Th{u}vs I awaked and wroote what I had d{e}reamed
& dyght me deerly / & dyd me to cherche
that pyers þe plowman / was peynted all bloody
& came ynne wyth a cros / byfore þe comm{u}vne poeple
and ryght lyke yn all lymmes / to our lorde Iesu
then called y conscyence / to kenne me þe sothe
ys þis Iesus the I{u}vster quod y / þat Iewes dyd to deathe
or ys ytt pyers þe plowman / wo peynted hym so redde
quod conscyence & kneled tho / thes are pyers armes
hys colo{u}vrs & hys cote armore / but he þat comethe so blodye
ys cryst wyth hys cros / conq{u}vero{u}vr off crystene
why call ye hym cryste quod I / sythe Iewes called hym Iesus
patryarkes & prophetes profycyed byfore
that alkynnes creat{u}vres / shold knelen & bowen
anon as men nyuy{n}ved / nyuy[n]ed / þe name off god Iesu
ergo there ys no name / to þe name off Iesus
ne noone so nedefull to neue{n}ve / neue[n]e / by nyght ne by day
for all derke de{u}velles / ere dradde to here ytt
& synfull are solaced & sa{u}ved by þat name
& ye callen hym cryste / for what ca{u}vse tellethe me
ys cryste more off myght / & more worthye name
then Iesu or Iesus / þat all our Ioye came off
thow knoest well quod conscyence / & þou knowest reason
that knyght kyng conq{u}verour / may be on persone
to be called a knyght ys fayre / for men shall knele to hym
to be called a kyng ys feyrer / for he may knyghtes make
& off herdynes off herte / & off hendenesse
to make lordes & lydyes / l[a]dyes off land that he w{y}onnethe
& fre men foule thralles / that folowe hys lawes
the Iewes þat were gentylmen / Iesu they dyspysed
bothe hys loore & hys lawe / nowe are þei lowe cherles
as wyde as þis worlde ys / wonnethe þer noon
but vndre trybute & tallyage / as tykes & cherles
& tho that bycome crystyene / by co{u}vnseyle off þe baptysme
are frankeleyns fre men / thrughe fully þat they tooke
and gentylmen wyth Iesu for Iesus was y-fulled
& vp-on cal{u}verye on cros / crowned kyng off Iewes
ytt bycomethe to a kyng / to kepe & to defend
& so dyd Iesus þe Iewes / he I{u}vstyfyed & taght theym
the lawe off lyfe þat last shall e{u}ver
and fend ytt fro fo{u}vle y{u}velles / fe{u}vers & flyxes
& from feendes that yn theym were / and falsse byle{u}ve
tho was he Iesus off Iewes called gentyll prophete
& kyng off theyre kyngdome / & crowne beyre off thornes
& tho conq{u}vered he on cros / as conq{u}vero{u}vr noble
myght no deathe hym fordoo / ne adowne bryng
that he ne rose & regned / and ra{u}vesshed hell
& tho was he conq{u}vero{u}vr called / off q{u}vycke & off deyde
for he ga{u}ve adame & e{u}ve & other mo blysse
that long had lyene byfore / at lycyfers cherles
& sythe he ga{u}ve largely / all hys leele lyeges
places In paradysse / att theyr partyng hence
he may be called conq{u}vero{u}vr / & þat ys cryste to meane
but þe ca{u}vse þat he comethe th{u}vs / wyth cros off passyon
ys to wyssen vs ther-wyth / þat when þat we be tempted
therwyth to fyght & fenden vs / fro fallyng yn-to synne
& se by hys sorow þat wo lo{u}vethe Ioy
to pennance & to pouerte he m{u}vst putt hym-sel{u}ve
& moche wo yn þis worlde / wyllen & sufferen
but to carpe more off cryste / & howe he cam to þat name
feythfully for to speyke / hys furste name was Iesus
tho he was borne yn bethelem as the boke tellethe
& came to make mankynd kynges & angelles
re{u}verenced hym fayre wyth ryches off yerthe
angelles owte off hey{u}ven came / knelyng & sange
gloria in excelsis deo & cetera //
kynges came after / kneled & offerred
myrre {w} and moche golde / wythe-owte mercye askyng
or any kynnes catell / but knoleched hym so{u}vereygne
bothe off sond sonne & see / & sythen þei went
& þer was þat word fulfylled / þe wyche þou off spake
omnia celestia terrestria flectantur In hoc nomine Iesu : // C
for all þe angeles off he{u}ven / att hys byrthe kneled
& all þe wytt off thys worlde was yn tho thre kynges
