The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 William Langland Edited by Katherine Heinrichs Graduate Research Assistants Patricia Bart, Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Eubanks, Paul Fyfe, Paul Gaffney, Janice McCoy, Chloe Smith, Timothy L. Stinson, Jordan Taylor, and Keicy Tolbert. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Kirk V. Hastings, Richard A. Peterson, Daniel Pitti, Jonathan Rodney, and John Unsworth. Published for the Medieval Academy of America and The Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Cambridge ISBN: 1843840251

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Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79

late 14th or early 15th century Source copy consulted: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79

brown inkanglicana bastardaitalicLombard Capornamented capital, N lines highrubricatedtouched in redtexturaunderlinedunderlined in redgreen inkblue ink

LatinFrenchGermanMay, 2001catalogerPatricia BartNew header created Pers plowman

O.P.000: A vertical line, hooked at the top, three line-spaces in height, precedes the title. The following lines appear at the head of the text: Et sine verborum  sonitu . fit doctor eorumIpse tuam mentem  regat & faciat sapientemRecte credentem  monitos que bonos retinentemVt bene viuendo  mandata que sana sequendo Leticiam vere  lucis . merearis habere Que tenebras nescit  miro que decore nitescit Et cuicumque datur  sine fine beatificaturHoc tibi det munus  qui regnat trinus & vnus . amen.

In the endleaves of the manuscript, Skeat describes these lines as "the tag-end of a Latin poem of small merit" which "has no connection whatever with Pers Plowman." They are the final eight lines of the <foreign lang="lat">Carmen Paraeneticum ad Rainaldum</foreign>, a twelfth-century poem of unknown authorship (PL 184, 1307A-1314C). Thanks are owed to Michael Blum for the research that led to the identification of this fragment.

 IN a somer sesoun  whanne soft was þe sunne I schope me in schroudes  as I a scheep were In habyt as an heremyt  vnholi of werkis Wente wyde in þis world  wondres to heere Ac on a may mornyng  on Maluerne hillis Me befel a ferly  of fayrie me þouȝte I was wery for-wandrid  and wente me to rest Vndir a brood bank  bi a bornes syde And as I lay & lenede  & lokede in þe watris I slumbrede in a slepyng  it sweyuedeO.P.10: This word caused scribal confusion. YC2CL share the reading of O; other variants include sweyd (G), swyȝed (HmCRF), sweyed (WM), and sweuenyd (H). Although the MED relates the form swiȝede in the corresponding line of the C-text (Trinity MS) to swevenen, "to dream," Skeat's gloss on sweyued as meaning "flowed, rippled along" (Dan. svæve) accords better with the sense of the line. However, the MED lists no forms of sweien with a medial <u>. Schmidt (363) adopts the reading of ZA, sweyed, which he glosses as "sounded." Kane and Donaldson adopt this form as well. so myrie Þanne gan I to meten  a merueylous sweuene Þat I was in wildernesse  wiste I neuere where As I behelde in-to þe est  on hyȝ to þe sunne I sawȝ a toure on a toft  triedlicheO.P.14: The form triedliche, meaning "excellently," appears in ME only here and in The Destruction of Troy 3054, 9786, 10583 (cited in MED). Variants include trieliche (WGYLF), trychlych (Cr3), ryaly (H), rieliche (CM), rychely (HMCR12), and reallecle (C2). Kane and Donaldson adopt trieliche. I-maked A deep dale byneþe  a dongeoun þer-Inne Wiþ depe dichis & derke  & dredeful of syȝt A faire feeld ful of folk  fonde I þere bitwene Of al manere of men  þe mene & þe riche Worchynge & wandrynge  as þe world askiþ Summe putte hem to þe plow  pleyede ful seelde In settynge & souwynge  swonken ful harde And wonnen þat wastouris  inO.P.22: GOC2 alone have in in place of correctly alliterating with. glotenye distroyen And summe putten hem to pride  apparayleden hem þer-after In countenaunce of cloþing  coomen disgysed In preyereO.P.25: OC2 alone have the singular form. & in penaunce  putten hem many Al for loue of oure lord  lyueden ful streyte In hope for to haue  heuene-riche blisse As ancres & heremytis  þat holden hem in her selles And coueyten not in contre  to cayren aboute For no likerous lijflode  her lickam to plese And summe chosen chaffare  þei cheuen þe better As it semet to oure siȝt  þat swicheO.P.32: OC2 alone lack a word between swiche and þryuen; most B manuscripts have men. þryuen Minystralis And summe myrþes to make  as mynystrales kunnen And geten gold wiþ her gle  notO.P.34: OC2 alone include the negative. synles I leue As iapers & iangeleris  Iudas children ÞatO.P.36: YOC2M alone include Þat. feynen hem fantasies  & foles hem maken And han her witt at her wille  to wirche if þei schuldenO.P.37: OC2 alone have the form schulden; most B manuscripts have schulde. Qui non laborat non manducetO.P.38: This line is divided after laborat, so that it appears opposite ll. 38-39. Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this gloss, which occurs only in OC2, on the grounds that it is scribal. Þat poul prechiþ of hem  I nyle not preue it heere Qui turpiloquium loquitur  is lucifers knaue Bidderis & beggeris  faste aboute ȝiedenO.P.40: OC2 alone have the form ȝieden; all other beta witnesses have yede. Wiþ her bely & her baggys  of breed ful I-crammyd Faiteden for her fode  fauȝten atO.P.42: OC2 alone lack þe before ale. ale In glotenye . god it woot  goon þei to bedde And rysen wiþ ribaudie  þeO.P.44: OC2 alone have þe; most B manuscripts have þo. roberdis knaues Sleep & sory slouþe  suen hem euere Pilgrymys & palmeris  pliȝtedenO.P.46: OC2 alone have the form pliȝteden; variants include plyght (Cr), plighted (YLM), pyghtyn (F), pyth (H), gedir (C), and pliȝten (WHmG). hem to-gyderes Pilgrimys To seke seynt Iames  & seyntis in Rome Þey wenten forþ in her wey  wiþ many wise tales And hadden leue for to lye  al her lijf after I seyȝ summe þat seyden  þei hadden I-souȝt seyntis To iche a tale þat þei toldenO.P.51: OC2 alone have the form tolden in place of tolde.  her tunge was temperid to lye More þanO.P.52: OC2 alone lack to before the infinitive. seye soþ  it semede . bi her speche Heremytis on an heep  wiþ hoked staues Wenten to walsyngham  & her wenchis after heremytis Grete lobyes & longe  þat loþ weren to swynke Cloþeden hem in copis  to be knowen from oþere And schopen hem heremytis  her ese to haue I fonde þere freris  alle þe foure ordres Freris Precheden þe peple  for profiȝt of hem-seluen Gloseden þe gospel  as hem good likede For coueytise of copes  construeden it . as þei woldenO.P.61: OC2 alone have the form wolden; most B manuscripts have wolde. Many of þeise maystre freris  mowen cloþen hem at likyng For her money & marchaundisesO.P.62: OYC2C alone have the plural form.  marchen to-gyderis For siþ charite haþ ben chapman  & cheef to schryue lordis charitas Many ferlies han fallen  in a fewe ȝieris But holi chirche & þei  holde bettre to-gyderis Þe moost myscheef on erþeO.P.67: OC2 alone have erþe in place of molde.  is mountynge vp welO.P.67: OC2 alone include both vp and wel. faste Perdonneris Þere prechede a pardoner  as he a preest were Brouȝte forþ a bulle  wiþ bischoppis seelis And seyde þat hym-self myȝte  assoylen hem alle Of falshed of fastyng  & of vowes Ibroken Lewede men leuedenO.P.72: O alone has the form leueden; most B manuscripts have leued. hym wel  & likeden hise wordis Comen vp knelynge  to kissen hise bulles He bunchede hem wiþ his breuet  & blerede her yen And rauȝte wiþ his ragman  rynges & broches Þus þei gyuen her gold  glotounes to kepe And louenO.P.77: OC2 alone have louen; most B manuscripts have leneþ. siche loselis  þat leccherie haunten Were þe bischop Iblessid  & worþ hise boþeO.P.78: O alone transposes boþe hise. eres His seel schulde not be sent  to disceyue þe peple Ac it is not bi þe bischop  þat þe boye prechiþ For þe parisch preest & þe pardoner  parten þe siluer Þat þe pore porayleO.P.82: YOC2M alone have pore porayle; variants include pore men (F), poraille (WHmCL), and pouerty (Cr). Kane and Donaldson emend to pouere peple. of þe parisch  schulde haue . if þei ne were Curatis Persounes & parisch prestis  pleynedenO.P.83: O alone has the form pleyneden; most B manuscripts have pleyned. hem to þe bischop Þat her parisches weren pore  siþ þe pestelence tyme To haue a licence & leue  at london to dwelle And syngen þere for symonye  for siluer is swete Bischoppis & bacheleris  boþe maystres & doctouris Þat han cure vndir crist  & crownyng in tokene And signe . þat þei schulden  schryuen her parischenes Prechen & preye for hem  & þe pore fede Liggen in london  in lenten and ellis Summe seruen þe kyng  & his siluer tellen In checker & in chauncerie  chalengen hise dettis Of wardis ofO.P.94: HmOC2H alone have of; variants include & (CrGYCLM) and and of (WRFH). wardmotes  of weyues ofO.P.94: HmOC2 alone have of in place of and before streyues. streyues And summe seruen as seruauntis  lordis & ladyes And in stede of stiwardis  sitten & demen Her messe & her mateyns  & many of her ouris Arn doon vn-deuoutliche  drede is at þe last Lest crist in consistorie  curseO.P.99: OC2 alone have curse; most B manuscripts have acorse. ful many I parceyuede of þe power  þat peter hadde to kepe To bynde & to vnbynde  as þe book telliþ How he . it selfO.P.102: OC2 alone have self; most B manuscripts have lefte. wiþ loue  as oure lord hyȝte Amongys foure vertues  þe best of alle vertues Þat cardynalis ben clepid  & closyng ȝatis Þere crist is in kyngdam  to close & to schitte And to opene it to hem  & heuene blis schewe Ac of þe cardynalis at court  þat cauȝten of þat name AcO.P.108: O alone has Ac; all other beta witnesses have And. power presumedenO.P.108: O alone has presumeden; all other beta witnesses have presumed. in hem  a pope to make To haue þat power þat petir hadde  Impugne itO.P.109: OC2 alone include it before I. I nylle For in loue & lettrure  þe eleccioun bilongeþ For-þi I can & IO.P.111: OC2H alone include I before the second occurrence of can. can not  of court speke more Þanne cam þer a kyng  knyȝthod hym ladde Myȝt of þe comunes  made hym to regne And þanne kam kynde witt  & klerkis he made For to counceyle þe kyng  & þe comune saue Þe kyng & knyȝthod  & clergye boþe Casten þat þe comune  schuldenO.P.117: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. hem-self fynde Þe comune contreuede  of kynde witt . craftes And for profiȝt of al þe peple  plowmen ordeynedenO.P.119: O alone has the form ordeyneden; all other beta witnesses have ordeyned. To tilie & trauayle  as trewe lijf askeþ Þe kyng & þe comune  & kynde witt . þe þridde Schopen lawe & leute  iche man to knowe his owne Þanne lokede vp a lunatyk  a lene þing wiþ-al And knelynge to þe kyng  clergiali he seyde Crist kepe þee sir kyng  & þe þi kyng-riche And lene þee toO.P.126: OYC2M alone include to before lede. lede þi lond  so leute þee louye And for þi riȝtful rewlyng  be rewardid in heuene And siþþen in þe eir on hyȝ  an aungel of heuene Lowede to speke in latyn  for lewede men ne koudenO.P.129: OC2M alone have the form kouden; all other beta witnesses have koude. Iangle ne Iugge  þat Iustifie hem schulde But suffren & seruen  for-þi seyde þe aungel versus Sum rex sum princeps  neutrum fortasse deinceps O qui iura regis  cristi . specialia regis Hoc quod agas melius  iustus es . esto pius Nudum ius a te  vestiri vult pietate Qualia vis metere  talia grana sere Si ius nudatur  nudo de iure metatur Si seritur pietas  de pietate metasO.P.138: A bracket in the right margin connects the preceding seven lines; horizontal wavy lines join each line of text to the bracket. Þanne greuede hym a goliardeys  a glotoun of wordis And to þe aungel on hyȝ  answerede after versus CumO.P.141: YOC2C alone have Cum in place of Dum. rex a regere  dicatur nomen habere Nomen habet sine re  nisi studet iura tenereO.P.142: A bracket in the right margin connects the preceding two lines; a wavy line joins l. 141 to the bracket. Þanne gan alle þe comunes  crie . in vers of latyn To þe kyngys counceyl  construe . who-so wolde versus Precepta regis  sunt nobis vincula legisO.P.145: This line is followed by three ticks. Ratounes . Wiþ þat ran þer a route  of ratounes at ones And smale myce wiþ hem  moo þan a þousand And comen to a counceyl  for her comune profiȝt For a cat of a court  cam whanne hym likede And ouerleepe hem lyȝtly  & lauȝte hem at his wille And pleyede wiþ hem perelouslich  & possede hem aboute For doute of dyuerse dedesO.P.152: OC2 alone have dedes in place of drede(s).  we dorenO.P.152: O alone has doren; all other beta witnesses have dar. not wel loke And if we grucchen of hys gamen  he wole greue vs alle Cracche vs & clawe vs  & in hise cloches holde Þat vs loþeþ þe lijf  or he lete vs passe MyȝtenO.P.156: OC2 alone have the form Myȝten; all other beta witnesses have Miȝte. we wiþ any witt  his wille wiþ-stonde We myȝten be lordis a-loft  & lyuen at oure ese A Ratoun of renoun  moost renable of tunge Seyde for a souereyn  help . to hym-seluenO.P.159: OC2 alone have hym-seluen; all other beta witnesses have hymselue. I haue seyn segges quod he  in þe cite of london Beren byes ful bryȝt  abouten her neckis And summe colers of crafty werk  vncoupled þei wenden Boþe in wareyn & in wast  where hem leue likiþ And oþer-whyle . þei arn ellis-where  as I here telle Were þer a belle on her byesO.P.165: YOC alone have the plural form.  bi iesu as me þinkeþ Men myȝten wite where þei wentenO.P.166: OC2 alone have the form wenten in place of wente.  & awey renne And riȝt so quod þeO.P.167:   GOC2F alone have þe in place of þat. ratoun  resoun me schewiþ To bigge a belle of brasse  or of bryȝt siluer And knytte on a koler  for oure comune profiȝt And hange it vp-on þe cattis hals  þanne . here we mowenO.P.170: This and the preceding line are encompassed by a very lightly written red parenthesis in the right margin. Where he rit or restiþ  or renneþ to pleye And if hym liste for to layke  þanne loke we mowen And peren in his presence  þer-while hym pleye likiþ And if hym wraþþeþ be ywar  & his weye schonye Al þis route of ratounes  to þis resoun assentedenO.P.175: O alone has the form assenteden in place of assented. Ac þoo þe belle was I-bouȝt  & on þe bye hangyd Þer ne was ratoun in al þe route  for al þe rewme of fraunce Þat durste haue bounde þe belle  aboute þe cattis necke Ne hangen it aboute þe cattis hals  al Englond to wynneO.P.179: The letter <E> has been rewritten in the right margin in the main scribal hand, apparently because the <E> in Englond is ill-formed. And helden hem vnhardi  & her counceyl feble Myce And leeten her labour lost  & her longe studie A mous þat myche good  couþe . as me þouȝte Stroke forþ sterneli  & stode bi-forn hem alle And to þeO.P.184: OC2 alone here lack the object of the prepositional phrase, and thus the first alliterating stave. Most B manuscripts have route of. ratounes  rehercede þeise wordis aiij Þouȝ we killedenO.P.175: O alone has the form killeden; variants include haddyn kyllyd (F), had Iculled (R), kylled (C2), kulled (CLM), killen (WHmG), and kylle (HYCr). þe cat  ȝet schulde þer come an-oþer To cracche vs and al oure kynde  þouȝ we cropen vnder benchis For-þi I counceyle al þe comune  to latte þe cat worthe And be we neuere so bold  þe belle hym to schewe For I herde my sire seyn  is seuene ȝer ypassed Þere þe cat is a kitoun  þe court is ful elenge Þat witnessiþ holi writ  who-so wole it rede Ve terre  vbi puer est RexO.P.192: HmOC2R alone transpose Rex est. & cetera . For may no renke þere rest haue  for ratouns bi nyȝt Þe whyle he cacchiþ conynges  he coueitiþ not oure careyne But fet hym wiþ venysoun  defame we hym neuere For better is a litil losse  þan a longe sorwe Þe mase amongys vs alle  þouȝ we mysse a schrewe For many mennys malt  we myce wolden distroye And also þe route of ratouns  rende mennys cloþis Nere þat cat of þat court  þat can ȝow ouer-lepe For haddenO.P.201: O alone has the form hadden in place of hadde or omission. ȝe rattis ȝoure wille  ȝe couþenO.P.201: O alone has the form couþen in place of kouþe. not reule ȝow-selue I seye for me quod þe mous  I se so mykil after Schal neuere þe cat ne þe kitoun  bi my counceyl be greuyd Ne carpyng of þis coler  þat costede me neuere And þouȝ it hadde cost me catel  biknowe it . I nolde But suffre . as hym-self wolde  to do as hym likiþ Couplid & vncouplid  to cacche . what þei mowen For-þi . iche a wyse wyȝt  I warne . wite wel his owne What þeiseO.P.209: YOC2 alone have the plural form. metels bemenettO.P.209:It would seem that O alone has bemenett, which Kane and Donaldson do not record. C2 has bemenet.  ȝe men þat ben myrie Dyuyne ȝe . for I ne dar  bi dere god in heuene Ȝet houedenO.P.211: O alone has the form houeden; most B manuscripts have houed. þere an hundred in howues of silk Sergeauntis it semeden  þat serueden at þe barre Plededen for penyes  & poundis . þe lawe And not for loue of oure lord  vnlose her lippis ones Þow myȝtist better . mete þe myst  on malueren hillis Þan gete a mumme of her mouþe  but money be schewid Barouns & burgeys  and bonde-men also I seyȝ in þis assemble  as ȝe schul here after Baxters & brewsters  and bocheris manye Wollen websteris  and weueris of lynnen Taylouris & tynkeris  & tolleris in markettis Masouns & mynouris  & many oþere craftis Of alle kyn libbynge laboreris  lopen forþ summe As dykers & deluers . þat doon her dedis ille O.P.224: In the top right margin of this folio is a mark resembling an <n>, partially effaced by smearing with water. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 2. And dryuen forþ þe longe day . wiþ dieu vous saue dame Emme Cookes Cookes & her knaues  cryeden hote pyes hote Goode gees & grys  go we dyne go we Tauerners vn-til hem  tolden þe same Whyte wiyn of Oseye  & rede wiyn of Gascoigne Of þe Ryne & ofO.P.230: O alone lacks þe before Rochel. Rochel  þe roost to deffye Al þis sawe I slepynge  & seuene syþes more . Primus passusO.1.000: The heading is divided after Primus, so that it appears as two lines. w WHat þis mountayn bemeneþ  & þe merk dale And þe feeld ful of folk  I schal ȝow fayre schewe A louely lady of lere  in lynnen I-cloþed Come doun from a castel  & callede me fayre And seyde sone slepist þou  seest þou þis peple How bisy þei been  aboute þe mase Þe moost partie of þis peple  þat passen on þis erþe Haue þei worschip in þis world  þei wilnen no better Of oþer heuene þan here  holden þei no tale I was a-feerd of hir face  þouȝ sche fayr were And seyde mercy ma-dame  what is þis to mene Þe tour vp þe toft quod sche  truþe is þer-inne And wolde þat ȝe wrouten  as his word techiþ For heO.1.14: O alone lacks is before fadir. fadir of feiþ  formede ȝow alle Boþe wiþ felle & wiþ face  & ȝaf ȝow fyve wittis For to worschipe hym þer-wiþ  þe whyle ȝe been here And þer-fore . he hyȝte þe erþe  to helpe ȝow ichone Of wollen . of lynnen  of lyflode at nede In mesurable maner  to make ȝow at ese And comaundede of his curteisie  in comune . þre þingys Arn noon nedeful but þoo O.1.21: OC2 alone lack and before nempne. nempne hem I þinke And reckene hem bi resoun  reherce ȝe hem after Þat oon . is vesture  from chele þee to saue And mete at meele  for myseise of þi-selue And drynk whanne þou dryest  ac do not out of resoun Þat þou worþe þe werse  whanne þou worche schuldest For loth in his lijf-dayes  for likyng of drynk Dide bi hise douȝtres  þat þe deuel likede Delitede hym in drink  as þe deuel wolde And leccherie hym lauȝte  & lay bi hem boþeO.1.30: OC2 here lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "And al he witte it wyn þat wikked dede." Inebriemus eum vino . dormiamusque cum eo vt seruare possimus de patre nostro semen . Þoruȝ wiyn & þoruȝ wommen  þere was loth acombred And þere he gate in glotenye  gyrles þat weren cherles For-þi drede delitable drynk  & þou schalt do þe better Mesure is medicyne  þouȝ þou myche ȝerne It is not al good for þe goost  þat þe gutte askeþ Ne lijflode to þi likham  þat leef is to þiO.1.37: Of the manuscripts which include the line in this form, OC2RF alone have þi in place of þe. soule Leeue þou notO.1.38: OC2 alone have þou not in place of nauȝt. þi likham  for a lyer hym techeþ Þat is aO.1.39: OC2 alone have a in place of þe. wrecchid world  wolde þee bitraye For þe feend & þi flesch  folewen þee to-gydere Þis & þat seeþ þi soule  & seiþO.1.41: OC2 alone lack it before in. in þin herte And for þou schuldest been I-war  I wisse þee þe bettreO.1.42: OC2 alone have bettre in place of beste. Ma-dame mercy quod I  me likeþ wel ȝoure wordes Ac þe money of þis moold  þat men so fast holden Telle me to whom ma-dame  þat tresore appendeþ Go to þe gospel quod sche  þat god seyde hym-seluen pepleO.1.47: A solidus/punctus above temple and another above the marginal addition indicate that it is intended as a substitution, although such a reading is unattested elsewhere and to adopt it would destroy the sense of the line. ToO.1.47: OC2 alone have To; most B manuscripts have Tho. þe peple þatO.1.47: OC2 alone include þat. hym apposede  wiþ a peny in þe temple Wheþer þei schulden þer-wiþ  worschipe þe kyng Cesar And god askede of hem  of whom spake þe lettre And þe ymage Ilike  þat þer-inneO.1.50: An otiose tilde appears above the <i> in inne. stondiþ Cesaris . þei seyden  we seen hym wel ichone Reddite cesari . quod god  þat cesari bifalleþ Et que sunt dei . deo  or ellis ȝe doon yueleO.1.53: OC2 alone have yuele in place of ille. For riȝtful resoun  schulde rule ȝow alle And kynde witt be wardeyn  ȝoure welþe to kepe And tutour of ȝoure tresore  & take it ȝow at nede AndO.1.57: OC2 alone have And in place of For. housbondrie & þeiO.1.57: GOC2 alone have þei in place of a correctly alliterating pronoun beginning with <h> (he, heo, hij, hy).  holden to-gydere Þanne I fraynede hir faire  for hym þat hir made Þat dongeoun in þe dale  þat dredeful is of syȝt What may it be to mene  ma-dame . I ȝow biseche Þat is þe castel of care  who-so comeþ þer-inneO.1.61: An otiose tilde appears above the <i> in inne. May banne . þat he born was  to body &O.1.62: GOC2H alone have & in place of or. to soule Þer-inne wonyeþ a wyȝt  þat . wrong . is I-hote Fadir of falshed  and foundede it hym-selue Adam and Eue  he eggede to ille Counceylede Caym  to killen his broþer Iudas he iapede  wiþ Iuwen syluer And siþen on an eller  hangede hymselue after He is letter of loue  & lyeþ hem alle Þat tristen on his tresore  bitrayeþ he sunnest Þanne hadde I Þanne hadde I wonder in my witt  what womman it were Þat swyche wyse wordis  of holi writ schewede And askede hir inO.1.73: HmOC2C alone have in; most B manuscripts have on. þe hye name  er sche þennys ȝede What sche were wittirli  þat wissede me so faire Holi chirche Holi chirche I am quod sche  þou ouȝtest me to knowe I vnderfonge þee first  & þeeO.1.76: O alone has the form þee; most B manuscripts have þe. feiþ tauȝte And þouO.1.77: HmOC2 alone have And þou in place of And or Thou alone. brouȝtest me borwes  my biddyng to fulfille And to loue me leelli  þe while þi lijf dureþ Þanne I courbede on my knees  & cryede hir of grace And preyede hir pitousli  preye for my synnes And also . kenne me kyndeli  on crist to beleeue Þat I myȝte worche his wille  þat wrouȝte me to man Teche me to no tresore  but telle me þis ilke How I may saue my soule  þat seynt art yholden Whanne alle tresores been I-tryedO.1.85: OC2 alone have I-tryed; most B manuscripts have tried quod she.  truþe is þe best I do it on deus caritas  to deme þe soþe It is as derworþe a drurye  as dere god hym-seluen Who-so is trewe of his tunge  & telliþ noon oþer AndO.1.89: OC2 alone lack some variant of doþ before þe werkis, obscuring the sense of the line. þe werkis þer-wiþ  & wilneþ no man ille He is a god bi þe gospel  on ground & on loft And Ilike to oure lord  bi seynt lukes wordis Þe clerkis þat knowen þis  schulden kenne it aboute For cristen & vncristen  cleymen it ichooun Kyngys & knyȝtis  schulden kepen it bi resoun Riden & rappen adoun  in rewmes aboute Knyȝthode And take transgressouris  & tyen hem fast Til truþe hadde I-termyned  her trespasse to þe eende And þat is þeO.1.98: A small round hole in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears between is and þe. professioun apertli  þat appendiþ to knyȝtis And not to fasten a fryday  in fyue score wynter But holden wiþ hym & wiþ hir  þat wolden al truþe And neuere leue hem for loue  ne for lacchyng of syluer For dauid in his dayes  dubbede knyȝtis And dide hem swere on her swerd  to serue truþe euere And who-so passede þeO.1.104: OC2 alone have þe in place of þat. poynt  isO.1.104: YOC2M alone have the present-tense form.apostata in þe ordre But crist kyngen kyng  knyȝtede ten Cherubyn & Seraphyn  swyche seuene & an-oþer And ȝaf hem myȝt in his mageste  þe myrier hem þouȝte And ouer hise mene meyne  made hem archaungelis Tauȝte hem bi þe trinite  truþe to knowe a 1 To be buxum at his biddyng  he bade hem nouȝt ellis Lucifer wiþ legiounes  lernede it in heuene But for he brake buxumnesse  his blis gan he tyne And fel fro þat felawschipe  in a feendis liknesse In-to a depe derk helle  to dwelle þere for euere And moo þouȝsandis wiþ hym  þan man couþe noumbre Loopen out wiþ lucifer  in loþeliche forme For þei leeueden vp-on hym  þat lyede in þis manere Ponam pedem meumO.1.118: GOC2 alone include meum with pedem, although H has the reading sedem meam. in aquilone & similis ero altissimo And alle þat hopeden it myȝte be so  noon heuene myȝte hem holde But fellen out in feendis liknesse  nyne dayes to-gydere Til god of his goodnesse  gan stable & stynte And garte þe heuene to stekye  & stonden in quiete Whanne þeise wickide wenten out  wonderwyse þei fellen Summe in þe erþeO.1.124: OC2MF alone have þe erþe in this position in the line. Variants include Eyr (HmCrGL), þe eyr (WCH), and erthe (YR). . summe in þe eyre  & summe in helle depe Ac lucifer lowest  liyþ of hem alle For pride þat he puttedeO.1.127: OC2 alone have the form puttede; most B manuscripts have putte. out  his peyne haþ noon eende And alle þat worchen wiþ wrong  wenden þei schulle After her deþ-dayO.1.128: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original day deþ.  & dwelle wiþ þat schrewe Ac þoo þat worchen wel  as holi writ telleþ And eenden as I erstO.1.130: OC2 alone have erst; most B manuscripts have er. seyde  in truþe þat is best Mowen be siker þat her soule  schal wende to heuene Þere truþe is in trinite  & troneþ hem alle For-þi . I seye as I seyde eer  bi siȝt of þeise textisO.1.133: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Whan alle tresors arn tried truþe is þe best." Lereþ it þeiseO.1.134: WYOC2 alone have þeise; variants include this (HmCrCLR), thys ye (GF), and ye (M). lewede men  for lettred men it knowen Þat truþe is tresore  þe triest on erþe Ȝit haue I no kynde knowyng quod I  ȝit mote ȝe kenne me better Bi what craft in my coors  it comseþ & whereO.1.137: A small round hole in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears in the right margin. Þou doted daffe quod sche  dulle arn þi wittis To litel lateyn þou lernedest  leode in þi ȝouþe Heu michi quia sterilem  duxi vitam Iuuenilem It is a kynde knowyng quod scheheO.1.141: A solidus/punctus above sche and the marginal addition indicate that it is intended as a substitution. As he is not the feminine singular pronoun used by the main scribe, the correction may represent either an error or an attempt to bring the text into conformity with the corrector's own dialect.  þat kenneþ in þin herte For to louye þi lord  leuere þan þi-seluen No dedli synne to do  deye þouȝ þou schuldest Þis I trowe be truþe  who can teche þee betteO.1.144: O alone has bette in place of bettre. Loke þou suffre hym to seye  & siþen lere it after For þus witnessiþ his word  worche þou þer-after For truþe telleþ þat loue  is triacle inO.1.147: YOC2 alone have in; most B manuscripts have of. heuene May no synne be on hym sene  þat vseþ þat spice And alle hise werkis he wrouȝte  wiþ loue as hym liste And lernede it Moyses forO.1.150: OC2F alone lack þe before leuest. leuest þing  & moost likeO.1.150: A solidus/punctus above like, accompanied by a marginal caret/punctus, mark like for deletion. inO.1.150: OC2 alone have in in place of to. heuene And also þe plente of pees  moost precious of vertues For heuene myȝte not holde it  it was so heuy of hym-selue Til it hadde of þe erþe  eten his fille And whanne it hadde of þe folde  flesch & blodeO.1.153: OC2 alone lack take(n) at the end of this line. Was neuere leef vp-on lynde  liȝter þer-after And portatyf & persaunt  as þe poynt of a nedel Þat myȝte noon armure it lette  ne noon hye wallis For-þi . is loue leder  of þe lordis folk of heuene And a mene as þe meyr is  bitwixe þe kyng & þe comouns Riȝt so is loue a leder  & þe lawe schapiþ Vp-on man for hise mysdedis  þe mercyment he taxiþ And for to knowe it kyndeli  it comseþ bi myȝt And in þe herte . þer is þe hed  & þe hye welle For in kynde knowyng in herte  þere a myȝt bigynneþ And þat falliþ to þe fadir  þat formede vs alle Lokede on vs wiþ loue  & leete his sone deye Mekeli for oure mysdedis  to amende vs alle And ȝit wolde he hem no woo  þat wrouȝten hym þat peyne But mekelich biO.1.169: OC2 alone have bi in place of wiþ. mouþe  mercy he bisouȝte To haue pite on þat peple  þat peynede hym to deþ Here myȝtist þou se ensaumples  in hym-seluenO.1.171: OC2 alone have hym-seluen in place of hymself. one Þat he was myȝtful & meke  & mercy gan graunte To hem þat hongen hym on hyȝ  & his herte þirled For-þi I rede ȝow riche  haue reuþe of þe pore Þouȝ ȝe been myȝtful to mote  beþ meke in ȝoure werkis For þe same mesures þat ȝe meten  amys oþer ellis Ȝe schul be weyen þerwiþ  whanne ȝe wenden hennys Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis  remecietur vobis For þouȝ ȝe be trewe of ȝoure tunge  & trulich wynnen And as chaast as a chiyld  þat in chirche wepiþ But if ȝe loue lellich  & lene þe pore Swich good as god ȝow sente  goodelich parteþ  Ȝe ne han no more meryte  in masse ne in oures Þan malkyn of hir maydenhood  þat no man desireþ For Iames þe gentil  iuggede in hise bokis Þat feiþ wiþ-outen þe feite  is riȝt no-þing worþi And as deed as a dore-tre  but if þe dedis folewenO.1.187: OC2 alone have the form folewen; all other beta witnesses have folwe. Fides sine operibus  mortua est . a 2 For-þi . chastite wiþ-outen charite  worþ cheyned in helle It is as lewed as a laumpe  þat no liȝt is Inne Many chapeleyns arn chaast  ac charite is a-weye Arn no men auerouser þan þei  whanne þei been auaunced Vnkynde to her kyn  & to alle cristen Chewen her charite  & chiden after more Swich chastite wiþ-outen charite  worþ cheyned in helle Many curatouris kepen hem  clene of her bodies Þei been acombred wiþ coueytise  þei cun not do it from hem So harde haþ auarice  yhasped hem to-gyderis And þat is inO.1.199: OC2 alone have in, which has been added above the line. All other beta witnesses have no. truþe of þe trinite  but treccherie of helle And lernyng to lewede men  þe latter for to deele For-þi . þeise wordis  ben writen in þe gospel Date & dabitur vobis  for I deele ȝow alle And þat is þe lokke of loue  & lateþ out my grace To counforte þe careful  acombrid wiþ synne Loue is leche of liyf  & next oure lord seluenO.1.205: OC2 alone have seluen in place of selue. And also þe greiþ gate  þat goþ in-to heuene For-þi I seye as I seyde erstO.1.207: OC2 alone have erst; most B manuscripts have er..  bi þe treweO.1.207: OC2 alone include trewe, which is marked for deletion by a solidus/punctus above and a caret/punctus in the right margin. textis Whanne alle tresores been ytried  truþe is þe best Now haue I told þee what truþe is  þat no tresore is better I may no lenger lenge þee wiþ  now loke þee oure lord Secundus Passus .O.2.000: The heading is divided after Secundus, so that it appears as two lines. 2us passus ȝ Ȝit I courbede on my knees  & criede hir of grace And seyde mercy ma-dame  for marie loue of heuene Þat bare þat blisful barn  þat bouȝte vs on þe rode Kenne me bi sum craft  forO.2.4:  GOC2 alone include for. to knowe þe fals Loke vp-on þi left half  & lo where scheO.2.5: OC2 alone have sche; most B manuscripts have he. standiþ Boþe fals & fauel  & her feres many I lokede on my left half  as þe lady me tauȝte And was war of a womman  worþili I-cloþed Purfilid wiþ pelure  þe fynest vp-on erþe I-crownyd wiþ a crowne  þe kyng haþ noon better Fetislich hir fyngres weren  fetridO.2.11: OC2C alone have fetrid in place of fretted. wiþ gold wire And þer-onne reede rubies  as reede as any glede And dyamauntis of derrest price  & double manere saphers Orientalis & ewages  envenymes to distroye Hir robe was ful riche  of reede scarlet engreyned Wiþ ribans of reed gold  & of riche stonys Hire aray . me raueschede  swich richesse sawe I neuere I hadde wondir . what sche was  & whos wijf sche were What is þis womman quod I  so worþili atired Þat is mede þe mayden quod sche  haþ noyed me ful ofte And Ilackide my lemman  þat leute is hoten And bilowen hir to lordis  þat lawes han to kepe In þe popis paleys sche is  pryue as my-selue But soþnesse wolde not so  for sche is a bastard For fals was hir fadir  þat haddeO.2.25: YOC2 alone have the preterite form. a fikel tunge And neuere soþ seyde  siþ he come to erþe And Mede is manered after hym  riȝt as kynde askeþ Qualis pater talis filius . Bona arbor bonum fructum facit I auȝte been heyer þan sche  I cam of a better My fadir þe greet god is  & ground of alle graces O god wiþ-outen gynnyng  & I his good douȝter And haþ ȝyuen me mercy  to marie wiþ . me-selueO.2.32: OH alone have me-selue in place of myselue. And what man be mercyful  & lelli me loueþ Schal be my lord & I his leef  in þe hye heuene And what man takeþ mede  my lijfO.2.35: YOC2M alone have my lijf in place of myn heed. dar I legge Þat he schal lese for hir loue  a lappe of caritatis How construeþ dauid þe kyng  of men þat taken mede And men of þis moold  þat mayntenen truþe And how ȝe schul saue ȝow-seluenO.2.39: OC2 alone have ȝow-seluen in place of ȝow-self.  þe sauter beriþ witnesse Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & cetera And now worþ þis mede I-maried  al to a mansedO.2.41: The scribe has written the gloss id est cursid above the line.O.2.41: OC2 alone lack sherewe at the end of this line. To oon fals fikel tunge  a feendis biȝete Fauel þoruȝ his faire speche  haþ þeise folk enchauntid And al is liers ledyng  þat sche is þus Iweddid To-morwe worþ ymaad  þe maydenes brydale And þer myȝtist þou wite if þou wilt  whiche þei been alle Þat longen to þat lordschipe  þe lesse & þe more Knowe hem þere if þou canst  & kepe wel þi tungeO.2.48: YOC2F alone have wel þi tonge; variants include þow þi tonge (WHmCrGMH) and thy tonge (CLR). And lacke hem not but late hem worþe  til leute be iustise And haue power to punysche hem  þanne putte forþ þi resoun Now I bikenne þee crist quod sche  & his clene modir And late no conscience acombre þee  for coueytise of mede Þus lafte me þat ladi  liggyng a-slepe And how Mede was ymaried  in metels me þouȝte AndO.2.55: OC2 alone have And in place of That. al þe riche retenaunce  þat regneþ wiþ þe fals Weren boden to þe bridale  on boþe two sydes a 3 Of alle manere of men  þe mene & þe riche To marie þis mayden  was many man assembled As of knyȝtis & clerkis  & oþere comune peple As sisours & sumpnours  scherreues & her clerkis Bedellis & baylifs  & brokouris of chaffare Forgoeris & vitayleris  & vocates of þe arches I can not reckene þe route  þat ran aboute mede Ac symonye & Cyuyle  & sisouris of courtis Weren moost priue wiþ mede  of any men me þouȝte Ac fauel was þe first  þat fette hir out of boureO.2.66: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "And as a Brocour brouȝte hire to be wiþ fals enioyned." Whanne symonye & Cyuile  saw her boþer wille Þei assentedenO.2.68: O alone has the form assenteden in place of assented. for syluer  to seye as boþe woldenO.2.68: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde. Þanne leepe lier forþ  & seyde . lo here a chartre Þat gyle wiþ hise grete oþis  gaf hem to-gyderis And preyede Cyuyle to see  & symonye to rede it Þanne Symonye & Cyuyle  stonden forþ boþe And vnfolden þe feffement  þat fals haþ I-makid And þus bigynnen þeise gomes  to greden ful hye Sciant presentes & futuri & cetera Carta . Witeþ & witnesseþ  þat wonyeþ vp-on þis erþe Þat Mede is maried  more for hir goodes Þan for any vertu of fayrnesse  or forO.2.78: YOC2M alone have or for; most B manuscripts have or. any fre kynde Falsnesse is fayn of hir  for he woot hir riche And fauel wiþ his fikel felawO.2.80: OC2 alone have felaw in place of speche.  feffeþ bi þis chartre To be princesseO.2.81: OC2H alone have princesse; most B manuscripts have princes. in pride  & pouerte to dispise To bacbite & to boste  & bere fals witnesse To scorne & to scoolde  & sclaundre to make Vnbuxum . & boold  to breke þe ten heestes And þe eerldom of enuye  & wraþþe to-gyderes Wiþ þe chastilet of Cheest  & chateryng out of resoun Þe Countee of Coueytise  & alle þe coostes aboute Þat is vsure & auarice  alle I hem graunte In bargeyns & in brocages  wiþ al þe boruȝ of þeft And al þe lordschip of lecherie  in lengþe & in breede As in werkis & in wordis  & waytyngys wiþ yen And in wedes & wisschyngys  & wiþ ydel þouȝtis Þere as wille wolde O.2.93: YOC2C alone lack and (the) before werkmanschip, which is essential to the sense of the line. werkmanschip fayliþ Glotenye he gaf hem eke  & grete oþes to-gyderes And al day to drynke at dyuers tauernes . And þere to iangle & to iape  & iugge her euene-Cristen And in fastyng-dayes to frete  er ful tyme were And þanne to sitte & toO.2.98: OC2 alone include to before soupe. soupe  til sleep hem assayle And breden as boruȝ swyne  & bedden hem esyli Til sleuþe & sleelpsleep  sliken hise sydes And þanne wanhope to a-wake hym so  wiþ no wille to amende For he leueþ . heO.2.102: OC2 alone include the second he. be lost  þis is her last ende And þei to haue & to holde  & her eires after A dwellyng wiþ þe deuel  & dampned be for euere Wiþ al þe purtenaunce of purgatorie  in-to þe pyne inO.2.105: O alone has in in place of of. helle Ȝeldynge for þis þing  at oon ȝeres endeO.2.106: The letter <d> is rewritten in the left margin, apparently because the <d> in Ȝeldynge is spoiled by an inkblot. Her soulis to sathan  to suffre wiþ hym peynes And wiþ hym to wonye in woo  whyle god is in heuene In witnesse of which þing  wrong was þe first And pers þe pardouner of paulynys doctryne Bette þe bedel  of bokyngham-schyre Reynold þe reue  of Ruteland sokene Munde þe myluer  & many moo oþere In þe date of þe deuel  þis dede I assele Bi syȝt of sir symonye  & Cyuelis leeue . Teologia Þanne tenede hym theologie  whanne he þis tale herde And seyde to Cyuyle  now sorwe mote þow haue Sich weddynges to worche  to wraþþe wiþ truþe AcO.2.119: O alone has Ac in place of And. er þis weddyng be wrouȝt  woo þee be-tyde For Mede is MulirieO.2.120: O alone has the form Mulirie; most B manuscripts have muliere.  of amendis engendrid And god grauntede to gyue  Mede to truþe And þow hast gyuen hir to a gylour  now god gyue þee sorwe Þi text telliþ þee not so  truþe woot þe soþe For dignus est eperarius[o]perarius  his hyre to haue And þow hast fest hir to fals  fy on þi lawe For al . bi lesyngys þow lyuest  & lecherouse werkis Symonye & þi-self  schenden holi chirche Þe notaries & ȝe  noyen þe peple Ȝe schul abiggen it boþe  bi god þat me made Wel ȝe witen wernardis  but if ȝoure witt fayle Þat fals is feiþlees  & fikel in hise werkis And was a bastard I-born  of belsabubbes kyn And MedeO.2.133:  HmOC2 alone lack is (a) before Mulere. Mulere  a mayden of goode And myȝte kysse þe kynge  for cosyn & sche wolde a 4 For-þi worcheþ bi wisdam  & bi wittiO.2.135: OC2 alone have witti; most B manuscripts have wit. also And ledeþ hir to london  þere lawe is I-schewid If any lawe wole loke  þei ligge to-gyderes And þouȝ iustises iugen hir  to be ioyned wiþ fals Ȝit beþ war of weddyng  for witty is truþe And concience is of his counceyl  & knowiþ ȝow ichone And if he fynde ȝow in defaute  & wiþ þe fals holde It schal bisitte ȝoure soulis  ful soure at þe last Her-to assentiþ Cyuyle  ac symonye ne wolde Til he hadde siluer for his seruyse  & also þe notaries Þanne fette fauel forþ  floreyns I-nowe And bade Gyle go gyue  gold al aboute And nameli to þe notaries  þat hem nooneO.2.147: The ne in noone seems to have been added over an erasure after the initial copying, in a hand too similar to that of the main scribe to be attributed with certainty to another. fayle And feffe false witnesse  wiþ floreyns I-nowe For þei may Mede amaystrye  & maken at my wille Þoo þis gold was gyue  greet was þe þankyng To fals & to fauel  for her faire ȝiftes And comen to counforte  from care þe fals And seyden . certis sire  ceece schal we neuere Til Mede be weddid þiO.2.154: OCr23C2 alone transpose þi wedded. wijf  þoruȝ wittis of vs alle For we han Mede amaystryed  wiþ oure myrie speche Þat sche graunteþ to goon  wiþ a good wille To london to loke  if þat þe lawe wolde Iugge ȝow ioyntli  in Ioye for euere Þanne was falnessefal[s]nesse fayn  & fauel as bliþe And leeten sumpne alle segges  in schires aboute And bade hem alle be boun  beggers & oþere To wende wiþ hem to westmynystre  to witnesse þis dede Ac þanne caredenO.2.163: O alone has the form careden; most B manuscripts have cared. þei for caples  to carien hem þider And fauel fette forþ þanne  foolis ynowe And sette Mede vp-on a schirreue  schod al newe And fals sateO.2.166: A double solidus above each word indicates transposition of original sate fals. on a sisour  þat softelich trottede And fauel on a flaterer  fetislich atired Þoo hadden notaries noon  anoyed þei werenO.2.168: The letter <d> is rewritten above the line, apparently because the <d> in anoyed is spoiled by an inkblot. For symonye & Cyuyle  schulden on her feet gange Ac þanne swore symonye  and Cyuyle boþe Þat sumpnouris schuldenO.2.171: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. be sadelid  & serue hem ichoon And late appareyle þeise prouysouris  in palfreys wyse Sire symonye hym-seluen  schal sitte vp-on her bakkis Denes & sudenes  drawe ȝow to-gyderes Erchedekenes & officialis  & alle ȝoure Registreris Official Late sadele hem wiþ syluer  oure synne to suffre As auoutrie & deuorces  & derne vsure To bere bischoppis aboute  a-brood in visytyngeO.2.178: The letter <d> is rewritten above the line, apparently because the <d> in a-brood is spoiled by an inkblot. Paulynes preues  for pleyntis in þe consistorie Schul serue my-seluenO.2.180: OC2 alone have my-seluen in place of my-self.  þat Cyuyle is nempned And Cartesadele oure Comyssarie  oure cart schal he lede And fecchen vs vitaylis  at fornicatores And makeþ of lyer a longe cart  to lede alle þeise oþere Freris As freris & fautourisO.2.184: O alone has fautouris in place of Faitours. The terms are distinct. The MED defines fautour as "an adherent, supporter, follower," "one who encourages or connives in reproachable action or belief," and faitour as "a deceiver, imposter, cheat; esp., a beggar or vagabond who feigns injury or disease."  þat on her feet rennen And þus fals & fauel  fareþ forþ to-gyderes And Mede in þe myddis  & alle þeise oþere after I haue no toom to telle  þe tayl þat hem folewiþ Of many manere man  þat on þis molde libbeþ Ac gyle was forgoer  & guyede hem alle Soþenesse sawȝ hym wel  & seyde but a litil And prikede his palfrey  & passede hem alle And come to þe kyngys court  & concience it tolde And concience to þe kyng  carpede it after Now bi crist quod þe kyng  & I cacche myȝte Fals or Fauel  or any of hise feres I wolde be wroken of þoo wrecchis  þat worchen so ille And do hem hange bi þe hals  & alle þat hem mayntenen Schal neuere man on molde  maynprise þe leeste But riȝt as þe lawe wole loke  late falle on hem alle And comaundede a cunstable  þat come at þe first To atache þoo tirauntis  for any þing I hote And fetereþ fast falsnesse  for any kyns ȝiftes And gyrdeþ of . gyles hed  & late hym goo no ferþer And if ȝe lacche lyer  late hym not ascapen Er he be put on þe pilerie  for any preyer I hote And bryngeþ Mede to me  maugrey hem alle Drede at þe dore stode  & þe doom herde And how þe kyng comaundede  cunstables & sergeauntis Falsnesse & his felawschip  to feteren & to bynden Þanne drede wente wyȝtlich  & warnede þe fals And bade hym flee for feer  & hise felawis alle how falsnesse fley to þe freris.O.2.212: This rubric is divided after falsnesse, and the two lines of the rubric are connected by a bracket on the right. Falsnesse for feer þanne  fley to þe freris And gyle dooþ hym to goo  agast for to dye Marchauntis Ac marchauntis metten hym wiþO.2.214: OC2 alone transpose wiþ hym.  & maden hym abide And bischetten hym in her schop  to schewen her ware And apparayledenO.2.216: O alone has And apparayledenn; variants include Apparayleden (HmHm2), And apparailled (YC2CLMRH), & paraylid (F), and Apparailed (WCrG). hym as a prentise  þe peple to serue Liȝtlich lyer  leepe awey þanne Lorkynge þoruȝ lanes  to-lugged of many He was nouȝwher welcome  for hise many talis Ouer-al I-howted  & I-hote . trusse Pardouneres Til pardouneres hadden pite  & pulleden hym in-to house ÞeÞe[i] wesschen hym & wipeden hym  & wounden hym in cloutes And sente hym wiþ seeles  on sundayes to chircheO.2.223: YHmOC2 alone have the singular form. And gaf pardoun for pens  poundmele aboute Leches Þanne loureden leches  & lettres þei senten Þat he schulde wonye wiþ hem  watris to lokenO.2.226: OC2 alone have the form loken in place of loke. Spiceers Spiceers spoken wiþ hym  to spien her ware For he kouþe of her craft  & knewe many gomesgommesO.2.228: The marginal addition is apparently intended as a substitution for gomes; it is gums, or pastes, and not men, of which spicers have knowledge. The error is shared by GC2. Ac mynystralis & messageers  metten wiþ hym ones And helden hym an half ȝeer  & elleuene dayes Freris Freris wiþ faire speche  fetten hym þennes And for knowyng of komers  kopede hym as a frere Ac he haþ leeue to lepe out  as ofte as hym likeþ And is welcome whanne he wole  & woneþ wiþ hem ofte Alle fledden for feer  & flowhen in-to hirnes Saue Mede þe Mayden  no moo dursten abide Ac truli to telle  sche tremblede for drede And eke wepte & wronge  whanne sche was attached Passus tertiusO.3.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. n NOw is Mede þe mayde  & no mo of hem alle passus 3us de visioneThe guide words are divided after de, so that they appear as two lines. Wiþ bedellis & baylis  brouȝt bifore þe kyng Þe kyng callede a clerk can I not his name To take mede þe mayde  & make hir at ese I schal assaye hir my-self  & soþelich appose What man of þis molde  þat hir were leuest And if sche worche bi my witt  & my wille folewe I wole forgyue hir þis gylt  so me god helpe ¶ Curteyslich þe Clerk þanne  as þe kyng hyȝte Toke Mede bi þe myddil  & brouȝte hir inO.3.10: OC2 alone have in; most B manuscripts have into. chaumbre And þere was myrþe & mynystralcie  Mede to plese Þei þat wonyen in westmynstre  worschipeden hir alle Ientilich wiþ ioye  þe iustises comenO.3.13: OC2 alone have comen; variants incude some (Hm2Cr1C), sone (B), came (Cr23G), þan (H), manye (F), and somme (WHmYLMR). Buskede hem to þe boure  þere þe bryde dwellide To counforte hir kyndeli  bi clergise leue And seyde morne þou not Mede  ne make þou no sorwe For we wissenO.3.17: OC2 alone have the form wissen; most B manuscripts have wisse. þe kyng  & þi weye schapenO.3.17: OC2 alone have the form schapen; most B manuscripts have shape. To be weddid at þi wille  & where þee leue likiþ For al concience cast  or craft as I trowe Mildelich þanne MedeO.3.20: OC2 alone transpose Mede þanne.  mercyede hem alle  Of her greet goodnesse  & gaf hem ichon  Coupis of clene gold  & cuppes of syluer Ryngys wiþ rubies  & richesses many Þe leest man of hir meyne  a motoun of gold Þanne lauȝtenO.3.25: O alone has the form lauȝten; most B manuscripts have lauȝte. þei leue  þeise lordis at Mede Clerkis Wiþ þat comen clerkis  to counforte hir þe same And beden hir be bliþe  for we been þine owne For to wirche þi wille  þe while þou myȝte laste Heendelich sche þanne  bihyȝte hem þe same To loue hem lelli  & lordis to make O.3.31: OC2F alone lack a conjunction at the beginning of this line; most B manuscripts have And.In þe consistorie at court  do calle ȝoure nameO.3.31: OC2F alone have the singular form. Schal no lewidnesse lette  þe lede þat I loue Þat he ne worþ first auaunced  for I am biknowen Þere kunnynge clerkis  schul clokke bihynde Confessours Þanne come þere a confessour  coped as a frere To Mede þe mayde  he medeledeO.3.36: OC2 alone have he medelede; variants include he melled (CCrBLMRH), & meelyd (F), he medled (Y), he mened (WHmHm2), and he mouthed (G). þeise wordis How freris schryuen folkO.3.37: The rubric is divided after freris, so that it appears as two lines. And seyde ful softelich  in schrift as it were Þouȝ lewid men & lered menO.3.38: The original reads lered men & lewid men; a double solidus above both lered and lewid indicates transposition.  hadden leyn bi þee boþe And falsnesse hadde I-foulidO.3.39: OCr3C2 alone have I-foulid; variants include folwed (YGM), yfouloed (Cr2), fowled (HmHm2H), defoulyd (F), and yfolwed (WGBLR). þee  al þis fifti wynter  I schal assoyle þe my-self  for a seem of wheete And also be þi bede-man  & bere wel þi message Amongys knyȝtis & clerkis  concience to turne Þanne Mede for hir mysdedis  to þat man knelede And schroue hir of hir schrewidnesse  schameles I trowe Tolde hym a tale  & toke hym a noble For to be hir bedeman  & hir brocour als Þanne he assoylede hir soone  & siþen he seyde We han a wyndow in wirchyng  wil sitten vs ful hye Woldist þou glase þat gable  & graue þer-inne þi name Siker schulde þi soule be  heuene to haue Wiste I þat quod þat womman  I wolde not spare For to be ȝoure freend frere  & fayle ȝow neuere Whyle ȝe louen lordis  þat leccherie haunten And lakken not ladyes  þat louen wel þe same It is a frelete of flesch  ȝe fynden it in bokis And a cours of kynde  wher-of we comen alle Who-so may scape þe sclaundre  þe scaþe is soone amendid It is synne of þe seuene  isO.3.58: OC2 alone repeat is. sonnest releced Haue mercy quod Mede  of men þat it haunten And I schal keuere ȝoure kirke  & ȝoure cloystre do makeO.3.60: OC2 alone have the form do make; most B manuscripts have do maken. Wowes do whyten  & wyndowes glasyen Do peynten & purtreye  & paye for þe makyng Þat euery segge schal seye  I am sister of ȝoure hous Ac god to alle goode folk  sich grauyng defendiþ To writen in wyndowes  of her wel-dedis On auenture pride be peyntid þere  & pompeO.3.66: The letter <p> is rewritten above the line, perhaps in hand 3, apparently because <p> in pompe is spoiled by an inkblot. of þe world For crist knowiþ þi concience  & þi kynde wille And þi cost & þi coueytise  & who þe catel ouȝte For-þi I lere ȝow lordis  leueþ siche werkis To writen in wyndowis  of ȝoure wel-dedis Or to greden after goddis men  whanne ȝe delen doles On auenture ȝe han ȝoure hyre heer  & ȝoure heuene als Nesciat sinistra quid faciat dextra Late not þi lift half  late noO.3.74: OL alone have no; most B manuscripts have ne. raþe  Wite what þou worchest  wiþ þi riȝt syde AndO.3.76: OC2 alone have And in place of For. þus bit þe gospel  goode men do her almesse Meires & maystresO.3.77: OCr23C2 alone have maystres; most B manuscripts have Maceres.  þat menes been bitwene  Þe kyng & þe comunesO.3.78: OGC2F alone have the plural form.  to kepe welO.3.78: OC2F alone include wel. þe lawes To punyschen on pyleries  & pynynge stoolis Breusters & bakesters  bochers & cokis For þeise arn men on þis molde  þat moost harm worchen To þe pore peple  þat parcelmele biggen For þei punyschenO.3.83: OC2 alone have punyschen in place of (en)poisone. þe peple  priueylich & ofte Þei richen þoruȝ regraterie  & rentis hem biggen Wiþ þat þe pore peple  schulde putte in her wombe For toke þei on truli  þei tymbreden notO.3.86: OC2 alone have tymbreden not; most B manuscripts have tymbred nouȝt. so hye Ne bouȝte noon burgages  be ȝe ful certeyn Ac Mede þe mayde  þe Meir haþ bisouȝt Meyres . Of alle siche sellers  syluer to take Or presentes wiþ-oute pens  as peces of syluer Ryngys or oþer richesse  þe regrateris to mayntene For my loue quod þat lady  loue hem ichone And suffre hem to selle  sumdel aȝeyn resoun Salomon þe sage  a sermoun he made For to amende Meyris  & men þat kepen lawes And tolde hem þis teme  þat I telle þenke Ignis deuorbitO.3.97: OC2 alone have deuorbit; most B manuscripts have deuorabit. tabernaculam eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera & ceteraO.3.97: OC2H alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Among þise lettrede l[or]des þis latyn [amounteþ]." Þat isO.3.98: OC2 alone include is. . fijr schal falle & brenne  al to bloo askes Þe housis & þe homes  of hem þat desyren  Ȝiftis or ȝeresyues  bi cause of her offices Þe kyng fro counceyl cam  & callede after Mede And ofsente hir als swyþe  wiþ sergeauntis manye Þat brouȝten hir to boure  wiþ blis & wiþ ioye Curteyselich þe kyng þanne  comsede to telle To Mede þe mayde  melleþ þeise wordis Vnwittili womman  wrouȝt hast þow ofte Ac wers wrouȝtist þou neuere  þan þoo þou fals tokeO.3.107: A dash followed by double virgules appears in the right margin, in ink too faint for the hand to be identified. But I forgyue þee þisO.3.108: OC2 alone have þis in place of þat. gylt  & graunte þee my grace Hennys to þiyO.3.109: This revision of þi to þy is odd. The corrected form appears only here. deþ-day  do so no more I haue a knyȝt concience  cam late fro biȝonde If he wilneþ þee to wijf  wilt þow hym haue Ȝhe lord quod þat lady  lord forbede ellis But I be holly at ȝoure heest  latte hange me soone AnAn[d]O.3.114: Although an is recorded by the MED as a variant form of and, it is not used elsewhere by this scribe and appears to be an error. þanne was concience called  to come & apere Bifore þe kyng & his counceil  as clerkis & oþere . Knelynge concience  to þe kyng lowtede To wite what his wille were  & what he do schulde Wilt þou wedde þis womman  quod þe kyng . If I wole assente For sche is fayn of þi felawschip  for to be þi make Concience Quod Concience to þe kyng  crist it me forbede Er I wedde sich a / wijf  woo me be-tyde For sche is frele of hir feiþ  fikel of hir speche And makiþ men mysdo  many score tymes Trust of hir tresore  treyeþ ful many Wyues & wydewes  wantownesse sche techeþ And lereþ hem leccherie  þat louen hir ȝiftis Ȝoure fadirO.3.127: OC2 alone lack the subject pronoun here; most B manuscripts have sche. felde  þoruȝ fals biheest And haþ a-poysowned popes  & peyrid holy chirche Is not a better bawde  bi hym þat me made . Bitwene heuene & HelleO.3.130: The ascender of the <H> in Helle is about two lines in height and decorated with bars.  in erþe þouȝ men souȝtenO.3.130: OC2 alone have the form souȝten in place of souȝte. For sche is fikilO.3.131: OC2 alone have fikil in place of tikil. of hir tayl  tale-wijs of hir tunge As comune as a cartewey  to ich a knaue þat walkiþ To monkys . to mynystralis  to meseles in heggis Sisouris & sumpnouris  siche men hir preysen Schirreues of schires  weren schent . if sche nere For sche dooþ men lese her lond  & her lijf boþe Sche leteþ passe prisouneris  & payeþ for hem ofte And gyueþ þe gayleris gold  & grotes to-gyderis To vnfetere þe fals  flee where hym likiþ And takiþ þe trewe bi þe top  & tieþ hym faste And hangeþ hym for hatered  þat harm dide neuere To be cursid in consistorie  sche countiþ not a rische For sche copiþ þe comyssarie  & coteþ hise clerkis Sche is assoylid as soone  as hir-self likiþ And may nyȝ as myche do  in a moneþ ones As oureO.3.146: OC2 alone have oure in place of ȝoure (i.e., the king's). secret seel  in sixe score dayes For sche is pryue wiþ þe pope  prouysouris it knowen For sire symonye & hir-self  seleþ her bullis Sche blessiþ þeise bischoppis  þouȝ þei been lewide Prouendreþ persounes  & preestes maynteneþ To haue lemmans & lotebies  alle her lijf-dayes And bryngen forþ barnes  aȝeyn forboden lawes Þere sche is wel wiþ þe kyng  woo is þe rewme For sche is fauerable to þe fals  & fouliþ truþe ofte Bi iesus wiþ hir Iuelis  ȝoure iustises sche scheendiþ And lyeþ aȝeyn þe lawe  & lettiþ hym þe gate Þat feiþ may not haue his forþ  hir floreynes goon so þikke Sche lediþ þe lawe as hir liste  & loue-dayes makiþ And dooþ men lese þoruȝ hir loue  þat lawe myȝte wynne Þe mase for a mene man  þouȝ he moote heerO.3.160: YOC2 alone have moote heer; variants include moote (GF), mote hire (WCBLMR), mote hure (Hm), mote her (Cr), and mote with hyr (H). euere Lawe is so lordlich  & loþ to make anO.3.161: OC2CotF alone include an. ende Wiþ-outen presentis or pens  sche plesiþ wel fewe Barounes & burgeyses  sche bryngeþ in-toO.3.163: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. sorwe And al þe comunesO.3.164: OC2F alone have the plural form. in-toO.3.164: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. care  þat coueyten lyue in truþe For clergye & coueytise  sche coupliþ to-gyderes Þis is þe lijf of þat lady  now lord ȝyue hir sorwe And alle þat mayntenen hir men  meschaunce hem be-tide For pore men mowen haue no power  to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smertenO.3.168: OC2 alone have the form smerten in place of smerte. . Sich a maystre is Mede  amongys men of goode Þanne mornede Mede  & menede hir to þe kyng To haue space to speke  spede if sche myȝte Þe kyng grauntede hir grace  wiþ a good wille Excuse þee . if þou canst  I can no more seggen For concience accuseþ þee  to congeye þee for euere Nay lord quod þat lady  leueþ hym þe werse Whanne ȝe witen wittirli  where þe wrong liggeþ Þere þat mescheef is greet  Mede may helpe And þou knowist concience  I cam not to chyde Ne depraue þi persoone  wiþ a proude herte Wel þou wost wernard  but if þou wilt gabbe Þou hast hanged on myn half  elleuene tymes And also gryped my gold  gyue it where þee likide And why þou wraþþist þee now  wondir me þinkiþ Ȝit I may as I myȝte  menske þee wiþ ȝiftis And mayntene þi manhod  more þan þou knowist Ac þou hast famed me foule  bifore þe kyng heer For killede I neuere no kyng  ne counceylede þer-after Ne dide as þou demest  I do it on þe kyng In normaundye was he not  noyed for my sake Ac þou þi-self soþeli  schamedest hym ofte Crope in-to a caban  for cold of þi naylis Wendist þat wynter  wolde haue duridO.3.192: OC2 alone have durid in place of (y)last(ed). euere And dreddist to be deed  for a dym cloude And hyedest þeeO.3.194: OC2 alone include þee. homward  for hungre of þi wombe Wiþ-oute pite pilour  pore men þou robbedist And bare her bras at þi bak  to caleys to selle Þere I lafte wiþ my lord  his lijf for to saue I made hise men myry  & mornyng lettede AndO.3.199: OC2 alone include And. I baterede hem on þe bak  & boldede her hertis And dide hem hoppe for hope  to haue me at wille Hadde I be marschal ofO.3.201: OC2 alone lack his before men. men  bi marie of heuene I durste haue leyd my lijf  & no lesse wed He schulde haue be lord of þat lond  a lengþe & abrede And also kyng of þat kiþþe  his kyn for to helpe Þe leest brolle of his blood  a barouns pere Cowardlich þou concience  counceyledist hym þanneO.3.206: YOC2M alone have þanne; most B manuscripts have þennes. To leue his lordschip  for a litil syluer Þat is þe richest rewme  þat reyn ouer-houeþ It bicomeþ to a kyng  þat kepeþ þe rewme To ȝyue mede to men  þat myldelichO.3.210: OC2 alone have myldelich; all other beta witnesses have mekely. hym seruen To alienys & to alle men  to honoure hem wiþ ȝiftes Mede makiþ hym beloued  & for a man holden Emperouris & Erles  & alle manere lordis For ȝiftes han ȝonge men  to renne & to ride Þe pope & alle prelatis  presentis vnderfongen And meden men hem-seluen  to mayntene her lawis Seruantis for her seruyse  we seen wel þe soþe Taken mede of her maysterO.3.218: OC2LF alone have the singular form.  as þei mowen acorde Beggers for her biddyng  bidden men medeO.3.219: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original mede men. Mynystralis for her myrþe  mede þei asken Þe kyng haþ mede of his meneO.3.221: OC2 alone have mene in place of men.  to make pees in londe Men þat techen children  crauen of hem mede Preestis þat prechen þe peple  to goode asken mede And masse-pens & her mete  at þe male-tymesO.3.224: OC2 alone have at þe male tymes; most B manuscripts have at þe meel tymes. Alle kyns crafti men  crauen mede for her prentises Marchauntis & mede  mote nede go to-gyderes No wyȝt as I wene  wiþ-out mede may libbe Quod þe kyng to concience  bi crist as me þinkeþ Mede is wel worþi  þe maystrie to haue Nay quod concience to þe kyng  & knelede to þe erþe Þer arn two manere of medis  my lord wiþ ȝoure leue Þat oon . god of his grace  grauntiþ in his blisse To þoo þat wel wirchen  whyle þei been heer Þe propheet precheþ þerof  & puttiþO.3.234: OC2 alone have the form puttiþ; all other beta witnesses have putte. it in þe sauter Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & cetera Lord who schal wonye in þi wones  & wiþ þin holi seyntis Or resten in þine holy hillis  þis askeþ Dauid And dauid assoyliþ it hym-self  as þe sauter telliþ Qui ingreditur sine macula  & operatur iusticiam Þoo þat entren of o colour  & of oon wille And han wrouȝt werkis  wiþ riȝt & wiþ resoun And he þat ne vseþ not  þe lijf of vsure And enformeþ pore men  & pursueþ truþe Qui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram & munera super innocenteerinocente[m] amp; cetera And alle þat helpen þe innocent  & halt wiþ þe riȝtful Wiþ-oute mede dooþ hem good  &O.3.246: OC2F alone lack þe before truþe. truþe helpiþ Sich manere men my lord  schul haue þe first mede Of god atThe box containing the catchwords is touched in red at the top right and bottom left corners. Of god at greetO.3.248: GOC2 alone lack an article or possessive pronoun before nede. nede  whanne þei goon hennys Þer is an-oþer mede mesureles  þat maystris desyren To mayntene mysdoers  mede þei taken And þerof seiþ þe sauter  in a salmes eend In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt  dextra eorum repleta est muneribus And he þat gripeþ þather gold  so me god helpe Schal abie it bittirli  or þe book lyeþ Preestis & persouns  þat plesyng desiren Þat taken mede & money  for messis þat þei syngen Taken her mede heer  as Matheu vs telliþO.3.257: HmOC2F alone have telliþ in place of techeþ. Amen amen receperunt mercedem suam Þat laboreris & low folk  taken of her maystris It is no manere mede  but a mesurable hyre In marchaundise is no mede  I may it wel auowe It is a permutacioun aperteli  a penyworþ for an-oþer Ac reddist þou neuere Regum  þou recreyed mede Why þe veniaunce fel on saul  & on hise children God sente to saul  bi samuel þe prophete Þat agag &of amalek  & al his peple after Schulden dye for a dede  þat doon haddenO.3.267: O alone has the form hadden in place of hadde. her eldris For-þi seyde samuel to saul  god hym-self hotiþ O.3.268: In the right margin of this line occurs the first of many marginal crosses, this one slanting and about three characters in height. