK3.400"> To sike for here synnes <hi rend="bl"/> and suffr<expan>e</expan> harde penances</l> <l id="I3.406" n="RK3.401"> For þ<expan>a</expan>t lordes loue þ<expan>a</expan>t for oure loue deiede</l> <l id="I3.407" n="RK3.402"> and coueyted our<expan>e</expan> kynde <hi rend="rb"/> and be calde in our<expan>e</expan> name</l> <l id="I3.408" n="RK3.402-403"> <hi rend="rb">d<expan>eu</expan>s ho<expan>mo</expan></hi> and nyme hy<expan>m</expan> in-to our nombr<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> now & eu<expan>er</expan>more</l> <l id="I3.409" n="RK3.403"> <hi rend="rb">Qui in caritate manet in deo manet et deus in eo</hi> </l> <l id="I3.410" n="RK3.404"> þus is he man and ma<expan>n</expan>kynde / in man<expan>er</expan> of sustantiff</l> <l id="I3.411" n="RK3.405"> ac <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">hic et hec ho<expan>mo</expan></hi></foreign> askyng an <hi rend="rb">adiectif</hi> </l> <l id="I3.412" n="RK3.406"> Of þre trewe t<expan>er</expan>misou<expan>n</expan>s <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">trinitas vnus deus</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.413" n="RK3.406"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">No<expan>m</expan>i<expan>n</expan>atiuo pater et filus et sprit<expan>us</expan> sanct<expan>us</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I3.414" n="RK3.407"> Ac who-so rat of <foreign lang="lat">Regu<expan>m</expan></foreign> <hi rend="bl"/> rede me may of meede</l> <l id="I3.415" n="RK3.408"> how he absolon <hi rend="rb"/> to hangynge broght</l> <l id="I3.416" n="RK3.409"> an seche for sauel <hi rend="bl"/> saued a king for meede</l> <l id="I3.417" n="RK3.410"> aȝens godes comandement <hi rend="rb"/> god took such a vengeance</l> <l id="I3.418" n="RK3.411"> þat saul for þat synne <hi rend="bl"/> and his sone deyed</l> <l id="I3.419" n="RK3.412"> and ȝaf þe kingdom to his knaue <hi rend="bl"/> and kepe schep & lambr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.420" n="RK3.413"> as men rette in regu<expan>m</expan> aft<expan>er</expan> Ruth of kynges</l> <l id="I3.421" n="RK3.414"> how god sente to saul by samuel þe p<expan>ro</expan>phete</l> <l id="I3.422" n="RK3.415"> þat agag of amalek and all his liege poeple</l> <l id="I3.423" n="RK3.416"> Schulde deye derfly <hi rend="rb"/> for dedes of her eldres</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="21r" entity="I21r"/> <l id="I3.424" n="RK3.417"> Saul q<expan>uo</expan>d samuel <hi rend="rb"/> god him-selue hoteth</l> <l id="I3.425" n="RK3.418"> To be buxom at my bidding his loue to fulfille</l> <l id="I3.426" n="RK3.419"> haste þe w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> al þin host <hi rend="bl"/> to þe londe of Amalec</l> <l id="I3.427" n="RK3.420"> and alle þ<expan>a</expan>t lyueþ on þat londe <hi rend="bl"/> our lorde wol þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>ou</expan> sle it</l> <l id="I3.428" n="RK3.421"> Man and woma<expan>n</expan> and wif <hi rend="rb"/> childe widowe and bestes</l> <l id="I3.429" n="RK3.422"> þat duelleþ in amalek <hi rend="bl"/> moebles and vnmebles</l> <l id="I3.430" n="RK3.423"> man and all þing<expan>es</expan> bern it nat away be it neuer so riche</l> <l id="I3.431" n="RK3.424"> For eny meede of moneye al þat þou myght</l> <l id="I3.432" n="RK3.425"> Spille it spare it nat <hi rend="rb"/> and þou schalt spede þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.433" n="RK3.426"> and for he coueytede hire catel and þe king spared</l> <l id="I3.434" n="RK3.427"> Forbar him and his beste bestes <hi rend="bl"/> as þe bile witnesseþ</l> <l id="I3.435" n="RK3.428"> Oþer wise þan god wolde <hi rend="bl"/> and warned hi<expan>m</expan> by þe p<expan>ro</expan>phete</l> <l id="I3.436" n="RK3.429"> so god ^ samuel þ<expan>a</expan>t Saul schulde deie <expan>^sayde to <expan>not same handwriting, maybe same hand\'d1probably \'d2secretary corrector\'dȝ</expan></expan></l> <l id="I3.437" n="RK3.430"> and al is for þat synne schendfulliche ende</l> <l id="I3.438" n="RK3.431"> þus was kyng saul ou<expan>er</expan>come <hi rend="rb"/> for coueitise of meede</l> <l id="I3.439" n="RK3.432"> þat god for euer<expan>e</expan> and all here heires aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.440" n="RK3.433"> þe <hi rend="rb">culoru<expan>m</expan></hi>"> of þis cas kepe I nat to schewe</l> <l id="I3.441" n="RK3.434"> an-aunter it mighte noyen an ende wol I make</l> <l id="I3.442" n="RK3.435"> For so is þe worlde wente w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> he<expan>m</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t han þe power</l> <l id="I3.443" n="RK3.436"> þat he þat seiþ me<expan>n</expan> soþest sonnest is blamed</l> <l id="I3.444" n="RK3.437"> I conscience knowe þis <hi rend="bl"/> for kynde witte me taghte</l> <l id="I3.445" n="RK3.438"> That resou<expan>n</expan> schal regne <hi rend="rb"/> and reaumes gou<expan>er</expan>ne</l> <l id="I3.446" n="RK3.439"> and righ as agag hadde happe schal come</l> <l id="I3.447" n="RK3.440"> Samuel schal sleen hi<expan>m</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> and saul schal be blamed</l> <l id="I3.448" n="RK3.441"> and Dauid schal be dyademed <hi rend="rb"/> and daunte all our enemys</l> <l id="I3.449" n="RK3.442"> and o cristene kyng kepe vs echone</l> <l id="I3.450" n="RK3.443"> schal no mede be maist<expan>re</expan> neu<expan>er</expan> mor<expan>e</expan> aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.451" n="RK3.444"> Ac loue and lownesse and lewte togideres</l> <l id="I3.452" n="RK3.445"> þo scholle be maistres on moolde trewe me<expan>n</expan> to helpe</l> <l id="I3.453" n="RK3.446"> and who-so takþ aȝeyn trewþe or trauerseth aȝens resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I3.454" n="RK3.447"> lewte schal do him lawe and no lif elles</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="21v" entity="I21v"/> <l id="I3.455" n="RK3.448"> Schal no s<expan>er</expan>gant for seruycie <hi rend="bl"/> were a selken howe</l> <l id="I3.456" n="RK3.449"> ne no pelur<expan>e</expan> in his pauilou<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> for pledyng atte barr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.457" n="RK3.450"> Mochel is þorgh meede many tymes suffred</l> <l id="I3.458" n="RK3.451"> and letteth þe lawe þurgh her la<add place="marginLeft" hand="corrector">r</add>ge ȝiftes </l> <l id="I3.459" n="RK3.452"> as kynde louie schal come ȝit <hi rend="bl"/> and co<expan>n</expan>science to-gideres <expan>KR 452</expan></l> <l id="I3.460" n="RK3.453"> and maky of lawe and laborer <hi rend="rb"/> such loue schal arise</l> <l id="I3.461" n="RK3.454"> and such pees among þe peple <hi rend="bl"/> and a p<expan>ar</expan>fit treuþe</l> <l id="I3.462" n="RK3.455"> þat iewes schal wene in here witte <hi rend="rb"/> and wexen so glade</l> <l id="I3.463" n="RK3.456"> þat here kinge be I-come fro þe court of heuen</l> <l id="I3.464" n="RK3.457"> þe which moyses or messie þ<expan>a</expan>t <del rend="subpuncted">non</del><add place="marginLeft" hand="corrector">men</add> be so trewe</l> <l id="I3.465" n="RK3.458"> For al þ<expan>a</expan>t berth baselard bright swerd or launce</l> <l id="I3.466" n="RK3.459"> Axe oþer hachette <hi rend="rb"/> or eny kyn wepene</l> <l id="I3.467" n="RK3.460"> Schal be demed to þe deþ <hi rend="bl"/> bot if he do it smythie </l> <l id="I3.468" n="RK3.461"> Into sykel or in to siþe <hi rend="rb"/> to scharre oþer to culter <expan>KR 461</expan></l> <l id="I3.469" n="RK3.461"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Conflabu<expan>n</expan>t gladios suos i<expan>n</expan> vomeres et lancias in falces</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I3.470" n="RK3.462"> Eche man to pleye with a plogh <hi rend="rb"/> a picoyse oþ<expan>er</expan> a spade</l> <l id="I3.471" n="RK3.463"> Spynne or speke of god <hi rend="bl"/> and spille no tyme</l> <l id="I3.472" n="RK3.464"> Prestes and p<expan>er</expan>sons <foreign lang="lat">Placebo</foreign> and <foreign lang="lat">dirige</foreign> </l> <l id="I3.473" n="RK3.465"> her salter and her seuen psalmes <hi rend="bl"/> for all synful p<expan>re</expan>yen</l> <l id="I3.474" n="RK3.466"> hawkyng or hountyng <hi rend="rb"/> if eny of hem it vse</l> <l id="I3.475" n="RK3.467"> Schal lese þ<expan>er</expan>fore his liflode <hi rend="bl"/> and his liff p<expan>er</expan>aunt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.476" n="RK3.468"> Schal noþ<expan>er</expan> kyng ne knyght <hi rend="rb"/> constable ne mayr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I3.477" n="RK3.469"> Ou<expan>er</expan>care þe co<expan>m</expan>mune <hi rend="rb"/> ne to þe court somne</l> <l id="I3.478" n="RK3.470"> ne putte men in panele <hi rend="bl"/> ne do me<expan>n</expan> plight her trewþe</l> <l id="I3.479" n="RK3.471"> but aft<expan>er</expan> þe dede þat is do <hi rend="rb"/> þe dome schal recorde</l> <l id="I3.480" n="RK3.472"> Mersy or no m<expan>er</expan>sy as meste trewe acorden</l> <l id="I3.481" n="RK3.473"> kynges court and comun court <hi rend="bl"/> constory and chapitr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I3.482" n="RK3.474"> al schal be but o court <hi rend="bl"/> and o buyren be Iustice</l> <l id="I3.483" n="RK3.475"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t worth trewe tonge <hi rend="rb"/> a tydy ma<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> þ<expan>a</expan>t tened me neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I3.484" n="RK3.476"> Batayles schulle neu<expan>er</expan>e eft be <hi rend="bl"/> ne man bere egge tool</l> <l id="I3.485" n="RK3.477"> and eny smyth smythe it <hi rend="rb"/> be smyte þ<expan>er</expan>wiþ to deþe KR 477</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="22r" entity="I22r"/> <l id="I3.486" n="RK3.477"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladiu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.487" n="RK3.477"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">non ex<expan>er</expan>cebunt<expan>ur</expan> ultra ad prelium et ca</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I3.488" n="RK3.478"> Ac er þis fortune falle fynde me schal þe worste</l> <l id="I3.489" n="RK3.479"> By syxe sonnes in a schipp <hi rend="bl"/> and halwe a schef of arwes</l> <l id="I3.490" n="RK3.480"> and þe of a mone schal make þe iewes turne</l> <l id="I3.491" n="RK3.481"> and sarisyns for þat sight schal synge <hi rend="rb"> Credo i<expan>n</expan> sp<expan>iritu</expan>m s<expan>anc?</expan>t<expan>u</expan>m\</hi></l> <l id="I3.492" n="RK3.482"> For makameth and meede <hi rend="bl"/> and myshap þat tyme</l> <l id="I3.493" n="RK3.483"> <hi rend="rb">Quia melius e<expan>st</expan> bonu<expan>m</expan> nome<expan>n</expan> q<expan>ua</expan>m diuicie multe</hi> </l> <l id="I3.494" n="RK3.484"> as wroþ as wynde <hi rend="rb"/> waxe mede þ<expan>er</expan>-aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.495" n="RK3.485"> lo what salomo<expan>n</expan> seiþ quoþ sche <hi rend="rb">insipience</hi> <expan>sic</expan> in þe bible</l> <l id="I3.496" n="RK3.486"> þat ȝiftes ȝyueþ takeþ ȝeme <hi rend="rb"/> þe victory he wynneþ</l> <l id="I3.497" n="RK3.487"> and moche worschipe þ<expan>er</expan>with <hi rend="bl"/> as holy writ telleþ</l> <l id="I3.498" n="RK3.488"> <hi rend="rb">honorem adquiret qui dat munera</hi> </l> <l id="I3.499" n="RK3.489"> I leue þe lade quoþ conscience <hi rend="rb"/> for þat latyn is trewe</l> <l id="I3.500" n="RK3.490"> Thow art lik a lady þat a lessou<expan>n</expan> radde</l> <l id="I3.501" n="RK3.491"> was <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Om<expan>n</expan>ia p<expan>ro</expan>bate</hi></foreign> þat plesed hir herte</l> <l id="I3.502" n="RK3.492"> þat leef was no lenger and at þe leues ende</l> <l id="I3.503" n="RK3.493"> ac hadde sche loked in þe luft half <hi rend="bl"/> and þe leef turned</l> <l id="I3.504" n="RK3.494"> sche schulde haue founde folwynge <hi rend="rb"/> fele wordes aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I3.505" n="RK3.495"> <hi rend="rb">Quod bonu<expan>m</expan> est tenete a text of trewe makyng</hi> </l> <l id="I3.506" n="RK3.496"> So who-so techeþ sapience fynde he schal þat folweth</l> <l id="I3.507" n="RK3.497"> a ful teneful text <hi rend="rb"/> to hem þat takeþ mede</l> <l id="I3.508" n="RK3.498"> þe which þat hatte as I haue radde anoþ<expan>er</expan> þat can rede</l> <l id="I3.509" n="RK3.498"> <hi rend="rb">Animan aufert accipiencium</hi> </l> <l id="I3.510" n="RK3.499"> worschipe he wynneþ þ<expan>a</expan>t wol ȝyue meede</l> <l id="I3.511" n="RK3.500"> ac he þat receyueþ hir<expan>e</expan> or recheþ hir<expan>e</expan> is recettour of gile</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I4"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus quartus de visione vt prius</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I4.1" n="RK4.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">S</hi></hi>Etthe saide þe kyng I suffre ȝow no lenger</l> <l id="I4.2" n="RK4.2"> ȝe schal saughten for soþe and s<expan>er</expan>ue me boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.3" n="RK4.3"> kisse hir<expan>e</expan> quoþ þe kyng conscience I hote</l> <l id="I4.4" n="RK4.4"> nay by crist quoþ conscience congeie me are</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="22v" entity="I22v"/> <l id="I4.5" n="RK4.5"> but resou<expan>n</expan> rede me þ<expan>er</expan>tille rather wolde I deye</l> <l id="I4.6" n="RK4.6"> And I comande quoþ þe kyng to Conscience þenne</l> <l id="I4.7" n="RK4.7"> Rape þe to ride and resou<expan>n</expan> þat þou seche </l> <l id="I4.8" n="RK4.8"> Comau<expan>n</expan>de him þat he come my cou<expan>n</expan>seil to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.9" n="RK4.9"> For he schal reule my reume and rede me þe beste</l> <l id="I4.10" n="RK4.10"> Of mede and of mo oþ<expan>er</expan> and what ma<expan>n</expan> schal hir wedde</l> <l id="I4.11" n="RK4.11"> and acou<expan>n</expan>te wiþ þe conscience so me crist helpe</l> <l id="I4.12" n="RK4.12"> how þou ledest my peple lered and lewed</l> <l id="I4.13" n="RK4.13"> I am fayn of þ<expan>a</expan>t forward in fayþ þo q<expan>uo</expan>d conscience</l> <l id="I4.14" n="RK4.14"> and rode forth to resou<expan>n</expan> and rouned in his ere</l> <l id="I4.15" n="RK4.15"> and saide him as þe king saide and synnes he tok his leue</l> <l id="I4.16" n="RK4.16"> I schal araye me to ride quoþ resou<expan>n</expan> reste þe while</l> <l id="I4.17" n="RK4.17"> and callede Catou<expan>n</expan> his knaue curteis of speche </l> <l id="I4.18" n="RK4.18"> and also tomme trewe tonge telle me no tales</l> <l id="I4.19" n="RK4.19"> ne lesynges to laghe of for I loued it neuer</l> <l id="I4.20" n="RK4.20"> and sette my sadel vpon suffre til I se my tyme</l> <l id="I4.21" n="RK4.21"> and let warroke wil wiþ auyse þe bifore</l> <l id="I4.22" n="RK4.22"> For it is þe wone of wille to wynce and to kyke</l> <l id="I4.23" n="RK4.23"> For-þy let peytrele wil and pul him w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> peyntede wittes</l> <l id="I4.24" n="RK4.24"> Thanne co<expan>n</expan>science on his capel comsede to prike</l> <l id="I4.25" n="RK4.25"> and resou<expan>n</expan> wiþ hi<expan>m</expan> ritte rounynge to-gederes</l> <l id="I4.26" n="RK4.26"> which a maist<expan>er</expan> meede was among pore and riche</l> <l id="I4.27" n="RK4.27"> On waryn wisman and wily man his felawe</l> <l id="I4.28" n="RK4.28"> fayn were to folwe hem and faste riden aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I4.29" n="RK4.29"> To take rede of resou<expan>n</expan> þat recorde schulde</l> <l id="I4.30" n="RK4.30"> Bifore þe kinge and conscience if þe comu<expan>n</expan>e pleyne</l> <l id="I4.31" n="RK4.31"> On wily man and witty man and wareyn wringe lawe</l> <l id="I4.32" n="RK4.32"> ac co<expan>n</expan>science knew hem wel and carpede to resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I4.33" n="RK4.33"> here comeþ quoþ conscience þat coueitise seruen</l> <l id="I4.34" n="RK4.34"> Ride forþ quoþ sire resou<expan>n</expan> and recche not of here tales </l> <l id="I4.35" n="RK4.35"> For þer is wraþþ<expan>e</expan> and wrangelyng þ<expan>er</expan> wol þey abyde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="23r" entity="I23r"/> <l id="I4.36" n="RK4.36"> ac þer is loue and leutee it likeþ not her hertes</l> <l id="I4.37" n="RK4.36"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Contricio et infelicitas in viis eo<expan>rum</expan> et via<expan>m</expan> pacis no<expan>n</expan> cognoueru<expan>n</expan>t : non est timor d<expan>e</expan>i ante oculos eo[rum]</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I4.38" n="RK4.37"> þey ȝeue nat of good faith wot god þe sothe</l> <l id="I4.39" n="RK4.38"> For þey wolde do for a dyner or a doseyn capouns</l> <l id="I4.40" n="RK4.39"> More þan for oure lordes loue or our<expan>e</expan> lady goddes mooder<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.41" n="RK4.40"> þanne resou<expan>n</expan> rood forþ and took reward of no ma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I4.42" n="RK4.41"> But dide as conscience him kennede til he þ<expan>e</expan> king mette</l> <l id="I4.43" n="RK4.42"> Curteisleche þe kyng þenne cam and grette resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I4.44" n="RK4.43"> and bituen hi<expan>m</expan>-self and his sone he sette <add place="marginRight" hand="corrector">þo</add> sir Resou<expan>n</expan> <expan>later correction</expan></l> <l id="I4.45" n="RK4.44"> and speke wise wordes a long while to-gidres</l> <l id="I4.46" n="RK4.45"> and þanne cam pees in-to p<expan>ar</expan>leme<expan>n</expan>t and putte vp a bille</l> <l id="I4.47" n="RK4.46"> how wronge wilfully hadde hadde his wiffe forleyn</l> <l id="I4.48" n="RK4.47"> A?nd how he rauissched Rose þe riche widowe by myghte</l> <l id="I4.49" n="RK4.48"> and margrete of his maydenhode as he mette hir late</l> <l id="I4.50" n="RK4.49"> Boþe my gees and my grys and my gras he takeþ </l> <l id="I4.51" n="RK4.50"> I dar not for his felaweschip in faith pees sayde</l> <l id="I4.52" n="RK4.51"> bere sikerly eny siluer to sent Gyles doune</l> <l id="I4.53" n="RK4.52"> and he waiteth ful wel whan I siluer take</l> <l id="I4.54" n="RK4.53"> what way I wende ful ȝerne he aspieþ </l> <l id="I4.55" n="RK4.54"> To robbe me or to ruyfle me if I ride softe</l> <l id="I4.56" n="RK4.55"> ȝit is he bolde for to borwe ac baddeliche he paieth</l> <l id="I4.57" n="RK4.56"> For he borwed of me bayar and broght him hom neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I4.58" n="RK4.57"> ne no ferþing þ<expan>er</expan>for<expan>e</expan> for noght I couþe plede</l> <l id="I4.59" n="RK4.58"> he meynteneþ his men to moþre myn hewes</l> <l id="I4.60" n="RK4.59"> and forstalleþ my feyres and fighteþ in my chepynges</l> <l id="I4.61" n="RK4.60"> and brekeþ vp my berne dores and berþ a-wey my whete</l> <l id="I4.62" n="RK4.61"> and tak me but a tayle for X quarters Otes</l> <l id="I4.63" n="RK4.62"> and ȝit manaceth me and myne and lith be my mayde</l> <l id="I4.64" n="RK4.63"> I am noght hardy for him v<expan>n</expan>neþe to loke</l> <l id="I4.65" n="RK4.64"> þe kyng knewe he saide soþ for co<expan>n</expan>science hy<expan>m</expan> tolde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="23v" entity="I23v"/> <l id="I4.66" n="RK4.65"> how wrong was a wicked man and moche wo wroght</l> <l id="I4.67" n="RK4.66"> þo was wronge aferde and wisdom he soghte</l> <l id="I4.68" n="RK4.67"> On men of lawe wrong loked and largelich he<expan>m</expan> p<expan>ro</expan>fred</l> <l id="I4.69" n="RK4.68"> and for to haue here helpe handy dandy payed</l> <l id="I4.70" n="RK4.69"> hadde I loue of þe lorde litel wolde I recche</l> <l id="I4.71" n="RK4.70"> Of pees and his power þogh he pleyne euer</l> <l id="I4.72" n="RK4.71"> þorgh wronge and his werkes þer was mede y-knowe</l> <l id="I4.73" n="RK4.72"> For wisdam and witte þo wenten to-gideres</l> <l id="I4.74" n="RK4.73"> and token meede wiþ hem mercy to wynne</l> <l id="I4.75" n="RK4.74"> ȝit pees putte forth his heued and his panne blody</l> <l id="I4.76" n="RK4.75"> wiþoute gilte god wot was ȝeue me þis skaþe</l> <l id="I4.77" n="RK4.76"> Conscience knoweþ it wel and all comu<expan>n</expan>e trewe</l> <l id="I4.78" n="RK4.77"> ac wiles and witte were aboute faste</l> <l id="I4.79" n="RK4.78"> to ou<expan>er</expan>come þe kyng þorgh catel if þey myghte</l> <l id="I4.80" n="RK4.79"> þe kyng swore by crist and by his crou<expan>n</expan>e boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.81" n="RK4.80"> þat wrong for his werkes schulde wo tholye</l> <l id="I4.82" n="RK4.81"> and comau<expan>n</expan>ded a counstable to caste wrong in Irnes</l> <l id="I4.83" n="RK4.82"> þ<expan>er</expan> he schulde not in seue ȝer se his feet ne handes</l> <l id="I4.84" n="RK4.83"> God wot q<expan>uo</expan>d a wis on þat were not þe beste</l> <l id="I4.85" n="RK4.84"> If he amendes may do let maynp<expan>ri</expan>se him haue</l> <l id="I4.86" n="RK4.85"> and be borgh for his bale and bringen him boote</l> <l id="I4.87" n="RK4.86"> and amende þat is mysdo and eu<expan>er</expan>more þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.88" n="RK4.87"> witte acordeþ þ<expan>er</expan>-with and witnessed þe same</l> <l id="I4.89" n="RK4.88"> betere is þat boote bale a-dou<expan>n</expan> bringe</l> <l id="I4.90" n="RK4.89"> þan bale be y-bete and boote neuer þe bettre</l> <l id="I4.91" n="RK4.90"> þanne gan mede to meken here and m<expan>er</expan>sy sche bysoghte</l> <l id="I4.92" n="RK4.91"> and p<expan>ro</expan>fred pees a p<expan>re</expan>sent al of pure golde</l> <l id="I4.93" n="RK4.92"> haue þis man of me quoþ sche to amende þy scaþe </l> <l id="I4.94" n="RK4.93"> For I wol wage for wrong he wil do so no mare</l> <l id="I4.95" n="RK4.94"> Pitousliche pees þo preied þe kynge</l> <l id="I4.96" n="RK4.95"> To haue mercy on þat ma<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t many tymes hy<expan>m</expan> greued</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="24r" entity="I24r"/> <l id="I4.97" n="RK4.96"> For he waged me wel as wisdam him taghte</l> <l id="I4.98" n="RK4.97"> and meede haþ made my mendes I may no more ask[\'c9]</l> <l id="I4.99" n="RK4.98"> So all my claymes ben quyte be so þe kyng assente</l> <l id="I4.100" n="RK4.99"> nay by crist quoþ þe kyng for consciences sake</l> <l id="I4.101" n="RK4.100"> wronge goþ nat so awey ar I wite mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.102" n="RK4.101"> lope he so lightly lawhe he wolde</l> <l id="I4.103" n="RK4.102"> and eft þe boldere be to bete myn hewes</l> <l id="I4.104" n="RK4.103"> Bot resou<expan>n</expan> haue reuþe on him he schal reste in my s<add place="marginRight" hand="corrector">t</add>okkes </l> <l id="I4.105" n="RK4.104"> as longe as I lyue for his luther werkes</l> <l id="I4.106" n="RK4.105"> Su<expan>m</expan>men radden resou<expan>n</expan> þo to haue reuþe vppo<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t schrewe</l> <l id="I4.107" n="RK4.106"> and for to cou<expan>n</expan>ceile þe king on conscience sche loked</l> <l id="I4.108" n="RK4.107"> þat mede myghte be meynp<expan>er</expan>no<expan>ur</expan> Meede þey besoghte</l> <l id="I4.109" n="RK4.108"> Rede me not q<expan>uo</expan>þ resou<expan>n</expan> no reuþe to haue</l> <l id="I4.110" n="RK4.109"> Til lordes and ladies louen all treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.111" n="RK4.110"> and haten all harlottrie to heren it or to mouþen it</l> <l id="I4.112" n="RK4.111"> and til p<expan>er</expan>ne p[er]fiel be put in hir hucche</l> <l id="I4.113" n="RK4.112"> and childrene cherissching be chasted wiþ ȝerdes</l> <l id="I4.114" n="RK4.113"> and harlotes holynesse be an hey ferie</l> <l id="I4.115" n="RK4.114"> Til clerkene coueytise be cloth for þe pou<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I4.116" n="RK4.115"> and here pelur<expan>e</expan> and palfreis poure me<expan>n</expan>nes liflode</l> <l id="I4.117" n="RK4.116"> and religio<expan>us</expan> outriders be reclus in her cloistres</l> <l id="I4.118" n="RK4.117"> and be as Benett hem bad dominik and f<expan>ra</expan>unceis</l> <l id="I4.119" n="RK4.118"> Til þat lerede men lyue as þey ler<expan>e</expan> & teche </l> <l id="I4.120" n="RK4.119"> and til þe kinges cou<expan>n</expan>seil be all comu<expan>n</expan>e profit</l> <l id="I4.121" n="RK4.120"> and til bisschops ben bakers brewers and tailo<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <l id="I4.122" n="RK4.121"> For all maner of men þat me fynt nedeful</l> <l id="I4.123" n="RK4.122"> and til seynt Iame be soght þer pour<expan>e</expan> sike liggen</l> <l id="I4.124" n="RK4.123"> In prisons and in poure cotes þe pilg<expan>ri</expan>mage to Rome</l> <l id="I4.125" n="RK4.124"> So þat non go to galis but he go for-euer</l> <l id="I4.126" n="RK4.125"> and all Rome renners for ruyflers in f<expan>ra</expan>unce</l> <l id="I4.127" n="RK4.126"> To bere no syluer ouer se þat signe of king scheweþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="24v" entity="I24v"/> <l id="I4.128" n="RK4.127"> neiþ<expan>er</expan> I-graue ne ung<expan>ra</expan>ue of golde or of siluer</l> <l id="I4.129" n="RK4.128"> vp forfaitur<expan>e</expan> of þat fee who fyndeþ hem ou<expan>er</expan>ward</l> <l id="I4.130" n="RK4.129"> Bot he be marchaunt or his ma<expan>n</expan> or messag<expan>er</expan> wiþ l<expan>et</expan>res</l> <l id="I4.131" n="RK4.130"> P<expan>ro</expan>uysour or p<expan>re</expan>st oþ<expan>er</expan> penant for his synnes</l> <l id="I4.132" n="RK4.131"> and quoþ resou<expan>n</expan> by þe roode I schal no reuþ<expan>e</expan> haue</l> <l id="I4.133" n="RK4.132"> whiles meede haþ þe maist<expan>ri</expan>e þe<expan>r</expan> motyng is at barres</l> <l id="I4.134" n="RK4.133"> ac I may sein ensamples as I se other</l> <l id="I4.135" n="RK4.134"> I seye it nat for my-selue quoþ resou<expan>n</expan> and it so wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.136" n="RK4.135"> and I wer<expan>e</expan> kyng wiþ crou<expan>n</expan>e to kepe my reume</l> <l id="I4.137" n="RK4.136"> scholde neuer wrong in þis worlde þat I wite myght</l> <l id="I4.138" n="RK4.137"> Be vnpunysched in my poer for p<expan>er</expan>il of soule</l> <l id="I4.139" n="RK4.138"> ne gete my grace þorgh ony gift ne glosynge speche</l> <l id="I4.140" n="RK4.139"> ne þorgh meede haue mercy by marie of heuene</l> <l id="I4.141" n="RK4.140"> For <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">nullu<expan>m</expan> malum man mette wiþ impunitu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I4.142" n="RK4.141"> and bad <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">nullum bonu<expan>m</expan></hi> be <hi rend="rb">irremuneratum</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I4.143" n="RK4.142"> lat þy confessour s<expan>ire</expan> kyng construe þis in englissch</l> <l id="I4.144" n="RK4.143"> and if ȝe worche it in werke I wedde boþe myn hondes</l> <l id="I4.145" n="RK4.144"> þat lawe schal be but a laborer and lede a-felde donge</l> <l id="I4.146" n="RK4.145"> and loue schal lede þy lande as þe leeue liketh </l> <l id="I4.147" n="RK4.146"> Clerkes covpled he<expan>m</expan> togidres to construe þis cause</l> <l id="I4.148" n="RK4.147"> kyndeliche what it meneth</l> <l id="I4.149" n="RK4.148"> Meede in þe moot halle þo on me<expan>n</expan> of lawe gan wynke</l> <l id="I4.150" n="RK4.149"> In signe þat þey schulde wiþ som sotil speche </l> <l id="I4.151" n="RK4.150"> Reherce þer anon-right þat mighte resou<expan>n</expan> stoppe</l> <l id="I4.152" n="RK4.151"> ac all rightful recordede þ<expan>a</expan>t resou<expan>n</expan> treuþ<expan>e</expan> saide</l> <l id="I4.153" n="RK4.152"> and kynde and conscience courteisleche þonked</l> <l id="I4.154" n="RK4.153"> Resou<expan>n</expan> for his rightful speche riche and pou<expan>er</expan> him loued </l> <l id="I4.155" n="RK4.154"> and seyden we seeyne wel s<expan>ire</expan> resou<expan>n</expan> by þy wordes</l> <l id="I4.156" n="RK4.155"> þat mekenesse worþ maister ouer mede atte laste</l> <l id="I4.157" n="RK4.156"> loue lett of meede lighte and leute ȝit lesse</l> <l id="I4.158" n="RK4.157"> and cride to conscience þe king myght it her<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="25r" entity="I25r"/> <l id="I4.159" n="RK4.158"> who-so wilneþ hir to wynne q<expan>uo</expan>d he for welþ of h[\'c9]</l> <l id="I4.160" n="RK4.159"> Bot he be knowe for a cokewolde kut of my nose</l> <l id="I4.161" n="RK4.160"> Mede mornede þo and made an heuy cheere</l> <l id="I4.162" n="RK4.161"> For þ<expan>e</expan> comun calde hir<expan>e</expan> queynte co<expan>m</expan>ne hoore</l> <l id="I4.163" n="RK4.162"> a sysour and a sompno<expan>ur</expan> þo softeliche forþȝede</l> <l id="I4.164" n="RK4.163"> wiþ meede þe mayde þo out of þe moot halle</l> <l id="I4.165" n="RK4.164"> a schirrifs clerk cride a capias meede</l> <l id="I4.166" n="RK4.165"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">et saluo custodias sed no<expan>n</expan> cum carceratis</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I4.167" n="RK4.166"> The kinge to counseil þo took Conscience and resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I4.168" n="RK4.167"> and moodiliche vpo<expan>n</expan> mede many tyme loked</l> <l id="I4.169" n="RK4.168"> and lowred vpo<expan>n</expan> men of lawe and lightliche saide</l> <l id="I4.170" n="RK4.169"> þorgh ȝour<expan>e</expan> lawe as I leue I lese many chetes</l> <l id="I4.171" n="RK4.170"> Mede and men of ȝour craft muche treuþe letteth</l> <l id="I4.172" n="RK4.171"> ac resou<expan>n</expan> schal rekne wiþ ȝou if I regne ony while</l> <l id="I4.173" n="RK4.172"> and deme ȝou by þis day as ȝe han des<expan>er</expan>ued</l> <l id="I4.174" n="RK4.173"> Meede schal nat maynprise ȝow by mary of heuen</l> <l id="I4.175" n="RK4.174"> I wol haue leute for my lawe and late be ȝo<expan>ur</expan> iangle</l> <l id="I4.176" n="RK4.175"> and by leele and life holy my lawe schal be demed</l> <l id="I4.177" n="RK4.176"> Quoþ conscience to þe kyng wiþoute þ<expan>e</expan> com<expan>m</expan>u<expan>n</expan>e helpe</l> <l id="I4.178" n="RK4.177"> It is ful harde by my<expan>n</expan> heued herto to bringen it </l> <l id="I4.179" n="RK4.178"> and all ȝour liege leedes to lede þus euene</l> <l id="I4.180" n="RK4.179"> by him þat raght vp þe roode q<expan>uo</expan>d resou<expan>n</expan> to þe kyng</l> <l id="I4.181" n="RK4.180"> But ȝe reule þus all reumes reueth me my syght</l> <l id="I4.182" n="RK4.181"> and bringe all men to bowe wiþouten bitter wou<expan>n</expan>de</l> <l id="I4.183" n="RK4.182"> wiþoute m<expan>er</expan>cement or manslaught amende all reumes</l> <l id="I4.184" n="RK4.183"> I wolde it were q<expan>uo</expan>þ þe king wel alaboute</l> <l id="I4.185" n="RK4.184"> For þy resou<expan>n</expan> redily þou schalt nat riden hennes</l> <l id="I4.186" n="RK4.185"> Bot be my chief chanceller in chequier and in p<expan>ar</expan>leme<expan>n</expan>t</l> <l id="I4.187" n="RK4.186"> and Conscience in al my courts be a king<expan>is</expan> Iustice</l> <l id="I4.188" n="RK4.187"> I assente saide resou<expan>n</expan> by-so ȝowe-selue y-her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I4.189" n="RK4.188"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Audiatis alteram partem</hi></foreign> amo<expan>n</expan>g alderme<expan>n</expan> and comun<expan>er</expan>s</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="25v" entity="I25v"/> <l id="I4.190" n="RK4.189"> <damage type="tear">...</damage>þat vnsittynge suffrance ne seale ȝour<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ri</expan>ue lettres</l> <l id="I4.191" n="RK4.190"> <damage type="tear">N</damage>e no sup<expan>er</expan>sidias sende but I assente q<expan>uo</expan>þ Resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I4.192" n="RK4.191"> and I dar legge my lif þat loue wolde leue þe siluer</l> <l id="I4.193" n="RK4.192"> To wage þin helpe wynne þ<expan>a</expan>t thow wilnest aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I4.194" n="RK4.193"> More þan all þy marchauntȝ or þy mytrede bisschops</l> <l id="I4.195" n="RK4.194"> Of lombardz of lukes þat leuen by loue as iewes</l> <l id="I4.196" n="RK4.195"> The king comau<expan>n</expan>dede conscience þo to congeie all his offic<expan>er</expan>s</l> <l id="I4.197" n="RK4.196"> and receyue þo þat resou<expan>n</expan> louede and right w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t I waked</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I5"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus quintus de visione vbi p<expan>ri</expan>us</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I5.1" n="RK5.1"> <hi rend="o2"><hi rend="gold">T</hi></hi>hus I awaked wot god when I woned in Cornhull</l> <l id="I5.2" n="RK5.2"> kitte and I in a cote y-cloþed as a loller<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.3" n="RK5.3"> And litel y-lete by leueth me for sothe</l> <l id="I5.4" n="RK5.4"> Amonges lollers of londou<expan>n</expan> and lewed hermites</l> <l id="I5.5" n="RK5.5"> For I made of þo me<expan>n</expan> as resoun me taghte</l> <l id="I5.6" n="RK5.6"> For as I cam by conscience wiþ resoun I mette</l> <l id="I5.7" n="RK5.7"> In an hote heruest whan I hadde myn hele</l> <l id="I5.8" n="RK5.8"> and lymes to labore wiþ and loued wel far<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.9" n="RK5.9"> and no dede to do but drinke and to slepe</l> <l id="I5.10" n="RK5.10"> In hele and in inwitte on me apposed</l> <l id="I5.11" n="RK5.11"> Romynge in rememb<expan>ra</expan>unce þus resou<expan>n</expan> me arated</l> <l id="I5.12" n="RK5.12"> Can þou s<expan>er</expan>uen he saide or singed in a chirche </l> <l id="I5.13" n="RK5.13"> Or loke for my cokares or to þe carte puthe</l> <l id="I5.14" n="RK5.14"> Mowen or mywen or make bond to scheues</l> <l id="I5.15" n="RK5.15"> Repe or ben a repereue and arise erely </l> <l id="I5.16" n="RK5.16"> Or haue an horne and be hayward and ligge þ<expan>er</expan>oute a-nyghtes</l> <l id="I5.17" n="RK5.17"> and kepe my corne in my crofte fro pikars and þeues</l> <l id="I5.18" n="RK5.18"> Or schape schon or cloþ or scheep and kyne kepe</l> <l id="I5.19" n="RK5.19"> heggen or harwen or swyn or gees dryue</l> <l id="I5.20" n="RK5.20"> Or eny oþer kyns craft þ<expan>a</expan>t to þe co<expan>m</expan>mune nedeth</l> <l id="I5.21" n="RK5.21"> þey I be bet<expan>er</expan>ed þ<expan>er</expan>by þat by leue þe fynden</l> <l id="I5.22" n="RK5.22"> Certes I sayde and so me god helpe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="26r" entity="I26r"/> <l id="I5.23" n="RK5.23"> am to wayk to worche wiþ sikel or wiþ </l> <l id="I5.24" n="RK5.24"> and to long leef me lowe to stoupe</l> <l id="I5.25" n="RK5.25"> To wurchen as a werkema<expan>n</expan> eny while to duren</l> <l id="I5.26" n="RK5.26"> Thanne hast þou londes to lyue by q<expan>uo</expan>d resou<expan>n</expan> or lignage ri[\'c9]</l> <l id="I5.27" n="RK5.27"> þat fyndeþ þe þi foode for an ydel man þou semest</l> <l id="I5.28" n="RK5.28"> a spendour þat spene mot or a spille tyme</l> <l id="I5.29" n="RK5.29"> Or beggest þi bilyue aboute at mennes hacches</l> <l id="I5.30" n="RK5.30"> Or faitest vpon fridays or feste days in chirches</l> <l id="I5.31" n="RK5.31"> þe which is lollerne lif þat litel is I-p<expan>r</expan>ysed</l> <l id="I5.32" n="RK5.32"> þer rightfulnesse rewardeth right as me<expan>n</expan> deserueth </l> <l id="I5.33" n="RK5.32"> <hi rend="rb">Reddet unicuiq<expan>ue</expan> iuxta op<expan>er</expan>a sua</hi> </l> <l id="I5.34" n="RK5.33"> Or þou art broke so may be in body or in membr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.35" n="RK5.34"> or y-maymed þurgh som myshap wher-by þ<expan>ou</expan> might be excused</l> <l id="I5.36" n="RK5.35"> whan I ȝonge ȝonge was many ȝere henne </l> <l id="I5.37" n="RK5.36"> My fader and my frendes founden me to scole</l> <l id="I5.38" n="RK5.37"> Til I wiste witterly what holy writ mened</l> <l id="I5.39" n="RK5.38"> and what is best for þe body as þe book telleth</l> <l id="I5.40" n="RK5.39"> and sikerest for þe soule by so I wol continue</l> <l id="I5.41" n="RK5.40"> and fond neuer in faith siþe my freendes deyed</l> <l id="I5.42" n="RK5.41"> lif þat me liked but in þis longe clothes</l> <l id="I5.43" n="RK5.42"> and ȝif I be labour scholde liuen and liflode deseruen</l> <l id="I5.44" n="RK5.43"> þat labour þ<expan>a</expan>t I lerned best þ<expan>er</expan>-with lyuen I scholde</l> <l id="I5.45" n="RK5.43"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">In eadem vocacione qua vocati estis</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I5.46" n="RK5.44"> and so I lyue in londou<expan>n</expan> and vp-londe boþe</l> <l id="I5.47" n="RK5.45"> þe lom<expan>es</expan> þat I labo<expan>ur</expan> wiþ and liflode deserue</l> <l id="I5.48" n="RK5.46"> Is pater-nost<expan>er</expan> and my p<expan>re</expan>yer <foreign lang="lat">placebo</foreign> and <foreign lang="lat">Dirige</foreign></l> <l id="I5.49" n="RK5.47"> and my sauter some-tyme and my seuen psalmes</l> <l id="I5.50" n="RK5.48"> þis I sigge for here soules of suche as me helpeþ </l> <l id="I5.51" n="RK5.49"> and þo þat fynden me my foode fouchen sauf I trowe</l> <l id="I5.52" n="RK5.50"> To be welcome whan I come oþ<expan>er</expan>while in a moneþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.53" n="RK5.51"> now w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> him now wiþ hir<expan>e</expan> on þis wise I begge</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="26v" entity="I26v"/> <l id="I5.54" n="RK5.52"> agge or botel but my wombe one</l> <l id="I5.55" n="RK5.53"> and also more-ou<expan>er</expan> me þenkeþ sire resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I5.56" n="RK5.54"> Me schulde constreyne no Cler<expan>e</expan> to no knaues werkes</l> <l id="I5.57" n="RK5.55"> For by þe lawe of leuitici þat our<expan>e</expan> lord ordeigned</l> <l id="I5.58" n="RK5.56"> Clerkes y-crou<expan>n</expan>ed of kynde vndirstondynge</l> <l id="I5.59" n="RK5.57"> Schulden neither swynke ne swete ne sweren at enquestes</l> <l id="I5.60" n="RK5.58"> ne fighte in no faumwarde ne his foo greue</l> <l id="I5.61" n="RK5.58"> <hi rend="rb">Non reddas malum pro malo</hi> </l> <l id="I5.62" n="RK5.59"> For it ben heires of heuen all þat ben I-crouned</l> <l id="I5.63" n="RK5.60"> and in quer<expan>e</expan> and in kirkes cristes ministres</l> <l id="I5.64" n="RK5.60"> <hi rend="rb">D<expan>omi</expan>n<expan>a</expan>s pars hereditatis mee / &c<expan>eter</expan>a Et alibi Cleme<expan>n</expan>cia no<expan>n</expan> const<expan>ri</expan>ng<expan>it</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I5.65" n="RK5.61"> It bicomþ for clerkes crist for to serue</l> <l id="I5.66" n="RK5.65"> and knaues vncrouned to carte and to worche</l> <l id="I5.67" n="RK5.66"> For schulde no clerk be crouned but he come wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.68" n="RK5.67"> Of frankeleyns and fre me<expan>n</expan> and of folc I-wedded</l> <l id="I5.69" n="RK5.68"> bonde men and bastardes and beggers children</l> <l id="I5.70" n="RK5.69"> þese bilongeþ to labore and lordes to serue</l> <l id="I5.71" n="RK5.62"> God and goode me<expan>n</expan> as her degre askeþ</l> <l id="I5.72" n="RK5.63"> Some to syngen masses or sitten and writen</l> <l id="I5.73" n="RK5.64"> reden and resceyuen þat resou<expan>n</expan> oweth to spene</l> <l id="I5.74" n="RK5.70"> ac seþþe bonde-mens barnes han ben made bischops</l> <l id="I5.75" n="RK5.71"> and barnes bastardes han ben Erchedekenes</l> <l id="I5.76" n="RK5.72"> and schipherdes and her sones for siluer han be knyghtes</l> <l id="I5.77" n="RK5.73"> and lordes sones her laborers and leyde her rentes to wedde</l> <l id="I5.78" n="RK5.74"> For þe right of þis reume riden aȝens our enemys</l> <l id="I5.79" n="RK5.75"> In confort of þ<expan>e</expan> co<expan>m</expan>mune and þe kinges worschip</l> <l id="I5.80" n="RK5.76"> and monkes and monials þ<expan>a</expan>t mendiantȝ schold fynde</l> <l id="I5.81" n="RK5.77"> I-made here kyn knyghtes and knyghtes fees purchaced</l> <l id="I5.82" n="RK5.78"> Popes and paterons pore genil blood refused</l> <l id="I5.83" n="RK5.79"> and taken Symondes sones seintewarie to kepe</l> <l id="I5.84" n="RK5.80"> lif holinesse and loue haþ be longe hennes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="27r" entity="I27r"/> <l id="I5.85" n="RK5.81"> and wil be til it be wered out or oþerwise ch<expan>?</expan>...g <expan>tear</expan></l> <l id="I5.86" n="RK5.82"> For þy rebuke me right noght resou<expan>n</expan> I þe p<expan>re</expan>ye</l> <l id="I5.87" n="RK5.83"> For in my conscience I knowe what crist wolde I wroght</l> <l id="I5.88" n="RK5.84"> Preyers of a p<expan>ar</expan>fyt man and penance discrete</l> <l id="I5.89" n="RK5.85"> Is þe leueste labour þat oure lord pleseth</l> <l id="I5.90" n="RK5.86"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non de solo</hi></foreign> I saide for sothe <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">vivit homo</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I5.91" n="RK5.87"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">nec in pane et in pabulo</hi></foreign> þe <hi rend="rb">pat<expan>er</expan> n<expan>oste</expan>r</hi> witnesseþ</l> <l id="I5.92" n="RK5.88"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ffiat voluntas Dei</hi></foreign> þat fynt vs all þinges</l> <l id="I5.93" n="RK5.89"> Quoþ conscience by crist I can nat se þis lithe</l> <l id="I5.94" n="RK5.90"> ac it semeþ no sad p<expan>ar</expan>fitnesse in Citees to begge</l> <l id="I5.95" n="RK5.91"> But he be obediencer to prio<expan>ur</expan> or to mynstr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.96" n="RK5.92"> þat is soþ I saide and so I beknowe</l> <l id="I5.97" n="RK5.93"> þat I haue tynt tyme and tyme mysspended</l> <l id="I5.98" n="RK5.94"> ac ȝit I hope as he þat ofte haþ I chaffared</l> <l id="I5.99" n="RK5.95"> and ay lost and lost and atte last him happed</l> <l id="I5.100" n="RK5.96"> aboute such a bargayn he was þe better eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I5.101" n="RK5.97"> and sette al his los at a leef atte laste ende</l> <l id="I5.102" n="RK5.98"> Such a wynnyng him war?rth þoru<expan>random suspension mark here</expan>gh wordes of g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I5.103" n="RK5.98"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Simile est regnu<expan>m</expan> caeloru<expan>m</expan> thesauro abscondito in agro</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I5.104" n="RK5.98"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Mulier qui inuenit dragmam</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I5.105" n="RK5.99"> So hope I to haue of him þat is almighty</l> <l id="I5.106" n="RK5.100"> a gobet of his grace and bygynne a tyme</l> <l id="I5.107" n="RK5.101"> þat alle times of my tyme to p<expan>ro</expan>fite schal torne</l> <l id="I5.108" n="RK5.102"> I rede þe quoþ resou<expan>n</expan> þo rape þe to bigynne</l> <l id="I5.109" n="RK5.103"> þe leef þat is louable and leele to þi soule</l> <l id="I5.110" n="RK5.104"> ȝe and continue quoþ conscience and to þe kirke I wente</l> <l id="I5.111" n="RK5.105"> and to þe kirke I gan go god to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.112" n="RK5.106"> Bifore þe cros on my knees knokked I my breste</l> <l id="I5.113" n="RK5.107"> Schryuyng for my synnes sigging my pat<expan>er</expan> n<expan>oste</expan>r</l> <l id="I5.114" n="RK5.108"> wepyng and weylyng til I was a slepe</l> <l id="I5.115" n="RK5.109"> and þanne mette me much mor<expan>e</expan> þan I bifor<expan>e</expan> tolde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="27v" entity="I27v"/> <l id="I5.116" n="RK5.110"> [\'c9]mater þat me mette first on maluerne hilles</l> <l id="I5.117" n="RK5.111"> sagh þe felde ful of folc from ende til oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I5.118" n="RK5.112"> and resou<expan>n</expan> Ireuested right as a pope</l> <l id="I5.119" n="RK5.113"> and conscience his croser bifore þe king stande</l> <l id="I5.120" n="RK5.114"> Resou<expan>n</expan> reu<expan>er</expan>entliche tofore all þe reume</l> <l id="I5.121" n="RK5.115"> Prechede and preued þat þis pestilence was for pur<expan>e</expan> synne</l> <l id="I5.122" n="RK5.116"> and þe southwest wynde on a saterday at e ue</l> <l id="I5.123" n="RK5.117"> was perteliche for pruyde and for no poynt elles</l> <l id="I5.124" n="RK5.118"> Peretrees and plometrees were possed to þerþe</l> <l id="I5.125" n="RK5.119"> In ensample þat we scholde do þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.126" n="RK5.120"> Beeches and brode okes blewe to þe grou<expan>n</expan>de</l> <l id="I5.127" n="RK5.121"> and torned vpward her tayl in tokenyng of drede</l> <l id="I5.128" n="RK5.122"> þat dedly synne ar domesday schal fordon hem alle</l> <l id="I5.129" n="RK5.123"> Of þis matier I mighte mamele ful longe</l> <l id="I5.130" n="RK5.124"> ac I schal saye as I seyh slepyng as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.131" n="RK5.125"> how resoun radde al þe reume to heuene</l> <l id="I5.132" n="RK5.126"> he bad wasto<expan>ur</expan>s to worche and wynnen her<expan>e</expan> sustinance</l> <l id="I5.133" n="RK5.127"> þorgh som trewe trauaile and no tyme spille</l> <l id="I5.134" n="RK5.128"> he preyede pernele hir purfiel to leeue</l> <l id="I5.135" n="RK5.129"> and kepe it in hir cofre for catel at hir nede</l> <l id="I5.136" n="RK5.130"> Tomme stowue he taghte to take tuo staues</l> <l id="I5.137" n="RK5.131"> and fette felice hom fram wyuene pyne</l> <l id="I5.138" n="RK5.132"> he warnede watte his wif was to blame</l> <l id="I5.139" n="RK5.133"> For hir hede was worþ haf marc and his hood nat a grote</l> <l id="I5.140" n="RK5.134"> he bad bette to cutte a bowe or tueye</l> <l id="I5.141" n="RK5.135"> and bete Betou<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ but ȝif sche wolde wirche</l> <l id="I5.142" n="RK5.136"> he chargede chapme<expan>n</expan> to chasten here children</l> <l id="I5.143" n="RK5.137"> late no wynnyng forwanyen hem þ<expan>er</expan> whil þey be ȝonge</l> <l id="I5.144" n="RK5.138"> For who spareth þe sprigg<expan>e</expan> spilleþ her<expan>e</expan> children</l> <marginalia place="mareginLeft" hand="handx">vij {???}Pro corectione</marginalia> <l id="I5.145" n="RK5.139"> and so wrot þe wise to wissen vs all</l> <l id="I5.146" n="RK5.139"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Qui parcit virge odit filiu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="28r" entity="I28r"/> <l id="I5.147" n="RK5.140"> and seþþe he preied p<expan>re</expan>lates and p<expan>re</expan>stes togedres</l> <l id="I5.148" n="RK5.141"> þat ȝe prechen to þe peple preue it ȝow-selue</l> <l id="I5.149" n="RK5.142"> lyueth ȝe as ȝe lereth vs we schal leue ȝow þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.150" n="RK5.143"> and setthe he radde religou<expan>n</expan> her reule to holde</l> <l id="I5.151" n="RK5.144"> lest þe kyng and his counseil ȝour co<expan>m</expan>munes apeyr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.152" n="RK5.145"> and be stywardes of ȝour<expan>e</expan> stedes til ȝe be stowed bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.153" n="RK5.146"> Gregory þe grete clerk garte write bookes</l> <l id="I5.154" n="RK5.147"> þe reule of all religiou<expan>n</expan>s rightful and obedient</l> <l id="I5.155" n="RK5.148"> Rig as fissches on þe flood whan þay faileþ wat<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I5.156" n="RK5.149"> ^ Dien for droghþe whan þay drye ligge ^ gg insertion at left margin, possibly in scribal hand with punctus above each, possibly a note relating to the citations, Gregory three lines up</l> <l id="I5.157" n="RK5.150"> Right so religou<expan>n</expan> roteth and sterueþ</l> <l id="I5.158" n="RK5.151"> þat out of Couent and of cloystr<expan>e</expan> coueiteth to duelle <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I5.159" n="RK5.152"> For if heuene be on þis erþe or eny ese to þe soule,</l> <l id="I5.160" n="RK5.153"> It is in cloistre or in scoole by many skiles I fynde <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I5.161" n="RK5.154"> For in cloystr<expan>e</expan> comþ no ma<expan>n</expan> to chide ne to fighte <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I5.162" n="RK5.155"> In scole is loue and lowenesse and likyng to lerne</l> <l id="I5.163" n="RK5.156"> ac many day me<expan>n</expan> telleþ boþe monkes and Chanou<expan>n</expan>s</l> <l id="I5.164" n="RK5.157"> han rude out of aray here reule euel y-holde</l> <l id="I5.165" n="RK5.158"> leders of ladies and londes I-purchased</l> <l id="I5.166" n="RK5.159"> and p<expan>ri</expan>ked aboute on palfrais fram places to man<expan>er</expan>s, </l> <l id="I5.167" n="RK5.160"> an hepe of hou<expan>n</expan>des at her ars as he a lorde wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.168" n="RK5.161"> and but if his knaue knele þat schal his cope holde</l> <l id="I5.169" n="RK5.162"> he lokeþd lowringe and lordein him calleth,</l> <l id="I5.170" n="RK5.163"> litel hadde lordes a-do to ȝyue lond fro her heires</l> <l id="I5.171" n="RK5.164"> to religous þ<expan>a</expan>t han no reuthe þogh it reyne on her<expan>e</expan> auters</l> <l id="I5.172" n="RK5.165"> In manye places þer þe p<expan>er</expan>sons ben by hem-self at ese</l> <l id="I5.173" n="RK5.166"> Of þe poue<expan>re</expan> haue þey no pite and þ<expan>a</expan>t is her pur<expan>e</expan> chartr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.174" n="RK5.167"> ac ȝe leten ȝow all as lordes ȝoure londe lith so brode</l> <l id="I5.175" n="RK5.168"> ac per schal come a kyng and confesse ȝou all </l> <l id="I5.176" n="RK5.169"> and bete ȝow, as þe bible telleþ for brekyng of ȝour<expan>e</expan> reules,</l> <l id="I5.177" n="RK5.170"> and amende ȝow monkes boþ<expan>e</expan> monials, and chanons</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="28v" entity="I28v"/> <l id="I5.178" n="RK5.171"> [\'c9] putte ȝou to ȝoure penance <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ad pristinu<expan>m</expan> statum ire</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I5.179" n="RK5.172"> and barouns, and her barnes, blame ȝow and repreue,</l> <l id="I5.180" n="RK5.172"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">hii in curib<expan>us</expan> et hii in equi : ip<expan>s</expan>i obligati su<expan>n</expan>t et cedid<expan>erunt</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I5.181" n="RK5.173"> Freres in her freitour schal fynde þat time</l> <l id="I5.182" n="RK5.174"> bred wiþoute begginge to lyue by, euer aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I5.183" n="RK5.175"> and Constantin schal be here coke & cou<expan>er</expan>er of her chirches</l> <l id="I5.184" n="RK5.176"> For þe abbot of Engelond, and þe abesse his nose</l> <l id="I5.185" n="RK5.177"> Schal haue a ?oke vpo<expan>n</expan> her<expan>e</expan> crounes and incurable þ<expan>e</expan> wou<expan>n</expan>de</l> <l id="I5.186" n="RK5.178"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Contrivit d<expan>omi</expan>n<expan>u</expan>s baculu<expan>m</expan> impi??<expan>um</expan> v<expan>ir</expan>ga dominatiu<expan>m</expan> plaga insanalili</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I5.187" n="RK5.179"> Clerkes and holy chirche schal be cloþed newe</l> <l id="I5.188" n="RK5.180"> and setthe he counseilede þe king his co<expan>m</expan>mune to louye</l> <l id="I5.189" n="RK5.181"> For þe co<expan>m</expan>mune is þe king treso<expan>ur</expan> conscience wot wel,</l> <l id="I5.190" n="RK5.182"> and also q<expan>uo</expan>d resou<expan>n</expan> I rede ȝow riche</l> <l id="I5.191" n="RK5.183"> and comuners to acorde in all kyn treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.192" n="RK5.184"> lat no kyn cou<expan>n</expan>sail ne coueitise ȝow parte </l> <l id="I5.193" n="RK5.185"> þat o wit and o wil alle ȝoure wardes kepe <expan>triangular ȝ dots in margin here \'d0 get Parkes\'d5 name</expan></l> <l id="I5.194" n="RK5.186"> lo in heuen and in erþe was an holy co<expan>m</expan>mune,</l> <l id="I5.195" n="RK5.187"> Til lucifer þe lier<expan>e</expan> leued þat him-selue</l> <l id="I5.196" n="RK5.188"> were wittiere and worthier<expan>e</expan> þan he þ<expan>a</expan>t was his maist<expan>re</expan>,</l> <l id="I5.197" n="RK5.189"> holde ȝow in vnite and he þat other wolde</l> <l id="I5.198" n="RK5.190"> Is cause of all comberances to confou<expan>n</expan>de a reume .</l> <l id="I5.199" n="RK5.191"> and sethe he preyed þe pope haue pite on holy chirche</l> <l id="I5.200" n="RK5.192"> and no grace ne graunte til good loue wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I5.201" n="RK5.193"> amonges all kyn kynges ouer cristen peple,</l> <l id="I5.202" n="RK5.194"> comau<expan>n</expan>de þ<expan>a</expan>t alle confesso<expan>ur</expan>s þat eny kyng schriueth</l> <l id="I5.203" n="RK5.195"> Enioyne he<expan>m</expan> pes for here penance & p<expan>er</expan>petuel forȝyuenesse</l> <l id="I5.204" n="RK5.196"> For all maner actiou<expan>n</expan>s and ech man loue oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I5.205" n="RK5.197"> and ȝe þ<expan>a</expan>t secheþ sent Iame and seintes of Rome</l> <l id="I5.206" n="RK5.198"> Sekeþ seint treuþ<expan>e</expan>, in sauacion of ȝour<expan>e</expan> soules</l> <l id="I5.207" n="RK5.199"> <hi rend="rb">Qui cum p<expan>at</expan>re et filio</hi> þat faire hem bifalle</l> <l id="I5.208" n="RK5.200"> þat sueth my sermoun <hi rend="bl"/> þus endeth resoun .</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I6"> <milestone unit="fol." n="29r" entity="I29r"/> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">passus sextus de visione &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I6.1" n="RK6.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">R</hi></hi>Ight wiþ þat ran repentance <hi rend="bl"/> and rehersed his te[\'c9]</l> <l id="I6.2" n="RK6.2"> and made wil to wepe water wiþ his eyes</l> <l id="I6.3" n="RK6.3"> Pernele proud herte plat hir to þe erþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.4" n="RK6.4"> and longe was ar ȝhe loked vp and lord m<expan>er</expan>cy cried</l> <l id="I6.5" n="RK6.5"> and byhighte to him þat vs alle made</l> <l id="I6.6" n="RK6.6"> sche schulde vnsowen hir serk and sette p<expan>er</expan>on an hair<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.7" n="RK6.7"> To affayten hir flessch þat fers was to synne</l> <l id="I6.8" n="RK6.8"> schal neuer heigh herte me hent but holde me lowe</l> <l id="I6.9" n="RK6.9"> and suffre to be myssayde and so dede I neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.10" n="RK6.10"> But now wol I meke me and mersy biseche</l> <l id="I6.11" n="RK6.11"> Of alle þat I haue hated in myn herte</l> <l id="I6.12" n="RK6.12"> Repente þe quoþ repentance as resoun þe taghte</l> <l id="I6.13" n="RK6.13"> and schrif þe scharpliche and schake of alle pride </l> <l id="I6.14" n="RK6.14"> I pride pacientliche penance aske</l> <l id="I6.15" n="RK6.15"> For I formest & first to my fader and ^ my mooder ^ to </l> <l id="I6.16" n="RK6.16"> haue be vnbuxu<expan>m</expan> I beseche god of m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I6.17" n="RK6.17"> and vnbuxu<expan>m</expan> y-be nat abasscht to agilte</l> <l id="I6.18" n="RK6.18"> God and goode men so gret was myn herte</l> <l id="I6.19" n="RK6.19"> Inobedient to holy chirche and to hem þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>er</expan> serueth</l> <l id="I6.20" n="RK6.20"> Demed for her yuel vices and excited oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.21" n="RK6.21"> þorgh my worde and my witt her<expan>e</expan> euel werkes to schewe</l> <l id="I6.22" n="RK6.22"> and scorned hem and oþ<expan>er</expan>e if I a skile founde</l> <l id="I6.23" n="RK6.23"> lauhinge al a-lowde for lewed men scholde</l> <l id="I6.24" n="RK6.24"> wene I were witty and wiser þan anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.25" n="RK6.25"> Scornere and vnskilful to hem þat skil schewed</l> <l id="I6.26" n="RK6.26"> In all maner maners my name to be knowe</l> <l id="I6.27" n="RK6.27"> Semyng a souereyn on where so me bifulle</l> <l id="I6.28" n="RK6.28"> to telle eny tale y trowed me wiser</l> <l id="I6.29" n="RK6.29"> To carpe and to cou<expan>n</expan>seile þan eny clerk or lewed</l> <l id="I6.30" n="RK6.30"> Prowde of aparaile in port amonges þe peple</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="29v" entity="I29v"/> <l id="I6.31" n="RK6.31"> [\'c9]þan I haue wiþinne or wiþoute</l> <l id="I6.32" n="RK6.32"> me wynynge þat men went y were as maner </l> <l id="I6.33" n="RK6.33"> Riche and resonable and rightful of lyunge</l> <l id="I6.34" n="RK6.34"> Bostyng and braggyng wiþ many bolde oþes</l> <l id="I6.35" n="RK6.35"> vauntyng vp my veinglorie for eny u<expan>n</expan>dernymyng</l> <l id="I6.36" n="RK6.36"> and ȝit so singuler by my-selfe as to sight of peple</l> <l id="I6.37" n="RK6.37"> was non such as him-selfe ne non so popholy</l> <l id="I6.38" n="RK6.38"> Somtyme in o secte som-time in anoþer</l> <l id="I6.39" n="RK6.39"> In alle kyn couent contreued how I myght </l> <l id="I6.40" n="RK6.40"> be holden for holy <add place="marginLeft" hand=" secretaryCorrector">& honoured</add> by þat enchesou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.41" n="RK6.41"> wilnynge þat men wende my werkes wer<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>e</expan> beste</l> <l id="I6.42" n="RK6.42"> And þe connyngest of my craft clerkes or oþer</l> <l id="I6.43" n="RK6.43"> and strengest vpon stede and steffest vnder girdel</l> <l id="I6.44" n="RK6.44"> and louelokest to loke vpon and likyngest abedde</l> <l id="I6.45" n="RK6.45"> and liking of such a life þat no lawe preiseth</l> <l id="I6.46" n="RK6.46"> Proude of my fair<expan>e</expan> fetureþ and for song schrille</l> <l id="I6.47" n="RK6.47"> and what I gaf for godes loue to gossibbes y tolde</l> <l id="I6.48" n="RK6.48"> þey to wene þat I were wel holy and wel almesful</l> <l id="I6.49" n="RK6.49"> and non so bold a begg<expan>er</expan>e to bidde and to craue</l> <l id="I6.50" n="RK6.50"> Tales to telle in tauernes and in stretes</l> <l id="I6.51" n="RK6.51"> þing þat neuer was y-thoght & ȝit he swor I say it</l> <l id="I6.52" n="RK6.52"> and lyede on my lycame and on my lyue boþe</l> <l id="I6.53" n="RK6.53"> Of werkes þat I wel dede witnesses toke</l> <l id="I6.54" n="RK6.54"> and sigge to suche þat sete me bisyde</l> <l id="I6.55" n="RK6.55"> lo if ȝe leue me nat or þat I lie wenen</l> <l id="I6.56" n="RK6.56"> asketh at him or at hir and he ȝow can telle</l> <l id="I6.57" n="RK6.57"> what I suffred and seith and som-tymes hadde</l> <l id="I6.58" n="RK6.58"> and what I couþe and knewe and of what kyn I com of</l> <l id="I6.59" n="RK6.59"> Of al he wolde þat men wiste wha<expan>n</expan>ne it to p[re]ude sou<expan>n</expan>eth </l> <l id="I6.60" n="RK6.60"> as to be p<expan>re</expan>ysed among þe poeple þogh he pore seme</l> <l id="I6.61" n="RK6.60"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Si om<expan>n</expan>ib<expan>us</expan> placerem <expan>christi</expan> seruus no<expan>n</expan> e<expan>ss</expan>em</hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="30r" entity="I30r"/> <l id="I6.62" n="RK6.60"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nemo potest duob<expan>us</expan> dominis <expan>ser</expan>uir<expan>e</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.63" n="RK6.61"> Now god for his goodnesse gif þe grace to amende</l> <l id="I6.64" n="RK6.62"> Quoþ repentance right wiþ þat and þanne aros enuye </l> <l id="I6.65" n="RK6.63"> Enuye with heuy hert asked aft<expan>er</expan> schrifte</l> <l id="I6.66" n="RK6.64"> and cried <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">mea culpa</hi></foreign> cursyng all his enemys</l> <l id="I6.67" n="RK6.65"> his cloþes wher<expan>e</expan> of curse men and of kene wordes</l> <l id="I6.68" n="RK6.66"> he wroþ his fist vppo<expan>n</expan> wraþþ<expan>e</expan> hadde wissches at wille</l> <l id="I6.69" n="RK6.67"> schulde no lif lyue þat on his londe passed</l> <l id="I6.70" n="RK6.68"> Chidyng or chalangyng þ<expan>a</expan>t was his cheef lifloode</l> <l id="I6.71" n="RK6.69"> and blame <del rend="erasure">...</del><add place="inline" hand="corrector">me<expan>e</expan></add> behinde here bak and bidde he<expan>m</expan> mischa[u<expan>n</expan>]ce</l> <l id="I6.72" n="RK6.70"> and þat he wiste by wille to watkyn he tolde it</l> <l id="I6.73" n="RK6.71"> and al þ<expan>a</expan>t he wiste by watte tolde it wille aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.74" n="RK6.72"> and made of freendes foos þorgh fikel & fals tonge</l> <l id="I6.75" n="RK6.73"> Or þorgh might of mouthe or þurgh ma<expan>n</expan>nes sleghtes</l> <l id="I6.76" n="RK6.74"> vengede me vele tymes oþ<expan>er</expan> brent my-self wiþinne</l> <l id="I6.77" n="RK6.75"> lyk a schepester<expan>e</expan>s scher<expan>e</expan> and schrewed myn euencristene</l> <l id="I6.78" n="RK6.76"> aȝein þe cou<expan>n</expan>seil of crist as clerkes fynden in bookes</l> <l id="I6.79" n="RK6.76"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Cui<expan>us</expan> maledictione os plenu<expan>m</expan> e<expan>st</expan> et amaritudi<expan>n</expan>e sub lingua . ei<expan>us</expan> labor et dolor filii ho<expan>m</expan>ini dentes eo<expan>rum</expan> arma et sagitte<lb/> et lingua eorum gladium acutus</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.80" n="RK6.77"> And whan I may nat þ<expan>e</expan> maist<expan>r</expan>e haue such malencolie I take</l> <l id="I6.81" n="RK6.78"> þat I cacche þe crampe þe cardiacle som-tyme</l> <l id="I6.82" n="RK6.79"> Or an ague in such anger and som-tyme a feuer</l> <l id="I6.83" n="RK6.80"> þat takþ me al þe twelmonth til þat I dispice</l> <l id="I6.84" n="RK6.81"> lechecraft of our<expan>e</expan> lorde and leue on a wicche</l> <l id="I6.85" n="RK6.82"> and sigge þ<expan>a</expan>t no clerk ne can ne crist as i leue</l> <l id="I6.86" n="RK6.83"> To þe sout<expan>er</expan>e of southwerk such is his grace</l> <l id="I6.87" n="RK6.84"> For god ne goddes worde ne gras ȝit halpe me neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.88" n="RK6.85"> But þorgh a charme had I chance and my chef hele</l> <l id="I6.89" n="RK6.86"> I myght nat ete many ȝer as a man oghte</l> <l id="I6.90" n="RK6.87"> For enuye and yuel wil is yuel to defye</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="30v" entity="I30v"/> <l id="I6.91" n="RK6.88"> [\'c9]tre ne no swete þing aswage my swelling</l> <l id="I6.92" n="RK6.89"> ne no derworþe drinke dryue it fro myn herte</l> <l id="I6.93" n="RK6.90"> ne neiþ<expan>er</expan> schame ne schrifte but ho-so schraped my mawe</l> <l id="I6.94" n="RK6.91"> thus redily q<expan>uo</expan>d repentance and þou be right sory</l> <l id="I6.95" n="RK6.92"> For þy synnes sou<expan>er</expan>aignly and biseke god of mercy</l> <l id="I6.96" n="RK6.93"> I am euer sory saide enuye I nam but selden oþer</l> <l id="I6.97" n="RK6.94"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t makeþ me so megr<expan>e</expan> for I ne may me venge</l> <l id="I6.98" n="RK6.95"> ȝit am I broco<expan>ur</expan> of bakbiting and to blame me<expan>n</expan>nes war<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.99" n="RK6.96"> amonges marchantȝ many times and namelich in londou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.100" n="RK6.97"> when he solde and I noght þenne was I redy </l> <l id="I6.101" n="RK6.98"> To lye and to lour<expan>e</expan> and to lakke my neghebours</l> <l id="I6.102" n="RK6.99"> here werke here wordes where þat I sitte</l> <l id="I6.103" n="RK6.100"> now it aþenkeþ me in my þoght þat eu<expan>er</expan> I so wroghte</l> <l id="I6.104" n="RK6.101"> lord er I lif leue for loue of þi-selue</l> <l id="I6.105" n="RK6.102"> G<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>te me goode lorde g<expan>ra</expan>ce of amendeme<expan>n</expan>t</l> <l id="I6.106" n="RK6.103"> þanne a-waked wratthe w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> tweie white eyhes</l> <l id="I6.107" n="RK6.104"> and with a nyuilinges nose nyppyng his lippes</l> <l id="I6.108" n="RK6.105"> I am wroth q<expan>uo</expan>d þat weie wol gladliche smyte</l> <l id="I6.109" n="RK6.106"> Boþe w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> stoon and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> staff and stele vpon myn enemy </l> <l id="I6.110" n="RK6.107"> To sle him sleghliche sleghtes I be-þenke</l> <l id="I6.111" n="RK6.108"> þogh y sete þis seuen ȝer I scholde not wel telle</l> <l id="I6.112" n="RK6.109"> þe harme þ<expan>a</expan>t I haue do w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> honde and wiþe tonge</l> <l id="I6.113" n="RK6.110"> Inpacient in all penances and pleyned as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.114" n="RK6.111"> On god whan me greued aght and grucched of his sonde</l> <l id="I6.115" n="RK6.112"> as some-time in somer and also in heruuest</l> <l id="I6.116" n="RK6.113"> Bot I had weder at my will<expan>e</expan> I witte god þe cause</l> <l id="I6.117" n="RK6.114"> In all maner angres þat I had or felte</l> <l id="I6.118" n="RK6.115"> amonges all man<expan>er</expan> me<expan>n</expan> my duellyng is som-tyme</l> <l id="I6.119" n="RK6.116"> wiþ lewed and lered þat leue ben to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.120" n="RK6.117"> harme of eny man byhinde or bifor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.121" n="RK6.118"> Freres folwen my fore fele time and ofte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="31r" entity="I31r"/> <l id="I6.122" n="RK6.119"> and preeuen inp<expan>ar</expan>fite prelatȝ3? of holy chirche</l> <l id="I6.123" n="RK6.120"> and p<expan>re</expan>latȝ? pleigneþ on hem for þey her p<expan>ar</expan>schiens schri[\'c9tear]</l> <l id="I6.124" n="RK6.121"> wiþout licence and leeue and her by-leueþ wraþþe</l> <l id="I6.125" n="RK6.122"> þus þey speke and despute þ<expan>a</expan>t ichon spiseth oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.126" n="RK6.123"> thus beggers and barou<expan>n</expan>s at debat aren ofte</l> <l id="I6.127" n="RK6.124"> Til I wraþþe wexe an hey and walke w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hem boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.128" n="RK6.125"> Or til þai boþ<expan>e</expan> be beggers and by spirituel libbe </l> <l id="I6.129" n="RK6.126"> Or all riche and ride reste schal I nat wraþþe</l> <l id="I6.130" n="RK6.127"> þat I ne mot folwe þis folc my fortune is non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.131" n="RK6.128"> I haue an au<expan>n</expan>te to nonne and an abbesse</l> <l id="I6.132" n="RK6.129"> hir wer leu<expan>er</expan>e swowe or swelte þan suffre eny peyne</l> <l id="I6.133" n="RK6.130"> I haue be cook in hir kichene and þe couent <expan>ser</expan>ued</l> <l id="I6.134" n="RK6.131"> many monthes w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hem and wiþ monkes boþe</l> <l id="I6.135" n="RK6.132"> I was þe P<expan>ri</expan>oresse poteger and oþ<expan>re?