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Passus septimus de visione vt supra .C
Treuthe herd telle here-offe  and to peres he sente .
To taken his teme  and tulyen þe erthe .
And purchased hym a pardouna pena et a culpa.
For hym and for his eyres  for euer-more after
And bad hym holden hym at home  and erien his leyes .
And alle þat holpe hym to erie  to setten or to sowe .
Or any other mester  þat miȝt peres auayle .
Pardoun with peres þeT plowman  treuthe hath I-graunted .
¶ Kynges and kniȝtes  þat kepen holy cherches .T
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And riȝtfulliche in reumes  reulen þe poeple .
And / [Han]T pardoun þorȝ purgatorie  to passe ful liȝtly .
With patriarkes and prophetes  in paradis to be felawes .
{}[] Bisshopes I-blessed  if þei ben as þei schulden .
Legistres of bothe lawes  þe lewed þere-with to preche .
And in as muche as þei mowe  amenden alle synfulle .
Aren peres with þe aposteles  þus pardoun peres schewes .
And at þe daye of dome  at heie dayes to sitte .
{}[] Marchauntes in þe margyne  hauedT many ȝeres .
Ac noT pena et a culpaþepope / þe pope wald hem nauȝtT graunte .
For þei holde nauȝt here halydayT  as holy cherche telleth .T
And for þei swere ofteT  so godT hem helpe .
Aȝeyne clene consience  here catel to selle .
{}[] Ac vnder his secrete seel  treuthe sent hem a lettre .
Þat þei schulde bugge boldely  þat hem best likethT .
And sitthenus sellen it vsT aȝeyn  and sauen þe wynnynges .T
And amenden mesondewes þere-with  & myseise folk helpe .
And wikked wayes  wiȝtliche hem amende .
And do bote to brugges  þat to-broke were .
Marien maydenes or maken hem nonnes .
Pore poeple orT prisones  fynden hem here fode .
And sette scoleres to scole  or toT other craftes .
Releue religioun  and renten hem bettere .
{}[] And I schal sende ȝow my-selue  seint mychel myn archangel .
Þat no deuel schal ȝow dere  ne fere ȝow in ȝoure deynge .
And wyten ȝow fram wan-hope  if ȝe wil þus werche .
And sende ȝoure soules in safte  to my seintes in ioye  .
{}[] Þanne were manye marchauntzþat wopenT for ioye  .
And preiseden peres þe plowman  þat purchaced þis bulle .
Men of lawe  leste pardoun hadde .T
Þat pleteden for mede  for þat craft is schrewed .
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For þe sauter saueth hem nauȝt  suche as taketh ȝiftes .
And nameliche of innocentes  þat non euel ne cunneth .T
¶ Pledoures schuld peynen hem  to plede for suche and helpe  .
Princes and prelates  schulde paye for here trauayle .
A regibus et principibus  erit merces eorum .
¶ Ac many a iustice and iuroure  walde for Iohan do more .
Þanne pro dei pietate  leue þow non other .
¶ Ac he þat spenethT his speche  and speketh for þe pore .
Þat is innocent and nedy  and noman appayreth .
AndT conforteth hym in þat cas  with-oute coueytise of ȝiftes .
And scheweth lawe for oure lordes loue  as he it hath I-lerned .
Schal no deuel at his ded-day  deren hym a myte .
Þat he ne worth saef and his soule  þe sauter bereth witnesse  .
Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo . — &cetera .
¶ Ac to bugge water no wynd  ne witt ne fire þe ferthe .
Þise foure þe fader of heuene  made to þis folde in comune .
Þes ben treuthes tresores  trewe folke to helpe .
Þat neuere schal wex ne wanye  with-oute god hym-selue
¶ Whan þei drawen in-toT deth  and indulgences wolde haue .
His pardoun is ful petyt  at hisT partyng hennes .
Þat medeT of mene men  for her motyng taketh  .
Þe legistres and þeT lawyeres  holdeth þis for treuthe .
Þat if þat I lye  mathew is to blame .
For he bad me make ȝow þis  and þis prouerbe me tolde .
Quodcumque wltis vt faciant vobis homines facite eis .
¶ Alle libbyng laboreres  þat lyuen with here hondes .
Þat treweliche taken  and treweliche wynnen .
And lyuen in loue and in lawe  for here lowe herte .T
Haueth þe same absolucion  þat sent was to peres .C
¶ Beggeres ne bydderes  ne beth nauȝt in þe bulle .
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But ȝif þe sugestion be soth  þat schapeth hymT to begge .
For he þat beggeth or bit  but if he haue nede .
