also I haue a wyffe hewene & chyldren

vxorem duxi & ideo non possum venire et cetera //

that wold be mo{u}vlledP many tymes ma{u}vgre my chekes

ytt hathe ben la{u}ved In lent and oute off lent bothe

wyth þe soope off sycknes that sekethe wondre depe

& wyth þe losse off catell lothe for to ag{u}vlte

god or any good man by ought þat I wyste

& was shry{u}ven off þe preste he ga{u}ve me for my synnes

to pennace / penna[n]ce pacyence & po{u}vre men to feede

& for co{u}vetyse off my crystendome yn cleynnes to kepe ytt

& co{u}vld I neuer by cryste kepe cleane an ho{u}vre

that I ne soyled ytt wyth syght or some ydle speche

or thrugh workeoff worde or wyll off myne herte

but y ne slobered ytt fowle fro morowe to e{u}ve

& I shall kenne þe {k} quod conscyence off contrycyon to make

that shall clawe þi cote off alkynnes fylthe

cordis contricio & cetera //

dowell whasshe ytt and wryng ytt thrugh a wyse confessor

oris confessio & cetera //

dobetter shall beyten ytt & bo{u}vke ytt as bryght as any skarlett

& engreynnen ytt wyth good wyll & goddes grace to amende the

& send þe satysfactyon for to sowen ytt after

satisfactio et cetera //

dobest shall neuer myst bymo{u}vllen ne mooght after byten ytt

ne fende ne fal{s}ce man defowlen ytt yn þi ly{u}ve

shall no harr{ou}avde ne harper ha{u}ve a fayrer garment

then haukyn þe acty{u}ve man & yff þou do by my teychyng

ne no mynstrell be more worthe amonge pore & ryche

then haukyns wyffe waffrere wyth hys / actiua vita://

and I shall p{u}vrwye þe paste quod pacyence þo no plowgh errye

and flower to feede folke wyth as best be for þi so{u}vle

thogh neuer greyne growed ne grape vpon vyne

all þat ly{u}vethe & lackethe ly{u}veloode wolde I fynde

and þat ynoghe shall non Fayle thyng þat theym nedethe

we shold not be to b{u}vsye abo{u}vte our ly{u}veloode

ne soliciti scitis / sitis & cetera volecres / vol[u]cres celi deus pascit & cetera pacientes vincunt

then laghed haukyn a lytle & lyghtlye gan sweyre

wo-so le{u}vethe you by our lorde & le{u}ve not he be blyssed

no quod pacyence pacyently & oute off hys pooke hente

wytayles off greate vert{u}ves for all maner beastes

& seyde low here ly{u}veloode ynoghe yff our byle{u}ve be trewe

for lent neuer was lyffe but ly{u}velood were shape

wheroff or wherfore or wherbye to ly{u}ve

furstP þe wylde worme vndre wheete ye{t}rthe

Fysshe to ly{u}ve In þe floode and In þe fyre þe krykett

þe c{u}vrlew by kynd off þe eyre most cleane flesshe off byrdes

& beastes by gras & gra{n}yneP & by greene rootes

In meanyng þat all men myght do the same

lyue thrughe leall byle{u}ve & lo{u}ve as god wyttnessythe

quodcumque pecieritis a patre in nomine meo & cetera et alibi:

but I loked whatt ly{u}veloode ytt was þat pacyence so preysed

and then was ytt a pece off the pater noster: fiat voluntas tua

haue haukyn quod pacyence & eyte þis when the hongerethe

or when þou clomsest for colde or clyngest for drye

shall neuer gyves þe gre{u}ve ne greate lordes wrathe

pryson ne payne for : pacientes vicunt / vi[n]cunt ://

so þat þou be sobre off syght & off tonge

yn eytyng & yn handylyng & all thye f{o}y{u}ve wyttes

there the neuer care for corne ne lynnen clothe ne wollen

ne for drynke dreede no dethe but dye as god lykethe

or thrughe hongre or thrughe heyteP att hys wyll be ytt

For yff thow ly{u}ve after hys loore þe shorter lyffe þe better

si quis amat Cristum mundumP non diligit istum

for hys breythe beastes wexen and abroode yeden

dixit et facta sunt : et cetera //

ergo thrugh hys breythe may men & beastes ly{u}ven

as holy wrytt wyttnessythe P yt when men sayen þer graces

aperis tu manum tuam & imples omne animal benedictione:

