In maner off a mendynant many yeres after

& off thys metyng many tymes moche thoght I hadde

furst how fort{u}vne me faylled at my most nede

& how þat elde manesed me we myght ne{u}ver mete

& how þat freres folowden folke þat were ryche

& folke þat was po{u}vre att lytle pryce they sett

& no corps In theyre kyrkyarde ne In theyr kyrke was buryed

but q{u}vycke he byq{u}vethe ought or helpe q{u}vyte þer dettes

& how co{u}vetyse ouercame clerkes & preestes

& how þat lewde men be ladde but our lorde þem helpe

thrughe vnconnyng c{u}vratours to vnc{u}vrable paynes

& how þat ymagynatyve In dremles me tolde

off kynd & off connyng & how co{u}vrteys he ys to beestes

& how lo{u}vyng he ys to bestes on land & on water

ley{n}vethe he no lyffe lasse ne more

þe creatures þat crepen off kynd beene engendered

and sythe how Imagynatyve sayde vixP Iustus saluabitur . //

& when he had seyde so how sodenlyche he passed

I lyeLX downe long yn þis thoght & at þe last I slepte

& as cryste wold c{o}ameP conscyence to conforte me þat tyme

& bad me come to hys co{u}vrte wyth clargye sh{u}vlde I dyne

& for conscyence off claregy spake / I comeT wyll þe rather

& þer I sygh a mastre what man he was I nyste

that low lowted & lo{u}velyche to scrypture

conscyence knewe hym well & welcomede hym fayre

they wassheden & wypeden & wenten to dynner

but pacyence In þe paley{es}ce stoode In pylgrymes clothes

and preyed meyte par charyte for a po{u}vre heremyte

conscyence called hym yn & co{u}vrtesslyche sayed

welcome wysse go & whasshe youP shallt sytt sone

thys master was made sytte & for þe most worthye

thenT clargy & conscyence & pacyence cam affter

pacyence & I were put to be macches

& sytten by our-sel{u}ve att a syde boorde

conscyence called after meyte & þen came scrypture

and ser{u}ved þem þus soone wyth sondrye meytes manye

off austyne & ambros & off all þe foure e{u}vangely{t}stes

edentes et bibentes que apud eos sunt

& thys master ne hys man no maner flesshe eyten

but þei eyte meyte off more coste mortrasesLG & potages

off þat men mysswonne þei made them well att easse

& theyr sa{u}vce was euer so{u}vre and vnsa{u}vourly gro{u}vnde

In a morter post mortem off manye byttre paynes

but yff they syng for tho so{u}vles & wepe salte teyres

vos qui peccata hominum comeditis nisi pro eis lacrimas

conscyence co{u}vrtesly tho commanded scrypture

before pacyence bredde to bryng & me that was hys make

he sett a so{u}vre loofe afore vs & sayde agite penetentiam //

& sythe he drew vs drynke diuT perseuerans //

as long quod I as y ly{u}ve [ & lygham may dure ]C

here ys propre ser{u}vyce quod pacyence þer fareth no knyght bettre

& then he broght forthe other meyte off niserere / [m]iserere mei deus :

andT beati quorum off beatus vir {In a dysshe} makyng

et quorum tecta sunt peccata In a dysshe

off derne shryfte dixi and confitebor tibi

bryng pacyence some pytance pry{u}vylye quod concyence

and then came to pacyence a pytance y-broghte

off pro hoc orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore oportuno//

and conscyence conforted vs & carped vs mery tales

cor contritum et humiliatum deus non dispicies://

pacyence was pro{u}vde off that propre ser{u}vyce

& made hym myrthe wyth hys meyte but I monedLX euer

for thys doctor on þe hygh dayes dronke wyne so faste

ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum et cetera//

he eyte manye sondrye meytes mortresesLG & puddynges

wombe clo{u}vtes and wylde bra{u}vne & egges fryed wyth greyce

þen sayd I to my-selfe so pacyence ytt herde

ytt ys not fo{u}vr dayes þat þis freyke before þe deane of po{u}vles

preyched off pennances þat paule þe apostle suffered

In fame & fr{y}igore P & {sh}flappesP off sco{u}vrges

ter cesus sum & a Iudeis quinquies quadragenas et cetera //

but on worde þei ouerhyppen at eche tyme þatT þei preychen

that poule In hys pystle to allT þe poeple tolde

periculum est in falsis fratribus ·//

holy wrytt byddethe men beware I wole not wryte ytt here

{o}In englysshe I{n}f inC a{u}venture ytt were rehersed offte

& gre{u}ve therwyth þat goode beene but gramaryens sh{u}olde rede

vnusquisque a fratre suoC custodiat quia vt dicitur periculum est in falsis fratribus