wherfore & whye wyse men þat tyme
masters & lettered men magi theym called
that on kyng came wyth reason offerryd vndre sense
the second kyng eke sothely offered
ryghtyo{u}vsnes vndre redde golde / reasons felowe
gold ys lykened to loyalte / þat last shall e{u}ver
& reason to ryche golde / to ryght & to trewe
the thyrde kyng tho / can / ca[m] knelyng to Iesu
& presented hym wyth pyte / apperyng by myrre
for myrre ys mercye to meane / & myld speche off tong
thre ylyche honest thynges / were offered vp att oon{es}ce
thrugh iij / thre kynne kynges / knelyng to Ihesu
was nether kyng ne conq{u}verour / tyll he gan to waxe
In þe maner off a man / & þat by moche sleyght
as ytt bycomethe a conq{u}vero{u}vr / to konne many sleyghtes
and many whyles & wytt / þat wole been a leyder
and so dyd Iesu In hys dayes / wo had tyme to tell ytt
some-tyme he s{u}offerred and some-tyme he hyd hym
& some-tyme faght fast / & fleyghe other whyle
& some-tyme he ga{u}ve goode / & graunted heale bothe
ly{u}ve & lymme / as hym lyst / he wroght
as kynd ys off a conq{u}vero{u}vre / & so compsed Iesu
tyll he had all þem / for whome þat he bledde
In hys Innocence thys Iesus / att Iewene feaste
water In-to wyne he torned / as holy wrytt tellethe
and þer bygan god off hys grace dowell
for wyne ys lykened to lawe / & lyfe off holynes
& lawe lacked tho / for men lo{u}ved not theyr enmyes
and cryste co{u}vnseylythe vs / & commandethe bothe
bothe to lered & to lewde / to lo{u}ve our enmyes
so att þe feast furst / as I byfore tolde
bygan god off hys grace / & goodnes to do well
& tho was he cleped & called / not holy cryst but Iesus
a fa{u}vnt fyn full off wytt filius marie : //
for byfore hys modre mary / made he that wondre
that she furst & formest / ferme shold byle{u}ve
that he thrughe grace was gette / & no goome elles
he wroght þat by no wytt / but thrugh worde alone
after þe kynd þat he came off / ther comsed he dowell
& when he was waxen more / In hys moders absence
he made lame to leype / & gaffe syght to blynde
& fedde wyth two fysshes / & wyth fy{u}ve loo{u}ves
th{u}vs he confo{u}vrted carefull / & ca{u}vght a gretter name
the wyche was dobetter / where þat he went
for deaffe thrugh hys doynges / to here / & dombe speke he made
& all he healed & halpe / þat hym off grace asked
& tho was he called yn contre / off þe comm{u}vne poeple
for tho dedes that he dyd Iesu fili dauid //
for dauid was doghtyest / for dedes yn hys tyme
the byrdes þat songe saul interfecit mille & dauid decem millia .//
forthy þe contrey ther Iesu came / called hym fili dauid //
& nyue{n}ved / nyue[n]ed hym off nazarethe / & no man so worthye
to be cesare or kyng / off þe kyngdome off Iuda
ne ouer Iewes I{u}vstyce / as Iesus was theym thoght
wheroff cayphas had en{u}vye / & other off the Iewes
& for to doone hym to deathe / day & nyght they cast
kyllede hym on crosse wyse / att cal{u}varye on fryday
and sythe buryed hys bodye / and badde þat men sholde
kepen ytt fro nyght-comers / wyth knyghtes y-armed
for no frendes shold hym fecche / for prophetes þem tolde
that þat blyssed bodye / fro byryales shold ryse
and goone In-to galylye / to gladen hys appostelles
& hys modre marye þus men byfore demed
the knyghtes þat kept hym / byknewe ytt theym-sel{u}ve
that angelles & arkangelles ere þe day sprange
came knelyng to þe corps / & songe cristus resurgens
verray man byfore þem all / & forthe wyth theym he yede
the Iewes preyed theym pea{s}ce / & byso{u}vght the knyghtes
tell þe comm{u}vne þat þer came / a company off hys apostelles
and bywycched þem as they wooke / & away stolen ytt
but marye magdelyne mett hym / by the way
goyng toward galylye / yn godhed & manhoode
and aly{u}ve & lokyng / & she alowde cryed
yn eche company ther sh{.}e came cristus resurgens
sic oportet Christum pati et intrare & cetera //
