The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. WHAT?VOLUME: British Library MS Additional 35157 (Uc)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. WHAT?VOLUME: British Library MS Additional 35157 (Uc)William LanglandEdited by Samuel A. OverstreetSociety for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) WHAT?PLACE ISBN: WHAT?ISBN

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late 14th or early 15th century Source copy consulted: British Library MS Additional 35157

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LatinFrenchGerman Editor Samuel A. Overstreet INUc.P.1: Carl Grindley offers the following detailed description of the initial capital: "The opening initial on f.7r comprises a 4-line very subdued East Anglian 'I.' The initial is presented as a corner piece, in a heavy, gold-leaf, i-shaped, cusped-cornered frame which is typical of the style. The gold was originally thick and was probably presented without any stamping. The condition of the gold is now very poor and it has been severely blackened. The damage probably followed prolonged exposure to ultra-violet light. The initial's frame is bordered at cramp positions by two vines and two tendrils each. The vines are curvilinear, meander between themselves, and are capped by single sessile veinless kite-shaped terminal leaves. The leaves were probably once gold. The tendrils have short deeply-crimped bases, are heavily stylised, and spiral toward the edges of the folio. The original colour of the initial itself is impossible to determine, given the substantial damage. But it appears to have been a simple serifed blue 'I'"—Grindley, "The Life of a Book" (Ph.D. diss., University of Glasgow, 1996), p. 141. a somer sesoun when soft was þe sonne I shoep me in-to shrowdes as y a shep were yn habite as an heremite vnholy of werkes y wente forth in þe world wondres to here and saw many sellies & selcouth thinges ac on a may mornyng on maluerne hulles Me bifel forto slepe for werines of-walked and yn a launde as y lay lened y & slepte and meruelouslich me mette · as y may ȝou telle Pers his [dreme] of all we[lthe] al þe welthe of this world & þe wo bothe wyn[ky]ng as hit were , weturlich y say hit Of truthe , & of treccherie , tresoun ,Uc.P.12: Comma is actually below the second minim of the n in tresoun. & Gyle HierualemHieru[s]alem al y say slepynge as shal ȝou telleUc.P.13: as shal ȝou telle: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads as y shal ȝow telle; Schmidt and Pearsall, as y shal telle. heauenRoma Estward y biheld after þe sonneUc.P.14: An x and a horizontal line link this poetic line to the marginal comment in the right margin. and y sayUc.P.15: and y say: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads And say. a tour as y trowe truthe was þerinne HellTurkie Westward y wayted & in a while afterUc.P.16: wayted & in a while after: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads waytede in a while aftir.Uc.P.16: An x and a horizontal line link this poetic line to the marginal comment in the right margin. and say a dep dale deth as y leue woned in þe wones & wicked spirites this earthly TabernakellMiddell earthe a fair feld ful of folk fond y þer-bytweneUc.P.19: A faded + sign and a short horizontal line link this poetic line to the marginal comment in the right margin. of alle maner of men þe mene & þe pore worchyng & wandring as this world askes plowghmen laborers somme potton hem to þe plough pleyedonUc.P.22: pleyedon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads playde. ful seldeUc.P.22: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. yn setyng & sowyng swonken ful soreUc.P.23: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. And wonne þat þes wastoures wiþ glotonye destroyeth court[..]s and And somme potten hem to preyde apparailedon hem þerafterUc.P.25: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. yn continance of clothing in many kynne gisze cloysteres and frieres yn prayers & penaunces putten hem manyeUc.P.27: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. And loveUc.P.28: love: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads for loue. of our lord lyuonUc.P.28: lyuon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lyueden. ful harde yn hope to have a goed ende , & hevenriche blisse As Ankeres & heremites þat holdon hem in her selles Coueytyn not in CountiesUc.P.31: Counties: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads contrey; Schmidt and Pearsall, contreys. to kayron aboute / licame þe epicure For no ligorousUc.P.32: The OED headform is lickerous. The scribe wrote noligorous without word-spacing. Uc.P.32: The g in noligorous is a single-looped secretary form, having a smoothly circular body without quadrature or finials and a tail bending smoothly down to the left and slightly hooked upward at the end.Uc.P.32: no ligorous: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads no likerous.liflode her likam to plese fidlers and other Ryffraff and somme choson chaffare þei cheuodonUc.P.33: cheuodon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads cheueden; Schmidt, cheuede; Pearsall, cheueth. þe bettere as hit semeth to oure sight þat suche men þriuon can and somme myrthes to make as mynstrals conne Ayenst Mynstrels countrefetes Uc.P.36: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.P.33-39.wolen neuere swynke ne swete but swere gret othes Fyndon out foul fantasies & foles hem maketh and haueUc.P.38: haue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads han; Schmidt and Pearsall, hath. wit at wille to worche if þey wolde þat poul precheth of hem proue hit y myghte / bawdy pepell Uc.P.40: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Qui turpiloquium loquitur · is luciferes knaue against drinckings and Roges Beggers Bidders & beggeres faste aboute wenteUc.P.41: wente: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝede. begers maintened by abbies and nunries Til her bagge & her bely wern bret-ful y-crammedUc.P.42: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.P.42-46. Faytedon for her fode & foughton at ale yn glotony þo gomes gon þei to bedde and rison with ribaudrie tho Roberdes knaues Slep & also sleweth swenUc.P.46: swen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads sueth. such euere pylgrymes & there Queens Uc.P.47: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.P.47-52. Pilgrimes & palmeres plighton hem to-gidores To seke seynt Iames & seyntes of Rome wenton forth on her way with many wys tales and haddon leue to lye after al her lif tyme heremytes on an heep with hoked staues wenton to Walsingham & her wenches after Gret lobyes & longe that loth wern to swynke hermytes Uc.P.54: This comment corresponds to the comment Hermets in Crowley's second and third impressions (erroneously spelled Hermes in the third impression), placed in Crowley at the line corresponding to Uc.P.51, Kane-Donaldson Prol.53 (Crowley second and third impressions, fol. 1v; image 10). & theire Hores Clothedon yn copes to be knowe from othir and made hem-self heremites her ese to haue y fond þere of freres alle þe foure ordres preching þe peple for profit of þe wombe and glosed þe gospel as hem gode liked For coueytise of copeUc.P.59: cope: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads copis. contrariedon somme doctoures & frearesUc.P.60: Corresponds to a Crowley gloss Fryers (second impression), and Friers (third impression) at the line corresponding to Uc.P.56 and Kane-Donaldson Prol.58 (Crowley second and third impressions, fol. 1v; image 10). Many of þes maistres of mendinaunt freres her mone & her marchaundise maken to-giders ac sithe charite hath be chapman & chef to shriue lordes Many ferlies han falle in a fewe ȝeres þe light of þe truthefamus kinge Henry octauo fulfilled in his timeUc.P.63: The marginal note by hand16 here is bounded by underlining below it, done by the same hand. Uc.P.64: The left margin contains a

rightward pointing-hand icon directed toward this line of text. Left-margin sidelining runs from this line to the bottom of the side, continuing in the left margin of folio 8v from the top down to line Uc.P.65.and but holichurch & charite choppe adown suchUc.P.64: such: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads suche shryuars. þe moste myschef on molde mounteth vp faste ¶ þere prechid a pardoner as he a prest were and broughte forth a bulle with bisshopes seles and said þat him-self myghte assoilon hem alle Of falnessesfal[s]nesses & fastinges of vowes ybroken notaAyenst pardoners& wicked men lewed pardons Lewed men leued him wel & liked his wordesUc.P.70: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.P.65-75. and comon & kneled to kisson his billesUc.P.71: billes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bulle; Schmidt and Pearsall, bulles. andUc.P.72: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads A. bunched hem wiþ his bulles & blered her yes and Raught with his Ragman Ringes & broches thus ȝe gyue ȝoure gold glotownes to fille and lenyth hit to loreles þat leccherie haunteþ nota were þe bisshop y-blessid & worth bothe his eres his seel sholde not be set in deseit of þe peple bysshopsparsons and pariesh clarkes gitt thereby profittUc.P.78: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ac hit is not by þe bishopes y-leueUc.P.78: MED ileve n.(1): "Permission, leave." Russell-Kane lists the reading as y leue.Uc.P.78: bishopes y-leue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, which construes the text here as reading bishopes y leue, this reading is unique to MS Uc. However, if it is construed as bishopes y-leue, it is closely similar in sense to the P2 reading bischops leue, as well as similar in form to the reading of XCotBmBoDc bischop y leue. Russell-Kane reads simply bischop. Schmidt does likewise, but Pearsall reads bishop, y leue. þat þe boy prechithUc.P.78: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.P.77-79. For þe parissh prest & þe clerkUc.P.79: þe clerk: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe Pardoner. parton þe suluer þe pore robbed þat þe pore peple in parisshes sholdon haue if þei ne were Persounes & prestes pleyned to þe bisshop þat her parishes wern pore  sith þis pestilence tyme To haue alicencea licence a leueUc.P.83: a licence a leue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a licence and leue. in londoun to dwelle and synge þere for symonye whil suluer is so swete Bisshopes & bacheleres bothe maisters & doctoures þat hauen cure vnder crist & crownedUc.P.86: crowned: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads crownyng. in tokene ben chargid with holy chirche charite to tulye that is lele loue lifUc.P.88: lele loue lif: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lele loue and lif. among lered & lewedUc.P.88: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.P.88-90. bisshopps Tellers and officers in þe exchecare lyuenUc.P.89: lyuen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Leyen. in Londoun in lentoun &elles& elles nota sumeUc.P.90: The u in sume is written over an erasure. seruen þe kyng &his& his suluer tellen Uc.P.91: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. yn þe cheker & in þe chauncerie chalengen his dettes Of wardes & wardemotes wayues & strayues all offices in the Clergie and somme arn as seneschals & seruen othir lordesUc.P.93: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.P.91-94. nota and ben in stede of stywardes and sitton & demen This conscience is nowe supposed to be kinge Iames þe SixtUc.P.94: The first two lines of this marginal comment, from "This conscience" through "Iames þe Sixt," is bounded on both left and right margins by curly brackets, in the form of stacked parentheses, made by hand16. to punishe the couitousnes of the clergie of BrittaineUc.P.95: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ¶ Conscience kam & kuste hem & þe comvne herd hit and saide ydolatrie ȝe soffren in sondry places manye and boxes ben y-set forth yboundon wiþ yron To vnder-take þe tol of vntrewe sacrifice Ayenst prelates & prestes Uc.P.99: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.P.96-103.yn menyng of myracles myche wax hangeþ þere al þe world woet wel hit myght not be trewe and for hit profiteth ȝou in-to pursward þe prelates soffron þat lewed men yn mysbyleue lyuon & dyon y leue by oure lord for loueUc.P.103: The l and the left side of the o in loue show retracing, evidently in the same ink as the original. of ȝoure coueitise þat al þe world be þe wors as holy writ telleth ¶ what chest & meschaunce to þe childron of yraelUc.P.105: For this variant spelling of the word Israel, see MED and also Uc.P.111 below. felUc.P.105: Russell-Kane relineates, putting fel (or Ful, in the spelling of MS X) at the beginning of the next line in a way that improves the alliteration of that line. ynUc.P.106: yn: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads on. hem þat fre were þorgh two false prestes For offnyUc.P.107: The y in offny has been retraced by hand12, to judge from the sharp rightward curve in the tail of the letter. helyUc.P.107: hely: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses. sone & finees his brothir þey wern discounfit in bataile & loston archa domini and for he say hemUc.P.109: he say hem: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads here syre sey hem. synne & soffred hem do ylle and chastised hem not þerof & noldon not rebuke hem Samuel . primo . capitulo . quarto . anoen as hit was told him þat þe childron of yraelUc.P.111: For this variant spelling of the word Israel, see MED and also Uc.P.105 above. wern discounfit in bataile & archa domini lorn and his sones slawe þere he fel anoenUc.P.113: he fel anoen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads anon he ful for sorwe, as does Pearsall; Schmidt reads, anon for sorwe ful he. fro his chaier þere he sat Russell-Kane relineates, putting Fro his chayere þer he sat at the start of the next line. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the lineation here is unique to MS Uc. olde Helies punnishment Uc.P.114: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the style of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.P.112-14.and braek his necke on tweyen and al was for venieance he beet not his childron and for þei were prestes & men of holy chirche God was wel þe wroþer & toek þe rathir venieance ¶For-þi y saye ȝou prestes & men of holy chirche nota þat soffren men do sacrifice & worshipe mawmetes for Idolatrye God will take vengeaunce · on prestes · chiefly . Uc.P.120: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.P.118-27.and þeyUc.P.120: þey: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝe. sholdon ben her fadres & techen hem bettere God shal take veniaunce on alle such prestes wel hardore & grettore on suche shrewed fadres þen euere he dide on offny & Fynees & hely þair fadreUc.P.123: & hely þair fadre: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads or on her fader. For ȝoure shrewed soffraunce & ȝour owne synne ȝour masse & ȝour matynes & many of ȝour houres arn don vndevoutlich drede hit is at þe laste lest crist &his& his constorie acorse of hem manye ¶ I perceyvede of þe powere þat peter hade to kepeUc.P.128: As Grindley notes (p. 175), the text in this repair is supplied from Crowley, probably from the second or third 1550 impression. The text from Crowley's third impression reads as follows:I perceyued of the powre, that Peter had to kepeTo binden and vnbinden, as the boke telleth:Howe he left it wyth loue, as our lorde hyghtAmonges foure vertuis, the best of al vertuesThat Cardinalles bene called, and closing yatesThere Christ is in kyngdome, to close and to shitAnd to open it to hem, and heuens blys sheweAnd of Cardinals at court, that caught of that name (fol. 2v; image 11). to bynde & vnbynde · as the boke telleth how he lefte yt wyth loue · as our lord heghte amonges fowre vertues þe best of alle vertues þat cardynalles beyn ycalled & closyng yattes ther cryst is in kyngdom to clos & to schytt & to opyn yt to them & hevyns blys scheweUc.P.134: The lack of a corresponding line in Russell-Kane results from the fact that Thyrnbeke's repair here was copied from Crowley, a B-text, which contains this line not found in the C version. & of cardynalles at cowrt þat caugth of þat name The seam of the patch obscures the lower part of all the letters in this rewritten line after cowrt.Uc.P.135: Because Thyrnbeke's repair of the vellum is copied from Crowley, a B-text which introduces a line not found in C-text MSS, and because Thyrnbeke replaced the same number of lines as he found in Uc, the line which immediately follows this one in other C-text MSS was lost in the process of the repair. Russell-Kane gives it as follows: And power presumen in hemself a pope to make. To haue þe power þat petur hadde ynpugne hem y nelle For in loue & lettrure lith þe gret eleccion Counturplede hit not quod conscience for holy churchUc.P.138:Russell-Kane here reads kirke, following MS Dc, in order to mend the alliteration. sake notawho maid many knightes his strenghUc.P.139: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ¶ þenne cam þere a kyng · knyghthod him laddeUc.P.139: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. Uc.P.140: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. Myght of þo men · makenUc.P.140: maken: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads made. him to regne and þen com kynd wit & knyghthoed to-gidores Caste þat þe comvne  sholde her comvnes fynde Kynde wit & þe comvn contreued alle craftes and for most profitable a plough gonne þey make and with lele labour to lyue whil lif on londe ~~on londe~~ lasteþ Then kynde wit to þe kyng & to þe comvn saide Crist kepe þe kyng & þi kyngerich and leue þe toUc.P.148: to: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this added reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses.Uc.P.148: To here is written in a darker ink than the main text. The style of the t is consistent with that of the main text scribe, with a shaft that ascends only slightly above the cross-stroke, but uncertainty remains in attribution of the hand. lede so þi lond · þat lewte þe louye and for thi rightful rulyng be rewardid in heuene Conscience to clergie & to þe kyng saide Uc.P.151: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Sum Rex sum princeps  neutrum fortasse deinceps O qui iura regis  christi specialia regis Hoc vt agas melius  iustus es esto pius Nudum ius a te  vestiri vult pietate Qualia vis metere talia grana sere Si seritur pietas  de pietateUc.P.156: The pie in pietas and the whole word pietate have been traced over by a later hand to remedy fading of the original ink. Since the tracing follows the original script exactly, attributing responsibility for it is impossible. · metas ¶ Concience & þe kyng in to court wente where houed an hundred with houues of selk seriauntes hit semeden  þat seruon at þe barre pledon for pence and powndes the laweUc.P.160: The text of Crowley's third impression corresponding to this repair comes from two separate portions of the B-text and reads as follows (line numbers as per Kane-Donaldson):Prol.213-16:Pleten for penies, and poundes, the lawe,And not for the loue of our lord, vnclosen her lips onceThou mightest better mete þe mist, on maluerne hilsThan get a mumme of her mouth, til money be shewed (Crowley 3d impr., fol. 4r; image 12).Prol.146-51:With that ranne there a route, of rattons at onceAnd small mise wyth hem, mo than a thousandeAnd commen to counsel, for the common profite.For a Catte of a courte, came whan hym lykedAnd ouerleapte hem lyghtly, & cought hem at his wilAnd played wyth hem perilously, and possed about (Crowley 3d impr., fol. 3r; image 11).As Grindley notes (pp. 177-78), both the repositioning of these lines in Langland's revision from the B version to the C version, and also the substantive differences between Crowley and this text in most of the restored lines, argue that Thyrnbeke used some exemplar other than Crowley as his source for this repair on fol. 9v. But neither is it entirely clear that Thyrnbeke's repairs followed the original text of the damaged folio, for the restored Uc.P.170 differs in the words he lyked from the original line still extant immediately below it, which reads him liked. The evidence in the Russell-Kane apparatus and the Kane-Donaldson apparatus suggests that Thyrnbeke's exemplar was a C text, for the following readings are witnessed here and in other C manuscripts, but not in B manuscripts: Uc.P.164 then, as yt wer; Uc.P.167 hym lyketh; Uc.P.169 putt them þer he lyked. Again according to Russell-Kane, the passage agrees with C-version MSS P and Ec in 18 readings where Russell-Kane shows textual variation, and with P2 in 18, leaving room for considerable doubt whether Thyrnbeke's repair was copied from a manuscript of the X family—perhaps from the original damaged folio of Uc with a few changes of grammar and spelling—or from one of the P family. (See Russell-Kane p. 58 for those editors' manuscript groupings.) & nott for love of our lorde vnlows þer lyppe once þou myght better meytt myst on maluerne hylles þen gett a mome of þer mowth or money werUc.P.163: Hand13 appears to have overwritten an r-form r with a z-form r. schewd then ran þer a rowt of ratons as yt wer & smalle mysse with them mo then a thowsand þe talle of þe cat & ratonsUc.P.165: Grindley (p. 184) identifies this marginal comment as having been copied from Crowley. Crowley has The tale of the rattons at the line corresponding to Uc.P.164 and Kane-Donaldson Prol.146 (Crowley 2d impression, fol. 3r; image 11; the third impression seems to have the same comment, but the right edge of the EEBO image, or trimming of the right edge of the page, has cut off the e in tale and the first t in rattons). Com to a cowncelle for ther comon profett for a catt of a cowrt comen when hym lyketh & ouerlepe them lyghtlye & cawght þem at wylle & playd with them perlosslye & putt them þer he lyked and pleide with hem perelously & put hem þere him liked and yf we grocche of his game he wol greue vs alle To his clees clawe vs · & in cloches vs halde þat vs loþith þe lif ar he lete vs passe Myght we with any wit  his wille withsitte we myghte be lordes a-loft & lyue as vs luste a ratovn of gret reigunounUc.P.176: Viz. "renown," MED renoun. most resounable of tunge saide y haue seyn gret sires in citeUc.P.177: cite: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Cytees. & in townes bere byes of bright gold al a-boute her neckes and colers of crafty werk bothe knyghtes & squiers wer þere abellea belle on her bye by Iesu as me thinketh Men myghte ywite wher þei wente  & her way shonye Bot wolde we make vs a belle al of bright suluer and knytton hit on a coler for oure comvne profit and hangon hit aboute þe cattes hals  þenne here we mowe whethir he rit or rest or rometh to pleye and yf vs lust forto layke þan loke we mowe and appere in his presence while him plaie liketh and if him we wrathe be war & his way roume al þis route of ratownes to þis resoun þei assentid ac þo þe belle was y-brought & on þe bye hanged þere ne was oen of al þe route  for al þe rewme of fraunce þat dorste haue y-bounde þe belle  a-bowte þe cattes necke Ne haue hanged hit a-boute his hals al ynglond to wynne and þai leton her labour y-lost & her long studie ¶ A mousUc.P.195: The s in mous is written over an erasure. þat myche goed coude as me þo þowghte Strok forth sternely & stoed bifore hem alle and to þe rowt of ratons Uc.P.197: As Grindley notes (pp. 175-76), Thyrnbeke's restoration here in lines Uc.P.197-99 probably comes from Crowley. In the line corresponding to Uc.P.198 (Kane-Donaldson Prol.185), Crowley (third impression) reads, Though we kil this cat (fol. 3v; image 12). The manuscript's reading, had kylde, agrees with most witnesses to the B and C versions, according to the Kane-Donaldson and Russell-Kane editions. However, the word this in that line is unique to Crowley, according to those editions. Thus it is most likely that Thyrnbeke used Crowley and revised the verb form to accord with the syntax of the extant portion of the line.rehesedrehe[r]sed þes wordes þowgh we had kylde this cat ȝit sholde þere come anoþer To cracche vs & alle our kynde þogh we crepe vnder benches for-thi y counsele for oure commune profit lat þe cat yworthe and be neuere so bold þe belle him to shewe For y herde myn sire sayn  seuen ȝeer ypassed Omnium doctissimorum suffragio dic[un]tur hec de lassiuisUc.P.203: Viz., lascivis , & fattuis . aut ineptis principibus non de etate tenellis quasi dicat vbi rex puer[ilis] estUc.P.203: This marginal comment was copied from Crowley. It is present in all three impressions on fol. 3v (first impression, image 6; second and third impressions, image 12). þere þe cat is but a kytown þe court is ful elynge witnesse at holy writ who-so can rede Uc.P.205: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Ve terre vbi puer est Rex y seye hit for me quod þe mous y se so myche after shal neuere þe cat ne þe kitown by my counsel be greued Ne carpon of her colers þat costede me neuere and þogh hit costid me catelle  be knowen y ne wolde Bot soffre & say nought & so is þe beste Til þat myschef amende hem þat many oneUc.P.211: one: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this added reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads man. chasteth nota Uc.P.212: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.P.211-13.For many mannes malt  we muys wolde destruye the insaysiablines of þe lawyersUc.P.213: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and þe route of ratownes of reste men awake Ne were þe cat of þe court & kytownsUc.P.214: kitowns: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝonge kitones. That edition records the reading of MS Nc as substantially þe kitones, which shares with Uc the omission of ȝonge. touward Uc.P.215: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.P.215-17.for hadde ȝe ratownes ȝoure ruedUc.P.215: Although the MED attests this spelling only for red n.(3), "A reed stalk," the sense is clearly that of red n.(1), "counsel" or "purpose."  ȝe cowde not rule ȝou seluen what þes metels by-meneth  ȝe men þat ben murie will the catt þe kinge and the kittines distroyeUc.P.217: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. { evne nowe at hande } deme ȝe for y ne dar by dere god almyghty ¶ ȝit mette me more of mene & of riche as barownes & burgeys and bonde men of thropes al y say slepinge as ȝe shal here her-after Bothe bakers & brewers bochers & oþere websters & walkers & wynneres with hondes as tailloures & Tanners & tuliers þe erthe as dikers & delueres þat don her dedes ille and driuen forth her daies with dieu vous saue dame Emme Cokes & her knaues criedon hote pies hote Gode gees & Gris ga we dyne ga we Tauerners to hem tolde þe same whit wyn of Oseye & w read wyne of gascoynUc.P.229: In Thyrnbeke's restoration, the reading read wyne is clearly not that of the manuscript as it originally stood, for the w still extant from the original shows the omission of the word read. Grindley (p. 176) identifies the restored text as having been taken from Crowley, which in the third impression reads thus: Whyt wine of Osay, and red wyne of Gascoyone (fol. 4v; image 13). (Crowley's first impression here reads, Wyth wyne of Osey, and redde wyne of Gascoyne—fol. 4v; image 7.) Since Thyrnbeke took Uc.P.127-35 and a number of marginal comments from Crowley, it seems most likely that Crowley was also the exemplar for this repair in Uc.P.227-31. However, according to Kane-Donaldson, the reading read wyne also accords substantially with all beta-group B-version witnesses, viz. all in which this portion of the poem is extant except R and F. Of þe reule & of þe Rochelle þe rost to defye al þis y say sleping & seuyn sythes mor Passus primus de vi[sione Pers le Plog]hman Uc.1.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.P.228 to Uc.1.13. What þe movntayn [bymeneth and þe]merk dale and þe feld ful of folk y shal ȝou faire shewe a louely lady of lore yn lynnen clothid Cam down from þe castelle & cald me by name and saide wille slepest þow sest þow þis peple how besy þei ben a-boute þe mase The most people desyre worship . Uc.1.7: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.1.7-9.þe moste party of this peple þat passeth on þis erthe haddon þei worshipe in this world þei wilneth noen bettere Of othir heuen þen here holde þei no tale y was aferd of hir face þough she fair were and saide mercy ma-dame what may þis be to mene The towr vppon þe tofte quod she truthe is þer-ynne and wolde þat þei wroughton as his word techit For he is fadir of feith & formour of alle To be faiful to him ȝaf ȝou fyue wittes forto worshipe him þerwith whil ȝe lyuon here where-fore he het þe elementis to helpe ȝou at alle tymes and bringe forþe your byliue boþe lynnon & wollon and in mesure howeUc.1.19: howe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading, which is in an anglicana hand other than that of the main scribe, is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thow. muche · were to make þouyou at ese · and comaundid of his curtasie in comvne þre thinges arn noen nidefoule but þo þre & nempne hem y thinke and rikene hem by rewe reherse hem wher ȝe likeUc.1.22: like: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads liketh. the firste is fode & vesture þe seconde and drinke þat þe goed doth & drink not owt of tyme Loot first planted grappes } genicis Loot yn his lyue þorgh likerous drinke wickedlich y-wroughte & wrathid god almyghty yn his dronkenesse a day his doughtres he dighte and lay by hem boþe as þe boek telleth yn his glotonye he gat gurles &Uc.1.29: &: Russell-Kane reads þat. wern churles and al he witte þe wyne þatUc.1.30: Thyrnbeke's restored text here is probably copied from Crowley, which in the third impression reads thus: And al he wite the wine, that wicked dede (fol. 5r; image 13). wicked dedeUc.1.30: Russell-Kane: And al he witte it wyn þat wikkede dede. Schmidt, and Pearsall: And al he witte þe wyn his wikkede dede. Uc.1.31: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Inebriemus eum vino miamusqueUc.1.31: Vulgate, Genesis 19.32: dormiamusque cum eo Vt seruare possimus de patre nostro semen Genesis & cetera þorgh wyn & þorgh woman þere was lot acombred For-þi drede delitable drink bothe day & nyghtes Measure Mesure is Medicine þogh þeUc.1.35: þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þow. myche ȝerne al is not goed þat þe gost ne þatUc.1.36: þat þe gost ne þat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to þe gost þat. þe gut asketh Ne liflode to þe lycam þat leue is þe soule leue not þi licam for a liare him techith which is þe wrecchid world wolde þe bigile For þe feend & þi flesh folowen to-gidores and þat sueth þi soule & seith hit þe in herte and wisseþ the to be war what wolde þe disceyue Uc.1.43: Red tracework surrounds this decorative capital and extends from Uc.1.37 to the bottom of the folio at Uc.1.57. A ma-dame mercy me liketh wel ȝour wordes ac þe money of þis molde þat men so faste kepon telleth me to whom þat tresour bilongeth Go to þe gospel quod sho & se what god saide When þe peple apposedonUc.1.47: apposedon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads aposed. him of a peny in þe temple and god asked at hem whos was þe coyne Sesares þei saide soþly we knoweth Reddite sesari saide god þat sesar bifalleth Et que sunt dei deo  Or elles ȝe don ille For rightfullich resoun sholde rule ȝou alle and kynde wit be wardeyn þorghUc.1.53: þorgh: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝoure. welthe to kepe and Tutour of ȝour tresour & take hit ȝou at nede for husbondrie & he holdeth to-gidores y frayned hir faire for him þat hir made þe deep dale & þe derk so vnsemly to see tooUc.1.57: The Russell-Kane apparatus conveys a mistaken impression of this Uc line in listing too as a variant for the lemma to see to; rather, it should be listed under the lemma to(2). what may hit bymene ma-dame y biseche þe ¶ þat is þe castel of care who-so cometh þerinne May banne þat he born was in body & in soule þerinne woneth a wight þat wrong is Ihote meUc.1.61: The me remains from a probable original reading of wrong ys his name—cf. Schmidt 1.59, Pearsall 1.59, and Russell-Kane apparatus. According to the Kane-Donaldson and Russell-Kane editions, the original reading of this manuscript accords with all C witnesses except one, and Thyrnbeke's restoration accords substantially with all B witnesses. The likely source is Crowley's third impression (fol. 5v; image 14), in view of Thyrnbeke's other nearby borrowings from that source. þe Deuille Fader of falshed fond hit fiUc.1.62: The fi remains from a probable original reading of firste of alle—cf. Russell-Kane 1.60.hym-selfeUc.1.62: Thyrnbeke's restoration accords with all B-version witnesses, according to Kane-Donaldson, but the likely source is Crowley's third impression (fol. 5v; image 14), in view of Thyrnbeke's other nearby borrowings from that source. Adam & Eue he Eggid to ylle CaynUc.1.64: Cayn: This marginal comment corresponds to one in Crowley's third impression only. In Crowley, the comment is spelled Cayne and is located at the line corresponding to Uc.1.62 and Kane-Donaldson 1.64 (fol. 5v; image 14). and counceled caym to kule his brother IudasUc.1.65: Iudas: This marginal comment corresponds to one in Crowley, all impressions. In the third impression it is located at Uc.1.64 and Kane-Donaldson 1.66 (third impression fol. 5v; image 14). In the first impression (fol. 5v; image 8) and the second impression (fol. 5v; image 14) it is located one line later. Iudas he biyaped · þorgh Iuwen Iewesch syluerUc.1.65: Again, the likely source of Thyrnbeke's restoration is Crowley's third impression, which reads, Iudas he iaped, with Iewes siluer (fol. 5v; image 14). However, the Kane-Donaldson and Russell-Kane editions suggest that a form closer to Iewes than to Iewen is found in some other witnesses to both the B and C versions. and afterward an-hanged him hie vpon an ellerne he is lettere of loue & lieth alle tymes that tristeth in tresour of erthe he bitraieth sonnest To combere men with coueitise þat is his kynde & his lore ¶ Thenne hadde y wonder in my wit what womman she were þat such wise wordes of holy writ shewed and halsede hire on þe hie name or she þennes wente what she were weturly þat wissed me so & taughte TrueUc.1.74: The marginal comment here is linked with the underlined words holy church in the text by an equals sign to the right of the word True. Religion & not þe Popp ¶ holy church y am quod she þow aughtest me to knowe y vndertokUc.1.75: vndertok: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads vndirfenge. þe formest & freman þe made þow broughtest me borowes my biddyng to fulfille leue on me & loue me al þi lyue tyme ¶ Thenne y kneled on my knees & kried hir of grace and praide hire pitously to praye for me to amende and also kenne me kyndely on crist to bileue Teche me to noUc.1.81: The n in no shows a lateral spread uncharacteristic of the main text hand, but the hand here is otherwise unidentifiable. tresor but telle me this ilke how y may saue my soule þat saynt art yholdeUc.1.82: The Russell-Kane edition gives the following line, omitted in Uc, as line 81: When alle tresores ben tried treuthe is þe beste. y do hit vpon deus caritas to deme þe sothe Charytie . Uc.1.84: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.1.82-88.hit is as derworthe drewry as dere god him-seluon for he is trewe of his tunge & of his two hondes and doth þe werkes þerwith & wilneth no man ille he is agoda god by þe gospel & graunt may hele and also lik oure lord  by seynt lukes wordes Clerkes þat knowen hit is þus sholdon kenne hit abovtonUc.1.89: abovton: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads aboute. For cristen & vncristen claymeth hit eche one ordour of knygtes kynges & knyghtes sholdon kepe hit bi resoun Ridon and rappe adovn in reaumes abowte and taken transgressores & tyen hem faste Til treuthe hadde y-termyned her trespas to þe ende and haldon with himUc.1.95: Above the i in him is written what appears to be a letter e. It does not appear to be a correction; it may be simply an exaggerated form of the stroke above the i. Compare the stroke in hit four lines above, in Uc.1.90. The surrounding area appears to have been affected by rubbing. & wiþ hire þat han trewe accion and for no lordes loue leue trewe partie Trulich to take & trulich to fighte ys þe professioun in þe puyr ordre þat appendiþ to knyghtes and who-so passeþ þat poynt is apostata of knyghthod For þei sholde nowthir faste ne forbere þe serk But fighte & fende truthe & neuer leue for loue in hope to lach suluer ¶ Dauid in his daies dobbed knyghtes Dide hem swere on her swerd to serue truthe euere and god whan he bigan heuen in þat gret blisse Made knyghtes in his couert creatures tene Cherubyn & saraphin such seuen & anoþer Lucifer louelokest þo · ac litel while hit durede he was an archangel of heuene oen of godes knyghtes he and oþer with hym heldon not with truthe Lopon out in lothly forme for his fals wille That hadde lust to be lik his lord þat was almyghty Uc.1.112: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Ponam pedem meum in aquilone Et Similis ero altissimo Lord whi wolde he þo þat wicked lucifer Lippon aloft in þe North syde þen sitton in þe sonne side þere þe day reweth Nere hit for northirne men anoen y wolde ȝou telle ac y wol lackon no lif quod þat lady sothly hit is sikerore by south þere þe sonne regneth Then in þe north by many notes no man leueþ othir Lucyfers Hall in Imo Gehennae for þedor as þe feend fley his foet forto sette þere he failled & fel & his felawes alle and helle is þere he is · & he þerynne ybounde Euene þe contrarie sitteth crist clerkes weton þe soþe Uc.1.125: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Dixit dominus domino meo sede a dextris meis ac of þis matere no more nempne ynelley nelle hewes in þe haliday after hete wayton ac þei care not þogh hit be cold knaues when þei worche wonder wyse holy writ telleth how þei fellon Lucyfers fall . somme in erthe somme in heir somme in helle depe ac lucifer lowest lith of hem alle For pruyde that him pokede his payne hath noen ende and alle þat worchon þat wicked is wendon þei sholle after her deth day & dwelle þere wrong ys and alle þat haue wel ywrought wende þey shol estwardUc.1.135: Russell-Kane places estward at the beginning of the following line and indicates that the Uc lineation is unique. Til heuene euere þere to abide þere truthe is þe tour  þat þe trinite ynne sitteth ¶ LereþUc.1.138: The þ in lereþ is written over an erasure, possibly by hand1. hit þus lewed men for lettrid men hit knoweth þen truthe & trewloue is no tresour bettere Truth is þe greatest treasurUc.1.140: This marginal comment corresponds to one in Crowley, at the lines corresponding to Uc.1.138-41 (Kane-Donaldson 1.135-39; Crowley third impression, folio 6v, image 15). I haue no kynde knowyng quod y þat mot þeUc.1.140: þat mot þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝe mot, but also indicates that various manuscripts in the X family read ȝut mot ȝe or (Dc) þat mot ȝe. kenne me bettere By what way hit waxeth & whedir out of my menyng Thow dotid daffe quod she dulle arn thi wittes To litel lernedest þow y leue latyn in þin ȝouthe A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Heu michi quod sterilem duxi vitam iuuenilem hit is a kynde knowyng þat kenneþ in þin herte for to louye þi lord leuest of alle Deye rathir þen do any dedly synne A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Melius est mori quam male viuere and þis y trowe be trewe · who-so can teche þe bettere loke þow soffre him to say and so þow myght lerne Love or Carritas PiusA simmely { as Trecale or MedridatUc.1.151: OED mithridate, "A composition of many ingredients in the form of an electuary, regarded as a universal antidote or preservative against poison and infectious disease. Hence, any medicine to which similar powers were ascribed.", expulseth pouison in þe body so loue, and godly charitie, expulseth sinn in the ~~Body~~Soule For truthe telleth þat loue is triacle to abate synne and most souereyn salue  in a soreUc.1.152: in a sore: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads for soule and for. body Love Loue is plante of pees most precious of vertues For heuene holde hit ne myghte  so heuy hit first semed Til hit hadde of erthe · y-ȝotun his silue Ne was neuere leef vpon lynde lightore þere-after as when hit hadde of þe folde  flesh & bloed taken þo was hit portatif & persaunt as þe poynt of anedlea nedle May no armure hit lette ne none hie walles for-thi is loue leder of oure lordes folk of heuene and a mene as þe mair is bytwene þe kyng & þe comune Right so is loue a ledar · & þe lawe sheppeth vpmanvp man for his mysdedes · þe mercyment he taxeth and forto knowe hit kyndely hit comseth by myght and in þe herte þere is þe heued · & in þe eyeUc.1.165: Eye is written over an erasure.Uc.1.165: in þe eye: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe heye. welle For of kynde knowyng of herte þere comseth a myght and þat falleth to þe fader þat formed vs alle Loked on vs with loue let his sone deye Mekely for oure mysdedes amendid vs alle and ȝut nolde hem no wo þat wrought him al þat tene But mekeliche by mouthe mercy he bisoughte To haue pite on that peple þat peyned him to deth here myghte ȝe see ensaumples in him-self one þat he was myghtful & meke & mercy gan graunte To hem þat hongen hym hye & his herte thorlede For-þi y rede ȝou riche haue ruthe on the pore þogh ȝe be myghty to mote  be meke in ȝour hertes For þe same mesure þat ȝe mete amys oþer elles ȝe sholn be weyed þerwith · when ȝe wende hennes Uc.1.180: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis remetietur vobis for þogh ȝe be trewe of ȝour tonges & trulich wynne Almesse . and ben as chast as a child  þat chideþ noþer fighteþ But yf ȝe loue lellich & lene þe pore of such goed as god sent godlich parte ȝe han no more meryte yn masse ne yn houres no meritt in any worcksUc.1.186: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þen malkyn hadde of hire maydonhed when no man hir coueytid For Iames þe gentil Iuggeth in his bokes iustifiinge faith only workinge þat feith with-owton þe feet is feblere þen nought and as dede as a dore-nayl but yf þe dedes folowe Uc.1.190: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Fides sine operibus mortua est Chastite with-owton charite worth chayned in helle hit is a lewed thing as a laumpe þat no light is ynne Many chapeleyns arn chast ac charite hem faileth þe couuitous of þe clergieUc.1.194: This note is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota Uc.1.194: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.1.194-95.arn none hardore neUc.1.194: The e in ne appears to have been altered from an o. hungriore þen men of holi church auerous & euel willed whan þei ben auaunsed vnkynde to her kyn & to alle cristene Chewen her charite & chidon after more & ben acombred with coueytise þey can not crepon owt Vncharytable chaplaynes . / / Uc.1.199: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.1.193-202.So harde haþ auarice y-hasped hem to-gidores and that is no truthe of þe trinite Bot treccherie synne and a lither ensaumple leue me as for þe lewed peple For þise arn wordes ywreton in þe euangelie Uc.1.203: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Date & dabitur vobis For y telle ȝou alle & þat is þe lok of loue & vncloseþUc.1.204: vncloseþ: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads vnloseth. grace þat counforteþ alle careful & combredUc.1.205: & combred: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads acombred. with synne Love & truth Uc.1.206: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.1.204-10.So loue is leche of lif & lisse of al payne and þe graceUc.1.207: grace: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads graffe. of grace & graythest way to heuene For-thi y may saye as y saide eer bi sight of þes textes When alle tresoures ben y-tried treuthe is þe beste Loue hit quod þat lady lette may · I · no lengore To lere þe what loue is & leue at me · shoUc.1.211: The word sho is written over an erasure. · laughte Passus secundus de visione vbi prius Uc.2.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.1.207 to the bottom of the side at Uc.2.4. And þanne y kneled vpon my knees & cried to hire of grace and saide mercy ma-dame for maries loue of heuene that bar þat blessid barn þat boughte vs on þe Rode kenne me by sum craft to knowe þe false Loke vpon thi lifte half & lo wher he stondeth { false & favell fyckell tonge & Lyar Fals & Fauel & Fykel tunge lyare and many mo of her maners of men and of wymmen y loked vpon my lifte half as þe lady me taught and say a womman as hit were wonder richely clothid she was purfiled in pelure noen purer in erthe þe Purpill whore of Rome Meede & Fauill Antichrist anUc.2.11: See MED or OED for this variant spelling of and. crowned with a crowne þe kyng hath noen bettereUc.2.11: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.2.10-13. On alle her fyue Fyngres ful richely ringed and þere-onne rode rubies & othir riche stones her robyng was ricchere þen y rede couthe for to telle of hire atir no tome haue y nouthe her aray wiþ her richesse rauyshed myn herte whos wyf she were & what was hir name Leue lady quod y tho layne not yf ȝe knowen Meede or Reward enemye to truth . þat is medeUc.2.19: mede: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, omission here of þe mayde is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads, That is mede þe mayde, hath niyed me ful ofte. þat haþ noyed me ful ofte and ylowe on my lemman þat leaute is hoton and lackeþ him to lordes þat lawes haue to kepe yn kynges court in comyn court contrarieth my teching yn þe popes paleys she is priue as my-selue ac sothnes wolde not so for she is a bastard Meede a Basterd is doughter to favell Oen fauel was hir fader þat hath a fikel tonge and selde soth saith but if sheUc.2.26: she: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads he. souche gyle and mede is manered after him as men of kynde karpeth Uc.2.28: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Talis pater talis filia & cetera . For shal neuere brere bere · berye as a vyne christs parable in Mathewe Ne on a croked kene þorn kynde fige wexe A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.2.29-31. Uc.2.31: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Bona arbor bonum fructum facit & cetera . I oughte be herroreUc.2.32: The MED notes the form herreras comparative of heigh. þen she  y come of a bettere þe fader þat me forth broughte filius dei he hotith þat neuere lyed ne laughed al his lif tyme and y am his dere doughtur duches of heuene þat what manUc.2.36: The letters in man lean slightly leftward and show a slightly taller proportion than in the main text hand. The form of the a is anglicana. me louyeþ & my wille foloweþ Shal haue grace to god ynowe & a goed ende And what mede louethUc.2.38: Russell-Kane: what man mede loueth. my lif dar y wedde sheUc.2.39: she: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads He. shal lese for hire loue a lippe of trewe charite þat helpeth man most to heuene mede most letteþ y do hit vpon dauith þe doumb wil not lye Uc.2.42: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & cetera and dauiþ vndoth him-self as þe dom sheweþ Uc.2.44: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et super innocentem munera non accepit Meede shalbeshal be maryed to falsehod . / To-morowe worth mede y-maried to a mased wrecche To on fals faithles of þe fendes kynne Fauel þorgh his flateryng speche hath mede foule enchauntid and al is lyares ledyng þis lady is thus yweddid Soffre & þow shalt see suche as be apayde þat mede is þus y-maried to-morowe þow shalt aspie knowe hem wel if þow canst  & kepe þe from hem alle þat loueth wel her lordshipe lasse othir more Lacke hem not bot late hem worthe to lewte be Iustice and haue power to punyshe hem  þen put forth þi resoun For y bikenne þe crist quod she  & his clene moder and acombre þow neuere þi concience for coueitise of mede ¶ Thus lefte me þat lady liggyng as a-slepe Theyr Names þat wer bydden to þe Mariage . / and say how mede was maried metyng as hitUc.2.58: The hi in hit is written over an erasure by an unidentifiable hand. The secretary-style rightward-curving descender of the h shows it to be a hand later than that of the main scribe. were al þe riche retenaunce  þat roteth hem on fals leuyng wern bedon to þe bridale · on bothe half þe contree Of many manere of men  þat of med kyn wern Of knyghtes of clerkes · of othir comune pepleUc.2.62: The phrase of othir comune peple is written over an erasure. as sisoures sompnoures shirreues & her clerkes Bedels & baylyues  & brokoures of chaffares Forgoeres & vitaileres & voketes of þe arches y kan not rekene þe route þat ran abowte mede nota Ac symonye & syuile & sisoures of courtesUc.2.67: The word courtes is written over an erasure. wern most priue with mede of any men me þoughte ac Fauel was þe firste þat fet hir out of hir chaumbreUc.2.69: hir chaumbre: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads chambre.and a broker and a broker brought hire forth to be ioyned wiþ fals Whan symonye & syuile  y-say þair aither wille þen assentid þatUc.2.72: þat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this added reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses. hit were so at sulueres prayeres þenne leep lyare forth & saide lo here a chartere þat gyle hath gyue to falsnesse  & grauntid also mede and prayeth syuile to see hit & symonye to rede hit þenne symonye & syuile · stondeþ forth bothe and vnfoldeth þat feffement þat fals haþ y-maked þenne saide symonie þat siuyle hit herde Al þat loueth & bileueth vpon lykyng of mede Leueþ hit lelly  this worldUc.2.80: The orld in world is written over an erasure. her laste mede þat foloweth falsnesse Fauuel & lyare Mede & suche men þat after mede wayton maritagium prauum cum feoffemento in malo feodo de peruersa tenuraUc.2.83: This marginal comment corresponds to one in Crowley, which differs as follows: in malo feodo et de perversa tenura (third impression, fol. 9v; image 17). Thyrnbeke omits the word et. Uc.2.83: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Sciant presentes & futuri & cetera Weton & wissonUc.2.84: wisson: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads witnessen. þat wonyon on erthe þat mede is maried more for her richesse þen for holynesse or hendenesse  oþer for hye kynne Falsnesse is fayn of hire  for he woet hir riche and fauel þat haþ a fals speche feffe yUc.2.88: feffe y: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Feffeth. hem by þis lettre To be princes yn pruyde  & pouerte to dispise To bakbite & to boste & bere fals witnesse To scorne & to scolde & sclaunder to make Vnboxum & bolde to breke þe ten hestes þe Erldom of enuye & ire he hem graunteþ wiþ chastel of chest & chatering out of resoun þe counte of coueytise  & consentiþ to hem boþe with vsurie & auarice & oþer fals sleygthes yn bargaynes & brocages wiþ þe borow of thefte wiþ al þe lordship of leccherie yn lengthe & in brede as yn werkes & wordes  & in waytyng of þese yn woldes & in wisshinges  & wiþ idel þoughtes Turne þere þat wille wolde & were  manshipeUc.2.101: were  manshipe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads werkmanschip. faileth Glotonye a gyueth hem & gret othis to-giders Al day to drinke at diuers tauernes and þere to iangele & to iape  & to IuggeUc.2.104: & to Iugge: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and iuge. her euen-cristene And fastingdaies to frete bi-fore none & drinke with spiserie speke ydelnesse  in vayn speche & spende and shewe forth such felawship til þei ben falle in slewþe and awake with wanhope & no wille to amende For he leueth be lost  when he his lif letith þis lif to folowe falsnesse  & folk þat on him leueth after her deþ þei dwellon  ay with-outon ende yn lordshipe with lucifer  as þis lettre sheweth with alle þe appurtenaunces of purgatorie  & þe peyn of helle yn witnes of þis þing  wrong was þe firste and pers þe pardoner of palmereUc.2.115: palmere: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads paulines. queste But þe bedel of bannebury sokene Raynold þe Reue · & Redyngges manye Munde þe Mullere  & many mo oþere In þe date of þe deuel · þis dede is asseled By sight of sir symonye & syuiles leue ¶ þenne tenyd him teologie  when he þes tales herde and saide to symonye  now sorow mot ȝeUc.2.122: mot ȝe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads mot thow. haue Such a wedding to worche  þat truthe myght wrathe the Kynred of Meede . / and ar þis weddyng be wrought  wo to alle ȝour consail For mede is moilere  Amendes was her dame Alle-þough fals wer hir fader  & fikeltonge hir belsire Amendes was hire moder  by trewe mennes lokyng And with-oute her moder amendes · mede may not be weddid For truthe plight her truthe to wedde on of her doughtres and god grauntid hit were so  so no gyle were and þow hast gyue as gile taughte  now god ȝiue þe sorowe For syuyle & þi-selue selde fulfilleth þat god wolde were ydo  with som deseit y teologie þe tixt knowe · yf trewe dom witnesseth þat laurence þe leuyte þat lay on þe gredyre Loked vp to oure Lord and alowd saide God of þi grace heuen gates opene For y man of þi mercy  mede haue deserued and sithe man may on heye  mede of god deserue hit semeth soþly right so on erthe þat mede may be weddid  to no man but to truthe and þow hast feffid hire with fals  fy on such lawe byUc.2.143: by: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads For by. lesinges ȝe lacchon largelich mede þat ȝe nymeth & þe notaries  to nought gynneþ bringe who is occacion þat þe church is broght loweUc.2.145: Grindley (p. 185) identifies this marginal comment as having been copied from Crowley. The comment in Crowley's second and third impressions reads, Who it is that shameth holy church. (fol. 9v; image 18). It is lacking in Crowley's first impression. It is attached to the lines corresponding to Uc.2.142-43, Kane-Donaldson 2.124-25. ¶Uc.2.145: Darkening around the paraph marker suggests that perhaps it was erased and redone. holy churche & charite  ȝe cheweth & deuowreth ȝe sholn abiggon hit boþe but ȝe amende þe sonnere For wel ȝe wite wernardes · as holy writ telleth þat fals is faithles þe feend is his sire and as a bastard ybore byȝete was he neuere and mede is moylere & mayden of gode she myghte kisse þe kyng  as for his kynnes-womman For-þi worcheþ by wisdom  & by wit also and ledeth hire to Londone þere lawe may declare whethir matrimoyne may be of mede & of falshede and þough iustices enyoyne hem þorgh iuroures oþes ȝut beth ywar of þe weddyng  for witty is truthe and conscience is of his councel · & knoweth hem alle and yf he fynde ȝou in defaut & wiþ þe fals holde hit shal bisitteUc.2.159: bisitte:Thus Russell-Kane. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Schmidt, and Pearsall: sitte. ȝour soules ful sore at þe laste ¶ here-to assentith syuyle ac symonye ne wolde Til he hadde siluer for þe seel & signes of notaries Tho fette fauel forth floreynes ynowe and bad gyle to gyue gold al aboute and manlich þe notories  þat none of hem faile and feffe fals witnes with floreyns ynowe For he may mede amaistrie  with his mery speche Tho þis gold was y-gyue gret was þe thonkyng þat fauel & fals hadde for her faire ȝiftes and comen forth curteisly to counforte þe false Meede rydeth to London to be advised by law if she shall marry fashodfa[l]shod and sayde softly sesse shal we neuere Til mede be þi weddid wif  wol we not stinte For we han mede amaystred þorgh our mery tonge þat she grauntiþ to goo wiþ a goed wille To Londoun & loke yf lawe wol iugge To be maried for mone mede haþ assentid ¶ þenne was fauel fayn & falsnesse blithe and leton somun · Uc.2.177: The mark here interpreted as a sloppily executed raised point may in fact be merely an accidental tick-mark. It has a tail pointing upward and rightward to the two o'clock position. alle his segges in vch syde aboute and bad hem alle be bowen beggeres & othir To wende wiþ him to westmynster  his wedding to honoure Ac hakeneyes hadde þei none but hakeneyes to huyre þenne gan gyle to borown · hors of many grete maistres and shop þat a shirreue sholde bere mede what horses þai had þat rod with medeUc.2.183: This marginal comment is taken from Crowley. Crowley's third impression reads, What horses thei þat rid wyth Mede had (fol. 10v; image 19); the second impression, What horses they þat ride with Mede (fol. 10v; image 19). In Crowley, the comment is attached to lines 2.162-64 in the numbering of the Kane-Donaldson edition of the B-text, lines which correspond roughly to Uc.2.180-82. Softlich in saunbure from syse to syse and fals & fauel fecche forth sysoures and ride on hem & on reues right faste by mede ¶ Symonye & syuile seidon & sworon þat prestes & prouysoures sholdon prelates serue and y my-self syuile & symonye my felawe wol ride vpon rectours  & riche men deuoutoures and notaries on persounes · þat permuton ofte and on pore prouisoures & appeles in þe arches Somnoures & sodenes  supersedeas takeþ On hem þat loueth leccherie lippeþ vp & rideþ On secutoures & such men comeþ softly after and lat cope þe comissarie  our cart shal he drawe and fecchon oure vitailes & fornycatoures and maketh of lyare a lang cart to lede alle þes oþere as Fobbes & faytoures þat on here feet rennen Uc.2.199: A double virgule in the left margin marks a spot where a paraph marker should have been inserted. þenne fals & fauel Ride forth to-gideres and mede yn the myddes & alle þes men after y haue no tome to telle þe tayl þat hem folowed Of many manere men for mede sake is send after ac gyle was forgoere to gyon al this peple Forto wisse hem þe way & with mede abyde trewth maketh hast to þe kyngUc.2.205: This marginal comment matches one in Crowley's second and third impressions, where it is attached to the lines corresponding to Uc.2.203-206, Kane-Donaldson 2.188-91 (Crowley third impression fol. 10v; image 19). ¶ Soþnesse say hem alle & seyde but litel and priked forth on pacience & passed hem alle and cam to þe kynges Court & Conscience tolde and conscience · to þe kyng carped hit after Now by crist quod þe kyng & y cacche myghte Fals or fauel or her felawe lyare y wolde be awreke on tho wrecches & on her werkes alle and do hem hange by the hals · & alle þat hem maynteneþ shal neuere man on þis molde maynprise þe leste But Right as þe lawe loketh lat falle on hem alle and comaundid a Constable þat cam at þe firste Go attache þo tyrauntes For any tresour y hote Lat fetere falsnesse faste for any kynne ȝiftes and girdeth of gyles heed last heUc.2.218: The st in last and the he have been written over an erasure in an anglicana hand that may or may not be that of the main text scribe. The e has a circular cursive form that is used by the main scribe later in the manuscript, where the writing is more hurried. See, for instance, fol. 18r, lines Uc.3.7-8, and fol. 55v, lines Uc.10.62-65. go widdoreUc.2.218: last he go widdore: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lat hym goo no wyddore. and bringeth mede to me  maugre hem alle and yf ȝe lacchon lyare lat him not askape dreyde maketh þe gyltye fleUc.2.221: This marginal comment matches one in Crowley's second and third impressions, where it is attached to lines corresponding to Uc.2.222-23, Kane-Donaldson 2.208-11 (Crowley third impression, fol. 11r; image 19). ar he be put on þe pylory for any preyer ych hote drede stoed at þe dore · and þe dene herde what was þe kynges wille & wyghtlich he wente and bad falsnesse to fle & his feres alle falshod flyeth to the freres Uc.2.225: A double virgule in the left margin marks a spot where a paraph marker should have been inserted. Falsnesse for feer þo fley to þe freres gyle is shut vppe in merchantes shops. and gyle doþ him to gone agast forto deye ac marchauntes mette wiþ him & made him a-byde and by-shitton him in her shoppes to shewon her ware and perayledon him lik here prentys þe peple to serue3Uc.2.229: To judge from the format of other quire signatures on fols. 23-26, 32-34, 39, 47-48, and 57-58, this apparently signifies the third leaf of the second quire. The signature may have originally read 23, meaning 2.3, the first number indicating the quire and the second the leaf. lightlich lyare  leep awey þenne Lurkyng þorgh lanes to-loggid of manye he was nowgh-wher welcome for his many tales Oueral yhoutid & yhote trusse ¶ Til pardoneres haddon pite on him & puldon him yn-to house þey wosshon him & wipton him · & woundon him yn cloutes lyar is pulde into pardoners house and senton him on sonendayes with seles to chirche and ȝaf pardown for pens pound-mele aboute þenne loured leches & lettres þey senton dwelleth with physycions potycaryes mystrellesmy[n]strelles messengers & is fetched into the Freares . þat lyare sholde wonye wiþ him watres to loke Spiseres spekon to him to aspie her ware For he can on her craft & knoweth many gommes ac Mynstrals & Messangeres mette with lyare ones and wythheldon him half-ȝeer & elleuen dayes ac Freres þorgh Fair speche fetton him þennes and for knowyng of comeres þey copedon him as a frere ac he hath leue to lepe out  as ofte as him liketh and ys welcome when he comeþ & woneth wiþ hem ofte Symonye & syuile senton to Rome and putte hem þorgh appeles in þe popes grace ac conscience to þe kyng accused hem boþe and saide sire kyng by crist but clerkes amende þi kyngdom þorgh coueytise wol out of kynde wende and holy chirche þorgh hem worth harmed for euereUc.2.253: The Russell-Kane apparatus is mistaken in listing Uc as defective here after harme. alle Fledden for feer and flowon into hurnes Saue mede þe mayde no mo durste abyde ac trulich to telle she trembled for feer and boþe wepte & wrong whan she was attached Passus tercius de visione vt prius Uc.3.