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3. Þee toO.3.269: HmOC2 alone include to before be. be buxum at his biddyng  &O.3.269: OC2H alone include & before his. his willeO.3.269: OH alone lack to before fulfille. fulfille Wende to amalek wiþ þin oost  & what þou fyndist þere . slee it Bernes & beestis  brenne hem to dede Wydewis & wyues  wommen & children Mebles & vnmebles  & al þat þou myȝte fynde Brenne it . bere it not awey  be it neuere so riche For Mede nor for money  loke þou distroye it Spille it & spare it not  þou schalt spede þe better And for he coueytide her catel  & þe kyng sparede Forbare hym & hise beestis boþe  as þe bible witnessiþ Oþer-wise þan he was  warned . of þe profeet God seyde to samuel  þat saul schulde dye And al his seed for þat synne  schenfullich ende Swich a mescheef mede made  saul þe kyng to haue Þat god hatede hym for euere  & alle hise eires after Þe culorum of þis caas  kepe I not to schewe On auenture it noyede men  noon eend woldeO.3.285: OC2 alone have wolde in place of wol. I make For so is þis world went  wiþ hem þat han power b 1O.3.286: This quire signature is almost entirely illegible, having been cropped off except for the top of the <b>. Þat who-so seiþ hem soþes  is sunnest I-blamed I concience knowe þis  for kynde witt me tauȝte itO.3.288: OC2 alone place it at the end of the line; most B manuscripts have me yt taughte. Þat resoun schal regne  & rewmes gouerne And riȝt as agag hadde  happe schul summe Samuel schal slee hym  & saul schal be blamed And dauid schal be diademed  & daunten hem alle And oon cristen kyng  kepen hem alle Schal no more Mede be mayster  as sche is nouþe Ac loue & lownesse  & lewte to-gyderis Þeise schul be maystris on moold  truþe to saue And who-so trespasseþ aȝeyn truþe  or takiþ aȝeyn his wille Lewte schal doo hym lawe  & no lijf ellis Schal no seriaunt for her seruyse  were a silken howue Ne no pelure in his cloke  for pledyng at þe barre Mede of mysdoeris  makiþ many lordis And ouerlondislordisO.3.302: A solidus/punctus above londis and above marginal lordis indicate substitution. The uncorrected reading is shared with C2. lawes  ruliþ þe rewmys Ac kynde loue schal come ȝet  & concience to-gyderes And make of lawe a laborer  swich loue schal arise And swich a pees amonge þe peple  & a parfiȝt truþe Þat Iues schul wene in her witt  & waxe wondir glad Þat Moyses or Messye  be comen in-to þis erþe And haue wondir in her hertis  þat men been so trewe Alle þat beren basalard  brode swerd or launce Ax oþer hachet or any wepene ellisO.3.310: A cross appears in the left margin of ll. 309-310. Schal be demed to þe deþ  but if he do it smyþeO.3.311: OC2C alone have smyþe; most B manuscripts have smyþye. In-to sikil or to syþe  to schar or to culter Conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres Ich man to pleye wiþ a plow  pikeys or spade Spynne or sprede dung  or spille hymself wiþ sleuþe Preestis & persounes  wiþ placebo to hunte . nota . huntynge curatis .O.3.317: The rubric is divided after nota and huntynge, so that it appears as three lines. And dynge vp-on dauid  ich a day til euen Huntynge or haukyng  if any of hem vse His boost of his benefice  worþ bynome hym after Schal neiþer kyng ne knyȝt  cunstable ne meyr Ouer-lede þe comune  ne to þe court sompne Ne putte hem in panel  to do hem plyȝte her truþe But after þe dede þat is doon  oo doom schal rewarde Mercy or no mercy  as truþe wole acorde Kyngys court & comune court  consistorie & chapitle Al schal be but o court  & o baroun be iustise Þanne worþ trewe tunge a tidy man  þat tenede me neuere Bataylis schul noon be  ne no man bere wepen And what smyþ þat any smyþeþ  be smyten þer-wiþ to deþe Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladiumO.3.330: OC2FH alone lack & cetera at the end of this line. And er þis fortune falle  fynde men schul þe werst Bi sixe sunnes & a schippe  & half a scheef of arwes And þe mydele of a mone  schal make þe Iues to turne And sarasenys for þat syȝt  schul synge . Gloria in excelsis For . Machometh & Mede  myshappe schul þat tyme For . melius est bonum nomen  quam diuicie multe Also wroþ as þe wiynd  wex Mede in a whyle I can no latyn quod sche  clerkis wotenO.3.338: OC2 alone have the form woten; most B manuscripts have wote. þe soþe See what salomon seiþ  in sapience bokis Þat he þatO.3.340: Cr23OC2 alone have Þat he þat; variants include That þei that (WHCr1GB), they that (Hm), þat þei (H), That hij that (YCLMR), and Of hem þat (F). ȝyueþ ȝiftes  þe victorie wynneþ And myche worschip hadde þerwiþ  as holi writ telliþ Honorem adquiret  qui dat munera & cetera I leue wel lady quod concience  þat þi latyn be trewe Ac þou art like a lady  þat redde a lessoun ones Was Omnia probate  & þat plesede hir herte For þat lyne . wasO.3.346: OC2 alone lack no before lenger. lenger  at þe leues eend Hadde sche lokid þat oþer half  & þe leef turned Sche schulde haue founden fele wordis  folwynge þer-after Quod bonum est tenete  truþe þat text made And so ferde ȝe madame  ȝe coude no more fynde Þoo ȝe lokede on sapience  sittynge in ȝoure studie Þis text þat ȝe han told  were good for lordis Ac ȝow faylede a cunnynge clerk  þat couþe þe leef haue turnydO.3.353: A solidus/punctus above turnyd accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin mark it for deletion. And if ȝe seke sapience eft  fynde schul ȝe þat folewiþ A ful teneful text  to hem þat taken Mede And þat is Animam autem aufert accipientium & cetera And þat is þe tayl of þe text  of þat þat ȝe schewedenO.3.357: O alone has the form scheweden; most B manuscripts have shewed. Þat þouȝ we wynne worschip  & wiþ Mede haue victorie Þe soule þat þe soude takiþ  bi so myche is boundenO.3.359: OC2 alone have the form bounden; most B manuscripts have bound.. passus iiijusO.4.000: The passus heading was never entered, though the marginal instructions to do it appear in the right margin well within the preceding passus. passus iiijus c CEceþ seiþ þe kyng  I suffre ȝow no lenger Ȝe schul sauȝtle for-soþe  & serue me boþe Kisse hir quod þe kyng  concience I hote Nay bi crist quod concience  cungeye me raþer But resoun rede me þerto  raþer wole I dye b 2O.4.5 This quire signature is almost entirely illegible, having been cropped off except for the top of the <b>. And I comaunde þee quod þe kyng  to concience þanne Rape þee to ride  & Resoun þou fecche Comaunde hym þat he come  my counceyl to here For he schal reule my rewme  & rede me þe beste Of Mede & of moo oþere  & what man schal hir wedde And acounte wiþ þee concience  so me crist helpe How þou lernest þe peple  þe lered & þe lewid I am fayn of þat forward  seyde þe freke þanne And rit ryȝt to resoun  & rowneþ in his ere And seyde as þe kyng bade  & siþen toke his leue I schal araye me to ride . quod Resoun  reste þee a whyle And callede catoun his knaue  curteys of speche And also tomme trewe tunge  telle me no tales Ne lesyngysO.4.19: OGC2F alone have the plural form. to lauȝhe atO.4.19: OC2H alone have at in place of of.  for I louede hem neuere And sette my sadel vp-on suffre  til I see my tyme And lete werroke it wel  wiþ witty wordis gerþes And hange on hym þe heuy bridel  to holde his hed lowe For he ................wole make we-he  twyes or he be þere Þanne concience vp-on his caple  cayreþ forþ faste And resoun wiþ hym rit  rownynge to-gyderes Whiche maystries Mede  makiþ on þis erþe Oon waryn wisdam  & witti his fere FolewedenO.4.28: O alone has the form Foleweden; most B manuscripts have Folwed. hem faste  for þei hadden to done In þe checker & in þe chauncerie  to be discharged of þingys And riden fast for resoun  schulde redeO.4.30: OC2 alone lack hem before þe. þe beste For to saue hem for syluer  from schame & from harmes And concience knewe hem wel  þei loueden coueytise And bade Resoun ride fast  & recche of her neiþer Þei arn wyliO.4.34: YOC2 alone have Þei arn wyli; most B manuscripts have Ther are wiles. in her wordis  & wiþ Mede þei dwellen Þer as wraþþe & wranglyng is  þere wynnenO.4.35: OC2 alone have the form wynnen; most B manuscripts have wynne. þei syluer Ac þer is loue & lewte  þei wolenO.4.36: O alone has the form wolen; most B manuscripts have wol. not come þere Contricio & infelicitas in vijs eorum & cetera Þei ne gyuen not of god  oon goos weenge Non est tymor domini ante oculos eorum & cetera For woot god . þei woldenO.4.40: O alone has the form wolden; most B manuscripts have wolde. do more  for a doseyn chykenes Or as many capouns  or for a seem of otis Þan for loue of oure lord  or alle hise leue seyntis For-þi Resoun . latte hem ride  þoo riche bi hem-seluen For concience knowiþ hem not  ne crist as I trowe And þanne Resoun rode faste  þe riȝt hye gate As concience hym kennede  til heO.4.46: GOC2 alone have he in place of þei. He is not the form of the plural normally used by the O-scribe, and the context suggests the singular may have been intended. come to þe kyng Curteyslich þe kyng þanne  come aȝeyn resoun And bitwene hym-self & his sone  sette hym on benche And wordeden wel wiseli  a greet whyle to-gyderes And þanne come pees in-to parlement  & puttedeO.4.50: O alone has puttede; most B manuscripts have putte. forþ a bille How wrong aȝens his wille  hadde his wijf taken And how he rauyschede rose  reynoldis loue And margarete of hir maydenhood  maugrey hir chekis Boþe my gees & my grijs  hise gadelynges fecchen I dar not for feer of hym  fiȝte ne chide He borwede of me bayard  he brouȝte hym hoom neuere Ne no ferþing for hymO.4.57: YOC2 alone have for hym in place of þerfore.  for ouȝt þatO.4.57: GOC2 alone include þat. I coude plede He maynteneþ hise men  to murþere myne huen Forstalleþ my feyres  & fiȝtiþ in my chepyng And brekiþ vp my berne dores  & bereþ awey my whete And takeþ me but o tayle  for ten quarters of otis And ȝit he bet me þerto  & lijþ bi my mayde I am not hardy for hym  vnneþe to loke Þe kyng knewe . he seyde soþ  for concience hym tolde Þat wrong was a wickid lift  & wrouȝte myche sorwe Wrong was a-feerd þanne  & wisdam he souȝte To make pees wiþ hise pens  & proferede hym manye And seyde hadde I loue of my lord þe kyng  litil wolde I recche Þouȝ pees & his power  pleynede hym euere Þoo wente wisdam & sire  waryn þe witty For þat wrong hadde I-wrouȝt  so wickede a dede And warnede wrong þoo  wiþ swich a wise tale Who-so worcheþ bi myO.4.73: OC2M alone have bi my; most B manuscripts have by alone. wille  wraþþe makiþ ofte I seye it bi þi-self  þou schalt it wel fynde But if Mede it make  þi mescheef is vppe For boþe þi lijf & þi loond  lijþ in his grace Þanne wowede wrong  wisdam ful ȝerne To make his pees wiþ hise pens  handi-dandi payed Wisdam & witt þanne  wenten to-gyderes And toke Mede myd hem  mercy to wynne Pees put forþ his hed  & his panne blody Wiþ-outen gylt . god it woot  gate I þis skaþe Concience & þe comune  knowen þe soþe b 3This quire signature is almost entirely illegible, having been cropped off except for the top of the <b>. Ac wisdam & witt  weren aboute faste To ouercome þe kyng  wiþ catel if þei myȝten Þe kynge swore bi crist  & bi his crowne boþe Þat wrong for hise werkis  schulde woo þolie And comaundede a cunstable  to caste hym in Irnes And latte hym not þis seuene ȝer  seen hise feet ones God woot quod wisdam  þat were not þe beste And he amendis mowe make  latte maynprise hym haue And be boruȝ for his bale  & biggen hym bote And so amende þat is mys-doon  & euere-more þe better Witt acordede þer-wiþ  & seynde þe same Better is þat bote  bale adoun brynge Þan bale be Ibete  & bote neuere þe better And þanne gan Mede to mengen hir  & mercy sche besouȝte And proferede pees a present  al of pure gold Haue þis man of me quod sche  to amende þi scaþe For I wole wage for wrong  he wole do so no more Pitousli pees þanne  preyede to þe kyng To haue mercy ofO.4.102: OG alone have of in place of on. þat man  þat mysdide hym so ofte For he haþ waged me wel  as wisdam hym tauȝte And I forgyue hym þat gylt  wiþ a good wille So þat þe kyng assente  I kan seye no better For mede haþ maad me amendis  I may no more aske Nay quod þe kyng þoo  so me crist helpe Wrong wendiþ not so awey  erst wole I wite more For lope he soO.4.109: The scribe has added the same word in the left margin as well. liȝtli  lauȝwhen he wolde And efte þe balder be  to bete myne huen But Resoun haue ruþe on hym  he schal reste in my stokkis And þat as longe as he lyueþ  but lownesse hym borwe Summe men radden Resoun þoo  to haue ruþe on þat schrewe And for to counceyle þe kyng  & concience after Þat Mede muste be maynpernour  Resoun þei besouȝtenO.4.115: OC2 alone have the form besouȝten in place of bisouȝte. Rede me not quod Resoun  no ruþe to haue Til lordis & ladyes  louen alle truþe And haten al harlotrie  to here it or to mouþen it Til pernelis purfyle  be put in hir hucche And children cherischyng  be chastysyng wiþ ȝerdis And harlottes holynesse  be holden for vnheendeO.4.121: YO alone have vnheende; most B manuscripts have an hyne. Kane and Donaldson emend to an [heþyng]. Til clerken coueytise be  to cloþe þe pore & to fede And religious romers  recordare in her cloystres As seynt benet hem bade  bernard & fraunceys And til prechouris prechyng  be preued on hem-seluen Til þe kyngys counceyl  be þe comune profiȝt Til bischoppis bayardes  be beggers chaumbres Her haukis & her houndes  helpe to pore religious Pylgrimage And til seynt Iames be souȝt  þere I schal a-sygne Þat no man goo to galis  but if he go for euere And alle rome renners  for robbers of biȝonde Bere no syluer ouer sehe  þat signe of kyng schewiþ Neiþer grauen ne vngrauen  gold neiþer siluer Vp-on forfeture of þat fee  who-so fynt hym at Douere But if he be marchaund or his man  or messager wiþ letteris Prouysour or preest  or penaunt for hise synnes And ȝit quod resoun bi þe rode  I schal no ruþe haue Whyle Mede haþ þe maystrie  in þis moot-halle Ac I may schewe ensaumples  as I see oþer-whyle I seye it bi my-self quod he  & it so were Þat I were kyng were wiþ corown  to kepen a rewme Schulde neuere wrong in þis world  þat I wite myȝteO.4.142: A line of dashes extends from the end of this line across the right margin. Be vnpunyschid in my power  for perel of my soule Ne gete my grace for gyftis  so me god saue Ne for no Mede haue meurcy  but mekenesse it make For nullum malum þe man  mette wiþ impunitum And bade nullum bonum . be irremuneratum Latte ȝoure confessour sir kyng  construe þis vnglosid And if ȝe worken it in werk  I wedde boþeO.4.149: OC2H alone include boþe. myne eris Þat lawe schal been a laborer  & lede a-feeld dunge And loue schal lede þi lond  as þee leef likiþ Clerkis þat weren confessouris  coupleden hem to-gyderes Alle to construe þis clause  for þe kyngys profiȝt Ac not for counfort of þe comune  ne for þe kyngys soule For I syȝ Mede in þe moot-halle  on men of lawe wynken And þei lawȝhynge lopen to hir  & lafte resoun . manye Waryn wisdam  wynkede vp-on Mede And seyde . ma-dame . I am ȝoure man  what so my mouþ iangleþ I falle in floreyns quod þat freke  & fayle speche ofte Alle riȝtful recordedenO.4.160: O alone has the form recordeden; most B manuscripts have recordede.  þat resoun truþe tolde And witt acordede þer-wiþ  & commendede hise wordis b 4 And þe moost peple in þe halle  & many of þe grete O.4.163: YOC2H alone lack an introductory conjunction or pronoun; most B manuscripts have And.Leten mekenesse a mayster  & Mede a mansedO.4.163: The scribe wrote in the right margin the gloss cursid for mansed. schrewe Loue lete of hir liȝt  & lewte ȝit lasse And seyde it so hye  þat al þe halle it herde Who-so wilneþ hir to wijf  for welþe of hir goodis But he be knowen for a cokwold  cutte of my nose Mede mornede þoo  & made heuy chere For þe moost comune of þat court  callede hir an hore Ac a sisour & a sumpnour  sueden hir faste And a schirreues clerk  beschrewede al þe route For ofte haue I quod he  holpen ȝow at þe barre And ȝit ȝyueO.4.173: O alone has the form ȝyue; most B manuscripts have yeue. ȝe me neuere  þe worþe of a rische Þe kyng callede concience  & afterward resoun And recordede þat Resoun  hadde riȝtfullich schewed And modilich vp-on Mede  wiþ myȝt þe kyng lokede And gan waxe wroþ wiþ lawe  for Mede almost hadde schent it And seyde . þoruȝ ȝoure lawe as I leue  I lese many chetis Mede ouer-maystrieþ lawe  & myche truþe letteþ Ac Resoun schal reckene wiþ ȝow  if I regne any whyle And deme ȝow on abi þisO.4.181: A solidus/punctus above on a and above the marginal addition indicate that it is intended as a substitution. The uncorrected reading is shared by C2 alone. day  as ȝe han deserued Mede schal not meynprise ȝow  bi þe marie of heuene I wole haue lewte in lawe  & lete be ȝoure Ianglyng And as moostO.4.184: OC2 alone lack the subject of this clause; all other beta witnesses have folk. witnessen wel  wrong schal be demed Quod concience to þe kyng  but þe comune wole assente It is ful hard bi myn hed  her-to . to brynge it Alle ȝoure lege lordis  to lede þus euene Bi hym þat rauȝte on þe rode  quod Resoun to þe kyng But if I rule þus ȝoure rewme  rende out my guttis If ȝe bidden buxumnesse  be of myn assent And I assente quod þe kyng  bi seynt marie my lady Be my counceyl comen  of clerkis & of erles Ac redili Resoun  þow schalt not ride fro me For as longe as I lyue  lete þee I nylle I am a-redy quod Resoun  to reste wiþ ȝow euere So concience be of oure counceyl  I kepe no bettere And I graunte quod þe kyng  goddis forbod it fayle As longe as oure lijf lasteþ  lyue we to-gyderes Passus quintusO.5.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. þ ÞE kyng & hise knyȝtes  to þe kirke wenten To here mateyns of þe day  & þe masse after Þanne wakede I of my wynkyng  & woo was wiþ-alle Þat I ne hadde slepid sadder  & I-sye more Ac er I hadde faren a forlong  aO.5.5: OC2FG alone include the article. feyntise me hente Þat I ne myȝte ferþer a fote  for defaut of slepyng And sate softli a-doun  & seyde my beleue And so I babelede ofO.5.8: OC2 alone have of; most B manuscripts have on. my bedis  þei brouȝten me a-slepe why pestilence And þanne sawȝ I myche more  þan I bifore tolde For I saw þe feeld ful of folk  þat I bifore of seyde And how resoun gan arayen hym  al þe rewme to preche And aO.5.12: OC2 alone have a; all other beta witnesses have wiþ a. crosse a-fore þe kyng  comsede þus to teche He preueþO.5.13: OC2 alone have preueþ; all other beta witnesses have preued. þat þise pestelences  was for pure synne And þe souþwest wijnd  on saterday at euene Was pertlich for pure pride  & for no poynt ellis Piries & plumtrees  weren puffed to þe erthe In ensaumple . ȝe segges  ȝe schulden do þe better Beches & brode okes  weren blowen to þe grounde TurnedenO.5.19: O alone has the form turneden in place of turned. vpward her tayles  in tokenyng of drede Þat dedli synne er domes-day  schal fordo hem alle Of þis mater I myȝte  mamele ful longe Ac I schal seye as I saw  so me god helpe How pertlich bifore þe peple  resoun gan to preche nota sermo He Bade wastour . go wirche  what he best couþe Quomodo racio predicat And wynnen his wastyng  wiþ summe manere craft .O.5.25: The rubric is divided after racio, so that it appears on two lines. And preyede peronelle  hir purfile to lete And kepe it in hir cofer  for catel at hir nede Tomme stowe he tauȝte  to take two staues And fecche felice hom  from þe wyuen pyne AndO.5.30: OC2 alone lack the subject he. warnede watte  his wijf was to blame Þat hir hed was worþ half mark  his hood not worþ a grote And bade bette kutte  a bowȝ oþer tweyen And bete betoun þer-wiþ  but if sche wolde wirche And þanne he chargede chapmen  to chastisen her children Latte no wynnyng hem forwenye  whyle þei be ȝonge Ne for no pouste of pestilence  plese hem not out of resoun My sire seyde so to me  & so dide my dame Þat þe leuer child  þe more lore bihoueþ And salomon seyde þe same  þat sapience made Qui parcit virge  odit filium . Þe englisch of þis latyn  is . who-so wole it knoweO.5.41: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Who-so spariþ þe spryng  spilliþ hise children And siþen he preyede prelatis  & preestis to-gyderes Þat ȝe prechen to þe peple  preue it on ȝoure-seluen And doþ it in dede  it schal drawe ȝow to goode If ȝe lyuen as ȝe leren vs  we schul leue ȝow þe better And siþen he radde religioun  her reule to holde Lest þe kyng & his counceyl  ȝoure comunes appeyre And been stywardis of ȝoure stedis  til ȝe been rulid better And siþen he counceylede þe kyng  þe comunes to louye It is þi tresore if tresoun ne were  & triacle at þi nede And siþen he preyede þe pope  haue pite on holi chirche And er he gyue any grace  gouerne first hym-seluen And ȝe þat han lawes to kepe  latte truþe be ȝoure coueytise More þan gold & oþerO.5.55: C2 alone shares the uncorrected form of this phrase. gyftes  if heO.5.55: OC2 alone have he in place of ȝe. wole god plese For who-so contrarieþ truþe  he telliþ in þe gospel  Þat god knowiþ hym not  ne no seynt of heueneO.5.57: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Amen dico vobis  nescio vos.O.5.58: This line is followed by three ticks in red. Pylgrimes . And ȝe þat seken seynt iames  & seyntis of rome Sekeþ seynt truþe  for he may saue ȝow alle Qui cum patre & filio  þat faire hem befalle Þat suen my sermoun  & þus seyde resoun . Amen . Þanne ran repentaunce O.5.63: OC2 alone lack and before reherede.reheredereher[c]edeO.5.63: OC2 alone have reherede in place of rehercede. his teme And gerte wille to wepe  water . wiþ hise yen Perenel proude-hert  platte hir to þe erþe Superbia . And lay longe er sche lokede  & lord mercy criede And bihyȝte vn-toO.5.67: YOC2M alone have vn-to in place of to. hym  þat vs alle made Sche schulde vnsewen hir serk  & sette þere an heyre To affayten hir flesch  þat fers was to synne Schal neuere hye hert me hente  but holde me lowe And suffre to be mysseyd  & so dide I neuere But now wil I meke me & mercy beseche For al þis I haue  hatid in myn herte Þanne lecchour seyde allas  & on oure lady criede luxuria To make mercy for hise mysdedis  bitwene god & his soule Wiþ þat he schulde þe satirday  seuene ȝer þerafter  Drynke but myd þe doke  & dyne but ones Envie wiþ heuy herte  askede after schrifte Envie . And carfullich mea culpa  he comsede to schewe He was as pale as a pelet  in palsie he semede And cloþed in a caurymaury  I couþe it not discriue In kirtil & courtebi  & a knyf bi his syde Of a freris frokke  weren þe forsleues And as a leek hadde I-ley  longe in þe sunne id est emptiO.5.85: The marginal gloss is for lere. So lokede he wiþ lereO.5.85: OC2 alone have lere, "empty," in place of lene. chekis  lourynge foule His body was to-bollen for wraþþe  þat he bote hise lippis And wryngynge he ȝede wiþ hisO.5.87: OC2Cot alone have his; most B manuscripts have þe. fist  to wreke hymself he þouȝte Wiþ werkis or wiþ wordis  whanne he saw his tyme Ich a word þat he warpe  was of an addres tunge Of chydyngO.5.90: OC2 alone lack and between the prepositional phrases. of chalengyng  was his cheef lijflode Wiþ bacbytyng & bismere  & beryng of falswytnessefals wytnesse Þis was al his curteysie  where þat euere he schewede hym I wolde be schryuen quod þis schrewe  & I for schame durste I wolde be gladder bi god  þat gybbe hadde meschaunce Þan þouȝ I hadde þis woke I-wonnenO.5.95: OC2 alone have the form I-wonnen in place of (y)wonne.  a weye of Esex chese I haue a neiȝbore nyȝ me  I haue enuyed hym ofte And lowen on hym to lordis  to do hym lese his syluer And made hise frendis be hise foon  þoruȝ my fals tunge His grace & hise goode happis  greuen me ful sore Bitwene many & many  I make debate ofte Þat boþe lijf & lym  is lost þoruȝ my speche And whanne I mete hym in market  þat I moost hate I haylse hym heendelich  as I his freend were For he is douȝtier þan I  I dar do noon oþer Ac hadde I maystrie & myȝt  god woot my wille And whanne I come to þe kyrke  & schulde knele to-forO.5.106: OC2F alone have to-for in place of to. þe rode And preye for þe peple  as þe preest techeþ For pilgrymes & for palmers  for al þe peple after Þanne I crye on my knees  þat crist ȝyue hem sorwe Þat baren awey my bolle  & my broken schete Awey fro þe auter  þanne turne I myne yen And biholde how eleyn  haþ a newe cote I wissche þanne . it were myn  & al þe web after And of mennys leesyng I lawȝhe  þat myn herte akeþ And for her wynnyng I wepe  & wayle þe tyme And deme þat þei doon ille  þer I do wel wers Who-so vndirnymeþ me her-of  I hate hym dedli after AndO.5.118: OC2 alone include And. I wolde þat ich a wyȝt  were myn owneO.5.118: OC2 alone have myn owne in place of my. knaue For who-so haþ more þan I  þat angreþ me sore And þus I lyue loueles  lijk a liþer dogge Þat al my body bolneþ  for bittre of my galle I myȝte not ete many ȝeris  as a man ouȝte For enuye & yuele wille  is yuele to diffye May no sugre ne swete þing  asswage my swellyng Ne no diapendion  dryue it fro myn herte Ne neiþer schrift ne schame  but who-so schrape my mawe ÞisȜis rede IO.5.127: OC2 alone have rede I; most B manuscripts have redily. quod repentaunce  & radde hym to þe beste Sorwe of synnes  is sauacioun of soulis I am sory quod þat segge  I am but selden oþer And þat makiþ me þus megre  for I ne may me avenge Amongys burgeycis haue I been  dwellynge at lundoun And gerte bacbityng be a brokour  to blame mennys ware Whanne he solde & I not  þanne was I redy To lye & to loure on my neiȝbore  & lakke his chaffare I wole amende þis if I may  bi myȝt of god almyȝti Ira . Now awakiþ wraþþe  wiþ two whyte yen Freris And nyuelynge wiþ þe nose  & his necke hangynge I am wraþþe quod he  I was sum-tyme a frere AndO.5.139: OC2 alone lack þe before couentis. couentis gardener  for to graffen Impes On lymytouris & legistrerisO.5.140: OCr23C2 alone have legistreris in place of some variant of listre(s).  lesyngys I Impede Til þei bere leues of lowe speche  lordis to plese And siþen þei blosmedenO.5.142: OC2 alone have the form blosmeden; all other beta witnesses have blosmede. abrode  in boure to here schryftes And now is fallen þerof a fruyt  þat folk han wel leuere Schewen her schryftes to hem  þan schryue hem to her persouns And now han persouns parceyued  þat freris parten wiþ hem Þeise possessioners prechen  & deprauen freris . And freris fynden hem in defaute  as folk beren witnesse Þat whanne þei prechenO.5.148: OC2 alone have the form prechen in place of preche. þe peple  in many places aboute I wraþþe walke wiþ hem  & wisse hem of my bokis Þus þei speken of spiritualte  þat eiþer dispiseþ oþer Til þei been boþe beggers  & bi my spiritualte libben Or ellis alle riche  and riden aboute I wraþþe reste neuere  þat I ne muste folewe  Þeise wickide folk  for swich is my grace I haue an aunte to Nunne  &O.5.155: OCot alone lack a word or words between Nunne and abbesse; all other beta witnesses have an. abbesse boþe Hir were leuere swowe or swelte  orO.5.156: OC2 alone have or; most B manuscripts have þan. suffre any peyne I haue been cook in hir kychen  & þe couent seruede Many moneþis wiþ hem  & wiþ monkes boþe I was þe prioresse potager  & oþere pore ladies And made hem iowtes wiþ iangelyng  þat dame Ione was a bastard And dame Clarice a knyȝtis douȝter  & a cokwold was hir sire And dame peronel a preestis file  prioresse worþ sche neuere For sche hadde child in chirie-tyme  al oure chapitre it wiste Of wickide wordis I wraþþe  her wortes I-madeO.5.164: OC2LR alone include the metrically required second I. Til þou lixt & þou lixt  loupen out at ones And eiþer hitte oþer  vndir þe cheke HaddenO.5.167: O alone has the form Hadden; most other B manuscripts have Hadde. þei had knyues bi crist  eiþer hadde killed oþer Seynt gregori was a good pope  & hadde a good forwit Þat no prioresse were preest  for þat he ordeynede Þei hadden þanne been infamis  þeiO.5.170: Only YOC2M have þei alone; most B manuscripts which contain the line in this form have þe firste day þei. kun so yuele holde counceyl Among munkes I myȝte be  ac many tyme I schonye For þei been many felle frekis  my feres to aspye Boþe priour & suppriour  & oure pater Abbas And if I telle any tales  þei taken hem to-gyderes And do me faste fridayes  to breed & to water And am chalengid in þe chapitre hous  as I a child were And baleysed on þe bare ers  & no breech bitweneO.5.177: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Forþi haue I no likyng, [leue me], wiþ þo leodes to wonye." I ete þere vnheende fisch  & feble ale drynke Ac oþer-whyle whanne wiyn comeþ  & I drynke it at euene I haue a flux of a foule mouþ  wel fyue dayes after Al þe wickidnesse þat I woot  bi any of oure breþeren make knoweO.5.182: The scribal gloss in the right margin is to couþe. I couþe it in oure cloyster  þat al þe couent woot it Now repente þee quod repentaunce  & reherce þow neuere  Counceyl þat þou knowist  bi contenaunce ne bi syȝtO.5.184: OCr23 alone have syȝt; most B manuscripts have riȝt. And drynke not ouer-delicatly  ne to depe neiþer Þat þi wille be cause þerof  to wraþþ myȝte turneO.5.186: A caret/punctus, indicating intended deletion, appears in the extreme right margin, but no word or phrase on the line is marked for deletion. Esto sobrius . he seyde  & assoylede me after And bade me wilne to wepe  my wickidnesse to amende Auaricia And þanne cam coueytise  I can hym not discryue So hungryli & holewe  sire heruy hym lokede He was bitilbrowed  and babirlippid also Wiþ two blered yen  as a blynde hagge And as a leþeren purs  lolleden hise chekis Wel sydder þan his chyn  þei ryueledenchyueledenO.5.194: O alone has the forms ryueleden or chyueleden; most B manuscripts have chyueled. for eelde And as a bonde-man of his bakoun  his beerd was bidrauelid Wiþ an hood on his hed  a lousy hat a-boue And in a tawney taberd  of twelue wynter ofO.5.197: YOC2F alone include the second occurrence of of. age Al to-torn & baudy  & ful of lijs crepyngeO.5.198: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. But if þat a lous kouþe  haue lopen þe better Sche schulde not haue walked þer-onO.5.200: GYOC2 alone have þer-on; variants include on þat welche (LR), on þat welþe (WCr1M), on þe welte (Cr23), on þat web (F), and there (HmCB).  so was it þreed-bare I haue been coueytous quod þis caytyf  I beknowe it heer For sum-tyme I seruede  symme at þe style And was his prentice I-pliȝt  his profyt to wayte First I lernede to lye  a leef oþer tweyen Wickedlich to weye  was my first lessoun fareO.5.206: A solidus/punctus above marginal fare and a caret/punctus beside it indicate that it was intended as a substitution for feyre, although the reading is unattested elsewhere. To wye & to wynchestre  I wente to þe feyre Wiþ many manere marchaundises  as my mayster me hyȝte Ne hadde þe grace of gyle  goo among my chaffare It hadde been vnsold þis seuene ȝer  so me god helpe Þanne drowȝ I me among drapers  my donet to lerne To drawe þe lesere a-long  þe lenger it semede Among þe riche rayes  I rendride a lessoun To broche hem wiþ a pacnedel  & playtede hem to-gyderes And put hem in a presse  & pynnede hem þer-inne Til ten ȝerdis or twelue  hadde toldO.5.215: OC2 alone have hadde told; variants include tolled (LMRF), hadden tollid (B), and hadden tolde (Hm). out þrittene My wijf was a webbe  & wollen cloþ made Sche spake to spynsters  to spynnen it oute Ac þe pound sche payede bi  weyede a quartroun more Þan myn owne aunser  who-so weyede truþe I bouȝte hir barli malt  sche brewe it to selle Peny ale & puddyng ale  sche pourede to-gyderes For laboreris & lowe folk  þat lay bi hem-seluen Þe best ale lay in my boure  or in my bed-chaumbre And who-so bummyd þerof  he bouȝte it þer-after A galoun for a grote  god woot no lesse And ȝit it come in . cupmele  þis craft my wijf vsede Rose þe regrater  was hir riȝt name Sche haþ holden hukrie  al hir lijf-tyme Ac I swere now . so the ik  þat synne wole I lete And neuere wickydlich weye  ne wickide caffareO.5.230: caffare, "dealings." A dialectal variant of chaffare. vse But wenden to walsyngham  & my wijf als And bidde þe rode of bromholm  brynge me out of dette Repentist þow euere quod repentaunce  or restitucioun madiste Ȝis ones I was herborwid quod he  wiþ an heep of chapmen I roos whanne þei weren a-rest  & riflede her malis Þat was no restitucioun quod repentaunce  but a robbers þeft Þow haddist been better worþi  to beO.5.237: Cr3YOC2 alone have to be in place of ben. hangyd þerfore Þan for al þat þow hast  heer now schewidO.5.238: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. I wende riflyng were restitucioun quod he  I lernede neuere on book And I can no frensch in feiþ  but of þe ferþest eend of norþfolk Vsedist þow euere vsurie quod repentaunce  in al þi lijf-tyme Nay soþeli he seyde  saue in my ȝouþe I lernede amongys lumbardis  & Iues a lessoun To weye pens wiþ a peys  & pare þe heuyest And lene it for loue of þe crosse  to legge a wed & lese it Swiche dedis I dide write  if he his day brook I haue mo maners þoruȝ rerages  þan þoruȝ miseretur & comodat I haue lent lordis  & ladies my chaffare And been her brokour after  & bouȝte it my-selue Eschaunges & cheuysaunces  wiþ swich chaffare I dele And lene folk þat lese wole  a lippe at euery noble And wiþ lumbardis lettres  I ladde gold to Rome And toke it bi tayle heer  & toldeO.5.253: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack hem before þere. þere lesse Lentist þou euere lordis  for loue of her mayntenaunce Ȝhe . I haue lent lordis  þat loueden me neuere after And haue maad many knyȝt  boþe mercer & draper Þat payede neuere for his prentyshod  not a peyre gloues Hast þou pite on pore men  þat moten nedis borwe I haue als myche pite on hem  as pedler haþ of kattis Þat wolde kille hem if he myȝte  for coueytisescoueytise of her skynnes Art þou manlich a-mong þi neiȝbores  of mete & of drynk I am holden as heend quod he  as hound is in kychyn Among my neiȝbores namelich  swich a name ich haue God lene neuere quod repentaunce  but þow repente þeeþe raþer Þe grace on þis ground  þi good willeO.5.265: HmCr1OC2 alone have wille; most B manuscripts have wel. to bisette Ne þine eyres after þee  haue ioye of þat þou wynnest Ne þine exsecutours bisette þiO.5.267: GYOC2 alone have þi in place of þe. syluer  þat þou hem leuest And þat was wonnen wiþ wrong  wiþ wickide men be dispendid For were I frere of þat hous  þere good feiþ & charite isO.5.269: The right margin contains the first of a number of similar marginal designs that appear throughout the manuscript: a cross composed of four dots, with an additional flourish at the bottom. The hand responsible is probably the main scribal hand, but the function of this addition, whether emphasis or ornament, is unclear. I nolde cope vs wiþ þi catel  ne oure kirke amende Ne haue a peny to my pitaunce of þin  bi my soule hele For þe best book in oure hous  þouȝ brent gold were þe leues And I wist witterli þou were  swich as þou tellist Or ellis þat I koude knowe it  bi any skyns wiseO.5.274: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CB, as scribal. Seruus es alterius cum fercula pynguya queris Pane tuo pocius  vescere . liber eris Þou art an vnkynde creature  I can þee not assoyle Til þou make restitucioun  & reckene wiþ hem alle And siþen þat resoun rolle it  in þe registre of heuene Þat þou hast maad ich man good  I may þee not assoyle Non dimittitur peccatum  donec restituatur ablatum & cetera For alle þat han of þi good  haue god my truþe Been holden at þe hye doom  to helpe þee to restitue And who-so leueþ not þis be soþ  loke in þe sauter glose In Miserere mei deus wher I mene truþe Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti & cetera Schal neuere werkman in þis world  þryue . wiþ þat þou wynnestO.5.287: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Cum sancto  sanctus eris & cetera construe me þat on englisch Þanne wexe þat schrewe in wanhope  & wolde haue hangyd hymself Ne hadde repentaunce þe raþer  recounfortede hym in þis manere Haue mercy in þi mynde  & wiþ þi mouþ beseche it For goddis mercy is more  þan alle hise oþere werkisO.5.292: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Misericordia eius super omnia opera eiusO.5.293: YOC2 alone lack & cetera at the end of this line. And al wickednesse ofO.5.294: OC2 alone have of in place of in. þis world  þat man myȝte do or þenke Nis no more to þe mercy of god  þan in þe sehe a glede Omnis iniquitas quantum ad misericordiam dei  est quasi sintilla in medio maris For-þi haue mercy in þi mynde  & merchaundise leue it For þou hast no good ground  to gete þee wiþ a wastel But if it were wiþ þi tunge  or ellis wiþ þi two handis For þe good þat þou hast geten  bigan al wiþ falshed And as longe as þou lyuest þer-wiþ  þou ȝeldist not but borwyst And if þou wost neuere to whiche  ne whom to restitue Bere it to þe bischop  & bidde hym of his grace Bisette it hymself  as best is for þi soule For he schal answere for þee  at þe hye doom For þee & many moo  þat man schal ȝyue a reckenyng What he lernede ȝow in lenten  leue ȝe noon oþer And what he lente ȝow of his good  to wite ȝow fro synne For he schulde helpe ȝow  of oure lordis goodO.5.309: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal. Gula Now bigynneþ glotoun  for to goo to schryft . And kaires hym to kyrkeward  his coupe to schewe Ac Betoun þe breuster  bade hym . good morwe And axede of hym wiþ þat  whyderward he wolde To holi kirke quod he  for to here masse And siþen And siþen I wole be schryuen  & synne no more I haue good ale gossip quod sche  glotoun wilt þou assay Hast þou ouȝt in þi purs  any hote spices I haue peper & pionyes quod sche  & a pound of garlyk A ferþingworþ of fenel seed  for fastynge-dayes Þanne gooþ glotoun in  & grete oþes after Cesse þe souteresse  sate on þe benche Watte þe warner  & his wijf afterO.5.322: OC2 alone have after in place of boþe. Tymme þe tynker  & tweyen of hise prentices Hicke þe hakeney-man  & hue þe nedeler Clarice of cokkislane  & O.5.325: OC alone lack þe before clerk. clerk of þe chirche Dawe þe diker  & a doseyn oþere Sire peers of pride  & peronel of flaundris A ribibour a ratouner  a raker of chepe A roper a redyngkyng  & rose þe discher Godfrey of garlikhyþe  & griffyn þe walsche And vpholders an heep  erli bi þe morwe Gyuen glotoun wiþ good chere  good ale to ansel Clement þe cobler  caste of his cloke And at þe newe feyre  he nempnede it to selle Hikke þe hakeney-man  hitte his hood after And bade bette þe bocher  been on his syde Þere weren chapmen chosen  þis chaffare to preyse Who-so hadde þe hood . schulde  haue amendis of þe cloke Two risen vp in rape  & rouneden to-gyderes And preyseden þeise penyworþis  a-part bi hem-selue Þei couþen not bi her concience  acorden in truþe Til robyn þe roper  aroos bi þe souþe And nempnede hym for a nounper  þat no debate nere For to trye þis chaffare  bitwixen hem þreO.5.344: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. Hikke þe hostler  hadde þe cloke In couenaunt þat clement schulde þe cuppe fille And haue hikkis hood hostler  & holde hym serued And who þat repentiþ raþer  schulde arise after And grete wel sireO.5.349: YOC2F alone include both wele and sire. glotoun  wiþ a galoun ale Þere was lawȝhyng & louryng  & latte goo þe cuppe And so setenO.5.351: O alone has so seten; variants include sytten so (Cr1GR), so satten (C2), so seten they (YC), so sytten they (Cr23), so þei setten (B), and seten so (WHmLMF) til euensong  & sungen oþer-whyleO.5.351: OYC2C alone have oþer-while; most B manuscripts have vmwhile. Til glotoun hadde glubbed  a galoun & a gylle Hise guttis bigune to gurlegotheliO.5.353: O alone has the form gurle; variants include gothely (YC), godly (LMR), gowle (GF), grouly (B),gotheli to grulle (C2), and goþelen (WHmCr).  as two gredy sowes d 2 He pissede a potel  in a pater-noster whyle And blewe his rounde ruet  at his rigge-bonys ende Þat alle þat herden þat horn  helden her nose after And wischeden it hadde be waxed  wiþ a wispe of firses He myȝte neiþer steppe ne stonde  er he his staf hadde And þanne gan he to goo  lijke a glewmannys bicche Sum tyme a-syde  & sum tyme a-rere As who-so leiþ lynes  for to lacche foules And whanne he drowȝ to þe dore  þanne dymmeden hise yen He stumblede on þe þreschold  & þrewȝ to þe erþe Clement þe cobler  cauȝte hym bi þe myddel For to lifte hym a-lofte  & leyde hym on hise knees Ac glotoun was a greet cherl  & grymme in þe liftyng And cowȝhede vp a caudel  in clementis lappe Is noon so hungry hound  in hertford-schire Durste lape of þat leuyngesleuenyngesO.5.369: A solidus/punctus above both leuynges and marginal leuenynges indicate substitution. The word leuenynge, which appears in connection with this line only in O, is glossed by the MED as "lightning" or "shining," which has no application to this context. The scribe's motive for this substitution is unclear.  so vnlouelich þei smauȝtenO.5.369: O alone has the form smauȝten; most B manuscripts have smauȝte. Wiþ al þe woo of þis world  his wijf & his wenche Baren hym hoom to his bed  & brouȝten hym þer-inne And after al þis accesse  he hadde an accidie Þat he slepe saterday & sunday  til sunne wente to rest Þanne wakede he of his wynkyng  & wipede hise yen O.5.375: YOC2C alone lack The before first.First word þat he warpe was  where is þe bolle His witt gan edwite hym þoo  how wickidlich he lyuede And repentaunce riȝt þoo  soO.5.377: OC2 alone incude both þoo and so. rebukede hym þat tyme As þou wiþ wordis & werkis  hast wrouȝt ille in þi lyue Schryue þee & be a-schamed þerof  & schewe it wiþ mouþe I glotoun quod þe goom  gylti me ȝelde Þat I haue trespassed wiþ my tunge  I can not telle how ofte Sworen goddis soule  & so god me helpe & halidam Þere no nede ne was  nyne hundrid tymes And ouersey me atO.5.384: OC2CotF alone lack an article, demonstrative, or possessive pronoun before soper; most B manuscripts have my. soper  & sum-tyme at nones Þat I glotoun gyrd vp  er I hadde goon a myle And spilte þat myȝte be spared  & spendid on sum hungry Ouer-delicatli on fastynge-dayes  dronken & eten boþe And sate sum-tyme so longe þere  þat I slepte & ete at ones For loue of tales in tauernes  to drynke þe more I dynede And hyede to þe mete er noon  whanne fastynge-dayes werenO.5.390: OC2 alone have the form weren; all other beta witnesses have were. Þis schewynge schrift quod repentaunce  schal be meryte to þee And þanne gan glotoun grete  and greet deel made For his liþer lijf  þat he lyued hadde And vowede to faste  for hunger or for þrist Schal neuere fisch on fryday  diffyen in my wombe Til abstynence myn aunte  haue ȝyuen me leue And ȝit haue I hated hir  al my lijf-tyme . Accidia . Þanne cam sleuþe al beslabred  wiþ two slymy yen I muste sitte seyde þe segge  or ellis I schuldeO.5.399: OC2BmBo alone transpose sholde I; other variants include must I (G), I most (Cot), I must nedes (Cr), and omission (F). nappe I may not stonde ne stoupe  ne wiþ-outen a stool knele Were I brouȝt a-bedde  but if my tayl-eend it made Scholde no ryngyng do me rise  or I were ripe to dyne He bigan benedicite wiþ a bolk  & his brest knokkede And roxede & rorede  & rutte at þe last A-wake renk quod repentaunce  & rape þee to schrift If I schulde dye bi þis day  me liste not to loke I can not parfiȝtli my pater-noster  as þe preest syngeþ But I can rymes of robyn hood  & randolf of chester Ac neiþer of oure lord ne oure lady  þe leest þat is maad I haue maad vowes fifty  & forȝeten hem on morwe I parfornede neuere penaunce  as þe preest me hyȝte Ne riȝt sori for my synnes  ȝit was I neuere And if I bidde any bedes  but if it be in wraþþe Þat I telle wiþ my tunge  is two myle fro myn herte I am occupied ich day  halyday and oþer Wiþ ydel talis at þe ale  & oþer-whyle in chirches Goddis peyne & his passioun  ful seldenO.5.417: OC2 alone have selden in place of selde. þenke I onO.5.417: Only OC2 conclude this line with on alone; most B manuscripts have theron. I visitede neuere feble men  ne fetered folk in pittis I haue leuere here an harlotrie  or a somer game of souters Or lesyngys to lawȝhe at  & bilye my neiȝboris Þan al þat euere mark made  Matheu Ion & lucas And vigilies & fastynge-dayes  alle þeise late I passe And ligge a-bedde in lenten  & my lemman in myne armes Til mateyns & messe be doon  & þanne goo to þe freris Come I to Ite missa est  I holde me serued I nam not schryuen sum-tyme  but seeknesse it make Not twyes in two ȝer  & þanne vp gesse I schryue me I haue been preest & persoun  passynge þritti ȝer Ȝit can I neiþer solfe ne synge  ne seyntis lyues rede But I can fynde in a feeld  or in a furlong an hareO.5.430: A small cross appears in the left margin; the hand cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3. Better þan in Beatus vir  or in beati omnes Construe o clause wel  & kenne it to my parischenes I can holde loue-dayes  & here a reues rekkenyng Ac in canoun neO.5.434: OC2 alone lack in (þe) before decretalis. decretalis  I can not rede a lyne If I bigge & borwe it  but if it be tayled I forȝete it as sooneO.5.436: Cr23OC2 alone have soone; most B manuscripts have yerne.  & if men me it axe  Sixe syþes or seuene  I forsake it wiþ oþes And þus tene I trewe men  ten hundrid tymes And my seruauntis sum-tyme  her salerie is bihynde Reuþe is to here þe rekkenyng  whanne we schul rede acountis So wiþ wickide wille & wraþþe  my werke-men I paye If any man do me a benfeet  or helpe me at nede I am vnhendeO.5.443: O alone has vnhende (vnhynde C2); most B manuscripts have correctly alliterating vnkynde. aȝens his curtesye  & can not vnderstonde it For I haue & haue had  sumdel haukes maneres I namO.5.445: OLM alone have nam in place of am. not leredO.5.445: YGOC2 alone have lered; most B manuscripts have lured. wiþ loue  but if ouȝt lye vnder þe þumbeO.5.445: A cross appears in the left margin, in a hand which, although not identifiable with certainty, resembles hand 3. It may represent an attempt by a corrector to point out the error of lered for lured. Þe kyndenesse þat myne euene-cristene  kyddenO.5.446: OC2 alone have the form kydden in place of kidde. me ferne-ȝer Sixti siþes I sleuþe  haue forȝeten it siþþe In speche & in sparyng  I spilte many tyme Boþe flesch & fisch  butter mylk & chese Boþe breed & ale  & many oþere vitaylis Forsleuþede in my seruyse  til it myȝte serue no man I ran aboute in ȝouþe  & ȝaf me not to lerne And euere siþ haue I beenO.5.453: WHmOC2 alone have haue I been; variants include be (LR), haue be (YcrCM), I haue be (GBmCot), I haue iben (Bo), and I am þe (F). begger  for my foule sleuþe Heu michi quia sterilem  vitam duxi iuuenilem Repentist þou not quod repentaunce  & riȝt wiþ þat he swownede Til vigilate þe veyl  fette water at hise yen And flatte it on his face  & fast on hym criede And seyde . war þee for wanhope  wolde þee bitraye I am sori for my synnes  seye to þi-selue And bete þi-self on þe brest  & bidde hym of grace For is no gylt heer so greet  þat his goodnesse is more Þanne satte sleuþe vp  & seynede hym swyþe And made avow to-for god  for his foule sleuþe Schal no sunday be þis seuene ȝer  but seeknesse it lette Þat I ne schal do me er day  to þe dere chirche And here mateyns & messe  as I a monke were Schal noon ale after mete  holde me þennys Til I haue euensong herd  I bihote to þe rode And ȝit wole I ȝelde aȝeyn  if I so myche haue Al þat I wickidlich wan  siþen I witt hadde And þouȝ my lijflode lakke  leten I nylle Þat ich man schal haue his  er I hennys wende And wiþ O.5.473: OC2 alone lack þe before residue. residue & þe remenaunt  bi þe rode of chestre I schal seke truþe erst  er I se Rome Robert þe robber  on reddite lokede And for þer was not wher-of  he wepede swyþeO.5.476: OC2 alone lack soore following swyþe. Ac ȝit þe synful schrewe  seyde to hym-selue Crist þat on þeO.5.478: OC2 alone include þe. caluarie  vp-on þe crosse dyedist dismas Þoo dismas my broþer  bisouȝte ȝow of grace And haddist mercy ofO.5.480: YOC alone have of in place of on. þat man  for Memento sakeO.5.480: Four dashes follow this line, becoming a continuous line below dismas which extends to the end of the margin. So rewe on þis robber  þat reddere ne haþ Ne neuere wene to wynne  wiþ craft þat I owe But for þi mykel mercy  mytigaciounO.5.483: OC2 alone lack a first-person pronoun before biseche; all other beta witnesses have I. biseche Ne dampne me not at domesday  for þat I dide O.5.484: Cr23OC2 alone lack so before ille. ille What bifel of þis schreweO.5.485: OC2 alone have schrewe in place of a correctly alliterating word; most B manuscripts have feloun.  I can not faire schewe Wel I woot he wepte fast  water . wiþ boþe hise yen And knowlechede his gylt to crist  ȝit efter-soonesO.5.487: O alone has the form efter; most B manuscripts have eft. Þat penytencia his pijk  he schulde polische newe And lepe wiþ hym ouer lond  al his lijf-tyme For he hadde leyn bi latro  lucifers aunte And þanne hadde repentaunce ruþe  & radde hem alle to knele For I schal beseche for alle synful  oure saueour of grace To amende vs of oure mysdedis  & do mercy to vs alle Now god quod he of þi goodnesse  þat gunne þe world make And of nouȝt madest ouȝt . & man  moost lijk to þi-selue And siþen suffrest for to synne  a seeknesse to vs alle And al for þe best as I beleue  what-euere þe book telliþ O felix culpa o necessarium ade peccatum & cetera For þoruȝ þat synne þi sone  sent was to þis erþe And bicam man of a mayde  mankynde to saue And madest þi-self wiþ þi sone  & vs synful ylicheO.5.501: A solidus/punctus above wiþ marks it for deletion. Faciamus hominem ad ymagynem & similitudinem nostram Et alibi Qui manet in caritate  in deo manet & ceteraO.5.503: YOC2 alone have & cetera in place of & deus in eo. oure sute And siþ wiþ þi self sone  in oure sute deydist On good fryday for mannys sake  at ful tyme of þe day Þere þi-self ne þi sone  no sorwe in deþ feledist But in oure secte was þe sorwe  & þi sone it ladde Captiuam duxit captiuitatem & cetera Þe sunne for sorwe þerof  lees hys liȝt for a tyme Aboute mydday whanne moost liȝt is  & meel-tyme of seyntis Feddest wiþ þi fresch blood  oure forfadris in derkenesse Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris vidit lucem magnam And þoruȝ þe liȝt þat leepe out of þee  lucifer was blent And blewe alle þi blessede  in-to þe blis of paradice Þe þridde day after O.5.515: OC2 alone lack þow before ȝedist. ȝedist in oure sute And synful marie þee seyȝ  er seynt marie þi dame AndO.5.517: OC2 alone lack al before to. to solace synful  þou suffredist it so were Non veni vocare iustos  set peccatores ad penitenciam And al þat mark haþ I-maad  matheu jon & lucas Of þi douȝti dedis  weren doon in oure armes Verbum caro factum est  & habitauit in nobis And bi so myche me semeþ  þe sikerer we mowe  Bidde & biseche  if it be þi wille Þat art oure fadir & oure broþer  be merciable til vs And haue ruþe on þis ribawdis  þat repenten hem heer sore Þat euere þei wraþþedenO.5.526: OC2 alone have the form wraþþeden; most B manuscripts have wraþed. þee in þis world  in word . þouȝt or dede Þanne hente hope an horn  of deus tu conuersus viuificabis And blewe it wiþ Beati quorum  remisse sunt iniquitates Þat alle seyntis in heuene  sungen at ones Homines & Iumenta saluabis quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam deus & cetera A þousande of men þoo  þrungen to-gyderes Cryeden vpward to crist  & to his clene modir To haue grace to go wiþ hem  truþe to seke Ac þer was wyȝt noon so wijs  þe weye þidir couþe But blustreden forþ as bestes  ouer bankes & hilles Til late was & longe  þat þei a lede metten Apparaylid as a paynym  in pilgrimys wise He bare a burdoun ybounden  wiþ a brood liste In a swiþe wyndesO.5.539: YOC2C alone read swiþe wyndes, a nonsense reading perhaps reflecting scribal unfamiliarity with wythewyndes, "woodbines," which is preserved in various spellings by WHmGLMR. wise  ywounden aboute A bolle & a bagge  he bare bi his syde An hundryd of ampulles  on his hat sete Signes of synay  & schellis of galis And many a crouche on his cloke  & keyes of rome And þe vernycle bifore  for men schuldenO.5.544: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. knowe  And se bi hise signes  whom he souȝt hadde Þeise folk freynedenO.5.546: OC2 alone lack an object pronoun before first; most B manuscripts have hym. first  from whennys he come Fro synay he seyde  & fro oure lordis sepulcre In bedlem & in babiloyne  I haue been in boþe In Ermonye in alisaundre  in many oþere places Ȝe mowen se bi my sygnes  þat sitten on my hat Þat I haue walked ful wyde  in wete & in drye And souȝte goode seyntis  for my soulis helþe Knowist þou ouȝt a corseynt  þat men callen truþe Koudist þou wissen vs þe weye  where þat he dwelliþ Nay so me god helpe  seyde þe goom þanne I seyȝ neuere palmer wiþ pijk  ne wiþ scrippe wendeO.5.556: OC2 alone include wende. Axen after hym  er now in þis place Petre quod a plowman  & putte forþ his hed I knowe hym as kyndeli  as clerk doþ his book Concience & kynde witt  kennede me to his place And dide me swere sikirli  to serue hym for euere Boþe to sowe & to sette  þe whyle I swynke myȝte I haue been his folewer  al þis fifti wynter Boþe seweO.5.564: OC2 alone have sewe; most B manuscripts have sowen. his seed  & feddeO.5.564: OC2CCot alone have fedde; most B manuscripts have some variant of correctly alliterating suwed. hise bestes Wiþ-inne and wiþ-outen  waytede his profiȝt I dyke & I delue  & do þat truþe hotiþ Sum-tyme I sowe  & sum-tyme I þresche In taylouris craft & tynkers craft  what truþe can deuyse I weue & I wynde  & do what truþe hoteþ For þouȝ I seye it my-self  I serue hym to pay Ich haue myn hyre wel  and oþer-whyles more He is þe prestest payer  þat pore men knowen He wiþhalt non hewe his hyre  þat he ne haþ it at eue He is as lowe as a loomb  & louelich of speche And if ȝe wilneþ to wite  where þat he dwelliþ I schal wisse ȝow wittirli  þe weye to his place Ȝhe leue peers quod þeise pilgrimys  & profreden hym hyre For to wende wiþ hem  to truþis dwellynge placeO.5.578: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Nay bi my soule quod peers  & gan for to swere I nolde fonge a ferþing  for seynt thomas schryne Truþe wolde loue me þe lesse  longe tyme after . nota . how þou schalt goo on pilgrymage Ac if ȝe wilneþ to wende wel  þis is þe weye þidir .O.5.582: The rubric is divided after goo, so that it appears as two lines. Short flourishes in red appear at the left and right of nota. Þat I schal seye to ȝow  & sette ȝow in þe soþeO.5.583: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. Ȝe moten goo þoruȝ mekenesse  boþe men & wyues Til ȝe come to concience  þat crist wite þe soþe þe ten comaunde mentis .O.5.586: The rubric is divided after comaunde-, so that it appears on two lines. Þat ȝe loueO.5.586: OC2 alone have the form loue in place of louen. oure lord god  leuest of alle þingys And þanne ȝoure neiȝboris next  in noon wise appeyre Oþer-wise þan þou woldest  he wrouȝte to þe-selueþ[i]-selue And so boweþ forþ bi a brook  beþ buxum of speche Til ȝe fynden a foorþe  ȝoure fadris ȝe honoure honora prtremp[a]trem & matrem & ceteraO.5.591: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after patrem, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Wadeþ inO.5.592: OC2 alone lack þat before water. water  & wasche ȝow wel þere And ȝe schul lepe þe liȝtlier  al ȝoure lijf-tyme And so schalt þouO.5.593: HmYOC2 alone lack se before swere. swere not  but if it be for nede And namelich in ydel  þe name of god almyȝti Þanne schalt þou come bi a croft  but come not þer-Inne Þat croft hatte coueyte not  mennys catel ne her wyues Ne noon of her seruauntis  þat noyen hem myȝte Loke ȝe breke no bowes þere  but if it be ȝoure owne Two stokkis þer stonden  ac stynte ȝe not þere Þei hatten stele not ne slehe not  strike forþ bifore And leue hem on þi left half  & loke not þer-after And holde wel þin haliday  hye til euene Þanne schalt þou blenche at a beruȝO.5.604: OR alone have beruȝ; variants include burgh (M), berch (Cr), berneȝ (C2), beech (F), brygge (GCot), and Bergh (WHmYCBL).  