</expan> poure ladyes</l> <l id="I6.136" n="RK6.133"> and made he<expan>m</expan> iowtes of diangelynge Dame ione was a bastard</l> <l id="I6.137" n="RK6.134"> and Dame Clarice a knyghteȝ? doght<expan>re?</expan> a cokewold was hir syr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.138" n="RK6.135"> and dame pernele a p<expan>re</expan>stes file p<expan>ri</expan>oresse worth sche neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.139" n="RK6.136"> For sche had childe in þe chapou<expan>n</expan> cote sche worþ chalenged at þelection</l> <l id="I6.140" n="RK6.137"> þus sitte þey sustres som-tyme and desputen </l> <l id="I6.141" n="RK6.138"> Til þou lixt an þou lixt be lady ouer hem all</l> <l id="I6.142" n="RK6.139"> and þanne awake I wraþþ<expan>e</expan> and wolde ben auenged </l> <l id="I6.143" n="RK6.140"> and þanne I crie and cracche wiþ my kene nayles</l> <l id="I6.144" n="RK6.141"> byte and bete and bringe forþ suche þewes</l> <l id="I6.145" n="RK6.142"> þat all ladies me lotheþ þat loueþ eny worschipe</l> <l id="I6.146" n="RK6.143"> amonges wifes and wydewes I am wont to sitte</l> <l id="I6.147" n="RK6.144"> I-parroked in pues þe p<expan>er</expan>sou<expan>n</expan> it knoweth </l> <l id="I6.148" n="RK6.145"> how litel I louye letice atte Style</l> <l id="I6.149" n="RK6.146"> For sche had halybred er I myn herte gan to change <expan>;</expan></l> <l id="I6.150" n="RK6.147"> after mete aftirward sche and I chidde</l> <l id="I6.151" n="RK6.148"> and I wraþþe was war and warþ on hem boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.152" n="RK6.149"> Til eyþer cleped oþer hoore and on wiþ þe clawes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="31v" entity="I31v"/> <l id="I6.153" n="RK6.150"> <damage type="tear">...?...</damage>here hedes wer<expan>e</expan> bar<expan>e</expan> & blody her<expan>e</expan> cheekes</l> <l id="I6.154" n="RK6.151"> <damage>A</damage>monge monkes I mighte be ac many tyme I spar<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.155" n="RK6.152"> for þ<expan>er</expan> arn many felle frekes myn affieres to aspie</l> <l id="I6.156" n="RK6.153"> þat is p<expan>ri</expan>our and subp<expan>ri</expan>our and our<expan>e</expan> pat<expan>er</expan> abbas</l> <l id="I6.157" n="RK6.154"> and if I telle eny tales þey taken hem to-gidere</l> <l id="I6.158" n="RK6.155"> and don me faste fridaies to bred and to wat<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.159" n="RK6.156"> ȝit am I chalenged in oure chapitr<expan>e</expan> ho[us] as I a childe wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.160" n="RK6.157"> and balaysed on þe bar<expan>e</expan> ers and no brech bituene</l> <l id="I6.161" n="RK6.158"> I haue no lust leue me to longe among monkes</l> <l id="I6.162" n="RK6.159"> For I ete mor<expan>e</expan> fissch þan flessch þ<expan>er</expan> and feble ale drinke</l> <l id="I6.163" n="RK6.160"> ac oþ<expan>er</expan>-while when wyn comþ & wha<expan>n</expan> I drinke late an eue</l> <l id="I6.164" n="RK6.161"> I haue a flux of a foul mowþ wel fyue dayes aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.165" n="RK6.162"> and all þ<expan>a</expan>t I wiste wikke by eny of our couent</l> <l id="I6.166" n="RK6.163"> I couþe it vppe in our<expan>e</expan> cloystr<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t al þ<expan>e</expan> couent wot it</l> <l id="I6.167" n="RK6.164"> Now repente q<expan>uo</expan>þ repentance and reherce neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.168" n="RK6.165"> Cou<expan>n</expan>sail þat þou knowest by contienance ne by speche</l> <l id="I6.169" n="RK6.166"> and drinke nat ou<expan>er</expan>-delicatly ne to depe neyþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.170" n="RK6.167"> þat þy wille ne þy witte to wreche myghte torne</l> <l id="I6.171" n="RK6.168"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Esto sobrius</hi></foreign> I sayde and assoyled him aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.172" n="RK6.169"> and bad hi<expan>m</expan> bidde to god be his help to mende</l> <l id="I6.173" n="RK6.170"> Thenne seide leccherie allas and to our<expan>e</expan> lady cried</l> <l id="I6.174" n="RK6.171"> lady to þy leeue sone lowte for me nouþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.175" n="RK6.172"> þat he haue pite on me putro<expan>ur</expan> of his pure mersy</l> <l id="I6.176" n="RK6.173"> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t I schal q<expan>uo</expan>þ þ<expan>a</expan>t schrewe saterdaies for þy moder loue</l> <l id="I6.177" n="RK6.174"> Drinke but wiþ þe doke and dyne but ones</l> <l id="I6.178" n="RK6.175"> I gulty in gost to god I me schryue</l> <l id="I6.179" n="RK6.176"> as in likyng of leccherie my licames gultes</l> <l id="I6.180" n="RK6.177"> In worde and in wedes on wayting of eyes</l> <l id="I6.181" n="RK6.178"> For ich a mayde þat I mette I made hir a signe</l> <l id="I6.182" n="RK6.179"> semyng to synneward and some I gan taste</l> <l id="I6.183" n="RK6.180"> aboute þe mouth and byneþe bygan I to grope</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="32r" entity="I32r"/> <l id="I6.184" n="RK6.181"> Til boþe oure wil was on and to þe wer</l> <l id="I6.185" n="RK6.182"> as wel fastyng dayes as fridayes and heie feste e </l> <l id="I6.186" n="RK6.183"> as lief in lente as out of lente all<expan>e</expan> tyme yliche</l> <l id="I6.187" n="RK6.184"> suche werkes wiþ vs wer<expan>e</expan> neuer out of sesou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.188" n="RK6.185"> Til we myghte no more þan hadde we mery tales</l> <l id="I6.189" n="RK6.186"> Of putrie and of p<expan>ar?</expan>amo<expan>ur</expan>s and p<expan>re?</expan>ueden þorgh speche</l> <l id="I6.190" n="RK6.187"> and handelyng and halsyng and also þurgh kyssyng</l> <l id="I6.191" n="RK6.188"> Excitede eyþ<expan>er</expan> other til olde synne</l> <l id="I6.192" n="RK6.189"> Sotilede songes and sente out olde bawdes\'ca</l> <l id="I6.193" n="RK6.190"> To wynne to my wille wymme<expan>n</expan> wiþ gyle</l> <l id="I6.194" n="RK6.191"> By sorserie som-tyme and som-tyme by maist<expan>ri</expan>e</l> <l id="I6.195" n="RK6.192"> I lay by þe louelokest and loued hir neuer aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.196" n="RK6.193"> whan I was olde and hoor and had y-lore þ<expan>a</expan>t kynde</l> <l id="I6.197" n="RK6.194"> I had likynge to lithe of leccherie tales</l> <l id="I6.198" n="RK6.195"> now lorde for þy lewte on lecchours haue m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I6.199" n="RK6.196"> <hi rend="largeCap">T</hi>hanne cam coueitise I can him nat descriue</l> <l id="I6.200" n="RK6.197"> So hungrily holwe s<expan>ire</expan> heruy him loked</l> <l id="I6.201" n="RK6.198"> he was bittel-browed and babirlipped w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> tueye blered yhen</l> <l id="I6.202" n="RK6.199"> and as a letheren purs lolled his chekes</l> <l id="I6.203" n="RK6.200"> wel sidder þen his chyn I cheueled for elde</l> <l id="I6.204" n="RK6.201"> and as a bondema<expan>n</expan>nes bacou<expan>n</expan> his berde was I-schaue</l> <l id="I6.205" n="RK6.202"> wiþ his hood on his heed and his hatte boþe</l> <l id="I6.206" n="RK6.203"> In a tore tabbard of tuelf wint<expan>er</expan> age</l> <l id="I6.207" n="RK6.204"> but if a lous lepe I leue it I trowe</l> <l id="I6.208" n="RK6.205"> he schulde wandr<expan>e</expan> vp þat walk so was it þred-bar<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.209" n="RK6.206"> I haue be coueyto<expan>us</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>þ þis caytiff I biknowe it her<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I6.210" n="RK6.207"> For som-tyme I <expan>ser</expan>uede symme at þe style</l> <l id="I6.211" n="RK6.208"> and was his prentys I-plight his p<expan>ro</expan>ffit to waite</l> <l id="I6.212" n="RK6.209"> First I lerned to lye a lees oþ<expan>er</expan> tweye</l> <l id="I6.213" n="RK6.210"> wickedliche to weye was my ferste lessou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.214" n="RK6.211"> To wy and to wynchestr<expan>e</expan> I wente to þe feir<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="32v" entity="I32v"/> <l id="I6.215" n="RK6.212"> <damage type="tear">...?...</damage> man<expan>er</expan> marchandise as my maist<expan>er</expan> highte</l> <l id="I6.216" n="RK6.213"> <damage type="tear">....</damage> þe grace of gile gon among my war<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.217" n="RK6.214"> It had ben vnsold þis seue ȝer<expan>e</expan> so me god helpe</l> <l id="I6.218" n="RK6.215"> þan drogh I me among drap<expan>er</expan>s my donet to ler<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.219" n="RK6.216"> To drawe þe liser along þe lenger it semed</l> <l id="I6.220" n="RK6.217"> amo<expan>n</expan>ges þe riche rayes y rendred a lessoun</l> <l id="I6.221" n="RK6.218"> To brochen hem w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a batnedele and band hem to-gid<expan>er?</expan>es</l> <l id="I6.222" n="RK6.219"> Putte he<expan>m</expan> in a p<expan>re</expan>ssour & pynned hem þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I6.223" n="RK6.220"> Til ten ȝerdes oþ<expan>er</expan> twelue tolde our þrettene</l> <l id="I6.224" n="RK6.221"> My wif was a webbe and wollen cloþ made</l> <l id="I6.225" n="RK6.222"> and spak to þe spynsters to spynnen it oute</l> <l id="I6.226" n="RK6.223"> þe pound þo sche payed hem by peysed a quart<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.227" n="RK6.224"> more þan myn aunc<expan>er</expan> whan I weyed treuþe</l> <l id="I6.228" n="RK6.225"> I boght hir barly sche brewe it to selle</l> <l id="I6.229" n="RK6.226"> Peny-ale and puddyngale sche poured to-gidr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I6.230" n="RK6.227"> for laborers and lowe folc that lay by him-selue</l> <l id="I6.231" n="RK6.228"> ac þe best ale lay in my bo<expan>ur</expan> and in my bed chambr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.232" n="RK6.229"> and who-so bommed þ<expan>er</expan>-of he boght it þ<expan>er</expan>-aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.233" n="RK6.230"> a galou<expan>n</expan> for a grote and ȝit no graith mesur<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.234" n="RK6.231"> whan it cam on cuppemele þis craft my wif vsed</l> <l id="I6.235" n="RK6.232"> Rose þe reg<expan>ra?</expan>er was hir righte name</l> <l id="I6.236" n="RK6.233"> sche hadde holde hokkerie þis endeleuen wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.237" n="RK6.234"> Repentedestow neu<expan>er</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>þ repentance ne restituciou<expan>n</expan> madest</l> <l id="I6.238" n="RK6.235"> ȝis ones I was herberwed q<expan>uo</expan>d he wiþ an hepe of chapme<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.239" n="RK6.236"> I ros and rifled here males whan þey at reste wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.240" n="RK6.237"> þat was a rewful restituciou<expan>n</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>d repentance for soþe</l> <l id="I6.241" n="RK6.238"> þou wilt be honged heye þ<expan>er</expan>fore her<expan>e</expan> or in helle</l> <l id="I6.242" n="RK6.239"> vsedestow eu<expan>er</expan>e vsurie in al þy lif-tyme</l> <l id="I6.243" n="RK6.240"> nay soþly he saide saue in my ȝouþe</l> <l id="I6.244" n="RK6.241"> I lerned among lumbardes a lessou<expan>n</expan> and of iewes</l> <l id="I6.245" n="RK6.242"> to weie pens wiþ a peys and paied þe heuyest</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">and leute for loue of þ<expan>e</expan> w<damage>...</damage></fw><fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">and leute for loue of þ<expan>e</expan> w<damage>...</damage></fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="33r" entity="I33r"/> <l id="I6.246" n="RK6.243"> and lente for loue of þe wedde þe which <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.247" n="RK6.244"> and more worþ þan þe moneye or men þ<expan>a</expan>t I <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.248" n="RK6.245"> I lene folc þat lese wole a lippe of ich-a noble</l> <l id="I6.249" n="RK6.246"> and with lumbardes l<expan>ett</expan>res lene golde to Rome</l> <l id="I6.250" n="RK6.247"> So what buyrn of me borwed he oghte<expan>?</expan> þe tyme</l> <l id="I6.251" n="RK6.248"> lendest euere eny lord for loue of his mayntenance</l> <l id="I6.252" n="RK6.249"> I haue lent lordes and ladies þ<expan>a</expan>t loued me neu<expan>er</expan> aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.253" n="RK6.250"> and haue y-made many a knyght boþe m<expan>er</expan>cer & drap<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.254" n="RK6.251"> Payed neuer for his p<expan>re</expan>ntishode nat a pair<expan>e</expan> gloues</l> <l id="I6.255" n="RK6.252"> þat chaffared w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> my cheuyssances chened selde aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.256" n="RK6.253"> now rediliy quoþ repentance and by þe roode I leue</l> <l id="I6.257" n="RK6.254"> Schal neu<expan>er</expan> secuto<expan>ur</expan> wel bisette þe silu<expan>er</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t þou him lenest</l> <l id="I6.258" n="RK6.255"> ne þin heires as I hope haue ioye of þ<expan>a</expan>t þou wonne</l> <l id="I6.259" n="RK6.256"> for þe pope w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> all<expan>e</expan> his penitaunce<expan>er</expan>s power hem faileþ</l> <l id="I6.260" n="RK6.257"> To assoile þe of þi synne <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Sine restitucione</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I6.261" n="RK6.257"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nunq<expan>ua</expan>m dimittitur peccatum &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.262" n="RK6.258"> wiþ false wordes and weyhtes haue I wonne my goodes</l> <l id="I6.263" n="RK6.259"> and wiþ gile and glosyng I gadered þat I haue</l> <l id="I6.264" n="RK6.260"> Medled my marchandise and made a good monstr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.265" n="RK6.261"> þe worste lay wiþinne a gret wytte I late it</l> <l id="I6.266" n="RK6.262"> and if my neyhebo<expan>ur</expan> hadde an hyne or eny beste elles</l> <l id="I6.267" n="RK6.263"> More p<expan>ro</expan>fitable þan myn I made many wentes</l> <l id="I6.268" n="RK6.264"> how I myghte haue it al my witte caste</l> <l id="I6.269" n="RK6.265"> and but I it hadde by oþ<expan>er</expan> wey atte laste I stal it</l> <l id="I6.270" n="RK6.266"> Or p<expan>ri</expan>uyliche his purs schoke and vnpiked his lokes</l> <l id="I6.271" n="RK6.267"> and if I ȝede to þe plogh I prinched on his half acr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.272" n="RK6.268"> þat a foote londe or a forwe fecche I wolde</l> <l id="I6.273" n="RK6.269"> of my neyhebo<expan>ur</expan>s next nymen of of his erþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.274" n="RK6.270"> and if I raaþe ou<expan>er</expan>reche or ȝaf him rede to repe</l> <l id="I6.275" n="RK6.271"> to sese to me with here sikel þat I ne sewe neuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.276" n="RK6.272"> In halydaies at holy chirche whan I herde masse</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="33v" entity="I33v"/> <l id="I6.277" n="RK6.273"> <damage type="tear">...?...</damage> witt<expan>er</expan>ly to biseche m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I6.278" n="RK6.274"> <damage type="tear">...?...</damage>ysdedes þat I ne morned aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.279" n="RK6.275"> <damage type="tear">...?...</damage> of good more leeue me þan for licames gultes</l> <l id="I6.280" n="RK6.276"> <damage type="tear">....g</damage>h I dedly synne dede I dradde not so sore</l> <l id="I6.281" n="RK6.277"> <damage type="tear">..</damage> whan I lente and leued it lost or longer er it wer<expan>e</expan> payed</l> <l id="I6.282" n="RK6.278"> and if I sente ou<expan>er</expan> see my s<expan>er</expan>uantȝ to brugges</l> <l id="I6.283" n="RK6.279"> Or in pruys lond my p<expan>re</expan>ntys my profit to a-wayte</l> <l id="I6.284" n="RK6.280"> So to marchante w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> my money and maken here<expan>e</expan> eschangeȝ</l> <l id="I6.285" n="RK6.281"> Mighte neu<expan>er</expan> me co<expan>n</expan>forte in þe mene-tyme</l> <l id="I6.286" n="RK6.283"> Noyþ<expan>er</expan> penance p<expan>er</expan>formed ne p<expan>ate</expan>r n<expan>oster</expan> saide</l> <l id="I6.287" n="RK6.284"> That my mynde ne was more in my goodes in a dowte</l> <l id="I6.288" n="RK6.285"> þan in þe grace of my god and in his grete might</l> <l id="I6.289" n="RK6.285"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">vbi thesaurus tuus ibi cor tuum</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.290" n="RK6.286"> Now redily quoþ repenatnce haue reuþe on þy lyuyng</l> <l id="I6.291" n="RK6.287"> Were I a frere in good faith for al þe golde in erþe</l> <l id="I6.292" n="RK6.288"> I ne wolde cope me w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þy catel ne our<expan>e</expan> kirke mende</l> <l id="I6.293" n="RK6.289"> ne take a meeles mete of þin and my<expan>n</expan> herte it wiste</l> <l id="I6.294" n="RK6.290"> þou were such as þou saist I schulde raþ<expan>er</expan> sterue</l> <l id="I6.295" n="RK6.290"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Melius est mori q<expan>ua</expan>m male viuer<expan>e</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.296" n="RK6.291"> I rede no faiþful frere at þy feste sitte</l> <l id="I6.297" n="RK6.292"> ȝit were me leu<expan>er</expan>e by our<expan>e</expan> londe leue al by welle-cresses</l> <l id="I6.298" n="RK6.293"> þan haue my foode & my fyndyng of falsma<expan>n</expan>es wy<expan>n</expan>nyng</l> <l id="I6.299" n="RK6.293"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Seruus alterius cum fercula pingua queris</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I6.300" n="RK6.293"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Pane tuo pocius vestere liber eris</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.301" n="RK6.294"> Thou art an vnkynde creatur<expan>e</expan> I can þe nat assoile</l> <l id="I6.302" n="RK6.295"> til þou haue made by þi might to all<expan>e</expan> me<expan>n</expan> restituciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I6.303" n="RK6.296"> For all<expan>e?</expan> þat hauen of þi good haue god my treuþe</l> <l id="I6.304" n="RK6.297"> Is haldyng at þe heye dome <damage type="water">......</damage> þe restitue</l> <l id="I6.305" n="RK6.298"> ȝe þe prest þat þy tyþe took t<expan>ro</expan>we <damage type="water">..</damage> non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.306" n="RK6.299"> schal p<expan>ar</expan>te wiþ þe in purgatorie and halpe paye þy dette</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="34r" entity="I34r"/> <l id="I6.307" n="RK6.300"> If he wiste þow were such / whan <damage>....</damage></l> <l id="I6.308" n="RK6.301"> and what leede leeneþ þ<expan>a</expan>t I lye / loke in þe <damage>....</damage></l> <l id="I6.309" n="RK6.302"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I6.310" n="RK6.303"> and þer schal he wite witterly / what vsure is t<damage>....</damage></l> <l id="I6.311" n="RK6.304"> and penance þe p<expan>re</expan>st schal haue / þ<expan>a</expan>t proude is of his <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.312" n="RK6.305"> For an hoore of hir ars wynnyng / may hardiloker ti[7] <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I6.313" n="RK6.306"> þan an vsurer / haue god my treuthe</l> <l id="I6.314" n="RK6.307"> and erst schal come to heuen</l> <l id="I6.315" n="RK6.308"> þan was þ<expan>er</expan> a walsch-man / was wondirly sory</l> <l id="I6.316" n="RK6.309"> highte ȝeuan ȝelde aȝein / if so moche haue</l> <l id="I6.317" n="RK6.310"> al þat I wikkedly wan / siþen I witten hadde</l> <l id="I6.318" n="RK6.311"> & þogh my liflode lakke / leten I nelle</l> <l id="I6.319" n="RK6.312"> þat eche ma<expan>n</expan> ne schal haue his / ar I hennes wende</l> <l id="I6.320" n="RK6.313"> For me is leue in þis lif / as a lorel begge</l> <l id="I6.321" n="RK6.314"> Than in lisse to lyue / and lese lif and soule</l> <l id="I6.322" n="RK6.315"> Robert þe ruyflere on / <hi rend="rb">Reddite</hi> lokede</l> <l id="I6.323" n="RK6.316"> and for þ<expan>er</expan> nas nat wher-with / he weepe wond<expan>er</expan> sore</l> <l id="I6.324" n="RK6.317"> ac ȝit at synful schrewe saide / to the heuene</l> <l id="I6.325" n="RK6.318"> Crist þat on Caluare on the cros deidest</l> <l id="I6.326" n="RK6.319"> Tho Dismas my broþ<expan>er</expan> / bisoghte ȝou of g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I6.327" n="RK6.320"> and hadde m<expan>er</expan>cy vpon þ<expan>a</expan>t ma<expan>n</expan> for memento his sake</l> <l id="I6.328" n="RK6.321"> So rewe vpon Robert þat <hi rend="rb">redder<expan>e</expan></hi> ne haue</l> <l id="I6.329" n="RK6.322"> ne neuer wene to wynne w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> crafte þat I knowe</l> <l id="I6.330" n="RK6.323"> For þy mochel mercy mi<expan>t</expan>ig<expan>acio</expan>u<expan>n</expan> </l> <l id="I6.331" n="RK6.324"> domysday Dampne me noght ac / for þat I dede so ille</l> <l id="I6.332" n="RK6.325"> what bifell<expan>e</expan> of me felou<expan>n</expan> / I can noght fair<expan>e</expan> schewe</l> <l id="I6.333" n="RK6.326"> wel I wot he wepte foste wat<expan>er</expan> wiþ his yes</l> <l id="I6.334" n="RK6.327"> and knowleched to crist / his coupe ȝit eft-sones</l> <l id="I6.335" n="RK6.328"> þat repentance his pik-staf he wolde polissche newe</l> <l id="I6.336" n="RK6.329"> For he hadde leyȝe by latro a luciferes aunte</l> <l id="I6.337" n="RK6.330"> by þe roode quoþ repentaunce / þou romest toward heuene</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="34v" entity="I34v"/> <l id="I6.338" n="RK6.331"> ..... in herte / as I here þi tonge</l> <l id="I6.339" n="RK6.332"> ....mochel mercy / and ȝit þ<expan>ou</expan> myght saued</l> <l id="I6.340" n="RK6.333"> ....wrecchednesse of þis world / & wickedde dedes</l> <l id="I6.341" n="RK6.334"> .....þ as a flonke of fyr / þat filamydde temse</l> <l id="I6.342" n="RK6.335"> ....d deyed wiþ a drope wat<expan>er</expan> / so doþ alle synnes</l> <l id="I6.343" n="RK6.336"> Of all<expan>e</expan> man<expan>er</expan> of me<expan>n</expan> / þ<expan>a</expan>t w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> good wil confessen hem</l> <l id="I6.344" n="RK6.337"> and crien him mersy / schulle neuer come in helle</l> <l id="I6.345" n="RK6.338"> <hi rend="rb">Om<expan>n</expan>is iniquitas quo ad m<expan>isericord</expan>iam d<expan>e</expan>i est q<expan>uas</expan>i sintilla i<expan>n</expan> medio maris</hi> </l> <l id="I6.346" n="RK6.339"> Repente þe anon q<expan>uo</expan>þ repentance / right to þe vsurer</l> <l id="I6.347" n="RK6.340"> and haue his m<expan>er</expan>sy in þi mynde / and marchandise leue it</l> <l id="I6.348" n="RK6.341"> For þou hast no good by good faiþ / to gete þe w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a wastel</l> <l id="I6.349" n="RK6.342"> For þe good þ<expan>a</expan>t þou hast gete / bigan al with falshede</l> <l id="I6.350" n="RK6.343"> and as longe as þou lyuest þ<expan>er</expan>with / þ<expan>ou</expan> ȝeldest not but borwest</l> <l id="I6.351" n="RK6.344"> & ȝif þou wite neuer to whom / ne wher to restitue</l> <l id="I6.352" n="RK6.345"> Ber it to thy bisschop / and bid him of his grace</l> <l id="I6.353" n="RK6.346"> To bisetten it him-self / as best be for thy sowle</l> <l id="I6.354" n="RK6.347"> For he schal answere for þe / atte heye dome</l> <l id="I6.355" n="RK6.348"> For þe and for many mo / þ<expan>a</expan>t ma<expan>n</expan> schal ȝyue a rekenyng</l> <l id="I6.356" n="RK6.349"> what he lered ȝow to lyue with / & to lette ȝow fro þefte</l> <l id="I6.357" n="RK6.350"> Now bygynneth glotou<expan>n</expan> / for to go to schrifte</l> <l id="I6.358" n="RK6.351"> and caries him to kyrkeward / his coupe to schewe</l> <l id="I6.359" n="RK6.352"> Fastyng on a friday / forþ gan he wende</l> <l id="I6.360" n="RK6.353"> By betou<expan>n</expan>s hous þe brewst<expan>er</expan>e / þat bad him good morwe</l> <l id="I6.361" n="RK6.354"> and whiderward he wolde / þe brewyf / him asked</l> <l id="I6.362" n="RK6.355"> To holy chirche þuoþ he / to here my masse</l> <l id="I6.363" n="RK6.356"> and siþenes sitte and be schriue / and synne no more</l> <l id="I6.364" n="RK6.357"> I haue good ale gossib / glotoun wistow assaye</l> <l id="I6.365" n="RK6.358"> hastow quoþ he eny hote spices</l> <l id="I6.366" n="RK6.359"> I haue peper and pyuonye / and a pound garlek</l> <l id="I6.367" n="RK6.360"> a ferþing worth of fenkel-seed / for fastyng-dayes y-?boght it</l> <l id="I6.368" n="RK6.361"> þanne goþ glotou<expan>n</expan> in / and grete oþes aft<expan>er</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="35r" entity="I35r"/> <l id="I6.369" n="RK6.362"> Cesse þe Souters sat on þe benche\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.370" n="RK6.363"> Watte þe warner and his wif fronke\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.371" n="RK6.364"> Tome þe tynker and tweyn of his knau\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.372" n="RK6.365"> hikke þe kakenyma<expan>n</expan> and howe þe needle<expan>r</expan>\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.373" n="RK6.366"> Clarice of Cokkislane and þe clerk of þe chirche\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.374" n="RK6.367"> Syre pieres of pridie and pernele of flaundreȝ\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.375" n="RK6.368"> an<del rend="erasure">d</del> Hayward an hermite þe hangema<expan>n</expan> of Tybo<expan>ur</expan>ne\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.376" n="RK6.370"> Of portours & pyke purses and of pilede toþ drawers\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.377" n="RK6.371"> a Ribilour a Ratoner a Raker and his knaue\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.378" n="RK6.372"> a roper and a Reding king and rose þe disscher<expan>e</expan>\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.379" n="RK6.373"> Godfray þe garlek mong<expan>er</expan>e and Griffith þe walssche\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.380" n="RK6.374"> and of vphalders an hepe erly by þe morwe\u8232 </l> <l id="I6.381" n="RK6.375"> Seuen glotou<expan>n</expan> wiþ glad cher<expan>e</expan> good ale to hanselle</l> <l id="I6.382" n="RK6.376"> Clement þe cobeler<expan>e</expan> cast of his cloke</l> <l id="I6.383" n="RK6.377"> and to þe ne we fair<expan>e</expan> nempned forþ to selle</l> <l id="I6.384" n="RK6.378"> hicke þe hakeney man hitte his hood aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.385" n="RK6.379"> and bad bette þe bocher to ben on his side</l> <l id="I6.386" n="RK6.380"> þer<expan>e</expan> chapme<expan>n</expan> y-chose þis chaffar<expan>e</expan> to preyse</l> <l id="I6.387" n="RK6.381"> þat who-so hadde þe hood scholde nat haue þe cloke</l> <l id="I6.388" n="RK6.382"> & þat þe bettr<expan>e</expan> þing by arbitro<expan>ur</expan>s boote schulde þe werse</l> <l id="I6.389" n="RK6.383"> To risen vp rape and rounede to-gidres</l> <l id="I6.390" n="RK6.384"> and preisede þise peniworþes a-parte by hem-selue</l> <l id="I6.391" n="RK6.385"> and þer<expan>e</expan> wer<expan>e</expan> oþes an hepe for on schulde haue þe werse</l> <l id="I6.392" n="RK6.386"> þey coupe nat by here co<expan>n</expan>science acorden for treuþe</l> <l id="I6.393" n="RK6.387"> Til robyn þe ropere arise þe bisoght</l> <l id="I6.394" n="RK6.388"> and nempneþ hym for anoumpier þ<expan>a</expan>t no debat wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.395" n="RK6.389"> hicke þe hostiler hadde þe cloke</l> <l id="I6.396" n="RK6.390"> In couenant þat cleme<expan>n</expan>t schuylde þe cuppe fille</l> <l id="I6.397" n="RK6.391"> and haue hickes hood þe hostiler and holde him I-serued</l> <l id="I6.398" n="RK6.392"> and who-so repented him raþer schulde arise aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.399" n="RK6.393"> and grete sir glotou<expan>n</expan> wiþ a golu<expan>n</expan> of ale</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="35v" entity="I35v"/> <l id="I6.400" n="RK6.394"> ...ng and lowring and let go þe coppe</l> <l id="I6.401" n="RK6.395"> ...and beu<expan>er</expan>ages bigonne þo to wake\'ca</l> <l id="I6.402" n="RK6.396"> ...so til euesonge an songen vm-by-while</l> <l id="I6.403" n="RK6.397"> ...tou<expan>n</expan> hadde I-globbed a galou<expan>n</expan> and a gille</l> <l id="I6.404" n="RK6.398"> ...guttes gan to gosely as tuo gredy sowes</l> <l id="I6.405" n="RK6.399"> he pissede a potel in a pat<expan>er</expan>-n<expan>oste</expan>r-while</l> <l id="I6.406" n="RK6.400"> he blew his rounde ryuet at his rigge-bones ende</l> <l id="I6.407" n="RK6.401"> þat al þat herde þe horne helde here nose aft<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.408" n="RK6.402"> and wesched it hadde be wasche w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a wips of breres</l> <l id="I6.409" n="RK6.403"> he mighte neyþ<expan>er</expan> steppe ne stande til he his staf hadde\'ca</l> <l id="I6.410" n="RK6.404"> and þanne gan he go lich a glema<expan>n</expan>nes bicche</l> <l id="I6.411" n="RK6.405"> Som-tyme a-side and som-tyme arer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.412" n="RK6.406"> as who-so leith lynes for to lacche foules</l> <l id="I6.413" n="RK6.407"> and whan he drowe to þe dore þanne dymmed his eyes</l> <l id="I6.414" n="RK6.408"> and thrumbled at þe thresshfold and þrewe to þerþe</l> <l id="I6.415" n="RK6.409"> and Cleme<expan>n</expan>t þe cobeler<expan>e</expan> caghte him by þe myddel</l> <l id="I6.416" n="RK6.410"> and for to lifte him alofte leyde him on his knes</l> <l id="I6.417" n="RK6.411"> Ac glutou<expan>n</expan> was a gret cherl and agreued in þe liftyng</l> <l id="I6.418" n="RK6.412"> and cowed vp a cawdel in clementes lappe</l> <l id="I6.419" n="RK6.413"> Is non so hungry hounde in herteforde-schir<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.420" n="RK6.414"> Durste lape of þat leuynge so vnlouely it smaghte</l> <l id="I6.421" n="RK6.415"> wiþ al þe wo of þis worlde his wif and his wenche</l> <l id="I6.422" n="RK6.416"> beren him to his bed and broghten hym þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I6.423" n="RK6.417"> and after al þis excesse he hadde an accesse aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I6.424" n="RK6.418"> he sleep sat<expan>er</expan>day and sonday til þe so<expan>n</expan>ne ȝede to reste</l> <l id="I6.425" n="RK6.419"> þan gan he wake wel wanne & wolde haue I-dronke</l> <l id="I6.426" n="RK6.420"> þe firste worlde þat he spak was who halte þe bolle</l> <l id="I6.427" n="RK6.421"> his wife and his in-witte edwited hy<expan>m</expan> of his synne</l> <l id="I6.428" n="RK6.422"> he wax aschamed þ<expan>a</expan>t schrewe he schrof him as swyþe</l> <l id="I6.429" n="RK6.423"> to repentance right þus haue reuþe on me he sayde</l> <l id="I6.430" n="RK6.424"> þow lorde þ<expan>a</expan>t alofte arte and alle lyues schope</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="36r" entity="I36r"/> <l id="I6.431" n="RK6.425"> To þe god I glotou<expan>n</expan> gulty me ȝelde <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.432" n="RK6.426"> Of þ<expan>a</expan>t I haue t<expan>re</expan>spast w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> tonge I can nat <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.433" n="RK6.427"> sworn goddes soule and his sides and so he <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.434" n="RK6.428"> þer no nede ne was many sithes falsly</l> <l id="I6.435" n="RK6.429"> and ou<expan>er</expan>sowped at my sou<expan>er</expan> and som-time at non <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I6.436" n="RK6.430"> More þan my kynde myghte diffye</l> <l id="I6.437" n="RK6.431"> as as an hounde þ<expan>a</expan>t eteth gras so gan I to brake</l> <l id="I6.438" n="RK6.432"> and spilde þat I spele might I can nat speke for schame</l> <l id="I6.439" n="RK6.433"> þe vilonye of my foule mouþ and of my foule mawe</l> <l id="I6.440" n="RK6.434"> and fasting-dayes bifor<expan>e</expan> noon fedde me with ale</l> <l id="I6.441" n="RK6.435"> Out of resou<expan>n</expan> amo<expan>n</expan>g ribaudes here ribaudye to heer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I6.442" n="RK6.436"> here of goode god g<expan>ra</expan>unte me forȝiuenesse</l> <l id="I6.443" n="RK6.437"> Of al my luthere lif in al my lif-tyme</l> <l id="I6.444" n="RK6.438"> For I vowe to verray god for eny hunger or thurste</l> <l id="I6.445" n="RK6.439"> Schal neuer fisch on þe friday diffyen in my wombe</l> <l id="I6.446" n="RK6.440"> til abstinence myn aunte haue ȝiue me leue</l> <l id="I6.447" n="RK6.441"> and ȝit haue I hated hire al my lif-tyme</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I7"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus septimus de visione</hi></foreign></head> <marginalia place="margin?" hand="handx"><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Accidia</hi></foreign></marginalia> <l id="I7.1" n="RK7.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">T</hi></hi>henne cam sleuþe al by-slobered wiþ tuo slymed eyes</l> <l id="I7.2" n="RK7.2"> y most fitte to be schriue or elles schold I nappe</l> <l id="I7.3" n="RK7.3"> I may nat we stande ne stoupe ne wiþoute stoole knele\'ca</l> <l id="I7.4" n="RK7.4"> were I broght in my bed but if my taylende it made</l> <l id="I7.5" n="RK7.5"> Schulde no þinge do me to rise til I wer<expan>e</expan> ripe to dyne</l> <l id="I7.6" n="RK7.6"> he bigan bendicite wiþ a bolke and his brest knokked</l> <l id="I7.7" n="RK7.7"> Raxled and roued and route ate laste</l> <l id="I7.8" n="RK7.8"> what awake renke q<expan>uo</expan>þ repentance and rape þe to schrifte</l> <l id="I7.9" n="RK7.9"> If I schulde deye by þis day I drede me sore</l> <l id="I7.10" n="RK7.10"> I can nat p<expan>ar</expan>fitly my pat<expan>er</expan>-n<expan>oste</expan>r as þe prest it syngeþ</l> <l id="I7.11" n="RK7.11"> I can rymes of Robynhood and of Randolf erl of chestr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.12" n="RK7.12"> ac of our<expan>e</expan> lorde ne of our<expan>e</expan> lady þe leste þ<expan>at</expan> euer was maked</l> <l id="I7.13" n="RK7.13"> I haue vowed vowes fourty and forȝeten hem\'ca amorwe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="36v" entity="I36v"/> <l id="I7.14" n="RK7.14"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> penaunces þat þe p<expan>re</expan>st me highte</l> <l id="I7.15" n="RK7.15"> <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear> for my synnes I seye neuer þe time</l> <l id="I7.16" n="RK7.16"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> dde eny bedes but if it be in wraþþe</l> <l id="I7.17" n="RK7.17"> <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear> elle wiþ my tonge is ten myle fro myn herte</l> <l id="I7.18" n="RK7.18"> <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear>n occupied ich-a-day halyday and oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.19" n="RK7.19"> wiþ ydel tales attenale and oþ<expan>er</expan>-while in chirches</l> <l id="I7.20" n="RK7.20"> Godes payne and his passiou<expan>n</expan> is pure selde in my þoght</l> <l id="I7.21" n="RK7.21"> I visitede neuer feble man ne fetered ma<expan>n</expan> in p<expan>ri</expan>sou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I7.22" n="RK7.22"> I hadde leuer here an harlotrie or a lesyng to laughen of</l> <l id="I7.23" n="RK7.23"> or to lakken me<expan>n</expan> or to likene hem in vnlikinge man<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I7.24" n="RK7.24"> þan al þ<expan>at</expan> euer marc made matheu Joh<expan>a</expan>n and lucas</l> <l id="I7.25" n="RK7.25"> vigilies and fasting-daies I can forȝeten he all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.26" n="RK7.27"> Til matyns or messe be do þan haue a memore atte freres</l> <l id="I7.27" n="RK7.26"> and ligge abedde in lente and my lemma<expan>n</expan> in myn armes</l> <l id="I7.28" n="RK7.29"> nat twies in ten ȝer and þan telle I nat þe haluendel</l> <l id="I7.29" n="RK7.30"> I haue be p<expan>re</expan>st and p<expan>er?</expan>sou<expan>n</expan> passyng þritty wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.30" n="RK7.31"> ȝit can I neyþ<expan>er</expan> solfe ne synge ne a seyntes life rede</l> <l id="I7.31" n="RK7.32"> ac I can fynden in a felde and in a forlang an haie</l> <l id="I7.32" n="RK7.33"> and holden a knyghtes court and accounte w<expan>ith</expan> þe reue</l> <l id="I7.33" n="RK7.34"> Ac I can nat construe catou<expan>n</expan> ne clergallyche reden</l> <l id="I7.34" n="RK7.35"> If I bigge and borwe it but if it be ytailed</l> <l id="I7.35" n="RK7.36"> I forȝete it as ȝerne and if eny man if aske</l> <l id="I7.36" n="RK7.37"> Sixe sithe or seuene I forsake it wiþ oþes</l> <l id="I7.37" n="RK7.38"> and þus haue I tened trewe men ten hundred tymes</l> <l id="I7.38" n="RK7.39"> and my s<expan>er</expan>uauntȝ som-tyme here salarie is byhinde</l> <l id="I7.39" n="RK7.40"> Rewþe is to here rekenyng whan we schal rede acountes\'ca</l> <l id="I7.40" n="RK7.41"> So wiþ wickede wille my werkemen y paie</l> <l id="I7.41" n="RK7.42"> If eny man doþ me a bienfet or helpeþ me at nede</l> <l id="I7.42" n="RK7.43"> I am vnkynde aȝein his cortesie and can not vnd<expan>er</expan> stonde it</l> <l id="I7.43" n="RK7.44"> For I haue and haue had som dele haukes maners</l> <l id="I7.44" n="RK7.45"> I am noght lured wiþ loue but þ<expan>er</expan> ligge oght vnd<expan>er</expan> þe þombe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="37r" entity="I37r"/> <l id="I7.45" n="RK7.46"> þe kyndenesse þ<expan>at</expan> myn euencristen <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.46" n="RK7.47"> Syxty sithe I sleuþe haue forȝeten it <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.47" n="RK7.48"> In speche and in sparing of speche I spill <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.48" n="RK7.49"> boþe flsch and fisch and vitayles kept so lon[g] <unclear><damage>...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.49" n="RK7.50"> Til ech lif it lothed to loke þ<expan>er</expan>on or smelle it</l> <l id="I7.50" n="RK7.51"> Bothe bred and ale bottre melk and chese</l> <l id="I7.51" n="RK7.52"> Forsleuthed my s<expan>er</expan>uice and I set an hous a-fur<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.52" n="RK7.53"> and ȝede aboute in my ȝouþe and ȝaf me to no thedom</l> <l id="I7.53" n="RK7.54"> and sitthe a begger haue I be for my foule slouthe</l> <l id="I7.54" n="RK7.54"> <hi rend="rb">heu michi quod sterilem duxi vitam iuuenilem</hi> </l> <l id="I7.55" n="RK7.55"> Repentedest þe noght q<expan>uo</expan>þ repentance & right w<expan>ith</expan> þ<expan>at</expan> he swowned</l> <l id="I7.56" n="RK7.56"> Til <hi rend="rb">vigilate</hi> þe veyle fette water at his yhen</l> <l id="I7.57" n="RK7.57"> and flatte it on his face and faste on him cried</l> <l id="I7.58" n="RK7.58"> and saide ware þe for wanhope þat wolde þe bytraye</l> <l id="I7.59" n="RK7.59"> I am sory for my synnes say to þy-seluen</l> <l id="I7.60" n="RK7.60"> and bete þy-selue vpon þe brest and bidde hi<expan>m</expan> of g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I7.61" n="RK7.61"> For is no gifte so gret þat his goodnesse is more</l> <l id="I7.62" n="RK7.62"> þan sat sleuþe him vp and ^ seyned him ofte </l> <l id="I7.63" n="RK7.63"> and made avowe to-fore god for his foule slouthe</l> <l id="I7.64" n="RK7.64"> schal no sonday be þis seue ȝer but if sikenesse it make</l> <l id="I7.65" n="RK7.65"> þat I ne schal do me ar day to þe dere chirche\'ca</l> <l id="I7.66" n="RK7.66"> and here matyns and masse as I a mo<expan>n</expan>ke wer<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I7.67" n="RK7.67"> Schal non ale aft<expan>er</expan> mete holde me þennes</l> <l id="I7.68" n="RK7.68"> Til I haue euesong y-herde I bihote þe to rede</l> <l id="I7.69" n="RK7.69"> ac whiche beþ þe branches þat bringeþ men to sleuþe</l> <l id="I7.70" n="RK7.70"> Is whan a man morneth nat for his misdedes</l> <l id="I7.71" n="RK7.71"> þe penau<expan>n</expan>ces þ<expan>at</expan> þe p<expan>re</expan>st enioyneþ p<expan>er?</expan>formed euel</l> <l id="I7.72" n="RK7.72"> doþ non almesdede drat him not of synne</l> <l id="I7.73" n="RK7.73"> lyueth aȝens þe bileeue and no lawe kepeth\'ca</l> <l id="I7.74" n="RK7.74"> and haþ no lykyng to lerne ne of our<expan>e</expan> lorde to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.75" n="RK7.75"> Bot to harlotrie & horedome and elles of som wynnyng</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="37v" entity="I37v"/> <l id="I7.76" n="RK7.76"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> of crist or of clennese of soule</l> <l id="I7.77" n="RK7.77"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>h and wil nat her<expan>e</expan> but wordes of myrþe</l> <l id="I7.78" n="RK7.78"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>nd pore me<expan>n</expan> and þe passiou<expan>n</expan> of seyntes</l> <l id="I7.79" n="RK7.79"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> b? to here þer-of and alle þat þ<expan>er</expan>-of carpeth</l> <l id="I7.80" n="RK7.80"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> eþ þe branches beþ y-war þ<expan>at</expan> bringeþ a man to wanhope</l> <l id="I7.81" n="RK7.81"> lordes and ladies and legates of holycher</l> <l id="I7.82" n="RK7.82"> þat feden fole sages flaterers an lyars</l> <l id="I7.83" n="RK7.83"> and han likyng to liken hem in hope to do ȝow lawghe</l> <l id="I7.84" n="RK7.83"> <hi rend="rb">ve vobis qui rid<expan>entur</expan> &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I7.85" n="RK7.84"> and ȝeueþ such mede and mete and pore men refuse</l> <l id="I7.86" n="RK7.85"> In ȝour<expan>e</expan> deth-deyng I drede me sore</l> <l id="I7.87" n="RK7.86"> leste þo maner men to moche sorwe ȝow bringe</l> <l id="I7.88" n="RK7.86"> <hi rend="rb">Consencientes et agentes pari pena punientur</hi> </l> <l id="I7.89" n="RK7.87"> Patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes p<expan>re</expan>cho<expan>ur</expan>s of goddes wordes</l> <l id="I7.90" n="RK7.88"> Sauen þorgh her sermou<expan>n</expan> ma<expan>n</expan>nes soule fram helle</l> <l id="I7.91" n="RK7.89"> Right so flaterers and fooles aren þe fendes p<expan>ro</expan>curato<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <l id="I7.92" n="RK7.90"> To entise men þorgh here false tales to synne & harlott<expan>ri</expan>e</l> <l id="I7.93" n="RK7.91"> Clerkes þat knoweþ þis schulde kenne lordes\'ca</l> <l id="I7.94" n="RK7.92"> what Dauid saith of suche me<expan>n</expan> as þe saut<expan>er</expan> telleþ</l> <l id="I7.95" n="RK7.92"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non habitabit in medio domus mee qui</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I7.96" n="RK7.92"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">facit sup<expan>er</expan>biam qui loquit<expan>ur</expan> iniqua et &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I7.97" n="RK7.93"> Schulde non harlot haue audience in halle ne in chambr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.98" n="RK7.94"> Ther þat wise men wer<expan>e</expan> witnesseþ goddes wordes</l> <l id="I7.99" n="RK7.95"> ne no mys proud man amo<expan>n</expan>g lordes be loued</l> <l id="I7.100" n="RK7.96"> Clerkes and knyghtes welcomeþ kynges mynstrals</l> <l id="I7.101" n="RK7.97"> and for loue of our<expan>e</expan> lord litheþ hem at festes</l> <l id="I7.102" n="RK7.98"> muche more me þenkeþ riche men oghte</l> <l id="I7.103" n="RK7.99"> haue beggers biforn hem þe which beþ godes menst<expan>ra</expan>ls</l> <l id="I7.104" n="RK7.100"> as he seith him-self sent Joh<expan>a</expan>n sent Joh<expan>a</expan>n berþ witnesse</l> <l id="I7.105" n="RK7.100"> <hi rend="rb">Qui vos sp<expan>er</expan>nit me spernit</hi> </l> <l id="I7.106" n="RK7.101"> For-þy I rede ȝow riche reueles whan ȝe makeþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="38r" entity="I38r"/> <l id="I7.107" n="RK7.102"> For to solace ȝoure soules suche <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.108" n="RK7.103"> þe pore for a fol sage sitting at þy <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.109" n="RK7.104"> wiþ a lered man to lere þe what our<expan>e</expan> l<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.110" n="RK7.105"> For to saue þy soule from satan þyn en<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.111" n="RK7.106"> and fethele þe wiþ a flatering of good-friday<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.112" n="RK7.107"> and a blynde man for a bordour<expan>e</expan> or a bedreden wo<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.113" n="RK7.108"> to crie a largesse a-for<expan>e</expan> our<expan>e</expan> lorde ȝour<expan>e</expan> goode los to <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.114" n="RK7.109"> þise þre maner menstrals makþ a man to lawhe</l> <l id="I7.115" n="RK7.110"> and in his deþ-deyng þey don him gret conforte</l> <l id="I7.116" n="RK7.111"> þat by his lyue lened hem and loued hem to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.117" n="RK7.112"> These solaces þe soule til him-selue be y-falle</l> <l id="I7.118" n="RK7.113"> In a wel hope for he wroghte so among worþy sayntes</l> <l id="I7.119" n="RK7.114"> þer flaterers and fooles w<expan>ith</expan> here foule wordes</l> <l id="I7.120" n="RK7.115"> leden þo þat lightede hem to luciferes feste</l> <l id="I7.121" n="RK7.116"> wiþ a lay of sorwe and luciferes fithele</l> <l id="I7.122" n="RK7.117"> To p<expan>er</expan>petuel payne or purgatory as wikke</l> <l id="I7.123" n="RK7.118"> For he lithed and loued þat godes lawe despiseþ</l> <l id="I7.124" n="RK7.118"> <hi rend="rb">Dare histrionibus</hi> </l> <l id="I7.125" n="RK7.119"> þo was repentaunce aredy and radde hem all<expan>e</expan> to knele</l> <l id="I7.126" n="RK7.120"> I schal biseche for all<expan>e</expan> synful oure sauyo<expan>ur</expan> of grace</l> <l id="I7.127" n="RK7.121"> To amende vs of oure mysdedes do m<expan>er</expan>cy to vs all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.128" n="RK7.122"> God þat of þy goodnesse gonne þy worlde make</l> <l id="I7.129" n="RK7.123"> and madest of noght oght and man liche þy-selue</l> <l id="I7.130" n="RK7.124"> and seþþe suffredest him to synege a sekenesse to vs all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.131" n="RK7.125"> and for þe beste as I beleeue what so þe book telle</l> <l id="I7.132" n="RK7.125"> <hi rend="rb">O felix culpa o necessariu<expan>m</expan> p<expan>e</expan>cc<expan>atu</expan>m ade</hi> </l> <l id="I7.133" n="RK7.126"> For þorgh þat synne þi sone I sent was to eþþe</l> <l id="I7.134" n="RK7.127"> and bicam man of a mayde mankynde to amende</l> <l id="I7.135" n="RK7.128"> and madest þy-selfe wiþ þi sone our<expan>e</expan> soule & our<expan>e</expan> body liche</l> <l id="I7.136" n="RK7.128"> <hi rend="rb">Ego in patre et pater in me et qui me videt vidit p<expan>at</expan>rem meu<expan>m</expan> &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I7.137" n="RK7.129"> and sitthe in ȝoure secte as it semede deidest</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="38v" entity="I38v"/> <l id="I7.138" n="RK7.130"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>of man feledest our<expan>e</expan> sorwe\'ca</l> <l id="I7.139" n="RK7.130"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>***<foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">captiuitate<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I7.140" n="RK7.131"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>orwe þ<expan>er</expan>of lees light for a time</l> <l id="I7.141" n="RK7.132"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>[d]ay whan most light is and mel-time of sayntes</l> <l id="I7.142" n="RK7.133"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>þo wiþ þy flessch and blood o<expan>ur</expan>e for-fadres in helle</l> <l id="I7.143" n="RK7.133"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">***ulus qui ambulabat i<expan>n</expan> teneb<expan>ri</expan>s vidit luce<expan>m</expan> magna<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I7.144" n="RK7.134"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>light þat leepe out of þe lucifer it blente</l> <l id="I7.145" n="RK7.135"> and broghte thyne y-blessed fro þens in-to þe blisse of heuen</l> <l id="I7.146" n="RK7.136"> þe þridde day þ<expan>er</expan>-aft<expan>er</expan> þou ȝedest in oure secte</l> <l id="I7.147" n="RK7.137"> a synful marie þe seye ar sente marie þi dame</l> <l id="I7.148" n="RK7.138"> and also to solace synful þou suffredest it so wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.149" n="RK7.138"> <hi rend="rb">Non veni vocare iustos sed peccatores &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I7.150" n="RK7.139"> and al þat marc haþ I made matheu Joh<expan>a</expan>n & lucas</l> <l id="I7.151" n="RK7.140"> Of þy douȝtyokest dedes was don in oure secte</l> <l id="I7.152" n="RK7.140"> <hi rend="rb">verbum caro factum est</hi> </l> <l id="I7.153" n="RK7.141"> and by so moche it semeth þe sikerloker we mowe</l> <l id="I7.154" n="RK7.142"> Bidde and biseche þe if it be thy wille</l> <l id="I7.155" n="RK7.143"> That art first oure fader and of flessch oure broþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.156" n="RK7.144"> and sithen oure saueo<expan>ur</expan> and seidest it w þy tonge</l> <l id="I7.157" n="RK7.145"> That what tyme we synful men wolden be sory for dedes</l> <l id="I7.158" n="RK7.146"> þat we han don ille dampned scholde we be neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I7.159" n="RK7.147"> If we knoweleched and cried crist þ<expan>er</expan>fore m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I7.160" n="RK7.147"> <hi rend="rb">Qu<expan>ando</expan>cumq<expan>ue</expan> ingenuerit p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>tor o<expan>mn</expan>es iniquitates ei<expan>us</expan> no<expan>n</expan> recordabor</hi> \'d2Notab<expan>e</expan>n<expan>e</expan>\'dȝ</l> <l id="I7.161" n="RK7.148"> and for muchel mercy <hi rend="rb"/> and marie loue þi moder <hi rend="bl"/> <hi rend="rb">ampli<expan>us</expan></hi></l> <l id="I7.162" n="RK7.149"> haue reuthe on all<expan>e?</expan> þise ribaudes and repenteden he<expan>m</expan> sor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.163" n="RK7.150"> þat euer þei gulte aȝen þe god in gost or in dede</l> <l id="I7.164" n="RK7.151"> Thenne hente hope an horn of <hi rend="rb">D<expan>eu</expan>s tu co<expan>n</expan>u<expan>er</expan>s<expan>us</expan> viuificab<expan>is</expan> no<expan>s</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I7.165" n="RK7.152"> and blew it wiþ <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Beati quo<expan>rum</expan> remisse su<expan>n</expan>t iniquitates\'ca</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I7.166" n="RK7.152"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">et quorum tecta sunt peccata</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I7.167" n="RK7.153"> þat alle seyntes for synful songed with dauid</l> <l id="I7.168" n="RK7.154"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">homines et iumenta saluabis quemadmodu<expan>m</expan> multiplicasti <lb/> mi<expan>seracordi</expan>am tua<expan>m</expan> d<expan>eu</expan>s</hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="39r" entity="I39r"/> <l id="I7.169" n="RK7.155"> a þousand of men þo þrongen togi<unclear><damage>....</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.170" n="RK7.156"> Cried vpward to crist and to his clene <unclear><damage>....</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.171" n="RK7.157"> To haue grace to go to treuþe god leue þa <unclear><damage>....</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.172" n="RK7.158"> ac þer ne was weye non so wis þat þe wey þider c<unclear><damage>....</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.173" n="RK7.159"> Bot blustrede forþ as bestes ouer baches and hilles</l> <l id="I7.174" n="RK7.160"> Til late was and longe þ<expan>at</expan> þey a lede mette</l> <l id="I7.175" n="RK7.161"> parayled as a paynym in pilgrimes wise</l> <l id="I7.176" n="RK7.162"> he bar a bordoun y-bounde wiþ a brode liste</l> <l id="I7.177" n="RK7.163"> In a wethe wynde wyse I-writhe al aboute\'ca</l> <l id="I7.178" n="RK7.164"> a bolle and a bagge a bar<expan>e</expan> by his syde</l> <l id="I7.179" n="RK7.165"> an hundred of aunpolles on his hatte sette</l> <l id="I7.180" n="RK7.166"> Signes of syse and schelles of galys</l> <l id="I7.181" n="RK7.167"> and many creuche on his cloke kayes of Rome</l> <l id="I7.182" n="RK7.168"> and þe v<expan>er</expan>nicle byfor<expan>e</expan> for men scholde y-knowe</l> <l id="I7.183" n="RK7.169"> and se by þe signes wham he soght hadde</l> <l id="I7.184" n="RK7.170"> þis folc frayned him first fro whennes he come</l> <l id="I7.185" n="RK7.171"> Fro synay he sayde and fro þe sepulcr<expan>e</expan> of our<expan>e</expan> lord</l> <l id="I7.186" n="RK7.172"> In bedleem and babiloyne I haue be in boþe</l> <l id="I7.187" n="RK7.173"> In armonye\'ca in alisandr<expan>e</expan> I haue be in boþe</l> <l id="I7.188" n="RK7.174"> 3e may se be þe signes þat sitten on my cappe</l> <l id="I7.189" n="RK7.175"> I haue soght goode seintes for my soule helthe\'ca</l> <l id="I7.190" n="RK7.176"> and y-walked ful wyde in wete and in drie</l> <l id="I7.191" n="RK7.177"> knowest þ<expan>ou</expan> oght a corseint q<expan>uo</expan>þ þey þat men calleþ treuþe</l> <l id="I7.192" n="RK7.178"> Coudestow wissen vs to-day wheder-out treuþe woneþ</l> <l id="I7.193" n="RK7.179"> nay so me god helpe saide þe gome þanne</l> <l id="I7.194" n="RK7.180"> I seygh neuer palm<expan>er</expan>e wiþ pyke ne wiþ scrippe</l> <l id="I7.195" n="RK7.181"> axen aft<expan>er</expan> him but now in þis place</l> <l id="I7.196" n="RK7.182"> Petur q<expan>uo</expan>þ a ploghman and putte forth his heued</l> <l id="I7.197" n="RK7.183"> I knowe him as kyndely as clerke doþ his bookes</l> <l id="I7.198" n="RK7.184"> Conscience and kynde witte kenned me to his place</l> <l id="I7.199" n="RK7.185"> and maden me sikeren sithen to s<expan>er</expan>uen him for eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="39v" entity="I39v"/> <l id="I7.200" n="RK7.186"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> sette þe while I swynke myghte</l> <l id="I7.201" n="RK7.187"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> seed sewen his bestes</l> <l id="I7.202" n="RK7.188"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> d wiþoute to waiten his p<expan>ro</expan>ffit</l> <l id="I7.203" n="RK7.189"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> gaue be his folwer<expan>e</expan> al þis fourty wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.204" n="RK7.190"> And y-serue treuthe soþely somdel to paye</l> <l id="I7.205" n="RK7.191"> In all<expan>e</expan> kyn craftes þat he couþe deuyse</l> <l id="I7.206" n="RK7.192"> Profitable as for þe plogh he putte me to lerne</l> <l id="I7.207" n="RK7.193"> and þogh I seye it my-selue I s<expan>er</expan>ue him to paye</l> <l id="I7.208" n="RK7.194"> I haue myn huyre of him wel and oþ<expan>er</expan>-whiles more</l> <l id="I7.209" n="RK7.195"> he is þe presteste payer<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>at</expan> eny pour<expan>e</expan> man knoweþ</l> <l id="I7.210" n="RK7.196"> he wiþhalte non hewe his huyr<expan>e</expan> ou<expan>er</expan> euen\'ca</l> <l id="I7.211" n="RK7.197"> he is as lowe as a lombe and leele of his tonge</l> <l id="I7.212" n="RK7.198"> and who-so wilneth to wite wher þ<expan>at</expan> treuþe woneþ</l> <l id="I7.213" n="RK7.199"> I wil wisse ȝow wel right to his place</l> <l id="I7.214" n="RK7.200"> 3e leue peres q<expan>uo</expan>þ þise pilg<expan>ri</expan>mes & p<expan>ro</expan>fred peres meede</l> <l id="I7.215" n="RK7.201"> nay by þe p<expan>er</expan>il of my soule peres gan to swer<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I7.216" n="RK7.202"> I ne wil fonge a ferþing for sent Thom<expan>a</expan>s schrine</l> <l id="I7.217" n="RK7.203"> were it y-tolde treuþe þat I toke mede</l> <l id="I7.218" n="RK7.204"> he wolde loue me þe lesse a longe time aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.219" n="RK7.205"> ac who-so wol wende þer trouþe is þis is þe way þider </l> <l id="I7.220" n="RK7.206"> 3e mote go þorgh mekenesse alle men and wymmen</l> <l id="I7.221" n="RK7.207"> Til ȝe come in-to conscience y-knowe of god-selue</l> <l id="I7.222" n="RK7.208"> þat ȝe loue him lorde leely aboue alle</l> <l id="I7.223" n="RK7.209"> þat is to seye sothly ȝe schulde rather deye</l> <l id="I7.224" n="RK7.210"> þan eny dedly synne do for drede or for preier</l> <l id="I7.225" n="RK7.211"> and þan ȝour neghebo<expan>ur</expan> is next in no wise appeir<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.226" n="RK7.212"> Oþer-wise þan ȝe wolden þey wroghte ȝow all<expan>e</expan> times</l> <l id="I7.227" n="RK7.213"> and so goþ forþ by þe book a brigge as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.228" n="RK7.214"> For to ȝe fynden a foorde ȝour<expan>e</expan> fader honoureþ</l> <l id="I7.229" n="RK7.215"> wadeth in at þat water and wasscheþ ȝow wel þ<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I7.230" n="RK7.216"> and ȝe schal lepe þe lightloker al ȝour<expan>e</expan> lif-tyme</l> <l id="I7.231" n="RK7.216"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">honora patrem et matrem</hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="40r" entity="I40r"/> <l id="I7.232" n="RK7.217"> and þanne schalt þ<expan>ou</expan> see swer nat <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.233" n="RK7.218"> and nameliche an ydel þe name of g <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.234" n="RK7.219"> þan schalt þou come by a crost ac come þ<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.235" n="RK7.220"> þe crofte hatte coueyte nat menne catel ne <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.236" n="RK7.221"> ne none of here s<expan>er</expan>uauntȝ þat noyen hem myg<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.237" n="RK7.222"> loke þou bere noght þer a-way but if it be þin ow<unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.238" n="RK7.223"> tuo stokkes þ<expan>at</expan> stondeþ ac stynte þou nat þere</l> <l id="I7.239" n="RK7.224"> þey hatte stele nat and sle nat strik forþ by boþe</l> <l id="I7.240" n="RK7.225"> and leueth hem in þe left hond and loke þ<expan>er</expan>-aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.241" n="RK7.226"> and halde wel þin halyday heye til euen\'ca</l> <l id="I7.242" n="RK7.227"> þan schalt þo blenche at a berwe ber no fals witnesse</l> <l id="I7.243" n="RK7.228"> Is frithed in with florens and oþ<expan>er</expan> fees many</l> <l id="I7.244" n="RK7.229"> loke þou plocke no plante þ<expan>er</expan>e for p<expan>er</expan>il of þi soule</l> <l id="I7.245" n="RK7.230"> þan schalt þou see say soþ so it be to done</l> <l id="I7.246" n="RK7.231"> In none man<expan>er</expan> elles nat for no ma<expan>n</expan>nes p<expan>ra</expan>yer</l> <l id="I7.247" n="RK7.232"> and so schalt þou come to a cot as cler as þe sonne</l> <l id="I7.248" n="RK7.233"> þe mote is of mercy þe man<expan>er</expan> is þe myddes</l> <l id="I7.249" n="RK7.234"> and al þe wallyng is of witte for wil ne scholde it wynne</l> <l id="I7.250" n="RK7.235"> þe carneles ben of cristendome þat kinde to saue</l> <l id="I7.251" n="RK7.236"> y-bet<expan>re</expan>sed with bileue so or þou best nat saued</l> <l id="I7.252" n="RK7.237"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>and all<expan>e</expan> þe hous Ben y-heled halles and chambr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I7.253" n="RK7.238"> wiþ no leede but wiþ loue and wiþ lele speche</l> <l id="I7.254" n="RK7.239"> þe barres aren of buxomnesse as breþ<expan>r</expan>en of o wombe</l> <l id="I7.255" n="RK7.240"> þe brigge hatte bide wel þe bet may þe spede</l> <l id="I7.256" n="RK7.241"> vche-a piler is of penances and preiers to seyntes</l> <l id="I7.257" n="RK7.242"> þe hokes aren almesdedes þat þe gates hange on</l> <l id="I7.258" n="RK7.243"> grace hatte þe gateward a goode man for soþe</l> <l id="I7.259" n="RK7.244"> his man hatte amende ȝow many man hi<expan>m</expan> knoweþ</l> <l id="I7.260" n="RK7.245"> tel him þis ilke tokne treuþe wot þe soþe</l> <l id="I7.261" n="RK7.246"> I am sory for my synnes and so I schal euer</l> <l id="I7.262" n="RK7.247"> a[nd?] p<expan>er?</expan>formed þe penau<expan>n</expan>ce þ<expan>at</expan> þe prest me hight</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="40v" entity="I40v"/> <l id="I7.263" n="RK7.248"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> meke ȝow to his maistres g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I7.264" n="RK7.249"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> o þe hie gate of heuene</l> <l id="I7.265" n="RK7.250"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> d Eue aȝens vs all<expan>e</expan> schitte</l> <l id="I7.266" n="RK7.250"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> <hi rend="rb">cunctis clausa est et p<expan>ro</expan> maria<expan>m</expan> v<expan>ir</expan>gie<expan>m</expan> it<expan>er</expan>u<expan>m</expan> patef<expan>ac</expan>ta &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I7.267" n="RK7.251"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> lele lady vnleek is of grace</l> <l id="I7.268" n="RK7.252"> and he haþþe keie and þe cliket þogh þe king slepe</l> <l id="I7.269" n="RK7.253"> and may lede in þat he loueth as hir<expan>e</expan> leef likeþ</l> <l id="I7.270" n="RK7.254"> and if g<expan>ra</expan>ce g<expan>ra</expan>unte þe to go in þis wise</l> <l id="I7.271" n="RK7.255"> þou schal se treuþe sitte in þy-selue herte</l> <l id="I7.272" n="RK7.256"> and solace þy soule and saue þe fram peyne</l> <l id="I7.273" n="RK7.257"> and charge charite a chirche to make</l> <l id="I7.274" n="RK7.258"> In þin hole herte to herberwe all<expan>e</expan> trewe</l> <l id="I7.275" n="RK7.259"> and fynde all<expan>e</expan> man<expan>er</expan> folc foode to here soules</l> <l id="I7.276" n="RK7.260"> ȝif loue and leute and oure lawe trewe</l> <l id="I7.277" n="RK7.260"> <hi rend="rb">Quodcumq<expan>ue</expan> pecierritis in no<expan>m</expan>i<expan>n</expan>e meo dabit<expan>ur</expan> eni<expan>m</expan> vobis</hi> </l> <l id="I7.278" n="RK7.261"> Ac be war þanne of wraþþe þat wickede schrewe</l> <l id="I7.279" n="RK7.262"> For he haþ enuye to him þat in þin herte sitteth</l> <l id="I7.280" n="RK7.263"> and pokeþ forth pride to preise þi-seluen\'ca</l> <l id="I7.281" n="RK7.264"> þe boldenesse of þi benfetes makeþ þe blynde þanne</l> <l id="I7.282" n="RK7.265"> So worth þou dryuen out as dewe & þe dore y-closed\'ca </l> <l id="I7.283" n="RK7.266"> I-keyed and y-cliketted to close þe wiþouten</l> <l id="I7.284" n="RK7.267"> happily an hundred wynt<expan>er</expan> er þou eft entr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.285" n="RK7.268"> þou myght þou lesen his loue to lete wel by þy-selue</l> <l id="I7.286" n="RK7.269"> and geten it agayn þorgh grace ac þurgh no gifte ell<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I7.287" n="RK7.270"> ac þ<expan>er</expan> be seuen sostres þat s<expan>er</expan>uen treuþe eu<expan>er</expan>e\'ca</l> <l id="I7.288" n="RK7.271"> and aren porto<expan>ur</expan>s ou<expan>er</expan> þe posternes þ<expan>at</expan> to þ<expan>at</expan> place bilongen</l> <l id="I7.289" n="RK7.272"> þat on hatte abstinence and humblete anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.290" n="RK7.273"> Charite and chastite been his chief maydenes</l> <l id="I7.291" n="RK7.274"> pacience and pees muche peple þey helpe</l> <l id="I7.292" n="RK7.275"> largenesse þat lady lat in ful many</l> <l id="I7.293" n="RK7.276"> Non of hem alle helpe may in bettre</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">ffor he payeth for prison<expan>er</expan>s</fw><fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">ffor he payeth for prison<expan>er</expan>s</fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="41r" entity="I41r"/> <l id="I7.294" n="RK7.277"> For he payeþ for p<expan>ri</expan>soners in p[u] <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.295" n="RK7.278"> and who is sibbe to þise seuene so <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.296" n="RK7.279"> Is wondirliche welcome and fair<expan>e</expan> vndir <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.297" n="RK7.280"> who is not sibbe to þis seuene soþely to tel <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear></l> <l id="I7.298" n="RK7.281"> It is ful harde by myn heued eny of ȝow alle</l> <l id="I7.299" n="RK7.282"> To geten ingange at eny gate but grace be the mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.300" n="RK7.283"> By crist q<expan>uo</expan>d a cottepors I hane no kyn þer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.301" n="RK7.284"> ne I quoþ an apeward by oght þat I knowe\'ca</l> <l id="I7.302" n="RK7.285"> wite god quoþ a wafrester<expan>e</expan> wiste I þis forsothe</l> <l id="I7.303" n="RK7.286"> wolde I neuer forþ<expan>er</expan>e no foote for no freres p<expan>re</expan>ching</l> <l id="I7.304" n="RK7.287"> ȝis quoþ peres þe plowema<expan>n</expan> and ploked hem alle to goode</l> <l id="I7.305" n="RK7.288"> Mercy is a mayden þer haþ might ouer hem alle</l> <l id="I7.306" n="RK7.289"> and sche is sibbe to all<expan>e</expan> synful and her<expan>e</expan> sone boþe</l> <l id="I7.307" n="RK7.290"> and þorgh þe helpes of hem tuo hope þou non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.308" n="RK7.291"> þou might gete grace þer so þou go by-tymes</l> <l id="I7.309" n="RK7.292"> ȝe <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">villam emi</hi></foreign> quoþ on and now I moste þider</l> <l id="I7.310" n="RK7.293"> To loke how me liketh it and toke his leue at peres</l> <l id="I7.311" n="RK7.294"> anoþ<expan>er</expan> anon right ne he saide he hadde</l> <l id="I7.312" n="RK7.295"> to falwe with fyue ȝokes for þy me bihoueþ</l> <l id="I7.313" n="RK7.296"> To go wiþ a good will<expan>e</expan> and graithliche hem dryue</l> <l id="I7.314" n="RK7.297"> For þi I pray ȝow peres p<expan>ar</expan>aunt<expan>ur</expan> if ȝe meten</l> <l id="I7.315" n="RK7.298"> treuþe telle him þis þat I be excused</l> <l id="I7.316" n="RK7.299"> þanne was on highte actif an hosebonde he semed</l> <l id="I7.317" n="RK7.300"> I haue wedded a wif ful wantou<expan>n</expan> of maners</l> <l id="I7.318" n="RK7.301"> were I seue nyght fro hir<expan>e</expan> chiden sche wolde</l> <l id="I7.319" n="RK7.302"> and loure on me and lightly saie and saide I loued anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I7.320" n="RK7.303"> Fo þy peres þe plowma<expan>n</expan> I pray þe telle it treuþe</l> <l id="I7.321" n="RK7.304"> I may not come for kitte so sche cleneþ on me</l> <l id="I7.322" n="RK7.304"> <hi rend="rb">uxorem duxi et ideo non possum venir<expan>e</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I7.323" n="RK7.305"> Quoþ contemplaciou<expan>n</expan> by crist þogh I car<expan>e</expan> suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I7.324" n="RK7.306"> famyne and defaute folwen I wele peres</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="41v" entity="I41v"/> <l id="I7.325" n="RK7.307"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear> ked but so who-so hadde a guyde</l> <l id="I7.326" n="RK7.308"> <unclear><damage>. ...