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.2.255 to the bottom of the side at Uc.3.4. Now is mede þe mayde & no mo of hem alle þorgh bedels & bailifs ybrought byfore þe kyng þe kyng calde a clerk y kan not his name To taken mede þe mayde & makon hire at ese y shal assaye hire my-self & sotilich oppose what man of þis world þat leuest hire were and yf she worche wisly & by wys counsel y wole for-ȝiue hire alle hir gultes so me god helpe courtis faireUc.3.9: Hand16 writes courtisfaire without word separation. inbrasseth Meed · þe maid and setteth by hir . Uc.3.9: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Corteisliche þe clerk þenne  as þe kyng highte Toek mede by þe myddel & myldelich hir broughte yn to boure with blisse and by hire gan sitte ac þere was myrthe & mynstralcye Mede to plese þat wendith to westmynster worshepid here manye gentillich wiþ ioye þe iustises somme Bosked hem to þe bour þere þis buyrd dwelte and counfortid hire as þey couthe by þe clerkes leue and saydon mourne not med ne make þow no sorowe For we wol wisse þe kyng & þi weye shape forto wedde at þi wille wher þe leef likeþ For al conciense cast & craft as y trowe Mildeliche mede þenne merciede hem alle Of here gret godnes & gaf hem vchone Coupes of clene gold · coppes of suluer Ringes wiþ Rubies & oþer riche ȝiftes þe lest man of her mayne a motovn of gold whenne þey laughtUc.3.26: laughte: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads had lauhte. her leue · at þis lady mede ¶ þenne come clerkes to counforte hire þe same and bedon hire be blithe for we beth þin owne Forto worche þi wille þe while our myght durethUc.3.29: our myght dureth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þou myhte dure. and mede hendelich bihight hem þe same to loue hem lelliche & lordes to make and purchace ȝou prouendres whil ȝour pens lasteþ and bugge ȝou benefices pluralite to haue and yn þe constorie at Court do calle ȝour names shal no lewednes lette  þe clerk þat y louye þat he ne worth first avaunsed · for y am byknowen þere conyng clerkes sholon clocke by-hynde ¶ þenne com þere a confessour y-coped as a Frere To mede þe mayde myldelich he sayde þowgh lewed men & lered meme[n] haddon leyn by þe boþe and falshed yfounde þe al this fourty wyntur the freare / / shryveth Mede y shal assoile þe my-self for a seem whete and ȝit be þi bedeman & bring adown concience among kynges & knyghtes & clerkes & þe like Thenne mede for hire mysdedes to this frere knelede Shrof hire of hire synne shameles y leue Tolde him a tale & toek him a noble forto ben hire bedeman & to bere wel hire arnde among knyghtes & clerkes concience to turne and he assoiled hire sone & sithon he sayde ¶ We han a wyndow aworching wol stond vs ful hie wolde ȝe glase þat gable & graue þere ȝour name yn masse & yn matyns for mede we shal synge Solemplich & softlich as for a suster of oure ordre Louelich þat lady laughing saide notaReade this syde Uc.3.56: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.3.41-69.y shal be ȝour frend frere · and faile ȝou neuere þe whiles þat ȝe louen þes Lordes þat leccherie haunteth and lacketh nought þes ladyes þat louyeth þe same hit is but frelte of flesh ȝe fyndeth wel by bokes and acoursa cours of kynde wher-of we comen alle who may askape þe sclaunder · þe skaþe myght sone beUc.3.61: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. mendid hit is but originall sinne of frailtie sonne pardoned / seuenne · sinne[s] drawne out of Adams loinesUc.3.62: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. hit is synne as of seuenne noen sonnere relesed haueþ mercy quod mede on men þat hit haunteth and y shal couere ȝour kirke & ȝour cloyster make boþe wyndowes & wowes · y wol amende & glase nota and peynte & portrayen who payde for þe makyng þat euery seg shal see y am a suster of ȝour ordre ac god to alle goed folk such grauyng defendithUc.3.68: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.3.68-69. the deuosion of Supersticion To writon on wyndowes of any wel-dedes an auntur pruyde be peyntid þere & pomp of þe world For god knoweth þi conscience Uc.3.71: Russell-Kane inserts the following as the last half of line 71 and the first half of 72: and þy kynde wille, / Thi cost and here couetyse& who þe catel oughte For-þi leue lordes leueth such writinges God in þe gospel such grauyng not alloueth Uc.3.74: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Nesciat dextera quid faciat sinistra Lat not þin lifte hand oure lord techeth ywite what þow delest wiþ þi right side ¶ ȝit mede þe mair myldelich by-soughte boþe shirreues & seriauntz & such as kepeth lawes To punyshon vpon pylories & vppon pynnyng stoles three Bees thatt stinge the poore & nedy as bakers & brewers bochers & cokesUc.3.80: a horizontal line and an x made by hand16 link this poetic line to the comment in the right margin. For þise men don most harm to þe mene peple Riche men þorgh regratrie rentes hem biggeth with þat þe pore peple shold putte onUc.3.83: on: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in. her wombe For took þey on trewly þey tymberede not so hie Ne boughte none burgages be ȝe ful certeyn Ne þey han no pite on þe peple þat parselmel mot bigge and þogh þey take hem vntidy thing no tresoun þei ne holde hit and þough þei fillon not ful þe mesure  þat for lawe is seled he gripeth þerfore agretUc.3.89: MED agret: "In great quantity . . . wholesale." · as for þe grayth treuþe Many sondry sorowes in Citees falleth ofte boþe þorgh fuyr & þorgh floed · al þorgh fals peple þat bygileth gode men & greueth hem wrongly þe whiche þat crien on her knees · þat crist hem avenge here on þis erthe or elles yn helle þat so bigileth hem of her goed þat god on hem sende Feuere or Uc.3.96: Russell-Kane here includes the following text, indicating that its omission is unique to MS Uc: foule euel other fuyr on here houses, / Morreyne or othermyschaunce · & many tymes hit falleth þat innocence is yherd yn heuene among seyntes our lady a Mediator þat louton for hem to oure lord & to our lady botheUc.3.98: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. Graunte gyloures on erthe grace to amende and haue her penaunce on puyr erthe & not þe peyne of helle and þenne falleþ þe fuyr on fals men houses and gode mennes for here gultes gloweþ on fuyr after al þis haue we seyn þat som tyme þorgh a brewer Many burgages ybrent & bodyes þerinne and þorgh acandela candel clemyng in acorseda corsed place Fel adown & forbrente forth al þe rewe ¶ For-þi maires þat makeþ fre men me þinkeþ þat ȝe oughton For to spure & to aspie for any speche of suluer what manere mustre oþer marchaundise he vsed ar he were vnder-Fonge fre & felaw in ȝour rolles hit is not semly for soþe in Citee ne in borogh-town Against vsereres & Regraders Ifrancheised . Uc.3.112: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þat vsereres or regraters for any kynne ȝiftes be yfraunchised for a freman · andUc.3.113: The text scribe appears to have written the first letter in and as an n and then modified it into an a by adding a stroke that did not quite manage to make it a two-compartment letter. haue a fals name ac mede þe maide þe mair she bisoughte of alle such sullers suluer to take Or presentes wiþ-oute pens and oþer priue ȝiftes haueþUc.3.117: haueþ: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Haue. reuthe on regrateres þat han riche handes Uc.3.118: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt Meed corruptethUc.3.119: Hand16 (Francis Aiscough) uses a double hyphen in the form of an equals sign to show the line-end division of the word corrupteth, as "corr=upteth." all estaitsUc.3.119: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.3.119: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.Loue hem for my loue quod this lady mede and soffre hem somtyme to selle aȝen þe lawe Salamon þe sage a sermoun he made yn amendement of maires & oþer stywardes and witnesseþ what worth ofUc.3.123: Over the o in of, the text scribe has written what appears to be an otiose er abbreviation-stroke. hem þat wolon take mede Uc.3.124: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Ignis deuorabit tabernacula eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera among þes lettered lordes þis latyn is to mene þat fuyr shal falle & forbrenne altoal to blo askes þe houses & þe homes of hem þat takeþ ȝiftes ¶ þe kyng from counsel cam & cald after mede and sente to see hire y might not see þat ladde hire for curteisliche þe kyng as kynde wolde lacked hire a litel wight for þat she loued gyle and wilned to be yweddid with-outon his leue and til treuthe hadde ytold hire atokenea tokene from him-selue and saide vnwittiliche womman wrought hast þow ofte and many agulta gult y haue þe forgyue and my grace graunted Boþe to þe & to þine in hope þow shost amende and ay þe lengur y late þe go þe lasse truthe is wiþ þe For worse wroughtest þou neuere þen now þo þow fals toek ȝit y forgyue þe þis gult · godes forbode any more þow tene me & truthe & þou mowe be atake yn þe castel of Corf y shal do close as an ancre Or yn a wel worseUc.3.142: Hand1 has written the w in worse over an erasure. oenUc.3.142: oen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wone. by seynt mary my lady Meed shulde be married to truth and reason or consience but Refusseth them all to take crafteUc.3.143: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þat alle wantoune wymine shal be war by þe oneUc.3.143: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of triple stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.143-45. and biturlich banne þe & alle þat bereth þi name and teche þe to loue truthe & take counsel of resoun y haue a knyght conscience cam late fram by-ȝonde yf he wilneth þe to wyue wolt þou him haue ȝe lord quod þat lady · lord hit me forbede But y be holly at þin heest lat hange me elles nota Uc.3.150: Sidelining in the left margin by hand16 spans lines Uc.3.150-91.¶ þenne was conscience y-cald to come & appere byfore þe kyng & his counsel as clerkes & oþere knelinge conscience to þe king lowtid what his wille were & what he do sholde wolt þou wedde this mede  yf y wole assente For she is fayn of þi felawshipe & forto be þi make Quod conscience to þe kyng to þe kyng crist hit me forbede ar y wedde such a wif wo me bytide Meed is fauls of faith and ficle of tonge for she is freel of hire faith & fikel of hir tunge and makethUc.3.159: maketh: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads maketh men. mys-do many score tymes yn trist of hire tresour she teneth ful manye wyues & wedowes wantonnesse she techeth and lereth hem to leccherie þat louyeth here ȝiftes ȝour fader sheUc.3.163: Hand1 has written she over an erasure. felde fals & she to-gyders she haþ appoysouned popes · she appeireþ holy churche Meed a common StrumpittUc.3.165: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ys not a bettere baude by him þat me madeUc.3.165: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.165-68. Bytwene heuen & helle & erthe þough men soughte For she is tikel of hire tail talewys of tunge and comune as þe Cart way to knaues & to alle To monkes to alle men ȝe mysels in hegges liggeth by here when hem lust · lered & lewed sisoures & somnoures siche hire preyseth Shirreues of shires wern shent if she ne were For she doth meUc.3.173: The text scribe frequently uses me for men where the word has the function of an indefinite pronoun: cf. Uc.5.56, Uc.9.133, Uc.9.137, Uc.9.138, Uc.9.309, Uc.11.32. See MED me pron. (1). In one instance where the word is clearly not an indefinite pronoun, at Uc.3.40, the scribe's me is best interpreted as an error of inadvertence involving omission of an abbreviation-stroke. Here at Uc.3.173, although the Russell-Kane apparatus suggests that me is a reading unique to MS Uc, the grammatical context permits the plural indefinite pronoun, so it is probably best interpreted as scribally intentional rather than inadvertent. leson here lond & here lif boþe she lat passe prisounes paieth for hem ofte and gyneth þe gayleres gold & grotes to-giders To vnfetere þe false & fle where him liketh and taketh truthe bi þe top & techeþ him falstee and hangeth him for hetrede þat harmed neuere To be cursed in þe constorie a counteth not arusshea russhe For she copeth þe comissarie & cotiþ his clerkes she is assoiled þus sone as hire self liketh she may ny as myche do yn a monthe ones as ȝour secret seel yn six score daies Meed þe Pops Darlinge and the Prestes BaudeUc.3.184: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. she is priue with þe pope prouysoures hit knowethUc.3.184: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.184-89. for symonye & hire-selue seleth here bulles she blessith þise bishopes þough þei ben ny lewed she prouendrith persones & prestes she maynteneþ To holde lemmans & lotebies al here lif-dayes and bringeth forth barnes aȝen forbodon lawes Uc.3.190: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Sunt infelices quia matres sunt meretrices wo to that realme where Meed MasterethUc.3.191: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þere she is wel wiþ any kyng wo is þat reume for she is fauerable to þe false þe whiche defouleth truþe By Iesus wiþ hire iewels þe iustises she shendith she liþ aȝen þe lawe & lettiþ him þe gate þat faiþ may not haue his forþ hir floreyns go so thicke and ledith þe lawe as hir lust & louedaies makeþ þorgh whiche louedayes is lost  þat lewte myght wynne þe mase for a mene man þough he mote euere Lawe is so lordlich & loþ to make any ende wiþ-outon presentes oþer pens he pleseth ful fewe trewe burgeys & bonde he bringeþ to nought ofte and al þe comune in care & in coueytise ¶ religioun he al to-reueth & out of reule to libbe þer nys Citee vnder sonne ne noen so riche reume þere he ys allowed & ylete by þat laste shal any while wiþ-outon werre othir wo othir wicked lawes and custumes of coueytise þe comune to destruye vnsittinge suffraunce hir suster & hir-sulue han al-mest maed but marie þe helpe þat Lond ne loueþ þeUc.3.210: Russell-Kane: That no lond ne loueth the. & ȝut lest thin owne For clerkes & coueytise mede haþ knyt togyders þe clergie with Meed are turned into gyle . / þat al þe wit of þe world ys waxen in-to gyleUc.3.212: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. þus lereth þis lady þi lond now lord ȝiue hire sorowe For pore men dar not pleyne ne no pleynt shewe such a maister is mede among men of gode Meeds fained Annswere to the kinge ¶ þenne mournede Mede & Meued hir to þe kyng To haue space to speke spede if she myghte þe kyng grauntid hire grace wiþ a goed wille excuse þe if þow canst y can no more segge For conscience accuseþ the to congeie þe for euere Nay lord quod þat lady leueth him worse when ȝe witon witturly in whom þe wrong þe liggeþUc.3.222: þe liggeþ: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads liggeth. þere þat myschef ys gret Mede may helpe and þat þou knowest conscience y cam notUc.3.224: The word not has been overtraced. to chide Ne depraue þi persone wiþ aprouda proud herte wel þow wost weye but yf þow wolt gabbe þow hast hanged on myn half elleuen tyme and also gripon my goltUc.3.228: The scribe's form golt for gold is attested in the MED only as the first element in a compound word.Uc.3.228: golt: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads gold. & gyuon hit where þe licked whi þow wrathest þe now wonder me thinketh ȝut y may as y myghte menske þe wiþ ȝiftes and mayntene þi manhed more þen þow knowest ac þou hast famed me foule byfore þe kyng here for kulde y neuere no kyng ne counseled so to done ac y haue saued my-selUc.3.234: For another example of this form of self, see Uc.8.121.Uc.3.234: sel: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads selue. sixti thousand lyues Bothe here & elles-where &Uc.3.235: &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in. alle kynne londes ac þow þi-self soþly who hit segge durste hast arwed many an hardy man þat hadde wille to fighte To berenneUc.3.238: berenne: Presumably this represents MED birinnen, "To run (around sth.); dash at (sb.), attack," though such a reading fits the meter much worse than would beren or brenne.Uc.3.238: berenne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads berne. & to brunteUc.3.238: MED bronten v. "(a) to move suddenly, rush; (b) to attack." The earliest citation there listed is 1440.Uc.3.238: brunte: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bruttene. & bete adown strengthesUc.3.238: Hand1 has written the r of strengthes over an original e. yn cuntrees þere þe kyng cam conscience him lette þat he ne felde not his foes þo fortune wolde and as his werdes wer ordeyned at þe wille of oure lord Peers liued in Henri the sixt his daies who lost his heritage in fraunce which his father had wonne Uc.3.242: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of triple stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.242-49.kaitiflich þou conscience counseledest þe kyng leton yn his enemyes handes his heritage of fraunce vnconyng is þat conscience a kingdom to selle For þat conquereþ þorgh a comune helpurUc.3.245: helpur: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads helpe. a kingdom or a duchye hit may not be sold so lightly so many part asketh Of folk þat faught þerfore & folowed þe kynges wille þe leste ladde þat longeth wiþ him be þe lond ywonne Loketh after lordship othir large mede wher-by he may as amana man euere-more lyue after and þat is þe kynde of a kyng þat conquereþ on his enemyes To helpe hilich al his oest or elles graunte al þat his men may wynne do þere-wiþ here beste For-thi y counsel no kyng any counsel aske at conscienceUc.3.254: One can see by the meter that the scribe has mislineated here. Russell-Kane puts at conscience at the beginning of the following line, noting the mislineation as unique to MS Uc. þat coueyteth to conquere a reume ¶ For sholde neuere conscience be my constable wer y akynga kyng quodUc.3.256: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. Mede nota · Uc.3.257: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of triple stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.256-60.Ne be Marchal ouere my men þere y moste fighte ac hadde y mede ben his marchal ouer his men yn fraunce y durste haue yleid my lif & noen lasse wed he sholde haue be lord of þat lond · yn lengþe & in brede king henri the 6 · was a simpell Religious man , which was the loose of his fathers heritage in FraunceUc.3.261: This marginal comment begins with the first word king in the right margin of the last line and continues across the bottom margin. The first word, king, is linked to line Uc.3.261 by an x at the end of the poetic line and a line drawn to link the x to the marginal comment. The entire comment is bounded at the lower right by a line slanting from lower right to upper left, drawn by hand16. and also kyng of þat kith his kyn forto helpe þe leste brolle of his bloed abarownesa barownes pere vnconyngliche conscience counseledest him þenne To lete so his lordshipe for alitela litel mone hit bycomeþ for akynga kyng þat shal kepe a revme To ȝiue men mede þat mekelich him serueth To aliens & to alle men to honoure hem wiþ ȝiftes MedemakeþMede makeþ him beloued & for a man yholde Emperoures & Erles and alle manere lordes þorgh ȝiftes han ȝeuonUc.3.270: Russell-Kane: ȝemen (i.e. yeomen). to ȝerne & to ridie the Pope reneth by corrupcion of MeedUc.3.271: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þe pope & alle prelates presentes vnderfongeUc.3.271: An x and a horizontal line link this poetic line to the comment in the right margin. and ȝiuen mede to men to meyntene her lawes seruantes for her seruise mede þei asken and taken mede of here maistres · as þey mown acorde Boþe beggeres & bedemen crauen mede for her preyeres Mynstrals for here mynstralcie amedea mede þei askon Maistres þat kenneþ clerkes craueþ þerfore mede Prestes þat prechon and þe pepel techon askon mede & masse-pens & here mete boþe alle kynne crafty men crauen mede for here prentises Marchaundise & mede mot nedes to-giders ys no lede þat liueth þat he ne loueþ mede and glad forto gripe hire gret lord oþer pore Meed prefared by þe kinge , before consience Uc.3.284: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.284-85. A CC-style pointer, apparently done by hand16, lies outside the bracket at its upper left and designates the same lines. Quod þe kyngUc.3.284: The y in kyng has a looped tail that is unusual for hand1. to conscience by crist as me þinkeþUc.3.284: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.284-85. Mede is worthi þe maistrye to haue ¶ Nay quod conscience to þe kyng clerkes weton þe soþe þat mede is euermore a mayntenour of gyle as þe sauter saith by such þat ȝiuon mede þat vnlaufulliche lyuen han large hondes To ȝiue men mede more othir lasse ac þer is mede & mercede & bothe men demon a desert for sum doyng derne othirUc.3.292: The ne in derne and the word othir appear to have been written over an erasure. elles Mede many tymes · men ȝiueth byfore þe deyngdoyng and þat is nouthir resoun ne right ne in no rewme lawe þat any man mede toek but he hit might deserue and forto vndertake to trauele for a noþeranoþer and woet neuere witturly whethir he lyue so Longe Ne haue happe to his hele mede to deserue y halde him ouerhardy or elles not trewe þat pre manibus is payd or his paye asketh harlotes & hores & also walshe leches þey askon her huyre ar þey hit haue deserued As gyloures gyuon bifore & gode men at þe ende when þe dede is ydo & þe day endid and þat is no mede but a mercede amanerea manere due dette and but hit be prestly payd þe payer is to blame as by þe boek þat bit no-body with-holde þe huyre of his hewe ouer euen til a-morowe Uc.3.309: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Non morabitur opus mersenarii & cetera and þere is resoun as a reue rewarding truthe þat boþe þe lord & þe laborer ben lelly y-serued þe mede þat many prestes takeþ for masses þat þei singeth Reward of masse prestes . Amen amen Mathew seith · Mercedem suam recipiunt yn marchaundise ys no mede y may hit wel a-vowe hit is as a permutacion apertly  oen penyworþ for anoþer and þough þe kyng of his curtesie kaiser or pope Ȝiue lond or lordshipe or oþer large ȝiftes To here lele and lege  loue þe cause and yf þo lele & lege be  lethir men after Boþe king & kaiser & þe crouned pope May disauoweUc.3.321: Disauowe is written over an erasure. þat þey dide & doþerwiþdo þerwiþ a noþeranoþer and byreueUc.3.322: byreue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bynyme. hit hem a-noen and neuermore after Nother eny of her heires hardy to claymon þat king oþer kaiser hem gaf catelle oþer rentefor god gaf Uc.3.325: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.325-29.For god gaf salamon  grace vpon erthe Richesse & resoun þe while he right lyuede and as sone as god say he sewed not his wille He refte him of his richesse and of his right mynde and soffred him lyue in mysbileue y leue he be yn helle Sallomons Sauluacion dobtefull . ~ ~ ¶ So god gyueth no thing þat Si ne is þe glose and Right so soþly so may aUc.3.331: so may a: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads may. kyng & a popeUc.3.331: a pope: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads pope. Boþe gyue & graunte þere his grace liketh and eft haue hit aȝen of hem þat don ille þus is Mede & Mercede as to manere relaciones Uc.3.335: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin words here. Rect and Indirect renninde bothe on asada sad & a siker semblable to him-selue ac adiectif & sustantif vnite asken and acordaunce yn kynde yn cas and in noumbre and aither is oþeres help of hem cometh retribucioun and þat þe gifte þat god ȝiueth to alle leel lyuinge Grace of goed ende & gret ioye after Uc.3.342: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Retribuere dignare domine deus & cetera · Uc.3.342: The red underlining at this line ends with a spiral flourish extending diagonally upward and to the right. quod þe kyng to conscience knowen ych wolde what is relacion rect & indirect after and þenne adiectif & sustantif for english was hit neuere Relacion Rect quod conscience ys a record of truthe Uc.3.347: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Quia ante late rei est recordatiuum folowynge & findinge out þe foundament of strengthe and stifly stande forþ to strengthe þe foundement yn kynde & in cas & yn þe cours of nombre as a lele labourer bileueth þat his maister yn his paie & yn his pite & in his puyr truthe To paie him yf he perfourme & haue pite if he faileth and take him for his trauaile al þat truþe wolde So of holy herte cometh hope & hardy relacioun31Uc.3.355: The quire signature signifies quire 3, leaf 1. Sekeþ and sueth his sustantif sauacioun þat is god þe ground of al a gracious antecedent and man is relatif rect yf beUc.3.358: Russell-Kane: yf he be. right trewe he acordeþ wiþ crist in kynde verbum caro factum est yn case in ecclesia in holichurche to bileue In nombre Rote & arise & remissioun to haue Of oure sory synnes to be assoiled and clansid and lyue as oure crede vs kenneþ with crist with-outen ende þis is relacion rect right as adiectif & sustantif acordeth yn alle kyndes wiþ his antecedent Indirect þing as who-so coueytid alle kynne kynde to knowe & to folowe and with-oute cause to cacche & to come to boþe nombres yn whiche ben gode & not gode & graunte her neyþer wille and þat is not resounable ne rect · to refuse my sire name sithe y am his sone & his seruaunt · sewe for his right ¶ For who-so wolde to wif haue my wordlichUc.3.372: See MED and OED for spellings of worldly without the l, as also LALME 4.86. Cf. also Uc.10.93, Uc.12.254, and Uc.21.299. The Russell-Kane edition gives the reading here as worliche, following MS X, as do Schmidt and Pearsall; Kane, Pearsall, and the MED gloss this as a form of worthli, from OE weorþlic, which Kane glosses here as "beautiful" and Pearsall as "worthy, excellent." No matter which reading is preferable in light of all the MS evidence, the Uc text scribe arguably understood the word here as worldly. The other word, worthli, he spells worthily at Uc.8.9. His spelling wordlich, as used here, clearly indicates the word worldly at Uc.10.93, Uc.12.254, and Uc.21.299, though he also gives the spellings worldliche at Uc.21.292 and worldly at Uc.22.211. The meaning "worldly" is also possible here: since Langland is using an earthly analogy to illustrate a concept of relacoun indirect that has spiritual applications, one could construe the text here as meaning "my earthly daughter." doughtur y wolde feffe him wiþ al hir fair & wiþ al hire foul tailende So indirect ys in-lyche to coueyte To acorde in al kynde  & yn al kynne nombre with-outon cost & care & al kyn trauaile ac relacion rect is a rightful custome as a kyng to clayme þe comune at his wille To folowe & to fynde him & seche at hem his counsel þat here loue to his lawe þorgh al þe lond acorde So comune claymeth of a kyng þre kynne thinges lawe leueUc.3.382: Russell-Kane: loue. & lewte · and him lord antecedent boþe heued & here kyng · halding with no partie Bot standing as a stake þat stiked yn a myre Bytwene two Lordes for a trewe mark hipocreticall pueritans are Indirecte Uc.3.386: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.ac þe moste partie of þe pepel now  puyr indirect semeþUc.3.386: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. For þei wilnen & woldon · as best were for hem-seluon þough þe kyng & þe comvne al costUc.3.388: cost: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the coest. hadde such inperfit peple repreueth al resoun and halt hem vnstedefast for hem lackeþ caseUc.3.390: The red underlining here ends with a rightward spiral flourish. as relaciouns indirect reccheþ þei neuere of þe cours of case · so þei cacche suluer Be þe peccunie ypaid · twoUc.3.393: two: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thow. parties chide he þat mede may lacche makeþ litel tale Nyme he anombrea nombre of nobles or of shelinges how þat cliauntes acordeþ acounteþ mede litel ac adiectif & sustantif is as y er tolde þat is vnite acordaunce yn case yn gendre & nombreUc.3.398: The red underlining here ends with a rightward spiral flourish. and is to nempne in our mouth more ne mynne But þat alle manere men wymmen & childron sholde confourme hem to oen kynde on holy kirke to bileue and coueite þe case when þei couthe vnderstond To sike for her synnes · & soffre harde penaunces for þat lordes loue þat for oure loue diede and coueitid oure kynde & be cald yn our name Uc.3.406: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. deus homo & nyme himUc.3.406: The red underlining under & nyme him is faded by rubbing, perhaps a deliberate attempt at erasure. into owre nombre now & euer more Qui in caritate manet in deo manet & deus in eoUc.3.406: Russell-Kane separates the Latin tags here from the English, thus rendering this line as lines RK3.402α, 403, and 403α. þus is man & mankynde yn manere of an sustantif as hic & hec homo askyngUc.3.408: The kyng in askyng appears darker, as if re-inked. an adiectif Of þre trewe termysounes trinitasUc.3.409: The tri in trinitas appears darker, as if re-inked. vnus deus Uc.3.410: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Nominatiuo pater & filius & spiritus sanctus ac who-so rat of regum rede nemeUc.3.411: ne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads me. may of mede how she absolon to hangyng broughte Uc.3.413: A double virgule in the left margin marks the insertion-point for the blue paraph sign. ¶ and sithe for saul saued a kyng for mede Agaynes godes comaundement god toek such a vengeaunce þat saul for þat synne & his sone dyede Dauid caulled a knaue . becausse he was Sauls man . not that he was one . butt by-cause he was A Shepperd Uc.3.416: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.416-17.and ȝaf þe kyngdom to his ~~to his~~ knaue þat kepte shep & lambron as menUc.3.417: The abbreviation-stroke representing the n in men has been added by the same hand that makes the supralinear correction redes following. The hand is distinguished from the main text hand only by being in a smaller script made by a thinner pen with less contrast of thick and thin. redes in regum after ruth of kynges how god sente to saul by samuel þe prophete32Uc.3.418: The quire signature signifies quire 3, leaf 2. ¶ þat agag of amalek & al his lege peple sholden dye derfly for dedes of here eldres saul quod samuel god him-self hoteth To be buxum at my bidding his loue to fulfille haste þe with al þin oest to þe lond of amalek and alle þat liueth on þat lond our lord wole þat þou sle hit Man womman & wif child wedowe & bestes þat dwelleþ in amalek mebles & vnmebles Man & alle þinges brenne hit bere hit not awey be hit neuere so riche For any Mede of money al þat þow maystUc.3.428: The phrase þat þow mayst appears to have been written over an erasure. Uc.3.428: mayst: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads myhte fynde; Schmidt and Pearsall, myhte. spille & : According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hit. spare hit not · & þow shalt spede þe bettere Uc.3.430: A double virgule in the left margin marks the insertion-point for the blue paraph sign. ¶ and for he coueitide here catelle and þe king spared for-bare him & his beste bestes as þe bible witnesseþ Othir-wise þen god wolde warned him by þe prophete God saide to samuel þat saul sholde dye and al ys for þat synne  shentfoliche endedUc.3.434: ended: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ende. þus was kyng saul ouercome þorgh coueitise of mede þat god for euere & alle here eyres after þe culorum of þis caes kepe y not to shewe an aunter hit noyede me noen ende wol y make for so is þe world went wiþ hem þat han power þat he þat saiþ men sothest is sonnest yblamed I conscience knowe this for kynde wit me taughte þat resoun shal regne & reumes gouerne and right as agag hadde  happe shal somme Samuel shal sle him & saul shal be yblamed and dauid shal be ydeademed & adaunte alle oure enemys and oen cristene kyng kepe vs vchone shal no mede be maister neuere more after ac loue & lowenesse · and leute to-giders þo shal be maistres on molde trewe men to helpe and soUc.3.450: so: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hoso. takeþ aȝen truthe · or transuerseþ aȝenes resoun lewte shal do him lawe · and noen lif elles shal noen seruiant for þat seruice · weron aselka selk houue Ne pelure in his panylounUc.3.453: panyloun: facing. For this reading, as cf. Pearsall's and Schmidt's paueloun, see George Kane, "Word Games: Glossing Piers Plowman," New Perspectives on Middle English Texts: A Festschrift for R. A. Waldron, ed. Susan Powell and Jeremy J. Smith (Cambridge, England, 2000), pp. 51-52. for pleding at þe barre nota ¶ Miche euel þorgh mede  many ysoffredUc.3.454: Russell-Kane: Muchel euel is thorw mede mony tymes ysoffred. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the omission of tymes is unique to Uc; the omission of is is shared with Dc. and lettiþ þe lawe  þorgh hire manyUc.3.455: many: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads large. ȝiftes Love & Conscyence shall make Lawe a Laborer . / ac kynde loue shal come ȝit and conscience to-gidersUc.3.456: Sidelining in the right margin by hand15 spans lines Uc.3.453-81. and make of lawe alaborera laborer such loue shal arise and such pees among þe peple & a perfit truthe þe Iewes muste be conuerted to the faith before this tymeUc.3.459: The marginal comment here is bounded above and below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.3.459: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.459-60.þat iewes shal wene in here wit  & wexen so gladeUc.3.459: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.3.459-60. þat here kyng be come from þe court of heuene þe whiche moyses or messie  þat men ben so trewe For alle þat beren baselard  bright swerd oþer launce ax oþer hachet or any-kynne wepene shal be demed to þe deth but yf he do hit smythie yn-to sikel or in-to sithe · to shar outhir culter Uc.3.466: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres & lanceas suas in falces vch man to pleye with a plough · apikoisea pikoise oþer a spade Spynne or speke of god & spille no tyme Prestes & persounes placebo & dirige here sauter & here seuen spalmesUc.3.470: For this spelling of psalme, see MED s.v. Cf. the same spelling at Uc.5.49. for alle synful preyon haukyng or huntyng yf any of hem hit vse shal lese þerfore his liflode & his lif peraunter The reformed clergie shall rule the kingeUc.3.473: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. shal neuere kyng ne knyght Constable ne mair ouer-carke þe comvne ne to þe court sompne Ne putte men yn panelle · to do men plight her truthe But after þe dede þat is do · þe doem shal recorde Mercy or no mercy as moest trewe acordon Uc.3.478: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.3.478-79.kynges court & comvn court Constorie & chapitre siuill lawe taken clene away for sellinge of Sinne · Uc.3.479: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Al shal be but a couert · & oen buyern be iusticeUc.3.478: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.3.478-79. and þat worþ trewe tonge atidya tidy man þat tened me neuereUc.3.480: An extra minim on the n is overwritten by the e. Batailles shol neuere eft be · ne man bere egge-toel33Uc.3.481: The quire signature signifies quire 3, leaf 3. and yf any smyth smythe hit be smyte þerwiþ to deþe Uc.3.483: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladium nec excercebuntur vltra ad prelium nota ac ar þis fortune falle fynde me shal þe worste a propheci Be sixe sonnes in a ship & half a shef of arowes and þe croek of a mone shal make þe iewes turne þe Iewes þe Sophic and the Turcke shal be con=uertet to þe faith and sarisenes for þat sight shal synge credo in spiritum sanctum For makamet & mede · & myshappeUc.3.488: Russell-Kane: Machameth and mede shal mishap. þat tyme Uc.3.489: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Quia melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe as wroth as wynd wax mede þere-after Lo what salamon saith quod she yn sapiense in þe bible þat ȝiueth ȝiftes taketh yeme · þe vyctorie he wynneth and myche worship þerwith · as holy writ telleth Uc.3.494: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Honorem adquiret qui dat munera y leue the lady quod conscience · for þat latyn ys trewe þow art lik a lady þat a lessoun radde was omnia probate þat plesid hire herte þat leef was noen lengur · and at þe leues ende ac hadde she loked yn þe lift half & þe leef turned she sholde haue yfounde felle wordes afterUc.3.500: felle wordes after: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads felle wordes folwynge aftur. Schmidt, and Pearsall: folwynge felle wordes aftur. Uc.3.501: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Quod bonum est tenete atixta tixt of truthes makyng So who-so techeth sapience fynde he shal þat foloweþ a ful teneful tixt to hem þat taketh mede þe which þat hatte as y haue rad · anoþer þat can rede Uc.3.505: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. animam aufert accipiencium worshipe he wynneth þat wole ȝiue mede ac he þat resceyueth hire or recheþ hire is recetour of gile Passus quartus de visione vt prius Uc.4.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.3.505 to the bottom of the folio at Uc.4.5. Sithe saide þe kyng y soffre ȝou no lengur ȝe shal saughtne forsoþe & serue me bothe kisse hire quod þe king conscience y hote Nay by crist quod conscience congeye me rathir But resoun rede me þertil · rathir wolde y dye and y comaunde quod þe kyng to conscience thenne Rape þe to ride & resoun þat þow seche Comaunde him þat he come my counsel to here For he shal rule my reme & rede me þe beste Of mede & of mo oþere & what man shal hire wedde and acounte wiþ þe conscience so me crist helpe how þou ledest my peple lered & lewed y am fayn of þat foreward · yn faiþ þo quod conscience and roed forth to resoun · & rovned in his ere and saide him as þe kyng saide · & þenne he toek his leue y shal araye me to ride quod resoun · reste þe while and calde Catoun his knaue  curteys of speche and also Tomme true tonge telle me no tales Ne lesinges to laugh of · for y loued hit neuere and sette my sadel vpon suffre til y se my tyme and lat warrok him weel · wiþ a-vise þe bifore For hit is þe wone of wille  to wense & to kike For-þi lat peiterele wil & pole him with peyntid wittes ¶ Thenne conscience on his capel comsed to prike and resoun wiþ him right  remyngUc.4.24: MED remen v.(4), "shout (sth.), call out."Uc.4.25: remyng: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads rounynge. to-gyders which a maister mede was amonges pore & riche ¶ Oen waryn wisman & wyly man his felawe Fayn wern to folowe hem & faste ridon after To take reed of resoun þat recorde sholde Byfore þe kyng & conscience  yf þe comvne pleyne Oen wyly man & witty man  & wareyn wringe-lawe ac conscience knew hem wel & carped to resoun here comeþ quod conscience þat coueitise seruon Ride forþ sire resoun & recch of here talesUc.4.34: recch of here tales: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads rech nat of here tales. For þere is wrathe & wranglyng · þere woln þey abyde ac þere is loue & lewte hit liketh here hertesUc.4.36: hit liketh here hertes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hit lyketh nat here hertes. nota / { Thus farr of prophises yet to come all the reste followinge are past sauing the fall of þe lawe and Bishopps nowe at hande . } Scriptus 1603 Uc.4.37: The red underlining here begins with a wavy flourish. Contricio & infelicitas in vijs eorum & viam pacis non3034Uc.4.37: An original quire signature of 34, meaning quire 3, leaf 4, written in a fourteenth-century style, was retraced by a later hand as 30, the 4 having been misinterpreted. Then a correct 34 was added in a modern style. cognouerunt non est timor dei ante oculos eorum þey gyue not of goed faiþ woet god þe soþe For þey wolde do for a dyner · outhir a dozene capouns More þen for oure lordes loue · oþer our lady godes moder þenne resoun roed forth · & rewardidUc.4.41: rewardid: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads took reward. of no man BudBut dide as conscience him kenned · til he þe kyng mette Curteislich þe kyng þenne cam & grette resoun and bytwene him-selue & his sone · sette þo sire resoun and spoken wise wordes alonga long while to-giders ¶ And þenne cam pees in-to þe parlement · & put vp abillea bille how wrong wilfully hadde his wif forleyn and how he rauyshed rose þe riche wedowe by nyght and Margrete of hire maydonhoed · as he mette hir late Boþe my gees & my gris & my gras he takeþ I dar not for his felawshipe yn faiþ pees saide Bere sikerlich any suluer to saynt gyles downe and he waiteþ ful wel when y suluer take what weye y wende ful ȝerne he aspieth To robbe me or to ruyfle me · yf y ride softe Ȝut is he bold forto borowe ac baddelich he paieth For he borowed of me bayard · he brought him hom neuere Ne no ferthing þerfore for nougtUc.4.58: For the final letter of nougt, the scribe apparently began writing h but left the letter unfinished and looking like an unusually tall t. y cowde plete he meynteneþ his men to murthere myne hewes and forstalleþ myne feyres · & fighteþ yn myn chepinges and brekeþ vp my bernes dores · & bereþ awey myn whete and takeþ me but ataylea tayle for ten quarter otes and ȝut he manaseþ me & myne & he lith by my mayde I am not hardy for him vnneþe to loke ¶ þe kyng knew he saide soþ for conscience him tolde how wrong was a wicked man & myche wo wroughte þo was wrong aferd & wisdom he soughte laweyers vse handy DandyUc.4.67: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.4.68: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.68-69.On men of lawe wrong loked & largelich hem profredUc.4.68: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.68-69. and forto haue here help handy dandy paied hadde y loue of þe lord litel wolde y recche Of pees & his power · þough he pleyne euere þorgh wrong & his werkes þere was mede knowe For wisdom & wit þo wenton to-giders and token mede with hem mercy to wynne ȝut pees putte forth his heued & his panne blody wiþ-outon gilt god woet was gyuon me þis scaþe Conscience knoweþ hit wel & al þe comune trewe Ac wiles & wit wern aboute faste To ouircome þe kyng þorgh catelle yf þei myghte ¶ þe kyng swor by crist  & by his croune boþe þat wrong for his werkes sholde wel tholie and comaundid a Constable to caste wrong in yrenes þere he sholdeUc.4.83: Russell-Kane: sholde nat. in seuen ȝeer see hise feet ne hondes God woet quod a wys oen þat were not þe beste yf he amendes may do · lat maynpris him haue and be borogh for his bale  & buggen him bote and amende þat is mysdo · & euermore þe bettere ¶ wit acordid þerwiþ · & witnessed þe same Bettere ys þat bote bale adown bringe þen bale be y-bete & bote neuere þe bettere þenne gan mekon hire medUc.4.91: The m in this added med is fere textura in form, with slight, angular lead-strokes at the heads of the first two minims, and the ink is darker. Otherwise, the hand of this addition is similar to that of the main text scribe.Uc.4.91: þenne gan mekon hire med: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Then gan mede to meken here.  & mercy she bisoughte and profred pees apresenta present al of puyr gold haue þis man of me quod she · to amende þi scathe For y wol wage for wrong · he wol do so no more Pytouslich pees þo  preyede þe kyng To haue mercy on þat man · þat many tymes him greued For he haþ waged me wel  as wisdom him taughte and mede haþ maed my mendes y may no more askon So alle myn claymes ben quyt · by so þe kyng assente ¶ Nay by crist quod þe kyng · for conscience sake wrong goþ not so away · ar y wite more Lepte he so lightlich laughen he wolde and oft þe baldere to be to bete myne hewes But resoun haue ruthe on him he shal reste in myn stockes as longe as y lyue for his lither werkes ¶ Somme men raddon resoun þo to haue ruþe vpon þat shrewe and forto counsele þe kyng on consciense þei loked þat mede might be maynpernour · Mede þey bisoughte Rede me not quod resoun no ruthe to haue Til lordes & laidyes louen alle truþe and haton alle harlotrie to heron oþer to mouthen hit and til purnele purfile be put in hire whiche and childron chersing  be chastised wiþ ȝerdes Num-quam in Anglia but in the lande of conqueste Uc.4.114: Sidelining by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.4.110-21. At the top of the sidelining is an x. and harlotes holynesse · be an hy ferie Til clerkene coueitise be cloth for þe pore and her pelure & her palfrayes pore men liflode and religious out-riders be reclused in her cloistres and be as benet hem bad domnyk & Fraunceys nota Uc.4.119: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.119-20.til þat lered men lyue as þey lere & teche and til þe kynges counsel be al comune profit bishopes must be backers bruers and tailors and til bisshopes be Bakers brewers & tailloures ¶ For alle manere men þat fyntUc.4.122: men þat fynt: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads men þat me fynt. nedful and til seynt Iames be sought · þere þe pore sik liggen yn prisounes & in pore cotes · be pilgrimes to Rome So þat noen go to gales but yf he go for euere and alle Rome renneres · for ruyfleres in Fraunce To bere no suluer ouer see þat signe of kyng sheweþ Noþer ygraue ne vngraue of gold or of suluer vppe forfaiture of fe · who fyndeþ hem ouerward But he be marchaunt or his man or messangere with lettres Prouysour or prest · oþer penaunt for his synnes and quod resoun by þe rode y shal haue no rutheUc.4.132: haue no ruthe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads no reuthe haue. whiles mede haþ þe maistrie · þere moting ys at þe barres ac y may seyn ensaumples · as y see oþere y say not by my-self quod resoun · and hit so were þat y were kyng wiþ crowne to kepe my reume shold neuere wrong in þis world þat y wite myghte Be vnpunyshed yn my power for perel of my soule Ne gete my grace þorgh any gifte  ne glosing speche Reson telleth wronge and Meed, þat lawe for abuses shalbecomeshal become A laborourUc.4.139: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.4.140: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Ne þorgh Mede do mercy by mari of heueneUc.4.140: An x in the right margin links the marginal comment to this line. ¶ For nullum malum · man mette wiþ impunitum and bad nullum bonum be irremuneratum Lat þi confessour sire kyng construe þis en english and if ȝe worche hit in werk y wedde boþ mynhandesmyn handes lawe shall not rul nota . — but fauoure by med Uc.4.145: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.145-46.þat lawe shal be alaborera laborer & lede afeld dongeUc.4.145: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.145-46. and loue shal lede þi land · as þe leef liketh Clerkes coupled hem to-giders to construe þis cause Uc.4.148: The marginal comment here is bounded on the left by a vertical line done by hand16. The abuse of lawe , shall cause it to falle kyndelich what hit menethUc.4.148: Russell-Kane relineates this line and the preceding thus: Clerkes þat were confessours couplede hem togederes / To construe this clause, kyndeliche what it meneth. ¶ Med yn þe moet-halle þo on men of lawe gan wynke yn syngeUc.4.150: synge: Viz. "sign." þat þey sholde wiþ sum sotil speche Reherce þe anoen-right · þat mighte resoun stoppe ac alle rightful recordid · þat resoun truthe saide and kynde wit & conscience curteislich þanked Resoun for his rightful speche · riche & pore him louede and saidon we seen wel · sire resoun by thiseUc.4.155: thise: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thi. wordes þat mekenes worþ maister  ouer mede at þe laste Loue leet of mede þo light · & loueUc.4.157: & loue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and leutee. ȝut lasse and cried to conscience þe kyng myght hit here notawho that is married quoth loue for his goodes shalbeshal be cornutedUc.4.159: Cornuted: given horns, cuckolded (OED). Uc.4.159: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.159-60.who-so wilneþ hire to wyue quod he · for welþe of hire godes But he be knowe for kokewold  kit of my nose Mede mornede þo & made an heuy chere Meed a daintie common StrupitStru[m]pit both in siuill lawe and commonUc.4.162: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. For comuneUc.4.162: comune: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe comune. calde hire queynte comune horeUc.4.162: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.162-63. a sysour & a somnour þo softlich forþ ȝede wiþ mede þe mayde þo out of þe moet-halle A shirreues clerk cried · a capias Mede & saluo custodias : According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, MS Uc is unique in putting & saluo custodias with this line rather than the following. Uc.4.166: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Sed non cum carceratis princes counsell · should be ruled by consience & ResounUc.4.167: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand17. þe kyng to counsel þo toek conscience & resoun and modily vpon mede many tyme loked and lowred vpon men of lawe & lightlich saide þorgh ȝour lawe as y leue y lese many chetes Mede & men of ȝour craft myche truthe lettiþ ac resoun shal rikene wiþ ȝou yf y regne any while and deme ȝou by this day as ȝe han deserued Mede shal not maynprise by marie of heuene loue and good lyff to be the lawenota Uc.4.175: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.175-76.I wol haue lewte for my lawe · & lete be al ȝour ianglingUc.4.175: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses spans lines Uc.4.175-76. and by lele & lif-holy my lawe shal be demed ¶ Quod conscience to þe kyng with-oute þe comune helpe hit is ful hard by myn heued herto to bringe hit and alle ȝour lege ledes · to lede þus euene By him þat Raught vp þe rode quod resoun to þe king But yf ȝe rule þus alle rewmes reueth me myUc.4.181: The first minim in my is bowed, as if the scribe started to write a c or a similar letter and then corrected himself. sight and bringe alle men to bowe wiþ-owton bitter wounde warres & SwordeUc.4.183: An equals sign to the right of warres links this marginal comment to the poetic line. The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. wiþ-outon mercyment or manslaughtere amende alle reumes ¶ y wolde hit were quod þe kyng wel al aboute For-þi resoun redily þow shalt not ridon hennes But be my chef chaunceler yn cheker & in parlement And conscience yn alle my Courtes be a kynges Iustice y assente saide resoun by so ȝou self here audiatis alteram partem among aldermen & comuneres and þat vnsittynge suffraunce ne sele ȝour priue lettres Ne no supersedeas sende · but y assente quod resoun and y dar legge my lif þat loue wol lene þe suluer To wage þine & helpe wynne · þat þou wilnest after More þen alle þine marchauntes · or þine mytrid bisshopes Or lumbardes of lukes · þat lyuen by lone as iewes þe king comaundid conscience þo to congeye alle hise officeres and resceyue þo þat resoun loued · & right with þat y waked Passus quintus de visione vbi prius Uc.5.1: Red tracework around the ornamental capital extends from Uc.4.194 to the bottom of the folio at Uc.5.2. Thus y waked woet god when y woned yn Cornhulle Pers dwelled in cornewell with his frind christofer or his wyf Catte in there bede had a vision kitte & yUc.5.2: Two dots resembling a colon have been inserted by hand1 between y and in by way of correction to ensure the reader's perception of word-spacing. in akotea kote yclothid as lollersUc.5.2: An x in the right margin links the marginal comment to this line. Peres became a Protestant and loued his lyke · And litel y-lete by leueþ me forsotheUc.5.3: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the style of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.3-5. Amonges lollers of Londoun & lewed men heremites For y made of þo men  as resoun me taughte For as y cam by conscience with resoun y mette yn an hoet heruest when y hadde myn hele ¶ and lymes to laboure wiþ  and loued wel fare and no dede to do but drinke & to slepe yn hele and in inwit · oen me apposed Romyng in remembraunce þus resoun me aratid Can þow seruon he saide or syngon yn achurchea churche Or coke for my kokeres or to þe cart picche Mouen or mowen · or make boend to sheues Ripon or ben aripreuea ripreue & arise erly Or haue an horn & be an hayward & ligge þeroute on nyghtes and kepe my corn in my croft · for pikers & þeues Or shape shoen or cloth · or sheep & kyn kepe heggen or harowen or swyn or gees driue Or any oþer kynnes craft þat to þe comune nedith þey y-bettered þe byþ[er]e-by · þat bilyue þe fyndon Sertes y saide & so me god helpe y am to waik to worche · wiþ sikel or wiþ sithe and to long leue me · lowe to stoupe To worchon as a werkman any while to duren þenne hast þow londes to lyue by quod resoun or linage riche þat fynt þe þin fode · for an ydel man þou semest a spendour þat spende mot · or a spille-tyme Or beggest þi byleueUc.5.29: The word byleue appears to have been written over an erasure. aboute at mennes hacches lowlars regarded not fridaies fast Or fattest vpon fridaies · or feste daies in churche þe whiche is lollarne lif þat litel ys preysed þere rightfulnesse rewardeth right as men deseruon Uc.5.33: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Reddet vnicuique iuxta opera sua Or þow art broke so may be yn body or in membre Or ymaymed þorgh sum myshappe wher-by þou myght be excused ¶ when y ȝong was many ȝeer hennes brought vp in a Cloystere My fader & my frendes foundon me to scole Til y wiste witturly what holy writ menede and what is best for þe body as þe boek telleth and sykerost for þe soule by so y wole contynue nota Uc.5.41: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.5.37-44.and fond neuere yn faith sith my frendes dyede lif þat me liked but in þes longe clothes and yf y by laboure sholde lyuen & liflode deseruen þat laboure þat y lerned best þerewith lyuen y sholde Uc.5.45: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. In eadem vocacione qua vocati estis sitis peres a beginge frier which was an easie lyfe and so y lyue yn londoun & vppe lond boþe þe lomes þat y laboure wiþ & liflode deserue ys paternoster & my primer placebo & dirige nota Uc.5.49: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.5.46-54.and my sauter sutymesu[m]tyme & myn seuen spalmesUc.5.49: For this spelling of psalme, see MED s.v. Cf. the same spelling at Uc.3.470. þis y say for her soules of such as me helpeþ and þo þat fyndon me my fode vouchon saf y trowe To be welcome when y come · oþer-while yn a moniþ Now wiþ him now wiþ hire on þis wise y begge wir-outonwi[þ]-outon bagge or botelle but my wombe one ¶ and also morouere me þinkeþ sire resoun Me sholde constrayne no clerk to no knaues werkes For by þe lawe of leuytici þat oure lord ordeyned pastors should be of knowlege reputed and Meeke · Clerkes ycrowned of kynde vnderstondyng sholde noþer swynke ne swete · ne swere at enquestes Ne fighte yn no vawarde · ne his foes greue Uc.5.61: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non reddas malum pro malo For hit ben heires of heuen alle þat ben ycrowned and yn Queer & kirkesUc.5.63: kirkes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in kyrkes. cristes mynistres Uc.5.64: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dominus pars hereditatis mee &cetera & alibi clemencia non distringitur nota hit bicomeþ for clerkes crist forto serue and knaues vncrowned to carte & to worche pastors of good parantageUc.5.67: Hand16 uses a double hyphen in the form of an equals sign to show the line-end division of parantage. and chaystly married · no basterds Uc.5.67: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.For shold no clerk be crouned but yf he come wereUc.5.67: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.67-68. of frankeleyns & fre men · & of folk yweddid Uc.5.69: Sidelining spans lines Uc.5.69-92.¶ Bonde & bastardes & beggeres childron basterds fitt for slauerye To þiseUc.5.70: To þise: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Thyse. bilongeþ labour & lordes kyn to serueUc.5.70: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.69-70. God & gode men as degreUc.5.71: degre: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads here degre. askethUc.5.71: Russell-Kane moves this and the following two lines to a position following Uc.5.65, indicating in the apparatus that all the available manuscript evidence gives the order as here in Uc; Schmidt and Pearsall follow the sequence given in the manuscripts. Somme to synge masses or sitton & writon Redon & resceyuon þat resoun aught to spende ¶ Ac sithe bonde men barns han be maed bisshopes and barnes bastardes han ben archedekenes merchantes knighted gentelmen there printicesUc.5.76: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.5.76: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.76-77.and soperes & her sones for suluer han ben knyghtes and lordes sones her laborers and leid her rentes to wedde For þe right of þis reume riden aȝen our enemyes yn counfort of þe comune & þe kynges worshipe and monkes & monyals þat mendinantz sholde Fynde y-made her kyn knyghtes & knyghtes fees ypurchased Popes & patrones pore gentil bloed refused And taken symoundes sones seintuarie to kepe lyf-holynesse & loue haþ be Longe hennes and wol til hit be werid out or oþerwise ychaungid For-þi rebuke me right nought resoun y ȝou preye For in my conscience y knowe what crist wolde y wroughte Preieres of a perfit man & penaunce discret ys þe leuest labour þat our lord pleseth Uc.5.90: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non de solo y saide for soþe viuit homo Nec in pane nec in pabulo þe paternoster witnesseþ Uc.5.92: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Fiat voluntas dei þat Fynt vs alle thinges ¶ Quod conscience by crist y kan not see þis lieth ac hit semeth not sad perfitnesse yn citees to bigge But he be obediencer to priour or to mynistre þat is soth y saide · & so y byknowe þat y haue tynd tyme · & tyme myspendid ac ȝut y hope as he þat ofte haþ ychaffared and ay lost & lost & at þe laste happed A boute such a bargayn he was þe bet euere And sette al his los at leefUc.5.101: at leef: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads at a leef. at þe last ende such a wynnyng him warth þorgh wordes of grace Uc.5.103: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Simile est regnum celorum thesauro abscondito in agro Mulier que inuenit dragmam So hope y to haue of him þat is almyghty A gobet of his grace & bygynne a tyme þat alle tymes of my tyme · to profit shal turne ¶ y rede þe quod resoun tho rape the to bygynne þe lif þat is louable · & leel to þi soule ȝe and continue quod conscience  and to þe kirke y wente and to þe kirke y gan go god to honoure By-fore þe cros on my knees · knocked y my brest sihing for my synnes saying my paternoster wepyng & weyling til y was a-slepe ¶ and þenne mette me myche more þen y byfore tolde of matere þat me mette first on maluerne hulles þe worlde y saw þe feld ful of folk from ende to oþer and resoun y-reuestid right as a pope and conscience his crocer byfore þe kyng stande Resoun reuerentlich to-fore al þe reume fained hollynes for pride Uc.5.121: An x by hand16 in the left margin highlights this line.prechid & preued þat þis pestilences was puyre synne and a south-west wynd on a saturday at euon was pertlich for pruyde & for no poynt elles Piries & plumtrees wern puffed to þe erthe yn ensaumple segges · þat we sholde do þe bettere Beches & Brod okes wern blowe to þe ground and turned vpward here tail · yn tokenyng of drede þat dedly synnesUc.5.128: synnes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads synne. or domes-day · shal for-doen hem alle Of þis matere y myghte mamele ful longe ac y shal seye as y say slepyng as hit were how resoun radde al þe reume to heuene he bad wastoures worche & wynnon here sustinaunceþorgh sum þorgh sum trewe trauayle · & no tyme spille x x he preyede purnel hire purfil to leue pure hippocracy reproued . and kepe hit in hire cofor · for catel at hir nedeUc.5.135: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. Tomme stowe he taughte · to take two staues and fette felice hoem from wyvene pyne ¶ he warned watte his wif was to blame For hir heed was worth half marc · & his hoed not a grote he bad butte to kutte a bough or tweyne and bete betoun þerwith · but yf she wolde worche he charged a chapman to chastise hise childron Lat no wynnyng for-waynenUc.5.143: MED forwenen, -ien, "to spoil (a child), overindulge, pamper." hem · þe while þei ben ȝonge spare the rood and spill þe child . Uc.5.144: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of triple stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.144-46.For who-so spareth þe sprig · spilleth hise childronUc.5.144: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of triple stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.144-46. and so wroet þe wise to wisson vs alle Qui parcit virge odit filium pastors muste do as they techeUc.5.147: This marginal comment is written over an erasure of another comment, now illegible, by an unknown hand. Uc.5.147: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.147-48.and sithen he preyed prelates & prestes to-gidersUc.5.147: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.5.147-48. þat ȝe precheth to þe peple · preue hit ȝou selue Lyue ȝe as ȝe lereth vs · we shal leue ȝou þe bettere and sithe he radde religioun · here rule to holde Last þe kyng & his counsel · ȝoure comunes apeyre , prelaitts liue of decimes & lords take their liuinges · Uc.5.152: This comment is written over an erasure of another comment, now illegible, by an unknown hand. The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and be stywardes of ȝour stedes · til ȝe be stewed betture nota Uc.5.153: Sidelining by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.5.153-79.¶ Gregory þe grete clerk · gart write yn bokes þe rule of religious · rightful and obedient Right as fisshes yn the floed when hem faileth water Dyen for drouthe when þey drie liggen Right so religioun roteþ & sterueth heaven & ease on earth is in cloyster . / þat out of Couent & of cloyster · coueiteþ to dwelleUc.5.158: Sidelining by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.5.153-68. For yf heuene be on þis erthe · or any ese to þe soule hit is yn cloister or yn scole · by many skiles y fynde For yn cloister comeþ no man to chide ne to fighte againste non-residence and pleasure and purchasing in PrelaittsUc.5.162: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. yn scole ys loue & lowenesse · and likyng to lerneUc.5.162: The marginal comment in the right margin here is linked to line 158 by an x in the right margin at line 158 and a line drawn diagonally downward between the x and this comment. ac many day men telleth bothe monkes & chanoins haen ridon out of a frayUc.5.164: a fray: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads aray. · here reule euel y-holde Leders of lawe daies · & londes ypurchased and priked abowte on palfrays from places to maneres an heep of houndes at his ers · as he a lord were and but his knaue knele · þat shal his coppe holde he lokeþ al louryng and lurdon him calleth Uc.5.170: A