bere no fals witnesse He is fryþid in . wiþ floreyns  and oþere foos many Loke þou plukke no plante þere  for perel of þi soule Þanne schul ȝe se . seye soþ  so it be doO.5.607: OC2 alone have do in place of to. done In no manere ellis not  for no mannys biddyng Þanne schalt þou come to a court  as cleer as þe sunne Þe moot isO.5.610: OC2 alone lack of before mercy; C2 has þe in place of is. mercy  þe manere aboute Alle þe wallis been of witt  to holde wille oute And kirneled wiþ cristendoom  mankynde to saue Botraced wiþ beleue so  or þou beest not saued O.5.614: OC2 alone lack introductory And.Alle þe housis been hiled  halles & chaumbres Wiþ no leed but wiþ loue  & lowe speche as breþeren Þe brigge is of bidde wel  þe bette may þou spede Ich piler is of penaunce  of preyer to seyntis Of almesdedis arn þe hokis  þe gates hangen onne Grace hatte þe gateward  a goode man for-soþe His man hatte amende ȝow  for many men hym knowen Telleþ hym þis tokene  þat truþe wite þe soþe I parfornede þe penaunce  þe preest me enioynede And am ful sori for my synnes  & so I schal euere Whanne I þenke þer-on  þouȝ I were a pope Biddeþ . amende ȝow . meke hym  to his mayster ones To wayue vp þe wiket  þat þe womman schette Þoo adam & eue  eten appelis vnrosted Per Euam cuntisO.5.627: The misspelling of cunctis is shared by WGCLF and may therefore result from copying rather than a slip of the pen. clausa est  & per mariam virginem patefacta est & cetera For he haþ þe keye & þe cliket  þouȝ þe kyng slepe And if grace graunte þee  to goo in þis wise Þou schalt se in þi-self  truþe sitte in þin herte In a cheyne of charite  as þou a child were To suffre hym & segge nouȝt  aȝeyn þi sires wille Ac be war þanne of wraþþeO.5.634: O alone has the form wraþþe; no other variants include two thorns.  þat is a wicked schrewe He haþ enuye til hym  þat in þin herte sittiþ And poukeþ forþ pride  to preyse þi-seluen Þe boldenesse of þi beenfetis  makenO.5.637: OC2 alone have the form maken; variants include make (GYCBmBoF) and makeþ (WHmCrCotLR). þee blynde þanne AndO.5.638: OC2F alone lack þanne between And and worþest. worþest þou dryuen out as dew  & þe dore closed Keyed & cliketid  to kepe þee wiþ-outen Happeli an hundrdhundr[e]d wynter  er þou eft entre Þus myȝtist þou lesen his loue  to lete wel bi þi-seluen And neuere happeli eft entre  tilO.5.642: OC2 alone have til; most B manuscripts have but. grace þou haue Ac þer been seuene sistren  þat seruen truþe euere And been porters of þe posternes  þat to þe place longen Þat oon hatte abstynence  & humylite an-oþer CchariteCharite & chastite  been hise cheef maydenes Pacience & pees  myche peple þei helpen Largenesse þe lady  sche lete outO.5.648: OC2F alone have out in place of in. ful many Sche haþ holpen a þousande  out of þe deuelis pynfold And who-so is sibbe to þeise seuene  so me god helpe He is wondirlich . welcome  & fayre vndirfongen And but if ȝe be sibbe  to summe of þeise seuene It is ful hard bi myn hed quod peers  for any of ȝow alle To gete ingong at þe gate þere  but grace be þe more A Cutpurs . Now bi crist quod a cutpurs  I haue no kyn þere NonNo[r] I quod an apeward  bi ouȝt þat I knowe Wite god quod a waferer  wiste I þis for soþe Schulde I neuere ferþer a fote  for no freris prechyng Ȝis quod peers þe plowman  & poukede alleO.5.659: Only in OC2 does alle appear without a preceding pronoun or article. to goode Mercy is a mayden þere  haþ myȝt ouer alle And sche is sibbe to alle synful  & hir sone also And þoruȝ þe help of hem two  hope þou noon oþer Þou myȝtistO.5.663: OC2 alone have myȝtist in place of myȝt. gete grace þere  bi so þou go bi-tyme A pardoner Bi seynt poule quod a pardouner  parauenture I be not knowe þere. I wole fecche my box wiþ my breuettis  & a bulle wiþ bischoppis lettres..... A comune wommanO.5.666: The rubric is divided after comune, so that it appears as two lines. Bi crist quod a comune womman  þi companye wole I folewe Þow schalt seye I am þi sister  I ne woot where þei bicomenO.5.667: OC2 alone have the form bicomen; most B manuscripts have bicome. Passus SextusO.6.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. þ ÞIs were a wickide weye  but who-so hadde a guyde Þat wolde folewe vs ich a fote  þus þeise folk hem menedenO.6.2: O alone has the form meneden; most B manuscripts have mened. Quod perkyn þe plowman  bi seynt peter of rome I haue an half acre to erie  bi þe hye weye Hadde I eried þis half acre  & sowen it after I wolde wende wiþ ȝow  & þe weye teche Þis were a longe lettyng  quod a lady in a sleyre What schulden we wommen  worche þe whyles Summe schul sowe þe sakke quod peers  for schedyndschedyn[g] of þe whete And ȝe loueli ladies  wiþ ȝoure longe fyngris Þat ȝe haue silk & sendel  to sewe whanne tyme is Chesibles for chapeleyns  chirches to honoure Wyues & wydowes  wolle & flex spynneþ Makeþ cloþ I counceyle ȝow  & kenne so ȝoure douȝtres . nota .O.6.15: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish at the bottom. Þe nedy & þe nadkyd  nymeO.6.15: O alone has the form nyme; most B manuscripts have nymeþ. heed . how þei liggen And casteþ hem cloþis  for so biddiþO.6.16: OC2 alone have biddiþ in place of some variant of correctly alliterating comaundeþ. truþe For I schal lene hem lijflode  but if þe loond fayle Flesch & breed boþe  to riche & to poreO.6.18: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. As longe as I lyue  for oureO.6.19: OC2M alone have oure in place of þe. lordis loue of heuene And alle manere of men þat þoruȝ  mete & drynk libben Helpeþ hym to worche wyȝtliche  þat wynneþ ȝoure fodeO.6.21: The word fode is written in a different ink, possibly over an erasure; the supralinear <e> is written above a faded <e>. Bi crist quod a knyȝt þoo  he kenneþ vs þe best Ac on þe teem truli  tauȝt was I neuere Ac kenne me quod þe knyȝt  & I wole assaye Bi seynt poule quod perkyn  ȝe proferenO.6.25: OC2 alone have the form proferen in place of profre. ȝow so faire Þat I schal swynke & swete  & sowe for vs boþe And oþere labouris do for þi loue  al my lijf-tyme . þe lyuyng of trewe knyȝtisO.6.28: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines. A flourish (two rays and a central punctus, arranged vertically) appears at its left. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but the flourish resembles those surrounding words written in the main scribal hand. In couenaunt þat þou kepe  holy kirke & my-selue Fro wastouris & wikkide men  þat þis world stroyen And go hunte hardili  to hares & to foxes To bores & to brokkes  þat breken adoun myn hegges And go affayte þi faukouns  wylde bestisO.6.32: OC2 alone have bestis; most B manuscripts have correctly alliterating foweles. to kille For swyche comen to my croft  & croppen my whete Curteyselich þe knyȝt þanne  comsede hiseO.6.34: OC2 alone have hise in place of þise. wordis Bi my power peers quod he  I pliȝte þee my truþe To fulfille þis forward  þouȝ I fiȝte schulde As longe as I lyue  I schal þee mayntene Ȝhe & ȝit a poynt quod peers  I preye ȝow of more Loke ȝe tene no tenaunt  but truþe wole assente And þouȝ ȝe mowe amercye hem  latte mercy be taxour And mekenesse þi mayster  maugrey Medis chekis And þouȝ pore men proferenO.6.42: OC2 alone have the form proferen in place of profre. ȝow  presentis & ȝiftis Nyme it not in auenture  ȝe mowen it not deserue For þou schalt ȝelde it aȝeyn  at oon ȝeris eende In a ful perelous place  purgatorie it hatte Mysbede not þi bonde-men  þe better mayst þou spede Þouȝ he be þin vndirlyng heer  wel may happe in heuene Þat he worþier sitte  & wiþ more blysse Amice ascende superiusO.6.49: This line is written in the right margin. Þan þou but þou do bette  & lyue as þou schuldistO.6.50: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which appears only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. For in charnel &O.6.51: Only O has & unaccompanied by any other word, rendering the line unintelligible. It is unintelligible as well in the reading of Cr23YC2CB, & in. WHmCr1GLMRF have at(te) alone. cherche  cherlis been yuel to knowe Or a knyȝt from a knaue  knowe þis in þin herte And be trewe of þi tunge  & loke þou talis hatye But if it be of wisdam or witt  þi werkemen to chastise Holde wiþ noon harlottes  ne here not her talis And namelich at mete  swiche men eschewe For it been þe deuelis disouris  I do þee to vndirstonde I assente bi seyn Iames  þe knyȝt seyde þanne For to worche bi þi wordis  þe whyle my lijf dureþ how peers gooþ on pilgrimage . .O.6.60: The rubric is divided after gooþ, so that it appears on two lines. Two ticks in black, underlined in red, follow the rubric. I schal apparayle me quod perkyn  in pilgrimes wise And wende wiþ ȝow I wole  til we fynde truþe And caste on my cloþes  ycloutid & hole My cokeris & my cuffes  for coold of my nayles id est a seed leepO.6.64: A rubricated solidus/punctus above hoper and above seed identify the latter as a gloss. And hange myn hoper at myn hals  in stede of a scrippe A busschel of breed-corn  brynge me þer-inne For I wole sowe it my-self  & siþen wole I wende To pilgrimage as palmers doon  pardounO.6.67: GOC2F alone lack for before to. to haue Ac who-so helpiþ me to erie  or sowe . er I wende  Schal haue leue bi oure lord  to lacche hire in heruest And make myrie þer-myd  maugrey who-so grucchiþ And alle kyn crafti men  þat kunnen lyue in trouþe I schal fynde hem fode  þat feiþfulliche libben Saue iakke þe iogelour  & ionet of þe stues And danyel þe dees player  & enot þe bawde And þe frereO.6.75: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original frere þe. faytour  & folk of his ordre And robyn þe ribaudour  for hise rusti wordis Truþe tolde me ones  & bade me telle it after Deleantur de libro viuencium  I schulde not dele wiþ hem For holi chirche is hotenO.6.79: OC2 alone have the form hoten; all other beta witnesses have hote.  of hem no tiþe to take Quia cum iustis non scribantur Þei been ascaped good auenture  butO.6.81: OC2 alone have but in place of now or nothing at all in this position. god hem amende Dame worche whanne tyme is  Peers wijf hyȝte His douȝter hiȝte do riȝt so  or þi dame schal þee bete His sone hiȝte suffre  þi souereynysO.6.84: OC2RF alone lack to before haue. haue her wille Deme hem not . for if þou do  þou schalt fulO.6.85: OC2 alone have ful; most B manuscripts have it. dere abigge Latte god worþe wiþ al  forO.6.86: YOC2 alone lack so before his, obscuring the sense of the line. his word techiþ For now I am oold & hoor  & haue of myn owne þeiseO.6.88: The marginal word is apparently intended as a substitute for þis, but it is not marked for change. To penaunce & pilgrimage  I wole passe wiþ þis oþere ForO.6.89: OC2 alone have For; most B manuscripts have Forþi I wole er I wende  do write my biquest Testamentum petri .PlowmanO.6.90: The rubric is divided after Testamentum, so that it appears as two lines. In dei nomine amen  I make it my-selue He schal haue my soule  þat best haþ yserued it And fro þe feend it defende  for so I beleue Til I come to hise acountis  as me?y credo me telliþ To haue a relees & remissioun  on þat rental I leue Þe kirke schal haue my careyn  & kepe my bones For of my corn and catel  he crauede þe tiþe I payede it hym prestli  for perel of my soule For-þi is he holden I hope  to haue me in his messe And mengen in his memorie  amonge alle cristen My wijf schal haue of þat I wan  wiþ truþe & no more And dele among my douȝtres  & my dere children For þouȝ I dye to-day  my dettes arn quytte I bare hoom þat I borwede  er I to bedde ȝede And wiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt  bi þe rode of lukes I wole worschipe þerwiþ  truþe bi my lyue And be his pilgryme atO.6.106: YGOC alone have at in place of atte. plow  for pore mennys sake My plowfoot schal be my pijkstaf  & picche atwo þe rotis And helpe my cultur to kerue  & clense þe forwes Now is perkyn & hise pilgrimes  to þe plow faren To erie þis half acre  holpen hym manye Dikers & deluers  diggeden vp þe balkes Þer-wiþ was perkyn appayed  & preysede hem faste Oþere werkemen þer weren  þat wrouȝten ful ȝerne Ich man in his manere  made hym-self to done And summe to plese perkyn  pikeden vp þe wedis At hye pryme peers  lete þe plow stande To ouerseen hem hym-self  & who-so best wrouȝte He schulde be hyred þer-after  whanne heruest tyme come And þanne seten summe  & sungen at þe nale And holpen erie his half acre  wiþ hey trolly lolly Now bi þe perel of my soule quod peers  al in pure tene But ȝe arise þe raþer  & rape ȝow to worche Schal no greyn þat growiþ  glade ȝow at nede And þouȝ ȝe dye for deel  þe deuel haue þat reccheþ Þoo weren faytouris a-feerd  & feynede hem blynde Summe leyden her leggys a-liry  as swiche loseles kunnen And made her moone to peers  & preyeden hym of grace For we han no lymmes to laboure wiþ  lord y-gracied be ȝe Ac we preyenO.6.129: O alone has the form preyen; most B manuscripts have preie. for ȝow peers  &O.6.129: OC2 alone lack for before ȝoure. ȝoure plow boþe Þat god of his grace  ȝoure greyn multiplie lyueO.6.130: A solidus/punctus above ȝyuen and marginal lyue indicate that the latter is intended as a substitution. And ȝelde ȝow ofO.6.131: OC2 alone lack youre before almes. almes  þat ȝe ȝyuen vs heer For we mowen not swynke ne swete  swich seeknesse vs eyliþ Of ydel beggers If þis be soþ quod peers  I schal it soone aspye Ȝe been wastours I woot wel  & truþe woot þe soþe And I am his olde hyne  & hyȝte hym to warne Whyche þei weren in þis werld  hise werkemen appeyredenO.6.136: O alone has the form appeyreden; most other B manuscripts have apeired. Ȝe wasten þat men wynnen  wiþ trauayle & tene Ac truþe schal teche ȝow  his teem to dryue Or ȝe schul ete barli breed  & of þe brook drynke But if he be blynde or broken-legged  or bolted wiþ Irnes He schal ete sweteO.6.141: OC2 alone have swete; all other beta witnesses have whete. breed  & drynke wiþ my-selue Til god of his goodnes  amendement hym sende Ac ȝe myȝtenO.6.143: O alone has the form myȝten; most B manuscripts have myȝte. trauayle as truþe wolde  & take mete & hyre To kepe kijn in þe feeld  þe corn fro þe bestis Diken or deluen or deluen  or dyngen vp-on scheues Or helpe make morter  or bere muk a-feeld In leccherie & losengerie  ȝe lyuen & in sleuþe Of heremytis And al is þoruȝ sufferaunce  þat veniaunce ȝow ne takeO.6.148: OC2 alone have the form take in place of takeþ. Ac ancres & heremytis  þat eten not but at nones And no more er morwe  myn almesse schul þei haue And catel to cope hem wiþ  þat han cloystres & chirches Ac roberd renne-aboute  schal not haue of myn Ne posteles but þei preche kunne  & haue power of þe bischop Þei schul haue payn & potage  & make hem at ese For it is an vnresounable religioun  þat haþ no þing in certeyn Þanne gan a wastour to wraþþe hym  & wolde haue yfouȝtenO.6.156: OC2 alone have the form yfouȝten; variants include fought (CrHmGCBF) and yfouȝte (WYLMR). And to peersO.6.157: OC2F alone lack þe before plowman. plowman O.6.157: OC2 alone lack he before proferede. proferede his gloue A britoner a bragger  aO.6.158: a, "he." bostede peers als And bade hym go pisse hymO.6.159: GOC2 alone include hym. wiþ his plow  forpyned schrewe Wilt þou or nylt þou  we wole haue oure wille Of þi floure & of þi flesche  fecche whanne vs likeþ And make vs myrie þer-myd  maugrey þi chekes Þanne peersO.6.163: OC2 alone lack þe before plowman. plowman  pleynede hym to þe knyȝt To kepe hym as couenaunt was  fro curside schrewis And fro þeise wastours wolf-skynnes  þat maken þe werld dere For þoo wasten & wynnen nouȝt  & þat ilke whyle  Worþ neuere plente amonge þe peple  þe whyle my plow liggeþ Miles Curteyslich þe knyȝt þanne  as his kynde wolde Warnede wastour  & wissede hym þeO.6.169: Cr3OC2 alone include þe. better Or þou schalt abigge bi þe lawe  bi þe ordre þat I bere wastour I nasO.6.171: OC2 alone have nas in place of was. not wont to wirche quod wastour  & now I nylle bigynne And lete liȝt of þe lawe  & lesse of þe knyȝt And sette peers at a pese  & his plow boþe And manacede peers & hise men  if þei mette eft-soone Now bi þe perel of my soule quod peers  I schal appeyre ȝow alle And houpede after hungur  þat herde hym at þe first A-wreke me of þeise wastouris quod he  þat þis werld schenden Hungur in hast þoo  hente wastour bi þe mawe And wronge hym so bi þe wombe  þat boþe hise yen wattredenO.6.179: O alone has boþe hise yen wattreden; most B manuscripts have boþe hise eiȝen watrede. He buffatede þe britoner  aboute þe chekis Þat he lokede lijk a lanterne  al his lijf after He bette hem so boþe  he braste neer her guttis Ne hadde peers wiþ a peyse loof  preyede hungur to cece Þei hadden been doluen boþe  ne deme þou noon oþer Suffre hem lyue he seyde  & latte hem ete wiþ hogges Or ellis benes & bran  ybaken to-gyderes Or ellis mylk & meyne ale  þus preyede peers for hemO.6.187: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. FawtoursO.6.188: O alone has this form in place of some variant of Faitours. See the note at 2.184. for feer þerof  flowen in-to bernes And flappeden on wiþ fleyles  fro morwen til euen Þat hungur was not so hardy  on hem for to loke For a potful of pesen  þat peers hadde y-maked An heep of heremytis  henten hem spades And kitten her copis  & curtbies hem made And wenten as werkemen  wiþ spades & schouelis And delueden & dikeden  to dryue awey hungur nota how beggers & wastouris been chastisedO.6.196: The rubric appears in the top right margin, divided after nota,& and been, so that it appears as four lines. The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at left, right, and bottom. Blynde & bedered  weren botened a þousande Þat seten to begge syluer  soone weren þei heled For þat was baken for bayerd  was bote for many hungry And many begger for benes  buxum was to swynke And ich a pore man wel payed  to haue pesen for herO.6.200: OC2 alone have plural her in place of his or omission. hyre And what peers preyede hem to do  as prest as a sperauk And þerof was peers proude  & putte hem to werke And ȝaf hem mete as he myȝte aforþe  & resounableO.6.203: Cr3OC2 alone have resounable in place of correctly alliterating mesurable. hyre Þanne hadde peers pite  & preyede hungur to wende  Hoom . in-to his owne erþe  & holden hym þere For I am wel awroken now  of wastouris þoruȝ þi myȝt Ac I preye þee er þou passe  quod peers to hungur Of beggers ofO.6.208: Only OC2 have of alone; variants include and (CrYCBM) and and of (WHmGLRF). bidders  what best be to done For I woot wel . be þou went  þei wolen doO.6.209: HmOC2 alone have do in place of werche or worchen. ful ille For myscheef it makiþ  þei been so meke nouþe And for defaute of her fode  þis folk is at my wille And ȝit þeiO.6.212: Only YOC2 have And ȝit þei; all other beta witnesses have Thei alone. arn my blody breþeren quod peers  for god bouȝte vs alle Truþe tauȝte me ones  to loue hem ichone And to helpe hem of al þing  ay as hem nediþ And now wolde I wite of þee  what were þe best And how I myȝte amastrie hem  & make hem to worche Bolde beggers Here now quod hungur  & holde it for a wisdam Bolde beggers & bigge  þat mowen her breed biswynke Wiþ houndis breed & hors breed  holde vp her hertis Abate hem wiþ benes  for bolnyng of her wombe And if þei grucche þanne  bidde hem go swynke And he schal soupe swetter  whanne he it haþ deserued And if þou fynde any freek  þat fortune haþ appeyrid Or any manere fawtiO.6.224: Cr3OC2 alone include some variant of fawti; most B manuscripts have false. manO.6.224: Cr3OC2 alone have the singular form.  fonde þou swiche to knowe Counforte hem wiþ þi catel  for cristis loue of heuene Loue hem & lene hem  for so þe lawe techiþ Alter alterius onera portate & cetera And alle manere of menO.6.228: OC2C alone lack þat before þou.  þou myȝtistO.6.228: OC2 alone have the form myȝtist in place of myȝt. aspye Þat nedy been & nouȝti  helpe hem wiþ þi goodes Loue hem & lakke hem not  latte god take þe veniaunce Þouȝ þei doon yuele  latte god worthe Michi vindictam & ego retribuam AcO.6.233: O alone has Ac in place of And. if þou wilt be gracious to goO.6.233: A solidus/punctus above go, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin, indicate deletion, but no substitute is supplied. The error is shared by Cr3C2.  do as þe gospel techiþ And biloue þee amongys low men  so schalt þou lacche grace Facite vobis amicos  de mammona iniquitatis I wolde not greue god quod peers  for al þe good on ground Myȝte I synneles do as þou seyst  seyde peers þanne Ȝhe I bihote þee quod hungur  or ellis þe bible lieþ Go to genesis þe geaunt  þe engendrour of vs alle In sudore & in swynk  þou schalt þi mete tilie And laboure for þi lijflode  & so oure lord hiȝte And sapience seiþ þe same  I seyȝ it in þe bible Piger pro frigore  no feeld nolde tilie And þerfore schal he begge & bidde  & no man bete his hungur Mathew wiþ mannys face  mouþed þeise wordis Þat seruus nequam hadde a nam  & for he nolde not chaffare He hadde maugre of his mayster  for euere-more after And bynam hym hys nam  for he ne wolde worche And ȝaf þat nam to hym  þat ten nammes hadde And wiþ þat he seyde  þat holi chirche it herde He þat haþ schal haue  & helpe þere it nediþ And he þat nouȝt haþ schal not haue  & no man hym helpe And þat he weneþ wel to haue  I wole it hym bereue Kynde witt wolde  þat ich a wyȝt wrouȝte Or in dykyng or in deluyng  or trauaylynge in preyeris Contemplatijf lijf or actijf  crist wolde þei wrouȝten Þe sauter seiþ in þe salme  of beati omnes Þe freek þat fediþ hym-self  wiþ his feiþful labour He is blessid bi þe book  in body & in soule Labores manuum tuarum & ceteraO.6.260: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after manuum, and a red parasign appears at the beginning of the second line. Ȝit I preye ȝow quod peers  pur charite & ȝe kunne Any leef of leche-craft  lere it me my dere For summe of my seruauntis & my-self  been seek oþer-whyleO.6.263: YOC2 alone have ben seke otherwhyle in place of boþe. Of al þeO.6.264: OC2F alone have þe in place of a. weke worchen not  so oure wombe akeþ I woot wel quod hungur  what seeknesse ȝow eyliþ Ȝe han manged to myche  & þat makeþ ȝow to grone And I hote þee quod hungur  as þou þin hele wilnest Þat þou drynke no day  er þou dyne sum-what Ete not I hote þee  er hungur þee take And sende þee of his sauce  to sauere wiþ þi lippis And kepe sum to soper tyme  & sitte not to longe And rise vp er appetijt  haue eten his fille Latte not sire surfayt  sitten at þi boord Leeue hym not for he is leccherous  & likerous of his tunge And after And after many manere metis  his mawe is a-fyngred And if þou diete þee þus  I dar legge my eres Þat phisik schal his furred hood  for his fode selle And his cloke of calabre  wiþ alle þe knappis of gold And be fayn bi my feiþ  his phisik to lete And lere to laboure wiþ loond  for lijflode is swete For murþerers arn many leches  lord hem amende Þei doon men dye þoruȝ her drynkis  er destyne wolde Bi seynt poule quod peers  þeise arn profitable wordis O.6.284-285: These lines are transposed.Wende now hungur whanne þou wilt  þat wel be þee euere For þis is a loueli lessoun  lord it þee forȝelde Bihote god quod hungur  hennys wole I not wende Til I haue dyned bi þis day  & ydrunke boþe I haue no peny quod peers  polettis for to bigge Ne neiþer goos ne grijs  but two grene chesis A fewe cruddis & creem  & an hauer cake And two loues of benes & bran  ybakenO.6.291: OC2 alone have the form ybaken; variants include bake (CrG), y bok yt (F), I take (CB) and ybake (WHmYLMR). for my fauntis And ȝit I seye bi my soule  I haue no salt bakoun Ne no cokeney bi crist  coloppis toO.6.293: OC2 alone have to; most B manuscripts have for to. make Ac I haue percel & porettis  & many cole plantes And eek a cow & a calf  & a cart mare To drawe a-feeld my dung  þe whyle þe wedir is drye And bi þis lijflode we moten lyue  til heruest-tyme comeO.6.297: YOC2 alone include come. And bi þat I hope to haue  heruest in my croft And þanne may I dyȝte þi dyner  as me dere likeþ Al þe pore peple  þoo pescoddis fetten Benes & baken appeles  þei brouȝten in her lappis Chibolles & cheruelles  & ripe chiries many To make peers a present  to plese wiþ his hungur Al . hungur eete in hast  & askede after more Þanne pore folk for feer  fedden hungur ȝerne Wiþ grene porettis & pesen  to poysen hungur þei þouȝten By þat neyȝhede itO.6.307: OC2 alone transpose it neyȝhede. heruest  newe corn come to chepyng Þanne was folk fayn  & fedde hemO.6.308: OC2CF alone have hem in place of hunger. of þe best Wiþ good ale as glotoun tauȝte  & gerte hungur go slepe And þoo wolde wastour not wirche  but wandrede aboute Ne no begger ete breed  þat benes Inne weren But of coket or cleer-matyn  or ellis of clene whete Ne noon halpeny ale  in no wise drynke But of þe best & þe brounest  þat in boruȝ is to selle Laboreres þat haddeO.6.315: OC2 alone have the preterite form. no loond  but lyue wiþO.6.315: YOC2F alone have but lyue wiþ in place of to lyue on but. her handis Wolden ete no nyȝt-oldeO.6.316: An otiose mark appears above the <o> in olde. wortis  ne drynke no peny-aleO.6.316: YOC2 here spoil the alliteration by conflating the following two lines: "Deyne[þ] noȝt to dyne a day nyȝt olde wortes. May no peny ale hem paie, ne no pece of bacoun." But fresch flesch oþer fisch  fryed oþer bakenO.6.317: O alone has fryed oþer baken; variants include fryed ouþer ybake (WBo), fryed othur bake (HmCr3YCBmL), Fried oþer bakon (C2), fryed or bake (GCot), fried ether or bake (Cr12), rosted or baken (M), and omission. And þat chaud or plus chaud  for chillyng of her mawe And but he be hyeO.6.319: OC2 alone have hye in place of heiȝliche. hyrid  ellis wole he chyde Aȝens catouns counceyl  comseþ he to iangle Paupertatis onus pacienter ferre memento He greueþ hym aȝeyn god  & grucchiþ aȝeyn resoun And he curseþ þe kyng  & al his counceyl after Swiche lawes to loke  laboreris to greue And whyles hungur was her mayster  wolden þei notO.6.325: O alone has wolden þei not; variants include þanne wolde none (F), þer wolde noon of hem (WHmLMR), non off þem wold (G), not one of hem wold (Cr), and wolde they nat (YC2CB). chyde Ne stryue aȝens his statute  so sternelich he lokede Ac I warne ȝow werkemen  wynneþ while ȝe mowen For hungur hidirward  hastiþ hym faste He schal awake wiþ water  wastouris to chastiseO.6.329: OC2 alone have chastise; most B manuscripts have chaste. Er fyue ȝeer be fulfild  swich famyn schal arise Þoruȝ flodes & foule werdisO.6.331: OC2Bm alone have werdis; most B manuscripts have wedres.  frutes schul fayle And so seyde saturne  & sente ȝow to warne Whanne ȝe seen þe sunne amys  & two monkes hedis And a mayde haue þe maystrye  & multiplye bi eyȝte Þanne schal deþ wiþdrawe  & derþe be iustise And dawe þe dyker  deye for hungur But if god of his goodnesse  graunte vs a trewe Passus . 7usseptimus .O.7.000: The hand which wrote this passus heading, one contemporary with the main scribe, is not seen elsewhere in the manuscript. TRuþe herde tell her-of  & to peers sente To taken hys teem  & tilie þe erþe A pena & a culpaO.7.3: The rubric is divided after a, so that it appears as two lines. Three ticks, the first underlined in red, follow it. And purchacede hym a pardouna pena & a culpa For hym & for hise eires  for euere-more after And bade hym holde hym at home  & erien hise leyes And alle þat holpen hym to erie  to sette or to sowe Or any oþer myster  þat myȝte peers auayle Pardoun wiþ peers plowman  truþe haþ ygrauntid Kyngys & knyȝtis  þat kepen holy chirche And riȝtfulli in rewmes  rulen þe peple Han pardoun þoruȝ purgatorie  to passe ful liȝt Wiþ patriarkes & prophetis  in paradice to be felawe Bischoppis yblessid . if þei been . as þei schulden Legistres of boþe þe lawes  þe lewid . þer-wiþ to preche O.7.15: OC2 alone lack introductory And. In as myche as þei mowen  amende alle synful Arn peres wiþ þe apostelis  þis pardoun Peers schewiþ And at þe day of doom  at þe hye deys to sitte MarchauntisO.7.18: Another hand, apparently hand 3, has substituted a supralinear <d> for the <t> in Marchauntis. Marchauntis in þe margyne  hadden many ȝeres Ac noon a pena &O.7.19: CrO alone lack a second a before culpa.culpa  þe pope nolde hem graunte For þei holden not her halidayes  as holi chirche techiþ And for þei sweren bi her soule  & so god muste hem helpe Aȝens clene concience  her catel to selle Ac vndir herO.7.23: OC2 alone have plural her in place of his. secreet sehel  truþe sente hem a lettre Þat þei schulden bigge boldli  þat hem likede bestO.7.24: OC2 alone transpose best likede. And siþen selle it aȝeyn  & saue þe wynnyng How þou schalt do þin almesO.7.26: The rubric is divided after do, so that it appears as two lines. And amende mesondeux þer-myd  & myseyse folk helpe And wikkide weyes  wyȝtliche hem amende And do bote to brygges  þat to-broken weren Marien maydenes  or maken hem nunnes Pore peple & prysones  fynde hem her lijflode And setten scolers to scole  or to summe oþere craftes Releue religioun  & renten hem better And I schal sende ȝow my-self  seynt Myhel myn archaungel Þat no deuel schal ȝow dere  ne fere ȝow in ȝoure doynge And wite ȝow fro whanhope  if ȝe wole þus worche And send ȝoure soulis in-toO.7.36: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. sauete  to my seyntis in Ioye Þanne weren marchaundis myrie  &O.7.37: YOC2M alone have and in place of correctly alliterating manye. wepten for Ioye And preyseden peers þe plowman  þat purchacede þis bulle Men of lawe leest pardoun hadde  þat pleteden for mede For þe sauter saueþ hem not  swyche as taken ȝiftis And nameli of Innocentis  þat noon yuel kunnen Super Innocentem munera non accipies Pledours schuldenO.7.43: O alone has the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. pyne hem  to plede for swiche & helpe Prynces & prelatis schulden  paye . for her trauayle A regibus & principibus erit merces eorum Ac many iustises & iurour  wolden for ion do more Þan pro dei pietate  leue þou noon oþer Ac he þat spendiþ his speche  & spekiþ for þe pore Þat is Innocent & nedy  & no man appeyreþ Counfortiþ hym in þat caas  wiþ-outen coueytise of ȝiftis And schewiþ lawe for oure lordis loue  as he it haþ lerned Schal no deuel at his deþ-day  deren hym a myte Þat he ne worþ saaf & his soule  þe sauter bereþ witnesse Domine quis habita...bit in tabernaculo tuo . Ac to bigge water ne wijnd  ne witt ne fijr þe ferþe Þeise foure þe fadir of heuene  made to his folde in comune Þeise been truþis tresoris  trewe folk to helpe Þat neuere schul waxe ne wanye  wiþO.7.58: OC2 alone lack oute(n) after wiþ, so that the sense of the line is destroyed. god hym-selue Whanne þei drawen vn-to þe deþ  & Indulgences wolden haue His pardoun is ful petyt  at her partyng hennys Þat any mede of mene men  for his motyng takiþ Ȝe legistres & lawyers  holden þis for truþe Þat if þat I lye  mathew is to blame For he bade me takemakeO.7.64: OC2 alone have take. ȝow þis  & þis prouerbe me toldeO.7.64: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines  facite eis Alle libbynge laborers  þat lyuen wiþ her handis Þat trulich taken  & truliche wynnen And lyuen in loue & in lawe  for her lowe hertis HanO.7.69: OC2 alone have Han; variants include Haueþ (WCrYLMR), haue (HmG), þey have (F), Has (C), and Haþ (B). þe same absolucioun  þat sent was to peers Beggers ne bidders  ne been not in þe bulle But if þe suggestioun be soþ  þat schapiþ hem to begge For he þat beggyþ or bit  but if he haue nede He is fals wiþ þe feend  & defraudiþ þe nedy And also he bigyleþ þe gyuer  aȝeynys his wille For if he wiste he were not nedy  he wolde it gyue an-oþer Þat were more nedy þan he  so þe nedyest schulde be holpen Catoun kenneþ me þus  & þe clerk of stories catoun of almes-dedisO.7.78: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines. Cui des videto  is catounys techynge And in þe stories he techiþ  to bestowe þin almes SiþSi[t] elemosina tua in manu tua donec studes cui des Ac gregori was a good man  & bade vs ȝyuenO.7.81: OC2 alone have the form ȝyuen in place of gyuen. alle Þat asken for his loue  þat vs alle leneþ Non eligas cui miserearis ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipere / Quia Incertum est pro quo deum magis placeas For ȝe woten neuere who is worþi  ac god woot who haþ nede In hym þat takeþ is þe trecherie  if any tresoun walke For he þat ȝyueþ ȝeldiþ  & ȝarkeþ hym to rest And he þat biddiþ borweþ  & bryngeþ hym-self in dette For beggers borwen euere-moo  & her boruȝ is god almyȝti To ȝelden hem þat ȝyuen hem  & ȝit vsure more Quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam vt ege O.7.91: OC2 alone have ege in place of ego. veniens cum vsuris exigere & cetera Of falseO.7.92: The <l> and <s> in false are connected by a ligature because of a cut in the vellum. beggerisO.7.92: The rubric is divided after beg-, so that it appears as two lines. For-þi biddeþ not ȝe beggers  but if ȝe han nede For who-so may bigge hym breed  þe book beriþ witnesse He haþ ynow þat haþ breed ynow  þowȝ he haue not ellis Satis dyues est qui non indiget pane Latte vsage be ȝoure be ȝoure solace  of seyntis lyues redyng Þe book banneþ beggrie  & blameþ in þis manere Iunior fui etenim senui & non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius querens panem & cetera For ȝe lyuen in no loue  ne no lawe holden Many of ȝow ne weddenO.7.100: OC2 alone have ne wedden; most B manuscripts have ne wedde. not  þe womman ȝe wiþ delen But as wylde beestis wiþ we-he  &O.7.101: OC2 alone include this ampersand, which weakens the sense of the line. worþ vp & worchen And bryngen forþ barnes  þat basterdis men callen Or þe bak or sum boon  he brekiþ in his ȝouþe And siþþen goon faiten wiþ herO.7.104: OC2 alone have her; most B manuscripts have youre. fauntis  for euere-more after Þer is moo mysschappid peple  amongys þeise beggers Þan of alle manere men  þat on þis moolde walken And þei þat lyuen þus her lijf  mowen loþe þe tyme Þat euere he was man wrouȝt  whanne he schal hennys fare Ac olde men & hore  þat helples been of strengþe Þe pardoun of peris Plowman .O.7.110: The rubric is divided after pardoun and peris, so that it appears on three lines. And wommen wiþ childe  þat worche ne mowen Blynde & bedrede  & broken her membres Þat taken þeise mescheues mekeliche  as meseles & oþere Han aO.7.113: OC2F alone have a; most B manuscripts have as. pleyn pardoun  as þe plowman hym-seluen For loue of her lowe hertis  oure lord haþ hem grauntid  Her penaunce & her purgatorie  heer on þis erþe Peers quod a preest þoo  þi pardoun muste I rede For I wole construe ich a clause  & kenne it þee on englisch And peers at his preyer  þe pardoun vnfoldiþ And I bihynde hem boþe  bihelde al þe bulle Al in two lynes it lay  & not a leef more And was writen riȝt þus  in witnesse of truþe Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam . qui vero mala in ignem eternum Peter quod þe preest þoo  I can no pardoun fynde But do wel & haue wel  & god schal haue þi soule And do yuele & haue yuele  hope þou noon oþer But after þi deþ day  þe deuel schal haue þi soule And peers for pure tene  pullede it atweyne And seide . si ambulauero in medio vmbro mortis non timeboO.7.128: OC2 alone lack mala or malum following timebo. quoniam tu mecum esO.7.128: Line 128 is divided after tu, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. I schal cecen of my sowyng quod peers  & swynke not so hardeO.7.129: Line 129 is divided after not, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ne be aboute my beli ioye  so bisili no more Of preyeris & pen.aunce my plow  schal be her-after And wepe whan I schulde slepe  þouȝ whete breed me fayle d 2 Þe prophete his payn eete  in penaunce & in sorwe Bi þat þe sauter seiþ  so diden many oþere Þat loueþ god lelly  his lijflode is ful esye Fuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte And but if luke lye  he lereþ vs bi foulis We schulden not be to bisye  aboute þe werldis blis Ne soliciti sitis  he seiþ in þe gospel And schewiþ vs bi ensaumples  oure-seluen to wisse Þe foules in þe feeld  who fynt hem mete at wynter Haue þei no gerner to go to  but god fynt hem alle What quod þe preest to perkyn  peter as me þinkeþ Þou art letterid a litil  who lernede þee on booke Abstynence þe abbesse quod peers  myn a b c me tauȝte And concience come afterward  & kende me myche more Were þou a preest peers quod he  þou myȝtist preche where þou schuldist As dyuynour in dyuynyte  wiþ dixit insipiens to þi teme Lewid lorel quod peers  litil lokest þou on þe bible OrO.7.150: OC2 alone include Or. on salomons sawes  selden þou biholdist Eice derisores & iurgia cum eis ne crescant & cetera Þe preest & perkyn  apposede eyþer oþer And I þoruȝ her wordis  a-woke & waytede aboute And seyȝ þe sunne in þe souþ  sate þat tyme Meteles & monyles  on maluerne hilles Musynge on þeise metelis  & my weye ich ȝede Many tyme þeise metelis  han maad me studie Of þat I seyȝ slepynge  if it so be myȝte And also for peers þe plowman  ful pensyf in herte And whych a pardoun peers hadde  alle þe peple to counforte And how þe preest impugnede it  wiþ two propre wordis Ac I haue no sauour in sompnewarieO.7.162: OC2F alone have the form sompnewarie in place of songewarie.  for I see it ofte fayle Catoun & canonystres  counceylen vs to leue To sette sadnesse in sompnewarie  for sompnia ne cures Ac for þe book of þe bible  bereþ wittenesse How danyel dyuynede  þe dremes of a kyng Þat was Nabugodonosor  nempned of clerkis Danyel seyde sire kynge  þi dremelis bitokenen Þat vnkouþe knyȝtis schul come  þi kyngdam to cleue Amongys lower lordis  þi loond schal be departid And as danyel dyuynede  in dede it fel after Þe kyng lees his lordschip  & lower men it hadde And Ioseph mette merueylouslich  how þe mone &O.7.173: OC2F alone lack þe before sunne. sunne And þe elleuene sterres  haylesede hem alle Þanne iacob iuggede  iosephs sweuene Bew fitz quod his fadir  for defaute we schullen  I my-self & my sones  seche þee for nede It bifel as his fadir seyde  in pharaoes tyme Þat ioseph was iustise  egypt to loken It bifel as ahis fadir tolde  hise frendis þere hym souȝten And al þis makiþ me  on þeise meteles to þenke And how þe preest preuede  no pardoun to do-wel And demede þat . do-wel  indulgences passede Byennalis & tryennalis  & bischoppis lettres And how do-wel at þe day of doom  is dignelich vndirfonge And passeþ al þe pardoun  of seynt peteris chircheO.7.186: OC2 alone lack the following nine lines attested by all other B manuscripts: "Now haþ þe pope power pardon to graunte [Th]e peple wiþouten penaunce to passen [to ioye] This is [a leef of] oure bileue, as lettred men vs techeþ Quodcumque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum & in celis & And so I leue lelly, lor[d] forb[e]de ellis, That pardon and penaunce and preieres doon saue Soules þat haue synned seuen siþes dedly. Ac to trust [on] þise triennals, trewely, me þynkeþ It is noȝt so siker for þe soule, certes, as is dowel." now haþ þe per .O.7.187: The marginal addition is divided after þe, so that it appears as two lines. Any text that may have followed has been lost to cropping; it would have appeared as a continuation of the first marginal line, since per appears alone on the second with blank space following it. It would seem to have been a version of the first missing line following l. 186, "Now haþ þe pope power pardon to graunte." For-þi I rede ȝow renkes  þat riche been on þis erþe Vp-on trist of ȝoure tresore  triennalis to haue Be ȝe neuere þe balder  to breke þe ten hestis And namelich ȝe maystris  meyres & iugges Þat han þe welþe of þis werld  & wise men been holden To purchace ȝow pardoun  atO.7.192: OC2 alone have at; all other beta witnesses have and. þe popes bulles At þe dredeful doom  whanne dede schul arise And comeO.7.194: OC2 alone have the form come in place of comen. al bifore crist  acountis to ȝelde How þou laddist þi lijf heer  & hise lawes keptest And how þou didist day bi day  þe doom wole reherce Of pardoun . A poke-ful of pardoun þere  ne prouyncialis lettres Þouȝ ȝe be founden in þe fraternyte of alle þe foure ordris And haue indulgences double-foold  but if do-wel ȝow helpe I sette ȝoure patentes & ȝoure pardoun  at a pies hele For-þi I counceyle alle cristen  to crye god mercy And marie his modir  be oure mene bitwene Þat god gyue vs grace heer  er we goon hennys Swiche werkis to wirche  whyle we been heer Þat after oure deþ-day  do-wel reherce At þe day of doom  we didenO.7.206: OC2 alone have the form diden in place of dide. as he hyȝte Passus octauusO.8.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. Flourishes consisting of two rays with a central tick, arranged vertically, appear at the left and right of the heading. Þvs yrobed in russet  I romede aboute Al a somer sesoun  for to seke do-wel And fraynede ful oft  of folk þat I mette If any wiȝt wiste where  do-wel . was at Inne And what man he myȝte be  of many man I axede Was neuere wiȝt as I wente  þat me wisse kouþeO.8.6: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Where þis leode lenged lasse ne moore." Til it be-fel on a fryday  two freris I mette Maystris of þe menouris  men of greet witte I haylesede hem heendeli  as I hadde lerned And preyede hem pur charite  er þei passeden ferþer If þei knewen any cuntre  or coostes as þei wentenO.8.11: OC2 alone have as þei wenten; all other beta witnesses have as þei wente. Where þat . do-wel . dwelliþ  doþ me to witen For þei been men of þis moold  þat moost wijlde walken And knowen cuntrees & courtis  & many kyns places Boþe princes paleycis  & pore mennys cotes And do-wel & do-yuele  where þei dwellen boþe Amongys vs quod þe menouris  þat man is dwellynge And euere haþ as I hope  & euere schal her-after Contra Contra quod I as a clerk  & comsede to dispute Sepcies in die cadit iustiO.8.20: The rubric is divided after sepcies, die, and cadit, so that it appears as four vertical lines in the right margin opposite ll. 8.20-8.23. And seyde hem soþeli  sepcies in die cadit iustus Seuene siþes seiþ þe book  synneþ þe riȝtful And who-so synneþ he seydeO.8.22: OC2C alone have he seyde; variants include I say (Cr), I seide (WGYLMR), as y seyde (Hm), seide he (B), and in doynge he (F).  doþ yuele as me þinkeþO.8.22: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "[That] dowel and do yuele mowe noȝt dwelle togideres." Ergo he is not alwey  amongys ȝow freris He is oþer-whyle ellis-where  to wisse þe peple I schal seye þee my sone  seyde þe frere þanne How seuene siþes þe sadman  on a day synneþ Bi aforbisena forbisen quod þe frere  I schal þe fayre schewe Latte brynge a man in a boot  a-myd þe brode water Þe wijnd & þe water  & þe boot waggynge Makeþ a man many tyme  to falle & to stumbleO.8.30: OC2 alone have stumble; all other beta witnesses have stonde. For stonde he neuere so stiffe  he stumbleþ if he meueþ Ac ȝit is he saaf & sound  & so hym bihoueþ For if he ne arise þe raþer  & rauȝte to þe stere Þe wijnd wolde wiþ þe water  þe boot ouerþrowe And þanne were his lijf lost  þoruȝ laccheyse of hym-seluen And þus it falliþ quod þe frere  bi folk heer on erþe Þe water is likned to þe werld  þat wanyeþ & waxeþ Þe goodes of þis ground arn lijk  to þe grete wawes Þat as wyndes & wederes  walken aboute Þe boot is likned to oure body  þat brotel is of kynde Þat þoruȝ þe feend & þe flesch  & þe frele werld Synneþ þe sadman  a day seuene siþes Ac dedli synne doþ he not  for do-wel hym kepeþ And þat is charite þe champioun  cheef help aȝens synne For he strengþedeO.8.45: OYCr1 alone have the preterite form. man to stonde  & steriþ mannys soule And þouȝ þi body bowe  as boot doþ in þe water Ay is þi soule saaf  but if þi-self wole  Do a dedli synne  & drenche þi soule God wole suffre wel þi slouþe  if þi-self likeþ For he ȝaf þee to ȝersȝyue  to ȝeme wel þiselue And þat is witt & fre wille  to euery wiȝt a porcioun To fleynge foules to fischis  & also to beestis Ac man haþ moost þerof  & moost is to blame But if he wirche wel þerwiþ  as do-wel hym techeþ I haue no kynde knowyng quod I  to conceyue alle ȝoure wordis Ac if I may lyue & loke  I schal go lerne better I bikenne þee crist  þat on þe crosse dyede And I seyde . þe same  saue ȝow fro meschaunce And gyue ȝow grace on þis ground  goode men to worþe And þus I wente wyde-where  walkynge myn oone Bi a wylde wildernesse  & bi a wode-syde Blis of þe bryddis  brouȝte me a-slepe And vndir a lynde vp-on a launde  lenede I a stounde To lyþe þe layes  þoo loueli foules maden Mirþe of her mouþes  made me þere to slepe Þe meruelousest meteles  mette IO.8.66: YOC2 alone include I. me þanne Þat euere dremede wiȝt  in werld as I wene A myche man as me þouȝte  & lijk to me-selue Come & callede me  bi my kynde name What art þou quod I þoo  þat þou my name knowist Þat þou wost wel quod he  & no manO.8.71: OC2 alone have man in place of correctly alliterating wiȝt. better Woot I what þou art  þouȝt . seyde he þanne I haue sued þee þis seuene ȝer  seyȝ þou me no raþer Art þou þouȝt . quod I þoo  þou koudest me wisse Where þat do-wel dwelliþ  & do me þat to knowe Do-wel & do-bette & do-best O.8.76: OC2 alone lack þe before þridde. þridde quod he Arn þre fayre vertues  & been not feer to fynde Who-so is trewe of his tunge  & of hise two handis And þoruȝ his labour or hise londes  his lijflode wynneþ And is tristi ofO.8.80: GOC2 alone lack his before taylyng. taylyng  takiþ but his owne And is not drunklew ne dedeynous  do-wel hym folewiþ Do-bette doþ riȝt þus  & he doþ mych more He is as lowe as a lombe  & louelich of speche And helpiþ alle men  after þat hem nediþ Þe baggys & þe bigyrdeles  he haþ to-broke hem alle Þat þe erle auarous  helde . & hise eyris And þus wiþ mammonaes money  he haþ maad hym freendis And is runne to religioun  & haþ rendrid þe bible And prechede to þe peple seynt poulis wordis Libenter suffertis insipientes cum sitis ipsi sapientes And suffrenO.7.91: OC2 alone have the form suffren; most other B manuscripts have suffreþ. þe vnwyse  wiþ ȝow for to libbe And wiþ glad wille doon hem good  for so god ȝow hotiþ Do-best Do-best is aboue hemO.8.93: OC2F alone include hem. boþe  & bereþ a bischoppis croos Is hoked on þat oon eende  to hale men fro helle A pyke is on þe potent  to pilteO.8.95: OC2 alone have pilte. Variants include pulte (L), pelte (R), pul (Cr), pulle (Y), pytten (F), putte (WHmBM), pute (C), and put (G); Kane and Donaldson emend to punge. The form pilte is defined by the MED as "to thrust, push, strike"; pulte and pelte are listed as variants. The form pungen is listed as a variant of pingen, "to push (a door), batter; shove," "to pierce or stab." Skeat (Vol. II, 419) notes that the word's literal meaning is "goad." adoun þe wikkide Þat wayten any wikkidnesse  do-wel to tene And do-wel & do-bette  amongys hem ordeynedenO.8.97: O alone has ordeyneden; variants include han ordeyned (WHmCr), ordeyned (YGC2CLMR), and ordeyneþ (B). To crowne oon to be kyng  to rulen hem boþe Þat if do-wel or do-bette  doþO.8.99: A solidus/punctus above the word and a caret/punctus in the left margin indicate deletion of doþ, but no substitute is supplied. OC2 alone have doþ; most B manuscripts have the preterite. aȝens do-best Þanne schal þe kyng come  & casten hem in Irnes And but if do-best bidde for hem  þei be þere for euere Þus do-wel & do-bette  & do-best þe þridde CrownedenO.8.103: O alone has the form crowneden; all other beta witnesses have crouned. oon to be kyng  to kepen hem alle And to rule þiO.8.104: OC2 alone have þi in place of (al) þe. rewme  bi her þre wittis And noon oþer-wyse but as þei þre assentedenO.8.105: O alone has assenteden; most B manuscripts have assented. I þankede þouȝt þoo  þat he me þus tauȝte Ac ȝit saueriþ me not þi seggyng  I coueyte to lerne How do-wel . do-bette & do-best  doon amongys þe peple But witt kun wisse þee quod þouȝt  where þoo þre dwellen Ellis woot I noon þat can  þat now is a-lyue Þouȝt & I þus  þre dayes ȝeden Disputynge vp-on do-wel  day after oþer And er we weren ywarO.8.113: O alone has weren ywar; most B manuscripts have were war.  wiþ witt gonne IO.8.113: OC2 alone have I in place of we. mete He was longe & lene  liche to noon oþer Was no pride on his apparayle  ne pouerte neyþer Sad of his semblaunt  & of softe chere I durste meue no matere  to make hym to iangle But as I bade þouȝt þoo  be mene bitwene And putte forþ sum purpos  to prouen hise wittis What was do-wel fro do-bette  & do-best fram hem boþe Þanne þouȝt in þat tyme  seyde þeise wordis Where do-wel . do-bette . & do-best  been in londe Heer is wille wolde wite  if witt kouþe teche hym And wheþer he be man or womman  þis man wolde asspye And worche as þei þre woldenO.8.125: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde.  þis is his entent Passus nonusO.9.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. SIre dowel dwelliþ quod witt  not a day hennys O.9.1: A small cross, in an unidentifiable hand, appears in the near left margin of this line. In a castel þat kynde made  of foure kyns þingys Of erþe & eyr it is maad  medelid to-gyderes Wiþ wynde & wiþ water  wittiliO.9.4: OC2 alone have wittili in place of witterly. enioyned Kynde haþ closid þer-Inne  craftili wiþ-alle A lemman þat he loueþ  lyke to hym-selue Anima sche hatte  ac envye hir hatiþ A proude priker of fraunce  princeps huius mundi And wolde wynne hir awey  wiþ wyles and he myȝte Ac kynde knowiþ þis wel  & kepiþ hir þe better And haþ doon hir wiþ sire do-wel  duke of þis marches Do-bette is hir damysel  sire do-welis douȝter To serue þis lady lelly  boþe late & raþe Do-best is aboue boþe  a bisschopps pere Þat he bit mote be doon  he ruliþ hem alle Anima þat lady  is lad bi his leryng Ac þe cunstable of þat castel  þat kepiþ al þe wacche Is a wise knyȝt wiþ-al  sire Inwitt he hatte And haþ fyue fayre sones  bi his first wijf Sire . se wel . & seye wel  & here wel þe hende Sire . wirche wel . wiþ þin hand  a wiȝt man of strenkþe And . sire godfrey . go wel  grete lordis for-soþe Þeise fyue been set  to saue þis lady anima Til kynde come or sende  to sauen hir for euere What þing is kynde quod I  canst þou me telle Kynde quod witt is a creature  of alkyns þingys Fadir & formour of al  þat euere was maked And þat is þe greet god  þat gynnyng hadde neuere Lord of lijf & of liȝt  of lisse & of peyne Aungelis & al þing  arn at his wille Ac man is hym moost lijke  of mark & of schaft For þoruȝ þe woord þat he spake  wexen forþ beestis Dixit & facta sunt & ceteraO.9.33: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Dixit, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And made man likkest  to hym-selue oone And eue of his ribbe-boon  wiþ-outen any mene For he was synguler hym-self  & seyde faciamus As who seyþ . more mut þertoO.9.37: GOC2 alone have þer-to in place of herto.  þan my word oone My myȝt mut helpe now  wiþ my speche Riȝt as a lord schulde make lettres  & hym lakkede parchemyn Þouȝ he kouþe write neuere so wel  if he hadde no penne Þe lettresO.9.41: OCr23C2 alone have the plural form. for al þe lordschip  I leue were neuere ymaked And so it semeþ bi hym  as þe book telleþ Þere he seyþ . dixit & facta sunt He muste wirche wiþ his word  & his witt schewe And in þis manere was man maad  þoruȝ myȝt of god almyȝti Wiþ his word & werkmanschip  & wiþ lijf to laste And þus god gaf hym a goost  of þe godheed of heuene And of his greet grace  grauntede hym blysse And þat is lijf þat ay schal laste  to alle lynages after And þat is þe castel þat kynde made  caro it hatte And þatO.9.51: OC2 alone include þat. is as myche to mene  as man wiþ a soule And þat he wrouȝte wiþ werk  & wiþ word boþe Þoruȝ myȝt of þe mageste  man was ymaked Inwitt & alle wittis  closed been þer-Inne Anima For loue of þe lady anima  þat lijf is ynempned Ouer-al in mannys body  he walkiþ & wandriþ Ac in þe herte is hir home  & hir moost rest Ac inwitt is in þe hed  & to þe herte he lokiþ What anima is leef &O.9.59: OC2 alone have & in place of or. looþ  he latte hir at his wille For after þe grace of god  þe grettest is inwitt Mich woo worþ þat man  þat mysruliþ his inwitt And þat been glotouns glubbers  her god is her wombe Quorum deus venter estO.9.63: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after deus, so that it appears as two lines. For þei seruen sathan  her soulis schal he haue Þat lyuen synful lijf heer  her soule is like þe deuelisO.9.65: OC2 alone have the possessive form. And alle þat lyuen good lijf  arn like to god almyȝti Qui manet in caritate in deo manet & ceteraO.9.67: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after caritate, so that it appears as two lines. Allas þat drynk schal fordo  þat god dere abouȝte And dooþ god forsaken hem  þat he schope to his liknesse Amen dico vobis . nescio vos / & alibi / & dimisi eos secundum desideria eorum & cetera FoulesfoolesO.9.71: A caret beside marginal fooles indicates that it was intended as a substitute for Foules. þat fauten Inwitt  I fynde þat holi chirche  Schulde fynde hem þat hem fauteþ  & fadirles children And wydwes þat han not wher-wiþ  to wynne hem hem her fode Madde men & maydenes  þat helples weren Alle þeise lakken Inwitt  & lore bihoueþ Of þisO.9.76: A solidus/punctus appears over the <s> in þis, for no apparent reason. matere I myȝte  make a longe tale And fynde fele witnesse  amongys þe foure doctouris And þat I lye not of þat I lere þee  luke bereþ witnesse Godfadir & godmodir  þat seen her god-children  At mysese & meschef  & mowen hem amende Schul haue penaunce in purgatorie  but if þei hem helpe For more bilongeþ to þe litil barn  er he þe lawe knowe Þan nempnyng of a name  & he neuere þe wyser . . . nota .. .O.9.84: The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at right, left, and bottom. Schulde no cristen creature  crye at þe ȝate Ne fayle payn ne potage & prelatis  diden as þei schulden A Iu wolde not seen a Iu  go iangelyng for defaute For alle þe mebles on þis moold  & he amende it myȝte Allas þat a cristen creature  schal be so vnkynde to an-oþer Siþen Iues þat we Iuggen  Iudas felawis Eyþer of hem helpeþ oþer  of þat þat hym nediþ Why nylenO.9.91: O alone has nylen; variants include ne woll (HmBR), nel (WGYC2CLM), wyl not (Cr23), and wil (Cr1F). we cristen of cristis  good . be as kynde As Iues þat been oure lorismen  schame to vs alle Þe comune for her vnkyndenesse  I drede me schul abye Bisschopis schul be blamed  for beggers sake He is wers þan Iudas  þat ȝyueþ iapers syluer And biddiþ þe begger goo  for hise broken cloþes Proditor est prelatus cum Iuda  qui patrimonium christi minus distribuit / Et alibi / Perniciosus dispensatorO.9.97: OC2 alone lack est before qui.  qui res pauperum invtiliterconsumit He dooþ not wel þat dooþ þus  ne drat not god almyȝti Ne loueþ not salomons sawes  þat sapience tauȝte Inicium sapiencie timor domini & þou doost betteO.9.100: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sapiencie and domini, and red parasigns precede the last two lines of text. Drede god for loue & þou doost wel  but not for veniaunce Þou doost best if þou wiþdrawe  bi day & bi nyȝt  To spille any speche  or any space of tyme Qui offendit in vno  est in omnibus reus Leesyng of tyme  truþe woot þe soþe Is moost hatid vp-on erþe  of hem þat been in heuene And siþþe to spille speche  þat spire is of grace And goddis gleman  & a game of heuene Wolde neuere þe feiþful fadir  his fiþele were vntempred Ne his gleman a gedelyng  a goer to tauernes To alle trewe tydymen  þat trauayle desiren Oure lord loueþO.9.112: OC2 alone lack hem before &. & lent  loude eiþer stille  Grace to goo to hem  & a-goon her lijflode Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bonoO.9.114: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after non, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Trewe weddid libbynge folk  in þis werld is do-wel For þei mustenO.9.116: OC2 alone have musten; most B manuscripts have mote. wirche & wynne  & þe werld susteyne For of her kynde þei camencame  þat confessouris been nempned Kyngys & knyȝtis  kayseris & cherlis Maydenes & martiris  out of a man come Þe wijf was maad þe weye  for to helpe worche And þus was wedlok ywrouȝt  wiþ a mene persoone First bi þe faderis wille  & þe frendis counceyl And siþþe bi assent of hem-selue  as þei two myȝten a-corde And þus was wedlok ywrouȝt  & god hymself it made In erþe þe heuene is  hym-self was þe witnesse Ac false folk feiþles  þeues & lyeris Wastouris & wrecches  out of wedlok I trowe  Conceyued been in yuele tyme  as caym was of eue Of swiche synful schrewes  þe sauter makiþ mynde Concepit in dolore & peperit iniquitatem & ceteraO.9.130: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dolore, so that it appears as two lines. And alle þat come of þat caym  come to yuele eende For god sente to sem  & seyde bi an aungel Þin issu in þin issu  I wole þat þei be ioynedO.9.133: Cr23OC2 alone have ioyned in place of wedded. And not þi kynde wiþ caymes  ycouplid ne spousid Ȝit summe aȝensO.9.135: The <e> in aȝens seems to have been written over an <o>. þe soonde  of oure saueour of heuene Kaymes kynde & his kynde  ycoupledeO.9.136: OC2 alone have ycouplede; all other beta witnesses have coupled. to-gyderis Til god wraþþede wiþ her werkis  & swich a word seyde Þat I makede man  now me it aþinkiþ Penitet me fecisse hominemO.9.139: This line is written in the right margin. And come to noe anoon  & bade hym not lette Swiþe go schape a schip  of schidis & of boordis Þi-self & þi þre sones  & siþþen ȝoure wyues Buske ȝow to þat boot  & bideþ ȝe þer-Inne Til fourty dayes be fulfillid  þat flood haue ywasschen  Clene awey þe cursid blood  þat caym haþ ymaked Beestis þat now been  schul banne þe tyme Þat euere þat cursid caym  come on þis erþe Alle schul dye for hise dedis  bi dales & bi hilles And þe foules þat flyen  forþ wiþ oþere beestis Except onelich of ich  a kynde & a coupleO.9.150: YOC2 weaken the sense of this line by adding a before kynde, and OC2 destroy it by adding & before couple. Þat in þi schyngled schip  schul been ysaued Heer bouȝte þe barn  þe bele-sires gyltes And al for her forfadris  þei ferden þe wers Þe gospel is her-aȝeyn  in o degre I fynde Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris & pater non portabit & ceteraO.9.155: OC2 alone have portabit & cetera; variants include & cetera (GYCB), portabit iniquitatem filij (RCrF), portabit iniquitatem filij & cetera (WHmL), and portabit iniquitatem & cetera (M).O.9.155: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after patris, so that it appears as two lines. Ac I fynde if þe fadir  be fals & a schrewe Þat sumdel þe sone  schal haue þe sires tacches Impe on an ellerne . & if  þin appil be swete Miche merueyle me þinkiþ  & more of a schrewe Þat bryngeþ forþ any barn  but if he be þe same And haue a sauour after þe sire  selden seest þou oþer Numquam colligimus de spinis vuas nec de tribulis ficusO.9.162: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vuas, and a red parasign precedes the second line. And þus þoruȝ cursid caym  cam care vp-on erþe And al for þei wrouȝten wedlok  aȝens goddis wille nota . Of wedlokO.9.165: The word nota is surrounded by red and black flourishes at top right and left and beneath. For-þi . haue þei maugre  þat so marien her children For summe as I see now  soþe for to telle For coueytise of catel  vnkyndelich been weddid Ac careful concepcioun  comeþ of swiche mariages As bifel of þe folk  þat I bifore of . tolde For goode schulden wedde good  þouȝ þei no good hadde I am via & veritasO.9.171: OC2 alone lack the phrase seiþ crist or seid crist before the second occurrence of I. I may auaunce alle It is an vncomeli couple  bi crist as me þinkiþ To ȝyue a ȝonge wenche  to an olde feble Or wedden any wydowe  for welþe of hir goodis Þat neuere schal barn bere  but if it be in armes Many a peyre siþ þe pestilence  han pliȝt hem to-gyderis Þe fruyt þat þei bryngen forþ  arn foule wordis In ielousye ioyles  & ianglyng on bedde Haue þei no children but chest  & choppyng hem bitwene And þouȝ þei do hem to donmowe  but if þe deuel helpe To folewen after þe flicche  fecche þei it neuere And but þei boþe be forsworen  þat bacoun þei tynenO.9.182: OC2 alone have tynen in place of tyne. For-þi I counceyle alle cristen  coueyte not be weddid For coueytise of catel  ne of kynred riche Ac maydenes & maydenes  macche ȝow to-gyderis Widowes & widowers  wircheþ þe same For no londes but for loue  loke ȝe be weddid And þanne getenO.9.188: O alone has geten in place of gete. ȝe þe grace of god  & good ynow to lyue wiþ And euery manere seculer  þat may not contene Wiseli go wedde  & war hym fro synne For leccherie in lokyng  is lyme-ȝerd of helle Whiles þou art ȝong  & þi wepen kene WerkeO.9.193: OC2 alone have Werke in place of Wreke. þee wiþ wyuyng  if þou wilt been excusid Cum sis vir fortis  ne des tua robora scortis Scribitur in portis  meretrix est ianua mortis . Whanne ȝe han wyued . beþ war  & wircheþ in tyme Not as adam & eue  whanne caym was engendrid For in vntyme truli  bitwene man & womman Ne schulde no bourde on bedde be  but if þei boþe werenO.9.199: O alone has weren in place of were. clene Boþe of lijf & of soule  & in parfiȝt charite Þat ilke derne dede do  no man ne schulde AcO.9.201: YO alone have Ac; most B manuscripts have And. if þei leden þus her lijf  it likeþ god almyȝti For he made wedlok first  & hym-self it seyde Bonum est vt vnusquisque vxorem suam habeat propter fornicacionem And þei þat oþer-gates been geten  for gedelynges been holden As fals folk fondelynges  faytouris & lyeris Vngracious to gete good  or loue of þe peple Wandren & wasten  what þei cacche mowen Aȝens do-wel þei doon yuele  & þe deuel seruen And after her deþ-day  schul dwelle wiþ þe same But god gyue hem grace heer  hem-self to amende Do-wel my freend . is to do  as þe lawe techiþ To loue þi freend & þi foo  leue me . þat is do-bette To ȝyuen & to ȝemen  boþe ȝonge & olde To helen & to helpen  is . do-best . of alle And . do-wel . is to drede god  & . do-bette . is to suffre And so comeþ . do-best . of boþe  & bryngeþ adoun þe mody And þat is wickid wille  þat many werk schendiþ And dryueþ awey . do-wel  þoruȝ dedly synne Passus . decimus .O.10.