</damage></unclear>vs ich a foote for drede of mysturnynge</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I8"> <head><damage rend="tear">. ...</damage><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">assus Octauus vt prius</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I8.1" n="RK8.1"> <damage rend="tear">....</damage> perkyn þe ploweman by seint petur of Rome</l> <l id="I8.2" n="RK8.2"> <damage rend="tear">....</damage>ich haue an half aker to erye by þe heye-weie</l> <l id="I8.3" n="RK8.3"> haued ich y ered þis half-aker and y-sowe it aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.4" n="RK8.4"> I wol wende with ȝow and þe way teche</l> <l id="I8.5" n="RK8.5"> þat were a long lettyng quoþ a lady in a char<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.6" n="RK8.6"> what schulde we wymme<expan>n</expan> worche þe whiles</l> <l id="I8.7" n="RK8.7"> I pray ȝow for ȝour<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ro</expan>fyt quoþ pieres to þe ladies</l> <l id="I8.8" n="RK8.8"> þat some sewe þe sak for schedyng of þe whete</l> <l id="I8.9" n="RK8.9"> and ȝe worthely wymme<expan>n</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> ȝour<expan>e</expan> longe fyngres</l> <l id="I8.10" n="RK8.10"> þat ȝe on silk and sendel to sewe whan tyme ys</l> <l id="I8.11" n="RK8.11"> Chesibles for chapeleins chirches to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.12" n="RK8.12"> wyfes and widewes wolle and flex spynneþ</l> <l id="I8.13" n="RK8.13"> Conscience counseileþ ȝow cloþ for to make</l> <l id="I8.14" n="RK8.14"> For p<expan>ro</expan>ffyt of\'ca þe poeple and plesance of ȝour<expan>e</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I8.15" n="RK8.15"> For I scha lene hem liflode but þe londe faile</l> <l id="I8.16" n="RK8.16"> as longe as I lyue for lordes loue of heuene</l> <l id="I8.17" n="RK8.17"> and al man<expan>er</expan> men þat by þe molde is susteyned</l> <l id="I8.18" n="RK8.18"> helpeþ him worche wittiliche þat wynneþ ȝour<expan>e</expan> foode</l> <l id="I8.19" n="RK8.19"> By crist quoþ a knyght þo he kenneth vs þe beste</l> <l id="I8.20" n="RK8.20"> ac one tyme trewely ytaght was y neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I8.21" n="RK8.21"> I wolde I couþe q<expan>uo</expan>7þe knyght by crist and his moder</l> <l id="I8.22" n="RK8.22"> I wolde assaie som-tyme for solace as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.23" n="RK8.23"> Sikerlich sire knyght saide peres þenne</l> <l id="I8.24" n="RK8.24"> I schal swynke and swete and sowe for vs boþe</l> <l id="I8.25" n="RK8.25"> and laboure for þo þou louest al my lif-tyme</l> <l id="I8.26" n="RK8.26"> In couenant þ<expan>a</expan>t þou kepe holy kirke and my-selue</l> <l id="I8.27" n="RK8.27"> Fro wastours and fro wicked me<expan>n</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þis worlde stroyen</l> <l id="I8.28" n="RK8.28"> and go hunte hardeliche to haris and to foxes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="42r" entity="I42r"/> <l id="I8.29" n="RK8.29"> To bores and to bukkes þ<expan>a</expan>t brek<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.30" n="RK8.30"> and affaite þi faucons to kille <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.31" n="RK8.31"> For þey comeþ to my croft my cort<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.32" n="RK8.32"> Curteisliche þe kinge þanne comsede þise <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.33" n="RK8.33"> By my power peres I plighte þe my trouþe</l> <l id="I8.34" n="RK8.34"> to defende þe in faiþ fighte þogh I schulde</l> <l id="I8.35" n="RK8.35"> and ȝit a poynt quoþ peres I p<expan>re</expan>y ȝow of more</l> <l id="I8.36" n="RK8.36"> loke ȝe tene no tenaunt but treuþe wol assente</l> <l id="I8.37" n="RK8.37"> and whan ȝe mercien eny man let mercy be taxo<expan>ur</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I8.38" n="RK8.38"> and mekenesse thy maist<expan>re</expan> malgre meede chekes</l> <l id="I8.39" n="RK8.39"> and þogh pour<expan>e</expan> men p<expan>ro</expan>fr<expan>e</expan> ȝow p<expan>re</expan>sentes and ȝiftes</l> <l id="I8.40" n="RK8.40"> nyme it nat an aunter <hi rend="bl"/> þow mowe it not deserue</l> <l id="I8.41" n="RK8.41"> For þou schalt ȝelden it so may be <hi rend="rb"/> or somdel abuggen</l> <l id="I8.42" n="RK8.42"> mysbeede not þy bonde-me<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> þe bet may þe spede\'ca</l> <l id="I8.43" n="RK8.43"> þogh he be here þyn vnderlyng in heuen p<expan>er</expan>aunt<expan>ur</expan></l> <l id="I8.44" n="RK8.44"> he worth raþer receyued <hi rend="bl"/> and reu<expan>er</expan>entloker sitte</l> <l id="I8.45" n="RK8.44"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Amice ascende sup<expan>er</expan>ius</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I8.46" n="RK8.45"> At chirche in þe charnel cherles arn euel to knowe\'ca\</l> <l id="I8.47" n="RK8.46"> Or a knyght or a knaue <hi rend="rb"/> or a quene from a queene</l> <l id="I8.48" n="RK8.47"> It bicomeþ to þe knyght <hi rend="bl"/> to be corteys and hende</l> <l id="I8.49" n="RK8.48"> Trewe of þy tonge and tales loth to heer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.50" n="RK8.49"> but þay be of bounte of batailes or of treuþe</l> <l id="I8.51" n="RK8.50"> helde not wiþ none harlottes ne heere not her<expan>e</expan> tale</l> <l id="I8.52" n="RK8.51"> ac nameliche at þe mete suche men eschewe\'ca</l> <l id="I8.53" n="RK8.52"> For it ben deueles disores to drawe men to synne</l> <l id="I8.54" n="RK8.53"> ne counterplede noght conscience ne holy kirke rightes</l> <l id="I8.55" n="RK8.54"> I assente by sent gile saide þe knyght þenne</l> <l id="I8.56" n="RK8.55"> For to worche by þy witte and my wif boþe</l> <l id="I8.57" n="RK8.56"> and schal I paraile me q<expan>uo</expan>d p<expan>er</expan>kyn in pilg<expan>ri</expan>mes wise</l> <l id="I8.58" n="RK8.57"> and wende with all<expan>e</expan> þo þat wolden lyue in trouþe</l> <l id="I8.59" n="RK8.58"> and caste on him his cloþes of alle kyn craftes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="42v" entity="I42v"/> <l id="I8.60" n="RK8.59"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>offes as kynde witte him taghte</l> <l id="I8.61" n="RK8.60"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>er on his hals in stede of a scrippe</l> <l id="I8.62" n="RK8.61"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>brede corne broght was þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I8.63" n="RK8.62"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>wel sowen it my-selue and seþþe wol I wende</l> <l id="I8.64" n="RK8.63"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>pilg<expan>ri</expan>mages as palm<expan>er</expan>s don p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> to wynne</l> <l id="I8.65" n="RK8.64"> My plogh foot schal be my pikstaf and pich a-to þe rootes</l> <l id="I8.66" n="RK8.65"> and help my cultur to kerue and clense þe forwes</l> <l id="I8.67" n="RK8.66"> and alle þ<expan>a</expan>t helpe<expan>n</expan> me to erie or elles to weede</l> <l id="I8.68" n="RK8.67"> schal haue leue by our<expan>e</expan> lorde to go and glene aft<expan>er</expan> me</l> <l id="I8.69" n="RK8.68"> and maken him merie þ<expan>er</expan>myde Malgr<expan>e</expan> who bygroch it</l> <l id="I8.70" n="RK8.69"> and alle kyn crafty me<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t conne lyue in treuþe</l> <l id="I8.71" n="RK8.70"> I schal fynde hem foode þ<expan>a</expan>t feithfulliche libbeth</l> <l id="I8.72" n="RK8.71"> Saue Iakke þe iogelo<expan>ur</expan> and ionete of þe stywes</l> <l id="I8.73" n="RK8.72"> and Daniel þe dees pleyer<expan>e</expan> and denote þe baude</l> <l id="I8.74" n="RK8.73"> and frere faito<expan>ur</expan> and folc of þat ordr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.75" n="RK8.74"> þat lollers and losels lele men holdeþ\'ca</l> <l id="I8.76" n="RK8.75"> and robyn þe Rybaudo<expan>ur</expan> for his rusty wordes</l> <l id="I8.77" n="RK8.76"> treuþe tolde me ones and bad me telle it forþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.78" n="RK8.77"> <hi rend="rb">Deleantur de libro viuencium</hi> </l> <l id="I8.79" n="RK8.78"> I scholde nat dele wiþ hem ffor holy chirche is hote of he<expan>m</expan> no <hi rend="bl"/> tiþe aske \</l> <l id="I8.80" n="RK8.78"> <hi rend="rb">Qui cum iustis non scribantur</hi> </l> <l id="I8.81" n="RK8.79"> þey ben ascaped good aunt<expan>er</expan> <hi rend="rb"/> now god he<expan>m</expan> amende\'ca</l> <l id="I8.82" n="RK8.80"> Dame worche whan tyme is <hi rend="bl"/> peres wyf highte</l> <l id="I8.83" n="RK8.81"> his doghter highte do right so <hi rend="rb"/> or þy dame schal þe bete</l> <l id="I8.84" n="RK8.82"> his sone highte suffre <hi rend="bl"/> þy sou<expan>er</expan>aignes haue her wille</l> <l id="I8.85" n="RK8.83"> Deme he<expan>m</expan> noght if þou dost þou schalt it der<expan>e</expan> abegge</l> <l id="I8.86" n="RK8.84"> Counsaile nat so þe co<expan>m</expan>mune þe kynge to displese</l> <l id="I8.87" n="RK8.85"> ne hem þat han lawes to loke lacke he<expan>m</expan> noght I hote þe</l> <l id="I8.88" n="RK8.86"> lat god I-worþe wiþ al as holy writ techeþ þe</l> <l id="I8.89" n="RK8.86"> <hi rend="rb">Sup<expan>er</expan> Cathedram moysi sedent</hi> </l> <l id="I8.90" n="RK8.87"> Maistres as þe mayres and grete men sen<expan>a</expan>to<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="43r" entity="I43r"/> <l id="I8.91" n="RK8.88"> what þey comaunde as by þe king<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.92" n="RK8.89"> al þat þey hoten y-hote heiliche þou <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.93" n="RK8.90"> and aft<expan>er</expan> here warnyng and worching <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.94" n="RK8.90"> <hi rend="rb">Om<expan>n</expan>ia que dicunt facite et s<expan>er</expan>uate</hi> </l> <l id="I8.95" n="RK8.91"> Ac after her doynge ne do þou noght my dere sone<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.96" n="RK8.92"> For now I am olde and hore and haue of myn owen<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.97" n="RK8.93"> To penance<expan>s</expan> and to pilg<expan>ri</expan>mages I wol passe wiþ þis oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.98" n="RK8.94"> For-þy I wol er I wende do write my biqueste</l> <l id="I8.99" n="RK8.95"> <hi rend="rb">In dei no<expan>m</expan>i<expan>n</expan>e amen</hi> I make it my-selue</l> <l id="I8.100" n="RK8.96"> he schal haue my soule þat alle soules made</l> <l id="I8.101" n="RK8.97"> and defenden it as fro þe feende and so is my bileeue</l> <l id="I8.102" n="RK8.98"> Til I come to his acountes ac my crede telleþ</l> <l id="I8.103" n="RK8.99"> To haue a remissiou<expan>n</expan> a reles on þat rental I leue</l> <l id="I8.104" n="RK8.100"> þe kirke schal haue my careyn and kepe my bones</l> <l id="I8.105" n="RK8.101"> For of my corn and my catel he craued me tiþe</l> <l id="I8.106" n="RK8.102"> I payed it p<expan>re</expan>stly for p<expan>er</expan>il of my soule</l> <l id="I8.107" n="RK8.103"> he is holdinge I hope to haue me in his masse</l> <l id="I8.108" n="RK8.104"> and mynge me in his memoir<expan>e</expan> among all<expan>e</expan> cristen\'ca</l> <l id="I8.109" n="RK8.105"> My wif schal haue of þat I wan w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> treuþe and no mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.110" n="RK8.106"> and delen it among my doghtres and my der<expan>e</expan> childres</l> <l id="I8.111" n="RK8.107"> For þogh I deye to-day my dette is y-quyted</l> <l id="I8.112" n="RK8.108"> I bar home þ<expan>a</expan>t I borwed er I to bedde ȝede</l> <l id="I8.113" n="RK8.109"> and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe residue and þe remana<expan>n</expan>t by þe roode of lukes</l> <l id="I8.114" n="RK8.110"> I wol worschipe þ<expan>er</expan>-with treuþe al my lyue</l> <l id="I8.115" n="RK8.111"> and ben a pilgrim at þe plogh for p<expan>ro</expan>fit to pore and riche</l> <l id="I8.116" n="RK8.112"> now is p<expan>er</expan>kyn and þise pilgrimes to þe plogh faren</l> <l id="I8.117" n="RK8.113"> To erien þis half aker helpen him monye</l> <l id="I8.118" n="RK8.114"> Dikers and deluers dikked vp þe balkes</l> <l id="I8.119" n="RK8.115"> þer-with was p<expan>er</expan>kyn apayed and payed wel he<expan>m</expan> her<expan>e</expan> hyr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.120" n="RK8.116"> oþer werkeme<expan>n</expan> þer were þat wroghten ful ȝerne</l> <l id="I8.121" n="RK8.117"> eche man on his man<expan>er</expan> made him-self to done</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="43v" entity="I43v"/> <l id="I8.122" n="RK8.118"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> [yn] a felde pikede wedes</l> <l id="I8.123" n="RK8.119"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> lete þe plogh stande</l> <l id="I8.124" n="RK8.120"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> hem him-selue who-so best wroghte</l> <l id="I8.125" n="RK8.121"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>e hured aft<expan>er</expan> whan heruest-tyme come</l> <l id="I8.126" n="RK8.122"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>sete some and songen atte ale</l> <l id="I8.127" n="RK8.123"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>holpe erye þis half-aker w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hoy trolly lolly</l> <l id="I8.128" n="RK8.124"> Quoþ peres þe plowma<expan>n</expan> al in pure teene</l> <l id="I8.129" n="RK8.125"> Bot ȝe arise þe rather and rape ȝow to worche</l> <l id="I8.130" n="RK8.126"> schal no grayn þat her<expan>e</expan> groweþ gladen ȝow at nede</l> <l id="I8.131" n="RK8.127"> and þogh ȝe deye for deul þe deuel haue þ<expan>a</expan>t recche</l> <l id="I8.132" n="RK8.128"> þo were faito<expan>ur</expan>s aferde and feyned he<expan>m</expan> blynde</l> <l id="I8.133" n="RK8.129"> and leyde her<expan>e</expan> legges a-lery as suche lorels conneþ</l> <l id="I8.134" n="RK8.130"> and maden her<expan>e</expan> mone to peres how þey may not worche</l> <l id="I8.135" n="RK8.131"> and we preye for ȝow peres and for ȝour<expan>e</expan> plogh boþe</l> <l id="I8.136" n="RK8.132"> þat god for his g<expan>ra</expan>ce ȝour<expan>e</expan> grayn mutiplie</l> <l id="I8.137" n="RK8.133"> and ȝelde ȝou of ȝour<expan>e</expan> almesse þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝe ȝeuen vs her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.138" n="RK8.134"> we may neyt<expan>er</expan> swynke ne swete such siknesse vs ayleþ</l> <l id="I8.139" n="RK8.135"> ne none lymes to labo<expan>ur</expan>e wiþ lord god we þonkeþ</l> <l id="I8.140" n="RK8.136"> ȝour<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ra</expan>yers quoþ peres and ȝe p<expan>ar</expan>fyte weren</l> <l id="I8.141" n="RK8.137"> myghte helpe as I hope ac heye treuþe wolde</l> <l id="I8.142" n="RK8.138"> þat no faytrie were founde in folc þat goþ abeggeþ</l> <l id="I8.143" n="RK8.139"> ȝe ben wastours I wot wel and waste and deuouren</l> <l id="I8.144" n="RK8.140"> þat lele lande-tilynge me<expan>n</expan> lely by-swynken</l> <l id="I8.145" n="RK8.141"> ac trewþe schal teche ȝow his teme to dryue</l> <l id="I8.146" n="RK8.142"> Or ȝe schal ete barly brede and of þe broke drynke</l> <l id="I8.147" n="RK8.143"> but if he be blynd or broke-legged or bolted w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> Iren</l> <l id="I8.148" n="RK8.144"> Suche poor<expan>e</expan> quoþ peres schal parte wiþ my goodes</l> <l id="I8.149" n="RK8.145"> boþe of my corn and of my cloþ to kepe hem fro defaute</l> <l id="I8.150" n="RK8.146"> and ankeres and hermites þat eten but at nones</l> <l id="I8.151" n="RK8.147"> and freres þ<expan>a</expan>t flateren nat and por<expan>e</expan> folc sike\'ca</l> <l id="I8.152" n="RK8.148"> what y and my<expan>n</expan> wolle fynde hem what he<expan>m</expan> nedeþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="44r" entity="I44r"/> <l id="I8.153" n="RK8.149"> þan gan wasto<expan>ur</expan> to wraþþe him an<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.154" n="RK8.151"> and bad him go pisse wiþ his plogh py<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.155" n="RK8.152"> a bretener cam braggyng he bostede per<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.156" n="RK8.153"> wolle þou nelle þou quoþ he we wol haue <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.157" n="RK8.154"> and þy flour and þy flessch fecche whan vs l<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.158" n="RK8.155"> and maken vs merye þ<expan>er</expan>mede malgre who begro</l> <l id="I8.159" n="RK8.156"> Peres þe plowema<expan>n</expan> þo pleyned him to þe knygh<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.160" n="RK8.157"> To kepe him and his catel as couenant was bituen<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.161" n="RK8.158"> a wreke me of þise wasto<expan>ur</expan>s þ<expan>a</expan>t makeþ þis world der<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.162" n="RK8.159"> þey counteþ nat of cursynges ne holy kirke dredeþ</l> <l id="I8.163" n="RK8.160"> For þer worþe no plente quoþ peres and þe plogh ligge</l> <l id="I8.164" n="RK8.161"> Curteisliche þe knyght þenne as his kynde wolde</l> <l id="I8.165" n="RK8.162"> warnede wasto<expan>ur</expan> and wissed him bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.166" n="RK8.163"> Or I schal bete þe by þe lawe and brynge þe in stokkes</l> <l id="I8.167" n="RK8.164"> I was nat woned to worche q<expan>uo</expan>þ wasto<expan>ur</expan> and now wil I not</l> <l id="I8.168" n="RK8.165"> and leet lighte of þe lawe and lasse of þe knyght</l> <l id="I8.169" n="RK8.166"> and sette peres at an ase to pleyne by<expan>m</expan> wher he wolde</l> <l id="I8.170" n="RK8.167"> now by crist quoþ peres þe plowema<expan>n</expan> I schal apair<expan>e</expan> ȝow all<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I8.171" n="RK8.168"> and houped aft<expan>er</expan> hunger and herde him atte firste</l> <l id="I8.172" n="RK8.169"> I p<expan>ra</expan>y þe quoþ peres þo pur charite s<expan>ire</expan> hung<expan>er</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I8.173" n="RK8.170"> awreke of þise wasto<expan>ur</expan>s for þe knyght wil nat</l> <l id="I8.174" n="RK8.171"> hung<expan>er</expan> in haste þo hente wasto<expan>ur</expan> by þe mawe</l> <l id="I8.175" n="RK8.172"> and wrong him so by þe wombe þ<expan>a</expan>t all<expan>e</expan> wat<expan>er</expan>ed his eyes</l> <l id="I8.176" n="RK8.173"> he buffated þe bretoner aboute þe chekes</l> <l id="I8.177" n="RK8.174"> þat he loked lik a lant<expan>er</expan>ne al his lif aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.178" n="RK8.175"> he beet hem so boþe he barst ner her<expan>e</expan> guttes</l> <l id="I8.179" n="RK8.176"> ne hadde peres wiþ a pese lof preied him by leue</l> <l id="I8.180" n="RK8.177"> haue m<expan>er</expan>cy on him hunger quoþ peres and lat me ȝif hy<expan>m</expan> bernes</l> <l id="I8.181" n="RK8.180"> and flapten on with flayles fro morwen til euen\'ca</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="44v" entity="I44v"/> <l id="I8.182" n="RK8.181"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>ght hardy on hem for to loke</l> <l id="I8.183" n="RK8.182"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>of potage þat peres wif made</l> <l id="I8.184" n="RK8.183"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>f hermytes henten hem spades</l> <l id="I8.185" n="RK8.184"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>en and spradde donge in dispite of hunger</l> <l id="I8.186" n="RK8.185"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>curuen here copes and cortepies hem made</l> <l id="I8.187" n="RK8.186"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>nd wenten as werkemen to wedyng and to mowyng</l> <l id="I8.188" n="RK8.187"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>nd for drede of here eth such dyntes ȝaf hunger</l> <l id="I8.189" n="RK8.188"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>lynde and brokelegged he botened a þousand</l> <l id="I8.190" n="RK8.189"> and lame men he lechede with longes of bestes</l> <l id="I8.191" n="RK8.190"> Prestes and oþ<expan>er</expan> peple toward peres þey drowe</l> <l id="I8.192" n="RK8.191"> and freres all<expan>e</expan> þe fyue ordres all<expan>e</expan> for fer<expan>e</expan> of hung<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.193" n="RK8.192"> For þat was bake for bayarde was boote for many hung<expan>er</expan>re?</l> <l id="I8.194" n="RK8.193"> Drosenes and dregges drinke for many beggers</l> <l id="I8.195" n="RK8.194"> þer was no lede þat lynede þ<expan>a</expan>t ne lowed hy<expan>m</expan> to peres</l> <l id="I8.196" n="RK8.195"> To be his holde hewe % þogh he hadde no mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.197" n="RK8.196"> Bot lyflode for his labour and his loue at noones</l> <l id="I8.198" n="RK8.197"> þo was peres proude and putte he<expan>m</expan> alle a werke</l> <l id="I8.199" n="RK8.198"> In dawbynge and in deluynge in donge a felde bering</l> <l id="I8.200" n="RK8.199"> In thresschinge in þekkynge in thwyting of pynnes</l> <l id="I8.201" n="RK8.200"> In alle kyn trewe craft þat man couþe deuyse</l> <l id="I8.202" n="RK8.201"> was no beggar so bolde but if he blynde wer<expan>e</expan>\'ca</l> <l id="I8.203" n="RK8.202"> þat dorste wiþsitte þ<expan>a</expan>t peres saide for fer<expan>e</expan> of sire hung<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.204" n="RK8.202.1"> and peres was proud þ<expan>er</expan>of and putte he<expan>m</expan> all<expan>e</expan> to swynke</l> <l id="I8.205" n="RK8.203"> and ȝaf he<expan>m</expan> mete and mone as þey myght de<expan>sir</expan>ue</l> <l id="I8.206" n="RK8.204"> þo hadde peres pite upo<expan>n</expan>n all<expan>e</expan> pore peple</l> <l id="I8.207" n="RK8.205"> and bad hunger in haste hie him out of contr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.208" n="RK8.206"> home in to his oghne ȝerde and halde him þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I8.209" n="RK8.207"> I am wel a wroke of wasto<expan>ur</expan>s þorgh þy mighte</l> <l id="I8.210" n="RK8.208"> ac I preye þe quod preres hunger er þo wende</l> <l id="I8.211" n="RK8.209"> Of beggars and bidders what best be to done</l> <l id="I8.212" n="RK8.210"> For I wot wel be hung<expan>er</expan> went worche þey wol ful ille</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="45r" entity="I45r"/> <l id="I8.213" n="RK8.211"> meschief it makeþ þey ben so m<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.214" n="RK8.212"> and for defaute þis folc fol with myn<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.215" n="RK8.213"> It is noght for loue leue it þey laboure<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.216" n="RK8.214"> but her<expan>e</expan> for of famyen in faith saide per<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.217" n="RK8.215"> þer is no filial loue wiþ þis folc for al her<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.218" n="RK8.216"> and it are myne bloody breþeren for god boght <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I8.219" n="RK8.217"> treuþe taghte me ones to loue hem echone</l> <l id="I8.220" n="RK8.218"> and to helpe hem of all<expan>e</expan> þing ay as hem nedeþ</l> <l id="I8.221" n="RK8.219"> now wolde I wite ar þou wendist what were þe beste</l> <l id="I8.222" n="RK8.220"> how I myghte amayst<expan>r</expan>e he<expan>m</expan> to louye and to labory</l> <l id="I8.223" n="RK8.221"> For here lifflode lere me now <expan>sire</expan> hunger</l> <l id="I8.224" n="RK8.222"> now herkene quoþ hung<expan>er</expan> and holde it for a wisdom</l> <l id="I8.225" n="RK8.223"> bolde begg<expan>ar</expan>s þat begge þ<expan>a</expan>t mowe her<expan>e</expan> bred byswynke</l> <l id="I8.226" n="RK8.224"> wiþ houndes brede and horse bred hele he<expan>m</expan> whanþey hung...</l> <l id="I8.227" n="RK8.225"> abaue hem wiþ benes fo bollyng of her<expan>e</expan> wombe</l> <l id="I8.228" n="RK8.226"> and if þe gromes grocche bid hem go and swynke</l> <l id="I8.229" n="RK8.227"> and he schal soupe swetter<expan>e</expan> whan he it haþ de<expan>sir</expan>ued</l> <l id="I8.230" n="RK8.228"> ac it þou fynde ony folc þat false men han apayred</l> <l id="I8.231" n="RK8.229"> Comforte hem wiþ þy catel for so comaundeþ trouþe</l> <l id="I8.232" n="RK8.230"> loue hem and lene hem and so lawe of kynde wolde</l> <l id="I8.233" n="RK8.230"> <hi rend="rb">Alter alt<expan>er</expan>ius on<expan>er</expan>a portate</hi> </l> <l id="I8.234" n="RK8.231"> and alle maner of me<expan>n</expan> þat þou myght aspie</l> <l id="I8.235" n="RK8.232"> In meschief or malese and þou mowe hem helpe</l> <l id="I8.236" n="RK8.233"> loke by þy lyue lat hem noght forfare\'ca</l> <l id="I8.237" n="RK8.234"> If þou hast wo<expan>n</expan>ne wikkidleche wisly dispende it</l> <l id="I8.238" n="RK8.234"> <hi rend="rb">ffacite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis</hi> </l> <l id="I8.239" n="RK8.235"> I wolde noght greue quoþ pieres for al þe good in erþe</l> <l id="I8.240" n="RK8.236"> myght I synneles do as þou saist saide pieres þe plowma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I8.241" n="RK8.237"> ȝe I byhote þe quoþ hunger or ell<expan>e</expan> þe bible lieth</l> <l id="I8.242" n="RK8.238"> go to oure bygynnyng þo god þe worlde made</l> <l id="I8.243" n="RK8.239"> as wise men han y writen and witnesseþ genes<expan>is?</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="45v" entity="I45v"/> <l id="I8.244" n="RK8.240"> [\'c9] ynk and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> swete and swetynge face</l> <l id="I8.245" n="RK8.241"> [\'c9] by trauail trewly our<expan>e</expan> liflode</l> <l id="I8.246" n="RK8.241"> [\'c9] <hi rend="rb">labore vultus tui vesteris pane tuo</hi> </l> <l id="I8.247" n="RK8.242"> [\'c9] þe sage wiþ þe same acordeþ </l> <l id="I8.248" n="RK8.243"> [\'c9] o we caytiff for colde he wolde no colde tilye</l> <l id="I8.249" n="RK8.244"> [\'c9]somer for his slouthe he schal haue defaute</l> <l id="I8.250" n="RK8.245"> [\'c9] d gon abribeth and abeggeth and no ma<expan>n</expan> beeten his hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.251" n="RK8.245.1"> [\'c9.] <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Iunior fui eteni<expan>m</expan> Senui Et alibi . Infirmatu v<expan>ir</expan>tus mea<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I8.252" n="RK8.245"> ?? <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">[P]ropt<expan>er</expan> frig<expan>ius</expan> noluit arare mendicabit in yeme et no<expan>n</expan> dubit<expan>ur</expan> ei</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I8.253" n="RK8.246"> Mathew makeþ mensiou<expan>n</expan> of a man þat lente</l> <l id="I8.254" n="RK8.247"> [\'c9] his silu<expan>er</expan> to þe þre man<expan>er</expan> men and menynge þey scholden </l> <l id="I8.255" n="RK8.248"> Chaffar<expan>e</expan> and cheeue þ<expan>er</expan>-with in chele and in hete</l> <l id="I8.256" n="RK8.249"> and he þ<expan>a</expan>t best laborede best was allowed</l> <l id="I8.257" n="RK8.250"> and ledares for her laboryng ou<expan>er</expan> all þe lordes goodes</l> <l id="I8.258" n="RK8.251"> ac he þ<expan>a</expan>t was a wrecche and wolde nat trauayle</l> <l id="I8.259" n="RK8.252"> þe lorde for his lachesse and his lither sleuthe</l> <l id="I8.260" n="RK8.253"> Bynomen him al þat he hadde and ȝaf it to his felawe</l> <l id="I8.261" n="RK8.254"> þat leely hadde labored and þanne þe lorde sayde</l> <l id="I8.262" n="RK8.255"> he þat haþ schal haue and helpe þ<expan>er</expan> him likeþ </l> <l id="I8.263" n="RK8.256"> and he þat noght haþ schal noght haue? & no ma<expan>n</expan> ȝit help<expan>eth</expan> hy<expan>m</expan></l> <l id="I8.264" n="RK8.257"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t he weneþ wel to haue I wil it him byreue</l> <l id="I8.265" n="RK8.258"> and lo what þe saut<expan>er</expan> saith to swynkers w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> handes</l> <l id="I8.266" n="RK8.259"> I-blessed be all þo þat her<expan>e</expan> bileue byswynkeþ</l> <l id="I8.267" n="RK8.260"> þorgh eny lele labour as þorgh lymes and handes</l> <l id="I8.268" n="RK8.260"> [\'c9] <hi rend="rb">labores manuum tua<expan>rum</expan> quia mandurabis</hi> </l> <l id="I8.269" n="RK8.261"> þise aren euydences quoþ hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> for he<expan>m</expan> þat wol noght swyn [\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.270" n="RK8.262"> þat her<expan>e</expan> liflode be-leue and lite worþ her<expan>e</expan> cloþes</l> <l id="I8.271" n="RK8.263"> by c<expan>ri</expan>st q<expan>uo</expan>þ peres þe plowema<expan>n</expan> þo þis p<expan>ro</expan>u<expan>er</expan>be I wol schewe</l> <l id="I8.272" n="RK8.264"> to begg<expan>er</expan>s and to boyes þat lothe ben to worche</l> <l id="I8.273" n="RK8.265"> Ac ȝit I pray ȝow quoþ peres pur charite s<expan>ire</expan> hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I8.274" n="RK8.266"> if ȝe can or knowe eny kyn þinges of fysike</l> <l id="I8.275" n="RK8.267"> For some of my s<expan>er</expan>uants and my-selfe boþe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="46r" entity="I46r"/> <l id="I8.276" n="RK8.268"> Of al a woke worche nat so </l> <l id="I8.277" n="RK8.269"> I wot wel q<expan>uo</expan>þ hu<expan>n</expan>ger what siknesse ȝo[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.278" n="RK8.270"> ȝe haue manged ouer-moche þat make[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.279" n="RK8.271"> ac ete noght I hote er hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> þe take</l> <l id="I8.280" n="RK8.272"> and sende þe of his sauce to sauo<expan>ur</expan>e wiþ þi[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.281" n="RK8.273"> and kepe som til sop<expan>er</expan>tyme and sitte noght to [\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.282" n="RK8.274"> at noon ne at no tyme and nameliche at sovp<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I8.283" n="RK8.275"> lat no sire surfeet sitten at þy boorde</l> <l id="I8.284" n="RK8.276"> and looke þou drinke no day ar þou dyne sum-wh[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.285" n="RK8.277"> and þenke þat diues for his delicat life to þ<expan>e</expan> deuel we[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.286" n="RK8.278"> and laȝar þe lene begge<expan>re</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t longed aft<expan>er</expan> crommes</l> <l id="I8.287" n="RK8.279"> and ȝit hadde he his nat for I hu<expan>n</expan>ger kilde him</l> <l id="I8.288" n="RK8.280"> and sithen I say him sitte as he a sir<expan>e</expan> wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.289" n="RK8.281"> In all maner ese and in abrah<expan>a</expan>ms lappe</l> <l id="I8.290" n="RK8.282"> and if þou þe pore peres I þe rede</l> <l id="I8.291" n="RK8.283"> alle þat grat in þi gate for godes loue aft<expan>er</expan> foode</l> <l id="I8.292" n="RK8.284"> Parte wiþ hem of þy payn of potage or of sowel</l> <l id="I8.293" n="RK8.285"> leue hem som of þy loue þogh þou þe lasse chewe</l> <l id="I8.294" n="RK8.286"> and þogh lyers and laccedrawers and lollers knokke</l> <l id="I8.295" n="RK8.287"> lat hem abide til þe borde be drawe ac ber<expan>e</expan> hem none cro<expan>m</expan>me [\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.296" n="RK8.288"> til all<expan>e</expan> þine needy neybours haue noen y-maked</l> <l id="I8.297" n="RK8.289"> and if þou dighte þe þus I dar legge my<expan>n</expan> eres</l> <l id="I8.298" n="RK8.290"> þat fysiq<expan>ue</expan> schal his forrede hodes for his foode sille</l> <l id="I8.299" n="RK8.291"> and his cloke of calabr<expan>e</expan> for his comu<expan>n</expan>es legge</l> <l id="I8.300" n="RK8.292"> and be fayne by my faith his fiseq<expan>ue</expan> to lete</l> <l id="I8.301" n="RK8.293"> and lerne to labour<expan>e</expan> with londe lest liflode he<expan>m</expan> fayle</l> <l id="I8.302" n="RK8.294"> þere are many luther leches ac lele leches fewe</l> <l id="I8.303" n="RK8.295"> þey don men deye þorgh her drynkes ar destyne it woldee</l> <l id="I8.304" n="RK8.296"> By sent poule quoþ peres þou poynte neyh þe soþe</l> <l id="I8.305" n="RK8.297"> and leeliche saist as I leeue lord it þe forȝelde</l> <l id="I8.306" n="RK8.298"> wende nowþe where þou wilt and wel þou be eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="46v" entity="I46v"/> <l id="I8.307" n="RK8.299"> [\'c9]wreke me and also wel y-taght me</l> <l id="I8.308" n="RK8.300"> [\'c9]oþ hu<expan>n</expan>ger þat hennes ne wil I wende</l> <l id="I8.309" n="RK8.301"> [\'c9]yned by þis day and y-dronke boþe</l> <l id="I8.310" n="RK8.302"> [\'c9]o peny quod peres polettes for to begge</l> <l id="I8.311" n="RK8.303"> [\'c9]þ goos ne gris but tuo grene cheses</l> <l id="I8.312" n="RK8.304"> [\'c9]d a few cruddes and crayme and a cake of otes</l> <l id="I8.313" n="RK8.305"> and brede for my barnes of benes and of peses</l> <l id="I8.314" n="RK8.306"> and ȝit I saide by my soule I haue no salt bacou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I8.315" n="RK8.307"> ne no cokeney by crist coloppes to make</l> <l id="I8.316" n="RK8.308"> ac I haue porette plantes p<expan>er</expan>sile and skalons</l> <l id="I8.317" n="RK8.309"> Chibolles and chiruulles and chiryes sam rede</l> <l id="I8.318" n="RK8.310"> and a cow with a calf and a cart mer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.319" n="RK8.311"> to drawe a-felde my donge þe while þe droghte lasteth</l> <l id="I8.320" n="RK8.312"> and by þis liflode we mote lyue til lamasse-tyme</l> <l id="I8.321" n="RK8.313"> and be þat I hope to haue heruest in my croftes</l> <l id="I8.322" n="RK8.314"> þanne may I dighte my dyner as me der<expan>e</expan> likeþ</l> <l id="I8.323" n="RK8.315"> al þe pore peple pese-coddes fette</l> <l id="I8.324" n="RK8.316"> Benes and bake appeles þey broghten in her<expan>e</expan> lappe</l> <l id="I8.325" n="RK8.317"> and p[ro]fred peres þis p<expan>re</expan>sent to plese w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I8.326" n="RK8.318"> hu<expan>n</expan>ger et al in haste and asked aft<expan>er</expan> mor<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I8.327" n="RK8.319"> Pore folc for fere þey fedden hunger ȝerne</l> <l id="I8.328" n="RK8.320"> wiþ crayme and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> croddes with cresses and oþ<expan>er</expan> herbes</l> <l id="I8.329" n="RK8.321"> By þat it neȝhed neyh heruest & newe corn? cam to cheping</l> <l id="I8.330" n="RK8.322"> and þanne folc fayn and fedde hung<expan>er</expan> deyntis?liche</l> <l id="I8.331" n="RK8.323"> and þan glotou<expan>n</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> good ale garte hung<expan>er</expan> slepe</l> <l id="I8.332" n="RK8.324"> and þo wolde wasto<expan>ur</expan> not worche but wandren aboute</l> <l id="I8.333" n="RK8.325"> ne no begger ete bred þat benes Inne wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I8.334" n="RK8.326"> But of clermatyn and coket and of cleene whete</l> <l id="I8.335" n="RK8.327"> ne non halpeny ale in none wise drinke</l> <l id="I8.336" n="RK8.328"> Bot of þe beste & of þe brounest & þat brewst<expan>er</expan>s sillen</l> <l id="I8.337" n="RK8.329"> laborers þ<expan>a</expan>t han no lond to lyuen on but here handes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="47r" entity="I47r"/> <l id="I8.338" n="RK8.330"> Deyned noght to dyne a day[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.339" n="RK8.331"> may no peny ale hem pay ne no pece[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.340" n="RK8.332"> But it be flessch or fissch y-fried or y-ba[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.341" n="RK8.333"> and þat chaut and plu chaut for chilling</l> <l id="I8.342" n="RK8.334"> and but he be heyliche y-huyred elles wol he[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.343" n="RK8.335"> and þat he was werkeman I-wroght warieþ þe[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.344" n="RK8.336"> aȝens catou<expan>n</expan>s counsaile comseþ he to grucche</l> <l id="I8.345" n="RK8.336"> <hi rend="rb">Paup<expan>er</expan>tatis onus pacienter ferr<expan>e</expan> memento</hi> </l> <l id="I8.346" n="RK8.337"> and þenne he curseþ þe kyng and all þe kynges I[\'c9]</l> <l id="I8.347" n="RK8.338"> Suche lawes to lerne laborers to greue</l> <l id="I8.348" n="RK8.339"> ac whiles hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> was here maist<expan>er</expan> þer wolde none chide</l> <l id="I8.349" n="RK8.340"> ne stryue aȝens his statut he loked so sterne</l> <l id="I8.350" n="RK8.341"> ac I warne ȝow werkeme<expan>n</expan> wynneþ whiles ȝe mowe</l> <l id="I8.351" n="RK8.342"> For hu<expan>n</expan>ger hiderwardes hasteþ him faste</l> <l id="I8.352" n="RK8.343"> he schal awake þurgh wat<expan>re</expan> wasto<expan>ur</expan>s to chaste</l> <l id="I8.353" n="RK8.344"> and ar fewe ȝeres be fulfilde <hi rend="bl"/> famyn schal arise</l> <l id="I8.354" n="RK8.345"> and so seith saturne <hi rend="bl"/> and sent vs to warne</l> <l id="I8.355" n="RK8.346"> þorgh floodes and þorgh fowle wederes fruytes schulle falle</l> <l id="I8.356" n="RK8.347"> Pride and pestilences <hi rend="rb"/> schal muche peple fecche</l> <l id="I8.357" n="RK8.348"> Thre schypes and a schaeff w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> an .viij. folwyng <hi rend="rb">a w </hi> <hi rend="rb">??</hi>]</l> <l id="I8.358" n="RK8.349"> schal brynge bane and batayle <hi rend="rb"/> on boþe halue þe mone</l> <l id="I8.359" n="RK8.350"> and þanne schal deþ wiþdrawe and derþe be Iustice</l> <l id="I8.360" n="RK8.351"> and dawe þe deluer<expan>e</expan> deye for defaute</l> <l id="I8.361" n="RK8.352"> Bot ȝif god of his goodnesse <hi rend="bl"/> g<expan>ra</expan>unte vs a trewe.</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I9"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus Nonus vt prius</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I9.1" n="RK9.1"> <hi rend="o2"><hi rend="gold">T</hi></hi>Rewthe herde telle her-of and to peres sente</l> <l id="I9.2" n="RK9.2"> To taken his teme and tylien þe erþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.3" n="RK9.3"> and purchased him a p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb">a pena et a culpa</hi> </l> <l id="I9.4" n="RK9.4"> For him and for his heirs for euer to ben assoyled </l> <l id="I9.5" n="RK9.5"> and bad him holden him at home and erien his leyes</l> <l id="I9.6" n="RK9.6"> and all þat holpe him to erye to sette or to sowe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="47v" entity="I47v"/> <l id="I9.7" n="RK9.7"> [\'c9] þat myghte peres auayle</l> <l id="I9.8" n="RK9.8"> [\'c9] þe ploweman p<expan>er</expan>petuelliche g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>teþ</l> <l id="I9.9" n="RK9.9"> [\'c9] nyghtes þat holy kirke defenden</l> <l id="I9.10" n="RK9.10"> [\'c9] fulliche in reume rewelen þe comu<expan>n</expan>e</l> <l id="I9.11" n="RK9.11"> [\'c9] ardou<expan>n</expan> þurgh purgatory to passe ful lightly</l> <l id="I9.12" n="RK9.12"> [\'c9] patriarkes and p<expan>ro</expan>phetes in p<expan>ar</expan>adys to sitte</l> <l id="I9.13" n="RK9.13"> [\'c9] isschops y-blessed if þey ben as þey scholde</l> <l id="I9.14" n="RK9.14"> [\'c9] ele and ful of loue and no lorde drede</l> <l id="I9.15" n="RK9.15"> Merciable to meke and mylde to þe goode</l> <l id="I9.16" n="RK9.16"> and bitynge in badde men but if þat wol amende</l> <l id="I9.17" n="RK9.17"> Drede not for no deth to destroye by her power</l> <l id="I9.18" n="RK9.18"> leccherie amonge lordes and here luther costomes</l> <l id="I9.19" n="RK9.19"> and such lyue as þay lereth men our<expan>e</expan> lorde treuþ<expan>e</expan> he<expan>m</expan> g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>teþ</l> <l id="I9.20" n="RK9.20"> To be peres to þapostles alle poeple to reule</l> <l id="I9.21" n="RK9.21"> and deme wiþ hem at dom<expan>es</expan>day boþe quyke & dede</l> <l id="I9.22" n="RK9.22"> marchau<expan>n</expan>tes in þ<expan>e</expan> margine hadde many ȝeres</l> <l id="I9.23" n="RK9.23"> ac no <hi rend="rb">a pena et a culpa</hi> no treuþ<expan>e</expan> wolde hem g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>te</l> <l id="I9.24" n="RK9.24"> For þey holden noght her halyday as holy chirche he<expan>m</expan> hoteþ</l> <l id="I9.25" n="RK9.25"> and for þey swer<expan>e</expan> by here soule and god mote he<expan>m</expan> helpe</l> <l id="I9.26" n="RK9.26"> aȝen clene conscience for coueitise of wynnyng</l> <l id="I9.27" n="RK9.27"> Ac vnder his secrete seal treþe sente he<expan>m</expan> a lettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.28" n="RK9.28"> That badde hem bugge boldely what hem best likede</l> <l id="I9.29" n="RK9.29"> and sithen sellen it aȝen and saue þe wynnynges</l> <l id="I9.30" n="RK9.30"> amende mesou<expan>n</expan> dewes þ<expan>er</expan>-with and myseyse men fynde</l> <l id="I9.31" n="RK9.31"> and wikkede weyes with here good amende</l> <l id="I9.32" n="RK9.32"> and brigges to-brokene by þe heye weies</l> <l id="I9.33" n="RK9.33"> Amende in some man<expan>er</expan> wise and maydenes helpe</l> <l id="I9.34" n="RK9.34"> Pore peple bederedene and prisou<expan>n</expan> in stokkes</l> <l id="I9.35" n="RK9.35"> Fynde hem for godes loue and fau<expan>n</expan>tekyns to stole</l> <l id="I9.36" n="RK9.36"> Releue religiou<expan>n</expan> and rente hem bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.37" n="RK9.37"> and I schal sende ȝow my-selue seint michel my<expan>n</expan> archangel</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="48r" entity="I48r"/> <l id="I9.38" n="RK9.38"> That no deuel schal ȝow der<expan>e</expan> ne disp [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.39" n="RK9.39"> and sitthe sende ȝoure soules þer I my s[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.40" n="RK9.40"> and abide þ<expan>er</expan> in my blisse body and soule fo[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.41" n="RK9.41"> þo weren marchauntȝ mery many weren for ioy[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.42" n="RK9.42"> and preye for peres þe ploghman þ<expan>a</expan>t purchaces h[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.43" n="RK9.43"> alle þe peple hadde p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> y nowe þat p<expan>ar</expan>fitliche lyue[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.44" n="RK9.44"> men of lawe hadde leste þat loþe were to plede </l> <l id="I9.45" n="RK9.45"> but þey pre manib<expan>us</expan> were y-payed for pledyng atte bar[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.46" n="RK9.46"> ac he speneth his speche and spekeþ for þe pore</l> <l id="I9.47" n="RK9.47"> þat innocent and nedy is and no man harme wolde</l> <l id="I9.48" n="RK9.48"> þa comforteþ suche in eny cas and coueiteþ nat her<expan>e</expan> ȝif[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.49" n="RK9.49"> and for þe loue oure lorde lawe for hem declareth</l> <l id="I9.50" n="RK9.50"> Schal haue g<expan>ra</expan>ce of a good ende and gret ioye after</l> <l id="I9.51" n="RK9.51"> Beþ y-war ȝe wise me<expan>n</expan> and witty of þe lawe</l> <l id="I9.52" n="RK9.52"> For whan ȝe drawe to þe dethe and indulgence<expan>s</expan> wolde haue</l> <l id="I9.53" n="RK9.53"> his p<expan>ar</expan>doun is ful petit ac his p<expan>ar</expan>tyng hennes</l> <l id="I9.54" n="RK9.54"> þat mede of mene men for here mootyng taken</l> <l id="I9.55" n="RK9.55"> for it is symonie to selle þ<expan>a</expan>t sent is of grace</l> <l id="I9.56" n="RK9.56"> and þat is wytte and wat<expan>er</expan> and wynde and fuyre þe ferthe</l> <l id="I9.57" n="RK9.57"> þese four<expan>e</expan> scholde be fre to alle folc þat it nedeþ</l> <l id="I9.58" n="RK9.58"> alle lybbynge laborers þ<expan>a</expan>t lyuen wiþ here handes</l> <l id="I9.59" n="RK9.59"> leleliche and lawefulliche our<expan>e</expan> lorde treuþ<expan>e</expan> he<expan>m</expan> g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>teþ</l> <l id="I9.60" n="RK9.60"> p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> p<expan>er</expan>petuel right as peres þe ploweman</l> <l id="I9.61" n="RK9.61"> Beggars and bidders beþ nat in þat bille</l> <l id="I9.62" n="RK9.62"> Bot þe suggestiou<expan>n</expan> be soþ þ<expan>a</expan>t schapeþ hi<expan>m</expan> to begge</l> <l id="I9.63" n="RK9.63"> For he þat beggeth or biddeþ but if he haue nede</l> <l id="I9.64" n="RK9.64"> he is fals and fayto<expan>ur</expan> and defraudeþ þe nedy</l> <l id="I9.65" n="RK9.65"> and also gyleþ him þat gyfþ and takþ agayn his wille</l> <l id="I9.66" n="RK9.66"> for he þat gifþ for godes loue wolde not gife his þankes</l> <l id="I9.67" n="RK9.67"> Bot þere he wiste were wel gret nede</l> <l id="I9.68" n="RK9.68"> and most meritorye & to men þat he ȝifþ fore</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="48v" entity="I48v"/> <l id="I9.69" n="RK9.69"> [\'c9] wiþ Cui des videto</l> <l id="I9.70" n="RK9.70"> [\'c9]s I wene who is worþy to haue </l> <l id="I9.71" n="RK9.71"> [\'c9]st neden aren oure neyhebours</l> <l id="I9.72" n="RK9.72"> [\'c9]e nyme goode heede as p<expan>ri</expan>sou<expan>n</expan>s in puttes</l> <l id="I9.73" n="RK9.73"> [\'c9]pore folc in cotes charged w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> children</l> <l id="I9.74" n="RK9.74"> [\'c9]d chef lordes rente þat þey w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> spynnyng may spar<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.75" n="RK9.75"> spene it on hous huyre boþe in mylk and in mele</l> <l id="I9.76" n="RK9.76"> to make wiþ papelotes to glotye w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> her<expan>e</expan> guiles</l> <l id="I9.77" n="RK9.77"> þat greden aft<expan>er</expan> foode and hem-seluen also</l> <l id="I9.78" n="RK9.78"> Soeffre moche hu<expan>n</expan>g<expan>er</expan> and wo in wynt<expan>er</expan>-tymes</l> <l id="I9.79" n="RK9.79"> and wakynge in nyghtes to rise to þ<expan>e</expan> rewel to rokke þ<expan>e</expan> c<expan>ra</expan>del</l> <l id="I9.80" n="RK9.80"> boþe to carde & to kembe to clowste and to wasche</l> <l id="I9.81" n="RK9.81"> To ribbe and to rele rusches to pilie</l> <l id="I9.82" n="RK9.82"> þat rewþ<expan>e</expan> is to rede or in ryme schewe</l> <l id="I9.83" n="RK9.83"> þe wo of þise womme<expan>n</expan> þat wonyen in cotes</l> <l id="I9.84" n="RK9.84"> and of many oþ<expan>er</expan> men þat moche woo soeffren</l> <l id="I9.85" n="RK9.85"> boþe anhu<expan>n</expan>gred and athurst to t<expan>ur</expan>ne þe faire owtward</l> <l id="I9.86" n="RK9.86"> and ben abascht for to begge and wolen nat ben aknowen</l> <l id="I9.87" n="RK9.87"> what he<expan>m</expan> nedeth at her<expan>e</expan> neyhebo<expan>ur</expan>s at noon and at euen</l> <l id="I9.88" n="RK9.88"> þis I wot witterly as þe worlde techeþ</l> <l id="I9.89" n="RK9.89"> what oþ<expan>er</expan> bihoueþ þ<expan>a</expan>t haþ many children</l> <l id="I9.90" n="RK9.90"> and haþ no catel but his craft to cloþ<expan>e</expan> he<expan>m</expan> and to feede</l> <l id="I9.91" n="RK9.91"> and fele to fonge þ<expan>er</expan>-too and fewe pens takeþ </l> <l id="I9.92" n="RK9.92"> þer is payn and peny ale as for a pitance y-take</l> <l id="I9.93" n="RK9.93"> and colde flessch and fisch as venisou<expan>n</expan> wer<expan>e</expan> y-bake</l> <l id="I9.94" n="RK9.94"> Fridayes and fastingdaies a ferþing-worþ of moskeles</l> <l id="I9.95" n="RK9.95"> were a feste wþ such folc or so fele cokeles</l> <l id="I9.96" n="RK9.96"> þise are almesse to helpe þat hauen suche charges</l> <l id="I9.97" n="RK9.97"> and to co<expan>m</expan>forte suche coterels and croked men and blynde</l> <l id="I9.98" n="RK9.98"> ac begg<expan>ar</expan>s w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> bagges þ<expan>e</expan> whiche brewho[us] ben her chirches</l> <l id="I9.99" n="RK9.99"> Bot þey ben blynde or to broke or elles be syke</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">he falle for defaute</fw><fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">he falle for defaute</fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="49r" entity="I49r"/> <l id="I9.100" n="RK9.100"> þogh he falle for defaute [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.101" n="RK9.101"> recche ȝe neu<expan>er</expan> ȝe riche þogh suche lore[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.102" n="RK9.102"> For alle that hauen here hele and here y-h[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.103" n="RK9.103"> and lymes to labore with and lollers life vse[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.104" n="RK9.104"> lyuen ageyn goddes lawe and lore of holy chirche</l> <l id="I9.105" n="RK9.105"> Ac ȝit are ther? oþ<expan>er</expan> beggers in hele as it semeþ</l> <l id="I9.106" n="RK9.106"> Ac hem wanteþ witte men and wymmen boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.107" n="RK9.107"> þe whiche aren lu<expan>n</expan>atil lollars and lepers aboute</l> <l id="I9.108" n="RK9.108"> and madden as þe moone sitte more oþ<expan>er</expan> lesse</l> <l id="I9.109" n="RK9.109"> Careth þey for no colde no cou<expan>n</expan>teth of non hete</l> <l id="I9.110" n="RK9.110"> and aren meuynge aft<expan>er</expan> þe mone moneyles þey walke</l> <l id="I9.111" n="RK9.111"> with good wille witles many wide contrees</l> <l id="I9.112" n="RK9.112"> Right as petur dide and paule saue þ<expan>a</expan>t þey p<expan>re</expan>che nat </l> <l id="I9.113" n="RK9.113"> ne none miracles maken ac many tymes hem happeth</l> <l id="I9.114" n="RK9.114"> To p[ro]phecie of þe peple pleigne as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.115" n="RK9.115"> and to our<expan>e</expan> sighte as it semeþ sith god haþ might</l> <l id="I9.116" n="RK9.116"> To ȝiue ich a body myght witte welþ<expan>e</expan> and his hele</l> <l id="I9.117" n="RK9.117"> he suffreþ suche go so it semeþ to myn inwitte</l> <l id="I9.118" n="RK9.118"> It arn as his ap[post]ls such peple or as his p<expan>ri</expan>ue disciplis</l> <l id="I9.119" n="RK9.119"> For he sent he<expan>m</expan> forþ siluerles in a som<expan>er</expan> garnement</l> <l id="I9.120" n="RK9.120"> wiþoute bagge and brede as þe booke telleþ</l> <l id="I9.121" n="RK9.120"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Quando misi vos sine pane et pera</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I9.122" n="RK9.121"> Barfoot and bredeles beggeth þey of noman</l> <l id="I9.123" n="RK9.122"> and þogh þay mete wiþ þe mayre amyddes of þe strete</l> <l id="I9.124" n="RK9.123"> and reu<expan>er</expan>enceth him right noght no raþer þan another</l> <l id="I9.125" n="RK9.123"> <hi rend="rb">Nemini? salutaueritis p<expan>er</expan> viam</hi> </l> <l id="I9.126" n="RK9.124"> Suche maner men matheu vs techeth</l> <l id="I9.127" n="RK9.125"> we schulde hem do house and helpe whan þey come</l> <l id="I9.128" n="RK9.125"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et egenos vagos q<expan>ue</expan> induc in domu<expan>m</expan> &c<expan>eter</expan>a.</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I9.129" n="RK9.126"> For it are mery mouthed men mynstrels of heuen</l> <l id="I9.130" n="RK9.127"> and goddes boys bordo<expan>ur</expan>s as þe booke telleþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="49v" entity="I49v"/> <l id="I9.131" n="RK9.127"> <damage>. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">stultu<expan>us</expan> vt fit sapiens</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I9.132" n="RK9.128"> [\'c9] mynstrals me wot wel þe sothe</l> <l id="I9.133" n="RK9.129"> [\'c9] agen hem faire it falleþ for þe riche</l> <l id="I9.134" n="RK9.130"> [\'c9] rdes loue or þe ladyes þat þey with longen</l> <l id="I9.135" n="RK9.131"> [\'c9] suffren all þat suche sayn & in solace taketh </l> <l id="I9.136" n="RK9.132"> [\'c9] ȝit more to suche me<expan>n</expan> me doþ er þey passe</l> <l id="I9.137" n="RK9.133"> [\'c9]ne gifþ he<expan>m</expan> giftes and golde for grete lordes sake</l> <l id="I9.138" n="RK9.134"> Right so ȝe riche ȝit raþer<expan>e</expan> ȝe schulde</l> <l id="I9.139" n="RK9.135"> Welcome<expan>n</expan> and worschipe<expan>n</expan> and wiþ ȝour<expan>e</expan> goode helpen</l> <l id="I9.140" n="RK9.136"> godes mynstrals & his messag<expan>er</expan>s and his mery bordio<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <l id="I9.141" n="RK9.137"> þe whiche lu<expan>n</expan>atikes lorels and lepers aboute</l> <l id="I9.142" n="RK9.138"> For vnd<expan>er</expan> goddes secrete seal her synnes ben couered</l> <l id="I9.143" n="RK9.139"> For þey bereth none bages ne botels vnder clokes</l> <l id="I9.144" n="RK9.140"> þe which is lollers lif and lewed heremites</l> <l id="I9.145" n="RK9.141"> loken loweliche to lacche mennes almes</l> <l id="I9.146" n="RK9.142"> In hope to sitte at euen by þe hoote coles</l> <l id="I9.147" n="RK9.143"> vnlouke his legges abrode or ligge at his ese</l> <l id="I9.148" n="RK9.144"> Reste him and roste him and his rigge torne</l> <l id="I9.149" n="RK9.145"> Drynke dryue and depe and drawe him þen to bedde</l> <l id="I9.150" n="RK9.146"> and whan hi<expan>m</expan> likeþ and lust his leue is to rise</l> <l id="I9.151" n="RK9.147"> and whan he is risen romeþ out and right wel aspieth</l> <l id="I9.152" n="RK9.148"> where he may rathest haue a repast or a ronde of bacou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I9.153" n="RK9.149"> Siluer or swete mete and som-tyme bothe</l> <l id="I9.154" n="RK9.150"> loof oþer half loef oþ<expan>er</expan> a lompe of chese</l> <l id="I9.155" n="RK9.151"> and carieth it home to his cote and caste him to lyuen </l> <l id="I9.156" n="RK9.152"> In ydelnesse and on ese and by oþeres trauaile</l> <l id="I9.157" n="RK9.153"> and what freke on þis folde fisschith aboute</l> <l id="I9.158" n="RK9.154"> with a bagge at his bak a begenelde wise</l> <l id="I9.159" n="RK9.155"> and can eny crafte in case he wolde it vse</l> <l id="I9.160" n="RK9.156"> þorgh which crafte he couþ<expan>e</expan> come to brede & ale</l> <l id="I9.161" n="RK9.157"> and ouer more to an hater to hele w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his bones</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="50r" entity="I50r"/> <l id="I9.162" n="RK9.158"> and lyueth like a loller<expan>e</expan> godd [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.163" n="RK9.159"> For þy lollers þ<expan>a</expan>t lyueþ in sleuthe and o[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.164" n="RK9.160"> Beth noght in þis bille quoþ pieres til þey [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.165" n="RK9.161"> ne no begg[er]s þ<expan>a</expan>t beggeþ but if þey haue nede[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.166" n="RK9.162"> þe booke banneþ begg<expan>er</expan>ye and blameþ it in his ma[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.167" n="RK9.163"> Iunior fui eteni<expan>m</expan> Senui Et alibi . Infirmata v<expan>ir</expan>tus mea <damage>...</damage></l> <l id="I9.168" n="RK9.164"> It nedeþ noght neuþe anon for to preche</l> <l id="I9.169" n="RK9.165"> and lere þis lewede men what þis latyn meneþ</l> <l id="I9.170" n="RK9.166"> For it blames alle begg<expan>ar</expan>ye be ȝe ful certein</l> <l id="I9.171" n="RK9.167"> for þey lyue in no lawe ne no lawe holden</l> <l id="I9.172" n="RK9.168"> ne weddeþ none wymme<expan>n</expan> þat þey wiþ deleþ </l> <l id="I9.173" n="RK9.169"> Bringeþ forþ bastardes beggars of kynde</l> <l id="I9.174" n="RK9.170"> Or þe bak or su<expan>m</expan> bon þey breke of her<expan>e</expan> children</l> <l id="I9.175" n="RK9.171"> and gon and fayten wiþ her<expan>e</expan> fau<expan>n</expan>tes for eu<expan>er</expan>mor<expan>e</expan> aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I9.176" n="RK9.172"> þer aren more mischape amonges suche beggars</l> <l id="I9.177" n="RK9.173"> þan of many oþ<expan>er</expan>e men þ<expan>a</expan>t on þis molde walken</l> <l id="I9.178" n="RK9.174"> and þo þat lyueþ þus her<expan>e</expan> lyf leue ȝe non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I9.179" n="RK9.175"> ȝe haue no parte of pardoun ne of p<expan>re</expan>iers ne of penances</l> <l id="I9.180" n="RK9.176"> ac olde and hore þat helpeles ben and nedy</l> <l id="I9.181" n="RK9.177"> and wymme<expan>n</expan> with childe þat worche ne mowe</l> <l id="I9.182" n="RK9.178"> Blynde and bederedene and broken in here membres</l> <l id="I9.183" n="RK9.179"> and alle pore pacient apayed of goddes sonde</l> <l id="I9.184" n="RK9.180"> as meseles and mendinantes men I-falle in meschief</l> <l id="I9.185" n="RK9.181"> as prisouns and pilg<expan>ri</expan>mes and p<expan>er</expan>aunt<expan>re</expan> men y-robbed</l> <l id="I9.186" n="RK9.182"> Or bylowe þorgh luther men and loste her catel aft<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I9.187" n="RK9.183"> Or þorgh fyre or þorgh flood y-falle in to pou<expan>er</expan>te</l> <l id="I9.188" n="RK9.184"> þat takþ þis meschief mekeliche and myldeliche at herte</l> <l id="I9.189" n="RK9.185"> For loue of here lowe hertes oure lorde haþ hem g<expan>ra</expan>unted</l> <l id="I9.190" n="RK9.186"> here penance and her purgatory vpon þis pur<expan>e</expan> erthe</l> <l id="I9.191" n="RK9.187"> and p<expan>ar</expan>doun wiþ þe ploghma<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb">a pena et culpa</hi> </l> <l id="I9.192" n="RK9.188"> and alle holy hermites haue schal þe same</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="50v" entity="I50v"/> <l id="I9.193" n="RK9.189"> [\'c9] ten by þe hihe weye</l> <l id="I9.194" n="RK9.190"> [\'c9] n amo<expan>n</expan>g brewsters and beggen in chirches</l> <l id="I9.195" n="RK9.191"> [\'c9] hermytes hated and despised</l> <l id="I9.196" n="RK9.192"> [\'c9] see and reu<expan>er</expan>ence and riche me<expan>n</expan> almes</l> <l id="I9.197" n="RK9.193"> [\'c9] lollers lacche drawers lewed heremytes</l> <l id="I9.198" n="RK9.194"> [\'c9] eiten þe contrair<expan>e</expan> for as coterels þey libeth</l> <l id="I9.199" n="RK9.195"> for it ben but boyes bollers atte þe ale</l> <l id="I9.200" n="RK9.196"> neyþ<expan>er</expan> of lignage ne of lettrur<expan>e</expan> ne lif holy as heremytes</l> <l id="I9.201" n="RK9.197"> þat wonede whilom in woodes wiþ beres & wiþ liou<expan>n</expan>s</l> <l id="I9.202" n="RK9.198"> Some hadde lifelode of his lignage & of no life elles</l> <l id="I9.203" n="RK9.199"> and some lyued by her letterur<expan>e</expan> and labour of her handes</l> <l id="I9.204" n="RK9.200"> and some hadden foreynes to frendes þ<expan>a</expan>t hem foode sente</l> <l id="I9.205" n="RK9.201"> and briddes broghte so<expan>m</expan>me bred þ<expan>a</expan>t þay by leuede</l> <l id="I9.206" n="RK9.202"> and þey holy heremytes wer<expan>e</expan> of his kynne</l> <l id="I9.207" n="RK9.203"> Forsoken lond and lorschipe and all likeyng<expan>e</expan> of body</l> <l id="I9.208" n="RK9.204"> ac þise hermytes þ<expan>a</expan>t edefie þus by þe heye weye</l> <l id="I9.209" n="RK9.205"> whilom were werkeme<expan>n</expan> webbes and tailo<expan>ur</expan>s</l> <l id="I9.210" n="RK9.206"> and cart<expan>er</expan>s knaues and clerkes wiþoute grace</l> <l id="I9.211" n="RK9.207"> holden ful hu<expan>n</expan>gry hous and hadde muche defaute</l> <l id="I9.212" n="RK9.208"> longe labour<expan>e</expan> and litel wynnyng and atte laste þey aspide</l> <l id="I9.213" n="RK9.209"> þ<expan>a</expan>t fayted in frer<expan>e</expan> cloþing hadde fatte chekes</l> <l id="I9.214" n="RK9.210"> For þy lefte þey her<expan>e</expan> labo<expan>ur</expan> þise lewede knaues</l> <l id="I9.215" n="RK9.211"> and cloþed hem in copes clerkes as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.216" n="RK9.212"> Or on of some ordre or elles a p<expan>ro</expan>fete</l> <l id="I9.217" n="RK9.213"> aȝein þe lawe of leuey if latyn be trewe</l> <l id="I9.218" n="RK9.213"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non licet nobis lege<expan>m</expan> uoluntati s<expan>ed</expan> volu<expan>n</expan>tate<expan>m</expan> con iung<expan>er</expan>e legi</hi></foreign> .</l> <l id="I9.219" n="RK9.214"> kyndeliche be criste ben suche called lollars</l> <l id="I9.220" n="RK9.215"> as by þe englisch of our<expan>e</expan> eldres of olde mennes teching</l> <l id="I9.221" n="RK9.216"> he þat lolleþ is lame or his legge is oute of ioynte</l> <l id="I9.222" n="RK9.217"> Or y-maymed in som membr<expan>e</expan> for to meschief it sou<expan>n</expan>eþ</l> <l id="I9.223" n="RK9.218"> Right so soþely suche maner heremytes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="51r" entity="I51r"/> <l id="I9.224" n="RK9.219"> lollen aȝen þe bileue and þe[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.225" n="RK9.220"> For holy chirche hoteþ al maner pep [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.226" n="RK9.221"> vnder obedience to be and buxum to þe l [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.227" n="RK9.222"> First religiou<expan>n</expan>?s and religiou<expan>n</expan> a rewle to holde</l> <l id="I9.228" n="RK9.223"> and under obedience be by dayes and by nyght [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.229" n="RK9.224"> lewede men to labory lordes to hu<expan>n</expan>te</l> <l id="I9.230" n="RK9.225"> In frithes and in forestes for foxe and oþ<expan>er</expan> bestes</l> <l id="I9.231" n="RK9.226"> That in wilde wodes ben or in waste places</l> <l id="I9.232" n="RK9.227"> as wolues þ<expan>a</expan>t wyrieþ men wommen & children</l> <l id="I9.233" n="RK9.228"> and vpon sonedayes to sese godes seruyse her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.234" n="RK9.229"> boþe matyns & masse and aft<expan>er</expan> mete in chirches</l> <l id="I9.235" n="RK9.230"> To heren here euesong eu<expan>er</expan>y man oghte</l> <l id="I9.236" n="RK9.231"> þus it bilongeþ for lorde for lered and for lewed</l> <l id="I9.237" n="RK9.232"> Ech halyday to her<expan>e</expan> holly þe seruyce</l> <l id="I9.238" n="RK9.233"> vigiles and fastyng-dayes forþ<expan>er</expan>more to knowe</l> <l id="I9.239" n="RK9.234"> and fulfilde þo fastynges but infirmite hit made</l> <l id="I9.240" n="RK9.235"> Pou<expan>er</expan>te and oþ<expan>er</expan> penau<expan>n</expan>ces as pilg<expan>ri</expan>mages and t<expan>ra</expan>uailes</l> <l id="I9.241" n="RK9.236"> vnder þis obedience are we echone</l> <l id="I9.242" n="RK9.237"> and who-so brekeþ þis be war but if he repente</l> <l id="I9.243" n="RK9.238"> amende him and m<expan>er</expan>cy aske and mekeliche him schryue</l> <l id="I9.244" n="RK9.239"> I drede me and he deye it worþ ful dedely synne</l> <l id="I9.245" n="RK9.240"> acou<expan>n</expan>ted byfore c<expan>ri</expan>ste but conscience excuse hym</l> <l id="I9.246" n="RK9.241"> loke now where þise lollars and lewed heremytes</l> <l id="I9.247" n="RK9.242"> if þey breke þis obedience þat beþ so fer fram chirche</l> <l id="I9.248" n="RK9.243"> where se we hem on sondays þe seruyce to her<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I9.249" n="RK9.244"> as matyns by þe morwe til messe bygynne</l> <l id="I9.250" n="RK9.245"> Or sondayes at euesong se we ful fewe</l> <l id="I9.251" n="RK9.246"> Or labour<expan>e</expan> for her<expan>e</expan> lifelode as þe lawe wolde</l> <l id="I9.252" n="RK9.247"> ac aboute mydday at meele-tyme I mete w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> hem ofte</l> <l id="I9.253" n="RK9.248"> Come in his cope as he a clerc were<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.254" n="RK9.249"> a bacheler or a beavper best him bisemed</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="51v" entity="I51v"/> <l id="I9.255" n="RK9.250"> [\'c9] reþ him I calde he is a frer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.256" n="RK9.251"> [\'c9]ypeþ and wiþ þe firste sitteþ</l> <l id="I9.257" n="RK9.252"> [\'c9]e wroght in þis worlde and wan his mete in treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.258" n="RK9.253"> [\'c9] þe side borde and at þe seconde table</l> <l id="I9.259" n="RK9.254"> [\'c9] no wyne in his wombe þurgh þe woke long</l> <l id="I9.260" n="RK9.255"> [\'c9] e no blanket on his bed ne whit brede byforn him</l> <l id="I9.261" n="RK9.256"> þe cause of al þis caytifte comþ of manye bisschops </l> <l id="I9.262" n="RK9.257"> þat soffreþ suche sottes and oþ<expan>er</expan>e synnes regne</l> <l id="I9.263" n="RK9.258"> Certes who-so dorste sigge it <hi rend="rb">Symon quasi dormit</hi> </l> <l id="I9.264" n="RK9.259"> <hi rend="rb">vigilare</hi> were fairer<expan>e</expan> for þou hast a gret charge</l> <l id="I9.265" n="RK9.260"> For many waker wolues arn wroken vnto þy foldes</l> <l id="I9.266" n="RK9.261"> þy berkers aren al blynde þat bryngeþ forþ þy lambr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.267" n="RK9.262"> <hi rend="rb">Disp<expan>er</expan>gentur oves</hi> þe dogge dar not berke</l> <l id="I9.268" n="RK9.263"> þe tarre is vntydy þat to þe scheep bilongeþ </l> <l id="I9.269" n="RK9.264"> here salue is <hi rend="rb">sup<expan>er</expan>sedeas</hi> in somonoures boxes</l> <l id="I9.270" n="RK9.265"> þine scheep ben ner alle schabbed þ<expan>e</expan> wolfe bischit þ<expan>e</expan> folde</l> <l id="I9.271" n="RK9.265"> <hi rend="rb">Sub molli pastorre &c<expan>eter</expan>a.</hi> </l> <l id="I9.272" n="RK9.266"> howe herde where is þin hou<expan>n</expan>de and þin hardy herte</l> <l id="I9.273" n="RK9.267"> For to go wery? þe wolf þat þe wolle fouleþ </l> <l id="I9.274" n="RK9.268"> I leue for þy lachesse þou lesest many weþeres</l> <l id="I9.275" n="RK9.269"> and many a fair<expan>e</expan> flees is falsliche wassche</l> <l id="I9.276" n="RK9.270"> whan þy lorde loketh to haue allowance of his bestes</l> <l id="I9.277" n="RK9.271"> and of þ<expan>e</expan> moneye þou haddest þ<expan>er</expan>w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his moebles to haue</l> <l id="I9.278" n="RK9.272"> and þe wolle worþ weye wo is þe þenne</l> <l id="I9.279" n="RK9.273"> <hi rend="rb">Redde racione<expan>m</expan> villcat<expan>i</expan>o<expan>n</expan>is?