I sagh ne{u}ver freyke þat as a frere yede en englysshe byfore men

take ytt for hys teme & tell ytt wyth-oute glosyng

they preychen þat pennance ys profetable to the soule

and what mysscheffe & malyceLX cryste for man tholed

but þusLX goddes glotton quod I wyth hys greate chekes

hathe no pyte on vs po{u}vre men he perfo{u}vrmethe y{u}vell

that he preychethe he pro{u}vethe noght to pacyence I tolde

and wyssedT wytterly wythe wyll full egre

that dysshes & dublers before thys ylke doctor

were molten leade In hys mawe & mawho{u}vnde yn þe mydest

I shall Iangell to þis Iordane wyth hys I{u}vste wombe

to tell me whatt pennance ys off wyche he preyched rather

pacyence percey{u}ved watt I thoght & wynked on me to be stylle

& sayd þou shalte see þisT soone when he may no more

he shall haue a pennance In hys pa{u}vnche & puffe at eche worde

& þen shall hys g{u}vttes grothell & he shall galpen after

for now he hathe dronke so deepe he wyll denyeT soone

and pro{u}ve ytt by theyre apoc{u}vlyppes & passyon off seynte a{u}veryzeT

that nether bakon ne brawne blankmangere ne morteresse

ys nether fysshe ne flesshe but foode for a pena{u}vnte

& then shall he testyfye off a trynyte & take hys felowes to wyttnes

what he fo{u}vnde In a freyle after freres ley{u}vyngT

but yff þe furste leyeffeT be lesyng le{u}ve me neuer after

& then ys tyme to take & to appose thys doctor

off dowell & dobetter & yff dobestP be pennance

& I sett st{.}yll as pacyence seyde & soone þusLX docto{u}vr

as r{u}vddy as a roos r{u}vbbed hys chekes

coghed & carped & conscyence hym herde

& tolde hym off a trynyte & towarde vs he loked

what ys dowell syr docto{i}vr quod I ys dowell any pennace / penna[n]ce

dowell quod thys docto{u}vr & toke þe c{o}vppeP & dranke

do non y{u}vell to þi e{u}ven-crystyen {t} noght to thye power

by þis day syr docto{u}vr quod I then be ye noght In dowell

for ye han harmed vs two In that ye yete þe puddyng

mortres & other meyte & we no morssell hade

& yff youLG fare so In your fermyerye farlye me thynkethe

but chest theyre charyte sh{u}olde be & chyldre dorste playne

I wold perm{u}vte my pennance wyth yours I am In poynt to dowell

then conscyence co{u}vrteslyche a co{u}vntenance made

and preynte vp-on pacyence to prey me be styll

and seyde hym-selffe syr doctour & yff ytt be your wyll

whatt ys dowell dobetter ye de{u}vynours knowen

dowell quod thys doctour do as clerkes teychen

& dobetter ys he þat teychethe & tra{u}veylethe to teyche other

& do-best hym-sel{u}ve so as he sayethe & teychethe

qui facit et docuerit magnus vocabitur in regno celorum. //

now þou clargy quod conscyence carpethe watt ys dowell

I haue sey{u}ven sonnes he sayed ser{u}ven att a castell

ther þe lorde off lyffe wonnethe to lerne þem watt ys dowell

tyll I see thos sey{u}ven & my-sel{u}ve accorden

I am vnhardye quod he to any wyght to pre{u}ve{nte}P ytt

for on pyers þe plowman hathe ymp{u}vngned vs all

and sett all scyenses att a soppe sa{u}ve lo{u}ve alone

& no text ne takethe to meynteygne hys ca{u}vse

but dilige deum and domine quis habitabit et cetera//

& sayethe þat dowell & dobetter are two Insermytyes / In[fyn]ytyesP

wyche Inf{.}ynytesP wyth a faythe fynden oute dobeste

wych shall haue mannes so{u}vle þus sayethe pyers plowman

I can not heyren quod conscyence but I knowe pyers plowman

he wyll nott ageynst holy wrytte speke I dare vndretake

þen passe we ouer tyll pyers come & pre{u}ve we þus In dede

pacyence hathe bynne In manye places & pera{u}venture knowethe

þat no clere / cler[k]e ne can as cryste beyrethe wyttnes

pacientes vincunt et cetera

att your preyere quod pacyence þen so no man dyspleasse hym

disce quod he doce & dilege / dil[i]ge inimicos

disce & dowell doce & dobetter