rightward pointing-hand icon in the left margin, drawn by hand14, is directed toward this line, but it probably indicates the entire section (Uc.5.170-88) highlighted by a long curly bracket in the left margin. See the note in the left margin at line Uc.5.173.Lytel hadde lordes ado · to ȝiue lond from heires To religious þat han rutheUc.5.171: ruthe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads no reuthe. · þough hit reyne on here auteres yn many places þere þey persones ben · be hem-self at ese A prophecye . trulye fulfilled by Kinge Henrye . the . viij . th / Uc.5.173: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.5.170-88of þe pore haue þei no pite · & þat ys here puyr chartere and ȝe leton ȝou alle as lordes · ȝour lond lith so brode and þere shal come a kyng · and confesse ȝou alle and bete ȝou as þe bible telleth · for brekyng of ȝour rule and amende ȝou monkes · bothe monyals & chanoins ad pristinum statum and putte ȝou to ȝour penaunce · ad pristinum statum ire And barounes & her barnes blame ȝou & repreue Uc.5.180: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Hii in curribus & hii in equis ipsi obligati sunt & ceciderunt Freres yn her fraytour shal fynde þat tyme Breed with-outeUc.5.182: The oute in with-oute is written over an erasure, with an unusually large o. beggyng · to lyue by euere after and ConstancyUc.5.183: Constancy: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads constantyn. shal be here coek · & couerour of her churches For þe abbot of yngelond · and þe abbesse hys nese shal haue a knoc vpon here crounes · & incurable þe woundes Uc.5.186: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Contriuit dominus baculum impiorum virgavirga[m] dominancium plaga insanabili andUc.5.187: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. ar þat kyng come · as cronikles me tolde Clerkes & holy chircheUc.5.188:Russell-Kane here reads kirke, following MS Dc, in order to mend the alliteration. · shal be clothid newe and sithe he counseled þe kyng · his comvne to louye For þe comvn is þe kynges tresour · conscience woet wel and also quod resoun · y rede ȝou riche and comuneres to acorde · yn alle kynne truthe Lat no kynne counsel · ne coueytise ȝou parte þat oen wit & oen wil · alle ȝoure wardes kepe Lo yn heuene an hy was an holy comvne Til lucifer þe lyare · leued þat him-selue were wittiore & worthiore · þen he þat was his maistur holde ȝou in vnite and he þat othir wolde ys cause of al combraunce to confoundon a rewme and sithen he preyed þe pope haue pite on holichirche and no grace ne graunte · til goed loue were amonges alle kynne kynges ouer cristen peple nota Comaunde þat alle confessoures · þat any kyng shryueth Enioyne hem pees for here penaunce · & perpetuel forȝifnes of alle manere acciouns and ich man loue oþer and ȝe that seketh seynt Iames · and seyntes of Rome Reason against pilgrimage to Sanctes butt to truethUc.5.207: Hand16 shows line-end division of pilgrimage by means of a double hyphen in the form of an equals sign. The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. onlyUc.5.207: This marginal comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. seketh saint truthe · yn sauacion of ȝour soulesUc.5.207: The marginal comment here is linked to lines Uc.5.206-209 by an x made by hand16 at the end of line 206, a line drawn from the x leftward under the word Rome in that line, and continuation of the line as right-margin sidelining of lines 207-209. Qui cum patre & filio  þat faire hem bifalle þat sueth my sarmoun þus endid resoun Passus sextus de visione & ceteraProwde harte Uc.6.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.5.205 to Uc.6.19. Wyth þat ran repentaunce & rehersed his teme and made wille to wepe watur with his eyes Purnel proud herte plat hire to þe erthe and long was ar he loked vp · & lord mercy cried and bihighte to him · þat vs alle made she sholde vnsewe here serk & sette þere an haire To affaiton here flesh · þat fers was to synne shal neuere high herte me hente  but holde me lowe and suffre to be mysseyd & so dyde y neuere But now wole y meke me & mersy by-seche Of alle þat y haue hatid in myn herte Repente þe quod repentaunce as resoun þe taughte Repentaunce biddeth Pride become lowly . meaninge þe ClergieUc.6.13: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. And shriue þe sharplich shake of al pruydeUc.6.13: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. y pruyde pacientlich penaunce aske For y formest & first to my fader & moder haue be vnbuxum y biseche god of mercy and vnbuxum ybe · not abasht to a-gulte · God & gode men so gret was myn herte ynobedient to holikirke · & to hem þat þere serueth demed for here euel vices · and exited othir Thorgh my word & my wit · her euel werkes to shewe and scornyd hem & othir · yf y a skyle founde Laughing al alowd · for lewed men sholde wene y were witty · & wisore þen anothir Skornere & vnskilful · to hem þat skile shewed42Uc.6.25: The quire signature signifies quire 4, leaf 2. yn alle manere maneres · my name to be knowe semyng a souereyn oen · where-so me byfulle To telle any tale · y trowed me wisore To carpe and counsele · þen any clerk or lewed Proud of aperail · yn port amonges þe peple Othirwise þen y haue  with-ynnen & wiþ-outon Me wilnynge þat men wente · y were as yn aveerUc.6.32: The text scribe apparently first wrote aueer and then changed the u to a v. Riche & resounable & rightful of lyuyng Bosting & bragging · with many bold othes A discription of fained hippocracyUc.6.35: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.6.35: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.6.33-43.Vauntynge vp my vayn glorie · for any vnder-nymyng and ȝit so syngulerlyUc.6.36: syngulerly: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads synguler. by my-selue as to þe sight of peple was noen such as him-selue · ne noen so popholy sum tyme yn oen sekte · sum tyme yn a-nothir yn alle kynne couent · contreued how y myghte Be holdon for holy · and honoured by þat enchesoun wilnynge þat men wende · my werkes wer þe beste and þe conyngest of my craft clerkish or othir nota and strengist vpon stede · and steuest vnder girdel and louelokest to loke vpon and likyngest abedde and likyng of such alifa lif · þat no lawe preyseth Proud of my faire faitures · and for y song shille and what y gaf for godes loue · to gossipes y tolde þey to wene þat y were ful holy & fulalmesfulful almesful and noen so bold a beggere to bidde & to craue Tales to telle yn tauernes & yn stretes Þing þat neuere ne was þought · and ȝut he swor y say hit and layde on my lycame and on my lif bothe Of werkes þat y wel dide · witnesses take and segge to such · þat sette me biside Lo yf ȝe leue me not · or þat y lye wenen asketh at him or at hire · and he ȝou can telle what y soffred & say · & sumtymes hadde and what y cowde & knew · & of what kyn y come al he wolde þat men wiste when hit to pruyde souneth as to be preysed amonges þe peple · þogh he pore seme Uc.6.61: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Si hominibus placerem Christi seruus non essem Nemo potest duobus dominis seruire Now god for his godnes gyue þe grace to amende Envye · Quod repentaunce right with þat  & þenne aroes enuye ¶ Enuye wiþ heuy herte · asked after shrifte and cried mea culpa · cussing alle hise enemys his clothis wern of corsed menUc.6.67: corsed men: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads corsement. · & of kene wordes he wroeth his fust vpon wrath · hadde weshes at willeUc.6.68: Russell-Kane: hadde he wesches at wille. sholde no lif lyue þat on his lond pissed Chiding & chalenging þat was his chef liflode and blame men bihinde here bak · & bidde hem myschaunce and þat he wiste by wille to wadkyn he tolde hit þe nature of Envye · / and al þat he wiste by watte · tolde hit wille afterUc.6.73: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.73-74. and made of frendes foes · þorgh skile & fals tonge Or þorgh myght of mouthe · or þorgh mannes sleythes Venged me fele tymes oþer freet my-self wiþ-ynne lyk a shapsteres shere · & shrewed myn euene-cristeneUc.6.77: The words myn and euen are written without word-spacing. Two dots resembling a colon—one just below the baseline between myn and euen, and the other between those words at the level of the top of the letters n and e—seem to have been intended to add the word-spacing by way of correction. The corrector is hand1. Aȝen þe counsel of crist  clerkes fyndeth yn bokes Uc.6.79: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Cuius maledictione os plenum est amaritudine sub lingua eius labor & dolor  Filij hominum dentes eorum arma & sagitte & lingua eorum gladius acutusUc.6.79: Russell-Kane divides the two Biblical verses (from Psalm 9.28 and Psalm 56.5) between dolor and Filij as lines RK6.76α and 76β. and when y may not haue þe maistrie such malencoly y take þat y cacche þe crampe · þe cardiacle sumtyme Or an ague yn such anger · & sumtyme a feuere þat takeþ me al a twelmonthe · til þat y dispise leche-craft of oure lord · & leue on a wicche and segge þat no clerk kan · ne crist as y leue To þe sowtere of suthwerk · such is his grace For god ne godes word · ne none grace halp me neuere but þorgh acharma charm hadde y chaunce · & my chef hele andUc.6.89: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Y. myght not ete many ȝeer as amana man owghte For enuye & euel wil · ys euel to defie May no sugur ne swet thing · aswage my swellyng Ne derworthe drinke driue hit from myn herte Noþer shame ne shrift · but who-so shraped my mawe Thus redily quod repentaunce · and þow be right sory43Uc.6.94: The quire signature signifies quire 4, leaf 3. For þine synnes souereynly · and by-seke god of mercy y am euere sory saide enuye · y am selde othir and þat maketh me so megre for y ne may me venge ȝut am y brokour of bacbyting · and to blame menne ware amonges marchauntes many tymes and namelich in londoun when he sholde & he not þenne was al redyUc.6.100: Russell-Kane: When he solde and y nat thenne was y aredy. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, MS Uc's variant readings here are unique. To lye & to loure · & lacke myn neyghebores here werkes here wordes where þat y sete Now hit athinketh me in my thought þat euere y so wroughte Lord ar y lif lete · for loue of þi-selue Graunte me gode lord grace of amendement Wrath · ¶ þenne awaked wrathe wiþ two white yes and with a nyuelinges nose · nypping his lippes y am wrath quod þat wye · wole gladlich smyte Bothe with stoen & with staf · & stele vpon myn enemy To sle him slily sleithes y by-thenke þough y sitte þis seuen ȝeer · y sholde not wel telle The harm þat y haue do · wiþ hand & wiþ tonge Inpacient yn alle penaunces · and pleyned as hit were On god when me greued ought · & groched of his sonde as somtyme yn somer · and also yn heruest But y hadde wedur at my wille · y witte god þe cause yn alle manere angres þat y hadde or feled amonges alle manere men · my dwellyng ys sumtyme with lewed & lered þat leef ben to here harm of any man · by-hynde or byfore collerricke deuines vnperfitt prechersUc.6.121: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ¶ Freres folowen my fore fele tymes & ofteUc.6.121: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.121-22. and preuen ynperfit prelates of holichirche And prelates pleyneth on hemUc.6.123: The text scribe first wrote him and then added a loop to the i to correct to hem.  for þei herre parishenes shryuen with licence & leue · & herby lyueth wrathe emulacoun in all degres þus þei speke & dispute · þat vchon spiseth othirUc.6.125: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.125-26. þus beggeres & barones · at debate arn ofte Til y wrathe wexe an hy · and walke wiþ hem bothe Or til þey boþe be beggeres · & by spiritual lyue Or alle riche & ride reste shal y not wrathe þat y ne mote folowe þis folk my fortune ys noen oþere ¶ y haue an aunte to nonne and an abbesse here wer leuere swoune or swete · þen soffre any payne y haue be coek yn here kychene · and þe couent serued nota Many monthes with hem · & wiþ monkes bothe y was þe prioresse potager · and oþere pore ladies and made hem iowtes of iangelyng · dame Ione was a bastard and dame clarice a knyghtes doughtur · a cokewold was hire sire and dame purnele aprestesa prestes file · prioresse worth she neuere For she hadde a child yn a Capownes cote · she worth at þeUc.6.139: Hand1 uses a curly bracket here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. eleccionUc.6.139: Russell-Kane: For he hadde childe in the chapun cote; he worth chalenged at þe eleccioun. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, MS Uc's omission of chalenged is unique. Thus þei sitten þo sustres · sumtyme & disputen A description of wrath at largeUc.6.141: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Til þow lixt & þow lixt · be lady ouer hem alleUc.6.141: Sidelining in the right margin by hand16 spans lines Uc.6.132-60. and thenne awake y wrathe · & wolde be avenged and þenne y crie & cracche · wiþ my kene nayles Bite & bete · & bringe forth such thewes þat alle ladies me loutethUc.6.145: MED louten v.(1), 3(b) "to honor."Uc.6.145: louteth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though it is perhaps substantially identical to the loteth of MS X. The latter could represent MED louten v.(1), 3(b) "to honor," or loten v.(2), "fail to support (sb.)." Russell-Kane reads lotheth. · þat loueth any worshipe amonges wyues & wedowes y am woned to sitte y-parroked yn pues · þe persoun hit knoweth how litel y loue letise at þe stile For she hadde halibred ar y · myn herte gan chaunge nota after mete afterward · she and she chiddon and y wrathe was war · & warth on hem bothe Til ayther clepid oþer hore · and on with þe clothesUc.6.152: Russell-Kane: and of with the clothes. Schmidt and Pearsall: and on with the clawes. Til bothe here hedes wern bare · and blody here chekes amonges monkes y myghte be  ac many tyme y spare For þere arn many felle freykes · myn aferes to aspie þat ys priour & suppriour  and oure pater abbas and y telle any tales þey taken hem to-gydores and doen me faste fridaies · þe breed & þe waterUc.6.158: þe breed & þe water: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to bred and to water. ȝut am y chalenged yn oure chapitre-hous · as y a child were and baleised on þe bare ers  & no brech by-twene44Uc.6.160: The quire signature signifies quire 4, leaf 4. y haue no lust leue me amonges monkes to longeUc.6.161: amonges monkes to longe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to longe amonges monkes. Causeth fluxes For y ete more fish þen flesh & febel ale drinkeUc.6.162: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. fatt foles andUc.6.163: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. othir while when wyn cometh & when y drinke late at euen y haue a flux of a foul mouth · wel fyue dayes after and al þat y wiste wicked by any of oure couent y cough hit vp yn oure cloyster  þat al þe couent woet hit Now repente þe quod repentaunce · & reherse neuere Counsel þat þow knowest · by continaunce ne by speche and drink not ouerdelicatly · ne to depe neyther wine Inne witt owte Uc.6.170: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.þat þi wille ne thi wit · to wrathe myghte turne Esto sobrius he saide & assoileUc.6.171: Russell-Kane: assoiled. him after and bad him bidde to god · be his help to amende ¶ Thenne saide leccherie alas · & to our lady cried Lecherye . in the clergie and othersUc.6.174: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Lady to þi leue sone loute for me nouthe þat he haue pite on me putour · of his puyre mercy with þat y shal quod þat shrewe · saturdaies for þi moder loue Drinke bot with þe doke · & dyne but ones y gulty in goest to god y me shriue as yn likyng of leccherie · my licames gultes yn word & yn wedes yn wastingUc.6.180: Russell-Kane: waytynge. of yes For eche maide þat y mette · y made hire a signe Semyng to synneward · & summe y gan taste places of lechery aboute þe mouth & bynethe gan y to grope þe fruites of friday fast and Saintes eunesUc.6.184: eunes: I.e. "evens."Uc.6.184: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.6.184: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.184-85.Til bothe our wille was oen · and to þe werk we ȝedon as wel fastingdaies & fridaies · and hereUc.6.185: here: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads heye. festes euenes as leef yn lente as owte of lente alle tymes yliche ¶ Such werkes with vs · wern neuere owt ofUc.6.187: The distinctive leftward curve of the tail of the f in the added of shows this to be the italic hand of Francis Aiscough. sesoun Til we myghte no more , þenne hadde we mery tales Of putrie & of paramoures · & prouedon þorgh speche and handeling & halsing & also þorgh kissing Exited aither oþer til oure olde synne bawdy songes and bauds nurces of lecherye Uc.6.192: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.192-93.sotiled songes & sent owt olde baudes To wynne to my wille  wymine with gile By sorserie sumtyme · & sumtyme By maystrye lecherie had by sorcery or ells by Rapine y lay by þe louelokest & loued hire neuere afterUc.6.195: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. lecherie desiers change when y was oeld & hoer · & hadde lore þat kynde y hadde likyng to lithe of leccherie tales Now lord for þi lewte  on lecchoures haue mercy Covetyse . / ¶ Thenne cam coueytise y can not him discreue So hungrily & holough sire heruy him loked william AiscoughUc.6.201: Grindley (p. 239) suggests that this William Aiscough was the uncle of the commentator Francis Aiscough. Another candidate, however, is a more distant ancestor, the brother of Francis's direct ancestor eight generations removed (Maddison and Larken, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, pp. 59-61). This William Aiscough was bishop of Salisbury from 1438 until his death in 1450. He was confessor to Henry VI, and not only a close associate of the king but also a wealthy man. At one point he lent the king a sum of 1,602 pounds. He was murdered in 1450 after saying mass at Edington, Wiltshire, in an event now seen as linked to the Cade rebellion. At his death, looters of his episcopal estates took goods estimated at 10,000 marks in value (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1:524-25). Such an ancestor certainly might have seemed to the reform-minded Francis to be a fitting symbol of covetousness, given Francis's comments about "proude Prelates" and their non-residence (see the marginal comments at Uc.22.388; Uc.5.152, 162; and Uc.11.60). However, if a closer relative is the one intended, then candidates include not his uncle (Francis's only paternal uncle was also named Francis), but rather his first cousin (the son of the paternal uncle Francis, this cousin died in 1585 at an age of about 43 years), his grandfather, his great-grandfather, and his great-great-great-grandfather (Maddison and Larken, Lincolnshire Pedigrees 1:59-64). he was bitelbroued & baberlipped  with two blered yes marks of covetise folckes · And as a letherene pors lolleden his chekesUc.6.202: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. wel siddore þen his chyn · y-cheueled for elde and as a bondemannes bacown his berd was y-shaue with his hoed on his heued · & his cappeUc.6.205: cappe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hat. bothe in a torne coote / yn atorea tore taberd of twelue wyntur Age But yf a lous cowde lepe · y leue hit y trowe sheUc.6.208: she: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads He. sholde not wandre vpon þat welch  so was hit þredbare y haue be coueytows quod þis caitif  y by-knowe hit here an vseror . orUc.6.210: The o in or bears an otiose tilde. marchant For sumtyme y serued symme at þe stile and was his prentys yplight · his profit to wayte First y lerned to lye · a lesyng oþer tweyne wyckedlich to waye · was my first lessoun To wy & to wynchestere y wente to þe faire with many manere marchaundise as my maister highte Ne hadde þe grace of gyle go among my ware hit hadde be vnsold þis seuen ȝeer  so me god helpe Drapers drepe mens purses ¶ þenne drowgh y me among draperes my donet to lerne To drawe þe liser along · þe lengur hit semed amonges þe riche raieresUc.6.220: raieres: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads rayes. · y rendrede a lessoun To brochen hem wiþ a pak-nedele · & band hem to-gyderes Putte hem in pressoures · and pynne hem þerynne Til ten ȝerdes oþer twelue tolde out þrettene My wif was a webbe · & wollone cloth made and spak to þe spinsteres · to spynnen oute þe pound þat she paide hem by · peysed a quarter More þen Myn auncelle · when y weyed truthe y boughte hire barly she brew hit to selle Penyale & puddyngale she poured hitUc.6.229: poured hit: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads poured. to-gidores decepte in ailewiues · For laboreres & low folk  þat lay by him-selue and þeUc.6.231: and þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe. beste ale lay in my boure · & yn my bed-chaumbre and who-so bummeþUc.6.232: bummeþ: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads boumode. þerof · he bought hit þerafter A galoun for a grote & ȝut no graith mesure when hit cam yn cuppe-mele þis craft my wyf vsed Rose þe regrater was hir right name she hadde yholde huxtrie þis elleuen wyntur Repentedest neuere quod repentaunce · ne restitucion madest She robbed hir gestes a-slepe · Uc.6.238: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.6.238: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.6.238: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.238-39.Ȝus ones y was herborowed quod she · wiþ an heep of chapmanUc.6.238: chapman: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads chapmen. y roes & ruyfled her males · when þey a reste were ¶ þat was a ruful restitucion quod repentaunce forsoþe þow wolt be hanged hie þerfore · here oþer in helle vsedest euere vsurie yn al thi lif tyme Nay sothly she saide · saue yn my ȝouthe Lumbards Crafte y lerned amonges lumbardes · alessouna lessoun & of iewes To weye pens wiþ a peys · & pare þe heuygost and lente for loue of þe wed · þe which y leet betture and more worth þen þe moneye or men þat ich lened y lene folk þat lese wole alippea lippe of vch anoblea noble and with lombardes lettres · lene gold at Rome So what barn of me borowed · he boughte þe tyme Lenedest euere any lord for loue of his mayntenaunce y haue lent lordes & ladies · þat loued me neuere after and haue ymaed many aknyghta knyght boþe mercer & draper paide neuere for his prentishoed not apairea paire gloues þat chaffared with my cheuysaunces cheued selde after ¶ Now redyly quod repentance & by þe rode y leue Shal neuere seketouresUc.6.257: seketoures: Thus Russell-Kane. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Schmidt and Pearsall read seketoure. wel by-sette · þe suluer þat þou hem leuest Ne þin heires as y hope · haue ioye þat þow wonne For þe pope with al his pentaunceres power hem faileth To assoyle þe of þis synne Sine restitucioun Uc.6.261: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Numquam dimittitur peccatum & cetera · wiþ false wordes & wyghtes · haue ych wonne my godes and wiþ gile & glosing ygadered þat ich haue Medled my marchaundise · & made a goed mostre þe worste lay with-ynne  a greet wyt y leet hit and yf myn neyghbore hadde an hyne or any beest elles More profitable þen myn y made many wentes how y myghte haue hit al my wit y caste ¶ and but y hit hadde by oþer weye · at þe laste y stale hit Or priueylich his purs shok · & vnpiked his lokes and yf y ȝede to þe plough · y pinched on his half-acre þat afotelonda fote lond or a forough · fecchon y wolde of my neighebore next · nymen of his erthe and yf y raap ouerreche · or ȝaf hem rodUc.6.274: rod: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads red. þat repe To sese to me with here sikel · þat y ne sew neuere ¶ yn halidaies at holichurche · when y herde messe Ne hadde y neuere wille weturly to by-seche mercy Russell-Kane puts mercy with the following line, thus improving the alliteration. For mysdedesUc.6.278: mysdedes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads my mysdedes. þat y ne mourned ofter For los of goed leue me þen for lycames gultes as þough y deedly synne dide · y dradde hit so sore as when y lened & leued hit lost · or longe or hit were paid and yf y sente ouersee my seruauntes to bruges Or in-to pruys-lond my prentises · my profit to awaite To marchaunde wiþ my money · and make here eschaunges Mighte neuere me counforte in þe mene tyme Noþer matynes ne masse ne no manere sightes Ne neuere penaunce perfourmed ne paternoster saide þat my mynde ne was more yn my godes abouteUc.6.288: aboute: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in a doute. filthy & bitinge VsurieUc.6.289: The marginal comment here is bounded above and below by horizontal lines done by hand16. þen yn þe grace of god · and yn his gret myghte Vbi thesaurus tuus ibi cor tuum Now redily quod repentaunce y haue ruthe of þi lyuing were y a frere yn goed faith · for al þe gold on erthe y ne wolde cope me wiþ catelUc.6.293: catel: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thy catel. · ne oure kirke mende Ne take a meles mete of thine · and myn herte hit wiste þow were such as þou saist  y sholde rathir sterue Melius est mori quam male viuere ¶ y rede no faithful frere at þin feste to sitte ȝut wer me leuere by oure lord lyue al by welle-cresses þen haue my fode & my fyndyng of fals menne wynninges Uc.6.300: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Seruus es alterius cum fercula pinguia queris Pane tuo poscius vescere liber eris þow art an vnkynde creature y can þe not assoile Til þow haue maed by þi myght to alle men restitucion For alle þat haen of þin goed · haue god my truthe nota ys halden at þe hie doem · to helpe þe restitue ȝe þe prest þat þi tithe toek · trowe y noen othir shal parte with þe in purgatorie · & helpe paie þi dette yf he wiste þou were such · when he resceyued þin offring And what lede leueth þat y lie  loke yn þe sauter glosed On ecce enim veritatem dilexisti vsure is compared to the PopsUc.6.311: Pops: viz. "Pope's" Stues rente Uc.6.311: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of four stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.311-15.and þere shal he wite weturly · what vsure is to mene and penaunce þe prest shal haue · þat proud is of his tiþes For an hore of hire ers-wynnyng may hardiloker tiþe þen an erraunt vsurer haue god my truþe and arst shal come to heueneUc.6.315: Russell-Kane: And arste shal come to heuene, by hym þat me made. ¶ þenne was þere a walshe man · was wonderly sory highte euanUc.6.317: euan: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝeuan. ȝelde aȝen · yf y so myche haue al þat y wickedly wan · sithen þatUc.6.318: sithen þat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads sithen. y wit hadde and þough my liflode lacke letton y nelle þat yche man ne shal haue his · ar y hennes wende For me ys leuer yn þis lif as a lorel begge þen yn lisse to lyue · and lese lif & soule Robert þe Ruyflere · On reddite loked and for þere nas not where-with he weep swithe sore ¶ and ȝut þat synful shrewe saide to þe heuene Crist þat on caluarie  on þe cros dyedest þo bismasUc.6.327: Russell-Kane: dysmas. my brothir bysoughte ȝou of grace and haddest mercy vpon þat man for memento his sake So rewe on Robert · þat reddere ne haue Ne neuere wene to wynne with craft yknoweUc.6.330: yknowe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þat y knowe. For þin miche mercy mytigacioun y biseche dampne me not at domesday for þat y dide so ille what bifel of this feloun y can not faire shewe wel y woet he wepte faste water with his yes and knowleched to crist his cowpe ȝut eftsones þat repentaunse his pik-staf · he wolde polshe newe For he hadde y-leye by latro · Lucifers aunte By þe rode quod repentaunce · þow romest toward heuene By so hit be yn þin herte as y here þin tonge Crist in his myche mercy · and ȝut þow myght be saued For al þe wrecchednes of þis world & wicked dedes Fareth as flonk of fuyr · þat ful amid temse and diede with a drop water · so doth alle synnes Of alle manere men þat with with: Russell-Kane and Schmidt both read mid, thereby improving the alliteration, despite the witness of all the manuscripts to with. Pearsall reads with. goed willonUc.6.344: willon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wille. confesson hem Russell-Kane and Schmidt both put confesson hem with the following line; Pearsall prints it with this line. and crien him mercy shal neuere comen helleUc.6.345: helle: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in helle. exemplatum vsqUc.6.346: This marginal note (apparently "copied to [here]"), in very small script, seems to indicate the point to which a scribe had copied in using this manuscript as exemplar for another. The note is incomplete because of later trimming of the vellum. Cf. comparable notes at Uc.8.159 and Uc.9.122. Uc.6.346: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Omnis iniquitas quo ad misericordiam dei est quasi sintilla in medio maris ¶ Repente þe anoen quod repentaunce right to þe vserer and haue his mercy in thin mynde & marchaundise leue hit For þow hast no goed by goed faith · to gete þe wiþ a wastelle For þe goed þat þou hast gete · bygan al wiþ falsheed and as longe as þou lyuest þerwith · þou ȝeldest not but borowest nota and yf þou wite neuere to wham · ne where to restitue Bere hit to thi bisshop and bidde him of his grace To bisetton hit him-selue · as best be for thin soule For he shal answere for the · at þe hie doem For þe & for many mo · þat man shal ȝiue rekenyng what he lered ȝou to lyue with · and lette ȝou fram þefte Glotoun ¶ Now bigynneth glotoun forto go to shrifte Glotonye . wil faste on all Fridayes and kaires him to kirkeward · his cowpe to shewe Fasting on a friday forth gan he wende By Beton hows þe brewster · þat bad hemUc.6.361: hem: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hym. goed morowen and whoderward he wolde þe bruwyf him asked To holy churche quod he  forto here masse and sithen sitte & byUc.6.364: by: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads be. shryuen · and synne no more y haue goed ale gossip glotoun wolt þow assaye The nature of gluttony Uc.6.366: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.hast þow quod he any hote spicesUc.6.366: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. y haue peper & pyonye and a pound of garlek a ferthingworth of fenkelsedes for fastingdaies I bought it Drunkinnes & swering ¶ þenne goth glotoun yn · and gret othes after Sesse þe souteresUc.6.362: MED souteresse, female shoemaker. · sat on þe benche watte þe whernereUc.6.371: Whernere: viz., warrener. & his wyf dronke Tymme þe tynkere · and tweyen of his knaues hicke þe hakeney man · & howe þe nedler the sabothes in thos daies well keppteUc.6.374: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Clarise of Cokkeslane & þe Clerk of þe churcheUc.6.374: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. companions of the ale Rood . Uc.6.375: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.6.369-83.Sire pers of pridie · and purnel of Flaundres an hayward an heremyte · þe hangman of tyborne Dawe þe dykere with a dozeyne of harlotes Of portoures & of pike-purses & piled toth drawers a Rybybour a Ratoner a rakyer and his knaue a rope a reding kyng · & rose þe disshere Godfray þe Garlekmongere & Griffith þe walsheUc.6.381: An x in the right margin, written by hand16 (Francis Aiscough) links this line with the sarcastic marginal comment at Uc.6.374, the sabothe in thos daies well keppte. and of vpholders an heep erly by þe morwenUc.6.382: morwen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads morwe. Geuen glotown with glad chere goed ale to hanselle ¶ Clement þe cobler cast of his cloke and to þe newe faire nempned hitUc.6.385: The t in hit has a flourish, perhaps accidental, resembling in form the upward- and backward-looping abbreviation sign for er. forth to selle hicke þe hakenay man hit his hoed after and bad botte þe bocher to ben on his side þere wern chapmen ychose þis chaffare to preyse þat who-so hadde þe hoed shold not haue þe cloke and þat þe bettere þing by arbytroures sholde bote þe werse Two risen vp rape and rouned to-giders and preised þis penyworthes apertap[a]rt by hem-selue and þere wern othes an heep · for oen sholde haue þe worse They myghtUc.6.394: The supralinear correction myght spoils the alliteration of this line and, according to Russell-Kane, represents a reading unique to MS Uc. The m shows greater splay than is usual for the hand of the main scribe. However, the similarity with Uc.16.87 (fol. 82v), where the supralinear myght is clearly due to line-end compression and is thus very probably in the main text hand, shows the possibility that this word may represent the hand of the main scribe. not by here conscience · acorden for truthe Til Robyn þe Ropere arise þey bysoughte and nempned him for a nounpere · þat noen debate were hicke þe hosteler hadde þe cloke yn couenaunt þat Clement sholde þe cuppe fullen and haue hickes hoed þe hostiler · and holde him yserued and who-so repentid him rathist · sholde arise after and grete sire glotoun with a galoun of ale þere was laughing & louryng & lat go þe coppe Bargaynes & beuerages bygan tho to walke and seton so til euensong and songon vmwhileUc.6.404: vmwhile: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads vmbywhile. Til glotown hadde yglobbed · a galoun & a gille his guttes bigan to gothele · as two gredy sowes he pissed a potel yn a paternoster while gluttonnys horne his tale Uc.6.408: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.408-409.he blew his rounde ruet at ruggebones endeUc.6.408: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.6.408-409. þat alle þat herde þe horn helden her neses after and wisshed hit hadde be wasshe with a wisp of breres he myghte nothir steppe ne stande til he a staf hadde and þenne gan he go lik a glemannes bicche Somtyme a-syde & somtyme a-rere as who-so laith lynes forto lacche foules and when he drough to þe dore þenne dymmed his yes and thrombled at þe thresshold · & þrew to þe erthe and Clement þe Cobler caught him by þe myddel and forto lifte him a-loft laid him on his knees andUc.6.419: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. glotoun was a gret churl · & he groned in þe liftyng ¶ and coughed vp a caudel yn Clementes lappe ys noen so hungry hound in hertfordshire durst lape of þat lyuyng so vnlouely hit smaughte with al þe wo of þis world his wif & his wenche Beron him to his bed & broughton him þerynne and aftir al þis exces · he hadde an accidie he sleep saturday & sondasonda[y] til þe sonne ȝede to reste þenne gan he awake ful~~wel~~ wanne · & wolde haue ydronke þe first word þat he spak was who halt þe bolle his wif & his ynwit blamed~~edwitid~~ him of his synne he wax a-shamed þat shrew · & shrof him as swithe To repentaunce right þus · haue ruthe on me he saide þow lord þat aloft art · & alle lyues shoep To þe god y glotoun gulty y me yelde of þat y haue trespassed wiþ tonge y can not telle how ofte sworn godes soule & his sides · & so helpe me god almyghty þere no nede ne was many sithe falsly and ouersouped at my soper and somtyme at nones More þen my kynde myghte defie and as a hound þat eet gras · so gan y to brake and spilde þat y aspeleUc.6.440: MED: spelen, "To save, hoard; save (sth.), refrain from using or consuming." See also MED a- pref. (1). myghte · y can not speke for shame þe vyleny of my foule mouth & of my foul mawe and fastingdaies bifore noen · fede me with ale Out of resoun among ribaudes her ribaudie to here hereof gode god graunte me forȝiuenes Of al my lither lif yn al my liftyme For y avowe to veray god  for any hungur or furst shal neuere fish on þe friday defien yn my wombe Til abstinence myn aunte · haue ȝiue me leue and ȝut haue y ihatid hire al my lif tyme Passus septimus de visione & . cetera . Uc.7.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.6.444 to the bottom of the folio at Uc.7.15. Thenne cam slewthe al byshrewedUc.7.1: byshrewed: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads byslobered. · wiþ two slymy yes Slewthe . / y moste sitte to be shriue or elles shold y nappe y may not wel stande ne stoupe ne with-outon a stoel knele were y brought in my bed · but yf my tailendetail ende hit made sholde no ryngyng do me to rise · til y wer ripe to dyne he by-gan benedicite with a bolk  & his brest knocked Roxlede & Romede · & rotte at þe laste What a-wake renk quod repentaunce · and rape þe to shrifte yf y sholde dye by this day · y drede me sore y can not perfitlich my paternoster as þe prest hit syngeth y can Rymes of Robyn hoed · and of Randolf erl of chestur ac of oure lord ne of oure lady · þe leste þat euere was maked y haue avowed vowes fourty · and forȝeton hem amorowen y perfourmede neuere penaunces · þat þe prest me highte Ne right sory for my synnes · y say neuere þe tymeand yf y biddeUc.7.15: The tails of the y letters, and the lower part of the bodies of all the letters in bidde, have been lost in trimming. and yf y bidde any bedes but yf it be in wrathe þat y telle with my tonge · ys ten myle from myn herte y am occupied vch a day halyday & othir with ydel tales at þe ale · & othir-while yn churches Godes payne & his passioun ys puyr selde yn myn þought y visited neuere febel man · ne fetured man in prisoun y hadde leuere here an harlotrie or a lesing to laughon of or to lacke men & likene hem · in vnliking manere þoughtUc.7.24: The ink of the added t here is darker.Uc.7.24: þought: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Then. al þat euere mark made  Matheu Iohan or lucas vigiles & fastingdaies · y can forȝeton hem alle and ligge a-bedde yn lentoun · & my lemman yn myn armes Til matynes & masse be don  þenne haue y memory at þe freres y am not shriue sumtyme but yf siknesse hit make Not twyes yn ten ȝeer · and þenne telle y not þe haluendel nota Slewthe the badge of the clergie ¶ y haue be prest & persoun passing þretty wynturUc.7.30: The t in wyntur appears to have been written over an original r. Uc.7.30: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. ȝut can y nothir solfe ne synge · ne a seyntes lif rede butUc.7.32: but: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. y can fynde yn a feld & yn a forlong an hare And holde aknyhtesa knyhtes court · & a-counte wiþ þe reue butUc.7.34: but: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. y can not construe catoun ne clergiallich rede yf y begge & borow hit but yf hit be ytailed A forsworne lyer . Uc.7.36: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.36-37.y forȝete hit as ȝerne & yf any man hit askeUc.7.36: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.36-37. Sixe sithe othir seuen · y forsake hit with othes and þus haue y tened treue men · ten hundred tymes and my seruauntes sumtyme · her salarie ys byhinde Ruthe is to here rykenyng when we shal rede acountes So with wicked wille my werkmen ypayey paye ingratful Uc.7.42: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.42-43.yf any man doþ me a benfet · or helpeth me at nedeUc.7.42: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.42-43. y am vnkynde aȝen his curtesie · & can not vnderstande hit For y haue & haue had · sumdel haukes maneres bribery Uc.7.45: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.y am not luyred with loue · but þere ligge ought vnder þe þumbeUc.7.45: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. þe kyndenesse þat myn euencristene kidde me fernȝere Syxty sithes y sleuthe haue forȝeton hit sithe yn speche & yn sparing of speche · y-spilled many atymea tyme wast gods good creature Uc.7.49: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.49-50.Bothe flesh & fish & vitailes kepte yUc.7.49: y: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this added reading is unique to MS Uc, although several manuscripts read substantially i kept. Russell-Kane reads kepte. so longeUc.7.49: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.49-50. Til vch a lif hit lothid · to loke þeronne or smelle hit5Uc.7.50: The quire signature signifies the beginning of the fifth quire. Boþe bred & ale butter mylk & chese Forsleuthid in my seruice · and y-sette ones afuyrea fuyre + and ȝede aboute yn my ȝouthe · & ȝaf me to no þedom and sithe a beggere haue y be · for my foule slewthe Uc.7.55: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. heu michi quod sterilem duxi vitam iuuenilem Repentest þe not quod repentaunce · & right wiþ þat he swouned Til vigilate þe veile fette water at his yes and platUc.7.58: plat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads flatte. hit on his face · & faste on him cried wanhope haith deceaued many A foullyhefoullyshe youth . Uc.7.59: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.and saide war þe from wanhope þat wolde þe bitrayeUc.7.59: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. y am sory for my synnes · sey to thin seluen and bete þi-selue vpon þin brest & bidde him of grace For ys no gult so gret · þat his goednes ys more ¶ þenne sat sleuthe vp · and seyned him ofte And made avow to-fore god · for his foul sleuthe shal no sunday be þis seuenȝerseuen ȝer · but yf siknes hit make þat y ne shal do me ar day · to þe dere chirche and here matynes & masse as y amonka monk were Shal noen ale after mete holde me thennes Til y haue euesong yherd · y bihote to þe rode the branches of Slewth · is to liue with-oute gods fere Uc.7.70: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.70-71.But whiche be þe braunches þat bringeþ men to sleuthe ys when men mourneth not · for his mysdedes þe penaunses þat þe prest enioyneth perfourmeth euel doþ noen almes-dede drat him not of synne lyueth aȝen þe bileue · & no lawe kepeth and hath no lyking to lerne  ne of oure lord to here vsury . But to harlotrie & hordom · or elles of sum wynnyng when men carpeth of crist · or of clennes of soule and wexeth wroth & wol not here but wordes of myrthe Penaunce & pore men · & þe passioun of seyntes he hatiþ to here þerof · & alle þat þerof carpeth þise be þe braunches beth war · þat bringeth amana man toUc.7.81: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wanhope nota ¶ Ȝe lordes · & ladies & legates of holichurche against bawdy Jesters Uc.7.83: Sidelining by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.7.83-85.þat feden foel sages · flatereres & liares and han likyngUc.7.83: The g in likyng is small and appears to have been inserted after the copying of the following word, perhaps by the text scribe. to liþen hem  yn hope to do ȝou laughe Uc.7.85: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ve vobis qui ridetis & cetera · and ȝiueth such mede & mete · & pore men refuse yn ȝour deth-dying · I drede me sore lest þo manere men · to myche sorowe ȝou bringe Uc.7.89: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Consencientes & agentes pari pena punientur Patriarkes & prophetes · prechoures of godes wordes Sauen þorgh her sermon · mannes soule from helle RightsoRight so flaterers & foles · arn þe fendes procuratoures To entise men þorgh her tales · to synne & to harlotrie ¶ Clerkes þat knoweþ þis sholde kenne lordes What dauid saith of such men as þe sauter telleth Uc.7.96: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non habitabit in medio domus mee qui facit superbiam qui loquitur iniqua & cetera sholde noen harlot haue audiense · yn halle ne yn chaumbre þere þat wise men were witnesseth godes wordes Ne noen mysproud man · amonges lordes be aloued the good poore to be releued before Minstrils Uc.7.100: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.100-102.Clerkes & knyghtes welcometh kynges mynstralsUc.7.100: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.100-102. and for loue of here lord · liþeth hem at festes Miche me thinketh riche men oughte haue beggeres byfore hem þe which ben godes mynstrales as he saith him-self · seint Iohan bereth witnes dicit Christus Qui vos spernit me spernit nota feastes · banckits ¶ For-thi y rede ȝou riche · reuelesUc.7.106: Hand16 has inserted a caret mark below the baseline between reueles and when. It is unclear which marginal comment is the intended insertion, dicit Christus or feastes · banckits. when ȝe make Forto solace ȝour soules such mynstrals to haue foullbage · or bagpype · þe pore manUc.7.108: man: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses. for a ~~foul sage~~piperUc.7.108: piper: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses. · sittinge at þi table wiþ a lered man to lere þe · what oure lord soffred Forto saue þin soule from sathan þin enemy and fithele þe with-oute flaturyng of gode friday þe feste and a blyndmanblynd man for a bordour · or a bedrede womman To crie a largesse byfore our lord · ȝour goed loes to shewe þise þre manere mynstrals maketh a man to laughe and yn his deth-diying · þey don him gret counfort þat by his lyue relenedUc.7.116: The supralinear addition of re- causes the n in lened to be construed as u, giving the altered reading releued. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this altered reading is unique to Uc, having no support among other C-version witnesses. hem · & loued hem to here þise solasen þe soule · til him-selue be yfalle52Uc.7.117: The quire signature signifies quire 5, leaf 2. yn a welhope for he wroughte so  amonges worthi sayntes þere flatereres & foles wiþ here foule wordes Leden þo þat lithed hem to luciferes feste wiþ turpiloquio a · lay of sorowe  & luciferes fithele To perpetuel payne or purgatory as wicke For he lithed & loued þat godes lawe dispiseth Uc.7.124: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dare histrionibus & . cetera . þo was repentaunce al redy · & rad hem alle to knele y shal byseke for alle synful our saueour of grace To amende vs of oure mysdedes · do mercy to vs alle God þat of þin goedenesse gonne þe world make and madest of nought ought & man lich to þi-selue Adams fall . Uc.7.130: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.and sithen soffredest him to synne a siknes to vs alleUc.7.130: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. and for oure beste as y byleue what so þe boek telle Uc.7.132: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. O felix culpa o necessarium peccatum Ade ¶ For þorgh þat synne þi sone ysent was til erthe and bi-cam man of a maide mankinde to amende and madest þi-selue with þi sone · oure soule & body ylich Uc.7.136: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ego in patre & pater in me et qui me videt videt patrem meum & cetera . and sithe in oure secte as hit semed dyedest On a friday in forme of man · feledest oure sorowe Uc.7.139: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Captiuam duxit captiuitatem þe sonne for sorowe þerof · les light for a tyme aboute mydday when most light is & meltyme of saintes Feddest þo wiþ þin flesh & bloed · oure forfadres yn helle Uc.7.143: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris vidit lucem magnam ¶ þe light þat leep out of þe lucifer hit blente and broughte þine yblessid fro þennes yn-to þe blisse of heuen þe þridde day þerafter · þow ȝedest yn oure seckte blyshedUc.7.147: blyshed: See OED for this form s.v. bless. Mary a synful mary þe say asUc.7.147: as: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ar. seynt marye þin dameUc.7.147: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. and also to solace synfole · þou soffredest hit so were Uc.7.149: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non veni vocare iustos set peccatores & cetera . and al þat mark haþ ymaed  Mathew Iohan & lucas Of thine doughtiest dedes · was doen yn oure sekte Uc.7.152: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Verbum caro factum est & cetera . and by so myche hit semeþ þe sikorloker we mowe Bidde & biseche þe  yf hit be þi wille a secret of þe trinnitie Uc.7.155: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.þat art first oure fader · & of flesh oure brothirUc.7.155: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. and sithon oure saueour · and seidest hit wiþ þi tonge þat what tyme we synful men · wolden be sory for dedes þat we han don ille dampned sholde we be neuere yf we knowleched & cried crist þerof mercy Uc.7.160: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quandocumque ingemuerit peccator omnes iniquitates eius non recordabor amplius þe corruption of þat time Uc.7.161: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.and for þi myche mercy & mari loue þi moderUc.7.161: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. haue ruthe of alle þise ribaudes þat repenten hem sore þat euere þey agult aȝen þe god yn gost or yn dede þenne hente hope an horn of deus tu conuersus viuificabis nos And blew hit with beati quorum · remisse sunt iniquitates & quorum tecta sunt peccata þat alle seyntes for synfole songe with dauid homines & iumenta saluabis quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam deus a thousande of men þo  þrongon to-gederes þe people were blindfoldid by superstission Uc.7.169: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.Cried vpward to crist · & to his clene moderUc.7.169: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. To haue grace to go to truthe  god leue þat þei mote Uc.7.171: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.But þere ne was wye noen so wys þat þe way þider coudeUc.7.171: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. But blustred forth as bestes ouer baches and hulles Til late was & longe · þat þey a lede mette apparailed as a paynym yn pilgrimes wise he baer a bordoun ybounde with a broed liste yn a weþewynd wise ywrithe al aboute a bolle & a bagge he baer by his side an hundred of aunpollesUc.7.178: MED ampulle, "a small flask of consecrated water or oil." on his hat sette signes of sisel · and shelles of gales and many a crouche on his cloke kayes of Rome and þe vernicle bifore for men sholde yknowe and se by þe signeUc.7.182: signe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads signes. whom he sought hadde þise folk frayned him first fro whennes he come ¶ Fro synay he saide & fro þe sepulcre of oure lord in Bethlem Iuda Uc.7.185: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.yn bedlem & yn babyloyne ych haue be yn boþeUc.7.185: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.Uc.7.185: Russell-Kane adds the following line as RK7.173: In Armonye, in Alisaundre and in damaske. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, omission of the line is unique to Uc. Ȝe may se by þe sygnes þat sitten on my cappe y haue sought gode sayntes frof[or] my soule heltheUc.7.187: Russell-Kane transposes this line with the following on the evidence of the A and B versions, though the apparatus indicates that all the C-version manuscripts follow the order given here in Uc. Russell-Kane: Y haue ywalked ful wyde in wete and in drye / And souht gode seyntes for my soule helthe. Schmidt and Pearsall both follow the order of the C-version manuscripts. and y-walked fulwideful wide yn wete and yn drie Nota ¶ Knowest þow ought a corsseynt quod he þat men calleþ truþe Coudest þou wissen vs to-day whoderout truthe woneþ Nay so me god helpe saide þe goem thenne y saw neuere palmere with pyk ne with scrip axen after himUc.7.192: Russell-Kane relineates thus: I ne saw neuere palmere with pyk ne with scrippe / Axen aftur hym er now in þis place. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, Uc's division of the line is unique. But now yn þis place ¶ Petur quod a ploughman & putte forth his heed y knowe him as kyndely as Clerk doth his bokes Conscience & kynde wyt kenned me to this place and made me sekeron sithen to seruen him for euere Bothe soweUc.7.198: sowe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to sowe. & to sette yþe while y swynke myghte and to sowen his seed suwen his bestes wiþ-ynnen & wiþ-owton to wayton his profit ych haue ybe his folowere al this fourty wyntur and yserued truthe sothly · somdel to paye yn alle kynne craftes · þat he coude deuyse þe nature of truth Uc.7.204: Sidelining by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.7.195-211.profitable as for þe plough · he potte me to lerne and thowgh y sayUc.7.205: say: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads say hit. my-self · y serue him to paye ych haue myn huyre · of him wel & oþerwhiles more he ys þe presteste payer þat any pore man knoweth he wiþ-halt noen hewe his huyre ouer euen he is as low as a lomb · & leel of his tonge and who-so wilneþ to wite where þat trowþe woneþ y wole wissen ȝou wel right to his place þe Author Tome tell-truth · Uc.7.212: The note means, "The author is a Tom Tell-truth," i.e. a bold satirist; the semi-allegorical name comes from the title character and authorial persona of a verse pamphlet published in 1600 and attributed in the National Union Catalog to John Lane, fl. 1620: "Tom Tel-Troths Message, and His Pens Complaint. A worke not vnpleasant to be read, nor vnprofitable to be followed. Written by IO. LA. Gent. London. Imprinted for R. Howell, and are to be sold at his shop, neere the great North doore of Paules, at the signe of the white horse. 