petur percey{u}ved all þis / & p{u}vrsued after
bothe Iames & Iohn / Iesu for to seke
thadde & ten moo / wyth thomas off Indye
In an ho{u}vse & bysett / and þer dore y-sparred
cryst cam ynne all closed / bothe dorres & gates
to petur & to hys appostelles / & sayde / pax vobis
& toke thomas by þe hand / & taght hym to grope
deus meus & dominus meus et cetera //
þou arte my lorde I byle{u}ve / god lord Iesu
þou dyedest & deathe tholest / & dome shall vs all
& now arte ly{u}vyng & lokyng & last shalt e{u}ver
cryst carped þen / & co{u}vrtyeslyche sayede
blessed mote þou be / & be shalt e{u}ver
& blessed mote þei beT In bodye & yn soule
and leallyche bylee{u}ve all þis / I lo{u}ve þem & blysse theym
beati qui non viderunt & crediderunt & cetera //
& when þis dede was done dobest he taght
& ga{u}ve pyers power / & perdone he grauntted
to all maner men / mercye & forgy{u}venes
hys myght may men assoyle off all maner off synnes
In counaunt þei come & knolege to pay
to bynd & vnbynd / bothe here & elles-where
anoone after on heygh / vp to þe hey{u}ven
he went & wonnethe there / & wole come at þe last
and wyll reward hym ryght well / þat reddit quod debet
& payeth perfyttly / as p{u}vre trewthe wolde
& what persone payethe ytt noght to p{u}vnnysshe he thynkethe
& domen theym on domesday bothe q{u}vyck & deade
the good to þe godhed / & to greate Ioy
and wyked to wonye / yn wo wythowten end
th{u}vs conscyence off cryste / & off þe cros carped
& co{u}vnsealed me to knele there / & then came me thoght
on spiritus paraclitus to pyers & to hys felowes
In lykenes off a lyghnynge / he lyght on þem all
& made þem konne & knowe / all maner langages
I wondred what þat was / & wagged conscyence
& was a-ferde off þat lyght / for yn fyres lykenes
spiritus paraclitus o{u}ver-sp{.}redde theym all
quod conscyence & kneled þis ys crystes meyssenger
& comethe fro þe greate god / & grace ys hys name
knele nowe quod conscyens / & yff þou can syng
welcome hym & worshyp hym wyth veni creator spiritus:/
þen song I þat song / & so dyd many hondrethe
& cryden wyth conscyence / helpe vs / god off grace
& tho bygan grace to god / wyth pyers plowman
for I wyll deale to-day / & de{u}vyde grace
to alkynnes creat{u}vres / þat haue theyr fy{u}ve wyttes
treasore to ly{u}ve by / to theyre ly{u}ves end
& gaffe eche man a grace / to go wyth hym-sel{u}ve
that Id{u}vlnes encombre hym noght / en{u}vye ne pryde
diuisiones gratiarum sunt & cetera //
some he gafe wytte / wyth wordes to shewe
wyth to wynne þeir ly{u}velode wyth / as þe worlde askethe
as preycho{u}vrs & preestes / & preynteces off the lawe
they leally to ly{u}ve / by labo{u}vr off theyr tong
& by wytt to wyssen other / as grace þem wold teache
& some heP kenned crafte / and konnyng off syght
wyth sellyng & byggyng / theyr b{e}yle{u}ve to wynne
& some he taght to tyllye / to dyche & to hegge
to wynne wyth theyre ly{u}veloode / by loore off hys teachyng
& some to dy{u}vyne & dy{u}vyde / nombres to kenne
& some to compa{s}ce craftylye / & colo{u}vrs to make
and some to se & some to sey / what shold byfalle
bothe off well & off wo / telle ytt ere ytt fell
as astr{y}omyens thrugh astronomye / & phylosophers wyse
& some to ryde & some to recouer / þat vnryghtfully was wonne
he wyssed þem wynne ytt ageyn / thrugh ryghtyo{u}vsnes off handes
and some he lerned to ly{u}ve / yn longyng to be hence
In pouerte & yn pennance / to pray for all crystyen
and all he lered to be lele / & eche crafte lo{u}ve other
& forbedde þem all debate / that non were among theym
thogh some be cleynner þen some / ye se well quod grace
þ{e}at he þat vsethe þe fayrest crafte / to þe fowlest I co{u}vld ha{u}ve put hym
looke þat non lacke other / but lo{u}ve to-geddre as bretheren
& wo þat most mastryes can / be myldest off beyryng