dilige & dobest thus taght me on{es}ce

a leymman þat I lo{u}ved lo{u}ve was hyr name

wyth wordes & werkes quod she & lo{u}ve off thyne herte

thow lo{u}ve leally thye soule all thy lyffe tyme

and so þou lere þe to lo{u}ve for þe lordes lo{u}ve off hey{u}ven

thyne enmye In all wyse e{u}vene-forthe wyth thy-sel{u}ven

cast coles on hys heyde & all kynd speches

both wyth worke & worde fonde hys lo{u}ve to wynne

& ley on hym þus wyth lo{u}ve tyll he laghe on the

& but he bowe for þis beytyng blynd mote he worthe

but to fare þus wyth thye frende folye ytt were

for he þat lo{u}vethe þe leally lytle off thyne co{u}vetethe

kynd lo{u}ve co{u}vetethe naght no catell but speche

wyth halfe a lo{um}vngeP lyne In laten ex vi transicionis //

I bere therynne a bea{u}vte fast y-bo{u}vnde doowell

In a sygne off {a}þe saterday þat sett furst þe kalendre

& all þe wytt off þe wensday off þe next weke after

the mydle off þe moone ys þe myght off bothe

& therwyth am I welcome ther I haue ytt wyth me

vndoo ytt lett þis doctour deme yff dowell be theryn

for by hym þat me made myght neuer po{u}verte

myssease ne myscheffe ne man wyth hys tonge

colde ne care ne companye off the{u}ves

ne neyther heate ne haelle ne non hell po{u}vke

ne nother fyre ne floode ne feere off thyne enmye

teene þe att any tyme & þou take ytt wyth the

charitas nichil timet et cetera //

ytt ys but a dido quod thys doctour a dyso{u}vrs tale

all þe wytt off þis worlde & wyght menes strenght

can not confyrme a pea{s}ce betwene þe pope & hys enmyes

ne betwene two crysten kynges can no wyght pea{s}ce make

profytable to eyther poeple & put þe table fro hym

& toke claregy & conscyence to co{u}vnseale as ytt were

that pacyence þo m{o}vste passe for pylgrymes can lye

but conscyence carped lo{u}vde & co{u}vrteslyche sayde

Freendes farethe well & fayre spake to claregye

for I wyll goo wyth thys goome yff god wyll gyve me grace

& be pylgryme wyth pacyence tyll I haue pro{u}ved more

what quod clargye to coscyence / co[n]scyence are youLG co{u}veto{u}vs noweLG

after yersgyfftes and gyfftes or yerne to rede rydylles

I shall bryng you a byble a boke off þe old lawe

& lerne you yff you lyke þe best poynt to knowe

that pacyence þe pylgryme perfyttly knewe neuer

nay by cryst quod conscyence to claregye god þe foryelde

For all þat pacyence me proferethe pro{u}vde am I but lytle

but þe wyll off þe wyȝe & þe wyll off folke here

hathe mo{u}ved my moode to mowneT for my synnes

þe good wyll off a wyght was neuer boght to þe full

for þer ys no treaso{u}vr ther-to to a trewe wyll

had not mary magdelyne more for a box off sal{u}ve

then sache{u}vs for he seyde dimidium bonorum meorum do pauperibus

and þe po{u}vere wydowe for a pay{e}re off mytes

þen all þo þat offered yn-to gazaphilacium.//

th{u}vs co{u}vrteslyche conscyence conge{r}yde the frere

and syth sothelyche he seyde In clargyes yere

me were lyuer by our lorde and I ly{u}ve sholde

haue pacyence perfyttly þen halffe þi packe off bokes

clergye off conscyence no congye wolde take

but seyd full sobrelyche þou shalte see þe tyme

when þou arte wery for-walked wylne me to co{u}vnseyle

thys ys sothe quod conscyence so me god helpe

yff pacyence be our partyng felowe & pry{u}vye wyth vs bothe

there ys no wo In þis worlde þat we ne sh{u}olde amende

and confyrmen kynges to pea{s}ce & all kynnes landes

sarazenes & surrye & so forthe all the Iewes

torne In-to þe trew faythe & In-to oone byle{u}ve

that ys sothe quod clargye I se what þou meynest

I shall do well as I doo my de{u}voyer to showe

& confo{u}vrmen fantykynnes & other folke lered

tyll pacyence haue pro{u}ved þe & perfytt þe maked

conscyence þo wyth pacyence passed pylgrymes as þei were