1600" (The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints 314:374). ¶ Ȝe leue pers quod þis pilgrimes & profred pers mede Nay by þe perel of my soule pers gan to swere I ne wole fonge a ferthing for seint Thomas shrine were hit y-told truthe þat y toek mede he wolde loue me þe lasse alonga long tyme aftir andUc.7.217: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. who-so wol wende þere truthe ys þis is þe way þider The waye to truthe . ȝe mote go þorgh mekenes alle menne & wymmen Til ȝe come yn to conscience y-knowe god sulueUc.7.219: y-knowe god sulue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads yknowe of god sulue. þat ȝe loue him lord lelly a-loneUc.7.220: a-lone: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads aboue, recording the reading of Uc (quite plausibly) as a loue. alle þat ys to say sothly ȝe shold rathir dye þenne any dedly synne do  for drede or for preyere and þenne ȝoure neyghbores next · yn none wise apeyre othir-wise þen ȝe woldon · þey wroughte ȝou alle tymes and so goth forth by þe boekUc.7.225: Russell-Kane: brok. · a brugge as hit were FortilFor til ȝe findon a forde · ȝour fader honoureth wadeth yn þat watur & washeth ȝow wel þere and ȝe shal lepe þe lightloker al ȝour liftyme Uc.7.229: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. honora patrem & matrem & cetera . and thenne shalt þou see swere not · but yf hit be for nede and namelich ynUc.7.231: yn: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads an. ydel þe name of god almyghty þenne shalt þou come by a croft · but come þou þerynne þe croft hette coueyte not menne catel ne her wyues Ne none of here seruauntes  þat nvye hem myghte loke þow bere not þere away · but yf hit be þin owne Two stockes þere stondeth · but stynte þou not þere þey hatte stele not & sle not · strike forth by bothe and leueth hem on þe lefte hond · and loke þere-after and holde wel þe haliday hie til euen Thenne shalt þou blenche at a berw · bere no fals witnes ys frithed yn with floreynes & othir fees manye Loke þow plucke no plante þere for perel of þin soule þenne shalt þou see say soth · so hit be to done yn none manere elles not for noen mannes preyer and so shalt þou come to a court as cleer as þe sonne ¶ þe mote ys of mercy þe manere yn the myddes and al þe wallyng ys of wit · for wil ne sholde hit wynne þe carnels arn of cristendoem þat kynde to saue vmbetrasedUc.7.249: vmbetrased: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ibotrased. with byleue so  or þow best not ysaued and alle þe houses ben yheled · halles & chaumbres54Uc.7.250: The quire signature signifies quire 5, leaf 4. with no lede but with loue  & with leel speche þe barres arn of buxumnes  as brethren of oen wombe þe brigge hatte bide wel · þe bettere may þow spede þe error of þat timePriaer to Saintes not þe way to truth Uc.7.254: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.254-55.vch a piler is of penaunces · and preyeres to seyntesUc.7.254: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.7.254-55. þe hokes arn almesdedes · þat þe ȝates hangon on marke · Uc.7.256: A bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of a parenthesis, highlights this line.Grace hatte þe gateward a goed man forsotheUc.7.256: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. his man hatte amende ȝou many man him knoweth Telle him þis ilke tokene truthe woet þe sothe y am sory of my synnes and so y shal euere and perfourmed þe penaunsesUc.7.260: penaunses: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads penaunce. þat þe prest me highte ¶ Biddeth amende ȝow to meke ȝou to his maistur grace To opene & vndo · þe hie gate of heuene þat adam & eue aȝenes vs alle shitte notanay rather per Christum Uc.7.264: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights the two manuscript lines of this one runover Latin line. At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Per Euam cuntiscun[c]tis clausa est  et per mariam virginem iterum patefacta est & . ceteraUc.7.264: An x at the end of this line links the line to the marginal comment. A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans the two manuscript lines of this one runover Latin line. a ful leel lady vnleek hit of grace and she hath þe keye & þe cleket · þough þe king slepe and may lede yn þat she loueth as hire leef liketh and yf grace graunte þe to go yn þis wise þow shalt see truthe sitte · yn þi self herte and solace þi soule & saue þe from peyneUc.7.270: The words from and peyne are written without word-spacing. Two dots resembling a colon—one just below the baseline between from and peyne, and the other between those words at the level of the top of the letters—seem to have been intended to add the word-spacing by way of correction. The corrector is hand1. and charge charite a churche to make yn þin hole herte to herborowe alle trewe and fynde alle manere folk · fode to here soules yf loue & leute & oure lawe trewe Uc.7.275: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quodcumque pecieritis in nomine meo dabitur enim vobis ¶ Ac be war þenne of wrathe not þat wicked shrewe For he hath enuye to him þat yn þin herte sitteth and poketh forth pruyde to preyse thin selue þe boldnes of þin beenfetes  maketh þe blind þenne so worth þow driuenUc.7.280: driuen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads dryuen out. as deuxUc.7.280: deux: viz., "dew." The MED attests the following spellings: deu, daw, deaw, deuȝ, deuh, dieuȝ, dywe. Pearsall cites Hosea 13.3 for what "driven as dew" might mean. · & þe dore yclosid ykeyed & y-cliketid  to close þe with-owton happilich an hundred wyntur ar eft entreUc.7.282: ar eft entre: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ar thow eft entre. þus myght þow leson his loue  to lete wel by þi-selue a-geton hit agayn þorgh grace  ac þorgh no gifte elles vij systers that serve Truthe ¶ ButUc.7.285: But: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. þere ben seuen sustres þat seruen truþe euere and arn porteres ouer þe posternes · þat to þat place bylongon Abstenence . 1 Humilitie . 2 Charritie . 3 Chastitie . 4 Pacience . 5 Pease . & 6 . largenesse . 7Uc.7.287: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.7.287: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.7.287-89.þat oen hette abstinence  an humilite anothir charite & chastite ben his chef maydones pacience & pees  myche pepel þei helpon largenesse þat lady lat yn fulmanyful many Noen of hem alle helpe may in bettere For she paieth for personnes  yn puttesUc.7.292: puttes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads places. & yn peynes and who is sib to þis seuene so me god helpe ys wonderlich welcome & fair vnderfonge who is not sib to þis seuene  soþly to telle hit ys fulhardful hard by myn heued any of ȝou alle To geton yngang at eny gate · but grace be þe more a Cutpurshe and a · Beareward haue no truth at all · ¶ By crist quod a kittepurs y haue no kyn þereUc.7.298: An x at the end of this line, made by hand16, highlights this line, and a curly bracket in the right margin in the form of stacked parentheses, also by hand16, highlights this line and the next. nota Ne y quod an apeward by aug[ht] þat y knowe wite god quod a wafrer wiste y this forsoþe wolde y neuere forþere no fote · for no frere preching þe Author · commends truth with mercye þusUc.7.302: þus: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ȝus. quod pers þe ploughman & poked hem alle to godeUc.7.302: An x in the right margin links this line with the marginal comment. Mercy is amaydona maydon þere · hath myght ouer hem alle and she is sib to alle synful · and hire sone bothe and þorgh þe helpes of hem two hope þow noen oþer duringe this pilgramace þow maistUc.7.306: maist: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads myhte. gete grace þere · so þou go bytymesUc.7.306: An x in the right margin links this line with the marginal comment. ¶ Ȝe villam emi quod oen  & now y moste thidore Uc.7.308: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.7.308-12.To loke how me liketh hit & toek his leue at pers anothir anoen right · nede he saide he hadde To falowe wiþ fyue ȝokes · for-þi me byhoueth To go with a goed wil  & graithlich hem driue For-þi y pray ȝou pers · perauntur yf ȝe mete truthe þe parrable of þe bidd to þe marriag Telleth him þis þat y be excusedUc.7.313: An x in the right margin links this line to the marginal comment. ¶ þenne was oen þat hetteUc.7.314: þat hette: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hihte. actif · an hosebonde he semed y haue weddid a wif · wel wantoun of maneres were y seuen nyght from hire sight  sighonUc.7.316: sighon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads synnen; Schmidt and Pearsall, sighen. she wolde and loure on me & lithtlyli[g]htly chide · and saye y louede anoþer For-þi pers þe ploughman · y preye þe telle hit truthe y may not come for kitte · so she cleueth on me Uc.7.320: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Vxorem duxi & ideo non possum venire Quod contemplacioun by crist þogh y care soffre Famyne & defaut folowen y wole pers ac þe way is fulwickedful wicked · but who-so hadde a gyde þat myghte folowe vs vch a fote for drede of mys-turnyng Passus Octauus vt prius & . ceteranota Uc.8.1: The ornamental capital is surrounded by red tracework extending from Uc.7.321 to Uc.8.17. Quod Perkyn þe ploughman by seynt petur of Rome ych haue an halfacre to erie by þe hy-waye hadde . I · eried þis halfaker · & ysowe hit after y wolde wende with ȝou · & þe way teche þat were alonga long lettyng quod aladya lady yn a sclayre what sholde we wymmen  worche þe whiles y pray ȝow for ȝour profit quod pers to þe ladies meane and gentill women liue by þe plowghe Uc.8.8: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.8.8-9.þat somme sowe þe sak for sheding of þe wheteUc.8.8: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.8.8-9. and ȝe worthilyUc.8.9: worthily: The MED headform is worthli; the OED headform, worthly. wymmen with ȝour long Fyngres þat ȝe on selk & on sendel to sewUc.8.10: Perhaps "that you on silk and on sendal, too, sew." Cf. Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: That ȝe han selk and sendel to sowe. Schmidt: That ȝe on selk and sendel sowen. when tyme ys Chesibles for chapeleyns · chirches to honoure wyues & wedowes wolle & Flex spinneth Conscience counseileth ȝou cloth forto make For profit of þe pore and plesaunce of ȝour-seluen For y shal lene hem liflode · but þe lond faile as longe as y lyue for lordes loue of heuene and alle manere men þat by þe molde ys susteyned helpeth him worche wittilich · þat wynneth ȝour fode By crist quod a knyght tho  he kenneth vs þe beste But on temeUc.8.20: on teme: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads on þe teeme. truly taught was y neuere y wolde y coude quod þe knyght by crist & his moder y wolde assaie somtyme · for solas as hit were ¶ Sikerlich sire knyght saide pers þenne y shal swynke & swete & sowe for vs bothe and laboure for þo þou louest  al my lif-tyme yn couenaunt þat þou kepe · holy kirke & my-selue Fro wastoures & fro wicked men · þat þis world struyen and go hunte hardilich to hares & to foxes To beres & to buckes · þat brekon adown myn hegges and affaite thine Faucones to kille þe wilde foules For þei cometh to my croft my corn to defoule ¶ Curteislich þe knyght þenne · comsed þise wordes By my power pers y plighte þe my truthe To defende þe yn faith fighte þogh y sholde ¶ and ȝut apoynta poynt quod pers y pray ȝou of more Loke ȝe tene no tenaunt  but truthe wole assente and when ȝe amercien any man · lat mercy be taxour and Mekenes þi maistur maugre mede chekes and þough pore men profre ȝou presentes & ȝiftes Nyme hit not an auntur þou mowe hit not deserue For þou shalt ȝeldon hit so may be  or sumdel abiggen hit Misbede not þi bonde-men þe bet may þe spede þough he be here þin vnderlyng  yn heuen perauntur he worth rathir resceyued · & reuerentleker sitte Uc.8.45: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Amice ascende superius & cetera ¶ At churche yn þe charnelle · cherles arn euel to knowe Or a knyght or a knaue · or a queen fram a quene hit bycometh to þe knyght to be curteys & hende Trewe of þi tonge & tales loth to here Bot þey be of bounte of bounte of batailes or of truþe holde not wiþ none harlotes ne here not here tales andUc.8.52: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. namely at þe mete such men shulde eschueUc.8.52: shulde eschue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads eschewe. For hit ben þe deueles dissoures · to drawe men to synne Ne counturplede not conscience  ne holichurch rightes y assent by seynt Gile  saide þe knyght þenne Forto worche by þi wit  & my wif bothe and y shal apparaile me quod perkyn yn pilgrimes wedes and wende with alle þo  þat woldon lyue yn truthe and caste on him his clothes of alle kynne craftes his cokeres & his cuffes  as kynde wit him taughte and heng his hopur on his hals  yn stide of a scrip a busshel of bredcorn · brought was þerinne For y wole sowen hit my-self · and sithe wol y wende To pilgrimages as palmeres don pardoun to wynne My plough-foet shal be my pik-staf & prikUc.8.65: prik: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads pyche. atwo þe rotes and helpe my cultur to kerue · & clanse þe forowes and alle þat helpon me to ere · or elles to wede shal haue leue by our lord · to go & glene after me and maken him murie þerwith · maugre who bygroccheþ hit and alle kynne crafty men · þat conne lyue in truthe y shal fynde hem fode þat faiþfullich liuen Idell roges shalle wante bredeUc.8.72: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ¶ Saue Iacke þe iogelour & Ionet of þe stuyues and daniel þe dees pleyer · and denote þe baude fryers & theire order wiped out of gods booke · & frere faytour & folk of þat ordreUc.8.74: An x at the end of this line links the line to the comment by hand16 in the right margin. þat loleres & losels lele men holdeth and robyn þe ribauder for his rousty wordes Truthe tolde me ones · & bad me telle hit forthere Uc.8.78: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Deleantur de libro viuencium · y shold not dele with hem For holy churche ys hote · of hem no tiþe to take Uc.8.80: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Et cum iustis non scribantur ¶ Þey ben a-scaped noUc.8.81: no: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this added reading is unique to MS Uc, having no support in other C-version witnesses. goed auntur · now god hem amende Dame worche when tyme ys · Perses : According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though the form peres is appears in Dc, Gc, and Nc. Russell-Kane reads Peres. wif highte his doughtur highte do right so · or þi dame shal þe bete his sone hight soffre · þi souereynes haue her wille deme hem not yf þow dest · þou shalt hit dere abigge Counsaile not so þe comune þe kyng to displese Ne hem þat han lawes to loke · lakke hem not y þe hoteUc.8.87: y þe hote: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though y hote þe is substantially the reading of XYcIDc. Russell-Kane reads y hote. Lat god worþe wiþal · as holywritholy writ techeth Uc.8.89: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Super Cathedram moisi Sedent & cetera . Maistres as þe maires ben and grete men senatoures what þei comaunde as by þe kyng counturplede hit neuere al þat þey hoton y þe hoteUc.8.92: y þe hote: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though y hote þe is substantially the reading of EcNc. Russell-Kane reads y hote.  hilich þow soffre hem and after her warnyng warnyng: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, MS Uc is unique in omitting and worchinge here. Russell-Kane, following a conjecture by Pearsall, reads warnynge and wordynge. worche þou þere-after we must not do as they do but as they saye the clergie teachethe Omnia que dicunt facite & seruate ac after her doyng ne do þow not my dere sone quod pers For now y am old & hoer and haue ȝof : According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the addition of ȝ here produces a unique reading otherwise unattested among C-version witnesses. Russell-Kane reads of. myn owne To penaunces & to pilgrimages y wol passe wiþ þis oþere For-þi y wole ar y wende do write my byqueste The wille of Pers plouthmanUc.8.99: For plouth as a spelling of plough by this reader (Francis Aiscough), see also the marginal note to Uc.8.177.Uc.8.99: The marginal comment here is bounded above and below by horizontal lines done by hand16. At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish.In dei nomine amen y make hit my-selue he shal haue my soule þat alle soules made and defendon hit as fro þe feend & so ys my bileue Til y come to hise acountes · as my crede telleth To haue a remissioun & a relees · on þat rental y leue þe churche shal haue my caroyne · & kepe my bones For of my corn & my catelle · he craued my tithe y paide hit prestly for perel of my soule he ys holdynge y hope · to haue me yn his masse and menge me in his memory amonges alle cristene My wyf shal haue of þat y wan · of truthe & no more and delen hit amonges my doughteres · & my dere childron For þough y dye to-day · my dette y quyted ¶ y baer hoem þat y borowed · asUc.8.112: as: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ar. y to bedde ȝede and with þe residue & þe remenant by þe rode of lukes I wol worshipe þerwith truthe al my lyue and ben a pilgrim at þe plough for profit to pore & riche Now is perkyn & þis pilgrimes · to þe plough faren To erien þis halfaker holpen him manye Dykers & delueres diggedon vp þe balkes þere-with was perkyn apayd · and paide hem wel her huyre Othir werkmen þere wern þat wroughton ful ȝerne vch amana manUc.8.121: vch a man: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Vch man. in his manere made him-selUc.8.121: For a comparable form of self, cf. Uc.3.234. to done and somme to plese perkyn · afelde · pykede wedes and atUc.8.123: and at: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads At. hi prime pers leet þe plough stande and ouersay him-selue · who-so beste wroughte he shulde be huyred þerafter · when heruest tyme come ¶ And þenne seton somme & songon at þe ale and holpon to erie þis halfaker · with hey trolly lolly þenne quodUc.8.128: þenne quod: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though Nc reads Þo quod. Russell-Kane reads Quod. pers þe ploughman al in puyr tene but ȝe arise þe rathir & rape ȝou to worche shal no grayn þat here groweth gladon ȝou at nede and þough ȝe dye for deul þe deuel haue þat recche þo wern faitoures aferd · & fayned hem blynde and leyde her legges a-lery · as lorelesUc.8.133: loreles: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads suche lorelles. konne and maden her mone to pers · how þey may not worche and we praye for ȝou pers & for ȝour plough bothe þat god for his grace ȝouȝour grayn multiplie and ȝelde ȝou of ȝour almesse þat ȝe ȝiuen vs here we may nothir swynke ne swete such siknes vs aileþ Ne none lymes to laboure with · lord god we þonketh ȝour preyeres quod pers & ȝe perfit wern Mighte helpe as y hope · but hi truthe wolde Þat no faitrie wer founde yn folk þat goth a-beggyng ȝe ben wastoures y woet wel & waste & deuovron þat lele landtilyngUc.8.144: The t in landtilyng has been traced over in dark black ink. men · leelly byswynken andUc.8.145: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. truthe shal teche ȝou · his teme to driue Or ȝe shal ete barly breed & of þe broek drinke Pers will releue the impotente Poore but not Idell vacaboundsUc.8.147: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. But yf he be blynd or brokelegged · or boltid wiþ yron such pore quod pers shal parte with my godes Both of my corn & of my cloþ  to kepe hem fram defaut and ankeres & heremites þat eton but at nones and freres þat flateron not & pore folk sike what y and myne wol fynde hem · þat hem nedeth ¶ Thenne gan wastour to wrath him · & wolde haue yfoughte and to pers þe ploughman profred to fighte and bad him go pisse wiþ his plough  pyueshineUc.8.155: pyueshine: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads pyuische.Uc.8.155: The form of this word is difficult to explain. The corresponding reading in other manuscripts is usually considered to be MED peivish, "perverse, wayward, willful, capricious." In this case, the -ine suffix (which could also be construed as -iue, as per Russell-Kane) is hard to explain. Another possibility might involve a derivation related to MED pavise, with an alternate spelling of paivese, n., "A large shield, often of wood, designed to protect the whole body," or a derivation from the related verb pavisen, "To take cover, shelter oneself from harm." For the corresponding Old French verb, Godefroy lists the following forms s.v. pavoisier: pavesier, paveschier, pavaichier, pavescier. He also lists a noun form denoting a soldier whose primary function was to carry a shield, and who apparently was customarily paid less than an archer: "PAVOISIEN, pavesien, palvoisien, s.m., soldat qui était armé d'un pavois et qui n'avait pour armes offensives que l'épée, le couteau et la lance: 'Pour homme d'armes six solz, pour arbalestrier ou archer trois solz, et pour lancier ou pavesien deux solz.' (1353, Arch. K 47, pièce 24)." These Old French words could easily account for everything in the form of MS Uc's pyueshine except the vowel in the first syllable. If such a word does lie behind the form here, then Waster's insulting charge against Piers is one of timidity and lack of fighting ability. But the phonology remains difficult. shrewe notaEngland harboreth more theues and beggers then any countrie a bretouner cam braggyng · he bostid pers also wole þow nele þou quod he · we wolon haue our wille and þi flour & þi flesh fecche when vs liketh and maken vs mury þerwith maugre who bygroccheþ hit exemplatum vsque hUc.8.160: This marginal note (apparently "copied to here"), in very small script, seems to indicate the point to which a scribe had copied in using this manuscript as exemplar for another. The note is incomplete because of later trimming of the vellum. Cf. comparable notes at Uc.6.346 and Uc.9.122. ¶ Pers þe ploughman þo pleyned him to þe knyght To kepe him & his catel · as comenantUc.8.161: For this form, see MED s.v. covenaunt or OED s.v. comenaunt. was bytwixon hem wasters and rioters make things deareUc.8.162: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. awreke me of þes wastoures þat maketh þis world dere þey acounteþ not of curssynges ne holi church not dredith For þere worth no plente quod pers · and þe plough ligge Curteislich þe knyght þenne  as his kynde wolde warnede wastour & wissede him bettere Or y shal bete þe by þe laweUc.8.167: The e in lawe has been altered from an o by hand1. & bringe þe yn stockes y was not woned to worche quod wastour & now wol y not byginne and leet light of þe lawe · & lasse of þe knyght and sette pers at a pesUc.8.170: The p in pes is written over an erasure. · to pleyne him where he wolde ¶ Now by crist quod pers þe ploughman · y shal apeyre ȝou alle and houped aftir hungur · þat herde him at þe firste y preye þe quod pers þo · pur charite sire hungur awreke me of þis wastoures · for þe knyght wol not hungur yn hast þo · hente wastour by þe mawe and wrong him so by þe wombe · þat al watured his yes notanota Brittaine shalbeshal be bitten with hungere when the plouth shalbeshal be neclected by inclosersUc.8.177: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. he buffetid þe bretownere aboute þe chekes þat he loked lik a lanterne · al his lyf after he beet hem so boþe · he barst ner his gustesUc.8.179: MED gust(e n.: "The organ or sense of taste; also fig. appetite, desire."Uc.8.179: his gustes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads her gottes. Ne hadde pers with a pese laf preyd him byleueUc.8.180: Byleue: "depart"; MED headform is bileven v.(1). haue mercy on hem hungur quod pers  & lat me ȝiue hem benes and þat was bake for bayard hit · may be here bote ¶ þo wern faitoures a-ferd & flowen yn-to pers bernes and flappedon on wiþ flayles fro morwen til euon þat hungur was not hardy on hem forto loke For a potful of potage þat perses wif made anheepan heep of heremytes henton hem spades Spitten & spradde donge  yn despit of hungur þey coruen here copes · and courtepies hem made and wenton as werkmen to wedyng & to mowyng al for drede of here deth such dyntes ȝaf hungur Blynd & brokelegged he botenede a thowsande and lame men he lechid · with longes of bestes Prestes & othir peple toward pers þey drowe and freres of alle þe fyue ordres · alle for feer of hungur For þat was bake for bayard · was bote for many hungry Drosenes & dregges · drinke for many beggeres þere was no ladde þat lyuede · þat ne lowed him to pers To be his holde hewe · þowgh he hadde no more But liflode for his laboure & his loue at nones ¶ þo was pers proud & potte hem alle at werke yn daubyng yn deluyng · yn donge afeld bering yn þresshing in þeching · yn thwyting of pynnes yn al kynne trewe craft þat man couthe deuyse Sire hunger enimie to IdelnesUc.8.205: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. was no beggere so bold but yf he blynd were þat durste with-sitte þat pers saide  for feer of sire hungur and pers was proud þerof · & potte hem alle to swynkeUc.8.207: Russell-Kane omits this line, considering it to be a variant form of RK8.197 (Uc.8.201), presumably one scribally inserted. Neither in the Russell-Kane apparatus nor in that edition's Appendix I listing of excluded lines is evidence given of the omission of this line from any C manuscript. Schmidt and Pearsall include it. and ȝaf hem mete & mone as þei myghte deserue ¶ þo hadde pers pite vpon al pore peple and badUc.8.210: The b in bad has been altered from an original h by hand1. hungur yn hast hie him out of cuntre hoem ynto his owne ȝerd · & halde him þere euere y am wel awroke  of wastoures þorgh þi myght and y preye þe quod pers hungur ar þow wende Of beggeres & bidders · what best be to done For y woet wel be hungur went worchon þei woln ful ille Mischef hit maketh þei ben so meke nowthe and for defaut þis folk foloweth myn hestes hit is not for loue leue hit þey laboure þus faste But for feer of famyn · in faith saide pers þer is no filial loue with þis folk for al here fair speche and hit arn my blody breþeren · for god bought vs alletruthe taught Truthe taught me ones · to loue hem vchone &Uc.8.223: The Russell-Kane apparatus fails to note the addition of this Tironian and in the form of a plus sign. To helpe hem yn alle thing  ay as hem nedeth Now wolde y wyte ar þow wendest · what were þe beste how y myghte amaister hem · to loue & to laboure For here liflode lere me now sire hungur hungers counsell ¶ Now herkene quod hungur & holde hit for a wysdom Bolde beggeres & bigge þat mown here bred byswynke with houndes bred & horsbred · hele hem when þey hungren abaue hem wiþ benes · for bollyng of here wombe and yf þe gromes grocche · bidde hem go & swynke and he shal soupe swetture  when he hit hath deserued and yf þow fynde any folk · þat false han apeyred Counforte hem with þi catelle · for so comaundeþ truthe Loue hem & leue hem · and so lawe of kynde wolde Alter alterius onera portate & . cetera . and alle manere men · þat þou maistUc.8.237: maist: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads myhte. a-spie yn meschef or in male-ese & þou mowe hem helpe Loke by thi lyue · lat hem not forfare yf þow hast wonne ought wickedlich · wislich despende hit Facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis I wolde not greueUc.8.242: Russell-Kane: Y wolde nat greue god. quod pers · for al þe goed on erthe Might y synneles do as þou saist  saide pers þe ploughman ȝe y byhote þe quod hungur · or elles þe bible lieth he that will not laboure ys not worthy to eateUc.8.245: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.8.245: 2 Thess. 3.10. Go to oure bygynnyng · þo god þe world madeUc.8.245: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.8.245-46. Uc.8.246: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.8.246-47. A double virgule, marking the insertion point for the blue paraph sign, is visible beneath the sign. ¶ as wise men han wreton & as witnessith Genesis þat saith with swynk & with swoet & swetyng face Bytulie & bytrauaile · truly our liflode Uc.8.249: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. In sudore & labore vultus tui vesceris pane tuo and salamon þe sage with þe same acordeth þe slowe kaitif for colde he wolde no corn tulie yn somer for his sleuthe he shal haue defaut and go a-bribyng & a-beggyngUc.8.253: a-bribyng & a-beggyng: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads abribeth and abeggeth. · & no man beton his hungur61Uc.8.253: The quire signature signifies quire 6, leaf 1. Uc.8.254: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Piger propter frigor noluit arare mendicabiturmendicabit in hieme & non dabitur ei Mathew maketh mencioun · of a man þat lente his suluer To þre manere men & menyng þei sholdon Chaffare & cheue þerwith · yn chele & yn hete and he þat best laboureth · best ys alowed and leders for her labouryng ouer al þe lordes godes andUc.8.260: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. he þat was a wrecche & wolde not trauayle þe lord for his lachesse & his lithir sleuthe By-nomenUc.8.262: By-nomen: Russell-Kane reads Bynom. him al þat he hadde & ȝouenUc.8.262: ȝouen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝaf. hit to his felawe þat lelly hadde ylaboured & þenne þe lord saide he þat hath shal haue & helpe þere him liketh and he þat nought hath shal nought haue and no man ȝut him helpe and þat he weneth wel to haue y wole hit him byreue and lo what þe sauter saith · to swynkers wiþ handes y-blessid be alle tho þat here byleue byswynketh þorgh any leel labour as þorgh lymmes & handes Uc.8.270: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis & . cetera . nota ¶ þise arn euidenses quod hungur · for hem þat wolen swinkeUc.8.271: þat wolen swinke: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þat wolle nat swynke. þat her liflode be lene · & lyte worth her clothes By crist quod pers þe ploughman · þis prouerbes wol y shewe To beggeres and to boyes · þat loth ben to worche ac ȝut y pray ȝou quod pers pur charite sire hungur yf ȝe kan or knowe · eny kynne thinges of fisik For somme of my seruauntes · & my-selue bothe Of al a wouke worche not so oure wombe greueth y woet wel quod hungur what siknes ȝou aileth ȝe han maunged ouermyche þat makeþ ȝou to be sik ¶ andUc.8.281: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. ete not y hote · ar hungur þe take and sende þe of his saus to sauere with þi lippes Dyet Uc.8.283: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.8.281-85.and kepe sum til soper tyme · & sitte not to longe at noen ne at noenUc.8.284: noen: Viz., "no": MED headform non; OED headform none. tyme · and namelich at þe soper Lat not sire surfet  sitton at þi borde and loke þow drinke no day · ar þow dyne sumwhat and þenke þat diues for his delicat lyf  to þe deuel wente ¶ and lazar þe lene beggere þat longed aftir crommes and ȝut hadde he ese · not for y hungur kilde himUc.8.289: Russell-Kane: And ȝut hadde he hem nat for y, hungur, culde hym. and sithen y say him sitte as he a sire were yn al manere ese yn Abrahammes lappe and yf þow haue powerUc.8.292: yf þow haue power: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝif thow the pore be thy pouer. Schmidt reads, ȝif thow be of pouer. Pearsall follows Uc. · pers y þe rede alle þat grat in þi gate for godes loue after fode Almesse . Parte with hem of þi payn · of potage or of sowel Leue hem sum of þi loef · þough þow þe lasse chewe ¶ And þough lyares & lach-draweres & lolleres knocke Lat hem a-bide til þe borde be drawe · & bere hem none crommes Til alle þin nedy neyghbores · haue noen ymaked yf þow diete þe þus y dar legge myn eres idelnes causeth Sicknes moderat labor enimie to phesiscians Uc.8.300: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.8.297-304.þat fisik shal his forred hodes · for his fode selle and his cloke of calabre · for his comunes legge bewaire of dogge leches pickpursesUc.8.302: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and be fayn by my faith · his fisik to lete and lerne to laboure with lond · last liflode hem faile þere arn many lithir leches · but lele leches fewe þei doen hemUc.8.305: hem: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads men. dye þorgh her drinches · asUc.8.305: as: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ar. destynie hit wolde ¶ By seint poul quod pers · þow poyntest ny þe sothe and lellich saist as y leue · lord hit þe forȝelde wende nowthe when þow wolt & wel þow be euere For þou hast wel a-wroke me · & also wel ytaught me y bihote þe hungurUc.8.310: y bihote þe hungur: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads 'Y behote the,' quod hunger. þat hennes ne wole y wende ar y haue ydined by this day · & ydronke bothe the ploughmans diet grene chesses and potage or croudes and milckeUc.8.312: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. y haue no peny quod pers poletes forto bugge Ne nothir goes ne gris · but two grene cheses nota peres was a peck manUc.8.314: Cf. OED peckman, "? An officer of the royal stables," with illustrative quotations from 1525 and 1684. Although the commentator here, Francis Aiscough, seems to have in mind a servant or laborer of a certain social station, precisely what sort of servant or laborer is not at all clear.Uc.8.314: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and fewe croddes & craym · & a kake of otes and bred for my barnes · of benes & of peses and ȝut y saide by my soule · y haue no salt bacoun Ne no cokeney by crist · colopes to make62Uc.8.317: The quire signature signifies quire 6, leaf 2. A poore dyeteUc.8.318: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. But y haue poret & plontesUc.8.318: poret & plontes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads poret plontes. persil & scalyounes Chibolles and Chyriuille · & Cheries sam-rede and a cow with a calf & a cart more To drawe a-feld my donge þe while þe drouth lastith and by þis liflode we mot lyue · til lowe-masse tyme and by that y hope to haue heruest · yn my croftes Thenne may dighteUc.8.324: may dighte: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads may y dyhte. þi dinere · as me dere liketh al þe pore peple þo pese-coddes fette Benes & BakeapplesBake apples · þey broughton yn herlappeher lappe and profred pers þis present to plese with hungur ¶ hungur eet al yn haest · and asked after more pore folk for feer tho fedde hungur ȝerne with craim & with croddes · with cresses & othir herbes with þat hit neyghed ny heruest  & new corn cam to cheping and þenne wern folk Fayn · and fedde hungur deyntiflich and thenne glotown with goed ale  gart hungur slepe and þo wolde wastour not worche but wandron aboute Ne no beggere eton bred · þat benes ynne were But of clermatyn and Coket  & of clene whete Ne noen halpeny ale · yn noen wise drinke But of þe beste & of þe brounest · þat brewsteres sellon Laborers þat han no land to lyue on · but here handes Deyneden to dyne a-day  with nyght-olde wortesUc.8.340: with nyght-olde wortes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads nyhte olde wortes. May no penyale hem paye · ne no pece of bacoun the poore are gluttons in haruest tymeUc.8.343: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. But hit be fresh flesh or fish · yfried or ybake and ȝutUc.8.343: ȝut: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þat. chaud & pluschaud for chillyng of his mawe and but yf he be hilich y-huyred · elles wol he chide and þat he was werkman ywrought · warion þe tyme aȝenes catounes counsel comseth he to grocche Uc.8.347: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Paupertatis onus pacienter ferre memento ¶ and thenne acorseþ he þe king · & alle þe kinges iustises such lawes to lerne laborers to greue and whiles hungur was her maister · þere wolde noen chide Ne striue aȝenus his statut · he loked so sterne andUc.8.352: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. y warne ȝou werkmen · wynneþ whiles ȝe mowe famyn through floodes . / Uc.8.353: A

rightward pointing-hand icon in the left margin is directed toward this line.For hungur hewardes hasteth him fasteUc.8.353: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.8.353-63. he shal a-wake þorgh water wastoures to chaste and ar fewe ȝeres be fulfilled · famyn shal arise and so saith saturne · and sente vs to warne þorgh flodes & þorgh foule wederes fruytus sholon faile pruyde & pestilenses sholon myche peple fette nota bene propheci þre shipes & a shaef with an viii · folowyng shal bringe bane & bataile · on bothe half þe mone and þenne shal deth with-drawe · & derthe be Iustise and dawe þe deluere deye for defaut But god of his godnes graunte vs a trewe Passus nonus vt priusnotanota the kinge of SkootesUc.9.1: Skootes: viz. "Scots," a reference to James VI of Scotland, later James I of England. Uc.9.1: A line connects Francis Aiscough's marginal comment here with the right-margin bracket highlighting lines Uc.9.9-10. The comment is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.9.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital, extending from Uc.8.360 to the bottom of the folio at Uc.9.18. Truthe herde telle herof · and to pers sente To taken his teme and tulyen þe erthe and purchased him apardowna pardown apenaa pena & a culpa For him & for his heyres for euere to ben assoiled and bad him haldon him at home & herien his leyes and alle þat holpon him to erie to sette or to sowe Or any manere mester þat myght pers auaile nota Pardoun with pers þe ploughman perpetuel he grauntith Uc.9.9: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.kynges & knyghtes þat holy kirke defendonUc.9.9: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.9.9-10. A line connects this marginal bracket with the right-margin comment at line 1. and rightfullich yn reumes rulon þe comune han pardoun þorgh purgatory · to passen fullightlyful lightly with patriarkes & prophetes  yn paradys to sitte notabutt not proud pralaitts Bisshopes yblessid if þey ben as þey sholde lele & ful of loue & no lord drede Merciable to meke & mylde to þe gode and bitynge yn badde men · but yf þei woln amende lordes lecherie abollyshede drede not for no deth · to destruye by her powerUc.9.17: Curly brackets made by hand16 in the left margin and the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, span lines Uc.9.17-18. leccherie amonges lordes  & her lithir custumes and such lyfUc.9.19: Russell-Kane: liue. as þei lereth men our lord truthe hem grauntiþ To be peres to þe apostles · al peple to rule and deme wit hem at domes-day · bothe quike & dede Marchauntes yn þe margine · hadde many ȝeres But no pena & a culpa no truthe wolde hem graunte Merchuntes . For þei holdon not her haliday · as holichurche hem hotith ¶ and for þei swere by here soule & god mote hem helpe aȝen clene conscience for coueitise of wynnyng andUc.9.27: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. vnder his secret seel truthe sende him a lettre þat bad him bugge boldly what hem best liked and sithen selle hit aȝen · & saue þe wynninges amende mesondewes þerwith · & myseise men fynde and wicked wayes with her goed amende and brugges to-brokon by the hi-wayes amende yn som manere wise & maydones helpe Pore peple bedredon prisoneres in stockes Fynde hem for godes loue & fauntkynes to scole Releue religioun & rente hem betture and y shal sende ȝou my-selue seint Michel myn aungel þat no deuel shal ȝou dere · ne despeire in ȝour dying and sithe sende ȝour soules · þere y my-self dwelle and abide þere in my blisse body & soule for euere þo were marchauntes murie · many wopon for ioye and preyde for pers þe ploughman · þat purchased hem þis bille al þe pepel hadde pardoun ynow · þat perfitlich lyuede ¶ Men of lawe hadden leest · þat loth wern to plede Lawyers . But þei pre manibus wern paid for pleding at þe barre andUc.9.46: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. he þat spendith his speche & spekith for þe pore þat innocent & nedy ys & no man harm wolde þat counfortith such in any caes & coueitith not her ȝiftes and for þe loue of oure lord · lawe for hem declareth shal haue grace of a goed ende  & gret ioye after notaA cauiat to laweyersUc.9.51: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Beth ywar ȝe wise men · & witty of lawe For when ȝe drawe to þe deth · & indulgenses wolde haue his pardoun is ful petit · at his partyng hennes þat mede of mene men · for her motyng taken For hit is symonie to sellon · that sent is of grace and þat is wit & watur · and wynd & fuyr þe ferthe þise foure sholdon be fre to alle folk þat hit nedede alle libbyng laboreres · þat lyuen with her handes leellich & laufullich our lord truthe hem grauntith pardoun perpetuel right as pers þe ploughman Beggers . / ¶ Beggeres & bidders beth not yn that bille But þe suggestioun be soeth þat shapeth him to begge For he þat beggith or biddith · but yf þei haue nede he ys fals & faytour & defraudeth þe nedy and also gileth hem þat gyueth · & takeytake[þ] agayn his wille For he þat gyueþ for godes loue · wolde not gyue his þonkes But þere he wiste were · wel greet nede and moest merytorie to men · þat he gyueth fore Catoun acordeth þerwithUc.9.69: The red underlining is thinner and fainter under the English portion of this line than under the Latin. Cui des videto Woet no man as y wene · who ys worthi to haue andUc.9.71: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. þat moest nedon arn oure neyghboresUc.9.71: Russell-Kane relineates the next six lines, thereby mending the alliteration. and nymeUc.9.72: Russell-Kane: and we nyme. goed hede · as prisones yn puttes and pore folk yn cotes charged with childron and chef lordes rente þat þey with spinnyng may spare the true nedye . / spendon hit on hous huyre bothe yn mylk & yn meleUc.9.75: Sidelining by hand15 starts in the right margin at Uc.9.70 and extends to the bottom of the side at line 82. It continues as left margin sidelining on the verso side, spanning lines 83-105. To make with papelotes · to aglotie wiþ her gurles þat gredon after fode and hem-selue also soffren myche hungur and wo yn wyntur-tymes & wakyng on nyghtes To rise to reelUc.9.80: to reel: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to þe reule. to rocke þe cradel Bothe to carde & to kembe · to cloute & to wash To rybbeUc.9.82: The text scribe first wrote robbe and then overwrote the o with a y. to rele and russhes to pilye þat ruthe is to rede · or yn rim shewe þe wo of þise wymmen þat wonyeth yn cotes and of many othir men þat myche wo soffren Bothe a-fyngred & a-first to turne þe faire outward and ben a-basht forto begge & wol not be a-knowe what him nedede at her neyghbores · at noen & at euen þis I woet wyturly as þe world techeth what othir byhoueth þat hath many childron and hath no catel but his craft to clothe him & to fede the true nedye Uc.9.92: Sidelining by hand15 starts in the right margin at Uc.9.70 and extends to the bottom of the side at line 82. It continues as left margin sidelining on the verso side, spanning lines 83-105.and fele to fonge þerto · and fewe pens taketh ¶ þere ys payn & peny ale & for a pitaunce ytake and cold flesh & fish · as venysoun wer bake Fridaies & fastingdaies a ferthingworth of muskles wer a feste with such folk · or so fele Cokkles þise are almes to helpe · þat han such charges feede the lame and the blindeUc.9.98: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and to counforte such coterels · and croked men & blynde andUc.9.99: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. beggeres with bagges · whiche brewhous ben her chirches But þei be blynde or to-broke · or elles be sike þough he falle for defaut · þat faiteth for his liflode recche neuere ȝe riche · þough such loreles sterue For alle þat han here hele · and her ye syght and lymes to laboure with · and lolleres lif vsen lyuen aȝen godes lawe · & þe lore of holichurche and ȝut arn þe othir beggeres yn hele as hit semeth andUc.9.107: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. hem wantith wit men & wymmen bothe madmen & Lunatyk . beggers . Uc.9.108: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.9.106-14.þe which arn lunatik lolleres & leperes aboute and madden as þe mone sit more othir lasse Careth þei for no colde ne counteth of noen hete and arn mevyng aftir þe mone · many ilesUc.9.111: many iles: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads moneyeles. þei walke with a goed wille wittyles many wyde cuntrees Right as petur did & poul · saue þat þei preche not Ne none myracles maken · &Uc.9.114: &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. many times he happeth thes kinde of men sometimes prouisie the truthe Uc.9.115: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.9.115-16.To profecie of þe peple · pleying as hit wereUc.9.115: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.9.115-16. and to oure sight as hit semeth · sith god haþ þe myght To ȝiue vch a wight wit welthe & his hele and soffreth such go so · hit semeth to myn ynwit hit arn as his apostles such peple or as his priuey disciples For he sent hem forth suluerles · yn a somur garnement with-oute bagge & breed · as þe boek telleth hucUc.9.122: This marginal note, in very small script, seems to indicate the point to which a scribe had copied in using this manuscript as exemplar for another. Cf. comparable notes at Uc.6.346 and Uc.8.159. The word huc is followed by an illegible mark at the very edge of the folio. Below the word is a mark resembling a caret sign with a dot in the middle. Uc.9.122: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quando misi vousvos sine pane & pera & cetera . Barfoet & bredles beggeth þei of no man and þough he mete with þe mayr amiddes þe strete he reuerensith him right nought  noenUc.9.125: no: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads noen. rathir þen anoþer Uc.9.126: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nemini salutauerit per viam such manere men mathu vs techith we sholde haue hem to house · & help hem when þei come Uc.9.129: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Et egenos vagosUc.9.129: Russell-Kane: vagosque. induc in domum tuam For hit arn mury mouthid men mynstrals of heuen and gode boyes bordioures  as þe boek telleth Uc.9.132: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Siquis videtur sapiens fiet stultus vt sit sapiens and alle manere mynstrals me woet wel þe sothe To vnderfongon hem faire bifalleth for þe riche For þe lordes loue or þe ladies þat þei with longon Lewde mynstrels Men soffreth al þat such sayn · & yn solas takethUc.9.136: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.9.133-40. and ȝut more to such men · me doþ ar þei passe Me giuethUc.9.138: giueth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads gyueth hem. giftes & gold · for grete lordes sake Right so ȝe riche ȝut rathir ȝe sholde welcome & worshepon & with ȝour goed helpon —godes mynstralles godes mynstrals & his messangeres · & his mury bordioures þe whiche arn lunatik lorels · & leperes abouteUc.9.142: Sidelining extends in the right margin from Uc.9.142 to the bottom of the side at line 147. It continues on the verso side in the left margin, running the entire length of the side from Uc.9.143 to Uc.9.180. The hand is not identifiable with certainty, but the marginal comments on this folio, aside from two notas by handx, are by hand15. For vnder godes secret seel · her synnes ben keuered For þei bere none bagges ne none botels vnder clokes þe which is lollerne lyf & lewed heremytes þat loken louliche · to lacchon menne almes yn hope to sitte at euen by þe hote coles vnloke hise legges abrod · or ligge at his ese Reste him & roste him & his rug turne Drinke druye & depe · and drawe him thenne to bedde and when him likeþ & lust · his leue ys to arise and when he is risen rometh out · & right wel aspieþ where he may rathist haue a repast · or arondea ronde of bacoun suluer or goed mete & sumtyme bothe loef othir half loef · othir a lompe of chese karieth hit hoem to his cote & cast him to lyuene In ydelnesse & ese · & by oþeres trauayle and freekUc.9.158: freek: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads what freke. on this folde fissheth aboute with a bagge at his bak ynUc.9.159: yn: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads A. beggeres wise and can any craft in caes he wolde hit vse þorgh which craft he couthe come · to bred & to ale and ouermore to an hatur to hele with his bones and lyueUc.9.163: lyue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lyueth. lik a lollere godes lawe him dampneth the false nedye Uc.9.164: Sidelining extends in the right margin from Uc.9.142 to the bottom of the side at line 147. It continues on the verso side in the left margin, running the entire length of the side from Uc.9.143 to Uc.9.180. The hand is not identifiable with certainty, but the marginal comments on this folio, aside from two notas by handx, are by hand15.For-þi lolleres þat lyuen yn sleuthe & ouerlond strikers Beth not yn þis bulle quod pers til þei ben amendid Ne no beggere þat beggith but yf þei haue nede nota þe boek banneth beggerie · & blameþ hit in his manere nota Uc.9.168: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Iunior fui & enim senui & alibi infirmata est virtus mea paupertate hit nedith noutheUc.9.169: hit nedith nouthe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Hit nedeth nat nouthe. anoen forto preche Uc.9.170: In addition to the left-margin sidelining extending from Uc.9.142-80, a second level of left-margin sidelining spans lines Uc.9.170-80. The hand is not identifiable. and lere þis lewed men what þis latyn meneth For hit blameþ al beggerye · be þeUc.9.171: Russell-Kane offers the reading (from X and other witnesses) be ȝe, noting the reading of Dc as beþ. fulcerteynful certeyn For þei lyue in none loue ne no lawe holdon Ne weddith none wymmen þat þei with deleth Bringen forth bastardes beggeres of kynde Or þe bak or sum bon þey breke of here childron and goen & faite with here fauntes · foreuermore aftur þere arn mo myshappes · amonges such beggeres þen of many oþer men þat on þis molde walkon and þo þat ledeth þus here lif · leue ȝe noen othir Ȝe haue no pardoun · of preyeres ne of penaunce Uc.9.181: Left-margin sidelining highlights this entire side, spanning Uc.9.181-212. The hand is not identifiable. But olde & hore þat helples · arn nedyUc.9.181: Russell-Kane: þat helples ben and nedy. and wymmen with childe þat worche ne mowe Blinde & bedredon & broken yn her membres The true nedye . / and alle pore pacient · apaid of godes sondeUc.9.184: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.9.181-92. as mysels & mendynantz · men y-falle yn myschef as prisounes and pilgrimes · and perauntur men yrobbed Or by-lowe þorughUc.9.187: The word þorugh is written over an erasure. luther men · & lost her catelle after or þorgh fuyr or þorgh floed · yfalle yn to pouerte þat taken þise myscheues mekelich · & myldely at herte for loue of her lowe hertes · our lord haþ hem ygrauntid her penaunce & her purgatorie · vpon þis puyr erthe and pardoun with þe ploughman · a pena & a culpa and alle holy heremites haue þeyUc.9.193: The added y is dotted. Its tail recurves counterclockwise back to the baseline to form a closed loop. What would normally be the first stroke in the body of the y is formed by the edge of the preceding e. sholonUc.9.193: þey sholon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads shal. þe same Lewde hermyttes beggers But heremytes þat enhabiton · by þe hie-wayeUc.9.194: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.9.194-208. and borowenUc.9.195: borowen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in borwes. among brewsteres & beggen yn churches al þat holi hermytes · hatid & dispised as richesses and reuerences · & rich menne almes þise lolleres lach-draweres lewed heremytes Coueyton þe contrarie · for as cotereles they libbeth For hit ben but boyes bolleres at þe ale Nouthir of lynage ne of lettrure · ne lif-holi as heremytes holy hermyttes þat woned whilom yn wodes · with beres & wiþ lyounesUc.9.202: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.9.194-208. summe hadde liflode of his lynage & of no lif elles and somme lyued by her lettrure · & labour of her handes and somme hadde foreyns to frendes þat hem fode sente and breddes broughte somme breed · þat þei by lyuide alle þeUc.9.207: þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads they. holy heremytes wern of hie kynne Forsoken lond & lordshipe & alle lykynges of body and þes heremytes þat edifien þus by þe hie-waye while þeiUc.9.210: while þei: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Whilen were. werk men · webbes & tailloures and Carteres knaues & clerkes with-oute grace heldon ful hungri hous  and hadden mych defaut long labour · & litel wynnyng · & at þe laste þei aspiede þat faitid yn frere clothing · haddon fatte chekes For-þi losteUc.9.215: Russell-Kane: lefte. þei her labour · þis lewed knaues and clothid hem yn copes · clerkes as hit were Or oen of sum ordre or elles a prophete lollers hermyttes Uc.9.218: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.9.213-31. At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. aȝen þe lawe he lyueth · yf latyn be trewe Non licet nobis legem voluntati set voluntatem coniungere legi kyndelich by crist ben such cald lollers as by þe english of our eldres · of olde mennes teching he þat lolleth ys lame · or his leg out of ioynte Or ymaymed yn summembresum membre · for to myschef hit souneth Right so sothly such manere heremites Lollen aȝen þe byleue · & þe lawe of holichurch For holichurch hoteth al manere peple vnder obedience to be and buxum to þe lawe Furst religious of religioun · a rule to holde and vnder obedience to be · by dayes & by nyghtes lewed men to labory lordes to hunte yn frithes & in forestes · for fox & for othir bestes þat yn wilde wodes ben · or in wast places as wolues þat worieth men · wymmen & childron and vpon sonedaies to cese · godes ceruiseUc.9.234: Viz. "service." to here Boþe matynes & masse · and aftir mete yn chirches To heron here euesong · euery man oughte þus hit bilongeth for lord · for lered & for lewed vch halyday to here holly þe seruice vigiles & fastyngdayes · forthermore to knowe and fulfille þo fastinges · but infirmite hit made Pouerte or othir penaunces as pilgrimages & trauailes vnder þis obedience · arn we vchone and who-so breketh þis be wel war · Bot yf he repente amenden hem & mercy aske · & mekelich him shriue YdredeY drede me & he dye · hit worth for deedly synne acountid bifore crist · bot conscience excuse him Loke now where þis lolleres · & lewed heremytes yf þei breke þis obedience · þat beth so fer fram churche Lollers and lewde hermyttes where se we hem on sonedayes · þe seruise to hereUc.9.249: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.9.247-60. as matynes by the morowe · til masse byginne Or sonendaies ate euensong · se we ful fewe SovendayeUc.9.252: Sovendaye: Sic. Aiscough misreads the text scribe's n in sonendaies as a u. deriued of the vij day dominica dominiUc.9.252: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand17. Or labory for here liflode · as þe lawe wolde notaUc.9.253: This marginal comment continues at Uc.9.262. ¶ But aboute mydday at Meltyme · y mette with hem ofte Come in his cope · as he a Clerk were a bacheler or a beuper best him bysemed and for þe cloth þat keuereth him · ykald he is a frere washeth & wipeth · & with þe firste sitteth and while he wroughte in þe world · & wan his mete withUc.9.258: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. truþe he sat at þe sid bench · & at þe secund table Cam no wyn yn his wombe · þorgh þe wouk longe Ne no blanket on his bed · ne whit bred bifore him beneUc.9.262: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.9.253. bisshopes the cause of ignorant pastors at this day · Uc.9.262: Left-margin sidelining spans the entire side from Uc.9.247 to Uc.9.279. The first word of nota bene appears in the left margin at Uc.9.253; the second word appears here in the left margin at Uc.9.262. The pattern of other comments on this side suggests that hand15 may be the agent, but the identification is uncertain. Hand16 or hand17 (both Francis Aiscough) is responsible for a nota at Uc.9.273 that overlaps this sidelining, and with hand15, those are the only hands identifiable on the side, apart from that of the main text scribe.þe cause of al this caitifte cometh of manyUc.9.262: The added ny in many is written with a very thin pen that shows no contrast between thick and thin strokes. The letters are angular and somewhat untidily formed. Bisshopes þat soffreth such sottes & oþer synneUc.9.263: synne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads synnes. regne Sertes who-so durste segge hit Simon quasi dormit Uc.9.265: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Vigilare wer fairere for þow hast a gret charge For many waker wolues arn wroken into þi foldes þi berkeres ben as blynde · þat bringeþ forth þin lambres Bisshopes dare not barck against the offences of oure Staite · Uc.9.268: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. dispergentur oues þe dogge dar not berke þe tar ys vntidy · þat to þe sheep bilongeth here salue ys of supersedeas yn sompnoures boxes Skabbed hirelings Skabbed SheepeUc.9.271: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining, and at the left by a line slanting from lower left to upper right, done by hand16. þine sheep ben neer al shabbed · þe wolf shith wolle vnder A durtie Dauber Sub molli pastore · & cetera . nota { Interiectio pastor } wantinge both currage and a barckinge DoggUc.9.273: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. how herde wher is thin hound · and þin hardy herte Forto go werie þe wolf · þat þe wolle fouleth y leue for thin lachesse · þow lesest many wetheres and many a fair fles · yfalslich ywashUc.9.276: yfalslich: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads falsliche is. whan þi lord lokeþ to haue alouaunce of his bestes and of þe money þow haddest þerewith his mebles to saue A bluddy curssed woo vppon careles pastors when they shalbeshal be caulled to an accompteUc.9.279: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and þe wolle worth weye wo ys þe thenne Uc.9.280: Left-margin sidelining by hand16 highlights lines Uc.9.280-290. A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Redde racionem villicationis · or yn arrerage falle A hirelingeUc.9.281: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þin huyre herde as y hope hath not to quyte þeUc.9.281: quyte þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads quyte. þi dette þere-as mede ne mercy · may amytea myte auayleUc.9.282: Russell-Kane: may nat a myte availle. But haue þis for that · þo þat þou toek mercy for mede & my lawe breke Russell-Kane divides this line into two after toke. Loke now for thin lachesse · what lawe wol þe graunte no pardon helpeth . purgatorie for thi pay or perpetuel helle For shal no pardoun preye for ȝou þere ne no prences lettres A prittie interogation with a secret discouerie of the popes gamefull bullesUc.9.287: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Pers quod a prest þo · þin pardoun moste yredey rede For y can construe vch aworda word · & kenne þe englishUc.9.288: english: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads an englische. and pers at his preier þe pardoun vnfoldith and y bihinde hem bothe by-heeld al þe bulle yn lynesUc.9.291: lynes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads two lynes. as hit layUc.9.291: Russell-Kane: In two lynes hit lay. · & not a lettre more and was ywrite right þus yn witnesse of truthe Uc.9.293: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam Qui vero mala in ignem eternum but doo well & haue well Petur quod þe prest þo y kan no pardoun fynde But do wel & haue wel · & god shal haue þi soule and do euele & haue euele · & hope þow noen othir andUc.9.298: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Bote. he þat euele liueth euel shal ende þe prest & perkyn  þusUc.9.299: þe prest & perkyn þus: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads The prest thus and perkyn. of þe pardoun iangeled and y þorgh her wordes awoek · & waitid aboute and say þe sonne in þe south · sitton þat tyme Meteles & moneyles · on maluerne hulles Musinge on this metels · a myle way ich ȝede Many tyme þis metels haþ maked me to studie of þat y say sleping · yf hit so be myghte and of pers þe ploughman ful pensif in herte and which apardouna pardoun pers hadde þe pepel to glade and how þe prest inpigned hit · þorgh two proper wordes and men settith not by soungwarie · for me seeþ hit faile Catoun countith hit at nought · and Canonistres at lasse But for þe boek bible bereþ witnesse how danyel diuynede & vndide · þe dremels of kynges Of nabugodhonosor · þat no pere hadde and sithon aftir hise sones · and saide hem what þei þoughte and Iosep mette merueylously how þe mone & þe sonne and alle þeUc.9.316: alle þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the. elleuen sterres hailsede · him alle and þenne iacob iuged · iosepes swene Beau fitz quod þe fader · for defaut we shalle y my-selue & my sones · seche þe for nede hit biful as his fader saide · yn faraoes tyme þat Iosep was Iustice Egipt to saue Elleuen breþeren him for nede soughte and his fader ysaakUc.9.323: Russell-Kane: Israel. & also his dame al this maketh me on metels to studie and how þe prest preued no pardown to dowel and demed þat dowel indulgenses passid Byonals & trionals · and Bishopes lettres For who-so doth wel here · at þe day of doem Doo welle is better then þe Popps bullesUc.9.329: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. worth faire vnderfonge bifore god þat tyme nota So dowel passeth pardoun · & pilgrimages to Rome ȝut hath þe pope power · pardoun to graunte to peple with-outon penaunce to passe in-to ioye as lettured men vs lereth · & lawe of holy churche ¶ Quodcumque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum & in celis and so y leue lelly · lord forbede elles þat pardoun & penaunces · & preyers don saue Soule þat han synned · seuen sithes deedly nota But to triste vppe þis trionals · truly me þinketh dowelle ys better then þe popes trionallesUc.9.339: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. hit is not so syker for þe soule · certes as ys dowelUc.9.339: Right-margin sidelining by hand16 extends from Uc.9.335 to the bottom of the side at Uc.9.346. It continues as left-margin sidelining on the verso side, spanning Uc.9.347-49. For-thi yredey rede ȝou renkes · þat riche ben on this erthe vp trist of ȝour tresour · trionals to haue Be ȝe neuere þe balder to breke þe ten hestes and namelich ȝe maistres · maires & iuges þat han þe welthe of þis world · & wise men ben holde To purchace ȝou pardoun & þe popes bulles at þe dredful doem when dede sholon arise And comen alle by-fore crist acountes to ȝelde how we ladde our lif here · & his lawes kepte and how we dide day by day · þe doem wol reherce pardons nor Indulgences will helpe . Uc.9.350: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.9.350-54.apougha pough ful of pardoun þere ne prouincialUc.9.350: prouincial: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads prouinciales. lettres þough we be foundon yn þe fraternite of alle fyue ordres and haue indulgenses doublefold · but dowel vs helpe ysettey sette not by pardoun a pese · ne not a pie hele For-þi ycounseley counsele alle cristene to crie god mercy and marie his modir be oure mene to him þat god gyue vs grace here · ar we go hennes such workes to worche þe while we ben here þat aftir our deth day dowel reherce at þe day of doem we dide as he taughte amen Explicit visio willelmi . W . de Petro le ploughmanEt hic incipit visio eiusdem de dowel Uc.10.