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. þ ÞAnne hadde witt a wijf  was hoten . dame studye . Þat lene was of leere  & of liche boþe Sche was wondirlich wroþ  þat witt me þus tauȝte And al staryng dame studie  sternelich seyde Wel art þou wijs quod sche to witt  any wisdams to telle To flatereris or to foolis  þat frenetyk been of wittis And blamede hym & bannede hym  & bade hym be stille Wiþ swiche wise wordis  to wisse any sottes And seyde . noli mittere . man  margerie perles Amongys hoggys . þat han  hawes at wille Þei doon but drauelen þer-on  draf were hem leuere Þan al þe precious perre  þat in paradice waxeþ I seye it by swiche quod sche  þat schewen bi her werkis Þat hem were leuere lond  & lordschip on erþe Or richesse or rentis  & rest at her wille Þan alle þe soþe sawes  þat salomon seyde euere Wisdam & witt now  is not ....worþ a kerse But if it be carded wiþ coueytise  as cloþeris kemben wolle Who-so can contreue deceytis  & conspire wrongys And lede forþ a loueday  to lette wiþ truþe He þat swiche He þat swyche craftes can  to counceyl is clepid Þei leden lordys wiþ lesyngys  & bilyeþ truþe Iob þe gentel in hise gestes  gretly witnessiþ Þat wickide men welden  þe welþe of þis werld And þat þei been lordis of ich loond  þat out of lawe libben Quare impij viuunt bene est hominibus qui preuaricantur & inique agunt Þe sauter seiþ þe same  bi swiche þat doon ille Ecce ipsi peccatores &O.10.28: OC2 alone include &. habundantes in seculo obtinuerunt diuicias Lo seiþ þeO.10.29: OC2 alone include þe. holi lettrure  whiche lordis been þeise schrewis Þilk þat god moost good gyueþO.10.30: O alone has moost good gyueþ; variants include moost gyueth (YGBL), gyueþ moost (WHmCr), most good ȝeueþ (C2), most greueth (CR), moost greve (F), and god yeueþ (M).  leeste good þei delen And moost vnkynde to þe comune  þat moost catel welden Que perfecisti  destruxerunt  iustus autem & cetera Harlottes for her harlotrie  mowen haue of her goodes And iaperis & iogelouris  & iangeleris of gestes nota  how good carpyng is not louedO.10.35: This rubric is divided after good and not, so that it appears as three lines. Three ticks follow it. The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at right and left. Ac he þat haþ holi writt  ay in his mouþe And can telle of tobye  & of þe twelue apostelis Or prechen of penaunce  þat pilat wrouȝte To iesu þe ientil  þat Iues to-drowen Litil is he loued  þat swich a lessoun schewiþ Or dauntid or drawen forþ  I do it on god hym-selue Of mynystralis But þoo þat feynen hem folis  & wiþ faytyng libben A-O.10.42: A slash appears in this space; perhaps characters have been erased.ȝeyn þe lawe of oure lord  & lyen on hem-selue Spitten & spewen & speken foule wordis Drynken & drauelen  & doon men for to gape Likken men & lyen on hem  þat lenen hem no gyftis Þei kunnen no more mynystralcye  ne musik men to glade Þan Munde þe myluer  of multa fecit deus Ne were her vile harlotrie  haue god my truþe Schulde neuere kyng ne knyȝt  ne chanoun of seynt poulis Ȝyue hem to her ȝerisȝyue  þe valueO.10.50: YGOC2 alone have value; variants include worth (RF), ȝifte (WHmBLM), and gift (CrC). of a grote Ac myrþe & mynystralcie  amongys men is nouþe Leccherie & losengerie  & losellis talys Glotenye & grete oþis  þeiseO.10.53: OC2 alone have þeise; most B manuscripts have þis. Kane and Donaldson emend to þise arn. myrþesO.10.53: OC2 alone have myrþes; most B manuscripts have murþe. Kane and Donaldson emend to games. þei louen Ac if þei carpen of crist  þeise clerkis & þeise lewede At mete in myrþes  whanne mynystralis been stille Þanne tellen þei of þe trinyte  a tale oþer tweyen And bryngenO.10.57: OC2F alone lack forþ before a. a balled resoun  & taken bernard to witnesse And putten forþ a presumpcioun  to preue þe soþe Þus þei dryuelen at her deys  þe deyte to knowe And gnawen god wiþ þe goorge  whanne her guttes been fulle Ac þe careful may crye  and carpen at þe ȝate Boþe an-hungred & a-þrist  & for chele quake Is noon to nymen hym neer  his noye to amende But howen on hym as an hound  & hoten hym go þennes Litil loueþ he þat lord  þat lente hym al þat blisse Þat þus partenO.10.66: OC2 alone have the form parten in place of parteþ. wiþ þe pore  a parcel whanne hemO.10.66: OGC2F alone have hem in place of hym. nediþ Ne were mercy in mene men  more þan in riche Mendynauntis . meteles  myȝten go to bedde God is myche in þe goorge  of þeise grete maystris Ac amongys mene men  his mercy & hise werkis And so seiþ þe sauter  I haue seyn it ofte Ecce audiuimus eam in effrata  inuenimus eam in campis silue Clerkis & oþere kyns men  carpen of god faste And han hym myche in þe mouþ  ac mene men in herte O.10.75: A cross composed of dots appears in the left margin, with red rays emanating from the dots; like others of this type, it appears to be in the main scribal hand.Freris & faytouris  han founden swiche questiouns To plese wiþ . proude men  siþ þe pestilence tyme And prechen at seynt poulis  for pure envie of clerkis Þat folk beenO.10.78: OC2 alone have been; most B manuscripts have is. not fermed in þe feiþ  ne free of her goodis Ne sory for her synnes  so is pride waxen In religioun & in al þe rewme  amongys riche & pore Þat preyeris han no power  þe pestilence to lette And ȝit þe wrecchis of þis world  is noon ywar bi oþer Ne for drede of þe deþ  wiþ-drawen not her pride Ne been plentyuouse to þe pore  as pure charite wolde But in gaynesse & glotenye  forglutten her good hem-selue And breken not to þe begger  as þe book techiþ Frange esurienti panem tuum & ceteraO.10.87: This line is written in the right margin. And þe more he wynneþ & welt  welþis & richessis  And lordiþ in londis  þe lesse good he deleþ Tobie telliþ ȝow not so  take heed ȝe riche How þe book of þe bible  of hym beriþ witnesse De elemosina Si tibi copia sit  habundanter tribue  si autem exiguum  impertirei stude libenter Who-so haþ myche . spende myche  so meneþ tobie notaO.10.94: The word nota is surrounded at right, left, and bottom with red and black punctuses and flourishes. And who-so litil weldiþ  rule hym þer-after For we han no letter of oure lijf  how longe it schal dure Swiche lessouns lordis  schulden louye to here And how he myȝte moost  meyne . manlich fynde AcO.10.98: O alone has Ac in place of And or nothing at all. not to fare as a fiþeler or a frere  for to seke feestis Homelich at oþer mennys housis  & haten her owne Elenge is þe halle  ich day in þe woke Þere þe lord & þe lady  likenO.10.101: OC2 alone have the form liken; all other beta witnesses have likeþ. notO.10.101: O alone lacks to before sitte. sitte Now haþ ich riche a rule  to ete bi hym-selue pure In a pryuey parlour  for poreO.10.103: Supralinear pure is apparently intended by the corrector as a substitution for pore. See also 11.243. mennys sake Or in a chaumbre wiþ a chymeney  & leue þe cheef halle Þat wasO.10.105: OC2 alone lack the first alliterating stave, maad, before for. for meles  men to eten Inne AndO.10.106: OC2 alone lack al before to. to spare to spille  þat spende schal an-oþer I haue herd hye men  etynge at þe table  Carpen as þei clerkis werenO.10.108: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were.  of crist & of hise myȝtis And leyden fautes on þe fadir  þat formede vs alle And carpen aȝeyn clerkis  crabbede wordis Why wolde oure saueour suffre  swich a worme in his blisse Þat bigylede þe womman  & þe man after Þoruȝ whiche whylesO.10.113: OC2 alone have whyles in place of wiles. & wordis  þei wenten to helle And al her seed for her synne  þe same deþ suffreden Heer lijþ ȝoure lore  þatO.10.115: OC2F alone include þat. þeise lordis gynnen dispute Of þat ȝe clerkisO.10.116: An otiose flourish appears above the <s> in clerkis. vs kennen  of crist bi þe gospel Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris & ceteraO.10.117: This line is written in the right margin. Why schulden we þat now been  for þe werkis of adam Roten & rentenO.10.119: OC2 alone have renten; variants include rende (GYCBMF), torente (HmCr23), toreue (R), to reade (Cr1), and torende (WL).  resoun wolde it neuere Vnusquisque portabit onus suum & ceteraO.10.120: This line is written in the right margin. Swiche motyues þei meuen  þeise maystris in her glorie And maken men in mysbileue  þat musen myche on her wordis Ymagynatijf her-afterward  schal answere to ȝoure purpose Austyn to swiche argueris  telliþ hisO.10.124: OC2 alone have his in place of þis. teme Non plus sapere quam oportet & ceteraO.10.125: This line is written in the right margin. Wilneþ neuereO.10.126: OC2 alone lack to before wite. wite  why þat god wolde  Suffre sathan  his seed to be-gyle Ac bileueþ lelli  inO.10.128: OC2F alone lack þe before lore. lore of holi chirche And preyede hym of pardoun  & penaunce in þi lyue And for his myche mercy  to amende ȝow heer For alle þat wilnen to wite  þe whyesO.10.131: GYOM alone have whyes in place of weyes. of god almyȝti I wolde his ye were in his ers  & his fynger after Þat euere wilneþ to wite  why þat god wolde Suffre sathan  his seed to bigyle Or Iudas to þe Iues  iesu bitraye Al was as þou woldist lord  worschipid be þow And al worþ as þou wilt  what-so we disputenO.10.137: OC2 alone have the form disputen in place of dispute. And þoo þat vsen þeise hauylounes  to blynde mennes wittes What is . do-wel . fro . do-bette  now deefO.10.139: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original deef now. mote he worþe Siþ he wilneþ to wite  whiche þei been boþe But if he lyue in þe lijf  þat longeþ to do-wel For I dar be his bold boruȝ  þat do bette wole he neuere Þouȝ do-best drawe on hym  day after oþer And whanne þat witt was ywar  what dame studie tolde He bicome so confuse  he couþe not loke And as doombe as deþ  & drowȝe hym arere And for no carpyng I couþe after  ne knelyng to þe ground I myȝte gete no greyn  of hise grete wittis But al lawȝhynge he loutede  & lokede vp-on studie In signe þat I schulde  biseche hir of grace And whanne I was war of his wille  to his wijf gan I loute And seyde mercy ma-dame  ȝoure man schal I worþe As longe as I lyue  boþe late & raþe For to wirche ȝoure wille  þe whyle my lijf dureþ Wiþ þat ȝe kenne me kyndeli  to knowe what is do-wel For þi mekenesse man quod sche  & for þi mylde speche I schal kenne þee to my cosyn  þat clergye is hoten He haþ weddid a wijf  wiþ-Inne þis sixe moneþes Is sibbe to þe seuene artis  scripture is hir name Þei two as I hope  after my techyng Schul wisse þee to . do-wel  I dar it vndirtake Þanne was I also fayn  as foul of fayre morwe And gladder þan þe gleman  þat gold haþ to ȝyfte nota to lerne holi writO.10.164: This rubric is divided after lerne, so that it appears as two lines. The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at left and beneath. And axede hir þe hye weye  where þat clergie dwelte And telle me sum tokene quod I  for tyme is þat I wende Axe þe hye weye quod studie  hennys to suffre Boþe wel & woo  if þat þou wilt lerne And ride forþ bi richesse  butO.10.168: OC2F alone have but; most B manuscripts have and. reste not þere-inne For if þou couplist þee þerwiþ  to clergie comest þou neuere And also þe likerouse launde  þat leccherie hatte Leue it on þi left half  a large myle & more Til þou come to a court  kepe wel þi tunge Fro lesyngys & liþer speche  & likerouse drynkes Þanne schalt þou see sobretee  & sympletee of speche Þat ich wyȝt be in wille  his wite þee to schewe And þus schalt þou come to clergye  þat can many þingys Seye hym þis signe  I sette hym to scole And þat I grette wel his wijf  for I wrote hir many bokes And sette hir to sapience  & to þe sauter glose Logyk I lernede hir  & many oþere lawes And alle þe musons ofO.10.181: HmOC2 alone have of in place of in. musyk  I made hir to knowe Plato þe poete  I putte hym first to boke Aristotle & oþere moo  to argue I tauȝte Gramer for gyrles  I garte first write And bette hem wiþ a baleys  but if þei woldenO.10.185: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. lerne Of alle kyns craftes  I contreuede tooles Of carpentrie of keruers  & compassede masouns And kennedeO.10.188: OC2 alone have kennede in place of lerned. hem leuel & lyne  þouȝ I loke dymme Teologie haþ tened me  ten score tymes Þe mor I muse þer-Inne  þe mystier it semeþ And þe depper I dyuyne  þe derker me it þinkeþ It is no science for-soþe  for to sutile Inne AndO.10.193: OC2 alone have And in place of A. ful leþi þing it were  if þat loue nere And for it let best bi loue  I loue it þe better For þere þat loue is leder  ne lakkeþ no grace Loke þou loue lelli  if þee likeþ do wel AndO.10.197: OC2F alone have And in place of For. do-bette & do-best  been of loues kyn In oþere science it seiþ  I seyȝ it in catoun Qui simulat verbis  nec corde est fidus amicusO.10.199: This line is written in the right margin. Tu quoque fac simile  cumO.10.200: YOC2 alone have cum in place of sic. ars dilluditur arteO.10.200: This line is written in the right margin and connected with the preceding line by brackets at both sides; it is followed by the number 26, indicating the verse of the Disticha Catonis which is quoted. Who-so glosiþ as gylours doon  do hem þe same And so schalt þou false folk  & feiþles bigyle Þis is catouns kennyng  to clerkis þat he leriþ Ac teologie techeþ not so  who-so takeþ ȝeem And kenneþ vs þe contrarie  aȝens catouns wordis For he bit vs . be as breþeren  & bidde for oure enemyes And loue hem þat lyen on vs  & lene hem whanne hem nediþ And do good aȝens yuel  god hym-self it hotiþ Dum tempus habemus  operemur bonum ad omnes maxime autem ad domesticos fidei Poule prechede þe peple  þat parfiȝtnesse louede To do good for goddis loue  & gyue men þat asken And namelich to swiche  þat suen oure bileue And al þat lakkiþ vs & lieþ vs  god techeþ vs to loue And not to greue hem þat greuen vs  god þat forbediþ Michi vindictam & ego retribuam .O.10.215: This line is written in the right margin and followed by three ticks. It is divided after ego, and the second line is preceded by a red parasign. For-þi loke þou louye  as longe as þow durest For is no concience vndir sunne  so souereyn for þe soule Ac astronomye is an hard þing  & yuele for to knowe Geometrie & geomesye  is gynful of speche Who-so þenkiþ wirche wiþ þoo two  þryueþ ful late For sorcerie is þe souereyn book  þat to þe science longeþ Ȝit arn þer fybicchisO.10.222: Fybicchis is a nonce-word. Skeat (Vol.II, 154) notes that he "cannot trace any such word in English, French, or Scandinavian," and elsewhere (Vol. II, 353) tentatively glosses it "contrivances." The MED repeats Quirk's suggestion that the word may derive from Pebichios, the name of an early alchemist, and tentatively defines it as "some kind of alchemical manipulations or tricks." in forceris  of fele mennys makyngO.10.222: Two crosses, approximately two lines in height and apparently in hand 2, appear in the bottom margin under arn and þer of this line. Experymentis of alkenemye  þe peple to disceyue If þou þenke to do-wel  dele þer-wiþ neuere Alle þeise scienceO.10.225: OC2CL alone have the singular form. I my-self  sutilede & ordeynede And foundede hem formest  folk to deceyue Telle clergie þise tokenes  & scripture after I counceyle þee kyndeli  to knowe what is do-wel I seyde graunt mercy ma-dame  & mekeli heir grette And wente wyȝtlich awey  wiþ-oute more lettyng And til I come to clergye  I couþe neuere stynte And grette þe good man wel  as studie me tauȝte And afterwardis þe wijf  & worschipede hem boþe And tolde hem þe tokenes  þat me tauȝt werenO.10.234: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were. Was neuere goom vp-on þis ground  siþ god made þisO.10.235: OC2 alone have þis; most B manuscripts have þe world Fayrer vndir-fongen  ne frendeleker at ese Þanne my-self soþeli  soone so he wiste Þat I was of wittes hous  & wiþ his wijf dame studie I seyde to hym soþeli  þat sent was I þider Do-wel & do-bette  & do-best to lerne It is a comune lijf quod clergie  on holi chirche to beleue Wiþ alle þe articules of þe feiþ  þat fallen to be knowen And þat is to beleue lelli  boþe lered & lewid  On þe greet god  þat gynnyng hadde neuere And on þe soþfast sone  þat sauede mankynde Fro þe dedli deþ  & þe deuelis power Þoruȝ þe help of þe holi goost  þe wich goost is of boþe Þre persoones . ac not  in plurel noumbre For al is but o god  & ech is god hym-selue Deus pater deus filius deus spiritus sanctusO.10.250: This line is written in the right margin. God þe fadir . god þe sone  god holi goost of boþe Maker of mankynde  & of beestis boþe Austyn þe olde  her-of made bokis And hym-self ordeynede  to sadde vs in beleue Who was his autour  alle þe foure euangelistes And crist clepede hym-self so  þe euangelist bereþ witnesse Ego in patre & pater in me est & qui videt me  videt & patrem meum Alle þe clerkis vndir crist  ne couþen þis assoyle But þus it longeþ to beleue  to men þat wolen do-wel For hadde neuere freek fyn witt  þe feiþ to dispute ForO.10.261: OC2 alone have For in place of Ne. man hadde no meryte  myȝte it been yproued Fides non habet meritum  vbi humana racio prebet experimentum Þanne is do-bette to suffre  for þi soulis sake Al þat þe book bit  bi holi chirche techyng And þat is man bi þi myȝt  for mercyes sake Loke þou wirche it in werk  þat þi word schewiþ Swich as þou semest in syȝt  be in assay foundenO.10.267: OC2 alone have founden; most B manuscripts have yfounde. Appare quod es  vel esto quod apparesO.10.268: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after esto, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And latte no-body be  bi þi beryng bigylid But swich in þi soule  as þou semest wiþ-oute Þanne is do-best to be boold  to blame þe gylty Siþen þou seest þi-self  as in soule clene Ac blame þou neuere body  & þou be blame-worþi Si culpare velis culpabilis esse cauebisO.10.274: This line is written in the right margin. Dogma tuum sordet cum te tua culpa remordetO.10.275: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after re- in remordet, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. God in þe gospel  grymli reproueþ Alle þat lakken any lijf  & lakkes han hem-selue Quid consideras festucam in oculo fratris tui  trabem & cetera Why meuest þou þi mood for a mote  in þi broþeris ye Siþen a beem in þin owne  blyndeþ þi-selue Eice primo trabem de oculo tuo & ceteraO.10.281: This line is written in the right margin and underlined twice. Which lettiþ þee to loke  lesse oþer more I rede . ich a blynde bosard  do boot to hym-selue For abbotes & priouris  and alle manere of prelatisO.10.284: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. As persounes & parisch preestis  þat preche schuldenO.10.285: O alone has the form schulden; all other beta witnesses have sholde. & teche Alle manere of men  to amende bi her myȝt Þis text was told ȝow . to be  war . er ȝe tauȝtenO.10.287: OC2 alone have the form tauȝten; all other beta witnesses have tauȝte. Þat ȝe werenO.10.288: O alone has the form weren in place of were. swiche as ȝe seydenO.10.288: OC2 alone have the form seyden; most B manuscripts have seyde.  to salue wiþ oþere For goddis word wolde not be lost  for þat wirchiþ euere If it auaylede not þe comune  it myȝte auayle ȝow-seluen Ac it semeþ now soþeli  to þe werldis siȝt Þat goddis word wirchiþ not  on lered ne on lewid But in swich manere as mark  meneþ in þe gospel Dum cecus ducit cecum ambo in foueam caduntO.10.294: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ambo, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Lewide men mowen likken ȝow  þat þe beem lijþ in ȝoure yen And þe festu is fallen  for ȝoure defaute In alle manere men  þoruȝ mansed preestis Þe bible bereþ witnesse  þat alle þe folk of israel Bitter bouȝte þe gyltes  of two badde preestis Offyn & fynees  for her coueytyse Archa dei mys-happede  & eli brake his nekke For-þi . correctouris claweþ her-on  & correcteþ first ȝoure-seluen And þanne mowen ȝe saafli seye  as dauid made þe sauter Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis . arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam Þanne schul borel clerkis be abassched  to blame ȝow or to greue And carpe not as þei doon now  & calle ȝow doombe houndis Canes non valentes latrareO.10.307: This line is written in the bottom right margin, and is preceded by a red parasign. At the bottom of the leaf there appear traces of a quire signature which has been lost to cropping. And drede to wraþþe ȝow in any word  ȝoure werkmanschip to lette And be prestier at ȝoure preyer  þan for a pound of noblis An al for ȝoure holynesse  haue ȝe þis in herte O.10.311: A cross about three characters in height, apparently by hand 2, appears in the left margin between l. 311 and l. 312. It may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 311.In scole þer is a scoorn  but if a clerk wole lerne And greet loue & lykyng  for ich of hem loueþ oþer Religioun And now is religioun a rider  a romer bi stretis A leder of louedayes  & a loond bigger A priker on a palfrey  fro maner to maner An heep of houndis at his ers  as he a lord were And but if his knaue knele  þat schal hym þe cuppe brynge He loureþ on hym & axeþ  who tauȝte hym curteysye O.10.319: A cross composed of dots, with a flourish at the bottom, appears in the left margin; like others of this type, it is probably by the main scribal hand.Litil hadden lordis to do  to ȝyue loond fro her eyris To religiouse þat han no ruþe  þouȝ it reyne on her auteris In many places þere þei persouns been  be hem-selue at ese O.10.322: A cross about two characters in height, probably by hand 2, appears in the left margin. It may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 322.OfO.10.322: OC2F alone lack þe before pore. pore han þei no pite  & þat is her charite And þei leten hem as lordis  her loond lijþ so brode Ac þer schal come a kyng  & confesse ȝow religiouse And bete ȝow as þe bible telleþ  for brekyng of ȝoure rule And amende monyales  monkis & chanounes And putte hem to her penaunce  ad pristinum statum ire And barouns & erles bete hem  þoruȝ beatus vir techyng Þat her barnes cleymen  & blamen ȝow foule Hij in curribus & hij in equis ipsi obligati sunt & cetera And þanne freris in her freytour  schul fynde a keye Of constantynys tresore  in which is þe catel  O.10.333: A cross about three characters in height, probably by hand 2, appears in the left margin. It may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 333.Þat gregories god-children  han yuele dispendid And þanne schal þe abbot of abyngdon  & al his issu for euere  Wiþ WhatO.10.335: The purpose of the marginal addition is not apparent. Haue a knok of a kyng  & incurable þe wounde Þat þis worþe soþ seke ȝe  þat ofte ouerseen þe bible Quomodo cessauit exactor quieuit tributum contriuit dominus baculum impiorum & virgam dominancium credencium plaga insanabiliO.10.337: This line is divided after credencium, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ac er þat kyng come  caym schal awake And do-wel schal dynge hym adoun  & distruye his myȝt Þanne is do-wel & do-bette quod I  dominus & knyȝthode I nyle not scorne quod scripture  but if scryueyns lye Kynghood & knyȝthood  bi nouȝt I can awayte  Helpeþ not to heueneward  oon heris eende Ne richesse riȝt nouȝt  ne rialte of lordis Poule preueþO.10.345: OC2 alone lack it before impossible. impossible  riche men to haue heuene Salomon seiþ also  þat siluer is werst to louye Nichil iniquius  quam amare pecuniam . And catoun kenneþ vs to coueyte  not . but as it nediþ Dilige denarium set parce dilige formamO.10.349: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dilige, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And patriarkes and prophetis  & poetis boþe Writen to wissen vs  to wilne no richesse And preyseden pouerte wiþ pacience  þe apostelis beren witnesse Þat þei han eritage in heuene  & bi trewe riȝt Þere riche men no riȝt mowen cleyme  but of ruþe & grace Contra quod I bi crist  þat can I repreue And preue it bi peter  and bi poule boþe Þat been baptizid been saued  be þei riche or pore Þat is in extremis quod scripture  amongys sarazens & Iues Þei mowen be saued so  & þat is oure beleue Þat an vncristen in þat caas  may cristen an heþen And for his lele beleue  whanne he þe lijf tyneþ Haue þe heritage of heuene  as any man cristen Ac cristen men wiþ-outen more  mowen not come to heuene For þat crist for cristen men deyede  & confermede þe lawe Þat who-so wolde & wilneþ  wiþ crist to arise Si cum christo surrexistis & ceteraO.10.366: This line is written in the right margin. He schulde louye & lene  & þe lawe fulfille Þat is . loue þi lord god  leuest aboue al þing And after . alle cristen creaturis in comune ich man oþer And þus bilongeþ to loue  þat leueþ to be saued And but we do þus in dede  er þe day of doom  It schal bisitten vs ful soure  þe syluer þat we kepen And oure bakkis þat moþ-eten been  & seen beggers go nakid Or delite vs in wijn & wyldefoule  & woot any in defaute For euery cristen creature  schulde be kynde til oþer And siþen heþen to helpe  in hope of amendement God hoteþ boþe hye & lowe  þat no man hirte oþer And seiþ . sleeþO.10.378: O alone has sleeþ in place of slee. not þat semblable is  to myn owne liknesse But if I sende þee sum tokne  & seiþ . non necabisO.10.379: Cr1OC2 alone have necabis; WHmCBRF have mecaberis. I slee not but suffre  & al for þe beste For I schal punysche hem in purgatorie  or in þe pitte of helle Ich man for hise mysdedis  but mercy it lette Þis is a longe lessoun quod I  & litil am I þe wyser Where do-wel is or do-bette  derklich ȝe schewen Many talis ȝe tellen  þat theologie lerneþ And þat I man maad was  & my name yentred In þe legende of seyntisO.10.387: A solidus/punctus above seyntis marks it for deletion, but no substitute is supplied. OC2 alone have seyntis in place of correctly alliterating lif.  longe er I were Or ellis writen for wickidnesse  as holy writ witnesseþ Nemo ascendit inO.10.389: OC2M alone have in in place of ad. celum  nisi qui de celo descenditO.10.389: A double solidus over descendit and celo indicates transposition of original descendit de celo. The erroneous word order is shared with C2F. I leueO.10.390: OC2 alone lack it before wel. wel bi oure lord quod I  & on no lettrure better For salomon þe sage  þat sapience tauȝte God gaf hym grace of witt  & alle hise goodis after He demede wel & wiseli  as holi writ telliþ Aristotle & he  who wissede men better Maystris þat of goddis mercy  techen men & prechen Of her wordis þei wissen vs  for wisest as in her tyme And al holi chirche  holt hem boþe ydampned And if I schulde wirche bi her werkis  to wynne me heuene Þat for her werkis & witt  now wonyeþ in pyne Þanne wrouȝte I vnwiseli  what-so-euere ȝe prechenO.10.400: OC2 alone have the form prechen in place of preche. AndO.10.401: OC2 alone lack of before fele. fele witty in feiþ  litil ferli I haue Þouȝ her goost be vngracious  god for to plese For many men on þis moold  more setten her hertis In good þan in god  for-þi hem . grace fayleþ Ac þe moost myscheef isO.10.405: OC2 alone include is.  whanne þei schul lijf lete As salomon dide & swiche oþere  þat scheweden grete wittes Ac her werkis as holi writ  seiþ . was euere þe contrarie For-þi wise-witted men  & wel ylettered clerkis As þei seyen hem-self  selden doon þer-after Super cathedram Moysy & ceteraO.10.410: This line is written in the right margin. Ac I wene it worþ of many  as was in noes tyme Þoo he schope þat schip  of schides & bordis Was neuere wriȝt saued þat wrouȝte þeron  ne oþer werkman ellis But briddis & beestis  & þe blissid noe And his wijf wiþ hise sones  & also her wyues God lene it fare not so bi folk  þat þe feiþ techen  Of holi chirche þat herberwe is  & goddis hous to saue  And schilde vs fram schame þer-inne  as noes schip dide beestis And men þat maden it  amydde þe flood adreynten Þe culorum of þis causeO.10.420: OC2 alone have cause in place of clause.  curatouris is to mene Þat been carpenteris holi chirche to make  for cristis owne beestis Homines . & iumenta saluabis domine & ceteraO.10.422: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Homines, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. On good fryday I fynde  a feloun was saued Þat hadde lyued al his lijf  wiþ lesyngys & wiþ þefte And for he biknewe on þe crosse  & to crist schroue hym He was sunner saued  þan seynt Ion þe baptist And er adam or ysaye  or any of þe prophetis Þat hadde yleyn wiþ lucifer  many longe ȝeris A robber was raumsomed  raþer þan þei alle Wiþ-outen any penaunce of purgatorie  to perpetuel blisse AndO.10.431: A red flourish decorates the <A> in And. marie magdalene  what womman dide wers Or who wers þan dauid  þat vries deþ conspirede Or poule þe apostle  þat no pite hadde Miche cristen kynde  to kille to deþ And now been þeise as souereynes  & seyntis in heuene Þoo þat wrouȝten wickedest  in world þoo þei werenO.10.436: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were. And þoo þat wiseli wordeden  & writen many bokis Of witt & of wisdamesO.10.438: OC2 alone have the plural form.  wiþ dampned soulis wonyen Þat salomon seiþ I trowe be soþ  & certeyn of vs alle Siue iusti atque sapientes & opera eorum in manu dei sunt .O.10.440: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after opera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þer arn witti & wel libbynge  & her werkis been hid In þe hondis of almyȝti god  & he woot þe soþe Where for loue a man worþ alowid  þere & hise lele werkis Or ellis for his yuele wille  & envie of herte And be alowid as he lyued þereO.10.445: OC2 alone have þere; most B manuscripts have so.  asO.10.445: OC2 alone have as; most B manuscripts have for. liþer men knowen goode And wher-bi witenO.10.446: OC2 alone have witen; variants include -iste (M), wist (Bm), wite (YC), wete (Hm), wote (LR), wytty (G), and wiste (WCrBoCotF). men which is whyte  if al þing blak were And who were a good man  but if þer were sum schrewe For-þi lyue we forþ wiþ liþer men  I leue feweO.10.448: OC2 alone lack any form of the verb to be in the clause fewe [ben] goode. goode For quant oportet comeþ in place  il nad que pati And he þat may alle amende  haue mercy of vs alle For soþest word þat euere god seyde  was þoo he seyde . nemo bonus Clergie O.10.452: OC2 alone lack þo before of. of cristis mouþ  commendid was litil For he seyde to seynt petir  & to swiche as he louede Dum steteritis ante reges & presides & ceteraO.10.454: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þouȝ ȝe come bifore kyngys  & clerkis of þe lawe Beþ not abassched . for I schal  be . in ȝoure mouþes And ȝyue ȝow witt & wille  & kunnyng to conclude  Hem alle . þat aȝens ȝow  of cristendoom disputen Dauid makiþ mencioun  he spake amongys kyngys And myȝte no kyng ouercome hym  as bi kunnyng of speche But witt ne wisdam  wan neuere þe maystrie Whanne man was at mescheef  wiþ-oute þe more grace Þe douȝtiest doctour  & dyuynour of þe trinyte Was austyn þe olde  & hyest of þe foure Seyde þus in a sermoun  I seyȝ it writen ones Ecce ipsi ydeoteyd[i]ote rapiunt celum  vbiO.10.466: OC2 alone lack nos before sapientes. sapientes in inferno mergimurO.10.466: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vbi, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And is to mene on englisch  to more & to lesse Arn noon oþere raþer rauyschid  fro þe riȝt beleue Þan arn þise kunnynge clerkis  þat kunne many bokis Ne noon sunner saued  ne sadder of bileue Þan plowmen & pastouris  & oþere comune laboreris Souters & scheepheerdis  & swiche lewid iottesO.10.472: Iottes is a nonce-word, defined conjecturally by the MED as "a person of poor estate" and by Skeat (II, 377) as "peasants, low people, men of small intelligence." Percen wiþ a pater nosterO.10.473: A decoration composed of vertical lines and horizontal slashes descends two line spaces from the long <s> in noster.  þe paleys of heuene And passen purgatorie penaunceles  at her hennys partynge In-to þe blisse of paradice  for her pure bileue Þat imparfiȝtli heer  knewen and eke lyueden Ȝhe . men knowenO.10.477: OC2 alone have the form knowen; most B manuscripts have knowe. clerkis  þat han cursid þe tyme Þat euere þei couþenO.10.478: OC2 alone have the form couþen in place of kouþe or omission. on þe book  more þan . Credo in deum And principali her pater noster  many a persone haþ wisschid Exemplum. bonum.O.10.480: This rubric is divided after Exemplum, and a red bracket at the left connects the two lines of text. I see ensaumples manyO.10.480: OC2 alone place many before my-selue; all other B manuscripts place it before oþere in the b-verse. my-selue  & so mowen oþere Þat seruauntis þat seruen lordis  selde falle in areragis But þoo þat kepen þe lordis catel  clerkis & reues Riȝt so lewede men  & of litil knowyng Selde fallen þei so foule  & so fer in synne As clerkis of holi kirke  þat kepen cristis tresore Þe which is mannys soule to saue  as god seiþ in þe gospel Ite vos in vineam meam Passus . XIusvndecimus . ÞAnne scripture scornede me  & a skil tolde And lakkede me in latyn  & liȝt bi me sette And seyde . Multi multa sciunt  & seipsos nesciunt Þoo wepte I for woo  & wraþþe of hir speche And in a wyndynge wraþþe  wexe I a-slepe A merueylous sweuene  mette IO.11.6: YOC2 alone include I. me þanne Þat I was rauyschid riȝt þere  & fortune me fette And in-to þe loond of longyng  alone sche me brouȝte In a myrour þat hyȝte mydleerd  sche made me beholde Siþen sche seyde vntoO.11.10: OC2 alone have vnto in place of to. me  heer myȝte þou see wondres And knowe þat þou coueytist  & come þerto paraunter Þanne hadde fortune folwynge hir  two fayre damysellis Concupiscencia carnis  men calledenO.11.13: O alone has the form calleden in place of called. þe elder mayde And coueytise of yen  called was þat oþer Pride of parfiȝt lyuyng  pursuede hem boþe And bade me for anyO.11.16: OC2F alone have any in place of my. contenaunce  acounte clergye liȝt Concupiscencia carnis  collede me aboute þe nekke And seyde þou art ȝonge & ȝeep  & hast ȝeris ynowe For to lyue longe  & ladyes to louye And in þis myrour þou myȝte see  myrþes ful many Þat lede þee wolen to likyng  al þi lijf-tyme Þe secounde seyde þe same  I schal sue þi wille Til þou be a lord & haue loond  lete þee I nylle Þat I ne schal folewe þi felawschip  if fortune it like He schal fynde me his freend  quod fortune þer-after ÞeO.11.26: The initial thorn has a rubricated ascender. freek þat folewede my wille  faylede neuere blisse Þanne was þer oon þat hiȝte elde  þat heuy was of chere Man quod he . if I metteO.11.28: The first <t> in mette is superpuncted as well as subpuncted. wiþ þee  bi marie of heuene Þou schalt fynde fortune þee fayle  at þi moost nede And concupiscencia carnis  clene þee forsake Bittirlich schalt þou banne þanne  boþe dayes & nyȝtis  Coueytise of ye  þat euere þou it knewe And pride of parfiȝt lyuyng  to myche perele þee brynge Ȝhe . recche þee neuere quod recchelesnesse  stode forþ in raggide cloþis Folewe forþ þat fortune wole  þou hast wel far..O.11.35: A solidus/punctus appears over far and two spaces follow it in which characters have been erased; Kane and Donaldson believe that far has been substituted for faire, the reading of Y. to elde A man may stoupe tyme ynow  whanne he schal tyne þe crowne Homo proponit quod a poete  & plato he hyȝte And . deus disponit quod he  latte god do his wille If truþe wole witnesse . it be we wel do  fortune to folwe Concupiscencia carnis  ne coueytise of yen Ne schal not greue þee gretli  ne bigyle þee but þou wilt Ȝhe fare-wel phippe quod fauntelte  & forþ gan me drawe Til concupiscencia carnis  acordede alle my werkis Allas ye quod Elde  and holynesse boþe Þat witt schal turne to wrecchednesse  for wille to haue his likyng Coueytise of yen  counfortede me soone after And folewede me fourti wynter  or fifty orO.11.47: OGC2 alone have or fifty or; variants include or fifty and (Cr23YCB) and and a fifte (WHmCr1LMRF). more Þat of do-wel . ne do-bette  no deynte me þouȝte I hadde no likyng ne lustO.11.49: OC2 alone have ne lust; variants include if þe leste (L), if þe lest (M), if þee list (W), ȝif thu list (Hm), if ye list (Cr1), and ne no luste (Cr23GYCB).  of hem ouȝt to knowe Coueytise of yen  cam ofter in my mynde Þan do-wel or do-bette  amongys my dedis alle Coueytise of yen  counfortede me ofte And seyde . haue no concience  how þou come to good Freris Go confesse þee to sum frere  & schewe hym þi synnes For whyles fortune is þi freend  freris wolen þe louye And fecche þee to her fraternyte  & for þee biseche To her priour prouyncial  a pardoun forto haue And preye for þee pol bi pol  if þou be pecuniosus Set pena pecuniaria non sufficit pro spiritualibus delictisO.11.59: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after pro, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Bi wysschyng of þis wenche I wrouȝte  her wordis weren so swete Til I forȝate ȝowþe  & ȝerne in-to elde And þanne was fortune my foo  for al hir fayre biheste And pouerte pursuede me  & putte me lowe Freris And þoo fonde I þe frere a-ferd  & flittynge boþe Aȝens oure first forward  for I seyde I nolde  Be biryed at her hous  but at my parisch chirche For I herde ones  how concience it tolde Þat þere a man were cristened  bi kynde he schulde be biryed Or where he were parischen  riȝt þere he schulde be grauenO.11.69: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. And for I seyde þus to freris  a fool þei me helden And louede me þe lesse  for my lele speche Freris And ȝit I criede on my confessour  þat helde hymself so kunnynge Bi my feiþ frere quod I  ȝe faren lijk þeise wowers . Exemplum. Þat wedden no wydewis  but forto welde her goodes Riȝt so bi þe rode  rouȝtenO.11.75: OC2 alone have the form rouȝten in place of rouȝte. ȝe neuere Where my body were biryed  bi so ȝe hadde þe siluer Ich haue myche merueyle of ȝow  & so haþ many oþer Why ȝoure couent coueytiþ  to confesse & to birie Raþer þan to baptise barnes  þat been cathecumynys Baptisyng & biryeng  boþe been ful nedeful Ac myche more merytorie me þinkeþ  is to baptise For a baptised man may  as maystres tellen Þoruȝ contricioun come  to þe hye heuene Sola contricio delet peccatumO.11.84: This line is written in the right margin. Ac a barn wiþ-outen bapteem  may not be saued Nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua & ceteraO.11.86: This line is written in the right margin. Loke ȝe lettred men  wheþer I lye or not And lewte lokede on me  & I lourede after Wher-fore lourest þou quod lewte  & lokede on me harde If I durste quod I amongys men  þeise metelis auowe Ȝhe . bi petir & bi poule quod he  & toke boþe to witnesse Non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo . set puplice argue illosO.11.92: This line is written in the left margins of ll. 91-94. It is divided after fratres, corde, and puplice, so that it appears as four lines. Þei wolen alegge also quod I  & biO.11.93: The <b> of bi has been altered from another letter. þe gospel preue Nolite iudicare quemquam .O.11.94: This line is written in the right margin. And wher-of serueþ lawe quod lewte  if no lijf vndir-tokeO.11.95: OC2 alone lack it at the end of this line. A solidus/punctus appears over the line following vndir-toke, followed by a space in which characters have been erased. In the right margin is a caret/punctus and the word it, faintly visible though erased, suggesting that it may originally have appeared at the end of the line and later have been erased in response to a corrector's instruction to delete. FalnesseFal[s]nesse ne faytrie . for sumwhat  þe apostle seyde Non oderis fratrem . & in þe sauter also  seiþ dauid þe prophete Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis & cetera It is leuefulO.11.99: O alone has the form leueful; most B manuscripts have licitum. for lewide men  to segge þe soþe If hem likeþ orO.11.100: OC2 alone have or in place of and. liste  iche a lawe it grauntiþ Except persouns & preestis  & prelatis of holy chirche It falleþ not for þat folk  no tales to telle Þouȝ þe tale were trewe  & it touchede synne Þing þat al þe werld woot  wherfore schuldist þou spare And reden it in rethorik  to arate dedli synne Ac be neuere-more þe first  þe defaute to blame Þouȝ þou see yuel . seye it not first  be sory it nere amendid AndO.11.108: OC2C alone have And; variants include a (GYB), No (WHmCrLMR), and & ony (F). þing þat is pryue  puplice þow it neuere Neiþer for loue laude it not  ne lakke it for envie Parum lauda vitupera parciusO.11.110: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vitupera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. He seiþ soþ quod scripture þoo  & skipte on hyȝ & prechede Ac þe matere þat he meuede  if lewide men it knewe Þe lasse as I leue  louen it þei woldenO.11.113: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde. Þis was her teme & her text  I toke ful good heed Multi to a mangerie  & to þe mete weren sumpned And whanne þe peple was plener comen  þe porter vnpynnede þe gate And plukkide in pauci priueliche  & lete þe remenaunt go roome Al for tene of her text  tremblede myn herte And in a weer gan I waxe  & wiþ my-self dispute Wheþer I were chosen or not  on holy chirche I þouȝte Þat vndirfonge me at þe founte  for oon of goddis chosen For crist clepede vs alle  come if we woldenO.11.122: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde. Sarasens & scismatikes  & so he dide þe Iues O vos omnes scicientes venite & ceteraO.11.124: This line is written in the right margin. And bade hem souke for synne  saueli at his brest And drynke bote for bale  broke it who-so myȝte Þanne mowen alle cristen come quod I  & cleyme þere entree Bi þe blood þat he bouȝte vs wiþ  & þoruȝ baptisme after Qui crediderit & baptizatus fuerit & ceteraO.11.129: This line is written in the right margin. For þouȝ a cristen man coueytede  his cristendoom to reneye Riȝtfullich to reneye  no resoun it wolde For may no cherl chartre make  ne his catel selle Wiþ-outen leue of his lord  no lawe wole it graunte Ac he may renne in arerage  & roome so fro home And as a reneyed caytijf  recchelesly aboute Ac resoun schal rekene wiþ hym  & caste hym in arerage And putte hym after in prisoun  in purgatorie to brenne For his arerage rewarde hym þere  to þe day of doom But if contricioun wole come  & crie bi his lyue  Mercy for hise mysdedis  wiþ mouþ or wiþ herte Þat is soþ quod scripture  may no synne lette  Mercy alle to amende  & mekenesse hir folewe For þei been . as oure bokis tellen  aboue goddis werkis MisericordiaO.11.144: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack eius before super. super omnia opera eiusO.11.144: This line is written in the right margin. Ȝhe . bawe for bokis quod oon  was broken out of helle Hiȝte troianus hadde been a trewe knyȝt  toke witnesse at þe pope Troianus How he was deed & dampned  to dwellen in peyne For an vncristen creature  clerkis witen þe soþe Þat alle þe clergye vndir crist  myȝte me cracche fro helle But onelich loue & lewte  & my laweful domusO.11.150: O alone has domus in place of domes. Gregory wiste þis wel  & wylneþ to my soule  Saluacioun . for soþnesse  þat he seyȝ in my werkis And after þat he wepte  & wilnede me were grauntid . nota . þe ground of trentalis .O.11.154: The rubric is divided after nota. Grace . wiþ-outen any bede biddyng  his boone loueO.11.154: Because marginal loue is placed directly above boone, and both are accompanied by a solidus/punctus, it seems likely that it is intended as a substitution. Perhaps a gloss, and not substitution, is intended; however, the words do not have the same meaning, and it seems unlikely that the word boone would have been unfamiliar to any reader. was vndirfongen And I saued as ȝe mowenO.11.155: O alone has the form mowen; most B manuscripts have may. see  wiþ-out syngyng of masses Bi loue & bi lernyng  of my lyuyng in truþe Brouȝte me fro bitter peyne  þere no biddyng myȝte Lo ȝe lordis . what lewte dide  bi an emperour of rome Þat was an vncristen creature  as clerkis fynden in bokis Not þoruȝ preyer of a pope  but for his pure truþe  Was þat sarasen saued  as seynt gregory bereþ witnesse Wel ouȝten ȝe lordis þat lawes kepen  þis lessoun haue in mynde And on troianus truþe to þenke  & do truþe to þe peple Exemplum RomanusO.11.164: This rubric, written in a larger and more formal script than that of the rest of the text, may not be written in the main scribal hand. It is divided after Exemplum, so that it appears as two lines. Lawe wiþ-outen loue quod troianus  ley þere a bene Or any science vndir sunne  þe seuene artis & alle But þei be lerned for oure lordis loue  lost is al þe tyme For no cause to cacche syluer þerbi  ne to be called a mayster But al for loue of oure lord  & þe bette to loue þe peple For seynt ion seyde it  & soþe arn hise wordis Qui non diligit manet in morteO.11.170: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after in, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Who-so loueþ not leue me  he lyueþ in deþ-deyinge And þat alle manere men  enemyes & frendes  Loue her eyþer oþer  & lene hem as hem-seluen Who-so leneþ not he loueþ not  god woot þe soþe And comaundedeO.11.175: OC2RF alone have the preterite form. iche creature  to conforme hym to louye And souereynli pore peple  & her enemyes after For hem þat haten vs  is oure meryte to louye And pore peple to plese  her preyeris mowen vs helpe For oure ioye & oure hele  iesu crist of heuene In a pore mannys apparayle  pursueþ vs euere And lokiþ on vs in her liknesse  & þat wiþ loueli chere To knowe vs bi oure kynde herte  & castyng of oure ye Wheþer we louenO.11.183: OC2 alone have the form louen in place of loue. þe lordis heer  bifore oure lord of blisse And exciteþ vs bi þe euangelie  þat whanne we maken feestis We schulden not clepe oure kyn þerto  ne no kyn riche Cum facitis conuiuia nolite inuitare amicosO.11.186: This line is written in the left margin opposite ll. 185-188. It is divided after conuiuia and <a> in amicos, so that it appears as three lines. Ac calleþ þe careful þerto  þe croked & þe pore For ȝoure frendis wolen fede ȝow  & fonde ȝow to quyte  Ȝoure feestynge & ȝoure fayre ȝiftes  iche freend quyteþ so oþer Ac for þe pore I schal paye  & pure wel quyte her trauayle Þat ȝyueþ hem mete or money  & loueþ hem for my sake For þe beste been summe riche  & summe beggers & pore For alle arn we cristis creaturis  & of hise coferis riche And breþeren as of blood  asO.11.194: OC2F alone lack wel after as. beggers &O.11.194: OC2F alone have & in place of as. erlesO.11.194: At the bottom right margin of this page, boxed catchwords have been lost to cropping; only the top of the box is visible. For on caluarie of cristis blood  cristendom gan sprynge And blody breþeren we become  þere . of oo body wonne As quasi modo geniti  & gentil men ichone NeO.11.198: OC2 alone have Ne in place of No. begger ne boye amonge vs  but if it synne made Qui facit peccatum seruus est peccatiO.11.199: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after est, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. In þe olde lawe  as holi lettre telliþ Mennys sones  men callede vs ichone Of adamþisadamis issu & eue  ay til god-man deyede And after his resurecciounredemptor was his name And we hise breþeren þoruȝ hym bouȝt  boþe riche & pore For-þi . lyueO.11.205: O alone has lyue in place of loue. we as leue breþeren schul  & iche man lawȝhe onO.11.205: GOC2F alone have on; most B manuscripts have of. oþer ForO.11.206: OC2 alone have For in place of And. if þat iche man may forbere  amende þere it nediþ And euery man helpe oþer  for hennes schul we alle Alter alterius onera portate & ceteraO.11.208: This line is written in the right margin. And be we not vnkynde of oure catel  ne of oure kunnyng neiþer For noot no man how it is  to be ynome fro boþe For-þi . lakke no lijf oþer  þouȝ he more latyn knowe Ne vndirnyme not foule  for is noon wiþ-outen faute For what-euere clerkis carpenO.11.213: OC2 alone have the form carpen in place of carpe.  of cristendom or ellis Crist to a comune womman seyde  in comune at a feeste Þat fides sua schulde sauen hir  & saluen hir of synnes Þanne is beleue a lele helpe  aboue logyk or lawe Of logyk ne of lawe  in legenda sanctorum Is litil allowaunce maad  but if beleue hem helpe For it is ouerlonge . er logyk  any lessoun assoyle And lawe is loþ to louye  but if he lacche syluer ButO.11.221: OC2 alone have But in place of Boþe. logyk & lawe  þat louenO.11.221: OC2 alone have the form louen in place of loueþ. not to lye I counceyle alle cristen men  cleue not þer-on to sore For summe wordis I fynde writen  werenO.11.223: O alone has weren; most B manuscripts have were. of feiþes techyng That sauede synful men  as seynt Ion bereþ witnesse Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis  remecietur vobisO.11.225: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after the caesura, and the second line is preceded by a red parasign. For-þi lerne we þe lawe of loue  as oure lord tauȝte And as seynt gregori seyde  for mennysO.11.227: OC2 alone have the plural form. soule helþe Melius est scrutari scelera nostraO.11.228: A double solidus indicates transposition of original nostra scelera. quam naturas rerumO.11.228: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after naturas, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Why I meue þis mater  is moost for þe pore For in his liknesse . oure lord  ofte haþ been yknowe Witnesse in þe paske weke  whanne he ȝede to Emaus Cleophas knewe hym not  þat he crist were For his pore apparayle  & pilgrimes wedis Til he blessede & brake  þe breed . þat þei eten So bi hise werkis þei wisten  þat he was Iesus Ac bi cloþing þei knewen hym not  ne bi carpyng of tunge And al was in ensaumple  to vs synful heer Þat we schuldenO.11.238: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. be lowe  & louelich of spechesO.11.238: YO alone have the plural form. And apparayle vs not proudeli  for pilgrimes arn we alle And in þe apparayle of a pore man  & pilgrimes liknesse Many tyme god haþ been met  amonge nedy peple ÞatO.11.242: OC2 alone have Þat; most B manuscripts have Ther. neuere segge hym seyȝ  in secte of þe riche pureO.11.243: Because pore is accompanied by a solidus/punctus above, and marginal pure by a caret/punctus, it seems clear that substitution is intended. Seynt ion & oþer seyntis  weren seyn in pore cloþing And as pore pilgrimes  preyeden mennys goodis Iesu crist on a Iues douȝter aliȝte  gentil womman þouȝ sche were O.11.246: A cross about two characters in height appears in the near left margin between this line and the next; the hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3.Was a pure pore mayde  & to a pore man weddid Martha on marie magdalene  an huge pleynt sche made And to oure saueour self  seyde þeise wordis Domine non est tibi cure quod soror mea reliquit me solam & ceteraO.11.249: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mea, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And hastili god answerede  & eyþeris wille folewede Boþ in marthas & in maries  as matheu bereþ witnesse Ac pouerte god putte bifore  & preysede it þe better Maria optimam partem elegit que non auferetur ab eaO.11.253: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after que, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And alle þe wise þat euere werenO.11.254: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were.  bi ouȝt I can aspie Preysen pouerte for best lijf  if pacience it folewe And boþe better & blessider  bi many foold þan richesse And þouȝ it be soure to suffre  þer comeþ swete after As on a walnote wiþ-outen  is a bitter bark And after þat bitter bark  be þe schelle aweye Is a kirnel of kounfort  kynde to restore So is after pouerte or pacienceO.11.261: OC2 alone have pacience in place of penaunce.  pacientlich ytake For it makiþ man to haue mynde in god  & a greet wille  To wepe & to wel bidde  wher-of wexeþ mercyO.11.263: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Of which crist is a kernell to conforte þe soule." And wel sikerer he slepiþ  þe man þat is pore And lasse he drediþ deþ  & in derk to be robbed  Þan he þat is riȝt riche  resoun bereþ witnesse Pauper ego ludo  dum tu diues meditarisO.11.267: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after diues, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And þouȝ salomon seyde  as folk seen in þe bible Diuicias nec paupertates & ceteraO.11.269: This line is written in the right margin. Wiser þan salomon was  bereþ witnesse & tauȝte Þat parfiȝt pouerte was  no possessioun to haue And lijf moost likyng to god  as luke bereþ witnesse Si vis perfectus esse vade & vende & ceteraO.11.273: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And is to mene to men  þat on þis moold lyuen war munkes & chanounsO.11.275: This rubric is divided after &, so that it appears as two lines. Who-so wole be pure parfiȝt  mote possessioun forsake Or selle it as seiþ þe book  & þe syluer dele To beggers þat goon & beggenO.11.277: OC2 alone have the form beggen; all other beta witnesses have begge.  & bidden good for goddislouegoddis loue . nota .O.11.278: The word nota is surrounded at left, right, and bottom by flourishes in black and red. For faylede neuere man mete  þat myȝtful god seruede Non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius querens panemO.11.279: This line, which occurs here only in OC2, is written in the right margin. It is divided after derelictum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. The word nota is surrounded at left, right, and bottom by flourishes in black and red. This line has occurred previously at 7.98; Kane and Donaldson (221) exclude it as a "contamination," probably inserted from memory. As dauid seiþ in þe sauter  to swiche þat ben in wille  To serue god goodlich  ne greueþ hym no penaunce Nichil impossibile volentiO.11.282: This line is written in the right margin. Ne lakkeþ neuere lijflode  lynnen ne wollen Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono .O.11.284: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mi- in minuentur, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Of annueleris preestis IfO.11.285: The <I> in If is decorated with flourishes. preestis weren parfiȝt  þei wolden no syluer take For masses ne for mateyns  not her mete of vsureris Ne neiþer kirtel ne kote  þouȝ þei for coold schulden deye And þei her deuer dide as dauid  seiþ . in þe sauter Iudica me deus  & discerne causam & ceteraO.11.289: OC2 alone have & cetera in place of meam. spera in deo & ceteraO.11.289: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after & cetera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Spekiþ of preestis  þat han no spendynge syluer Þat if þei trauayle trulich  & triste in god almyȝti Hem schulde lakke no lijflode  neiþer wollen ne lynnen And þe title þei taken ordre bi  telleþ . ȝe been auaunced Þanne nediþ not ȝow take syluer  for masses þat ȝe syngen For he þat toke ȝow ȝoure title  schulde take ȝow ȝoure wages Of þe bisschop þat blessiþ ȝow  if þat ȝe been worþi For made neuere kyng no knyȝt  but he hadde catel to spende As bifel for a knyȝt  or fonde hym for his strenkþe It is a careful knyȝt  & of caytijf kyngys makyng Þat haþ no loond ne lynage riche  ne good loos of hise handis Þe same I seye for-soþe  bi alle swiche preestis Þat han neiþer kunnyng ne kyn  but a crowne oone And a title a tale of nouȝt  to his lijflode at mescheef He haþ more bileue as IO.11.304: The <I> seems to have been written over an anticipated <l> from leue. leue  to lacche þoruȝ his crowne  Cure . þan for kunnyng or knowyng  for clene of beryng I haue wonder & why  & wherfore þe bisschop Makeþ swiche preestes  þat lewide men bitrayenO.11.307: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this and the preceding line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as failure to alliterate. A chartre is chalengeble  bifore a cheef Iustise If fals latyn be in þat lettre  þe lawe it impugneþ Or peyntid par interlynarie  parcellis ouer-skippid Þe goom þat gloseþ so chartres  for a goky is holden So it is a goky bi god  þat in his gospel fayliþ Or in messe or matyns  makiþ any defaute Qui offendit in vno in omnibus est reusO.11.314: This line is written in the right margin. And also in þe sauter seiþ  dauid . to ouerskippers Psallite deo nostro psallite / quoniam rex terre deus israel sallite[p]sallite sapienter Þe bisschop schal be blamed  bifore god as I leue ÞatO.11.318: OC2 alone lack croune(þ)(d) before swiche, and thus lack the first alliterating stave. swiche goddis knyȝtis  þat kunne not sapienter Synge ne salmes rede  ne segge a messe of þe day Ac neuere neiþer is blameles  þe bisschop ne þe chapleyn For euere eiþer is enditid  & þat of ignorancia Non excusat episcopos  nec ydiotes preestis Þis lokyng ofO.11.323: OGC2F alone have of in place of on. lewid preestis  haþ doon me lepe fro pouerte Which I preyse þere pacience is  more parfiȝt þan richesse Ac myche more in metyng þus  wiþ me gan oon dispute And slepyng I seyȝ al þis  & siþen cam kynde And nempnede me bi name  & bade me nymeO.11.327: OC2 alone have the form nyme in place of nymen. heed And þoruȝ þe wondris of þis world  witt for to take And on a mounteyn þat mydleerd hyȝte  as me þoo þouȝte I was fet forþ  bi ensaumples to knowe  Þoruȝ iche a creature & kynde  my creatoure to louyeO.11.331: The <o> in louye is written over an illegible character. I seyȝ þe sunne & þe sehe  & þe sond after And where þat briddis & beestis  bi her make ȝeden Wylde wormes in wodis  & wondirfulO.11.334: The <u> in wondirful seems to have been written over an <o>. foulis Wiþ flekked feþeris  & of fele colouris Man haddeO.11.336: OC2 alone have hadde in place of and. his make  I myȝte boþe beholde Pouerte & plente  boþe pees & werre Blisse & Bale  boþe I seyȝ at ones AndO.11.339: OC2F alone lack how before men. men token mede  & mercy refusedenO.11.339: O alone has the form refuseden; all other beta witnesses have refused. Resoun I seyȝ soþeli  suen alle beestis In etyng & drynkyng  & in engendryng of kynde And after cours of concepcioun  noon toke keep of oþer And whanne þei hadden riden in rotey tyme  anoon-riȝt þerafter Males drowen hem to males  on morwenyngesO.11.344: O alone has on morwenynges; variants include all mornynge (Hm), on morninge (Cr3), on morwnynge (C2), on mornings (Cr2), on mournes (G), amornynges (LCr1), amorwenges (YC), amorwynges (Cot), and amorwenynges (WBmBoMR). bi hem-seluenO.11.344: O alone has the form seluen in place of selue. InO.11.345: OC2 alone lack introductory And. euenynges also  þe males fro þe femeles Þere was cow ne cowkynde  þat conceyued hadde Þat wolde belue after boles  ne boor after sowe Boþe hors & houndis  & alle oþer beestis MedeledenO.11.349: OC2 alone have the form Medeleden; all other beta witnesses have Medled. not wiþ her makes  þat wiþ foole werenO.11.349: OC2 alone have þat wiþ foole weren; most B manuscripts have þat wiþ fole were. Briddes I behelde  þat in buskes maden nestis Hadde neuere wye witt  to worche þe leeste I hadde wondir at whom  & where þe pye lernede  To legge þe stykkes  in whiche he leiþ & brediþ Þer nys wyȝtO.11.354: OC2 alone have wyȝt; most B manuscripts have wryȝt. asO.11.354: The <a> in as seems to have been written over an <a>. I wene  schulde wirche hir nest to paye If any masoun made a moold þerto  myche wondre it were And ȝit me merueylede more  how many oþere briddes  Hidden & hileden  her eyrenO.11.357: OC2 alone have the form eyren in place of egges. ful derne In mareys & mooris  for men schulde hem not fynde And hydden her eggys  whanne þei þerfro wenten For feer of oþere foulis  & for wylde beestis And summe troden her makis  & on trees bredden And brouȝten forþ her bryddis so  al aboue þe grounde And summe briddes at þe biblebile  þoruȝ bredyngO.11.363: OC2 alone have bredyng in place of breþyng. conceyuedenO.11.363: O alone has the form conceyueden in place of conceyued. And summe kakeledenO.11.364: OC2 alone have the form kakeleden; most B manuscripts have caukede. I toke keep  how pecokkis bredden Miche merueylede me  what mayster þei haddenO.11.365: OC2 alone have the form hadden; most B manuscripts have hadde. And who tauȝte hem on trees  to tymbre so hye ÞereO.11.367: The thorn in Þere is decorated with flourishes in red and black. neiþer barn ne beest may her briddis reche And siþen I lokede on þe sehe  & so on þe sterres Many selkouþis I seyȝ  been not to seye nouþe I seyȝ flouris in þe friþ  & her fayre colouris And how among þe grene gresse  grewe so many hewes And summe soure & summe swete  selcouþe me þouȝte Of her kynde & her colour  to carpe . it were to longe Ac þat moost meuede me  & my mood chaungede Þat resoun rewartdede  & rulede alle beestis Saue man & his make  many tyme & ofte No resoun hem folewede  & þanne I rebukede  Resoun . & riȝt toO.11.378: An otiose tilde appears above the <t> in to. hym-seluen seyde I haue wondre of þee quod I  þat witty art holden Why þou ne sueste man & his make  þat no mysfayt hym folewe And resoun aratede me  & seyde recche þee neuere Why I suffre or not suffre  þi-self hast not to done Amende þou if þou myȝte  for my tyme is to abide Sufferaunce is suereyn vertu  & ofO.11.384: OC2 alone have of in place of a. swift veniaunce Who suffredeO.11.385: WYOC2 alone have the preterite form. more þan god quod he  no goom as I leue He myȝte amende in a mynute whyle  al þat mysstondeþ Ac he suffredeO.11.387: OC2 alone have the preterite form. for summe mans good  & so is oure bettre Þe wise & þe witti  wroote þus in þe bible De re que te non molestat noli certareO.11.389: This line is written in the right margin. For . be a man fayre or foule  it falleþ not toO.11.390: GOC2 alone among beta witnesses have to in place of for to. lakke  Þe schappe ne þe schaft  þat god schope hym-seluenO.11.391: O alone has seluen in place of selue. For al þat he dide was wel do  as holi writ witnessiþ Et vidit deus cuncta que fecerat & erant valde bona . .O.11.393: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after fecerat, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And bade euery creature  in his kynde encrece Al to myrþe wiþ . man  þat moost woo þolieþO.11.395: OC2RF alone have wo þolieþ most B manuscripts have wo þolie. These scribes seem to have understood moost as a superlative, where others interpreted it as a modal. In fondyng of þe flesch  & of þe feend boþe For man was maad of swych a mateer  he may not wel asterteO.11.397: The word asterte was rewritten in the right margin, apparently because the er suspension in the first occurrence was misplaced and smudged. Þat ne sum-tyme hym bitid  to folewe his kynde Catoun acordeþ herwiþO.11.399: OC2 alone have herwiþ; most B manuscripts have þerwiþ.nemo sine crimine viuit Þoo cauȝte I colour anoon  & comsede to be a-schamed And IO.11.401: YOC2F alone include I. awakede þer-wiþ  woo was me þanne . Þat I in metels ne myȝte  more haue I-knowen Þanne seyde I to myself  & chidde þat tyme Now I woot what do-wel is quod I  bi dere god as me þinkeþ And as I caste vp myne yen  oon lokede on me & axede  Of me . what þing it were  I-wisse sire I seyde To see myche & suffre more  certis quod I is do-wel Haddist þou suffred . he seyde  slepynge þoo þou were Þou schuldist haue yknowe þat clergie can  & conceyued more þoruȝ resoun For resoun wolde haue reherced þee  riȝt as clergie seyde And for þin entremetyng heer  art þou forsaken Philosophus esses si tacuissesO.11.412: This line is written in the right margin. Adam whylis he spake nouȝt  hadde paradijs at wille Ac whanne he mamelede aboute mete  & entremette hym to knowe  Þe wisdam of þe witt of god  he was put fro blisse And riȝt so ferde resoun bi þee  þou wiþ rude speche Lakkedist & losedest þing  þat longede not to done Þoo hadde he no lykyng  for to lerne þee more Pride now & presumpsioun  paraunter wolen þee appele Þat clergie þi companye  ne kepeþ not to sue Schal neuere chalengyng ne chydyng  chastiseO.11.420: HmOC2F alone have chastyse; most B manuscripts have chaste. a man so soone AsO.11.421: HmOC2 alone lack shal before schame. schame & schenden hym & schape hym to amende For latte a drunken daffe  in a diche falle Latte hym ligge loke not on hym  til hym liste to rise For þouȝ resoun rebukede hym þanne  it were but pure synne And whanne nede nymeþ hym vp  for doute lest he sterue And schame schrapiþ hise cloþis  & hise schyns wasschiþ Þanne woot þe drunkun daffe  wherfore he is to blame Ȝe seggen soþ quod I  ich haue yseyn it ofte Þer smyt no þing so smerte  ne smelleþ so soure As schame þere he schewiþ hym  for euery man hym schonyeþ Why ȝe wissenO.11.432: OC2 alone have ȝ wissen in place of ye wisse. me þus quod I . was  for I rebukede resoun Certis quod he þat is soþ  & schope hym for to walke And I a-roos vp riȝt wiþ þat  & folewede hym after And preyede hym of his curtesie  to telle me his name Passus duodecimusO.12.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. I Am ymagyntijfymagyn[a]tijf quod he  idel was I neuere Þouȝ I sitte bi myself  in seeknesse & in helþe I haue folewed þee in feiþ  þis fyue & fourty wynter And many tymes haue meued þee  to þenke on þin ende And how fele ferneȝeris arn faren  & so fewe to come And of þi wylde wantounesse  þoo þou ȝonge were To amende it in þi mydel age  lest . myȝt þee fayle  In þin olde elde  þat yuele can suffre  Pouerte or penaunce  or preyeris bidde Si non in prima vigilia nec in secundaO.12.10: This line is written in the right margin. Amende þee whyle þou myȝte  þou hast been warned ofte Wiþ poustees of pestelences  wiþ pouerte & wiþ angres And wiþ þeise bittir baleyses  god beteþ hise dere children Quem diligo castigoO.12.14: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after diligo, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And dauid in þe sauter seiþ  of swiche þat louen Iesus virga tua & baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt /O.12.16: This line is set in slightly from the left margin and preceded by a red parasign with a trailing descender. Al-þouȝ þou strike me wiþ þi staf  wiþ stikke oþerO.12.17: YOC2C alone lack wiþ before ȝerde. ȝerde It is but myrþe as for me  to amende my soule And þou medelest þee wiþ maystries  & myȝtist go seye þi sauter And bidde for hem þat ȝyuen þee breed  for þer been bokes O.12.20: OC2 alone lack some form of ynowe at the end of this line. To telle me . what do-wel is  do-bette & do-best boþe And prechouris to preue what it is  of many a peyre freris I seyȝ wel . he seyde me soþ  & sum-what me to excuse  Seyde . catoun counfortede his sone  þat clerk þouȝ he were To solacen hym sum-tyme  as I do whanne I make Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis .O.12.26: This line is written in the right margin. And of holy men I herde quod I  how þei oþerwyle  Pleyeden . þe parfiter  to be in many places Ac if þer were any wyȝt  þat wolde me telle What were do-wel & do-bette  & do-best at þe last Wolde I neuere do werk  but wende to holy chyrche And þere bidde my bedis  but whanne ich eete or sleepe Poule in his pistle quod he  preueþ what is do-wel Fides . spes . caritas & maior horum & ceteraO.12.34: This line is written in the right margin. Feiþ hope & charite  & alle been goode And sauen men sundri tymes  ac noon so soone as charite For he doþ wel wiþ-outen doute  þat dooþ as lewte techiþ Þat is if þou be man maried  þi make þou louye And lyue forþ as lawe wole  whyle ȝe lyuen heer Riȝt so if þou be religious  renne þou neuere ferþer To rome ne to rochemadour  but as þi rule techeþ And holde þee vndir obedience  þat hye weye is to heuene And if þou be mayden to marienO.12.43: OC2 alone have the form marien in place of marye or omission.  & myȝte wel conteneO.12.43: OC2 alone have contene in place of continue. Seke þou neuere seynt ferþer  for no soule helþe For what made lucifer  to lese hisO.12.45: OC2 alone have his in place of þe. hye heuene Or salomon his sapience  or sampson his strenkþe Iob þe Iue his ioye  dere it heO.12.47: OC2 alone have dere it he; variants include dere he (B), dere ytt (G), dere he it (HmCrYLMR), ful deere (W), and deere (F). abouȝte Aristotle & oþere moo  ypocras & virgile Alexandre þat al wan  elengeli endedenO.12.49: O alone has the form endeden; most B manuscripts have ended. Catel & kynde witt  was combraunce to hem alle Felice hir fayrenesse  fel hir al to sclaundre And rosamound riȝt so  rufulli bisette  Þe bewtee of hir body  in badnesse sche dispendide Of many swiche I myȝte rede  of men & of wommen Þat wise wordis kun seye  & wirche þe contrarie Sunt homines nequam de virtute bene loquentesO.12.56: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after bene, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And riche renkes riȝt so  gaderen & sparen And þoo men þat þei moost haten  mynystren it at þe laste And for þei suffren & seen  so many nedy folkes And louen hem not as god bit  lesen her soulis Date & dabitur vobis & ceteraO.12.61: This line is written in the right margin. And richesse riȝt so  but if þe rote be trewe Ac grace is is a grasse þerof  þe greuaunce to abate Ac grace ne growiþ not  but among þeO.12.64: OC2 alone have among þe in place of amonges. lowe Pacience & pouerte  þe place is þere it groweþ And in lele lyuynge men  & in lijf-holy And þoruȝ þe gyfte of þe holy goost  as þe gospel telleþ Spiritus vbi vult spiratO.12.68: This line is written in the right margin. Clergye & kynde witt  comeþ of siȝt & techyng As þe book bereþ witnesse  to barnes þat kun rede Quod scimus loquimur quod vidimus testamurO.12.71: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after quod, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Of quod scimus . comeþ clergie  & kunnyng of heuene O.12.73: OC2 alone lack introductory And.Of quod vidimus comeþ kynde witt  of siȝt of dyuerse peple And grace is a gyft of god  & of greet loue spryngeþ Knewe neuere klerk how it komeþ forþ  þeO.12.75: OC2 alone have þe; most B manuscripts have ne. kynde witt þe weyes Nescit aliquis vnde venit aut quo vadit & cetera Ac ȝit is clergie to commende  & kynde witt boþe And nameli clergie for cristis loue  þat of clergie is rote For Moyses witnesseþ þat god wroote  for to wisse þe peple In þe olde lawe as þe lettre telleþ  þat was þe lawe of Iues Þat what womman were in auoutrie taken  riche oþer pore Wiþ stoones men schulden hir strike  & stonye hir to deþe A womman as we fynden  was gylti of þat dede Ac crist of his curtesye  þoruȝ clergie hir sauede For þoruȝ carectis þat crist wrouȝte  þe Iues knewen hem-selue Gyltier as a-fore god  & in gretterO.12.86: OC2 alone transpose gretter in. synne  Þan þe womman þat þere was  & wente awey for schame Þe clergie þat þere was  counfortede þe womman Holy kirke knowiþ þis  þat cristis writyng sauede So clergie is counfort  to creaturis þat repenten And to mansede men  mescheef at her ende For goddis body myȝte not be  of breed . wiþ-out clergie Þe which body is boþe  bote to þe riȝtful And deþ & dampnacioun  to hem þat dyen yuele As cristes carectes counfortedenO.12.95: O alone has the form counforteden; most B manuscripts have confortede.  & boþe coupable schewedenO.12.95: O alone has the form scheweden; most B manuscripts have shewed. Þe womman þat þe Iues brouȝtenO.12.96: OC2 alone have the form brouȝten; all other beta witnesses have brouȝte.  þat Iesus þouȝte to saue Nolite iudicare & non iudicabiminiO.12.97: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 98-99; it is divided after iudicare, so that it appears as two lines. The word iudicabimini is underlined twice. Riȝt so goddis body breþeren  but it be worþili taken Dampneþ vs at þe day of doom  as þe carectes diden þe Iues For-þi I counceyle þee for cristis sake  clergie to louye For kynde witt is of his kyn  & nyȝ cosyns boþe  To oure lord leue me  for-þi loue hem I rede For boþe been as myrouris  to amende oure defautes And leders for lewede men  & for lettered boþe For-þi . lakke þou neuere logyk  lawe ne his customes Ne counterplede clerkis  I counceyle þee for euere For as a man may not see  þat mysseþ hise yen No more can aO.12.108: GOC2 alone have a in place of no. clerk but if he caccheO.12.108: OC2F alone have cacche in place of cauȝte. it  first þoruȝ bokis Al-þouȝ men maden bokes  god was þe mayster And seynt spirit his saumplarie  & seyde . what manO.12.110: OC2RF alone have the singular form. schulde write And riȝt as siȝt serueþ a man  to see þe hye strete Riȝt so lediþ lettrure  lewide men to resoun And as a blynde man in batayle  bereþ wepene to fyȝte And haþ noon hap wiþ his ax  hise enemyesO.12.114: OC2 alone have the plural form. to hitte No more can a kynde-wittid man  but if clerkis hym teche  Come . for al his kynde witt  to cristendom and be saued Which is þe cofre of cristis tresore  & clerkis kepen þe keyes To vnloken it at her lykyng  & to þe lewede peple  Ȝeue mercy . for her mysdedis  if men it wole aske  Buxumlich & benynglich  & bidden it of grace Archa dei in þe olde lawe  leuytes it kepten Hadde neuere lewed man leue  to legge hoond on þe cheste But he were preest or preestes sone  patriark or prophete For clergie is keper  vndir crist of heuene Was þer neuere no knyȝt  but clergie hym made Ac kynde witt comeþ  of alle kyns siȝtis Of briddisO.12.127: OC2 alone lack and before of beestis. of beestis of taastes  of truþe & of deceytis Lyuyers to-forn vs  vseden to marke Þe selcouþe þat þei seyȝen  her sones for to teche And helde it an hye science  her wittes to knowe Ac þoruȝ her science soþeli  was neuere soule saued Ne brouȝt bi her bokes  to blisse ne to ioye For al her kynde knowyng come  but of dyuerse siȝtis Patriarkes & prophetes  repreueden her science And seyden her wordis ne her wisdomes  nas but a folye As to þe clergie of crist  counted but a trifule Sapiencia huius mundi stultitia apud deumO.12.137: This line is written in the right margin. For þe hye holy goost  heuene schal to-cleue  And loue schal lepe out after  in-to hisO.12.139: OC2 alone have his; most B manuscripts have þis. lowe erþe And clennesse schal cacchen it  & clerkis schul it fynde Pastores loquebantur ad inuicemO.12.141: This line is written in the right margin. He spekeþ þere . of riche men nouȝt  ne of riȝt witty Ne of lordis þat werenO.12.143: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were. lewede men  but of þe hyest lettred oute Ibant magy ab orienteO.12.144: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ab, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. If any frere were founden þere  I ȝyue þe fyue schillyngys Ne in no beggers cote  was þat barne born But in a burgeyces place  of bedlem þe beste Set non erat locus in diuersorio & pauper non habet diuersoriumO.12.148: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. To pastouris & to poietesO.12.149: A solidus/punctus appears over the first <e> in poietes, indicating an intended correction, although poietes is not apparently incorrect. Perhaps deletion of the <i> is intended. Hm alone has a different reading, pore men.  apperede þe aungel And bade hem go to bedlem  goddis birþe to honoure And sungen a song of solace  gloria in excelcsis deo Clerkis knewen it wel  & comen wiþ her presentes And diden her homage honourabli  to hym þat was almyȝti And goddis sone þat sittiþ in heuene  & schal saue vs alleO.12.154: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal. Why I haue told þee al þis  I toke ful good heed How þou contrariest clergie  wiþ crabbede wordis How þat lewede men liȝtliker  þan lettred weren saued Þan clerkis or kynde-wittid men  of cristen peple And þou seydist soþ of sum  ac se ȝit in what manere Take two stronge men  & in tamise hem casteO.12.160: OC2F alone transpose cast hem. And boþe nakide as a nedele  arnO.12.161: O alone has arn; variants include er (YC), ar (C2), þat (B), ther (Cr), hir, and omission. noon sikerer þan oþer Þat oon haþ kunnyng  & kan swymme & dyue Þat þer is lewed of þat labour  lernede neuere to symmes[w]ymme Which trowist þou of þeO.12.164: OC2 alone have the definite article; variants include those (Cr), þes (G), this (Y), hem (CBF), and þo (WHmLMR). two  in temise is in moost drede He þat neuere ne dyvede  ne nouȝt can of swymmyng Or þe swymmer þat is saaf  bi so . hym-self lyke Þere his felaw flet forþ  as þe flood likeþ And is in drede to drenche  þat neuere dide swymme Þat swymme can not I seyde  It semeþ to my wittis Riȝt so quod þe renke  resoun it schewiþ Þat he þat knowiþ clergie  can sonner arise  Out of synne & be saaf  þouȝ he synne ofte If hym likeþ & liste  þan any lewed lely For if þe clerk be kunnyng  he knowiþ what is synne And how contricioun wiþ-out confessioun  counfortiþ þe soule And þou seest in þi sauter  in salmes oon or tweyne How contricioun is commendid  for it caccheþ awey synne Beati quorum remisse sunt iniquitates & quorum tecta & ceteraO.12.178: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 178-179. It is divided after sunt, so that it appears as two lines. And þis counfortiþ iche a clerk  & keuereþ hym fro wanhope In which flood þe feend  fondeþ a man hardest Þere þe lewed lijþ stille  & lokeþ after lenten And haþ no contricioun er he come to schrift  & þanne can he litil telle And as his loresman lereþ hym  bileueþ & trowiþ And þat is after persoun or parischpreest  & parauenture he O.12.184: OCr23C2 alone include he. Vnkunnynge tet[o]O.12.185: Although the MED lists te as a variant of to, it is not the scribe's usual form of the word, nor is it attested by other manuscripts; it is thus probably unintended. lere lewede men  as luke bereþ witnesse Dum cecus ducit cecum Ambo in foueamO.12.186: OC2 alone include the last three words of this quotation from Matthew 15:14. & ceteraO.12.186: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 187-188. It is divided after cecum, so that it appears as two lines. Woo was hym marked þat  wade mote wiþ þe lewede Wel may þe barn blesse  þat hym to book sette Þat lyuynge after lettrure  sauede hym lijf and soule Dominus pars hereditatis mee & cetera  is a myrie verset Þat haþ taken fro tybourne  twenty stronge þeues Þere lewed þeues been lolled vp  loke how þei been saued Þe þeef þat hadde grace of god  on good fryday as ȝeO.12.193: OC2 alone have the plural form; all other beta witnesses have þow. spekenO.12.193: OC2 alone have the form speken; variants include speke (YBLMRF), spake (CrGC), and spekest (WHm). Was . for he ȝalte hym creaunt to crist  onO.12.194: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack an article before crosse. crosse & knewe hym gylti And grace axede of god  & he is euere redy Þat buxumli bidden it & been  in wille to amenden hem And þouȝ þat þeef hadde heuene  he hadde noon hye blisseO.12.197: Two crosses, about two lines in height and apparently by hand 2, appear in the right margin of this line. As seynt Ion & oþere seyntis  þat deserued haddenO.12.198: O alone has the form hadden; most B manuscripts have hadde. better Riȝt as summe men ȝyuen me mete  & setten me amydde þe flore Ich haue mete more þan ynow  ac not so myche worschip  As þoo þat sitten at þe table  or wiþ souereyns of þe halle But sitte as beggers bordles  bi my-self on þe ground So it fareþ bi þat feloun  þat on good friday was saued He sittiþ neiþer bi seynseyn[t] Ion  symond ne Iude Ne wiþ maydenes ne martires  confessoures ne wydewes But bi hymself as a soleyn  & serued on þe erþe For he þat is ones a þeef  is euere-more in daunger And as lawe likeþ  to lyue or to dye De peccato propiciato  noli esse sine metuO.12.209: This line is written in the right margin, followed by a cc parasign apparently in hand 2. And for to serue a seynt  & swich a þeef to-gyderes It were neiþer resoun ne riȝt  to rewarde hem boþe yliche And riȝt as troianus þe trewe knyȝt  tilteO.12.212: OC2 alone have the form tilte; most B manuscripts have tilde. not depe in helleO.12.212: Two crosses about two lines in height, apparently in hand 2, appear in the right margin; to their right, in the extreme right margin, appears a cross composed of dots with red flourishes radiating from them, probably in the main scribal hand. Þat oure lord ne hadde hym liȝtlich out . so leue I  þe þeef be in heuene For he is in þe lowest heuene  if oure beleue be trewe And wel loselich he lolleþ þere  bi þe lawe of holy chirche Quia reddit vnicuique iuxta opera suaO.12.216: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after opera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And why . þat oo þeef on þe crosse  creaunt hym ȝelte  Raþer þan þat oþer þeef  þouȝ þou wolde appose Alle þe clerkis vndir crist  ne couþe þe skyle assoyle Quare placuit  quia voluit .O.12.220: This line is written in the right margin. And so I seye bi þee  þat sekest after þe whyes And aresoundest resoun  a rebukyng as it were And of þe floures in þe friþ  & of her fayre hues Wher-of þei cacchen her colouris  so clere & so bryȝt And willest . of briddis & beestis  & of her bredyng knowe Why summe been a-lowe & summe a-loft  þi likyng it were And of þe stones & of þe sterres  þou studiest as I leue How-euere beeste or brid  haþ so breme wittis Clergie ne kynde witt  ne knewe neuere þe cause Ac kynde knowiþ þe cause hym-self  & no creature ellis He is þe pies patroun  & putteþ in hir ere ÞatO.12.232: The ascender of thorn in Þat is decorated with a small spray in red. þere þe þorn is þikkest  to bylden & brede And kynde kenneþ þe pocok  to kauken in swich a kynde And kennede adam to knowe  hise pryue membris And tauȝte hym & eue  to hilen hem wiþ leeues Lewede men many tymes  maystres apposen Why adam hilede not first  his mouþ þat eete þe appel Raþer þan his likham a-low  lewede axen þus clerkis Kynde knoweþ why . he dide so  & no clerk ellis Ac of briddes & of beestis  men bi olde tyme Ensaumples token & termes  as tellen þe poetes And þat þe fayrest foul  foulest engendriþ And feblest foul of fliȝt is  þat flyeþ or swymmeþ And þat is þe pocok &O.12.244: OC2 alone lack the definite article before pohenne. pohenne  proude riche men þei betoknen For þe pocok . & men pursuen hym  may not flye hye For þe traylyng of his tayl  ouer-taken is he soone And his flesch is foule flesch  & hise feet boþe And vnlouelich onO.12.248: OC2 alone have on in place of of. ledne  & layþ for to here Riȝt so þe riche  if he his richesse kepe And deleþ it not til his deþ-day  þe tayl of al sorwe Riȝt as þe pennys of þe pocok  peyneþ hym in his fliȝt So is possessioun peyne  of pens & of nobles  To alle hem þat it holden  til her tayl be plukked And þouȝ þe riche repente hymO.12.254: OC2 alone include hym. þanne  & birewe þe tyme  Þat euere he gaderede so grete  & gaf þerof so litil Þouȝ he crie to crist þanne  wiþ kene wille . I leue His leden is in oure lordis ere  ylicheO.12.257: OC2 alone have yliche; all other beta witnesses have lik. a pies And whanne his careyn schal come  in caue to be biried I leue it flawme ful foule  þe folde al aboute And al þe erþeO.12.260: A solidus/punctus appears above erþe, indicating deletion; a word has apparently been substituted in the left margin, of which only one character, perhaps <d>, remains uncropped. OC2 alone have erþe; most B manuscripts have oþere. þere it lijþ  enuenemyþ þoruȝ his attir Bi þe poo feet is vnderstonden  as I lernede in auynet  Exsecutours false frendis  þat fulfillen not his wille  Þat was writen . & þei witnesse  to wirche as it wolde Þus þe poete preueþ þe pocok  for hise feþeris is reuerencid Riȝt so is þe riche  bi resoun of hise goodes Þe lark þat is a lasse foul  is more louelich of leddene And wel awey of weenge  swifter þan þe pocok And of flesch bi fele folde  fatter & swetter To lowe libbynge men  þe lark is resembled Aristotle þe greet clerk  swiche tales telleþ Þus he lykneþ in his logyk  þe leeste foul oute And wher he be saaf or not  þe soþe woot þeO.12.272: GOC2 alone have þe in place of no. clergie Ne of sortes ne salomon  no scripture can telle Ac god is so good I hope  þat siþ he gaf hem wittis  To wissen vs weyes þer-wiþ  þat wissen vs to be sauedO.12.275: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the right margin, probably by hand 2. They may have been intended to point out the defectiveness of the line. And þe better for her bokes  to bidden we been holden Þat god of his grace  gyue her soulis reste For lettred men weren lewede ȝit  ner lore of her bokes Alle þeise clerkis quod I þoo  þat on crist leuen Seggen in her sermouns  þat no sarasens ne Iues Ne no creature of cristes liknesse  wiþ-outen cristendom worþ saued Contra quod ymagynatijf þoo  & comsede for to loure And seyde saluabitur vix iustus  in die iudicij . Ergo saluabitur quod he  & seyde no more latynO.12.284: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the margin, probably by hand 2. Troianus was a trewe knyȝt  & toke neuere cristendom And he isO.12.286: OC2 alone lack saaf before as; C2 has seiþ, O nothing at all. These manuscripts thus lack the first alliterating stave. as seiþ þe book  & his soule in heuene For þer is fullyng inO.12.287: Cr23OC2 alone among beta witnesses have in in place of of. founte  & fullyng in blood schedyng And þoruȝ fijr is fullyng  & þat is ferme beleue Aduenit ignis diuinus non comburens set illuminans .O.12.289: This line is written in the right margin. Ac truþe þat trespassede neuere  ne trauersede aȝens his lawe But lyueþ as his lawe techeþ  & leueþ þer be no betterO.12.291: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the right margin, probably by hand 2. And if þer were he wolde amende  & in swich wille deyeþ Ne wolde neuere trewe god  but truþe were alowed And were it worþ or not  þe beleue is greet of truþe And an hope hangynge þer-Inne  to haue mede for his truþe Quia deus dicitur quasi dans vitam eternam suis hoc est fidelibus . Et alibi / Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis & ceteraO.12.296: This line begins in the right margin of l. 295, breaks after vitam, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space. Þe glose graunteþ vp-on þat vers  a greet mede to truþe And witt & wisdam quod þat wye  was sum-tyme tresore  To kepe wiþ a comune  no catel was holden better And myche myrþe & manhood  & riȝt wiþ þat he vanyschede Passus tertiodecimusO.13.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears on two lines. a ANd I wakedeO.13.1: OC2 alone have the form wakede in place of awaked. þer-wiþ  witles neer-hande And as a freek þat fre were  forþ gan I walke In manere of a mendynaunt  many ȝeer after And of þis metyng many tyme  myche þouȝt Ich hadde First how fortune me faylede  at my moost nede And how þat eelde manacede me  we myȝten neuereO.13.6: O alone has we myȝten neuere; most B manuscripts have myȝte we euere. mete Freris And how þat freris foleweden  folk þat weren riche And folk þat weren pore  at litil price þei setten And no coors in her kirk-ȝerd  ne in her kirke was biried But quyk he bequeþe hem ouȝt  or schulde helpe quyte her dettis Curatis And how coueytise ouercome  clerkis & preestes And how þat lewed men been lad  but oure lord hem helpe ÞoruȝO.13.13: The ascender of the thorn in Þoruȝ is decorated with a small spray in red. vnkunnynge curatouris  to incurable peynes And how þat ymagynatyf  in dremeles me tolde Of kynde & of kunnyng  & how curteys he is to beestis And how louynge he is to beestis  on loond & on water Leneþ he no lijf  lasse ne more Þe creatures þat crepen  of kynde been engendrid And how ymagynatyf seyde  vix saluabitur iustusO.13.19: Two crosses, about two lines in height, appear in the right margin, probably in hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 19. And whanne he hadde seyd so  how sodeynlich he passede I lay doun longe in þis þouȝt  and at þe last I slepte And as crist wolde þer come conscience  to counforte me þat tyme And badeO.13.23: Cr1OC2 alone lack me before come. come to his court  wiþ clergie schulde I dyne And for concience of clergie spake  I come wel þe raþer And þere I seyȝ a mayster  what man he was I nyste  Þat lowe loutede and  louelich to scripture Concience knewe hym wel  & welcomede hym fayre Þei wasscheden & wypeden  & wente to dyner Ac pacience in þe paleys  stode in pilgrimes cloþis And preyede mete parO.13.30: WYGO alone have par; variants include pur (BF), por (C2), and for (HmCrCLMR). charite  for a pore heremyte Concience callede hym In  & curteyslich seyde Welcome wye . go & wasche  þou schalt sitte soone Þis mayster was maad sitte  & for þe moost worþi Þanne clergie & concience  & pacience cam after Pacience and I  weren put to be macches And sitteO.13.36: OC2 alone have the form sitte; most B manuscripts have seten. bi oure-selue  at a syde-boord Concience callede after mete  & þanne cam scripture And seruede hem þus soone  of sundry metes many Of austyn of ambrose  of alle þe foure euangelistes Edentes & bibentes que apud eos suntO.13.40: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after que, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ac þis mayster ne his man  no manere flesch eeten Ac þei eeten mete of more cost  mortrewes & potages Of þat men myswonnen  þei maden hem wel at ese Ac her sauce was euere soure  & vnsaueryO.13.44: YOC2 alone have vnsauery in place of vnsauourly. ygroundenO.13.44: OC2 alone have the form ygrounden; most B manuscripts have grounde. In a morter post mortem  of many bitter peynes But if þei synge for þe soulis  & wepe salte teres vos qui peccata hominum comeditis nisi pro eis lacrimas & oraciones effuderitis  ea que in delicijs comeditis in tomentisto[r]mentis euometisO.13.46: This line begins in the right margin of l. 46, breaks after hominum, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, breaking again after to[r]mentis and ending in the right margin of l. 48. A red parasign precedes euometis. Concience curteyslich þoo  comaunded scripture  Bifore pacience breed to brynge  & me . þat was his make He sette a soure loof to-fore vs . & seyde  agite penitenciam And siþen he drowe vs drynk  diu perseuerans As longe quod heO.13.52: OC2RF alone have he; most B manuscripts have I. as I lyue  & likham may dure Heer is propre seruyse quod pacience  þer fareþ no prynce better And þanne he brouȝte forþ oþer mete  of miserere mei deus And of beati quorum  of beatus vir makyng Et quorum tecta sunt  peccata . in a dische Of derne schrifte dixi  and confitebor tibi Brynge pacience sum pitaunceO.13.58: OC2 alone lack priueliche before quod, and thus lack the third alliterating stave.  quod concience And þanne come to pacience  a pitaunce ybrouȝt Of pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus  in tempore oportuno And concience counfortede vs  & carpede vs myry wordisO.13.61: OC2 alone have wordis in place of tales. Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despiciesO.13.62: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after deus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Pacience was proud  of þat propre seruyse And made hym myrþe wiþ his mete  ac I mornede euere For þis doctour on þe hye deys  dranke wiyn so faste Ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinumO.13.66: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ad, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. He eete many sundry metes  mortrewes & puddynges Wombe cloutis & wylde brawn  & egges fryed wiþ grece Þanne seyde I to my-self  so pacience it herde Freris It is not foure dayes þat þis freek  bifore þe deen of poulis Prechede of penaunces  þat poule þe apostle suffrede In fame & frigore  & flappes of scourges Ter cesus sum & a Iudeis quinquies quatragenasO.13.73: This line is written in the right margin. Ac oo word þei ouerhippen  at iche tyme þat þei prechen Þat poule in his epistleO.13.75: O alone has the form epistle in place of pistle.  toO.13.75: OC2F alone lack al before þe peple. þe peple tolde Periculum estO.13.76: OR alone lack in before falsis. falsis fratribus notaO.13.76: This line is written in the right margin. The word nota is accompanied by red and black flourishes at left, right, and bottom. Holy writ bit men . be war  I wole not write it heer  On englich . an aunter it schulde  be reherced to ofte And greue þer-wiþ þat good been  ac gramariens schul rede . nota .O.13.80: A red flourish appears beneath the word nota. Vnusquisque a fratre se custodiatO.13.80: A double solidus above each word indicates transposition of original custodiat se. C2 alone shares the uncorrected order. quia vt dicitur . periculum est in falsis fratribus Ac I wiste neuere freek . þat as a frere ȝede  bifore men . on englisch  Take it for her teme  & telle it wiþ-oute glosyng Þei prechen þat penaunce is  profitable to þe soule And what mescheef or malese  crist for man þolede Ac þis goddis glotoun quod I  wiþ hise grete chekis Haþ no pite on vs pore men  he parforneþ yuele  Þat he precheþ . he preueþ not  to pacience I tolde And wisschede wittirli  wiþ wille ful egre Þat dissches & doubleris  bifore þis ilke doctour  Were molten leed in his mawe  & mahoun amyddis I schal iangle to þis iurdan  wiþ his IutteIusteO.13.91: A solidus/punctus over Iutte and another over marginal Ius seem to indicate substitution; however, Ius is a fragment the remainder of which has been lost to cropping. The corrector's intention was apparently to substitute Iuste, the majority reading, for Iutte, a reading shared only by OC2. Iuste as an adjective is related conjecturally by the MED to the noun of the same form meaning "a vessel with a narrow, long neck and a large bottom"; a juste wombe is thus defined as "a belly as large as the bottom of such a receptacle...." Neither the MED nor Skeat lists iutte as an adjective, although jutt(ei)en appears in the MED as a verb meaning "to project or jut out." wombe To telle menO.13.92: OC2 alone have men in place of me. what penaunce is  of whych he prechede raþer Pacience parceyuede what I þouȝte  & wynkede on me to be stille And seyde . þou schalt see þus soone  whanne he may no more He schal haue a penaunce in his paunche  & puffe at iche a word And þanne schal hise guttes groþeleO.13.96: YGOC2 alone have groþele; variants include gothelyn (Hm), gottilen (Cr), godele (LR), gowle (F), gruwe (B), and goþele (WCM).  & he schal galpen after Doctours of freris For now he haþ drunken so depe  he wole dyuyne soone And preue it bi her pocalips  & passioun of seynt auereys O.13.99: In the left margin there appears a cross composed of dots with smaller dots and rays, both in red, interspersed; like other, similar designs in this manuscript, it is apparently in the main scribal hand.Þat neiþer bakoun ne brawn  blankmanger ne mortrewes Is neiþer fisch ne flesch  but fode for a penaunce And þanne schal he testifie of a trinyte  & take hise felawes to witnesse What he fonde in a frayel  after freris lyuyng And but if þe first leefO.13.103: OC2Cot alone have leef; variants include leyeffe (G), lif (CBmBo), life (Y), lyue (Cr), lyue (?lyne) (WHmLMR), and lyȝne (F). be leesyng  leue me neuere after And þanne is tyme to talkeO.13.104: OC2R alone have talke; all other beta witnesses have take.  & appose þis doctour Of do-wel & do-bette  & if do-best  be any penaunce And I sete stille as pacience seyde  & þus soone þis doctour  As rody as a rose  rubbede hise chekes Cowȝhede & carpede  & concience hym herde And tolde hym of a trinyte  & toward vs he lokede What is do-wel sire doctour quod I  is do-wel any penaunce Do-wel quod þis doctour  & toke þe cuppe & dranke Do noon yuel to þin euene-cristen  not bi þi power Bi þisO.13.113: OC2 alone lack day before sire, and thus lack the first alliterating stave. sire doctour quod I þanne  be ȝe not in do-wel For ȝeO.13.114: OC2 alone lack han before harmed. harmed vs two  in þat ȝe eete þe puddyng Mortrewis & oþer mete  & we no mussel haddenO.13.115: OC2 alone have the form hadden in place of hadde. And if ȝe faren so in ȝoure fermorie  ferli me þinkeþ  But chesteO.13.117: GYOC2 alone among beta witnesses lack be before þere. þere charite schulde . be  & children durstenO.13.117: OC2 alone have dursten; most B manuscripts have dorste. pleyne I wolde permute my penaunce wiþ ȝoure  for I am in poynt to do wel Þanne concience curteyslich  a countenaunce made And preynte vp-on pacience  to preye me be stille And seide hym-self . sire doctour  & it be ȝoure wille What is do-wel & do-bette  ȝe dyuynouris knowen Do-wel quod þis doctour  do as clerkis techen And do-bette is he þat techeþ  & trauayliþ to teche oþere And do-best dooþ hym-self so  as he seiþ & precheþ Qui feceritO.13.126: OC2 alone have fecerit in place of facit. & docuerit magnus vocabitur in regno ce..lorumO.13.126: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after magnus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Now þou clergie quod concience  carpest what is do-wel I haue seuene sones he seyde  seruen at a castel Þere þe lord of lijf woneþ  to lerne what is do-wel Til I se . þo seuene  & myself acorden I am vnhardy quod he  to any whyȝt to preuen it For oon peers þe plowman  haþ impugned vs alle And sette alle scienceO.13.133: OC2R alone have the singular form. at a soppe  saue loue oone And no texte ne takiþ  to mayntene his cause But dilige deum  & domine quis habitabit . & cetera And seiþO.13.136: OC2 alone lack þat before do-wel. do-wel & do-bette  arn two infinites Whiche infinites Whiche infynytes wiþ a feiþ  fynden out do-best Which schal saue mannys soule  þus seiþ peersO.13.138: An otiose mark appears above the first <e> in peers. plowman I can not her-onne quod concience  ac I knowe peers He wole not aȝeyn holi writ speke  I dar vndirtake Þanne passe we ouer til peers come  & preue þis in dede Pacience haþ been in many places  & parauenture knoweþ  Þat . no clerkO.13.143: OC2RF alone lack ne before knoweþ. knoweþO.13.143: OC2 alone have knoweþ; all other beta witnesses have kan.  as crist bereþ witnesse Pacientes vincunt & ceteraO.13.144: This line is written in the right margin. At ȝoure preyer quod paciens þoo  so no man displese hym Disce quod he &O.13.146: HmOC2F alone include the first ampersand.doce  & dilige inimicos Disce and do-wel  doce and do-betteO.13.147: OC2 alone lack the final phrase of this line, dilige and dobest. O.13.148: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack the introductory clause Þus tauȝte me ones.A lemman þat I louede  loue was hir name Wiþ wordis & werkis quod sche  & wille of þin herte Þou loue lelly þi soule  al þi lijf-tyme And so þou lere þee to louye  for þe lordis loue of heuene  Þin enemy . in al wyse  euene-forþ wiþ þi-selue Caste coles on his hed  & al kynde speche Boþe wiþ werk & word  fonde his loue to wynne And leye on hym þus wiþ loue  til he lawȝhe on þee And but he bowe for þis betyng  blynde mote he worþe Ac for to fare þus wiþ þi freend  folye it were For he þat loueþ þee lelly  litil of þin coueytiþ Kynde loue coueytiþ not  no catel . but speche Wiþ half a laumpe-lyne  in latyn ex vi transgressionisO.13.160: OC2 alone have transgressionis in place of transicionis. memorandum I bere þer-Inne a bewteO.13.161: OC2 alone have a bewte; variants include aboute (WCrLMRF), abounte (HmY), a beaute (GB), and a beaut (C). Kane and Donaldson emend to a bouste.  fast ybounde . do-wel In a signe of þe saterday  þat sette first þe kalender InO.13.163: OC2 alone have In in place of And. al þe witt of þe wednesday  of þe nexte woke after Þe myddel of þe mone  is þe myȝt of boþe And her-wiþ am I welcome  þer I haue it wiþ me Vndo it . latte þis doctour deme  if do-wel be þer-inne For bi hym þat me made  myȝte neuere pouertee Misese ne mescheef  ne man wiþ his tunge Colde ne care  ne cumpanye of þeues Ne neiþer hete ne hayl  ne noon helle pouke Ne neiþer fijr ne flood  ne feer of þin enemyesO.13.171: OC2 alone have the plural form. Tene þe any tyme  & þou take it wiþ þee Caritas nichil timetO.13.173: This line is written in the right margin. It is but a dido quod þis doctour  a disouris tale Al þe witt of þis world  & wiþO.13.175: OC2Cot alone have wiþ; all other beta witnesses have wiȝt. mennes strengþe Can not conformen a pees  bitwene þe pope & hise enemyes Ne bitwene two cristen kyngys  kan no wyȝt pees make  Profitable to eiþer peple  & putte þe table fro hym And toke clergie & concience  to counceyl as it were Þat pacience þoo muste passe  for pilgrymes kun wel lye Ac concience carpede loude  & curteyslich seyde Frendis fareþ wel  & fayre spake to clergye For I wole goo wiþ þis goom  if god wole gyue me grace And be pilgryme wiþ pacience  til I haue proued more What quod clergie to concience  ar ȝe coueytous nouþe After ȝeresȝeues & ȝiftes  or ȝernen to rede ridels I schal brynge ȝow a bible  a book of þe olde lawe And lere ȝow if ȝow like  þe best poynt to knowe Þat pacience þe pilgryme  parfiȝtly knewe neuere Nay bi crist quod concience to clergie god þee forȝelde For al þat pacience me profereþ  proude am I fulO.13.191: OC2 alone have ful in place of but or omission. litil Ac þe wille of þe wye  & ȝe wolenO.13.192: O alone has the form wolen; variants include wille (CHmBmBoLM), wull (C2), wol (YCot), and wil (WCrGRF). of folk here  Haþ moued my mood  to morne for my synnes Þe good wille of a wyȝt . was  neuere bouȝt to þe fulle For þer is no tresore þerto  to a trewe wille O.13.196: Two crosses, one below the other and each about two lines in height, appear in the left margin, probably in hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the defective alliteration of ll. 196-198.Hadde not magdaleyn more  for a boxe of salue Þan zacheus for he seyde  dimidium bonorum meorum do pauperibus And þe pore wydowe  for a peyre of mytes Þan alle þoo þat offreden  in-to gazophilacium Þus curteysliche concience  congeyede þe frere And siþen softlich he seyde  in clergyes ere Me were leuere bi oure lord  & I lyue schulde Haue pacience parfiȝtli  þan half þi bakkeO.13.203: OC2 alone have bakke in place of pak. of bookis Clergie to concience  no cungeye wolde take But seyde ful sobrelich  þou schalt se þe tyme Whanne þou art wery for-walked  wylne me to counceyl Þat is soþ quod concience  so me god helpe If pacience be oure partynge felawe  & priuey wiþ vs boþe Þer is no woo in þis world  þat we ne schulde amende And confourmen kyngys to pees  and al kyns londis Sarasens & surry  & so forþ alle þe Iues Turne in-to þe trewe feiþ  & in-til oon beleue Þat is soþ quod clergie  I see what þou menest I schal dwelle as I do  my deuoyr to schewen And confermen fauntkyns  & oþere folk ylered Til pacience haue seruedO.13.216: OC2 alone have serued; most B manuscripts have preued. þee  & parfiȝtlich þee makedeO.13.216: Make should probably read makede, the reading of all manuscripts except C2, which has made; the <d> (and perhaps a final <e>) has apparently been lost to tearing and patching of the right corner of the leaf. Concience þoo wiþ pacience passede  pilgrymes as it were Þanne hadde pacience as pilgrimes han  in his poke vitaylis Sobrete & symple speche  & soþfast beleue To counforte hym & concience  if þei come in place Þere vnkyndenesse & coueytise is  hungry cuntrees boþe And as þei wenten bi þe weye  of do-wel þei carpeden Þei metten wiþ a mynystral  as me þoo þouȝte Pacience apposede hym þooO.13.224: OC2 alone have þoo; most B manuscripts have first.  & preyede . he schulde hem telle  To concience . what craft he couþe  & to what cuntre he wolde I am a mynystral quod þat man  my name is actiua vita AndO.13.227: OC2 alone include introductory And. alle ydel ich hate  forO.13.227: YOC2F alone lack a word between for and actijf; most B manuscripts have of. actijf is my name A waferer . wole ȝe wite  & serue many lordis And fewe robes I fonge  or furred gounes Kouþe I lye to do men lawȝhe  þanne lacchen I schulde  Ouþer mantel or money  amongys lordis mynystralis Ac for I can neiþer taboure ne trompe  ne telle noon geestis Farten ne fiþelen  at feestis ne harpen Iape ne iogele  ne ienteliche pipe Ne neiþer sayle ne saute  ne synge wiþ þe gyterne I haue no goode gyftes  of þeise grete lordis For no breed þat I brynge forþ  saue a benysoun on þe sunday Whanne þe preest preyeþ þe peple  her pater-noster to bidde For peris þe plowman  & þat hym profiȝt wayten And þat I am actijf  þat ydelnesse hatye For alle trewe trauaylouris  & tilyers of erþe Fro myȝhel-messe to myȝhel-messe  I fynde hemO.13.242: OC2 alone lack wiþ before wafres. wafres Beggers & bidders  of my breed crauen Faytouris & freris  & folk wiþ brode crownes I fynde payn for þe pope  & prouendre for his palfreyO.13.245: Two crosses, each about two lines in height, appear in the right margin, probably in hand 2. And I hadde neuere of hym  haue god my truþe Neiþer prouendre ne personage  ȝit . of þe popis ȝifte Saue a pardoun wiþ a peys of leed  & two polles a-myddis  Hadde icheichO.13.249: Although the MED lists iche as a variant of ich, it is not this scribe's usual form, nor is it attested by other manuscripts; it is thus probably an error. a clerk þat couþe write  I wolde caste hym a bille Þat he sente me vndir his sceel  a salue for þe pestilence And þat his blessyng & hise bulles  myȝte bocchesO.13.251: OC2 alone transpose the order bocches myȝte. distroye In nomine meo demonia eicient & super egros manus imponent & bene habebunt And þanne wolde I be prest to þe peple  paast for to make And buxum & bisy  aboute breed & drynke For hym & for alle hise  fonde I . þat his pardoun O.13.256: Two crosses, each about two lines in height, appear in the left margin, probably by hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the defective alliteration of ll. 256-258.Myȝte lechen a man  as I beleueO.13.256: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack it before schulde. schulde For siþ he haþ þe power  þat petir hym-self hadde He haþ þe potte wiþ þe salue  soþeli as me þinkeþ Argentum & aurum non est michi . quod autem habeo hoc tibi do .O.13.259: OC2 alone lack in nomine domini before surge. surge & ambulaO.13.259: This line begins in the right margin of l. 258, breaks after aurum, then wraps around to occupy the next full line space. Ac if myȝt of myracle hym fayle  it is for men been not worþi  To haue þe grace of god  & no gylt of þe pope For may no blessyng don vs bote  but if we wolen amende Ne mannes masse make pees  amongys cristen peple Til pride be pureliche fordo  & þat þoruȝ payn defaute For er I haue breed of meele  erst mote I swete And er þe comune haue corn ynow  many colde mornyng So er my wafres be wrouȝt  myche woo I þolye Al london I leue  likeþ wel my wafres And louren whanne þei lakkenO.13.269: OC2 alone lack an additional pronoun between lakken and it; most B manuscripts have hem. it  is not longe passed Þer was a careful comune  whanne no cart come to toune Wiþ breed fro stratford  þoo gonnen beggers wepe And werkmen weren agast a litil  þis wole be þouȝt longe memorandum In þe date of oure dryȝte  in a drye april A þousande & þre hundrid  twyes twenti & ten My wafres weren gesen  whanne chichestre was meyrO.13.275: The letter <h> is rewritten in the right margin, apparently to reinforce its insertion above the line. I toke good keep bi crist  & concience boþe Of haukyn þe actijf man  & how he was cloþid He hadde a cote of cristendam  as holi chirche beleueþ Ac it was moled in many places  wiþ many sundry plottes Of pride heer a plot & þere a plot  of vnbuxum speche Of scornyng & of scoffyng  & of vnskilful beryng As in apparayle and in poort  proud amongys þe peple Oþer-wise þan he haþ wiþ herte  or ye schewynge Hym willynge þat alle men wendenO.13.284: OC2 alone have the form wenden in place of wende.  he were þat he is not For-why he bosteþ & braggeþ  wiþ many bolde oþes And inobedient to be vndirnome  of any lijf lyuynge And so synguler bi hym-self  ne noon so poppe-holy In habyte as an heremyte  an ordre bi hym-self Religioun saunz rule  & resounable obedience Lakkynge lettred men  & lewede men boþe In liknyngO.13.291: OC2 alone have liknyng; all other beta witnesses have likyng. of lele lijf  & a lyer in soule Wiþ inwit & wiþ outwit  ymagynen & studien As best for his body be  to haue a badde name And entermete hym ouer al  þere he haþ not to done Wilnynge þat men wende  his witt were þe best And if he gyue ouȝt to pore gomes  telleþ what he deleþ Pore of possessioun in purs  & in cofres boþe And as a lyoun on to loke  & lordlich of speche Baldest of beggers  a boster þat nouȝt haþ In toune & in tauernes  tales to telle And segge þing þat he neuere seyȝ  & for soþe sweren it Of dedes þat he neuere dide  demen & bosten And of werkis þat he wel dide  witnesse & seggeO.13.303: OC2 alone have segge; most B manuscripts have siggen. Loo if þou leue me not  or þat I lye weneO.13.304: OC2 alone have wene; most B manuscripts have wenen. Axeþ at hym or at hym  & he ȝow can telle What I suffrede & seyȝ  & sum-tymes hadde And what I kouþe & knewe  & what kyn I come of Al he wolde þat men wistenO.13.308: OC2 alone have the form wisten; most B manuscripts have wiste.  of werkis & of wordis Whiche myȝte plese þe peple  & preysen hem-seluenO.13.309: OC2CR alone have hem-seluen in place of hym-selue(n). Si hominibus placerem christi seruus non essem / & alibi nemo potest duobus dominis seruire & ceteraO.13.310: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after seruus and duobus, and red parasigns precede the last two lines of text. Bi crist quod concience þoo  þi best cote haukyn Haþ many moles & spottes  it muste been ywasschid Ȝhe . who-so toke heed quod haukyn  bihynde & bifore What on bakke & on body  & bi þe twey sydes Men schulden fynde many frounces  & many foule plottes And he turnede hym as tijt  & þanne toke I heed It was fouler bi fele foold  þan it first semede It was bidroppid wiþ wraþþe  & wikkide wille Wiþ enuye & wicked. yuel .O.13.319: OC2 alone have the incorrectly alliterating reading wicked, though marked for deletion. speche  entycynge to fiȝte Liynge & lawȝhynge  & leef tunge to chyde Al þat he wiste wickid  bi any wiȝt tellen it And blame men bihynde her bak  & bidde hem meschaunce And þat he wiste bi wille  telle it to watte And þat watte wiste  wille wiste it after And made of frendis foos  þoruȝ a fals tunge Or wiþ myȝt of mouþe  or þoruȝ mannes strengþe Auenge me fele tymes  ouþer frete my-selue Wiþ-Inne as a schepsters schere  yschrewede men & cursede Cuius malediccione os plenum est & amaritudine sub lingua eius & ceteraO.13.329: OC2RF alone lack the final phrase et lingua eorum gadius acutus; OC2 alone substitute & cetera for it. & alibi . Filij hominum dentes eorum arma & sagitte & ceteraO.13.329: This line begins in the right margin of l. 328, breaks after malediccione, and wraps around to the next full line space, ending in the right margin. Þer is no lijf þat I louye  lastynge any whyle For tales þat I telle  no man tristeþ to me And whanne I may not haue þe maystrie  wiþ malencolie I take  Þat I cacche þe crampe  þe cardiacle sum-tyme Or an ague in swich an angre  & sum-tyme a feuere ÞatO.13.335: The ascender of the thorn in Þat is decorated with a flourish. takiþ me al a twelue-moneþ  til þat I dispise  Lechecraft of oure lord  & leue on a wicche And seggeþO.13.337: OC2 alone have the form seggeþ; all other beta witnesses have seye. þat no clerk ne can  ne crist as I leue To þe souter of souþwerk  &O.13.338: OC2 alone have &; most B manuscripts have or. of sordichO.13.338: OC2F alone have the form sordich; most B manuscripts have Shordych. dame emme And seggeþO.13.339: OC2 alone have seggeþ; most B manuscripts have seye. þat no goddis word  gaf me neuere bote But þoruȝ a charme hadde I chaunce  & my cheef hele I waytede bisiloker  & þanne was it suylid Wiþ likyng of lecherie  & bi lokyng of his ye For iche a maydenO.13.343: OC2 alone have the form mayden in place of maide. þat he mette  he made hir a syngne Semynge to synne-ward  & sum-tyme he gan taste  Aboute þe mouþe or bi-neþe  bigynneþ to grope Til eyþer wille waxeþ kene  & to þe werk ȝeden As wel in fastynge-dayes as fridayes  & forboden nyȝtis And as wel in lente as out of lente  alle tymes yliche Swiche werkis wiþ hem  werenO.13.349: O alone has the form weren; most B manuscripts have were. neuere out of sesoun Til þei myȝten no more  & þanne hadden myry tales And how þat lecchouris louyen  lawȝhen & iapen And of her harlotrie & horedam  in her elde . tellen Þanne pacience parceyuede  of poyntis of his cote Was culmy þoruȝ coueytise  & vnkynde desyryng More to good þan to god  þe goom hys loue caste And ymagynede how  he it myȝte haue Wiþ false mesureO.13.357: OC2 alone have the singular form. & met  & wiþ fals witnesse Lenede itO.13.358: YOC2 alone include it. for loue of þe wed  & loþ to do truþe And IO.13.359: OC2 alone include I. awaytede þoruȝ . which . weye to bigyle And mengede his marchaundise  & mad a good moustre Þe worsO.13.361: OC2 alone have wors in place of worste. wiþ-Inne wasO.13.361: OC2 alone lack a before greet.  greet witt I lete it And my neiȝbore hadde any hyne  or any beeste ellis More profitabel þan myn  many sleyȝtis I made How I myȝte haue it  al my witt I caste And but I hadde bi oþer weye  at þe laste I stale it Or pryuyliche his purs schoke  vn-pikede hise lokkis Or bi nyȝt or bi day  aboute was Ich euere Þoruȝ gyle to gaderen  þe good þat I haue If I ȝede to þe plow  I pynchede so narwe Þat a foote loond or a foruȝ  fecchen I wolde Of my next neyȝbore  nymen of his erþe And if I repe . ouer-reche  &O.13.372: GOC2 alone have & in place of or. ȝaue hem reed þat ropeO.13.372: OC2 alone have rope; variants include repen (CrYBoCotR), repen it (F), and ropen (WHmGCBmLM). And seyse to me wiþ my sykil  þat I sewe neuere And who-so borweþ of me  abouȝte þe tyme Wiþ presentis priueylich  or payede sum certeyn So wolde he or he nolde  wynnen I wolde And boþe to kiþ & to kyn  vnkynde of þat ich hadde And who-so chepede my chaffare  chiden I wolde But he proferede me to paye  a peny or tweyne More þan it was worþ  & ȝit wolde I swere Þat it coste me myche more  & swore many oþes In halidayes in holi chirche  whanne ich hereO.13.382: OC2 alone have the present-tense form; all other beta witnesses have the preterite. messe Hadde I neuere wille woot god  witterli to beseche  Mercy for my mysdedis  þat I ne mornede more  For losse of good . leue me  þan for my likhams gyltes As if I hadde dedli synne doon  I drede not þat so sore As whanne I lenedeO.13.387: YOC2C alone lack a word between lenede and levede; most B manuscripts have and. . levede it lost  or longe . er it were payed So if I kidde any kyndenesse  myn euene-cristene to helpe Vp-onO.13.389: OC2 alone lack a before cruel. cruel coueytise  myn herte gan hange AndO.13.390: OC2 alone lack if before I. I sente ouer sehe  my seruantis to brugges Or in-to pruselond my prentice  my profiȝt to wayten To marchaunden wiþ money  & make her eschaunges Myȝte neuere me counforte  in þe mene tyme Neiþer messe ne mateyns  ne no manere siȝtis Ne neuere penaunce parfornede  ne pater-noster seyde Þat my mynde ne was more  on my good inO.13.396: GOC2F alone lack a before doute. doute Þan in þe grace of god  & hise grete helpes Vbi thesaurus tuus ibi & cor tuum .O.13.398: This line is written in the right margin. Whyche been þe braunches  þat bryngen a man to sleuþ  Is whanne a manO.13.400: OC2 alone have the reading Is whanne a man. Variants include Is qwan man (B), hys woman (GYCLR), He þat (WHmCrM), and þat (F). morneþ not for hise dedisO.13.400: OC2 alone lack some variant of mys- before, or in place of, dedis.  ne makeþ no sorwe Ac penaunce þat þe preest enioyneþ  parforneþ yuele Dooþ noon almes-dede  drediþ hym of no synne Lyueþ aȝeyn þe beleue  & no lawe holdeþ Iche day is an holy-dayO.13.404: OC2 alone lack the phrase with hym before &.  &O.13.404: OC2 alone have &; most B manuscripts have or. an hyȝ ferie And if he ouȝt wole here  it is an harlottis tunge AndO.13.406: OC2 alone include introductory And. whanne men carpen of crist  or clennesse of soule He waxeþ wroþ & wole not here  but wordis of myrþe Penaunce & pore men &O.13.408: OC2 alone lack þe before passioun. passioun of seyntis He hateþ to here þerof  & alle þat it telliþ Þeise been þe braunches . be war  þat bryngen a man to wanhope Ȝe lordis & ladies  & legates of holy chirche Þat fedenO.13.412: Carets accompanying þat and marginal feden indicate that the corrector's intention was to insert feden as the second word in the line. Most B manuscripts have fedeþ. foles sageO.13.412: OC2F alone have the singular form.  flaterers & lyeris And han likyng to liþen hem  to do ȝow to lawȝhe Ve vobis qui ridetis & ceteraO.13.414: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vobis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And ȝyuen hem mete & mede  & pore men refusenO.13.415: OC2 alone have the form refusen; most B manuscripts have refuse. In ȝoure deþ-deiynge  I drede me ful sore Lest þe þre manere men  to myche sorwe ȝow brynge Consencientes & agentes  pari pena punientur Patriarkes & prophetis  & prechouris of goddis wordis Sauen þoruȝ her sermoun  mannes soule from helle Riȝt so flaterers & foles  & þe feendis disciplis To entice men þoruȝ her tales  to synne & harlotrie AsO.13.423: OC2 alone have As; most B manuscripts have Ac. clerkis þat knowen holy writ  schulden kenne lordis What dauid seiþ of swiche men  as þe sauter telliþ Non habitabit in medio domus mee qui facit superbiam & qui loquitur iniqua Schulde noon harlot haue audience  in halle ne in chaumbres Lo lordis & prelatisO.13.427: The rubric is divided after lordis, so that it appears as two lines. Þere wise men weren  witnesse goddis wordis Ne no mysproude man . amongys  lordis . be alowed Ac flaterers & foles  þoruȝ her foule wordis Leden þoo þat louen hem  to luciferes feeste Wiþ turpiloquio a lay of sorwe  & lucifers fiþele Þus haukyn þe actijf man  hadde ysuyled his cote Til concience acoupede hym þerof  in a curteys manere Why he ne hadde wasschen it  or wipedO.13.434: OC2 alone lack it before wiþ. wiþ a brusche Passus quarto-decimus .O.14.000: The heading is divided after quarto-, so that it appears as two lines. I I haue but an hool hater quod haukyn  I am þe lesse to blame Þouȝ it be suyled & foule  I slepe þer-inne on nyȝtis And also I haue a wijf  huen & children Vxorem duxi & ideo non possum venireO.14.4: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after possum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þat wolden bemolen it many tyme  maugre my chekis It haþ been laued in lenten  & out of lenten boþe Wiþ þe sope of sekenesse  þat sekeþ wondir depe And wiþ þe losse of catel  loþ for to a-gylte  God or any good man  bi ouȝt þat I wiste And was schryuen of þe preest  þat gaue me for my synnes To penaunce pacience  & pore men to fede Al for coueytise of my cristendom  in clennesse to kepe it And kouþe I neuere bi crist  kepe it clene an oure Þat I ne suylede it wiþ siȝt  or sum ydel speche Or þoruȝ werk or word  or wille of myn herte But I ne floboure it foule  fro morwenO.14.16: OC2 alone have the form morwen in place of morwe. til euen And I schal kenne þee quod concience  of contricioun to make Þat schal clawe þi cote  of al kyns synnesO.14.18: OC2 alone have synnes in place of some variant of fylthe. Cordis contricio & ceteraO.14.19: This line is written in the right margin. Do-wel schal wasschen it & wryngen it  þoruȝ a wise confessour Oris confessio & ceteraO.14.21: This line is written in the right margin. Do-bette schal beten it & bouken it  as briȝt as any scarlet And engreynen it wiþ good wille  & goddis grace to amende þee And siþen sende þee satisfaccioun  for to seweO.14.24: OC2 alone have sewe; most B manuscripts have sowen. OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack it before after. after Satisfaccio & ceteraO.14.25: This line is written in the right margin. Do-best schal neuere myst bymolen it  ne moþþe after biten it Ne feend ne fals man  defoulen it in þi lyue Schal no heraud ne harpour  haue a fayrer garnement Þan haukyn þe actijf man  & þou do bi my techyng Ne no mynystral be more worþ  amongys pore & riche Þan haukyns wijf þe waferer  wiþ his actiua vita And I schal purueye þee paast quod pacience  þouȝ no plow erie And flour to fede folk wiþ  as best be for þi soule Þouȝ neuere greyn growede  ne grape vp-on vyne Alle þat lyuen & loken  lijflode . wolde I fynde And þat ynow . schal noon fayle  of þing þat hem nedeþ We schuldenO.14.37: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. not be to bisy  abouten oure lijflodeO.14.37: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on the basis of "prosiness and verbosity." Ne solliciti sitis & cetera volucres celi deus pascit & cetera Pacientes vincunt & cetera Þanne lowȝO.14.39: OC2 alone have the form lowȝ in place of laughed. haukyn a litil  & liȝtli gan swere Who-so leueþ ȝow bi oure lord  I leue not he be blessid No quod pacience pacientli  & out of his poke hente  Vitayles of grete vertues  for alle manere beestis And seyde . lo heer lijflode ynow  if oure beleue be trewe For lent neuere was lijf  but lijflode were schapen Wher-of or wherfore  &O.14.45: OC2R alone have & in place of or. wher-by to libbe First þe wylde worm  vndir wete erþe Fisch to lyue in þe flood  & in þe fijr þe criket Þe curlu bi kynde of þe eir  moost clennest flesch of briddis And beestis bi grasse & greyn  & bi grene rotes In menyng þat alle men  myȝten do þe same Lyue þoruȝ lele bileue  & loue . as god witnesseþ Quodcumque pecieritis a patre in nomine meo & cetera / Et alibi / Non in solo pane viuit homo set in omni verbo quod procedit de ore dei .O.14.52: This line begins in the right margin of l. 51, breaks after the first occurrence of in, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, ending in the right margin. But I lokede . what lijflode it was  þat pacience so preysede And þanne was it a pece of þe pater nosterfiat voluntas tua Haue haukyn quod pacience  & ete þis whanne þee hungreþ Or whanne þou clomsest for coold  or chillistO.14.56: OC2 alone have chillist in place of clyngest. for drie SchuldenO.14.57: O alone has the form Schulden; most B manuscripts have Shul. neuere gomesO.14.57: OC2 alone have gomes; most B manuscripts have gyues. þee greue  ne grete lordis wraþþe Prisoun ne peyne  for pacientes vincunt Bi so þat þou be sobre  of siȝt & of tunge In etyng & in handelyng  & alle þi fyue wittis Þarst þou neuere care for corn  ne lynnen cloþ ne wollen Ne for drynk ne deþ drede  but deye as god likiþ Or þoruȝ hungre or þoruȝ hete  at his wille be it For if þou lyuest after his lore  þe schorter lijf þe better Si quis amat christum mundum non diligit istumO.14.65: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after non, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. For þoruȝ his breþ beestis wexen  & abrode ȝeden Dixit & facta suntO.14.67: This line is written in the right margin. Ergo þoruȝ his breþ  mowen men & beestis lyueO.14.68: OC2 alone have the form lyue in place of lyuen. As holy writ witnessiþ  whanne men seggen her graces Aperis tu manum tuam & imples omne animal benediccioneO.14.70: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after omne, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. It is founden þat fourty wynter  folk lyueden wiþ-outen tiliyng And out of þe flynt spronge þe flood  þat folk & beestis drunken And in elies tyme  heuene was y-closed Þat no reyn ne roon  þus redenO.14.74: O alone has the form reden; most B manuscripts have rede. men in bokis Þat many wyntres men lyueden  & no mete ne tiliden Seuene slepen . as seyþ þe book  seuene hundrid wynter And lyueden wiþ-outen lijflode  & at þe laste þei woken And if men lyueden as mesure wolde  schulde neuere be defaute Amongys cristen creaturis  if cristis wordO.14.79: O alone has the singular form. be trewe Ac vnkyndenesse . caristia makeþ  amongys cristen peple And ouerplente makiþ pride  amonge pore & riche Ac mesure is so myche worþ  it may not be to dere Of Sodom . & gomor .O.14.83: The rubric is divided after Sodom ., so that it appears as two lines. For þe mescheef &O.14.83: OC2F alone lack þe before meschaunce. meschaunce  among men of sodom Wexe þoruȝ plente of payn  & of pure sleuþe Ociositas & habundancia panis peccatum turpissimum nutriuit .O.14.85: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after panis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. For þei mesureden not hemself  of þat þei eten & drunkenO.14.86: OC2 alone have the form drunken; most B manuscripts have dronke. Diden delyde[d]ly synne  þat þe deuel likede So veniaunce fel vp-on hem  for her vile synnes Þei sunken in-to helle  þe citees ichone For-þi mesure we vs wel  & make oure feiþ oure scheltroun And þoruȝ feiþ comeþ contricioun  concience woot itO.14.91: HmOC2 alone include it. wel Which dryueþ awey dedli synne  & dooþ it to be venyal And þouȝ a man myȝte not speke  contricioun myȝte hym saue And brynge his soule to blisse  so þat feiþ heerO.14.94: OC2 alone have heer; most B manuscripts have bere(þ). witnesse  Þat whyles he lyuede he beleuede  þe lore of holy chirche Ergo contricioun . feiþ & concience  is kyndeli . do-wel And surgien O.14.97: OC2 alone have the singular form. In O, there is evidence that an <s> may have been erased. for dedli synnes  whan schrift of mouþ fayledeO.14.97: OC2 alone have the preterite form. Ac schrift of mouþe more worþi is  if man be inlich contrijt For schrift of mouþe sleeþ synne  be it neuere so dedli Par confessionem to a preest  peccata occiduntur Þer contricioun dooþ . but dryueþ it doun  in-to a venyal synne And dauid seiþ in þe sauter  & quorum tecta sunt peccata Ac satisfaccioun sekeþ out þe rote  & boþe sleeþ & voydeþ And as it neuere hadde be . to nouȝt  bryngeþ dedli synne Þat it is neuere eft sene ne sore  but semeþ a wounde heled Where is chariteO.14.106: The rubric is divided after is, so that it appears as two lines. Four ticks follow it. Where woneþ charite quod haukyn  I wiste neuere in my lyue  Man þat wiþ hym spake  as wyde as I haue passed Þere parfiȝt truþe & pore herte is  & þanneO.14.108: OC2 alone include þanne. pacience of tunge Þere is charite þe cheef chaumbrer  for god hym-selue Wheþer paciente pouerte quod haukyn  be more plesaunt to oure driȝtenO.14.110: O alone has the form driȝten; variants include d (cropped, W), sight (CB), lorde (GR), saueoure (C2), and driȝte (LHmCrYM). Þan richesse riȝtfulli wonnen  & resounablich spendid Ȝhe . quis est ille quod pacience  quyk laudabimus eum Þouȝ men reddenO.14.113: OC2 alone have the form redden; most B manuscripts have rede. of richesse  riȝt to þe werldis ende I wiste neuere renke þat riche was  þat whanne he rekene schulde Whanne he drowȝ to his deþ-day  þat he ne dredde hym sore And þat at þe rekkenyng in arerage fel  raþer þan out of dette Þere þe pore dar plede  & preue bi pure resoun To haue a-lowaunce of his lord  bi þe lawe . he it cleymeþ  Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde  of riȝtful Iuge he axeþ And seiþ . lo briddis & beestis  þat no blisse ne kouþe And wylde wormes in wodes  þoruȝ wyntres þou hem greuest And makest hem welny meke  & mylde fordefautefor defaute And after þou sendest hem somer  þat is her souereyn ioye And blisse to alle þat been  boþe wylde & tame Þanne may beggers & biddersbeestisO.14.125: A solidus/punctus above bidders and above marginal beestis indicate that substitution was intended. O alone has bidders; all other B manuscripts have beestes, except C2 which has breddis.  after bote wayten Þat al her lijf han lyued  in langour & in defaute But god sente hem sum-tyme  sum manere ioye Ouþer heer or ellis-where  kynde wolde it neuere For to ouer-myche woo . was he wrouȝt  þat neuere was ioye schaped Aungelis þat in helle now been  hadden ioye sum-tyme And dyues in deyntees lyuede  & in douceO.14.131: A supralinear <d> was added, apparently because the <d> in douce is spoiled by a blot. vie Riȝt so resoun schewiþ  þat þoo men þat weren riche And her makes also  lyueden her lijf in myrþe Ac god is of a wonder wille  bi þat kynde witt schewiþ To ȝyue many men his mercymonye  er he it haue deserued Riȝt so fareþ god bi summe riche  ruþe me it þinkeþ For þei han her hyre heer  & heuene as it were And ekeO.14.138: YOC2 alone read And eke; variants include and ys (GCBmLR), And his (BoCot), and And (WHmCrMF). greet likyng to lyue wiþ-oute labour of body And whanne he deyeþ be disalowed  as dauid seiþ in þe sauter Dormierunt & nichil inueneruntO.14.140: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after nichil, so that it appears as two lines. And in an-oþer stede also . velut sompnum surgencium domine in ciuitate tuaO.14.141: OC2RF alone lack et before ad. ad nichilum rediges Allas þat richesse schal reue  & robbe mannes soule From þe loue of oure lord  at his laste ende Huen þat han her hyre a-fore  arn euere-more nedy And selden dyeþ he out of dette  þat dyneþ er he deserue it And til he haue doon his deuoyr  & his dayes iourne For whanne a werkeman haþ wrouȝt  þanne mowen menO.14.147: OC2 alone have mowen men; variants include men may (HmBoCotF), men (Cr), and may men (WGYCBmLMR). see þe soþe What he were worþi for his werk  & what he haþ deserued And not to fonge bifore  for drede of disalowyng So I segge bi ȝow riche  it semeþ not þat ȝe schul  Haue heuene in ȝoure heer beyng  & heuene her-after Riȝt as a seruaunt takiþ his salerie bifore  & siþ wolde cleyme more As he þat noon hadde  & haþ hyre at þe laste It may not be . ȝe riche men  or Matheu on god lyeþ De delicijs ad delicias difficile est transireO.14.155: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after delicias, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ac if ȝe riche menO.14.156: OC2F alone include men or man. haue ruþe  & rewarde wel þe pore And lyuen as lawe techeþ  doon lewte to hem alle Crist of his curtesye . schal  counforte ȝow at þe laste And rewarde alle . double richesse  þat ruful hertes habben And as an hyneO.14.160: OC2F alone lack þat before hadde. hadde  his hire . er he bigunne And whanne he haþ doon his deuoyr wel  men doon hym oþer bounte Ȝyuen hym a cote aboue his couenaunt  riȝt so crist ȝyueþ heuene Boþe to riche & to not riche  þat rufullich libben And alle þat doon her deuoir wel  han double hyre for her trauayle Heer forȝyuenesse of her synnes  & heuene blisse after Ac it nys but selden seen  as bi holi seyntis lyuesO.14.166: YOC2M alone have lyues in place of bokes. Þat god rewarded double reste  to any riche wye For myche myrþe is among riche  as in mete & cloþing And myche myrþe in may is  amonge wylde beestis And so forþ whyle somer lasteþ  her solace dureþ Ac beggers aboute mydsomer  breedles þei soupenO.14.171: OC2 alone have the form soupen; most B manuscripts have soupe. And ȝit is wynter for hem wers  for wete-schod þei gangenO.14.172: OC2 alone have the form gangen; most B manuscripts have gange. A-first sore & a-fyngred  & fouliche rebuked And a-rated of richeO.14.174: OC2 alone lack men before þat.  þat ruþe is to here Now lord sende hem somer  & sum manere ioye Heuene after her hennys goyng  þat heer han swich defaute For alle myȝtist þou haue maad  noon mener þan oþer And yliche witti & wise  if þi wille hadde liked And haue ruþe of þeise riche men  þat rewarden not þi prisouneris Of þe good þat þou hem gyuest  vnkyndeO.14.180: OC2 alone have vnkynde in place of ingrati, thus spoiling the alliteration. been many Ac god of þi goodnesse  gyue vsO.14.181: OC2 alone have vs in place of hem. grace to amende For may no derþeO.14.182: OCr23C2 alone among beta witnesses lack be before hem. hem dere  drouȝþe ne wete Ne neiþer hete ne hayle  haue þei her hele Of þat þei wilnen & woldenO.14.184: OC2 alone have the form wolden; all other beta witnesses have wolde.  wanteþ hem not heere Ac pore peple þi prisouneris  lord in þe pitte of mescheef Counforte þoo creaturis  þat myche care suffren Þoruȝ derþe & drouȝþe  alle her dayes heere Woo in wynter tymes for wantyng of cloþis And in somer-tyme selden  soupen to þe fulle Counforte þi careful  crist in þi riche For how þou counfortist alle creaturis  clerkis beren witnesse Conuertimini ad me & salui eritisO.14.192: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after me, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þus in genere of gentrice  iesu crist seide To robbers & to reueris  to riche & to pore Þou tauȝtiste hem in þe trinite  toO.14.195: A supralinear <o> is added, apparently because the <o> in to is spoiled by a blot. take baptisme And be clene þoruȝ þat cristynyng  of alle kyns synnes And vs fel þoruȝ folye  to falle in synne after Confessioun & knowlechyng  & crauynge þi mercy Schulde amende vs as many siþes  as man wolde desire Ac if þe pope wolde plede her-aȝeyn  & punysche vs in concience He schulde take þe acquytaunce as quyk  & to þe quede schewe it Pateat & cetera per passionem domini & ceteraO.14.202: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after & cetera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And putten of þe pouke  & preuen vs vndir borwe Ac þe parchemyn of þis patent  of pouertee be . muste And of pure pacience  and parfiȝt beleue Of pompe & of pride  þe parchemyn decorreþ And principali of alle peple  but þei be pore of herte Elles is al on ydel  al þat euere we writen Pater- noster & penaunce  & pilgrimage to rome But oure spences & spendyng  sprynge of a trewe wille Ellis is al oure labour lost  lo how men writen In fenestres at þe freris  if fals be þe foundement For-þi cristen schuldeO.14.213: OC2 alone lack be before in. in comune riche  noon coueyte for hym-selue For seuene synnes þer been  assaylen þeeO.14.214: OC2 alone have þee in place of vs. euere Þe feend folewiþ hem alle  & fondeþ hem to helpe Ac wiþ richesse þat ribaude  raþest men bigylyþ For þere þat richesse regnet  reuerence folewiþ And þat is plesaunt to pride  in pore & in riche And þe riche is reuerenced  bi resoun of his richesse Þere þe pore is put bihynde  & paraunter can more Of witt & of wisdam  þat fer awey is better Þan richesse or realte  & raþer herd in heuene For þe riche haþ myche to rekkene  & riȝt softe walkeþ Þe hye weye to heuene-ward  oftenO.14.224: OC2 alone have often; most B manuscripts have ofte. richesse letteþ Ita possibile diuiti & ceteraO.14.225: This line is written in the right margin. Þere þe pore preseþ biforn þe riche  with a pak at his rigge Opera enim illorum sequntur illosO.14.227: This line is written in the right margin. Batauntliche as beggers doon  & boldliche he craueþ For his pouerte & pacience  a perpetual blisse Beati pauperes quoniam ipsorum est regnum celorumO.14.230: This line begins above l. 229. It is divided after est, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And pride in richesse regneþ  raþer þan in pouerte Arst in þe mayster þan inO.14.232: O alone among beta witnesses lacks þe before man. man  sum mansioun he haþ Ac in pouerte þere pacience is  pride haþ no myȝte Ne noon of þe seuene synnes  sitte ne mowen þere longe Ne haue power in pouerte  if pacience it folewe For þe pore is ay prest  to plese þe riche And buxum at his biddyng  for hise broken looues And buxumnesse & boost  arn euere-more at werre And eiþer hateþ oþer  in al manere werkis If wraþþe wrastele wiþ þe pore  he haþ þe wers ende For if þei boþe pleyne  þe pore is but feble And if he chide or chatre  hym cheueþ þe wers And if coueytise cacche þe pore  þei mowen not come to-gyderes And bi þe nekke nameli  her noon may hente oþer For men knowenO.14.245: HmOC2 alone lack wel before þat. þat coueytise  is of a kene wille And haþ hondes & armes  of a longe lengþe And pouerte is butO.14.247: OC2 alone lack a before petit. petit þing  appereþ not to his nauele And louelich layk was neuere  bitwene þe longe & þe schorte And þouȝ auarice wolde angre þe pore  he haþ but litil myȝt For pouerte haþ but pokis  to putten in . hise goodes Þere auarice haþ almaries  & iren-bounden cofres And wheþer be liȝter to breke  lesse boost it makeþ A beggers bagge  þan an iren-bounden cofre Leccherie loueþ hym not  for he ȝyueþ but litil syluer Ne doþ hym not dyne delicatli  ne drynke wiyn ofte A straw for þe stuwes  it stode not I trowe HaddenO.14.257: O alone has the form Hadden in place of Hadde. þei no þing butO.14.257: OC2 alone lack of (a) before pore. pore men  her housis stoden vnhiledO.14.257: OC2 alone have vnhiled in place of vntyled.O.14.257: Three small slashes, stacked vertically, appear in the right margin; the hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty. Although they may point to the error of vnhiled, no such device appears elsewhere in this manuscript. And þouȝ sleuþe sue pouerte  & serue not god to paye Mischeef is his mayster  & makeþ hym to þenke  Þat god is his grettest helpe  & noo goom ellis And his seruaunt as he seiþ  & of his sute boþe And wheþer he be or be not  he bereþ þe signe of pouerte And in þat secte . oure saueour  sauede al man-kynde For-þi al pouerte þat pacient is  may cleymen & asken  After her endyng heer  heuene-riche blisse Michel hardier may he axen  þat heer myȝte haue his wille In lond & in lordschip  & likyng of body And for goddis loue leueþ al  & lyueþ as a begger And as a mayde for mannys loue  hir modir forsakiþ AndO.14.270: OC2Cot alone have And; most B manuscripts have Hir. fadir & alle hir frendis  & folewiþ hir make Myche is swich a maydenO.14.271: OM alone have mayden; most B manuscripts have mayde. to loue  of hym þat swich oon takiþ More þan a mayden is þat is  maried þoruȝ brocage And bi assent of sundry parties  & syluer to bote More for coueytise of good  þan kynde loue of boþe So it fareþ bi iche a persoone  þat possessioun forsakeþ And puttiþ hym to be pacient  & pouerte weddeþ Paupertas .O.14.277: This word is preceded by a parasign two lines in height, touched in red, and decorated with a flourish at the right and vertical slashes beneath. It may have been intended as a heading for l. 280, since it appears over that portion of the line that extends into the right margin. Þe which is sibbe to god hym-self  & so to hise seyntis Haue god my truþe quod haukyn  ȝe preysen fast pouerte What is pouerte wiþ pacienceO.14.279: OC2 alone lack quod he before propreli.  propreli to mene Paupertas quod pacience est odibile bonum . remocio curarum . possessio sine calumpnia . donum dei . sanitatis . mater . absque solitudine semita . sapiencie temperatrix . negocium sine dampno . incerta fortuna . absque sollicitudine felicitasO.14.280: This line begins in the right margin of l. 279 and breaks after est, mater, and sollicitu-, wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 281. A red parasign precedes the final line of text. I can not construe þis quod haukyn  ȝe musten seye it on englisch In englisch quod pacience . it is wel hard  wel to expoune Ac sumdel I schal seyen it  bi so þow vnderstonde Pouerte is þe first poynt  þat pride moost hateþ Þanne is it good bi good skile  al þat agasteþ pride Riȝt as contricioun is counfortable þing  concience itO.14.286: OC2 alone include it before woot, although Cr include it after. woot wel And a sorwe of hym-self  & solace to þe soule So pouerte propreliche  penaunce & ioye  Is to þe body  pure perpetuelO.14.289: OC2 alone have perpetuel in place of spiritual. helþe Ergo paupertas est odibile bonumO.14.290: This line is written in the right margin. And contricioun counfort  & cura animarum þe secounde Selde sitte pouerte  þe soþe to declare Or as iustise to iugge men  enioyned is no pore Ne to be a meyr abouen men  ne mynystre vndir kyngO.14.294: OC2 alone have the singular form. Selden is any pore put  to punysche any peple Remocio curarum .O.14.296: This line is written in the right margin. Ergo pouerte & pore men  perfornen þe comaundement Nolite iudicare quemquam þe þridde Selden is any pore . riche  but of riȝtful heritage WynneþO.14.300: OC2 alone lack he before not. not wiþ weyȝtis false  ne vnselid mesures Ne borweþ of hise neiȝboris  but þat he may wel paye Possessio sine calumpnia .O.14.302: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ca- in calumpnia, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þe ferþe is a fortune  þat florischeþ þe soule Wiþ sobrete from alle synnesO.14.304: YOC2 alone have the plural form.  & also ȝit more It affaytiþ þe flesch  from folies ful manye A collateral counfort  cristis owne ȝifte Donum deiO.14.307: This line is written in the right margin. Þe fifte is moder of helþe  a freend in alle fondyngys And for þe lewede euere a leche  a lemman of al clennesse Sanitatis mater .O.14.310: This line is written in the right margin. Þe sixte is a paþþe of pees  ȝhe þoruȝ þe pace of aultoun Pouerte myȝte passe  wiþ-oute perele of robbyng For þere þat pouerte passeþ  pees foleweþ after And euere þe lasseO.14.314: OC2 alone lack þat before the first occurrence of he. he bereþ  þe hardier he is of herte For-þi seiþ seneca  paupertas est absque sollicitudine semitaO.14.315: The form solitudine is shared by C2BRF. OC2 alone copy this line before l. 316. And an hardy man of herte  among an heep of þeues Cantabit pauperO.14.317: OC2Cot alone have pauper in place of paupertas. coram latrone viatorO.14.317: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after latrone, so that it appears as two lines. Þe seuente is welle of wisdom  & fewe wordis schewiþ For lordis alowen hym litil  or listenen to his resoun He tempereþ þe tunge to truþe-ward  & noo tresore coueytiþ Sapiencie temperatrix .O.14.321: This line is written in the right margin. Þe eyȝtiþ is alelea lele labour  & loþ to take more  Þan he may wel deserue  in somer or in wynter And if he chaffare . he chargiþ no losse  mowe he charite wynne Negocium sine dampno .O.14.325: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Negocium, so that it appears as two lines. Þe nyneþe is swete forO.14.326: OC2 alone have for in place of to. þe soule  no sugre swetter For pacience is payn  for pouerte hym-selfeselue And sobrete swete drynke  & good leche in sekenesse Þus lerede me a lettered man  for oure lordis loue Seynt austyn a blissid lijf  wiþ-outen bisynesse For body & soule absque sollicitudine felicitas Now god þat al good gyueþ  graunte his soule reste Þat þus first wrote to wissen men  what pouerte was to mene Allas quod haukyn þe actijf man þoo  þat after my cristendoom I ne hadde be deed & doluen  for do-welis sake So hard it is quod haukyn . to lyue & to do synne Synne sueþ vs euere quod he  & sory gan waxe And wepte water wiþ hise yen  & weylede þe tyme Þat euere he dide dede  þat dere god displesede SwowedeO.14.340: OLMR alone have the form Swowede; most B manuscripts have Swouned. & sobbede  & sykede ful ofte Þat euere he hadde londe or lardelordO.14.341: A solidus/punctus above larde and above marginal lord indicate that substitution was intended. C2 shares the erroneous reading. Other B manuscripts have lordshipe.  lesse oþer more Or maystrie ouer any man  moo þan of hym-selue I wererewere not worþi quod haukyn  to were any cloþis Ne neiþer schirte ne schoone  saue for schame one To couere my careyn quod he  & cryede fast mercy And wepte & weylede  & þer-wiþ I a-wakede Passus quintodeciusquintodeci[m]usO.15.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. A AC after my wakyng  it was wondre longe Er I koude kyndeli knowe  what was do-wel And so my witt wexe & wanyede  til I a fool were And sum lakkede my lijf  alowedenO.15.4: OC2 alone have the form aloweden; most B manuscripts have allowed. it fewe And leeten for a lorel  & loþ to reuerencen Lordis or ladyes  or any lijf ellis As persouns in pelure  & wiþ pendauntis of siluer To sergeauntis To sergeauntis ne to swiche  seyde not ones God loke ȝow lordis  ne loutede fayre Þat folk helden me a fool  & in þat folye I rauede Til resoun hadde ruþe on me  & rokkede me a-slepe Til I seyȝ as it sorcery were  &O.15.12: OC2 alone have & in place of a. sotil þing wiþ-alle Oon wiþ-outen tunge & teeþ  tolde me whider I schulde And wher-of I cam & what kynde  I coniurede hym at þe laste If he were cristis creature  for cristis loue me to telle I am cristis creature quod he  & cristen in many a place In cristis court I-knowe wel  & of his kyn a partye Is neyþer peter þe porter  ne poule wiþ his fauchoun Þat wole defende me þe dore  dynge ich neuere so late At mydnyȝt . at mydday  my voyce so is knowenO.15.20: OC2 alone have the form knowen; variants include yknowe (HmBLMR), y-knawen (C), well Iknowe (GF), and knowe (WCrY). Þat iche a creature of his court  welcomeþ me fayre What ar ȝe callid in þat court quod I  among cristis peple Anima . Þe whiles I quyk was in þe coors quod he  called am I anima And whanne I wilne orO.15.24: OC2 alone have or in place of and. wolde  animus ich hatte And for þat I kan & knowe  called am I mens And whanne I make mone to god  memoria is my name And whanne I deme domes  & do as truþe techiþ Þanne is racio my riȝt name  &O.15.28: GYOC2 alone include &. resoun on englisch And whanne I fele þat folk telleþ  my first name is sensusO.15.29: A parasign, with a long horizontal stroke extending from the top, appears in the right margin. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 2. And þat is witt & wisdam  þe welle of alle craftis And whanneO.15.31: OC2 alone lack I before chalenge. chalenge or chalenge not  clepeO.15.31: YOC2 alone have clepe in place of chepe. or refuse Þanne am I concience called  goddis clerk & his notarie And whanne I loue lelly  oure lord . & alle oþer Þanne is leel loue my name  & in latyn amor And whanne I flye fro þe flesch  & forsake þe careyne Þanne am I spirit specheles  spiritus þanne ich hatte Austyn & þsoidorus[y]sidorus  eyþer of hem boþe Nempnede me þus to name  now þou myȝtistO.15.38: OC2 alone have myȝtist; most other B manuscripts have myȝt. chese How þou coueytist to calle me  now knowest þou alle my names Anima pro diuersis accionibus diuersa nomina sortitur / dum viuificat corpus  anima est / dum vult  animus est / dum scit  mens est / dum recolit  memoria est / dum iudicat  racio est / dum sentit  sensus est / dum amat  amor est dum negat vel consentit  consciencia est / dum spirat  spiritus est . .O.15.40: This line begins in the right margin of l. 39 and breaks after diuersis, scit , and sensus est dum, wrapping around to occupy the next three full line spaces. Ȝe been as a bischop quod I  al bourdynge þat tyme For bisschoppis yblissid  beren many names Presul & pontifex  and metropolitanus And oþere names an heep  episcopus & pastor Þat is soþ seyde he  now I se þi wille Þou woldest knowe & kunne  þe cause of alle her names And of myn if þou myȝtist  me þinkeþ bi þi speche Ȝhe sire I seyde bi so  no man were a-greued Alle þe science vndir sunne  & alle þe sutil craftes I wolde knowe & kunne  kyndeli in myn herte Þanne art þou vnparfiȝt quod he  & oon . of prides knyȝtis For swich a lust & likyng  lucifer fel from heuene Ponam pedem meum in aquilone  & similis ero altissimo It were aȝens kynde quod he  & al kyns resoun Þat any creature schulde kunne al  except crist oone Aȝens swiche salomon spekiþ  & dispisiþ her wittis And seiþ . sicut qui mel comedit multum  non est ei bonum . sic qui scrutator est magestatis opprimitur a gloriaO.15.57: This line begins in the right margin of l. 56, breaks after qui, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, ending in the right margin. To englische men . þis is to mene  þat mowen speke & here Þe man þat myche hony eteþ  his mawe it engleymeþ And þe more þat a man  of good mater hereþ But he do þer-after  it dooþ hym double scathe Beatus est . seiþ seynt Bernard  qui scripturas legit Et verba vertit in opera  fulliche to his power Coueytise to kunne  & to knowe science PulledeO.15.65: OC2 alone have Pullede; most B manuscripts have Putte. out of paradice  adam & eue Sciencie appetitus hominem immortalitatis gloriam spoliauit .O.15.66: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mortalitatis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And riȝt as hony is yuele to defye  & engleymeþ þe mawe Riȝt so . þat þoruȝ resoun  wolde þe rote knowe  Of god . & of hise myȝtis  his grace it lettiþ For in þe likyng . lijþ a pride  & a likhams coueytise Aȝens cristis counceyl  & alle clerkis techyng Þat is . non plus sapere quam oportet sapere .O.15.72: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after quam, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Freris & fele oþere maystris  þat to lewede men prechen Meuen materes immesurables  to tellen of þe trinite AndO.15.75: OC2 alone have And in place of That. ofte tymes þe lewed peple  of her beleue douten Better to bileue wereO.15.76: OC2 alone have to bileue were; variants include were (M), byleue were (L), beleue were (Hm), beleue where (Cr1), to leue were (YCr23GCCot), to leue weren (BmBo), byleue (R), and it were (WF). many  doctouris . swich techyng And telle men of þe ten comaundementes  & touche þe seuene synnes And of þe braunches þat boriounen of hem  & bryngen men to helle And how þat folk in folies  myspenden her fyue wittis Pride of FrerisO.15.80: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines. As wel freris as oþere folk  foliliche þei spendenO.15.80: YOC2M alone have þei spenden; variants include spenen (CrCLR) and speken (B). In housyng in hateryng  & hye clergie schewynge More for pompe þan for pure charite  þe peple woot þe soþe Þat I neO.15.83: YOC2 alone include ne. lye not . loo  for lordis ȝe plesen And reuerencen þe riche  þe raþer for her goodisO.15.84: OC2 alone have goodis in place of siluer. Confundantur omnes qui adorant sculptilia & cetera & alibi / vt quid diligitis vanitatem & queritis mendaciumO.15.85: This line is divided after vanitatem, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. FrerisO.15.86: The letter <V>, about two lines in height, appears in the extreme right margin, written apparently by hand 2. Go to þe glose of þe vers  ȝe grete clerkis If I lye on ȝow to my lewede witt  ledeþ me to brennyng For as it semeþ . ȝe forsaken  no mannes almesse Of vsureris of horis  of auarouse chapmen And louten to þeise lordis  þat mowen lene ȝow nobles Aȝeyn ȝoure rule & religioun  I take record of iesus Þat seyde to hise disciplis  ne sitis personarum acceptores Of þis mateer I myȝte  make a longe bible Curatis Ac of curatouris of cristen peple  as clerkysO.15.94: An irregular tear in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears between clerkys and beren. beren witnesse I schal tellen it for truþes sake  take heed . who-so likiþ As holynesse & honeste  out of holy chirche sprediþ Þoruȝ lele libbynge men  þat goddis lawe techen Riȝt so . out of holy chirche  alle yueles spreden Þere imparfiȝt preesthode is  prechouris & techeris And see it bi ensaumple  in somer-tyme on trowes Þere summe bowis been leued  & summe beren noon Þere is a myscheef in þe moore  of swiche manere bowis Riȝt so persouns & preestis  & prechouris of holi chirche Þat arn rote of þe riȝt feiþ  to rule þe peple Ac þere þe rote is roten  resoun woot þe soþe Schal neuere floure ne fruyt  ne fayre leef be grene For-þi woldenO.15.107: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. ȝe lettred men leue  þe lecherie of cloþing And be kynde . as felO.15.108: GOC2 alone have fel in place of bifel. for clerkis  & curteys of cristis goodis Trewe of ȝoure tunge  & of ȝoure tayl boþe And hate to here harlotrie  & not to vndirfonge  Tyþes of vntrewe þing  ytilied or chaffared Loþe weren lewede men  but þei ȝoure lore folowedenO.15.112: OC2 alone have the form foleweden in place of folwede. And amenden hem þat mysdoon  more for ȝoure ensaumples  Þan for to preche & preuen it not  ypocrisie it semeþ For ypocrisye in latyn  is likned to a dong-hil Þat were besnewid wiþ snow  & snakes wiþ-Inne Or to a wal þat were whyȝt-lymed  wiþ-out & foul wiþ-inne Riȝt so many preestis  prechouris & prelatis Arn emblaunched wiþ bele paroles  & wiþ cloþes also Ac ȝoure werkis & wordis þer-vndir  arn ful vnlouelich IohanneO.15.121: OC2 alone lack <s> in Iohannes. crisostomus  of clerkis spekiþ & preestis Sicut de templo omne bonum egreditur  Sic de templo omne malum procedit / Si sacerdocium integrum fuerit  tota floreretO.15.122: OC2 alone have floreret in place of floret. ecclesia / Si autem corruptum fuerit  omnium fides marcida est / Si sacerdocium fuerit in peccatis  totus populus conuertitur ad peccandum / Sicut cum videris arborem marcidam & pallidam  intelligis quod vicium habet in radice / Ita cum videris populum indisciplinatum & irreligiosum  sine dubio . sacerdocium eius non est sanumO.15.122: This line begins in the right margin of l. 121, breaks after egreditur, ecclesia Si, con- in conuertitur, vicium, and sacer- in sacerdocium eius, wraps around to occupy the next four full line spaces, and ends at bottom right of the fifth line. A red parasign precedes the last line of the text, which is followed by five ticks in black and red. Prestis . IfO.15.123: The initial capital is larger than usual and decorated with flourishes. lewede men wisten  what þis latyn meneþ And who was myn autour  myche wondir me þinkeþ But if many a preest heerO.15.125: OC2 alone have heer in place of some variant of bere.  for her baslardis & her brohchis Schulden go synge seruyseles  wiþ sire philip þe sparweO.15.126: OC2 alone substitute this line for the completely different one which appears in other manuscripts and which Kane and Donaldson render as "[And beere] bedes in hir hand and a book vndir hir arme." See Skeat's note in Vol. II, 218. In his description of this manuscript in the endleaves, Skeat writes: "There is one variation in it which must not be passed over, viz. the allusion to Sir Philip the Sparrow in the line 'Schulden go synge seruyseles / wiþ sire philip þe sparwe' which, as explained in the footnote to xv. 119, is totally different from the corresponding line in the other copies." Sire ion & sire ieffrey  han gyrdelesO.15.127: OC2F alone have the plural form. of siluer A baslard &O.15.128: O alone lacks a before ballok-knyf. ballok-knyf  &O.15.128: OC2F alone have & in place of wiþ. barresO.15.128: OC2 alone have barres in place of botons. ouer-gylt Ac a porthos þat schulde be his plow  placebo to segge Hadde he neuereO.15.130: An irregular tear in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears between neuere and seruyse. seruyse to saue syluer þerto  for spendyng at aleO.15.130: OC2 alone have for spendyng at ale; all other beta witnesses have seiþ it with ydel wille. Kane and Donaldson divide the line into two, the second with a conjectural a-verse. Allas ȝe lewede men  myche lesenO.15.131: OC2 alone have the form lesen in place of lese. ȝe on preestis Ac þing þat wickidlich is wonnenO.15.132: OC2 alone have the form wonnen; most B manuscripts have wonne.  & wiþ false sleyȝtis Wolde neuere . of witty god þe witt  but wickide men it hadde Þe whyche arn preestis imparfiȝt  & prechouris after siluer Sectouris & suddenes  somonours & her lemmans Þis þat wiþ gyle was geten  vngraciousli is spendid So harlottis & hores  arn holpen þoruȝO.15.137: OC2 alone have þoruȝ; all other beta witnesses have wiþ. swiche goodis And goddis folk for defaute þerof  forfaren & spillen Curatouris of holy chirche  as clerkis þat been auarouse Liȝtlich þat þei leuen  losellis it habben Or dyen intestat  & þanne þe bischop entreþ And makeþ myrþe þer-wiþ  & his men boþe And seggen . he was a nygard  þat no good myȝte spare To freend ne to fremde  þe feend haue his soule For a wrecchid hous he helde  al his lijf-tyme And þat he sparede & bisperde  spende we in myrþe Be þei lered . be þei lewideO.15.147: OC2 alone include both occurrences of þei; although HmBM also have Be, most B manuscripts have By lered by lewed.  þat loþ is to spende Þus goon her goodis  be þe goost faren Ac for goode men god woot  greet deel men maken And bymeneþ goode mete-ȝyueris  & in mynde hauen  InO.15.151: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish. preyeris & in penaunce  & in parfiȝt charite What is charite quod I þoo  a childisch þing he seyde Nisi efficiamini sicut paruuli non intrabitis & ceteraO.15.153: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after efficiamini, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Charite Wiþ-outen faunteeO.15.154: OC2 alone have the form fauntee; most B manuscripts have faunteltie. or folye  a fre liberal wille Where schuldenO.15.155: O alone has the form schulden in place of sholde. men fynde swich a freend  with so fre an herte Longe willeO.15.156: The rubric is divided after Longe, so that it appears as two lines. IO.15.156: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish. haue lyued in londe quod I  my name is longe wille And fonde I neuere ful charite  bifore ne bi-hynde Men been mercyable to mendynauntis  & to þeO.15.158: OC2 alone include þe. pore And wolen lene þere þei leuenO.15.159: OC2 alone have the form leuen; most B manuscripts have leue.  lelli to be payed Ac charite þat poule precheþO.15.160: OC2 alone have precheþ in place of preiseþ. best  & moost pleseþ oure saueour As . non inflatur . non est ambiciosa . non querit que sua sunt IO.15.162: The initial capital is accompanied by a flourish. seyȝ neuere swich a man  so me god helpe Þat he ne wolde aske after his  & oþer-wyle coueyte  Þing þat nediþ hym not  & nyme it if he myȝte Clerkis tellenO.15.165: OC2 alone have tellen in place of some variant of correctly alliterating kennen. me þat crist  is . in alle places Ac I seyȝ hymO.15.166: OC2 alone lack neuere before soþeli. soþeli  but as my-self in a myrour Ita in enigmate . tunc facie ad faciemO.15.167: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after facie, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And so I trowe truly  bi þat men tellen of charite It is not champiouns fiȝt  ne chaffare as I trowe Charite Charite quod he ne chaffareþ not  ne chalengeþ ne craueþ As proude of a peny  as of a pound of gold And is as glad of a gowne  of a grey russet As of a tunycle of tarse  or of tried scarlet He is glad wiþ al glad  & good til alle wickide And leneþ & loueþ alle  þat oure lord made Curseþ he no creature  neO.15.176: HmOC2 alone lack he before can. can bere no wraþþe Ne no likyng haþ to lye  ne lawȝhe men to scorn Al þat men seyen . he lat it soþ  & in solace takeþ And alle manere mescheues  in myldenesse he suffreþ Coueytiþ he noon erþeli good  but heuene-riche blisse Haþ he any rentes or richesse  or any riche freendis  Of rentes ne of richesse  reccheþ he neuere For a freend þat fyndeþ hym  faylede hym neuere at nede Fiat voluntas tua  fyndiþ hym euere-more And if he soupe . he etiþ but a soppe  of spera in deo He can portreyeO.15.186: OC2 alone lack wel before þe. þe pater-noster  & peynte it wiþ auees And oþer-wyle he is wone  to wende on pilgrimage Þere pore men & prisouners beenO.15.188: OC2 alone have been in place of some variant of liggen.  her pardoun to haue Þouȝ he bere hem no breed  he bereþ hem swetterO.15.189: OC2 alone lack a noun after swetter; most B manuscripts have liflode. Loueþ hem as oure lord biddiþ  & lokeþ how þei faren And whanne he is wery of þat werk  þanne wole he sum-tyme Labouren in lauendrieO.15.192: OC2F alone lack wel before þe.  þe lenkþe of a myle And ȝerne in-to ȝouþe  & ȝepli spekeO.15.193: A caret/punctus appears in the extreme right margin. Correction of speke may have been intended, since the reading of Bx is seche. Pride . wiþ al þe apurtenaunce  & pakken hem to-gyderes And bowken hem at his brest  & beten hem clene And leggen on . longe  wiþ laboraui in gemitu meo And wiþ warm water at hise yen  wasschen hem after  And þanne he syngeþ whanne he dooþ so  & sum-tyme seiþ wepynge Cor contritum & humiliatumO.15.199: OC2F alone lack deus before non. non despiciesO.15.199: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after contritum, and a red parasign precedes the ampersand. Bi crist I wolde þat I knewe hym  no creature leuere Wiþ-outen help of peers plowman quod he  his persoone seest-þou neuere Wher clerkis knowen hym quod I  þat kepen holy chirche Clerkis han no knowyng quod he  but bi werkis & wordis Ac peers þe plowman  parceyuedeO.15.204: OC2C alone have the preterite form. more depper Where is þe wille & wherfore  þat many aO.15.205: GOC2 alone include a. wiȝt suffreþ Et vidit deus cogitaciones eorumO.15.206: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after deus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. For þer arn ful proude-herted men  pacient of tunge And buxum as of beryng  to burgeys & to lordis And to pore peple  han peper in þe nose And as a lyoun he lokeþ  þere men lakken hise werkis For þer arn beggers & bidders  bedemen as it were Loken as lambren  & semen lijf-holy Ac it is more to haue her mete  in swich esy manere Þan for penaunce or parfiȝtnesse  þe pouert þat swiche taken Þerfore bi colour ne bi clergie  knowe schalt þou hym neuere Neiþer þoruȝ wordis ne werkis  but þoruȝ wille one And þat knowiþ no clerk  ne creature in erþe Petrus But peers þe plowman  petrus id est christus For he is not in losellisO.15.219: Cr2OC2 alone have losellis; most B manuscripts have lolleris  ne in land-lepers heremytis Ne in ankris þere a box hangeþ  alle swiche þei fayten Fy on faytouris  and in fautores suos For charite is goddis champioun  & as a good chyld . heende And þe myriest of mouþe  at mete . where he sittiþ Þe loue þat lijþ in his herte  makiþ hym liȝt of speche And is companable & confortatijf  as crist bit hym-selue Nolite fieri sicut ypocrite tristesO.15.226: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sicut, so that it appears as two lines. For I haue seen hym in silk  & sum-tyme in russet Boþe in grey & in griys  & in gylt harneys And as gladlich he it gaaf  to gomes þat it nedede Edmund & Edward  eyþer were kyngys And seyntis yset  til charite hem folewede I haue seen charite also  syngen & reden Riden & rennen  in raggede wedis Ac biddynge as beggers  bihelde I hym neuere Ac in riche robes  raþest he walkiþ YcalledO.15.236: OC2 alone lack and before ycrymaylid. ycrymaylid  & his crowne schauen And clenlich ycloþed  in cipres & in tartaryneO.15.237: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal. And in a freris frokke  he was founden onys Ac it is fer agoo  in seynt fraunceys tyme And in þat secte siþþe  to seldenO.15.240: OC2 alone lack he before haþ. haþ be knowen Riche men he recommendiþ  & of her robes takeþ Þat wiþ-outen wyles  leden her lyues Beatus est diues qui & ceteraO.15.243: This line is written in the right margin. In kyngys court he comeþ oftenO.15.244: OC2 alone have often in place of ofte.  þere þe counceyl is trewe Ac if coueytise be of þe counceyl  he wole not come þer-Inne In court among iapers  he comeþ not but selde For braulyng & bacbytyng  & beryng of fals witnesse Consistorie In þe consistorie bifore þe comyssarie  he comeþ not ful ofte For her lawe dureþ ouer-longe  but if þei lacchen siluer And matrimoyne for money  maken & vnmaken And þat concience & crist  haþ yknyt faste Þei vndoon it vnworþili  þoo doctouris of lawe Ac I ne lakke no lijf  but lord amende vs alle And gyue vs grace goode god  charite to folewe For who-so myȝte mete wiþ hym  swiche maneres hym ayliþ Neiþer he banneþ ne blameþ  boosteþ ne preyseþ Craueþ ne coueytiþ  ne crieþ after more Lakkeþ ne loseþ  ne lokeþ vp sterne In pace in idipsum dormiam & ceteraO.15.259: This line is written in the right margin. Þe moost lijflode he lyueþ bi  is loue in goddis passioun Neiþer he biddiþ ne beggeþ  ne borweþ to ȝelde Misdooþ he no man  ne wiþ his mouþ greueþ Amongys cristen men  þis myldenesse scholde laste In alle manere angres  haue þis at herte Þat þouȝ þei suffredenO.15.265: OC2 alone have the form suffreden; most B manuscripts have suffrede. al þis  god suffrede for vs more In ensaumple we schuldenO.15.266: O alone has the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. do so  & take no veniaunce  Of oure foos þat doon vs falsnesse  þat isO.15.267: OC2 alone lack any word between is and fadris; most B manuscripts have oure. fadris wille For wel may euery man wite  if god hadde wolde hym-selue Schulde neuere iudas ne iew  haue iesu doon on rode Ne haue martired petir ne poule  ne in prisoun holden Ac he suffrede in ensaumple  þat we schuldenO.15.271: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde or omission. suffre also And seydenO.15.272: O alone has the form seyden in place of seide. to swiche þat suffre wolden  þat pacientes vincunt Verbi gratia quod he  & verrey ensaumples many In legenda sanctorum  þe lijf of holy seyntis What penaunce & pouerte  & passioun þei suffredenO.15.275: OC2 alone have the form suffreden in place of suffrede. In hungre & in hete  in alle manere angrees Antony & egidie  & oþere holi fadris Woneden in wildernesse  amonge wylde beestis Monkes & mendynauntis  men bi hem-seluen In spekis & spelonkis  selden speke to-gyderes Ac neiþer antony ne egydie  ne heremyte þat tyme Of lyouns ne of lepardes  no lijflode ne token But of foulis þat flyenO.15.283: O alone has flyen; most B manuscripts have fleeþ.  þus fynden men in bokis Except þat egidie  after an hynde criede And þoruȝ þe mylk of þat mylde beeste  þe man was sustenedO.15.285: In the extreme bottom right margin there appears a quire signature, so severely cropped as to be illegible. And day bi day hadde he hir not  his hungre for to slake But selden & sundri tymes  as seiþ þe book & techiþ Antony a-dayes  aboute þeO.15.288: HMOC2 alone include þe. noon tyme Hadde a brid þat brouȝte hym breed  þat he by . lyuede And þouȝ þe goom hadde a gest  god fonde hem boþe Poule primus heremita  hadde parroked hym-selue Þat no man myȝte hym see  for mosse & for leues Foules hym feddenO.15.293: OC2 alone have the form fedden in place of fedde.  fele wyntres wiþ-alle Til he foundede freris  of austyns ordre An-oþerO.15.295: OC2 alone include An-oþer. The presence of a caret/punctus in the left margin and a solidus/punctus above An indicates intended deletion of An or perhaps An-oþer. poule after his prechyng  panyeris he made And wan wiþ hise handis  þat his wombe nedede Petir fischede for his fode  & his felaw andrew Sum þei soldenO.15.298: OC2 alone have the form solden in place of solde. & sum þei soþen  & so þei lyueden boþe And also marie magdaleyn  bi moores lyuede & dewes Ac moost þoruȝ deuocioun  & mynde of god almyȝti I schulde not þis seuene dayes  seggen hem alle Þat lyueden þus for oure lordis loue  many longe ȝeris Ac þer ne was lyoun ne leparde  þat on laundes wenten Neiþer bere ne boor  ne oþer beest wylde Þat ne fel to her feet  & faunedenO.15.305: O alone has the form fauneden; most B manuscripts have fawned. wiþ þe taylis And if þei couþenO.15.306: O alone has the form couþen in place of kouþe. haue ycarped  bi crist as I trowe Þei wolden haue yfed þat folk  bifore wylde foulis Ac god sente hem fode bi foulis  & bi no ferse beestis In menyng þat meke þing  mylde þing schulde fede As who seiþ . religiouse  riȝtful men schulde fynde And laweful men to lijf-holy men  lyuelode brynge And þanne woldenO.15.312: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. lordis & ladies  be loþ to agulte And to take of her tenauntis  no more þan truþe wolde FoundenO.15.314: OC2 alone have the form Founden; all other beta witnesses have Founde. þei þat freris wolden  forsakenO.15.314: OC2 alone have the form forsaken in place of forsake. her almesse And bidden hem . bere it  þere it was yborwid Dietyng of religiousO.15.316: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines. For we bee goddis fowlesO.15.316: A solidus/punctus above fowles, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the left margin, indicate deletion, although no substitute is supplied. The only variant reading, Foles, is attested by Cr23; Kane and Donaldson emend to behestes.  and abideO.15.316: OC2 alone have the form abide in place of abiden. alwey . Til briddis brynge vs mete  þat we schulden lyue by . For haueO.15.318: YOC2 alone have the present-tense form. ȝe potage & paynO.15.318: GOC2F alone lack ynogh before &.  & peny-ale to drynke And a messe þer-wiþ  of any manere kynde Ȝe hanO.15.320: OC2 alone have the present indicative form. riȝt ynow ȝe religious  & so ȝoure rule me tolde Numquam dicit iob rugit onager  cum herbam habueritO.15.321: A double solidus above both words indicates transposition of original habuerit herbam. The reading is shared with RF. / aut mugiet bos  cum ante plenum presepe steterit / Brutorum animalium natura te condempnat O.15.321: OC2 alone lack quia before cum. cum eis pabulum comune sufficiat . ex adipe prodijt iniquitas tuaO.15.321: This line begins in the right margin of l. 320, breaks after iob, steterit, and prodijt, wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 322. A red parasign precedes the last line of text. If lewede men knewenO.15.322: O alone has the form knewen in place of knewe. þis latyn  þei woldenO.15.322: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde. loke whom þei ȝyuenO.15.322: OC2 alone have the form ȝyuen in place of yeue. And avise hem bifore  fyue dayes or sixe Of ȝiftis into ReligiousO.15.324: The rubric is divided after into, so that it appears as two lines. Er þei mortisedenO.15.324: OC2 alone have the form mortiseden in place of amortisede(n) or enmorteisid. to monkes  or chanouns her rentis . nota .O.15.325: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish beneath. Allas lordis & ladies  lewed counceyl han ȝe To ȝyue from ȝoure eires  þat ȝoure ayles ȝow laftenO.15.326: OF alone have laften; most B manuscripts have lefte. And ȝyuen to bidde for ȝow  to swiche þat been riche And been founded & fessedfe[ff]ed eke  to bidde for oþere Who parforneþ þe prophecie  ofO.15.329: OC2 alone lack þe before peple. peple þat now libbeþ Dispersit . dedit pauperibusO.15.330: This line is written in the right margin. If any peple parforne þis text  it arn þe pore freris .Deridendo . . For þat þei beggen aboute  in beeldyng þei spenenO.15.332: O alone has spenen; variants include spende (GBR), spendyn (C2), spene (YLM), it spende (HmF), and spende it (WCrC). And on hem-self sum  & swiche as been her laboreris And of hem þat habben þei taken  & ȝeuen hem þat ne habben Ac clerkis & knyȝtis  & comuneris þat been riche Feel of ȝow faren  as if I a forest hadde Þat were ful of fayre trees  & I fondede & caste  How I myȝte . moo þerinne  amonges hem sette Riȝt so ȝe riche  ȝe robbenO.15.339: OC2 alone have the form robben; variants include robbeþ (HmBR), robbe (CrGF), and robeþ (WYLMR). þat ben riche And helpen hem þat helpen ȝow  & ȝyuen þere no nede is As who-so fillede a tunne  of a fresch ryuer And wente forþ wiþ þat water  to wooke wiþ þeO.15.342: OC2F alone include þe. temse Quid est dare impijs Riȝt so ȝe riche  ȝe robben & feden  . Of munkys .O.15.344: The word munkys is accompanied by a flourish beneath. Hem . þat han as ȝe han  hem ȝe maken at ese Ac religious þat riche been  schulden raþer feste beggers Þan burgeys þat riche been  as þe book telleþ Quia sacrilegium est res pauperum  non pauperibus dare / Item peccatoribus dare  est demonibus immolare / Item . Monache si indiges & accipis  pocius das quam accipis / Si autem non eges & accipis  rapis / Porro non indiget monachus . si habeat quod nature sufficitO.15.347: This line begins in the right margin of l. 346 and breaks after non, ac- in accipis, and monachus ., wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 348. A red parasign precedes the last line of text. A wavy red bracket connects the first two lines of text with the rubric in the right margin of l. 344. Line 347 is followed by three ticks. For-þi I counceyl alle cristen  to conforme hem to charite For charite wiþ-outen chalengyng  vnchargeþ þe soule And many a prisoun fro purgatorie  þoruȝ hise preyeris delyuereþ Ac þer is a defaute in þe folk  þat þe feiþ kepen Wherfore folk beenO.15.352: OC2 alone have been in place of is. þe febeler  & not ferme of bileue And in luschburues is a liþer alay  & ȝit lokeþ he lijk a sterlyng Þe merk of þat money isO.15.354: The word is seems to have been written over a punctus elevatus. good  ac þe metal is feble And so it fareþ bi summe folk  now þei han a fayre speche Crowne & cristendom  þe kyngys merk of heuene Ac þe metal þat is mannes soule  wiþ synne is fulO.15.357: OC2 alone have ful; all other beta witnesses have foule. The MED lists ful as a variant of foule. allayed Boþe lettred & lewede been  now allayedO.15.358: YOC2M alone transpose alayed now. wiþ synne Þat no lijf loueþ oþer  ne oure lord as I leueO.15.359: OC2 alone have I leue in place of it semeþ. For þoruȝ werre & wickede werkis  & wedres vnresounable Wedre-wise schipmen  &O.15.361: OC2 alone lack witty before clerkis, and thus lack the third alliterating stave. clerkis also Han no beleue to þe lifte O.15.362: A solidus/punctus above lifte, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin, indicate deletion, although no substitute is supplied.  ne to þe lore of philosophres Astromyens alday  in her arte faylen Þat wylom warnedenO.15.364: O alone has the form warneden in place of warned. bifore  what schulde falle after Schipmen & heerdisO.15.365: OC2 alone have heerdis in place of shepherdes.  þat wiþ schip & scheep wenten Wisten bi þe welken  what schulde bityde As of wedres & wyndes  þei warnedenO.15.367: O alone has the form warneden in place of warned. men ofte Tilyeris þat tiliden þe erþe  tolden her maystres  Bi þe seed þat þei sewen  what þei selle myȝtenO.15.369: OC2 alone have the form myȝten in place of myȝte. And what to leue & what to lyue by  þe londe was so trewe Now faylenO.15.371: OC2 alone have the form faylen in place of faileþ. þe folk ofO.15.371: OC2 alone lack þe before flood. flood  & of þe loond boþe Schepheerdis & schipmen  & so doon þeise tilieris Neiþer þei kunnen ne knowen  oo cours bifore an-oþer Astronomyens also  arn at her wittis ende Of þat was calculed of þe elementis  þe contrarie þei fyndenO.15.375: OC2 alone have the form fynden in place of fynde. Gramer þe ground of al  bigyleþ now children For is noon of þeise newe clerkis  who-so nymeþ heed Þat can versifye fayre  ne formelich endyten IsO.15.379: OC2 alone have Is; most B manuscripts have Ne. not oon amongys an hundrid  þat an autour can construe Ne rede a lettre in any langage  but latyn & englisch Go now to any degree  & but if gyle be mayster And flaterer his felaw  vndir hym to formen Miche wonder me þinkiþ  amongys vs alle Doctours of decrees  & of dyuinite maystres Þat schulden kunne & knowe  al kyns clergye And answere to argumentis  & also to a quodlibet I dar not segge it for schame  if swiche weren apposed Þei schulden fayle of her phylosophie  & in herO.15.388: OGC2M alone include her. phisik boþe Wherfore I am a-feerd  of folk of holy chirche Lest þei ouerhippeO.15.390: OC2 alone have the form ouerhippe in place of ouerhuppen. as oþere doon  in offices & in houris Ac if þei ouerhippen as I hope not  oure bileue suffiseþ As clerkis in corpus christi feeste  syngen & reden Þat sola fides sufficit  to saue wiþ lewede peple And so mowen sarasens be saued  scribes & Iues Allas þanne . but oure lores-men  lyuen as þei leren vs And for her lyuyng þat lewide men  be þe loþer god to agultenO.15.396: O alone has agulten; variants include agulte (HmCrC), to agylte (G), to gulten (C2), þey gilte (F), and agulten (WYBLMR). For sarasens han sumwhat  semynge to oure beleue For þei louenO.15.398: O alone has the form louen; most B manuscripts have loue. & bileuenO.15.398: OC2 alone have the form bileuen in place of bileue.  in oo persoone almyȝti And we lered & lewede  in oo god beleuen And oon Makomede  a man ofO.15.400: YOC2F alone have of in place of in. mysbeleue Brouȝte sarasens of surre  & se in what manere Machomede wiþ his dowue .O.15.402: This rubric is divided after wiþ, so that it appears as two lines. Þis makomede was cristen  & for he muste not be a pope Into surre he souȝte  & þoruȝ hise sutile wittis Dauntede a dowue  & day & nyȝt hir fedde Þe corn þat sche croppede  he caste it in his ere And if he among þe peple preched  or in place come Þanne wolde þe culuer come  in-toO.15.407: GOC2 alone have into in place of to. þe clerkis ere Menynge as after mete  þus makomede hir enchauntede And dide folk þanne falle on knees  for he swore in his prechyng Þat þe culuer þat come so  come fro god of heuene As messager to makomede  men for to teche And þus þoruȝ wyles of his witt  & a whyte dowue Makomede in mysbeleue  men & wommen brouȝte Þat lered & lewede  ȝit leuen on hise lawes And siþen oure saueour suffrede  þe sarasenes so bigyled Þoruȝ a cristen clerk  a-cursid in his soule . nota .O.15.417: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish beneath. And for drede of þe deþ  I dar not telle truþe How englisch clerkis a culuer feden  þat coueueytisecoueytise hatte And been manered after makomede  þat no man vseþ truþe Ancres & heremytes  & monkes & freris Peren to apostelis  þoruȝ her parfiȝt lyuyng Wolde neuere þe feiþful fadir  þat hise mynystres schulden  Of tyrauntis þat tenen trewe men  take any almesse But do as domynyk dide  antonyO.15.424: OC2 alone transpose antony and domynyk. & fraunceys Benet & bernard  þe whiche hem first tauȝte To lyue bi litilO.15.426: OC2F alone lack and before in. in lowe howsis  bi lele mennes almesse Grace schulde growe & be grene  þoruȝ her good lyuyng And folkes schulden fynde  þat been in dyuerse sekenesse Þe better for her biddynges  in body & in soule Her preyeris & her penaunces  to pees schulde brynge Alle þat been at debate  & bedemen were trewe Petite & accipietis & ceteraO.15.432: This line is written in the right margin. Salt saueþ catel  seggen þeise wyues Vos estis sal terre & ceteraO.15.434: This line is written in the right margin. Þe heedis of holy chirche  & þei holy werenO.15.435: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were. Crist calleþ hem salt  for cristene soulis Et si sal euanuerit  in quo salieturO.15.437: This line is written in the right margin. Ac fresch flesch oþer fisch  whanne it salt fayliþ O.15.439: OC2 alone lack introductory It.Is vnsauery for soþe  ysoþe or ybake So is mannes soule soþeli  þat seeþ no good ensaumple Of hem of holy chirche  þat þe hye weye schulde teche And be gyde & go bifore  as a good baneour And hardye hem þat been bihyndeO.15.443: GOC2 alone transpose bihynde been.  & ȝyue hem good euydence Elleuene holy men  al þe werld turnede In-to lele bibeuebi[l]eue  þe liȝtliker me þinkeþ  Schulden alle manere men  we han so many maystres Preestis & prechouris  & a pope aboue Þat goddis salt schulden be  to saue mannes soule Al was heþenesse sum-tyme  Englond & Wales Til gregory gerte clerkis  to go & to preche Austyn at cauntirbiry  cristenede þe kyng And þoruȝ myracles as men mowen rede  al þat marche he turnede  To crist & to cristendom  & crosse to honoure And fullede folk faste  & þe feiþ tauȝte More þoruȝ myracles  þan þoruȝ myche prechyng As wel þoruȝ hise werkis  as wiþ hise holi wordis And seyde hem . what fullyng & feiþ was to mene Cloþ þat comeþ fro þe weuyng  is not cumly to were Til it be fullid vndir fote  or in fullynge stokkis Wasschen wel wiþ water  & wiþ taseles cracched Ytouked & yteyntid  & vndir taylouris hand And so it fareþ bi a barn  þat born is of wombe Til it be cristened in cristis name  & confermed of þe bisschop It is heþene as to heueneward  & helples to þe soule Heþen is to mene after heþ  & vntiled erþe As in wylde wildirnesse  waxen wylde beestis crepersO.15.467: Substitution is indicated by a caret/punctus accompanying marginal crepers, but the reason for it is unclear since no change is made. Of all B manuscripts, only R has the correct reading, keperes. Rude & vnresounable  rennynge wiþ-oute crepers Ȝe; menen wel how mathew seydeO.15.468: OC2 alone have the preterite form.  how a man made a feeste He fedde hem wiþ no venysoun  ne fesauntis ybake But wiþ foulis þat from hym nolde  but folewedenO.15.306: O alone has the form foleweden; most B manuscripts have folwede. his whystelyng Ecce altilia mea & omnia parata sunt & ceteraO.15.471: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Ecce, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. O.15.472: OC2 alone lack And before Wiþ.Wiþ calues flesch he fedde  þe folk þat he louede Þe calf bitokeneþ clennesse  in hem þat kepen lawes For as þe cow þoruȝ kynde mylk  þe calf nurischiþ til an oxe So loue & lewte  lele men susteneþ And maydenes & mylde men  mercy desiren Riȝt soO.15.477: OC2 alone have so in place of as. þe cow calf  coueytiþ swete mylk So doon riȝtful men  mercy & truþe Ac who been þat excusen hem  þat arn persouns & preestis Þat hedes of holy chirche been  þat han her wille heer Wiþ-oute trauayle þe tiþe del  þat trewe men biswynken Þei wolenO.15.482: O alone has the form wolen; most B manuscripts have wol. be wroþ for I write þus  ac witnesse I take  Boþe mathew & mark  & memento domine dauid What pope or prelat now  parforneþ þat crist hiȝte Ite in vniuersum mundum & predicateO.15.485: This line is written in the right margin. Allas þat men so longe . on makomede  schulden soO.15.486: OC2 alone include the second occurrence of so. beleue So many prelatis to preche  as þe pope makeþ Of nazareth of Nynyue  of neptalym & damask Þat þey ne wente as crist wisseþ  siþ þei wolen haue name  To be pastouris & preche  þe passioun of iesus And as hym-self seyde  so to lyue & dye Bonus pastor animam suam ponit & ceteraO.15.492: This line is written in the right margin. And seyde it inO.15.493: The hand supplying this interpolation resembles, and indeed may be, hand 2. saluacioun  of sarasens & oþere For cristen & vncristen  crist seyde to prechouris Ite vos in vineam meam & ceteraO.15.495: This line is written in the right margin. And siþ þat þeise sarasens  scribes & Iues Han an lippe of oure bileue  þe liȝtlikerO.15.497: O alone has the form liȝtliker; variants include lyȝtloker (HmYBLMRF), lyghlier (Cr3), and lightlier (WCr12GC2C). me þinkeþ  Þei schuldenO.15.498: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. turne who-so trauayle wolde  to teche hem of þe trinite Querite & inuenietis & ceteraO.15.499: This line is written in the right margin. It is ruþe to rede how  riȝtwise men lyueden How þei defouledenO.15.501: OC2 alone have the form defouleden in place of defouled. her flesch  forsoken her owne wille Fer fro kyþ & fro kyn  yuele ycloþede ȝeden Badly ybeddid  no book but concience Ne no richesse but þe rode  to reioycenO.15.504: OC2 alone have the form reioycen in place of reioisse. hem Inne Absit michiO.15.505: OC2 alone have michi; most B manuscripts have nobis. gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri & ceteraO.15.505: This line is written in the right margin. And þoo was plente & pees  amongys pore & riche And now is ruþe to rede  how þe reed noble Is reuerenced er þe rode  receyued for þe worþier  Þan cristes crosse þat ouercam  deþ . & dedli synne And now is werre & woo  & who-so why askeþ For coueytise after crosse  þe crowne stant in gold Boþe riche & religious  þat rode . þei honouren  Þat in grotes is grauen  & in goldenO.15.513: OC2 alone have golden in place of gold or omission. nobles For coueytise of þat crosse  men of holi chirche Schul turne as templeris diden  þe tyme approcheþ faste Wite ȝe not wise men  how þoo men honouredenO.15.516: OC2 alone have the form honoureden in place of honoured. More tresore þan truþe  I dar not telle þe soþe Resoun & riȝtful doom  þoo religious demedenO.15.518: OC2 alone have demeden; most B manuscripts have demede. . war .O.15.519: The word war is accompanied by a flourish beneath. Riȝt so ȝe clerkis for ȝoure  coueytise . er longe Schul þei deme dos ecclesie  & ȝoure pride depose Deposuit potentes de sede & ceteraO.15.521: This line is written in the right margin. If knyȝthood & kynde witt  & comune concience To-gyderes loue lely  leueþ it wel ȝe bisschoppis Þe lordschip of londis  for euere ȝe schul lese And lyue as leuytici  as oure lord ȝow techeþ Per primicias & decimas & ceteraO.15.526: This line is written in the right margin. Whanne constantyn of curteysie  holy chirche dowede Wiþ londis & leedis  lordschippis & rentis And? aungel men herden  on hyȝ at rome crie Hodie venenum est effusum in ecclesia deiO.15.530: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this gloss, which occurs only in OC2, on the grounds that it is scribal. Dos ecclesie þis day  haþ ydrunken venym And þoo þat han peteres power  arn appoysouned alle A medycyn muste þerto  þat may amende prelatis Þat schulden preye for þe pees  possessioun hem lettiþ Takeþ her londes ȝe lordis  & latte hem lyue bi dymes If possessioun be poysoun  & imparfiȝt hem make Good were to dischargen hem  for holy chirchis sake And purgen hem of poysoun  er more perel falle If preesthode were parfiȝt  þe peple schulde amende Þat contrarien cristes lawe  & cristendom despisenO.15.540: OC2 alone have the form dispisen in place of dispise. For alle paynemys preyen  & parfiȝtly bileuen In þe holy greet god  & his grace þei axen And maken her mone to makomede  her message to schewe Þus in a feiþ leuen þat folk  & in a fals mene And þat is ruþe for riȝtful men  þat in þe rewme wonyen And inO.15.546: Only GOC2 have yn alone; most B manuscripts have a. perel to þe pope  & prelates þat he makeþ AndO.15.547: OC2 alone have And in place of That. beren bisschoppis names  of bethlem & of babiloyne Þat hippen abouteO.15.548: OC2 alone lack in before englond. englond  to halewe mennes auteris And crepen amongys curatouris  confessen aȝens þe lawe Nolite mittere falcem in messem alienamO.15.550: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mittere and messem, so that it appears as three lines. Many man for cristes loue  was martirid in romayne Er þan anyO.15.552: OC2 alone have Er þan any; variants include Er (F), Ar (R), er þan (Hm), Er any (WCrGM), Er þat eny (B), and Er ar any (YCL). cristendom was knowenO.15.552: OC2 alone have the form knowen in place of knowe. þere  or any crosse honoured Euery bisschop þat bereþ crosse  bi þat . he is holden Þoruȝ his prouynce to passe  & to his peple schewe hym Telle hem & teche hem  ofO.15.555: OC2BoCot alone have of in place of on. þe trinite to beleue And fede hem wiþ goostli fode  & gyue þere it nediþ In domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum & ideo nolite constituere me in regem Osias seiþ for swiche  þat seek been & feble Inferte omnes decimas in orreum meum vt sit cibus in domo & ceteraO.15.559: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after meum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ac we cristen creatures  þat on þe crosse bileuen Arn ferme as in þe feiþ  goddis forbode ellis And han clerkis to kepe vs þer-Inne  & hem þat schul come after And Iues lyuen in leel lawe  oure lord wrote hym-selue In stoon . for it stedefast is  & stonde schal euere Dilige deum & proximum tuum is parfiȝt Iues lawe And toke it moyses to teche  men . til messie come AndO.15.567: OC2 alone lack on before þat. þat lawe þei leuen ȝit  & leten it þe beste And ȝit knowenO.15.568: OC2 alone have the form knowen; most B manuscripts have knewe. þei crist  þat cristendom tauȝte For a parfiȝt profeet  þat myche peple sauede Of selcouþe sores  þei seiȝen it ofte Boþe of myracles & merueylis  & how he men festede  Wiþ two fisches & fyue loues  fyue þousande peple And bi þat mangerie men myȝtenO.15.573: O alone has the form myȝten; in place of myȝte. see  þat messye he semede And whanne he lifte vp lazar  þat leyd was in graue And vnder stoon deed & stanke  wiþ stiffe voyce he callede Lazare veni forasO.15.576: This line is written in the right margin. Dide hym rise & rome  riȝt bifore þe Iues Ac þei seyde & sworen  wiþ sorcerie he wrouȝte And studieden to struyeO.15.579: OC2 alone have the form struye; most B manuscripts have struyen. hym  & struyeden hem-selue And þoruȝ his pacience . her power  to pure nouȝt he brouȝte Pacientes vincunt .O.15.581: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Pacientes, so that it appears as two lines. Danyel of her vndoyng  dyuynede & seyde Cum sanctus sanctorum veniat . cessabit vnctio vestraO.15.583: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sanctorum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And ȝit wenen þoo wrecches  þat he were pseudo propheta And þat his lore be lesyngys  & lakken it alle And hopen þat he be to come  þat schal hem releue Moyses eft or messye  her maystryesO.15.587: OR alone have maystryes in place of maistres. ȝit deuyneþ And sarasens & pharisees  scribes & grekis Arn folk of oo feiþ  þe fadir god þei honouren And siþþen þat þe sarasens  & also þe Iues Kun þe first clause of oure bileue  credo in deum patrem & ceteraO.15.591: Only OC2 have & cetera alone; variants include omnipotentem & cetera (HmR), omnipotentem (WLMF), and omission. Prelates of cristen prouynces  schuldenO.15.592: OC2 alone have the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. preue if þei myȝtenO.15.592: OC2 alone have the form myȝten in place of myȝte. Lere hem litlum & litlum& in iesum christum filium eius & cetera Til þei couþen speke & spelle  & in spiritum sanctum And rede it & recorde it  wiþ remissionem peccatorum Carnis resurreccionem & vitam eternam amen .O.15.596: This line is written in the right margin. It wraps around beneath after eter-, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Passus xvjussextus decimus . NOw fayre falle ȝow quod I þoo  for ȝoure fayre schewyng For haukyns loue þe actijf man  euere I schal ȝow louye Ac ȝit I am in a weer  what charite is to mene It is a ful tried tree quod he  trulich to telle Mercy is þe moore þerof  þe myddel stokke is ruþe Þe leues been lele wordis  þe lawe of holy chirche Þe blosmes been buxum speche  & benynge lokyng Pacience hatte þe pure tree  & pure symple of herte And so þoruȝ god & good men  groweþ þe fruyt charite I wolde trauayle quod I . þis tree to see  twenty hundrid myle And to haue my fille of þat fruyt  forsake al oþer saule Lord quod I if any wyȝt wite  whider out it groweþ It groweþ in a gardeyn quod he  þat god made hym-selue Amyddis mannes body  þe moore is of þat stokke Herte hatte þe herber  þat it Inne groweþ And liberum arbitrium  haþ þe loond to ferme Vndir peers þe plowman  to piken it and weden it PeersO.16.18: A decorative pattern of red and black vertical and horizontal lines, five line spaces in length, is appended to the descender of the <P> in Peers. þe plowman quod I þoo  & al for pure Ioye Þat I herde nempne his name  anoon I swownede after And lay longe in a loue-dreem  & at þe last me þouȝte Þat peers þe plowman  al þe place me schewede And bade me toten on þe tree  on toppe & on rote Wiþ þre piles was it vndir-piȝt  I parceyuede it soone Peers quod I . I preye þee  why stonden þeise piles heer For wyndes . wilt þou wite quod he  to witen it fram fallyng Cum ceciderit iustus  non collidetur quia dominus supponit manum suam And in blowynge tyme abite þe flowris  but if þeise piles helpe Þe werld is a wykkid wijnd  to hem þat willen truþe Coueytise comeþ of þat wijnd  & crepeþ among þe leues And forfretiþ nyȝ þe fruyt  þoruȝ many fayre siȝtis Þanne wiþ þe first pile I pulle hym doun  þat is potencia dei patris Þe flesch is a felle wijnd  & in flouryng tyme Þoruȝ likyng ofO.16.33: OC2 alone have of; all other beta witnesses have and. lustis  so lowde he gynneþ blowe Þat it norischeþ nyce siȝtes  & sum-tyme wordis And wickede werkis þerof  wormes of synne And forbiteþ þe blosmes  riȝt to þe bare leues Þanne sette I to . þe secounde pile  sapiencia dei patris Þat is þe passioun & þe power  of oure prynce iesus Þoruȝ preyeris & penaunce  & goddis passioun in mynde I saue it til I see it ripe  & sumdel yfruytid And þanne fondiþ þe feend  my fruyt to distruye Wiþ alle þe wyles þat he can  & waggedeO.16.42: OC2C alone have the preterite form. þe rote And casteþ vp to þe croppe  vnkynde neyȝboris Bacbiters breke-cheste  brawlers & chideris And leiþ a ledder þerto  of lesyngys arn þe ronges And feccheþ awey my flouris sum-tyme  afore boþe myne yen Ac liberum arbitrium  letteþ hym sum tyme Þat is lutenaunt to loken it wel  bi leue of my-selue videatis qui peccat in spiritum sanctum  nonnumquam remittetur & cetera hoc est idem qui peccat per liberum arbitrium non repugnatO.16.49: This line begins in the right margin of l. 48, breaks after in, then wraps around to occupy the next full line space. Ac whanne þe feend & þe flesch  forþ wiþ þe werld Manacen bihynde me  my fruyt for to fecche Þanne liberum arbitrium  laccheþ þe first plante And palleþ adoun þe pouke  purilicheO.16.53: OC2 alone have the form puriliche; all other beta witnesses have pureliche. þoruȝ grace And help of þe holy goost  & þus haue I þe maystrie Now fayre falle ȝow peers quod I  so fayre ȝe discryuen Þe power of þeise postes  & her propre myȝte And I haue þouȝtes a þreue  of þeise þre piles In what wode IO.16.58: This capital is decorated with an elaborate spray in black and red, four lines in height.n what wode þei waxen  & where þat þei growedenO.16.58: O alone has the form groweden; most B manuscripts have growed. For al yliche been þei longeO.16.59: OC2 alone have this form of the a-verse; most B manuscripts have "For alle are þei aliche longe."  non lasse þan oþer And to my mynde as me þinkeþ  on oo moore þei growenO.16.60: GYOC2 alone have a present-tense form. And of oo gretnesse & grene  of ooO.16.61: OC2 alone include the second occurrence of oo. greyn þei semen Þat is soþ quod peers  so it myȝteO.16.62: GOC2 alone have myȝte in place of may. bifalle I schal telle þee as tyte  what þis tree hatte Þe ground þere it groweþ goodnesse it hiȝte And I haue told þee . what hiȝte þe tree  þe trinite it meneþ And egrelich he lokede on me  & þerfore I sparede  To axen hym any more þerof  & bade hym ful fayre  To discryue þe fruyt  þat so fayre hangeþ Heer now bi-neþe quod he þoo  if I nede hadde Matrimoyne I may nyme  a moyst fruyt wiþ-alle ÞatO.16.71: GYOC2 alone have Þat in place of Thanne. contynence is neer þe crop  as aO.16.71: OC2 alone include a. calewey bastard Þanne bereþ þe crop kynde fruyt  & clennest of alle Maydenhed aungelis peres  & rapestO.16.73: YOC2 alone have rapest in place of raþest. woldeO.16.73: OC2 alone have wolde in place of wole. be ripe And swete wiþ-outen swellyng  sour worþ it neuere I preyede peers to pulle adoun  an appel & he wolde And suffre me to assaye  what sauour it hadde And peers caste to þe crop  & þanne comsede it to crye And waggede wydewehod  & it wepte after And whanne it mouede matrimoyne  it made a foule noyce Þat I hadde ruþe whanne peers roggede  it gradde so rufulliche For euere as þei droppedenO.16.81: O alone has the form droppeden in place of dropped. adoun  þe deuel was redy And gaderede hem alle to-gyderes  boþe grete & smale Adam and eueO.16.83: GYOC2 alone have eue in place of Abraham.  and ysaacO.16.83: OC2 alone have ysaac in place of Ysaye. þe prophete Sampson & samuel  & seynt Ion þe baptist Bar hem forþ boldeli  no-body hem lettede And made of holyO.16.86: OC2 alone lack men before his. his hoord  in lymbo inferni Þere is derkenesse & drede  & þe deuel mayster And peers for pure tene  þat oo pile he lauȝte And hitte after hym  happe how heO.16.89: CR23OC2 alone have he; most B manuscripts have it. myȝte Filius bi þe fadir wille  & freenesse of spiritus sancti To go robbe þat ragman  & reue þe fruyt from hym And þanne spake spiritus sanctus  in gabrieles mouþe To a mayden þat hiȝte marie  a meke þing wiþ-al Þat oon iesus a iustises sone  muste iouke in hir chaumbre Til plenitudo temporis  fulli comen were Þat peers fruyt flourede  & fel to be ripe Annis quingentis decies rursumque ducentis vnus defuerat cum deus ortus eratO.16.98: A red parasign at the left, two lines in height and with a trailing descender, connects the preceding two lines, which appear in the bottom margin.O.16.97: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude ll. 97-98, which occur only in OC2, on the grounds that they are scribal. And þanne schalO.16.99: COC2 alone have schal in place of sholde.iesus iuste þerfore  bi iugement of armes Wheþer schulde fonge þe fruyt  þe feend or hym-selue Þe mayden myldeliche þoo  þe massager grauntede And seyde heendeliche to hym  lo me his hande-mayden For to wirchen his wille  wiþ-outen any synne Ecce ancilla domini fiat michi & ceteraO.16.104: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after fiat, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And in þatO.16.105: OC2 alone have þat in place of þe. wombe of þat wenche  was he fourty wokis Til he wexe a faunt þoruȝ hir flesch  & of fyȝtyng couþe To haue fouȝten wiþ þe feend  er ful tyme come And peers þe plowman  parceyuede plener tyme And lerede hym lechecraft  his lijf forto saue Þat þouȝ he were woundid wiþ his enemy  to warische hymselue And dide hym assaye his surgerie  on hem þat seek weren Til he was parfiȝt practisour  if any perel fel And souȝte out þe seke  & þe synful boþe And saluede seke & synful  boþe blynde & croked And comune wommen conuertede  & to good turnede Non est sanis opus medico Set infirmis & ceteraO.16.116: OC2 alone include both infirmis and & cetera.O.16.116: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after medico, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Boþe meseles & mute  & in þe menysoun blody Ofte he helede swiche  he helde it for no maystrie Saue þoo he lechede lazar  þat hadde yleyn in graue Quotriduanus quelt  quyk dide hym walke Ac as he made þe maystrie  mestus cepit esse And wepte water wiþ hise yen  þere seyȝen it many Summe þat þe siȝt seyȝen  seyden þat tyme Þat he was leche of lijf  & lord of hye heuene Iues iangledenO.16.125: O alone has the form iangleden; most B manuscripts have iangled. þer-aȝens  & iuggedenO.16.125: O alone has the form iuggeden; all other beta witnesses have Iuggede. lawes And seyde he wrouȝte wiþ wichcraft  & wiþ þe deuelis myȝt Demonium habes & ceteraO.16.127: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after demonium, so that it appears as two lines. Þanne arn ȝe cherlis quod ich  & ȝoure children boþe And sathan ȝoure saueour  ȝoure-self nowO.16.129: OC2MF alone lack a word between now and witnessen; most B manuscripts have ye. witnessen For I haue saued ȝoure-self seiþ crist  & ȝoure sones after Ȝoure bodyes . ȝoure beestis  & blynde men holpen And fedde ȝow wiþ fisches  & wiþ fyue loues And lafte baskettis ful of breed brokenO.16.133: O alone has breed broken in place of broke mete.  bere awey who-so wolde And mysseyde þe Iues manlich  & manacede hem to bete And knokkede on hem wiþ a koorde  & caste adoun her stalles Þat in chirche chaffareden  or chaungeden any money And seydeO.16.137: GOC2 alone lack a word between seyde and in; all other beta witnesses have it. in syȝt of hem alle  so þat alle herden I schal ouer-turne þis temple  & adoun þrowe And in þre dayes after  edifienO.16.139: OC2 alone have the form edifien; most B manuscripts have edifie. it newe And maken it as myche ouþer more  in al manere poyntis As euere it was . & as wyde  wherfore I hote ȝow Of preyeris &O.16.142: GOC2 alone lack of before parfiȝtnesse. parfiȝtnesse  þis place þat ȝe calle Domus mea domus oracionis vocabiturO.16.143: This line is written in the right margin. Enuye & yuele wille  was in þe Iues Þei castedenO.16.145: OC2 alone have the preterite form. & contreueden  to kille hym whanne þei myȝtenO.16.145: OC2 alone have the form myȝten in place of myȝte. Iche day after oþerO.16.146: OC2 alone lack hir before tyme.  tyme þei awayteden Til it befel on a friday  a litil bifore paske Þe þorusday bifore  þere he made his maundee Sittynge at þe soper  he seyde þeise wordis I am sold þoruȝ oon of ȝow  he schal þe tyme rue  Þat euere heO.16.151: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original he euere. his saueour solde  for siluer or ellis Iudas ianglede þer-aȝens  ac iesus hym tolde It was hymself soþeli  & seyde . tu dicis Þanne wente forþ þat wickede man  & wiþ þe Iues mette And tolde hem a tokene  how to knowe wiþ iesus And which tokene to þis day  is to mycheO.16.156: GOC2 alone have ys to myche; most B manuscripts have to muche is. vsed Þat is kyssyng & fayre contenaunce  & vnkynde wille And so was wiþ Iudas  þoo he iesus bitrayede Aue raby quod þat ribaude  & riȝt to hym he ȝede And kiste hym to be cauȝt þerby  & killed of þe Iues Þanne iesus to Iudas  & to þe Iues seyde Falsnesse I fynde  in þi fayre speche And gyle in þi glad chere  & galle in þi lawȝhyng Þow schalt be aO.16.164: YOC2M alone include a. myrour  to many men to deceyue Ac þe wers & þe wickednesse  schal worþe onO.16.165: GOC2F alone have on in place of vpon. þi-selue Necesse est vt veniant scandala ve homini illi per quem & ceteraO.16.166: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after scandala, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þouȝ I . bi tresoun be taken  at ȝoure owne wille Suffreþ myne apostelis in pays  & in pees gange On a þorusday in þeO.16.169: OC2 alone include þe before þesternesse. þesternesse  þus wasO.16.169: An otiose mark appears above the <s> in was. he taken Þoruȝ Iudas & Iues  iesus was his name Þat on þe friday folewynge  for mankyndes sake  Iustede . in ierusalem  a ioye to vs alle On crosse vp-on caluarie  crist toke þe batayle Aȝens þe deþ & þe deuel  distruyede her boþer myȝtes Diede & deþ fordide  & day of nyȝt made And I awakede þer-wiþ  & wipede myn yen And after peers plowman  priede & starede Estward & westward  I waytede after faste And ȝede forþ as an idiot  in cuntree to aspieO.16.179: OC2 lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "After Piers þe Plowman  many a place I souȝte." And þanne mette I wiþ a man  on mydde-lente sunday As hoor as an hawe-þorn  & abraham he hyȝte IO.16.182: The initial capital is decorated with a red spray three lines in height. fraynede hym first  fram whennys he come And of whennys he were  & whyderO.16.183: GYOC2 alone lack a word between whyder and he; most B manuscripts have þat. he þouȝte IO.15.184: The initial capital is usually large and ornate. am feiþ quod þis freek  it falleþ not to lye And of abrahams hous  an heroud of armes I seke after a segge  þat I seyȝ onys A ful boold bacheler  I knowe hym bi his blasen What bereþ þat barn quod I þoo  so blisse þee be-tide Þre leodes on oo lith  noon lenger þan oþer Of oo mychel & oo magesteO.16.190: OC2 alone have mageste in place of myght.  in mesure & in lenkþe Þat oon dooþ alle dooþ  & iche dooþ bi his one Þe first haþ myȝt & mageste  maker of al þinge Pater is his name  a persoone bi hym-selue Þe liȝt of al þat lijf haþ  a loond & on waterO.16.193: The scribe here copies, then cancels, l. 197. Þe secounde is of þat sire  soþfastnesse filius Wardeyn of alO.16.195: OC2 alone include al. þat witt haþ  was euere wiþ-out gynnyng Þe þridde haþhatteO.16.196: The error is shared by BmBo. þe holi goost  a persoone bi hym-selue Þe liȝt of al þat lijf haþ  a londe & on water Counfortour of creaturis  of hym comeþ al blisse So þre bilongeþ for a lord  þat lordschip cleymeþ Myȝt & mene  to knowe his owne myȝt Of hym & of his seruaunt  & what þei suffrenO.16.201: OC2 alone have the form suffren; most B manuscripts have suffre. boþe So god þat bigynnyngO.16.202: OC2Cot alone have bigynnyng in place of gynnyng. hadde neuere  but þoo hym good þouȝte Sente forþ his sone  as for seruaunt þat tyme To occupien hym heer  til issu were sprungenO.16.204: OC2 alone have sprungen; most B manuscripts have spronge. Þat is children of charite  & holi chirche þe modir Patriarkis & prophetis  & apostelis weren þe children And crist & cristendom  & cristen holy chirche II[n] menyng þat man muste  on oo god beleue And þere hym likede & louede  in þre persoones hym schewedeO.16.209: Cr23OC2 lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "And þat it may be so and sooþ [sheweþ it manhode]." Wedlok & wydewehood  &O.16.210: OC2F alone have & in place of wiþ. virgynyte ynempned In tokenyng of þe trinyte  was taken out of a man Adam oure alþer fadir  eue was of hym-selue And þe issu þat he hadde  it was of hem boþe And eiþer is oþeres ioye  in þre sundry persoones And in heuene & in erþe  oon synguler name And þus is mankynde or manhed  of matrimoyn ysprungenO.16.216: O alone has ysprungen; most B manuscripts have spronge. Myȝt is matrimoyn  þat multiplieþ þe erþe And bitokeneþ truli  telle it if I durste He þat first formede al  þe fadir of heuene Þe sone is if I durste seye  resemblant to widewe Deus meus deus meus vt quid dereliquisti meO.16.221: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dereliquisti, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. Þat is . creatour wexe creature  to knowe what was boþe As widewe wiþ-outen wedlok  was neuere ȝit yseye No more myȝte god be man  but if he modir hadde So wydewe wiþ-oute wedlok  may not wel stonde Ne matrimoyne wiþ-outen mulerie  is not myche to preyse Maledictus homo qui non reliquit semen in israel .O.16.227: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after qui, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þus in þre persoones  is parfiȝtlich manhood Þat is man & his make  & mulererO.16.229: O alone has the form mulerer; most B manuscripts have mulliere. children And is not but gendre of generacioun  bifore iesu crist in heuene So is þe fader forþ wiþ þe sone  & fre wille of boþe Spiritus procedens &O.16.232: OC2 alone have & in place of a. patre & filioO.16.232: This line is written in the right margin. Which is þeO.16.233: OC2 alone lack holy before goost. goost of al  & al is but oo god Þus in somer I hym seyȝ  as I sate in my porche I aroos vp & reuerencede hym  & riȝt fayre hym grette Þre men to my siȝt  I made wel at ese Wessche her feet & wipede hem  & afterward þei eten Calues flesche & cake breed  & knewen what I þouȝte Ful trewe tokenes bitwene vs been  to telle whanne me likeþ First he fondede me  if I louede better  Hym . or ysaak myn heir  þe which he hiȝte me kille He wiste my wille bi hym  he wole me it alowe I am ful siker in soule þerof  & my sone boþe I circumciside my sone  siþ for his sake My-self & my meyne  & alle þat male weren Bledden blood for þat lordis sakeO.16.246: OC2 alone have sake in place of loue.  & hopen to blisse þe tyme Myn affiaunce & my feiþ  is ferme in þis beleue For hym-self bihyȝte to me  & to myn issu boþe  Loond . & lordschip  & lijf wiþ-outen ende To me & to myn issu  more ȝit he me grauntede  Mercy . for oure mysdedis  as many tyme as we axe Quam olim abrahe promisisti & semini eiusO.16.252: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after promi-, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And siþ he sente me to seye  I schudeschu[l]de do sacrifise And do hym worschip wiþ breed  & wiþ wyn boþe And callede me forþO.16.255: OC2 alone have forþ; most B manuscripts have foot. of his feiþ  hise folk for to saue And defendede hem fro þe feend  folk þat on me leneden Þus haue I been his heraud  heer & in helle And counfortede many careful  þat after his comyng wayten And þus I seke hym he seyde  for I herde seyn late Of a barn þat baptisede hym  ion baptist was his name Þat to patriarkes & prophetis  & oþere peple in derkenesse Seyde . þat he seyȝ hymO.16.262: GOC2 alone have hym; most B manuscripts have here.  þat schulde saue vs alle Ecce agnus dei & ceteraO.16.263: This line is written in the right margin. I hadde wondir of hise wordis  & of hise wyde cloþis For in his bosum he bare a þing  þat he blessede euere And I lokede on his lappe  a lazar lay þer-inne Amongys patriarkes & prophetis  pleyinge to-gyderes What awaytist þou quod he þooO.16.268: OC2 alone include þoo.  & what woldist þou haue I wolde wite quod I þoo  what is þisO.16.269: OC2 alone include þis. in ȝoure lappe Loo quod he & lete me see  lord mercy I seyde Þis is a present of myche price  what prynce schal it haue It is a precious present quod he  ac þe pouke it haþ atached And me þer-myd quod þat man  may no wed vs quyte Ne no barn be oure boruȝ  ne brynge vs fram his daunger Out of þe poukis pynfold  ne no meinpriseO.16.275: OC2 alone lack may before vs. vs fecche Til he come þat I carpe of  crist is his name Þat schal delyuere vsO.16.277: OC2 alone lack som day before out, and thus lack the second alliterating stave. out  of þe deuelis power And better wed for vs legge  þan we been alle worþi Þat is lijf for lijf  or ligge þus euere Lollynge in my lappe  til swich a lord vs fecche Allas I seyde þat synne  so longe schal lette  Þe myȝt of goddis mercy  þat myȝte vs alle amende I wepte for hise wordis  wiþ þat sawȝ I an-oþer Rapelich renne forþ  þe riȝt weye he wente I fraynede hym first  from whennys he come And what he hiȝte & whidir he wolde  & whiȝtlich he tolde Passus decimo septimusO.17.000: The heading is divided after Passus and decimus-, so that it appears as three lines. I I Am spes quoquo[d] he . a spye  & spire after a knyȝt Þat toke me a maundement  vp-on þe mount of synay To rule alle rewmes wiþ  I bere itO.17.3: YOC2 alone have it in place of þe. writenO.17.3: OC2 alone have writen; most B manuscripts have writ(t)(e). heer Is it asseled I seyde  may men see þe lettres Nay he seyde . I seke hym  þat haþ þe seel to kepe And þat is crosse & cristendom  & crist þer-on to hange And whanne it is asseled so  I woot wel þe soþe Þat lucifers lordschip  laste schal no lenger Latte see þi lettres quod I  we myȝte þe lawe knowe Þanne plukkede he forþ a patent  a pece of an hard roche Where-onne weren writen two wordis  on þis wise yglosed Dilige deum & proximumO.17.12: Cr23OC2 alone lack tuum after proximum. & ceteraO.17.12: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dili-, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Þis was þe text truli  I toke ful good ȝeem Þe glose was gloriousli writen  wiþ a gylt penne In hijs duobus mandatis tota lex pendet & prophete & ceteraO.17.15: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after duobus and tota, and red parasigns precede the last two lines of text. Been heer alle þi lordis lawis quod I  ȝhe leue me wel he seide Who-so wirchiþ after þis writ  I wole vndirtake Schal neuere deuel hym dere  ne dette in soule greue ForO.17.19: The initial capital is decorated with a small spray. þouȝ I seye it myself  I haue saued wiþ þis charme Of men & of wommen  many score þousandis He seiþ soþ seiþO.17.21: OC2M alone have the present-tense form. þe heraud  I haue founden it ofte Loo heer in my lappe  þat leuede on þat charme Iosue & iudith  and Iudas machabeus Ȝhe & sixti þousande biside forþ  þat been not seen heer Ȝoure wordis been wondirful quod I which of ȝow is truest And lellest to leue onne  for lijf & for soule Abraham seiþ . þat he seyȝ  holli þe trinyte Þre persoones in parcellis  departable from oþer And alle þre but oo god  þus abraham me tauȝte And haþ saued þat beleuede so  & sory for her synne IO.17.31: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish.O.17.31: Cr23OC2 alone have I in place of He. can not segge þe summe  & summe arn in myO.17.31: CR23OC2 alone have my in place of his. lappe What nediþ þeeO.17.32: OC2 alone have þee in place of it. þanne  a newe lawe to bigynne Siþ þe first suffiseþ  to sauacioun & to blisse And now bigynneþO.17.34: YOC2 alone have bigynneþ; most B manuscripts have comeþ.spes & spekiþ  þat haþ aspied þe lawe And telleþ not of þe trinyte  þat toke hym hise lettres ToO.17.36: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish at lower left. beleue & louye  in oo lord almyȝti And siþ . riȝt as my-self  so louye alle peple Þe goom þat gooþ wiþ a staffe  he semeþ in gretter hele Þan he þat gooþ wiþ two staues  to siȝt of vs alle And riȝt so bi þe rode  resoun me scheweþ It is liȝter to lewede men  a lessoun to knowe Þan for to techen hem two  & to hard to lere þe leste It is ful hard for any man  on abraham beleue And welawey wers ȝit  for to louye a schrewe It is liȝter to leue  in þre loueli persoones Þan for to loue and lene  as wel lorellis as lelles Go þi gate quod I spes  so me god helpe Þoo þat lerenO.17.48: OC2 alone have leren; most B manuscripts have lernen.. þi laweO.17.48: GOC2 alone lack wol or wel before litil.  litil whyle vsen it And as we wenten þus in þe weye  wordynge to-gyderes Þanne seyȝ we a samarithan  sittynge on a mule Ridynge ful rapeli  þe riȝt weye we ȝeden Comynge from a cuntree  þat men calledenO.17.52: O alone has the form calleden; most B manuscripts have called.Ierico To a iustes in ierusalem  he chacede awey faste Boþe þe heraud & hope  & he mette atO.17.54: The <t> of at seems to have been written over another character. oones Where a man was wounded  & wiþ þeues taken He myȝte neiþer steppe ne stonde  ne stere foot ne handes Ne helpe hym-self soþeli  for semyuyf he semedeO.17.57: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, are visible at the bottom of this leaf. And as naked as a nedel  & noon help aboute hym Feiþ hadde first siȝt of hym  ac he fleyȝ on syde And nolde not neyȝhe hym  bi nyne londis lenkþe Hope cam hippynge after  &O.17.61: GYOC2 alone have & in place of þat. hadde so ybosted How he wiþ Moyses maundement  hadde many men yholpen Ac whanne he hadde siȝt of þat segge  a-syde he gan hym drawe Dredefulli bi þis day  as doke dooþ fram þe faucoun Ac so soone so þe samaritan  hadde siȝt of þis leode He liȝte a-doun of lyard  & ladde hym in his hand And to þe wye he wente  hise woundis to beholde And parceyuede bi his pouce  he was in perel to dye And but if he hadde recouerer þe raþer  þat rise schulde he neuere Wiþ wyn & wiþ oyle  hise woundis he waschede Enbaumede hym & bonde his hed  & in his lappe hym leyde And ladde hym so forþ on lyard  to lex christi a graunge Wel sixe myle or seuene  bi-syde þe newe market Herborwede hym at an ostrie  & to þe hosteler callede And seyde . haue . kepe þis man  til I come fro þe iustis And loo heer siluer he seyde  for salue to hise woundis And he toke hym two pens  to lijflode as it were And seyde . what he speneþ more  I make þee good her-after For I may notO.17.79: OC2 alone lack some variant of lette before quod, and thus lack the first alliterating stave. quod þat leode  & lyard he bistrode And rapede hym to ierusalem-ward  þe riȝt weye to ride Feiþ folewede after faste  & fondede to mete wiþO.17.81: OC2 alone include wiþ. hym And spes spakliche hym spedde  spede if he myȝte To ouer-take hym & talke til hym  er þei to toune come And whanne I seyȝ þis I soiournede not  but schope me to renne And suede þat samaritan  þat was so ful of pite And grauntede hym to be his groom  graunt mercy he seyde Ac þi freend &O.17.87: GYO alone lack þi before felaw. felaw  þou fyndest me at nede And I þankede hym þoo  & siþ I hym tolde How þat feiþ fleyȝ awey  & spes his felaw boþe For siȝt of þe sorweful man  þat robbed was wiþ þeues Haue hem excused quod he  her help may litil auayle May no medicyne on moold  þe man to hele brynge Neiþer feiþ ne fyne hope  so festred been hise woundis Wiþ-outen þe blood of a barn  born of a mayden And he be baþed in þat blood  baptised as it were And þanne plastred wiþ penaunce  & passioun of þat baby O.17.97: In the center top margin of this leaf the words Three leaves missing appear in a modern hand. Beginning on this leaf, each folio has two numbers entered in the top right margin: the first one continuing the "old" foliation, and the second, in brackets, a higher number to account for the three missing leaves. The lines numbered by Kane and Donaldson 17.99-346 are missing.Ac þe smoke & þe smolder  þat smyt in oure yen Is coueytise & vnkyndenesse  þat quencheþ goddis mercy For vnkyndenesse is þe contrarie  of al kyns resoun For þer nys seeke ne sory  ne noon so yuele aO.17.100: O alone has yuele a in place of some form of muche. wrecche Þat he ne may louye and hym like  & lene of his herte Good wille & good word  boþe wisschen & willen Alle manere men  mercy & forȝyuenesse And louye hem lijk my-selfO.17.104: O alone has my-self in place of hymself.  & his lijf amende I may no lenger lette quod he  & harde prikede forþO.17.105: O alone includes forþ. And wenteO.17.106: O alone lacks awey before as. as wynde  & þerwiþ I awakede . Passus decimus octauusO.18.000: The heading is divided after decimus,, so that it appears as two lines. w WOlleward & wetschod  wente I forþ after And asO.18.2: O alone lacks a before reccheles. reccheles renke  þat of no wo reccheþ And ȝede forþ lijk a lorel  al my lijf-tyme Til I wexe wery of þe werld  & wilnede efte to slepe And lenede me to a lenten  & longe tyme I slepte And of cristis passioun & penaunce  þe peple ofteof tauȝte Reste me þere & rutte faste  til ramyspalmarumramys palmarum Of gyrlesO.18.8: O alone lacks and before of gloria. of gloria laus  gretli me dremede And how osanna bi orgonye  olde menfolkO.18.9: The subpunction of men, together with the addition of folk above the line, indicate that substitution was intended by the corrector. sungenO.18.9: A bracket in the right margin, with intersecting leftward-slanting rays emanating from it and red dots inside it, encompasses this line and the five following; to the right of the bracket are written, in a modern hand, the initials A-S, the <A> and the <S> about three lines in height. The left stroke of the <A> has a trailing flourish another four lines in length. Oon semblable to þe samaritan  & sumdel to peers plowman Barfoot & on an asse bak  boteles gan prykye Wiþ-outen spores or spere  spakliche he lokede As is þe kynde of a knyȝt  þat comeþ to be dubbed To gete hym gylt spores  & galaches ycouped Þanne was feiþ in a fenestre  & criede . a fili dauid As doþ an heraud of armes  whanne auntrous comeþ to iustes Olde Iues of ierusalem  for ioye þei sungen Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini & ceteraO.18.18: This line is written in the right margin. Þanne I fraynede at feiþ  what al þat fare bemente And who schulde iuste in ierusalem  Iesus he seyde And fecche þat þe feend cleymeþ  peers fruyt þe plowman Is peers in þis place quod I  & he preynte on me Þis iesus of his gentrice  wole iuste in peers armes In his helm &O.18.24: O alone lacks his before habourioun.habouriounhumana natura Þat crist be not yknowenO.18.25: O alone has the form yknowen; variants include yknowe (GC2CBm), knowe (YBoCot), knowen (HmCrM), and biknowe (WLRF). heer  for consummatus est memorandumO.17.26: A rubricated dot precedes memorandum, but at such a distance from it that it does not seem to punctuate it. In peers paltok þe plowman  þis priker schal ride For no dynt schal hym dere  as in deitate patris Who schal iuste wiþ iesus quod I  Iues or scribes Nay . quod he þe foule feend  & fals doom & deþ Deþ seiþ . he schal fordo  & adoun brynge All þat lyueþ or lokeþ  in loond or in water Lijf seiþ þat he lyeþ  & leiþ his lijf to wedde Þat for al þat deþ can do  wiþ-inne þre dayes To walke & fecche fro þe feend  peers fruyt þe plowman And legge it þere hym likeþ  & lucifer bynde And for to bete & adoun brynge  bale & deþ for euere O mors ero mors tua & ceteraO.18.37: This line is written in the right margin. Þanne cam pilatus wiþ peple  sedens pro tribunali To see how douȝtilich deþ schulde do  & deme her boþeres myȝtO.18.39: O alone has myȝt in place of right(ys). Þe Iues & þe iustises  aȝeyn iesu þei weren And al þe court on hym criede  crucifige scharpe Þoo putte hym forþ a pilour  bifore pilat & seyde Þis iesus of oure Iues temple  iapede & dispisede To fordo . it on a day  & in þre dayes after Edifie it . eft newe  heer he stant þat seyde it And ȝit maken it as myche  in al manere poyntis Boþe as longe & as large  bi lofte & bi grounde Crucifige quod a cacchepool  I waraunte hym a wycche Tolle tolle quod an-oþer  & toke of kene þornes And bigan of kene þorn  a garlond to make And sette it sore on his hed  & seyde in envie Aue raby quod þat ribaude  & þrew redes at hym Naylede hym wiþ þre nayles  naked on þe rode And poysoun on a pole  þei putte vp to hise lippes And beden hym drynke his deþ yuel  hise dayes weren done And if þat þou sutile be  help now þi-seluen If þou be crist & kyngys sone  come doun of þe rode Þanne schul we leue þat lijf þee loueþ  & wole not latte þee dye Consummatum est . quod crist  & comsede for to swowe Pitousli & pale  as a prisoun þat deyeþ Þe lord of lijf & of liȝt  þoo leyde hise yen to-gyderes Þe day for drede wiþdrow  & derke biganO.18.62: YOF alone have bigan in place of bicam. þe sunne Þe wal waggede & cleef  & al þe werld quauedeO.18.63: The word werld has been added in the margin, in hand 3, apparently because of its poor legibility on the line. The <d> is very difficult to make out. Dede men for þat dene  comen out of depe graues And tolden why þat tempest  so longe tyme durede For a bitter batayle  þe deed body seydeO.18.66: The first two letters of seyde are barely legible owing to scuffing. Lijf & deþ in þis derkenesse  her oon fordooþ her oþer Schal no wiȝt wite witterli  who schal haue þe maystrie Er sunday aboute þeO.18.69: OB alone have aboute þe; most B manuscripts have aboute. sunne risyng  & sanke wiþ þat til erþe Summe seyden . þat he was goddis sone  þat so faire deyede vere filius dei erat iste & ceteraO.18.71: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dei, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. And summe seydenThe catchwords enclosed in a black box outlined inside with red, and with red touches at the single visible corner. O.18.72: The corner of the top left page-frame contains a double heart design with rays emanating from the heart on the right. The hand responsible cannot be identified.And summe seyden . he was a wicche  good is þat we assaye Wher he be deed or not deed  doun er he be taken Two þeues also  þoleden deþ þat tyme Vp-on a crosse biside crist  so was þe comune lawe A cacchepolle cam forþ  & crakede boþe her leggys And her armes after  of eiþer of þoo þeues Ac was no boy so boold  goddis body to touche For he was knyȝt & kyngys sone  kynde forȝaf þat tyme Þat no harlot were so hardy  to leye hand vp-on hym Ac þer cam forþ a knyȝt  wiþ a kene spere ygroundenO.18.81: O alone has the form ygrounden; most B manuscripts have ygrounde. Hyȝte longeus as þe letter telleþ  & longe hadde lorn his siȝt Bifore pilat & oþer peple  in þe place he houede Maugre hise many teeþ  he was maad þat tyme  To take þe spere in his hand  & iuste wiþ iesus For alle þei weren vnhardye  þat houeden on hors & stodenO.18.86: O alone has the form stoden; all other beta witnesses have stode. To touche hym or taste hym  or take hym doun of rode But þis blynde bacheler þanne  bare hym þoruȝ þe herte Þe blood spronge doun bi þe spere  & vnsperede hise yen Þanne fel þe knyȝt vpon knees  & criede hym mercy Aȝeyn my wille it was lord  to wounde ȝow so sore He siȝhede & seyde  sore it me aþinkeþ For þe dede þat I haue doon  I do me in ȝoure grace Haue on me ruþe riȝtful iesu  & riȝt wiþ þat he wepte Þanne gan feiþ felly  þe false Iues dispise Callede hem caytyues  a-cursed for euere For þis foule vilenye  veniaunce to ȝow alle To do þe blynde . bete hym boundenO.18.98: O alone has hym bounden; most B manuscripts have hym ybounde.  it was a boyes counceyl Cursede caytyues castyngO.18.99: O alone includes castyng.  knyȝthood was it neuere To mysdo a deed body  bi day or bi nyȝt Þe gree ȝit haþ he geten  for al his greet wounde For ȝoure champioun chyualer  cheef knyȝt of ȝow alle Ȝelte hym recreaunt rennynge  riȝt at iesues wille For be þis derkenesse ydo  his deþ worþ avenged And þe lurdeynes han ylost  for lijf schal haue þe maystrie And ȝoure fraunchise þat free was  fallen is in þraldom And ȝe cherles & ȝoure children  cheue schul ȝe neuere Ne haue lordschip in hondeO.18.108: YOC2C alone have honde in place of londe.  ne no loond tilye But al bareyn be  and vsurie vsen Which is lijf þat oure lord  in alle lawes acurseþ Now ȝoure goode dayes been doon  as danyel prophecyede Whanne crist cam . her kyngdam  & crowne schulde cece Cum veniat sanctus sanctorrum cessabit vnctio vestraO.18.113: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sanctorum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. What for feer of þis ferly  & of þe false Iues I drowe me in þat derkenesse  to descendit ad inferna And þere I sawe soþeli  secundum scripturas Out of þe west cost  a wenche as me þouȝte Cam walkynge in þe weye  to helleward sche lokede Mercy hiȝte þat mayde  a meke þing wiþ-al A ful benyngne beerde  & buxum of speche Hir sister as it semede  cam softeli walkynge Euene out of þe est  & westward sche lokede A ful comeli creature  truþe sche hiȝte For þe vertu þat hir folewede  a-feerd was sche neuere Whanne þeise maydens metten  mercy & truþe Eyþer axede oþer  of þis greet wonder Of þe dene & of þe derkenesse  & how þe day rowede And which a liȝt & a leem  lay bifore helle Veritas . Ich haue ferli of þis fare  in feiþ seyde truþe And am wendynge to wite  what þis wondre meneþ Misericordia. Haue no merueyle quod mercy  myrþe it bitokeneþ A mayden þat hatte marie  & modir wiþ-outen felyng  Of any kyns creature  conceyuede þoruȝ speche And grace of þe holi goost  wexe greet wiþ childe Wiþ-outen wemme in-to þis werld  sche brouȝte hym forþO.18.135: O alone includes forþ. And þat my tale be trewe  I take god to witnesse Siþ þis barn was born  been þritti wynter passed Which deyede & þolede  þis day aboute mydday And þat is cause of þis clipse  þat closeþ now þe sunne In menyng þat man schal  fro merkenesse be drawe Þe whyle þis liȝt & þis leem  schal lucifer ablende For patriarkes & prophetis  han preched her-onO.18.142: O alone has on in place of of or omission. often Þat man schal man saue  þoruȝ a maydenes helpe And þat was tynt þoruȝ tree  tree schal it wynne And þat deþ doun brouȝte  deþ schal releue Þat þou tellest quod truþe  is but a tale of waltrot For adam & eue  and abraham wiþ oþere Patriarkes & prophetis þat in peyne liggen LeueO.18.149: O alone lacks þow before neuere. neuere þat ȝon liȝt  a-lofte schal hemO.18.149: O alone includes hem. brynge Ne haueO.18.150: O alone lacks hem or hym before out. out of helle  holde þi tunge mercy It is but a trufle þat þou tellest  I truþe woot þe soþe For þat is ones in helle  out comeþ it neuere Iob þe propheet patriark  reproueþ þi sawes Quia in inferno nulla est redempcioO.18.154: This line is written in the right margin. Þanne mercy ful myldeliche  mouþede þeise wordis Þoruȝ experience quod sche  I hope þei schul be saued For venym fordoþ venym  & þat I preue bi resoun For of al venym  foulest is þe scorpioun May no medicyne helpe  þe place þere itO.18.159: O alone has it in place of he. styngeþ Til he be deed & do þerto  þe yuel he distruyeþ Þe first venym is moostO.18.161: O alone has venym is moost; most B manuscripts have venymouste.  þoruȝ venym of hym-selue So schal þis deþ fordo  I dar my lijf legge Al þat deþ dide first  þoruȝ þe deuelis entysyng And riȝt as þoruȝ gyle  man was bigyled So schal grace þat bigan  make a good seeþsighteO.18.165: Sighte appears to the right of the marginalia. A caret/punctus beside it and a solidus punctus above seeþ indicate that substitution was intended. O alone has seeþ; most B manuscripts have sleighte. The phrase maken seth (with seeþ(e) as a variant spelling) is recorded by the MED as meaning "to be enough for," "to satisfy one's desire," especially with reference to Christ's atonement for the sins of mankind. Ars vt artem falleretO.18.166: This line is written in the right margin. Now suffre we seyde truþe  I se as me þinkeþ Out of þe nyppe of þe norþ  not ful fer hennys Iusticia . Riȝtwisenesse cam rennynge  reste we þe whyle For he woot more þan we  he was er we boþe Þat is soþ seyde mercy  & I see heer bi souþe Pax . Where pees comeþ pleyenge  in pacience ycloþed Loue haþ coueytid hir longe  leue I noon oþer But he sente hir sum lettre  what þis liȝt bemeneþ Þat ouer-houeþ helle þus  sche vs schal telle Whanne pees in pacience cloþed  approchede nyȝ hem tweyne Riȝtwisenesse hem reuerencede  for her riche cloþing And preyede pees to telle hir  to what place sche wolde And in hir gay garnementes  whom sche grete þouȝte My wille is to wende quod sche  & welcomedeO.18.180: O alone has the preterite form in place of the infinitive. hem alle Þat many day myȝte I not see  for merkenesse of synne Adam & eue  and oþere mo in helle Moyses & many moo  mercy schul haue I schal daunce þerto  do þow so sister For iesus iustede wel  Ioye bigynneþ to dawe Ad vesperum demorabitur fletus & ad matutinum leticiaO.18.186: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after fletus, so that it appears as two lines, the second written above the first. Loue þat is my lemman  swiche lettres me sente Þat mercyO.18.188: ORF alone lack the word my before sister, and thus lack the second alliterating stave. sister & I  mankynde schulde saue And þat god haþ forgyuen  & grauntede me pees & mercy To be mannes meynpernour  for euere-more after Lo heer þe patent quod pees  In pace in id-ipsum And þat þis dede schal dure  dormiam & requiescam What rauest þou quod riȝtwisenesse  or þou art riȝt drunken Leuest þou þat ȝonder liȝt  vnlouke myȝte helle And saue mannes soule  sister wene it neuere At þe bygynnyng god  gaaf . þe doom hym-selue Þat adam & eue  & alle þat hem suedenO.18.197: O alone has sueden; most B manuscripts have suwede. Schulden deye doun-riȝt  & dwelle in pyne after If þat þei touchedenO.18.199: O alone has toucheden in place of touchede. a tree  & þe fruyt eeten Adam afterward  aȝens his defense Freete of þat fruyt  & forsoke as it were  Þe loue of oure lord  & his lore boþe And folewede þat þe feend tauȝte  & his felawes wille Aȝens resoun & riȝtwisenesse  recorde þus wiþ truþe Þat her peyne be perpetuel  & no preyere hem helpe For-þi . latte hem chewe as þei chosen  & chide we not sister For it is bootles bale  þe bite þat þei eeten And I schal preue quod pees  her peyne muste haue eende And woo in-to wele . mowe  wende at þe laste O.18.210: A cross composed of dots with a flourish at the bottom, probably in the main scribal hand, appears in the left margin. For hadde þei wist of no woo  wele . hadde þei not knowen For no wiȝt woot what wele is  þat neuere woo suffrede Ne what is hoot hungre  þat hadde neuere defaute If no nyȝt ne were  no man as I leue  Schulde wite witterli  what day is to mene Schulde neuere riȝte riche man  þat lyueþ in reste & ese Wite what woo is  ne were þe deþ of kynde So god þat bigan al  of his good wille Bicam man of a maydenO.18.218: OC alone have mayden in place of mayde.  mankynde to saue And suffrede to be sold  to see þe sorwe of deyeng Þe which vnknyttiþ al care  & comsyng is of reste For til modicum mette wiþ hymO.18.221: OCr23 alone have hym in place of vs.  I may it wel auowe Woot no wiȝt as I wene  what is . ynow . to mene For-þi god of his goodnesse  þe first goom adam  Sette hym o?InO.18.224: The <I> of In is written over another partially formed character, apparently an <o>. solace  & in souereyn myrþe And siþ he suffrede hym synne  sorwe to fele To wite what wele was  kyndelich to knowe it And after god grauntede hymself & toke adams kynde To wite what he haþ suffred  in þre sundri places Boþe in heuene & in erþe  & now to helle he þinkeþ To wite what al woo is  þat woot of al ioye So it schal fare bi þis folk  her folye & her synne  Schal lere hem what langour is  & lisse wiþ-outen eende Woot no wiȝt what werre is  þere þat pees regneþ Ne what is wittirli wele  til welawey hym teche Þanne was þer a wiȝt  wiþ two brode yen Book hiȝte þat bewpeer  a boold man of speche Bi goddis body quod þis book  I wole bere witnesse Þat þoo þis barn was born  þer blasede a sterre Þat alle þe wise of þis world  in oo witt acordeden Þat swich a barn was born  in bethelem citee Þat mannes soule schulde saue  & synne distruye And alle þe elementis quod þe book  her-of beren witnesse Þat he was god þat al wrouȝte  þe walkene first schewede Þoo þat weren in heuene  token stella comata And tendeden hirO.18.245: O alone lacks as before a torche. a torche  to reuerence his birþe Þe liȝt folewede þe lord  in-to þe lowe erþe Þe water witnessiþ þat he was god  for he wente on it Peter þe apostle  parceyuede his gate And as he wente on þe water  wel hym knewe & seyde Iube me venire ad te super aquasO.18.250: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after super and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. And lo how þe sunne gan louke  hir liȝt in hir-selue Whanne sche seyȝ hym suffre  þat sunne & see made Þe erþe for heuynesse  þat he wolde suffre Quakede as quyk þing  & al biquaschte þe roche Lo helle myȝte not holde  but openede þoo . god þoolede And lete out symoundis sones  to see hym hange on rode And now schal lucifer leue it  þouȝ hym loþ þinke For gigas þe ieaunt  wiþ a gynne engynede  To breke & to bete adoun  þat been aȝeyns iesus And I book wole be brent  but iesus rise to lyue In alle myȝtes of man  & his modir gladye And counforte alle hise kyn  & out of care brynge And al þe Iuen ioye  vnioyne & vnlouke And but þei reuerence his rode  & his resurreccioun And leueO.18.265: O alone has the form leue; most B manuscripts have bileue. on a newe lawe  be lost lijf & soule And þis I book witnesse  & ȝit myche moreO.18.266: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. Suffre we seyde truþe  I here & se boþe How a spirit spekeþ to helle  & bit vnspere þe ȝates Attollite portas & ceteraO.18.269: This line is written in the right margin. A voyce loude in þat liȝt  to lucifer criedeO.18.270: GOC alone have the preterite form criede in place of the present tense, although CR23 have sayd. Prynces of þis place  oppeneþO.18.271: O alone has oppeneþ; most B manuscripts have vnpynneþ. & vnloukeþ For heer comeþ wiþ crowne  þat kyng is of glorie Þanne siȝkede sathan  & seyde to hem alle Swich a liȝt aȝens oure leue  lazar it fette Care & cumbraunce  is comen to vs alle If þis kyng kome in  man-kynde wole he fecche And doO.18.277: O alone has do in place of lede, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. it þere hym likeþ  & liȝtliche me bynde Patriarkes & prophetis  han parled her-of longe Þat swich a lord & a liȝt  schulde lede hem alle hennys Listeneþ quod lucifer  for I þis lord knowe Boþe þis lord & þis liȝt  is longe a-goo I knewe hym May no deþ hym dere  ne no deuelis quentise And where he wole . is his weye  ac war hym of þe pereles If he reue me my riȝt  he robbeþ me bi maystrie For bi riȝt & resoun  þoo renkes þat ich haueO.18.285: O alone has ich haue in place of ben here. Body & soule been myne  boþe goode & ille If adam eete þe appel  alle schuldenO.18.287: O alone has schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. deye And dwelle wiþ vs deuelis  þis þretyng he made And he þat soþenesse is  seyde þeise wordis And siþen isO.18.290: YGOC2 alone have is; variants include y was (F), I (WHmLMR), and he (CrCB). ysesidO.18.290: O alone has the form ysesid; most B manuscripts have seised.  manyO.18.290: YO alone have many, and thus lack the third alliterating stave; most B manuscripts have seuene. hundrid wynter I leue þat lawe wole not  late hym þe leest Þat is soþ seyde sathan  but I me sore drede For þou gete hem wiþ gyle  & his gardeyn breke And in semulaunt of a serpent  satte on þe appeltre And eggedest hem to ete  eue bi hir-selue And toldest hir a tale  of tresoun werenO.18.296: O alone has weren in place of were. þe wordis And so þou haddist hem oute  & hidir at þe laste It is not grayþeli geten  þere gyle is þe rote For god wole not be bigylid  quod goblyn ne byiaped We han no trewe title to hem  for þoruȝ tresoun weren þei dampned Certis I drede me quod þis deuel  lest truþe wole hem fecche Out of oure pouste  & leden hem hennysO.18.302: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23GYOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. Þis þritti wynter as I wene  haþ he goon & preched I haue assayled hym wiþ synne  & sum-tyme I-askede Wher he were god or goddis sone  he ȝaf me schort answere And þus haþ he trolled forþ  þis two & þritti wynter And whanne I seyȝ it was so  slepynge I wente Of a dreem . To warne pilatis wijf  what donesO.18.308: GOL alone have the form dones; most B manuscripts have done. man was iesus For Iues hateden hym  & han doon hym to deþe I wolde haue lengþed his lijf  for I leuede ȝif he deyede Þat his soule wolde suffre  no synne in his siȝt For þe body . while it on bones ȝede  aboutenO.18.312: OF alone have abouten in place of aboute. was euere  To saue men fro synne  if hem-selfien woldenO.18.313: O alone has wolden in place of wolde. And now I se where a soule comeþ  hidirward saylynge Wiþ glorie &O.18.315: ORF alone lack with before greet. greet liȝt  god it is I woot wel I rede . we flee . quod he  faste alle hennys For vs were better . not be  þan biden his siȝt For þi lesyngys lucifer  lost is al oure pray First þoruȝ þee we fellen  fro heuene so hye For we leuedenO.18.320: O alone has leueden; variants include beleued (Cr), belevedyn (F), lyuyden (Hm), loueden (B), and leued (WGYC2CLMR). þi lesyngys  ylore we han adam And al oure lordschip I leue  a loond & on water Nunc princeps huius mundi eicietur forasO.18.322: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mundi, so that it appears as two lines. Efte þe liȝt bade . vnlouke  & lucifer answerede What lord art þou . quod lucifer  quis est iste Rex glorie  þe liȝt soone seyde And lord of myȝt &O.18.326: O alone lacks of before mayn. mayn  & alle maneere vertues Dominus virtutumO.18.327: This line is written in the right margin. Dukes of þis dymme place  anoon vndo ȝeise[þ]eise ȝates Þat crist may come in  þe kyngys sone of heuene And wiþ þat breþ helle brake  wiþ belialO.18.330: YOC alone have belial in place of Belialles. barres For any wye or warde  wyde open þe ȝates Patriarkes & prophetis  populus in tenebris Sungen seynt iones song  ecce agnus dei Lucifer loke ne myȝte  so liȝt hym ablente And þoo þat oure lord louede  in-to his liȝt he lauȝte And seyde to sathan lo heer  my soule to amendes For alle synful soulis to saue  þoo þat been worþi Myne þei been & of me  I may þe bette hem cleyme Al-þouȝ resoun recorde  & riȝt of my-seluenO.18.339: O alone has seluen in place of selue. Þat if þei eeten þe appel  alle schulden deye I bihiȝte hem not heer  helle for euere For þe dede þat þei diden  þi deceyt it made Wiþ gyle þou hem gete  aȝeyn al resoun For inO.18.344: O alone lacks my before place. place paradice  in persoone of an addre Falsli þou fettestfeccestO.18.345: A solidus/punctus above fettest and above marginal feccest indicate intended substitution.  