He is fals with þe fende  and defraudeth þe nedy .
And also he gylethT þe gyuere  ageynes his wille .
For if he wist he were nauȝt nedy  he walde ȝif þat another
Þat were more nedyerT and nauȝtierT  so þe nedyest schuld be hulpe .
{}[]C Caton kenneth men þus  and þe clerke of þeT stories .
Cui des videto is catones teching .
And in þe stories he techeth  to bystowe þin almes .
Sit elemosinaT in manu tua  donec studes cui des .
{}[] Ac gregorie is aT good man  and badde vs gyuen alle .
Þat asketh for his loue  þat vs alle leneth .
Non eligas cui miserearis  ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipere .
Quia incertum est pro quo deum magis placeas .
{}[] For wite ȝe neuere who is worthi  ac god wote who hath nede .
AlleT in hym þat taketh is trecherieT  if any treson walke .
For he ȝiftT ȝeldeth  and ȝarketh hym to reste .
And he þat bitT boreweth  and bryngeth hym-selue in dette
For-thiT beggeres borewen euere-mo  and her borȝ is god almiȝti .
To ȝelden hem þat ȝyueth hem  and ȝut vsure amoreT .
Quare non dedisti peccuniam meam ad mensam  
Vt ego venien{is}s cum vsuris & exigissem 
{}[] For-thi biddeth nauȝt ȝe beggeres  but if ȝe haue grete nede .
For ho-so hath to buggen hym brede  þe boke bereth witnesse .
He hath I-nowe þat hath brede I-nowe  þauȝ he haue nauȝt elles .
Satis diues est qui indiget / [non] indigetT pane .
{}[] Late vsage be ȝoure solas  of seyntes lyues redynge .
Þe book banneth beggarie  and blameth hem in þis manere .
Iunior fui etenim senui & non vidi iustum .
For ȝe lyue in no loue  ne no lawe holde .
Many of ȝow ne wed nauȝt  þe wommen þat ȝe with delen .
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But as wilde bestes with wehe  worthen vp and werchen .
And bryngen forthe barnes  þat bastardes men calleth .
Or þe bak or þeT bone  þeiT breken in here ȝouthe .
And sitthen gon faiten with hereT fauntes  for euere-more after .
Þere is mo mischape poeple  amonges þise beggeres .
Þanne of alle manere men  þat on þis molde walketh .
ÞoT þat lyueth þus here lif  mowe lothe þe tyme  .
Þat euere he was man wrouȝte  whan he schal hennes fare .
¶ Ac olde men and hore  þat helples ben of strength .
And wymm{..}en with childe  þat werche ne mowe .
Blynde and bederede  and broken inT here membres .
Þat taketh þis meschief mekelich  as meseles and othere  .
Haue as pleynepardoun / pleyne pardoun  as þe plowman hym-selue  .
For loue of here lowe hertes  oure lorde hath hem graunted  .
Here penance and here purgatorie  here vponT þis erthe .
¶ Peres quod a prest þo  þi pardoun moste I rede .
For I schalT construe vche clause  and kenne it þe an englys .
¶ And peres at his preyere  þe pardon heT vnfoldeth .
And I be-hynde hem bothe  by-helde alle þe bulle .
Alle in to lynes it lay  and nauȝt a lef more .
And was I-writen riȝt þus  In witnesse of treuthe .
Et qui bona egerunt  ibunt in vitam eternam .
Qui vero mala  in ignem eternum —
¶ Peter quod þe prest þo  I can no pardoun fynde .
But do wel and haue wel  and god schal haue þi soule .
And do yuel and haue yuel  hope þow non other .
ÞatT after þi deth-day  þe deuel schal haue þi soule .
¶ And peres for puer tene  pulled it a-tweyne .
And seyde . Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis
Non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es  .C
¶ I schal sese of my sowyng quod peres  and swynke nauȝt so harde .
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Ne aboute my bely ioye  so bysy be namore .
Of preyeres and of penauncesT  my plow schal ben here-after .
And wepen whanne I schulde slepe  þouȝ whete brede me faile .
{}[] Þe prophete his payn eet  in penaunce and in sorwe .
By þat þe sauter seith  so dede othermanye / other manye .
Þat loueth god lely  his liflode is ful esy .
Fuerunt michi lacrime mee  panes die ac nocte  .
{}[] And but if luke lye  orT lereth vs be folesT .
We schuld nauȝt be to bysi  aboute þe werldes blisse  .
Ne solliciti sitis  he seyth in þe gospelle .
And scheweth vs by ensaumples  vs-selue to wisse .