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.9.357 to Uc.10.15. The tracework immediately around the capital is smudged from water damage. Thus y-robed in russet y romed aboute Al somur sesoun forto seke do-welUc.10.2: The right margin contains a pen-trial of indeterminate hand. and fraynede ful ofte · of folk þat ymettey mette yf any wight wiste wher dowel is at ynne and what man he myghte be of many y asked was neuere wight in this world · þat me wisse couthe where þis longidUc.10.7: Russell-Kane: Where this lede lenged. lasse ne moreUc.10.7: The right margin contains a pen-trial or an illegible scribble of indeterminate hand. Til hit byful on a friday · two freres y mette Maistres of þe menoures · men of greet wit y hailsed hem hendly · as y hadde ylered and preide hem purcharitepur charite artheiar thei passed forthere yf þei knew any cuntree · owthir coestes abowte where þat dowel dwellith · dere frendes tellith me For ȝe arn men of þis molde · þat most wide walken and knowen cuntrees & courtes · & many kynne places Boþe princes paleys · and pore menne cotes and do-wel & do-euele where þei dwellon boþe ¶ soþly saide þe frere · he soiourneþ wiþ vs freres and euere haþ as y hope · and euere wol here-aftircontra quod y as nota Uc.10.20: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Contra quod y as a clerk · & comsed to dispute and saide sothly sepcies in die cadit iustus do well dwelles not amonsteamon[g]ste friers allwaiesUc.10.22: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Falling fro ioye Iesus woet þe sothe seuen sithe saith þe boek · synneth day by day Þe rightfollokest renge · þat regneth on erthe and who synneth he saideUc.10.25: Russell-Kane: y sayde. certes he doth not wel For who-so synneth sikerly doth euele and do-wel & do-euele may not dwelle to-gideres nota Uc.10.28: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ergo he nys not alway at home amonges ȝou freres he ys othirUc.10.29: Russell-Kane: otherwhile. elleswhere to wisson þe peple ¶ y shal say þe my sone · saide þe frere þenne how seuen sithes þe sad man synneth on þe day By a forbesene quod þe frere y shal þe faire shewe lat Bringe amana man yn aboeta boet · a-mydde a brod watur Þe wynd & þe watur & waggyng of þe boet maketh þe man many tyme · to stomble yf he stande For stonde he neuere so stiflich · þorgh stering of þe boet Uc.10.37: Homoteleuton in lines Uc.10.34 and Uc.10.36 (of þe boet) here causes two lines of unrevised dittography by hand1. maket þe man many tyme to stomble yf he stande For stonde he neuere so stiflich þorgh stering of þe boet he bendith & boweth þe body is so vnstable ac ȝut ys he saf & sound · & so hit fareth by þe rightfole þough he falle he falleth not · but who felle yn aboeta boet þat ay is sauf & sound · þat sit with-ynne þe borde ¶ So hit fareth quod þe frere by þe mannesUc.10.43: mannes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ryhtful mannus. fallyng þogh he þorgh fondynges falle · hefallethhe falleth not owt of charite So deedly synne doth he not for dowel him helpeþ þe watur ys likned to þe world þat wanyeth & wexeth þe godes of þis ground arn lik to þe grete wawes þat as wyndes & wedores waloweth aboute þe boet ys likned to oure body · þat bretil ys of kynde þat þorgh þe feend & oure flesh · & þis freel world synneth seuen sithe þe saddest man on erthe and þe lif-holiest of lif · þat lyueth vnder sonne But fre wil & fre wit foloweth man euere To repenton & to arise & rowe owt of synne To contricioun to confessioun · til he come to his ende For rathir haue we no reste til we restitue Our lif to our lord god  for our licames gultes Uc.10.58: A double virgule, marking the insertion point for the blue paraph sign, is visible underneath and to the left of the paraph sign. ¶ y haue no kynde knowleching to conceyue al þis speche But yf y may lyue and loke · y shal go lerne bettere y by-kenne þe crist quod he · þat on þe cros dyede and y saide þe same · saue ȝou from myschaunce and gyue me grace on this ground · with goed ende to dye y wente forth wide-where · walkyng myn one By awildea wilde wildernes · and By awodea wode-syde Blisse of þo briddes · abide me made and vnder lynde vpon alaundea launde · lened y a stounde To lithen here laies · & her louely notes myrthe of her mouthes made me þere to slepe and merueylously me mette amiddes al þat blisse amycha mych man as me thoughte ylik to my-selue Cam & kalde me by my kynde name what art þow quod y · þat þow my name knowest þat þow willeUc.10.73: Russell-Kane: That þou wost wel. Schmidt, and Pearsall: That wost þou, Wille. quod he & no wight betture woet y quod y who art þow · þought saide he þenne ¶ y haue sued þe þis seuen ȝeer · saugh þou me no rathir art þow þought quod y tho · þow cowdest me wisse where þat dowel dwellith · and do me to knowe doo . well . Dowel & dobet quod he · & dobest þe þridde arn þre faire vertues · and be not fer to fynde who ys trewe of his tunge & of his two handes and þorgh lele labour lyueth · and loueth his euencristen and þerto trewe of his tayl · & of his two handes and ys not dronklewe ne dedeynous · dowel him foloweth Doo . Better . dobet doth al þis · and ȝut he doth more he is low as a lomb · & louelich of speche & helpeth alle men · of þat he may aspare þo Bagges & þe bygirdeles he hath to-brokon hem alle þat þe erl auerous held · and hise heires and of mammonaes mone · y-maked him many frendes and ys ronne in þeUc.10.90: in þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to. religioun · & haþ rendrid þe bible and prechith to þe peple seint poules wordes Uc.10.92: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Libenter suffertis insipientes & . cetera . nota ȝe wordlichUc.10.93: See MED and OED for spellings of worldly without the l. Cf. also Uc.3.372, Uc.12.254, and Uc.21.299. wise þatUc.10.93: þat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads vnwyse þat. ȝe soffreUc.10.93: Russell-Kane: Ȝe wordliche wyse, vnwyse þat ȝe soffre. Leue hem & loue hem þis latyn ys to mene Doo . Best . Dobest bere sholde þe bisshopes cros and hale with þe hoked ende · ille men to gode and with þe pik putte adown preuaricatores legis Lordes þat lyuen as hem lust · and no lawe acounte For her mok & her mobles · such men thenketh sholde no bisshope be · her biddynges to withsitte and dobest sholde drede hem not but do as god highte Uc.10.102: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nolite timere eos qui possunt occidere corpus & cetera . þus dowel & dobet demed asUc.10.103: as: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a. dobest and crouned oen to be akynga kyng to kille wiþ-oute synne þat wolde not do as dobest deuined & taughte þus dowel dobetUc.10.106: dobet: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and dobet. & dobest þe thridde Crouned oen to be a kyng to kepon vs alle and to rule alle reumes by here þre wittes Bote othirwise ne elles not but as þei þre assentid y thonked þought þo þat he me so taughte But ȝut sauereth not me thi sawes so me crist spede amorea more kyndore knowyng coueyte y to here Of dowel & dobet & who doth best of alle But yf wit wol þe wisse quod þought · where þo þre dwellith Elles knowe noenUc.10.115: knowe noen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads knowe y noen. þat can yn none kynne-richeUc.10.115: none kynne-riche: One might construe here none kynne riche, viz. "any kind of realm." See MED s.v. non(e-kin, OED s.v. no kin, and Uc.10.15, many kynne places. But cf. Russell-Kane kynneriche, a reading preferable on grounds of meter. þought & y þus · þre daies we ȝedon Disputing vpon dowel · day aftir othir A description of witt and ar we y-war were · with wit gan we mete he was long & lene · ylik to noen othir was pruydeUc.10.120: pruyde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads no pruyde. on his parail · ne pouerte neither Sad of his semblaunt & with a soft chere y durste meve no matere · to maken him to iangle But as y bad þought þo to be mene bytwene and putte forth sum purpos · to prouon his wittes what was dowel fro dobet · and dobest from hem bothe þenne þought in þat tyme · saide þes wordes where dowel & dobet · & dobest ben in londe here ys oen wolde y-wite · yf wit couthe teche and what lyues þei lyue · & what lawe þei vson and what þei drede & doute dere sire telleth nota Sire dowel dwellith quod wit · not adaya day hennes yn a castelle þat kynde made · of foure kynne thinges Of erthe & ayr ys hit maed · ymedlid to-gideres with wynd & with watur · wittily ioyned kynde hath closed þerinne craftily with-alle a lemman þat he loueth · ylik to him-selue the soule of MankindeUc.10.137: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. An equals sign follows the word Man, perhaps in order to link the marginal comment to the text, but perhaps to signal the line-end word-division of Mankinde. anima she hette · to hire hath enuye The deuilleUc.10.138: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. aprowda prowd prikere of Fraunce · princeps huius mundi and wole wynne hire away · with wiles & he myghte and kynde knoweth þis weel & kepeth hire þe betture and hath don hire with sire dowel · duk of þis marches dobet ys hire damysele · sir doweles doughtur To serue þat lady lelly · bothe late & rathe Dobest ys aboue bothe · a bishopes pere and by his lering ys lad · þat ilke lady anima ButUc.10.146: But: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. þe constable of þat castelle þat kepeth hem alle inwitt haith fiue daughtersUc.10.147: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ys awisa wis knyght with-alle sir inwit he hatte and hath fyue fair sones · by his furste wyue sire sewel & saiwel · & here wel þe endeUc.10.149: Russell-Kane: hende. sire worche weel wiþ þin hand · a wight man of strengthe and sire goed faith go weel · greet lordes alle þise fiue ben set forto saue anima Til kynde come or sende and kepe hire him-selue what kynne þing ys kynde quod y · canst þow me telle god · onlyUc.10.155: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and Nature · Uc.10.155: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. kynde ys creatour quod wit of alle kynne thinges Fader & Formeour of al þat forth groweth þe whiche is god grettist · bygynnyng hadde he neuere Lord of lif & of light of lisse & of payne angels & alle þing arn at his wille to Christ in his manhoddUc.10.160: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. of Animalle reasson Man ys him moest lik · of membres & of faceUc.10.160: An x at the end of this line links the line to the marginal comment. and semblable in soule to god but yf synne hit make A parable and as þow seest þe sonne · sumtyme for cloudesUc.10.162: An x at the end of this line links the line to the marginal comment. May not shine ne shewe · on shawes on erthe so let leccherie & othir lithir synnes þat god sueth not such synful men · & soffreth hem mysfare as somme hangeth hem-selue & othir-while adrencheth God wol not of hem wite · but lat hem yworthe as þe sautere saith by synful shrewes Uc.10.169: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Et dimisi eos secundum desideria eorum such lither lyuinge men · somme ben riche Of gold & of othir goed · but godes grace hem faileth For þei loueth & bileueth · al her lif tyme On catelle more þen on kynde · þat alle þinges wroughte þe which loueUc.10.174: þe which loue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads The which is loue. & lif þat lasteþ with-outon ende Inwit & alle wittes · closed ben þerynne By loue & By leute · þerby lyueth anima and lif liueth by inwit · & lering of kynde yn-wit ys in þe heued · & anima yn herte and mych worth him þat ynwit mysspendith For þat ys godes owne god · his grace & his tresour þat many a lede leseth · þorgh likerous drinke as loet dide & noe · & herodes þe daffe ȝaf his doughtur for a daunsing yn a dish þe heued73Uc.10.183: The quire signature signifies quire 7, leaf 3. Of þat blessid baptist bifore alle his gestes notawisdom & healthe two greate blissinges Euery man þat hath inwit · & his hele bothe hath tresour ynow of truthe to fyndon him-selue andUc.10.187: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. faunte-kynes & foles þe which þat fauton ynwit Frendes shal finde hem · & from folie kepe and holi churche helpe to · so sholde no man begge Ne spille speche ne tyme ne myspende nowthir Meble ne vnmeble mete nothir drinke and þenne dide we alle weel · & wel bet ȝut to louye Oure enemyes enterly & helpe hem at her nede and ȝut wer best to ben a-boute & bringe hit to helpeUc.10.194: Russell-Kane: to hepe. þat alleUc.10.195: Above the a in alle is an otiose stroke resembling the abbreviation-stroke for er, made by hand1. londes louedon · & yn oen lawe byleuedon bisshopes should haue no more lands then Christ haddUc.10.196: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Bisshopes sholdon be heraboute · & bringe þis to hepe For to lese þerfore her lond · & here lif aftir þe catelle þat crist hadde · þre clothis hit were þerof was he robbed & ruyfled · ar he on rode dyede and sithen he lees his lif · for lawe sholde loue wexe prelates & prestes & princes of holi churche sholde not doute no deth · ne no dere ȝeres To wende as wide as þe world were To tulie þe erthe with tonge & teche men to louye For who-so loueth leueth him weel god wol not laton himUc.10.205: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. sterue yn myschef for defaut of mete · ne for myssing of cloþis Uc.10.207: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono who-so lyueth in lawe · & yn loue doth wel as þis weddid men þat þis world susteyne For of here kynde þei come bothe confessoures & martires prophetes & patriarkes popes & maydones For god saith him-selue · shal neuere goed appel Basterdes . / þorgh no sotil science · on sour stok growe and ys no more to mene but menUc.10.214: men: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly records the reading of Uc here as noen. þat ben bygeton out of matrimonie not moilere · mown not haue þe grace þat lele legitimi by þe lawe mown clayme and þat my sawe ys soth þe sauter bereth witnesse an vnregenerat father begittith a curssed sonnUc.10.218: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.10.218: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Concepit in dolore & peperit iniquitatem nota kaym þe corsed creature conseyued was yn synne after þat Adam & Eue · haddon ysynned with-outon repentaunce of here rechelesnes aribauda ribaud þei engendrid as an hewe þat erieth not auntreth him soweUc.10.222: sowe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to sowe. On aleyea leye lond aȝenes his lordes wille So was kaym conceyued & so ben corsid wreches kaytiffes of kayn . þat licam han aȝen þe lawe þat oure lord ordeyned alle þat comen of kaym · caitiues wern euere and for þe synne of kaymes seed · saide god to Noe Uc.10.228: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Penitet me fecisse hominem and bad go shapon a ship · of shides & bordes þi-selue & þi sones þre · & sithen ȝour wyues Boske ȝou to þat boet · & abidith þerinne Til fourty daies be fulfild · & floed haue ywasshe Clene awey þe corsed bloed þat of caym is spronge Bestes þat now be shal banne þat tyme þat euere þat corsed kaym · cam on þis erthe alle sholon dye for his dedes · by dales & by hulles and þe foules þat fleeth · forth wiþ othir bestes Outtake onlich · of vch a kynde apairea paire þat in þin singledUc.10.239: singled: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads shingled. ship · shal be wiþ þe ysaued nota here aboughte þe barn · þe belsires gultes and alle for her fadres · ferdon þe worse þe gospel ys here-agayn · as gomes may rede Uc.10.243: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris & . cetera . holy writ witnesseth · þat for no wicked dede þat þe sire by him-self doth þe sone sholde be þe worse But westmynster lawe y woet wel · worcheth þe contrarie nota For þough þe fader be a frankleyn · & for a felown be hangidUc.10.247: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.10.244-49. þe heritage þat þe heir shold haue ys at þe kynges wille But þe gospel þat ysUc.10.249: þat ys: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads is. a glose þere  & hideþ þe graith truthe74Uc.10.249: The quire signature signifies quire 7, leaf 4. For god saide ensanple [..]Uc.10.250: Russell-Kane: ensaumple of suche manere issue. manere issue þat kynde foloweþ kynde · & contrarieth neuere Uc.10.252: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Numquam colliguntur de spinis vuas Et alibi bonus arbor bonum fructum facitUc.10.253: Russell-Kane prints the two Latin lines as one. ac whi þe world was adreint holy writ tellith was for mariages makyng · þat men made þat tyme after þat kaym ycursid hadde ykild abel Seeth adames sone · sithen was engendrid and god sent to seeth · so sone he was of age þat for no kynne catelle ne no kynne byhest soffre his seed sedon with kaymes seed his brothir and seeth for he soffrid hit god saide me forthinkeþ þat y man made or matrimonye soffred For gode sholdon wedde gode · þough þei no goed hadde For y am via & veritas · & may avaunsen alle But fewe folk now foloweth þis · for þei ȝiue her childron For coueitise of catelle & connyng chapmen Of kyn ne of kynrede counteth men but litel and þough he be loulich to loken on · & louesom abiddeUc.10.268: abidde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads abedde. amaidea maide & wel ymaried & of godeUc.10.269: gode: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads gode men. yspronge Bot yf he haue othir goed · haue wol hire no riche But late hem be vnlouely · & vnlouesom abedde a bastard abondea bonde oen abegeneldesa begeneldes doughtur þat no curtesie can · but lat hire be knowe For riche or rentid wel · þogh she be riueled for elde þer nys squier ne knyght · yn contree aboute þat he ne wole bowe to þat bonde to bedon hire a hosedonhose donUc.10.276: bedon hire a hose don: viz., "offer to her to put on a stocking / And wed her." The manuscript reads hosedon without separation, but the text scribe's word-division is erratic in a number of ways and places; cf. the discussion of that topic in the Introduction. For don as a contraction of do on, see MED s.v. don v.(2), with examples from Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. For the uncontracted verb with a hose in the singular, see the letter of John Paston III to Margaret Paston, 14 Sept. 1465: "I haue not an hole hose for to do on"—Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, ed. Norman Davis (Oxford, 1971) Letter 323, p. 528. Uc.10.276: Russell-Kane: an hosebonde. MS Uc's hosedon is written without separation. If understood not as a garbled spelling but as two separate words, it represents a unique reading, according to the Russell-Kane apparatus. and weddon hire for her welthe · & wisshen on þe morowe þat his wif were wax or a walet ful of nobles yn ielosie ioyeles · and iangelyng a-bedde Many apeirea peire sithe þes pestilenses han yplight truþe to loue But þei lyen leixUc.10.281: Schmidt and Pearsall both print lely; Russell-Kane, lei. For the latter, see OED lea, MED lei(e, with variant spellings lai(e, leiȝe, le, meaning "fallow, uncultivated . . . neglected," whether literally or figuratively. Presumably, reference is to the unfruitfulness discussed in the two lines following. This would be idiomatic with lyen preceding. (The double entendre on lyen with reference to (a) a field's lying unplowed and (b) a couple's lying in bed seems like a typically Langlandian punning moral irony.) The -x spelling is difficult. But cf. Uc.7.280, deux for "dew" or "dews." her neithir liketh othir þe fruyt þat þei bringeth forth · arn many foule wordes han þei no childron but chest · & choppes hem bytwene þough þei do hem to donemowe · but þe deuel hem helpe donmowe Bacon . / To folowe for þe flicche feccheth þei hit neuere Bot þei bothe beth forswore · þat bacoun þey tyne For-þi ycounseley counsele alle cristene · coueite neuere be weddid For no coueitise of catelle yn noen kynne wise of maryageUc.10.289: At the end of this marginal comment is a mark consisting of a loop and slash, perhaps a cursive equivalent of a punctus and virgule. But maydones & maydones marie ȝou to-gideresUc.10.289: Right-margin sidelining spans lines Uc.10.287-97. wedd there liek · and wedowes & wedowers weddith ȝour aither othir and loke þat loue be more þe cause · þen lond othir nobles and euery manere seculer man · þat may not continue wisly go wedde & war þe fro þat synne Mariage fittist on youthUc.10.294: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þat leccherie ys a likyng þing · & a limȝerde of helle and whil þow art ȝong & ȝeep · & þi wepne kene awrek þe þerwith on wyuyng · for godes werk y holde hit Uc.10.297: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dum sis vir fortis ne des tua robora scortis Scribitur in portis meretrix est ianua mortis nota Uc.10.299: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.10.299-300.and ȝe þat han wyues be war & worcheth not out of tyme a man maie offend with his wyfe , binge in hir flowersUc.10.300: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. as adam dide & Eue as weUc.10.300: we: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads y. yeerUc.10.300: The y in yeer could be construed as a þ. With its high contrast between thick and thin strokes, especially in its rounded tail, it most resembles hand13 (Thyrnbeke) or (to a lesser extent) hand9.Uc.10.300: The y in yeer is written over an erasure. ȝow tolde For sholde no bed-bourde be but yf þei boþe were Clene of lif & yn loue of soule & yn leel wedlok For þat dede derne do no man sholde But wyues & weddid men as holy writ techith Uc.10.305: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Bonum est vt vnusquisque vxorem suam heath[ab]eat propter fornicacionem þat othir-gates ben gete for gadelinges ben haldon and fals folk & fondlinges faitoures & lyares vngracious to gete goed or gete loue of peple waytenUc.10.309: wayten: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Awayten. & wasten al þat þei cacche mowe aȝen dowel þei don euele · & þe deuel serue and after here deth day · dwelle sholon yn helle But god ȝiue hem grace here goande to amende and þus is dowel my freend · to do as lawe techith To louye & to loue þeUc.10.314: The OED headform is low, sc. "humble yourself." · & no lif to greue andUc.10.315: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. to louye & to loueleneUc.10.315: Russell-Kane: lene. leue me ys dobet But to ȝeue & to ȝeme · boþe ȝong & olde helon & helpon · ys dobest of alle For þe more amana man may do by so þat he do hit þe more he is worthi & worth · of wise & gode ypreysed Passus primus de visione de dowelle Uc.11.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from the top of the side at Uc.10.318 to Uc.11.18. Thenne hadde wit a wif was hote dame studie þat ful lene lokid & lifholy semed wytte & Stodye · his wifeUc.11.3: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. she was wonderly wroth · þat wit so me taughte Al staring dame studie sternelich saide Wel art þow quod sho to wit such wisdomes to shewe To any foel or to flatere or to frantik peple And saide nolite mittere in viam ȝe men margerie perles among hogges þat haen hawes at wille þey don but dreuele þeron draf were hem leuere þen al þe precious perry · þat any prince weldith y segge hit bisuchbi such quod wit þat shewen by her werkes þat louen lond & lordshipe · & likyng of body More þen holinesse or hendenesse · or al þat seyntes techen wysdom & wit now · ys not worth a crasse Covetyse . Bot hit be carked with coueitise · as cloþeres kembon herUc.11.15: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wolle who can caste & contreue to disceyue þe rightfole and lette wiþ a loueday truthe & bigile begyle truth . / þat coniecte can & caste þus arn clepid in-to counsel Uc.11.19: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui sapiunt nugas & crimina lege vocantur Qui recte sapiunt lex iubet ire foras Nicholas SaundersonUc.11.21: As Grindley notes (pp. 239-40), Nicholas Saunderson was made sheriff of Lincoln in 1592 and again in 1613 (Public Record Office, List of Sheriffs p. 80). An "Edward Ascough, or Ayscoughe, esq." served as sheriff of Lincoln from December 4, 1587 to November 25, 1588 (Public Record Office, List of Sheriffs, p. 80). Grindley (pp. 196-98) identifies this Edward as the elder brother of Francis Aiscough, the author of this comment, who probably wrote it in 1603—for the date, see the marginal comment in the bottom margin of fol. 26r, at line Uc.4.37. However, according to Maddison and Larken's Lincolnshire Pedigrees, this sheriff of Lincoln was Edward Aiscough of South Kelsey, Francis's first cousin, who was knighted in the first year of the reign of James I—approximately the year in which Francis wrote his comment—but apparently after Francis wrote, since Francis refers to King James as "king Iames þe Sixt" (of Scotland) in the bottom margin comment at Uc.P.95, and as the King of Scots in the right margin at Uc.9.1. Francis's elder brother was Edward Aiscough of Cottam, not of South Kelsey (Maddison and Larken, pp. 61-64). Francis's marginal comment here apparently reflects his opinion that Nicholas Saunderson in his first term as sheriff did not live up to Edward Aiscough's moral standard in the execution of that office.Uc.11.21: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota he ys reuerensed & yrobed · þat can robbe þe peple þorgh fallas & fals questes · & þorgh fikel speche Iob þe gentil in his gestes witnessith all gripinge JestersUc.11.24: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. what shal worthon of such  when þei lif leton Uc.11.25: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ducunt in bonis dies suos & in finem descendunt ad infernum þe sauter saith þe same of alle such riche Uc.11.27: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ibunt in progenie patrum suorum & vsque in eternum non videbunt Uc.11.27: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. lumen Et alibi ecce ipsi peccatores . habundantes . & cetera . Lo saith holy lettrure · which lordes beþ þes shrewesUc.11.28: The final three letters in shrewes appear to have been re-inked. nota — the riche are comonly the enimies to rigt and trutheUc.11.29: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þo þat god most goed ȝiueth greueþ most right & truþeUc.11.29: The word truþe appears to have been re-inked. Uc.11.30: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Que perfecisti destruxerunt & cetera nota Uc.11.31: Left-margin sidelining, probably by hand16, extends from this line to Uc.11.57. harlotes for her harlotrie · arn holpen ar nedy pore and þat is no right ne resoun · for rathir me sholde the religious and godly personUc.11.33: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. helpe him þat hath nought · þen þo þat han no nedeUc.11.33: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.11.32-36. But he þat hath holywritholy writ ay in his mouth and can telle of truthe & of þe twelue apostles Or of þe passioun of crist or of purgatorie þe peynes litel ys he loued or leet here-fore among lordes at festes Now ys þe manere at þe mete · when mynstrals ben stille Þe lewed aȝen þe lered þe holy lore dispute and tellon of þe trinite how two slowen þe þridde and bringon forth balled resounes · taken bernard to witnes and puptonUc.11.42: pupton: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads putten. forth presumpcioun · to preuen þe soþe þus þei driuele at þe deys · þe deite to knowe and gnawen god with gorge when here gottes fullon But þe carfole may crie & quake at þe ȝate Bathe afyngred & furstUc.11.46: furst: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads afurst. & for defaut spille ys noen so hende to haue him · bot hote him go þere goed ys þenne semeth hit to my sight · to such þat so biddeth God ys not in þat home ne his help nothir litel loueth he þat lord · þat lente him al þat blisse the rich gyveth les Almes then mean men . / þat so parteth with þe pore · a parsel when him nedithUc.11.51: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.51-55. Ne were mercy in mene men · more þen yn right rich Many tyme Mendinantz myghte goen a-hungred and so saith þe sauter y say hit in memento Uc.11.55: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ecce audiuimus eam id est caritatem in effrata notahipocrites of þe clergie and laitieUc.11.56: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.11.56: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.11.56-57.Clerkes & knyghtes carpen of god ofte and han myche in here mouth · but mene yn her herte Freres & faitoures han founde vp such questiouns To plese with proude men  sithen þes pestilence tymesUc.11.59: þes pestilence tymes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the pestelence tyme. The Russell-Kane apparatus records the reading of Uc as substantially this, whereas þes should in this context be construed as the plural. cuninge of the prelatesUc.11.60: Hand16 (Francis Aiscough) uses a double hyphen in the form of an equals sign to show the line-end division of the word prelates, as "prela=tes." . nota and preching at seint poules and puyr enuye of clerkesUc.11.60: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.11.59-61. þat folk ys not ferme yn þe faith · ne fre of here godes Sterringe the simple pepell to almes for there owne proffittUc.11.62: This marginal comment is bounded on the left and the right by curly brackets in the form of stacked parentheses, made by hand16. Ne sory for here synnes so ys pruyde enhaunsed yn religioun & in al þe reume · amonges riche & pore þat preyeres han no power þes pestilenses to lette For god ys deef now on dayes and deyneth vs to here and gode men for oure gultes he al to-grind to dethe and ȝut þes wrecches of þis world ys noen y-war by othir Ne for drede of any deth with-draweth him pruyde Ne parteth with poreUc.11.69: pore: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe pore. as puyre charite wolde but yn gayenes & glotenye · for-glotton here godes and breketh not here breed to þe pore · as þe boek hotith Uc.11.72: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Frange esurienti panem tuum But þe more he wynneþ & hath þe world at his wille and lordes in ledes þe lasse goed he deleth Tobie techeth not so · taketh heed ȝe riche how he tolde yn a tyme · and taughte his sone · dele Uc.11.77: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Si tibi sit copia habundanter tribue Si autem exiguum illud impertiri libenter stude gyve to the nedy in thy lyfe tyme . Uc.11.79: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.11.79-86.And ys to mene no more but who myche goed weldith Be large þerof whil hit lasteth · to ledes þat ben nedy and yf þou haue litel leue sone · loke by þi lyue Gete þe loue þerwith þough þow worse fare But lust no lord now ne lettured man of such lore to here But lithen how þei myghte lere · lest goed spende and þat loueþ lordes now · and leton hit adowela dowel For ys no wit worth now · but hit of wynnyng soune For-thi wit quod she be war · holi writ to shewe amonges hem þat haen hawes at wille þe which ys alikinga liking & lust · þe loue of þe world and when wit was ywar · what study menedeUc.11.90: The word menede is written over an erasure. y myghte gete no grayn of wittes grete wittes Bot al laughing he loutid · & lokid vpon studie semynge þat y sholde bisechon hire of grace and when y was war of his wille to þat womman gan y loute and saide mercy ma-dame  ȝour man shal y worthen as longe as y liue boþe late & rathe and for to worche ȝour wille þe whil my lif duyreth with þat ȝe kenne me kyndelich · to knowe what ys dowel For þi mekenes man quod she · & for þi mylde speche y shal kenne þe to clergie my cosyn · þat knowethUc.11.100: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.100-27, uniting all the marginal comments on this side into a single running sidenote. þat alleUc.11.101: þat alle: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Alle. kynne conynges · & comsinges of dowelle Stodye techethUc.11.102: This marginal comment continues at Uc.11.105. Of dobet of dobest · for doctour he is knowen and ouer scripture þe skilful · and skreueynes wern trewe For he is sib to þe seuen ars · & also my suster The way to doo welle . is . Uc.11.105: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.11.102 and continues at Uc.11.110. and clergises weddid wif · as wis as him-selue Of lore & of lettrure · of lawe & of resoun so with þat clergie can · & counsel of scripture þow shalt conne & knowe kyndelich dowel þenne was y as fayn · as foul of fair morwen To suffer wooUc.11.110: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.11.105 and continues at Uc.11.113. Gladdere þen gleman · þat gold hath to ȝifte and asked of hire þe hie waye · whare þat clergie dwelte and telle me somtokenesom tokene quod y · for tyme ys þat y wende regard no richesUc.11.113: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.11.110 and continues at Uc.11.117. aske þe hie way · hennes to soffre Boþe wele & wo · yf þow wolt lerne and ride forth bi richesse · rest not þere-ynne For yf þou coueytest to be riche · to clergie comest þow neuere flee women wyne Ire & Slewth . Uc.11.117: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.11.113. Boþe wymmen & wyn · wreþe yre & sleuthe yf þow hit vse othir haunte haue god my truthe To clergie shalt þou neuere come · ne knowe what is dowel But yf þow happe quod he þat þou hitte on clergie and hast vnderstondyng what he wolde mene sey him toUc.11.122: him to: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to hym. þi-selue · ouersee many bokes and say y grete wel his wif · for y wroet hire a bible and fette[s]ette hire to sapience & to þe sauter yglosid Logik y lerned hire & al þe lawe aftir and alle þe musones yn musik y made hire forto knowe Plato þe poete y putte him furst to boke aristotel & othir to arguen y taughte Gramer for gurles ygarty gart first write an beet hem wiþ a baleys · but yf þey wolde lerne Of alle kynne craftes y contreued her toles Of carpentrie of kerueres · & contreued þe compas and caste ouetUc.11.133: Viz., "out?"Uc.11.133: Russell-Kane and Pearsall: caste mette. Schmidt: leide ouet, where leide is conjectural. by squire boþe lyne & lyuel þus þorgh my lore arn men ylerned · þough y loke dymme Theologye is no Scyence but A sothfast beleofeUc.11.135: This comment continues at Uc.11.139. Uc.11.135: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.11.135-42, uniting the two comments there by hand15 into a single running sidenote.ac teologie hath tened me ten score tymes þe more y muse þeronne · þe mystiloker hit semeth and þe deppore y diuine þe derkore me thinketh hit nota hit ys no science soþly but a sothfast bileue And teacheth vs to love . But for hit lereth men to louye ybileuey bileue þeronne þe betture For loue ys a likyng thing & loth forto greue lerne forto louye yf þe lik dowel For of dobet & dobest here doctour ys dere loue þo wente y my way with-oute more lettyng and to clergie y cam · as clerkes me saide ygrettey grette him goedly and graithly y him tolde how þat wit & his wif wissed me to him To kenne & to knowe kyndelich dowel By crist quod clergie · yf þow coueyte dowelle kepe þe ten comaundementz · and kepe þe from synne Doo Well . Uc.11.150: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.11.148-54.an byleue lelly how godes sone alighty On þe maide marie for man-kynde sake and by-cam man of þat maide · with-outon mankynde and al þat holichirche herof can þe lere Leue hit lelly & loke þow do theraftir austyn þe olde her-of made bokes who was his autour & him of god taughte Patriarkes & prophetes apostles & aungels and þe true trinite to austyn apperede and he vs saide as he say · & so y bileue þat he say þe fader & þe sone  & þe seynt spirit to-gideres and alle þre but oen god · & herof he made bokesUc.11.161: Russell-Kane ends the line after made, putting bokes with the next line. who beth his witnesses Ego in patre & pater in me est & qui me videt patrem meum videt qui in celis est & cetera . Uc.11.162: Russell-Kane gives the Latin tag as a separate line, RK11.153α, and gives the following as 11.153: Bisily bokes; ho beth his witnesses? alle þe clerkes vnder crist · ne coude þis assoile But þus hit bilongeth to bileue alle þat likeþ to dowel For hadde neuere freik fyn wit · þe faith to disputeUc.11.165: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.165-66. Ne man mought haue meryt þerof mought hit be ypreued Uc.11.167: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Fides non habet meritum vbi humana . ratio & cetera . beleefe , Truth , & Love . thus yn bileue & leelUc.11.168: Russell-Kane: Thus bileue and leute. & loue ys þe thriddeUc.11.168: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.168-70. þat maketh men to dowel · & dobet & dobest þenne scripture scorned me & many skiles shewed and continaunce made on clergie · to congeie me hitUc.11.171: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. semed and lacked a latynUc.11.172: Russell-Kane: lakkede me in latyn. & light by me sette and saide Multi multa sciunt & seipsos nesciunt þo wepte y for wo · & wrathe of her wordes and yn a wynkyng y warth · & wonderliche me mette For y was rauyshed right þere · for fortune me fette and in-to þe longyngUc.11.177: longyng: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lond of longyng. · and loue she me brought and yn amyrroura myrrour þat hight middelȝerd she made me to loke and sithen he saide to me · here might þow see wondres and knowe þat þow coueytest & come þerto perauntur þenne hadde fortune folowyng hire  two faire maidones Uc.11.182: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Concupiscencia carnis men calde þe elder maide and coueitise of yes ycald was þat othir and pruyde of perfit lyuyng · pursued me faste and bad me for my continense · counte clerkes teching light Uc.11.186: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Concupiscencia carnis · counfortid me on þis manere and saide þow art ȝong & ȝeep · & hast ȝeres ynowe Forto lyue longe · & ladies to louye and þis myrrourUc.11.189: þis myrrour: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in þis myrrour. þou might see myrthes ful manye þat woln lede þeUc.11.190: woln lede þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lede þe wol. to likyng al þi lif tyme þe secunde saide þe same · y shal sewe þi wille Til þow be a lord · & haue lond · letton y þe nylle þat y ne shal folowe þin felawshipe  yf fortune like Age Uc.11.194: Left-margin sidelining by hand15 spans lines Uc.11.192-203.he shal fynde me his frend · quod fortune þeraftir þe man þat me liketh to helpe · might not myshappe þenne was þere oen þat highte . Elde · þat heuy was of chere Man quod Elde yf y mette with þe · By mary of heuene þow shalt fynde fortune þe faile · at þi moest nede and concupiscencia carnis clene þe forsake Bitterliche shalt þow banne þenne · Boþe dayes & nyghtes Coueytise of yes þat euere þow hire knewe and pruyde of perfit liuyng to myche peril þe bringe Ȝe recche þe neuere quod rechelesnes  stodforthstod forth in raggid cloþes Folowe forth þat fortune wole · þou hast ful fer to heldeUc.11.204: Possibly MED helden 4, "To move, go, come." The OED headword is hield. Russell-Kane reads þou hast wel fer to elde; the variant here is not listed, presumably because it is considered a spelling variation on elde—a possible interpretation. AmanA man may stoupe tmest[i]mes ynow · when he shal tyne his croune Sir wanhope was sib to him · as sum me tolde For rechelesnes in his ribaudie · right þus he saide Go y to helle or to heuene · y shalUc.11.208: shal: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads shal nat go. myn one wer hit al soþ þat ȝe sayn · þow scripture & þow clergie y leue neuere þat lord ne lady · þat liueth here on erthe sholde sitte in godes sight  ne see god in his blisse Uc.11.212: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ita possibile est diviti intrare in regnum celorum sicut camelus & cetera . Nota þat the elect are wrytten . &Uc.11.213: The marginal comment continues at Uc.11.217. Uc.11.213: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.11.213-18.For clergie saith þat he say · in þe seint euangelie þat y man maed was and my name entrid yn þe legende of lif longe ar y were predestinat þei prechon prechoures þat þis sheweth the Reprobate Vnwrytten . Uc.11.217: The marginal comment is continued from Uc.11.213. Or prescientUc.11.217: prescient: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane and Schmidt read prescit. Pearsall follows Uc. inperfit put out of grace vnwreton for som wickednes · as holy writ sheweth Uc.11.219: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nemo ascendit ad celum nisi qui de celo descendit and y leue hit wel by our lord & on no lettrure betture For salamon þe sage þat sapience made God gaf him grace of wit · & of goed aftir Neuere to man so myche þat man can of telle To rule alle reumes & riche to make and demed wel & wisly · wymmen bereþ witnesUc.11.225: In the bottom right corner, the tops of the letters of some catchwords survive, the rest having been lost to trimming. Nec michi nec tibi set diuidatur Salomon and Aristotell . in wysdom & workes both goode yet . dyed evelly . / aristotel & he who taughte men betture Maistres þat men techon · of godes mercy & techonUc.11.228: Russell-Kane: Maistres þat of goddis mercy techen men and prechen. Schmidt: Maistres þat techen men of Goddis mercy, and prechen. Pearsall: Maistres þat men techen of goddis mercy and prechen. witnessit þat here wordes · & her werkes bothe were wonder gode & wyseste · yn here tyme and holy church as y here haldeth boþe in helle and yf we sholde worche aftir her werkes to wynnon vs heuen þat for here werkes & wit · wonen now yn payne þenne wrought y vnwisly for al ȝour wistechingwis teching But y countursegge þe not clergie · ne thi conyng scripture þat who-so doth by ȝoure doctrine doth wel yleuey leue But me wer leuere by our lord · a lippe of godes grace neyther wyt nor coninge / but godes graceUc.11.238: At the end of this marginal comment is a 7-shaped mark that perhaps represents a cursive form of punctus and virgule. þen al þe kynde wit þat ȝe can boþe & conyng of ȝour bokesUc.11.238: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.237-42. For of fele witty in faith litel ferly y haue þough her goest be vngracious · god forto plese For many men in this molde · more setton here herte yn goed þen yn god · for-þi hem grace faileth at here moste myschef · mercy wer þe beste and mercy of mercy nedes mot arise as holy writ witnessith godes word in þe gospel Eadem mensura & cetera . The wysest men & lernedst do seldom lyve as they teche . wel ywittid men & wel ylettred clerkesUc.11.247: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.247-50. seldon arn þei seyn so lyue as þei lere witnessith godes word þat was neuere vntrewe Uc.11.250: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Super cathedra Moisi & cetera nota Uc.11.251: Left margin sidelining spans lines Uc.11.251-59.But y wene hit worth of many as was yn noes tyme þo he shoep þe shipe of shides & of bordes was neuere wright þat þeronne wrought ne werkUc.11.253: Russell-Kane: ne werkman. ysauidUc.11.253: The i in ysauid is curved, as if the text scribe began writing an e, changed his mind, and let the bowed first stroke stand as an i. But briddes & bestes & þe blessid noe and his wif with his sones · & his sones wyues Of wrightes þat hit wroughte · was noen of hem ysaued God leue hit fare not so bifolkbi folk · þat þe faith techon of holy kirke þat sholde kepe alle cristen soules for archa noe nymeþ hede  ys no more to mene Bot holichirche herborgh to alle þat ben yblessid Uc.11.261: Left-margin sidelining spans lines Uc.11.261-78.þe culorum of þis clause curatoures ys to moneUc.11.261: mone: MED monen v.(1), meaning 2.(a) "To mention, (sb. or sth.), name, call to mind; speak, say . . . . (b) to tell, narrate; tell about (sb. or sth.), speak of." Uc.11.261: Russell-Kane reads to mene and records the reading of MS Uc as to moue. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the reading of Uc is unique here. þat ben carpenteres vndercristvnder crist holikirkeholi kirke makeUc.11.262: Russell-Kane: to make. For lewed folk godes foles · and his fre bestes Uc.11.264: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. homines & iumenta saluabis & cetera . at domes-day a deluuye worth · of deþ & fuyr at ones worcheþ ȝe wrightes of holichurche as holy writ techith Uc.11.267: A

rightward pointing-hand icon and curly bracket in the left margin, made by hand15, highlight Uc.11.266-68.last ȝe be lost as þe laborers were · þat laboured vnder noe AgoedA goed friday yfindey finde · a feloun was ysaued þat vnlaufullich hadde yliued · al his lif tyme and for he byknew on þe cros · & to crist shroef him he was sonnere ysaued · þen seynt Iohan þe baptist and ar adam othir ysaie · oþer eny of þe prophetes þat hadde yleye with lucifer many longe ȝeres A robere was yraunsomed · rathir þen þei alle with penaunce othir passioun · or any othir payne passed forth paciently to perpetuel blisse þenne marie maudeleyn · who myght do worse as yn likyng of leccherie · no lif denyede Or dauid þe doughti þat denyedUc.11.279: Russell-Kane: deuyned. how vrie Mighte slilokest be slawe & sente him to werre lelly as by his loces · with a leareUc.11.281: MED ler, "face, countenance." Uc.11.281: Russell-Kane: lettre. of gyle Paule þe apostle no pite hadde Cristene peple · to kille to dethe 11.283: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the line division in Uc.11.282-83 is unique to MS Uc; other C-version manuscripts print the two as one line. and now beth þes seyntes by þat men saiþ & souereynes in heuen Uc.11.285: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.11.285-88.þo þat worst wroughton · þe while þat þei wern here By þat þat salamon saith · hit semeth þat no wight woet who is worthi · for weel or for wicked whethir he is worthi to wele or to wicked peyneUc.11.288: Russell-Kane omits this line as a variant of the preceding; Schmidt and Pearsall include it. Uc.11.289: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Sunt iusti atque sapientes & opera eorum in manu dei sunt & cetera . þus y rechelesnes haue rad · registres & bokes and fond y neuere in faith · for to telle truthe þat clergie oro[f] cristes mouth comaunded was euere For crist saide to seyntes · and such as he louede Uc.11.294: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dum steteritis ante reges vel presides & cetera þogh ȝe come bifore kynges & clerkes of þe lawe Beþ not a-ferd of þat folk for y shal ȝiue ȝou tonge and connyng and clergie to conclude such alle Dauid maketh mensioun he spak amonges kynges and myght no kyng ouercome him · as yn conyng of speche not wytte but þe grace of god . / soþly saide rechelesnes ȝe see by many euydenses þat wit ne witnesse · wan neuere þe maistrie with-oute þe gift of god · which grace of fortuneUc.11.302: Russell-Kane: with grace of fortune. Schmidt: which is his grace of fortune. Pearsall: which is grace of fortune. For he þat most sey & saide of þe soþfast trinite was Austyn þe olde þat euere man wiste saide þus in his sarmon for ensaumple of grete clerkes Uc.11.306: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Ecce ipsi idioteidiote[s] rapiunt celum · vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimur none ravisshed soner from fayth then coning Clerkes And none soner saved then comon people . / and ys to mene no more to men þat beth lewedUc.11.307: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.11.307-13. arn noen rathir rauyshed fro þe right bileue Comunlich þen clerkes most knowyng & conyng Ne none sonnere ysaued · ne none saddere yn byleue Then ploughmen & pastoures & pore comun peple lewed lele laboreres · and land tulyng peple persen with a pater noster paradys oþer heuen and passen þorgh purgatorie penaunce-lees for her perfit byleue Uc.11.315: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Breuis oracio penetrat celum Selde falleth þe seruaunt so depe in arrerage as doth þe reue or þe countrollour þat rikene mot & acounte Of al þat þei han had of him þat is her maistur nota But lewed laborers of litel vnderstondyng selde falleth so foule & so depe in synne as clerkes of holy kirke · þat kepe sholde & saue lewed men in goed bileue · & lene hem at her nede homo proponit quod a poete þo & plato he highte Uc.11.324: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et deus disponit quod he · lat god do his wille alle þat truþe attacheþ & testifieth for gode þough þey folowe þat fortune wole · no foly ich hit holde Uc.11.327: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ne concupiscencia carnis ne shal not greue þe gretly Ne bigile þe but yf þow woleUc.11.328: Russell-Kane gives the following for RK11.307-308 (Uc.11.327-28): Concupiscencia carnis ne coueytise-of-yes / Ne shal nat greue the graythly ne bigyle the, but thow wolle. ȝe fare wel fippe quod a fauntelete · & forth gan me drawe Til concupiscencia carnis · acordid til al my werkes Of dowel ne of dobet no deynte me ne þoughte Ne clergie ne his counsel y countid hit ful litel Passus secundus de dowelle Uc.12.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.11.328 to Uc.12.16. Alas eye quod elde · & holinesse bothe þat wit shal turne to wrecchidnes · for wil haþ his wille Coueitise of eyes counfortid me aftir and saide Russell-Kane puts and saide at the end of the preceding line; Schmidt and Pearsall do not. rechelesnes recche þe neuere by so þou riche were Confesse þe to som frere Russell-Kane: Haue no consience how þou come to good; confesse the to som frere. / He shal asoile the thus sone how so euere thow wynne hit. · he shal assoille þe þus sone how-so þow euere wynne hit For whil fortune is þi freend · frereUc.12.7: Russell-Kane: freres. woln þe louye and faste in here fraternite · & for þe biseche To her prioupriou[r] prouyncial his pardoun to haue and preye for þe pol by pol yf þou be pecunious Pena pecuniaria non sufficit & cetera By wissing of þis wenche y dide · her wordes wern soUc.12.12: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. swete Til y forȝeet ȝouthe · and edeUc.12.13: ede: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though Ch reads ȝede. Russell-Kane reads ȝorn. in-to elde and þenne was fortune my foo for al her fair bihest and pouerte pursued me & putte me to be leweUc.12.15: MED leu(e adj.(3): "Weak, frail." The OED headform is lew.Uc.12.15: Russell-Kane: lowe. and flithing fond y þe frere þat me confessid and saide he myghte me not assoile but y suluer hadde To restitue resounably · for al vnrightful wynnyng Ough quod y þo & myn heued wagged By my faith frere quod y · ȝe fare lik þe woware þat wilneth not þe wedowe · but forto welde her godes Right so by þe rode quod y rought ȝe neuere where my body were beried by so ȝe hadde my godes and þenne lough lealte for y loured on þe frere Whi lourest quod leute · leue sire y saide For þisUc.12.26: þis: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads this frere. flatered me · þe while he foend me riche and now y am pore & peny-lees · at litel pris he settiþ me y wolde hit were no synne y saide · to seyn þat wer truþe nota Þe sauter saith hit is no synne for such men þat ben true To segge as þey seen & saue only prestes Uc.12.31: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Existimasti inique quod ero similis tibi arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam þei wole alegge also & by þe gospel preuon hit Nolite iudicare quemquam and wherof serueth lawe quod lewte · & no lif vndertoek falsnesse ne faturyeUc.12.35: MED headform faiterie—deception. for sumwhat þe apostel saide Uc.12.36: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Non oderis fratrem tuum secrete in corde . & cetera . þing þat al þe world woet wherfore shuldest þow spare To reherson hit al by retorik · to arate dedly synne But be neuere more þe firste · þe defaut to blame þough þou see say nought sumtyme þat ys truþe Secrettes to be kept . thing þat wolde be priue · publishe þou hit neuereUc.12.41: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.12.41-42. Noþer for loue labbe hit out ne lacke hit not for enuye Uc.12.43: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Parum lauda vitupera parcius he saith soth quod scripture þo · and skipte an hi & prechid But þe matere þat she meued yf lewed men hit knew þe lasse as y leue · louyen þey wolde þe byleue of our lord þat lettured men techith Of here teme & here tales · ytoeky toek ful goed heed he saide yn her sarmoun selcouthe wordes Uc.12.50: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Multi to amaungeriea maungerie & to þe mete wern sompned and when þe peple was plenere ycome · þe porter vnpynned þeUc.12.51: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. gate and pluyght in pauci priuely & leet þe remenant go Rome al for tene of here tixt trembled myn herte and yn a wer gan y wexeUc.12.54: wexe: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly records the reading of Uc here as weye. One may compare the x with both the y in the immediately preceding word and the x in tixt in the preceding line. & with my-self to dispute wher y weer chose or not chose on holy chirche y þoughte þat vnderfeng me at þe font · for oen of godes chosene For crist cleped vs alle to come yf we wolde sarazines & sismatikes & so he dide þe iewes and bad hem souke for synne saueUc.12.59: Saue: viz. salve. at his breste and drinke bote for bale · brouke hit who-so myghte Uc.12.61: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. O vos omnes scicientes venite ad aquasUc.12.61: Russell-Kane gives this line after line RK12.55 (Uc.12.58); Schmidt and Pearsall print it in the order given here. þenne may alle cristene come & clayme þere to entre By þat bloed þat he boughte vs with & bapteme as he taughte Uc.12.64: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui credederit & baptizatus fuerit & cetera . nota of denyal of fayth . / Uc.12.65: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.12.65-68.For þough a cristene man coueytid his cristendoem to reneye Rightfullich to reneye no resoun hit wolde For may no cherl charture make ne his catelle sulle with-outon leue of þe lord no lawe wol hit graunte But he may renne yn arerage & rome from home as arechelesa recheles caitif othir reneyed as hit semeth But resoun shal rikene with him & rebukon him at þeUc.12.71: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. laste and conscience a-counte with him & cast him in arerages and putten him aftir in prisoun · yn purgatory to brenne and for his rechelesnes rewarde him þere right to þe day of doem But yf contricioun & confessioun crie by his lyue Mercy for his mysdedes with mouth & with herte þat is soth saide scripture · may no synne lette mercye above all godes workes . Uc.12.78: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.12.78-79.Mercy þat he ne may al amende · & mekenes here folowe þey bothe as our bokes tellith · are aboue godes werkes Uc.12.80: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius Troianes Uc.12.81: Left-margin sidelining by hand15 extends from Uc.12.81 to the bottom of the side at Uc.12.88 and then continues as right-margin sidelining on fol. 66r, down to line Uc.12.94.Ȝe baw for bokes quod oen · was broken owt of helle y troianes a true knyght y take witnes of a pope how y was deed & dampned to dwelle yn helle For an vncristene creature seynt Gregory woet þe soþe þat al þe cristendoem vnder crist ne myght me cracch þenne But onlich loue & leute as yn my lawes demyng Gregori wiste þis wel · & wilned to my soule Sauacioun for þe soþnesse · he say in my werkes and for he wilnede wepyng · þat y were ysaued God of his goednes y-say his greet wille and with-outon mo bedes-biddyng his bone was vnderfonge and ysaued as ȝe may see withUc.12.92: Russell-Kane: withoute. syngyng of mo massesUc.12.92: A