ytt ys fo{u}vnden þat fo{u}vrty wynters folke ly{u}ved wyth-oute tyllyng

and oute off þe flynt sprang þe floode þat folke & beastes dronke

and In elyes tyme he{u}ven was I-closed

that no reyne ne reyneP LG þus rede men In bokes

that manye wynters men ly{u}vyden & no meyte tyllyden

sey{u}ven slept as sayetheP {þ} þe boke seyvyne h{u}vndrethe wynters

& ly{u}vyden wyth-oute lyvelode & att þe last they woken

and yff men ly{u}ved as measure wolde shold neuer be defa{u}vte

amongest crysten creatures yff crystes wordes be trewe

butT vnkyndnes caristia makethe amoges / amo[n]ges crysten poeple

& ouer pleynte makethe pryde among poere & ryche

but measure ys so moche worthe ytt may notgh be to dere

For þe myscheffe & þe myschance amonges men off sodome

was thrugh plentye off foode & off pure slothe

osiositas et abundantia panis peccatum

for þei measured noght þem-sel{u}ve off þat þei eyte & drynke

dyden deydly synne þat the de{u}vell lyked

so wengeance fell vpon theym for þeir fowle synnes

they sonken In-to hell the cytees echonne

forthy measure vs well & make our f{e}aythe our shyltren

& thrugh faythe commythe contrycyon conscyence woote well

wyche dry{u}vethe a-way dedlye synne & doethe ytt to be weynyall

and thogh a man myght not speke contrycyon myght hym sa{u}ve

and bryng hys soule to blysse so þat faythe beyre wytnes

that whyles he ly{u}ved þe loore off holy cherche he bele{u}ved

ergo contrycyon fayhte & coscyence / co[n]scyence be kyndlyche dowell

and surgyens for deydly synnes when shryfte off mo{u}vthe faylethe

but shryfte off mo{u}vthe more worthye ys yff man be verylyche contryte

for shryfte off mo{u}vthe sleyethe synne be ytt neuer so dedlye

per passionem to a preeste peccata occiduntur

there contrycyon dothe but dry{u}ve ytt to a {deadly}venyall synne

and dauyd sayethe yn þe sa{u}vter . et quorum tecta sunt peccata ://

but satysfactyon sekethe oute þe roote & bothe sleyethe & woydethe

and as ytt neuer had y-be to noght bryngethe deydly synne

that ytt ys neuer efte seene ne soore but semethe a wo{u}vnd heyled

where wonnethe charyte quod haukyn I wyst neuer In my ly{u}ve

man þat wyth hym spake as wyde as I haue passed

there perfytte trewthe & pore herte ys & pacyence off tonge

ther ys charyte þe cheffe chambre for god hym-sel{u}ve

whether pacyence pouerte quod haukyn be more plesant to our lordeLX

then {rygh} ryches ryghtfullyche wonne & resonableLX spente

ye quis est ille quod pacyence quyk et laudabimus eum :

thogh men rede off ryches ryght to þe worldes ende

I wyst neuer re{n}vke / re[n]ke that ryche was þat when he rekne sholde

when he drewe to hys deyd day þat he ne drad hym sore

and att þe rekenyng yn a-rerage fell rather þen ovte off dette

there þe pore dare pleade & pro{u}ve by p{u}vre reason

to haue alowance off hys lorde by lawe he ytt claymethe

Ioy þat neuer Ioy had off ryghtfull I{u}vge he askethe

& sayethe low bryddes & beastes þat no blysse ne co{u}vthe

and wylde wormes yn woddes thrugh wynters þou þem gre{u}vestT

and after þou sendest them somer that ys theyr so{u}veregne Ioy

and blysse to all þat be bothe wylde & tame

then may beggers & beastes after heate weyten

that all þeir lyffe haue ly{u}ved In lang{u}vor &T defa{u}vte

but god sendLG them some-tyme some maner IoyT

for to ouer moche wo was he wroght þat neuer was Ioy shapen

angelles þat In hell nowe beene had Ioy some-tyme

and diues yn dentyes ly{u}ved & yn (dovce vie)