& crowne conscyence kyng / & maketh crafte your st{u}verde
& after craftes co{u}vnseyle / clothe you & fede
for I make pyers plowman / my proc{u}vrato{u}vr & my re{u}ve
& regester to recey{u}ve redde quod debes :/
my purwyo{u}vr & my plowman / pyers shalbe / shal be on yerthe
and for to tylye trewthe / a tyme shall he ha{u}ve
grace ga{u}ve pyers a teame / four greate oxen
the on was / luke /P a large beast & a lowe chered
& marke & mathewe þe thyrde / myghty beastes bothe
& Ioyned to theym on Ihon / most gentell off all
þe pry{s}ce of þe neyte off pyers plowe / passyng all other
& grace ga{u}ve pyers / off hys goodnes fo{u}vre stottes
that all hys oxen eryed / þei harrowed after
on hyght augustyne / & ambrose an-nother
gregory þe greate clerke / and Ierome þe goode
thyesse fo{u}vre þe faythe to teyche / folowen pyers teame
and harowed yn an handwyle / all holy scrypture
wyth two harrowes þat þei had an old & a newe
vetus testamentum et novum .///
& grace gaffe greanes / þe cardynales wert{u}ves
and sewe yn ytt mannes soule / & sythen told þer names
spiritus prudentie the furst seyde hyght
and wo-so eyte þat / ymagyne he sholde
er he dyd any dede / avyse well the ende
& lered men a ladell bygge wyth a longe steale
that cast for to kepe a crocke / to sa{u}ve þe fatt abo{u}ve
the second he seyed hyght spiritus temperantie
he þat eyte off þat sede / hadde s{u}oche a kynde
shold neuer meyte / ne moche drynk / make hym to swelle
wast word off Idulne{s}ce / ne no wycked speche move
shold no c{u}vryous clothe / comen on hys rygge
the thyrd sede þat pyers sewe / ys spiritus fortitudinis : /
& wo-so eyte off that sede / hardye was e{u}ver
to suffer all that god sent / sycknes & angers
make hym for any mournyng / but euer merye yn soule
and bold & abydyng / busyne{s}ce to suffer
and pleayethe all wyth pacyen{s}ce / and perce michi domine ://
& co{u}ver hym vndre co{u}vnseale / off caton þe wyse
esto forti animo cum sis dampnatus inique : //
þe forthe sede þat pyers sewe was spiritus Iusticie :
& he þat eyte {þ} of þat sede shold be e{u}ver trewe
wyth god & noght agaaste / but off gyle alone
for gyle goethe so pry{u}vylye / þat good feythe other wyle
may noght been espyed / for spiritus Iusticie
/ spiritus Iusticie sparethe noght to spylle
theym þat been gyltye / and for to correcte
the kyng / yff þat he fall yn gylt or yn any tresspa{s}ce
for co{u}vntethe he no kynges wrathe / when he yn co{u}vrt syttethe
to demen as a domes-man / dradde was he ne{u}ver
nether off d{u}vke ne off deathe / that he ne dyd lawe
for preysent or for preyare / or any pryncys letters
he dyd eq{u}vyte to all / e{u}vene-forthe to hys power
thes four seedes pers sewe / & sythe he dyd theym harrowe
wyth old lawe & new lawe / þat lo{u}ve myght waxe
among þe fo{u}vre wert{u}ves / and vyces destroye
for com{u}vnelyche yn contreys / cammokes & wedes
fo{u}vlethe the fr{u}vte yn þe felde / þer þei growe to-geddres
so done vyces / wert{u}ves worthye
quod pyers harowethe all þat can kyndlye wytt / by co{u}vnseyle off doctours
and tylyethe after hys teychyng / þe cardynall wert{u}ves
ageynst þi greynes quod grace to pyers /
bygynnethe to rype
ordeyne þe an ho{u}vse / to herbo{u}vre yn thy corne
by god / grace quod pyers / ye m{u}vst gy{u}ve tymbre
and ordeyne þat ho{u}vse or ye hence wende
and grace gaffe hym þe cros / wyth þe crowne off thornes
that cryst vp-on cal{u}verye / for mankynd on pyned
and off hys baptysme & bloode / þat he bledde on roode
he made a manere morter / and mercye yt hyght
and þerwyth grace bygan to make a good fo{u}vndement
and watteled ytt & walled ytt / wyth hys peynes & hys passyon
and off all holy wrytte / he made a rooffe after
& called þat ho{u}vsse vnyte / holy churche en englysshe
& when þis dede was done / grace anon de{u}vysed
a carte hyght crystendome / to carye pyers shea{u}ves