then had pacyence as pylgrymes ha{u}ve In hys pooke wytayles

sobreete & symple speche & sothefast byle{u}ve

to conforte hym & conscyence yff they come In place

þer vnkyndnes & co{u}vetyse þes are hongre co{u}vntreyes bothe

& as þei went by þe way off dowell þei carped

they mett wyth a mynstrell as me tho thoght

pacyence apposed hym furste & preyede he shold th{y}em tell

to conscyence watt craft he co{u}vde & what co{u}vntrey he wolde

I am a mynstrell quod þat man my name ys / actiua vita : /

all Idle y hate for off acty{u}ve ys my name

a wafrere wole þe P wytt & ser{u}ve many lordes

and fewe robes I fonge or furred gownes

co{u}vlde I lye to do men laghe then lacchen I sholde

other mantell or money amongest lordes mynstrelles

but for þat I am nother taber ne trompe ne tell no gestes

farten ne fythelen att feastes ne harpen

Iape ne Iogle ne gentylyche pype

ne neyther salye ne sawte ne syng wyth þe gyttren

I haue no goode gyfftes off thees greate lordes

for no bred þat I bryng forthe sa{u}ve a benyson on þe sonday

when þe preste preyeth the poeple þe theyr pater noster to bydde

for pyres þe plowman and þat hym profytt weyten

and þat I am acty{u}ve & Idlenes hate

for all trewe tra{u}vylours & tyllo{u}vrs off yerthe

for mychylmas to mychylmas I fynd them wyth waffres

beggers & bydders off my bred cra{u}ven

Fayto{u}vrs & freres and folke wyth broode c{}ro{u}vnes

I fynd payne for þe pope & pro{u}vendre for hys palferey

and I had neuer off hym haue god my trewght

nother prebend ne personage yet off popes gyfte

sa{u}ve a perdone wyth a pece off leade and two polles In þe myddes

ha{t}de eche a clere / cler[k]e þat co{u}vde wryte I wold cast hym a byll

that he sendLG me vndre hys seale a sal{u}ve for þe pestylence

and þat hys blyssyng & hys bulles bocches myght destroye

In nomine meo demonia eicient & super egros

and then wold I be preste to þe poeple past for to make

and buxome & bysye a-bo{u}vte breyd & drynke

for hym & for all hys / fond I that hys perdone

myght lechen a man as I bele{u}ve ytt sholde

for sythe he hathe þe power þat petur hym-sel{u}ve hadde

he hathe þe pott wyth þe sal{u}ve sothely as me thynkethe

argentum et aurum non est michi quod autem

but yff myght off myracle fayle yt ys for men be not worthy

to haue þe grace off god and no gylt off the pope

For may no blyssyng done vs bote but yff we wyll amend

ne mannes masse make pea{s}ce among crystene poeple

tyll pryde be p{u}vrelyche fordoo and þat thrughe payne defa{u}vte

for er I haue bredde or meyle erst most I sweyte

and er þei come haue corne Inowe many colde mornynges

so er my waffres be wroght moche wo I tholye

all london I lee{u}ve lykethe well my wafres

and lo{u}vren when þei lacken ytt ytt ys not long passed

there was a carefull comen when no carte cam to towne

wyth bredde fro strettforde then ganne beggers wepe

& werkmen were agast a lytle þis wylbe / wyl be thoght long

In þe date off our drythe In a drye aprell

a thowsand & thre h{u}vndrethe twysse twenty & tenne

my waffres were geyson when chechester was meyre

I tooke goode kepe by cryste & conscyence bothe

off haukyn þe acty{u}ve man and how þat he was clothed

he had a cyte off crystendome as holye churche byle{u}vethe

but ytt was moled In many places wyth many sondry pl{a}ottes P

off pryde here a pl{a}otte & þer a pl{a}ott off vnboxome speche

off scornyng & off scoffyng & off vnscyllfull beyryng

as yn apparell and In porte pro{u}vde amonge þe poeple

other wayes then he hathe wyth herte or eyghe shewyng

hym wyllyng þat all men wend he were þat he ys noght

forthy he bostethe & braggethe wyth many greate othes

and Inobeydyent to vndrenomme off any lyfe ly{u}vyng

and so syng{u}vler by hym-sel{u}ve ne non so pope holye

habytyd as an herymyte an ordre by hym-sel{u}ve