leftward pointing-hand icon made by hand15 in the right margin highlights this line, though possibly the icon is meant to indicate the whole block of lines Uc.12.81-94 highlighted by sidelining. loue with-oute leel byleue as my lawe rightful saued me sazasynsa[r]asyn soule & body bothe lo lordes what leute dide & leel doem y-vsed Wel oughte ȝe lordes þat þe lawes kepeth þis lessoun to haue inUc.12.96: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. mynde and on troianes truthe to þenke alle tymes in ȝour lyue and loue for oure lordes loue & do leute euermore For lawe with-oute leute · ley þere abenea bene Or any science vnder sonne þe seuen ars & alle Bot loue & leute hem lede ylostUc.12.101: ylost: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ylost is. al þe tyme Of him þat trauaileth heron bot truthe be his lyuing So loue & leute · hit ben our lordes bokes and cristes owne clergie he cam from heuene to teche hit and seint Iohan sithen saide hit is of his teching Uc.12.106: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui non diligit manet in morte and namelich pore peple her preyeres may vs helpe For god as þe gospel saith goth ay as þe pore and as þe euangelie witnessith when we maken festes feastes ought to be made to the pore & not to the Riche we shold not clepe knyghtes þerto ne none kynne richeUc.12.110: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the right margin spans lines Uc.12.110-19. Uc.12.111: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Cum facitis conuiuia nolite vocare amicos But calleth þe carfole þerto þe croked & þe pore For vch a frend fedith othir and fondeth how best to quyte Meles & manshipes vch aricha rich man othir ac for þe pore may not paye · y wol paye my-selue þat louyeth & leneth hem largelich shal ich quyte at caluarie of cristes bloed cristendoem gan springe and blody breþeren we bicome þere of oen body ywonne as quasi modo geniti gentil men vchone No beggere ne boy among vs · bot yf hit synne make Uc.12.121: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui facit peccatum seruus est peccati & . cetera . yn þe olde lawe as þe lettere telleth mennes sones me caldeUc.12.122: me calde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads me calde vs, viz. "men called us, we were called." Of adames issue & Eue ay til god-man dyede and aftir his resurreccion · redemptor was his name Lend to the nedy and we his blodi breþeren · as wel beggeres as lordes For-þi loueUc.12.126: Russell-Kane: loue we. as leue childron · lene hem þat nedith and euery man helpe othir for hennes shuln we alle To haue as we han serued · as holi chirch witnessith Uc.12.129: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et qui bona egerunt ibunt & cetera For-thi lerne we to laweUc.12.130: Russell-Kane: the lawe. of loue as oure lord taughte and pore peple faile we not whil any peny vs lastith For yn her liknes our lord · longeUc.12.132: longe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lome. hath be yknowe witnesse in þe pask wouk · when he ȝede to Emaux Cleophas ne knew him not þat he crist were For his pore aparail & pilgrimes clothis til þat he blessid her breed · and braek hit hem bitwene so by þes werkes þei wiston þat he was Iesu But by þeUc.12.138: by þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads by. clothing þei knew himUc.12.138: Russell-Kane: knewe hym nat. · so kaitiflich he ȝede To be lowe true & loving ech to other Uc.12.139: A curly bracket made by hand15 in the left margin spans lines Uc.12.139-40.and al was ensaumpel sothly to vs synful here þat we sholde be low & louelich · & leel vch amana manUc.12.140: vch a man: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads vch man. to oþer and pacient as pilgrimes for pilgrimes arn weallewe alle yn þe aparail of a pilgrim · & in pore liknesse holy seyntes him say · but neuere in secte of riche and seint marie his moder as mathew bereth witnes was a puyr pore maide · & to a pore man yweddid Marthe on mari maudeleyn · an huge pleynt she made and to oure sauyour selue saide þes wordes Uc.12.148: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. domine non est tibi cura quod soror & cetera . and here aitheres wille hastilich god assoiled and aitheres werkes & wille right wel allowed But pouerte god putte bifore & preued for þe bettere Uc.12.152: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Maria optimam partem elegit que non & cetera and alle þe wise þat euere were by aught y can aspie patyent povertie is greter blessing then Rychesse . presed pouerte for best yf pacience hit foloweUc.12.154: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.12.154-55. and bothe betture & blessedore by many fold þen riche al-þough he be sour to soffre · þere cometh aswetea swete aftir as on a walnot with-oute · ys a bittur bark and aftir þe beturUc.12.158: betur: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bittere. bark be þe shale aweye ys a cornelle of counfort · kynde to restore So aftir penaunce and pouerte pacientlich ytake Maketh man to haue mynde yn god · & his mercy to craue þe which ys þe cornel of counfort · for alle criston soules and wel sikoror he slepith · þe segg þat is pore and lasse drat by day · or yn derk to ben yrobbid þen he þat is right rich resoun bereth witnes Uc.12.166: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Pauper ego ludo dum tu diues meditaris holichirch witnessith who-so forsaketh his fader or his frendes fremde othir sib Or eny welthe yn this world his wif or his childron For þe loue of oure lord · louethUc.12.170: MED louen v.(1), OED low—"humbles himself." him to be pore he shal haue an hundred fold of heuen-riche blisse and lif lasting for euere bifore ouou[re] lord in heuene Uc.12.173: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quicumque reliquit patrem & matrem & cetera Crist acordith eft herwith · clerkes wetith þe soþe he what god saide him-selue · to a segg þat he louede yf þow likest to lyue quod god þe lif · þat is perfit al þat þou hast here hastily go sulle hit Ȝiue pore þe pens þerof purse þou none and ȝiue hem forth to pore folk þat for my loue hit aske For-sake al & sue me & so is þi beste Uc.12.181: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Si vis perfectus esse vade & vende . & cetera . Ȝut counseleth crist in comvne vs alle Who-so coueytith to come to my kyne-riche he mot forsakon him-selue · his suster & his brothir and al þat þe world wolde & my wille folowe Uc.12.186: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Nisi renunciaueritis omnia que possidetis & cetera Mo prouerbes y myghte haue of many holy seyntes To testifie for truthe þe tale þat yshewey shewe and poetes to preuon hit porfiri & plato aristotel Eneyde Elleuen hundred patyent povertie prynce of vertues . Uc.12.191: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.12.191-93.Tulius tolomeus · y can not telle her names preueth pacient pouerte · prince of alle vertues and by þe grain þat groweth · god vs alle techith Mescheues on molde mekelich to soffron Uc.12.195: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit & cetera But yf þe seed þat sowon ys in slo sterue A Comparason of wheate . Uc.12.197: Left-margin sidelining by hand14 spans lines Uc.12.196-210.shal neuere spir spring vp ne spreyksp[y]k on strawe kerne sholde neuere whete wexe bot whete furst deyede and othir sedes also · yn þe same wise þat ben ylaid on low erthe · ylore as hit were and þorgh þe grace of god · & grayn deed on erthe at þe laste launseth vp · wher-by we lyuen alle and þe sedes þat ben sowen & mown soffre wyntres arn tidiore & toworeUc.12.204: MED and OED headform is tough. to mannes bihoste þen sedes þat sowe ben & mowe not with forstes Ne wyndes ne wedores · as yn wyntur tymes as linseed leek seed · and lenton sedes alle arn not so worthi as whete ne so wel mowe yn þe feld with þe forst · & hit frese longe Uc.12.210: A curly bracket begun in the left margin by hand14 at this line, Uc.12.210, continues as left-margin sidelining to the bottom of the side at Uc.12.218. It continues as right-margin sidelining on fol. 68r, from Uc.12.219 to 250, and then as left-margin sidelining on fol. 68v to the end of the passus at Uc.12.265.Right so sothly þat soffre may penaunses worth allowed of our lord · at her last ende and for here paciense be ypreised · as for a puyr martir Or for a confessour ykud · þat countith not arussha russh Feer ne Famyne · ne fals mennes tonges Bot as anhosebondean hosebonde hopeth · aftir an hard wyntur yf god gyueth him þe lif to haue a goed heruest so preueth þes prophetes þat pacientlich soffreth Mescheues & myshappes & many tribulacions Bytokeneþ truly in tyme comyng aftir Mirthe for his mournyng & þat myche plente For crist saide so to seyntes þat for his sake þoledon pouerte & penaunce & perfeccioun of body þen angels yn her angur on this wise hem grette Uc.12.224: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Tristicia vestra vertetur in gaudium ȝour sorowe in-to solas · shal turne at þe laste and out of wo yn-to wele · ȝour wordUc.12.226: word: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wirdes. shal chaunge ButUc.12.227: But: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. who-so rat of þe riche · þe reuers may fynde how god as þe gospelle tellith gyueth foel to name and þat his goest shal go · & his goed bileue and asketh him who shal hit haue þe catelle þat he kepeth so yn cofres & yn bernes and art so loth to leue þat lete shalt þow nedes Uc.12.233: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. O stulte ista nocte anima tua egredietur tezaurizat & cetera . an vnredy reue þi residue shal spene + þat many mothe was maister inne in a myte while vpholders on þe hul · shal haue hit to selle Lo lordes lo & ladies taketh hede hit lasteþ not longe · þat likour swete as pesecodes pere-Iunetes plumbes & cheries þat lightlich launseth vp · litel while dureth notasonne ripp sonn Rotten and þat rathist ripeth · rotith moest sonnest On fat lond ful of donge foulest wedes groueth Right so sothly such þat ben bisshopes nota Erles & archedekenes · & othir riche clerkes þat chaffaren as chapmen & chide bot þei wynne and han þe world at her wille · oþer-wise to lyuene Right as wedes wexon · yn wose & yn donge So of richesse vp richesse · arisen alle vices andUc.12.249: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Lo! lond ouerleid with marl & with donge whete þat þeronne wexeth worth liggeUc.12.250: The OED headform is ledger, adj., sense 5b, "lying or resting in a place." Though the OED attests this sense only as early as 1577, the illustrative quotation so closely resembles this passage in context as to be worth noting: "1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. 25 Wheate . . yf the ground be to riche where it is sowen, it wyll growe to ranke, and lye leadge[r] vpon the grounde." Cf. MED ligger n. or hit ripe Right so soþly forto segge truthe Ouer-plente pruyde norisheth  þere pouerte hit destruyeth For how euere hit be ywonne but yf hit be wel dispendid wordlyUc.12.254: See MED and OED for spellings of worldly without the l. Cf. also Uc.3.372, Uc.10.93, and Uc.21.299. wele ys wicked thing · to hem þat hit kepeth For yf he be fer þerfro ful ofte hath he drede þat fals folk fecche a-way felounlich his godes and ȝut more hit maketh men many tymes & ofte To synne & to souchUc.12.258: MED souchen: (a) "To suspect"; (b) "to devise." sotiltees of gile The Mischeves that much riches bringes For coueitise of þat catelle to kille him þat hit kepeth and so ys man ymorthered · for his money & his godes and þo þat dide þat dede ydampned þerfore aftir and he for his hard holdyng yn helle perauntur So coueytise of catelle · was combraunce to hem alle Lo how pens purchaseth fair places & grete Þat rote ys robberesUc.12.265: Russell-Kane: of robbares. · þe richesse with-ynne Passus tercius de dowelleUc.13.0: A wavy red line fills out the space after this heading as far as the right margin. Uc.13.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.12.260 to the bottom of the side at Uc.13.16. AC wel worth pouerte for he may walke vnrobbed among piloures yn pees yf pacience him folowe Our prince Iesu pouerte chees & his apostles alle and ay þe lengore þei lyuede þe lasse goed þei hadde Tanquam nichil habentes & cetera ȝit rat me þat Abraham & Iob wern wonder riche and out of nombre þo men many mebles haddon Abraham for his hadde mych tene Abraham . For in great pouerteUc.13.9: The letters from r in great to u in pouerte appear to have faded and been retraced by a later hand. The e in great has the two-lobed epsilon style characteristic of secretary script, and the a is the single-looped secretary/italic variety. he was put aprincea prince as hit were BynomonUc.13.10: Bynomon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Bynoem. his hosewifUc.13.10: Russell-Kane: Bynoem hym his hosewyf and helde here hymsulue / And Abraham not hardy ones to letten hym. Schmidt and Pearsall lineate as per Uc. & abraham not hardy ones toUc.13.10: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. letton him Ne for brightnes of her beute · here spouse to be biknowe and for he soffred & saide not our lord sende tokene þat þe kyndeUc.13.13: Russell-Kane: kynde kyng. cried him mercy and deliuered þe wye his wif wiþ mych welthe aftir Ioeb þe gentil what ioye had he on erthe and how biture he hit aboughte · as þe boeekboekUc.13.16: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly records the reading of Uc here as boeck rather than boeek. tellith and for he song in his sorowe Si bona accepimus a domino & cetera Iob . derworthe & dere god do we so mala al his sorow to solas þorgh hisUc.13.19: his: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads that. song turnede and Iob bicam as a IolyfmanIolyf man and al his ioye newe patyence and povertie springeth ¶ lo how pacience & pouerte · þis patriarkes releuedeUc.13.21: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.21-24. and broughtonUc.13.22: broughton: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads brouhte. hem al aboue þat yn bale rotide as grayn þat lith in þe ground · & þorgh grace at þe laste springeþ & spredith so spredde þe fader abraham and þe gentil iob her ioye hath noen ende and leueth not lewed men · þat y lacke richesseUc.13.26: The hesse in richesse is written over a rough spot on the vellum. þough y preyse pouerte þus · & preue hit by ensaumples worthiore as by holywritholy writ · & philisofresUc.13.28: philisofres: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wyse fylosofres. Bothe two ben gode be ȝe ful certeyn and lyues þat our lord loueth · & large weyes to heuen But þe pore pacient purgatorie passeth rathir þen þe rich þough þei renne at ones Marchaunte & Messenger ¶ For yf amarchaunta marchaunt & a messanger metton to-gidres and sholdon wende oen wey · where boþe moston reste and rikene bifore resoun & resounablyUc.13.35: & resounably: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a resonable. acounte what oen haþ · what oþer hath · & what þei hadde bothe þe marchant mot nede be ylet lengur þen þe messangere For þe parcel of papirUc.13.38: papir: Russell-Kane reads his pauper. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the reading of Uc is unique in the omission of his; pauper and papir are merely variant spellings. & priueUc.13.38: & priue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and oþer pryue. dettes woln lette him as y leue þe lengthe of amylea myle þere þe messanger doþ no more but wiþ his mowþ telliþ his arnde and his lettur sheweth & ys anoen deliuered and þough þei wente by þe way þo two to-gideres þough þe messanger make his way · amyd þe fair whete wol no wis man be wroth ne his wed take Uc.13.45: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Necessitas non habet legem Ne noen haiward ys hote his wed for to taken But yf þe marchaunt make his way ouermenneouer menne corn an þe haiward happe with him forto mete oþer his hat or his hoed or elles his gloues þe marchant moet forgo · or money of his pussepurse and ȝut be y-let as yleuey leue for þe lawe asketh Marchauntz for her marchaundise · in manmany places to tolle and ȝut þough þei wendon away · as to wynchester faire þe marchant with his marchaundise may not go so swithe as þe messanger may ne with so myche ese For þat oen bereth but aboxa box abreueta breuet þerinne þere þe marchant lat a male · with many kynne þinges and dredith to be deed þerfore & he yn derk mette with robbers & reueres þat riche men dispoilen þere þe messanger is ay mery · & his mouth ful of songes and leueth for his letteres þat no wight wol him greue But mightUc.13.62: might: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ȝut myhte. þe marchant þorgh his money & othir ȝiftes haue hors & hardy men þough he mette þeuus wolde noen such assailon him · for such as him foloweþ and as safly as þe messanger & as sone at his hostel come Ȝe wite ȝe wise men what þis is to mene ¶ þe marchant is no more to mene bot men þat ben riche arn alle acountable to crist & to þe kyng of heuene þat holde mote þe hye way euere þe ten hestes Boþe loue & lene · leel & vnleel and haue ruthe & releue with his riches & powerUc.13.71: & power: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads by his power. alle manere men yn myschef y-falle Fynde beggeres breed  bakkes for þe colde Tithon her goed trulich · atola tol as hit semeth þat our lord loketh aftir · of vch alifa lif þat wynneth with-oute wiles or wronges or wymmen at þe stuyues and ȝut more to maken pees and quyte menne dettes and spele & spare to spene vpon þe nedful as crist him-self comaundeth alle cristene peple Uc.13.80: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Alter alterius onera portate nota þe messanger arn þes mendinantz þat liuen by menneUc.13.81: Between menne and almes, word-spacing was omitted because of the line-end compression, but the need for spacing was indicated by a colon inserted between the two words. almes Beth not ybounde as be ȝe riche · to boþe two lawes To lene ne to lerne ne lentones to faste and oþer priue penaunses þe which þe prest woet wel þat þe lawe ȝiueþ leue · such lowe folk to be excused as none tiþes to tiþe ne to cloþe þe naked Ne yn none enquestes to come ne contumax þogh he worche haly day or holy euen his mete to deserue For he loueth & bileueþ as þe lawe techith Uc.13.90: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui crediderit & baptizatus fuerit & . cetera . telleþ þe lord atalea tale as a true messangere and sheweþ bb[y] seel & seethUc.13.92: seeth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads seth. The two readings may plausibly be regarded as variant spellings of the same word, though Uc's form is not recorded in the MED nor in LALME 4:69-70. by lettere wiþ what lord he dwellith knowlechith him cristene & of holy church byleue þere ys no lawe as y leue  wol lette him þe gate þere god ys gateward him-self & vch a goem knoweth the mede is as much to the pore for a Myte as to the riche for all his Money . / Uc.13.96: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.96-101.so þe pore of puyr ruthe may perfourme þe laweUc.13.96: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.96-101. yn þat he wilneth & wolde vch a wight as him-selue For þe wil ys as mych worth · of a wrecch beggere as al þat þe riche may rayme & rightfully dele and as myche mede for a myte þer he offrith as þe riche man for al his mone & more as by þe gospel Uc.13.102: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Amen dico vobis quia hec vidua paupercula & cetera . notathe pore & patient Life is perfectest . so pore & pacient perfitest lif ys of alle Uc.13.104: After the nota in the left margin, left-margin sidelining goes from Uc.13.105 to the bottom of the side at Uc.13.115. vch a perfit prest to pouert sholde drawe For spera in deo speketh of prestes þat haen noen spending suluerUc.13.106: Russell-Kane prints this line as one with the preceding. þat yf þei trauaile truliche & triste yn god almyghty hem sholde neuere · liflode lackeUc.13.108: liflode lacke: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lacke lyflode. noþer lynnon ne wollon ayenst byshops and prestes . ¶ þe title ȝe take ȝour ordres by telleþ ȝe be auaunsedUc.13.109: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.105-15. and nedith not to nyme suluer for masses þat ȝe singe For he þat toek ȝou atitlea title · shold take ȝou wages or þe bisshop þat blessid ȝou · and enbaumed ȝour fingres For made neuere kyng no knyght but he hadde catelle to spene as biful for a knyght · or fond him for his strengþe For hit ys a carful knyght · & of kaitif kynges makyng nota þatUc.13.116: The Russell-Kane apparatus reports the reading of MS Uc here as He þat, with the He added; this reading, however, results from a misinterpretation of the abbreviated marginal nota as the word He. hath noþer lond ne linage rich · ne goed loes of his handes Uc.13.117: A double virgule in the left margin presumably marks the spot where a paraph marker should have been added. Þe same yseyy sey forsoþefor soþe by such þat beth prestes þat han nothir connyng ne kyn but a crowne one and atitlea title a tale of nought · to his liflode as hit were Euel arnUc.13.120: arn: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads beth. þei ysuffred such þat seggeUc.13.120: segge: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads shenden. the masse þorgh her lithir lyuyng & lewed vnderstondyng Ayenst prestes . Uc.13.122: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.116-29.acharterea chartere ys chalengable byfore a chef iustice yf fals latyn be yn þat lettre þe lawe hit inpugneth Or peyntid parenterliniarie · parsels ouer-skipped þe goem þat glosith so charteres for agokya goky is holdon So hit is agokya goky by god þat in þe gospel faileth Or in masse or in matynes maketh eny defaut Uc.13.128: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui offendit in vno in omibusom[n]ibus est reus For ouerskipperes also in þe sauter saith david Uc.13.130: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Psallite deo nostro psallite quoniam Rex terre deus psallite sapienter The bisshop shal be blamed bifore god as y leue þat crouneth such for godes knyghtes þat conne sapienter Ayenst bishops . Uc.13.133: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.131-35.Nothir synge ne redeUc.13.133: Russell-Kane: That crouneth suche goddes knyhtes that conne nat sapienter / Syng ne psalmes rede ne sey a masse of the daye. Schmidt: That crouneth suche for Goddes knyhtes that conne nat sapienter / Nother syng ne rede ne seye a masse of þe daye. Pearsall: That crouneth suche for goddes knyhtes that conne sapienter / Nother syng ne rede ne seye a masse of þe daye. But nernothirner nothirUc.13.134: Viz., "neither one." See MED s.v. ner adv. (1). is blameles · þe bisshop ne þe chapleyn ForUc.13.135: A long finial at the top of the red paraph marker in the line below gives the appearance of red underlining under For. ignorancia non excusat as y haue herd in bokes ¶ þus rechelesnes in aragea rage aresouned clergie and scripture scorned þat many skiles shewed Til þat kynde cam clergie to kepe A vysion of þe Creatures in þe ElememtesEleme[n]tes . in þe seea . & on þe Earth Uc.13.139: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.138-64.And in þe mirrour of myddelerthe made him eft to loke To knowe bi vch a creature kynde to louye And y bowed my body · by-held al aboute and say þe sonne & þe see · & þe sond aftir and wher þat briddes & bestes by her make þo ȝedon wilde wormes in wodes & wonderful foules wiþ fleckid fetheres · and of fele coloures Man & his make y might see bothe Pouerte & plente boþe pees & werre nota Blisse & bale bothe y say at ones Uc.13.149: Faint left-margin sidelining, to the left of the curly bracket marking Uc.13.138-64, highlights Uc.13.149-65. and how þat men mede toek & mercy refused Resoun y say sothly sewe alle bestes yn etyng yn drinkyng · yn engendrure of kynde aftir cours of concepcion · noen toek of othir as when þei hadde rotied anoen þei reste aftir Males to males · Males drowgh hem to males a morowenyng by hem-selue and femels to femels ferdde & drowe No beaste after Conception doth covet Lust but Uc.13.156: This marginal comment continues at Uc.13.160. þere ne was cow ne cow-kynde þat conceyued haddeUc.13.156: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.156-59. þat wolde belewe 13.157: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, though MS Mc reads belwede. Russell-Kane reads bere. aftir bole ne bor aftir sowe þere ne was no kynne kynde þat conceyued hadde þat ne lees þe likyng of lust of flesh as hit were Man & his make out of reason . Uc.13.160: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.13.156. Saue man & his make & þerof mewondridme wondridUc.13.160: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.160-61. For out of resoun þei ride & rechelesly token on as in derne dedes bothe drinkyng & elles Briddes ybiheldy biheld þatUc.13.163: þat: Thus Russell-Kane and Pearsall. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Schmidt omits þat. in boshes made nestes hadde neuere wye wit to worche þe leste ¶ y hadde wonder at whom & where þe pie lernede to legge stickes · þat leyn on hire nest þere is no wright as y wene shold worche her nest to paye yf any masoun made a molde þerto mych wonder me þinkeþ and ȝut me merueyled more mony of þe briddes hidden & hilede here egges dernely for no foul sholde hit fynde but his fere & him-selue and somme tredon ytoeky toek keep & on trees bredde and brought forth her briddes · al aboue þe ground yn mareis & in mores · yn myres & in watres dompinges diuede dere god ysaidey saide where hadde þis wilde such wit & at what scole and how þe pocok cauked þerof toek y keep how vncurteislich þat cok his kynde forth strened and ferliede of his fairnes & of his foul ledene and siþe y lokid on þe see & so forth on sterres Many selcoutes y say · arn not to segge nouthe Ne what on floures on feeld · and of her fair coloures and how out of greut & of gras grew so many hewes and somme soure & somme swete selcouth me þoughte of here kynde & here colour · to carpe hit were to longe nota andUc.13.186: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. þat moest meued me & my moed chaunged Reson always ruleth in beast but not in Man Uc.13.187: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.187-89.was þat y say resoun sewen alle bestes saue man & mankynde many tymes me þoughte Resoun ruled hem not nothir riche ne pore þenne y aresouned resoun · & right til him yseidey seide y haue wonder in my wit so wis as þou art holden wherfore & whi as wide as þou regnest þat þow ne ruledest rathir renkes · þen othir bestes y see noen so ofton surfeton · soþlyUc.13.194: The words soþly and so are written without word-spacing, but the error is corrected by hand1 by insertion between them of an oversized colon. so mankynde for Man surfeteth in Meate , drynke in Women aparel and in Wordes . Uc.13.195: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.192-200.yn mete out of mesure · and many tymes in drinke yn wymmen yn wedes & in wordes bothe þei ouerdon hit day & nyght · & so doth not oþer bestes þei rule hem al by resoun · and renkes ful fewe and þerfore merueilethUc.13.199: merueileth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads merueileth me. for man is most like þe of wit & ofUc.13.199: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. werkes whi he ne loueth þi lore & liueth as þou techist ¶ and resoun aresouned me & saide recche þe neuere whi y soffre or not soffre · certes he saide Vch a segg for him-self salamon vs techeth Uc.13.204: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. De re que te non molestat noli certare nota who soffreth more þen god quod he · no goem as y leue he myghte amende in a myte while · al þat amys standeþ Suffraunce . and he soffreth en ensaumple · þat we sholde soffren alle ys no vertu so fair ne of value ne profit so ys soffraunce souerenly · so hit be for godes loue and witnessith wise & wisseth þe frensh Uc.13.211: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Bele vertue est suffraunce male dire est petit vengeaunce Bien dire & bien suffrer fait lui suffrable a bien venir ¶ For-þi quod resoun y rede þou rule þi tonge euere and ar þow lacke any lif loke who is to preise For is no creature vnder crist þat kan him-selue make and if creatures cristene couthe make hem-selue Vch a lede wolde be lacles leue þou noen othir Man was maed of such matere he may not wel asterte þat somtyme him bitit to folowen his kynde Catoun acordeth þerwith Nemo sine crimine viuit Þo caught y a colour anoen & comsed to ben a-shamed and a-waked þerwith wo was me þenne þat y ne hadde met more so mury as ysleptey slepte and saide anoen to my-selue sleping hadde ygracey grace Uc.13.225: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.13.225-27.Doo Well seeth much and suffreth . To wite what do wel ys · but waking neuere and þenne was þere a wight what he was y ne wiste what is do wel quod þat wight ywis sire y saide To se mych & soffre al certes ys dowel nota Uc.13.229: Faint left-margin sidelining by an unknown hand spans lines Uc.13.229-37. ¶ haddest þow soffred he saide sleping þo þou were þow sholdest haue knowe þat clergie can & conseyued more þenUc.13.230: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. resoun For resoun wold haue rehersed þe · right as clergie saide But for þin entermeting here art þow forsake Uc.13.233: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Philosophus esses si tacuisses & alibi Locutum me aliquando penituit tacuisse nunquam Adam þe whiles he spak not · hadde paradis at wille and whan he mameled aboute mete & mused forto knowe þe wisdom & þe wit of god · he was put out of blisse Right so ferde resoun by þe for þi rued speche and for þou woldest wite · whi resounes priueyte Pruyde or presumpsioun · of þi perfit lyuyng Resoun refused þe · & wold not reste with þe Ne clergie of his conyng kepeth þe not shewe For shal neuere or shame come a shrewe wel chasteUc.13.242: Russell-Kane: wel be chasted. For lat a dronke daffe yn a dik falle Lat him ligge lok not himUc.13.244: lok not him: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lok nat on hym. · til him lust to rise For þough resoun rebuke him þenne recchith he neuere Ne of clergie ne of kynd wit counteth he not arushea rushe To blame him or to bete him þenne yney ne halde hit but synne But when nede nymeth him vp · anoen he is ashamed and þenne woet he wherfore & whi he is to blame ȝe say soth by my soule quod y  y haue seyn hit ofte Shame . Uc.13.251: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.13.251-52.þere smyt no þing so fasteUc.13.251: faste: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads smerte. ne smelleþ so foule as shame þere he sheweth him · vch man shoneth his company whi ȝe wordon to me thus was for y aresouned resoun ȝe certes quod he þat is soþ · & shop him to walke and aroesUc.13.255: Russell-Kane: And y aroes. vp-right with þat & reuerensed him faire and yf his wille were he wolde his name telle Passus quartus de dowel vbi prius Uc.14.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.13.251 to the bottom of the side at Uc.14.20. Y am ymaginatif quod he ydel was y neuere þough y sete by my-selue such is mygracemy grace y haue folowed þe in faith more þen fourty wyntur and wissed meUc.14.4: me: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the. fulUc.14.4: Russell-Kane, wissed the wel ofte; Schmidt, and Pearsall, wissed the fol ofte. ofte what dowel was to mene The Way to Doo Well . Uc.14.5: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.14.5-9.and counseled þe for cristes sake no creature bigile Noþer to lie ne to lacke · ne lere that ys defendid Ne to spille no speche · as forto speke on ydel Ne no tyme to tyne ne trewe þing tene Lowe the & lyue forth yn þe lawe of holi chirch and þenne dost þou wel wiþ-oute drede who can dobet no fors Clerkes þat conne al · y hope þey can do betture But hit suffiseth to be saued · & be such as y taughte But forto louye & to lene · & lyue wel & bileue ys ycald karitas kynde loue in english and þat is dobet yf any such be · a blessid man þat helpith þat pes be & pacience · & pore out of defaut Uc.14.17: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Beacius est dare quam petere nota But catelle & kynde wit acombreth ful manye Uc.14.19: A

rightward pointing-hand icon made by hand14 in the left margin highlights this line.wo ys him þat hem weldith but he hem wel dispene Uc.14.20: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Scicienti & non facienti varijs flagellis vapulabiturUc.14.20: Russell-Kane: Scientes & non facientes varijs flagellis vapulabunt. Covetos averice and vnkynde Riches dryve away doo well . / But comunlich conyng · & vnkynde richesseUc.14.21: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.21-24. as lorels to be lordes & lewed men techeres and holy churche hores help · auerous & coueytous druyeth vp dowel & destrueth dobest But grace ys a gras þerfore · to don hem eft growe But grace groweth not  til goed wille by-gynne reyne and woke þorgh gode werkes · wicked hertes But ar such awillea wille waxe · worcheth god him-selue and sente forth þe seint espirit · to do loue springe Uc.14.30: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Spiritus vbi vult spirat So grace with-outon grace of god · & also gode werkes May not be · be þow sikor · þough we bidde euere Wytte of sterres · But clergie cometh of sightUc.14.33: of sight: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bote of syhte. · & kynde wit of sterresUc.14.33: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.30. as to be bore or be-gete yn such a constellacion þat wit wexeth þerof & othir wordes bothe Uc.14.36: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Vultus huius seculi sunt subiecti vultibus celestibus Grace . Wytte and Lerninge . / ¶ so grace is agifta gift of god · & kynde wit achauncea chaunceUc.14.37: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.37-40. and clergie aconnyngea connynge · of kynde wittes teching and ȝut is clergie to comende · for cristes loue more þen any connyng of kynde wit · but clergie hit rule For moises witnessith þat wroetUc.14.41: þat wroet: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þat god wroet. & crist with his fyngur lawe of oure lord wroet · longe ar crist were and crist cam & confermed · & holi kirke made and yn a soendUc.14.44: yn a soend: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in soend. a signe wroet & saide to þe iewes þat seeth him-selue synne-lees · sese not yhotey hote To strike with stikeUc.14.46: stike: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads stoen. or wiþ staf þis strumpet to dethe Uc.14.47: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quis vestrum sine peccato est . cetera . & cetera . For-þi ycounseley counsele vch a creature clergie to honoure For as a man may not see þat mysseth his yes No more can no clerk · bot yf hit come of bokes Russell-Kane relineates the following two lines thus: Althouh men maden bokes God was here maystre / And seynt spirit þe saumplarie and said what men sholde wryte. God was here maister · & þe seint spirit þe saumpleUc.14.51: saumple: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads saumplarie; Schmidt, and Pearsall, saumplare. and saide what men sholdon write ¶ and right as sight serueth amana man · to see þe hie strete Right so lereth lettrure · lewed men to resoun and as a blind in bataile bereth wepene to fighte and hath noen happe with his ax his enemy to hitte No more kan akyndea kynde witted man bot clerkes him teche Come for al his kynde wit · þorgh cristendoem to be saued þe which is þe cofur of cristes tresour · & clerkes kepeþ þe keyes To vnloke hit at her likyng · þe lered & lewed to helpe To ȝiue mercy for mysdedes · yf men wole hit aske Buxumly & benyngly · & biddon hit of grace Uc.14.63: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Arca dei in þe olde lawe · leuytes hit kepte hadde neuere lewed man leue · to lay hond on þe chest But hit were prestes or prestes sones patriark or prophete Saul for he sacrifised sorow him bitidde and his sones for his sinnes · sorow hem bitidde and alle lewed þat leydon hond þeron · loron lif aftir For-thi ycounseley counsele alle creatureUc.14.69: creature: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads creatures. · no clerk to despise Lerninge to be reverensed . / Uc.14.70: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.14.69-74.Ne sette short bi her science · what so þei don hem-selue Take we her wordes toUc.14.71: to: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads at. worth · for her witnesses be trewe and medele we not myche with hem · to meuen any wraþe last chest chauf vs two · & chope vch man othir and do we as dauid techith · for doute of godes veniance Uc.14.75: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nolite tangere Christos meos & cetera . For clergie ys cristes vicarie · to conforte & to cure Bothe lered & lewed wer lost yf clergie ne were kynde witted men · han a clergie by hem-selue Of cloudes & of custumes · þey contreued many þinges and marked hit in her manere & mused þeron to knowe Ayenst Astronomers Uc.14.81: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.14.79-85.and of þe selcouthes þat þei sye · hersonesher sones þerof þei taughton For þei heldon hit for an hi science · her sotiltees to knowe ac þorgh her science soþly was neuere soule ysaued Ne brought by here bokes · to blisse ne to ioye For al her kynde knowyng · cam but of diuers sightes Of briddes & of bestes of blisse & of sorowe Patriarkes & prophetes repreued her science and saide her wordes ne her wisdomes was bot a folie as to þe clergie of crist þei countid hit but truful Uc.14.90: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. sapiencia huius mundi stulticia est apud deum For þe hie holigostholi gost heuen shal to-cleueUc.14.91: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.91-93. and loue shal lepe out aftir · yn-to þis low erthe and clennes shal cacch hit · & clerkes sholon hit fynde Uc.14.94: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Pastores loquebantur ad inuicem & cetera . hit speketh þere of rich men right nought · ne of rich lordes Bot of clennes of clerkes & keperes of bestus Uc.14.97: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ibunt magi ab oriente & cetera . yf any frere wer founde þere y ȝiue þe fiue shelinges Ne in no cote ne caitif hous þe leste of þe toune To pastoures & to poetes · appered þe angel and bad hem go to bedlem godis birthe to honoure and songe asonga song of solas · gloria in excelsis deo Rich men rutte þo · & in her reste were þo hit shoen to þe shephurdes · a shewere of blisse Clerkes knew þe comete & comen with her presentes and didon her homage honourably · to him þat was almighty whi y haue told þe al this · ytoeky toek ful goed hede how þou contrariedest clergie with crabbede wordes þat ys how þat lewed men & lithere · lightloker wern y-saued þen connyng clerkes of kynde vnderstondyng and þou saidest soþ of summensum menUc.14.111: sum men: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads somme. · But y-see in what manere A Comparason betwixt the lerned & vnlerned . Tak two stronge men · & in temese cast hemUc.14.112: Right-margin sidelining by hand14 extends from this line, Uc.14.112, to the bottom of the side at 118. & boþe naked as a nedel · noen heuegore þen oþer þat oen hath connyng & can swymme & dyuen Þat othir is lewed as of þat labour & lerned neuere to swymme which trowest of þo two · in temese is in moest drede he þat can not swymme y saide · hit semeþ to alle wittes Right so quod þat renk  resoun hit sheweth þat he þat knoweth clergie can sonnere arise owt of synne & be saef · þough he synne ofte yf him liketh & lust þen any lewed sothly For yf þe clerk be connyng · & knoweþ what is synne and how contricioun with confessioun counforteth þe soule as we seen in þe sauter in psalmes oen or tweyne how contricioun is comendid for hit cacchiþ awey synne Uc.14.126: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Beati quorum remisse sunt iniquitates & cetera . and þat counfortith vch a clerk & kenneth fro wanhope yn which floed þe fend · fondeth man hardist þere þe lewed lith stille & loketh aftir lewte and hath no contricioun ar he come to shrifteUc.14.130: Russell-Kane relineates this and the next three lines. and þenne can he litel telle · bot as his lores-man him lereth Bileueth & troweth & þat is aftir his person Othir his parish prest & peraunter bothe lewed To lere lewed men · as luk bereth witnes Uc.14.135: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dum Cecus ducit Cecum & . cetera . For mich wo was him marked · þat wade shal with þe lewed wel may þe barn blesse · þat him to boek sette þat lyuynge after lettrure · saued him lif & soule Uc.14.139: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dominus pars hereditatis ys a mury ~~note~~ verset hit haþ take from tiborne twenty stronge þeues þere lewed þeues ben lolled vp loke how þey ben saued þe þef þat hadde grace of god · a goed friday as þou toldest was for he ȝeld him creaunt to crist & his grace askede and god ys ay gracious to alle þat gredith to him and wole no wicked man be lost · bot yf he wole him-selue Uc.14.146: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nolo mortem peccatoris & cetera . But þough þat þef hadde heuene he hadde noen hi blisse of the theefe þat . was saved on good frydaye · a rare opynyon . / as seynt Iohan & oþer seyntes þat han asserued betture Right as summansum man ȝiueth me mete & set me amyd þe flore y haue mete more þen ynow · but not with mych worshipe as þo þat sitton at þe sid table · or with þe souereyns yn halle But as abeggerea beggere bordles by my-selue on þe ground so hit ferde by þe feloun · þat a goed friday was saued he sit neyþer with seint Iohan · ne wiþ symond ne Iude Ne with maydones ne with martires · ne with mylde wedowes But as a soleyn by him selue · y-serued vpon þe ground For he þat is ones a thef · ys euermore in daunger and as þe lawe liketh to lyue othir to dye nota Uc.14.159: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. De peccato propiciato noli esse sine metu and for to seruen as[ey]nta s[ey]nt & such þefUc.14.160: þef: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a thef. to-gidores hit were no resoun ne right to rewarde boþe ylich and rig[ht as troi]anes þe trewe knyght telde not depe yn helle þat our [lord ne] hadde lightly outUc.14.163: Russell-Kane: That oure lord ne hauede hym lihtliche out. The Russell-Kane apparatus fails to include Uc in the list of manuscripts showing omission of hym. · so leue y þat þef in heuen For he is in þe lowest of heuen yf our beleue be true and wel loesly he lolleth þere as bi þe lawe of holi church Uc.14.166: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et reddet vnicuique iuxta opera sua nota But whi þat oen þef on þe cros creant him ȝelde Rathir þen þat othir · þough þow woldest appose alle þe clerkes vnder crist · ne couthe þis assoille a litle taste of poprie . Uc.14.170: A

rightward pointing-hand icon made by handx in the left margin highlights this line. At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quare placuit quia voluit & cetera and so y saye bi þe þat sekest aftir þe whies the answer to them that aske why . and . how . / how creatures han kynde wit · & how clerkes come to bokesUc.14.172: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.172-75. It is continued by right-margin sidelining to the bottom of the side at Uc.14.183. and how þe floures in þe frith cometh to faire hewes was neuere creature vnder crist þat knew wel þe biginnyng But kynde þat contreued hit first of his curteys wille he taughte þe turtel to trede · þe pocok to cauke and Adam & Eue & alle othir bestes A cantel of kynde wit · her kynde to saue Of goed & of wicke kynde was þe firste Sey hit & soffred hit · & saide hit be sholde Uc.14.181: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dixit & facta sunt But whi he wolde þat wicke were · yweney wene & y leue was neuer man vpon molde · þat might hit aspie But longe lyuynge men likned men lyuyng To briddes & to bestes as her bokes tellith þat þe fairest foul foulest engendrith A pretye & right semelye comparason betwene the rich man & þe · peacok . Uc.14.187: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.14.187-200.and feblest foul of flight ys þat fleeth oþer swymmeth þat is þe pocok orUc.14.188: The text scribe began to write oþer, but corrected the thorn into a long r to give or.Uc.14.188: or: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly records the Uc reading as oþer; in fact, the reading is oþ corrected to or. þe popiniay · wiþ her proude feþeres Bitokeneth right riche men þat regnon her on erthe For pursue a pocok or a pohen to cacche and haue hem yn hast at þin owne wille For þei may not fle fer · ne ful hie nothir For her feþeres þat faire ben to fle fer hem lettith his ledene ys vnlouelich & lothlich his caroyne But for his peyntid pennes þe pocok ys honoured More þenUc.14.196: þen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þan for. his faire flesh or for his murye note Right so me reuerenseth more · þe riche for his mebles þen for any kyn he come of · or for his kynde wittes þus þe poete preyseth þe pocok for his feþeres and þe riche man for his rentes or for richesse in his shoppe the pore man & the Larke . / Uc.14.201: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.14.201-203.þe larke þat is a lasse foul · yslouelokestys louelokest of ledene and swettore of sauour & swiftore of wenge To lowe lyuinge men · þe larke ys resembled and to lele & lifholy · þat louen alle truthe þus porfirie & plato & poetes manye lykneþ in her logik · þe leste foul owten and wher he be saf or not saef · þe soeþ woet no clergie Ne of sortes ne of salamon no scripture kan telle wher þat þei ben yn helle or yn heuen · or aristotel þe wise But god ys so goed yhopey hope þat sithe he gaf wittes To wisson vs weyes þerwith · þat wenon to be saued and þe bettere for her bokes to biddon we ben yholde þat god for his grace gyue her soules reste nota For lettered men were as lewed men ȝit · ne wer þe lore of þeUc.14.214: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. clerkes alle þes clerkes quod y tho þat on crist leuen sayn in her sarmons · þat noþer sarazines ne iewes with-oute baptem as by her bokes · beth not ysaued Uc.14.218: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Contra quod ymaginatif þo · & comsed to loure and saide vix saluabitur iustus in die iudicij Uc.14.220: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ergo saluabitur quod he & saide no more latyn Troianes Troianes was a trewe knyght · & toek neuere cristendoem and he is saef saith þe boek · & his soule in heuene thre kyndes of Cristyninge . But þerisþer is fullyng of fonte · & fullyng yn bloed-shedingUc.14.223: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.223-24. and þorgh fuyr ys fullyng · & al is ferme bileue Uc.14.225: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Aduenit ignis diuinus non comburens sed illuminens & cetera But trewe þat trespased neuere ne transuersed aȝenes his lawe the true truth deserveth Uc.14.227: This comment continues at Uc.14.233. But lyuede as his lawe taught · & leueth þer be no bettureUc.14.227: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.14.226-35, uniting the two marginal comments into a single running sidenote. and yf þer were he wolde · & yn such a wille dyeth Ne wolde neuere true god bot trewe truthe wer alowed and wher hit be or be notUc.14.230: wher hit be or be not: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wher hit worth or worth nat. þe bileue ys gret of truthe and hope hangeth ay þeron to haue þat truþe deserueþ Uc.14.232: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quia super pauca fuisti fidelis & cetera . Love and gret Rewarde with a curtesie more then Covenante . / Uc.14.233: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.14.227. and þat is loue & large huire · yf þe lord be true and a cortesie more þen couenaunt was · what so clerkesUc.14.234: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. carpe For al worth as god wole · & þerwith he vanyshed Passus quintus de visione vt supra Uc.15.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.14.230 to the bottom of the side at Uc.15.12. And y awaked þerwith witles nyhande and as a freek þat fey were forth gan ywalkeny walken yn manere of a mendynant many ȝeer aftir and many tyme of þis metels mych þought yhaddey hadde fortune at most nede , & bewtye in age fayleth . / Furst how fortune me failed at my most nedeUc.15.5: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.4-8. and how elde manased me so might happe þat y lyuede longe · leue me byhinde and vanishe alle my vertues · & my faire loces freares followe after the riche & regarde not the pore . and how þat freres folowede · folk þat was richUc.15.9: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.9-12. and pepel þat was pore at litel pris setton Ne no cors of pore comvne · in her kirke-ȝerd most ligge But quik he biquath hem ought  or wolde help quite her dettes Covetyse ouercometh all sectes . Uc.15.13: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.13-14.and how þis coueitise ouercam alle kynne sectes as wel lered as lewed · and lord as þe bonde Lewd Curates · Uc.15.15: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.15-16.and how þat lewed men ben lad but our lord hem helpe þorgh vnconnyng curatoures · to incurable paynes and how þat ymaginatif in dremels me tolde Of kynde & of his comyng · & what connyng he ȝaf bestes and how louyng he is to vch alifa lif yn lond & in watur For alle he wisseth & ȝiueth wit · þat walkeþ oþer crepith and y merueyle in herte · how ymaginatif saide þat iustus bifore Iesu in die iudicij Uc.15.23: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Non saluabitur but yf vix helpeUc.15.23: Russell-Kane prints this and the preceding line as one; Schmidt and Pearsall print them as two. and when he hadde y-seide so · how sodeinlich he vanshed and so y mused vpon þis matere · þat me lust to slepe and þenne cam conscience & clergie aftir Conscyence & Clergie . Uc.15.27: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.26-46.and bedon me rise vp & Rome & wiþ resoun shold y dyne and yaroesy aroes & romed forth · & with resoun me mette we reuerensed Resoun & romed forth softly and metton with a maistur amana man lik a frere Conscience knew him welcomed him faire þey wosshon & wipton & wenten to þe dynere pacyence . þere cam pacience as a pore þing & preyde meUc.15.33: me: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads mete. pur charite ylik pers þe ploughman as he a palmere were Crauede & cried for cristes loue of heuene amelesa meles mete for a pore man or money if þei hadde Conscience knew him wel & welcomed him alle woshon & wipton & weton · & setonUc.15.38: weton: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads woschen and wipeden and wenten to sytten. þe maister was maed sitte first as for þe most worthi Reason . Resoun stoed & stighled as for a stiward of halle Pacience & y was put to be macches and seton by our selue at a sid table Scripture . Clergie cald aftir me & þenne cam scripture and serued hem þus sone · of sondry metes manye Of austyn of ambrose of alle foure euangelies Uc.15.46: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Edentes & bibentes que apud eos sunt & cetera But of þis mete þat maistur might not wel chewe For-thi eet he mete of more cost mortrewes & potages Of þat men myswonnen þey made hem wel at ese But her saus was ouersour · & vnsauerly ygrounde yn amortera morter post mortem of many bitur paynes But yf þei synge for þo soules & wepe salt teres nota Vos qui comeditis peccata hominum . nisi pro eis lacrimas & oraciones effuderitis ea que in delicijs comeditis in . tormentis . euometis . & cetera . þenne as resoun radde anoen right aftir Conscyence causeth Scripture to give bread to pacyence þat conscience comaundideUc.15.55: comaundide: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads comaunde sholde to do comeUc.15.55: The Russell-Kane apparatus fails to note that come is added in Uc. scripture and bringe breed for pacience biting apartie and to mete þat his mete þoUc.15.57: Russell-Kane: And to me þat was his mette tho. · & othir mete bothe he sette asoura sour lof & saide · agite penitenciam and sithe he drough vs drinke diu perseuerans as longe quod he as lif & lycam may dure þis is asemlya semly seruice · saide pacience þenne cam contricioun þat hadde coked for hem alle and brought forth apitauncea pitaunce was pro hoc orabit omnis sanctus in tempore oportuno þenne conscience counfortid vs boþe clergie & scripture and saide cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despicies pacience was wel apaid of þis propur seruice and mad mury with þis mete but y morned euere Doctor Robinson Doctor Barefout of lincoln with many morUc.15.68: As Carl Grindley notes ("The Life of a Book," p. 238), the Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae lists John Robinson, A.M., and John Barefoot, S.T.P., as successive archdeacons of Lincoln in 1580 and 1581-1595 (Le Neve and Hardy, 2:47b). Robinson received a doctorate in theology from Cambridge in 1583 (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 47:355), and thus would have been known to Francis Aiscough, writing in 1603, as "Dr. Robinson." Grindley identifies this John Robinson as having been involved in the interrogation of Anne Askew, Francis Aiscough's aunt who was burned at the stake in 1546 (p. 238). However, John Robinson received his B.A. in 1554, having matriculated at Cambridge in 1550 (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 47:355). Since John Foxe speaks of Anne Askew's interrogator as "Dr. Robinson" (Actes and Monuments p. 1238; reel 233:01, image 441), this John Robinson was clearly too young for that role in 1545-46. The much more likely candidate is Thomas Robertson (fl. 1520-1561), royal chaplain to Henry VIII and one of the authors of the 1543 work, the Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for Any Christian Man (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 47:261-62). This latter was the "King's Book" to which Anne Askew was asked to respond during her interrogation (Foxe p. 1235; reel 233:01, image 438). As for John Barefoot, Grindley (p. 239) notes his involvement, as archdeacon of Lincoln, in a campaign of 1584 to bring reformist preachers of Lincolnshire to subscribe to three articles put forth by Archbishop Whitgift—see Patrick Collinson, The Elizabethan Puritan Movement (Berkeley, 1967), p. 259. Uc.15.68: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.15.68: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.15.68-69.For a doctour at þe hie deys drank wyn fasteUc.15.68: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of three stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.15.68-69. Uc.15.69: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum and eet mony sondri metes mortrewes & puddynges Braun & bloed of gees · bacoun & colopes þenne said y to my-selue so pacience hit herde hit ys not þre daies doen þis doctour þat he prechid at pouleUc.15.74: poule: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads poules. bifore þe pepel what pacienceUc.15.74: pacience: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads penaunce. þei soffred alle þat coueite to come · to any kynne ioye and how þat poul þe apostel · what penaunce he þoled For oure lordes loue · as holy lettur tellith Uc.15.78: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. In fame & frigore & cetera . Uc.15.79: Left-margin sidelining spans this entire side from Uc.15.79 to 112.and me wondreth in myUc.15.79: in my: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in my wit. whi þat þei ne preche of the glotonos freare · as poul þe apostel prechid to þe pepel ofte Uc.15.81: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Periculum est in falsis fratribus holy writ bit men be war & wisly hem kepe Bonner bushhoppe of londonUc.15.83: Edmund Bonner, 1500-1569, who according to Foxe's Actes and Monuments was involved in the interrogation in 1545 of the Protestant martyr Anne Askew, the aunt of this commentator Francis Aiscough (pp. 1235-37; reel 233:01, images 438-40). Uc.15.83: An equals sign marks the line-end word-division of bushhoppe, a creative spelling of bishop. The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.15.83: In spelling bishop as bushhoppe, Aiscough perhaps intends a pun on OED bush 5.a., "A branch or bunch of ivy (perhaps as the plant sacred to Bacchus) hung up as a vintner's sign; hence, the sign-board of a tavern," or 5.b., "the tavern itself." þat no fals frere þorgh flateryng hem bygile andUc.15.84: and: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ac. me thinkeþ loþ · þogh y latyn knowe to lacken any secte For alle be we breþeren þogh we be diuers yclothid But ywistey wiste neuere frek þat frere ys y-cald of þe foure mendinantz þat toek þis for his teme & tolde hit with-oute aglosea glose Þei preche þat penaunce ys · profitable to þe soule and what myschef · & male-ese crist for man þoled But þis doctour & diuinour quod y · & decretistre of canoun and also as a gredy glotoun wiþ two grete chekes haþ no pite on vs pore he perfourmeth euele þat he precheth he preueth not compacience y tolde and wisshed weturly wiþ wille ful egur þat yn þe mawe of þat maistur alle þo metes were Boþe disshes & dobleres · with alle þe deyntes aftir y shal iangele to þis lurdanUc.15.97: Russell-Kane: to þis iurdan. · with his mych wombeUc.15.97: Russell-Kane: his iuyste wombe. and apose him what penaunse ys · & purgatorie on erthe and whi he liueth not as he lerith lat be quod pacience & saide þow shalt see þus sone when he may no more he shal haue a penaunce yn his foule paunch & poffe at vch a word and þenne sholon gothele his gottes · & gynne to galpe Now he hath dronke so depe · he wol dyuine sone and prouen hit by her pocalips & þe passioun of seint auory Uc.15.106: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.106-108.þat noþer bacoun ne braun · ne blawmanger ne mortrewes ys noþer fish ne flesh · but for penauntes and take witnes at a trinite & take his felawe to witnes what he foend in a forel of a frere lyuyng and bot þe first leef be lesinges leue me neuere aftir and þenne ys tyme to take · to apose þis doctour Of dowel & of dobet · & yf dobet do any penaunce ysaty sat stille as pacience wolde · & þus sone þis doctour as rody as a rose · rodded his chekes Coughede & carpede & conscience him herde and tolde him of a trinite & toward me he loked the freare is apposed what is . Doo Well . / Uc.15.117: A blue smudge in the left margin here suggests the possibility that a blue paraph was erased.what ys dowel sir doctour quod y · ys dobest any penaunceUc.15.117: Right-margin sidelining by hand14 spans lines Uc.15.113-20. Dowel quod þis doctour & he drank aftir do þin neighbore no harm · ne þi self nothir and þenne dost þow wel & wisly ydary dar hit wel a-vowe ¶ Sertes sire thenne said y hit semeth nouthe here yn that ȝe parteth not wiþ vs pore þat ȝe passeth dowel Ne loueþ not as ȝe lereth as oure lord wolde Uc.15.124: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et visitauit & fecit redemptionem plebis sue and ȝe fare þus with ȝour sike freres ferly me þinketh þat dowel wole endite ȝou in die iudicij þenne conscience ful curteislich a continaunce made and preynte vpon pacience · to preye me be stille and saide him-sulue sir doctour bisobi so hit be ȝour wille what is dowel & dobet ȝe diuinoures knoweth y haue yseid quod þat seg y can sey no betture Bot do as doctoures techith for dowel ich hit halde þat trauaileth to teche othir · yhaldey halde hit for a dobet and he þat doþ as he techith yhaldey halde hit for þe beste nota Uc.15.135: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Qui facit & docuerit magnus vocabitur Pers ploughman all kynde connynges & craftes inpugneth . except such as be of Love Loyaltie & humylitye . / Now þow clergie quod conscience · carpestUc.15.136: carpest: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads carpe. what is dowelUc.15.136: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.136-41. haue me excused quod clergie · by crist but yn scole shal no such motif be meued · for me bot oþere For pers loue þe palmere ȝut þat inpugned ones alle kynne connynges · & alle kynne craftes Saue loue & leute & lowenes of herte and no tixst ne takeþ to proue this for truthe Bot dilige deum & proximum · & domine quis habitabit All thinges areUc.15.143: Hand14 here gives, apparently as a line-end space filler, a flourish in the form of a large tilde with looped ends. inperfyt . but true Love & truthe . / / And preueth by puyr skyle inperfit alle thingesUc.15.144: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.144-45. Uc.15.145: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Nemo bonus but lele loue & trutheUc.15.145: Russell-Kane gives Nemo bonus as line RK15.135α and, for RK15.136, Bote lele loue and treuthe that loth is to be founde. þaUc.15.146: þa: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads that. loth ys to be founde Quod pers þe ploughman pacientes vincunt By-fore perpetuel pees y shal preue þat y saide and a-vowen bifore god & forsaken hit neuere Lessons how to Doo Well . / Uc.15.150: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.150-55.