& gaffe hym caples to hys carte / contrycyon & confessyon
and made preesthoode heyward / whyle hym-sel{u}ve went
as wyde as þe worlde ys / wyth pyers / to tylye trewthe
nowe ys pyers to þe plowght / & pryde ytt aspyed
blew theym downe & breke þem / & byte atwo þe mores
and sent forthe / surquidous /P hys sergeant off armes
thes two came to conscyence / & to crystyen poeple
& told theym tythynges / þat tyne they sholde the seedes
that pyers ther had y-sowen / the carydynall wert{u}ves
& pyers byerne worthe broke & þei þat {were}been yn vnyte
shall come owte & conscyence / & your two caples
confessyon & contrycyon / and your carte the bele{u}ve
shalbe / shal be coloured so q{u}vyentlye / & couered vndre our sophestrye
that conscyence shalt not / knowe by contrycyon
ne by confessyon who ys crystyen or heythen
ne no maner marchant þat wyth money dealethe
where he wynne wyth ryght / wyth wrong / or wyth vsurye
wyth the lorde þat ly{u}vethe / after lust off hys bodye
to wasten on wellfare / & wycked kepyng
all the world yn a whyle / thrugh our wytt off pryde
quod conscyence to all crysten tho / my co{u}vnseale ys to wende
hastylyche yn-to vnyte / & hold vs well þer
& preye we þat a pea{s}ce were / yn pyers byerne þe plowman
for wytterly I woote well / we be not off strenght
to goone ageynst pryde / but grace were wyth vs
then came kynd wytt / conscyence to teache
and cryed & commanded / all crystyen poeple
for to del{u}ven a dyche depe / a-bowte vnyte
that holye churche stoode yn vnyte / as ytt a pyle were
coscyence / co[n]scyence commanded tho / all crystyen to del{u}ve
& make a moche mootte / þat myght be off {g} strenght
to helpe holy churche / & theym / þat ytt kepen
that alkynne crystyen / sa{u}ve com{u}vne women
repenteden & ref{u}vsed synne / sa{u}ve þei alone
and fal{s}ce men flaterers / vsurers & the{u}ves
lyers & q{u}vestmongers / þat were forswore offte
wyttyngly & wyllfully / wyth the fal{s}ce helden
and for syl{u}ver were / forswore / sothely they wyst ytt
there nas no crystyen creat{u}vre / þat kynd wytt had
sa{u}ve shrewes & s{u}oche / as I spake off
that he ne halpe a quantyte / holynes to waxe
some thrughe beades byddyng / & some thrughe pylgrymage
& other pry{u}vye pennaunce / & some thrugh pennaunce dealyng /
& then welled water / for wycked workes
egrelyche rennyng / owte off mennes eyne
clenne{s}ce off þe comm{u}vne / & clerkes cleane ly{u}vyng
made vnite holy cherche / In holyne{s}ce to stonde
the lorde off l{u}vst / shalbe / shal be letted / all þis lent I hoope
comethe quod conscyence / ye crystyen & dynethe
that ha{u}ve labored loyally / all thys lent tyme
here ys bred blessed / and goddes bodye therevndre
grace thrugh goddes worde / gaffe pyers power
myghtes to maken ytt / and mete to eyte ytt after
In helpe off theyre heale / oon{es}ce yn a monythe
or as ofte as they had nede / they þat had y-payed
to pyers perdone the plowman redde quod debes
how quod all þe comm{u}vne / þou co{u}vnseylest vs to yelde
all þat we owen any wyght / ere we goon to howsell
that ys my co{u}vnseyle quod conscyence / & cardynall wert{u}ves
that eche man forgyve other / that wole þe pater noster
et dimitte nobis debita nostra & cetera //
and so to been assoyled & sythen to be howseled
by Iesu for all your Iangylyng / wyth spiritus Iusticie
ne after conscyence by cryst / whyle I can sell
bothe dregges & draffe / & drawe ytt att on hoole
thycke ale & thynne ale / for þat ys my kynd
& not hakke after holynes / hold thye tonge conscyence
off spiritus Iusticie þou spekest moche yn Idle
caytyfe quod conscyence / c{u}vrsed wrecche
vnblyssed arte thowe brewer / but yff þe god helpe
but thow ly{u}ve by loore / off spiritus Iusticie
þe cheffe seede þat pyers sewe / ysa{u}ved worthestowe ne{u}ver
but conscyence þe come / come[n] seede / and cardynall wert{u}ves