</hi> or in a-rerage falle</l> <l id="I9.280" n="RK9.274"> þin huyer<expan>e</expan> herde as I hope haþ not to quyte þi dette</l> <l id="I9.281" n="RK9.275"> þer as meede ne mercy may not a myte auayle</l> <l id="I9.282" n="RK9.276"> for haue þis for þat þo þat þou toke</l> <l id="I9.283" n="RK9.277"> mercy for mede and my lawe breke</l> <l id="I9.284" n="RK9.278"> loke now for þy lachesse what lawe wole þe g<expan>ra</expan>u<expan>n</expan>te</l> <l id="I9.285" n="RK9.279"> purgatorie for þy pay or p<expan>er</expan>petuel helle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="52r" entity="I52r"/> <l id="I9.286" n="RK9.280"> For schal no p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> p<expan>re</expan>ye for ȝou þe[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.287" n="RK9.281"> Peres quod a p<expan>re</expan>st þo þy p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> most I [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.288" n="RK9.282"> For I can construe ich a worde and kenne[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.289" n="RK9.283"> and peres at his p<expan>re</expan>yers þe p<expan>ar</expan>doun u<expan>n</expan>foldeþ</l> <l id="I9.290" n="RK9.284"> and I behynde hem boþ<expan>e</expan> byhelde al þe bille</l> <l id="I9.291" n="RK9.285"> In tuo lynes as it lay and nat a lettr<expan>e</expan> more</l> <l id="I9.292" n="RK9.286"> and was y-write right þus in witnesse of treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I9.293" n="RK9.287"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et qui bona egeru<expan>n</expan>t ibunt in vitam eterna<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I9.294" n="RK9.288"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Qui vero mala in ignem eternum</hi> </foreign></l> <l id="I9.295" n="RK9.289"> Peter quoþ þe p<expan>re</expan>st þo I can no p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> fynde</l> <l id="I9.296" n="RK9.290"> Bot dowel and haue wel and god schal haue þy soule</l> <l id="I9.297" n="RK9.291"> and do yuel and haue yuele and hope þou non other</l> <l id="I9.298" n="RK9.292"> But he þat euele lyueþ euele schal ende</l> <l id="I9.299" n="RK9.293"> þe preste þus and p<expan>er</expan>kyn of þe p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> iangled</l> <l id="I9.300" n="RK9.294"> and I þorgh here wordes awoke and wayted aboute</l> <l id="I9.301" n="RK9.295"> and seyh þe sonne in þe south sitte þat tyme</l> <l id="I9.302" n="RK9.296"> meteles and moneyles on maluerne hulles</l> <l id="I9.303" n="RK9.297"> musynge on þis metels a myleway I ȝode</l> <l id="I9.304" n="RK9.298"> Many tyme þis metels haþ maked me to studye</l> <l id="I9.305" n="RK9.299"> Of þat I seyh slepyng if it so be myghte</l> <l id="I9.306" n="RK9.300"> and of peres þe ploghma<expan>n</expan> ful pensyf in herte</l> <l id="I9.307" n="RK9.301"> and which p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> peres hadde þe poeple to glade</l> <l id="I9.308" n="RK9.302"> and how þe prest impugnede it þorgh tuo p<expan>ro?</expan>pre wordes</l> <l id="I9.309" n="RK9.303"> ac men setteþ nat by sou<expan>n</expan>gewarie for men seþ it ofte<expan>n</expan> faile</l> <l id="I9.310" n="RK9.304"> Catou<expan>n</expan> cou<expan>n</expan>teþ it at noght and cananystres at lesse</l> <l id="I9.311" n="RK9.305"> ac for þe boke bible bereth witnesse</l> <l id="I9.312" n="RK9.306"> how Daniel diuined & u<expan>n</expan>dide þe dremes of kynges</l> <l id="I9.313" n="RK9.307"> Of nabugodonosor þat no pere hadde</l> <l id="I9.314" n="RK9.308"> and siþen aft<expan>er</expan> his sones and saide he<expan>m</expan> what þey þoght</l> <l id="I9.315" n="RK9.309"> and Ioseph mette m<expan>er</expan>uailousely how þe moone & þe sonne</l> <l id="I9.316" n="RK9.310"> and þe enleuene sterres haylsede him alle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="52v" entity="I52v"/> <l id="I9.317" n="RK9.311"> [\'c9]gs?ede Iosepes sweuene</l> <l id="I9.318" n="RK9.312"> [\'c9]fader for defaute we schal</l> <l id="I9.319" n="RK9.313"> [\'c9]and my sones seche þe for nede</l> <l id="I9.320" n="RK9.314"> [\'c9]e as his fader saide in Pharao tyme</l> <l id="I9.321" n="RK9.315"> [\'c9] Ioseph was Iustice egypte to saue</l> <l id="I9.322" n="RK9.316"> [\'c9] elleuene breþ<expan>er</expan>en him for nede soghte</l> <l id="I9.323" n="RK9.317"> [\'c9] d his fader isaac and also his dame</l> <l id="I9.324" n="RK9.318"> al thus makus me on metels to studie</l> <l id="I9.325" n="RK9.319"> and how þ<expan>e</expan> p<expan>re</expan>st preuede no p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> to dowel</l> <l id="I9.326" n="RK9.320"> and demed þat Dowel indulgences passeþ</l> <l id="I9.327" n="RK9.321"> Bionals and t<expan>ri</expan>onals and bisschoppes lettres</l> <l id="I9.328" n="RK9.322"> For who-so dowel her<expan>e</expan> at þe day of dome</l> <l id="I9.329" n="RK9.323"> worþ fair<expan>e</expan> vndirsonge bifore god þat tyme</l> <l id="I9.330" n="RK9.324"> So dowel passeþ p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> and pilg<expan>ri</expan>mage to Rome</l> <l id="I9.331" n="RK9.325"> ȝit haþ þe pope power p<expan>ar</expan>doun to g<expan>ra</expan>unte</l> <l id="I9.332" n="RK9.326"> to poeple wiþouten penance to passen in to ioye</l> <l id="I9.333" n="RK9.327"> as lettrede men vs lered and lawe of holy chirch</l> <l id="I9.334" n="RK9.327"> <hi rend="rb">Quodcunq<expan>ue</expan> ligan<expan>er</expan>is sup<expan>er</expan> t<expan>er</expan>ram erit ligatu<expan>m</expan> et in celis</hi> </l> <l id="I9.335" n="RK9.328"> and so I leue lelly lord forbede elles</l> <l id="I9.336" n="RK9.329"> þat p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> and penaunces and p<expan>re</expan>yers don saue</l> <l id="I9.337" n="RK9.330"> Soules þat haue synnes seuen sithes dedly </l> <l id="I9.338" n="RK9.331"> ac to triste vp þis trionals trewely me þenkeþ </l> <l id="I9.339" n="RK9.332"> It is not so siker to þe soule certes as I do wel</l> <l id="I9.340" n="RK9.333"> For-þy I rede ȝou renkes þat riche ben on þis erþe</l> <l id="I9.341" n="RK9.334"> vp triste of ȝour<expan>e</expan> treso<expan>ur</expan> trionals to haue</l> <l id="I9.342" n="RK9.335"> be ȝe neuer þe balder to breke þe ten hestes</l> <l id="I9.343" n="RK9.336"> and nameliche ȝe mayres maystres and and Iuges</l> <l id="I9.344" n="RK9.337"> þat han þe welþ<expan>e</expan> of þis worlde and wise me<expan>n</expan> be<expan>n</expan> holde</l> <l id="I9.345" n="RK9.338"> To purchace ȝour<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> and þe popes bulles</l> <l id="I9.346" n="RK9.339"> at þe dredful dome whan dede schull<expan>e</expan> arise</l> <l id="I9.347" n="RK9.340"> and comen alle bifore crist acou<expan>n</expan>tes to ȝelde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="53r" entity="I53r"/> <l id="I9.348" n="RK9.341"> How we ladde oure life her<expan>e</expan> and his [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.349" n="RK9.342"> and how we dide day by day þe dome[\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.350" n="RK9.343"> a powhe ful of p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> þ[er] ne p[er]uynciales l[et?]res</l> <l id="I9.351" n="RK9.344"> þogh we be founde in þe frat<expan>er</expan>nite of alle fyue or [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.352" n="RK9.345"> and haue indulgences dowblefolde but dowel us he [\'c9]</l> <l id="I9.353" n="RK9.346"> I sette noght by p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> a pese ne nat a pye hele</l> <l id="I9.354" n="RK9.347"> For-þy I cou<expan>n</expan>seile alle c<expan>ri</expan>stne to crie god mersy</l> <l id="I9.355" n="RK9.348"> and marie his mod<expan>er</expan> be oure mene to him </l> <l id="I9.356" n="RK9.349"> þ<expan>a</expan>t god ȝif vs g<expan>ra</expan>ce her<expan>e</expan> ar we hennes wende</l> <l id="I9.357" n="RK9.351"> þat aft<expan>er</expan> oure deþe-day dowel reherse</l> <l id="I9.358" n="RK9.352"> at þe day of dome we dide as he taghte amen</l> <trailer><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Explicat visio Will<expan>elm</expan>i W. de Petro la Plowma<expan>n</expan></hi></foreign></trailer><trailer><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Explicat visio Will<expan>elm</expan>i W. de Petro la Plowma<expan>n</expan></hi></foreign></trailer> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I10"> <head><hi rend="rb"><foreign lang="lat">Et hic incipit visio eiusdem de Dowel</foreign></hi></head> <l id="I10.1" n="RK10.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">T</hi></hi>hus y-robed in russet I romed aboute</l> <l id="I10.2" n="RK10.2"> al a s[o]mer sesoun for to seke dowel </l> <l id="I10.3" n="RK10.3"> and frayned ful ofte of folc þat I mette</l> <l id="I10.4" n="RK10.4"> if eny wight wiste wher dowel was at Inne</l> <l id="I10.5" n="RK10.5"> and what man he myghte be of many men I asked</l> <l id="I10.6" n="RK10.6"> was neuer wight in þe worlde þat me wisse couþe</l> <l id="I10.7" n="RK10.7"> where þis longed lasse no more</l> <l id="I10.8" n="RK10.8"> Til it bifell<expan>e</expan> on a friday tuo freres I mette</l> <l id="I10.9" n="RK10.9"> maist<expan>r</expan>es of þe meno<expan>ur</expan> men of gret witte</l> <l id="I10.10" n="RK10.10"> I hailsede hem hendely as I hadde lered</l> <l id="I10.11" n="RK10.11"> and prayed hem pur charite er þey passed forþe<expan>r</expan></l> <l id="I10.12" n="RK10.12"> If þey knewe eny cu<expan>n</expan>tr<expan>e</expan> oþ<expan>er</expan> coostes aboute</l> <l id="I10.13" n="RK10.13"> where þat Dowel dwellede dere frendes telleþ me</l> <l id="I10.14" n="RK10.14"> For ȝe are men of þis molde þat most wide walken</l> <l id="I10.15" n="RK10.15"> and knowen cu<expan>n</expan>trees and coutres & many kyn places</l> <l id="I10.16" n="RK10.16"> Boþe p<expan>ri</expan>nces paleys and pour<expan>e</expan> men cotes</l> <l id="I10.17" n="RK10.17"> and dowel and do euele wher þey duellen boþ<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I10.18" n="RK10.18"> Soþely saide þe frer<expan>e</expan> he soio<expan>ur</expan>neþ w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> vs freres</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="53v" entity="I53v"/> <l id="I10.19" n="RK10.19"> [\'c9]d eu<expan>er</expan>e wile her aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.20" n="RK10.20"> [\'c9]as a clerk and comsed to despute</l> <l id="I10.21" n="RK10.21"> [\'c9]oþely <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Sepcies in die cadit iustus</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I10.22" n="RK10.22"> <damage>. ...</damage> fro ioye i<expan>es</expan>u wote þe soþe</l> <l id="I10.23" n="RK10.23"> [\'c9] en siþe saiþ þe booke singeþ day by day</l> <l id="I10.24" n="RK10.24"> [\'c9]rightfullest renge þat regneþ on erþe</l> <l id="I10.25" n="RK10.25"> [\'c9]nd who-so synneþ I sayde certes he doþ not wel</l> <l id="I10.26" n="RK10.26"> For who-so synneþ sikerly doth euele</l> <l id="I10.27" n="RK10.27"> and do-wel and do-yuele may not duelle togideres</l> <l id="I10.28" n="RK10.28"> er Ggo he is nat alwey at-home amou<expan>n</expan>ges ȝow freres</l> <l id="I10.29" n="RK10.29"> he is oþ<expan>er</expan>while elles wher to wisse þe peple</l> <l id="I10.30" n="RK10.30"> I schal saie þe my sone saide þe frere þenne</l> <l id="I10.31" n="RK10.31"> how seuen sithes þe sade man synneþ on þe day</l> <l id="I10.32" n="RK10.32"> By a forbisne quoþ þe frer<expan>e</expan> I schal þe fair<expan>e</expan> schewe</l> <l id="I10.33" n="RK10.33"> lat bringe a ma<expan>n</expan> in a boet amyddes a brode wat<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.34" n="RK10.34"> þe wynde and þe wat<expan>er</expan> and waggyng of þe boet</l> <l id="I10.35" n="RK10.35"> makeþ þe man many tymes to stomble if he stande</l> <l id="I10.36" n="RK10.36"> For stonde he neuer so stiffely þurgh stering of þe bote</l> <l id="I10.37" n="RK10.37"> he bendeþ and boweþ þe body is so u<expan>n</expan>stable</l> <l id="I10.38" n="RK10.38"> and ȝit is he sauf and sou<expan>n</expan>de and so it fareþ by þ<expan>e</expan> riȝtful</l> <l id="I10.39" n="RK10.39"> þogh he falle he falleþ not but who-so ful in a boote</l> <l id="I10.40" n="RK10.40"> þat ay is sauf and sou<expan>n</expan>d and site w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>ynne þe boorde</l> <l id="I10.41" n="RK10.41"> So it fareþ quoþ þe frer<expan>e</expan> by þ<expan>e</expan> rightful ma<expan>n</expan>nes fallyng </l> <l id="I10.42" n="RK10.42"> þogh he þurgh fondynges falle he falleth not out of charite</l> <l id="I10.43" n="RK10.43"> so dedely synne doþ nat for dowel him helpeþ </l> <l id="I10.44" n="RK10.44"> þe water is likned to þe worlde þ<expan>a</expan>t wanyeth and wexeþ</l> <l id="I10.45" n="RK10.45"> þe goddes of þis grou<expan>n</expan>de are like þ<expan>e</expan> grete wawes</l> <l id="I10.46" n="RK10.46"> þat as wyndes and wederes walwith aboute</l> <l id="I10.47" n="RK10.47"> þe bote is likned to o<expan>ur</expan>e body þ<expan>a</expan>t brotil is of kynde</l> <l id="I10.48" n="RK10.48"> þat þurgh þe feende of our<expan>e</expan> flesch and þis frele worlde</l> <l id="I10.49" n="RK10.49"> Synneþ seuen siþes þe saddest man of erþe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="54r" entity="I54r"/> <l id="I10.50" n="RK10.50"> and þe holiest of life <hi rend="bl"/>[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.51" n="RK10.51"> ac fre wille and fre witte folweþ a [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.52" n="RK10.52"> To repente & to arise and rowe out o[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.53" n="RK10.53"> þorgh contriciou<expan>n</expan> to confessiou<expan>n</expan> til he con[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.54" n="RK10.54"> For raþ<expan>er</expan>e haue we no reste til we restitue</l> <l id="I10.55" n="RK10.55"> Oure life to our<expan>e</expan> lord god for our<expan>e</expan> licames gultes</l> <l id="I10.56" n="RK10.56"> I haue nokynde knowleching to co<expan>n</expan>seyue al þis sp[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.57" n="RK10.57"> ac if I may lyue and loke I schal go lerne bettre</l> <l id="I10.58" n="RK10.58"> I bykenne the c<expan>ri</expan>st q<expan>uo</expan>þ he þ<expan>a</expan>t on þe crois deyed</l> <l id="I10.59" n="RK10.59"> and I saide þe same saue ȝow fro meschance</l> <l id="I10.60" n="RK10.60"> and ȝif me g<expan>ra</expan>ce on þis grou<expan>n</expan>de w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> good ende to deye</l> <l id="I10.61" n="RK10.61"> I wente forþ wide-wher<expan>e</expan> walkyng myn one</l> <l id="I10.62" n="RK10.62"> By a wilde wyldernesse and by a woodes syde</l> <l id="I10.63" n="RK10.63"> blisse of þe briddes abide me made</l> <l id="I10.64" n="RK10.64"> and vnd<expan>er</expan> lynde vpo<expan>n</expan> a launde lened I a stounde</l> <l id="I10.65" n="RK10.65"> To lythen her<expan>e</expan> layes and her<expan>e</expan> louely notes</l> <l id="I10.66" n="RK10.66"> Merþe of here mouþes made me þere to slepe </l> <l id="I10.67" n="RK10.67"> and m<expan>er</expan>uaylousliche me mette amyddes al þat blisse</l> <l id="I10.68" n="RK10.68"> a moche man me thoght y-like to my-selue</l> <l id="I10.69" n="RK10.69"> Com and called me by my kynde righte name</l> <l id="I10.70" n="RK10.70"> what artow quoþ I þat þou my name knowest</l> <l id="I10.71" n="RK10.71"> þat þou wille quoþ he and no wight better<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.72" n="RK10.72"> wot y q<expan>uo</expan>þ y who art þou thoght sayde he þenne <expan>margin: cogita <damage>. ...</damage></expan></l> <l id="I10.73" n="RK10.73"> I haue sewed þe þis seuen ȝer<expan>e</expan> sawe þou me no raþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.74" n="RK10.74"> art þow þoght q<expan>uo</expan>d I þo þou coudest me wisse</l> <l id="I10.75" n="RK10.75"> wher þat dowel duelleth and do me to knowe</l> <l id="I10.76" n="RK10.76"> dowel and do bette quoþ he and do best þe þridde</l> <l id="I10.77" n="RK10.77"> aren þre fair<expan>e</expan> v<expan>ir</expan>tues and ben nat ferre to fynde</l> <l id="I10.78" n="RK10.78"> who is trewe of his tonge and of his tuo handes</l> <l id="I10.79" n="RK10.81"> and is noght dronkelewe ne dedyno[us] dowel hy<expan>m</expan> folweþ</l> <l id="I10.80" n="RK10.82"> Dobette doþ al þis ac ȝit he doþ mor<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="54v" entity="I54v"/> <l id="I10.81" n="RK10.83"> [\'c9] e and lowelich of speche</l> <l id="I10.82" n="RK10.84"> [\'c9] lemen of þ<expan>a</expan>t he may spar<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.83" n="RK10.85"> [..] nd þ<expan>e</expan> brigerdeles he haþ tobroken hem all</l> <l id="I10.84" n="RK10.86"> [\'c9] Erle auerous helde and his heires</l> <l id="I10.85" n="RK10.87"> [\'c9]of ma<expan>m</expan>mena<expan>us</expan> mone y-maked hy<expan>m</expan> many frendes</l> <l id="I10.86" n="RK10.88"> [\'c9]nd is ronne in-to religiou<expan>n</expan> and haþ rendred þe bible</l> <l id="I10.87" n="RK10.89"> and p<expan>re</expan>cheþ to þe peple seint poules wordes</l> <l id="I10.88" n="RK10.90"> <hi rend="rb">libenter suffertis insipientes</hi> </l> <l id="I10.89" n="RK10.91"> ȝe worldliche wise unwise þat ȝe suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.90" n="RK10.92"> leue hem and loue hem þis latyn is trewe</l> <l id="I10.91" n="RK10.93"> Dobest ber<expan>e</expan> schulde þe bisschoppes crose</l> <l id="I10.92" n="RK10.94"> and halye with þe hoked ende ille men to goode</l> <l id="I10.93" n="RK10.95"> and wiþ þe pike pulte a-dou<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb">p<expan>re</expan>uaricatores legis</hi> </l> <l id="I10.94" n="RK10.96"> lordes þ<expan>a</expan>t lyuen as hem lust and no lawe accou<expan>n</expan>ten</l> <l id="I10.95" n="RK10.97"> For here mokk<expan>e</expan> and her<expan>e</expan> moebles suche men þenkeþ</l> <l id="I10.96" n="RK10.98"> Schulde no bischop be her<expan>e</expan> biddynges to wiþ-sitte</l> <l id="I10.97" n="RK10.99"> ac dobest schulde drede hem noght but do as god highte</l> <l id="I10.98" n="RK10.99"> <hi rend="rb">Nolite timere eas qui possu<expan>n</expan>t occider<expan>e</expan> corpus &c<expan>eter</expan>a.</hi> </l> <l id="I10.99" n="RK10.100"> Thus dowell<expan>e</expan> and dobett demed a dobest</l> <l id="I10.100" n="RK10.101"> and crou<expan>n</expan>ed on to be a kyng to kulle wiþoute synne</l> <l id="I10.101" n="RK10.102"> þat wolde noght do as do best demed and taghte</l> <l id="I10.102" n="RK10.103"> þus dowel and dobet and do best þe þridde</l> <l id="I10.103" n="RK10.104"> Crou<expan>n</expan>ed on to be [inserted in line: a] kyng to kepen vs alle</l> <l id="I10.104" n="RK10.105"> and to reule alle reumes by here þre wittes</l> <l id="I10.105" n="RK10.106"> Bot oþ<expan>er</expan>wise ne elles nat but as þey þre assentede</l> <l id="I10.106" n="RK10.107"> I thoght þonkede þo þat he me so taghte</l> <l id="I10.107" n="RK10.108"> ac ȝut sau<expan>er</expan>eþ nat me þy sawes so me crist spede</l> <l id="I10.108" n="RK10.109"> a more kyndere knowyng coueyte I to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.109" n="RK10.110"> Of do wel and do bette and who doþ best of alle</l> <l id="I10.110" n="RK10.111"> but if witte wol þ<expan>e</expan> wisse q<expan>uo</expan>þ þoght wher þ<expan>e</expan> þre duelleth</l> <l id="I10.111" n="RK10.112"> Elles knowe I non þat can in none ky<expan>n</expan>ne riche</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="55r" entity="I55r"/> <l id="I10.112" n="RK10.113"> þoght and I þus þre daye [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.113" n="RK10.114"> Desputyng vpon dowel day aft<expan>er</expan> oþ<expan>er</expan> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I10.114" n="RK10.115"> and ar we y-war wer<expan>e</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> witte gan we [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.115" n="RK10.116"> he was longe and lene y-like to non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.116" n="RK10.117"> was no pryde on his paraile ne pou<expan>er</expan>te noiþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.117" n="RK10.118"> Sad of his semblant and wiþ a softe speche</l> <l id="I10.118" n="RK10.119"> I dorste meue no matter<expan>e</expan> to maken hy<expan>m</expan> to iangle</l> <l id="I10.119" n="RK10.120"> Bot as I bad þoght þo to be mene bituene</l> <l id="I10.120" n="RK10.121"> and putte forþ som purpos to p<expan>re</expan>uen his wittes</l> <l id="I10.121" n="RK10.122"> what was do wel fro do bet and do best from hem boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.122" n="RK10.123"> þan þoght I in þat tyme saide þise wordes</l> <l id="I10.123" n="RK10.124"> wher dowel and dobette and dobest ben in londe</l> <l id="I10.124" n="RK10.125"> here is one wille I wite if witte couþe teche</l> <l id="I10.125" n="RK10.126"> and what lyues þey lyue and what lawe þey vsen</l> <l id="I10.126" n="RK10.127"> and what þey drede and dowte dere sir<expan>e</expan> telleþ</l> <l id="I10.127" n="RK10.128"> s<expan>ire</expan> dowel duelleþ quoþ witte nat a day hennes</l> <l id="I10.128" n="RK10.129"> In a castel þat kynde made of four<expan>e</expan> kyn þinges</l> <l id="I10.129" n="RK10.130"> Of erþe and aier it is y-mad y-medeled togideres</l> <l id="I10.130" n="RK10.131"> wiþ wynde and wiþ wat<expan>er</expan> wittily enyoyned</l> <l id="I10.131" n="RK10.132"> kynde haþ closed þe þ<expan>er</expan>inne craftily wiþ all </l> <l id="I10.132" n="RK10.133"> A lemma<expan>n</expan> þat he louyeþ y-like to him-selue </l> <l id="I10.133" n="RK10.134"> <hi rend="rb">Anima</hi> sche hatte to hir<expan>e</expan> hath enuye</l> <l id="I10.134" n="RK10.135"> a proude prikyar<expan>e</expan> of ff<expan>ra</expan>unce <hi rend="rb">p<expan>ri</expan>nceps huius mundi</hi> </l> <l id="I10.135" n="RK10.136"> and wolde wynne hire awey wiþ wiles and he myghte</l> <l id="I10.136" n="RK10.137"> and kynde knowiþ þis wel and kepeth hire þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.137" n="RK10.138"> and hath do hir<expan>e</expan> wiþ s<expan>ire</expan> do wel duke of þis marches</l> <l id="I10.138" n="RK10.139"> Dobette is hir damysele s<expan>ire</expan> do weles doghter</l> <l id="I10.139" n="RK10.140"> To serue þat lady lely boþe late and rathe</l> <l id="I10.140" n="RK10.142"> as by his lernyng is lade þis ilke lady <hi rend="rb">Anima</hi> </l> <l id="I10.141" n="RK10.143"> Ac þe constable of þat castel þat kepeþ hem alle</l> <l id="I10.142" n="RK10.144"> Is a wys knyght wiþ-all s<expan>ire</expan> inwitte he highte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="55v" entity="I55v"/> <l id="I10.143" n="RK10.145"> [\'c9]es by his firste wyue</l> <l id="I10.144" n="RK10.146"> [\'c9]d sey wel s[ire] here wel þe ende</l> <l id="I10.145" n="RK10.147"> [\'c9]wel wiþ þin hande a wight man of strengþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.146" n="RK10.148"> [\'c9]re good faith [\'c9?]go wel grete lordes all</l> <l id="I10.147" n="RK10.149"> [\'c9]hese fyue ben sette for to saue <hi rend="rb">anima</hi> </l> <l id="I10.148" n="RK10.150"> Til kynde come or sende and kepe hir<expan>e</expan> hi<expan>m</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I10.149" n="RK10.151"> what kyn þing is kinde quoþ I canstow me telle</l> <l id="I10.150" n="RK10.152"> kynde is creatur<expan>e</expan> quoþ witte of kyne þinges</l> <l id="I10.151" n="RK10.153"> Fader and formour of al þat forþ groweth</l> <l id="I10.152" n="RK10.154"> þe which is god grettest bygynnyng had he neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I10.153" n="RK10.155"> lorde of life and of light of lisse and of peyne</l> <l id="I10.154" n="RK10.156"> angeles and all þinge aren at his wille</l> <l id="I10.155" n="RK10.157"> Man is most him like of membres and of face</l> <l id="I10.156" n="RK10.158"> and semblable in soule to god but if synne it make</l> <l id="I10.157" n="RK10.159"> and as þou seest þe sonne som-tyme for clowedes</l> <l id="I10.158" n="RK10.160"> may noght schyne ne schewe on schawes on erþe</l> <l id="I10.159" n="RK10.161"> sso lette leccherie and oþ<expan>er</expan> luther synnes</l> <l id="I10.160" n="RK10.162"> þat god scheweþ nat such synful me<expan>n</expan> & suffreþ he<expan>m</expan> mysfair<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.161" n="RK10.163"> as so<expan>m</expan>me hangeþ he<expan>m</expan>-selue and oþ<expan>er</expan>while adrencheþ</l> <l id="I10.162" n="RK10.164"> God wol not of hem wite but lat hem y-worþe</l> <l id="I10.163" n="RK10.165"> As þe saut<expan>er</expan> saiþ by synfulle schrewes</l> <l id="I10.164" n="RK10.165"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et dimisi sunt eos secundum desideria eo<expan>rum</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I10.165" n="RK10.166"> Suche luther lyuynge men lome ben riche</l> <l id="I10.166" n="RK10.167"> Of golde and of oþ<expan>er</expan> good ac godes g<expan>ra</expan>ce hem faileþ</l> <l id="I10.167" n="RK10.168"> For þey louyeth and byleueþ al here lyfe-tyme</l> <l id="I10.168" n="RK10.169"> On catel more þan on kynde þ<expan>a</expan>t all kynde þing wroghte</l> <l id="I10.169" n="RK10.170"> þe which is loue and lif þ<expan>a</expan>t laste wiþouten ende</l> <l id="I10.170" n="RK10.171"> Inwitte and all wittes closed be þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I10.171" n="RK10.172"> by loue and by lewte þer-by lyueþ <hi rend="rb">Anima</hi> </l> <l id="I10.172" n="RK10.173"> and lif lyueþ by inwitte and lerynge of kynde</l> <l id="I10.173" n="RK10.174"> Inwitte is þe heued and <hi rend="rb">anima</hi> in herte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="56r" entity="I56r"/> <l id="I10.174" n="RK10.175"> and moche woo worþ h [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.175" n="RK10.176"> For þat is goddes oghne good his grace [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.176" n="RK10.177"> þat many a leede leseþ þorgh likerouse dri [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.177" n="RK10.178"> as loth dede and noe and herodes þe daffe</l> <l id="I10.178" n="RK10.179"> he ȝaf his doghter for a daunceyng in a dissche [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.179" n="RK10.180"> Of þat blessed baptiste bifore all his gestes</l> <l id="I10.180" n="RK10.181"> Euery man þ<expan>a</expan>t haþ inwitte and his hele boþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.181" n="RK10.182"> haþ treso<expan>ur</expan> ynogh of treuþe to fynden him-selue</l> <l id="I10.182" n="RK10.183"> ac fau<expan>n</expan>tekyns & fools þe whiche þ<expan>a</expan>t fauten inwitte</l> <l id="I10.183" n="RK10.184"> Frendes schal fynde he<expan>m</expan> and fram folie kepe </l> <l id="I10.184" n="RK10.185"> and holy chirche helpe to so schulde no man begge</l> <l id="I10.185" n="RK10.186"> ne spille speche ne tyme ne mysspende noyþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.186" n="RK10.187"> moeble ne vnmoeble mete neyþ<expan>er</expan> drynke</l> <l id="I10.187" n="RK10.188"> ac þanne dide we all wel and wel bete ȝut to louye</l> <l id="I10.188" n="RK10.189"> Oure enemys entierly and helpe he<expan>m</expan> at here nede</l> <l id="I10.189" n="RK10.190"> and ȝit were best to ben abowte & bringe it to hepe</l> <l id="I10.190" n="RK10.191"> þat all londes loueden and in one lawe by-leued</l> <l id="I10.191" n="RK10.192"> Bisschops schulde ben heraboute and bringe þis to hepe</l> <l id="I10.192" n="RK10.193"> For to lese þerfore here londe and here life after</l> <l id="I10.193" n="RK10.194"> þe catel þat crist hadde þere cloþes it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.194" n="RK10.195"> þer-of was he robbed and rufled or he on roode deyed</l> <l id="I10.195" n="RK10.196"> and I sy þe al his lif for lawe scholde loue wexe</l> <l id="I10.196" n="RK10.197"> Prelates and p<expan>re</expan>stes and p<expan>ri</expan>nces of holy chirche</l> <l id="I10.197" n="RK10.198"> Schulde nat dowte no deþ ne no dere ȝeres</l> <l id="I10.198" n="RK10.199"> To wende as wyde as þe worlde wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.199" n="RK10.200"> to tylye þe erþe wiþ tonge and teche men to louye</l> <l id="I10.200" n="RK10.201"> For who-so loueþ him wel god wol nat laten him sterue</l> <l id="I10.201" n="RK10.202"> In meschief for defaute of mete ne for myssyng of cloþes</l> <l id="I10.202" n="RK10.202"> <hi rend="rb">Inquirentes aute<expan>m</expan> d<expan>omi</expan>n<expan>u</expan>m non minuentur omni bono</hi> </l> <l id="I10.203" n="RK10.203"> who-so lyueþ in lawe and in loue doþ wel</l> <l id="I10.204" n="RK10.204"> as þise wedded men þat þis worlde susteyneþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="56v" entity="I56v"/> <l id="I10.205" n="RK10.205"> [\'c9]boþe confesso<expan>ur</expan>s & martirs</l> <l id="I10.206" n="RK10.206"> [\'c9] d p<expan>at</expan>riarches popes and maydenes</l> <l id="I10.207" n="RK10.207"> [\'c9] th him-selfe schal neu<expan>er</expan> good appel</l> <l id="I10.208" n="RK10.208"> [\'c9] no sotil science on sour<expan>e</expan> stok growe</l> <l id="I10.209" n="RK10.209"> [\'c9] is nomore to mene but noen þat ben bigeten</l> <l id="I10.210" n="RK10.210"> Out of matrimoigne nat moylo<expan>ur</expan>e mowe nat haue þe g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I10.211" n="RK10.211"> yat lele legitime by þe lawe may cleymen</l> <l id="I10.212" n="RK10.212"> and þat my sawe is soth þe saut<expan>er</expan> bereþ witnesse</l> <l id="I10.213" n="RK10.212"> <hi rend="rb">Concepit in dolore pep<expan>er</expan>it iniquitate<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I10.214" n="RK10.213"> Cayme þe cursed creatur<expan>e</expan> conseyued was in synne</l> <l id="I10.215" n="RK10.214"> after þat ad<add place="?" hand="corrector">a</add>m and eue hadden y-synned</l> <l id="I10.216" n="RK10.215"> wiþouten repentance of her<expan>e</expan> rechelesnesse a ribaud þey engengred</l> <l id="I10.217" n="RK10.216"> as an hew þ<expan>a</expan>t erieth noght au<expan>n</expan>treþ him to sowe</l> <l id="I10.218" n="RK10.217"> On a leye londe aȝens his lordes wille</l> <l id="I10.219" n="RK10.218"> So was cayme conceyued & so ben cursede wrecches</l> <l id="I10.220" n="RK10.219"> þat lycame haue aȝens þe lawe þ<expan>a</expan>t oure lord ordeynede</l> <l id="I10.221" n="RK10.220"> alle þat come of cayme caytifes wer<expan>e</expan> eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I10.222" n="RK10.221"> and for þe synne of caymes seede sayde god to noe</l> <l id="I10.223" n="RK10.222"> <hi rend="rb">Penitet me fecisse hominem</hi> </l> <l id="I10.224" n="RK10.223"> and bade go schapen a schip of schides and boordes</l> <l id="I10.225" n="RK10.224"> þy-self and þy sones þre and siþen ȝour<expan>e</expan> wyues</l> <l id="I10.226" n="RK10.225"> Buske ȝow to þat bote and abideþ þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I10.227" n="RK10.226"> Til fourty dayes be fulfilde and flood haue y-wrasche</l> <l id="I10.228" n="RK10.227"> Clene a-way þe cursed blood þat of cayme spronge</l> <l id="I10.229" n="RK10.228"> Bestes þat now ben schal banne þe tyme</l> <l id="I10.230" n="RK10.229"> þat eu<expan>er</expan>e þat cursed cayme cam on þis erþe</l> <l id="I10.231" n="RK10.230"> alle schulle deye for his dedes by dales & hull<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.232" n="RK10.231"> and þe fowles þ<expan>a</expan>t flyeth forth with oþr<expan>e</expan> bestes</l> <l id="I10.233" n="RK10.232"> Excepte onliche of ech a kynde a payr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.234" n="RK10.233"> þat in þy schingelede schippe schal be w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe y-saued</l> <l id="I10.235" n="RK10.234"> here aboughte þ<expan>e</expan> barne þe belsyres gultes</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">ll<expan>e</expan> for her<expan>e</expan> forfadr<expan>e</expan>s</fw><fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">ll<expan>e</expan> for her<expan>e</expan> forfadr<expan>e</expan>s</fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="57r" entity="I57r"/> <l id="I10.236" n="RK10.235"> and alle for here forefadre[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.237" n="RK10.236"> þe gospel is here a-gayn as gomes may[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.238" n="RK10.236"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ffilius non portabit iniquitatem p<expan>at</expan>ris &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I10.239" n="RK10.237"> holy writ witnesseth þat for no wikked dede</l> <l id="I10.240" n="RK10.238"> þat þe fire by him-selfe doþ þe sone schal be þe [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.241" n="RK10.239"> as westmenst<expan>re</expan> lawe I wot wel worcheþ þe contrar[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.242" n="RK10.240"> For þogh þe fader be a frankelein and for a felou<expan>n</expan> be anh? [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.243" n="RK10.241"> þe heritage þat þe heir schulde haue is at þe kynges w[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.244" n="RK10.242"> ac þe gospell<expan>e</expan> is a glose þ<expan>er</expan>e and hideþ þe graythe treu7[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.245" n="RK10.243"> For god saide ensample of such maner issue</l> <l id="I10.246" n="RK10.244"> þat kynde folweþ kynde and cont<expan>ra</expan>rieþ neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I10.247" n="RK10.244"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Numq<expan>ua</expan>m colliges despines vuas . Et alibi</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I10.248" n="RK10.244"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Bona arbor bonum fructum facit </hi></foreign></l> <l id="I10.249" n="RK10.245"> ac whi þe worlde was adreynt holy writte telleþ </l> <l id="I10.250" n="RK10.246"> was for mariages makyng þat men made þat tyme</l> <l id="I10.251" n="RK10.247"> after þat cayme þe cursed had y-killed abell<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.252" n="RK10.248"> Seth adames sone seth was engendred</l> <l id="I10.253" n="RK10.249"> and god sente to seth so sone he was of age</l> <l id="I10.254" n="RK10.250"> þat for no kyn catel ne no kyn byheste</l> <l id="I10.255" n="RK10.251"> Suffr<expan>e</expan> his sede seden with caymes sede his broþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.256" n="RK10.252"> and seth for he suffred it god saide me forþenkeþ</l> <l id="I10.257" n="RK10.253"> þat I man made or mat<expan>ri</expan>moigne suffred</l> <l id="I10.258" n="RK10.254"> For good schulde wedde good þogh þey no goode hadde</l> <l id="I10.259" n="RK10.255"> For I am <hi rend="rb">via & veritas</hi> & may auau<expan>n</expan>cen alle</l> <l id="I10.260" n="RK10.256"> ac fewe folc folwen now þis for þey ȝeue here children</l> <l id="I10.261" n="RK10.257"> For coueitise of catel and connynge chapmen</l> <l id="I10.262" n="RK10.258"> Of kyn ne of kynrede counteþ men but litel</l> <l id="I10.263" n="RK10.259"> and þogh ȝhe be louelich to loken on and lossu<expan>m</expan> abedde</l> <l id="I10.264" n="RK10.260"> a mayde and wel manered and of goode me<expan>n</expan> y-spronge</l> <l id="I10.265" n="RK10.261"> but sche haue oþ<expan>er</expan> good haue wol hir<expan>e</expan> no riche</l> <l id="I10.266" n="RK10.262"> ac lat hemm be vnlouely and vnlossum abedde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="57v" entity="I57v"/> <l id="I10.267" n="RK10.263"> [\'c9]eggeneldes doghter</l> <l id="I10.268" n="RK10.264"> [\'c9] m but late hir<expan>er</expan> beknowe</l> <l id="I10.269" n="RK10.265"> [\'c9] rented wel þogh sche be reueled for olde</l> <l id="I10.270" n="RK10.266"> [\'c9] squyer ne knyght in cu<expan>n</expan>tre aboute</l> <l id="I10.271" n="RK10.267"> [\'c9] e wile bowen to þ<expan>a</expan>t bonde to beden hir<expan>e</expan> an housebond</l> <l id="I10.272" n="RK10.268"> [\'c9] dden hir<expan>e</expan> for hir welþe and weschen on þe morwe</l> <l id="I10.273" n="RK10.269"> [\'c9] at his wyf wer<expan>e</expan> wexe or a walet ful of nobles</l> <l id="I10.274" n="RK10.270"> [\'c9] In ielousye ioyeles and iangelyng abedde</l> <l id="I10.275" n="RK10.271"> [\'c9] any a payr<expan>e</expan> siþþ<expan>e</expan> þis pestilences han plight treuþ<expan>e</expan> to louye</l> <l id="I10.276" n="RK10.272"> ac þey lien lely here non likeþ oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.277" n="RK10.273"> þe fruyt þat þey bringe forþ are many foule wordes</l> <l id="I10.278" n="RK10.274"> han þey no children but chefte and choppes hem bituene</l> <l id="I10.279" n="RK10.275"> þowh þey don hem to donmowe but þe deuel hem helpe</l> <l id="I10.280" n="RK10.276"> to folwe for þe flicthe fecche þey it neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I10.281" n="RK10.277"> Bot þey boþe be forsweore þat bacou<expan>n</expan> þey tyne</l> <l id="I10.282" n="RK10.278"> For þy I cou<expan>n</expan>seile all cristene coueytede neu<expan>er</expan>e be wedded</l> <l id="I10.283" n="RK10.279"> For no coueitise of catel in none kyn wise</l> <l id="I10.284" n="RK10.280"> But maydenes and maydenes marye ȝow togideres</l> <l id="I10.285" n="RK10.281"> and widewes and widewers weddeþ ȝour<expan>e</expan> ayþ<expan>er</expan> oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I10.286" n="RK10.282"> and loke þat loue be more þe cause þan londe or nobles</l> <l id="I10.287" n="RK10.283"> and eu<expan>er</expan>y man<expan>er</expan> seculer man þat may nat continue</l> <l id="I10.288" n="RK10.284"> wisely go wedde and ware þe fro þat synne</l> <l id="I10.289" n="RK10.285"> þat leccherie is a likynge þing and a lymȝerde of helle</l> <l id="I10.290" n="RK10.286"> and while þou art ȝonge and ȝepe and þy wepene kene</l> <l id="I10.291" n="RK10.287"> awreke þe þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ on wi?yng for godes werk I holde it</l> <l id="I10.292" n="RK10.287"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Dum sis vir fortis ne des tua robora scartis</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I10.293" n="RK10.287"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Scribitur in portis meretrix est ianna mortis</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I10.294" n="RK10.288"> and ȝe þat han wyues beþ war and worcheþ noght out of tym</l> <l id="I10.295" n="RK10.289"> as ad<expan>a</expan>m dide and eue as I wyl ei<expan>er</expan> ȝow telle</l> <l id="I10.296" n="RK10.290"> For scholde no bed bourde be but if þey boþ<expan>e</expan> wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I10.297" n="RK10.291"> Clene of lyue and in loue of soule and in lele wedloke</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="58r" entity="I58r"/> <l id="I10.298" n="RK10.292"> For þat dede derne don[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.299" n="RK10.293"> But wyues and weddede men a [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.300" n="RK10.293"> <hi rend="rb">Bonu<expan>m</expan> est vnusquisq<expan>ue</expan> vxore<expan>m</expan> sua<expan>m</expan> h<expan>ab</expan>eat <damage>. ...</damage></hi> </l> <l id="I10.301" n="RK10.294"> þat oþ<expan>er</expan>gates ben y-gette for gadelynges b [\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.302" n="RK10.295"> and fals folke and fondelynges faito<expan>ur</expan>s an[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.303" n="RK10.296"> vngracio[us] to gete goode or gete loue of pep[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.304" n="RK10.297"> a-wayten and wasten all þat þey cacche mo[\'c9]</l> <l id="I10.305" n="RK10.298"> aȝein dowel þey do yuele and þe deuel s<expan>er</expan>ue</l> <l id="I10.306" n="RK10.299"> and aft<expan>er</expan> her<expan>e</expan> deþ-day duellen schullen in helle</l> <l id="I10.307" n="RK10.300"> But god gif hem grace here goynge here to amende</l> <l id="I10.308" n="RK10.301"> and þus is do wel my frende to do as lawe techeþ</l> <l id="I10.309" n="RK10.302"> to louye and to loue þe and no liff to greue</l> <l id="I10.310" n="RK10.303"> ac to louye and to loue leue me þat is do bette</l> <l id="I10.311" n="RK10.304"> act to ȝeue and to ȝeme boþ<expan>e</expan> ȝonge and olde</l> <l id="I10.312" n="RK10.305"> helen and helpen is do best of alle</l> <l id="I10.313" n="RK10.306"> For þe more a ma<expan>n</expan> may do by so þ<expan>a</expan>t he do it</l> <l id="I10.314" n="RK10.307"> þe more he is worthy and worth of wife and of god I-p<expan>ra</expan>ised</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I11"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus Primus de visione Dowel &c<expan>etera</expan></hi></foreign></head> <l id="I11.1" n="RK11.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">T</hi></hi>hanne hadde witte a wif was hote Dame studye</l> <l id="I11.2" n="RK11.2"> þ<expan>a</expan>t ful lene lokede and lif holy semed</l> <l id="I11.3" n="RK11.3"> Sche was wonderly wroþe þat witte me so taghte</l> <l id="I11.4" n="RK11.4"> al starynge dame studie sterneliche saide</l> <l id="I11.5" n="RK11.5"> wel art þou wise q<expan>uo</expan>d sche to witte such wisdam to schewe</l> <l id="I11.6" n="RK11.6"> To eny fool or to flaterer<expan>e</expan> or to frentik peple</l> <l id="I11.7" n="RK11.7"> and saide <hi rend="bl"/> <hi rend="rb">nolite mittere in viam</hi> ȝe men marg<expan>er</expan>y perles</l> <l id="I11.8" n="RK11.8"> among hogges þat han hawes at wille</l> <l id="I11.9" n="RK11.9"> þey do but dreuele þ<expan>er</expan>on draffe wer<expan>e</expan> hem leuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.10" n="RK11.10"> þan al þe p<expan>re</expan>cyouse perrye þat eny p<expan>ri</expan>nce weldeþ</l> <l id="I11.11" n="RK11.11"> I sigge it by suche quoþ witte þat schewen by her<expan>e</expan> werk[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.12" n="RK11.12"> þat louyen londe & lordschipe and liking of body</l> <l id="I11.13" n="RK11.13"> More þan holynesse or hendenesse or al þ<expan>a</expan>t seintes tec[\'c9]</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="58v" entity="I58v"/> <l id="I11.14" n="RK11.14"> [\'c9]at worþ a carse</l> <l id="I11.15" n="RK11.15"> [\'c9] th coueitise as cloþers kemben her<expan>e</expan> wolle</l> <l id="I11.16" n="RK11.16"> <damage>. ...</damage> contreue to deceyue þe rightful</l> <l id="I11.17" n="RK11.17"> [\'c9] loueday treuþ<expan>e</expan> and byguyle</l> <l id="I11.18" n="RK11.18"> [\'c9] an and caste þuus are cleþed in to cou<expan>n</expan>seil</l> <l id="I11.19" n="RK11.18"> <foreign lang="lat">[\'c9] <hi rend="rb">t nugas et crimina lege vocantur</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I11.20" n="RK11.18"> <foreign lang="lat"> <hi rend="rb"><damage>. ...</damage> sapiunt lex iubet ire foras</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I11.21" n="RK11.19"> [\'c9] uerenced and I-robed þat can robbe þe poeple</l> <l id="I11.22" n="RK11.20"> [\'c9]fallas and false questes and þorgh fikel speche</l> <l id="I11.23" n="RK11.21"> [\'c9] þe gentil in his gestes witnesseth</l> <l id="I11.24" n="RK11.22"> [\'c9]hat schal worþen of suche whan þey lif leten</l> <l id="I11.25" n="RK11.22"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ducunt in bonis dies suos et in fine descendu<expan>n</expan>t ad infernu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I11.26" n="RK11.23"> þe sauter saith þe same of alle suche riche</l> <l id="I11.27" n="RK11.23"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ibant in p<expan>ro</expan>genies in patru<expan>m</expan> suo<expan>rum</expan> et usq<expan>ue</expan> in eternu<expan>m</expan> no<expan>n</expan> videbu<expan>n</expan>t lumen Et alibi Ecce ip<expan>s</expan>i p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>tores. u? &c<expan>eter</expan>a </hi></foreign></l> <l id="I11.28" n="RK11.24"> lo saiþ holy letterur<expan>e</expan> whiche lordes beþ þise schrewes</l> <l id="I11.29" n="RK11.25"> þo þat god most good ȝifþ greueth most right & treuþe</l> <l id="I11.30" n="RK11.25"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Que perfecisti destruxerunt &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I11.31" n="RK11.26"> harlottes for here harlotrie aren holpe er nedy pour<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I11.32" n="RK11.27"> and þat is no right ne resou<expan>n</expan> for raþer men scholde</l> <l id="I11.33" n="RK11.28"> helpe him þat haþ noght þan to þat han no nede</l> <l id="I11.34" n="RK11.29"> ac he þat haþ holy writ ay in his mouþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.35" n="RK11.30"> and can telle of treuþe and of þe <orig>xij</orig><reg>twelue</reg> apostles</l> <l id="I11.36" n="RK11.31"> Or of þe passiou<expan>n</expan> of c<expan>ri</expan>st or of purgatorie þe peynes</l> <l id="I11.37" n="RK11.32"> litel is he loued or leet herfore amonge lordes at festes</l> <l id="I11.38" n="RK11.33"> now is þe maner at þe mete whan mynstrels ben stille</l> <l id="I11.39" n="RK11.34"> þe lewed aȝein þe lered þe holy lore to dispute</l> <l id="I11.40" n="RK11.35"> and tellen of þe trinite how tuo slowe þe þridde</l> <l id="I11.41" n="RK11.36"> and bringe forþ ballede resou<expan>n</expan>s taken bernard to witnesse</l> <l id="I11.42" n="RK11.37"> and putten forþ p<expan>re</expan>su<expan>m</expan>pciou<expan>n</expan>s to p<expan>re?</expan>ue þe soþe</l> <l id="I11.43" n="RK11.38"> þus þey dreuele as þe deyes þe dette to knowe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="59r" entity="I59r"/> <l id="I11.44" n="RK11.39"> and gnawen god wiþ gor [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.45" n="RK11.40"> ac þe careful may crie and quake [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.46" n="RK11.41"> boþe anhu<expan>n</expan>gred and aþ ruste and fo[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.47" n="RK11.42"> Is non so hende to haue hy<expan>m</expan> but hote [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.48" n="RK11.43"> þenne semeþ it to my sight to suche þ<expan>a</expan>t[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.49" n="RK11.44"> God is nat in þat home ne his helpe neyþ<expan>er</expan> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I11.50" n="RK11.45"> liteþ loueþ he þ<expan>a</expan>t lorde þat lente him al þat [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.51" n="RK11.46"> þat so parteþ w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe pou<expan>er</expan>e a parsel whan hem [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.52" n="RK11.47"> ne wer<expan>e</expan> mercy in mene me<expan>n</expan> more þen in riȝtriche</l> <l id="I11.53" n="RK11.48"> many tymes mendynantȝ mighten gon ahu<expan>n</expan>gred</l> <l id="I11.54" n="RK11.49"> and so saith þe saut<expan>er</expan> I seyh it in memento</l> <l id="I11.55" n="RK11.49"> <hi rend="rb">Ecce audiuimus eam . i . caritate<expan>m</expan> in effrata</hi> </l> <l id="I11.56" n="RK11.50"> Clerkes and knyȝtes carpen of good hostes</l> <l id="I11.57" n="RK11.51"> and han moche in her<expan>e</expan> mouþ<expan>e</expan> ac mene in her<expan>e</expan> herte</l> <l id="I11.58" n="RK11.52"> Freres and faito<expan>ur</expan>s han founde vp suche questiou<expan>n</expan>s</l> <l id="I11.59" n="RK11.53"> to plese w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> p<expan>ro</expan>ude me<expan>n</expan> sithenes þis pestilences</l> <l id="I11.60" n="RK11.54"> and p<expan>re</expan>ching at seint poules and pur<expan>e</expan> anuye of clerkes</l> <l id="I11.61" n="RK11.55"> þat folc is nat firme in þe faiþ ne fre of her<expan>e</expan> goodes</l> <l id="I11.62" n="RK11.56"> ne sory for her<expan>e</expan> synnes so p<expan>ri</expan>de is enhaunced</l> <l id="I11.63" n="RK11.57"> in religiou<expan>n</expan> and in al þe reume amonge riche & pou<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I11.64" n="RK11.58"> þat preyers han no power þis pestilences to lette</l> <l id="I11.65" n="RK11.59"> For god is deef now-a-dayes and deyneþ nat vs to hur<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.66" n="RK11.60"> and goode men for our<expan>e</expan> gultes he al to-grynt to deþe</l> <l id="I11.67" n="RK11.61"> and ȝit þis wrecches of þis worlde Is non y-war by oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I11.68" n="RK11.62"> ne for drede of eny deth withdraweth him fro pride</l> <l id="I11.69" n="RK11.63"> ne parteþ wiþþe por<expan>e</expan> as pur<expan>e</expan> charite wolde</l> <l id="I11.70" n="RK11.64"> but in gaynesse and glotenye forglotten here goodes</l> <l id="I11.71" n="RK11.65"> and brekeþ nat her<expan>e</expan> breded to þe pore as þe boke hoteþ</l> <l id="I11.72" n="RK11.65"> <hi rend="rb">ffrange esurienti panem tuu<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I11.73" n="RK11.66"> ac þe more he wynneþ and haþ þe worlde at his wille</l> <l id="I11.74" n="RK11.67"> and lordeth in ledes þe lesse goode he deleth</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="59v" entity="I59v"/> <l id="I11.75" n="RK11.68"> [\'c9] eþ heede ȝe riche</l> <l id="I11.76" n="RK11.69"> [\'c9] time and taght his sone dele</l> <l id="I11.77" n="RK11.69"> [\'c9] <hi rend="rb">abundant<expan>ur</expan> tribue</hi> </l> <l id="I11.78" n="RK11.69"> ... <hi rend="rb"> u<expan>m</expan> illud importire libent<expan>er</expan> stude</hi> </l> <l id="I11.79" n="RK11.70"> [\'c9]ene no mor<expan>e</expan> who moche good weldeth</l> <l id="I11.80" n="RK11.71"> [\'c9] þ<expan>er</expan>of whil it lasteþ to ledes þat ben nedy</l> <l id="I11.81" n="RK11.72"> [\'c9] þou haue litel leue sone loke by þy lyue</l> <l id="I11.82" n="RK11.73"> [\'c9] þe loue þ<expan>er</expan>with þogh þou þe werse far<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.83" n="RK11.74"> [\'c9] ust no lorde now ne lettred me<expan>n</expan> of such lore to her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.84" n="RK11.75"> But lithen how þey myghte lerne lest good to spene</l> <l id="I11.85" n="RK11.76"> and þat loueþ loueþ lordes now and leten it a Dowel</l> <l id="I11.86" n="RK11.77"> For is no witte worth now but if it of wynnyng come</l> <l id="I11.87" n="RK11.77.1"> and capped wiþ clergie to conspire wronge</l> <l id="I11.88" n="RK11.77.2"> þer-fore witte quoþ sche be war holy writ to schew</l> <l id="I11.89" n="RK11.77.3"> To foles and flaterers þat frentike aren of wittes</l> <l id="I11.90" n="RK11.77.4"> and saide <hi rend="rb">nolite mittere margery perdes</hi> </l> <l id="I11.91" n="RK11.77.5"> þey done but dreuely þ<expan>er</expan>on draffe wer<expan>e</expan> her<expan>e</expan> leuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.92" n="RK11.79"> among hegges þat han hawes at wille</l> <l id="I11.93" n="RK11.80"> þan alle þe preciouse perrye in paradise groweth</l> <l id="I11.94" n="RK11.81"> and whan witte was y-war<expan>e</expan> what studie menede</l> <l id="I11.95" n="RK11.82"> I myghte gete no g<expan>ra</expan>yne of wittes grete connynge</l> <l id="I11.96" n="RK11.83"> Bot al laweytige he lowted and loked vpon studye</l> <l id="I11.97" n="RK11.84"> Semynge þat I schulde besechen hir<expan>e</expan> of grace</l> <l id="I11.98" n="RK11.85"> and whan I was war of hir<expan>e</expan> wille to þ<expan>a</expan>t woma<expan>n</expan> gan I lowten</l> <l id="I11.99" n="RK11.86"> and saide mercy madame ȝour<expan>e</expan> man schal I worthen</l> <l id="I11.100" n="RK11.87"> as longe as I leue boþe late and rathe</l> <l id="I11.101" n="RK11.88"> and for to worche ȝour<expan>e</expan> wille þe while my life dureþ </l> <l id="I11.102" n="RK11.89"> wiþ þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝe kenne jme kyndeliche to knowe what is do wel</l> <l id="I11.103" n="RK11.90"> For mekenesse quoþ sche and for þy mylde speche</l> <l id="I11.104" n="RK11.91"> I schal kenne þe to clergie my cosyn þat knoweth</l> <l id="I11.105" n="RK11.92"> all kynne ku<expan>n</expan>nynges and comsynges of do wel</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="60r" entity="I60r"/> <l id="I11.106" n="RK11.93"> Of Dobette of Dobest [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.107" n="RK11.94"> and ou<expan>er</expan> scriptur<expan>e</expan> þe skileful and [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.108" n="RK11.95"> For he is sibbe to þe seuen ars and [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.109" n="RK11.96"> and clergies wedded wyf as wise as [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.110" n="RK11.97"> Of lore and of letterur<expan>e</expan> of lawe and of res [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.111" n="RK11.98"> So with þat clergie can and cou<expan>n</expan>seil of s [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.112" n="RK11.99"> þow schalte ku<expan>n</expan>ne and knowe kyndeliche do [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.113" n="RK11.100"> þan was I as fayn as fowel of fair<expan>e</expan> morwe</l> <l id="I11.114" n="RK11.101"> gladdere þan gleman þat golde haþ to gifte</l> <l id="I11.115" n="RK11.102"> and asked of hir<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>e</expan> heye-way wher<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t clergie duell [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.116" n="RK11.103"> and telle me so token quoþ I for time is þ<expan>a</expan>t I wend [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.117" n="RK11.104"> aske þe heye-wey hennes to suffr<expan>e</expan> boþ<expan>e</expan> wele and w [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.118" n="RK11.105"> If þou wol lerne and ride forþ by richesse reste noght</l> <l id="I11.119" n="RK11.107"> For if þou coneitest to be riche to clergie comst þou neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I11.120" n="RK11.108"> But wymme<expan>n</expan> and wyne wraþþe Ire and slouþe</l> <l id="I11.121" n="RK11.109"> If þou is vse oþ<expan>er</expan> haunte haue god my treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.122" n="RK11.110"> To clergie schalt þou neuer<expan>e</expan> come ne knowe what is do wel</l> <l id="I11.123" n="RK11.111"> Ac if þou happe quoþ he þ<expan>a</expan>t þou hitte on clergie</l> <l id="I11.124" n="RK11.112"> and hast vndirstondynge what he wolde mene</l> <l id="I11.125" n="RK11.113"> Seye him þy-selfe ou<expan>er</expan>seye manye bokes</l> <l id="I11.126" n="RK11.114"> and seye I grette wel his wif for I wrot hir<expan>e</expan> a bilble</l> <l id="I11.127" n="RK11.115"> and sette hir to sapience and to þe saut<expan>er</expan> y-glosed</l> <l id="I11.128" n="RK11.116"> logyk I lerned her<expan>e</expan> and alle þe lawe aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I11.129" n="RK11.117"> and alle þe musons in musik I made hir<expan>e</expan> for to knowe</l> <l id="I11.130" n="RK11.118"> plato þe poete I putte him first to booke</l> <l id="I11.131" n="RK11.119"> aristotle and oþ<expan>er</expan>e to arguen I taghte</l> <l id="I11.132" n="RK11.120"> Gramer for gurles I garte first write</l> <l id="I11.133" n="RK11.121"> and bete hem wiþ a balesse but if þey wolde lerne</l> <l id="I11.134" n="RK11.122"> Of alle kynne craftes I contreued her<expan>e</expan> tooles</l> <l id="I11.135" n="RK11.123"> Of carpentrie of keruers and contreued þe compas</l> <l id="I11.136" n="RK11.124"> and caste mette by squyr<expan>e</expan> boþe lyne and leuel</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="60v" entity="I60v"/> <l id="I11.137" n="RK11.125"> [\'c9]lered þogh I loke domme</l> <l id="I11.138" n="RK11.126"> [\'c9]tened me ten scor<expan>e</expan> tymes</l> <l id="I11.139" n="RK11.127"> [\'c9] þeron þe mystyloker it semeþ </l> <l id="I11.140" n="RK11.128"> [\'c9] re in diuine þe derker<expan>e</expan> me þenkeþ it</l> <l id="I11.141" n="RK11.129"> [\'c9] ence soþely but a soþefast bileeue</l> <l id="I11.142" n="RK11.130"> [\'c9] lerede men to louye I bileue þ<expan>er</expan>on þe bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.143" n="RK11.131"> [\'c9] e is a liking þing and loþ for to greue</l> <l id="I11.144" n="RK11.132"> [\'c9] for to louye if þe like dowel</l> <l id="I11.145" n="RK11.133"> [\'c9] of dobett and dobest her<expan>e</expan> doctour is der<expan>e</expan> love</l> <l id="I11.146" n="RK11.134"> [\'c9] ho wente I my way wiþoute more lettyng</l> <l id="I11.147" n="RK11.135"> and to clergie I cam as clerkes me sayde</l> <l id="I11.148" n="RK11.136"> I grette him goodely and g<expan>ra</expan>ythely him tolde</l> <l id="I11.149" n="RK11.137"> how þat witte and his wyf wissede me to him</l> <l id="I11.150" n="RK11.138"> To kenne and to knowe kindeliche Do wel</l> <l id="I11.151" n="RK11.139"> By crist quoþ clergie if þou coueyte dowel</l> <l id="I11.152" n="RK11.140"> kepe þe ten comandementȝ & car<expan>e</expan> no forþ<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I11.153" n="RK11.141"> and bileef leely how goddes sone alighte</l> <l id="I11.154" n="RK11.142"> On þe mayde mary for mankynde sake</l> <l id="I11.155" n="RK11.143"> and bicam a man of þ<expan>a</expan>t maide wiþoute mankynde</l> <l id="I11.156" n="RK11.144"> and al þat holy chirche her-of can þe ler<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I11.157" n="RK11.145"> leeue it leely and loke þou do þ<expan>er</expan>aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I11.158" n="RK11.146"> austyn þe olde here-of made bokes</l> <l id="I11.159" n="RK11.147"> who was his auctor and him of god taghte</l> <l id="I11.160" n="RK11.148"> Patriarkes and p[ro]phetes aposteles and angeles</l> <l id="I11.161" n="RK11.149"> and þe trewe trinite to austyn apered</l> <l id="I11.162" n="RK11.150"> and he vs seyde as he say and so i bileue</l> <l id="I11.163" n="RK11.151"> þat he seyh the fader and þ<expan>e</expan> sone and þ<expan>e</expan> seint espirit togeder<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I11.164" n="RK11.152"> and all þre but o god and her<expan>e</expan> of he made bookes</l> <l id="I11.165" n="RK11.153-153"> who beþ his witnesses <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ego in p<expan>at</expan>re et pat<expan>er</expan> in me est Et<lb/>qui me vidit p<expan>at</expan>rem meu<expan>m</expan> vidit qui in celis est &c<expan>eter</expan>a.</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I11.166" n="RK11.154"> all þe clerkes vnder crist ne couþ<expan>e</expan> þis assoile</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="61r" entity="I61r"/> <l id="I11.167" n="RK11.155"> Bot þus it bilongeþ to bu[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.168" n="RK11.156"> For hadde neu<expan>er</expan> freke fyn witte þ[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.169" n="RK11.157"> ne man mouȝthe haue m<expan>er</expan>yt þ<expan>er</expan>of my [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.170" n="RK11.157"> <hi rend="rb">ffides non habet meritam vbi humana</hi> </l> <l id="I11.171" n="RK11.158"> Thus in bileue lele and loue is þe þridde</l> <l id="I11.172" n="RK11.159"> þat makeþ me<expan>n</expan> to dowel and dobett and dobest [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.173" n="RK11.160"> þenne scriptur<expan>e</expan> scorned me and many skiles sche [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.174" n="RK11.161"> and cou<expan>n</expan>teienance made on clergie to congeie m[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.175" n="RK11.162"> and lakkede a latyn and lighte by me sette</l> <l id="I11.176" n="RK11.163"> and saide <hi rend="rb">Multi multa sciunt et scipsos nesciunt</hi> </l> <l id="I11.177" n="RK11.164"> þo wepte I for wo and wraþþe of her<expan>e</expan> wordes</l> <l id="I11.178" n="RK11.165"> and in a wynkeynge I warthe and wonderliche me met [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.179" n="RK11.166"> For I was rauyssched ryght þere for fortu<expan>n</expan>e me fette</l> <l id="I11.180" n="RK11.167"> and in-to þe londe of longynge a-lone sche me broghte</l> <l id="I11.181" n="RK11.168"> and in a myrro<expan>ur</expan> þat highte myddel erde sche made me to [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.182" n="RK11.169"> and sennes he saide to me here might þou se wondres</l> <l id="I11.183" n="RK11.170"> and knowe þ<expan>a</expan>t þou coueytest and come þ<expan>er</expan>to p<expan>ar</expan>aunter</l> <l id="I11.184" n="RK11.171"> þanne hadde fortu<expan>n</expan>e folwynge hir<expan>e</expan> tuo fayre maydenes</l> <l id="I11.185" n="RK11.172"> <hi rend="rb">Concupiscen ...? carnis</hi> men calde þe eldere mayde</l> <l id="I11.186" n="RK11.173"> and coueytise of eyes y called was þat oþer</l> <l id="I11.187" n="RK11.174"> and pryde of p<expan>ar</expan>fyt lyuenge pursued me faste</l> <l id="I11.188" n="RK11.175"> and bad me for my contynence coueyte clerkes teching</l> <l id="I11.189" n="RK11.176"> <hi rend="rb">Concupiscencia carnis</hi> comfortede me of þis man<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I11.190" n="RK11.177"> and saide þou art ȝonge and ȝepe and hast ȝeres I-noew</l> <l id="I11.191" n="RK11.178"> For to leue longe and ladies to louye</l> <l id="I11.192" n="RK11.179"> and in þis myrro<expan>ur</expan> þou might see myrþes ful many</l> <l id="I11.193" n="RK11.180"> þat lede þe wolde to lykeynge al þy lyue tyme</l> <l id="I11.194" n="RK11.181"> þe secunde saide þe same I schal schewe þy wille</l> <l id="I11.195" n="RK11.182"> til þou be a lorde and haue londe leten I þe nelle</l> <l id="I11.196" n="RK11.183"> þat I ne schal folwe felaschepe if fortune like</l> <l id="I11.197" n="RK11.184"> he schal fynde me his frende quoþ fortune þ<expan>er</expan>aft<expan>er</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="61v" entity="I61v"/> <l id="I11.198" n="RK11.185"> [\'c9] mighte nat myshappe</l> <l id="I11.199" n="RK11.186"> [\'c9] hte elde þat heuy was of cher<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.200" n="RK11.187"> [\'c9] I mete w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe by marie of heuene</l> <l id="I11.201" n="RK11.188"> [\'c9] nde fortu<expan>n</expan>e þe faile at þy moste nede</l> <l id="I11.202" n="RK11.189"> [\'c9] <hi rend="rb">piscencia carnis</hi> clene þe forsake</l> <l id="I11.203" n="RK11.190"> [\'c9] schalt þow banne þanne boþe dayes and nyghtes</l> <l id="I11.204" n="RK11.191"> [\'c9] e of eyes þat euer þou hir<expan>e</expan> knewe</l> <l id="I11.205" n="RK11.192"> [\'c9] ride of p<expan>ar</expan>fyt lyuyng to moche p<expan>er</expan>il þey brynge</l> <l id="I11.206" n="RK11.193"> [\'c9] recche þe neuer quoþ Recchelesnesse stod forþ i<expan>n</expan> ragged cloþes</l> <l id="I11.207" n="RK11.194"> folwe forþ þ<expan>a</expan>t fortu<expan>n</expan>e wol þou hast ful fer<expan>e</expan> to elde</l> <l id="I11.208" n="RK11.195"> a man may stowpe tymes ynogh whan he schal tyne þ<expan>e</expan> c<expan>ro</expan>une</l> <l id="I11.209" n="RK11.196"> Sire wanhope was sibbe to him as some men me tolde</l> <l id="I11.210" n="RK11.197"> For rechelesnesse in his ribaudie right þus he sayde</l> <l id="I11.211" n="RK11.198"> go I to helle or to heuen I shcal? nat go my one</l> <l id="I11.212" n="RK11.199"> were it all soþe þat ȝe seyn þou scriptur<expan>e</expan> and þ<expan>ou</expan> clergie</l> <l id="I11.213" n="RK11.200"> I leue neu<expan>er</expan>e þ<expan>a</expan>t lorde ne lady þat liueth her<expan>e</expan> in erþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.214" n="RK11.201"> Schulde sitte in goddes sight ne se god in his blisse</l> <l id="I11.215" n="RK11.201"> <hi rend="rb">Ite possibile est diuiti intrare in regno celo<expan>rum</expan> sicut camel &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I11.216" n="RK11.202"> For clergie saith þat he saith in þe seint eu[au]ngelie</l> <l id="I11.217" n="RK11.203"> That I man made was and my name y-entred</l> <l id="I11.218" n="RK11.204"> in þe logende of lyue longe ar I wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.219" n="RK11.205"> p<expan>re</expan>destinat þey prechen p<expan>re</expan>cho<expan>ur</expan>s þat þis scheweþ</l> <l id="I11.220" n="RK11.206"> Or p<expan>re</expan>cyet inp<expan>ar</expan>fite pulte out of g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I11.221" n="RK11.207"> vnwriten for some wikkednesse as holy write scheweþ</l> <l id="I11.222" n="RK11.207"> <hi rend="rb">Nemo ascendit ad celu<expan>m</expan> nisi qui de celo descendit</hi> </l> <l id="I11.223" n="RK11.208"> and I leue it wel by our<expan>e</expan> lord and on no letterur<expan>e</expan> bett<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I11.224" n="RK11.209"> For salomo<expan>n</expan> þe sage þ<expan>a</expan>t sapience made</l> <l id="I11.225" n="RK11.210"> God ȝaf him grace of witte and of good aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I11.226" n="RK11.211"> neuer to man so muche þat man can of telle</l> <l id="I11.227" n="RK11.212"> To rewele alle reumes and riche to make</l> <l id="I11.228" n="RK11.213"> and demed wel and wisely wymme<expan>n</expan> bereþ wittenesse</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="62r" entity="I62r"/> <l id="I11.229" n="RK11.213"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non michi nec tibi s</hi></foreign> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I11.230" n="RK11.214"> aristotle and he who taghte m [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.231" n="RK11.215"> maystres þat men prechen of god [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.232" n="RK11.216"> witnesseþ þ<expan>a</expan>t here wordes and her<expan>e</expan> wer[\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.233" n="RK11.217"> eren wonder goode and wisest in her<expan>e</expan> t [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.234" n="RK11.218"> And holy chirche as I her<expan>e</expan> haldeþ boþe in he [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.235" n="RK11.219"> and if we schulde werche aft<expan>er</expan> her<expan>e</expan> werkes to wy [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.236" n="RK11.220"> þat for here werkes and witte wonyeþ now in [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.237" n="RK11.221"> þanne wroghte I vnwisely for alle ȝour<expan>e</expan> wise tech [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.238" n="RK11.222"> ac I cou<expan>n</expan>tre segge þe nat clergie ne þy connyng <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I11.239" n="RK11.223"> þat who-so doþ by ȝour<expan>e</expan> dottrine doþ wel I leue</l> <l id="I11.240" n="RK11.224"> ac me were leuer by our<expan>e</expan> lorde a lippe of godes g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I11.241" n="RK11.225"> þan al þe kynde witte þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝe can boþe and connyng of [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.242" n="RK11.226"> For of fele witty in faiþe litel ferly I haue</l> <l id="I11.243" n="RK11.227"> þogh here gost be vngracious god for to plese</l> <l id="I11.244" n="RK11.228"> For many men in þis molde more sette here herte</l> <l id="I11.245" n="RK11.229"> In good þen in god for þy hem grace fayleþ</l> <l id="I11.246" n="RK11.230"> at here more meschief mercy were þe beste</l> <l id="I11.247" n="RK11.231"> and m<expan>er</expan>cy of mercy nedes moet arise</l> <l id="I11.248" n="RK11.232"> as holy writte wittenesseþ godes worde in gospel <hi rend="rb">Eade<expan>m</expan> m<damage>. ...