þing þat I louede Þus iliche a lusard  wiþ a lady visage Þeeflich þou me robbedest  þe olde lawe graunteþ Þat gylouris be bigylid  & þat is good resoun Dentem pro dente & oculum pro oculoO.18.349: This line is written in the right margin. Ergo soule schal soule quyte  & synne to synne wende And al þat man haþ mysdo  I may welO.18.351: OCr23 alone have may wel; most B manuscripts have man wole. amende Membre for menbreme[m]bre bi þe olde  lawe . was amendes And lijf for lijf also  & bi þeO.18.353: YO alone have þe in place of þat. lawe I cleyme itO.18.353: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, appear at the bottom of this leaf. Adam & al his issu  at my wille her-after And þat deþ in hem fordide  my deþ schal releue And boþe quyke & quyte  þat queynt was þoruȝ synne And þat grace gyle distruye  good feiþ it askeþ So leue I not lucifer  aȝeyn þe lawe I fecche hem AndO.18.359: O alone has introductory And in place of But. bi riȝt & resoun  raunsome heer my leges Non veni soluere legem set adimplereO.18.360: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after adim- and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. Þou fettest myne in my place  aȝeyns al resoun Falslich & felounlich  good feiþ me it tauȝte To recoruereco[uere] hem þoruȝ raunsom  & bi no resoun ellis So þat þoruȝ gyle þou gete  þoruȝ grace is itO.18.364: O alone has is it; most B manuscripts have it is. wonne Þou lucifer þoruȝO.18.365: O alone has þoruȝ in place of in. liknesse  of a liþer addre Getest bi gyle  þoo þat god louede And in liknesse of a lede  þat lord am of heuene Graciousli þi gyle haue quyt  go gyle aȝeyn gyle And as adam & alle  þoruȝ a tre deyeden Adam & alle þoruȝ a tre  schul turne aȝeyn to lyue And gyle is bigyled  & in his gyle fallen Et cecidit in foueam quam fecitO.18.372: This line is written in the right margin. Now bigynneþ þi gyle  aȝeyn þee to turne And my grace to growe  ay gretter & widder Þe bitternesse þat þou brewe  brouke it inO.18.375: O alone includes in. þi-selue Þat art doctour of deþ  drynke þat þou madest For I þat am lord of lijf  loue is my drynk And for þat drynk to-day  I deyede vp-on erþe I fauȝte so me þristeþ ȝit  for mannes soule sake May no drynk me moyste  ne my þrist slake Til þe vendage falle  in þe vale of Iosaphath Þat I drynke riȝt ripe must  resurreccio mortuorum And þanne schal I come as a kyng  crowned wiþ aungelis And haue out of helle  alle mannysO.18.384: YOC2 alone have mannys; most B manuscripts have mennes. soulis Fendis & feendkyns  bifore me schul stande And be at my biddyng  where-so-euere me likeþ And to be mercyable to man  þanne my kyndeO.18.387: WO alone lack a word or phrase between kynde and askeþ; most B manuscripts have it. askeþ For we been breþeren of blood  but not in baptisme alle Ac alle þat been myne hole breþeren  in blood & in baptisme Schul not be dampned to þe deþ  þat is wiþ-outen eende Tibi soli peccaui & ceteraO.18.391: This line is written in the right margin. It is not vsed in erþe  to hangen a feloun OftenerO.18.393: O alone has the form Oftener in place of Ofter. þan ones  þouȝ he were a traytour And if þe kyng of þat kyngdom  come in þat tyme Þere þe feloun schulde þoleO.18.395: O alone transposes þole schulde. deþ  ouþerO.18.395: O alone has ouþer; most B manuscripts have or. oþer wise ÞeO.18.396: Cr23O alone include Þe. lawe wolde he ȝaue hym lijf  If he lokede on hym And I þat am kyng of kyngys  schal come swich a tyme Where þeO.18.398: O alone includes þe before doom. doom to þe deþ  dampneþ alle wikkede And if lawe wole . I on hym lokeO.18.399: O alone transposes loke on hem; the form hym is shared only with Cot.  it lijþ in my grace Wheþer heO.18.400: O alone has he in place of þei. deye or deye not  for þat þei diden ille BeO.18.401: O alone lacks it before any. any þingO.18.401: GYOC2 alone lack a word between þing and þe; most B manuscripts have abouȝt. . þe boldenesse of her synnes I do mercy þoruȝ riȝtwisenesse  & alle my wordis beenO.18.402: OC2 alone include been. trewe And þouȝ holi writ wole . þat I be wrokenO.18.403: O alone has wroken in place of wroke.  of hem þat diden ille ForO.18.404: O alone includes introductory For. nullum malum impunitum & ceteraO.18.404: This line is written in the right margin. Þei schul be clensid clerlich  & wasschen of her synnes In my prisoun purgatorie  til parce it hote And my mercy schal be schewed  to many of my breþeren For blood may suffre blood  boþe hungry & a-cale Ac blood may not see blood  blede . but hym rue Audiui archana verba que non licet homini loquiO.18.410: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after licet, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. Ac my riȝtwisenesse & riȝt  schul rulen al helle And mercy . al mankynde  bifore me in heuene For I were an vnkynde kyng  but I my kynde helpe And namelich at swich a nede  þere nedes help bihoueþ Non intres in iudicium cum seruo tuo domineO.18.415: OF alone include domine.O.18.415: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after seruo and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which is written above the first. Þus bi lawe quod oure lord  lede I wole from hennys Þoo þat me louede  & leuede in my comyng And for þi lesyng lucifer  þat þou leyȝ til eue Þou schalt abye it bitterliO.18.419: GOF alone have bitterli; most B manuscripts have bittre.  & bonde hym wiþ cheynes Astaroth & al þe route  hidden hem in hirnes Þei dursten not loke on oure lord  þe boldest of hem alle But lete hym lede forþ what hym likede  & leete what hym liste Many hundred of aungelis  harpeden & sungen Culpat caro purgat caro regnat deus dei caroO.18.424: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after regnat, so that it appears as two lines. Þanne pipede pees  of poysie a note Clarior est solito post maxima nebula phebus Post inimicicias clarior est & amor .O.18.426: This line and the preceding one are written in the right margin. They are divided after post by two solidi, one red and one black, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text. After scharp schoures quod pees  most schene is þe sunne It is no weder warmer  þan after watry cloudis Ne no loue leuer  ne more betterO.18.430: O alone includes more. The reading better is shared only with Cr23; most B manuscripts have leuer. freendis Þan after werre & woo  whanne loue & pees been maystres Was neuere werre in þis werld  ne wickednesse so kene Þat ne loue & hym liste  to lawȝhyng ne brouȝte And pees þoruȝ pacience  alle pereles stoppede Trews quod truþe  þou tellest vs soþ bi iesus Clippe we in couenaunt  & iche of vs kisse oþer And latte no peple quod pees  parceyue þat we chiden For impossible is no þing  to hym þat is almyȝti Þou seist soþ quod riȝtwisenesse  & reuerenlich hir kiste Pees & pees heer  per secula seculorum Misericordia & veritas obuiauerunt sibi . Iusticia & pax osculate sunt & ceteraO.18.440: This line is written in the right margin. Truþe trumpede þoo  & songe . te deum laudamus And þanne lutede loue  in a loude note Ecce quam bonum & quam iocundum & ceteraO.18.443: This line is written in the right margin. Til þe day dawede  þeise damyselis dauncedenO.18.445: O alone has daunceden; all other beta witnesses have dauncede. Þat men rongen to þe resureccioun  & riȝt wiþ þat I wakede And callede kitte my wijf  & calot my douȝter Ariseþ & reuerenceþ  goddis resureccioun And crepeþ to þe crosse on knees  & kisseþ it for a Iuel For goddis blessid body  it bare for oure bote And it afereþ þe feend  for swich is þe myȝt May no griseli goost  glide . þere it schadewiþ Passus decimus . nonusO.19.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. þ ÞVs I awakede & wrote  what I hadde dremed And diȝte me dereli  & dide me to chirche To here holli þe messe  þoo men ȝeden to offryng ÞanneO.19.4: O alone has Þanne in place of That. peers þe plowman  was . peynted alle blody And come in . wiþ a crosse  bifore þe comune peple And riȝt lijk in alle lymes  to oure lord iesu Þanne callede I concience  to kenne me þe soþe Is þis iesus þe iuster quod I  þat Iues diden hymO.19.8: O alone includes hym. to deþe Or it is peers þe plowman  who peyntede hym so rede Quod concience & knelede þoo  þeise arn peers armes Hise colouris & his cote armure  ac he þat comeþ so blody Is crist wiþ his crosse  conquerour of cristene Why calle ȝe hym crist quod I  siþ Iues calledenO.19.13: O alone has calleden; variants include called (HmGYCB), calle (WCrC2L), callen (M), and named (F). hym iesus Patriarkes & prophetis  propheciede bifore Þat alle kyns creaturis  schulden knelen & bowen Anoon as men nempnedenO.19.16: O alone has nempneden; most B manuscripts have nempned.  þe name of god iesu Ergo . is no name  to þe name of iesus Ne noon so nedeful to nempne  bi nyȝt ne bi day For alle derke deuelis . arn  adrad to here it And synful arn solaced  & saued bi þat name And ȝe callen hym crist  for what cause telleþ me Is crist more of myȝt  & more worþi name Þan iesu or iesus  þat al oure ioye come of Þou knowest wel quod concience  & þou canstO.19.24: O alone has canst; most B manuscripts have konne. resoun Þat kyng . knyȝtO.19.25: O alone transposes knyȝt kyng. . conquerour  may be oo persoone To be called a knyȝt . is fayr  for men schul knele to hym AndO.19.27: O alone includes And. to be called a kyngO.19.27: O alone lacks is before fayrer. . fayrer  for he may knyȝtis make And to be coquerourco[n]querour called  þat comecome[þ] of special grace And of hardynesse of herte  & of heendnesse boþe To make lordis of laddis  of loond þat he wynneþ O.19.31: The number <1>, written in a modern hand and followed by a punctus, appears in the top right margin. And free men foule þralles  þat folewen not hise lawes Þe Iues þat weren ientil men  iesu þei dispisedenO.19.32: O alone has dispiseden in place of despised. Boþe his lore & his lawe  now arn þei lowe cherlis As wyde as þe werld is  wonyeþ þer noon But vndir tribute & talliage  as tikes & cherlis And þoo þat bicoomenO.19.36: O alone has bicoomen; most B manuscripts have bicome. cristen  bi counceyl of þe baptisme Arn fraunkeleyns &O.19.37: OF alone include &. free men  þoruȝ fullyng þat þei tokenO.19.37: O alone has token; all other beta witnesses have toke. And ientil men wiþ iesu  for iesus was yfullid And vp-on caluarie on crosse  ycrowned kyng of Iues It bicomeþ to a kyng  to kepe &O.19.40: HmOCot alone lack to before defende. defende And conquerour of conquest  hise lawes & his large And so dide iesus þe Iues  he iustifiede & tauȝte hem Þe lawe of longeO.19.43: O alone includes longe. lijf  þat laste schal euere And fende hem fromO.19.44: Only OHm have hem from; most B manuscripts have from alone. foule yuelis  feueres & fluxes AndO.19.45: OF alone lack from before feendis. feendis þatO.19.45: O alone lacks in before hem. hem werrenO.19.45: O alone has werren; most B manuscripts have were.  & alO.19.45: O alone includes al. fals beleue Þoo was he iesus of Iues  called ientil prophete And kyng of her kyngdom  & crowne bare of þornes And þoo conquerede he on crosse  as conquerour noble Myȝt no deþ hym fordo  ne adoun brynge Þat he no roosO.19.50: HmGO alone have ne roos in place of naroos or aros. & regnede  & rauesschede helle And þoo was he conquerour called  of quyke & of dede For he ȝaf adam & eue  & oþere moo blisse Þat longe hadden leyn bifore  as lucifers cherlis And siþen he ȝaf largeli  alle hise lele leges Places in paradice  at her partyng hennes He may wel be called conquerour  & þat is crist to mene Ac þe cause þat he comeþ þus  wiþ crosse of his passioun Is to wissen vs þerwiþ  þat whann þat we been tempted Þer-wiþ to fiȝte & fende vs  fro fallyng in-to synne And se bi his sorwe  þat who loueþ ioye To penaunce & to pouerte  he muste putte hym-selue And mycheO.19.62: O alone lacks wo before in, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. in þis werld  willen & suffren Ac to carpe more of crist  & how he come to þat name Feiþli for to speke  his first name was iesus Þoo he was born in bethlem  as þe book telleþ And come to take man-kynde  kyngys & aungelis  Reuerenceden hym fayre  wiþ richesse of erþe Aungelis out of heuene  coom knelynge & sungen Gloria in excelsis deoO.19.69: This line is written in the right margin. Kyngys coomen after  knelyngeO.19.70: Cr23YO alone have the present participle in place of a preterite form. & offreden Myrre & myche gold  wiþ-outen mercy askyng Or any kyns catel  but knowlechynge hym souereyn Boþe of soond & sunneO.19.73: YO alone have & sunne; most B manuscripts have sonne. & sehe  & siþen þei wenten Into her kyngnelithO.19.74: O alone has the nonsense form kyngnelith (or kyngnelich?); variants include kingdome kyth (Cr), kyngdomes (G), kyngenelich (C), kyngenlith (Y), kyngelich (C2), kyngriche (B), and kyngene kiþ (WHmLMF).  bi counceyl of aungelis And þere was þat word fulfild  þe which þou of speke Omnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine iesuO.19.76: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after terrestria and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. For alle þe aungelis of heuene  at his birþe kneledenO.19.77: O alone has kneleden; all other beta witnesses have knelede. And al þe witt of þe world  was in þoo þre kyngys Resoun & riȝtwisenesse  & ruþe þei offreden Wherfor & why  wise men þat tyme Maystres & lettered men  magy hem callede Þat oo kyng cam wiþ resoun  couered vndir sense Þe secounde kyng siþþe  soþeli offrede Riȝtwysenesse vndir reed goldO.19.84: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original gold reed.  resouns felawe Gold is likned to lewte  þat laste schal euere And resoun to riche gold  to riȝt & to truþe Þe þriddeO.19.87: O alone lacks kyng before þoo, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. þoo coom  knelynge to iesu And presentede hym wiþ pite  apperynge bi myrre For myrre is mercy to mene  & mylde speche of tunge Þre yliche honeste þingys  werenO.19.90: O alone has weren; most other B manuscripts have were. offred þus at ones Þoruȝ þre kyn kyngys  knelynge to iesu Ac for alle þeise preciouse presentis  oure lord prince iesus Was neiþer kyng ne conquerour  til he gan to waxe In þe manere of a man  & þat bi myche sleyȝt As it bicomeþ a conquerour  to kunne many sleyȝtis And many whyles & witt  þat wole been a leder And so dide iesus in hise dayes  who-so hadde tyme to telle it Sum tyme he suffrede  & sum-tyme he hidde hym And sum-tyme he fauȝte fast  & fleyȝ oþer-while And sum-tyme he gaf good  & grauntede hele boþe Lijf & lym  as hym liste he wrouȝte As kynde is of a conquerour  so comsede iesu Til he hadde alle hem  þat he fore bledde In his Iuuentee þis iesus  at þe Iuen feeste Water in-to wyn turnede  as holi writ telleþ And þere bigan god  of his grace do-wel For wyn is likned to lawe  & lijf of holynesse And lawe lakkede þoo  for men loueden not her enemyes And crist counceyleþ vs  & commaundeþ boþe Boþe to lered & to lewed  to louþye oure enemyes So at þe feest first  as I bifore tolde Bigan god of his grace  & goodnesse to do wel And þoo was he cleped & called  not holy crist . but iesu A faunt fyn ful of witt  filius marie For bifore his modir marie  made he þat wondre Þat sche first & formest  ferme schulde beleue Þat he þoruȝ grace was getenO.19.117: O alone has geten; all other beta witnesses have gete.  & no goom ellis He wrouȝte þat bi no witt  but þoruȝ word one After þe kynde þat he coome of  þere comsede he do wel And whanne he was waxen more  in his modir absence He made lame to lepe  & ȝaf liȝt to blynde And fedde wiþ two fisches  & wiþ fyue loues Sor a-fyngred folk  moo þan fyue þousande Þus he counfortede careful  & cauȝte a gretter name Þe which was . do-bette  where þat he wente For deefe þoruȝ hise doynges to here  & dombe . speke he made And alle he helede & halpe  þat hym . of grace askede And þoo was he called in cuntre  of þe comune peple For þe dedis þat he dide  iesu fili dauid For dauid was douȝtiest  of dedis in hys tyme Þe beerdesO.19.131: LO alone have the form beerdes; most B manuscripts have burdes. þat sungen . saul interfecit mille & dauid decem milia For-þi þe cuntre þere iesu coome  callede hym fili dauid And nempnede hym of nazareth  & no man so worþi To be cayser or kyng  of þe kyngdom of iuda Ne ouer Iues iustise  as iesus was hem þouȝte Wher-of cayphas hadde enuye  & oþere of þe Iues And for to do hym to deþ  day & nyȝt þei casten Kylleden hym on croswise  at caluarie on fryday And siþen birieden his body  & beden þat men schuldenO.19.139: O alone has schulden in place of sholde. Kepe it fro nyȝt-comers  wiþ knyȝtis yarmed For no freendis schulden hym fecche  for prophetis hem tolden Þat þat blissid body  of birielis schulde rise And go in-to galile  & gladen hise apostelis And his modir marie  þus men bifore demedenO.19.144: O alone has demeden in place of demede. Þe knyȝtis þat kepten hym  biknewen it hem-seluen Þat aungelis & archaungelis  er þe day sprunge Coomen knelynge to þe coors  & sungen christus resurgens Verray man bifore hem alle  & forþ wiþ hem he ȝede Þe Iues preyeden hem pees  & bisouȝten þe knyȝtis TelleO.19.150: O alone lacks the first alliterating stave; most B manuscripts have þe comune. þat þer coomenO.19.150: O alone has coomen in place of cam.  a companye of hise apostelis And biwicchede hem as þei woken  & awey stoolen it Ac marie magdalene  mette hym bi þe weye Goynge toward galile  in godhed & manhed And on lyue & lokynge  & sche aloude cryede In iche a companye þere sche coome  christus resurgens Þus cam it out . þat crist ouercam  recouerde & lyuede Sic oportebatO.19.157: O alone has the form oportebat in place of oportet. christum pati & intrare & ceteraO.19.157: This line is written in the right margin. For þat þat wommen witen  may not wel be counceyl Peter parceyuede al þis  & pursuede after Boþe iames & ion  iesu for to seke Tadde & ten moo  wiþ thomas of Inde And as alle þeise wise wyes  weren to-gyderes In an hous al bischette  & her dore yspered Crist cam in . al closed  boþe dore & ȝates To Peter & to hise aposteles  & seyde . pax vobis And toke thomas bi þe hoond  & tauȝte hym to grope And fele wiþ hise fyngres  his fleschliche herte Tomas touchede it  & wiþ his tunge seyde Deus meus & dominus meusO.19.169: This line is written in the right margin. Þou art my lord I beleue  god lord iesu Þou deyedest & deþ þoledest  & deme schalt vs alle And now art lyuynge & lokynge  & laste schalt þouO.19.172: O alone includes þou after schalt, although F includes it before. euere Crist carpede þanne  & curteysliche seyde Thomas for þou trowest þis  & truliche leuestO.19.174: O alone has leuest; all other beta witnesses have bileuest. it Blessed mote þou be  & be schalt for euere . And blessed motenO.19.176: O alone has moten; most B manuscripts have mote. þei alle be  in body & in soule Þat neuere schul see me in siȝt  as þou seestO.19.177: O alone has seest; most B manuscripts have doost. nouþe And leliche beleue al þis  I loue hem & blesse hem Beati qui crediderunt & non videruntO.19.179: This line is written in the right margin. A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original crediderunt and viderunt; evidently noting that transposition of these two words alone would not correct the reading, the corrector wrote non viderunt et crediderunt over the line. The correction is written in a fifteenth-century hand similar to that of the main scribe, perhaps hand 3. And whanne þis dede was doon  do-best he tauȝte And ȝaue peers power  & pardoun he grauntede To alle manere men  mercy & forȝyuenesse Hym myȝt . to assoyle men  ofO.19.183: Cr23O alone have men of; most B manuscripts have of. alle manere synnes In couenaunt þat þei come  & knowleche to paye To peers pardoun þe plowman  redde quod debes ÞusO.19.186: OF alone lack haþ before peers. peers power  be his pardoun payed To bynde & vnbynde  boþe heer & ellis-where And assoyle men of alle synnes  saue of dette one Anoon after on hyȝ  vp in-to heuene  He wente & wonyeþ þere  & wole come at þe laste And rewarde hym riȝt wel  þat reddit quod debet And payeþ parfiȝtli  as pure truþe wolde And what persoone payeþ it not  punyschen he þenkeþ And demen hym at domes-day  boþe quyk & deed Þe goode to þe godhed  & to greet Ioye And wickede to wonye  in woo wiþ-outen ende Þus concience of crist  & ofO.19.197: O alone lacks þe before crosse. crosse carpede And counceylede me to knele þerto  & þanne cam me þouȝt On Spiritus paraclitus to peers & to hise felawes In liknesse of a liȝtnyng  he liȝte on hem alle And made hem kunne & knowe  alle kyns langages I wondrede what þat was  & waggede concience And was a-feerd of þat liȝt  for in feers liknesse  Spiritus paraclitus ouer-spradde hem alle Quod concience & knelede  þis is cristis messager And comeþ fro þe greet god  & grace is his name Knele now quod concience  & if þou canst . synge Welcome hym & worschipe hym  wiþ veni creator spiritus Þanne songe I þat soong  & so diden many hundred And crieden wiþ concience  helpe vs god of grace And þanne bigan grace to goo  wiþ peers þeO.19.211: O alone includes þe. plowman And counceylede hym & concience  þe comune to sompne For I wole dele to-day  & dyuyde grace To alle kyn creaturis  þat han her fyue wittis Tresore to lyue bi  to her lyues eende And wepne to fiȝte wiþ  whan antecrist ȝow assayleþ And ȝafO.19.217: O alone lacks ech before man. man a grace  to go wiþ hym-selue Þat ydelnesse encombre hym not  enuye ne pride Diuisiones graciarum sunt & ceteraO.19.219: This line is written in the right margin. Summe he ȝaf witt  wiþ wordis to schewe  Witt . to wynne her lijflode wiþ  as þe werkO.19.221: O alone has werk; all other beta witnesses have world. askeþ As prechouris & preestis  & prentices of lawesO.19.222: O alone has the plural form. Þei leli to lyue  þoruȝO.19.223: O alone has þoruȝ in place of by (a). laboure of tunge And bi witt to wissen oþere  as grace hem wolde teche And summe he kennede craft  & kunnyng of siȝt Wiþ sellyng & biggyng  her bileue to wynne And summe he lerede to laboure  a lele lijf & trewe And summe he tauȝte to tilye  to diche & to hegge To wynne wiþ her lijflode  bi lore of his techyng And summe to dyuyne & dyuyde  noumbres to kenne And summe to compasse craftili  & colouris to make And summe to see & summe to seye  what schulde befalle Boþe of wel & of woo  telle it er it felle As astronomyens þoruȝ astronomye  onO.19.234: O alone has on in place of and. philosophres wise And summe to ride & summe to recouere  þat vnriȝtfulli was wonnen He wissede hem to wynne it aȝeyn  þoruȝ wiȝtnesse of handis And fecche it fro false men  wiþ foluyles lawes And summe he lerede to lyue  in longynge to be hennys In pouerte & in penaunce  to preye for alle cristene And alle he lerede to be lele  & iche a craft loue oþer And forbade hem al debate  þat noon were amonge hem Þouȝ summe be clenner þan summe  ȝe seen wel quod grace O.19.243: A cross consisting of five dots, one red, with red rays radiating outward, appears in the left margin. It is probably in the main scribal hand. It may have been intended to point to the defectiveness of l. 243.Þat he þat vseþ þe fayrest craft  to þe foulest I couþe haue put hymO.19.243: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate. Loke þat noon lakke oþer  but loueþ alle as breþeren And who þat mooste maystries can  be myldest of beryng And crowne concience kyng  & make craft ȝoure styward And after craftis counceyl  cloþeþ ȝow & fedeþO.19.247: O alone has fedeþ in place of fede. For I make peers þe plowman  my procuratour & my reue And registrer to receyue  redde quod debes My prowyour & my plowman  peers schal be on erþe And for to tilye truþe  a teem schal he haue Grace gaue peers a teem  foure grete oxen Þat oon was luke . a large beest  & a lowe chered And mark & matheu þe þridde  myȝti beestis boþe And ioynede to hem oon Ion  þe moost gentil of alle Þe price neet of peers plow  passynge alle oþere And grace gaf peers  of his goodnesse foure stottes Al þat hise oxen eriedemeriede[n]  hemO.19.258: O alone has hem in place of þei. to harewen after Oon hiȝte austyn  & ambrose an-oþer Gregori þe greet clerk  & ierom þe goode Þeise foure . þe feiþ to teche  folewen peers teeme And hareweden in an hand-whyle  al holy scripture Wiþ two harewes þat þei hadden  an oold & a newe Vetus testamentum & nouumO.19.264: This line is written in the right margin. And grace gaf greynes  þe cardynales vertues And sewe it in mannes soule  & siþen tolde her names quattuor virtutes cardinalesO.19.267: This rubric appears as two lines, with each word begun below and continued above, an arrangement not seen elsewhere in the manuscript. Spiritus prudencie  þe first seed hiȝte And who-so eete þat  ymagyne he schulde O.19.270: A cross composed of dots with a flourish at the bottom, probably in the main scribal hand, appears in the left margin.Or he dide any dede  deuyse wel þe eende And lernede men a ladel to bigge  wiþ a longe stele ToO.19.272: O alone has To; most B manuscripts have That. caste for to kepe a crokke  to saue þe fatte aboue þe secound seedO.19.271: The top right corner of the box is touched in red; the bottom of the box has been lost to cropping. O here lacks one leaf, encompassing Kane and Donaldson's ll. 281-358. O.19.272: In the center top margin of this page, on a level with the quire number, one leaf missing is written in a modern hand.To goo ageyn pride  but grace were wiþ vs Þanne cam kynde witt  concience to teche And criede & comaundede  alle cristen peple For to deluen & dichenO.19.275: O alone has dichen; variants include dyke (HmBF), digge (Cr), and dych (WGYC2CLM).  depe aboute vnite Þat holi chirche stode in vnite  as it a pile were Concience comaundede þoo  alle Cristen to delue And make a myche moot  þat myȝte been a strenkþe To helpe holi chirche  & hem þat it kepen Þanne alle kyn cristene  saue comune wommen Repenteden & refuseden  synne . saue þei one And false men flatereris  vsureris & þeues Lyeris & questmongers  þat weren forsworen oftenO.19.283: O alone has often in place of ofte. Wytyngli & wilfulli  wiþ þe false helden And for siluer werenO.19.285: O alone has weren; all other beta witnesses have were. forsworen  soþeli þei wisten it Þer nas no cristen creature  þat kynde witt hadde Saue schrewes  &O.19.287: GO alone have &; most B manuscripts have one. swiche as I spake of Þat he ne halpe a quantite  holynesse to waxe Summe þoruȝ bedis biddynge & summe þoruȝ pilgrimage And oþere pryue penaunce  & summe þoruȝ pens delyng And þanne wellede water  for wikkide werkis Egrelich rennynge  out of mennys yen . Clennesse of þe comune  & clerkis clene lyuyng Made vnite holi chirche  in holynesse to stonde I care not quod concience  ifO.19.295: O alone has if in place of þouȝ. pride come nouþe Þe lord of lust schal be lettid  al þis lente I hope Comeþ quod concience  icheO.19.297: O alone has iche; most B manuscripts have ye. cristen & dyneþ Þat han labourid lelli  al þis lenten tyme Heer is breed yblessed  & goddis body þer-vndir Grace þoruȝ goddis word  gaaf peers power  Myȝtis to maken it  & men to ete it after In help of her hele  onys in a moneþe Or as ofte as þei hadden nede  þoo þatO.19.303: O alone lacks some variant of hadde before ypayed. ypayed  To peers pardoun þe plowman  redde quod debes How quod al þe comune  þou counceylest vs to ȝelde Al þat we owen any wyȝt  er we go to housel Þat is my counceyl quod concience  & cardynale vertues That iche man forȝyue oþer  & þat wole þe pater-noster Et dimitte nobis debita nostraO.19.309: YOF alone lack & cetera at the end of this line.O.19.309: This line is written in the right margin. And so to been assoylid  & siþen to be houseledO.19.310: A poorly formed second <e> in houseled prompted the scribe to rewrite the letter above the line. Ȝhe . baw quod a brewer  I wole not be ruled  Bi iesu for al ȝoure ianglyng  wiþ spiritus IusticieO.19.312: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, appear at the bottom of this leaf. Ne after concience bi crist  while I can selle  Boþe dregges & draf  & drawe atO.19.314: O alone has at; most B manuscripts have it at. oon hole  Þikke ale & þinne ale  for þat is my kynde And not hakke after holynesse  holde þi tunge concience Of spiritus iusticie  þou spekest myche on ydel Caytijf quod concience  cursed wrecche Vn-blessid art þou brewer  but if þee god helpe But þou lyue bi lore  of spiritus iusticie  Þe cheef seed þat peers sewe  ysaued worþest þouO.19.322: OG alone have worþest þou; most B manuscripts have worstow. neuere But concience þe comune seedO.19.322: O alone has comune seed; most B manuscripts have comune fede.  & cardynal vertuesO.19.322: A caret/punctus appears in the extreme left margin, signaling deletion. In view of the fact that the reading seed is found in GO alone, perhaps the intention was to delete it. Leue it wel þei been lost  boþe lijf & soule Of cardynalis Þanne is many a man lost  quod a lewed vicorie I am a curatour of holi kirke  & cam neuere in my tyme  Man . to me þat me couþe telle  of cardynal vertues Or þat countede concience  at a cokkes fedþer or an hennys I knewe neuere cardynal  þat he ne cam fro þe pope And we clerkis whanne þei comen  for her comunes payen For her pelure & her palfreys mete  & pilouris þat hem folewen Þe comune clamat cotidie  icheO.19.331: GOF alone lack a word between iche and man; most B manuscripts have a. man to oþer Þe cuntre is þe curseder  þat cardynalis comen Inne And þere þei liggen & lengenO.19.333: O alone has lengen; all other beta witnesses have lenge.  moost leccherie þere regneþ For-þi quod þis vicorie  bi verrey god I wolde  Þat no cardynal coome  among þe comune peple But in her owneO.19.336: O alone has her owne in place of hir. holynesse  holdeO.19.336: O alone has holde; variants include holden (YHmLM), & þere holde (F), helidem (BmBo), holidem (Cot), and helden (WCrGYC2R). hem stille at homeO.19.336: O alone includes at home. At aviounavi[n]oun among þe Iues  cum sancto sanctus eris & cetera Or in rome as her rule wole  þe relikes to kepe And þou concience in kyngys court  & schuldest neuere come þennys And grace þat þou gredist so  of gyour of alle clerkis And peers wiþ his newe plow  & eke wiþ his olde Emperour of al þe world  þat alle men weren cristene De papa . Imparfiȝt is þe pope . þat al  þe peple schulde helpe And sendiþ hem þat sleeþ swiche  as he schulde saue And wel worþ peers þe plowman  þat pursueþ god in doynge Qui pluit super iustos & iniustos at ones And sente þe sonne to saue  a cursed mannes tilþe As briȝt as to þe best man  & to þe best womman Riȝt so peers þe plowman  peyneþ hym to tilye As wel for a wastour  & wenches of þe stues As for hym-self & hise seruauntis  saue he is first serued And trauayliþ & tilieþ  for a traytour also sore As for a trewe tidy man  alle tymes yliche And worschipid be he þat wrouȝte al  boþe good & ille And suffreþ þat synful be  til sum-tyme þat þei repente And god amende þe pope  þat pileþ holi chirche And cleymeþ bifore þe kyng  to beO.19.357: O alone lacks a word between be and ouer; most B manuscripts have kepere. ouer cristene And counteþ atO.19.358: O alone includes at. nouȝt þouȝ cristene  be killed & robbed And fynt folk to fiȝte  & cristen blood to spille Aȝen þe olde lawe & newe lawe  as luke þerof witnesseþ Non occides & cetera Michi vindictam & ceteraO.19.361: This line is written in the right margin. It semeþ bi so hym-seluenO.19.362: OC2 alone have hym-seluen in place of hymself.  hadde his owneO.19.362: OF alone include owne. wille Þat he ne reccheþ riȝt nouȝt  of al þe toþerO.19.363: O alone includes toþer. remenaunt And crist of his curteysie  þe cardynalis saue And turne her witt to wisdom  & to wele of soule For þe comune quod þis curatour  counten ful litil  Þe counceyl of concience  or cardynal vertues But if þei seenO.19.368: O alone has seen; variants include sowne (F), sowe (L), seiȝe (WHm), seiȝ (C2C), seie (BM), see (CrG), and sight (Y). as bi siȝt  sumwhat to wynnyng Of gyle ne of gabbyng  gyuenO.19.369: O alone has gyuen; most other B manuscripts have gyue. þei neuere tale For spiritus prudencie  among þe peple . is gyle And alle þe fayre vertues  as vices þei semen Iche man sutileþ a sleyȝt  synne for to hyde And coloureþ it wiþ a cunnyng  & a clene lyuyng Þanne lowȝ þer a lord  & bi þis liȝt seyde I holde it riȝt & resoun  of my reue to take  Al þat myn auditour  or ellis my styward  Counceyliþ me bi her acounte  & my clerkis wrytyng Wiþ spiritus intellectus to seke þe reues rollis And wiþ spiritus fortitudinis fecchen it I wole AndO.19.380: O alone lacks þanne before cam. cam þer a kyng  & bi his crowne seyde I am kyng wiþ crowne  þe comune to rule And holy chirche & clergye  fro cursede menO.19.382: OF alone lack to before defende. defende And if me lakkiþ to lyue bi  þe lawe wole I take it  Þere I may hastlokestO.19.384: OCotLM alone have the form hastlokest; variants include hastlyest (C), hastlyere (F), hastylyche (G), moost hastely (Cr), and hastilokest (WHmYC2BmBo). it haue  for I am hed of lawe For ȝe been but membris  & I abouen alle And siþen I am ȝoure alþer hed  I am ȝoure alþerO.19.386: OF alone have the form alþer; most B manuscripts have aller. hele And holi chirches cheef help  & cheftayn of þe comune And what þatO.19.389: O alone includes þat. I take of ȝow two  I take it at þe techyng  Of spiritus iusticie for I iugge ȝow alle So I may boldli be houseled  for I borwe neuere Ne craue of my comune  but as my kynde askeþ l 3O.19.391: A design of wavy vertical lines filled in with ink, about four lines in length, appears in the extreme bottom right margin above the quire signature. In condicioun quod concience  þat þou kunne defende And rule þi rewme bi resoun  riȝt wel & in truþe De potestate regis . Take þou may in resoun  as þe lawe askeþ Omnia tua sunt ad defendendum set non ad deprehendandumO.19.395: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after defendendum and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. Þe vicorieO.19.396: O alone has the form vicorie in place of viker. hadde fer hoom  & fayre toke his leue And I awakenede þer-wiþ  & wrouȝteO.19.397: Cr3OBoCot alone have wrought; most B manuscripts have wroot. as me mette Passus vice-simus.O.20.000: The heading is divided after vice-, so that it appears as two lines. þ ÞAnne as I wente bi þe weye  whanne I was þus awaked Heuy chered I ȝede  & elenge in herte I ne wiste where to ete  ne at what place And it neyȝhede neer þe noone  & wiþ nede I mette Þat frountedeO.20.5: O alone has the form frountede in place of afrounted. me fulO.20.5: O alone has ful in place of wel or omission. foule  & faytour me callede Kanst þou not excuse þee  as dide þe kyng & oþere Necessitas Þat þou toke to þi bilyue  to cloþes & to sustenaunce And bi techyng & tellyng  of spiritus temporancie And þou nome no more  þan nede þe tauȝte And nede haþ no lawe  ne neuere schal falle in dette For þre þingys he takiþ  his lijf for to saue Þat is mete whanne men hym warnen  & he no money weldiþ Ne wiȝt noon . wole be his borwe  ne wedde haþ noon to legge And he cauȝte in þat caas  & come þerto bi sleyȝt He synneþ not soþeli  þat so wynneþ his fode And þouȝ he come so to a cloþ  & can no better cheuysaunce Nede anoon-riȝt  nymeþ hym vndir meinprise And if hym liste to lape  þe lawe of kynde wolde Þat he drunke at iche diche  er he for þirst deyede So nede at greet nede  may nyme as for his owne Wiþ-outen counceyl of concience  or cardynal vertues So þat he sue & saue  spiritus temperancie For is no vertue bi fer  to spiritus temporancie Neiþer spiritus iusticie ne spiritus fortitudinis For spiritus fortitudinis  forfeteþ ful ofte He schal do more þan mesure  many tyme & ofte And bete men fulO.20.27: O alone has ful in place of ouer. bitterlie  & summe of hem to litel And greue men gretter  þan good feiþ wolde And spiritus iusticie schal iuggen  wole he orO.20.29: OC2 alone have he or in place of he or or alone. nyle he After þe kyngys counceyl  & þe comune like And spiritus prudencie in many a poynt schal fayle Of þat he weneþ wolde falle  if his witt ne were Wenyng is no wisdam  ne wise ymagynacioun Homo proponit & deus disponit  & gouerneþ alle goode vertues Ac nede is next hym  for anoon he mekeþ And as lowe as a loomb  for lakkyng of þat hym nedeþ Wise men forsoken wel  for þei wolden be nedy And woneden in wildernesse  & wolden not be riche And god al his greet ioye  goostliche he lefte And cam & toke mankynde  & becam nedy So nedy he was as seiþ þe book  in many sundri places Þat he seyde in his sorwe  on þe self rode Boþe fox & foul  mowen flee to hole & crepe And þe fisch haþ fynne  to flete wiþ to reste Þer nede haþ ynomenO.20.45: O alone has ynomen; most B manuscripts have ynome. me  þat I mote nede abide And suffre sorwes ful soure  þat schul to ioye turne For-þi beþ not abassched  to bidde & to be nedy Siþ he þat wrouȝte al þe world  was wilfullich nedy Ne neuere noon so nedy  ne alsoO.20.49: Only O has ne also; most B manuscripts have ne alone. porer deyede Whanne nede hadde vndirnomenO.20.50: O alone has vndirnomen; most B manuscripts have vndernome.O.20.50: OR alone lack me before þus.þus  anoon I fel a-slepe And mette ful merueylousliche  þat in mannes foorme . Antecrist . Antecrist cam þanne  & al þe croppe of truþe  Ieronimus super illud Danielis . 12 . Beatus qui expectat & peruenit vsque ad dies . 1335 . Beatus inquit qui interfecto antichristo . dies supra numerum perfinitum . 45 . prestolatur quibus & dominus saluator in sua magestate venturus estO.20.53-60: The Latin lines appear in a column in the right margin, parallel to ll. 53-60 of the text. The passage is taken almost verbatim from Saint Jerome's commentary on Daniel 12.12; see Commentariorum in Danielem, Libri III (IV), S. Hieronymi Presbyteri Opera, Pars I,5, ed. Francisci Glorie, Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina 75A (Turnhout: Brepols, 1964): [IV].xii.12, pp. 943-44. Turnede it vp-so-doun  & ouer-tilte þe rote And fals spronge & spredde  & spedde mennys nedis In iche a cuntre þere hoh[e] coome  he cutte awey truþe And gerte gyle growe þere  as he a god were . Freres .O.20.57: The marginal Freres is surrounded by the long Latin gloss beginning opposite l. 52. Freres foleweden þat feend  for he gaf hem copes And religious reuerencede hym  & rongen her bellis And al þe couent forþ cam  to welcome þat tyraunt And alle hise as wel as hym  saue oneli fooles Whiche fooles weren wel leuere  to deye þan to lyue  Lenger þan lenten  to be so rebuked And a fals freendO.20.63: GYOC2 alone have freend in place of fend. antecrist  ouere alle folk regnede And þat werenO.20.64: O alone has weren; most B manuscripts have were. mylde men & holy  þat no mescheef dredden Diffieden al falsnesse  & folk þat it vsede And what kyng þat hem counfortede  knowynge hem any while Þei cursedenO.20.67: O alone has curseden in place of cursed. & her counceyl  were it clerk or lewed Antecrist hadde þus soone  hundredis at his banere And pride it bare  booldeliche aboutenO.20.69: O alone has abouten; most B manuscripts have aboute. Wiþ a lord þat lyueþ afterlust &O.20.71: O alone includes lust.þe likyng of body Þat cam aȝeyn concience  þat keper was & guyour Ouer kynde cristene  & cardynal vertues I counceyle quod concience þoo  comeþ wiþ me ȝe foles In-to vnite holi chirche  & holde we vs þere And crie we to kynde þat he  come & defende vs  Foles . fro þe feendis lymes  for peers loue þe plowman And crye we to al þe comune  þat þei come to vnite And þere abide & bikere  aȝeyns belialis children Kynde . concience þoo herde  & come out of þe planetis And sente forþ hise forreouris  feueres & fluxes Cowȝhes & cardiacles  crampes & toþ-aches Rewmes & radegoundes  & ruynouse scalles Biles & bocches  & brennynge agues Frenesies & foule yuelis  forragers of kynde Hadde priked & preyd  polles of þe peple Þat largeli a legioun  loren her lijf soone Þer was harrow & help  heer comeþ kynde Wiþ deþ þat is dredeful  to vndo vs alle Þe lord þat lyuede after lust  þoo a-lowde cryede  After counfort . a knyȝt  to come & bere his baneer A-larme alarme quod þat lord  iche lijf kepe his owne And þanne metten þeise men  er mynystrales myȝten pipe And er heraudes of armes  hadden discryued lordis Kynde kam after  wiþ many kene sores As pokkes & pestelences  þatO.20.96: O alone has þat in place of and. myche peple schente So kynde þoruȝ corrupciouns  killede ful many Deþ cam dryuynge after  & al to dust passchede Kyngys & knyȝtis  kaysers & popis Lered ne lewed  he leete no man stonde Þat he neO.20.100: YOC2Cot alone include ne. hitte euene  þat neuereO.20.100: CrO alone have neuere in place of euere. sterede after Many a louely lady  & lemmans of knyȝtis Swowneden & sweltedenO.20.102: O alone has swelteden; most B manuscripts have swelted.  for sorwe of deþes dyntis Concience of his curteysie  to kynde he besouȝte To cece & suffre  & see wher þei woldenO.20.104: O alone has wolden in place of wolde. Leue pride pryueyli  & be parfiȝt cristene And kynde cecede þoo  to see þe peple amende Fortune gan flatere þanne  þoo fewe þat were on lyue And bihiȝte hem longe lijf  & leccherie he sente Amongys al manere men  wedded & vnweddid And gaderede a greet hoost  al a-gyn concience Þis leccherie leyde on  wiþ a lawynge chere And wiþ pryue speche  & peynted wordis And armede hym in ydelnesse  & in hye beryng He bare a bowe in his hand  & many blody arewes Weren feþered wiþ fayre bihest  & many a false truþe Wiþ hise vntidy talis  he tenede ful ofte  Concience & his company  of holi chirche þe techers Þanne cam coueytise  & caste how he myȝte  Ouercome concience  & cardynal vertues And armede hym in auarice  & hungriliche lyuede His wepene was alle whyles  to wynne & to hydeO.20.121: O alone has hyde; most B manuscripts have hiden. Wiþ glosyngys & gabbynges  to bigyleO.20.122: O alone has the infinitive form in place of the preterite. þe peple Symonye hym sente  to assayle concience And prechedenO.20.124: O alone has precheden in place of preched. to þe peple  & prelates þei hem maden To holden wiþ antecrist  her temperaltees to saue And coomen to þe kyngys counceyl  as a kene baroun And kneledenO.20.127: O alone has kneleden in place of kneled. to concience  in court afore hem alle And gerte good feiþ flee  & fals to abide And boldliche bare adoun  wiþ many a bryȝt noble  Miche of þe witt & wisdam  of westmynystre halle He iuggede til a iustise  & iustede in his ere And ouer-tilte al his truþe  wiþ take þis vp amendement And to þe arches in haast  he ȝede anoon after And turnede cyuyle in-to symonye  & siþ he toke þe official For a mantel of menyuere  he made lele matrimonye  DeparteO.20.136: O alone has Departe; most B manuscripts have Departen. . er deþ cam  & dyuorce schapte Allas quod concience & cryede þoo  wolde crist of his grace Þat coueytise were cristen  þat is so kene a fiȝter And boold & abidynge  whyle his bagge lasteþ And þanne lowȝ lijf  & leete dagge hise cloþes And armede hym in haast  in harlottes wordis And helde holynesse . a iape  & heendenesse a wastour And leete lewte a cherl  & lyer . a fre man Concience & counceyl  he countede it folye Þus relyede lijf  for a litil fortune And prikede forþ wiþ pride  preyseþ he no vertu He careþ not how kynde slowȝ  & schal come at þe laste And kille alle erþeli creaturis  saue concience one Lijf leepe a-syde  & lauȝte hym a lemman Hele & I quod he  & hynesse of herte Schal do þee not drede  neiþer deþ ne eelde ButO.20.152: OF alone have But in place of And. to forȝete sorwe  and gyue nouȝt of synne Þis likede lijf  & his lemman fortune And geten in her glorie  a gedelyng at þe laste Oon þat myche woo wrouȝte  sleuþe was his name Sleuþe wexe wondir ȝerne  & soone was of age And weddede oon wanhope  a wenche of þe stues Hir sire was a sisour  þat neuere swore truþe Oon tomme two-tunge  ateynt at iche a quest Þis sleuþe wexe werre &O.20.160: O alone has two instances of werre &, apparently as the result of dittography. However, because the line makes sense as it stands (if werre is understood as meaning "worse"), it may possibly be the result of deliberate scribal intervention. werre  & a slynge made And þrewe drede &O.20.161: O alone has &; all other beta witnesses have of. dispeyr  a doseyne myle aboute For care concience þoo  criede vp-on eelde And bade hym fonde to fiȝte  & afere wanhope And eelde hente good hope  & hastilicheO.20.164: O alone lacks he before schifte. schifte hym And wayuede awey wanhope  & wiþ lijf he fiȝteþ And lijf fleyȝ for feer  to phisik after help And bisouȝte hym of socour  & of his salue hadde And gaue hym gold good woon  þat gladede his herte And þei ȝyuenO.20.169: OC2 alone have ȝyuen; variants include gyue (C), gafen (BmBo), gaue (CrCotF), and gyuen (WHmGYLMR). hym aȝeyn  a glasen howue Lijf leuede þat leche-craft  lette schulde eelde And dryue awey deþ  wiþ dias & draggas And eelde auntrede hym on lijf  & at þe laste he hitte A phisicien wiþ a furred hood  þat he fel inO.20.173: O alone lacks an article before palsye. palsye And þere deyede þat doctour  er þre dayes after Now I see seyde lijf  þat surgerie ne phisik  May not a myte avayle  to medele aȝeyns eelde And in hope of his hele  good hopeO.20.177: O alone has hope in place of herte. he hente And rode so to reuel  a riche place & a myrie Þe companye of court men clepeden it sum-tyme And eelde anoon after me  & ouer myn hed heO.20.180: O alone includes he; most B manuscripts include no pronoun. ȝede And made me balled bifore  & bare on þe crowne So harde ȝhe ȝede ouer myn hed  it wole be seene euere Sire yuele ytauȝt . eelde quod I  vnheende go wiþ þee Siþ whanne was þiO.20.184: GOC2 alone have þi in place of þe. weye  ouer mennes hedis Haddest þou been heende quod I  þou woldest haue asked leue Ȝhe . leue lordyng quod he  & leyde on me wiþ age And hitte me vndir þe ere  vnneþe may ich here He buffetede me aboute þe mouþe  & bette me on þe teeþ And gyedeO.20.189: OC2 alone have gyede; most B manuscripts have gyued. me in goutis  I may not goo at large And of þe woo þat I was Inne  my wijf hadd reuþe And wisschede ful witterli  þat I were in heuene For þe lyme þat she louede me fore  & leef was to fele On nyȝtes nameli  whanne scheO.20.193: O alone has sche in place of we. naked were I ne myȝte in no manere  make it at hir wille So eelde & sche soþeli  hadden it forbeten And as I satte in þis sorwe  I seyȝ how kynde passede And deþ drowȝ nyȝ me  for drede gan I quake And criede to kynde  out of care me brynge Loo eelde þe hoore  haþ me beseyeO.20.199: This and the following eleven lines are written around a very large keyhole-shaped tear in the vellum, at about the center of the leaf. A-wreke me if ȝoure wille be  for I wolde be hennys If þou wolt be ywroken  wende in-to vnite And holde þee þere euere  til I sende for þee And loke þou cunne sum craft  or þou come þennes Counceyle me kynde quod I  what craft is best to lerne Lerne to loue quod kynde  & leue of . alle oþere How schal I come to catel so  to cloþe me & to fede And þou loue lelli quod he  lakke schal þee neuere  Mete ne worldli wede  whyle þi lijf lasteþ And þere bi counceyl of kynde  I comsede to roome Þoruȝ contricioun & confessioun  til I coome to vnite And þere was concience cunstable  cristene forO.20.211: O alone includes for before to. to saue And bisegede soþeli  wiþ seuene grete geauntes Þat wiþ antecrist helden  harde aȝens concience Sleuþe wiþ his slynge  an harde assaute made Proude preestis coomen wiþ hym  moo þan a þousande In paltokis & piked schoos  & pissers longe knyues Coomen aȝens concience  wiþ coueytise þei helden Bi marie quod a mansed preest  of þe marche of irloond I counte no more biO.20.219: OB alone include bi. concience  bi so I cacche syluer Þan I do to drynke  a drauȝt of good ale And so seyden sixti  of þe same cuntre And schoten aȝeyn hym wiþ schotte  with many scheef of oþes And brode hoked arwes  goddis herte & hise nayles And hadden almost vnite  & holynesse adoun Concience criede . helpe clergye  or ellis I falle Þoruȝ imparfiȝt preestis  & prelatis of holi chirche Freris herden hym crye  & coomen . hym to helpe And for þei couþenO.20.228: O alone has couþen in place of kouþe.not wel her craft  concience forsoke hem Nede neyȝhede þoo neer  & concience he tolde Þat þei coomenO.20.230: O alone has coomen; most B manuscripts have come. for coueytise  to haue cure of soules And for þei arn pore paraunter  for patrimoyne hem fayleþ Þei wolen flatere to fare wel  folk þat been riche And seyenO.20.233: GO alone have seyen; most B manuscripts have siþen. þei chosen chele  & chaytijf pouert Latte hem chewe as þei chosen  & charge hem wiþ no cure For lomer he lijþ  þat lijflode mote biggeO.20.235: GO alone have bygge; most B manuscripts have begge. Þan he þat laboureþ for lijflode  & leneþ it toO.20.236: O alone includes to. beggers And siþen freris forsokenO.20.237: O alone has forsoken in place of forsoke.  þe felicite of erþe freris Freris .O.20.238: The first of these additions appears in the extreme left margin, the other in the left margin just opposite the line. Lines 238-250 are written around a very large keyhole-shaped tear in the vellum, at about the center of the leaf, which existed at the time of copying. Latte hem be as beggers  or lyue bi aungelis fode Concience of þis counceyl þoo  comsede forto lawȝhe And curteysliche counfortede hem  & callede in alle freris And seyde sires soþeli  welcome be ȝe alle To vniteO.20.242: O alone lacks and before holi. holi chirche  ac oo þing I ȝow preye Holdeþ ȝow in vnite  & haueþ noon envie To lered ne to lewed  but lyueþ after ȝoure rule And I wole be ȝoure borwe  ȝe schul haue breed & cloþes And oþere necessaries ynowe  ȝe schul no þing fayle Wiþ þat ȝe leue logyke  & lerne for to louye O.20.238-248: This and the preceding ten lines are written around the same keyhole-shaped tear in the manuscript described at O.20.199.For loue laftenO.20.248: O alone has ynomen; variants include þerof lofte (Bo), þerof loste (BmCot), lost (Cr), þei (GC2), and lafte (WHmYCLMRF). þei lordschipe  boþe lond & scole Freres fraunceys & domynyk  for loue to be holy And if ȝe coueyte cure  kynde wole ȝow teche Þat in mesure god made  alle manere þingys And sette it at a certeyn  & at a siker noumbre And nempnede names newe  & noumbrede þe preestis Qui numerat multiudinem stellarumO.20.254: OR alone lack et omnibus eis after stellarum. & ceteraO.20.255: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after numerat and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first. Kyngys & knyȝtis  þat kepen & defenden Han officeris vndir hem  & ofO.20.256: O alone has & of in place of and or of alone. iche of hem a certeyn And if þei wage men to werre  þei writen hem in noumbre Wole no tresourerer hem paye  traueyle þei neuere so sore Alle oþere in batayle  been yholden brokourisO.20.259: O alone has brokouris; most B manuscripts have Brybours. Pilouris & pikeharneys  in iche a place a-cursid Monkes & monyalis  & alle men of religioun Her ordre & her rule wole  to haue a certeyn nowmbre Of lewed & of lered  þe lawe itO.20.263: OHm alone include it. wole & askeþ A certeyn for a certeyn  saue onliche of freris For-þi quod concience bi crist  kynde witt me telleþ It is wikked to wage ȝow  ȝe waxen out of nowmbre EueneO.20.267: Although the MED lists Euene as a form of the word Heaven, this is the only occurrence of the form in this manuscript, and O is the only B manuscript in which the form occurs in this line. haþ euene nowmbre  & helle is wiþ-oute nowmbre For-þi I wolde witterli  þat ȝe weren inO.20.268: OM alone among beta witnesses lack þe before registre; in M it has been erased. registre And ȝoure nowmbre vndir notaries sygne  & neiþer mo ne lasse Enuye herde þis . & leeteO.20.270: O alone has leete; most B manuscripts have heet.  freris . go to scole And lerne logyk & lawe  & eke constellaciounO.20.271: O alone has constellacioun in place of contemplacion. And preche men of plato  & preue it bi seneca Þat alle þingys vndir heuene  ouȝtenO.20.273: OF alone lack to before be. be in comune And ȝit he lieþ as I leue  þat to þe lewed so precheþ For god made to men a lawe  & moyses it tauȝte Non concupscesconcup[i]sces rem proximi tui & ceteraO.20.277: This line is written in the right margin. And yuele is þis yholdenO.20.277: O alone has yholden; variants include holde (Cr), to hold (G), ȝolden (B), and yholde (WHmYC2LMRF).  in parissches of englond For persounys & parisch preestis  þat schulden þe peple schryue Been curatouris called  to knowe & to hele  Alle þat been her parischenes  penaunce to enioyne And schulden be a-schamed in her schrifte  ac schame makeþ hem wende  And flee to þe freris  as false folk to westmynyster . westmynyster . Þat borwen & beren þidir  & þanne bidden frendis  Ȝerne of forȝyuenesse  or lenger ȝeris lone Ac whyle he is in westmynyster  he wole be bifore And make hym myrie  wiþ oþere mennys goodis And so it fareþ biO.20.287: HmYO alone have bi in place of with. myche folk  þat to þe freris hemO.20.287: WOF alone include hem. schryuen As sisouris & exsecutouris  þei wolenO.20.288: O alone has wolen; all other beta witnesses have wol. ȝyue þe freris A parcel to preye for hem  & make hem-seluenO.20.289: O alone has hem-seluen; all other beta witnesses have hemself. myrie Wiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt  þat oþere men biswonken And suffre þe dede in dette  to þe day of doom Enuye her-fore  hatede concience And freris to philosophie  he fondeO.20.293: O alone lacks a word between fonde and to; most B manuscripts have hem. to scole Þe while coueytise & vnkyndenesse  concience assayledenO.20.294: O alone has the form assayleden in place of assaillede. In vnite holi chirche  concience helde hym And made pees porter  to pynne þe ȝates ForO.20.297: O alone has introductory For; most B manuscripts have Of. alle tale- telleris  & titerers in ydel Ypocrisie & he  an harde saute þei maden . ypocrisie . Ypocrisie at þe ȝate  harde gan to fiȝte And woundede wel wikkidli  many wise techeris Þat wiþ concience acordede  & cardynal vertues Concience callede a leche  þat wel couþe schryue Go salue þoo þat seke been  þoruȝ synne &O.20.303: O alone includes & before woundid. woundid . schrifte . Schrifte schope scharpe salue  & made men do penaunce For her mysdedis  þat þei wrouȝtenO.20.305: O alone has wrouȝten in place of wroȝt. hadde And þat peers were payed  redde quod debes Summe likeden not þis leche  & letteres þei senten If any surgien were þe segge  þat softer couþe playstre Sire leef to lyue in lecherie  lay þere & gronede F..or fastyng of a friday  he ferde as he wolde deye Þer is a surgien in þis þisþis sege  þat softe can handele And more of phisik bi fer  & fayrer he playstreþ . Frere flaterer . Oon frere flaterer  is phisicien & surgien Quod contricioun to concience  do hym come to vnite For heer is many a man hirt  þoruȝ ypocrisie We han no nede quod concience  I woot no better leche Þan persoun or parisch preest  penytauncer or bisschop Saue peers þe plowman  þat haþ power ouer hem alle And indulgence may do  but if dette lette it I may wel suffre seyde concience  siþ ȝe desiren Þat frere flaterer be fet  & phisike ȝow seke Þe frere her-of . herde  & hyede hym faste To a lord for a letter  leue to haue cure And as a curatour he were  & cam wiþ hise lettres Booldli to þe bisschop  & his breef hadde In cuntrees þer he coome inne  confessiounO.20.326: CrO alone have the singular form. to here And cam þer concience was  & knokkede at þe ȝate Pees vnpynnede it  was porter of vnite And in hast askede  what his wille were In feiþ quod þis frere  for profiȝt & for heleO.20.330: O alone has the form hele; most B manuscripts have helþe. Carpe I wolde wiþ contricioun  & þerfore cam I hider He is seek seyde pees  & so arn many oþere Ypocrisie haþ hirt hem  ful hard is if þei keuere I am a surgien seyde þe segge  & salues can make Concience knoweþ me wel  & what I kan do boþe . Frere leche . I preye þee quod pees þoo  er þou passe forþer What hattest þou I preye þee  hele not þi name Certis felaw seydeO.20.338: O alone has felaw seyde in place of seide; all manuscripts except OF have felaw as subject and place it in final position in the a-verse. he  sire penetrans domos Ȝhe go þi gate quod pees  bi god . for al þi phisik But þou kunne sum craft  þou comest not heer-inne I knewe swich oon ones  not eyȝte wynter passed Coome in . þus y-coped  at a court þere I dwelte And was my ladyO.20.343: O alone has lady; most B manuscripts have lordes. leche  & my lordis boþe And at þe last þis lymytour  þo my lord was oute He saluede so oure wommen  til summe were wiþ childe Heende speche heete pees  to opene þe ȝates Latte in þe frere & his felaw  & make hem fayre chere He may see & here  so it may be-falle Þat lijf þoruȝ his lore  schal leue coueytise And be adrad of deþ  & wiþdrawe hym fro pride And a-corde wiþ concience  & kisse her eiþer oþer Þus þoruȝ heende speche  entrede þe frere And cam in . to concience  & curteysli hym grette Þou art welcome quod concience  canst þou hele þe seke Heer is contricioun quod concience  my cosyn ywounded Counforte hym quod concience  & take keep to hise sores Þe playstres of þe persoun  & poudres biten to sore He leete hem ligge ouer-longe  & loþ is to chaunge hem Fro lenten to lenten  he latte hise playstres byte . Frere confessour .O.20.360: A flourish appears centered beneath the marginal addition. Þat is ouer-longe quod þis lymytour  I leue I schal amende it And gooþ & gropeþ contricioun  & gaue hym a playstre Of a pryue payement  & I schal preye for ȝow And for alle þat ȝe been holden to  al my lijf-tyme And make ȝow . my lady  in messe & in matynes As frereO.20.365: WHmO alone have the singular form frere in place of the plural, although Y has suster. of oure fraternyte  for a litil syluer Þus he gooþ & gadereþ  & gloseþ þere he schryueþ Til contricioun hadde clene forȝeten  to crie & to wepe And wake for hise wikkede werkis  as he was wont to done For counfort of his confessour  contricioun he lafte Þat is þe souereynest salue  ofO.20.370: O alone has of in place of for. alle kyn synnes Sleuþe þanne sawO.20.371: O alone has þanne saw; most B manuscripts have seigh. þat  & alsoO.20.371: O alone has also in place of so. dide pride And cam wiþ a kene wille  concience to assayle Concience crience criede efte  & bade clergye helpe And also contricioun  for to kepe þe ȝate He lijþ & dremeþ seyde pees  & so doon many oþere Þe frere wiþ his phisik  þeiseO.20.376: YOC2 alone have the plural form. folk haþ enchauntid And playstred hem so esily  þei dreden no synne Bi crist quod concience þoo  I wole bicome a pilgryme And walken as wyde  as þe werld lasteþ To seke peers þe plowman  þat pride may distruye And þat freres hadden a fyndyng  þat for nede flateren And counterpleden me concience  now kynde me auenge And sende me happe & hele  til I haue peers þe plowman And siþ he gradde after grace  til I gan awakeO.20.384: This line is followed by six ticks. ExplicitO.20.385: The initial capital of the word Explicit is heavily ornamented and outlined in red. hic dialogus petri plowmanO.20.385: This line is underlined both above and below in red. Small red ticks appear between each of the preceding words and after plowman. LauderisO.20.385: The initial capital of Lauderis is ornamented and outlined in red. christe  quia finitur liber isteO.20.385: Small red ticks appear between each of the preceding words; three ticks in black appear at the end of the line.O.20.385: The word finit, written unevenly in a large, crude hand, appears centered in the bottom margin about three vertical spaces below the final trailer.