then ys many a man lost / quod a lewde wykorye
I am a c{u}vratour off holy kyrke / & cam neuer In my tyme
man to me þat co{u}vlde tell / off cardynall wert{u}ves
or þat co{u}vnted conscyen{.}ce / att a cockes fether or a hennes
I knewe neuer cardynall / þat he ne came fro the pope
& we clerkes when þei came / for theyr commyns payen
for theyre pell{u}vre & theyre palfreyes meyte / & pyllo{u}vrs þat theym folowen
the comm{u}vne clamant cotidie eche man to other
the contrey ys the {cr} cursyder / that cardynalles come ynne
& there they lygge & lenge / most leychyrye ther reygnethe
forthy quod thys wycorye / by verray god I wolde
that no cardynall come amonge þe comm{u}vne poeple
but yn theyr holynes / healden theym stylle
att auyon among þe {I.} Iewes cum sancto sanctus eris & cetera //
or yn rome as þeir re{u}vle wyll / releq{u}ves to kepe
& thow conscyence yn kynges co{u}vrte / & sholdest neuer come thence
& pyers wyth hys newe plowe / & eke wyth hys olde
empero{u}vre off all þe worlde / that all men were crysten
ymperfytt ys þat pope / þat all þe poeple sholde helpe
and sendethe theym þat sleyethe / s{u}oyche as he shold sa{u}ve
& well worthe pyers plowman that p{u}vrsuethe god yn doyng
qui pluit super Iustos & Iniustos / att oones
& sent þe sonne to sa{u}ve a c{u}vrsed mannes tylthe
as bryght as to the best man / & to þe best woman
ryght so pyers the plowman / peynethe hym to tylye
as for hym-sel{u}ve or hys ser{u}vantes / sa{u}ve he ys furst ser{u}ved
& tra{u}vylethe & tylyethe / for a treato{u}vr also soore
as for a trewe tydye man / all tymes ylyke
& worshypphed be he þat all wroght / bothe good & yll
& suffer þat synfull be / tyll some-tyme they repente
& god amend þe pope / that pyllethe holye cherche
& cleamythe byfore þe kyng / to be keper o{u}ver crystyen
& co{u}vntethe noght / thogh crystyen be kylled or robbed
& fyndethe folke to fyght / & crystyen bloode to spylle
ageynst þe old lawe & newe lawe / as luk þeroff wyttnessythe
non occides & cetera. michi vindictam et cetera //
that he ne recchethe noght / off all the remnaunte
& cryste off hys co{u}vrtysye / þe cardynalles sa{u}ve
for þe comm{u}vne quod þis c{u}vrato{u}vr / co{u}vnten full lytull
the co{u}vnseale off conscyence / or cardynall wert{u}ves
but yff they se as by syght / some-what to wynnyng
off gyle ne off gabbyng / gyve they no tale
for spiritus prudencie among þe poeple ys gyle
and all the f{ay}ovre wert{u}ves as wyces they semed
eche man subtylethe a sleyght / synne for to hyde
& colo{u}vrethe ytt wyth konnyng / & a cleane ly{u}vyng
then loghe there a lorde / & by thys lyght sayede
I hold ytt ryght & reason / off my ree{u}ve to take
all þat myne audytour / or elles my st{u}verde
co{u}vnseylythe me / by theyr acompte / & my clerkes wrytyng
and wyth spiritus fortitudinis fecche ytt I wyll
& then came þer a kyng / & by hys crowne seyede
I am a kyng wyth crowne the comm{u}vne to re{u}vle
and holy churche & claregye / fro cursed men to defend
& yff me lackethe to ly{u}ve by / by þe lawe wole I take ytt
for þei beene but membres / & I aboven all
& sythe I am your aller heyde / I am your aller heale
& holy cherche cheffe helpe / & chefteyne off þe comm{u}vne
& what I take off you two / I take ytt at þe teachyng
off spiritus Iusticie for I I{u}vgge you all
so I may bowldlye be howseled / for I
borowed neuer
ne craue off my comm{u}vne / but as my kynd askethe
In condycyon quod conscyence / þat þou konne defend
& re{u}vle þi realme yn reason / ryght well / & yn trewth
take þou maest In reason / as thy lawe askethe
omnia tua sunt ad defendendum set non ad opprimendum
the vy{c}kerr hadde farre home / & fayre toke hys lea{u}ve
& I awaked þerwyth / and wrote as me mette
explicit quintus & vltimus passus de dobetterC
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