relygyon saan{s}ceP r{u}vle and reysonable obeydyence

lakkyng lettered men & lewde men bothe

In lykyng off leall lyfe and a lyere In so{u}vle

wyth yn-wytt & wyth oute-wytt ymagenyng & st{u}odye

as best for hys bodye be to haue a badde name

& entermetten hym ouer all þer he hathe nothyng a doone

wylnyng þat men wend hys wytt were þe beste

and yff he gy{u}vethe ought to þe po{u}vre gomes tell whatt he deylethe

po{u}vre yn possessyon yn pur{s}ce & In cofers bothe

and as a lyon on to looke and lordlyche off speche

boldest off beggers a booster þat noght hathe

In townes & In tauerens tales to tell

and segge thyngesLG þat he sygh neuer & for sothe sweyre ytt

off dedys þat he neuer dyd demen & bosten

and off workes þat he well dyd seggen & wyttnessen

loo yff þou lee{u}ve me noght or þat I lye wenestT

aske att hym or at hym and he you can tell

what y suffered & seghe & some-tymes hadde

& what I co{u}vld &

all he wold þat men wyst off werkes & off wordes

wyche myght pleasse þe poeple & preysen hym-sel{u}ve P

si hominibus placerem Cristi seruus non essem

be cryst quod conscyence þo thy best cote haukyn

hathe many mooles & spottes ytt wold beene y-wasshen

ye wo-so tooke kepe quod haukyn byhynd & byfore

whatt on backe & on bodye and by þe two sydes

men sholde fynd many fro{u}vnces & many foule plottes

& he torned hym as tyte and then toke I hede

yt was fowler by

ytt was by-dropped wyth wrathe and wycked wyll

wyth en{u}vye & y{u}vell wyll entysyng to fyght

lyeyng & laghyng and aC lee{u}ve tong to chyde

all þat he wyst wycked by any wyght tell ytt

and blame men byende þer {l..} backes & byd þem myschance

and þat he wyste by wyll / tellen ytt watt

and þat watt wyste / wyll wyste ytt after

and made off frendes foos thrugh a fal{s}ce tonge

or wyth myght or mowthe or wyth mannes strenght

a{u}venge me fell tymes or freyte my-sel{u}ve

wythyn as a shepster shere I shrewed men & c{u}vrsed

cuius malidictione os plenum est et amaritudo sub lingua eius & cetera

et alibi : filij hominum dentes eorum

there ys no lyfe þat I lo{u}ve lastyng any whyle

for tales þat I tell no man tr{u}vstethe to me

& when I may noght haue þe mastrye wyth malyncoly I take

that I cacche þe crampe þe cardyacle some-tyme

or an ag{u}ve yn s{u}oche a angre & some-tyme a fe{u}ver

and takethe me all a twelmonthe tyll þat I dyspyse

lechecrafte off our lorde & take me to a wycche

and segge þat no clerke can ne cryste as I lee{u}ve

to þe sowter off sothwarke off shordyche dame emme

and segge þat no goddes worde ga{u}ve me neuer boote

but thrugh a charme had y chaunce & my cheffe heale

I wayted more b{u}vsyly & þen was ytt soyled

wyth lykyng off leycherye and lokyng off hys eyghe

for eche meyde þat he mette he made hyr a sygne

semyng to synwarde & some-tyme he gan taste

abowte þe mowthe or bynethe begynnethe to groope

tyll ether wyll waxe kene & to þe werke yeden

as well In fastyngdayes / fastyng dayes as frydayes & other forbydden nyghtes

as well In lent as owte off lente all tymes ylyche

s{u}oche werkes wyth them were neuer owte off season

tyll þei myght no more & then hadde mery tales

and how þat lechero{u}vs lo{u}ven laghen & Iapen

& off þer harlotrye & woredome yn theyr elde tellethe

then pacyence percey{u}ved off poyntes off hys cote

was colomy thrugh co{u}vetyse and vnkynd desyre

more to good þen to god þe gome hys lo{u}ve cast

and ymagened how he ytt myght haue

wyth fal{s}ce meas{u}vrs and mett & wyth fal{s}ce wyttnes

leyned for lo{u}ve off þe wedde & lothe to do trewthe

& awayted thrugh wyche way to begyle

and menged hys marchadyzes / marcha[n]dyzes & made a good m{u}vstre

þe worste wythyn was a greate wyte I leete ytt

and my neghbour had any hynde or any beaste elles