</damage></hi> </l> <l id="I11.249" n="RK11.233"> wel y-witted men and wel y-lettered clerkes</l> <l id="I11.250" n="RK11.234"> Seldom are þey seyn to lyue as þey lere</l> <l id="I11.251" n="RK11.235"> witnesseþ goddes worde þat was neuer vntrewe</l> <l id="I11.252" n="RK11.235"> <hi rend="rb">Supra cathed<expan>ra</expan>m moysi</hi> </l> <l id="I11.253" n="RK11.236"> Ac I wene it worth of many as was in noes tyme</l> <l id="I11.254" n="RK11.237"> þo he schope þe schip of schides and bordes</l> <l id="I11.255" n="RK11.238"> was neuer þat þ<expan>er</expan>on wroght ne werkma<expan>n</expan> y-saued</l> <l id="I11.256" n="RK11.239"> But briddes and bestes and þe blessed noe</l> <l id="I11.257" n="RK11.240"> and his wif with his sones and his sones wyfes</l> <l id="I11.258" n="RK11.241"> Of wrightes þat it wroghte was non of hem y-se [\'c9]</l> <l id="I11.259" n="RK11.242"> God leue it far<expan>e</expan> nat so by þis folc þ<expan>a</expan>t þe faiþ tech[\'c9]</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="62v" entity="I62v"/> <l id="I11.260" n="RK11.243"> [\'c9] ristene soules</l> <l id="I11.261" n="RK11.244"> [\'c9] e is nomore to mene</l> <l id="I11.262" n="RK11.245"> [\'c9] rwe to alle þat ben I-blessed</l> <l id="I11.263" n="RK11.246"> [\'c9] cause curatoures is to mene</l> <l id="I11.264" n="RK11.247"> [\'c9] ters vnd<expan>er</expan> crist holy kirke to make</l> <l id="I11.265" n="RK11.248"> [\'c9] folke godes folys and his fre bestes</l> <l id="I11.266" n="RK11.248"> [\'c9] <hi rend="rb">et iumenta saluabis</hi> </l> <l id="I11.267" n="RK11.249"> [\'c9] esday a deluuye worth of deþ and fur<expan>e</expan> at ones</l> <l id="I11.268" n="RK11.250"> [\'c9] cheþ ȝe wrightes of holy chirche as holy write techþ </l> <l id="I11.269" n="RK11.251"> [\'c9] te ȝe be lost as þe laborers wer<expan>e</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t labored vnder noe</l> <l id="I11.270" n="RK11.252"> a good Friday I fynde a felou<expan>n</expan> was y-saued</l> <l id="I11.271" n="RK11.253"> þat vnlawefulliche hadde liued al his lif-tyme</l> <l id="I11.272" n="RK11.254"> and for he byknewe on þe croys and to crist schrof him</l> <l id="I11.273" n="RK11.255"> he was sonner y-saued þan seynt Ioh<expan>a</expan>n þe baptist</l> <l id="I11.274" n="RK11.256"> and ar ad[a]m or y saie or eny of þe p<expan>ro</expan>phetes</l> <l id="I11.275" n="RK11.257"> þat hadde leye wiþ lucifer many longe ȝeres</l> <l id="I11.276" n="RK11.258"> a robber was y-raunsomed raþer þan þey all </l> <l id="I11.277" n="RK11.259"> wiþoute penance and passiou<expan>n</expan> or eny oþer peyne</l> <l id="I11.278" n="RK11.260"> passeþ forþ pacientely to p<expan>er</expan>petuel blisse</l> <l id="I11.279" n="RK11.261"> þan marie magdaleyne who myȝte do worse</l> <l id="I11.280" n="RK11.262"> As in likynge of leccherie no life denyede </l> <l id="I11.281" n="RK11.263"> Or dauid þe doughty þat denyed how vrrye</l> <l id="I11.282" n="RK11.264"> myghte sleylokest be slawe and sente him to worþe</l> <l id="I11.283" n="RK11.265"> leely as by his bokes wiþ a lyare of gile</l> <l id="I11.284" n="RK11.266"> poule þapostel no piete hadde c<expan>ri</expan>stene peple to culle to deþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.285" n="RK11.267"> and now beþ þise seintes by þat me<expan>n</expan> seyne and seu<expan>er</expan>aignes</l> <l id="I11.286" n="RK11.268-269"> In heuen þat werst wroghten þ<expan>e</expan> while þ<expan>a</expan>t þey her<expan>e</expan> wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I11.287" n="RK11.269"> By þat salomon saith it semeþ þat no witte wot</l> <l id="I11.288" n="RK11.270"> who is worthy for wele or for wicked</l> <l id="I11.289" n="RK11.271"> [\'c9] heþ<expan>er</expan> he is worþy to wele or to wickede pyne</l> <l id="I11.290" n="RK11.271"> <hi rend="rb">iusti atq<expan>ue</expan> sapientes et op<expan>er</expan>a eo<expan>rum</expan> i<expan>n</expan> manu dei su<expan>n</expan>t</hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="63r" entity="I63r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="63v" entity="I63v"/> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I12"> <milestone unit="fol." n="64r" entity="I64r"/> <l id="I12.1" n="RK12.20"> þat wilneth nat þe wid <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.2" n="RK12.21"> Right so by þe roode I / rogh</l> <l id="I12.3" n="RK12.22"> where my body were y-beried / <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.4" n="RK12.23"> and þanne lowe lewte / for I lo <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.5" n="RK12.24"> why lourest þou quoþ leaute / lee <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.6" n="RK12.25"> For þis frer flatered me / þe whi<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.7" n="RK12.26"> and now I am pouer<expan>e</expan> and penyles / a<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.8" n="RK12.27"> I wold it were no synne / for s<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.9" n="RK12.29"> To sigge as þay seen / and saue onely <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.10" n="RK12.29"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Existimasti iniq<expan>ue</expan> quod ero tibi si<expan>mi</expan>lis</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I12.11" n="RK12.29"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">arguam te et statuam contra faciem tua<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.12" n="RK12.30"> They wolle allegge also / and by þ<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.13" n="RK12.31"> nolite indicare quanq<expan>ua</expan>m<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.14" n="RK12.32"> and wher-of s<expan>er</expan>ueþ lawe q<expan>uo</expan>þ leaute</l> <l id="I12.15" n="RK12.33"> Falsnesse ne fayterie / for su<expan>m</expan> wh<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.16" n="RK12.34"> Non oderis fratrem secrete in cord<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.17" n="RK12.35"> þing þ<expan>a</expan>t al þe worlde woet / w<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.18" n="RK12.36"> To rehersen it al by retorik / to<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.19" n="RK12.37"> ac be neuer more þe firste / þ<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.20" n="RK12.38"> Thow þou saye nat / some ty<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.21" n="RK12.39"> þynge þat wolde be priue / p<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.22" n="RK12.40"> nowþ<expan>er</expan> for loue labbe it oute / <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.23" n="RK12.40"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Parum lauda vitupera parci</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.24" n="RK12.41"> a saith soþ quoþ scripture þo / <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.25" n="RK12.42"> ac þe matiere þat sche meued </l> <l id="I12.26" n="RK12.43"> þe lasse as I leue / loueyen þ<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.27" n="RK12.44"> þe bileue of our<expan>e</expan> lorde / þat<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.28" n="RK12.45"> Of here teme and her<expan>e</expan> tale<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.29" n="RK12.46"> he saide in her<expan>e</expan> s<expan>er</expan>moun <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <expan>multi to a mangery???</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="64v" entity="I64v"/> <l id="I12.30" n="RK12.48"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> y come / þe porter vnpy<expan>n</expan>ne</l> <l id="I12.31" n="RK12.49"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> and lete þe remana<expan>n</expan>t go rome</l> <l id="I12.32" n="RK12.50"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>mbled my herte </l> <l id="I12.33" n="RK12.51"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>exe / and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> my-selfe to dispute</l> <l id="I12.34" n="RK12.52"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>at chose / on holy chirche I þoghte</l> <l id="I12.35" n="RK12.53"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>þe founte / for on of god<expan>es</expan> chosen</l> <l id="I12.36" n="RK12.54"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> e / come if we wolde</l> <l id="I12.37" n="RK12.55"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>matikes / and so he dede þe rewes</l> <l id="I12.38" n="RK12.56"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>for synne / saue at his breste</l> <l id="I12.39" n="RK12.57"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>or bale / brouke it who so myght</l> <l id="I12.40" n="RK12.55"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">entes veinte ad aquas</hi> </l> <l id="I12.41" n="RK12.58"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ene come / and clayme þ<expan>er</expan>to entr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.42" n="RK12.59"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>te vs wiþ / and bapteume as he taghte</l> <l id="I12.43" n="RK12.59"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ȝatus fu<expan>er</expan>it</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.44" n="RK12.60"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> n coueytede / his cristendom to reneye</l> <l id="I12.45" n="RK12.61"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>/ no resou<expan>n</expan> it wolde </l> <l id="I12.46" n="RK12.62"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> re make / ne his catel sille</l> <l id="I12.47" n="RK12.63"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> / no lawe wol it graunte</l> <l id="I12.48" n="RK12.64"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ?age / and rome fro home</l> <l id="I12.49" n="RK12.65"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> reneyed as it semeth</l> <l id="I12.50" n="RK12.66"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ?hi<expan>m</expan> / and rebuken hy<expan>m</expan> at þe laste</l> <l id="I12.51" n="RK12.67"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> him / and casten hy<expan>m</expan> in arrerages</l> <l id="I12.52" n="RK12.68"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> soun / in purgatory to brenne</l> <l id="I12.53" n="RK12.69"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ewarde hy<expan>m</expan> þer / right to þe day of dome</l> <l id="I12.54" n="RK12.70"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ssiou<expan>n</expan> / crie by his lyue </l> <l id="I12.55" n="RK12.71"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> with mouþe and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> herte</l> <l id="I12.56" n="RK12.72"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> may no synne lette</l> <l id="I12.57" n="RK12.73"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> mende / and mekenesse hir folwe</l> <l id="I12.58" n="RK12.74"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> / are bone goddes werkes</l> <l id="I12.59" n="RK12.74"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">era</hi> </l> <l id="I12.60" n="RK12.75"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> a?s broken out of helle</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">I troianes a trewe knyght</fw><fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">I troianes a trewe knyght</fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="65r" entity="I65r"/> <l id="I12.61" n="RK12.76"> I troianes a trewe kny <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.62" n="RK12.77"> how I was dede & dampn <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.63" n="RK12.78"> For an vncristene creature / se <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.64" n="RK12.79"> þat al þe cristendom vnder criste <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.65" n="RK12.80"> But onliche loue and leaute / as in <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.66" n="RK12.81"> gregory wiste þis wel / and wilne <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.67" n="RK12.82"> Sauacioun for þe soþenesse / he sey <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.68" n="RK12.83"> and for he wilned wepynge / þat I <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.69" n="RK12.84"> God of his goodnese / I say his grete</l> <l id="I12.70" n="RK12.85"> and wiþoute mo bedes biddyng / his</l> <l id="I12.71" n="RK12.86"> and y-saued as ȝe may se / wiþ syngy <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.72" n="RK12.87"> loue wiþoute lele belieue / as my la <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.73" n="RK12.88"> Saued me sarasyn / soule and bod <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.74" n="RK12.89"> lo lordes what beaute dide / and lele <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.75" n="RK12.90"> wel oghte ȝe lordes þ<expan>a</expan>t lawe kepeþ / þis <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.76" n="RK12.91"> and on troian<expan>us</expan> trouþe to þenke alle <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.77" n="RK12.92"> and louye for our<expan>e</expan> lordes loue þ<expan>a</expan>t <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.78" n="RK12.93"> For lawe withoute leau <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.79" n="RK12.94"> Or eny scien <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.80" n="RK12.95"> But loue an <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.81" n="RK12.96"> Of him þat trau/n? <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.82" n="RK12.97"> So loue and leaute <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.83" n="RK12.98"> and cristes owen clerg<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.84" n="RK12.99"> and sent Ioh<expan>a</expan>n sethen sai <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.85" n="RK12.99"> <hi rend="rb">Qui non diligit manet in morte</hi> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.86" n="RK12.100"> and nameliche pouere peple here<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.87" n="RK12.101"> For god as þe gospel saiþ / goþ ay a <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.88" n="RK12.102"> and as þe eu<expan>a</expan>ngeleie witnesseþ / w<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.89" n="RK12.103"> we scholden nat clepe knyȝtes þ<expan>er</expan> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.90" n="RK12.103"> <hi rend="rb">Cum facitis co<expan>n</expan>uiuia nolite ?</hi> </l> <l id="I12.91" n="RK12.104"> Ac calleþ þe careful p? to</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="65v" entity="I65v"/> <l id="I12.92" n="RK12.105"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> eþ how beste to qu....</l> <l id="I12.93" n="RK12.106"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> e man oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I12.94" n="RK12.107"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> / I wil paye selue</l> <l id="I12.95" n="RK12.108"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> argeliche schal I quyte </l> <l id="I12.96" n="RK12.109"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ood / cristendam gan springe</l> <l id="I12.97" n="RK12.110"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> y-come / þ<expan>er</expan> of o body y-wonne</l> <l id="I12.98" n="RK12.111"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> gentille men ech<expan>e</expan> one</l> <l id="I12.99" n="RK12.112"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ged vs / but it synne make</l> <l id="I12.100" n="RK12.112"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> us est p<expan>e</expan>cc<expan>at</expan>i?</l> <l id="I12.101" n="RK12.113"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> þe lettre techeþ / me<expan>n</expan>nes sones me calde vs</l> <l id="I12.102" n="RK12.114"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> eue / ay til god man deyed</l> <l id="I12.103" n="RK12.115"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> oun / Redemptor was his name</l> <l id="I12.104" n="RK12.116"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> eþ<expan>er</expan>en / as wel beggers as lordes</l> <l id="I12.105" n="RK12.117"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ne children / lene hem þ<expan>a</expan>t nedeþ </l> <l id="I12.106" n="RK12.118"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> oþ<expan>er</expan> / fro henne<expan>s</expan> schal we alle</l> <l id="I12.107" n="RK12.119"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> s<expan>er</expan>ued / as holy chirche witnesseth</l> <l id="I12.108" n="RK12.119"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.109" n="RK12.120"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>as our<expan>e</expan> lord taghte</l> <l id="I12.110" n="RK12.121"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> y vs lasteth</l> <l id="I12.111" n="RK12.122"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> nowe</l> <l id="I12.112" n="RK12.123"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> Emaux</l> <l id="I12.113" n="RK12.124"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> wer<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.114" n="RK12.125"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>e s cloþes</l> <l id="I12.115" n="RK12.126"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> d brak it hem bituene</l> <l id="I12.116" n="RK12.127"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ten / þat he was ih<expan>es</expan>u</l> <l id="I12.117" n="RK12.128"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> we him nat / so caytifliche he ȝede </l> <l id="I12.118" n="RK12.129"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> oþly to vs senful here</l> <l id="I12.119" n="RK12.130"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> and louelich & lele / eche ma<expan>n</expan> til oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I12.120" n="RK12.131"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> s / for pilg<expan>ri</expan>mes ar<expan>e</expan> we all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I12.121" n="RK12.132"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> and in a por<expan>e</expan> likenesse</l> <l id="I12.122" n="RK12.133"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> in secte of riche</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="66r" entity="I66r"/> <l id="I12.123" n="RK12.134"> and sente marie his t <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.124" n="RK12.135"> was a pure pur<expan>e</expan> pou<expan>er</expan>e m<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.125" n="RK12.136"> Marthe on marie mandeleyn<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.126" n="RK12.137"> and to our<expan>e</expan> saueo<expan>ur</expan> selue / saide þ<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.127" n="RK12.137"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">D<expan>omi</expan>ne non est tibi cura q<expan>uo</expan>d soror</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I12.128" n="RK12.138"> and her<expan>e</expan> autheres wille / right w<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.129" n="RK12.141"> ac pouerte god putte bifor<expan>e</expan> / and p <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.130" n="RK12.141"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Maria optimam partem elegit q<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.131" n="RK12.142"> and alle þe wise þat / euere were / b<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.132" n="RK12.143"> preisede pou<expan>er</expan>te for best / if pacience it <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.133" n="RK12.144"> and boþe bettre and blesseder<expan>e</expan> / by man <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.134" n="RK12.145"> al þogh he be soure to suffre / þer com <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.135" n="RK12.146"> as on a walnote w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute / is a bitter bar <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.136" n="RK12.147"> and aft<expan>er</expan> þat bitter barke / be þe scale a<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.137" n="RK12.148"> Is a cornel of comforte / kynde to restore </l> <l id="I12.138" n="RK12.149"> So aft<expan>er</expan> penaunce & pou<expan>er</expan>te / pacientliche y<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.139" n="RK12.150"> makeþ ma<expan>n</expan> to haue mynde in god / & his m <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.140" n="RK12.151"> þe which is þe cornel of comfort / for all<expan>e</expan> c<expan>ri</expan>s <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.141" n="RK12.152"> and wel sikerer<expan>e</expan> he slepeþ / þe segg<expan>e</expan> þat <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.142" n="RK12.153"> and lasse dratte? / by day / or in derke to be<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.143" n="RK12.154"> þan he þat is right riche / resoun bereþ </l> <l id="I12.144" n="RK12.154"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Paup<expan>er</expan> ego ludo dum tu diues meditaris <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.145" n="RK12.155"> holy chirche witnesseþ / who so forsakeþ</l> <l id="I12.146" n="RK12.156"> his fader or his frendes / frende or sibbe</l> <l id="I12.147" n="RK12.157"> Or eny welþe in þis worlde / his wife or his ch <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.148" n="RK12.158"> For þe loue of oure lorde / logeth hem to be por<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.149" n="RK12.159"> he schal haue an hundred folde / of heuen riche bliss <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.150" n="RK12.160"> and life lastynge for eu<expan>er</expan>e / byfore oure lorde in heuene</l> <l id="I12.151" n="RK12.160"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Quicunq<expan>ue</expan> relinquit p<expan>at</expan>rem et matre<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I12.152" n="RK12.161"> Crist acordeþ este her-wiþ / clerkes witeþ þe soþe </l> <l id="I12.153" n="RK12.162"> what god saide him-selfe / to a segg<expan>e</expan> þat he loued</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="66v" entity="I66v"/> <l id="I12.154" n="RK12.163"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> fe þat is p<expan>ar</expan>fit</l> <l id="I12.155" n="RK12.164"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> nd selle it</l> <l id="I12.156" n="RK12.165"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> er of purse þou none</l> <l id="I12.157" n="RK12.166"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> lc / þat for my loue it aske</l> <l id="I12.158" n="RK12.167"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> e / and so is þy beste </l> <l id="I12.159" n="RK12.167"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">de et uende</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I12.160" n="RK12.168"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> comune vs all<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.161" n="RK12.169"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> me / to my kyngeriche</l> <l id="I12.162" n="RK12.170"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> n-selfe / his sust<expan>er</expan> and his broþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I12.163" n="RK12.171"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> solde / & my wille folwe</l> <l id="I12.164" n="RK12.171"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">s om<expan>n</expan>ia que possidetis</hi> </l> <l id="I12.165" n="RK12.172"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ghte haue / of manye holy seyntes</l> <l id="I12.166" n="RK12.173"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> uþe / þe tale þat I schewe</l> <l id="I12.167" n="RK12.174"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> euen it / porphirie and plato</l> <l id="I12.168" n="RK12.175"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> y enleuene hundred</l> <l id="I12.169" n="RK12.176"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> as I can nat telle her<expan>e</expan> names</l> <l id="I12.170" n="RK12.177"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> te pou<expan>er</expan>te / p<expan>ri</expan>nce of all<expan>e</expan> v<expan>er</expan>tuos</l> <l id="I12.171" n="RK12.178"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> yne þ<expan>a</expan>t groweþ / god vs all<expan>e</expan> techeþ</l> <l id="I12.172" n="RK12.179"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> molde / mekeliche to suffren</l> <l id="I12.173" n="RK12.179"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">menti cadens in terra<expan>m</expan> mortuu<expan>m</expan> fu<expan>er</expan>it</hi> </l> <l id="I12.174" n="RK12.180"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> þat sowen is / in þe sloo sterne</l> <l id="I12.175" n="RK12.181"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>springen vp / ne spike on strawe kerne</l> <l id="I12.176" n="RK12.182"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>whete wexe / but whete firste deyed</l> <l id="I12.177" n="RK12.183"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>des also / in þe same wise</l> <l id="I12.178" n="RK12.184"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>n leyde in lowe erthe / ylore as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I12.179" n="RK12.185"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>7urgh þe grace of god / and grayne dede on erþe</l> <l id="I12.180" n="RK12.186"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage>þe laste launcheþ vp / wher-by we lyuen all<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.181" n="RK12.187"> Ac sedes þat ben sowen / and mowe suffre wyntres</l> <l id="I12.182" n="RK12.188"> aren tydiere and tomere to ma<expan>n</expan>nes byhofte</l> <l id="I12.183" n="RK12.189"> þan sedes þat sowen ben / and mowe nat with frostes</l> <l id="I12.184" n="RK12.190"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> wynde ne wederes / as in wynt<expan>er</expan>-tymes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="67r" entity="I67r"/> <l id="I12.185" n="RK12.191"> as lynseed / leeksee<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.186" n="RK12.192"> aren nat so worthy as <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.187" n="RK12.193"> In þe feelde wiþ þe froste / a <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.188" n="RK12.194"> Right so soþely / þat suffre m <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.189" n="RK12.195"> worthe alowed of oure lorde / at <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.190" n="RK12.196"> and for here penance ben y p<expan>re</expan>ysi <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.191" n="RK12.197"> Or for a confesso<expan>ur</expan> y-kudde / þat co <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.192" n="RK12.198"> Fer<expan>e</expan> ne famyne / ne false me<expan>n</expan>nes <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.193" n="RK12.199"> Bot as an housbonde hopeþ / aft<expan>er</expan> a<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.194" n="RK12.200"> If god gifþ him þe life / haue a g<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.195" n="RK12.201"> So p<expan>ro</expan>uethe þis p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / þat pacientli<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.196" n="RK12.202"> Meschiefs and myshappes / and man<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.197" n="RK12.203"> Bitokneþ trewely in tyme / comyng <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.198" n="RK12.204"> merþe for his moornyng<expan>e</expan> / and þat m <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.199" n="RK12.205"> For criste saide to seyntes / þat for his <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.200" n="RK12.206"> Pouerte and penance / and p<expan>er</expan>secuciou<expan>n</expan> of <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.201" n="RK12.206.1"> schullen haue more worschipe to wages </l> <l id="I12.202" n="RK12.207"> þan angeles in her<expan>e</expan> owen degre / on þis wis <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.203" n="RK12.207"> <hi rend="rb">Tristicia v<expan>est</expan>ra vertetur in gaudium</hi> </l> <l id="I12.204" n="RK12.208"> ȝowre sorwe in-to solace / schal turne atte la<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.205" n="RK12.209"> and out of woo in-to wele / ȝour<expan>e</expan> wordes <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.206" n="RK12.210"> ac who-so rat of þe riche / þe reu<expan>er</expan>se ma<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.207" n="RK12.211"> how god al þe gospell<expan>e</expan> telleþ / gyueþ foel to <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.208" n="RK12.212"> and þat his goost schal go / and good bylee<damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.209" n="RK12.213"> and askeþ who schal it haue / þe catel þ<expan>a</expan>t he <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.210" n="RK12.214"> In cofres and in bernes</l> <l id="I12.211" n="RK12.215"> and art so loth to leue / þat lete schal þ<expan>ou</expan> nedes </l> <l id="I12.212" n="RK12.215"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">O stulte ista a<expan>n</expan>i<expan>m</expan>a tua egrediatur / Thesauriȝat et ig </hi></foreign><damage rend="tear">. ...</damage></l> <l id="I12.213" n="RK12.216"> An vnredy reeue / þy residue schal spene </l> <l id="I12.214" n="RK12.217"> þ<expan>a</expan>t many nothe was maist<expan>re</expan> in amynte while</l> <l id="I12.215" n="RK12.218"> vpholders on þe hulle / schal haue it to selle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="67v" entity="I67v"/> <l id="I12.216" n="RK12.219"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> de</l> <l id="I12.217" n="RK12.220"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> r swete</l> <l id="I12.218" n="RK12.221"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> plo<expan>m</expan>mes & chiries</l> <l id="I12.219" n="RK12.222"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> vppe / litel while dureth</l> <l id="I12.220" n="RK12.223"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> rotieþ most sounest</l> <l id="I12.221" n="RK12.224"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> donge / fowlest wedes groweth</l> <l id="I12.222" n="RK12.225"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> che þat ben bischopes</l> <l id="I12.223" n="RK12.226"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> es / and oþ<expan>er</expan> riche clerkes</l> <l id="I12.224" n="RK12.227"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> apme<expan>n</expan> / and chidde but 8ey wynne</l> <l id="I12.225" n="RK12.228"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> de at here wille / oþ<expan>er</expan>-wise to leuene</l> <l id="I12.226" n="RK12.229"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> wexeþ / in wose and in donge</l> <l id="I12.227" n="RK12.230"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> pon richesse / ariste all<expan>e</expan> vices</l> <l id="I12.228" n="RK12.231"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> de / wiþ marle and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> dones</l> <l id="I12.229" n="RK12.232"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> wexeþ / wor?þe legge ar<expan>?</expan> it ripe</l> <l id="I12.230" n="RK12.233"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> for to sigge treuþe </l> <l id="I12.231" n="RK12.234"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> pride norischeþ / þ<expan>er</expan>e pou<expan>er</expan>te hit destroyeþ</l> <l id="I12.232" n="RK12.235"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> euer be y-wonne / but it wel despendeth</l> <l id="I12.233" n="RK12.236"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> le is wicked þing / to hem þ<expan>a</expan>t it kepeþ</l> <l id="I12.234" n="RK12.237"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> e fer þ<expan>er</expan> fro / ful ofte he haþ drede</l> <l id="I12.235" n="RK12.238"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> folc fecche awey / felonliche his goodes</l> <l id="I12.236" n="RK12.239"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> re it makeþ men many tymes and ofte</l> <l id="I12.237" n="RK12.240"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> to souche / sotiltees of gile</l> <l id="I12.238" n="RK12.241"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> ise of þat catell<expan>e</expan> to kille hy<expan>m</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t it kepeþ </l> <l id="I12.239" n="RK12.242"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> mony manmordrer<expan>e</expan> / for his money and his good<expan>es</expan></l> <l id="I12.240" n="RK12.243"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> þat dide þat dede / y-dampned þ<expan>er</expan>for<expan>e</expan> aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I12.241" n="RK12.244"> <damage rend="tear">. ...</damage> d he for his harde holdyng<expan>e</expan> / in helle p<expan>er</expan>aunt<expan>re?</expan></l> <l id="I12.242" n="RK12.245"> So coueytise of catel / was combrance to hem all<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I12.243" n="RK12.246"> lo how pens purchaseþ fair<expan>e</expan> places & drede</l> <l id="I12.244" n="RK12.247"> þat rote is of robbers / þe richesse wiþinne</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I13"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus tercius de Dowel </hi></foreign></head> <l id="I13.1" n="RK13.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">A</hi></hi> s wel worthe pou<expan>er</expan>te <hi rend="rb"/> for he may walke vnrobbed</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="68r" entity="I68r"/> <l id="I13.2" n="RK13.2"> among pilours in pees / if p<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.3" n="RK13.3"> Our<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ri</expan>nce ih<expan>es</expan>u pouerte ches / an <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.4" n="RK13.4"> and ay þe lenger þey lyued / þe <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.5" n="RK13.4"> <hi rend="rb">tanq<expan>ua</expan>m nichil habentes &c<expan>eter</expan>a</hi> </l> <l id="I13.6" n="RK13.5"> ȝit ret me þat ab<expan>ra</expan>m & Iob / weren <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.7" n="RK13.6"> and out of nombre þo men / man</l> <l id="I13.8" n="RK13.7"> Abrah<expan>a</expan>m for his hadde moche te<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.9" n="RK13.8"> For in gret pou<expan>er</expan>te he was putte / ap<expan>ri</expan> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.10" n="RK13.9-10"> Bynome him his hosewif / & abrah<expan>a</expan>m na <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.11" n="RK13.11"> ne for brightnesse of her<expan>e</expan> beaute / her<expan>e</expan> sp <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.12" n="RK13.12"> and for he suffred and saide nat / our<expan>e</expan> l <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.13" n="RK13.13"> þat þe kynde cried him mercy þ<expan>a</expan>t time / a <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.14" n="RK13.14"> with moche welþe aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I13.15" n="RK13.15"> Job þe gentil / what ioye hadde he on er<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.16" n="RK13.16"> and how bittr<expan>e</expan> he it aboghte as þe boke t<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.17" n="RK13.17"> and for he song in his sorwe <hi rend="rb">Si bona acce</hi> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.18" n="RK13.18"> Derworthe and dere god / do we so <hi rend="rb">mala</hi> </l> <l id="I13.19" n="RK13.19"> alle his sorwe to solace / þorgh þat songe t <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.20" n="RK13.20"> and Job bicam a iolif man / and all<expan>e</expan> his <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.21" n="RK13.21"> lo how pacience and pou<expan>er</expan>te / þise patriark <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.22" n="RK13.22"> and broghte hem alle aboue / þat in bal <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.23" n="RK13.23"> as greyn þat liþe in grounde / and þorgh <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.24" n="RK13.24"> springeþ and spredeþ / so spedde þe fade <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.25" n="RK13.25"> and þe gentil Iob / here ioye haþ non en <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.26" n="RK13.26"> ac leueþ nat lewed men / þat I lakke rich <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.27" n="RK13.27"> þogh I preise pou<expan>er</expan>te þus / and preue it b <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.28" n="RK13.28"> worþier<expan>e</expan> as hy holy write / and wise <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.29" n="RK13.29"> boþe to ben good beȝe ful certeyn <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.30" n="RK13.30"> and lyues þat oure lord loueþ / & <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.31" n="RK13.31"> ac þe pore pacient / þe purgato <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.32" n="RK13.32"> Raþer þan þe riche / þogh þey r<damage>. ...</damage></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="68v" entity="I68v"/> <l id="I13.33" n="RK13.33"> <damage>. ...</damage>ass? ager/ metten togider<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I13.34" n="RK13.34"> <damage>. ...</damage> boþe mosten reste</l> <l id="I13.35" n="RK13.35"> <damage>. ...</damage> resonable acounte </l> <l id="I13.36" n="RK13.36"> <damage>. ...</damage> hath / and what þey hadde boþ<expan>e</expan> ....</l> <l id="I13.37" n="RK13.37"> be I lette / lenger<expan>e</expan> þan þe messang<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I13.38" n="RK13.38"> <damage>. ...</damage> / and oþ<expan>er</expan>e p<expan>ri</expan>ue dettes</l> <l id="I13.39" n="RK13.39"> <damage>. ...</damage> ue / þe lenþe of a myle</l> <l id="I13.40" n="RK13.40"> <damage>. ...</damage> no more / but wiþ his mouth telleþ his erende</l> <l id="I13.41" n="RK13.41"> <damage>. ...</damage> eweþ and is anon delyuered</l> <l id="I13.42" n="RK13.42"> <damage>. ...</damage>ente by þe weye / þo tuo togideres</l> <l id="I13.43" n="RK13.43"> <damage>. ...</damage>make his wey / amydde þe fayre whete</l> <l id="I13.44" n="RK13.44"> <damage>. ...</damage>an be wrote ne his wedde take</l> <l id="I13.45" n="RK13.44"> <damage>. ...</damage> habet legem</l> <l id="I13.46" n="RK13.45"> <damage>. ...</damage> d is hote / his wedde for to taken</l> <l id="I13.47" n="RK13.46"> <damage>. ...</damage> ant make his wey / ouer menne corne...</l> <l id="I13.48" n="RK13.47"> <damage>. ...</damage> rd happe / wiþ him for to mete</l> <l id="I13.49" n="RK13.48"> <damage>. ...</damage> oþer his hood / or elles his gloues</l> <l id="I13.50" n="RK13.49"> <damage>. ...</damage> e mote forgo / or money of his purse</l> <l id="I13.51" n="RK13.50"> <damage>. ...</damage> e as y leue / for þe lawe askeþ</l> <l id="I13.52" n="RK13.51"> <damage>. ...</damage> r her<expan>e</expan> marchandise / in many place to tolle</l> <l id="I13.53" n="RK13.52"> <damage>. ...</damage> wyþe / and ȝit þer þey wende o-way</l> <l id="I13.54" n="RK13.53"> <damage>. ...</damage> feyr<expan>e</expan> / þe marchant w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his marchandise</l> <l id="I13.55" n="RK13.54"> <damage>. ...</damage> ger may ne wiþ so moche ese</l> <l id="I13.56" n="RK13.55"> <damage>. ...</damage> reþ but a boxe / a brenet þ<expan>er</expan>inne</l> <l id="I13.57" n="RK13.56"> <damage>. ...</damage> nt let a male / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> many kyn þinges</l> <l id="I13.58" n="RK13.57"> <damage>. ...</damage> be ded þ<expan>er</expan>for<expan>e</expan> / and he in derke mette</l> <l id="I13.59" n="RK13.58"> <damage>. ...</damage> reuers / þat richemen dispoilen</l> <l id="I13.60" n="RK13.59"> <damage>. ...</damage> ay mery / and his mouth ful of songes</l> <l id="I13.61" n="RK13.60"> <damage>. ...</damage> tres / þat no wight wol hy<expan>m</expan> greue </l> <l id="I13.62" n="RK13.61"> <damage>. ...</damage> chant / þorgh his money & oþ<expan>er</expan> ȝiftes...</l> <l id="I13.63" n="RK13.62"> <damage>. ...</damage> en þogh he mette penes?</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="69r" entity="I69r"/> <l id="I13.64" n="RK13.63"> wolde none suche ass <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.65" n="RK13.64"> and as sauely as þe messag<expan>er</expan> / and <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.66" n="RK13.65"> ȝe wite ȝe wise men / what þis is <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.67" n="RK13.66"> ..e marchant is no more to mene / b<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.68" n="RK13.67"> aren alle accountable to crist / and to þe <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.69" n="RK13.68"> þat holde mote þe heye weye / euene þe t <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.70" n="RK13.69"> boþe louye and lene / lele and vnlele</l> <l id="I13.71" n="RK13.70"> and haue rewþe and relieue / wiþ his rich<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.72" n="RK13.71"> all<expan>e</expan> maner men in meschief y-falle</l> <l id="I13.73" n="RK13.72"> Fynde beggers brede / bakkes for þe colde</l> <l id="I13.74" n="RK13.73"> Tiþen here good treweliche a tolle as it sen<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.75" n="RK13.74"> þat our<expan>e</expan> lorde loketh aft<expan>er</expan> / of ech a life þat w<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.76" n="RK13.75"> withoute wiles or wronges / or wy<expan>m</expan>men at þe <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.77" n="RK13.76"> and ȝit more to maken pees / and to quyten <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.78" n="RK13.77"> and spele and spare to spende vpon þe nedefull<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.79" n="RK13.78"> as crist hi<expan>m</expan>-selfe comau<expan>n</expan>deth / all<expan>e</expan> cristene poeple </l> <l id="I13.80" n="RK13."> <hi rend="rb">Alter alterius onera portate</hi> </l> <l id="I13.81" n="RK13.79"> þe messangers aren þise mendenantȝ / þ<expan>a</expan>t lyuen by me<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.82" n="RK13.80"> Beþ nat I-bounde as by þe riche / to boþe þe lawes</l> <l id="I13.83" n="RK13.81"> to lene ne to lerne / ne lentones to faste</l> <l id="I13.84" n="RK13.82"> and oþ<expan>er</expan> pryue penances / þe which þe p<expan>re</expan>st wot wel</l> <l id="I13.85" n="RK13.83"> þat þe lawe ȝiueþ leue / such lewe folc to be excused</l> <l id="I13.86" n="RK13.84"> as none tyþes to tyþe / ne to cloþe þe naked</l> <l id="I13.87" n="RK13.85"> ne in none enquestes to come / ne contumax thogh he wo<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.88" n="RK13.86"> holy day or holy euen his mete to disserue</l> <l id="I13.89" n="RK13.87"> Fo if he loueþ and bileeueþ as þe lawe techeþ</l> <l id="I13.90" n="RK13.87"> <hi rend="rb">Qui rediderit et baptiȝatus fu<expan>er</expan>it</hi> </l> <l id="I13.91" n="RK13.88"> telleþ þe lorde a tale / as a trewe m<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.92" n="RK13.89"> and scheweþ by seel / and seþþe be <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.93" n="RK13.89"> with what lorde he duelleþ kn<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.94" n="RK13.90"> and of holy kirke byleue</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="69v" entity="I69v"/> <l id="I13.95" n="RK13.91"> <damage>. ...</damage> eue? / wille lette him þe gate<expan>s</expan> </l> <l id="I13.96" n="RK13.92"> <damage>. ...</damage> d him-selfe / & ich a gome knoweþ</l> <l id="I13.97" n="RK13.93"> <damage>. ...</damage> r<expan>e</expan> reuþe may p<expan>ar/er?</expan>forme þe lawe</l> <l id="I13.98" n="RK13.94"> <damage>. ...</damage> þ and wolde / ech a wight as him selue</l> <l id="I13.99" n="RK13.95"> <damage>. ...</damage> as moche worþe / of wrecche begg<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I13.100" n="RK13.96"> <damage>. ...</damage> iche may rayne / and rightfully dele</l> <l id="I13.101" n="RK13.97"> <damage>. ...</damage> mede for a myte þer he offreth</l> <l id="I13.102" n="RK13.98"> <damage>. ...</damage> an for al his mone / and more by þe gospell<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.103" n="RK13.98"> <damage>. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">vobis quia hec vidua paup<expan>er</expan>cula</hi> </l> <l id="I13.104" n="RK13.99"> <damage>. ...</damage> d pacient parfitest lif is of all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.105" n="RK13.100"> <damage>. ...</damage> preste / to pouerte schulde drawe</l> <l id="I13.106" n="RK13.101"> <damage>. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">in deo</hi> spekeþ of prestes</l> <l id="I13.107" n="RK13.101"> <damage>. ...</damage> e no spendyng siluer</l> <l id="I13.108" n="RK13.102"> <damage>. ...</damage> ey trauaile trewelich / and triste in almyghty god</l> <l id="I13.109" n="RK13.103"> <damage>. ...</damage> schulde neuer lakke liflode / neyþ<expan>er</expan> lyuen ne wollen</l> <l id="I13.110" n="RK13.104"> <damage>. ...</damage> e title ȝe take ȝour<expan>e</expan> ordres by / telleþ ȝe beþ auaunsed</l> <l id="I13.111" n="RK13.105"> and nedeþ nat to nyme syluer / for messes þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝe singe</l> <l id="I13.112" n="RK13.106"> For he þ<expan>a</expan>t toke ȝow a title schulde take ȝow wages</l> <l id="I13.113" n="RK13.107"> or þe bisschop þat blesse ȝow & enbaumed ȝour<expan>e</expan> fyngres</l> <l id="I13.114" n="RK13.108"> For made neuer kyng no knyȝt / but he had catell<expan>e</expan> to spene</l> <l id="I13.115" n="RK13.109"> as befelle for a knyght / or fond him for his strengþe </l> <l id="I13.116" n="RK13.110"> For it is a careful knyght / and of a caytif kinges makyng</l> <l id="I13.117" n="RK13.111"> þat haþ noyþ<expan>er</expan> londe ne lignage riche ne good loos of his handes</l> <l id="I13.118" n="RK13.112"> þe same I segge for soþe / by suche þat ben prestes</l> <l id="I13.119" n="RK13.113"> þat noþer connynge ne kyn / but a croune one</l> <l id="I13.120" n="RK13.114"> And a title a tale of noght / to his lifflode as it wer<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I13.121" n="RK13.115"> <damage>. ...</damage> þey suffred / suche þat þe masse</l> <l id="I13.122" n="RK13.116"> <damage>. ...</damage> lyuyng / and lewed vndirstondyng</l> <l id="I13.123" n="RK13.117"> <damage>. ...</damage> alengeable / bifore a cheef Iustice</l> <l id="I13.124" n="RK13.118"> <damage>. ...</damage> þat lettre / þe lawe it empugn....</l> <l id="I13.125" n="RK13.119"> <damage>. ...</damage> p<expan>er</expan>seles onskipped....</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="70r" entity="I70r"/> <l id="I13.126" n="RK13.120"> þe gome þat gloseþ so chartre <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.127" n="RK13.121"> So it is a gooky by god / þat in þe g <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.128" n="RK13.122"> Or in a messe or in a matyns / makeþ <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.129" n="RK13.122"> <hi rend="rb">Qui offendit vno reus est in om<expan>n</expan>ib<expan>us</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I13.130" n="RK13.123"> For ou<expan>er</expan>skippers also in þe saut<expan>er</expan> saith d i<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.131" n="RK13.123"> <hi rend="rb">Psallite deo n<expan>ost</expan>ro psallite qui<expan>a</expan> rex deus psal <damage>. ...</damage></hi> </l> <l id="I13.132" n="RK13.124"> þe bisschop schal be blamed / bifore god as <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.133" n="RK13.125"> þat crouneþ suche for godes knyghtes / þat c <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.134" n="RK13.126"> neyþ<expan>er</expan> synge ne rede / ac neu<expan>er</expan> neyþ<expan>er</expan> is blam <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.135" n="RK13.127"> þe bischop ne þe chapeleyn for ignorancia no <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.136" n="RK13.128"> as ich haue herde in bokes</l> <l id="I13.137" n="RK13.129"> þus rechelesnesse in a rage / aresonede clergy <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.138" n="RK13.130"> and scripture scornede scornede / þat many s <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.139" n="RK13.131"> til þat kynde cam clergie to helpe</l> <l id="I13.140" n="RK13.132"> and in þe myrro<expan>ur</expan> of myddelerþe made hy<expan>m</expan> este? to <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.141" n="RK13.133"> to knowe by eche a creatur<expan>e</expan> kynde to louye</l> <l id="I13.142" n="RK13.134"> and y-bowed my body / bihelde al aboute</l> <l id="I13.143" n="RK13.135"> and sithe þe sonne and þe see / and þe sonde aft<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I13.144" n="RK13.136"> and where þat briddes & bestes / by here make þey ȝed</l> <l id="I13.145" n="RK13.137"> wulde wormes in woodes / and wonderfull<expan>e</expan> foules</l> <l id="I13.146" n="RK13.138"> wiþ fleckede feþeres / and of fele colours</l> <l id="I13.147" n="RK13.139"> Man and his make / I myghte se boþe</l> <l id="I13.148" n="RK13.140"> Pouerte & plente boþe pes and werr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.149" n="RK13.141"> Blisse and bale / boþe I seye at ones</l> <l id="I13.150" n="RK13.142"> and how þat mede toke and mercy refused</l> <l id="I13.151" n="RK13.143"> and resoun I seyh soþely / in engendurer of kynde</l> <l id="I13.152" n="RK13.145"> aft<expan>er</expan> cours of concepciou<expan>n</expan> / non toke kepe of oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I13.153" n="RK13.146"> as whan þey hadde roteyed / anon þey reste ayþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I13.154" n="RK13.147"> males drowe hem to males / and mornyng by he<expan>m</expan></l> <l id="I13.155" n="RK13.148"> and femeles to femeles / ferdedede and drowe</l> <l id="I13.156" n="RK13.149"> þer? ne was cowe ne cowe kynde þ<expan>a</expan>t conceyued hadd<damage>. ...</damage></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="70v" entity="I70v"/> <l id="I13.157" n="RK13.150"> <damage>. ...</damage> oor aft<expan>er</expan> sowe</l> <l id="I13.158" n="RK13.151"> <damage>. ...</damage> ynde / þat conseyued hadde</l> <l id="I13.159" n="RK13.152"> <damage>. ...</damage> of lust / of flessch as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.160" n="RK13.153"> <damage>. ...</damage> i?s make / and þ<expan>er</expan>of me wondrede</l> <l id="I13.161" n="RK13.154"> <damage>. ...</damage> n þey ride / and recchelesliche token on</l> <l id="I13.162" n="RK13.155"> <damage>. ...</damage> des boþe drinkinge and elles</l> <l id="I13.163" n="RK13.156"> <damage>. ...</damage> elde in bussches made nestes</l> <l id="I13.164" n="RK13.157"> <damage>. ...</damage> weye witte / to worche þe leste</l> <l id="I13.165" n="RK13.158"> <damage>. ...</damage> d<expan>e</expan> at ham / whan and where þe pye</l> <l id="I13.166" n="RK13.159"> <damage>. ...</damage> gge stikkes / þat leye on here neste</l> <l id="I13.167" n="RK13.160"> <damage>. ...</damage> wrighte as I wene / schulde worche hir<expan>e</expan> nest to paye</l> <l id="I13.168" n="RK13.161"> <damage>. ...</damage> sou<expan>n</expan> made a molde þ<expan>er</expan>to / moche wond<expan>er</expan> me þenkeþ </l> <l id="I13.169" n="RK13.162"> <damage>. ...</damage> e m<expan>er</expan>uaileth mor<expan>e</expan> / many of þe briddes</l> <l id="I13.170" n="RK13.163"> <damage>. ...</damage> and hileden / her<expan>e</expan> egges dernely</l> <l id="I13.171" n="RK13.164"> <damage>. ...</damage> no fowel schulde it fynde / but his feer<expan>e</expan> and hy<expan>m</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I13.172" n="RK13.165"> <damage>. ...</damage> nd some treden I toke kepe / and on trees bredde</l> <l id="I13.173" n="RK13.166"> <damage>. ...</damage> nd broght forþ hir<expan>e</expan> briddes / al aboue þe grounde</l> <l id="I13.174" n="RK13.167"> In mareys and in moores / in myres and in watres</l> <l id="I13.175" n="RK13.168"> Dompynges dyuede / dere god I sayde</l> <l id="I13.176" n="RK13.169"> wher<expan>e</expan> hadde þis wilde such witte / and at what schole</l> <l id="I13.177" n="RK13.170"> and how þe pokok caukede / þ<expan>er</expan>of tok I kepe</l> <l id="I13.178" n="RK13.171"> how vncurteisliche þ<expan>a</expan>t cok / his kynde forþ strenede</l> <l id="I13.179" n="RK13.172"> and ferkoyed of his fairnesse / and of his fowele lenede</l> <l id="I13.180" n="RK13.173"> and seþþe I lokede on þe see / and so forþ on sterres</l> <l id="I13.181" n="RK13.174"> many silkouþ y seyh / aren noght to sigge nouþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.182" n="RK13.175"> ne what on floures on felde / and of her<expan>e</expan> hair<expan>e</expan> colours</l> <l id="I13.183" n="RK13.176"> and how out of grith and of gras growe so many hewes</l> <l id="I13.184" n="RK13.177"> and some sour<expan>e</expan> and some swete / selcouþe me þoghte</l> <l id="I13.185" n="RK13.178"> Of her<expan>e</expan> kynde and of her<expan>e</expan> colo<expan>ur</expan> carpe wer<expan>e</expan> to longe</l> <l id="I13.186" n="RK13.179"> ac þe moste mouede me / and my moode chaungede</l> <l id="I13.187" n="RK13.180"> was þat I saih resou<expan>n</expan> sewen all<expan>e</expan> bestes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="71r" entity="I71r"/> <l id="I13.188" n="RK13.181"> Saue man and mankynde <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.189" n="RK13.182"> Resoun reue reuelede hem nat / n</l> <l id="I13.190" n="RK13.183"> þanne I resoned resoun / and right t <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.191" n="RK13.184"> I haue wonder in my witte / so wys <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.192" n="RK13.185"> wherfor<expan>e</expan> and why / as wyde as þou re <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.193" n="RK13.186"> þat þou reweledest rather / renke þat o <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.194" n="RK13.187"> I se none so ofte forfetene / soþely so mankyn <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.195" n="RK13.188"> In mete out of mesur<expan>e</expan> / and many tymes in <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.196" n="RK13.189"> In women in wedes / and in wordes boþe</l> <l id="I13.197" n="RK13.190"> þer ouerdone it day and nyght / & so don nat <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.198" n="RK13.191"> þet rewele hem al by resoun ac renkes ful fewe</l> <l id="I13.199" n="RK13.192"> and þ<expan>er</expan>fore m<expan>er</expan>ueileth me / for ma<expan>n</expan> is most yliche þe</l> <l id="I13.200" n="RK13.193"> Of wille and of werkes / why be ne loueth þy lor<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I13.201" n="RK13.194"> and resoun aresouned me and saide recche þe neu<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.202" n="RK13.195"> why I suffre or noght suffr<expan>e</expan> / certes he sayde</l> <l id="I13.203" n="RK13.194"> and resoun aresoned me and seyde recche þe neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I13.204" n="RK13.196"> vch a segg<expan>e</expan> for him-selfe Salomon vs techeþ</l> <l id="I13.205" n="RK13.196"> <hi rend="rb">De re que te non molestat noli te certar<expan>e</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I13.206" n="RK13.197"> who suffreþ more þan god q<expan>uo</expan>þ he / no gome as I leue</l> <l id="I13.207" n="RK13.198"> he myghte amende in a mynte-while al þ<expan>a</expan>t amys stand</l> <l id="I13.208" n="RK13.199"> ac he suffreth in ensample / þat we schulde soffren all<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I13.209" n="RK13.200"> Is no v<expan>ir</expan>tue so fair<expan>e</expan> / ne of value ne p<expan>ro</expan>fyte</l> <l id="I13.210" n="RK13.201"> So is suffrance sou<expan>er</expan>eynliche / so it be for godes loue</l> <l id="I13.211" n="RK13.202"> And so witnesseþ wise / and wisseth þe frensche</l> <l id="I13.212" n="RK13.203"> <foreign lang="fr"><hi rend="rb">Bele v<expan>er</expan>tue est suffraunce mal? dire est petit vengeance</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I13.213" n="RK13.204"> <foreign lang="fr"><hi rend="rb">bien dire et ben? suffrier fait lui suffrable a bien venir</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I13.214" n="RK13.205"> For þy q<expan>uo</expan>þ resou<expan>n</expan> I rede þou reule þy tonge euer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.215" n="RK13.206"> and ar þou lakke eny lif loke who is to preise</l> <l id="I13.216" n="RK13.207"> For is no creatur<expan>e</expan> vnder crist / þat can him selfe make</l> <l id="I13.217" n="RK13.208"> and if creatures c<expan>ri</expan>stene / couþe make hem selue</l> <l id="I13.218" n="RK13.209"> ech a lode wolde be lackeles leue þou non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="71v" entity="I71v"/> <l id="I13.219" n="RK13.210"> <damage>. ...</damage>er he may nat wel aserte <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.220" n="RK13.211"> <damage>. ...</damage>tyt / to folwen his kynde</l> <l id="I13.221" n="RK13.212"> wiþ <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nemo siue c<expan>ri</expan>mi<expan>n</expan>e viuit</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I13.222" n="RK13.213"> <damage>. ...</damage> anon / and comsede to be aschamed </l> <l id="I13.223" n="RK13.214"> <damage>. ...</damage> with and wo was me þenne</l> <l id="I13.224" n="RK13.215"> <damage>. ...</damage> y mette mor<expan>e</expan> / so merie as I slepte</l> <l id="I13.225" n="RK13.216"> <damage>. ...</damage> on to my-selfe / slepyng had I grace </l> <l id="I13.226" n="RK13.217"> <damage>. ...</damage> hat do wel is / ac wakynge neuere</l> <l id="I13.227" n="RK13.218"> <damage>. ...</damage> w as þ<expan>er</expan> a wight / what he was I tryste</l> <l id="I13.228" n="RK13.219"> <damage>. ...</damage> owel quoþ þat wight / I wis sir<expan>e</expan> I saide</l> <l id="I13.229" n="RK13.220"> <damage>. ...</damage> he and suffre al / certes I do wel</l> <l id="I13.230" n="RK13.221"> <damage>. ...</damage> þou suffred he sayde / slepynge þo þow we<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I13.231" n="RK13.222"> <damage>. ...</damage> ldest haue knowe þ<expan>a</expan>t clergie can / þ<expan>a</expan>t conseyued mor<expan>e</expan> þan resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I13.232" n="RK13.223"> <damage>. ...</damage> ou<expan>n</expan>wolde haue rehersed þe / right as clergie saide </l> <l id="I13.233" n="RK13.224"> <damage>. ...</damage> or þyn entremetyng / here artow forsake</l> <l id="I13.234" n="RK13.224"> <damage>. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">hilosophus esses si tacuisses Et alibi</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I13.235" n="RK13.224"> <damage>. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ocutum me aliqu<expan>is</expan> penituit tacuisse nunq<expan>ua</expan>m </hi></foreign></l> <l id="I13.236" n="RK13.225"> ad<expan>a</expan>m þe whiles he spak nat / hadde p<expan>ar</expan>dys at wille</l> <l id="I13.237" n="RK13.226"> ac whan he mameled aboute mete / and mused for to knowe</l> <l id="I13.238" n="RK13.227"> þe wisedam and þe witte of god / he was put out of blisse</l> <l id="I13.239" n="RK13.228"> Right so ferde resou<expan>n</expan> by þe / for-þy rude speche</l> <l id="I13.240" n="RK13.229"> and for þou woldest wite / why resones preuede</l> <l id="I13.241" n="RK13.230"> pride or p<expan>re</expan>sumpcioun / of þy p<expan>ar</expan>fit lyuyng</l> <l id="I13.242" n="RK13.231"> Resoun refusede þe / and wolde nat reste wiþ þe</l> <l id="I13.243" n="RK13.232"> ne clergie of his connyng / kepeþ nat schewe</l> <l id="I13.244" n="RK13.233"> For schal neu<expan>er</expan>e or schame come a schrewe wel chaste</l> <l id="I13.245" n="RK13.234"> For lat a dronken daffe / in a dike falle</l> <l id="I13.246" n="RK13.235"> lat him ligge loke nat on him / til hy<expan>m</expan> lust to rise</l> <l id="I13.247" n="RK13.236"> for þogh resou<expan>n</expan> rebuke him þanna reccheþ he neuer<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I13.248" n="RK13.237"> ne of clergie ne of kynde witte counteþ nat a ressche </l> <l id="I13.249" n="RK13.238"> <damage>. ...</damage>o? blame hy<expan>m</expan> or to bete hy<expan>m</expan> þenne / I halde it but synne</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="72r" entity="I72r"/> <l id="I13.250" n="RK13.239"> <damage>. ...</damage> whan nede nymeþ him vp / a <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.251" n="RK13.240"> and þanne wot he wherfor<expan>e</expan> / and w <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.252" n="RK13.241"> ȝe seggeþ soþ by my selfe quoþ I y <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.253" n="RK13.242"> þer smytte no-þing so sm<expan>er</expan>te / ne smelleþ <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.254" n="RK13.243"> as schame þ<expan>er</expan> he scheweþ him / ech man</l> <l id="I13.255" n="RK13.244"> whi ȝe worden to me þus / was for I are<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.256" n="RK13.245"> ȝe certes quoþ he þat is soþ / and schope</l> <l id="I13.257" n="RK13.246"> and arros vp right wiþ þat / and reu<expan>er</expan>en <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I13.258" n="RK13.247"> and if his wille were / he wolde his <damage>. ...</damage></l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I14"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus quartus de Dowel</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I14.1" n="RK14.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">I</hi></hi> am ymaginatif quoþ he / ydel <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.2" n="RK14.2"> þogh I sete by my-self / suche<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.3" n="RK14.3"> I haue folwed þe in faith / mo<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.4" n="RK14.4"> and wissed þe ful ofte / what <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.5" n="RK14.5"> and counseyled þe for cristes sake <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.6" n="RK14.6"> neyþ<expan>er</expan> to lyue ne to lacke / ne lere þat<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.7" n="RK14.7"> ne to spille no speche / as for to speke an ydel</l> <l id="I14.8" n="RK14.8"> ne no tyme to tyne / ne trewe þinge tene</l> <l id="I14.9" n="RK14.9"> lowe þe and leue forth / in þe lawe of holy chirche</l> <l id="I14.10" n="RK14.10"> and þanne dostow wel w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute drede / who can dobett no</l> <l id="I14.11" n="RK14.11"> Clerkes þat conne al / I hope þey can do bettre</l> <l id="I14.12" n="RK14.12"> ac it soffiseþ to be saued / and be such as taghte</l> <l id="I14.13" n="RK14.13"> ac for to louye and for to leue / and lyue wel I bileue</l> <l id="I14.14" n="RK14.14"> Is ycalde <hi rend="rb">caritas</hi> kynde loue an englissch</l> <l id="I14.15" n="RK14.15"> and þat is dobet if eny such be / a blessed ma<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t helpeþ </l> <l id="I14.16" n="RK14.16"> þat þees be and pacience / and pou<expan>er</expan>e wiþoute defaute</l> <l id="I14.17" n="RK14.16"> <hi rend="rb">Beacius est dare q<expan>ua</expan>m petere</hi> </l> <l id="I14.18" n="RK14.17"> ac catel and kynde witte accombreþ ful many</l> <l id="I14.19" n="RK14.18"> wo is him þat hem weldeþ / but he hem wel despende</l> <l id="I14.20" n="RK14.18"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Scienti et no<expan>n</expan> facienti variis flagellis vapalabitur</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.21" n="RK14.19"> Ac comunlich connynge / & vnkynde riche</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="72v" entity="I72v"/> <l id="I14.22" n="RK14.20"> <damage>. ...</damage> nd lewede men techers</l> <l id="I14.23" n="RK14.21"> <damage>. ...</damage> helpe / anerous & coueytous</l> <l id="I14.24" n="RK14.22"> <damage>. ...</damage> / and destroyeþ do best</l> <l id="I14.25" n="RK14.23"> <damage>. ...</damage> þ<expan>er</expan>fore / to don hem efte growe</l> <l id="I14.26" n="RK14.24"> <damage>. ...</damage> weth noght / til god wol gynne reyne</l> <l id="I14.27" n="RK14.25"> <damage>. ...</damage> goode werkes / wikkede hertes</l> <l id="I14.28" n="RK14.26"> <damage>. ...</damage> e wexe / worcheþ good silue</l> <l id="I14.29" n="RK14.27"> <damage>. ...</damage> seint espirit / to do loue springe </l> <l id="I14.30" n="RK14.27"> <damage>. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">t spirat</hi> </l> <l id="I14.31" n="RK14.28"> <damage>. ...</damage> ace of god / and also goode werkes </l> <l id="I14.32" n="RK14.29"> <damage>. ...</damage> / þogh we bidde euere</l> <l id="I14.33" n="RK14.30"> <damage>. ...</damage> ight / and kynde witte of st<expan>er</expan>res</l> <l id="I14.34" n="RK14.31"> <damage>. ...</damage> n such a constillaciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I14.35" n="RK14.32"> <damage>. ...</damage> nd oþer wordes boþe </l> <l id="I14.36" n="RK14.32"> <damage>. ...</damage> <hi rend="rb">subiecti vultib<expan>us</expan> celestib<expan>us</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I14.37" n="RK14.33"> <damage>. ...</damage> god / and kynde witte a chaunce</l> <l id="I14.38" n="RK14.34"> <damage>. ...</damage> d clergie a connynge / of kyndge wittes techynges</l> <l id="I14.39" n="RK14.35"> and ȝit is clergie to comende / for cristes loue mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I14.40" n="RK14.36"> <damage>. ...