þat disce doce dilige deum & þin enemy helpeUc.15.150: Russell-Kane gives the following two lines for this one: That disce, doce, dilige deum and thyn enemy, / Hertely þou hym helpe emforth thy myhte. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the omission of emforth thy myhte is unique to Uc. Caste hote coles on his heued of alle kynde speche Fonde þorgh wit & with word his loue forto wynne ȝif him eft & eft euere at his nede Counforte him with þi catelle & with þi kynde speche and ley on him þus with loue  til he laughe on the and bot yfUc.15.156: bot yf: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bote. he bowe for þis betyng blind mot he worthen and when he hadde ywordid þus · wiste no man after where pers þe ploughman by-cam · so priueilich he wente and resoun ran aftir & right with him ȝede saue conscience & clergie · ycouthey couthe no mo aspie Saue pacience properlich spak · þo pers was þus ypassed true Love lytle Coveteth . / . þat loueth lelly quod he bot litel þing coueiteth y wolde & y wille hadde · to wynnon al Fraunce with-oute bruntingUc.15.164: MED bronten, "to attack."Uc.15.164: Russell-Kane: Withoute bruttenynge. of buyrnes · or eny blod-sheding y take witnes quod he of holy writ apartiea partie Uc.15.166: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Pacientes vincunt & cetera . For bi him þat me made mighte neuere pouerte Miseise ne myschef ne man wiþ his tonge pacyence . / Uc.15.169: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.167-77.Tene þe eny tyme & þou take pacience and bere hit in thi bosom aboute wher þou wendist yn þe corner of a cart-whel with a crowe croune shal neuere buyrne be abasht þat haþ þis abouton him Ne neuere hete ne hail · ne helle pouk him greue Noþer fuyr ne floed ne be aferd of enemy Uc.15.175: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Caritas expellit omnem timorem Ne þer is wight in þis world þat wolde þe lette To haue alle londes at þi likyng · & þe her lord make and maister of alle her mebles & of her money aftir þe kyng & al þe comune & clergie to þe loute As for her lord & her leder · & liue as þou techist þis is a dido quod þis doctour a disoures tale al þe wit of þis world & wighUc.15.182: wigh: MED wight adj., "Brave . . . strong, powerful." The MED attests a spelling without t only in one instance as an element of a 1379 surname Wighman. men strengthe of the pope . Can not perfourme a pees of þe pope & his enemyesUc.15.183: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.182-85. profitable for bothe parties & potte þe lord[b]ord from him And toek clergie & conscience to counsel as hit were But conscience ytoeky toek keep congeyed sone þis doctour And sithe he saide to clergie · so þat y hit herde By crist quod conscience clergie y wol not lie Me were leuere by our lord and I · lyue sholde haue paciense perfitly þen half þi pak of bokes lettrure & long studie lettiþ ful manye perfyt pacyence fyndeth perfytnesse þat þei knoweth not quod conscience · what is kynde pacience For-þi quod conscience crist y the biteche with pacience wol y passe perfitnesse to fynde and wenton forth on her way · with greet wille y folowed þenne hadde pacience as pilgrimes han yn her poke vitailes Soberte & simpel speche & sothfast byleue To counforte him & conscience yf þei come yn place þere vnkyndenesse & coueitise is · hungri contrees bothe and as þei wente by þe way of dowel gan þei carpe þey myghteUc.15.201: Russell-Kane: They mette with a mynstral · as me þo þoughte pacience apposed him & preide he sholde telle what craft þat he couthe & corteislich he saide ych am a mynstral quod þis man · my name is actiua vita Pers prentis þe ploughman · alle peple to counforte pers ploughmans man a waferer what manere mynstralcie my dere frend quod conscienceUc.15.206: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.206-11. hast þow vsed or hauntid al þi lif-tyme Mynstralcie can y not myche but make men mury as a wafrer with wafres & welcome godes gestes of þi labourUc.15.210: Russell-Kane: Of my labour þei laughe þe lasse & þe more þe pore & þe riche y plese · and payn fynde and fewe robes y fonge or furred govnes wolde y lie & do men laughe þennne lacchon y sholde Outhir mantel or mone amonges lordes mynstrals y can not tabre ne trompe · ne telle fair gestes Farton ne fithelon at festes ne at harpeUc.15.216: ne at harpe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ne harpe. Iape ne iogole · ne gentillich pipe Ne noþer sayle ne sauteron ne synge with þe geterne y haue no gode giftes of þise grete lordes the pore and rich praethe for Pers the plough-manUc.15.220: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.15.220: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.For no bred þat ybitrauailey bitrauaile furst toUc.15.220: Russell-Kane: to brynge bifore lordes Ne were hit þat parishUc.15.221: Russell-Kane: þat þe parsche prest. Schmidt, and Pearsall: þat þe parsche. preyeth for me on sondayes y am sory þat y sowe or sette but for my-selue But þe prest & othir peple preyeth for pers þe ploughman and for me actif his man þat ydelnes hatteUc.15.224: Russell-Kane: hate Lordes & loreles lither & gode From Mighel-mas to myghelmasse y fynde mete & drinke nota y fynde payn for þe pope & preyen him ywoldey wolde þat pestilenses to pees & perfitloueperfit loue turnon Uc.15.229: Faint left-margin sidelining, to the left of the curly bracket marking Uc.15.226-42, highlights Uc.15.229-42. For fond y þat his blessing · & his bulle myghte lette þes lithere & leche þe sike as þe boek bereth witnesse þat he bere myghte yn his mouth mercy and amendon vs alle Uc.15.233: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Super egros manus ponebatUc.15.233: ponebat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads inponent. & bene . habebant . & . cetera . and þenne wold y be busy & buxum to helpe ayenst the pope Uc.15.235: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.226-42.vch a kynne creature · þat on crist leueth For sithe he hath þe power þat petur hadde he hath þe pot with salue Argentum & Aurum non est michi quod habeo & . cetera . But yf myght of myracle him faile · hit is for men be notUc.15.238: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. worþi To haue þe grace of god & no gult of þe pope for may no blessing doen vs bote but yf we wole amende Ne mannes preyere make pees amonges cristen peple Til pruyde be puyrlich fordo & þat þorgh payn defaut At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. habundancia panis & vini turpissimum peccatum aduenit Plente of payn þe peple of sodom and reste & riche metes · ribaudes hem made Pees quod pacience y pray ȝou sir actif For ner payn ne plough ne potage were pruyde wolde putte him-self forth þough no plough ere hit am y þat fynt alle folk & fram hungur saue þorgh þe help of him þat me hidor sente No life but hath lyfelode . and saide lo here liflode ynow · yf oure bileue be trueUc.15.251: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.251-53. For lent ner was þer lif but liflode wer shape wherof or wherfore · & wherwith to lyuene þe worm & wontUc.15.254: Wont: "mole" (MED).Uc.15.254: Schmidt, and Pearsall: Þe worm þat woneth. Russell-Kane: Þe worm and wonte. vnder þe erthe · & in watur fisshes þe criket by kynde of þe fuyr · & corleu · by þe wynd bestes by gras & by grayn & by grene rotes yn menyng þat alle men myghte þe same lyue þorgh leel byleue · as our lord witnessith Uc.15.259: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quodcumque pecieritis in nomine meo dabitur . enim . vobis . & alibi Non · in solo pane viuit homo & cetera . Uc.15.260: Russell-Kane prints this line and the preceding as a single runover line. hast þou quod actif ay such mete with þe ȝe quod pacience & out of his poke hente a pece of a pater noster & profred hit to vs alle and lestnedUc.15.264: Russell-Kane: And y lystnede & lokid · what liflode hit were and þenne was hit fiat voluntas tua þat shold fynde vs alle haue actif quod pacience · & ete þis when þe hungreth Or when þou clomsest for colde or clingest for eny drouþe and shal neuere gyues þe greue ne gret lordes wrath prisoun ne othir payne for pacientes vincunt By so þat þou be sobre of sight & of tunge yn etyng yn handling yn alle þi fyue wittes dar þe not care for no corn ne for cloth ne for drinke Ne deþ drede ne deuel deye as god liketh wheþer þorgh hungur or hete at his wille be hit For yf þou lyue aftir his lore þe shortere lif þe bettereUc.15.275: The Russell-Kane apparatus errs in saying that the Uc text is defective after lore the. Uc.15.276: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Si quis amat Christum mundum non diligit istum þorgh his breth bestes wexe & a-broed ȝedon Uc.15.278: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dixit facta &Uc.15.278: Dixit facta &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Dixit &. facta fuerunt & cetera . Uc.15.278: The Vulgate for Pss. 32.9 and 148.5 reads, "ipse dixit et facta sunt." Ergo þorgh his breth bestes lyueth · bothe men & fisshes as witnessith holy writ when we seyn onUc.15.280: on: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads oure. graces Uc.15.281: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Aperis tu manum tuam & imples omne animal benedictione men lyved 40 . yere & tylled not þe erth Uc.15.282: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.282-84.hit is founde þat fourty wyntur folk lyuede & tilde not and out of þe flint sprong þe floed þat folk & bestes dronke and yn elyes tyme heuen was yclosed þat no reyn non[e] roen þus rat men on bokes þat many wyntur men lyuede & no mete ne tilede men slept . 60 . yere . without meate . / seuen slepen as saith þe boek more þen sixty wyntur lyuede with-oute liflode · & at þe laste awakid and yf men lyuede as mesure wolde sholde neuere be defaut amonges cristene creatures · yf cristes word be trewe Uc.15.291: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dabo tibi secundum peticionem tuam what is perfit pacience quod actiua vita Mekenesse and Milde speche Uc.15.293: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.15.292-98.Mekenes & mylde speche · and men of oen wille þe which wille loue lat to oure lordes place and þat is charite champioun chef of alle vertues and þat is pore pacient alle perelles to soffre patyent pouertye better þen Riches . where pouerte & pacience plese more god almyghty þen rightfullich richesse · & resounably to spene nota ȝe quis est ille quod pacience quik laudabimus eum þogh men rede of richesse right to þe worldes endeUc.15.300: Russell-Kane here supplies the following line from B as line 281: Y wiste neuere renke þat ryche was þat whan he rekene sholde. Uc.15.301: Faint left-margin sidelining extends from Uc.15.301 to Uc.15.309; it is farther left than the sidelining by hand14 that spans lines 15.300-309. þenne when he drogh to þe deth þat he ne dradde him sarrore Death is more dredefull to the riche , then to the pore . / Uc.15.302: Left-margin sidelining by hand14 spans lines 15.300-309.þen any pore pacient & þat preue y by resoun hit ar but fewe folk of þis riche · þat ne falleþ in arrerage þere pore dar plede & preue by puyr resoun To haue allouaunce of his lord by puyr lawe he claymeth Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde of rightful iuge he asketh and saith lo briddes & bestes þat no blisse ne knoweth and wilde wormes yn wodes þorgh wyntres þow hem greuest and makestUc.15.309: makest: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads makest hem. wel ny meke & mylde for defaut Uc.15.310: Left-margin sidelining extends from Uc.15.310 through the incipit of Passus 16. þere aftir þou sendest hem somer · þat is her souereyn ioye and blisse to alle þat been · boþe to wilde & to mekeUc.15.311: meke: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads tame. þenne may a beggereUc.15.312: a beggere: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads beggares. as bestes aftir ablissea blisse aske þat al her lyf han lyued yn langour & defaut Bot god sente hem sumtyme summaneresum manere ioye Othir here or elles-where · elles hit wer ruthe For to wroþer-hele was he wrought · þat neuere wasioyewas ioye yshape angels þat in helle now ben haddon sumtyme ioye and diues in his deyntees lyuede & in douce vie and now he bieth hit bitture · he is a beggere of helle Many haue ther Ioye in þis . life . / Uc.15.320: A

rightward pointing-hand icon made by hand14 in the left margin highlights this line.Many man hath his ioye here · for al her wel dedesUc.15.320: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.15.320-25. and lordes & ladies ben cald · for ledes þat þei haue and slepeth as hit semeth · & somer euere hem foloweth But when deth awakeþ hem of her wele þat wern er so rich þenne arn hit puyre pore thinges · yn purgatory or in helle dauith in þe sauter of such maketh mynde and saith dormierunt & nichil inuenerunt & cetera Et alibiUc.15.326: Russell-Kane prints this line as one with the preceding and puts Et alibi with the following line. Schmidt and Pearsall print this line as one with the following line. Uc.15.327: The Russell-Kane apparatus errs in saying that Et alibi is here omitted from Uc; in fact, the phrase is found in Uc at the end of the preceding line.Velud sompnum surgencium . in . & . cetera . Passus sextus de dowelle Uc.16.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.15.324 through the bottom of the side at Uc.16.14. Alas þat richesse shal reue & robbe mannes soule fro þe loue of our lord at his last ende hewen þat han her huyre bifore &Uc.16.3: &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Hewen þat haen here huyre byfore aren eueremore pore / And selde deyeth he oute of dette þat dyneth ar he deserue hit. Pearsall: Hewen þat haen here huyre byfore aren eueremore pore / And selde deyeth oute of dette þat dyneth ar he deserue hit. Schmidt: Hewen þat haen here huyre byfore aren eueremore pore / And selde deyeth oute of dette, to dyne ar he deserue hit. euermore pore and selde dyon out of dette to dyne ar he deserue hit when his deuere is doen and his daies iourne þenne may men wite what he is worþ & what he haþ deserued But not toUc.16.7: The shaft of the t in the added to rises well above the horizontal stroke, unlike those in the main text hand. fonge bifore for drede of disalowyng the riche haue not two hevens . so y saye by ȝou riche hit semeth not þat ȝe sholdeUc.16.8: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.8-10. haue to heuenes for ȝoure here beyng Miche murþe is in may amonges wilde bestes and so forth whil somur lasteþ her solas duyreth and mych myrthe among rich men is þat han meble ynow & hele But beggeres aboute myssourmysso[m]ur bredles þey soupe and ȝut is wyntur for hem worse for weet-shod þey goen a-furst & a-fyngred · & foule rebuked Of þis world riche men þat ruthe is to here Now lorde sende hem somur sumtyme to solas & to ioye þat al her lif ledon in lowenes & in pouerte God might haue made all men of like welth & witte . / Uc.16.19: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.19-21, and another lines 22-24.For alle myghtest þou haue maed men of gret welthe and ylich witty & wys and lyue with-oute nede But for þe beste as yhopey hope arn somme pore & rich Right so haue ruthe on vs alle & amende vs for þi mercyUc.16.22: Russell-Kane relineates thus this line and the following: Riht so haue reuthe on thy renkes alle / And amende vs of thy mercy and make vs alle meke. Pearsall shows the same lineation, reading for thy mercy instead of of thy mercy. Schmidt reads thus: Riht so haue reuthe on vs alle, þat on þe rode deydest, / And amende vs of thy mercy and make vs alle make. and make vs alle meke low & leel & louyng & of herte pore and sende vs contricion to clanse wiþ our soules and confessioun to kille alle kynne synnes and satisfaccioun þe which fulfilleth þe fader wille ofUc.16.27: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. heuen and þise ben dowel & dobet & dobest of alle Uc.16.29: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Cordis contricio cometh of sorowe of herte and oris confessio þat cometh of shrifte of mouthe and satisfaccion þat for soules paieth & for alle synnes quitiþ Uc.16.32: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Cordis contricio oris confessio operis satisfaccio þise þre with-oute doute tholieth al pouerte and lereth lewed & lered hy & low to knowe who doth wel or bet · or best aboue alle and holychurch & charite herof a chartre made ContricionUc.16.37: Hand14 here gives, apparently as a line-end space filler, a flourish in the form of a large tilde with looped ends. Confession & Satisfaccion . / Uc.16.37: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.37-39.and bot þise þre þat y spak of adomes-daya domes-day vs defende Elles ys al yn idel al our lyuyng here Our preyeres & our penaunces & pilgrimages to Rome But oure spenses & our spending spring of a true welle Elles ys al our labour lost · lo how men writeth yn fenestres at þe freres · yf fals be þe foundement For-þi cristene sholde be yn comune rich noen coueitous for himUc.16.43: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. -selue For seuen synnes þat þer ben · þat assailon vs euere þe feend foloweth hem alle & fondeth hem to helpe riches · bringeth reuerence of þe pooreUc.16.45: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.16.46: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.16.46-47.and with richesse þo ribaudes rathist men bigileth For þat richesses regneth reuerenses foloweth the riche is reuerensed the pore put bak though he be wiser . and þat is plesaunt to pruyde yn pore & in richUc.16.48: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.48-55. and þe rich is reuerensed bi resoun of his richesse þere þe pore is put byhinde and perauntur can more of wit & of wisdom þat ferawayfer away is bettere þen richesse oþer realte and rathir herd in heuen For þe rich haþ mich to rikene & right soft walkeþ þe hi way to heuene-ward he halt hit not ful euene þere þe pore preseth bifore · with a pak at his rugg Uc.16.56: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Opera eorum sequntur illos Batauntlich as beggeres doen & baldlich he craueth For his pouerte & his pacience perpetuel ioye { pryde regneth in the riche rather then in þe pore . and pride in richesse regneth rathir þen in pouerte Or in þe maister or in þe man som mansioun he haueþ But in pouerte þere pacience ys prid hath no myght Ne noen of þe seuen synnes sitte ne may þere longe Ne haue power ne pouerteUc.16.63: ne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads in. · yf pacience him folowe nota þe nedy poore for þe pore ys ay prest · to plese þe riche the pore is euer redye to please þe Riche . Uc.16.65: The marginal comment by hand14 here is bounded on the left by a curly bracket. but þe rich · hateth þe pooreUc.16.65: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and buxum at his bidding for his breed & his drinke and buxumnesse & bost arn euermore at werre Uc.16.67: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.and aithir hatith othir & may not wone to-gideres yf wrathe wrastle with þe pore he hath þe wors ende For yf þei boþe pleyne þereþe pore is but feble and yf he chide or chatere him cheueth þe worse for louelich he lokith & low is his speche þat mete or money · of straunge men mot beggeUc.16.72: Russell-Kane adds the following two lines as 71-72: And yf glotonye greue pouerte he gadereth þe lasse / For his rentes wol nat reche ryche metes to bugge Uc.16.73: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.16.73-74.and þogh his glotonye be of goed ale he goþ to acolda cold bedding þe dronken roge · and his heed vnhiled · vnesilich ywrie For when he streyneth him to strecch · þe straw is his shete so for his glotonye & his greet synne he hath a greuous penaunce · þat is welowo when he awaketh · & wepeth for coldeUc.16.78: Russell-Kane relineates, giving the following for lines RK16.76-77 (Uc.16.76-78): So for his glotonye and his grete synne he hath a greuous penaunce / Þat is welowo when he waketh and wepeth for colde. So he is neuere mury so myschef him foloweth and þogh coueitise wolde with þe pore wrastle þey comeUc.16.81: come: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads may nat come. to-gidres & by þe necke namlich her noen may henton othirUc.16.82: Russell-Kane gives the following for lines RK16.79-80 (Uc.16.80-82): And thogh coueytyes cacche þe pore they may nat come togyderes / And by þe nekke namelyche here noen may henten other. Schmidt and Pearsall give the lines as follows: And thogh Coueytyse wolde with þe pore wrastle they may nat come togyderes / And by þe nekke, namelyche, here noen may henten other. Covetyes hath long handes and armes . For men knoweth wel þat coueitise is of a kene wille and hath hondes & armes · of a long lengthe and pouerte ys but apetya pety þing · appereth to his nauelle and louely laik was hit neuere bitwene alonga long & a short and þogh auarice wolde angre pouerte he hath but litelUc.16.87: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. myght For pouerte haþ but pokes to putton in his godes þere auarice haþ almaries · & yre-bounde coffres and wheþer be bettur to breke lasse bost makethUc.16.90: maketh: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hit maketh. To breke a beggeres bagge þen an yron-bounde coffre Lecherye loveth not the pore . Uc.16.92: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.92-93.and leccherie loueþ no pore · for he haþ but litel suluer Ne doþ men dyne delicatly · ne drinke wyn ofte a straw for þe stuyues hit stoed not had þei noen haunt but þeUc.16.94: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. pore and þogh sleuþe sewe pouerte & serue not god to pay Mischef is ay amenea mene & maketh him to þenke þat god is his grettist help & no gome elles and he is seruant alway he saith · & of his sute boþe and wher he be or be not · he bereth þe signe of pouerte and yn þat secte our saueour saued al man-kynde the patyent pore · may clame heven . Uc.16.101: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.101-104.For-þi al pore þat pacient ys of puyr right may clayme aftir her endyng here heuen-rich blisse But it is hard for him þat hath londe Lordship & lykinge of bodye . / Mich hardiore may he aske · þat here might haue his wille yn lond & in lordshipe yn likyng of body and for godes loue alUc.16.105: al: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads leueth al. & liueth as a beggere as amaidea maide for a mannes loue · her moder forsoke her fadir & alle her frendes · & goþ forþ wiþ hir paramour A Comparason . Uc.16.108: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left marginspans lines Uc.16.107-10.Mich is such amaidea maide to loue · of amana man þat suchonsuch on takiþ More þen þat maide ys · þat is maried bi brocage as by assent of sondri persones and suluer to bote More for coueitise of catelle þen kinde loue of þe mariage so hit fareth by such a persone þat possessioun forsaketh And pot him to be pacient & pouerte weddith þe wich is sib to crist him-self and semblable bothe Quod actif þo al angrilich & arguyng as hit were A diffynicion of povertye . / describid in . 9 . partes & declared by pacienceUc.16.116: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. what is pouerte pacience quod he y preye that þou telle hit A grett compfort to þe pacient pore Uc.16.117: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this runover line, which occupies four lines in the manuscript. A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Paupertas quod pacience est odibile bonum remocio curarum possessio sine calupniacalu[m]pnia donum dei sanitatis mater absque solitudinesoli[ci]tudine semita sapiencie temporatrixtemp[e]ratrix negocium sine dampno incerta fortuna absque solicitudine felicitas y can not telle al þis quod actiua vita parfay quod pacience properlich to telle hit al yn english hit is ful hard · but sumdel y shal shewe pryde hateth pouertye the firste pointe 1 Pouerte is þe fistfi[r]st point þat pride most hatith þenne is pouerte goed by goed skile · þogh hit greue a litelle al þat may potte of pruyde en any place þere he regneth pouertye is seldom put in auctoritie the second pointe 2 . Uc.16.124: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Remocio curarum selde sit pouerte the soþe to declareUc.16.124: Schmidt and Pearsall print the Latin tag and the English here as separate lines. Russell-Kane also separates them but prints the Latin tag after RK16.128 (Uc.16.129). Or a iustise to iugge men me enioyneþ þerto no pore Ne to be amaira mair ouer men · ne mynistre vnder kynges Selde ys any pore yput · to punyshe any peple without consiense stained . 3 . Ergo pouerte & pore men perfourme þe comaundement Uc.16.129: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nolite iudicare quemquam possessio sine calumpniaUc.16.129: Schmidt and Pearsall separate these two Latin tags between quemquam and possessio, printing them as successive lines. Russell-Kane prints the second tag after RK16.132 (Uc.16.133). pouertie getts his goods with good consience þe 4 . pointeUc.16.130: The marginal comment "þe 4 . pointe" here is bounded above and below by underlining done by hand16. selde is þe pore right riche · bot of his rightful heritage wynneth he not with false wightes · ne with vnseled mesures Ne boroweþ of his neighebore bot þat he may wel paye and me leneth lightly feweUc.16.133: fewe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads fewe men. · & me wene hem pore Uc.16.134: Some comment in the left margin, now illegible, has been obscured by the binding. þe fifte hit is a fortune þat florisheth þe soule with soberte from alle synnes & also ȝut more pouertie addorneth the soule þe . 5 . pointeUc.16.136: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. hit defendith þe flesh fram folies ful manye a collateral counfort cristes owne sonde Uc.16.138: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. donum dei ȝut hit is moder of myght & of mannes helthe and frend yn alle fondinges & of foul eueles leche pouertie ys the · pathe of pees þe . 6 . pointe Uc.16.140: Some comment in the left margin, now illegible, has been obscured by the binding. At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Sanitatis mater þe sixt hit is a paþ of pees · ȝe þorgh þe pas of altoun Pouerte myght passe wiþ-oute perel of robbyng For þere-as pouerte passeth pees foloweth comunlich and euere þe lasse þat oen lede · þe lightore his herte is þere as he þat wot neuere wiþ wham on nyghtes-tyme to mete Uc.16.145: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Seneca paupertas est absque solicitudine semita pouertie is A well of wisdome þe . 7 . pointeUc.16.146: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þe seuenthe ys a welle of wisdom & fewe wordes sheweþ For lordes alloweþ him litel · or leith ere to his resoun he tempreth þe tonge to truthe-ward · þat no resounUc.16.148: resoun: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads tresor. After this line, Russell-Kane prints Sapiencie temperatrixas line RK16.146α. coueitiþ ¶ The eyghthe ys a leel labour & loth to take more pouertie is A consience to deserue well þe . 8 . pointeUc.16.151: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining and a flourish done by hand16. þen he may soþly deserue · in somur or in wyntur and þogh he chaffare he chargith no losUc.16.151: Russell-Kane reports the reading of Uc here as les. However, the vowel here is best understood as a hastily and poorly formed o; all the other e's in this line have a circular cursive form with a stroke through the middle. · may he chariteUc.16.151: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wynne Uc.16.152: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Negocium sine dampno þe nynthe hit is sweet to soules noen sugur swettore For pacience is his panter · & pouerte pain hir fyndeth and soberte ȝiueth hire swet drinke & solaseþ hire in alleUc.16.155: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. angres þus lered me a lered man · for our lordes loue seint austyn pouertye a blessed Life . þat puyr pouerte & paciense was alowa low lyuyng on erthe a blessid lif with-oute besinesse bot onlich for þe soule swettere then sugare absque timore sollicitudine felecitas þe . 9 . pointeUc.16.159: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þe meane estait most blessedUc.16.159: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.16.159: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. absque solicitudine felicitas Now god þat al gyueth graunte his soule reste þat wroet þus to wiseUc.16.161: Russell-Kane: wisse men · what pouerte was to mene þenne hadde actif a ledere þat hight liberum arbitrium and knew conscience ful wel · & clergie bothe he þat hat lond & lordshipe quod he · at þe last ende shal be porest of power · at his parting hennes þenne hadde ywondery wonder what he was þat liberum arbitrium and preyde pacience þat y appose him moste and he soffred me & saide · assaie his othir name Leue liberum arbitrium quod y · of what lond are ȝe and yf þow be cristes creature for cristes loue telle me y am cristes creature quod he · and cristene yn many aplacea place and yn cristes court yknowe wel · & of his kyn apartiea partie Uc.16.173: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this marginal comment. In medeo concistit virtus ys nothir petur þe porter ne paul wiþ þe fauchoun+Uc.16.173: The plus sign in the lower right-hand corner, matched by one in the lower left-hand corner of fol. 84r, is doubtless a signature intended to assist the scribe with insertion of the singleton folios 82 and 83 at the right place in the quire. þat wole defende me heuen dore · dynge y neuer so late at mydnyght at mydday · my vois is so yknowe þat vch a creature þat loueth crist · welcomeþ me faire wher-of serue ȝe y saide sire liberum arbitrium the propertyes of liberum arbitrium . Of somtyme to fighte quod he falsnes to destruyeUc.16.178: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.178-81. and somtyme to soffre bothe tene & sorowe laike or leue at my likyng chese To do wel or wicke · awillea wille with a resoun and may not be withUc.16.182: with: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads withoute. a body · to bere me wher he liketh þenne is þat body bettere þen þow quod y · nay quod he no bettere Bot as a wode wer a-fuyre · þenne worcheþ boþe liberum arbitrium and aither is oþeres hete · & also of oen wille and so is man þat haþ his mynde · with liberum arbitrium Anima . and whiles y quike þe cors y-cald am · y anima Animus . and when y wolde & wilneUc.16.188: wolde & wilne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wilne and wolde. · animus y hatte Mens and for þat y can & knowe · ycald am y mens Memoria . and makeUc.16.190: make: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads when y make. mone to god · memoria y hatte and when y deme domes & do as truþe techith Ratio . þenne ys racio my right name resoun en english Sence and when yfeley fele þat folk tellith · my first name is sensus and þat is wit & wisdom · þe welle of alle craftes and when y chalenge or chalenge not · chepe or refuse Consience gods Notory þenne am y conscience cald · godes clerk & his notary and when ywoly wol do or not do gode dedes or ille liberum Arbitrium þenne am y liberum arbitrium as lettrid men tellith and when y loue lelly · our lord & alle othir Amor or Leell Loue · þenne ys leel loue my name & yn latyn amor and when y fle fro þe body & feye leue þe caroyne Spiritus . þenne am y spirit speche-les · & Spiritus þenne y hote austyn & ysodorus aither of hem bothe Nempned me þus to name now þou might chese how þou coueitest to calle me now þou knowest alle my names liberum Arbitrium qui declinat a malo ad bonumUc.16.207: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. +Uc.16.206: The plus sign in the lower left-hand corner, matched by one in the lower right-hand corner of fol. 83v, is doubtless a signature intended to assist the scribe with insertion of the singleton folios 82 and 83 at the right place in the quire. Uc.16.206: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Anima pro diuersis accionibus diuersa nomina sortitur Uc.16.206: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Dum viuificat corpus anima est  dum vult animus est  dum recolit memoria est  dum iudicat racio est  dum sentit sensus est · dum amat amor est · dum declinat de malo Uc.16.206: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights the manuscript line containing the words ad bonum liberum arbitrium est.ad bonum liberum arbitrium est · dum negat vel consentit con sciencia est · dum spirat spiritus est ȝe beth as abisshopa bisshop quod y al bourdyng þat tyme For bisshopes yblessid þey bereth many names MetropolitanusUc.16.209: Line-end word-division of Metropolitanus is marked with an equals sign. Doctor Sed pastor solus estUc.16.209: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Presul & pontifex and metropolanusmetropol[it]anusUc.16.209: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. and othir names an heep episcopus & pastor þat is soth he saide nowynow y se þi wille þow woldest knowe & conne þe cause of alle her names and of myne yf þou mightest me thinketh bi thi spech Ȝe sire heUc.16.214: Russell-Kane: y. Uc.16.214: The e in he has been altered from an o, apparently by hand1. saide by so no man wer greued alle þe sciences vnder sonne and alle þe sotil craftes y wolde y knew & cowde kyndlich in myn herte þenne art þou inperfit quod he & oen of prides knyghtes For such a lust & likyng lucifer fel from heuene Ponam pedem meum in aquilone & . cetera . hit were aȝenes kynde quod he & al kynne resoun þat any creature sholde conne al · excepte crist one aȝenes such salamon speketh · & dispiseth her wittes ¶ and saith sicut qui mel comedit multum non est ei bonum Uc.16.224: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Sic qui scrutator est maiestatis opprimatur a gloria To english men þis is to mene þat mowen speke & here þe man þat mych hony eet his mawe hit engleymeþ þe wittiore þat eny wight ys but yf he worche þeraftir þe worsUc.16.228: Wors is written over an erasure that extends two characters beyond the word wors, leaving three characters of blank space before he. The blank space is filled with a double virgule. The corrector appears to be hand1. Uc.16.228: wors: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads bittorere. he shal a-bigge · but yf he wel worche Beatus seith seint Bernard qui scripturas legit Et verba vertit in opera enformethUc.16.230: enformeth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads emforth. his power Coueytise to knoweUc.16.231: to knowe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to conne and to knowe. alle scienses Put owt of paradis adam & Eue Uc.16.233: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Sciencie appetitus hominem inmortalitatis gloriam spoliauit and right as hony · ys euel to defie Subtyle Scyences make men proude . Right so sotil sciences swellith a mannes sowle and doth him to be deynous · & deme þat beth not lered Uc.16.237: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non plus sapere saide þe wise quam oportet sapere propertie bredeth singularitie & Pride . lest synne of pruyde wexe Freres fele tymes to þe folk þere þei prechon Meuon motyues many tymes insolibles & fallas þat bothe lered & lewed · of here byleue douton To teche þe ten comaundmentz · ten sithe wer bettere Ayenst freares . and þoghUc.16.243: Russell-Kane: how. þat folk foliliche · her fyue wittes myspendonUc.16.243: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.239-49. Skornefull flatterersUc.16.244: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.16.244: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.16.244-45.as wel freres as othir folk folilich spendon yn housing yn helyng · in high clergy shewyng More for pomp & pruyde · as þe pepel woet wel þat y lie not lo for lordes ȝe plese and reuerense þe riche þe rathir for her suluer aȝen þe counsel of crist as holy clergie witnessith to haue no respecte of personsUc.16.250: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. The abbreviation-stroke on the p of persons is drawn from right to left and then doubled back to draw the boundary-line from left to right. Only the word persons is actually underlined, because the rest of the marginal comment falls within the text area (after the short Latin tag) rather than in the right margin proper. Ne sitis acceptores personarum nota perfect presthod bringeth forth holynes . Uc.16.251: This marginal comment continues at Uc.16.254. The two marginal comments are bounded at the left, and linked into a single running sidenote, by a curly bracket drawn by hand14. Lo what holy writ witnessith of wicked techers as holinesse & honeste out of holichurche springeth & spredith · & enspireth þe peple Inperfect presthod all euellUc.16.254: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.16.251. þorgh perfit presthoed · & prelates of holichurche Right so out of holy churche al euel spredith þere inperfit presthoed ys · prechers & techers and se hit by ensaumple · yn somur tyme on trees þere somme bowes bern leues · & somme beren none A Comparason . þo bowes þat bereth not & be not grene yleuedUc.16.259: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.257-66. þere ys a myschef in þe more of such manere stockes Right so persounes & prestes & prechoures of holi churche ys þe rote of þe right faith to reule þe peple But þere þe rote ys roton resoun woet þe soþe shal neuere flour ne fruyt wexe ne fair leef be grene For wolde ȝe lettered leue þe leccherie of clothing and be curteys & kynde · of holichurch godes nota Parte with þe pore & ȝour pruyde leue Uc.16.268: Faint left-margin sidelining, apparently by the same hand responsible for the nota in the left margin at Uc.16.267, spans Uc.16.268-74, running outside the curly bracket that spans Uc.16.267-79. and þerto true of ȝour tunge & of ȝour tail also and haten harlotrie & toUc.16.269: The shaft of the t in the added to does not rise above the horizontal stroke, and in that respect it differs from those in the main text hand. vnderfonge tithes Of vsurers of hores of alle euel wynnynges loth were lewed bot þei ȝour lore folowedon and amendon of here mysdedes · more for ȝour ensaumples to preach & prove it not , is Ipocrisye . Uc.16.273: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.267-79. þen fortoUc.16.273: forto: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly records the reading of Uc here as fo rather than for. preche & preue hit not ypocrisie hit semeth pride in þe clergieUc.16.274: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. ypocrisie ys a braunche of pruyde & most amonges clerkes and ys ilikned yn latyn to a lothly dongheepe þat were bysnewed al with snow & snakes wiþ-ynneUc.16.276: Russell-Kane here prints the following line omitted in Uc: Or to a wal ywhitlymed and were blak withynne. Right so many prestes prechoures & prelates þat ben enblaunchid with bele paroles & wiþ beleUc.16.278: Crowding between the b and the e in bele creates the possibility of reading lele, as per the Russell-Kane apparatus. clothis and as lambes þei loke · & lyuon as wolues Iohannes Crisostomus aganste three bad pesUc.16.280: Pes: viz., p's.Uc.16.281: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.16.280: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Iohannes Crisostomus · carpeth þus of clerkes Sicut de templo omne bonum progreditur sic de templo omne malum procedit Si sacerdocium integrum fuerit tota floret ecclesia · Si autem corupta fuerit omnium fides marcida est Si sacerdocium fuerit in peccatis totus populus conuertitur ad peccandum sicut cum videris arborem pallidam & marcidam intelligis quod vicium habet in radice Ita cum videris populum indissiplinatum & irreligiosum sine dubio sacerdocium eius non est sanum alas lewed men mych lese ȝe that fynde vnconnynge curatoures to be keperes of ȝour soules But thing þat wickedlich is wonne & wiþ fals sleithus Ayenst Inperfect prestes & prechers Uc.16.285: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.282-92.wolde neuer othir-wise god · but wicked men hit hadde as inperfit prestes & prechoures aftir suluer Hirelings to impropriacions . Uc.16.287: Line-end word-division of impropriacions is marked by an equals sign. Secutoures & sodonesUc.16.287: OED subdean; MEDsouden. somnoures & her lemmanes and þat wiþ gile was gete vngraciouslich be spendid Curatoures of holichurch & clerkes þat ben auerous Whose goodes euel gotten are as · euell spent . / lightly þat þey leue · loseles hit deuouron bothe Bushopps and coufitous patrones · Uc.16.291: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. louethUc.16.291: loueth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Leueth. hit wel lordes · bothe lewed & leredUc.16.291: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.16.291-92. nota þat þus goth her godes at þe last ende þat lyuon aȝen holy lore & þe loue of charite ¶ Charite quod y tho · þat is a thing forsoþe þat maistres comenden myche wher may hit be yfounde y haue lyued in londe many longe ȝeres and y neuereUc.16.297: and y neuere: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads And fonde y neuere. in faith · as freres hit prechith charite þat chargeth nought · ne chit þogh me greue him as paul in his pestil of him bereth witnes Uc.16.300: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non inflatur non est ambisiosa y knew neuere by crist clerk nothir lewed þat he ne asked aftir his & othir-whiles coueytid þing þat nedideUc.16.303: The scribe spaces nedide as ne dide. However, scribal spacing is elsewhere erratic enough that the reading is here construed as a single word. him naught & nyme hit yf he myghte For þough me soughte al the sektus of sustren & breþeren and finde him but figuratifly a ferly me thinketh Uc.16.306: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. hic in enigmate tunc facie ad faciem and so y trowe truly by þat me tellith of charite charite ys a childisshe thing as holy churche witnessith Uc.16.309: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Nisi efficiamini sicut & paruuli & cetera · as proud of a peny as of a pound of gold and as glad of agounea goune of gray russet as of a cote of camaca or of clene scarlet he ys glad with alle glade as gurles þat laughon alle and sory when he seeth men sory as þow seest childron Charytie . laughe þere men laugheth · & loure þere othir louronUc.16.315: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.310-23. and when amana man swerith for soth · for soþe he hit troweth weneth he þat no wight wolde lye & swerie Ne þat eny goem wolde gile othir ne greue For drede of god þat so goed ys & þus-gates vs techith Uc.16.320: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines facite eis hath he no likyng to laughe ne to likne men to scorne Uc.16.322: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.16.322-23. A curved line connects that bracket with the one highlighting the comment in the bottom margin.alle siknesses & sorowes for solas he hit taketh afflicions , persicutions , and Sorrowes , compared truly · to heuenlye mussick to a regenerat manUc.16.323: The marginal comment here is bounded on the left and right by curly brackets in the form of stacked parentheses, and below by underlining, all done by hand16. and alle manere myscheues · as mynstralcie of heuen Of deth ne of derth dradde he neuere Ne mysliked þogh he lore · or lened þat ilke þat neuere paide peny aȝen · yn places þere he borowed who fyndUc.16.327: fynd: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads fynt. him his fode quod y or what frendes hath he Rentes oþer richesse to rule him at his nede of Rentes ne richesse ne reccheth he neuere a frend he hath þat fint him þat failed him neuere Oen aperis tu manum tuam alle thinges him fyndeth Uc.16.332: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Fiat voluntas tua festeth him vch adaya day and also he can clergie Credo in deum patrem and portraie wel þe pater noster & peynton hit wiþ auees ¶ and othir-while his wone ys to wende yn pilgrimages þere pore men & prisounes ben & paie for her fode Clothiþ hem & counfortith hemUc.16.337: Hem has been changed from him by hand1. & of crist prechith hem what sorowe he soffred yn ensaumple of vs alle þat pouerte & penaunce paciently ytake worþ mych merit to þat man þat hit may soffre and when he haþ visited þus fetured folk & oþer folk pore þene ȝerneth he in-to ȝouthe · & ȝeeply he seketh Charytie . Uc.16.343: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.16.336-53.pruyde with al purtinaunces & packeth hem to-gideres and lauethUc.16.344: laueth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads laueth hem. in þe lauendrie laboraui in gemitu meo Boukeþ hem at his breest & betith hit ofte and with warm watur of his yes wokeþ hit til he white Uc.16.347: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. LauabisUc.16.347: The Russell-Kane apparatus lists the reading of MS Uc here as Alauabis with the A added. However, the upper part of the supposed A is the loop on the majuscule L. The lower part of the supposed A is a wavy flourish at the start of the underlining, which represents merely a casual execution of the CC-style pointer that marks most of the Latin quotations in the MS. me & super niuem dealbabor and þenne singeþ he when he doþ so & somtyme weping Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despicies were y with him by crist quod y · y wolde neuere fro him þogh y my bilyue sholde begge · aboute at menne hacches wher clerkes knowe him not quod y · þat kepon holi church nota Uc.16.353: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line and links it to the comment in the bottom margin. Pers þe ploughman quod he most perfitly him knoweth Uc.16.354: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Et vidit deus cogitaciones eorum pers þe Ploughman perfitly knowethe CharitieUc.16.355: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. By clothing ne by carpyng knowe shalt þou him neuereUc.16.355: In the bottom right corner, the tops of the letters of some catchwords survive, the rest having been lost to trimming. notaCharitie is known by workes . / . But þorgh werkes þou myghte wite wherforth he walketh Uc.16.357: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Operibus crediteUc.16.357: Russell-Kane separates the Latin and the English here as lines RK16.342α and 343, suggesting in the apparatus that Uc's placement of the Latin tag is unique. he is þe muryest of mouthe at mete þere he sitteþ and compenable yn companye as crist him self techith Nolite tristes fieri sicut ypocrite y haue seyn him my self som-tyme in russet Boþe in gray & in gris & in gult harneys and also gladlich he hit gaf to gomes þat hit nedid Edmond & Edward aither wer seyntes and chef charite with hem & chast alle her lyue y haue y-seyn charite also syngon & redeUc.16.365: In the right margin is what appears to be a pen-trial or a scribble, written perpendicularly from top to bottom as if the manuscript had been rotated counterclockwise ninety degrees before writing. It perhaps is the name John with an ending flourish, written in a free hand of the fifteenth or sixteenth century. One may compare the John scribbles at the top of fol. 88r (Uc.17.30) and on fol. 125v, where the name John Robert Machelle is evident. Ridon & renne in raggid clothis But biddinge as a beggere biheld y him neuere But yn riche robes rathist he walketh Charitie seldom sene in þe freres y-called & ycrinyledycrimyledUc.16.369: Russell-Kane: ycrimyled. · & his croune y-shaue And yn a frere frocke wasUc.16.370: was: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads he was. yfounde ones But hit is fer & fele ȝeer yn fraunceys tyme yn þat sekte sithe to selde he haþ be founde Riche men he recomendith & of her robes takith Of þo þat leellich lyuon & louon & bileuon Uc.16.375: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Beatus est diues sine macula nor in þe Kinges Courte except Covetyse be absent . / yn kynges court he cometh yf his counsel be treweUc.16.376: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.16.376-79. Note that the marginal comment here is a continuation of the one at line Uc.16.369, and is itself continued at Uc.16.381. But yf coueytise be of his counselle he wil not come þerinne amonges þe comvne in Court · he cometh but selde for braulyng & bacbiting & bering of fals witnes ¶ yn constorie bifore comissarie he comeþ not ful ofte nor in Constorye Courte norUc.16.381: This marginal comment continues at Uc.16.383. For ouerlenge is her lawe but yf þei lacch suluer wiþ bisshopes he wolde be · for beggeres sake with Bisshops . Uc.16.383: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.16.381. But auarice othir-whiles · halt him with-oute þe gate kynges & cardinals knew him sumtyme But þorgh couetise & his councelle congeyed is he ofte and who-so coueyteth to knowe him such a kynde him foloweþ As y tolde þe wiþ tonge a litel tyme ypassed For nowthir he beggith ne biddith ne boroweth to eldeUc.16.388: to elde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to ȝelde. he halt for a vice · & a foul shame To begge or to borowe but of god one panem nostrum cotidianum & cetera . Uc.16.390: Russell-Kane gives the Latin tag as a separate line. Passus septimus de dowelle & explicit Uc.17.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from the top of the side at Uc.16.388 through Uc.17.15. There is no such y saide þat somtyme ne boroweth Or beggith or biddith be he rich or pore And ȝut othir-while wroth wyth-owton any synne who is wroeth and wolde be a-wreke holy writ preuedUc.17.5: preued: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads preueth. quod he passethUc.17.5: passeth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads A passeth. chef charite yf holy chirch be treweUc.17.5: Russell-Kane prints the first part of this line, as far as quod he, as part of the preceding line, suggesting in the apparatus that the Uc lineation is unique. Caritas omnia suffertUc.17.6: Russell-Kane separates the Latin and the English here as lines RK17.5α and 6, suggesting in the apparatus that Uc's placement of the Latin is unique. holi writ witnessith þat þer wer suchUc.17.6: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. heremites Solitarie by him-selue yn here selles lyuede withUc.17.8: Russell-Kane: Withoute. borowyng or beggyng bot of god one Excepte þat Egide · a hynde othir-while To his selle selde cam & soffred be mylked Elles foules fedde hem yn frithes þere þei wonede Bothe antony & arsoneUc.17.12: arsone: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads arseny. & othir ful manye Paul primus heremita · hadde y-parroked him-selue þat no man myght see him for mos & for leues Foules him fedde yf frere Austyns be trewe For he ordeyned þat ordre · or elles þei gabbon Paul aftir his preching · paniers he made and wan with his handes al þat him nedid petur fisshed for his fode & his fere Andrewe sum þei sode & sum þey solde & so þei lyuede bothe Marie þe maudeleyn by mores lyued & dewes loue & leel bileue held lif & soule to-gidres Marie egipciaca eet in þretty wyntur Bot þre litel loues & loue was hir soule ycany can not rikene hem right now ne reherse her names þat lyuedon þus for oure lordes loue many longe ȝeres wiþ-owte borowyng or beggyng or þe boek lyeth and wonedon yn wildernesses amonges wilde bestes ac durste no best bite hem by day ne by nyght IohnUc.17.30: The pen-trials on fol. 125v suggest that this John may be John Robert Machelle, whose name appears there completely signed once, and with additional trials of John Robert and Robert. But myldelich when þei metton hemUc.17.30: hem: The Russell-Kane apparatus construes the abbreviation-stroke through the h here as producing the reading here. Although the stroke has this meaning in the word heremite, the following partial list of instances of hem shows that in this case it should be construed as a nasal-stroke: Uc.P.109, Uc.P.136, Uc.2.157, Uc.2.247, Uc.5.128, Uc.6.259, Uc.8.78, Uc.8.119, Uc.8.161, Uc.8.181, Uc.8.207, Uc.8.297, Uc.8.303. madon low chere and faire bifore þo men faunede with þe tailes But bestes broughte hem no mete but onlich þe foules yn tokenyng þat trewe man alle tymes sholde Fynde honest men & holy men · & othir rightful peple freres & monkes lyvelode of lyther wynninges . For wolde neuere faithful god þat freres & monkesUc.17.35: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.35-38. Toke liflode of lither wynnynges yn al her lif-tyme as witnessith holy writ what tobie saide to his wif when he was blynd he herde a lomb blete wif be y-war quod he what haue we her-ynne Lord leue quod þat lede no stole þing be her-ynne Uc.17.41: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Videte ne furtum sit & alibi Melius est mori quam male viuereUc.17.41: At the end of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. notaIf men of holye Church wold do nought but right then wold Lordes , Lawyers , and merchauntes , do lyke . þis is no more to mene bot men of holichurchUc.17.42: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.42-53. sholde do ~~refuse~~Uc.17.43: Russell-Kane: reseue. right naught but þat þat right wolde and refuce reuerenses & raueyneres offringes þenne wolde lordes & ladies be loth forto a-gulte and to take of here tenauntes · more þen truthe wolde and marchauntes merciable wolde be & men of lawe boþe wolde religious refuse raueynoures almes and þenne grace sholde growe ȝit  & grene loue wexe and charite þat child ys now · shold chaufon of him selue and conforte alle cristene wolde holichirch amende Iob þe perfit patriark þis prouerbe wroet & taughte To make men loue mesure þat monkes ben & freres Uc.17.54: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Numquam dicit Iob rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam aut mugiet bos cum autem plenum steteritUc.17.54: Russell-Kane: cum ante plenum presepe steterit. presepe Brutorum animalium natura te condempnat quia cum papulum comune sufficiat ex adipe prodijt iniquitas tua notaAyenst Monkes and Chanons . freres prestes pardoners . yf lewed men knew þis latyn alitela litel þei wolde auison hemUc.17.56: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.56-60. ar þei amorteised any more for monkes ofo[r] for chanons Alas lordes & ladies lewed counsel haue ȝe To feffe such & fede · þat foundid ben to þe fulle with þat ȝour barnes & ȝour blod by god lawe may clayme Charitie · is þat · furst we helpe father & kynred & then such as haue most nede before freres &c . / Uc.17.61: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.61-70.For god bad his blessid as þe boek techith Uc.17.62: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. honoraUc.17.62: The text scribe apparently began to write honara, noticed the error, and corrected it by thickly overwriting the a as o. patrem & matrem & eris & cetera . To helpon þin fader formest bifore freres or monkes Or ar prestes or pardouneres or any peple elles helpe þin kyn crist bid for þere byginneth charite and aftirward awaite · who hath most nede and þere help yf þow hast & þat halde y charite Lo laurence for his largenes as holi lore tellith þat his mede & his manhed for euere more shal laste Iusticia eius manet ineternumin eternum he ȝaf godes men goddes godes & not to grete lordes and fedde þat a-fyngred were · & yn defaut lyuede nota Uc.17.73: Left-margin sidelining by hand16 extends from this line to the bottom of fol. 89r at Uc.17.126.y dar not carpe of clerkes now · þat cristes tresor kepe the pore haue right to a parte of Christes treasure in prestes handes Uc.17.74: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.73-77.