ryght so reason {she} shoythe þat þo men þat were ryche

and theyr makes also ly{u}ved In moche myrthe

but god ys off a wondre but þat kynd wytt shewythe

to gyve many man hys mercymoney or he ytt haue deser{u}ved

ryght so farethe god by s{u}oyche ryche re{u}vthe me yt thynkethe

for þei haue theyre hyre here and hey{u}ven as ytt were

and ys greate lykyng to ly{u}ve wyth-oute l{y}abour off bodye

and when he dyethe be dyssalowed as dauid sayeth yn þe sa{u}vtre

dormierunt et nichil inuenerunt

and In a-nother stydde also velut sompnum surgentium domine://

alas þat ryches shall re{u}ve & robbe mannes soule

fro þe lo{u}ve off our lorde att hys last end

hewen þei haue theyr hyre before / {o}ere euermore nedy

selden dyeth {þei}he ovte off dett þat dyne{n}th or {þei}he deser{u}ve ytt

& tyll he haue done hys {&} de{u}voyre & hys dayes Io{u}vrney

& when a werkman hathe wroght þen may men se þe sothe

what he were worthy for hys worke & what he hathe deser{u}ved

and not to fong before for drede off dyssalowyng

so I say by you ryche ytt semethe noght þat ye shall

haue hey{u}ven here yn your beyryngT & hey{u}ven therafter

ryght as a ser{u}vant takethe hys salarye before / & sythen wold cleym moreC

as he þat had & hathe hyre att the last

ytt may noght be ye ryche men or mathew on god lyethe

de delicijs ad dilicias difficile est transire ://

and yff þe ryche haue r{u}vthe & rewarde well þe pore

and ly{u}vethe as lawe teychethe doone l{a}oyalte to þem all

cryste off hys co{u}vrtysye shall conforte you att laste

and rewarde all do{u}vble ryches þat re{u}vfull hertes haue

and as an hyne þat had hys hyre or he to worche beganne

& when he hathe done hys de{u}voyre well men done þem other bo{u}vnte

gy{u}vethe hym a cote aboue hys counaunt ryght so cryst gy{u}vethe hey{u}ven

bothe to ryche & to noght ryche þat re{u}vfullyche ly{u}ven

& all þat done þeir de{u}voyr well haue do{u}vble hyre for þeir tra{u}veylle

forgyvnes off hysP synnes and hey{u}ven blysse after

but ytt ys but selde seene as by holysayntes / holy sayntes bokes

that god rewarded do{u}vble rest to any ryche wyght

for moche m{u}vrthe ys amonges þe ryche as meyte & clothyng

& moche myrthe yn may ys amongest wylde beastes

and so forthe whyle somer laste{d}the þeir solace endurethe

but beggers aboute mydsomer bredles they so{u}vpe

& yett ys wynter for them wor{s}ce for wettshodde þei gange

a-thurste soore & a-hongered & fo{u}vlyche rebuked

& arated off ryche men þat re{u}vthe ytt ys to here

now lorde send them somer and some maner Ioy

hey{u}ven after theyre hence goyng þat here haue s{u}oyche defa{u}vte

for all myghtest þou haue made non meaner then other

and y-lyche wyttye & wyse yff thy wyll had lyked

and haue re{u}vthe off thes ryche men þat rewarde not thye prysoners

off thy good þat þou theym gy{u}vest ingrati beene manye

but god off þi goodnes gy{u}ve þem grace to amend

For may no derthe be them dere drought ne wete

nether heate ne heyle haue they theyre heale

off that þei wylne & wolde þem wantethe noght here

but po{u}vre poeple & prysoners lorde yn þe pytt off myscheffe

comforte þo creatures þat moche woo sufferen