</damage> þen eny connynge of kynde witte / but clergie it reule </l> <l id="I14.41" n="RK14.37"> For moyses witnesseþ þ<expan>a</expan>t god wrote / and crist w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his fyng<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I14.42" n="RK14.38"> lawe of oure lorde wrote longe ar criste wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I14.43" n="RK14.39"> and crist cam and comfermede / and holy kirke made</l> <l id="I14.44" n="RK14.40"> and in sonde signe wroet / and saide to þe iewes</l> <l id="I14.45" n="RK14.41"> þat sethe him-selue synneles / sese nat I hote </l> <l id="I14.46" n="RK14.42"> To strike wiþ ston or wiþ staf / þis strompet to dethe</l> <l id="I14.47" n="RK14.42"> Quis vestrum sine peccato est</l> <l id="I14.48" n="RK14.43"> For þu I counseile ich a creatur<expan>e</expan> clergie to honure</l> <l id="I14.49" n="RK14.44"> For as a man may not se / þat mysseseþ his eyes</l> <l id="I14.50" n="RK14.45"> no more ca no clerc / but if it come of bookes</l> <l id="I14.51" n="RK14.46"> God was here mayst<expan>re</expan> / and þe seynt esprit þe samplarie</l> <l id="I14.52" n="RK14.47"> and seide what men schold write</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="73r" entity="I73r"/> <l id="I14.53" n="RK14.48"> and right as sighte serueth a man to se þe hey <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I14.54" n="RK14.49"> Right so lereth lettrure lewed men to resoun</l> <l id="I14.55" n="RK14.50"> as a blynde ma<expan>n</expan> in batayle bereþ wepene to fight</l> <l id="I14.56" n="RK14.51"> and hath non happe wiþ his ax / his enemy to hitte</l> <l id="I14.57" n="RK14.52"> no more can a kynde witted man / but werkes him techeþ</l> <l id="I14.58" n="RK14.53"> Come for al his kynde witte / þurgh c<expan>ri</expan>stendom to be saued</l> <l id="I14.59" n="RK14.54"> þe which þe cofre of cristes tresour / as clerkes kepeþ þe keyes</l> <l id="I14.60" n="RK14.55"> To vnlokken it at here likyng / þe lewed and lered to help<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I14.61" n="RK14.56"> To ȝyue m<expan>er</expan>cy for mysdedes / if men it wolle aske</l> <l id="I14.62" n="RK14.57"> Buxumliche and benigneliche / & bidden it of grace</l> <l id="I14.63" n="RK14.58"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Arca dei</hi></foreign> in þe olde lawe leuites it kepte</l> <l id="I14.64" n="RK14.59"> hadde neuer lewed man leue / to legge hande on þ<expan>a</expan>t cheste</l> <l id="I14.65" n="RK14.60"> But it were p<expan>re</expan>stes or p<expan>re</expan>stes sone / patriarke or p<expan>ro</expan>phete</l> <l id="I14.66" n="RK14.61"> Saul for he sac<expan>ri</expan>fised sorwe him bitidde</l> <l id="I14.67" n="RK14.62"> and his sones for his synnes / sorwe hem bitidde</l> <l id="I14.68" n="RK14.63"> and alle lewede þat leyde haue þ<expan>er</expan>on loren lyf aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I14.69" n="RK14.64"> For þy I counseile alle creatures / no clerkes to despise</l> <l id="I14.70" n="RK14.65"> ne sette schort by here science what so þey don he<expan>m</expan> selue</l> <l id="I14.71" n="RK14.66"> Take we here wordes at worth for here witnesses ben trewe</l> <l id="I14.72" n="RK14.67"> and medele we not moche wiþ ham / to moeuen ony wraþþe</l> <l id="I14.73" n="RK14.68"> last cheste cause vs to chide / and choppe vch man oþer</l> <l id="I14.74" n="RK14.69"> and do we as Dauid techeþ for doute of goddes vengeance</l> <l id="I14.75" n="RK14.69"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nolite tangere xr<expan>istos</expan> meos</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.76" n="RK14.70"> For clergie is cristis vicary / to comforte & to cure</l> <l id="I14.77" n="RK14.71"> Boþe lered and lewed were loste / if clergie ne were</l> <l id="I14.78" n="RK14.72"> kynde wittede men / han a clergie by hem-selue</l> <l id="I14.79" n="RK14.73"> Of clowdes and of costomes / þey contreued many þinges</l> <l id="I14.80" n="RK14.74"> and merked it in here maner / and mused þ<expan>er</expan>on to knowe</l> <l id="I14.81" n="RK14.75"> and of þe silkouþes þat þey seye / here sones þ<expan>er</expan>of þey taghten</l> <l id="I14.82" n="RK14.76"> For þey helden it for an heye science / here sotiltees to knowe</l> <l id="I14.83" n="RK14.77"> ac þorgh here science soþly / was neuer soule y-saued</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="73v" entity="I73v"/> <l id="I14.84" n="RK14.78"> <damage>. ...</damage> here bokes / to blisse ne to ioye</l> <l id="I14.85" n="RK14.79"> <damage>. ...</damage> here kynde knowynge / cam but of diu<expan>er</expan>se sightes</l> <l id="I14.86" n="RK14.80"> Of briddes or of bestes of blisse and of sorwe</l> <l id="I14.87" n="RK14.81"> partriarkes and p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / rep<expan>re</expan>uede here science</l> <l id="I14.88" n="RK14.82"> and seyde here wordes ne here wisedames was but a folye</l> <l id="I14.89" n="RK14.83"> as to þe clergie of crist / þey counted it but a tryfle</l> <l id="I14.90" n="RK14.83"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Sapiencia hui<expan>us</expan> mundi / stulticia est apud deu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I14.91" n="RK14.84"> For þe heye holy gost heuen schal to-cleue</l> <l id="I14.92" n="RK14.85"> and loue schal lepe out aft<expan>er</expan> / in-to þis lowe erþe </l> <l id="I14.93" n="RK14.86"> and clennesse schal cacche it / and clerkes schullen it fynde</l> <l id="I14.94" n="RK14.86"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Pastores loquebant<expan>ur</expan> adinuicem</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.95" n="RK14.87"> hit spekeþ þer of riche men / right noght ne of riche lordes</l> <l id="I14.96" n="RK14.88"> but of clennesses of clerkes / and kepers of bestes</l> <l id="I14.97" n="RK14.88"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ibant magi ab oriente De natiuitate de<expan>i</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.98" n="RK14.89"> If eny frere were founde þer I ȝeue þe fyue schillynges</l> <l id="I14.99" n="RK14.90"> ne in cote ne caytifes hous / þe beste of þe toune</l> <l id="I14.100" n="RK14.92"> to pastours and to poetes / appered þe angel </l> <l id="I14.101" n="RK14.93"> and bad hem go to bedleem / goddes birthe to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I14.102" n="RK14.94"> and songe a songe of solace <hi rend="rb">Gloria in excelsis deo</hi> </l> <l id="I14.103" n="RK14.95"> Riche men rotte þo / and in here reste were</l> <l id="I14.104" n="RK14.96"> þo it schone to þe schep<expan>er</expan>des / a schewer<expan>e</expan> of blisse</l> <l id="I14.105" n="RK14.97"> Clerkes knewe þe comet / and comen with here p<expan>re</expan>sents</l> <l id="I14.106" n="RK14.98"> and diden here homage honorably / to him þat was almyghty</l> <l id="I14.107" n="RK14.99"> why I haue tolde þe al þis / I toke ful good heede</l> <l id="I14.108" n="RK14.100"> how þou contrariedest clergie / wiþ crabbede wordes</l> <l id="I14.109" n="RK14.101"> þat is how lewede men and luthere / lightlokere were y-sauede</l> <l id="I14.110" n="RK14.102"> þan connynge clerkes of kynde vndirstondynge</l> <l id="I14.111" n="RK14.103"> and þou saidest soþ of some / ac I se in what man<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I14.112" n="RK14.104"> Take tuo stronge men / and in temese cast hem</l> <l id="I14.113" n="RK14.105"> and boþe nakede as a nedele / here none heuyere þan oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I14.114" n="RK14.106"> þat on haþ connynge / and can swymmen and dyuen</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="74r" entity="I74r"/> <l id="I14.115" n="RK14.107"> þat oþer is lewed as of þat labo<expan>ur</expan> and lerne...</l> <l id="I14.116" n="RK14.108"> which trowest of þo þuo / in temese is in most drede</l> <l id="I14.117" n="RK14.109"> he þat can nat swymme I sayde / it semede to all<expan>e</expan> wit...</l> <l id="I14.118" n="RK14.110"> Right so quoþ þat renk / resoun it scheweþ </l> <l id="I14.119" n="RK14.111"> þat he þat knoweþ clergie conne sonner arise</l> <l id="I14.120" n="RK14.112"> Out of synne and be saue / þogh he synne ofte</l> <l id="I14.121" n="RK14.113"> If him liketh and luste / þen eny lewed soþely</l> <l id="I14.122" n="RK14.114"> For if þe clerke be connynge / and knoweþ what is synne</l> <l id="I14.123" n="RK14.115"> and how contricioun wiþoute confessiou<expan>n</expan> comforteþ þe soule</l> <l id="I14.124" n="RK14.116"> as we sene in þe saut<expan>er</expan> / in psalmes on or tweye</l> <l id="I14.125" n="RK14.117"> how contriciou<expan>n</expan> is comended for it caccheþ a-way synne</l> <l id="I14.126" n="RK14.117"> <hi rend="rb">Beati quorum remisse suum? iniquitates</hi> </l> <l id="I14.127" n="RK14.118"> and þat comforteþ eche a clerke / and keu<expan>er</expan>eth fro wanhope</l> <l id="I14.128" n="RK14.119"> In which floode þe fende fondeþ man hardest</l> <l id="I14.129" n="RK14.120"> þere þe lewede liþe stille and lokeþ after lente</l> <l id="I14.130" n="RK14.121"> and haþ no contricioUn / ar he come to schrifte</l> <l id="I14.131" n="RK14.121-122"> and þanne can he litel telle / but as his loresma<expan>n</expan> hy<expan>m</expan> lereþ </l> <l id="I14.132" n="RK14.122-123"> By-leuethe and trouþe and þat is aft<expan>er</expan> his p<expan>er</expan>soUn</l> <l id="I14.133" n="RK14.123"> Oþer his parische p<expan>re</expan>st / and p<expan>ar</expan>aunt<expan>er</expan> boþe lewed</l> <l id="I14.134" n="RK14.124"> To lere lewede men / as booke bereth witnesse</l> <l id="I14.135" n="RK14.124"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Dum cecus ducit cecum te</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I14.136" n="RK14.125"> Ful mochel wo was him marked / þat wade schal w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe lewed</l> <l id="I14.137" n="RK14.126"> wel may þe barne blisse / þat him to boke sette</l> <l id="I14.138" n="RK14.127"> þat lynynge aft<expan>er</expan> letterur<expan>e</expan> / saued him life and soule</l> <l id="I14.139" n="RK14.128"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">D<expan>omi</expan>n<expan>u</expan>s pars hereditatis</hi></foreign> is a mery versette</l> <l id="I14.140" n="RK14.129"> It hath take fro tyborne / tuenty stronge þeues</l> <l id="I14.141" n="RK14.130"> þer leuede þeues ben lolled vp / loke how þey ben saued</l> <l id="I14.142" n="RK14.131"> þe þeef þat hadde grace of god / a good friday as þou toldest</l> <l id="I14.143" n="RK14.132"> was for he ȝelde him creaunt to crist / and his grace asked</l> <l id="I14.144" n="RK14.133"> and god is ay g<expan>ra</expan>cious / to all<expan>e</expan> þat gredeth to him</l> <l id="I14.145" n="RK14.134"> and wol no wikked man be lost / but if he wil him-selue</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="74v" entity="I74v"/> <l id="I14.146" n="RK14.134"> <damage>. ...</damage> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>toris</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I14.147" n="RK14.135"> <damage>. ...</damage> gh þe þief hadde heuene / he hadde non hey blisse</l> <l id="I14.148" n="RK14.136"> <damage>. ...</damage> seint Joh<expan>a</expan>n and oþ<expan>er</expan> seintes / þat han serued bettre</l> <l id="I14.149" n="RK14.137"> Right as som man ȝeueþ me mete / and sette me amydde þe flore</l> <l id="I14.150" n="RK14.138"> Ich haue mete more þan ynogh / ac nat with moche worschipe</l> <l id="I14.151" n="RK14.139"> ac þo þat sitten at þe side table / or w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe sou<expan>er</expan>eyntees in halle</l> <l id="I14.152" n="RK14.140"> But as a beggere bordeles by my-selfe on þe grounde</l> <l id="I14.153" n="RK14.141"> So it ferde by þe feloun / þat a good friday was saued</l> <l id="I14.154" n="RK14.142"> a fit neyþer wiþ sent Ioh<expan>a</expan>n / ne with Symond ne Iude</l> <l id="I14.155" n="RK14.143"> ne wiþ maydenes ne wiþ martires / ne wiþ mylde widewes</l> <l id="I14.156" n="RK14.144"> Bot as a soleyne by him-selfe y-serued vppon þe grounde</l> <l id="I14.157" n="RK14.145"> For he þat is ones a theef / is euer mor<expan>e</expan> in daung<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I14.158" n="RK14.146"> and as þe lawe likeþ / to lyue or to deye</l> <l id="I14.159" n="RK14.146"> <hi rend="rb">De p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>to p<expan>ro</expan>piciato noli esse siue metu .</hi> </l> <l id="I14.160" n="RK14.147"> and for to seruen a seint & such a þef togideres</l> <l id="I14.161" n="RK14.148"> It were no resoun ne right to rewarde boþe yliche</l> <l id="I14.162" n="RK14.149"> and right as troianes þe trewe knyght telde nat depe in helle</l> <l id="I14.163" n="RK14.150"> þ<expan>a</expan>t oure ne haued lightliche out so leue I þat þef in heuene</l> <l id="I14.164" n="RK14.151"> For he is in þe lowest of heuene / if our<expan>e</expan> bileue be trewe</l> <l id="I14.165" n="RK14.152"> and wel lifliche he lolleþ þ<expan>er</expan>e / as by þe lawe of holy chirche</l> <l id="I14.166" n="RK14.152"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et reddet vnicuiq<expan>ue</expan> iuxta op<expan>er</expan>a sua</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.167" n="RK14.153"> Ac whi þat one þeef vppon þe cros / criant him ȝelde</l> <l id="I14.168" n="RK14.154"> Rather þat oþ<expan>er</expan> / þogh þou woldest appose</l> <l id="I14.169" n="RK14.155"> alle þe clerkes vnder crist / ne couþe it assoile</l> <l id="I14.170" n="RK14.155"> <hi rend="rb">Quare placuit quia voluit</hi> </l> <l id="I14.171" n="RK14.156"> and so I seye by þe / þat sekest aft<expan>er</expan> þe weyes</l> <l id="I14.172" n="RK14.157"> how creatures han kynde witte / and how clerkes come to bokes</l> <l id="I14.173" n="RK14.158"> and how þe floures in þe frith / comeþ to fayre hewes</l> <l id="I14.174" n="RK14.159"> was neuer creatur<expan>e</expan> vnder crist / þat knewe wel þe bygynnyng</l> <l id="I14.175" n="RK14.160"> but kynde þat contreued it first / of his curtey wille</l> <l id="I14.176" n="RK14.161"> he taghte þe tortele to trete / þe pocok to cauke</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="75r" entity="I75r"/> <l id="I14.177" n="RK14.162"> and adam and eue and alle oþ<expan>er</expan>e bestes</l> <l id="I14.178" n="RK14.163"> a cantel of kynde witte here kynde to saue</l> <l id="I14.179" n="RK14.164"> Of good and of wikke / kynde was þe firste</l> <l id="I14.180" n="RK14.165"> Sey it and suffred it and seide it be scholde</l> <l id="I14.181" n="RK14.165"> <hi rend="rb">Dixit et facta sunt &c<expan>etera</expan></hi></l> <l id="I14.182" n="RK14.166"> / Ac why he wolde þat wikked wer<expan>e</expan> I wene and I leue</l> <l id="I14.183" n="RK14.167"> was neu<expan>er</expan>e man vppon molde / þat myght it aspie</l> <l id="I14.184" n="RK14.168"> ac longe libbynge men likenede men lyuynge</l> <l id="I14.185" n="RK14.169"> To briddes and to bestes / ac here bokes telleþ</l> <l id="I14.186" n="RK14.170"> þ<expan>a</expan>t þe faireste foule foule / foulest engendreth</l> <l id="I14.187" n="RK14.171"> and feblest foule of flight is / þat fleeþ oþ<expan>er</expan>e swymmeþ </l> <l id="I14.188" n="RK14.172"> þat is þe pocok and þe popyniay / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> here proude feþ<expan>er</expan>es</l> <l id="I14.189" n="RK14.173"> bitokenen right riche men / þat regne here on erþe </l> <l id="I14.190" n="RK14.174"> For pursue a pecocke or a pohen to cacche</l> <l id="I14.191" n="RK14.175"> and haue hem in an haste / at þin wille</l> <l id="I14.192" n="RK14.176"> For þay may nat fle fer / ne ful heie neiþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I14.193" n="RK14.177"> For hel feþ<expan>er</expan>es þ<expan>a</expan>t fair<expan>e</expan> beþ / to flee fer hem letteþ </l> <l id="I14.194" n="RK14.178"> his lethene is vnlouelich / and loþelich his careyne</l> <l id="I14.195" n="RK14.179"> ac for his peintede pennes / þe pocok is honoured</l> <l id="I14.196" n="RK14.180"> more þan for his fair<expan>e</expan> flesch / or for his mery note</l> <l id="I14.197" n="RK14.181"> right so men reu<expan>er</expan>enceþ more / þe riche for her<expan>e</expan> moebles</l> <l id="I14.198" n="RK14.182"> þan for eny kyn he com ofe / or for his kynde wittes</l> <l id="I14.199" n="RK14.183"> þus þe poete preiseþ / þe pocok for his feþ<expan>er</expan>es</l> <l id="I14.200" n="RK14.184"> and þe riche man for his rentes / or for richesse in his schoppes</l> <l id="I14.201" n="RK14.185"> þe larke þat is a lesse foule / is louelokest of ledene</l> <l id="I14.202" n="RK14.186"> and swettere of sauour / and swiftere of wynges</l> <l id="I14.203" n="RK14.187"> To lowe lyuynge men / þe larke is resembled</l> <l id="I14.204" n="RK14.188"> and to lele and lifholy / þat louyeþ all<expan>e</expan> trewþe</l> <l id="I14.205" n="RK14.189"> þus porphirie and plato / and poetes manye</l> <l id="I14.206" n="RK14.190"> likeneþ in here logik / þe leste fowel outen</l> <l id="I14.207" n="RK14.191"> and wher he be saufe or not saufe / þe soþe wot nat clergie</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="75v" entity="I75v"/> <l id="I14.208" n="RK14.192"> <damage>. ...</damage>ne of salomon / no scriptur<expan>e</expan> can telle</l> <l id="I14.209" n="RK14.193"> <damage>. ...</damage>þat þey ben in helle or in heuen / or aristotele þe wise</l> <l id="I14.210" n="RK14.194"> Ac god is so good I hope / þat seþþe he ȝaf him wittes</l> <l id="I14.211" n="RK14.195"> To wissen vs weyes þ<expan>er</expan>with / þat wenen to be saued</l> <l id="I14.212" n="RK14.196"> and þe bettre for here bokes / to bidden we ben y-holde</l> <l id="I14.213" n="RK14.197"> þat god for his grace / ȝeue here soules reste</l> <l id="I14.214" n="RK14.198"> For lettred men were as lewede me<expan>n</expan> ȝit ne wer<expan>e</expan> þe lore of þe clerkes</l> <l id="I14.215" n="RK14.199"> all<expan>e</expan> þise clerkes quoþ I þo / þat on crist leuen</l> <l id="I14.216" n="RK14.200"> Seggen witoute here s<expan>er</expan>mons / þat neyþ<expan>er</expan> saraȝines ne Iewes</l> <l id="I14.217" n="RK14.201"> wiþoute bapteume as by her<expan>e</expan> bokes / beþ nat y-saued</l> <l id="I14.218" n="RK14.202"> <hi rend="rb">Contra quoþ Imaginatiff</hi> þo / and comsede to lour<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I14.219" n="RK14.203"> and seyde <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">vix saluabitur iustus in die iuditti?</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I14.220" n="RK14.204"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ergo saluabitur</hi></foreign> quoþ he / and saide no mor<expan>e</expan> latyn</l> <l id="I14.221" n="RK14.205"> Troianes was a trewe knyght / and toke neu<expan>er</expan>e cristendome</l> <l id="I14.222" n="RK14.206"> and he is saufe seithe þe book / and his soule in heuen</l> <l id="I14.223" n="RK14.207"> and þer is follynge of fonte / and follyng in blood schedyng</l> <l id="I14.224" n="RK14.208"> and þorgh fir<expan>e</expan> is fullyng and al is ferme bileue</l> <l id="I14.225" n="RK14.208"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Aduenit ignis diuinus non comburens sed illumina<expan>n</expan>s</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.226" n="RK14.209"> a?c treuþe þat trespassed neuer / ne trauersed aȝens his lawe</l> <l id="I14.227" n="RK14.210"> Bot lyuede as his lawe taghte / and leueþ þ<expan>er</expan> be no bettr<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I14.228" n="RK14.211"> and if þ<expan>er</expan>e wer<expan>e</expan> a wolde / and in such a wille deyeth</l> <l id="I14.229" n="RK14.212"> ne wolde neu<expan>er</expan>e trewe god but trewe treuþe were allowed</l> <l id="I14.230" n="RK14.213"> and wher it worþe or worþe nat / þe bileue is gret of treuþ<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I14.231" n="RK14.214"> and hope hangeþ ay þ<expan>er</expan>on / to haue þ<expan>a</expan>t treuþe deserueþ</l> <l id="I14.232" n="RK14.214"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Quia sup<expan>er</expan> pauca fuisti fidelis</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I14.233" n="RK14.215"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t is loue and large hur<expan>e</expan> / if þe lorde be trewe</l> <l id="I14.234" n="RK14.216"> and corteiseye more þan couenant was what so clerkes carpe</l> <l id="I14.235" n="RK14.217"> For al worth as god wile / and þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ he vanyssched</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I15"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus quintus de visione vt sup<expan>er</expan></hi></foreign></head> <l id="I15.1" n="RK15.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">A</hi></hi>nd I wakede þer with / witteles ner hande</l> <l id="I15.2" n="RK15.2"> and as a freke þ<expan>a</expan>t feye wer<expan>e</expan> forþ can I walken</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="76r" entity="I76r"/> <l id="I15.3" n="RK15.3"> In maner of a mendinant / many ȝer aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.4" n="RK15.4"> In many tymes of þis meteles / moche þogh</l> <l id="I15.5" n="RK15.5"> Firste how fortune me failede / at my moste nede</l> <l id="I15.6" n="RK15.6"> and how elde manacede me / so myghte happe</l> <l id="I15.7" n="RK15.7"> þat I lyuede longe / leue me byhynd</l> <l id="I15.8" n="RK15.8"> and vanyssche all<expan>e</expan> my v<expan>er</expan>tues and my fair<expan>e</expan> lot<expan>es</expan></l> <l id="I15.9" n="RK15.9"> and how þat freres folwede folc þat was riche</l> <l id="I15.10" n="RK15.10"> and peple þat was pouere / at litel pris setten</l> <l id="I15.11" n="RK15.11"> ne no corps of pore co<expan>m</expan>mune in here kirkeȝerde most ligge</l> <l id="I15.12" n="RK15.12"> But quikke he biquaþ hem oght / or wolde helpe quyte her<expan>e</expan> dettes</l> <l id="I15.13" n="RK15.13"> and how þis coueytise ou<expan>er</expan>come all<expan>e</expan> kyn settes</l> <l id="I15.14" n="RK15.14"> as wel lered as lewede / and lorde as þe b?oende </l> <l id="I15.15" n="RK15.15"> and how þat lewede men ben ladde / but our<expan>e</expan> lorde he<expan>m</expan> helpe</l> <l id="I15.16" n="RK15.16"> þurgh vnconnynge creatures / to incurable peynes</l> <l id="I15.17" n="RK15.17"> and how þat ymaginatif / and dremeles me tolde</l> <l id="I15.18" n="RK15.18"> Of kynde and of his connynge / and what connyng he ȝaf bestes</l> <l id="I15.19" n="RK15.19"> and how louynge he is to vch a life a londe & a wat<expan>er</expan>e </l> <l id="I15.20" n="RK15.20"> For alle he wisseþ and ȝeueþ witte / þ<expan>a</expan>t walkeþ oþ<expan>er</expan> crepeþ</l> <l id="I15.21" n="RK15.21"> and I m<expan>er</expan>ueyle in herte how ymaginatif saide </l> <l id="I15.22" n="RK15.22"> þat iust<expan>us</expan> byfore Ih<expan>es</expan>u crist <foreign lang="lat">in die iudicii</foreign></l> <l id="I15.23" n="RK15.22"> <foreign lang="lat">no<expan>n</expan> saluab<expan>itu</expan>r</foreign> but ȝif <foreign lang="lat">vix</foreign> helpe</l> <l id="I15.24" n="RK15.23"> and whan he hadde sayde so how sodeynliche he vanysschede</l> <l id="I15.25" n="RK15.24"> and so I musede vppon þis matier<expan>e</expan> / þat me lust to slepe</l> <l id="I15.26" n="RK15.25"> and þanne come conscience / and clergie aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.27" n="RK15.26"> and bode me risen vp and rome / and wiþ resoUn schulde I deyne</l> <l id="I15.28" n="RK15.27"> and I aros and romede forþ / and wiþ resoun we mette</l> <l id="I15.29" n="RK15.28"> we reuerencede resoun / and romede forth softely</l> <l id="I15.30" n="RK15.29"> and metten wiþ a maist<expan>re</expan> a man like a frere</l> <l id="I15.31" n="RK15.30"> Conscience knew him / welcomed him fayr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.32" n="RK15.31"> þey weschen and wypeden and wenten to þe dyner<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.33" n="RK15.32"> and þer com pacience as a pore þinge and p<expan>re</expan>yed mete p<expan>ar?</expan> charite</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="76v" entity="I76v"/> <l id="I15.34" n="RK15.33"> <damage>. ...</damage> þe plowema<expan>n</expan> as he a palm<expan>er</expan>e wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.35" n="RK15.34"> <damage>. ...</damage> anede? and criede / for cristes loue of heuene</l> <l id="I15.36" n="RK15.35"> <damage>. ...</damage> A? meeles mete for a pou<expan>er</expan>e ma<expan>n</expan> / or moneye if þey hadde</l> <l id="I15.37" n="RK15.36"> Co<expan>n</expan>science knew hem wel / and welcomed hem alle</l> <l id="I15.38" n="RK15.37"> weschen and wipeden / and wente and seten</l> <l id="I15.39" n="RK15.38"> þe mayst<expan>re</expan> was made sitte first / as for þe moste worþy</l> <l id="I15.40" n="RK15.39"> Resoun stood and syhlede / as for styward of halle</l> <l id="I15.41" n="RK15.40"> pacience and I was putte to be mettes</l> <l id="I15.42" n="RK15.41"> and seten by our<expan>e</expan>-selue / at a syde table</l> <l id="I15.43" n="RK15.42"> Clergye called after me / and þan cam scriptur<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.44" n="RK15.43"> and s<expan>er</expan>ued hem þus sone / of sondry metes manye</l> <l id="I15.45" n="RK15.44"> Of austyn of ambrose / of all<expan>e</expan> þe four<expan>e</expan> eu<expan>au</expan>ngelies</l> <l id="I15.46" n="RK15.44"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Edentes et bibentes que apud eos su<expan>n</expan>t</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I15.47" n="RK15.45"> Ac of þis mete þat maist<expan>re</expan> / myght nat wel schewe</l> <l id="I15.48" n="RK15.46"> for þy ete he mete of more cost / mortrewes and potages</l> <l id="I15.49" n="RK15.47"> Of þat men myswonne / þey made hem wel at ese</l> <l id="I15.50" n="RK15.48"> Ac here sauce was ouer sour<expan>e</expan> / and vnsauorely y-grounde</l> <l id="I15.51" n="RK15.49"> In a morter post morte<expan>m</expan> of many bittre peynes</l> <l id="I15.52" n="RK15.50"> but if þey singe for þe soules / and wepe salte teres</l> <l id="I15.53" n="RK15.50"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">vos qui peccata ho<expan>m</expan>i<expan>nu</expan>m comeditis pro eis lacrim<expan>as</expan> et eo<expan>rum</expan> ea que in delic<expan>is</expan> comed<expan>itis</expan> in cor? euo &c<expan>eter</expan>a </hi></foreign></l> <l id="I15.54" n="RK15.51"> Thanne was resoun radde anon right aft<expan>er</expan> </l> <l id="I15.55" n="RK15.52"> þat conscience comaunde schulde / to do come scriptur<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.56" n="RK15.53"> and bringe brede for pacience / bytynge apartie</l> <l id="I15.57" n="RK15.54"> and to me þat was his mette / þ<expan>o</expan> and oþ<expan>er</expan> mete boþe</l> <l id="I15.58" n="RK15.55"> he sette a sour<expan>e</expan> lofe and saide</l> <l id="I15.59" n="RK15.56"> and sippe he drowe vs drinke <hi rend="rb">diapseuerans </hi></l> <l id="I15.60" n="RK15.57"> as longe quoþ he as lyfe / and lycame maydur<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I15.61" n="RK15.58"> þis is a semely seruice / saide pacience</l> <l id="I15.62" n="RK15.59"> þanne come contriciou<expan>n</expan> / þat hadde coked for hem all<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.63" n="RK15.60"> and broghte forþ a pitance was <hi rend="rb"> p<expan>ro</expan> h<expan>a</expan>c orab<expan>it</expan> o<expan>mn</expan>is s<expan>anc</expan>tus i<expan>n</expan> t<expan>em</expan>p<expan>or</expan>e oportuno</hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="77r" entity="I77r"/> <l id="I15.64" n="RK15.61"> Thanne conscience co<expan>m</expan>forted vs boþe clergie and </l> <l id="I15.65" n="RK15.62"> and saide <foreign lang="lat">Cor contritium et humiliatu<expan>m</expan> deus non des</foreign> <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I15.66" n="RK15.63"> Pacience was wel apeyed / of þis p<expan>ro</expan>pr<expan>e</expan> seruyce</l> <l id="I15.67" n="RK15.64"> and made merye wiþ þis mete / ac I moornede eu<expan>er</expan>e </l> <l id="I15.68" n="RK15.65"> For a docto<expan>ur</expan> þat at þe heye deys / dranke wyn faste</l> <l id="I15.69" n="RK15.65"> <hi rend="rb">ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendu<expan>m</expan> vinu<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I15.70" n="RK15.66"> and ete many sondry metes / mortrewes & poddynges</l> <l id="I15.71" n="RK15.67"> brawen and blood of gees bacoun and coloppes</l> <l id="I15.72" n="RK15.68"> þanne seide I to my-selfe / so pacient hit herde</l> <l id="I15.73" n="RK15.69"> It is nat þre dayes doon / þis docto<expan>ur</expan> þat he p<expan>re</expan>ched</l> <l id="I15.74" n="RK15.70"> at poules afore þe peple / what penance þey suffred </l> <l id="I15.75" n="RK15.71"> all<expan>e</expan> þat coueyte to come / to eny kyn ioye</l> <l id="I15.76" n="RK15.72"> and how þ<expan>a</expan>t powel? þe apostel / what penance he þolede</l> <l id="I15.77" n="RK15.73"> For oure lordes loue as holy wryt telleþ</l> <l id="I15.78" n="RK15.73"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">In fame et in frigare et ca.</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.79" n="RK15.74"> Ac me wondreþ in my witte / why þat þey ne preche</l> <l id="I15.80" n="RK15.75"> As poule þapostel p<expan>re</expan>chede to þe peple ofte</l> <l id="I15.81" n="RK15.75"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Periculum est in falsis fr<expan>atr</expan>ib<expan>us</expan> </hi></foreign></l> <l id="I15.82" n="RK15.76"> holy writte bitte men be warre / and wisely hem kepe </l> <l id="I15.83" n="RK15.77"> þat no fals frere þorgh flateryng hem bygyle</l> <l id="I15.84" n="RK15.78"> ac me þenkeþ loth þogh I latyn knowe</l> <l id="I15.85" n="RK15.79"> To lacken eny secte for all<expan>e</expan> be we breþ<expan>er</expan>en / þogh we be diu<expan>er</expan>se cloþed</l> <l id="I15.86" n="RK15.80-81"> ac I wiste neuer<expan>e</expan> freke þat frere is called </l> <l id="I15.87" n="RK15.80-81"> Of þe fyue mendenauntis / þ<expan>a</expan>t toke þis for his teme</l> <l id="I15.88" n="RK15.81"> and tolde it wiþoute a glose</l> <l id="I15.89" n="RK15.82"> þey preche þat penance is p<expan>ro</expan>fitable to þe soule</l> <l id="I15.90" n="RK15.83"> and what meschief and malese / crist for ma<expan>n</expan> þolede</l> <l id="I15.91" n="RK15.84"> ac þis doctour and diuino<expan>ur</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>þ I and decretistr<expan>e</expan> of canoUn</l> <l id="I15.92" n="RK15.85"> and also a gredy glotoUn wiþ tuo grete chekes</l> <l id="I15.93" n="RK15.86"> haþ no pite on vs por<expan>e</expan> / he p<expan>er</expan>formeþ euele</l> <l id="I15.94" n="RK15.87"> þat he p<expan>re</expan>cheþ and p<expan>re</expan>ueþ / nat compacience iche tolde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="77v" entity="I77v"/> <l id="I15.95" n="RK15.88"> <damage>. ...</damage> wittirly / wiþ wille ful egre</l> <l id="I15.96" n="RK15.89"> <damage>. ...</damage> mawe of þat mayst<expan>re</expan> / alle þo metes wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.97" n="RK15.90"> <damage>. ...</damage> disches and dobelers / wiþ alle þe deyntes aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.98" n="RK15.91"> <damage>. ...</damage> schal iangle to þis yurdan / wiþ his iuste wombe</l> <l id="I15.99" n="RK15.92"> and apose him what penaunce is and purgatory on erþe</l> <l id="I15.100" n="RK15.93"> and why he lyueþ nat as he lereþ / lat be q<expan>uo</expan>þ pacience & sayde</l> <l id="I15.101" n="RK15.94"> þ<expan>o</expan>u sschalt se þus sone / whan he may no mor<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I15.102" n="RK15.95"> he schal haue a penance in his foule panche / and puffe at ech / a word</l> <l id="I15.103" n="RK15.96"> and þan schal gothelen his gottes & gynne to galpe</l> <l id="I15.104" n="RK15.97"> now he haþ dronken so depe / a wol dyuyne sone</l> <l id="I15.105" n="RK15.98"> and p<expan>re</expan>uen it þ<expan>er</expan>by here pocalips and þe passioUn of sent au<expan>er</expan>ey</l> <l id="I15.106" n="RK15.99"> þat noþ<expan>er</expan> bacoUn ne braun / ne blain mang<expan>er</expan> ne mortrely?</l> <l id="I15.107" n="RK15.100"> Is neyþ<expan>er</expan> fisch ne flesch / but foode for penauntes</l> <l id="I15.108" n="RK15.101"> and take witnesse at a trinite / and take his felawe no witnesse</l> <l id="I15.109" n="RK15.102"> what a fou<expan>n</expan>de in a forel of a frere lyuynge</l> <l id="I15.110" n="RK15.103"> and but þe ferste leef be lesynges leue me neuer aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.111" n="RK15.104"> and þanne is tyme to take / and to appose þis doctour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.112" n="RK15.105"> Of dowel and of dobette and if dobet do my penance</l> <l id="I15.113" n="RK15.106"> I sat stille as pacience wolde / and þus sone þis docto<expan>ur</expan></l> <l id="I15.114" n="RK15.107"> as rody as a rose / rodded his chekes</l> <l id="I15.115" n="RK15.108"> Cowhede and capede / and conscience him herde</l> <l id="I15.116" n="RK15.109"> and tolde him of a trinite and toward me he loked</l> <l id="I15.117" n="RK15.110"> what is Dowel sir<expan>e</expan> doctour q<expan>uo</expan>þ I is dobest eny penance</l> <l id="I15.118" n="RK15.111"> Dowel quoþ þis doctour and he dronke aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.119" n="RK15.112"> Do þyn neyhebo<expan>ur</expan> no harme and þy-selue neyþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.120" n="RK15.113"> and þanne dostow wel and wisely I dar it wel abowe</l> <l id="I15.121" n="RK15.114"> Certes sire þenne sayde I / it semeþ nouþe her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.122" n="RK15.115"> It þat ȝe parteþ nat w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> vs por<expan>e</expan> / þat ȝe passeth dowel</l> <l id="I15.123" n="RK15.116"> ne louyeth nat as ȝe lereth / as our<expan>e</expan> lorde wolde </l> <l id="I15.124" n="RK15.116"> <hi rend="rb">Et visitant et fecit redempcione<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I15.125" n="RK15.117"> and ȝe fare þus wiþ ȝoure sike freres ferly me þenkeþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="78r" entity="I78r"/> <l id="I15.126" n="RK15.118"> þat Dowel wole endite ȝow / <hi rend="rb">in die Iudicii</hi> </l> <l id="I15.127" n="RK15.119"> þanne co<expan>n</expan>science ful cortaiseliche / a contrienana? he ...</l> <l id="I15.128" n="RK15.120"> And preynte vp pacience / to preie me be stille</l> <l id="I15.129" n="RK15.121"> and seyde him-selfe sire doctour / be so it be ȝour<expan>e</expan> wille</l> <l id="I15.130" n="RK15.122"> what is Dowel and dobet / ȝe diuinours knoweþ </l> <l id="I15.131" n="RK15.123"> Ich haue y-seide quoþ þat segge / I can seye no bettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.132" n="RK15.124"> but do as docto<expan>ur</expan>s techeþ / for dowel y it holde</l> <l id="I15.133" n="RK15.125"> þat trauaileþ to teche oþ<expan>er</expan>e / I holde it for a dobette</l> <l id="I15.134" n="RK15.126"> and he þat doþ as he techeþ / I holde it for þe beste</l> <l id="I15.135" n="RK15.126"> <hi rend="rb">Qui facit et docuerit magnus vocabitur</hi> </l> <l id="I15.136" n="RK15.127"> now þou clergie quoþ conscience / carpe what is dowel</l> <l id="I15.137" n="RK15.128"> haue me excused quoþ clergie / by crist but in scole</l> <l id="I15.138" n="RK15.129"> Schal no such motyf be meued for me but oþ<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I15.139" n="RK15.130"> For peres loue þe palmar<expan>e</expan> ȝent / þat inpugned ones</l> <l id="I15.140" n="RK15.131"> alle kyn connynges / and all<expan>e</expan> kyn craftes</l> <l id="I15.141" n="RK15.132"> Saue loue and leaute / and lowenesse of herte</l> <l id="I15.142" n="RK15.133"> and no tixiste ne takeþ / to p<expan>re</expan>ue þis for trewe</l> <l id="I15.143" n="RK15.134"> but <hi rend="rb">Dilige deum et patrem et d<expan>omi</expan>ne quis h<expan>ab</expan>itabit </hi></l> <l id="I15.144" n="RK15.135"> and preueþ by pure skile inp<expan>ar</expan>fyte all<expan>e</expan> þinges</l> <l id="I15.145" n="RK15.135"> <hi rend="rb">Nemo bonus</hi> dobte lele loue and treuþe</l> <l id="I15.146" n="RK15.136-137"> þat loth is to be founde quoþ peres þe plogh-man</l> <l id="I15.147" n="RK15.137"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">pacientes vincunt</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.148" n="RK15.138"> Bifore p<expan>er</expan>petuel pees / I schal p<expan>re</expan>ue þat I sayde</l> <l id="I15.149" n="RK15.139"> and avowe afore god / and forsake it neuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.150" n="RK15.140"> þat <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Disce doce dilige deum </hi></foreign> and þyn enemy helpe </l> <l id="I15.151" n="RK15.141-142"> <sic>Emfothe</sic><corr>Emfo[r]the</corr> þy myght / cast hote coles on his heued</l> <l id="I15.152" n="RK15.142-143"> Of all<expan>e</expan> kyn speche fonde þorgh witte & worde his loue to wynne</l> <l id="I15.153" n="RK15.144"> ȝif him efte and efte / euer<expan>e</expan> at his nede</l> <l id="I15.154" n="RK15.145"> Comforte him wiþ þy catel and wiþ þy kynde speche</l> <l id="I15.155" n="RK15.146"> and ley on him þus wiþ loue / til he lawhe on þe </l> <l id="I15.156" n="RK15.147"> and but he knowe þe for þis betynge / blynde mote he worþe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="78v" entity="I78v"/> <l id="I15.157" n="RK15.148"> <damage>. ...</damage>hadde y worded þus / wiste no man aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.158" n="RK15.149"> <damage>. ...</damage>peres þe ploweman bycam / so p<expan>re</expan>ueliche he wente</l> <l id="I15.159" n="RK15.150"> <damage>. ...</damage>nd resoun ran aft<expan>er</expan> / and right wiþ him ȝede</l> <l id="I15.160" n="RK15.151"> Saue conscience and clergie / I couþe no more espie</l> <l id="I15.161" n="RK15.152"> Saue paeicne p<expan>re</expan>preliche spake / þo peres was þus y-passed</l> <l id="I15.162" n="RK15.153"> þat loueþ lely quoþ he / but litel þing coueiteþ </l> <l id="I15.163" n="RK15.154"> I wolde and I wille hadde / to wynnen al ff<expan>ra</expan>unce</l> <l id="I15.164" n="RK15.155"> wiþoute bructeynge of buyren / or eny blood schedyng</l> <l id="I15.165" n="RK15.156"> I take witnesse q<expan>uo</expan>þ he / of holy writte apatie</l> <l id="I15.166" n="RK15.156"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Pacientes vincunt</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.167" n="RK15.157"> For by him þat me made / myghte neu<expan>er</expan>e pou<expan>er</expan>te</l> <l id="I15.168" n="RK15.158"> mysese me ne meschieff / ne man wiþ his tonge</l> <l id="I15.169" n="RK15.159"> tene þe eny tyme and þou take pacience</l> <l id="I15.170" n="RK15.160"> and bere it in þy bosom / aboute wher þou wendest</l> <l id="I15.171" n="RK15.161"> in þe corner of a cartwhel wiþ a crowe croune</l> <l id="I15.172" n="RK15.162"> Schal neuer buyren be abasched / þ<expan>a</expan>t haþ þis abouten hy<expan>m</expan></l> <l id="I15.173" n="RK15.163"> ne neu<expan>er</expan>e hete ne haile / ne helle þonke him greue</l> <l id="I15.174" n="RK15.164"> neyþ<expan>er</expan> fyre ne floode / ne be afered of enymy</l> <l id="I15.175" n="RK15.164"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Caritas expellit omnem timore<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.176" n="RK15.165"> ne þer is wight in þis worlde / þ<expan>a</expan>t wolde þe lette</l> <l id="I15.177" n="RK15.166"> to haue all<expan>e</expan> londes / at þi liking and þe her<expan>e</expan> lorde make</l> <l id="I15.178" n="RK15.167"> and maist<expan>re</expan> of all<expan>e</expan> her<expan>e</expan> moebles / and of her<expan>e</expan> maynye aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.179" n="RK15.168"> þe kynge and al þe comune and clergie to þe loute</l> <l id="I15.180" n="RK15.169"> as for here lorde and her<expan>e</expan> leder<expan>e</expan> / and leue as þou techest</l> <l id="I15.181" n="RK15.170"> þis is a dede quoþ þis docto<expan>ur</expan> / a dysours tale</l> <l id="I15.182" n="RK15.171"> al þis witte of þis worlde / and wighte mene strengþe </l> <l id="I15.183" n="RK15.172"> can nat p<expan>ar</expan>forme a pees / of þe pope and his enemys</l> <l id="I15.184" n="RK15.173"> p<expan>ro</expan>fitable for boþe p<expan>ar</expan>ties / and putt þe borde fro him</l> <l id="I15.185" n="RK15.174"> and to clergye & conscience / to counseile as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.186" n="RK15.175"> ac conscience I toke kepe / coueytede sone þis docto<expan>ur</expan></l> <l id="I15.187" n="RK15.176"> and sitthe he seyde to clergie / so þ<expan>a</expan>t I hit herde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="79r" entity="I79r"/> <l id="I15.188" n="RK15.177"> By crist q<expan>uo</expan>þ conscience / clergie I wi<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I15.189" n="RK15.178"> me were leuere by o<expan>ur</expan>e lorde / and I leue schol <damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I15.190" n="RK15.179"> haue pacientliche p<expan>ar</expan>fitliche / þan half þy pak of bokes</l> <l id="I15.191" n="RK15.180"> lettrure and longe studie / letteþ ful many</l> <l id="I15.192" n="RK15.181"> þat þey knowith nat quoþ conscience / what is kynde pa<damage>. ...</damage></l> <l id="I15.193" n="RK15.182"> For þy q<expan>uo</expan>þ conscience crist I þe biteche </l> <l id="I15.194" n="RK15.183"> with pacience wol I passe p<expan>ar</expan>fitenesse to fynde</l> <l id="I15.195" n="RK15.184"> and wente forþ in here wey / wiþ gret wil I folwed</l> <l id="I15.196" n="RK15.185"> þan had pacience as pilg<expan>ri</expan>mes han / in her<expan>e</expan> poke vitailes</l> <l id="I15.197" n="RK15.186"> Sobrete and symple spece / and soþefast bileue</l> <l id="I15.198" n="RK15.187"> to comforte him and conscience / if þey come in place</l> <l id="I15.199" n="RK15.188"> þer vnkyndenesse & coueytise / hungry cuntrees boþe</l> <l id="I15.200" n="RK15.189"> and as þey wente by þe wey / of dowel gan þey carpe</l> <l id="I15.201" n="RK15.190"> þey mette wiþ a mynstrel / as me þo þoghte</l> <l id="I15.202" n="RK15.191"> pacience opposed him / and p<expan>r</expan>yde he schulde telle</l> <l id="I15.203" n="RK15.192"> what crafte þat he couþe / and curteiseliche he seyde</l> <l id="I15.204" n="RK15.193"> <hi rend="rb">Ich amynstrel q<expan>uo</expan>þ þis</hi> man / my name is <hi rend="rb">actiua vita</hi> </l> <l id="I15.205" n="RK15.194"> <hi rend="rb">Peres prentys þe ploweman</hi> / all<expan>e</expan> peple to comforte</l> <l id="I15.206" n="RK15.195"> <hi rend="rb">what man<expan>er</expan></hi> menstralcie my dere frende quoþ conscience</l> <l id="I15.207" n="RK15.196"> <hi rend="rb">hast þou vsed or</hi> haunted al þy lyue tyme</l> <l id="I15.208" n="RK15.197"> mynstracye can I noght moche but make men merye</l> <l id="I15.209" n="RK15.198"> as a wafrer\'ca wiþ wafres / ay welcome godes gestes</l> <l id="I15.210" n="RK15.199"> Of þy labour þey lawhe þe lasse and þe mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.211" n="RK15.200"> þe pore and þe riche / I plese and payne fynde</l> <l id="I15.212" n="RK15.201"> a fewe robes I fonge / or furrede gou?nes</l> <l id="I15.213" n="RK15.202"> wolde I lye and do men lawhe þan lacchen I schulde</l> <l id="I15.214" n="RK15.203"> Or mantel or moneye / amonges lordes menstrals </l> <l id="I15.215" n="RK15.204"> I can nat tabore ne trompy / ne telle payre<expan>!</expan> gestes</l> <l id="I15.216" n="RK15.205"> faiten ne fithelen / at festes ne harpe </l> <l id="I15.217" n="RK15.206"> iape ne iogele / ne gentilliche pype </l> <l id="I15.218" n="RK15.207"> ne neyþ<expan>er</expan> sayle ne sauteryen / ne synge w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe giterne</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="79v" entity="I79v"/> <l id="I15.219" n="RK15.208"> <damage>. ...</damage>ode<expan>?</expan> giftes / of þise grete lordes</l> <l id="I15.220" n="RK15.209"> <damage>. ...</damage>rede þat I trauaile ? ferst byfor<expan>e</expan> lordes</l> <l id="I15.221" n="RK15.210"> <damage>. ...</damage>er<expan>e</expan> It þat þe parische p<expan>re/a</expan>yeþ for me on sondayes</l> <l id="I15.222" n="RK15.211"> <damage>. ...</damage>am sory þ<expan>a</expan>t I sowe / or sette but for my-selue</l> <l id="I15.223" n="RK15.212"> ac þe preste and oþ<expan>re</expan> peple / p<expan>re</expan>che for peres þe plowma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I15.224" n="RK15.213"> and for me actif his ma<expan>n</expan> / þat ydelnesse hatte</l> <l id="I15.225" n="RK15.214"> lordes and lorels / þe luþ<expan>er</expan>e and þe goode</l> <l id="I15.226" n="RK15.215"> Fro muchel misse to muchel messe / I fynde mete & drynke</l> <l id="I15.227" n="RK15.216"> I fynde payne for þe pope / and preye him ich wolde</l> <l id="I15.228" n="RK15.217"> þat pestilences to pees / and p<expan>ro</expan>fyt loue turnen</l> <l id="I15.229" n="RK15.218"> For founde I þ<expan>a</expan>t his blessynge and his bulle myght </l> <l id="I15.230" n="RK15.219"> lette þis lyþ<expan>er</expan>e folc / and leche þe sike</l> <l id="I15.231" n="RK15.220"> as þe booke bereþ witnesse / þ<expan>a</expan>t he bere myght</l> <l id="I15.232" n="RK15.221"> In his mouþe mercy / and amende vs alle</l> <l id="I15.233" n="RK15.221"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Super egros manus ponebant et b<expan>ene</expan> h<expan>abebun</expan>t etca</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.234" n="RK15.222"> and þanne wolde I be bysy and buxum to helpe</l> <l id="I15.235" n="RK15.223"> Ech a kyn creatur<expan>e</expan> / þat on crist leueth</l> <l id="I15.236" n="RK15.224"> For setthe he haþ þe poer / þat petur hadde þanne </l> <l id="I15.237" n="RK15.224"> he haþ þe potte w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe salue / boþe tuo togedr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.238" n="RK15.224"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">a<expan>?</expan>rgentu<expan>m</expan> et auru<expan>m</expan> non est michi q<expan>uo</expan>d h<expan>ab</expan>eo h t<expan>ibi</expan> do**</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.239" n="RK15.225"> ac if myght of myracule hy<expan>m</expan> faile / it is for me<expan>n</expan> beþ nat worþy</l> <l id="I15.240" n="RK15.226"> To haue þe grace of god / and no gult of þe pope</l> <l id="I15.241" n="RK15.227"> For may no blesseng don vs bote / but if we wil ame<expan>n</expan>de</l> <l id="I15.242" n="RK15.228"> ne ma<expan>n</expan>nes preyer make pees / amo<expan>n</expan>ges cristene peple</l> <l id="I15.243" n="RK15.229"> Til pride be pureliche fordo / and þat þorgh payn defaute</l> <l id="I15.244" n="RK15.229"> <hi rend="rb">abundancia panis et vini turpissimu<expan>m</expan> p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>t<expan>u</expan>m aduenit</hi> </l> <l id="I15.245" n="RK15.230"> For þe plente of payne / þe poeple of sodomme </l> <l id="I15.246" n="RK15.231"> and reste and riche metes / ribaudes hem made</l> <l id="I15.247" n="RK15.232"> Pees quoþ pacience I p<expan>ra</expan>y ȝow s<expan>ire</expan> actif </l> <l id="I15.248" n="RK15.233"> For þogh neu<expan>er</expan> payn ne plowh / ne potage wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.249" n="RK15.234"> Pryde wolde putte him-selfe forþ / þogh no plogh erye</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="80r" entity="I80r"/> <l id="I15.250" n="RK15.235"> It am I þat fynde all folc and fro<expan>??</expan></l> <l id="I15.251" n="RK15.236"> þurgh þe helpe of him þat me hider sente</l> <l id="I15.252" n="RK15.237"> and sayde to here lifelode ynogh / if oure byleue....</l> <l id="I15.253" n="RK15.238"> For lente neuer was her<expan>e</expan> life but lifelode were ....</l> <l id="I15.254" n="RK15.239"> wher of of wherefore / and where wiþ to lyuene</l> <l id="I15.255" n="RK15.240"> þe worme þat wonde vnd<expan>er</expan> erþe / and in wat<expan>er</expan> fisches</l> <l id="I15.256" n="RK15.241"> þe criket by kynde of þe fyre / and corleu by þe wynde</l> <l id="I15.257" n="RK15.242"> beste by gras and by g<expan>ra</expan>yn / and by grene rootes </l> <l id="I15.258" n="RK15.243"> In menynge þ<expan>a</expan>t alle men / mighte þe same</l> <l id="I15.259" n="RK15.244"> leue þorgh lele bileeue / as our<expan>e</expan> lorde witnesseþ</l> <l id="I15.260" n="RK15.248"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Quodamq<expan>ue</expan> pecieritis in nomine meo et alibi i<expan>d</expan> v. d.e.v.\</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I15.261" n="RK15.248"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">non in solo pane vivit homo etc..</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.262" n="RK15.245"> hastow quoþ actif ay / such mete wiþ þe </l> <l id="I15.263" n="RK15.246"> ȝe quoþ pacience / and out of his poke hente</l> <l id="I15.264" n="RK15.247"> a pece of þe <hi rend="rb">pat<expan>er</expan> n<expan>oste</expan>r</hi> / and p<expan>ro</expan>fred it to vs alle</l> <l id="I15.265" n="RK15.248"> and I lestenede and lokede what lifelode it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.266" n="RK15.249"> and þanne was it <hi rend="rb">fiat volu<expan>n</expan>ta<expan>s</expan> tua</hi> þat schulde fynde vs all</l> <l id="I15.267" n="RK15.250"> haue actife þ<expan>uo</expan>þ pacience / and ete þis whaan þe hungreþ</l> <l id="I15.268" n="RK15.251"> Or whe þou claumsest for colde / or clingest for eny droghte</l> <l id="I15.269" n="RK15.252"> and schal neuer gyues þe preue / ne grete lordes wraþþe</l> <l id="I15.270" n="RK15.253"> Prisoune ne oþ<expan>er</expan> peyne for <hi rend="rb">pacientes vincunt</hi> </l> <l id="I15.271" n="RK15.254"> By so þat þow be sobre / of sight and of tonge</l> <l id="I15.272" n="RK15.255"> In etyng in handelynge / in all þy fyue wittes</l> <l id="I15.273" n="RK15.256"> Dar þe nat care for þe corne ne for cloþe ne for drynke</l> <l id="I15.274" n="RK15.257"> ne dyeth drede ne dowel <expan>!!</expan>/ deye as god likeþ</l> <l id="I15.275" n="RK15.258"> Wheþer þurgh hunger or hete / at his wille be it</l> <l id="I15.276" n="RK15.259"> For if þou leuest aft<expan>er</expan> his lore / þe schortere life þe bett<expan>r</expan>e</l> <l id="I15.277" n="RK15.259"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Siquis amat</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I15.278" n="RK15.260"> Thorgh his breþ bestes wexeþ / & abrode ȝeden</l> <l id="I15.279" n="RK15.260"> <hi rend="rb">Dixit et facta fuerunt <expan>??</expan></hi> þorgh his breth</l> <l id="I15.280" n="RK15.261"> bestes lyueþ boþe men and fisches</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="80v" entity="I80v"/> <l id="I15.281" n="RK15.262"> <damage>. ...</damage>writte whan we sigge our<expan>e</expan> g<expan>ra</expan>ces</l> <l id="I15.282" n="RK15.262"> <damage>. ...</damage>tuam</l> <l id="I15.283" n="RK15.263"> <damage>. ...</damage>unde þat fourty wynter folc lyued and tylied noght</l> <l id="I15.284" n="RK15.264"> <damage>. ...</damage>ut of þe flynte spronge þe flood / þ<expan>a</expan>t folc and best<expan>es</expan> dronke</l> <l id="I15.285" n="RK15.265"> <damage>. ...</damage>d in elyes tyme / heuene was y-closed</l> <l id="I15.286" n="RK15.266"> þat no reyne ne roen / thus rat men on bokes</l> <l id="I15.287" n="RK15.267"> þat many wynter men lyuede / and no mete ne tiled</l> <l id="I15.288" n="RK15.268"> seuene slepen as saith þe book more þan sixty wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I15.289" n="RK15.269"> lyued wiþoute lifelode / ac atte laste awaked</l> <l id="I15.290" n="RK15.270"> and if men lyuede as mesur<expan>e</expan> wolde schulde neu<expan>er</expan> be þe faute</l> <l id="I15.291" n="RK15.271"> amonges cristene creatures / if cristes wordes be trewe </l> <l id="I15.292" n="RK15.271"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Dabo tibi secundu<expan>m</expan> peticione<expan>m</expan> tua<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I15.293" n="RK15.272"> What is p<expan>er</expan>fyt pacience / q<expan>uo</expan>þ <hi rend="rb">actiua vita</hi> </l> <l id="I15.294" n="RK15.273"> mekenesse anjd mylde speche and men of o wille</l> <l id="I15.295" n="RK15.274"> þe whiche wille loue lat to our<expan>e</expan> lordes place</l> <l id="I15.296" n="RK15.275"> and þat is charite champioun / chief of all v<expan>er</expan>tues </l> <l id="I15.297" n="RK15.276"> left margin between these two lines is a slight underline <expan>of the word \'d2and\'dȝ</expan>/flourish</l> <l id="I15.298" n="RK15.277"> and þat is pore pacient / alle periles to suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I15.299" n="RK15.278"> where pouerte and pacience / plese more god almyghty</l> <l id="I15.300" n="RK15.279"> þan rightfulliche richesse and resonable to spene </l> <l id="I15.301" n="RK15.280"> ȝe <hi rend="rb">quis e<expan>st</expan> ille</hi> þ<expan>uo</expan>þ pacience / quyke <hi rend="rb">laudem<expan>us</expan> eum</hi> </l> <l id="I15.302" n="RK15.281"> þogh men rede of richesse / right to þe worldes ende</l> <l id="I15.303" n="RK15.282"> þan whan he drogh to þe deth / þat he ne dradde hy<expan>m</expan> sorer</l> <l id="I15.304" n="RK15.283"> þan eny pore pacient and þat preue I be resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I15.305" n="RK15.284"> it are but fewe folc of þis riche / þ<expan>a</expan>t ne falleþ in a-<expan>shadow</expan>rerage </l> <l id="I15.306" n="RK15.285"> þere þe pore dar plede / and preue by pure resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I15.307" n="RK15.286"> To haue allowance of his lorde / be pur<expan>e</expan> lawe he claymeth</l> <l id="I15.308" n="RK15.287"> Ioye þat neuer ioye hadde / of rightful yuge he askeþ</l> <l id="I15.309" n="RK15.288"> and seith lo briddes and bestes / þat no blisse ne knoweþ</l> <l id="I15.310" n="RK15.289"> and wilde wormes in wodes / þurgh wynteres þ<expan>ou</expan> he<expan>m</expan> greuest</l> <l id="I15.311" n="RK15.290"> and makest hem wel neye meke / and mylde for defaute</l> <l id="I15.312" n="RK15.291"> þ<expan>er</expan> aft<expan>er</expan> þou sendest he<expan>m</expan> som<expan>er</expan> / þ<expan>a</expan>t is her souereyn ioye</l> <fw type="catch" place="bottomRight">and blisse to / all þ<expan>a</expan>t ben</fw> <milestone unit="fol." n="81r" entity="I81r"/> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I16"> <milestone unit="fol." n="81v" entity="I81v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="82r" entity="I82r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="82v" entity="I82v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="83r" entity="I83r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="83v" entity="I83v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="84r" entity="I84r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="84v" entity="I84v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="85r" entity="I85r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="85v" entity="I85v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="86r" entity="I86r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="86v" entity="I86v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="87r" entity="I87r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="87v" entity="I87v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="88r" entity="I88r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="88v" entity="I88v"/> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I17"> <milestone unit="fol." n="89r" entity="I89r"/> <l id="I17.1" n="RK17.60"> To helpe þy fader formest / bifore ......</l> <l id="I17.2" n="RK17.61"> or ar p<expan>re</expan>stes or p<expan>ar</expan>doners / or eny poeple elles</l> <l id="I17.3" n="RK17.62"> helpe þy kynne crist bitte / for þ<expan>er</expan> bigynneth charite ...</l> <l id="I17.4" n="RK17.63"> and afterward awayte who haþ most nede</l> <l id="I17.5" n="RK17.64"> and þere helpe if þou hast / and þ<expan>a</expan>t halde I charite</l> <l id="I17.6" n="RK17.65"> lo laurence for his largenesse / as holy lore telleþ </l> <l id="I17.7" n="RK17.66"> þat his mede and his manhede / for eue<expan>re</expan> more schal laste</l> <l id="I17.8" n="RK17.66"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Justicia euis manet ineternu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I17.9" n="RK17.67"> he gaf godes men goddes goodes / and nat grete lordes </l> <l id="I17.10" n="RK17.68"> and fedde þ<expan>a</expan>t anhungred wer<expan>e</expan> / and in defaute lyued</l> <l id="I17.11" n="RK17.69"> I dar nat carpe of clerkes now / þ<expan>a</expan>t cristes treso<expan>r</expan> kepe</l> <l id="I17.12" n="RK17.70"> þat pore peple by pur<expan>e</expan> right / here parte myȝte aske</l> <l id="I17.13" n="RK17.71"> Of þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>a</expan>t holy chirche / of þe olde lawe cleymeþ</l> <l id="I17.14" n="RK17.72"> Prestes on ap<expan>ar</expan>ayle / and on p<expan>ur</expan>nele now spene</l> <l id="I17.15" n="RK17.73"> Me may now likene lettrede me<expan>n</expan> / to a losscheburgh or werse</l> <l id="I17.16" n="RK17.74"> and to a badde peny wiþ a good preente</l> <l id="I17.17" n="RK17.75"> Of moche mone þe metal is noght / & ȝit is þe p<expan>re</expan>nte pur<expan>e</expan> trewe</l> <l id="I17.18" n="RK17.76"> and parfiteliche y-graue / and so it fereþ by false cristene</l> <l id="I17.19" n="RK17.77"> here fullynge þ trowe cristendom of holy kirke</l> <l id="I17.20" n="RK17.78"> þe kynges marke of heuene</l> <l id="I17.21" n="RK17.79"> act þe metal þ<expan>a</expan>t is mannes soule of þis techers</l> <l id="I17.22" n="RK17.80"> Is allyed wiþ leccherie / and oþ<expan>er</expan> lustes of synnes</l> <l id="I17.23" n="RK17.81"> þat god coueiteþ nat þe coyne / þat c<expan>ri</expan>st hy<expan>m</expan>-selfe p<expan>re</expan>nted</l> <l id="I17.24" n="RK17.82"> and for þe synne of þe soule forsokeþ his oghene coyne</l> <l id="I17.25" n="RK17.83"> þus are ȝe luþ<expan>er</expan>e y-likened / to losscheborwes sterlinges</l> <l id="I17.26" n="RK17.84"> þat faire bifore folc prechen & techen</l> <l id="I17.27" n="RK17.85"> and worcheþ nat as ȝe fyndeþ y-write / and wisseþ þe peple</l> <l id="I17.28" n="RK17.86"> For what þorgh werre and wrake / and wikked hedes </l> <l id="I17.29" n="RK17.87"> may no preyere pees make in no place it semeþ</l> <l id="I17.30" n="RK17.88"> lewed men han no bileue and lettrede men erren</l> <l id="I17.31" n="RK17.89"> noþ<expan>er</expan> see ne soende / ne no seede ȝeldeþ </l> <milestone unit="fol." n="89v" entity="I89v"/> <l id="I17.32" n="RK17.90"> .....d were / in whom is defaute</l> <l id="I17.33" n="RK17.91"> ....god þat he nys good / and þe grounde boþe</l> <l id="I17.34" n="RK17.92"> ....d þe see and þe seede / and þe sonne and þe mor<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I17.35" n="RK17.93"> Don here deuyer day and nyght / dede we so also</l> <l id="I17.36" n="RK17.94"> þer schulde be plente and pees / p<expan>er</expan>petuel euere</l> <l id="I17.37" n="RK17.95"> wederwise schipme<expan>n</expan> now / and oþ<expan>er</expan> witty peple</l> <l id="I17.38" n="RK17.96"> han non bileue to þe lifte / ne to þe lode sterres </l> <l id="I17.39" n="RK17.97"> astronomyens alday / in here art faylen</l> <l id="I17.40" n="RK17.98"> þat whilom warned me<expan>n</expan> bifore what schulde befalle aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I17.41" n="RK17.99"> schepme<expan>n</expan> & scheperdes / by þe seuene sterres</l> <l id="I17.42" n="RK17.100"> wisten wel and tolde / whan it schulde reyne</l> <l id="I17.43" n="RK17.101"> tilieres þat tilide þe erþe / tolden here maistres</l> <l id="I17.44" n="RK17.102"> By þe seede þat þey sewe / what þey sulle myghte</l> <l id="I17.45" n="RK17.103"> and what lyue by and leue / þe londe was so trewe</l> <l id="I17.46" n="RK17.104"> now faileþ þis folc / boþe folwers and schipman</l> <l id="I17.47" n="RK17.105"> neyþer þey ne knoweþ / ne co<expan>n</expan>neþ o cours by anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I17.48" n="RK17.106"> astronomyens also aren at her<expan>e</expan> wittes ende</l> <l id="I17.49" n="RK17.107"> of þat was calculed of þe climat þe contrarie þey fynde</l> <l id="I17.50" n="RK17.108"> Gramer þe grounde of all / bilileþ nouthe children</l> <l id="I17.51" n="RK17.109"> For is none ho so nymeþ hede / þ<expan>a</expan>t can v<expan>er</expan>sifie fair<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I17.52" n="RK17.111"> Or formeliche endite ne co<expan>n</expan>st<expan>ru</expan>e / kindeliche poetes made</l> <l id="I17.53" n="RK17.112"> Sowe now to eny degre / and gile be holde a maist<expan>re</expan></l> <l id="I17.54" n="RK17.113"> and flaterer<expan>e</expan> for his vschere & ferly me þenkeþ</l> <l id="I17.55" n="RK17.114"> Doctours of decre / and of diuinite maistres</l> <l id="I17.56" n="RK17.115"> þat scholde þe seuen ars conne / and assoile a quodlibet</l> <l id="I17.57" n="RK17.116"> But þey faile in philosophie / and philosophres leued </l> <l id="I17.58" n="RK17.117"> lorde lete þat þese p<expan>re</expan>stes / leely seyn here masse</l> <l id="I17.59" n="RK17.118"> þat þey ou<expan>er</expan>hippe nat for haste / as y hope þey do nat</l> <l id="I17.60" n="RK17.119"> þogh it suffice for our<expan>e</expan> sauaciou<expan>n</expan> sothefaste bileeue</l> <l id="I17.61" n="RK17.120"> as clerkes in corp<expan>us</expan> xpi<expan>christi</expan> feste / syngen and reden</l> <l id="I17.62" n="RK17.121"> þat <hi rend="rb">sola fides suffic<expan>it</expan></hi> to saue wiþ lewede peple</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="90r" entity="I90r"/> <l id="I17.63" n="RK17.122"> ac if p<expan>re</expan>stes don here deuer wel / we sch....</l> <l id="I17.64" n="RK17.123"> For sarasines may be saued so / if þey so bileeu...</l> <l id="I17.65" n="RK17.124"> In þe letyng of here lif to leue on holy cherche</l> <l id="I17.66" n="RK17.125"> what is holy chirche dere frende quoþ I charite he ....</l> <l id="I17.67" n="RK17.126"> lyff and lue and leaute in o bileue a lawe</l> <l id="I17.68" n="RK17.127"> a loue knotte of leute / and of lele bileue</l> <l id="I17.69" n="RK17.128"> all kyn cristene / cleueynge in o will</l> <l id="I17.70" n="RK17.129"> wiþoute gile and gabbynge / ȝeue & selle & lene</l> <l id="I17.71" n="RK17.130"> loue lawe wiþoute leute allowe able was it neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I17.72" n="RK17.131"> God lereþ no liff to louye wiþoute lele cause</l> <l id="I17.73" n="RK17.132"> Iewes and gentil saraȝines yugen hem-selue</l> <l id="I17.74" n="RK17.133"> þat leleliche þey bileue / and ȝut here lawe diu<expan>er</expan>seþ</l> <l id="I17.75" n="RK17.134"> and o god þat al bigan wiþ good herte þey honoureþ</l> <l id="I17.76" n="RK17.135"> and ayþ<expan>er</expan> loueþ and byleueþ / in o lorde almyghty</l> <l id="I17.77" n="RK17.136"> Ac oure lorde alloweþ no loue / but lawe be þe cause</l> <l id="I17.78" n="RK17.137"> fdfor lecchours louyen aȝein þe lawe / and atte laste ben dampned</l> <l id="I17.79" n="RK17.138"> and þeues louyen and leute hatien / and at þe laste ben yhanged</l> <l id="I17.80" n="RK17.139"> and lele men lyue as lawe techeþ / and loue þ<expan>er</expan>-of ariseþ</l> <l id="I17.81" n="RK17.140"> þe which is þe hede of charite / and hele of ma<expan>n</expan>nes soule</l> <l id="I17.82" n="RK17.140"> <hi rend="rb">Diliges deum p<expan>ro</expan>pt<expan>er</expan> deu<expan>m</expan> <expan>et</expan> p<expan>ro</expan>pt<expan>er</expan> v<expan>er</expan>itate<expan>m</expan> et</hi></l> <l id="I17.83" n="RK17.141"> loue god for he is good <expan>?</expan> and ground of alle treuþe</l> <l id="I17.84" n="RK17.142"> loue þyn enemy entirely / godes heste to fulfille</l> <l id="I17.85" n="RK17.143"> loue þy frende þ<expan>a</expan>t folweþ þy wille þ<expan>a</expan>t is þy fair<expan>e</expan> soule</l> <l id="I17.86" n="RK17.144"> For whan all frendes failen / and fleen awey in deynge</l> <l id="I17.87" n="RK17.145"> þanne seweþ þe sowle / to sorwe or to ioye</l> <l id="I17.88" n="RK17.146"> and ay hopeþ efte to be / wiþ here body atte lastes</l> <l id="I17.89" n="RK17.147"> In myrþe or in mornyng / and neuer efte to departe</l> <l id="I17.90" n="RK17.148"> and þat is charite leue childe / to be cher ouer þy soule</l> <l id="I17.91" n="RK17.149"> Contrarie her<expan>e</expan> nat as in conscience / if þou wol come to heu....</l> <l id="I17.92" n="RK17.150"> where saraȝines I saide I se nat what is charite</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="90v" entity="I90v"/> <l id="I17.93" n="RK17.151"> ......þ<expan>?</expan> saraȝines han / such a man<expan>er</expan> charite</l> <l id="I17.94" n="RK17.152"> ....as by lawe of kynde / our<expan>e</expan> lorde god almyȝty</l> <l id="I17.95" n="RK17.153"> ...t is kyndely þing creatur<expan>e</expan> / his creatour to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I17.96" n="RK17.154"> For þ<expan>er</expan> is no man þat mynde hath / þ<expan>a</expan>t ne mekeþ hy<expan>m</expan> & bisieth</l> <l id="I17.97" n="RK17.155"> To þat lord þat him lif lente / lifflode hym sende</l> <l id="I17.98" n="RK17.156"> ac many man<expan>er</expan> men þ<expan>er</expan> bien / as saraȝens and iewes</l> <l id="I17.99" n="RK17.157"> louyeþ nat þat lord a-right / as by þe legende s<expan>anc</expan>tor<expan>um</expan></l> <l id="I17.100" n="RK17.158"> and lyuen out of lele bileue / for þei leue on a mene </l> <l id="I17.101" n="RK17.159"> a ma<expan>n</expan> þat hiȝte makameþ / for messie þey him holdeth</l> <l id="I17.102" n="RK17.160"> and aft<expan>er</expan> his lerynge þey leue / and by lawe of kynde</l> <l id="I17.103" n="RK17.161"> and whan kynde haþ his cours / & no co<expan>n</expan>trarie fyndeþ</l> <l id="I17.104" n="RK17.162"> þan is lawe y-left / and leutee vnknowe</l> <l id="I17.105" n="RK17.163"> beaute saun3 bounte / blessid was it neu<expan>er</expan>e </l> <l id="I17.106" n="RK17.164"> ne kynde saun3 cortesye / in no contr<expan>e</expan> is y-p<expan>re</expan>ised</l> <l id="I17.107" n="RK17.165"> me fynde wel þ<expan>a</expan>t makameþ / was a man y-cristened ....</l> <l id="I17.108" n="RK17.166"> and a cardinal of court / a gret clerke wiþ-alle</l> <l id="I17.109" n="RK17.167"> and pursuede to haue be pope / p<expan>ri</expan>nce of holy chirche </l> <l id="I17.110" n="RK17.168"> ac for he was like a losscheburgh / I leue our<expan>e</expan> lorde hy<expan>m</expan> lette</l> <l id="I17.111" n="RK17.169"> for-þy souȝte in<expan>-?</expan>to surye / and sotiled how he myght </l> <l id="I17.112" n="RK17.170"> be maist<expan>re</expan> ou<expan>er</expan> all þo men / and on þis man<expan>er</expan> he wroght</l> <l id="I17.113" n="RK17.171"> he endauntede adoun / and day and nyght hir fedde</l> <l id="I17.114" n="RK17.172"> yn ayþ<expan>er</expan> of his eres p<expan>ri</expan>ueliche he hadde</l> <l id="I17.115" n="RK17.173"> Cornum<expan>?</expan> coluer<expan>e</expan> <expan>?