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Passus secundus de dowel
Allas eye quod elde / and holynesse bothe
That wit shal turne to wrechednesse / for wil {a}hath al his wille
Couetyse of yes conforted me aftur
And saide rechelesnesse / reche the neuere By so thow riche were
Confesse the to som frere / he shal asoile the thus sone T
How so euere / thow wynne hit
For while fortune is thy frende / freres wol the louye
And festene the in ther flaternite / f[r]aternite T / and for the by-seche
To here priour prouincial / his pardon to haue
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And preeye / p[re]ye for the pol by pol / yf thow be peccunio{i}sus
Pena peccuniaria non sufficit & cetera
By wissyng of this wenche y dede / here wordes were so swete
Til y forȝet ȝouthe / and ȝorn in-to elde
And thenne was fortune my foo / for al her fayre biheste
And pouerte pursuede me / and potte me to be lowe
And flittyng fond y the frere / þat me confessede
And saide he myhte nat me assoile / but y suluer hadde
To restitute resonably / for al vnrihtfole wynnynge
Ouh quod y tho / and myn heued waggede C
By my faith frere quod y / ȝe fare lyke þe woware
That wilneth nat þe wedewe · bote for to welde here godes
Riht so by þe rode quod y / rouhte ȝe neuere
Wher my body were y-bered / by so ȝe hadde my godes
And thenne louhe leaute / for y loured {þ}on P þe frere
Why lourest quod leaute / leue sire y saide
For this frere flaterede me / þe while he fond me ryche
And now y am pore and penyles / at litel pris he sette me
Y wolde it were no synne y saide / to seien þat were treuthe
The sauter sayth hit is no synne / for suche men þat ben trewe
To segge as they seen / and saue only prestis
Existimasti inique / quod ero tibi similis T
Arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam
Thei wolle allegge also / and by þe gospel preuen hit
Nolite iudicare quemquam
And wher-of serueth lawe quod leaute / and no lyf vnder-toke
Falsnesse ne fayterye / for sumwhat þe apostel saide C
{...?...?...}Non oderis fratrem secrete in corde & cetera C
Thyng þat al þe world woet / wherfore sholdest thow spare
To rehercen hit al by retoryk / to arate dedly synne
Ac be neuere-more þe furste / the defaute to blame
Thouh thowe se say nat sum-tyme þat is treuthe
Thyng þat wolde be pryue / publische thow hit neuere
Nother for loue labbe it out / ne lacke hit nat for enuye
Pa{t}rum lauda vitipera / vit[u]pera parcius
A saith soth quod scripture tho / and sk{p}ypte C an heyh and prechede
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Ac þe matere þat she meuede / if lewede men hit knewe
The lasse as y leue louyon þey wolde
The bileue of oure lord / þat lettred men techeth
Of here teme and here tales / y took ful good hede
He LX saide in here sarmon / selcouthe wordes
Multi to amangerye / a mangerye / and to þe mete were sompned
And whan þe peple was plenere ycome þe porter vnpynnede þe gate
And plihte in pauci priueiliche and lette þe remenaunt go rome
Al for tene of here tyxst tremblede myn herte
And in a wer gan y wex / and with my-sulue to despute
Where y were chose / on holy churche y thouhte
That vnderfeng me at þe fonte / for on of godes chosene
For crist clepede vs alle / come yf we wolde
Sarrasynes and sismatikes / and so a LX ded þe iewes
And bad hem souke for synne / saue at his breste
And drynke bote for bale / brouke hit ho-so myhte
O vos omnes sicientes venite ad aquas
Thenne may alle cristene come / and clayme þerto entre
By þat bloed he bouhte vs with / and baptem{i}e P as he tauhte
Qui crediderit & baptizatus fuerit & cetera
For thogh acristene / a cristene man coueitede / his cristendom to renoye
Rihtfolliche to renoye no resoun hit wolde
For may no cherl chartre make / ne his chatel sulle
With-outen leue of þe lord / no lawe wol hit graunte
Ac he may renne in arrerage / and rome fro home
As arecheles / a recheles Caytyf / other reneyed as hit semeth
As / A[c] reson shal rekene with C hym / and rebuken hym at þe laste
And consience a-counte with hym / and casten hym in arrerages
And potten hym aftur in prisoun / in purgatorie to brenne
And for his rechelesnes rewarde hym þere / riht to þe day of dome
Bote yf contricioun and confessioun / crye by his lyue
Mercy for his mysdedes · with mouthe and with herte
That is soth saide scripture C · may no synne lette
Mercy þat he LX ne may al amende / and mekenesse her folowe
They bothe as oure bokes C telleth / are boþe godes werkes
Misericordia eius super omnia opera
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Ȝe bawe for bokes quod oen · was broken out of helle
I troianes a trewe knyht y take witnesse of a pope
How y was ded and dampned / to dwellen in hell
For an vn-cristene creature · seynt Gregori woet þe sothe