thrughe derthe & dr{u}vght all theyr dayes here

wo In wynter tymes for wantyng off clothes

& In somer tyme selde so{u}vpe to the full

comfort thye carefull chryste In thy ryche

for þou comfortest all creatures clerkes beyren wyttnes

conuertimini ad me et salui eritis ..//

th{u}vs In genere off gentryse Iesu cryste sayed

to robbers & to rey{u}vers to ryche & to poere

thow taghtest þem yn þe trynyte to take baptesme

and be cleane thrugh þat crystynyng off alkynnes {thynges} synnes

and fell thrughe folye to fall In synne after

confessyon & knolegyng & cra{u}vyng thy marcye

shold amend vs as many sythes as man wold desyre

but yff þe pope wolde pleyde there-ageyn & punnysshe vs In conscyence

he sh{u}old take þe q{u}vyttance as q{u}vyke / & to þe q{u}vede shewed ytt

pateat & cetera per passionem domini et cetera //

and p{u}vtten of þe po{u}vke & pynnen vs vndre borowe

but þe perchemyn off thys patent off po{u}verte be m{o}vste

and off pure pacyence & perfytt byle{u}ve

off pompe & off pryde þe perchemyn decowrethe

& prynsypallyche off all poeple but they be po{u}vre In herte

elles ys all In Idle all þat e{u}ver we wryten

pater noster and pennance & pylgrymages to rome

but our spenses & spendyng spryng off a trew w{y}ell

elles ys all. {yn Idle} our labo{u}vr lost loo howe men wryten

In fenestres att freres yff fal{s}ce be þe fo{u}vndment

for þe crystyen sh{u}olde be en comen ryche / non co{u}veyte for hym-sel{u}ve

for sey{u}ven synnes þer be þat assaylen man e{u}ver

the fende folowethe theyme all & fo{u}vndethe þem to helpe

but wyth ryches þat rybalde {l} rathest theym begylethe

for þer þat ryches reygnethe re{u}verence folowethe

& þat ys pleasant to pryde In po{u}vre & yn ryche

& þe ryche ys reuerensed by þe reason off hys ryches

there þe poere ys putt byynde & pera{u}venture can more

off wytt & off wyssdome þat farre a-wa{s}yP ys better

then ryches or ryalte {þat} and rather herde In hey{u}ven

for þe ryche haueT moche to rekne off and ryght softe walken

the ryght way to hey{u}ven-warde ofte ryches lettethe

Ita possibile diuiti et cetera //

there the pore pressythe before þe ryche wyth a packe at hys rygge

opera enim illorum sequntur eos//

bantalyche / bata[n]tlyche as beggers doone & baldelyche he {g.}cra{u}vethe P T

for hys po{u}verte & pacyence a perpetuall blysse

beati pauperes spiritu quoniam ipsorum est regnum celorum ://

& pryde yn ryches reygnethe rather þen In po{u}verte

arste In þe master then In þe man some mansyon he hathe

but yn pouerte þer pacyence ys pryde hathe no myght

ne non off þe sey{u}ven synnes sytt mow þer long

ne haue power In pouerte yff pacyence ytt folowe

For þe pore ys ay prest to pleasse þe ryche

& buxome att hys byddyng for hys broken lo{u}ves

and buxomnesse & booste are euer-more att warre

and either hatethe other In all maner workes

yff wrathe wrestelethe wyth þe po{u}vre he hathe þe wor{s}ce end

for yff þei bothe pleyne the po{u}vre ys but feble

& yff he chyde or chattre hym che{u}vethe þe w{o}ar{s}ceT

& yff co{u}vetyse cacche þe po{u}vre {he hathe þe w{o}ars end} þei may noght come togeddr[es]