</expan> eet whan he come in places</l> <l id="I17.116" n="RK17.174"> and in what place he prechede and þe poeple taghte</l> <l id="I17.117" n="RK17.175"> þanne schulde þe coluere come / to þe clerkes ere</l> <l id="I17.118" n="RK17.176"> Menynge as aft<expan>er</expan> mete / þus makameþ hir<expan>e</expan> enchauntede</l> <l id="I17.119" n="RK17.177"> and whan þe coluer cam þus þan knelede þe peple </l> <l id="I17.120" n="RK17.178"> For makameþ to men swar / It was a messag<expan>er</expan> of heuene</l> <l id="I17.121" n="RK17.179"> and soþliche þat god silue / in such a coluere likenesse</l> <l id="I17.122" n="RK17.180"> tolde him and taghte him / how to teche þe peple</l> <l id="I17.123" n="RK17.181"> þus makameth in mysbileue / ma<expan>n</expan> & woma<expan>n</expan> broghte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="91r" entity="I91r"/> <l id="I17.124" n="RK17.182"> and on his lore þey leuen ȝit / as wel lered....</l> <l id="I17.125" n="RK17.183"> and siþþe our<expan>e</expan> sauyo<expan>ur</expan> suffrede / such a fals criste....</l> <l id="I17.126" n="RK17.184"> disteyne so þe saraȝines / soþliche me þenketh</l> <l id="I17.127" n="RK17.185"> holy men as I hope / þorgh helpe of þe holy gost</l> <l id="I17.128" n="RK17.186"> Schulde conu<expan>er</expan>te hem to crist / and cristendom to take</l> <l id="I17.129" n="RK17.187"> allas þat men so longe / in makameþ bileue</l> <l id="I17.130" n="RK17.188"> So many p<expan>re</expan>lates to preche / as þe pope maketh</l> <l id="I17.131" n="RK17.189"> Of naȝareth of nynyue / of neptalim of Damaske</l> <l id="I17.132" n="RK17.190"> þ<expan>a</expan>t þey ne wente as holy writ bitte / <hi rend="rb">Ite in vniu<expan>er</expan>sum mundu<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I17.133" n="RK17.191"> sitthe ȝe wilne þe name / to be p<expan>re</expan>lates & p<expan>re</expan>che</l> <l id="I17.134" n="RK17.192"> þe passioun of iht <expan>?</expan> / and as him-selue saide</l> <l id="I17.135" n="RK17.193"> So to lyue and deye <hi rend="rb">Bonus pastor a<expan>n</expan>i<expan>m</expan>am sua<expan>m</expan> pon<expan>et</expan> p<expan>ro</expan> o<expan>m</expan>nib<expan>us</expan> suis &...</hi></l> <l id="I17.136" n="RK17.194"> It is reuþe to rede / how right holy men lyued </l> <l id="I17.137" n="RK17.195"> how þey defoulede here flessch / forsoke her<expan>e</expan> oghne wille</l> <l id="I17.138" n="RK17.196"> Fer fro couthe and fro kyn / euel y-cloþed ȝeden</l> <l id="I17.139" n="RK17.197"> baddeliche ybedded / no book but her conscience</l> <l id="I17.140" n="RK17.198"> ne no riche but þe rode / to reioysen hem yn</l> <l id="I17.141" n="RK17.198"> <hi rend="rb">absit nobis gli<expan>or</expan>ari nisi in cruce d<expan>o</expan>m<expan>ine</expan> n<expan>ost</expan>ri</hi> </l> <l id="I17.142" n="RK17.199"> and þo was pees and plente / amonges pore and riche \uc0\u903 </l> <l id="I17.143" n="RK17.200"> and now is reuthe to rede how þe rede noble</l> <l id="I17.144" n="RK17.201"> Is reuerenced bifor<expan>e</expan> þe roode / and resceyued for þe worthior<expan>e</expan>, </l> <l id="I17.145" n="RK17.202"> To amende and to make / as wiþ men of holy chirche</l> <l id="I17.146" n="RK17.203"> In cristes cros<expan>,?</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t ou<expan>er</expan>come deþ and dedly synne . or \uc0\u903 <expan>elevation is not clear</expan></l> <l id="I17.147" n="RK17.204"> and now is werr<expan>e</expan> and wo / and who-so why askeþ /</l> <l id="I17.148" n="RK17.205"> For coueytise after a cros / þe croune stande in goolde :</l> <l id="I17.149" n="RK17.206"> Boþe riche and religiones þat rode þey honouren </l> <l id="I17.150" n="RK17.207"> þat in grotes is graue / and in golde nobles / </l> <l id="I17.151" n="RK17.208"> For coueytise of þe crosse / clerkes of holy chirche</l> <l id="I17.152" n="RK17.209"> Schulde ouertorne, as þe temple dede / <hi rend="rb">þe time approcheþ faste</hi></l> <l id="I17.153" n="RK17.210"> Mynne ȝe lettrede men / how þo men honourede</l> <l id="I17.154" n="RK17.211"> more tresour þan treuþe / I dar nat telle þe soþe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="91v" entity="I91v"/> <l id="I17.155" n="RK17.212"> .....cristene, catel & richesse worschipede :</l> <l id="I17.156" n="RK17.213"> ...and rigthful dome / þe religiou<expan>n</expan>s dampnede .</l> <l id="I17.157" n="RK17.214"> ....t so ȝe clerkes ȝour<expan>e</expan> coueytise / ar come oght longe .</l> <l id="I17.158" n="RK17.215"> ....al dampne <hi rend="rb">dos eccl<expan>es</expan>ie.</hi> and depose ȝow for ȝour<expan>e</expan> pryde.</l> <l id="I17.159" n="RK17.215"> <hi rend="rb">Deposuit potentes de sede </hi></l> <l id="I17.160" n="RK17.216"> ȝif knyghthode and kynde witte & þe co<expan>m</expan>mune co<expan>n</expan>science</l> <l id="I17.161" n="RK17.217"> to-gederes louyen leleliche / leueþ it bisschopes</l> <l id="I17.162" n="RK17.218"> þe lordschipe of londes / lese ȝe schal for euer<expan>e</expan>,</l> <l id="I17.163" n="RK17.219"> and leuen as leuitici dede / and as þour<expan>e</expan> lorde ȝou techeþ</l> <l id="I17.164" n="RK17.219"> <hi rend="rb">Per p<expan>re</expan>micias et decimas***</hi>.</l> <l id="I17.165" n="RK17.220"> whan constantin of his curstesie / holy kirke dewed</l> <l id="I17.166" n="RK17.221"> wiþ londes and ledes lordeschipes & rentes,</l> <l id="I17.167" n="RK17.222"> an aungel men herde an hey at Rome crie</l> <l id="I17.168" n="RK17.223"> <hi rend="rb">dos ecc<expan>les</expan>ie</hi> þis day haþ y-dronke venym /</l> <l id="I17.169" n="RK17.224"> and þat han petres power / aren apousened all.</l> <l id="I17.170" n="RK17.225"> a medicine moste þ<expan>er</expan>-to, þat myghte amende þe p<expan>re</expan>lates</l> <l id="I17.171" n="RK17.226"> þ<expan>a</expan>t schulde p<expan>re</expan>ye for þe pees / and possessiou<expan>n</expan> hem letteþ /</l> <l id="I17.172" n="RK17.227"> takeþ here londes þe lordes / and lat hem lyue by dymes / </l> <l id="I17.173" n="RK17.228"> If þe kynge coueyte / in cristes pes to lyuen /.</l> <l id="I17.174" n="RK17.229"> For if possessiou<expan>n</expan> be poysou<expan>n</expan> / and imp<expan>ar</expan>fite hem make</l> <l id="I17.175" n="RK17.230"> þe heuedes of holy chirche / and þo þat ben vnder hem,</l> <l id="I17.176" n="RK17.231"> It were charite to dischargen hem / for holy chirche sake</l> <l id="I17.177" n="RK17.232"> and porge he<expan>m</expan> of þe olde puysou<expan>n</expan> / or more p<expan>er</expan>il fall /</l> <l id="I17.178" n="RK17.233"> For were p<expan>re</expan>sthode mor<expan>e</expan> p<expan>ro?ar?</expan>fyte / þ<expan>a</expan>t is þe pope formeste</l> <l id="I17.179" n="RK17.234"> þat wiþ money may<expan>n</expan>teneþ men / to werre vpo<expan>n</expan> cristene</l> <l id="I17.180" n="RK17.235"> aȝein ȝe lore of oure lorde / as sent luke witnesseþ, </l> <l id="I17.181" n="RK17.235"> <hi rend="rb">Michi vindictam etc</hi> his p<expan>r</expan>ieres w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his pacience to pes scholde bry<expan>n</expan>ge</l> <l id="I17.182" n="RK17.236"> alle londes in to loue / and þ<expan>a</expan>t in litel time</l> <l id="I17.183" n="RK17.237"> þe pope w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> alle p<expan>re</expan>stes <hi rend="rb">pax vob<expan>es</expan></hi> schulde make</l> <l id="I17.184" n="RK17.238"> and take hede on makameth / þorgh a mylde dowue</l> <l id="I17.185" n="RK17.239"> hadde al surrye, as hy<expan>m</expan>-selfe wolde / & saraȝines in equite</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="92r" entity="I92r"/> <l id="I17.186" n="RK17.240"> noght þorgh manslaght and mannes stre....</l> <l id="I17.187" n="RK17.241"> makameth hadde þe maistrie</l> <l id="I17.188" n="RK17.242"> But þorgh pacience and p<expan>ri</expan>ue gyle / he was p<expan>ri</expan>nce ou<expan>er</expan> he...</l> <l id="I17.189" n="RK17.243"> In such a manere me þenkeþ moste þe pope </l> <l id="I17.190" n="RK17.244"> p<expan>re</expan>lates and p<expan>re</expan>stes p<expan>re</expan>ye and biseche</l> <l id="I17.191" n="RK17.245"> Deuouteliche day and nyght / and wiþdrawe he<expan>m</expan> fro sy....</l> <l id="I17.192" n="RK17.246"> and crie to crist, he wolde his coluer sende</l> <l id="I17.193" n="RK17.247"> þe which is þe hye holy gost / þ<expan>a</expan>t out of heuen descendeþ</l> <l id="I17.194" n="RK17.248"> To make a p<expan>er</expan>petuel pees / bituene þe p<expan>ri</expan>nce of heuene</l> <l id="I17.195" n="RK17.249"> and all maner men / þat on þis molde libbeþ</l> <l id="I17.196" n="RK17.250"> If p<expan>re</expan>sthode were p<expan>ar</expan>fit & p<expan>re</expan>yede þus, þe peple schulde amende</l> <l id="I17.197" n="RK17.251"> þat contrarien now cristes lawes / and c<expan>ri</expan>stendom despisen</l> <l id="I17.198" n="RK17.252"> For siþþe þ<expan>a</expan>t þise saraȝines / scribes and þis Iewes </l> <l id="I17.199" n="RK17.253"> han a lippe of oure bileue / þe litherlokere me þenkeþ</l> <l id="I17.200" n="RK17.254"> they scholde who-so trauaile wolde / and of þe t<expan>ri</expan>nite teche he<expan>m</expan>.</l> <l id="I17.201" n="RK17.255"> for alle paynyme p<expan>re</expan>cheþ and p<expan>ar</expan>fite bileueþ</l> <l id="I17.202" n="RK17.256"> In þe grete of god / and his grace asken ; </l> <l id="I17.203" n="RK17.257"> and maken here mone to makemeth her<expan>e</expan> message to schewe,</l> <l id="I17.204" n="RK17.258"> þus in a faithe lyueþ þ<expan>a</expan>t folc / and in a false mene, </l> <l id="I17.205" n="RK17.259"> and þat is reuthe, for þe rightful men þ<expan>a</expan>t in þ<expan>a</expan>t reume woneþ,</l> <l id="I17.206" n="RK17.260"> and p<expan>er</expan>il for p<expan>re</expan>lates / þat þe pope maketh</l> <l id="I17.207" n="RK17.261"> þat bereþ name of neptalym / of nynyue, of damaske;</l> <l id="I17.208" n="RK17.262"> For whan þe heye kyng of heuene / sente his soule <expan>sic</expan> til erþe</l> <l id="I17.209" n="RK17.263"> many myracles / a wroght / men for to torne\</l> <l id="I17.210" n="RK17.264"> In ensample þat men schulde se by sad resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I17.211" n="RK17.265"> þat men myȝte naught be saued, and but þorgh m<expan>er</expan>cy & g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I17.212" n="RK17.266"> and þorgh penance and passiou<expan>n</expan> / and p<expan>ar</expan>fyt bileue </l> <l id="I17.213" n="RK17.267"> and bicamm man of a mayde / & metropolanus,</l> <l id="I17.214" n="RK17.268"> and baptisede and and bisscheined wiþ þe blood of his herte</l> <l id="I17.215" n="RK17.269"> al þat wilnede and wolde / wiþ in-witte belieue it.</l> <l id="I17.216" n="RK17.270"> Many seynte sithe suffrede deþ also</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="92v" entity="I92v"/> <l id="I17.217" n="RK17.271"> ....... erine þe faith / ful wide<expan>-?</expan>whare deyede </l> <l id="I17.218" n="RK17.272"> .....de, in alisau<expan>n</expan>dr<expan>e</expan> / mat<expan>ri</expan>monye in spayne</l> <l id="I17.219" n="RK17.273"> ...d fro mysbileue many men turnede</l> <l id="I17.220" n="RK17.274"> ...n sauaciou<expan>n</expan> of mannys soule / ....... <expan>intentionally scraped off</expan></l> <l id="I17.221" n="RK17.275"> amonges vnkynde cristene / in holy chirche was slawe</l> <l id="I17.222" n="RK17.276"> and holy chirche ......<expan>intentionally scraped off, early modern restoration</expan></l> <l id="I17.223" n="RK17.277"> he is a forbisne to all bisschoppes / and a bright myrro<expan>ur</expan></l> <l id="I17.224" n="RK17.278"> & sou<expan>er</expan>eynliche of suche þat of surie bereþ þe name</l> <l id="I17.225" n="RK17.279"> and þat in engelonde to hyppe abouȝte and halwe men aut<expan>er</expan>es</l> <l id="I17.226" n="RK17.280"> and crepe in amo<expan>n</expan>g curato<expan>ur</expan>s / & co<expan>n</expan>fessiou<expan>n</expan> aȝein þe lawe</l> <l id="I17.227" n="RK17.280n"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">nolite mittere falcem in messem aliena<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I17.228" n="RK17.281"> many man for cristes loue was martired amo<expan>n</expan>g<expan>is?</expan> romayns</l> <l id="I17.229" n="RK17.282"> <hi rend="rb"/> Or cristendom were I-knowe þ<expan>er</expan>e / or eny cros honoured</l> <l id="I17.230" n="RK17.283"> Eu<expan>er</expan>y bisschop by þe lawe schulde buxu<expan>m</expan>liche walke</l> <l id="I17.231" n="RK17.284"> and paciently þorgh his p<expan>ri</expan>uynce / and to his poeple hy<expan>m</expan> schewe</l> <l id="I17.232" n="RK17.285"> Feden hem and follen he<expan>m</expan> and ferem hem fro synne</l> <l id="I17.233" n="RK17.285"> <hi rend="rb"> In baculi...lege<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I17.234" n="RK17.286"> and enchaunten hem to charite on holy chirche to bileue.</l> <l id="I17.235" n="RK17.287"> For as þe kynde is of a knyght / for a kynge to be take</l> <l id="I17.236" n="RK17.288"> and amonges here enemys / in mortele batailes</l> <l id="I17.237" n="RK17.289"> To be kulled and ou<expan>er</expan>come / þe co<expan>m</expan>mune to defende</l> <l id="I17.238" n="RK17.290"> So is þe kynde of a curato<expan>ur</expan> / for cristes loue to p<expan>re</expan>che</l> <l id="I17.239" n="RK17.291"> and deye for his dere children / to destroye dedly synne</l> <l id="I17.240" n="RK17.291-292"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">bonus pastor</hi></foreign> / and nameliche þ<expan>ere</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t lewede lyuen & no lawe ne know....<expan>gutter</expan></l> <l id="I17.241" n="RK17.293"> A/ac we cristene co<expan>n</expan>neþ þe lawe and han of oure tonge</l> <l id="I17.242" n="RK17.294"> bisschop abokes / þe bileue to teche.</l> <l id="I17.243" n="RK17.295"> Iewes lyuen in þe lawe / þat our<expan>e</expan> lorde taghte,</l> <l id="I17.244" n="RK17.296"> moyses to be maist<expan>re</expan> þ<expan>er</expan>-of / til messie come,</l> <l id="I17.245" n="RK17.297"> and on þat lawe þey leue / and leten it for þe beste</l> <l id="I17.246" n="RK17.298"> and ȝut knowe þey criste þat cristendom taghte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="93r" entity="I93r"/> <l id="I17.247" n="RK17.299"> and for a p<expan>ar</expan>fite p<expan>ro</expan>phete / þat muche pepi....</l> <l id="I17.248" n="RK17.300"> and of silcouþe sores saued men ful ofte</l> <l id="I17.249" n="RK17.301"> By þe myracles þat he made / messie he semede...</l> <l id="I17.250" n="RK17.302"> þo he luppe vp laȝar þat layde was in a g<expan>ra</expan>ue</l> <l id="I17.251" n="RK17.303"> <hi rend="rb">quariduan<expan>us</expan></hi> colde q<expan>ui</expan>ke dede him wake</l> <l id="I17.252" n="RK17.304"> Iewes sayde þat it say wiþ sorserie he wroghte</l> <l id="I17.253" n="RK17.305"> and stodieden how to destroye hem / & studieden he<expan>m</expan> sel....</l> <l id="I17.254" n="RK17.306"> and here poer þorgh here pacience / to p<expan>ur</expan>r<expan>e</expan> noght broght</l> <l id="I17.255" n="RK17.307"> and ȝit þey seyen soþely / and so don þe saraȝines</l> <l id="I17.256" n="RK17.308"> þat ihus was but a iogelour and iaper<expan>e</expan> among þe co<expan>m</expan>mune</l> <l id="I17.257" n="RK17.309"> and a sophister<expan>e</expan> of sorserie and a seudo p<expan>ro</expan>pheta</l> <l id="I17.258" n="RK17.310"> and þat [h]is lore was lesynges / and lakken it alle,</l> <l id="I17.259" n="RK17.311"> and hopen þat he be to come / þ<expan>a</expan>t schal hem releue,</l> <l id="I17.260" n="RK17.312"> Moyses or makameþ / here maystres dyuyneþ</l> <l id="I17.261" n="RK17.313"> and han a suspecioun to be sauf boþe saraȝines & iewes</l> <l id="I17.262" n="RK17.314"> þorgh moyses and makameþ / & might of god þ<expan>a</expan>t made al :</l> <l id="I17.263" n="RK17.315"> and siþþe þat þise sarasines / and also þe iewes </l> <l id="I17.264" n="RK17.316"> Conne þe firste clause of our<expan>e</expan> bileue / </l> <l id="I17.265" n="RK17.316"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Credo in deu<expan>m</expan> p<expan>at</expan>rem***</hi></foreign>,</l> <l id="I17.266" n="RK17.317"> Prelates & prestes schulde p<expan>re</expan>ue if þey might</l> <l id="I17.267" n="RK17.318"> lere hem litelum & litelum and <hi rend="rb">in ihm xpm filiu<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I17.268" n="RK17.319"> Til þey couthe speke & spelle <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">et in sp<expan>iritu</expan>m s<expan>an</expan>c<expan>tu</expan>m</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I17.269" n="RK17.320"> Recorden it and reden it w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Remissionem p<expan>ec</expan>c<expan>a</expan>to<expan>rum</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I17.270" n="RK17.321"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Carnis resurectione<expan>m</expan> <hi rend="bl"/> et vitam eterna<expan>m</expan> Amen</hi></foreign></l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I18"> <head><hi rend="bl"/> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus primus de Dobet</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I18.1" n="RK18.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">L</hi></hi>Eue <hi rend="rb">libru<expan>m</expan> arbitriu<expan>m</expan></hi> quoþ I I leue as I hope</l> <l id="I18.2" n="RK18.2"> þou coudest telle me & teche me / to charite as I leue</l> <l id="I18.3" n="RK18.3"> þenne lowe <hi rend="rb">libru<expan>m</expan> arbitriu<expan>m</expan></hi> and ladde me forþ w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> tales</l> <l id="I18.4" n="RK18.4"> Til we cam in-to a countre <hi rend="rb">cor ho<expan>min</expan>is</hi> / it highte</l> <l id="I18.5" n="RK18.5"> herber of alle p<expan>ri</expan>mates / and of holynesse</l> <l id="I18.6" n="RK18.6"> Euene in þe myddes / an ympe as it wer<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I18.7" n="RK18.7"> þat highte <hi rend="rb">ymago dei</hi> / graciousliche I graued</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="93v" entity="I93v"/> <l id="I18.8" n="RK18.8"> ...I aske what it highte / & he me sone tolde</l> <l id="I18.9" n="RK18.9"> ...hatte treweloue / quoþ he / þe trinite it sette</l> <l id="I18.10" n="RK18.10"> ...gh louely lokyng it lyueþ / & launcheþ vp blosmes</l> <l id="I18.11" n="RK18.11"> ...e whiche blosmes buirnes benigne speche it calleþ </l> <l id="I18.12" n="RK18.12"> and þ<expan>er</expan>-of comþ a grete fruyt þ which men calleþ werkes</l> <l id="I18.13" n="RK18.13"> Of holynesse of hendenesse / of helpe him þat nedeth</l> <l id="I18.14" n="RK18.14"> þe which is <hi rend="rb">caritas</hi> y-called cristes oghne foode</l> <l id="I18.15" n="RK18.15"> and solaceþ alle soules / sorweful in purgatorye</l> <l id="I18.16" n="RK18.16-17"> now certes I saide & sighede for ioye / I þonke ȝow a þousand siþe</l> <l id="I18.17" n="RK18.17-18"> þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝe me hider kende / and sithen þat ȝe vouche sauf</l> <l id="I18.18" n="RK18.18-19"> To seye me as it hoteþ / and he þanked me þo</l> <l id="I18.19" n="RK18.19-20"> But þanne toke I hede / it had schorares schynyn it vppe</l> <l id="I18.20" n="RK18.20-21"> þre schides of o lengþe / & of o kyn colo<expan>ur</expan> & kynde as me þoghte</l> <l id="I18.21" n="RK18.22"> alle þre y-liche longe / and yliche large</l> <l id="I18.22" n="RK18.23"> moche meruaylede me / on what more þey growed</l> <l id="I18.23" n="RK18.24"> and asked ofte at him / of what woode þey wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.24" n="RK18.25"> þise þre schoriars þ<expan>uo</expan>þ he þat bereþ vp þis plaunte</l> <l id="I18.25" n="RK18.26"> Bitokeneþ trewely / þe trinite of heuene</l> <l id="I18.26" n="RK18.27"> thre persones indepartable / p<expan>er</expan>petuel wer<expan>e</expan> eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I18.27" n="RK18.28"> Of o wille of oo witte / and he with y kepe</l> <l id="I18.28" n="RK18.29"> þe fruyt of þis fair<expan>e</expan> tre / fro þre wikkede wyndes</l> <l id="I18.29" n="RK18.30"> and fro fallynge þe soke hit faile nat of his myght</l> <l id="I18.30" n="RK18.31"> þe worlde is a wikkede wynde to hem þ<expan>a</expan>t wolle treuþe</l> <l id="I18.31" n="RK18.32"> Coueytise comþ of þat wynde / and caritas it abiteth</l> <l id="I18.32" n="RK18.33"> and forfrete þat fruyt þorgh many fair<expan>e</expan> schit<expan>us</expan></l> <l id="I18.33" n="RK18.34"> & w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe firste planke I passe hy<expan>m</expan> dou<expan>n</expan> <hi rend="rb">potencia dei p<expan>at</expan>ris</hi> </l> <l id="I18.34" n="RK18.35"> þanne is þe flessche a felle wynde & in flouringe tyme</l> <l id="I18.35" n="RK18.36"> þorgh leccherie & lustes / so lowde he gynneþ blowe</l> <l id="I18.36" n="RK18.37"> þat it norischeþ nise schit<expan>us</expan> and som tyme wordes</l> <l id="I18.37" n="RK18.38"> and many wickede werkes wormes of synne</l> <l id="I18.38" n="RK18.39"> and al forbitte <hi rend="rb"> caritas</hi> right to þe bare stalke</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="94r" entity="I94r"/> <l id="I18.39" n="RK18.40"> þanne sette I þe seconde planke <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">sapiencia ....</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I18.40" n="RK18.41"> þe which is þe passioun and þe penance and þe....</l> <l id="I18.41" n="RK18.42"> and þerwith I warde it oþ<expan>er</expan>-?while / til it wexe ripe</l> <l id="I18.42" n="RK18.43"> and þanne fondeþ þe fende / my fruyte to destroye</l> <l id="I18.43" n="RK18.44"> and laith a laddere þ<expan>er</expan>to / of lesynges ben þe renges</l> <l id="I18.44" n="RK18.45"> and wiþ all þe wiles þ<expan>a</expan>t he can waggeþ þe rote</l> <l id="I18.45" n="RK18.46"> þurgh bacbiters and brawelers / and þorgh bolde chiders</l> <l id="I18.46" n="RK18.47"> & schakeþ it ne wer<expan>e</expan> it vnderschored / it schulde nat stande</l> <l id="I18.47" n="RK18.48"> so þise lordeynes lithereþ þ<expan>er</expan>to / þat alle þe leues falleþ</l> <l id="I18.48" n="RK18.49"> and feccheþ a-way þe froyte / somtyme bifor<expan>e</expan> boþe my<expan>n</expan> eye...</l> <l id="I18.49" n="RK18.50"> and þanne palle I a-doun þe pouke / wiþ þe þridde schorier<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.50" n="RK18.51"> þe which <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">spirit<expan>us</expan> s<expan>anc</expan>tus<expan>?</expan></hi></foreign> and sothfast bileue</l> <l id="I18.51" n="RK18.52"> and þat is grace of þe holy gost / and þus gete I þe maist<expan>r</expan>e </l> <l id="I18.52" n="RK18.53"> I totede vp in þat tre þo / and þanne toke I hede</l> <l id="I18.53" n="RK18.54"> wher þe froyte were fair<expan>e</expan> / or foule for to loken on</l> <l id="I18.54" n="RK18.55"> and þe fruyte was fayre / non fayrere be myȝt</l> <l id="I18.55" n="RK18.56"> as in þe þre degrees it grewe / gret ferly me þoghte</l> <l id="I18.56" n="RK18.57"> and askede efte þo / wher<expan>e</expan> it were al o kynde</l> <l id="I18.57" n="RK18.58"> ȝe certes he seyde / and soþeliche leue it</l> <l id="I18.58" n="RK18.59"> It is al of o kynde / and þat schal I prouen</l> <l id="I18.59" n="RK18.60"> ac some are swettere þan some / and some wollen rotye</l> <l id="I18.60" n="RK18.61"> me may se in an appul tr<expan>e</expan> / many tyme & ofte</l> <l id="I18.61" n="RK18.62"> Of o kynde appeles aren / nat y-liche grete</l> <l id="I18.62" n="RK18.63"> ne sewynge smale / ne of o swetnesse swete</l> <l id="I18.63" n="RK18.64"> þo þat sitten in þe sonne-side / souner<expan>e</expan> aren rype</l> <l id="I18.64" n="RK18.65"> swetere and sauorier<expan>e</expan> and also more grettere</l> <l id="I18.65" n="RK18.66"> þan þo þat selde han þe sonne / and sitten in þe north half</l> <l id="I18.66" n="RK18.67"> and so it fareþ soþly / sone by our<expan>e</expan> kynde</l> <l id="I18.67" n="RK18.68"> ad<expan>a</expan>m was a tre / and we aren as his appeles</l> <l id="I18.68" n="RK18.69"> some of vs soþefast / and some variable</l> <l id="I18.69" n="RK18.70"> some litel some large y-like appeles of kynde</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="94v" entity="I94v"/> <l id="I18.70" n="RK18.71"> ....men and wydewes / and right worþy maydenes</l> <l id="I18.71" n="RK18.72"> ...ich þe seint spirit seweþ þe sonne of all heuene</l> <l id="I18.72" n="RK18.73"> ...comforteþ hem i<expan>n</expan> her<expan>e</expan> continence þ<expan>a</expan>t lyuen in co<expan>n</expan>templaciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I18.73" n="RK18.74"> ..s monkes and monyals / me<expan>n</expan> of holy chirche</l> <l id="I18.74" n="RK18.75"> þese han þe ȝifte of þe holy gost / as haþ þe crop of þe tr<expan>e</expan> þe sonne</l> <l id="I18.75" n="RK18.76"> widewes and wydewers / þ<expan>a</expan>t here oghne wil forsaken</l> <l id="I18.76" n="RK18.77"> and chaste leden here lif / is lif of contmplaciou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I18.77" n="RK18.78"> and more likynge to our<expan>e</expan> lorde / þan life as kynde askeþ</l> <l id="I18.78" n="RK18.79"> and folwe þat þe flesch wolde / and fruyt forþ brynge</l> <l id="I18.79" n="RK18.80"> þat <hi rend="rb">activa</hi> lif lettrede men in her<expan>e</expan> langage it calleþ</l> <l id="I18.80" n="RK18.81"> ȝe sire I saide and siþen þ<expan>er</expan> aren but tweyne lyues </l> <l id="I18.81" n="RK18.82"> þat oure lorde alloweþ / as lewed men vs techeþ</l> <l id="I18.82" n="RK18.82"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">actiua vita et contemplatiua vita</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I18.83" n="RK18.83"> why groweth þis fruyt in þre degrees / a good skile he saide</l> <l id="I18.84" n="RK18.84"> here bygy<expan>n</expan>neþ I may nyme / if I nede hadde</l> <l id="I18.85" n="RK18.85"> matrimonye a moiste fruyte / þ<expan>a</expan>t multiplieþ þe peple</l> <l id="I18.86" n="RK18.86"> and þenne aboue is bettre fruyte / ac boþe tuo ben goode</l> <l id="I18.87" n="RK18.87"> wedewehode more worþier / þan wedloke as in heuene</l> <l id="I18.88" n="RK18.88"> þanne is v<expan>ir</expan>ginite more v<expan>ir</expan>tuous / and fairest as in heuene</l> <l id="I18.89" n="RK18.89"> For þat is euene wiþ angeles and angeles þer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.90" n="RK18.90"> It was þe firste fruit / þ<expan>a</expan>t þe fader of heuen blessed</l> <l id="I18.91" n="RK18.91"> and bad it be of a bat of erþe / a man and a mayde</l> <l id="I18.92" n="RK18.92"> In menyng þat þe fairest þing / þe firste þing schulde hono<expan>ur</expan>e</l> <l id="I18.93" n="RK18.93"> and þe clennest creature / first creatour knowe</l> <l id="I18.94" n="RK18.94"> In kinges court and in knyȝtes / þe clennest me<expan>n</expan> & fairest</l> <l id="I18.95" n="RK18.95"> schullen serue for þe lorde selfe and so fareth god almyghty</l> <l id="I18.96" n="RK18.96"> maydenes & martires mynystred here in erþe</l> <l id="I18.97" n="RK18.97"> and in heye heuene is preue ofte / and nexst him by resou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I18.98" n="RK18.98"> and for þe fairest fruyte byfore hy<expan>m</expan> as of erþe</l> <l id="I18.99" n="RK18.99"> and swete wiþoute swellynge sour<expan>e</expan> worþ it neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I18.100" n="RK18.100"> þis is a propr<expan>e</expan> plante quoþ I / and p<expan>ri</expan>ueliche it bloweth</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="95r" entity="I95r"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="95v" entity="I95v"/> <milestone unit="fol." n="96r" entity="I96r"/> <l id="I18.101" n="RK18.161"> þe Iewes tolde þe Iustice / how þ<expan>a</expan>t <expan>ihesu</expan> ....</l> <l id="I18.102" n="RK18.162"> ac þe ouer-tornynge of þe temple / bitokeneþ ....</l> <l id="I18.103" n="RK18.163"> Enuye and euel wille aren in þe iewes</l> <l id="I18.104" n="RK18.164"> and pursewede hi<expan>m</expan> p<expan>ri</expan>ueliche / & for pens him boghte</l> <l id="I18.105" n="RK18.164"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ne forte tumult<expan>us</expan> fieret i<expan>n</expan> p<expan>o</expan>p<expan>u</expan>lo</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I18.106" n="RK18.165"> Of Iudas þe Iewe / <expan>ihesu</expan> oghne disciple</l> <l id="I18.107" n="RK18.166"> This bifell opon a friday / a litel afore þe paske</l> <l id="I18.108" n="RK18.167"> þat Iudas an Iewes <expan>ihesu</expan> þey mette</l> <l id="I18.109" n="RK18.168"> <hi rend="rb">ave raby</hi> / quoþ þo Ribaudes / and right til hy<expan>m</expan> þey ȝeden</l> <l id="I18.110" n="RK18.169"> and kiste <expan>ihesu</expan> to be knowe þ<expan>er</expan>-by / and caght of þe Iewes</l> <l id="I18.111" n="RK18.170"> þanne <expan>ihesu</expan> to Iudas / and to þe iewes saide</l> <l id="I18.112" n="RK18.171"> Falsnesse I fynde in þy speche fayr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.113" n="RK18.172"> and kene car<expan>e</expan> in þy kussyng / & comb<expan>ra</expan>nce to þy-selue</l> <l id="I18.114" n="RK18.173"> þou schalt be myrro<expan>ur</expan> to many me<expan>n</expan> / to disceyue</l> <l id="I18.115" n="RK18.174"> wo to þo þat þy wiles vsen / to þe worldes ende</l> <l id="I18.116" n="RK18.174"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">ve ho<expan>min</expan>i illi p<expan>er</expan> quem scandalu<expan>m</expan> venit</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I18.117" n="RK18.175"> Setthe I by tresoun am take / and to ȝour<expan>e</expan> wiles iewes</l> <l id="I18.118" n="RK18.176"> suffreþ my posteles in payes / and in pees gange</l> <l id="I18.119" n="RK18.177"> þis iewes to þe Iustices / Ihuc þey ladde</l> <l id="I18.120" n="RK18.178"> wiþ muche noyse þat nyght / nere frentyke y-waked</l> <l id="I18.121" n="RK18.179"> In inwitte and in alle wittes aft<expan>er</expan> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">liberu<expan>m</expan> arbitriu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I18.122" n="RK18.180"> I wayted sikerly / ac whider a wende y ne wiste\</l> <l id="I18.123" n="RK18.181"> and þanne mette I w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a ma<expan>n</expan> / a mydlentenes soneday</l> <l id="I18.124" n="RK18.182"> as hor as an howethorne / and abrah<expan>a</expan>m he highte</l> <l id="I18.125" n="RK18.183"> Of whennes artow quoþ I / and hendeliche him grette</l> <l id="I18.126" n="RK18.184"> I am wiþ faiþ quoþ þat freke / it falleþ nat me to lye</l> <l id="I18.127" n="RK18.185"> an heraude of armes / ar eny lawe wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.128" n="RK18.186"> what is his Iunnesaunces quoþ I in his cote armo<expan>ur</expan></l> <l id="I18.129" n="RK18.187"> þre persones in o pensel quoþ he / departable fram oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I18.130" n="RK18.188"> O speche and spirit / springeþ out of alle</l> <l id="I18.131" n="RK18.189"> Of o wytte of o wille / were neu<expan>er</expan>e atwynne</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="96v" entity="I96v"/> <l id="I18.132" n="RK18.190"> ....vpon / <hi rend="rb">solus deus</hi> he hoteth</l> <l id="I18.133" n="RK18.191"> ......suyrelep<expan>us</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>d I han sondry names</l> <l id="I18.134" n="RK18.192"> ....s soth sayde he þenne þe sir<expan>e</expan> highte <hi rend="rb">pat<expan>er</expan> nost<expan>er</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I18.135" n="RK18.193"> ....þe seconde is a sone / of þe syre <hi rend="rb">filius</hi> </l> <l id="I18.136" n="RK18.194"> ... þridde is þ<expan>a</expan>t halt al / a þing by him-selfe</l> <l id="I18.137" n="RK18.195"> holy gost is his name / and he is in al</l> <l id="I18.138" n="RK18.196"> þis is merke þinge for me quoþ I / and for many anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I18.139" n="RK18.197"> how o lorde myghte leue a thre / I leue it noght I sayde</l> <l id="I18.140" n="RK18.198"> muse nat to muche þ<expan>er</expan>on quoþ faith / til þ<expan>ou</expan> mor<expan>e</expan> knowe</l> <l id="I18.141" n="RK18.199"> ac leue it leely / al þy lyue tyme</l> <l id="I18.142" n="RK18.200"> þat þre bilongeþ to a lorde / þat ligeance cleymeth</l> <l id="I18.143" n="RK18.201"> myȝt he mene to se his owene myght</l> <l id="I18.144" n="RK18.202"> Of him-selfe and his s<expan>er</expan>uaunt / and what suffreþ he<expan>m</expan> boþe</l> <l id="I18.145" n="RK18.203"> God þat bygynny<expan>n</expan>g hadde neu<expan>er</expan>e / but þo him good þoght</l> <l id="I18.146" n="RK18.204"> Sente forþ his sone / as for s<expan>er</expan>uant þat tyme</l> <l id="I18.147" n="RK18.205"> To occupien him hier / til issue were spronge</l> <l id="I18.148" n="RK18.206"> þe which aren children of charite / and holy chirche moder</l> <l id="I18.149" n="RK18.207"> patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / & apposteles wer<expan>e</expan> þe childrene</l> <l id="I18.150" n="RK18.208"> and criste and cristendome / & all c<expan>ri</expan>stne holichirche</l> <l id="I18.151" n="RK18.209"> Bitokeneþ þe trinite and trewe bileue</l> <l id="I18.152" n="RK18.210"> O god almyȝty / þat man made & wroghte</l> <l id="I18.153" n="RK18.211"> Semblable to him-selue / ar eny synne wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.154" n="RK18.212"> a þre he is þer he is / and her-of bereth witnesse</l> <l id="I18.155" n="RK18.213"> þe werkes þ<expan>a</expan>t him-selue wroght / & þis worlde boþe</l> <l id="I18.156" n="RK18.213"> <hi rend="rb">Celi enarrant gl<expan>or</expan>iam d<expan>omin</expan>i</hi> </l> <l id="I18.157" n="RK18.214"> That he is þre p<expan>er</expan>sones dep<expan>ar</expan>table /</l> <l id="I18.158" n="RK18.214"> I p<expan>re</expan>ue it by ma<expan>n</expan>kynde</l> <l id="I18.159" n="RK18.215"> and o god almyȝty / if alle men ben of ad<expan>a</expan>m</l> <l id="I18.160" n="RK18.216"> Eue of Ad<expan>a</expan>m was / and out of him I-drawe</l> <l id="I18.161" n="RK18.217"> and Aabel of hem boþe / and all þre o kynde</l> <l id="I18.162" n="RK18.218"> and þise þre þ<expan>a</expan>t I carpe of A/ad<expan>a</expan>m and eue</l> <l id="I18.163" n="RK18.219"> and abel here issue aren but on in manhode</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="97r" entity="I97r"/> <l id="I18.164" n="RK18.220"> mat<expan>ri</expan>moigne wiþ out moyler<expan>e</expan> is nat .....</l> <l id="I18.165" n="RK18.221"> as þe bible bereþ witnesse / a book of þe olde....</l> <l id="I18.166" n="RK18.222"> þat accurseth alle couples þat no kynde forþ broghte</l> <l id="I18.167" n="RK18.223"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Maledictus sit homo qui no reliquit sem<expan>en</expan> in israel</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I18.168" n="RK18.224"> and man wiþoute <orig>amake</orig><reg>a make</reg> myght nat wel of kynde</l> <l id="I18.169" n="RK18.225"> Multeplye ne mor<expan>e</expan> ou<expan>er</expan> wiþoute <orig>amake</orig><reg>a make</reg> louye</l> <l id="I18.170" n="RK18.226"> ne wiþoute a sowar<expan>e</expan> be such seed þis we seene all</l> <l id="I18.171" n="RK18.227"> now gowe to godhede in god fader of heuene</l> <l id="I18.172" n="RK18.228"> was þe sone in him-selfe / in a simile as eue</l> <l id="I18.173" n="RK18.229"> was whan god wolde / out of þe weye y-drawe</l> <l id="I18.174" n="RK18.230"> And as abel of ad<expan>a</expan>m / and of his wyf eue</l> <l id="I18.175" n="RK18.231"> Sprang forþ and spake / a spyer of hem tweyne</l> <l id="I18.176" n="RK18.232"> So out of þe sir<expan>e</expan> and of þe sone / þe seint spirit of he<expan>m</expan> boþe...</l> <l id="I18.177" n="RK18.233"> Is and ay wer<expan>e</expan> and a þre p<expan>er</expan>sones palpable is p<expan>ri</expan>ueliche b...</l> <l id="I18.178" n="RK18.234"> þe which is man and his make / and mulier here issu....</l> <l id="I18.179" n="RK18.235"> So is god godes sone / in þre p<expan>er</expan>sones þe trinite</l> <l id="I18.180" n="RK18.236"> In mat<expan>ri</expan>moigne aren þre / and of o ma<expan>n</expan> cam all þre</l> <l id="I18.181" n="RK18.237"> and to godhede goþ þre / and o god is all þre</l> <l id="I18.182" n="RK18.238"> lo treis encountre treis quoþ he / in godhede & in mank...</l> <l id="I18.183" n="RK18.239"> hastou yseye þis I sayde / alle þre and o god</l> <l id="I18.184" n="RK18.240"> In a somer I him seye q<expan>uo</expan>þ he / as I satte in my porche</l> <l id="I18.185" n="RK18.241"> wher god cam gangande a thre / right by my gate</l> <l id="I18.186" n="RK18.241"> <hi rend="rb">Tres vidit et vnu<expan>m</expan> adorauit</hi> </l> <l id="I18.187" n="RK18.242"> I ros and reuerencede god / and riȝt fair<expan>e</expan> him grett....</l> <l id="I18.188" n="RK18.243"> wesch he feet and wipede hem / and afterward þey...</l> <l id="I18.189" n="RK18.244"> and what I þoghte and my wife / he vs wel tolde</l> <l id="I18.190" n="RK18.245"> he byhight vs issue and heir in our<expan>e</expan> olde age</l> <l id="I18.191" n="RK18.246"> ful trewe tokenys bituene vs is / whan tyme comþ þ<expan>a</expan>t I ...</l> <l id="I18.192" n="RK18.247"> how he fondede me first / my fair<expan>e</expan> sone Isaac</l> <l id="I18.193" n="RK18.248"> To make sacrifise of him / he hete me him to hono<expan>ur</expan>e</l> <l id="I18.194" n="RK18.249"> I wiþ-sat nat his heste / I hope and bileue</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="97v" entity="I97v"/> <l id="I18.195" n="RK18.250"> .....s worlde / a wille it me allowe</l> <l id="I18.196" n="RK18.251"> ....y sone / also for his sake</l> <l id="I18.197" n="RK18.252"> ....elue and my mayne / and all þ<expan>a</expan>t male wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I18.198" n="RK18.253"> ...edden blood for þ<expan>a</expan>t lordes loue / I hope to blisse þ<expan>a</expan>t tyme</l> <l id="I18.199" n="RK18.254"> Myn affyaunce and my faiþ / is ferme in his bileue</l> <l id="I18.200" n="RK18.255"> for hi<expan>m</expan>-self saide I schulde haue / I and my issue boþe</l> <l id="I18.201" n="RK18.256"> lond and lordschipe ynogh / & lif w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>outen ende</l> <l id="I18.202" n="RK18.257"> to me and to my issue / mor<expan>e</expan> he me bihight</l> <l id="I18.203" n="RK18.258"> mercy for our<expan>e</expan> mysdedes / as many tymes</l> <l id="I18.204" n="RK18.259"> as we wilnede & wolde / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> mouþe & herte also</l> <l id="I18.205" n="RK18.260"> and seþþe he sente me to sayn / and saide þ<expan>a</expan>t I scholde</l> <l id="I18.206" n="RK18.261"> worschipe hy<expan>m</expan> wiþ wyn / & wiþ brede boþe</l> <l id="I18.207" n="RK18.262"> atones on an aut<expan>er</expan> / in worschipe of þe t<expan>ri</expan>nite</l> <l id="I18.208" n="RK18.263"> and make sacrifice so / somwhat hit bitokeneþ</l> <l id="I18.209" n="RK18.264"> ...leue þ<expan>a</expan>t ilke lorde þenkeþ / a newe lawe to make</l> <l id="I18.210" n="RK18.264"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb"><damage type="tear">Fi</damage>at vnum ouile et unus pastor</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I18.211" n="RK18.265"> <damage type="tear">..</damage>us haue I ben his heraude here and in helle</l> <l id="I18.212" n="RK18.266"> <damage type="tear">.</damage>nd comforted many a careful þ<expan>er</expan>e? þ<expan>a</expan>t his comyng loked</l> <l id="I18.213" n="RK18.267"> <damage type="tear">Fo</damage>r-þy I seke him he saide / for sent Iohn þe baptist</l> <l id="I18.214" n="RK18.268"> <damage type="tear">.</damage>eyde þat he seyh her<expan>e</expan> þat schulde saue vs alle <hi rend="rb">Ecce agn<expan>us</expan> d<expan>e</expan>i?domini?**</hi> </l> <l id="I18.215" n="RK18.269"> þanne had I wonder of his wordes / and of wyde cloþes</l> <l id="I18.216" n="RK18.270"> For in his bosom he bar þing / & þat he blessede ofte</l> <l id="I18.217" n="RK18.271"> <damage type="tear">.</damage>nd I lokede in his lappe/ a laȝar lay þ<expan>er</expan>ynne</l> <l id="I18.218" n="RK18.272"> <damage type="tear">...</damage> patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / pleynge togideres</l> <l id="I18.219" n="RK18.273"> <damage type="tear">...</damage> waytest þou quoþ faiþe / and what wolt þ<expan>ou</expan> haue</l> <l id="I18.220" n="RK18.274"> <damage type="tear">..</damage> olde I wite quoþ I þo / what is in þy lappe</l> <l id="I18.221" n="RK18.275"> lo q<expan>uo</expan>þ he and leet me see / lorde mercy I seyde</l> <l id="I18.222" n="RK18.276"> þis is a p<expan>re</expan>sent of muche p<expan>ri</expan>se / what prince schal it haue</l> <l id="I18.223" n="RK18.277"> It is a p<expan>re</expan>cious p<expan>re</expan>sent þ<expan>uo</expan>þ he / ac þe pouke it haþ attached</l> <l id="I18.224" n="RK18.278"> and me þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ q<expan>uo</expan>d þe wey may no wed ne quyte</l> <l id="I18.225" n="RK18.279"> <damage type="tear">.e</damage> no beru<expan>n</expan> ben o<expan>ur</expan>e borgh / ne bringe vs out of þ<expan>a</expan>t dang<expan>er</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="98r" entity="I98r"/> <l id="I18.226" n="RK18.280"> fro þe poukes pondfolde / ne maymp<expan>r</expan>....</l> <l id="I18.227" n="RK18.281"> Til he come þat I carpe of / crist is his ....</l> <l id="I18.228" n="RK18.282"> þat schal delyu<expan>er</expan>e vs som day / out of þe deueles p...</l> <l id="I18.229" n="RK18.283"> and bettr<expan>e</expan> wedde for vs wagen / þan we ben all wor....</l> <l id="I18.230" n="RK18.284"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t is life for lyfe / or ligge þus eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I18.231" n="RK18.285"> lollynge in my lappe þus / til such a lorde vs fecche</l> <l id="I18.232" n="RK18.286"> allas I sayde þat synne / so longe schal lette</l> <l id="I18.233" n="RK18.287"> þe myȝt of godes mercy / þat myght vs all amende</l> <l id="I18.234" n="RK18.288"> and wepte for his wordes / wiþ þat sagh I anoþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I18.235" n="RK18.289"> rapeliche renne / þerighte wey we wente</l> <l id="I18.236" n="RK18.290"> and I fraynede hy<expan>m</expan> first / fro whennes he come </l> <l id="I18.237" n="RK18.291"> what he highte / and whider he wolde / & wightliche</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I19"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus secundus de Dobet</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I19.1" n="RK19.1"> <hi rend="o11"><hi rend="gold">I</hi></hi> am <hi rend="rb">spes</hi> asypye quod he / and sper<expan>e</expan> aft<expan>er</expan> a knyght...</l> <l id="I19.2" n="RK19.2"> That toke me a maundeme<expan>n</expan>t / vpon þe mou<expan>n</expan>t of sy...</l> <l id="I19.3" n="RK19.3"> to rewele all remes þer-wiþ / in right and in resoun</l> <l id="I19.4" n="RK19.4"> lo here þe lettre quoþ he / a latyn and an ebrewe</l> <l id="I19.5" n="RK19.5"> þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>a</expan>t I seih is sothe / se who so likeþ </l> <l id="I19.6" n="RK19.6"> Is it assealed y saide / may men y-se þe lettr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.7" n="RK19.7"> nay he saide I seke him / þat haþ þe seel to kepe</l> <l id="I19.8" n="RK19.8"> þe which is criste and cristendome / & cros þ<expan>er</expan>on y-honged</l> <l id="I19.9" n="RK19.9"> were it þ<expan>er</expan>-w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> asseled / I wot wel þe soþe</l> <l id="I19.10" n="RK19.10"> þat luciferes lordschipe / lowe schulde ligge </l> <l id="I19.11" n="RK19.11"> lat se þy lettres quoþ I / we myȝte þe lawe knowe</l> <l id="I19.12" n="RK19.12"> he plighte forþ a patente / a pece of an harde roche</l> <l id="I19.13" n="RK19.13"> wher on was writen tweye wordes / and on þis wise I ...</l> <l id="I19.14" n="RK19.14"> <hi rend="rb">Dilige deum et p<expan>ro</expan>ximu<expan>m</expan>**</hi> </l> <l id="I19.15" n="RK19.15"> þis was þe tixte trewely / I toke ful goo?de geme</l> <l id="I19.16" n="RK19.16"> þe glose was gloriousely writen w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a gulte penne</l> <l id="I19.17" n="RK19.17"> <hi rend="rb">In hiis duobus pependit tota lex</hi> </l> <l id="I19.18" n="RK19.18"> Is her<expan>e</expan> all þis lordes l<expan>et</expan>res q<expan>uo</expan>þ I / ȝe leue me he seide</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="98v" entity="I98v"/> <l id="I19.19" n="RK19.19"> ... aft<expan>er</expan> þis writte / I wol vndirtaken</l> <l id="I19.20" n="RK19.20"> ...el him dere / ne deth in soule greue</l> <l id="I19.21" n="RK19.21"> ...þogh I seye it my-selue / I haue saued wiþ þis charme</l> <l id="I19.22" n="RK19.22"> Of men and of wymme<expan>n</expan> / many scor<expan>e</expan> þousand</l> <l id="I19.23" n="RK19.23"> he saith soþ seyde faith / I haue y-founde it trewe</l> <l id="I19.24" n="RK19.24"> lo here in my lappe q<expan>uo</expan>þ feith / þ<expan>a</expan>t leued vppo<expan>n</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t lettr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.25" n="RK19.25"> Boþe Iosue and Iudith / and Iudas machabeus</l> <l id="I19.26" n="RK19.26"> and sixe þousand mo þ<expan>uo</expan>þ faith y nat seyn here names</l> <l id="I19.27" n="RK19.27"> ȝoure wordes aren wonderful quod I þo / wher<expan>e</expan> eny of ȝow betr....</l> <l id="I19.28" n="RK19.28"> and lele to bileue on / for body or for soule</l> <l id="I19.29" n="RK19.29"> abrah<expan>a</expan>m saith þat he saith / holy þe trinite</l> <l id="I19.30" n="RK19.30"> þre p<expan>er</expan>sones p<expan>ar</expan>selmele / dep<expan>ar</expan>table fram oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.31" n="RK19.31"> and all þre but o god / þus abrah<expan>a</expan>m bereþ witnesse</l> <l id="I19.32" n="RK19.32"> ....d haþ y-saued þ<expan>a</expan>t byleued so / & sory for her<expan>e</expan> synnes</l> <l id="I19.33" n="RK19.33"> ...can no c<expan>er</expan>teyn so<expan>m</expan>me telle / & so<expan>m</expan>me arn in his lappe</l> <l id="I19.34" n="RK19.34"> what neded it þanne / a newe lawe to brynge</l> <l id="I19.35" n="RK19.35"> ...þþe þe firste sufficede / to bileue and be saued</l> <l id="I19.36" n="RK19.36"> ...ad now comþ þis spes / þ<expan>a</expan>t haþ aspied þe lawe</l> <l id="I19.37" n="RK19.37"> þat of no t<expan>ri</expan>nite ne telleþ ne takeþ mo p<expan>er</expan>sones</l> <l id="I19.38" n="RK19.38"> To godhede but o god / and on god almyȝte</l> <l id="I19.39" n="RK19.39"> þe which all men aren holden / ou<expan>er</expan> all þing to honour<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.40" n="RK19.40"> and siþþe to louye & to leue / for þ<expan>a</expan>t lordes sake</l> <l id="I19.41" n="RK19.41"> all maner men / as mochel as our<expan>e</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I19.42" n="RK19.42"> and for to louye and byleue / in o lorde almyȝty</l> <l id="I19.43" n="RK19.43"> It is light for lewed / and for lerede boþe </l> <l id="I19.44" n="RK19.44"> ac for to bileue in o lorde / þat leueþ in þre p<expan>er</expan>sones</l> <l id="I19.45" n="RK19.45"> and lereþ þ<expan>a</expan>t we louye schulde / as wel lyers as lele</l> <l id="I19.46" n="RK19.46"> Go þy gate quoþ I to spes / so me god helpe</l> <l id="I19.47" n="RK19.47"> þo þat lerneþ þy lawe / wiln litel while it vsen</l> <l id="I19.48" n="RK19.48"> and as we wenten in þe way / þus wordyng of þis matier<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.49" n="RK19.49"> þanne seye we a samariten / come sitting on a mule</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="99r" entity="I99r"/> <l id="I19.50" n="RK19.50"> Ridynge ful rapely / þe righte wey we ȝ...</l> <l id="I19.51" n="RK19.51"> Comynge fram a contray / þat men called Ierico <expan>?</expan></l> <l id="I19.52" n="RK19.52"> To iouste in ier<expan>usa</expan>l<expan>e</expan>m / he iaced a wey ful faste</l> <l id="I19.53" n="RK19.53"> Boþe abrah<expan>a</expan>m & spes / and he mette at ones</l> <l id="I19.54" n="RK19.54"> In a wilde wildernesse / wher<expan>e</expan> þeues hadde y-bounde</l> <l id="I19.55" n="RK19.55"> aman as me þo þoght / to moche care þey broghte</l> <l id="I19.56" n="RK19.56"> For he myȝt steppe ne stonde / ne ster<expan>e</expan> foote ne handes</l> <l id="I19.57" n="RK19.57"> ne helpe him-self soþely / for semyuyf he semed</l> <l id="I19.58" n="RK19.58"> and as naked as a nedel / and non helpe abouȝten</l> <l id="I19.59" n="RK19.59"> Faithe first of him fight / ac he fleih asyde</l> <l id="I19.60" n="RK19.60"> and wolde nat ney3 hele him / by nyne londes lengeþ...</l> <l id="I19.61" n="RK19.61"> hope come hypping aft<expan>er</expan> / þad<expan>sic</expan> hadde so y-bosted</l> <l id="I19.62" n="RK19.62"> how he wiþ moyses maundeme<expan>n</expan>t / hadde many men y....</l> <l id="I19.63" n="RK19.63"> ac whan he hadde sighte of þis sighte / a side he ga...</l> <l id="I19.64" n="RK19.64"> and dredfully w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>-drowe him þo / and dorste go no ne...</l> <l id="I19.65" n="RK19.65"> ac so sone þe samarytane / hadde sight of þis caref..</l> <l id="I19.66" n="RK19.66"> aliȝte anon of lyarde / and ladde him in his handes</l> <l id="I19.67" n="RK19.67"> and to þis wey he wente / his woundes to byholde</l> <l id="I19.68" n="RK19.68"> and parseyued by his pones / he was in p<expan>er</expan>il to deye</l> <l id="I19.69" n="RK19.69"> and but if he hadde recou<expan>er</expan>er þe raþ<expan>er</expan>e / þat rise schulde he ...</l> <l id="I19.70" n="RK19.70"> and vnbokeled his boteles / and boþe he atamed</l> <l id="I19.71" n="RK19.71"> wiþ wyn and wiþ oyle his woundes he gan light</l> <l id="I19.72" n="RK19.72"> Enbaumed him and bonde his heued / & on bayard hy<expan>m</expan> s...</l> <l id="I19.73" n="RK19.73"> and ladde him forþ to <hi rend="rb">lauacru<expan>m</expan> lex d<expan>e</expan>i</hi> a graunge</l> <l id="I19.74" n="RK19.74"> Is sixe myle or seuene / byside þe newe market</l> <l id="I19.75" n="RK19.75"> and left him þer a leching / to lyue if he myght</l> <l id="I19.76" n="RK19.76"> and toke tuo pens þe hostiler / to take kepe to him</l> <l id="I19.77" n="RK19.77"> and þat more goþ for his medicyn / I make þe good aȝe...</l> <l id="I19.78" n="RK19.78"> For I may nat lette q<expan>uo</expan>þ þat lede / and liard he bestrideth</l> <l id="I19.79" n="RK19.79"> and rapeþ him to ryde / þe righte wey to Ier<expan>usa</expan>l<expan>e</expan>m</l> <l id="I19.80" n="RK19.80"> boþeþe faiþ and his felawe spes / folwede faste aft<expan>er</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="99v" entity="I99v"/> <l id="I19.81" n="RK19.81"> ....au / and saide how þey boþe</l> <l id="I19.82" n="RK19.82"> ...d flowe / from þe man y-wounde</l> <l id="I19.83" n="RK19.83"> .....e hem excused quoþ þe samaritan / her<expan>e</expan> helpe may nat au....</l> <l id="I19.84" n="RK19.84"> ....no medicyn vnd<expan>er</expan> molde / þe man to hele brynge</l> <l id="I19.85" n="RK19.85"> Noþ<expan>er</expan> fay ne fyn hope / so festred aren his woundes</l> <l id="I19.86" n="RK19.86"> wiþoute þe blood of a barne / he beþ nat I-saued</l> <l id="I19.87" n="RK19.87"> þe whiche barn moot nedes / be born of a maide</l> <l id="I19.88" n="RK19.88"> and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe blood of þ<expan>a</expan>t barne / enbaumed & y-baptiȝed</l> <l id="I19.89" n="RK19.89"> and þogh he stande & steppe right stronge worþ he neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I19.90" n="RK19.90"> ...l he haue eten al þat barne / and his blood dronken</l> <l id="I19.91" n="RK19.91"> ...ȝit y-plastred w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> pacience / when fondynges hy<expan>m</expan> p<expan>ri</expan>keþ</l> <l id="I19.92" n="RK19.92"> ...ente neu<expan>er</expan> man þis wey / þ<expan>a</expan>t he ne wa<expan>r</expan> her<expan>e</expan> y-ruyfled</l> <l id="I19.93" n="RK19.93"> ....my-self soþely / and such as y loued</l> <l id="I19.94" n="RK19.94"> ... but þey leue lely vppon þe litel baby</l> <l id="I19.95" n="RK19.95"> .....s lycame schal lachen / atte laste vs alle</l> <l id="I19.96" n="RK19.96"> ....sir<expan>e</expan> I saide schal nat we bileeue</l> <l id="I19.97" n="RK19.97"> as faiþe and his felawe <hi rend="rb">spes</hi> enformede me boþe</l> <l id="I19.98" n="RK19.98"> In þre p<expan>er</expan>sones aparcelles / dep<expan>ar</expan>table fram oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.99" n="RK19.99"> and all þre but o god / þus abrah<expan>a</expan>m me taghte</l> <l id="I19.100" n="RK19.100"> and hope aftirward of o god / more me tolde</l> <l id="I19.101" n="RK19.101"> and lered me for his loue / to louye al mankynde</l> <l id="I19.102" n="RK19.102"> and him aboue all hem as my-selue</l> <l id="I19.103" n="RK19.103"> noþer lakke ne allose / ne lene þat þ<expan>er</expan> wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.104" n="RK19.104"> eny wikkeder<expan>e</expan> in þe worlde / þan I wer<expan>e</expan> my-selue</l> <l id="I19.105" n="RK19.105"> and most inp<expan>ar/er</expan>fit of all p<expan>er</expan>sones ? and pacientliche suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.106" n="RK19.106"> alle maner men / & þogh I myghte venge</l> <l id="I19.107" n="RK19.107"> I schulde þolien and þonken he<expan>m</expan> / þ<expan>a</expan>t me yuel wolden</l> <l id="I19.108" n="RK19.108"> a seyde soþ þ<expan>uo</expan>þ þe samaritan / and so I rede þe also</l> <l id="I19.109" n="RK19.109"> and as abrah<expan>a</expan>m þe olde / of o god þe taghte</l> <l id="I19.110" n="RK19.110"> Loke þou louye and bileeue / al þy lyue tyme</l> <l id="I19.111" n="RK19.111"> A/and if kynde witte carpe her aȝein / or eny kyn þoghtes</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="100r" entity="I100r"/> <l id="I19.112" n="RK19.112"> Or heretikes wiþ argumentȝ / þin honde þ<expan>a</expan>t þou he...</l> <l id="I19.113" n="RK19.113"> For god þ<expan>a</expan>t al bigan in biginnyng of þe worlde</l> <l id="I19.114" n="RK19.114"> Ferde furst as a fuste and ȝit is as I leeue</l> <l id="I19.115" n="RK19.114"> <hi rend="rb">Mundum pugillo continens</hi> </l> <l id="I19.116" n="RK19.115"> as wiþ a fuste w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute a fynger y-folde to g....</l> <l id="I19.117" n="RK19.116"> Til hem likeþ and lust / to vnlose þe fyng<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.118" n="RK19.117"> and profred it forþ as w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe paume / to what place...</l> <l id="I19.119" n="RK19.118"> þe paume is þe pith of þe hande and p<expan>ro</expan>fereþ þe fynge...</l> <l id="I19.120" n="RK19.119"> to mynystr<expan>e</expan> and to make / þ<expan>a</expan>t myght of honde knoweþ</l> <l id="I19.121" n="RK19.120"> and bitokeneþ trewely / telle who so likeþ</l> <l id="I19.122" n="RK19.121"> þe holy gost of heuen / he is as þe paume</l> <l id="I19.123" n="RK19.122"> þe fyngeres þat fre ben to folde and to clucche</l> <l id="I19.124" n="RK19.123"> bytokeneþ soþely þe sone / þat sente was til erþe</l> <l id="I19.125" n="RK19.124"> touchede and tastede / at teching of þe paume</l> <l id="I19.126" n="RK19.125"> Sente marie a mayden / and mankynde lauȝte</l> <l id="I19.127" n="RK19.125"> <hi rend="rb">natus est ex maria v<expan>ir</expan>gine</hi> </l> <l id="I19.128" n="RK19.126"> þe fader is þenne as þe fuste wiþ fynger and w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> pa...</l> <l id="I19.129" n="RK19.127"> to huyde and to holde / as holy writte telleþ</l> <l id="I19.130" n="RK19.127"> <hi rend="rb">Omnia traham ad me <expan>?</expan>ipsum</hi> </l> <l id="I19.131" n="RK19.128"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t þe fyng<expan>er</expan> gropeþ he gripeþ / but if it greue þe pa....</l> <l id="I19.132" n="RK19.129"> þus are þey alle but on / as it an hande wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.133" n="RK19.130"> a fuste wiþ a fyng<expan>er</expan> / and a ful paume</l> <l id="I19.134" n="RK19.131"> and as þe fust is a ful hande / y-folde to-gider<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.135" n="RK19.132"> So is þe fader a ful god / þe fust of he<expan>m</expan> alle</l> <l id="I19.136" n="RK19.133"> as my fuste is furste ar y my fyngres schewe</l> <l id="I19.137" n="RK19.134"> and he fader and formour / þe firste of all þinges</l> <l id="I19.138" n="RK19.134"> <hi rend="rb">Tu fabricatur om<expan>n</expan>i<expan>um</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I19.139" n="RK19.135"> and al þe myȝt wiþ him is was & worþe euere</l> <l id="I19.140" n="RK19.136"> þe fyngres is a ful honde / for fayled þey here þumbe</l> <l id="I19.141" n="RK19.137"> portreye ne peynte / parfitly I leue</l> <l id="I19.142" n="RK19.138"> schulde ne write worthe were þey aweye</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="100v" entity="I100v"/> <l id="I19.143" n="RK19.139"> ...so failede þe sone / þe fir<expan>e</expan> be ne myght</l> <l id="I19.144" n="RK19.140"> ....holde ne helpe / ne hente þat he louede</l> <l id="I19.145" n="RK19.140"> ....<foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">te<expan>m</expan> dei tu digitus</hi> </foreign></l> <l id="I19.146" n="RK19.141"> ....e is pureliche þe hande / & haþ poer by hy<expan>m</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I19.147" n="RK19.142"> ....þe wrythen furste or werkma<expan>n</expan>schipe of fyngr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.148" n="RK19.143"> ....paume haþ poer / for-to pulte out þe ioyntes</l> <l id="I19.149" n="RK19.144"> ....to vnfolde þe fuste / for hy<expan>m</expan> it bilongeþ </l> <l id="I19.150" n="RK19.145"> and receyue þ<expan>a</expan>t þe fyngres reches / & refuse if hem likeþ</l> <l id="I19.151" n="RK19.146"> all þat þe fyngres and þe fust / feleþ and toucheþ</l> <l id="I19.152" n="RK19.147"> but he be greued wiþ here gripe / þe holy gost lat falle</l> <l id="I19.153" n="RK19.148"> and þus is þe holy gost god / neyþ<expan>er</expan> grette<expan>r</expan> ne lesser<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.154" n="RK19.149"> þen þe fyr<expan>e</expan> or þe sone / and of þe same might</l> <l id="I19.155" n="RK19.150"> and all þre is but a god / as myn hond & my fyngr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.156" n="RK19.151"> vnfolden or folden / a fust wise or ell</l> <l id="I19.157" n="RK19.152"> A/al is it but one honde / how-so y turne it</l> <l id="I19.158" n="RK19.153"> ac who is hirte in þe hande / euene in þe myddes</l> <l id="I19.159" n="RK19.154"> he may resceyue right noght / resou<expan>n</expan> it scheweth</l> <l id="I19.160" n="RK19.155"> For þe fyngres þat folde schulde / and þe fuste make</l> <l id="I19.161" n="RK19.156"> For peyne of þe paume / power hem faileþ</l> <l id="I19.162" n="RK19.157"> to clucche or to clawe / to clippe or to holde</l> <l id="I19.163" n="RK19.158"> where þe myddel of myn honde / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute mal ese</l> <l id="I19.164" n="RK19.162"> In many kyn maner<expan>e</expan> / y myȝt my-selfe helpe</l> <l id="I19.165" n="RK19.163"> boþe mene and amende / þogh all my fyngres oke</l> <l id="I19.166" n="RK19.164"> By þys simile he saide / I se an euydence</l> <l id="I19.167" n="RK19.165"> þ<expan>a</expan>t who- senneþ in þe spirit assoiled worþ he neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I19.168" n="RK19.166"> neyþ<expan>er</expan> her<expan>e</expan> ne ell-wher / as I herde telle </l> <l id="I19.169" n="RK19.166"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Qui peccat i<expan>n</expan> sp<expan>irit</expan>u<expan>m</expan> s<expan>anc</expan>to</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I19.170" n="RK19.167"> For he p<expan>ri</expan>keþ god as in his paume þat <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">p<expan>ec</expan>cat i<expan>n</expan> sp<expan>iritu</expan>m s<expan>anc</expan>t<expan>u</expan>m</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I19.171" n="RK19.168"> For god þe fader is as þe fust / þe sone is as þe fynger</l> <l id="I19.172" n="RK19.169"> þe holy gost of heuene / he is as þe paume</l> <l id="I19.173" n="RK19.170"> So who-so synneþ aȝein þe seint spirit he<expan>m</expan> semeþ þ<expan>a</expan>t he g<expan>re</expan>ueþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="101r" entity="I101r"/> <l id="I19.174" n="RK19.171"> god þ<expan>er</expan>-wiþ he gripeþ / and wolde his g<expan>ra</expan>ce quenche</l> <l id="I19.175" n="RK19.172"> For to a torche or to a taper þe t<expan>ri</expan>nite is likened</l> <l id="I19.176" n="RK19.173"> as wexe and a weke wer<expan>e</expan> / twyned to-gider<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.177" n="RK19.174"> and þanne flammyng<expan>e</expan> fur<expan>e</expan> / forþ of he<expan>m</expan> boþe </l> <l id="I19.178" n="RK19.175"> and as wexe and wyke / and warme fur<expan>e</expan> to-gedr<expan>e</expan>s</l> <l id="I19.179" n="RK19.176"> Fostren forþe a flamme / and a fyr<expan>e</expan> leye</l> <l id="I19.180" n="RK19.177"> þat serueþ þis swyndere / to werke by a nyghtes</l> <l id="I19.181" n="RK19.178"> So doþ þe syr<expan>e</expan> and þe sone and sent spirit to-gedr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.182" n="RK19.179"> Fostre forþ amonges folc / fyn loue / and bileue</l> <l id="I19.183" n="RK19.180"> þat all kyn cristne clenseþ of synne</l> <l id="I19.184" n="RK19.181"> and as þou seest somtyme / sodeynliche of a torche</l> <l id="I19.185" n="RK19.182"> þe blase be y-blowen oute / ȝit brenneþ þe wike</l> <l id="I19.186" n="RK19.183"> wiþouten leye and light / lith fyr<expan>e</expan> in þe macche</l> <l id="I19.187" n="RK19.184"> so is þe holy god / and grace wiþouten m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I19.188" n="RK19.185"> to all vnkynde creatures / þ<expan>a</expan>t coueyten to distroye</l> <l id="I19.189" n="RK19.186"> lele lycame and liff / þ<expan>a</expan>t our<expan>e</expan> lorde schupte</l> <l id="I19.190" n="RK19.187"> and as glowynge gledes / gladieþ þise werkeme<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I19.191" n="RK19.188"> þat worchen and waken / in wynteres nyghtes</l> <l id="I19.192" n="RK19.189"> as doþ a kixe or a candele / þ<expan>a</expan>t caght haþ fyr<expan>e</expan> & blaseþ</l> <l id="I19.193" n="RK19.190"> no more doþ sir<expan>e</expan> ne þe sone / ne seint spirit to-gideres</l> <l id="I19.194" n="RK19.191"> g<expan>ra</expan>unten eny g<expan>ra</expan>ce / ne forȝeuenesse of synnes</l> <l id="I19.195" n="RK19.192"> til þ<expan>a</expan>t þe holy gost / gynne to glowe and blase</l> <l id="I19.196" n="RK19.193"> so þat þe holy gost gloweþ but as a glede</l> <l id="I19.197" n="RK19.194"> til þat loue and bileue / leleliche to him blowe</l> <l id="I19.198" n="RK19.195"> and þanne flammeþ he as fur<expan>e</expan> / on fader and on <expan>sic</expan></l> <l id="I19.199" n="RK19.196"> and melteþ myght in-to m<expan>er</expan>cy / as we may se a wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.200" n="RK19.197"> Isekeles on euesynges / þorgh hete of þe sonne</l> <l id="I19.201" n="RK19.198"> melteþ in a mynte-while / to myste and to wat<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.202" n="RK19.199"> So g<expan>ra</expan>ce of þe holy gost I þe grete myȝt of þe trinite</l> <l id="I19.203" n="RK19.200"> Melteþ al to mercy / to merciable and to non oþ<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I19.204" n="RK19.201"> and as wexe wiþouten more vpon a warme glede</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="101v" entity="I101v"/> <l id="I19.205" n="RK19.202"> ...will brennen & blasen / be þey togideres</l> <l id="I19.206" n="RK19.203"> and solace þat mowen nat se sittynge in derkenesse</l> <l id="I19.207" n="RK19.204"> So wol þe fader forȝiue / folc of mylde hertes</l> <l id="I19.208" n="RK19.205"> þat rewfully repenten / and restituciou<expan>n</expan> make</l> <l id="I19.209" n="RK19.206"> In as moche as þey mowen / amenden and payen</l> <l id="I19.210" n="RK19.207"> and if it sufficeth nat for a sech / þ<expan>a</expan>t in such a will deyeth</l> <l id="I19.211" n="RK19.208"> Mercy for his mekenesse / wil make good þe remenant</l> <l id="I19.212" n="RK19.209"> and as þe weke and warme fuyr<expan>e</expan> / wil make a fayre flamme</l> <l id="I19.213" n="RK19.210"> For to myrthe men wiþ þat in a myrke sitten</l> <l id="I19.214" n="RK19.211"> So wil crist of his curtesie / and men crien him m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I19.215" n="RK19.212"> Boþe forȝeue & forȝete / and ȝut bidde for vs</l> <l id="I19.216" n="RK19.213"> to þe fader of heuene / and forȝeuenesse to haue</l> <l id="I19.217" n="RK19.214"> ac hewe fyre at a flynt / four<expan>e</expan> hundred wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I19.218" n="RK19.215"> But þou haue tasche to take it wiþ / tondr<expan>e</expan> & broches</l> <l id="I19.219" n="RK19.216"> al þy labour is lost / and al þy longe trauaile</l> <l id="I19.220" n="RK19.217"> For may fur<expan>e</expan> flamme make / faile it his kynde</l> <l id="I19.221" n="RK19.218"> So is þe holy gost god / and g<expan>ra</expan>ce w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>oute mercy</l> <l id="I19.222" n="RK19.219"> To all vnkynde creatures / as c<expan>ri</expan>st hy<expan>m</expan>-selfe witnesseþ</l> <l id="I19.223" n="RK19.219"> <hi rend="rb">amen dico vobis nescio vos</hi> </l> <l id="I19.224" n="RK19.220"> Be vnkynde to þin euencristene / & al þ<expan>a</expan>t þou canst bidde</l> <l id="I19.225" n="RK19.221"> Dele and do penance / day and nyght eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I19.226" n="RK19.222"> and purchace al þe p<expan>ar</expan>dou<expan>n</expan> of pampilou<expan>n</expan> & of Rome</l> <l id="I19.227" n="RK19.223"> and indulgences y-nowe / and be <hi rend="rb">ing<expan>ra</expan>tis</hi> to þy kynde</l> <l id="I19.228" n="RK19.224"> þe holy gost hereþ þe nat / ne helpeþ þe be þ<expan>ou</expan> certeyn</l> <l id="I19.229" n="RK19.225"> For vnkyndenesse quencheþ hi<expan>m</expan> / þ<expan>a</expan>t he can nat schine</l> <l id="I19.230" n="RK19.226"> ne brenne ne blase clere / for blowyng of vnkyndenesse</l> <l id="I19.231" n="RK19.227"> Paule þe apostel preueþ wher I lye</l> <l id="I19.232" n="RK19.228"> For þy beþ I-war ȝe wise me<expan>n</expan> / þat w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þe worlde deleþ</l> <l id="I19.233" n="RK19.229"> þat riche ben & resou<expan>n</expan> knoweþ / rewele wel ȝour<expan>e</expan> soules</l> <l id="I19.234" n="RK19.230"> Beþ nat vnkynde I counseile ȝow / to ȝour<expan>e</expan> euencristene</l> <l id="I19.235" n="RK19.231"> For many of ȝow riche me<expan>n</expan> / by my soule I lye nat</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="102r" entity="I102r"/> <l id="I19.236" n="RK19.232"> ȝe brenneth ac ȝe blaseþ nat / and þ<expan>a</expan>t is a blynde...