Þe foules ofT þe felde  ho fynt hem mete at wynter .
Haue þei no gerner to goto / go to  but god fynt hem alle .
{}[] What quod þe prest to perkyn  peter as me thenketh .
Þow art lettred a lytel  ho lerned þe on boke .
{}[] AbstinenceT quod peres  myn a b c me tauȝte .
And consience come afterward  and kenned me muche more  .
{}[] Were þow a prest peres quod he  þow miȝtest preche where þow woldestTC
As dyuinor ofT diuinite  with dixit insipiens to þi teme .
{}[] Lewed lorel quod peres  litel lokestow on þiT bible .
AndT salamounes sawes  selden þow beholdest .
EcceT derisores &cetera .T
{}[] Þe prest and perkyn  apposed eyther other .
{}[] And I thorȝ her wordes T a-woke and wayted aboute .
And seyȝ þe sonne in þe south  sitte þat tyme .
Meteles and moneles  on maluerne hulles .
Musyng on þis meteles  aLX my weyT ich ȝede  .
Many tyme þis meteles  hath maked me to stodie .
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Of þat I seyȝ slepyng  if it so be miȝte .
And al-so for peres þe plowman  ful pensif in herte .
And which a pardon peres hadde  al þe poeple to conforte  .
¶ And how þe prest inpugned it  with to propre wordes .
Ac I haue no sauour in song{.}ewarie  for I se it ofte faile .
Caton and canonistres  conseileth vs to leue .
To sette saddenesse in songewarie  for sompnia ne cures .
¶ Ac for þe bok byble  bereth witnesse .
How daniel diuined  þe dremeT of a kyng .
Þat was Nabagodonosor  I-nempned of clerkes .
Daniel seyde sire kyng  þi dremeles beto keneth / beto-keneth .
Þat vnkouth kniȝtes  schul come þi kyngdom to reue .T
Amonges lowere lordes  þi lond schal be departed .
And as daniel dyuined  in dede it fel after .
Þe kyng les his lordschippe  and lowere men it hadde .
¶ And Ioseph mette merueylously  how þe mone and þe sonne  .
And þe elleuene steres  haylsed hym alle .
¶ Þanne Iacob iugede  Iosepes sweuene .
Beau filtz quod his fader  for defaute we schullen .
I my-self and my sones  seche þe for nede .
¶ It byfel as his fader seyde  in pharaoes tyme .
Þat Ioseph was Iustice  egipte to loke .
It byfel as his fader tolde  his frendes hym þere souȝteT .
And alle þis maketh me  on þis meteles to thenke .
¶ And how þe prest preuede  no pardoun to do-wel .
And nempnedT þat dowel indulgence passed 
Byennales and triennales  and bisshopes lettres .
And how dowel at þe day of dome  is dignelich vnderfonge
And passeth alle pardounT  of seinte petres chercheC
¶ Now hath þe pope pouere pardoun  to graunte þe poeple .
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With-oute any penance  to passen in-to heuene .
Þis oure / Þis [is] oureT beleue  as lettred men vs techeth .
Quodcumque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum & in celis  .
And so I leue lelly  lordes forbode elles .
Þat pardoun and penance  and preyeres don saue .
Soules þat haue synned  seuen sythes dedly .
Ac to trist to þis triennales  trewely me thenketh .
It isT nauȝt so siker for þe soule  certes as is dowel .
For-thi I rede ȝow thenkeT  þat riche ben on þis erthe .
Vppon triste of ȝoure tresor  triennales to haue .
Be ȝe neuere þe boldere  to breke þe ten hestes .
And nameliche ȝe maystres  mayres and Iuges .
Þat haue þe welth of þis worlde . and wise men ben holden .
To purchace ȝow pardoun  and þe popes bulles .
At þe dredful dome  whanne dede schullen risen .
And comen alle byfore criste  and acountesT to ȝelde .
How þow {h}laddest þi lif here  and his lawes keptest .
And how þow dostT day by day  þe dome wil reherce .
A pouhȝ-fulLX of pardoun þere  ne prouinciales lettres  .
Þowe ȝe be founde in þe fraternite  of alle þe fyueT ordres .
And haue indulgences dubblefolde  but dowel wil ȝowT helpe .
I sette ȝoure patentes and ȝoure pardoun  at on pyes hele .
Forthi I conseile alle cristene  to crie god mercy  .C
And marie his moder  be oure mene by-twene .
Þat god gyue vs grace here  ar we go hennes .
Suche werkes to werche  þeT while we ben here .
Þat after oure deth-day  dowel reherce .
At þe day of dome  we dede as he hiȝte .
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