& by ne neck namlye non may hent other

for men knowe well þat co{u}vetyse ys off a kene wyll

and hathe handes & armes off a long lenghte

and po{u}verte ys but a petyt thyng / ytt perethe not to hys na{u}vell

and lo{u}vely layke was neuer betwene þe long and shorte

and thogh a{u}varyse wold angre þe po{u}vre he hath but lytle myght

for po{u}verte hathe but pookes to putten yn hys goodes

ther a{u}varyze hathe almbyryes and yren bond coffres

& whether be lyghter to breyke lasse bost ytt makethe

a beggers bagge þen an yren bo{u}vnden coffer

leycherye lo{u}vethe hym not he gy{u}vethe but lytle syl{u}ver

ne do{n}itheP hym noght dyne dylycately ne drynke wyne offte

a strawe for þe stewes ytt stoode noght I trowe

had þei noght but off po{u}vre men / theyre ho{u}vses stoode vntyled

thogh slo{u}vght sewe pouerte & ser{u}ve not god to pay

mescheyffe ys hys master & makethe hym to thynke

that god ys hys greatest helpe & no gome elles

and hys ser{u}vant as he sayethe and off h{.}ys seutes bothe

and wheydre he be or noght be / he beyrethe þe sygne off pouerte

and In that secte our sa{u}vyo{u}vre sa{u}ved all man-kynd

forthy all pouerte þat pacyent ys may cleymen & asken

after theyr endyng here hey{u}ven-ryche blysse

moche hardyer may he asken þat here myght haue hys wyll

In lond & In lordshyppe and lykyng off bodye

& for goddes lo{u}ve ley{u}vethe all & ly{u}vethe as a begger

and as a meyde for mannes lo{u}ve hyr modre forsakethe

hyr fadre & all hyr freendes & folowethe hyrP make

moche ys a meyde to lo{u}ve off hym þat s{u}oche on takethe

more þen a meyden ys þat ys maryed thrugh brogage

and by assent off sondrye partyes & syl{u}ver to boote

more for co{u}vetyse off good þen kynd lo{u}ve off bothe

so ytt farethe by a persone þat possessyon forsakethe

& p{u}vttethe hym to be pacyent & pouerte weddethe

the wyche ys sybbe to god hym-sel{u}ve & so to hys seyntes

haue god my trought quod haukyn ye preyse fast pouerte

whatt ys pouerte wyth pacyence quod he properlye to meane

paupertas quod pacience est odibile bonum : remocio curarum : possessio sine

I can not constrewe þis quod haukyn ye moste sayT en englysshe

In englysshe quod pacyence ytt ys well harde to expo{u}vnd

but somedeale I shall say ytt so þou vndrestande

pouerte ys þe furst poynt þat pryde most hatethe

then ys yttT good by good skyll all þat agastethe pryde

ryght as contrycyon ys comfortable conscyence woote well

and a sorowe to hym-sel{u}ve / and solas to þe so{u}vle

so pouerte properlyche pennance & Ioy

ys to the bodye pure spyrytuall healthe

ergo paupertas est odibile bonum

& contrycyon conforte and cura animarum þe second

selde syttethe pouerte þe sothe to declare

or as I{u}vstece to I{u}vgge men enIoyned ys no pouerre / poureP

ne to be meyre aboue men ne mynystre vndre kynges

seld ys any pore put to punnysshe the poeple

remocio curarum :

ergo po{u}verte & po{u}vre men perfourmen þe commandementes

nolite Iudicare quemquam : the thyrde

seld ys any pouerteT ryche off any ryghtfull herytage

wynnethe he noght wyth fal{s}ce weyghtes ne vnsealed meas{u}vres

ne borowethe off hys neghbo{u}vrs but þat he may well pay

possessio sine calumpnia

the forthe ys a fort{u}vne þat flo{u}vresshethe þe so{u}vle

wyth sobreyete from all synne & also yet more

ytt affaytethe þe flesshe from folyes full manye

a colaterall conforte crstes / cr[y]stes owen gyfte

donum dei :

the fyfte ys mother off helthe a frende In all fondynges

& for þe lewde euer a leche a lemman off cleannes

sanitatis mater :

þe syxt ys a pathe off pea{s}ce þe P thrughe paasse to aulton

pouerte myght pas wyth-oute perylle off robbyng

for þer þat po{u}verte passethe peas folowethe after

and euer þe lasse þat he beyrethe þe harderT he ys off herte

forthy seyethe / seneca paupert{e}asP est absque solicitudine semita :

& an hardye man off herte amonge an heape off the{u}ves

cantabit paupertas coram latrone viator :

þe sey{u}venthe ys well off wyssdome & fewe wordes shewethe

For lordes alowen hym lytle or lystenethe to hys reason

he temperythe þe tong to trewthwarde & no treasure co{u}vetythe

sapientie temperatrix

the eghte a leele laboure and loothe to take more

then she may well deser{u}ve In somer or In wynter

and yff he chaffere he chargethe / no losse mey he charite wynne

negotium sine dampno:

þe {y} neynthe ys swete to þe so{u}vle & no suger swetter

for pacyence ys payn for pouerte hym-sel{u}ve

and sobryete sweete drynke and good leche In sycknes

thysLX lered me a lettered man for our lordys lo{u}ve

seynt augustyne had {had} a blyssed ly{u}ve wyth-oute b{u}vsynes

for body & soule / absque sollicitudine felicitas ://

now god þat all good gy{u}vethe gra{u}vnt hys so{u}vle rest

that þus furst wroote to wysse men what pouerte was to meane

alas quod haukyn þe acty{u}ve man þen / þat after my crystendome

I ne had be dede & dol{u}ven for dowell sake

so hard ytt ys quod haukyn to ly{u}ve & to doo {synne} well

synne sewethe vs e{u}ver quod he and sory gan wexe

& wepte water wyth hys eyene & wayled the tyme

that euer he dyd dede þat he deere god dyspleased

swowned & sobbedde & sykedde full offte

that euer he had land or lordshyppe lasse or more

or mastrye ouer any man mo þen off hym-sel{u}ve

I were not worthye {go}quod haukyn to weyre anye clothes

ne neyther shurte ne shoone sa{u}ve for shame oon

to couer my carryon quod he & cryed fast mercye

& wepte & wayled & therewyth I waked