</l> <l id="I19.237" n="RK19.232"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Non o<expan>m</expan>nis qui dicit d<expan>omi</expan>ne intrabit in reg<expan>no</expan> ce<expan>lorum</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I19.238" n="RK19.233"> Mynne ȝe nat riche me<expan>n</expan> / to which a meschaunce</l> <l id="I19.239" n="RK19.234"> þat diues deied and dampned / for his vnkyndenesse</l> <l id="I19.240" n="RK19.235"> Of his mete & his mone / to men þ<expan>a</expan>t it neded</l> <l id="I19.241" n="RK19.236"> ȝit wan he nat wiþ wronge / ne wiþ queynte sleyȝtes</l> <l id="I19.242" n="RK19.237"> But rightfulliche as men rat / al his richesse cam him</l> <l id="I19.243" n="RK19.238"> and on him-selue as seith þe book / sotiled how he myght</l> <l id="I19.244" n="RK19.239"> Moste lordeliche lyue / and ȝit his lycame werie</l> <l id="I19.245" n="RK19.240"> Cloþes of most cost / as clerkes bereþ witnesse</l> <l id="I19.246" n="RK19.240"> <hi rend="rb">Epulabitur quotidie spendide et induebatur bisso</hi> </l> <l id="I19.247" n="RK19.241"> and for he was a nygarde and a nything to þe nedeful po....</l> <l id="I19.248" n="RK19.242"> For godes tretour he is called / for al his trewe catel</l> <l id="I19.249" n="RK19.243"> and dampned a duelleþ / wiþ þe deuel in helle</l> <l id="I19.250" n="RK19.244"> and suche he wiþoute wiles wan / and wel myght atymye</l> <l id="I19.251" n="RK19.245"> lordliche for to lyue / and likendeliche be cloþed</l> <l id="I19.252" n="RK19.246"> and is in helle for al þ<expan>a</expan>t / how wil riche nowþe</l> <l id="I19.253" n="RK19.247"> Excuse hem þat ben vnkynde / and ȝit here I-wonne</l> <l id="I19.254" n="RK19.248"> wiþ wyles & w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> lether wittes / and ȝit wil nat atymye</l> <l id="I19.255" n="RK19.249"> to go semeliche ne sitte / sitthe holy writte techeþ</l> <l id="I19.256" n="RK19.250"> <hi rend="rb">facite vos amicos de ma<expan>m</expan>mona iniquitatis</hi> </l> <l id="I19.257" n="RK19.251"> vch a riche I rede / rewarde her-of take</l> <l id="I19.258" n="RK19.252"> and ȝiueþ ȝour<expan>e</expan> good to þat god þat grace of ariseth</l> <l id="I19.259" n="RK19.253"> For þat ben vnhende to hise / hope ȝe non oþer</l> <l id="I19.260" n="RK19.254"> But ȝey duelle þer Diues is / dayes wiþouten ende</l> <l id="I19.261" n="RK19.255"> þus is vnkyndenesse and quencheþ as it wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.262" n="RK19.256"> þe grace of þe holy gost / godes oghne kynde</l> <l id="I19.263" n="RK19.257"> For þat kynde doþ / vnkynde fordoth</l> <l id="I19.264" n="RK19.258"> as þis cursede þeues vnkynde / c<expan>ri</expan>stne me<expan>n</expan> for coueityse of e....</l> <l id="I19.265" n="RK19.259"> Sleþ a man for his mebles / wiþ money or wiþ hondes</l> <l id="I19.266" n="RK19.260"> For þat þe holy gost haþ to kepe / þo harlottes destroieþ</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="102v" entity="I102v"/> <l id="I19.267" n="RK19.261"> ....is loue & life / þe ley of mannes body</l> <l id="I19.268" n="RK19.262"> ...or eu<expan>er</expan>y good man<expan>er</expan> man / may be likened to a torche</l> <l id="I19.269" n="RK19.263"> Or elles a taper / to reu<expan>er</expan>ence wiþ þe trinite</l> <l id="I19.270" n="RK19.264"> and who-so morthereþ a good man / me þenkeþ by my<expan>n</expan> inwit</l> <l id="I19.271" n="RK19.265"> a fordoþ þe light þ<expan>a</expan>t our<expan>e</expan> lorde lokeþ to haue worschip of </l> <l id="I19.272" n="RK19.266"> and ȝit in mo maners / men offenden þe holy gost</l> <l id="I19.273" n="RK19.267"> ac þis is þe worste wise / þat eny wight might</l> <l id="I19.274" n="RK19.268"> Synnen aȝein þe seint spirit / assente to destroye</l> <l id="I19.275" n="RK19.269"> For coueytise of ony kyn þing / þat crist dere boghte</l> <l id="I19.276" n="RK19.270"> how myght he aske mercy / or eny m<expan>er</expan>y him defende</l> <l id="I19.277" n="RK19.271"> þat wikkedeliche and wilfulliche / wolde m<expan>er</expan>cy anyente</l> <l id="I19.278" n="RK19.272"> Innocence is next god / and nyȝt & day it crieþ</l> <l id="I19.279" n="RK19.273"> vengeance <del rend="erasure">..</del> vengeance forȝyue / be it neuere</l> <l id="I19.280" n="RK19.274"> that schent vs and schedde our<expan>e</expan> blood / forschupte vs as it semed</l> <l id="I19.281" n="RK19.274"> <hi rend="rb">vindica sanguinem iustorum</hi> </l> <l id="I19.282" n="RK19.275"> þus vengeance vengeance v<expan>er</expan>ray charite askeþ</l> <l id="I19.283" n="RK19.276"> and siþþe charite þat holy chirche is / chargeþ þis so sore</l> <l id="I19.284" n="RK19.277"> leue I neuer<expan>e</expan> þat our<expan>e</expan> lorde at þe laste ende</l> <l id="I19.285" n="RK19.278"> wil louy þat lif / þat loue & charite destroyen</l> <l id="I19.286" n="RK19.279"> I pose I hadde y-synned so quoþ I / and schulde noght deye</l> <l id="I19.287" n="RK19.280"> & now am I sory þ<expan>a</expan>t I so / þe seint spirit agilte</l> <l id="I19.288" n="RK19.281"> Confesse me & crie his g<expan>ra</expan>ce god þ<expan>a</expan>t al made</l> <l id="I19.289" n="RK19.282"> and myldeliche his m<expan>er</expan>cy aske / myȝt I nat be saued</l> <l id="I19.290" n="RK19.283"> ȝis saide þe samaritayne / so þow mightest repente</l> <l id="I19.291" n="RK19.284"> þat rightwisnesse þorgh repentance / to reuthe myȝte to<expan>ur</expan>ne</l> <l id="I19.292" n="RK19.285"> ac it is but selde seyn / þ<expan>er</expan> soþenesse bereþ witnesse</l> <l id="I19.293" n="RK19.286"> Eu<expan>er</expan>y creatur<expan>e</expan> be coupable / bifore a kyng<expan>es</expan> iustice</l> <l id="I19.294" n="RK19.287"> Be y-raunsomed for his repentance / þ<expan>er</expan> al resou<expan>n</expan> hy<expan>m</expan> da<expan>m</expan>pneþ</l> <l id="I19.295" n="RK19.288"> þer þat partye pursueþ / þe apul is so huge</l> <l id="I19.296" n="RK19.289"> þat may kynge m<expan>er</expan>cy g<expan>ra</expan>unte / til boþe me<expan>n</expan> accorde</l> <l id="I19.297" n="RK19.290"> þat eyþer partye haue equite / as holy writ witnesseþ</l> <l id="I19.298" n="RK19.290"> <hi rend="rb">Nunq<expan>ua</expan>m dimittitur p<expan>e</expan>cc<expan>atu</expan>m <expan>underlined in red, because it\'d5s below the last ruled line</expan></hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="103r" entity="I103r"/> <l id="I19.399" n="RK19.291"> þus it fareth by suche folc / þat folwen here oghne ....</l> <l id="I19.300" n="RK19.292"> þat euele lyuen & seten / nat to hem for-sake</l> <l id="I19.301" n="RK19.293"> Som drede of despiracou<expan>n</expan> / þanne dryueþ grace</l> <l id="I19.302" n="RK19.294"> þat mercy in her<expan>e</expan> myde / may nat þanne falle</l> <l id="I19.303" n="RK19.295"> For good hope þ<expan>a</expan>t helpe þenne schulde to wanhope þ<expan>er</expan>e torneþ</l> <l id="I19.304" n="RK19.296"> and nat of þe nou<expan>n</expan> poer of god / þ<expan>a</expan>t he ne is ful of myȝt</l> <l id="I19.305" n="RK19.297"> to amende al þat amys is / and his m<expan>er</expan>cy gretter9e0</l> <l id="I19.306" n="RK19.298"> þan all oþ<expan>er</expan>e wicke werkes / as holy writte telleþ</l> <l id="I19.307" n="RK19.298"> <hi rend="rb">M<expan>erc</expan>ia eius sup<expan>er</expan> om<expan>n</expan>ia op<expan>er</expan>a eius </hi></l> <l id="I19.308" n="RK19.299"> A/ac ar þis rightwisnesse / to reuthe torne restituciou<expan>n</expan> it mak...</l> <l id="I19.309" n="RK19.300"> as sorwe of herte of satisfaccioun / for such þat may nat pay...</l> <l id="I19.310" n="RK19.301"> ac þre þinges þ<expan>er</expan> ben / þat doþ a ma<expan>n</expan> to stirte</l> <l id="I19.311" n="RK19.302"> Out of his oghne hous / as holy writ scheweþ</l> <l id="I19.312" n="RK19.303"> þat is a wikkede wife þat wil nat be chastised</l> <l id="I19.313" n="RK19.304"> here fire fleethe heere / for fere of hir<expan>e</expan> tonge</l> <l id="I19.314" n="RK19.305"> and if his hous be vnheled and ryne on his bedde</l> <l id="I19.315" n="RK19.306"> he sekeþ and secheþ / til he slepe drie</l> <l id="I19.316" n="RK19.307"> ac whan smoke & smoder smyt in his eyes</l> <l id="I19.317" n="RK19.308"> his doþ hy<expan>m</expan> worse þan his wif / or wete to slepe</l> <l id="I19.318" n="RK19.309"> For þorgh smoke & smolder / smerteþ hi<expan>s</expan> sighte</l> <l id="I19.319" n="RK19.310"> Til he be blered or blynde / and þe burre in his þrote</l> <l id="I19.320" n="RK19.311"> Coneth and corseþ / ȝa crist ȝeue him sorwe</l> <l id="I19.321" n="RK19.312"> þat schulde brynge in bettre woode / or blowen it til it brente</l> <l id="I19.322" n="RK19.313"> þese þre þ<expan>a</expan>t I telle of / þus ben vnderstonde</l> <l id="I19.323" n="RK19.314"> þe wyf if oure wickede flesch / wil nat be chastised</l> <l id="I19.324" n="RK19.315"> For kynde cleueþ on him euer<expan>e</expan> / to contrarie þe soule</l> <l id="I19.325" n="RK19.316"> and þogh he falle he fynt skiles / þat frelte it made</l> <l id="I19.326" n="RK19.317"> and þat is liȝtliche forȝyue / and forȝete boþe </l> <l id="I19.327" n="RK19.318"> To man þat mercy askeþ / and amende þenkeþ</l> <l id="I19.328" n="RK19.319"> þe reyne þat reyneþ þer we reste schulde</l> <l id="I19.329" n="RK19.320"> ben sikenesse & oþ<expan>er</expan> sorwes / þat we suffren oghte</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="103v" entity="I103v"/> <l id="I19.330" n="RK19.321"> ...e þe apostel / in his pistel techeþ</l> <l id="I19.331" n="RK19.321"> <hi rend="rb">...irtus in infirmitate p<expan>er</expan>ficitur</hi> </l> <l id="I19.332" n="RK19.322"> and þogh þat men make / moche deel in her<expan>e</expan> angur</l> <l id="I19.333" n="RK19.323"> and be inpacient i<expan>n</expan> her<expan>e</expan> pena<expan>n</expan>ce / pur<expan>e</expan> resou<expan>n</expan> knoweþ</l> <l id="I19.334" n="RK19.324"> þat þey hen cause to cont<expan>ra</expan>rien / by kynde of her<expan>e</expan> seknesse</l> <l id="I19.335" n="RK19.325"> and lightliche our<expan>e</expan> lorde at hele <expan>sic</expan> lyues ende</l> <l id="I19.336" n="RK19.326"> haþ mercy on suche me<expan>n</expan> / þat euele may suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I19.337" n="RK19.327"> ac þe smoke & þe smolder / þ<expan>a</expan>t smytte on oure eyhes</l> <l id="I19.338" n="RK19.328"> þ<expan>a</expan>t is coueityse & vnkyndenesse / which quencheþ godes m<expan>er</expan>cy</l> <l id="I19.339" n="RK19.329"> For vnkyndenesse is þe cont<expan>ra</expan>rie / of all kynde resoun</l> <l id="I19.340" n="RK19.330"> For þ<expan>er</expan> nys sike ne sory / ne non so moche wrecche</l> <l id="I19.341" n="RK19.331"> þat he ne may louye and hy<expan>m</expan> like / and leue of his herte</l> <l id="I19.342" n="RK19.332"> Good wille good worde boþe wischen and wilnen</l> <l id="I19.343" n="RK19.333"> all man<expan>er</expan> men m<expan>er</expan>cy / and forȝiuenesse</l> <l id="I19.344" n="RK19.334"> and louye him y-liche hy<expan>m</expan>-selfe / þ<expan>a</expan>t is loue & amende</l> <l id="I19.345" n="RK19.335"> I may no lenger lette quoþ he / and lyard he p<expan>ri</expan>ked</l> <l id="I19.346" n="RK19.336"> and wente a wey as wynde / & þ<expan>er</expan>-w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> I awoke</l> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I20"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Passus tercius de Dobet</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I20.1" n="RK20.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">W</hi></hi>Ollewarde and watschoed wente I forþ aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.2" n="RK20.2"> as a reccheles renke / þ<expan>a</expan>t reccheþ nat of sorwe</l> <l id="I20.3" n="RK20.3"> and ȝede forþ þ-like a lorel / al my lyue tyme</l> <l id="I20.4" n="RK20.4"> Til I waxe wery of þe worlde / and wilnede efte to slepe</l> <l id="I20.5" n="RK20.5"> and lenede me to lentou<expan>n</expan> / and longe time I slepte</l> <l id="I20.6" n="RK20.6"> Of gurlus & of <hi rend="rb">gloria laus</hi> / gretliche me dremede</l> <l id="I20.7" n="RK20.7"> and how <hi rend="rb">osanna</hi> be orgene olde folke songe</l> <l id="I20.8" n="RK20.8"> One semblable to þe samaritane / and somdel to per<expan>e</expan>s ploma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I20.9" n="RK20.9"> Barefote on an asse bak / booteles cam p<expan>ri</expan>kye</l> <l id="I20.10" n="RK20.10"> wiþoute spores oþer spere / sparkeliche he loked</l> <l id="I20.11" n="RK20.11"> as is þe kynde of a knyght / þat comþ to be dobbed</l> <l id="I20.12" n="RK20.12"> to gete her<expan>e</expan> gylte spores / and galoches y-couped</l> <l id="I20.13" n="RK20.13"> and þanne was faiþ in a fenestr<expan>e</expan> / & c<expan>ri</expan>ed <hi rend="rb">a filii dauid</hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="104r" entity="I104r"/> <l id="I20.14" n="RK20.14"> as doþ an heraude of armes / whan auntres co....</l> <l id="I20.15" n="RK20.15"> Olde iewes of ier<expan>usa</expan>l<expan>e</expan>m for ioye þey songen</l> <l id="I20.16" n="RK20.15"> <hi rend="rb">B<expan>e</expan>n<expan>e</expan>dictus qui cenit in no<expan>m</expan>i<expan>n</expan>e d<expan>o</expan>m<expan>ini</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I20.17" n="RK20.16"> þanne I afffrayned at faith / what al þat far<expan>e</expan> by-mente</l> <l id="I20.18" n="RK20.17"> and we schulle iouste in ier<expan>usa</expan>l<expan>e</expan>m / <expan>ihesu</expan> he sayde</l> <l id="I20.19" n="RK20.18"> and fecche þat þe feende claymeþ / peres fruyt þe ploghma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I20.20" n="RK20.19"> Is peres in þis place þ<expan>uo</expan>þ I / and he p<expan>ri</expan>ncte <expan>sic?</expan> on me</l> <l id="I20.21" n="RK20.20"> <hi rend="rb">liberu<expan>m</expan> dei arbitriu<expan>m</expan></hi> for loue haþ vndirtake</l> <l id="I20.22" n="RK20.21"> þat is <expan>ihesu</expan> of his gen***ie / schal iouste in peres armes</l> <l id="I20.23" n="RK20.22"> In his helme and i.... haberiou<expan>n</expan> / <hi rend="rb">humana natura</hi> </l> <l id="I20.24" n="RK20.23"> þat crist be nat y-....e / for <hi rend="rb">consu<expan>m</expan>matus deus</hi> </l> <l id="I20.25" n="RK20.24"> In peres plates þe ploghman / þis p<expan>ri</expan>kere schal ryde</l> <l id="I20.26" n="RK20.25"> For no doute schal him dere as <hi rend="rb">in deitate p<expan>at</expan>ris</hi> </l> <l id="I20.27" n="RK20.26"> who-schal iouste w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> <expan>ihesu</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>þ I / iewes or scribes</l> <l id="I20.28" n="RK20.27"> nay quoþ faiþ but þe fende / and false dome to deye</l> <l id="I20.29" n="RK20.28"> Deth saith he wole fordo / and a-doun<expan>n</expan> bringe</l> <l id="I20.30" n="RK20.29"> al þat lyueþ or lokeþ / a-londe or a-water<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.31" n="RK20.30"> life saith þat he lieþ / and haþ layde his life to wedde</l> <l id="I20.32" n="RK20.31"> þat for al þat deþ can do / wiþine þre dayes to walke</l> <l id="I20.33" n="RK20.32"> and fecche fro þe frende / peres fruyte þe plowma<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I20.34" n="RK20.33"> and legge it þer hy likeþ / and lucifer bynde</l> <l id="I20.35" n="RK20.34"> and forbete a-downe & begge bale deþ for eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.36" n="RK20.34"> <hi rend="rb">O mors mors tua ero morsus </hi></l> <l id="I20.37" n="RK20.35"> þane come pilatus wiþ muche peple <hi rend="rb">Sedens p<expan>ro</expan> t<expan>ri</expan>bulnali</hi> </l> <l id="I20.38" n="RK20.36"> to se how doghtileche deþ schulde do / and demen her<expan>e</expan> beyr<expan>e</expan> right</l> <l id="I20.39" n="RK20.37"> þe iewes and þe iustices / aȝens <expan>ihesu</expan> þey wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.40" n="RK20.38"> and al þe courte criede <hi rend="rb">Crucifige</hi> lowde</l> <l id="I20.41" n="RK20.39"> þanne putte him forth a pelour bifore pilatus & sayde</l> <l id="I20.42" n="RK20.40"> þus ihuc of oure iewene temple iapede & despisede</l> <l id="I20.43" n="RK20.41"> For to done it on a day / and in þre dayes aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.44" n="RK20.42"> Edifien it efte newe / her<expan>e</expan> he stant þat sayde it</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="104v" entity="I104v"/> <l id="I20.45" n="RK20.43"> ....maken it as moche / in alle maner poyntes</l> <l id="I20.46" n="RK20.44"> ...þe as longe as longe <expan>note: strike-through</expan> and as large / aloft & a-grounde</l> <l id="I20.47" n="RK20.45"> and as wide as it euer<expan>e</expan> was / þis we witnessen alle</l> <l id="I20.48" n="RK20.46"> <hi rend="rb">Crucifige</hi> q<expan>uo</expan>þ a Cacchepol / he can of wichcrafte</l> <l id="I20.49" n="RK20.47"> <hi rend="rb">tolle tolle</hi> quoþ anoþer / and take of kene þornes</l> <l id="I20.50" n="RK20.48"> and bygan of grene þorne / a garlonde to make</l> <l id="I20.51" n="RK20.49"> and sette it sore on his heed / and siþþe seiden in enuye</l> <l id="I20.52" n="RK20.50"> <hi rend="rb">aue Rabi</hi> quoþ þat rybaude / and reedes schotte vp to his eyes</l> <l id="I20.53" n="RK20.51"> and nayled him wiþ þre nail... / naked vppo<expan>n</expan> a rode</l> <l id="I20.54" n="RK20.52"> and wiþ a pole poysou<expan>n</expan> put ... to his lippes</l> <l id="I20.55" n="RK20.53"> and beden him drynken hi..... to lette / & his daies len....</l> <l id="I20.56" n="RK20.54"> and saiden if he sotil be / him-selfe now he wol helpe</l> <l id="I20.57" n="RK20.55"> and it þou be crist / and criste goddes sone</l> <l id="I20.58" n="RK20.55-56"> Come a-doun of þis roode / and þanne schal we leue</l> <l id="I20.59" n="RK20.56"> þat lyf þe loueþ / and wol nat late þe deye</l> <l id="I20.60" n="RK20.57"> <hi rend="rb">Consu<expan>m</expan>matum est</hi> q<expan>uo</expan>þ c<expan>ri</expan>ste / and comsede for to swowne</l> <l id="I20.61" n="RK20.58"> Pitousliche and pale / as p<expan>er</expan>sou<expan>n</expan> þat deieth</l> <l id="I20.62" n="RK20.59"> þe lorde of lif and of light / þo leyde his eyȝes to-gedr<expan>e</expan>s\</l> <l id="I20.63" n="RK20.60"> þe day for drede þ<expan>er</expan>-of wiþ-drogh / and derke bycam þe so<expan>n</expan>ne</l> <l id="I20.64" n="RK20.61"> þe walle of þe temple toclef / euene al to-gedres</l> <l id="I20.65" n="RK20.62"> þe harde roche alto rofe / and right derke nyȝt it semed</l> <l id="I20.66" n="RK20.63"> þe erþe to-quake and quoke / as it quyke wer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.67" n="RK20.64"> and dede men for þ<expan>a</expan>t deþe / come out of depe g<expan>ra</expan>ues</l> <l id="I20.68" n="RK20.65"> and tolde why þe tempeste / so longe tyme durede</l> <l id="I20.69" n="RK20.66"> for a bittir bataile þe dede body sayde / lyue & deþe in þi<expan>s</expan> derkne<expan>later corrected? washed out?</expan>sse</l> <l id="I20.70" n="RK20.67"> her<expan>e</expan>-on fordoþ her<expan>e</expan> oþ<expan>er</expan> / ac schal no wiȝt wite witterly who</l> <l id="I20.71" n="RK20.68"> schal haue þe mayst<expan>ri</expan>e / ar a soneday aboute þe sonne rysyng</l> <l id="I20.72" n="RK20.69"> & sanke w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t to erþe <expan>?</expan> Some sayde he was god<expan>es</expan> sone</l> <l id="I20.73" n="RK20.70-70"> þat so faire deyede <hi rend="rb">vere filius dei erat iste</hi> </l> <l id="I20.74" n="RK20.71"> and some sayde he can of sorserye good is that we assaye</l> <l id="I20.75" n="RK20.72"> wher he be dede or nat dede / doun er he be taken</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="105r" entity="I105r"/> <l id="I20.76" n="RK20.73"> ij þeues þo þolede dethe þat time</l> <l id="I20.77" n="RK20.74"> vpon crois biside criste / so was þe co<expan>m</expan>une....</l> <l id="I20.78" n="RK20.75"> a cacchepol of þo þeues / cam and craked a ...</l> <l id="I20.79" n="RK20.76"> and here armes aft<expan>er</expan> / of euerich of þo þeues</l> <l id="I20.80" n="RK20.77"> as <expan>sic</expan> was no boy so bolde godes body to touche</l> <l id="I20.81" n="RK20.78"> For he was knight and kynges sone kynde forȝaf þ<expan>a</expan>t tym....</l> <l id="I20.82" n="RK20.79"> þat hadde no boy harinesse / him to touche in deynge</l> <l id="I20.83" n="RK20.80"> ac þ<expan>er</expan> cam forþ a blynde knyȝt / wiþ a kene spere þ-grounde...</l> <l id="I20.84" n="RK20.81"> highte longeus as þe lettre telleþ / & longe hadde lore his sig....</l> <l id="I20.85" n="RK20.82"> bifore pilatus and þ<expan>er</expan> peple in þe place he houede</l> <l id="I20.86" n="RK20.83"> malgre his many teth / he was made þ<expan>a</expan>t tyme</l> <l id="I20.87" n="RK20.84"> Iouste wiþ <expan>ihesu</expan> / þis blynde iewe longeus</l> <l id="I20.88" n="RK20.85"> For all wer<expan>e</expan> þey vnhardy þ<expan>a</expan>t houede þ<expan>er</expan>e or stode</l> <l id="I20.89" n="RK20.86"> To touchen him or to trinen him / or to taken hi<expan>m</expan> dou<expan>n</expan> or g<expan>ra</expan>uen h....</l> <l id="I20.90" n="RK20.87"> But þis blynde bacheler / þ<expan>a</expan>t bar him þorgh þe herte</l> <l id="I20.91" n="RK20.88"> þe bloode spronge doun by þe sper<expan>e</expan> and vnspered þe knyghtes e...</l> <l id="I20.92" n="RK20.89"> þo fil þe knyȝt vppon knees / and cried ihu mercy</l> <l id="I20.93" n="RK20.90"> aȝen my wille it was quoþ he þ<expan>a</expan>t I ȝow wounde made</l> <l id="I20.94" n="RK20.91"> and sighede & sayde / sore it me forþenkeþ</l> <l id="I20.95" n="RK20.92"> Of þe dede þ<expan>a</expan>t I haue do / I do me in ȝour<expan>e</expan> gce <expan>later corrected to g<expan>ra</expan>ce, seems by the same hand as doing marginal notes and underlining in this section</expan></l> <l id="I20.96" n="RK20.93"> Boþe my londe & my lycame / at ȝour<expan>e</expan> liking takeþ it</l> <l id="I20.97" n="RK20.94"> A/and haue mercy on me rightful <expan>ihesu</expan> / and right wiþ þ<expan>a</expan>t he wepte</l> <l id="I20.98" n="RK20.95"> þenne gan faiche <expan>sic</expan> fouely to þe false iewes dispise</l> <l id="I20.99" n="RK20.96"> Calde hem caytifes / acorsede for eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.100" n="RK20.97"> For þis was a vile vilany / veniaunce ȝow bifalle</l> <l id="I20.101" n="RK20.98"> þat made þe blynde bete þe dede / þis was a boyes dede</l> <l id="I20.102" n="RK20.99"> Cursede caytifes / knyghthode was it neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.103" n="RK20.100"> To bete a body y-bounde / wiþ eny brighte wepenes</l> <l id="I20.104" n="RK20.101"> þe gree ȝit haþ he geten / ffor all his grete woundes</l> <l id="I20.105" n="RK20.102"> For ȝoure champioun chiualer / chef knyȝt of ȝou all</l> <l id="I20.106" n="RK20.103"> ȝelde him creaunt rennyng / right at ihus wille</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="105v" entity="I105v"/> <l id="I20.107" n="RK20.104"> ...esse y-do / deþ worth y-wenkused</l> <l id="I20.108" n="RK20.105"> ....han lost / for lyfe schal haue maist<expan>ri</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.109" n="RK20.106"> ....unchise þ<expan>a</expan>t fre was / yfallen is in-to thraldam</l> <l id="I20.110" n="RK20.107"> ...ȝour<expan>e</expan> children cherles / cheue schal neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.111" n="RK20.108"> ....haue lordeschipp<expan>e</expan> in londe / ne no londe tulye</l> <l id="I20.112" n="RK20.109"> ....nd as bareyne be / and by vsure libbe</l> <l id="I20.113" n="RK20.110"> þe which is liff þ<expan>a</expan>t our<expan>e</expan> lorde / in all lawe defende...<expan>7?</expan></l> <l id="I20.114" n="RK20.111"> now ben ȝour<expan>e</expan> goode dayes donn <expan>?</expan> / as danyel ofte ȝou telleþ</l> <l id="I20.115" n="RK20.112"> whan criste þorgh cros ou<expan>er</expan>cam / ȝour<expan>e</expan> kyngedom schulde tocleue</l> <l id="I20.116" n="RK20.112"> <hi rend="rb">Cum veniant sanct<expan>us</expan> s<expan>an</expan>c<expan>t</expan>or<expan>um</expan> cessat et c.</hi> </l> <l id="I20.117" n="RK20.113"> what for fere of þis ferly / and of þe false iewes</l> <l id="I20.118" n="RK20.114"> I wiþdrogh in þat derkenesse to <hi rend="rb">descendit ad inferna</hi> </l> <l id="I20.119" n="RK20.115"> and þere I seyh soþely / <hi rend="rb">secundum scripturas</hi> </l> <l id="I20.120" n="RK20.116"> Out of þe west as it wer<expan>e</expan> / a wenche as me þoghte</l> <l id="I20.121" n="RK20.117"> Cam walkynge in þe way / to hellewarde sche lokede</l> <l id="I20.122" n="RK20.118"> mercy highte þat maide / a mylde þing wiþalle</l> <l id="I20.123" n="RK20.119"> and a ful benigne bierde / and buxom of speche</l> <l id="I20.124" n="RK20.120"> hire suster as it semede / cam softely walkynge</l> <l id="I20.125" n="RK20.121"> Euene out of þe eest / and westewarde sche þoght</l> <l id="I20.126" n="RK20.122"> a comely creatur<expan>e</expan> & clene / treuþe sche highte</l> <l id="I20.127" n="RK20.123"> For þe vertue þ<expan>a</expan>t / hire folwede / afered was sche neu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.128" n="RK20.124"> when þis maydenes metten / mercy and treuþe</l> <l id="I20.129" n="RK20.125"> ayþ<expan>er</expan> askede oþer of þis grete wonder</l> <l id="I20.130" n="RK20.126"> Of þe dene and derkenesse / and how þe day ronede</l> <l id="I20.131" n="RK20.127"> and which a light & a leme / lay bifore helle</l> <l id="I20.132" n="RK20.128"> I haue ferly of þis fair<expan>e</expan> / in faithe sayde treuthe</l> <l id="I20.133" n="RK20.129"> and am wendynge to witte / what þis wonder meneth</l> <l id="I20.134" n="RK20.130"> haue no m<expan>er</expan>uayle þ<expan>er</expan>of q<expan>uo</expan>þ m<expan>er</expan>cy / myrþe it bytokeneþ</l> <l id="I20.135" n="RK20.131"> a mayde þat hoteþ marie / and mooder wiþoute felyng</l> <l id="I20.136" n="RK20.132"> Of eny kynde creatur<expan>e</expan> / conceyuede þorgh speche</l> <l id="I20.137" n="RK20.133"> and grace of þe holy gost / waxe great wiþ childe</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="106r" entity="I106r"/> <l id="I20.138" n="RK20.134"> wiþoute womma<expan>n</expan> wem / in-to þis...</l> <l id="I20.139" n="RK20.135"> and þat my tale is trewe / y take god t....</l> <l id="I20.140" n="RK20.136"> Seþþe þis barn was y-bor<expan>e</expan> / ben xxx<expan>ti</expan> ...</l> <l id="I20.141" n="RK20.137"> Deyed and deth þolede / þis day aboute ...</l> <l id="I20.142" n="RK20.138"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t is þe cause of þis clips / þ<expan>a</expan>t ou<expan>er</expan>cloþeth....</l> <l id="I20.143" n="RK20.139"> In menynge þ<expan>a</expan>t ma<expan>n</expan> schal / fro mekenesse be y-d...</l> <l id="I20.144" n="RK20.140"> þe while þis light and þis lowe / schal lucifer ab...</l> <l id="I20.145" n="RK20.141"> For patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / han p<expan>re</expan>ched her-of ofte</l> <l id="I20.146" n="RK20.143"> þat was tynte þorgh a tre / tre schal it wynne</l> <l id="I20.147" n="RK20.144"> and þat deth doun broght / deþ schal releue </l> <l id="I20.148" n="RK20.145"> þat þou tellest q<expan>uo</expan>þ treuþe / is but a tale of walt<expan>er</expan>et</l> <l id="I20.149" n="RK20.146"> For adam & eue / and abrah<expan>a</expan>m wiþ oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.150" n="RK20.147"> patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / þat in peyne liggen</l> <l id="I20.151" n="RK20.148"> leue it neuere þ<expan>a</expan>t ȝoue liȝt / hem alofte bringe</l> <l id="I20.152" n="RK20.149"> ne haue hem out of hell / holde þy tonge mersy</l> <l id="I20.153" n="RK20.150"> it is but trewful þat þou tellest / I treuþe wot þe soþe</l> <l id="I20.154" n="RK20.151"> þat þing þat ones is in helle / out comþ it neuer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.155" n="RK20.152"> Iob þe p<expan>er</expan>fyte patriarke / rep<expan>re</expan>ueþ þe sawes</l> <l id="I20.156" n="RK20.152"> <hi rend="rb">Quia in inferno nulla est redempcio</hi> </l> <l id="I20.157" n="RK20.153"> þenne mercy ful myldely / mouþede þise wordes</l> <l id="I20.158" n="RK20.154"> þurgh exp<expan>er</expan>ience q<expan>uo</expan>þ he / I hope þey schal ben saued</l> <l id="I20.159" n="RK20.155"> For venym fordoþ venyme þere fecche I euydence</l> <l id="I20.160" n="RK20.156"> þat ad<expan>a</expan>m and eue / haue scholden boote</l> <l id="I20.161" n="RK20.157"> For of all fretynge venymes þe vileste is þe scorpiou<expan>n</expan></l> <l id="I20.162" n="RK20.158"> ma... no medecyne amende þe place þer he styngeþ</l> <l id="I20.163" n="RK20.159"> til he dede y-do þ<expan>er</expan>to / and þanne he destroieþ</l> <l id="I20.164" n="RK20.160"> þe ferst venymeste / þorgh v<expan>er</expan>tue of him-selue</l> <l id="I20.165" n="RK20.161"> and so schal þis deþ fordo / I dar my life legge</l> <l id="I20.166" n="RK20.162"> al þ<expan>a</expan>t deþe and þe deuyl / dede formest to eue</l> <l id="I20.167" n="RK20.163"> and right as þe gilo<expan>ur</expan> / þorgh gyle bigiled ma<expan>n</expan> formest</l> <l id="I20.168" n="RK20.164"> So schal grace þ<expan>a</expan>t bigan al / maken a good ende</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="106v" entity="I106v"/> <l id="I20.169" n="RK20.165"> ...../ and þ<expan>a</expan>t is good sleighte</l> <l id="I20.170" n="RK20.166"> .....<hi rend="rb">ret</hi> / now suffre we saide / treuþe I se as me þenkeþ</l> <l id="I20.171" n="RK20.167"> ..... of þe north / nat ful fer hennes</l> <l id="I20.172" n="RK20.168"> .....e com rennynge / reste we þe whiles</l> <l id="I20.173" n="RK20.169"> ....ote more þan we / he was or we boþe</l> <l id="I20.174" n="RK20.170"> .....is soth saide mercy / and I se here by souþe</l> <l id="I20.175" n="RK20.171"> ....er comeþ pees pleyenge / in pacience y-cloþed</l> <l id="I20.176" n="RK20.172"> .....e haþ y-coueyted hir<expan>e</expan> longe / leue I non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.177" n="RK20.173"> ...ut loue haue I sente hir<expan>e</expan> som lett<expan>er</expan>e / what þis light bymeneþ</l> <l id="I20.178" n="RK20.174"> þ<expan>a</expan>t ou<expan>er</expan>houeþ helle þus / he vs schal telle</l> <l id="I20.179" n="RK20.175"> whan pees in pacience y-cloþed / aprochede her<expan>e</expan> ayþ<expan>er</expan> oþer</l> <l id="I20.180" n="RK20.176"> Rightwisnesse reu<expan>er</expan>encede pees / in her<expan>e</expan> riche cloþing</l> <l id="I20.181" n="RK20.177"> and p<expan>re</expan>iede pees to telle hir<expan>e</expan> / to what place sche scholde </l> <l id="I20.182" n="RK20.178"> and here gay garnementȝ / whom sche gladie þoghte</l> <l id="I20.183" n="RK20.179"> my wille is to wende quoþ pees / and welcomen .... all</l> <l id="I20.184" n="RK20.180"> þat many day myghte nat see / for m<expan>er</expan>knesse of s.....</l> <l id="I20.185" n="RK20.181"> ad<expan>a</expan>m and eue / & oþer mo in helle</l> <l id="I20.186" n="RK20.182"> moyses and many mo / mercy schal synge</l> <l id="I20.187" n="RK20.183"> and I schal daunce þ<expan>er</expan>to / do þou so suster</l> <l id="I20.188" n="RK20.184"> For <expan>ihesu</expan> ioustede wel / ioye bigynneþ dawe</l> <l id="I20.189" n="RK20.184"> <hi rend="rb">ad vesperu<expan>m</expan> demorabit<expan>ur</expan> fletus et ad matutinu<expan>m</expan> leticia</hi> </l> <l id="I20.190" n="RK20.185"> loue þat is my lemma<expan>n</expan> / suche lettres he me sende </l> <l id="I20.191" n="RK20.186"> þat mercy my sust<expan>er</expan> and I / mankynde schal saue</l> <l id="I20.192" n="RK20.187"> and þat god haþ forþyue and g<expan>ra</expan>unted to al mankynde</l> <l id="I20.193" n="RK20.188"> mercy my suster / and me to meynp<expan>ri</expan>sen hem all</l> <l id="I20.194" n="RK20.189"> and þat crist haþ conu<expan>er</expan>ted þe kynde / of rightwisne....</l> <l id="I20.195" n="RK20.190"> In-to pees & pite / of his pur<expan>e</expan> g<expan>ra</expan>ce</l> <l id="I20.196" n="RK20.191"> lo her<expan>e</expan> þe patente q<expan>uo</expan>þ pees <hi rend="rb"> In pace in idip<expan>su</expan>m</hi> </l> <l id="I20.197" n="RK20.192"> and þat þis dede schal dur<expan>e</expan> <hi rend="rb">Dormia<expan>m</expan> et requiesca<expan>m</expan></hi> </l> <l id="I20.198" n="RK20.193"> Rauestow q<expan>uo</expan>þ rightwisnesse / or þow art right dronke</l> <l id="I20.199" n="RK20.194"> leuest þou þat ȝone light vnloke myghte helle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="107r" entity="I107r"/> <l id="I20.200" n="RK20.195"> and saue mannes soule / sust<expan>er</expan> wene...</l> <l id="I20.201" n="RK20.196"> at þe bygynnyng of þe worlde / god ȝa...</l> <l id="I20.202" n="RK20.197"> þat ad<expan>a</expan>m and eue / and al his issue</l> <l id="I20.203" n="RK20.198"> schal deye doun right / and doun in payne ....</l> <l id="I20.204" n="RK20.199"> If þat þey touchede þat tre / and of þe fruyt e....</l> <l id="I20.205" n="RK20.200"> ad<expan>a</expan>m aftirward / aȝens his defense</l> <l id="I20.206" n="RK20.201"> Frete of þe fruyt / and forsoke as it wer<expan>e</expan> </l> <l id="I20.207" n="RK20.202"> þe loue of oure lorde / and his lore boþe</l> <l id="I20.208" n="RK20.203"> A/and folwede þ<expan>a</expan>t þe feende taghte / and his flessche wil...</l> <l id="I20.209" n="RK20.204"> aȝens resou<expan>n</expan> I rigtwysnesse / recorde it wiþ treuþe</l> <l id="I20.210" n="RK20.205"> þat he payne is p<expan>er</expan>petuel / no p<expan>ra</expan>yere may hem helpe</l> <l id="I20.211" n="RK20.206"> For-þy hem cheue as þey chose / and chide we nat susteres</l> <l id="I20.212" n="RK20.207"> For it is boteles bale / þe bitte þat þey eten</l> <l id="I20.213" n="RK20.208"> and I schal p<expan>re</expan>ye quoþ pees / here peyne mot haue ende</l> <l id="I20.214" n="RK20.209"> and þ<expan>a</expan>t her<expan>e</expan> wo in-to wele / mote wende at þe laste</l> <l id="I20.215" n="RK20.210"> For hadde þey wiste of no woo / wele had þey nat knowen</l> <l id="I20.216" n="RK20.211"> For no wight wot what wele is þ<expan>a</expan>t neuere wo suffred</l> <l id="I20.217" n="RK20.212"> ne what is hote hunger / þ<expan>a</expan>t hadde neuer defaute</l> <l id="I20.218" n="RK20.213"> who couþe kyndeliche / white colo<expan>ur</expan> destryue</l> <l id="I20.219" n="RK20.214"> If al þe worlde were white / of whan white all þinges</l> <l id="I20.220" n="RK20.215"> If no nyȝt no were / no man I leue </l> <l id="I20.221" n="RK20.216, 218"> Schulde y-wite witterly / wher<expan>e</expan> dethe wer<expan>e</expan> sour<expan>e</expan> or swete</l> <l id="I20.222" n="RK20.219"> For schulde neu<expan>er</expan>e right riche ma<expan>n</expan> / þ<expan>a</expan>t liueþ in reste & in hele</l> <l id="I20.223" n="RK20.220"> y-wite what wo is / I ne wer<expan>e</expan> þe deth of kynde</l> <l id="I20.224" n="RK20.221"> So god þat bigan al / of his good wille</l> <l id="I20.225" n="RK20.222"> Bycam ma<expan>n</expan> of a mayde / mankynde to saue</l> <l id="I20.226" n="RK20.223"> and suffrede to be solde / to se þe sorwe of deyenge</l> <l id="I20.227" n="RK20.224"> þe which vnknyȝteth all care / and comsyng is of reste</l> <l id="I20.228" n="RK20.225"> For til moreyne mete w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> vs I may it wel avowe</l> <l id="I20.229" n="RK20.226"> ne wote no wiȝt as I wene / what is y-nogh to mene</l> <l id="I20.230" n="RK20.227"> For-þy god of his goodnesse / þe firste man ad<expan>a</expan>m</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="107v" entity="I107v"/> <l id="I20.231" n="RK20.228"> .....first / and in sou<expan>er</expan>eyne myrþe</l> <l id="I20.232" n="RK20.229"> .....frede hi<expan>m</expan> to synne / sorwe to fele</l> <l id="I20.233" n="RK20.230"> ......le was þ<expan>er</expan>þorgh / kyndeliche to knowe</l> <l id="I20.234" n="RK20.231"> ....auntrede him-selue / and toke ad<expan>a</expan>me kynde</l> <l id="I20.235" n="RK20.232"> .....what he haþ suffred / in þre sundry places</l> <l id="I20.236" n="RK20.233"> ....in heuen and in erþe / and now to helle þenkeþ</l> <l id="I20.237" n="RK20.234"> ...wite what all wo is / þ<expan>a</expan>t woþ of all ioye</l> <l id="I20.238" n="RK20.234"> <hi rend="rb">...ia p<expan>ro</expan>bate quod bonu<expan>m</expan> e<expan>st</expan> tenete et c.</hi> </l> <l id="I20.239" n="RK20.235"> ....it schal fare by þis folc / her<expan>e</expan> folie & here synne</l> <l id="I20.240" n="RK20.236"> ...chal lere hem what loue is and lisse w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan>outen ende</l> <l id="I20.241" n="RK20.237"> For wote no wight what werr<expan>e</expan> is / þere as pees regneþ</l> <l id="I20.242" n="RK20.238"> ne what is witterly wele / til weylewey him teche</l> <l id="I20.243" n="RK20.239"> þanne was þ<expan>er</expan> þ<expan>er</expan>e a wight / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> ij brode eyes</l> <l id="I20.244" n="RK20.240"> Boke highte þat beauper<expan>e</expan> / a bolde ma<expan>n</expan> of speche</l> <l id="I20.245" n="RK20.241"> by godes body q<expan>uo</expan>þ þe boke / I wil ber<expan>e</expan> witnesse</l> <l id="I20.246" n="RK20.242"> þo þat þis barne was y-borne þ<expan>a</expan>t blased as a sterr<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.247" n="RK20.243"> þ<expan>a</expan>t alle þe wise of þe worlde / in o witte acorded</l> <l id="I20.248" n="RK20.244"> þat such a baru<expan>n</expan> was y-born<expan>ne</expan>? / in bedleem þe citee</l> <l id="I20.249" n="RK20.245"> þat mannes soule schulde saue / and synne destroye </l> <l id="I20.250" n="RK20.246"> and all þe elementȝ quod þe booke / her<expan>e</expan>-of bereþ witnesse</l> <l id="I20.251" n="RK20.247"> þat he was god and al wroghte / þe welkene first schewed</l> <l id="I20.252" n="RK20.248"> þo þ<expan>a</expan>t weren in heuen token / <hi rend="rb">Stella comata</hi> </l> <l id="I20.253" n="RK20.249"> and tenden it as a torche / to reu<expan>er</expan>rence his berþe</l> <l id="I20.254" n="RK20.250"> þe light folwede þe lorde / in-to þe lowe erþe</l> <l id="I20.255" n="RK20.251"> þe water witnesseþ þ<expan>a</expan>t he was god / for he wente on hy<expan>m</expan> drie</l> <l id="I20.256" n="RK20.252"> peter þe apostel / p<expan>er</expan>seyuede his gate</l> <l id="I20.257" n="RK20.253"> and as he wente on þe wat<expan>er</expan> / wel him knewe & sayde</l> <l id="I20.258" n="RK20.253"> <hi rend="rb">D<expan>omi</expan>ne iube me venire ad te</hi> </l> <l id="I20.259" n="RK20.254"> and lo how þe sonne gan lenke <expan>sic</expan> / hir<expan>e</expan> liȝt in hir<expan>e</expan>-selue</l> <l id="I20.260" n="RK20.255"> whan he seyh him suffre / þat sonne & se made</l> <l id="I20.261" n="RK20.256"> lo þe erþe for heuynesse / þ<expan>a</expan>t he wolde suffr<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="108r" entity="I108r"/> <l id="I20.262" n="RK20.257"> quaked as a quyk þing / and also toqua...</l> <l id="I20.263" n="RK20.258"> lo helle myȝte nat holde but openede þo ...</l> <l id="I20.264" n="RK20.259"> and lete out symondes sones / to sen him....</l> <l id="I20.265" n="RK20.259"> <hi rend="rb">non visurum se morte<expan>m</expan> </hi></l> <l id="I20.266" n="RK20.260"> and now schal lucifer leue light / þogh him loþe þ....</l> <l id="I20.267" n="RK20.261"> For <expan>ihesu</expan> as a geaunt / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a gyn comeþ ȝende </l> <l id="I20.268" n="RK20.262"> to breke and to bete a-doun / all þ<expan>a</expan>t ben aȝens him</l> <l id="I20.269" n="RK20.263"> and to haue out . of helle] all of hem þ<expan>a</expan>t him likþ </l> <l id="I20.270" n="RK20.264"> and ȝit I boke wile be brente / but he arise to lyue</l> <l id="I20.271" n="RK20.265"> and conforte al his kyn / and out of care brynge</l> <l id="I20.272" n="RK20.266"> and al þe iewene ioye / vnioynen & vnloken</l> <l id="I20.273" n="RK20.267"> and but þey reu<expan>er</expan>ence þis resurecciou<expan>n</expan> / and þe rode hono<expan>ur</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.274" n="RK20.268"> and byleue on a newe lawe / be y-lost lif & sou.... </l> <l id="I20.275" n="RK20.270"> a spirit spekeþ to helle / and bitte to vnsper<expan>e</expan> þe gates</l> <l id="I20.276" n="RK20.270"> <hi rend="rb">attollite portas et c.</hi> a vois lowde in þ<expan>a</expan>t light to lucifer saide</l> <l id="I20.277" n="RK20.272"> <hi rend="rb">p<expan>ri</expan>nceps</hi> of þis place p<expan>re</expan>st vndo þis ȝates</l> <l id="I20.278" n="RK20.273"> For here he comþ wiþ croune / þe king of all glorie</l> <l id="I20.279" n="RK20.274"> þan sighede satan / and sayde to helle</l> <l id="I20.280" n="RK20.275"> Such a light aȝens our<expan>e</expan> leue / laȝar it fette</l> <l id="I20.281" n="RK20.276"> Care and comberau<expan>n</expan>ce is comen to vs all</l> <l id="I20.282" n="RK20.277"> If þis kinge come in / mankynde wil he fecche</l> <l id="I20.283" n="RK20.278"> and lede it þ<expan>er</expan>e laȝar is / and lightteliche me bynde</l> <l id="I20.284" n="RK20.279"> patriarkes and p<expan>ro</expan>phetes / han p<expan>ar</expan>led her-of longe</l> <l id="I20.285" n="RK20.280"> þat such a lorde and a lyȝt / schal lede hem all hennes</l> <l id="I20.286" n="RK20.281"> ac arise vp ragamuffyn / and areche me all þe barres</l> <l id="I20.287" n="RK20.282"> þat belial þy belsyre / beet wiþ þy damme</l> <l id="I20.288" n="RK20.283"> and I schal lette þis lorde / and his liȝt stoppe</l> <l id="I20.289" n="RK20.284"> ar we þurgh brightnesse be blent / go barre we þe gates</l> <l id="I20.290" n="RK20.285"> Cheke and cheyne we / and eche a chine stoppe</l> <l id="I20.291" n="RK20.286"> þat no light lepe in / at louer ne at lowpe</l> <l id="I20.292" n="RK20.287"> astrot hote oute / and haue out our<expan>e</expan> knaues</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="108v" entity="I108v"/> <l id="I20.293" n="RK20.288"> .....l his kyn / þe care to saue</l> <l id="I20.294" n="RK20.289"> ....lande brennyng out cast it</l> <l id="I20.295" n="RK20.290"> ....here hedes / þat entreþ ny3 þe walles</l> <l id="I20.296" n="RK20.291"> ....bowes of bre?ke / and brasene gounes</l> <l id="I20.297" n="RK20.292"> ...scheteþ oute schotes ynogh / his scheltrom to blende</l> <l id="I20.298" n="RK20.293"> ....tt mahonde at þe mangrel / and melle stones th...</l> <l id="I20.299" n="RK20.294"> ....crokes & calletrappes / & cloþe we he<expan>m</expan> ech on</l> <l id="I20.300" n="RK20.295"> listeneþ quoþ lucifer for I þis lorde knowe</l> <l id="I20.301" n="RK20.296"> Boþe þis lorde and þis light / longe y-go I knew....</l> <l id="I20.302" n="RK20.297"> may ne d?þ þis lorde der<expan>e</expan> / ne no deueles queyntise</l> <l id="I20.303" n="RK20.298"> and where he wile is his weye / ac war<expan>e</expan> him of þe p<expan>er</expan>ile</l> <l id="I20.304" n="RK20.299"> If he??ene me of my right / he robbeþ me of his maist<expan>ri</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.305" n="RK20.300"> For by right & by resoun / þe renkes þ<expan>a</expan>t ben her<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.306" n="RK20.301"> Body and soule beþ myne / boþe goode & ille</l> <l id="I20.307" n="RK20.302"> For him-selue seide it / þ<expan>a</expan>t sir<expan>e</expan> is of heuene</l> <l id="I20.308" n="RK20.303"> þat ad<expan>a</expan>m and eu and al his issue</l> <l id="I20.309" n="RK20.304"> schulde deye wiþ woel and here duelle eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.310" n="RK20.305"> If þ<expan>a</expan>t þey touchede a tr<expan>e</expan> / or toke þ<expan>er</expan>-of an appul</l> <l id="I20.311" n="RK20.306"> þus þis lorde of light such a lawe made</l> <l id="I20.312" n="RK20.307"> an sitthe he is a lele lorde / I leue þ<expan>a</expan>t he wil nat </l> <l id="I20.313" n="RK20.308"> Reuen vs of our<expan>e</expan> right / siþþe resou<expan>n</expan> hem dampnede</l> <l id="I20.314" n="RK20.309"> and setthen we han ben sesed / seuen þousand wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.315" n="RK20.310"> and neuer was þ<expan>er</expan>-a-ȝein / and now wolde bygynne</l> <l id="I20.316" n="RK20.311"> þen were he vnwraste of his worde / þ<expan>a</expan>t witnesse is of treuþe</l> <l id="I20.317" n="RK20.312"> þat is soþ saide satan / but I me sore doute</l> <l id="I20.318" n="RK20.313"> For þou gete hem wiþ gile / and his gardein breke</l> <l id="I20.319" n="RK20.314"> aȝein his loue & his leue / in his londe ȝedest</l> <l id="I20.320" n="RK20.315"> nat in forme of a feende / but in forme of an adder<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.321" n="RK20.316-316"> and entisedest eue / to eten by hire one <hi rend="rb">ve soli</hi> </l> <l id="I20.322" n="RK20.317"> and bihightest hir<expan>e</expan> and him aft<expan>er</expan> to knowe</l> <l id="I20.323" n="RK20.318"> as to-gedes <expan>sic</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> god / boþe good and ylle</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="109r" entity="I109r"/> <l id="I20.324" n="RK20.319"> þus wiþ tresou<expan>n</expan> & treccherie / þ<expan>ou</expan> troyle.....</l> <l id="I20.325" n="RK20.320"> and dedest he<expan>m</expan> breke her<expan>e</expan> buxu<expan>m</expan>nesse / þe...</l> <l id="I20.326" n="RK20.321"> and s...dest hem out / and hide...t þe </l> <l id="I20.327" n="RK20.322"> It is .....g<expan>ra</expan>ythliche y-gete / þer gile is þe rote ...</l> <l id="I20.328" n="RK20.323"> and ..... wil nat be bigiled / q<expan>uo</expan>þ gobelyne no byiap....</l> <l id="I20.329" n="RK20.324"> we han no trewe title to hem / for-þy tresou<expan>n</expan> it mak...</l> <l id="I20.330" n="RK20.325"> ?for-þy I drede me q<expan>uo</expan>þ þe deuel / last trewþe wil hem....</l> <l id="I20.331" n="RK20.326"> & as þou bigiledest godes ymages / in goynge of an add....</l> <l id="I20.332" n="RK20.327"> so ...od bigiled vs all / in goynge of a weye</l> <l id="I20.333" n="RK20.328"> ?for god ... aþ go quoþ gobelyne / in gome likenesse</l> <l id="I20.334" n="RK20.329"> þis ....y wynt<expan>er</expan> as I wene / and wente aboute & p<expan>re</expan>ched</l> <l id="I20.335" n="RK20.330"> I haue assoyled hy<expan>m</expan> wiþ synne / and so<expan>m</expan> tyme ich askede</l> <l id="I20.336" n="RK20.331"> wher<expan>e</expan> he wer<expan>e</expan> god or godes sone / he ȝaf me schort answer<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.337" n="RK20.332"> ...s haþ he trosled forþ like a tidy man þis tuo & þritty wynt<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.338" n="RK20.333"> A/and whan y seythe it was so I sotilede how I myȝt </l> <l id="I20.339" n="RK20.334"> lette hem that louede him nat / last þey wolde him martir</l> <l id="I20.340" n="RK20.335"> I wolde haue lengþed his lif / so I leued if if <expan>sic</expan> he deyed</l> <l id="I20.341" n="RK20.336"> þat if his soule hider cam / it scholde schende vs all</l> <l id="I20.342" n="RK20.337"> For þe body whiles it on bones / ȝede / ab?ute was it eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.343" n="RK20.338"> to lere men to lele / and iche man to louye oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.344" n="RK20.339"> þe which lyue & lawe / be it longe auysed</l> <l id="I20.345" n="RK20.340"> It schal vndo vs deueles / and doun bringe vs all</l> <l id="I20.346" n="RK20.341"> and now I se wher<expan>e</expan> his soule comþ seylynge hiderwarde</l> <l id="I20.347" n="RK20.342"> wiþ glorie and wiþ gret light / got it is I wot wel</l> <l id="I20.348" n="RK20.343"> I rede we flee quoþ þe feende / faste all hennes</l> <l id="I20.349" n="RK20.344"> For vs were bettre nat be / þan abyde in his sight</l> <l id="I20.350" n="RK20.345"> For þy lesynges lucifer / we losten first our<expan>e</expan> ioye</l> <l id="I20.351" n="RK20.346"> and out of heuene hider / þy p<expan>ri</expan>de made vs falle</l> <l id="I20.352" n="RK20.347"> For we leued on þy lesyinges / þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>ou</expan> lowe til euen</l> <l id="I20.353" n="RK20.349"> we han ylost oure lordeschipe / a lounde & in helle</l> <l id="I20.354" n="RK20.349"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Nunc princeps huius mundi</hi></foreign></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="109v" entity="I109v"/> <l id="I20.355" n="RK20.350"> ....ayssaide þus foule</l> <l id="I20.356" n="RK20.351"> ...lesynges / leue I non oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.357" n="RK20.352"> ....atte laste / lyars her<expan>e</expan> rebuke</l> <l id="I20.358" n="RK20.353"> .....hem al þe wrecchednesse / þ<expan>a</expan>t wrogh....<expan>partially visible</expan></l> <l id="I20.359" n="RK20.354"> ....war ȝe wise clerkes / and ȝe witty of lawe....</l> <l id="I20.360" n="RK20.355"> ...ȝe bileue nat þis lewed me<expan>n</expan> / for atte laste ....</l> <l id="I20.361" n="RK20.356"> ....itnesse in his writinges / what is lyars mede</l> <l id="I20.362" n="RK20.356"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Odisti omnes q<expan>ui</expan> op<expan>er</expan>antur iniquitate<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign></l> <l id="I20.363" n="RK20.356"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">p<expan>er</expan>des omnes qui locuntur mendaciu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I20.364" n="RK20.357"> a lyte I ouerlepe / for lesynges sake</l> <l id="I20.365" n="RK20.358"> þat I ne sey nat as y seyhe suynge my tem....</l> <l id="I20.366" n="RK20.359"> For eft <expan>est?</expan> þat liȝt bad vnlouke</l> <l id="I20.367" n="RK20.360"> what lorde artow q<expan>uo</expan>þ lucifer / a vois a-lowde....</l> <l id="I20.368" n="RK20.361"> þe lorde of myȝt and of mayne / þ<expan>a</expan>t made all þin...s</l> <l id="I20.369" n="RK20.362"> Dukes of þis dyuyne <expan>sic</expan> place / ano<expan>n</expan> vndoþ þe ȝ...</l> <l id="I20.370" n="RK20.363"> þat crist may come in / þe kynges sone of heue....</l> <l id="I20.371" n="RK20.364"> and wiþ þat breþ helle brake / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> all bellialles ...are...</l> <l id="I20.372" n="RK20.365"> For eny wey or warde / wide open þe gates</l> <l id="I20.373" n="RK20.366"> patriarkes and p<expan>ro</expan>phetes <hi rend="rb">populis in tenebris</hi> </l> <l id="I20.374" n="RK20.367"> Songen wiþ sent Joh<expan>a</expan>n <hi rend="rb">Ecce agnus dei</hi> </l> <l id="I20.375" n="RK20.368"> lucifer loke ne myght so light him ablente</l> <l id="I20.376" n="RK20.369"> and þo þat oure lorde louede / forþ wiþ þat light flowen</l> <l id="I20.377" n="RK20.370"> lo me her<expan>e</expan> q<expan>uo</expan>þ our<expan>e</expan> lorde / lif and soule boþe</l> <l id="I20.378" n="RK20.371"> For all synfull soules / to saue our<expan>e</expan> boþe right</l> <l id="I20.379" n="RK20.372"> Myne þey were and of me / I may þe bet he<expan>m</expan> clayme</l> <l id="I20.380" n="RK20.373"> al-þogh resoun recordede / and right of my s???</l> <l id="I20.381" n="RK20.374"> þat if þey ete þe appel / all schulde deye</l> <l id="I20.382" n="RK20.375"> I byhete hem nat here helle for eu<expan>er</expan>e</l> <l id="I20.383" n="RK20.376"> For þe dedly synne þat þey dede / þy disceyte it made</l> <l id="I20.384" n="RK20.377"> wiþ gile þou hem gette / aȝens all resoun</l> <l id="I20.385" n="RK20.378"> For in my palays p<expan>ar</expan>adys / in p<expan>er</expan>sone of a nedder<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="110r" entity="I110r"/> <l id="I20.386" n="RK20.379"> falseliche fettest þ<expan>er</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t me bifel to loke...</l> <l id="I20.387" n="RK20.380"> biglosedest hem / and bigiledest he<expan>m</expan> / a....</l> <l id="I20.388" n="RK20.381"> aȝein my loue and my leue / þe olde law....</l> <l id="I20.389" n="RK20.382"> þat gilours bigilede / and in her<expan>e</expan> gile falle</l> <l id="I20.390" n="RK20.383"> and who-so hit out a ma<expan>n</expan>nes yhe or elles his for</l> <l id="I20.391" n="RK20.384"> Or eny maner membr<expan>e</expan> / maymeþ or herteþ</l> <l id="I20.392" n="RK20.385"> þe same sore schal he haue / þ<expan>a</expan>t eny so smyteþ</l> <l id="I20.393" n="RK20.385"> <hi rend="rb">Dentem p<expan>ro</expan> dente et oculum p<expan>ro</expan> oculo</hi> </l> <l id="I20.394" n="RK20.386"> <expan>?</expan>so liff schal life lete / þer life hath life aniyended</l> <l id="I20.395" n="RK20.387"> So þat lif <expan>have these next 4 lines been repaired/patched/rewritten?</expan> quyte lif / þe olde lawe it askeþ</l> <l id="I20.396" n="RK20.388"> <hi rend="rb">Ergo</hi> soule schal soule quyte / and synne to synne wende</l> <l id="I20.397" n="RK20.389"> and al þat men mysded / I man to amende it</l> <l id="I20.398" n="RK20.390"> and þat deþ fordede / my dethe to releue</l> <l id="I20.399" n="RK20.391"> and boþe quykye and quyte / þ<expan>a</expan>t queynte was þorgh synne</l> <l id="I20.400" n="RK20.392"> and gile bigiled / þurgh grace at þe laste</l> <l id="I20.401" n="RK20.392"> <hi rend="rb">ars ut artem falleret</hi> </l> <l id="I20.402" n="RK20.393"> So leue it nat lucifer / aȝen þe lawe I fecche</l> <l id="I20.403" n="RK20.394"> her<expan>e</expan> eny synful soule sou<expan>er</expan>eyneliche by maystrie</l> <l id="I20.404" n="RK20.395"> but þurgh riȝt and þorgh resou<expan>n</expan> raunsome her<expan>e</expan> my liege</l> <l id="I20.405" n="RK20.396"> <hi rend="rb">no<expan>n</expan> veni soluere legem sed A/aimplere</hi> </l> <l id="I20.406" n="RK20.397"> So þat wiþ gile was gete / þurgh grace is now I-wonne</l> <l id="I20.407" n="RK20.398"> A/and as ad<expan>a</expan>m and alle þorgh a tree deyede</l> <l id="I20.408" n="RK20.399"> ad<expan>a</expan>m and alle þorgh a tr<expan>e</expan> schal turne to lyue</l> <l id="I20.409" n="RK20.400"> and now bygynneth þy gile / aȝen on þe to torne</l> <l id="I20.410" n="RK20.401"> and my grace to growe / ay widder<expan>e</expan> and widder<expan>e</expan></l> <l id="I20.411" n="RK20.402"> þe bitt<expan>?scraped out?</expan>ernesse þ<expan>a</expan>t þou hast browe / now brouke it þy-selue</l> <l id="I20.412" n="RK20.403"> þat arte docto<expan>ur</expan> of deþe / drynke þ<expan>a</expan>t þ<expan>ou</expan> madest</l> <l id="I20.413" n="RK20.404"> For I þat am lorde of life / loue is my drynke</l> <l id="I20.414" n="RK20.405"> For þat drinke to-day / I deyede as it semed</l> <l id="I20.415" n="RK20.406"> A/ac I wil drynke of no dissche ne of depe clergie</l> <l id="I20.416" n="RK20.407"> Bot of co<expan>m</expan>mune coppes / alle cristene soules</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="110v" entity="I110v"/> <l id="I20.417" n="RK20.408"> ....eþ deþ / and deþe helle ....</l> <l id="I20.418" n="RK20.409"> .....fursteþ ȝut / for mannes sou....</l> <l id="I20.419" n="RK20.410"> .....no pyeme?t ne pomade / ne p<expan>re</expan>cio....</l> <l id="I20.420" n="RK20.411"> .....e me to þe fulle / ne my thurst slokk<expan>?</expan></l> <l id="I20.421" n="RK20.412"> ....þe ventage falle / in þe vale of Iosophat ....</l> <l id="I20.422" n="RK20.413"> ....d drynke right ripe most <hi rend="rb">resureccio mortuo<expan>rum</expan></hi> ...</l> <l id="I20.423" n="RK20.414"> ...nd þan schal I come as kynge / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> croune & w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> a....</l> <l id="I20.424" n="RK20.415"> and haue out of helle alle mennes soules</l> <l id="I20.425" n="RK20.416"> Feendes and feendekynes / bifore me schal stand....</l> <l id="I20.426" n="RK20.417"> and be at my bidding / at blisse or at pe....</l> <l id="I20.427" n="RK20.418"> ac to be m<expan>er</expan>ciable to man / þenne my kynd....</l> <l id="I20.428" n="RK20.419"> For we be breþ<expan>er</expan>en of o blood / ac nat in baptisme....</l> <l id="I20.429" n="RK20.420"> ac all þ<expan>a</expan>t beþ myne hole breþ<expan>er</expan>en in blood ....</l> <l id="I20.430" n="RK20.421"> Schal neu<expan>er</expan> in helle efte come / be he ones ou...</l> <l id="I20.431" n="RK20.421"> <hi rend="rb">Tibi soli peccaui et malu<expan>m</expan> coram te feci</hi> </l> <l id="I20.432" n="RK20.422"> It is nat vsed on erþe / to hangen eny felouns</l> <l id="I20.433" n="RK20.423"> Oft<expan>er</expan> þan ones / þogh þey were traitours</l> <l id="I20.434" n="RK20.423"> and if þe kinge of þe kingedom / come in þe tyme ...</l> <l id="I20.435" n="RK20.424"> ther a þief þolie schulde / deþe oþ<expan>er</expan> iewise</l> <l id="I20.436" n="RK20.425"> lawe wolde he ȝeue him lif / and he loked on ....</l> <l id="I20.437" n="RK20.426"> and I þat am kyng ou<expan>er</expan> kynges schal come such a tym...</l> <l id="I20.438" n="RK20.427"> þer þat dome to þe deth / dampneþ all wikkede....</l> <l id="I20.439" n="RK20.428"> and if lawe wille I loke on he<expan>m</expan> / it lith in my ...a...</l> <l id="I20.440" n="RK20.429"> where þey deye or deye nat / dede þey neuer so ille</l> <l id="I20.441" n="RK20.430"> be it eny þing abu<expan>u corrected to o?</expan>ght / þe boldenesse of here synne..</l> <l id="I20.442" n="RK20.431"> I may do mercy of my righwisnesse <expan>sic</expan> / and all myne w....</l> <l id="I20.443" n="RK20.432"> For holy writ wil þat I be wreke of he<expan>m</expan> þ<expan>a</expan>t wrogh....</l> <l id="I20.444" n="RK20.433"> as <hi rend="rb">nullu<expan>m</expan> malu<expan>m</expan> impunitu<expan>m</expan> et nullu<expan>m</expan> bonu<expan>m</expan> irrem<expan>uneratum</expan></hi> ....</l> <l id="I20.445" n="RK20.434"> and so alle wickede / I wil here take vengeance.....</l> <l id="I20.446" n="RK20.435"> ac ȝit my kynde in my kene ir<expan>e</expan> / schal co<expan>n</expan>streigne my wille</l> <l id="I20.447" n="RK20.435"> <hi rend="rb">Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me </hi></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="111r" entity="I111r"/> <l id="I20.448" n="RK20.436"> to be m<expan>er</expan>ciable to menye / of menye h....</l> <l id="I20.449" n="RK20.437"> For bl...may sebloed / boþe afurst and .....</l> <l id="I20.450" n="RK20.438"> .... blood may nauȝt se blood but him rew...</l> <l id="I20.451" n="RK20.438"> <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">audiui archana v<expan>er</expan>ba que non licet ho<expan>min</expan>i loqui</hi></foreign></l> <l id="I20.452" n="RK20.439"> ....my right wisnesse / and right schal regnen in he....</l> <l id="I20.453" n="RK20.440"> and mercy & mankynde / bifore me in heuene</l> <l id="I20.454" n="RK20.441"> For I were an vnkynde kinge / but I my kyn holpe</l> <l id="I20.455" n="RK20.442"> and nameliche at such a nede / þat nedes helpe askeþ</l> <l id="I20.456" n="RK20.442"> <hi rend="rb">non intres in iudiciu<expan>m</expan> cum seruo tuo</hi> </l> <l id="I20.457" n="RK20.443"> .....quoþ oure lorde / lede y will fro hennes</l> <l id="I20.458" n="RK20.444"> .....and leuede in my connynge</l> <l id="I20.459" n="RK20.445"> ....þe lesynge þ<expan>a</expan>t þou lowe / lucifer til eue</l> <l id="I20.460" n="RK20.446"> .....abye bitt<expan>er</expan>e quoþ god / & bou<expan>n</expan>de w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> cheynes</l> <l id="I20.461" n="RK20.447"> astrot and al ...<expan>er</expan> hidden hem in hirnes</l> <l id="I20.462" n="RK20.448"> þey dorste nat loke on our<expan>e</expan> lorde / þe leste of he<expan>m</expan> all</l> <l id="I20.463" n="RK20.449"> ....leten him lede forth which / and leue which him liked</l> <l id="I20.464" n="RK20.450"> .....hundred of aungeles harpede þo and sungen</l> <l id="I20.465" n="RK20.450"> <hi rend="rb">Culpat caro purgat caro regnat Deus d<expan>omin</expan>i caro</hi> </l> <l id="I20.466" n="RK20.451"> ....pipede pees a poetes note</l> <l id="I20.467" n="RK20.451-451"> <hi rend="rb">Clarior e<expan>st</expan> solito et c Post i<expan>n</expan>imicicias clarior est et amor</hi> </l> <l id="I20.468" n="RK20.452"> ...ft<expan>er</expan> schar........howres q<expan>uo</expan>þ pees / most schene is þe sonne</l> <l id="I20.469" n="RK20.453"> ...s no......warmere þan aft<expan>er</expan> watri clowdes</l> <l id="I20.470" n="RK20.454"> ....leuere / ne no leuere frendes</l> <l id="I20.471" n="RK20.455"> ......& wrake when loue & pees ben maistres</l> <l id="I20.472" n="RK20.456"> .......in þis worlde ne wickidder<expan>e</expan> enuye</l> <l id="I20.473" n="RK20.457"> ......d him lust to loulynge brouȝte</l> <l id="I20.474" n="RK20.458"> .....pees þorgh pacience ...le sperewes stoppede</l> <l id="I20.475" n="RK20.459"> .....es q<expan>uo</expan>þ trewþe / þou tellest vs soþ by <expan>ihesu</expan></l> <l id="I20.476" n="RK20.460"> ...ppe we in couena<expan>n</expan>t / and ech of vs kisse oþ<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I20.477" n="RK20.461"> and lat no peple quoþ pees / p<expan>er</expan>seyue þat we chidede</l> <l id="I20.478" n="RK20.462"> For inpossible is no þing / to him þat is almyȝty</l> <milestone unit="fol." n="111v" entity="I111v"/> <l id="I20.479" n="RK20.463"> ....de rightwisnesse / & reuentlich........ed</l> <l id="I20.480" n="RK20.464"> .....here <hi rend="rb">per secula seculo<expan>rum</expan>......</hi></l> <l id="I20.481" n="RK20.464"> ..... <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">as obuiaueru<expan>n</expan>t sibi Iusticia et pax ....lat....su<expan>n</expan>t\</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I20.482" n="RK20.465"> ....þe trompede þo / & songe / <foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Te deum laud....</hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I20.483" n="RK20.466"> ....d þanne lutede loue / in a loude note</l> <l id="I20.484" n="RK20.467"> ....<foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Ecce q<expan>ua</expan>m bonu<expan>m</expan> et q<expan>ua</expan>m bonu<expan>m</expan> et q<expan>ua</expan>m iocundu<expan>m</expan></hi></foreign> </l> <l id="I20.485" n="RK20.468"> Til þe day dawede / þise damyseles carolede</l> <l id="I20.486" n="RK20.469"> þat men rounge to þe resurecciou<expan>n</expan> / and right ....</l> <l id="I20.487" n="RK20.470"> and calde kitte my wiffe / and calote my dogh...</l> <l id="I20.488" n="RK20.471"> arise and go reu<expan>er</expan>ence godes resurecciou<expan>n</expan> & crepe.... </l> <l id="I20.489" n="RK20.472"> and kisse it for a iewel / and right fulle ....</l> <l id="I20.490" n="RK20.473"> non richer<expan>e</expan> on erþe for god blessed body it ber....</l> <l id="I20.491" n="RK20.474"> and it afereþ þe feende / for such is þe ....</l> <l id="I20.492" n="RK20.475"> may no grisely gost glide / þ<expan>er</expan>e it schadeweþ</l> <trailer><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Explicit</hi></foreign></trailer><trailer><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Explicit</hi></foreign></trailer> </div1> <div1 type="passus" n="I21"> <head><foreign lang="lat"><hi rend="rb">Et incipit Dobest</hi></foreign></head> <l id="I21.1" n="RK21.1"> <hi rend="gold"><hi rend="o2">T</hi></hi>hus I awakede & wrote / what I hadde y-dre....</l> <l id="I21.2" n="RK21.2"> and diȝte me derely / and dede me to kirk....</l> <l id="I21.3" n="RK21.3"> To here holly þe messe / and to be houseled aft<expan>er</expan></l> <l id="I21.4" n="RK21.4"> In myddes of þe messe / þo men ȝede to offerynge...</l> <l id="I21.5" n="RK21.5"> I felle eft sones on slepe / and sodeynliche ....</l> <l id="I21.6" n="RK21.6"> þat peres þe plowma<expan>n</expan> / was paynted ....</l> <l id="I21.7" n="RK21.7"> and cam in wiþ a cros / bifore þe co<expan>m</expan>mun....</l> <l id="I21.8" n="RK21.8"> and right lik in al lymes / to our<expan>e</expan> lorde....</l> <l id="I21.9" n="RK21.9"> and þanne calde I conscience / to kenne me.....</l> <l id="I21.10" n="RK21.10"> Is þis ihus þe ioustere q<expan>uo</expan>þ I / þat iewes ....</l> <l id="I21.11" n="RK21.11"> Or it is <expan>sic</expan> peres þe plowman / who peyn...him ....</l> <l id="I21.12" n="RK21.12"> quoþ conscience & kneled þo / ......armes</l> <l id="I21.13" n="RK21.13"> his colours and his cote armu?r<expan>e</expan> / ac he þ<expan>a</expan>t comeþ so b....</l> <l id="I21.14" n="RK21.14"> Is crist wiþ his cros / conquero<expan>ur</expan> of cristen</l> <l id="I21.15" n="RK21.15"> why calle ȝe him crist synes iewes called hy<expan>m</expan> by <expan>ihesu</expan></l> <l id="I21.16" n="RK21.16"> patriarkes & p<expan>ro</expan>phetes p<expan>ro</expan>pheciede bifor<expan>e</expan></l> <milestone unit="fol." n="112r" entity="I112r"/> <l id="I21.17" n="RK21.17"> þat all kyn creatures / schulde knelen....</l> <l id="I21.18" n="RK21.18"> anon as men nempnede / þe name o....</l> <l id="I21.19" n="RK21.19"> <hi rend="rb">ergo</hi>*** is no name / to þe name of þe <expan>ihesu</expan>....</l> <l id="I21.20" n="RK21.20"> ne non so nedeful to nempne / by nyght ne...</l> <l id="I21.21" n="RK21.21"> For all derke deueles / aren drade for to heren ....</l> <l id="I21.22" n="RK21.22"> and synfulle ben solaced / and saued by þ<expan>a</expan>t name....</l> <l id="I21.23" n="RK21.23"> and ȝe callen him crist / for what cause telleþ ....</l> <l id="I21.24" n="RK21.24"> ....criste more of myght / and mor<expan>e</expan> worthier<expan>e</expan> na...</l> <l id="I21.25" n="RK21.25"> þan ihu or <expan>ihesu</expan> / þat alle our<expan>e</expan> ioye cam of</l> <l id="I21.26" n="RK21.26"> ....knowest wel q<expan>uo</expan>þ conscience / & þou conne r....</l> <l id="I21.27" n="RK21.27"> þat knyȝt kyng conquero<expan>ur</expan> / may be o p<expan>er</expan>sone</l> <l id="I21.28" n="RK21.28"> to be called a knyȝt is fair<expan>e</expan> / for me<expan>n</expan> schal ....</l> <l id="I21.29" n="RK21.29"> To be called a kynge is fairer<expan>e</expan> / for he may k....</l> <l id="I21.30" n="RK21.30"> ac to be conquero<expan>ur</expan> y-called / þat comeþ of spe....</l> <l id="I21.31" n="RK21.31"> and of hardynesse of herte / and of hendenesse...</l> <l id="I21.32" n="RK21.32"> To make lordes of laddes / of londe þat he wynne....</l> <l id="I21.33" n="RK21.33"> and fre man foule þralles / þat folweþ nat his lawes</l> <l id="I21.34" n="RK21.34"> ...e iewes þat were gentil men / ihu þey dispisede</l> <l id="I21.35" n="RK21.35"> ...oþe his lore & his lawe / now are we lowe cherles</l> <l id="I21.36" n="RK21.36"> ...wyde as þe worlde is / wonyeþ þere none</l> <l id="I21.37" n="RK21.37"> .....er tribute and tailage / as tikes & cherles</l> <l id="I21.38" n="RK21.38"> .......bycome cristene / be counseil of þe baptist</l> <l id="I21.39" n="RK21.39"> aren frankeleynes & fre me<expan>n</expan> / þorgh fullyng þ<expan>a</expan>t þey toke</l> <l id="I21.40" n="RK21.40"> and gentil me<expan>n</expan> w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> ihu / for ihu was y-fulled</l> <l id="I21.41" n="RK21.41"> and vppo<expan>n</expan> ca?uarie on cros / y-crouned kyng of iewes</l> <l 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....ros and regnede / and rauyschede helle....</l> <l id="I21.52" n="RK21.53"> ....was he conquero<expan>ur</expan> calde / of quyke ....</l> <l id="I21.53" n="RK21.54"> ..... ȝaf ad<expan>a</expan>m and eue / and oþer mo blisse.....</l> <l id="I21.54" n="RK21.55"> ...ge hadden leye bifore / as luciferes cherles</l> <l id="I21.55" n="RK21.56"> ....lucifer þe loþelich / þat lorde was of helle</l> <l id="I21.56" n="RK21.57"> .....de as he is bounde / wiþ bondes of Ire</l> <l id="I21.57" n="RK21.58"> ....s hardiere þan he / his here blood he h......d</l> <l id="I21.58" n="RK21.59"> ....all folc fre / þat folweþ h......</l> <l id="I21.59" n="RK21.60"> .......he ȝeueþ largeliche all .....</l> <l id="I21.60" n="RK21.61"> .....p<expan>ar</expan>adise at here p<expan>ar</expan>tyng....</l> <l id="I21.61" n="RK21.62"> .....e wel called conqu..ro<expan>ur</expan>.......is it ....</l> <l id="I21.62" n="RK21.63"> .....ause þ<expan>a</expan>t he comeþ þus / w<expan>i</expan>t<expan>h</expan> his 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