The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. ?: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm<hi rend="sup">2</hi>)William LanglandEdited by Michael Calabrese, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: M. Gail Duggan and Patricia R. BartTechnical Editor: Daniel PittiGraduate Research AssistantMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Ewbanks, Carrie Lindley, and Jordan Taylor.Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Chris Jessee, Daniel Pitti, and John Unsworth.Published by Boydell and Brewer, Ltd. for SEENET and The Medieval Academy of AmericaWoodbridge, Suffolk.ISBN: 9781843840923
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than drede went wyȝtly and warned falsþe falsHm2.2.1: A modern hand has written "A fragment of Piers Ploughman. See the 9th leaf." For fuller discussion see the Introduction I.11. and badde hym fle for fere and his felawes allewhan falsFalsenesse for ferefere þanne fleyȝe to the freres and gyle dothe hym to goo a-gast for to deyȝe ac marchauntz metten wyth hym and maden hym abyde and by-schuttebishetten hym in her schoppys to schewen her wareapparayldenAnd apparailled hym as a prentys the peple to seruefuƚƚ lyȝtlyLiȝtlichlyere tholyer lepe a-wey thanne lurkyng thurowh lanes luggedto-lugged of many he was nowhare welcome for his many tales oueral y-hunted and y-hote trusse tyl pardeners hadde pyte and pulleden hym toin-to house thei wuschen hym and wypeden hym and wonden hym in cloutys and senten hym wyth sealys on sundayes to cherches and ȝafgaf pardoun for pans pound-mele aboute thanne loureden leches and lettres thei sentethanneÞatHm2.2.17: The scribe copied thanne from the preceding line. It is possible that he recognized his mistake and attempted a correction by converting the first minim of <n> to <t>, though that seems unlikely. Kane and Donaldson read "thatine (?)." he schulde wonye wytħ hem watres to loke spycers spoken wyth hym to aspyȝenspienHm2.2.18: Hm2HmC2 alone have the unmetrical form. Most other witnesses have the apheretic form spien. her ware for he coude onof her crafte and knewe many gommes ac menstrals and messagers metten wyth hym ones and helden hym an half ȝere and enleuene dayes freres wyth fayr speche fecchidfetten hym thennysHm2.2.23: With this erasure the stint of copying by hand4 begins and continues to the end of the fragment....?...?...and for knowynge of comers copedencoped hym as a frere Ac he hath leue to lepen out as ofte as hym lyketh And ys welcome whan he wole and woneth with hem ofte alle fƚedden for fere and flowen in to hernes Saue mede the maiden nomo durstendurstHm2.2.27: The dissyllabic form is unmetrical. abide Ac trewely to telle sche trembled for dredeAndAnd ek wepte and wronge whan sche was a-tached
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Now is mede the mayde and nomo of hem alle With Bedelles and Baillifs brought bifore the kynge The kyng kalled a clerk ne cancan y nought hys name To take mede the maide and make hire at ese I schal a-saye hire my-silf and sothely appose What man vponof þis molde that here were leuest And yf sche werscheworchewerche be wytt and my wyl folwe I wele for-ȝyueforgyue hire this gilt so me ........god helpe Curtesly the clerk thanne as the kyng highte Tok mede by the Middel and broughte hire in-to chambre and ther was Mirthe and Minstralcie mede to plese They that wonen in westmynserewestmynstrewestmyns[t]ere worschepeden hemhir alle Ientileche with ioye the Iustices somesomme Buskeden hem to the boure ther the buyrde dwelled To conforten hire kyndely by clergyes leue and seiden morne thou noughtnought Mede ne make thou no sorwe for we wil wisse the kyng and thy wey schape To be wedded at thy wille and where the lef liketheHm2.3.18: The last graph is ill-formed and might have equally well been transcribed as a <t>. For al concyence cast or craft as y trowe Mildeliche mede thanne merciemercyedHm2.3.20: This reading occurs only in Hm2, but note that Hm has the correct reading after an erasure. hem krydealle Of here gret goodnesse and ȝafgaf hem echone Coupes of clene gold and cuppes of seluer Rynges with rubies and rychesses manye The leste man of here meigne a Motoun of gold Thanne laughte thei leue thes lordes at MeteMede With that comen clerkes and confortedento conforte(n) hire the same And beden hire be blithe for we ben thyn owne For to werche thy wille the while thy lyfþow myȝte lasteth Hendely sche thanne bihighte hem the same To louen hem lely and lordes to make and in the constorie at court do callen hire names Schal no lewednesse lette the lede that y louyeHm2.3.32: An otiose curl appears above the last two characters. That he ne worth ferst auauntsed for y am be-knowen Ther kunynge clerkes schulle clokke be-hynde Thanne come ther a confessour coped as a frere To Mede the Maiden he menedmelludHm2.3.36: The reading may well be meued. This ambiguous reading is shared only by Hm and W. Most of the better beta manuscripts and alpha have he mellud. thise wordes and seide ful softely in schryfte as yt were Though lewed men and lered hadde leyen by the bothe and falsfalsenesseHm2.3.39: Hm2HmF alone have fals. Most beta witnesses read falsnesse, and R has falshede. hadde Fouledyfolwed the al thys fyfty wynter I schal assoile the my-sylf for a seem of whete and bealso be thi bedeman and bere wel thy message among knyghtes and klerkes concyence to seruetorne Than Mede for hire mysdedes to that man kneled and schref hire of hire schrewednesse schamelesse y trowe Tolde hym a tale and tok hym a noble for to ben hire Bedeman and hire brocoursbrokour als Thanne he soiledassoilled hire sone and sethen he seidenseideseyde we han a windowe in worchynge wil sytte ...?... Woldest thow glase that gable and grauen ...?...Hm2.3.48-49: The ends of both lines have been thoroughly erased and are illegible.Ful siker Siker schulde thy soule be heuene to haue wiste i that quod that womman y wolde nought spare for to be ȝoure frend frere and faile ȝow neuere while ȝe louen lordes that lecherye haunten And lacken nought ladies that louen wel the same It is a frealte of fleisch ȝe fyndeth it in bokesA comynAnd a cours of kynde wherof we comyn alle who may skapen thatþe sclaundre the skathe is sone amendid It is ais synne of thatþe seuene sonest relessedGod haueHaue mercy quod mede onof men that yt haunten And i schal kouere ȝoure cherchekirke and ȝoure cloistre makeAnd ȝoure wowesWoweswhitendo whitten and wyndowes glasen Do peynte and portraie and paie for the makyngeThat euery siegge schal seie y am suster off ȝoure housAndAc god to alle goode folk such grauyng defendeth To writen in wyndowes of here wel dedisInaduentureIn aduentureOn auenture pride be peynted there and pompe of the worldFor crist knoweth thi concyense and thi kynde wille And thi cost and thi couettise and wo the catel aughte For-thi i lere ȝow lordes leueth such werkes To writen in wyndowes of ȝoure wel dedes Or to greden after goddes men whan ȝe delen dolesInaduentureIn aduentureOn auenture ȝe hauen ȝoure hire here and ȝoure heuene als ¶ Nesciat sinistra manussinistra quid faciat dextra