That al þe cristendoem vnder Crist / ne myhte me crache fro thenne
Bote onlyche loue and leaute / as in my lawes demynge
Gregori wiste this wel / and wilned to my soule
Sauacion for þe soethnesse / a LX sey in my werkes
And for a LX wilnede wepynge · þat y were ysaued
God of his goodnesse · y-sey his grete will
And with-outen mo bedes biddyng · his bone was vnderfonge
And y-saued as ȝe may se · without syngynge of mo masses
Loue with-oute lele bileue / as my lawe riht{..}ful
Saued me sarrasyn soule and body bothe
Lo lordes what leute dede / and leele dome y vsed
Wel ouhte ȝe lordes þat lawes kepeth / this lesson to haue in mynde
And on Troianes treuthe to thenke / alle tyme in ȝoure lyue
And louye for oure lordes loue / and do leute euermore
For lawe with-outen leutee · ley þer abene / a bene
Or eny science vnder sonne · the seuene ars and alle
Bote loue and leute hem lede · y-lost is al þe tyme
Of hym þat trauaileth heron · bote treuthe be his lyuynge
So loue and leute · hit ben oure lordes bokes
And cristis oune clergie · he cam fro heuene to teche hit
And seynt Ion sethen saide hit of his techyng
C Qui non diligit · manet in morte
And nameliche pore peple / here preey{e}rres may vs helpe
For god as þe gospel saith · goth ay as þe pore
And as þe euaungelie witnesseth / when we maken festes
We sholde nat clepie knyhtes þerto / ne none kyne ryche
Cum facitis conuiuia / nolite vocare amicos & cetera
Ac calleth the carefole þerto / the crokede and the pore
For vch a frende fedeth other / and fondeth hou beste to quite
Meles and manschipes vch a riche man oþer
Ac for þe pore may nat paye · / y wol pay my-sulue
That louieth and leneth hem largeliche shal y quyte
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Ac Caluarie of cristis bloed / cristendoem gan sprynge
And bl{e}ody bretherne / we by-come there / of o body y-wonne
As quasi modo geniti · gentel men vchone
No beggare ne boy among vs / but hit synne make
Qui facit peccatum seruus est peccati
In þe olde lawe as þe lettre telleth mennes sones me calde vs
Of Adames issue and Eue ay til god and man deyede T
And aftur his resurectoun / resurect[i]oun LX / redemptor was his name
And we his blody bretherne / as wel beggares as lo{d}rdes
For-thy loue we as leue childerne · lene hem þat nedeth
And euery man helpe other / for hennes shal we alle
To haue as we haen serued / as holychirche / holy chirche witnesseth
Et qui bona egerunt ibunt & cetera
For-thy lerne we to lawe of loue / as oure lord tauhte
And pore peple fayle we nat / while eny peny vs lasteth
For in here likenesse oure lord · lome hath be y-knowe
Witnesse in þe paske woke when he ȝede to Emaux
Cleophas ne knewe hym nat · þat he Crist were
For his pore parail and pilgrimes clothes
Til þat he blessed here bred / and brake hit hem bitwene
So by this werkes thei wisten / þat he was ihesu
Ac by clothyng they knewe hym nat so caytifliche he ȝede
And al was ensample sothly / to vs synfole here
That we sholde be low and louelich / and lele vch man til oþer
And pacient as pilgrimes / for pilgrimes are we alle
In þe parail of a pilgrime / and in pore likenesse
Holy seyntes hym sey / Ac neuere in secte of riche
And seynt marie his moder / as Mathew bereth witnesse
Was a puyre pore mayde / and to apore / a pore man y-wedded
Marthe on marie ma{d}udelene · an huge pleynte she made
And to oure sauyour / sulue saide þis wordes
Domine non est tibi cura quod Soror & cetera
And here aytheres wille · riht wel alowede T
Ac pouerte god potte byfore · and preuede for þe betere
Maria optimam partem elegit que non & cetera
C And alle þe wyse þat euere were · by auhte y can aspye
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Preisede pouerte for beste / if pacience hit folowe
And bothe bettere and blessedere · by many fold then richesse
Al-thouh he be sour to soffre · þer cometh a swete aftur
As on a walnote with-oute · is a bittere barke
And aftur þat bittere barke · be þe scale a-weye
Is a cornel of confort · kynde to restore
So aftur penaunce and pouerte · pacientliche y-take
Maketh man to haue mynde in god and his mercy to craue
The which is þe cornel of confort / for alle cristene soules
And wel sikorere he slepeth þe segg þat is pore
And lasse drat by day or in derke to ben yrobbed
Then he þat is rihte ryche reson bereth witnesse
Pauper ego ludo / dum tu diues mditaris / m[e]ditaris
Holy churche witnesseth ho-so forsaketh
His fader or his frendes · fren{.}-de oþer sybbe
Or eny welthe in this world / his wyf or his childrene
For þe loue of oure lord / lotheth hym to be pore
He shal haue an hundred-fold of heuene-ryche blisse
And lyf lastyng for euere / byfore oure lord in heuene
Quicumque relinquit patrem & matrem & cetera
Crist acordeth efte her-with · clerkes wyteth þe sothe