more profytable then myne many s{h}leygthes I made

how I myght haue ytt all my wytt I caste

and but I hadde by other way att þe last I stale ytt

or pry{u}vylyche hys pur{s}ce shookeP vnpyked hys lockes

or by nyght or by day a-bo{u}vte was I e{u}ver

thrugh gyle to geddre þe goode þat y haue

yff I yede to þe plo{u}vgh{e}t I pynched so narowe

that a foote land or a forowe facchen I wolde

off my next neghbour nymen off hys yerthe

and yff I reype o{u}verreyche & ga{u}veC þem rede þat ropen

& seyse to me wyth my sycle þat I sewe ne{u}ver

& wo borowethe off me abo{u}vte þe tyme

wyth presentes pry{u}vylyche or payed somme certayne

so wold he or he nold wynne I wolde

& bothe to kyth & to kynne vnkynd off þat I hadde

& wo-so cheypythe my chaffayre chyden I wolde

but he profered me to pay a pennye or tweyne

more þen ytt was worthe & yet wolde I sweyre

that ytt coste me moche more sware manye othes

In halydayes yn holychurche / holy churche when I herd mas

I had neuer wyll woote god / wytterly to byseche

mercy for my myssdedes þat I ne mo{u}vrned more

For losse off good le{u}ve me then for my lyghames gylte

and yff I had deydly synne done I drede nothLG þat so soore

& when I leyned I lee{u}ved ytt lost / or long or yt were payed

so yff I kydde any kyndnes myne e{u}ven-crysten to helpe

vpon a cr{u}vell co{u}vetyse my herte gan hange

& yff y sent ouer þe sey my ser{u}vantes to brydgys

or yn-to spr{u}vce land my prentyse my profytt to awayte

to marchandyeLX wyth money & make þer eschanges

myght neuer man me conforte In þe meane tyme

neyther masse ne matyns ne no nother syghtes

ne neuer pennance performed ne pater noster sayed

þat my mynd ne was more {In a dowte} on my good In dowte

then yn þe grace off god & In hys greate helpes

vbi thesaurus tuus ibi et cor tuum et cetera//

wych beene þe branches þat bryng a man to sloghte

hys woman mo{u}vrnethe noght for hys myssdedes makethe no sorowe

but pennance þat þe preste enIoygnethe perfo{u}vrnethe y{u}vell

doyth / non almese dede {dede}T drede hym off no synne

ly{u}vethe ageynst þe byle{u}ve & no lawe holdethe

eche day is an halyday wyth hym or a hygh feyrye

and yff he oght wyll here ytt ys an harlotes tong

when men carpen off cryst or cleynnes off soule

he waxeth wrothe & wyll not here but wordes off myrthe

pennance and po{u}vre men & þe passyon off seyntes

he hatethe to here þeroff and all þat ytt tellythe

thes be þe branches bewarre þat bryng aman / a man to whanope

the lordes & ladyes & legates off holycherche / holy cherche

that fedethe (fooles sages)P flaterers and lyers

& haue lykyng {to} to leyen to do you laghe

ve vobis qui r{e}idetis & cetera //

& gy{u}vethe meyte & mede & po{u}vre men ref{u}vse

I / I[n] your dethe dyenge I dreede me full sore

lest þe thre maner men to moche sorowe you bryng

consencientes et agentes pari pena punientur ://

patryarkes & prophetes & preychers off goddes wordes

sa{u}ve thrugh þer sermone mannes so{u}vle from hell

ryght so flaterers & fooles & the fendes dyscyples

to entyse men thrugh þer tales to synne & toT harlottrye

but clerkes þat knowe wolyLG wrytte sholde kenne lordes

what dauyd sayethe off s{u}oche men as þe sa{u}vter tellethe

non habitabit in medio domus mee qui facit

sholde non harlott haue a{u}vdyence In hall ne yn chambre

ther wyse men were wyttnessen goddes wordes

ne no mysspro{u}vde man among lordes beene alowed

but flaterers & fooles thr{u}vgh theyre fowle wordes

leyden þem þat lo{u}ven theym to {ly} lucyfers feaste

wyth turpiloquio a lay off sorowe & l{y}vcyfers fydle

thysLX haukyn þe acty{u}ve man had soyled hys cote

tyll conscyence co{u}vped hym theroff In a co{u}vrteyse maner

why he ne hadde whasshen ytt or wyped ytt wyth a br{u}vsshe