What god saide hym-sulue to a segg þat he louede
Yf thow likest to lyue quod god þe lyf þat is parfit
Al þat thow haste here hastly go and sulle hit
Ȝef pore peple þe panes · þerof pors þou none
Ac ȝef hem forth to pore folk · þat for my loue hit aske
For-saek al and sue me / and so is thi beste
Si vis perfectus esse vade & vende & cetera
Ȝut conseileth Crist · in commen vs all
Ho-so coueiteth to come to my kyneriche
He moet forsaken hym-sulue · his suster and his broþer
And al þat þe world wolde / and my will folowe
Nisi renunciaueritis / omnia que posidetis / pos[s]idetis & cetera
Mo prouerbes y myhte haue / of mony holy seyntes
To testifie for treuthe · þe tale þat y shewe
And poetes to preuen hit · Porfirie and plato
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C Aristotel Ennedy enleuene hundred
Tulius tolomeus · y can nat tell here names
Preueth pacient pouerte prince of alle vertues
And by þe grayn þat groweth god vs all techeth
Mesciefes / Mesc[h]iefes on molde · mekeliche to soffren
Nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit & cetera
Bote if þe seed þat sowen is in the sloo sterue
Shal neuere spir sprynge vp / ne spiek on straw kerue
Sholde neuere whete wexe · but whete furste deyede
On oþer sedes also / in þe same wyse
That ben layd in louhe erthe · ylore as hit were
And thorw þe grace of god and grayn dede on erthe
At the laste launceth vp where-by we lyuen all
As sedes þat ben sowen / and mowen soffre wyntres
Aren tidiore and touore · to mannes by-hofte
Then sedes þat sowe ben · and mowen nat with forstes
Ne wynde ne wederes / as in wynter tymes
As lynsed leksed · and lentesedes alle
Aren not so worthy as whete ne so wel mowe
In þe feld with þe forst · and hit frese longe
Riht so sothly þat soffry may penaunces
Worth allowed of oure lord · at here laste ende
And for here pacience ben y-presed / as for puyr martir
Or for a confessour y-kud · þat counteth nat a ruche
Fere ne famyne · ne fals mennes tonges
But as an hosebonde hopeth aftur · an hard wynter
Yf god gyueth hym þe lyf · to haue a goed heruost
So preueth this profetes · þat pacientliche soffren
Mescheues and myshappes · and many tribulaciones
Bitokeneth treuly · in tyme comyng aftur
Murthe for his mornyng / and þat muche plentee
For crist saide to seyntes · þat for his sake tholeden
pouerte and penaunce · and persecucioun of body
Then angelis in here anger · on this wyse hem grette
Tristicia vestra vertetur in gaudium
Ȝoure sorwe in-to solace / shal turne at þe laste
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And out of wo in-to wele · ȝoure wirdes shal chaunge
Ac ho-so rat of th / th[e] ryche · the reuers may fynde
How god as þe gospelle telleth / gyueth foel to name
And þat his gost shal go · and goed bileue
And asketh ho shal hit haue · þe catel · þat he kepeth so T
In coffres and in bernis
And art so loth to leue / that lete shal thow nedes
O stulte ista nocte anima tua egrediatur tezaurisat & ignorat & cetera
An vnredy reue thy residue shal spene
That many mothe was maister · ynne · in Amynte-whyle / A mynte-whyle LX
Vpholderes on þe hulle · shal haue hit to sulle
Lo · lordes lo · C and ladyes taketh hede
Hit lasteth nat longe þat is lycour swete
As pesecoddes · pere ionettes · plommes and cheries
That lihtlich launseth vp · litel while dureth
And þat rathest rypeth · rotieth most sonnest
On fat lond ful of donge / foulest wedes groweth
Riht so sothly suche þat ben bischopes
Erles and Erchedekenes / and oþere riche clerkes
That chaffaren as chapmen · and chide bote they wynne
And haen þe world at he / he[re] wille · oþerwyse to leuene
Riht as wedes waxeth · / in wose and in donge
So · C of rychesse ope rychesse · ariste alle vices
Lo lond ouerleyd · with · C marl and with donge
Whete þat þer-on · wexeth · worth lygge ar hit rype
Riht so sothly for to segge treuthe
Ouer-plente pruyde norischeth · þer pouerte hit distrueth
For how hit euere be y-wonne · but hit wel despeneth
Worldly wele ys wykked thyng to hem þat hit kepeth
For if he be fer þer-fro / fol ofte hath he drede
That fals folk fecche aweye · felonliche his godes
And ȝut more hit maketh men / mony tymes & ofte
To synege and to souche sotiltees of Gyle
For coueytyse of þat catel / to culle hym þat hit kepeth
And so is many man / y-morthred for his moneye and his godes
And tho that dede þe dede · y-dampned þerfore aftur
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And he for his hard holdyng / in helle parauntur
So coueytise of catel · was combraunce to hem alle
Lo how pans purchaseth / fayre places and deede
That rote is of robbares · the rychesses with-ynne
notate hic freris
de
// hyere cam a{t}
trogian & sayde
baw for bokesC
// notate hyer how ȝe schull
make festes
de
do-wel
do-wel
And he for his hard holdyng