þat pore peple by puyr right her part myght aske Of þat þat holichirch of þe olde lawe claymeth prestes on aparail & on purnel now spene Me may now likne lettered men · to a losheborgh or worse counterfett curaitesUc.17.78: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. · a bad body . doth shewe well and to a badde peny with a goed prente Of myche mone þe metal ys noughtUc.17.79: Russell-Kane relineates this line and the following thus: Of moche mone þe metal is nauhte / And ȝut is þe printe puyr trewe and parfitliche ygraue. / And so hit fareth by false cristene: here follynge is trewe. Uc's line-division here is unique. · & ȝit is þe prente trewe and perfitly ygraue & so hit fareth bi fals cristene her folling is trewe A Comparason betwixt . a false Christian & a bad penye wyth . a good prynte . / Uc.17.81: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.78-93.Cristendom of holy chirch þe kynges mark of heuene all cristians are not faithfullUc.17.82: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. But þe metal þat is mannes soule of þis thechersUc.17.82: A curly bracket in the right margin, written by hand16 in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights lines Uc.17.82-83 and links them to the marginal comment. ys alaied with leccherie & othir lustes of synne þat god coueytith not þe coyn þat crist him-self prentid and for þe synne of þe soule forsaketh his owne coyne þus ar ȝe lither likned to lusshborghs sterlynges þat faire bifore folk prechon & techen and worcheth not as ȝe fyndeth ywrite & wisseth þe peple For what þorgh werre & wrake & wicked hedes May no preyere pees make yn no place hit semeth lewed men han no byleue · & lettered men erron Noþer see ne sond ne þe seed ȝeldith as þey ywoned were · yn wham is defaut if we did our dutie as all other creatures , then shold we haue peace & plentye . / Not yn god þat he ne ys goed & þe ground botheUc.17.94: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.94-97. and þe see & þe seed · þe sonne & þe mone doen her deuere day & nyght dide we so also þere sholde be plente and pees perpetuel euere wedor-wise shipmen nou & othir witty peple han noen byleue to liftUc.17.99: to lift: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to þe lyft. · ne to þe lod-sterresUc.17.99: A marginal comment, now illegible, appears to have been erased from the right margin. astromyens alday · in here arte failon þat whilom warned men bifore what sholde bifalle aftir shipmen & shepherdes by þe seuen sterres wiston wel & tolde · when hit sholde reyne Tuliers þat tiled þe erthe toldon her maistres By þe seed þat þei sewe what þei sulle myghte and what lyue by & leueUc.17.106: The reading could be lene, viz. "lend," as per Pearsall. But leue (as per Russell-Kane and Schmidt), with the sense "not bother to harvest" (perhaps to leave gleanings for the poor), better fits the context concerning the harvest of grain. þe lond was so trewe Now faileth þis folk boþe folowers & shipmen Noþer þei ne knoweth ne conneth oen cours by anothir astromyens also arn at her wittes ende of þat was calculed of þe climat þe contrarie þei fynde Gramer þe ground of al · bigileth nouthe childron Gyle & flatterye Master & vssher in all scyences & degrees . For is noen who so nymeth hede þat can versifie faireUc.17.112: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.112-15. Or formely endite ne þat can construe kyndly þat poetes made Go we now to eny degree · and bot gile be hold amaistura maistur and flaterare for his vssher ferly me thinketh doctoures of decree of diuinite maistresUc.17.116: Russell-Kane: Doctours of decres and of diuinite maistres. Schmidt, and Pearsall: Doctours of decre and of diuinite maistres. þat sholde þe seuen ars conne & assoile a quodlibet But þei faile in filosophie & filosofres lyuedeUc.17.118: Schmidt and Pearsall both here supply the following line, rejected by Russell-Kane: And wolde wel examene hem—wonder me thynketh! of Masse prestes . Lord lete þat þes prestes · lelly seyn her masseUc.17.119: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.119-20. þat þei ouerhippe not forhastitefor hastite as y hope þei do not þough hit suffice for our sauacioun · sostfastso[þ]fast byleue as clekescle[r]kes yn corpus Christi feste syngon & redon þat sola fides sufficit · to saue with lewed peple ac yf prestes doen her deuer wel shalUc.17.124: shal: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads we shal do. þe betture For sarisenes may be saued so · yf þei so bileued yn þe letyng of her lif · to leue on holichirche holy church . chere is Charytie . Uc.17.127: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.127-32.what is holy churche chere frend quod y  charite · he saide lyf & loue & lewte in oen bileue a lawe a loue knotte of leute & of leel byleue alle kynne cristene cleuyng on oen wille with-owton gile & gabbyng · gyue & sulle & lene loue lawe wiþ-outon leute · allowable was hit neuere God lereth no lif to louye with-outon leel cause Uc.17.134: Still visible is the leftmost of the pair of virgules that marked the spot for insertion of the blue paraph marker. ¶ Iewes & gentil sarazines iuggen hem-selue Iewes & Sarazins do both beleue in God the father Uc.17.135: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.135-37. þat lellich þei bileue & ȝut her lawe diuerseth and oen god þat al bygan wiþ goed herte þei honoureth and aithir loueth & bileueth yn oen lord almyghty But our lord alloueth no loue but lawe be þe cause No loue vnlaufull is to be allowed . Uc.17.139: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.138-41.For lecchoures louen aȝen þe lawe · & at þe laste be dampned and þeues louyen & leute haton & at þe laste be hangid and lewed men lyue as lawe techith · & loue þerof ariseþ þe which is þe heued of charite & hele of mannes soule Uc.17.143: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. dilige deum propter deum . id est . propter veritatem & inimicum tuum propter mandatum . id est . propter legem & amicum propter amorem . id est . propter caritatem Loue god for he is goed · & ground of alle truthe Loue þin enemy enterly · godes hest to fulfille Loue þi frend þat foloweth þi wille · þat is þi fair soule For whene alle frendes failon · and flen away in deyng Thenne seweth þe sowle to sorowe or to ioye and ay hopeth eft to be with her body at þe laste yn myrthe or in mournyng & neuere eft to departe and þat is charite leue child to be cher ouer thi soule Uc.17.152: Still visible is the double virgule marking the insertion point for the paraph marker. ¶ Contrarie hir not as in conscience · yf þou wolt come to heuen where sarasines y saide · y-se not what is charite hit may be so þat sarasines han such amanerea manere charite Louen as by lawe of kynde our lodlord god almyghty hit is kyndly þing creature his creatour to honoure For þere is no man þat mynde hath · þat ne mekith him & bisechiþ To þat lord þat him lif lente liflode him sende and mane menUc.17.159: mane men: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads many manere men. The Russell-Kane apparatus reports the reading of Uc as substantially manere men, with many omitted. However, Uc's omission is actually manere; a flourish descending from the 2-shaped r in lord in the line above is construed by Russell-Kane as the abbreviation-mark signifying er. The Uc scribe's error is haplography resulting from the visual similarity of mane (with the flourish above it) and manere (with its abbreviation-mark). þer ben as sarazines & iewes loueþ not þat lord aright as by þe legende sanctorum and lyuen out of leel byleue for þey loue loue: Russell-Kane reads leue on. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, Uc is unique in the omission of on, though it shares the reading loue with some other manuscripts. a mene nota Uc.17.162: Left-margin sidelining extends from this line to the bottom of the side at Uc.17.190.a man þat highte macameth for messie þei him holdeþ and aftir his lering þei lyue · & by lawe of kynde and when kynde hath his cours & no contrarie fyndeth þenne ys lawe ylost and lewte vnknowen bewtie without bountie Kynde without curtosye . Bewte sanz bounte · blessid was hit neuere Ne kynde saunz curtesie yn noen contrey is preysed Macometh was crystened & wold haue ben pope . Me fynt wel þat Macometh was amana man cristnedUc.17.168: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.168-70. and a cardinal of court · agreta gret clerk with-alle and pursued to haue be pope prince of holy chirch But for he was so likUc.17.171: so lik: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lyk. a lossheborgh · y leue our lord him lette For-þi soughte he in-to surrie & sotiled how he myghte Be maister ouer alle þo men · and þis manere he wroughte ¶ he endauntid a dowue · & day & nyght hir fedde yn aithir of his eres priueilich he hadde corn þat þe coluer eet · when he come yn places and yn what place he prechid · and þe pepel taughte the deceyte of Macometh by a Dove . / þenne sholde þe coluer come to þe clerkes ereUc.17.178: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.174-84. Menyng as aftir mete þus macomet hir enchauntid and when þe coluer cam þus þenne kneled þe peple For Macameth to men swar · hit was a messanger of heuen and sothlich þat god him selue yn such a coluer liknes Tolde him & taught him how to teche þe peple þus Macameth in mys-bileue man & womman broughte and on his lore þey leuon ȝit · as wel lerid as lewedUc.17.185: The Russell-Kane apparatus reports the reading of Uc here as lowed. However, the vowel in the first syllable is best construed as a circular cursive e, with the outermost right-hand side of the letter run into the following w and the lower right-hand part of the letter faded. One may compare the e in Tolde, Uc.17.183, for similar ductus and similar fading of the thinnest stroke. On this view, the reading lewed accords with the vast majority of C-version witnesses as reported in Russell-Kane. and sith our saueour soffred such a fals cristene disceyue so þe sarazines soþly me thinketh holy men as y hope þorgh help of þe holigostholi gost sholdon conuerte hem to crist & cristendom to take alas þat men so longe · on Macameth bileueth So many prelates to preche as þe pope maketh Of nazareth of nynyue of neptalim of damask þat þei ne wenteUc.17.193: Pearsall here includes in world and relineates this and the following three lines, breaking the lines after byd, name, Iesus, and deye. Russell-Kane reads wente þe way and similarly relineates. Schmidt also relineates, reading this line thus: That they ne wente as Holy Writ byt—sethe ȝe wilne þe name, / Ite in vniversum mundum. as holy writ bid Uc.17.193: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ite in vniuersum mundum sithe ȝe wilne þe name to be prelates & preche þe passioun of Iesu & as him selue saide So to lyue & dye Bonus pastor animam suam ponit pro ouibus suis notaUc.17.197: This marginal comment continues at Uc.17.218. Uc.17.197: Left-margin sidelining extends from this line to the bottom of the side at Uc.17.222. hit is ruthe to rede · how right holymenholy men lyuede how þei defouled her flesh forsoek her owne wille Fer fro kuth orUc.17.199: or: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and. freUc.17.199: Russell-Kane reads fro, not noting any variant in Uc. kyn euel yclothid ȝedon holye men had no boke but Conscyence BaldelichUc.17.200: Baldelich: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Baddeliche. y-beddid no boek but her conscience Ne no richesse but þe rode to reioyson hem ynne absit nobis gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri & cetera . Uc.17.203: Still visible partly underneath the paraph marker is the double virgule marking its insertion point. ¶ and þo was pees & plente amonges pore & rich and now ys ruthe to rede · how þe rede noble ys reuerensed bifore þe rode & resceyued for þe worthiore To amende & to make as with men of holichirch þen cristes cros þat ouercam deþ & dedly synne and now is werre & wo · & who-so whi asketh For coueytise aftir a cros þe corone stant yn gold Covetyse shall ouertorne Clerkes . Uc.17.210: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.205-14.Boþe riche & religious þat rode þei honoure þat in grotes ys graue & in golde nobles For coueitise of þat cros · clerkes of holichirch sholon ouerturne as þe templeres dide þe tyme approchiþUc.17.213: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. faste MeneUc.17.214: Russell-Kane: Minne. ȝe not lettered men how þo men honoured More tresour þen truthe y dar not telle þe sothe how þo corsed cristene · catelle & richesse worshepid Resoun & rightfuldomrightful dom tho religious dampned beneUc.17.218: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.17.197. ¶ Right so ȝe clerkes ȝour coueytise or come ought longe shal dampne dos ecclesie & depose ȝou for ȝour pride deposuit potentes de sede & . cetera . ynUc.17.221: Russell-Kane: Ȝif. knyghthoed & kynde wit & þe comvne & conscience To-gidres louon lellich · leueth hit bisshopes Bisshops shall lose temporall Landes . & lyve of tenthes . Uc.17.223: This comment is bounded on the left by a curly bracket done by hand14. þe lordshipe of Londes lese ȝe shal for euere and lyuon as leuitici dide · & as our lord ȝou techeth Per primicias & decimas & cetera nota Uc.17.226: A bluish smudge in the left margin here, and the fact that the preceding and following paraphs are both red, suggest that a blue paraph may have been erased here. whan constantyn of his curtesie holy chirch dowede An Angell cryed þat þe church was poysoned . Uc.17.227: This comment is bounded on the left by a curly bracket drawn by hand14. with Londes & ledes lordshipes & rentes an angel men herde an hi at rome crie dos ecclesie þis day hath ydronke venym and þat han petres power arn appoisouned alle amedicinea medicine most þerto þat might amende þe prelates þat sholde preye for þe pees & possessioun hem lettith A Counsayll for Kynges . to take possessions from the pope & all þe clergie Taketh her londes ȝe lordes & let hem lyue by dymesUc.17.233: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.231-41. yf þe kynges coueyte in cristes pees to lyuene For if possessioun be poisoun & inperfit hem make þe heuedes of holichirch & þo þat ben vnder hem hit were charite to dischargen hem for holi chirch sake and purgen hem of þe olde poisoun ar more perelle falle For were presthoed more perfit þat is þe pope formest þat with money meynteneth men to werre vpon cristene aȝen þe lore of our lord as seynt luk witnessith Uc.17.242: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Michi vindictam · & cetera . his preyeres wiþ his paciense to pees sholde bringe alle londes in-to loue & þat in litel tyme þe pope wiþ alle prestes pax vobis sholde make nota and take heed how macomete þorgh a mylde dowue Macometh & the pope compared . hadde al surrie as him self wolde & sarazines in equiteUc.17.247: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.247-50. Not þorgh manslaughte & mannes strengthe Macomet haddeUc.17.248: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. þe maistrie Bot þorgh pacience & priuey gile · he was prince ouer hem alle yn such a manere me thinketh moste þe pope ¶ Prelates & prestesUc.17.251: The phrase & prestes is written over an erasure. preye & biseche deuoutly day & nyght & wiþ-drawe hem fro synne and crie to crist he wolde his coluer sende þe which is þe hie holigost · þat out of heuen descendit To make a perpetuel pees · bytwene þe prince of heuen and alle manere men þat on þis molde libben presthod inperfit yf presthoed wer perfit & preyed þus  þe pepel sholde amende þat contrarion now cristes lawes & cristendom dispison For sithon þat þes sarazines scribz & þis iewes han a lippe of our bileue þe lightloker me thinketh þey sholdeUc.17.261: Russell-Kane: sholde turne. who-so trauayle wolde & of þe trinite teche hem For al paynyme precheth & perfitlich bileueth yn þe grete god & in his grace asken and maken her mone to macomete her message to shewe þus in afaitha faith liuethUc.17.265: Russell-Kane: leueth. Schmidt, and Pearsall: lyueth. þat folk & in a fals mene and þat is ruthe for þo rightful men · þat in þat reume wonyeþ and a perel for prelates þat þe pope maketh þat berith name of neptalim of nynyue of damask For when þe hie kyng of heuen sente his souleUc.17.269: Russell-Kane: his sone. til erthe ¶ Many myracles he wroughte man forUc.17.270: for: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads for to. turne yn ensaumple þat men sholde see by sad resoun þat men myght not be saued bot þorgh mercy & grace and þorgh penaunce & passioun & perfit bileue and bycam man of a mayde · & metropolanusmetropol[it]anus and baptised & bishined with þe bloed of his herte alle þat wilnede & wolde · with inwit bileue hit Many aseinta seint sithe soffred deth also Forto enferme þe faith fulwideful wide-where dyede yn ynde in alisaundre · yn armonye yn spayne and fro mysbyleimysbyle[ue] many men turned yn sauacioun of mannes soule seynt Thomas of Canterbury amonges vnkynde cristene in holichirch was slawe an Vnsownd opynion . / / Uc.17.283: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.17.281-86.and al holy church honourede þorgh þat deyng he is a forbiseen to alle bisshopes & a bright myrrour and souereynly of such þat surieUc.17.285: surie: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads of surie. bereth þe name and not yn ynglonde to hippe aboute & halowe menneUc.17.286: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. auteres and crepe yn amonges curatoures & confesson aȝen þe lawe Uc.17.288: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nolite mittere falcem in messem alienam & cetera Many man for cristes loue was martired amonges romaynes ar cristendom were kowek[n]owe þere or any cros honoured notaA Bisshops office Uc.17.291: Left-margin sidelining extends from this line to Uc.17.303. Euery bisshope by þe lawe sholde buxumly walkeUc.17.291: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.17.290-92. and paciently þorgh hisUc.17.292: The gh in þorgh and the h in his appear to have been written over an erasure. A faint yogh remains visible underneath the h in his. prouynce & to his peple him shewe FondenUc.17.293: Fonden: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Feden. hem & follon hem & fere hem fro synne Uc.17.294: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. In baculi forma sit presul hec tibi norma Fer trahe punge gregem seruando per omnia legem and enchaunte hem to charite on holy church to byleue For as þe kynde is of a knyght · or for a kyng to betakebe take and amonges her enemyes yn mortel batailes To be culd & ouercome þe comvn to defende So ys þe kynde of a curatour · for cristes loue to preche And dye for his dere childron · to destruye dedly synne Bonus pastor & cetera . and namelich þere þat lewed lyuon & no lawe ne knoweþ But whenUc.17.304: when: The Russell-Kane apparatus construes the abbreviation here as yielding the Uc reading where. Although the stroke has this meaning in the word heremite, the following partial list of instances of when shows that in this case it should be construed as a nasal-stroke: Uc.1.128, Uc.3.170, Uc.6.163, Uc.13.248, Uc.15.323, Uc.16.5, Uc.16.188, Uc.16.191, Uc.16.199. The Russell-Kane text reads we, and the apparatus suggests that even as corrected to when, the reading of Uc here is unique. cristene conneth þe lawe & han of oure tonge Bisshopes & bokes þe byleue to teche Iewes lyuon in þe lawe þat oure lord taughte Moises to be maister þerof til messie come and on þat lawe þey leue · & leton forUc.17.308: leton for: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads leten hit for. þe beste and ȝut knew þei crist þat cristendom taughte and for a perfit prophete þat mych pepel sauede and of selcouth sores saued men ful ofte By þe myracles þat he made messie he semyd þo he lifte vp lazar þat laid was in graue Uc.17.314: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. QuatriduanesQua[d]riduan[u]s cold · quik dide him walke ¶ Iewes saide þat hit say wiþ sorcerie he wroughte and studiodon how to struyon him & struyodon hem selue and her power þorgh his pacience to puyr nought turnede ¶ and ȝut þei seyn soþly · & so do þe sarazines þat Iesu was bot a iogelour a iapere amonges þe comvne and a sofistre of sorcerie & a speudo-prophetapseudo-prophetaUc.17.320: The text scribe's unusual spelling of the prefix pseudo- as speudo-, though unattested in the MED and the OED, is analogous to the form spalm for psalm at Uc.3.470 and Uc.5.49. and his lore was lesinges & lackon hit alle and hopon þat he be to come þat shal hem rule Moises oþer Macomete here maystres deuyneth and han a suspecion to be saf boþe sarazenes & iewes þorgh Moises & Macomete & myght of god þat made al and sithe þat þis sarazines & also þe iewes Conne þe firste clause of our byleue · Credo in deum patrem prelates & prestes sholde proue yf þei myghte lere hem litlum & litlum & in Iesum Christum filium Til þei couthe speleUc.17.330: spele: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads speke and spele. et in spiritum sanctum Recordon hit & redon hit wiþ remissionem peccatorum carnis resurreccionem & vitam eternam amen Passus primus de Dobet Uc.18.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.17.329 through Uc.18.17. LEue liberum arbitrium quod y · y leue as y hope þou cowdest telle me & teche me to charite as y leue liberum arbitrium þenne lough liberum arbitrium & ladde me forth wiþ tales Til we cam in-to a contre cor hominis hit highte Cor hominis . Erber of alle priueytees & of holinesse Euene in þe myddes an ympe as hit were Imago . Dei . þat highte ymago dei graciously hit growed þenne gan y aske what hit highte & he me sone tolde þe tree hette trewe loue quod he þe trinite hit sette þorgh louely lokynges hit lyueth & launseþ vp blosmes þe which blosmes buyrnes · benyngne speche hit calleth And þerof cometh a goed fruyt þe which men calleþ werkes Of holines of hendenes of help him þat nedith Charitas . þe which is caritas cald cristes owne fode and solaseth alle soules sorowful yn purgatorie Now certes y saide & siked for ioye y þanke ȝou a thousand sithe þat ȝe me hidor kennyd and sithen þat ȝe vouchon saf to sey me as hit hotith Uc.18.19: A double virgule in the left margin marks a spot where a paraph marker was meant to be inserted. and he þonked me þo but þenne toek y hede hit hadde shoriers to shuyuon hit vp · þre shides of oenUc.18.20: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. lengþe and of oen kynne colour & kynde as me þoughte alle þre ylich long · & y-liche large Miche merueiled me · on what More þei growede and askid eft of him of what wode þay were þise þre shoriers quod he þat bereth vp þis plonte Bytokeneth truly þe trinite of heuene þre persones vndepartable perpetuel wer euere Of o wille of o wit & here-with y kepe þe fruyt of þis faire tree fro þre wicked wyndes the World . and fro falling þe stok hit faile not of his myght þe world ys a wicked wynd to hem þat wolde truthe Coueitise cometh of þat wynd & caritas hit abiteth and forfret þat fruyt · þorgh many faire sightes and with þe firste planke y palle hem down potencia dei patris Uc.18.35: One virgule to the left of the paraph marker is still visible from the pair that presumably marked the insertion point for the marker. ¶ þenne is þe flesh afelwynda fel wynd & in flouring tyme the fleshe . þorgh leccherie & lostes so lowde he gynneth blowe þat norisheth in see sightesUc.18.37: Russell-Kane: That hit norischeth nise sihtus. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the Uc reading in see is unique. & som-tyme wordes and many wicked werkes wormes of synne and al forbit caritas · right to þe bare stalke þenne sette y þe seconde planteUc.18.40: Russell-Kane: planke. · Sapiencia dei patris þe which is þe passioun & þe penaunce & þe perfitnes of Iesu and þerwith y warde hit othir-while til hit waxe ripe and þenne fondith þe feend my fruyt to destruye and laith a laddere þerto of lesinges ben þe ronges and with alle þe wiles þat he can waggeþ þe rote þorgh bakbiteres & braules · & þorgh bolde chiders and shaketh hit ne were hit vnder-shorid hit sholde not welUc.18.48: not wel: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads nat. standeUc.18.48: Russell-Kane joins this line to the preceding, thereby mending the alliteration. so þis lordones lythereth þerto · þat alle þesUc.18.49: þes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe. leues falleth and feccheþ away þe fruyt som-tyme · bifore boþe myn yes and þenne palle ya-douny a-doun þe powke with þe þridde shoriare þe which is spiritus sanctus & sothfast byleue And þat is grace of þe holigost & þus gete y þe maistry y totid vp-on þat tree þo & þenne toek y hede whethir þe fruyt wer fair or foul forto loke on and þe fruyt was fair none fairore be myghte But yn þre degrees hit grew gret ferly me þoughte and asked eft þo · wher hit were al oen kynde ȝe certes he saide & sothly leue hit hit isalis al of oen kynde & þat shal y preuen But somme arn swettore þensommeþen somme & somme woln rotie Me may see on an appel tree many tyme & ofte Of oen kynde apples arn not ylich grete Ne suynge smale ne of swetnesse swete þo þat sitton yn þe sonne syde sonnere arn ripe swettore & saueryore & also more grettore þen þo þat selde han þe sonne & sitton in þe north half and so hit fareth sothly sone by oure kynde Uc.18.69: The double virgule marking the insertion point for the paraph marker is still visible. At the extreme left margin is a wavy red line, perhaps a pen trial made by the rubricator. ¶ Adam was a tree & we arn as his apples somme of vs sothfast & somme variable Somme litle somme large ylik apples of oen kynde as weddid men & wedowes & right worthi maydones þe which þe seint spirit sueth þe sonne of al heuenne and counfortith hem in her continence þat lyuon in contemplacion as monkes & monials men of holichurch þise han þe sonneUc.18.76: sonne: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hete. of þe holigost as haþ crop of tree þe sonne wedowes & wedowares þat her owne wille forsaken and chast ledon here lif is lif of contemplacioun and more lykynde to oure lord þen lif as kynde asketh and folowe þat þe flesh wole & fruyt forth bringe Uc.18.81: Still visible is the leftmost virgule of the pair used to mark the insertion point for the paraph marker. ¶ þat actiua lif lettered men in her langage hit calleth ȝe sire y saide & sithon · þere arn but two lyues þat oure lord al allowethUc.18.83: al alloweth: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads alloweth. as lerid men vs techith actiua vita & contemplatiua vita Matrimonye . Uc.18.85: This marginal comment continues at Uc.18.88. Uc.18.85: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.18.85-90.whi groweth þis fruyt in þre degrees agoeda goed skyle he saide here bynethe y may nyme yf y nede hadde Matrimonye a moist fruyt þat multiplieth þe peple Wydowhod . Uc.18.88: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.18.85 and continues at Uc.18.90. and þenne aboue ys bettere fruyt · but boþe two be gode wedowhod more worthiore þen wedlok as yn heuen Vyrginytie Uc.18.90: This marginal comment is continued from Uc.18.88. þenne ys virginite more vertuous & fairest as in heuen For þatUc.18.91: Russell-Kane: þat is. euene with angels & angels pere hit was þe firste fruyt þat þe fadyr of heuen blessid and bad hit be of a bat of erthe · amana man & amaidea maide yn menyng þat þe fairest thing · þe first thing shold honoure and þe clennest creature first creatour knowe yn kynges court inUc.18.96: in: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and in. knyghtes courtUc.18.96: knyghtes court: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads knyhtes. þe clennest men & fairest sholn serue for þe lord self & so fareth god almyghty Maydones & martres mynistred him on erthe and hy heuen his preuyostUc.18.99: Russell-Kane: And in heuene is priueoste. Schmidt, and Pearsall: And in hey heuene is priueoste. The Russell-Kane apparatus suggests that the omission of in is unique to Uc. & next him by resoun and for þe fairest fruyt bifore him as of erthe and swete with-owte swellyng sour worth hit neuere Uc.18.102: A double virgule in the left margin perhaps marks a spot where a paraph marker was meant to be inserted. þis is a proper plonte quod y · & preueyli hit bloweth and bringeth forth fruyt folk of alle nacioun Boþe perfit & inperfit puyr fayn ich wolde assaie what sauour hit hadde & saide þat tyme Leue liberum arbitrium lat som lif hit shake and anoen he highte Elde · on hy forto clymbe and shakon hit sharlichsharplich þe ripe sholdon falle and clymbe clymbe: Russell-Kane reads Elde clemp. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, Uc's reading is unique both in the omission of Elde and in the form of the verb. to þe cropward þenne comsed hit to crie he wagged wedowhoed · & hit wepte aftir he meued matrimonye · hit made afoula foul noyse For euere as Elde hadde any down · þe deuel was ful redy and gaderid hem alle to-gidres boþe grete & smale adam & abraham & ysaie þe prophete Sampson & samuel and seint Iohan þe baptist and baer hem forth baldly · no-body him lette Uc.18.117: A double virgule in the left margin perhaps marks a spot where a paraph marker was meant to be inserted--though the insertion point seems ill suited to a paraph division. and made of holy men his horde in limbo inferni þere is derknesse & drede & þe deuel maister þenne meued him moed in magestate dei þat libera voluntas dei laughte þe myddel shoriare and hitte aftir þe feend · happe how hit myghte Filius by þe fadres wille fley with spiritus sanctus To go ransake þat rage-man & reue him of his apples þat þorgh fals bihest & fruyt first man disceyued and þenne spak spiritus sanctus in grabrielesgabrieles mouthe To a maide þat highte marie · a meke þing with-alle Ihesus A carpenters sonn þe sonn of þe Iudge of all Iustices in this worldeUc.18.127: Underlining by hand16 in Uc.18.127 extends into the left margin in such a way as to link the marginal comment with that line of the poem. Also, the marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þat oen Iesu a iustises sone moste iowken in here chaumbre Til plenitudo temporis tyme come y wereUc.18.128: come y were: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ycome were. þat elde felde eft þe fruyt or fulle to be ripe þat Iesu sholde iouste þerfore & by iuggement of armes who sholde fecche þis fruyt þe feend or Iesu seluen þe maide myldely þe messangere she grantid and saide hendly to him lo me his hand-maide Forto worchon his wille with-owton any synne Ecce ancilla domini & cetera . A wench ought to be A virgine butt hardly in this wickitt age and yn þe wombe of þat wenche was he fourty woukes and by-cam man of þat maide mankynde to saue Byg & abidyng & bloedUc.18.138: Russell-Kane: bold. in his barnhoed To haue yfoughte with þe fend ar fol tyme come But liberum arbitrium leche-craft him taughte Til plenitudo temporis hy tyme aprochid þat such a surgien sithen yseye was þere neuere Ne noen so faithful ficisien for alle þat bysoughte him he lechid hem of her langour boþe lazeres & blynde Claudi ambulant leprosi mundantur Marie MagdilineUc.18.146: The marginal comment here is bounded on the right by a curly bracket done by hand16. ¶ and comvne wymmen conuertide & clansid hem of synne and lift vp lazar þat lay in his tombe QuatriduanesQua[d]riduan[u]s cold quyk dide him rome But ar he made þat myracle mestus cepit esse and wepte watur with his yes · þe whi weton fewe But þo þat sey þat selcouth saide þat tyme þatUc.18.152: þat: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads That he was. god or godes sone for þat grete wonder and somme iewes saide with sorcerie he wroughte ButUc.18.154: But: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads And. þorgh þe myght of mahond & þorgh mysbyleue nota . The sinn aganst þe holly goste . demonium habes þenne ys satan ȝour saueour quod Iesu · & haþ ysaued ȝou ofte But y saued ȝou sondry tymes & also y fedde ȝou with fisshes & loues fyue thowsand at ones and y lefte basketes ful of broke mete bere a-way who-so wolde vnkynde & vnconnyng quod crist & with a roep smot hem and ouerturnede in þe temple her tables & her stalles and drof hem out alle þat þere boughte or solde and saide þis is an hous of orisounes & of holinesse and whenne þat my wille is · y wole hit ouer-þrowe and ar þre dayes after edifie hit newe þe iewes tolde þe iustice · how þat Iesu saide But þe ouerturnyng of þe temple bitokened his resurreccion Enuye & euel wille arn in þe iewes and pursued him priueyly & for pens him boughte Ne forte tumultus fieret in populo of Iudas þe iew Iesus owne disciple þis bifel on a friday alitela litel bifore paske þat Iudas & iewes Iesu þei mette aue raby quod þo ribaudes & right til him þei ȝede and kiste Iesu to be knowe þere-by & caught of þe iewes ¶Uc.18.176: The red paraph marker has suffered some fading. Visible through it is the double virgule marking its insertion point. þenne Iesu to Iudas & to þe iewes saide falsnesse y finde in þin fair speche and kene care in þin kissing & combraunce þi-selueUc.18.178: þi selue: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to thysulue. Thow shalt be myrrour to manye · men to dysceyue Iudas . wo to þo þat wilesUc.18.180: wiles: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thy wyles. vsen to þe worldes ende Uc.18.181: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ve homini illi per quem scandalum venit Sithe y bi tresoun am take · & to ȝour wille iewes Soffreth my postles in pays & in pees gange þus iewes to þe iustises Iesu þei ladde with mych noise þat nyght ner frantik y a-waked yn inwit in alle wittes aftir liberum arbitrium yawaitedy awaited weturly but whodir he wente y ne wiste and þenne mette y with a man amydlentonesa mydlentones sonday as hor as an hawe-þorn  & abraham he highte Of whennes art þou quod y · & hendelich him grette y am with faith quod þat frek · hit falleth not me to lye an herawd of armes ar any lawe were what is his conysaunce quod y in his cote-armure Abrahams Armes thre prones þe holy & blished Trinitie . Uc.18.194: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.18.194: Aiscough (hand16) has here misread the manuscript's persones, with the abbreviation-stroke through the p omitted by the text scribe, as prones or proues. What word Aiscough had in mind is difficult to say. Presumably he interpreted prones as meaning "prone human figures," since the other possible meanings of prone or proue are difficult to construe sensibly in the context: prove, proof, and prou (i.e. advantage, benefit) are too abstract, prow (of a boat) is attested too late, the spelling is unlikely for prune or prong, and Aiscough clearly did not write þrones. þre psonesp[er]sones in oen pensel quod he departable from oþere Oen speche & spirit springeth out of alle Of o wit of o wille wer neuere atwynny and sondry to see vpon solus deus he hotith Sithe þei ben suyrlepes quod y · þei han sondri names þat is soth saide he þenne þe sire hatte pater and þe seconde is a sone of þe sire filius þe þridde is þat halt al a thing by himselue holy gost is his name & he is in alle ¶ þis is merk þing for me quod y · & for many anothir how oen lord myghte lyue a þre y leue hit not y saide Muse not to mych þerofUc.18.205: þerof: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þeron. quod faith  til þou more knowe But leue hit lelly al þi lif-tyme þat þre bilongeth to a lord · þat liggeance claymeth Mighte & a mene to se his owne myghte Of him selue & his seruant & what soffreth hem bothe God þat byginnyng hadde neuere but þo him goed þoughte Sente forth his sone as for seruant þat tyme To occupion him here til issue were yspronge þe which arn childron of charite & holichirch þe moder Patriarkes & prophetes & apostles wern þe childron and crist & cristendoem & alle cristene holy chirche Bytokeneth þe trinite & trewe byleue Oen god almyghty þat man made & wroughte semblable to him selue ar any synne were On þre he is þere he is & hereth &Uc.18.219: hereth &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hereof. bereth witnes þe werkes þat him selue wroughte & þis world boþe Uc.18.221: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Celi enarrant gloriam dei & cetera . þat he is þre persones indepartableUc.18.222: indepartable: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads departable. y preue hit by mankynde And oen god almyghty yf alle men ben of adam ¶ Eue of adam was · & out himUc.18.224: out him: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads out of hym. ydrawe and abel of hem boþe · & alle þre oen kynde and þise þre þat y carp of adam & Eue and abel her issue arn bot oen yn manhod notaUc.18.227: The marginal comments here are bounded on the right by an irregularly shaped curly bracket done by hand16, except that the lower part of the bracket curves leftward and bisects the word the and the word wome. From the center of the curly bracket an otiose curl rises to the right. Barrenes of the womeMatrimony of the Bible which þe Pappists and munks do allowe is here disconmendeddisco[m]mended . The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Matrimoyne with-oute moillere ys not mych to preyse as þe bible berith witnesse aboeka boek of þe olde lawe þat acorsede alle couples þat no kynde forth broughte Uc.18.231: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Maledictus sit homo qui non reliquit semen in israel and man with-oute a make myght not wel of kynde Multiplie ne more-ouere with-owton amakea make louye Ne with-owton a sowere byUc.18.234: by: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads be. such seed þis we seen alle Now go we to godhed in god fader of heuene A Symylitude betwixt the Trenytie . & Adam Eve & Abell . / was þe sone in him-selue in asimilea simile as EueUc.18.236: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.18.236-39. was whan god wolde out of þe weye drawe and as abel of Adam & of his wif Eue Sprang forth & spaek aspira spir of hem tweyne So out of þe sire & of þe sone · þe seint spirit of hem boþe ys & ay wer and as þre persones palpable and puyrlich but oen mankyndeUc.18.242: Russell-Kane: Is and ay were & worþ wiþouten ende. / And as thre persones palpable is puyrlich bote o mankynde. þe which is man & his make & moiller her issue So is god godes sone in þre persones þe trinite yn matrimonie arn þre & of on man cam alle þre And to godheed goth þre · & oen god ys alle þre Lo treis encountur treys quod he in godhed & in manhed ¶ hast þow y-sey þis y seide alle þre & oen god notaUc.18.249: A double hyphen in the form of an equals sign links this nota to line 18.249. yn a somur y him sey quod he · as y sat in my porch where god cam gangyng athrea thre right by my gate Abraham sawe thre angells & worshiped before his tente dore which resemblid the TrinitieUc.18.251: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Tres vidit & vnum adorauit y roes vp & reuerensed god & right faire him grette wyshe her feet & wiped hem · & afturward þei eton and what y þoughte & my wif he vs wel tolde he byhighte vs issue & air in oure olde age Ful trewe tokenes bytwene vs ys · when tyme cometh þat ymettey mette him how he fondid me first my faire sone ysaakUc.18.257: The k in ysaak has a flourish rather than a final e. For a less pronounced version of the same flourish, see UcP.196, fol. 10r, Strok. To make sacrifice of him he heet me · him to honoure y wiþ-saet not his hest · y hope & bileue where y walke in þis world he wol hit me allowe y circumsised my sone also for his sake My selue & my mayne & alle þat male were Bleddon blod for þat lordes loue yhopey hope to blesse þat tyme Myn affiaunce & my faith · is ferme in his bileue nota . þe faithfull seed ofUc.18.265: Hand16 gives a dot and dash after the word of, perhaps merely to fill out the line-length within the marginal annotation to a measure approximately equal to that of the other lines in the annotation. Abraham are not only promissed all temporall plassingesUc.18.265: Viz., "blessings." . butt also eternallUc.18.265: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.18.265: Curly brackets made by hand16 in the left and right margins span lines Uc.18.265-69.for him self saide y sholde haue & myn issue boþe Lond & lordshipe ynow & lif with-owton ende To me & myn issue more he me bihighte Mercy for oure mysdedes as manytymesmany tymes as we wilnede & wolde with mouth & herte aske and sithe he sente me to seyn · & saide þat y sholde worshipe him with wyn & wiþ breed bothe at ones on an auter in worship of þe trinite and make sacrifice so sumwhat hit bitokeneth y leue þat þeUc.18.274: þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ilke. lord þenkith a neweUc.18.274: Russell-Kane: newe lawe. to make Uc.18.275: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. fiet vnum ouile & vnus pastor þus haue y ben his heraud her & in helle and counfortid many a carful þere þat aftir his comyng lokon For-þi y seke him yUc.18.278: Russell-Kane: he. saide for seint Iohan þe baptist Saide þat he say hireUc.18.279: Viz. "here." MED s.v. her adv. þat sholde saue vs alle Uc.18.280: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ecce agnus dei Iohn Baptist bore in his bosham Christe in the simillitid of A layser before his comminge in the fleshe which layser represented all the faitfull borne before Christe Uc.18.281: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.18.281-88.þenne hadde y wonder of his wordes & of his wide cloþes For in his bosom he baer thing & þat he blessid ofte and y lokid in his lappe · alazara lazar lay þerinne with patriarkes & prophetes pleyingesUc.18.284: pleyinges: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads pleynge. to-gideres what awaitest þou quod faith & what wost þou haue y wolde wite quod y tho what is in thin lappe Loo quod he & leet me see · lord mercy y saide þis is apresenta present of mych pris what prince shal hit haue no plege for oure sinnes butt the deathes bloude of Criste no not in the faitful before his death & commingeUc.18.289: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.18.289: Left-margin sidelining by hand16 spans lines 18.289-97.hit is a presious present quod he · but þe pouk hit haþ atachid and me þerwith quod þe wye · may no wed vs quyte Ne no barn be oure borough ne bring vs out of þat daunger fro þe poukes poundfold no maynpris may vs fecch nota Til he come þat y carpe of crist is his name þat shal deliuere vs sumday out of þe deueles power and betere wed for vs wagon þen we ben alleworthialle worthi and þat is lif for lif · or ligge þus euere lollyng in my lappe thus · til such a lord vs fecche ¶ Alas y saide þat synne so longe shal lette þe myght of godes mercy þat myghte vs alle amende and wepte for his wordes with þat saw y anothir Rapelich renne þe right way we wente and y frayned him first fro whennes he come what he highte & whoder he wolde & wightly he vs tolde Passus secundus de Dobet & cetera . Uc.19.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from Uc.18.297 through the bottom of the side at Uc.19.17. I am spes a spie quod he & spere aftir a knyght þat toek me amaundementa maundement vpon þe movnt of synay to rule alle rewmes þerwith in right & in resoun notaþe olde and the newe testamente lo here þe lettere quod he yn latyn & in ebreweUc.19.4: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. þat · þat y saye is soþ see who-so liketh ys hit asseled y saide may men se þi lettres Nay he saide y seke him þat haþ þe seel to kepe nota Christe is þe seale of the testamentUc.19.8: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þe which is crist & cristendom & croes þeron to hange wer hit þerwith asseled y woet wel þe soþe þat luciferes lordshipe lowe sholde ligge ¶ let se þi lettres quod y · we myght þe lawe knowe nota he pluyght forth a patente apecea pece of an hard roche wheron was writon two wordes & on þis wise glosid MoyesMoy[s]es tabill wherein þe lawe was ritt Dilige deum & proximum þis was þe tixt truly  y toek ful goed gemeUc.19.15: The headform in the MED is yeme," as also in the OED.Uc.19.15: Russell-Kane: gome. þe glose was gloriously wreton · with a gult penne In hijs duobus pendet tota lex & cetera . ys here al þi lordes lettres quod heUc.19.18: he: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads y. ȝe leue me he saide and who worchith aftir þis writ · y wol vndertaken shal neuere deuel him dere ne deth in soule greue fayth & kepinge the Commaundementes saveth Uc.19.21: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.19.21-22.For þough y seye hit my selue · y haue saued wiþ þis charm Of men & of wymmen many score thowsande ¶ he saith soþ saide faith · yfoundey founde hit trewe Lo here in my lappe quod faith þat leued vpon þat lettre Boþe Iosue & Iudith & Iudas Machabeus and sixe thousande mo quod faith · y can not say her names ȝoure wordes arn wonderful quod y tho · wher any of ȝou be trewe and leel to byleue on for body or for soule Abraham sawe þe . 3 . persons of þe . trenytie . Abraham saith þat he · say holly þe trinite þre persones parselmel departable from othir and alle þre bot oen god þus Abraham bereth witnes and haþ ysaued þat byliued so · & sory for her synnes he can no certeyn somme telle & somme arn in his lappe what nedid hit þenne a new lawe to bringe sithon þe firste sufficed to bileue & be saued and now cometh þis spes þat haþ aspied þe lawe þat of no trinite ne tellith · ne ofUc.19.37: ne of: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the added word of is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ne taketh. mo persones To godhede but oen god · & oen god almyghty þe which alle men arn holde · ouer al þing to honoure and sithe loue & toUc.19.40: Above the t in to is an otiose abbreviation-stroke as if for an er, by hand1. lene · for þat lordes sake alle manere men as mych as oure selue and forto louye & bileue yn oen lord almyghty hit is light for lewed men & for lerid bothe but for to bileue yn a lord · þat liueþ in þre persones and lereth þat we loue sholde · as wel lyeres as lele the lawe lerned & lytle vsed . Uc.19.46: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.19.46-48.Go þi gate quod y to spes · so me god helpe þo þat lerneth þi lawe · woln litel while hit vse and as we wenton in þe way · þus wording of þis matere ¶ þenne say we a samaritan · cam syttinge on a mvyle Rydinge ful Rapely þe right way we ȝedon Comynge from a contrey · þat men calde ierico To iouste in ierusalem hehasedhe hasedUc.19.52: hased: Apparently a scribal nonce-word. MED (citing only this one passage): "jacen v. Also jasen. [From chacen; ?altered for alliteration.] To hurry, rush."Uc.19.52: hased: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Iaced. away ful faste the Samarytan Boþe Abraham & spes · & he mette at ones yn a wilde wildernes · where þeues hadde bounde a man as me þo þoughte to mych care þei broughte For he ne myghte steppe ne stande ne stere foet ne handesUc.19.56: The abbreviation-stroke in handes is rendered as a bar through the h. This is unusual for hand1, but one may compare him in Uc.19.63, where the abbreviation-stroke extends through the h and over the vowel. Ne helpe him-selue soþly · for semyuyf he semed and as naked as a nedel · & noen help abowton sayUc.19.59: say: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Fayth. first of him sightUc.19.59: Russell-Kane: Fayth hadde furst siht of hym. Schmidt: Fayth furste of hym sihe. Pearsall: Fayth furst had of hym siht. · but hefleyhe fley a-side and woldeUc.19.60: Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: nolde nat. Schmidt: wolde nat. neyghe him by nyne londes lengthe hope cam hipping aftir · þat hadde so ybostid how he with moyses maundement hadde many man holpe But when he hadde sight of þis sike · a-side he gan him drawe and dredfully with-drough him þo & durst go no ner him But as sone as þe samaritan · hadde sight of þis carful he lighte anoen of lyard & lad him yn his handes and þoUc.19.67: þo: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to. þis weye awenteUc.19.67: MED awenden, "To turn, go, depart." Neither MED nor OED lists a preterite in -te, but cf. the forms for wenden. Uc.19.67: Russell-Kane: And to the wey a wente. Schmidt, and Pearsall: And to this wey a wente. his woundes to biholde and perseyued by his poues · he was in peril to dye and but he hadde recouerer þe rathir rise sholde he neuere and vnbokeled his botels · & bothe he attamed with wyn & with oyle · his woundes he gan lithe Enbaumed him & boend his heued · & on bayard him sette and ladde him forth to lauacrum · lex dei agraungea graunge ys sixe myle or seuen by-side þe newe market and lefte him þere a lechingUc.19.75: The flourish on the g in leching has here been interpreted as making cursive ligature with a raised point. · to lyue yf he myghte and toek two pens þe hostiler · to takeUc.19.76: take: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads take kepe. to him and þat more goth for his medicine y make hit goedUc.19.77: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. aȝenward For y may not lette quod þat lede & lyard he bistridith and raped him to ride þe right way to ierusalem Bothe faith & his felawe spes folowed faste aftir But y swed þe samaritan & saide how þey bothe wern aferd & flowe fram þe man ywoundid ¶ haue hem excused quod samaritanUc.19.83: samaritan: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the samaritaen. her help may not auayle Ne no medcine vnder molde þe man to hele bringe Noþer fay ne fyn hope · so festred arn his woundes with-oute þe bloed of a barn he beth not y-saued whichUc.19.87: which: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads The whiche. barn mot nedes be born of a mayde and with þe blod of þat barn enbaumed and baptised And þogh he stande & steppe right strong worth he neuere Til he haue eton al þat barn & his blod dronkon And ȝut be plastered with pacience when fondinges him prikeþ For wente neuere man þis way · þat he ne was her y-ruyfled Saue my selue sothly & such as y louede And ȝut bote þei leue lelly  vpon þat litel baby þat his licam shal lechon at þe laste vs alle A sire y saide shal not we byleue As faith & his felawe pesUc.19.97: pes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads spes.  enfourmed me boþe yn þre persones on parceles departable fram othir And alle þre but on god þus Abraham me taughte And hope aftirUc.19.100: aftir: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads afturward of. oen god · more me tolde and lered me for his loue · to loue almankyndeal mankynde And him aboue alle & hem as my selue Noþer lacke ne alose ne leue þat þer were Any wickeddore in þe world þen y wer my selue And most inperfit of alle persones & paciently soffre alle manere men & þough y myghte venge y sholde tholie & thanken hem þat me euel woldon ¶ he saide soþ quod þat samaritan & so y rede þe also And as Abraham þe olde of oen god þe taughte Loke þou loue & byleue al thin lif-tyme and yf kynde carpe her-aȝen or any kynne þoughtes Or heretikes with argumentes · þin hoend þat þou hem shewe For god þat al bygan · yn gynnyng of þe world Ferde first as a fist · & ȝut ys as y leue Mundum pugillo continens as with a fust with~~-owte~~ oen fyngur yfolde to-gidres Til him liked & lust to vnlose þat fingur And profred hit forth as with þe paume to what place hit sholde ¶ þe paum ys þe pith of þe hand & profreth þe fyngres To Ministre & to make þat myght of hand knoweth A symilitude of þe trenytie & þe . hande . / and bitokeneth truly telle who-so likethUc.19.121: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.19.119-34. þe holi gost of heuen he is as þe paume þe fingres þat fre ben · to folde & to clucche Bitokeneth sothly þe sone · þat sent was til erthe Touchid & tastide at teching of þe paume Seynt marie amaidona maidon & mankynde laughte Uc.19.127: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Natus est ex maria virgine þe fadir ys þenne as þe fist with fyngur & with paume To huyde & to holde as holy writ tellith Uc.19.130: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Omnia traham ad meipsum and þat þe fingur gropeth he gripeth bot yf hit greue þe paume þus arn þei alle bot oen · as hit an hand were A fust with oenUc.19.133: oen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a. fyngurUc.19.133: For the y in fyngur, Hhnd1 originally wrote u or n but corrected it to y by adding a tail. & oenUc.19.133: oen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a. ful paume and as þe fist is a ful hand yfolde to-gidres So is þe fader a folgodfol god · þe firsteUc.19.135: The rste in firste appears to have been written over an erasure. of hem alle as my fust ys first  ar y my fyngres shewe and he fader & formeour þe firste of alle thinges Uc.19.138: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Tu fabricator omnium And al þe myght with him is was & worth euereUc.19.139: Some faded pen-trials, with an orientation perpendicular to the baseline of the poem's text, can be seen in the right margin spanning lines Uc.19.139-42. þe fyngres ys afula ful hoend · for failled þei her thombe Portreye ne peynte perfitly y leue Scholde no wright worche · wern they away Right so failede þe sone · þe sire be ne myghte Ne holde ne helpe  ne hente þat he louede Dextre dei tu digitus þe paume is puyrly þe hond · & hath power by him selue oþerwise þen þe wrethen fust or workmanshipe of fingres For þe paum hath power to putte out þe ioyntes and to vnfolde þe fust · for to him hit bilongeth And resceyue þat þe fyngres rechith & refuse yf him likeþ Al þat þe fyngres & þe fust felith & touchith But he beUc.19.152: Russell-Kane: But be he. Schmidt, and Pearsall: Be he. greud with her gripe þe holy gost lat falle and þus is þe holigost god · naythir grettore ne lasse ¶ þenne is þe sire & þe sone ofUc.19.154: of: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and of. þe same myght and alle þre ys but oen god · as myn hond & my fingres vnfoldon or foldon · ynUc.19.156: yn: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a. fust wise or elles al ys hit but oen hond how-so y turne hit But who is hurt in þe hond euen in þe middes he may resceyue right nought resoun hit sheweth For þe fingres þat folde sholde & þe fust make For peyne of þe paume power hem faileth To clucch or to clawe · to clippe or to holde wer þe myddel of myn hand with-oute male-ese yn many kynne manere y myghte my selue helpe Boþe meue & amende þogh alle my fyngres oke By this simule he saide y see an euidence þat who-so synneth in þe seint spirit · assoiled worþ heUc.19.167: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. neuere Noþer her ne elles-where as y herde telle Uc.19.169: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui peccat in spiritu sancto & cetera . A symylitude of the Synne ayenst the holy gost . / to the palme of the hande Uc.19.170: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.19.170-74.For he priketh god as in his paume þat peccat in spiritum sanctum For god þe fadir ys as þe fist · þe sone is as þe fyngur þe holy gost of heuene · he is as þe paume So who-so synneþ aȝen þe seint spirit hit semeþ þat he greueth God þere he gripeth · & wolde his grace quenche a symyle of a torche . / Uc.19.175: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.19.175-76.¶ For to a torche or to a taper þe trinite ys likned and wex & weke wer twyned to-gidres and thenne flaumynge fuyr forth of hem botheUc.19.177: Right-margin sidelining by hand14 spans this entire side, Uc.19.177-207. and as wex & weke & warm fuyr to-gidres Fostren forth a flaume & a fuyr leye þat serueth þes swynkers to se by an nyghtes So doth þe sire & þe sone & seint spirit to-gidres Fostron forth amonges folk fyn loue & byleue þat alle kynne cristene · clansith of synne and as þou seest somtyme sodeinlich of a torche peccatum contra spiritum sanctum . / þe blase be y-blowen out ȝut brennyth þe weke with-oute leye & light · lightUc.19.186: Russell-Kane: lith. fuyr in þe mach So ys þe holy gost god & grace with-owton mercy To alle vnkynde creatures · þat coueyton to destruye leel lycam & lifUc.19.189: The flourish on the f in lif has here been interpreted as making cursive ligature with a raised point. · þat our lord shupte and as glowyng gledes gladeth not þes werkmen þat worchon & wakon in wynteres nyghtes as doth a kex or a candel þat caughthathcaught hath fuyr & blaseth No more doth þe sire ne þe sone ne seyntUc.19.193: Russell-Kane: seynt spirit. to-gidres Graunton any grace · ne forgifnes of synnes Til þat þe holi gost gynne to glowe & blase So þat þe holigost gloweth but as a glede Til þat loue & byleue lellich to him blowe and thenne flaumeth he as fuyr on fadir & on filius and mekethUc.19.199: meketh: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads melteth. myght in-to mercy as we may see yn wyntur ysekelus in euesinges · þorgh hete of þe sonne Meltith in a myte-while to myst & to watur So grace of þe holigost þe gret myght of þe trinite Meltith al to mercy · to merciable & to noen othir Uc.19.204: Still visible is the left stroke of the double virgule that marked the insertion point for the paraph marker.¶ And wasUc.19.204: was: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads as. wexUc.19.204: The Russell-Kane apparatus suggests that Uc here offers a unique reading wey. However, the word is better construed as simply containing an imperfectly formed x in which one diagonal crosses the other only minimally; for a similar example elsewhere, see Uc.12.54, where the xcan be compared with one in the line immediately preceding. with-outon more · vpon awarma warm glede wol brennen & blason · be they to-gydres And solace þat mowe not see sitting in derknes So wol þe fadir forȝiue folk of mylde hertes þat reufullich repenton & restitucion maken yn as myche as þei mowen amendon payonUc.19.209: payon: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and payen. ¶ And if hit suffiseth not for a sechUc.19.210: Russell-Kane: for aseth (viz., satisfaction or amends). þat in such awillea willeUc.19.210: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. dieth Mercy for his mekenes wol make goed þe remenant And as þe weke & warm fuyr wol make a fuyr flaume Forto myrthe men with þat in merk sitton So wol crist of cortesieUc.19.214: cortesie: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads his cortesye. & men crien him mercy Bothe forȝiue & forȝete & ȝut bidde for vs To þe fader of heuene forȝifnes to haue and hewe fuyr &Uc.19.217: &: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads at a. flynt foure hondrid wyntur Bot þou haue trash to take hit with tondri & broches al þi labour is lost & al þi long trauaile For may no fuyr flaume make faile hit his kynde So ys þe holigost god & grace with-owton mercy To alle vnkynde creatoures as crist him selue witnessith Uc.19.223: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Amen dico vobis nescio vos Be vnkynde to thin euencristene & al þat þou canst bidde dele & do penaunce day & nyght euere and purchase al þe pardoun of pampilioun & of Rome No pardon can dispens with vnkyndnes . / and yndulgenses ynowe & be ingratis to þi kynde þe holigost hereth þe not ne helpeth þe be þou certeyn For vnkyndnes quenchith him · þat he ne can not shine Ne brenneUc.19.230: For the r in brenne, the text scribe seems to have begun writing an e and then corrected to an r by overwriting. ne blase cleer for blowyng of vnkyndnes Paul þe apostil preuyth wher y lie Uc.19.232: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Si linguis hominum loquor · & . cetera . ayenst vnkyndnes in riche men . / Uc.19.233: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.19.233-38.For-thi beth ywar ȝe wise men þat with þe world deliþ þat riche ben & resoun knoweth · reule wel ȝour soule Beth not vnkynde y counsele ȝou to ȝour euencristene For many of ȝou rich men · by my soule y lie not ȝe brennyth but ȝe blasith not · & ysUc.19.237: ys: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þat is. ablynda blynd bekene Uc.19.138: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non omnis qui dicit domine domine intrabit in regnum celorum · & cetera . nota MoneUc.19.239: MED monen v.(1), "To recall, remember."Uc.19.239: Mone: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Minne. ȝe not riche men to which a myschaunce þat diues wasUc.19.240: was: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads deyede. dampned for his vnkyndnesse Of his mete & of his mone to men that hit nedide ȝut wan he nought with wrong ne with queynte sleythes Bot rightfullich as men rat al his richesse cam him and him-selue as saith þe boek sotilede how he myghte Most lordlich lyue & ȝut his licam werie Clothus of most cost as clerkes berith witnes Epulebatur splendide & induebatur bisso & cetera of Diues þe riche man an argument a Maiore . / ¶ And for he was a nygard & a nything to þe nedful poreUc.19.248: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.19.241-57. For godes traitour he is told · for al his trewe catelle and dampned he dwellith with deuelUc.19.250: deuel: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe deuel. yn helle and sithon he with-owton wiles wan & wel myght ateineUc.19.251: MED atteinen, "To attain." The manuscript's reading could be construed as ateme (as per the Russell-Kane apparatus), but then either the spelling or the sense is problematical. For a defense of the reading atymye (MED atemien), see George Kane, "Word Games: Glossing Piers Plowman," pp. 52-53. The moral argument is not so "awkwardly shaped" as Kane suggests (p. 52), and in this manuscript runs thus. Even though Dives won his wealth honestly, still he was damned despite his honest wealth (Uc.19.249, for all his trewe catelle) because of his lack of mercy toward the poor. Since he earned his money without deception and was able legitimately to attain ("wel myght ateine," Uc.19.251) to the status of living like a lord, and yet is nonetheless in hell, how much more will they be damned who are unmerciful to the poor ("ben vnkynde," Uc.19.254) and also won their wealth dishonestly. These latter, despite their undeserving ("ȝut," Uc.19.255), will not humble themselves ("wol not ateyme," Uc.19.255) to live in a suitable fashion and to give their ill-gotten wealth to the poor as Holy Writ teaches in Luke 16.9. The punning contrast between ateine (to living like a lord, Uc.19.251) and ateme (to giving to the poor, Uc.19.255) is not quite as pointed as if the two words were exact homophones, but it still has some force of wit in this manuscript—regardless of whether the whole body of textual evidence suggests that it is an authorial reading.Uc.19.251: Russell-Kane, Schmidt, and Pearsall: atymye. The word is glossed "attain" by Pearsall (p. 387) and "hold back from, refrain from, check the impulse to" by Kane ("Word Games: Glossing Piers Plowman," p. 52). Lordly forto lyue & lykyngly be clothid and ys in helle for al that · how wol rich nowthe Excuse hem þat ben vnkynde & ȝut her catelle wonne with wiles & with lither wightes & ȝut wol not ateymeUc.19.255: MED atemien, "To subject oneself, be humble." See the lexical note on ateine in Uc.19.251.Uc.19.255: Russell-Kane, Schmidt, and Pearsall: atymye. The word is glossed "attain" by Pearsall and "hold back from, refrain from, check the impulse to" by Kane ("Word Games: Glossing Piers Plowman," p. 52). To go semly ne sitte sith holy writ techithUc.19.256: Russell-Kane prints the following line as line 250: That that wickedliche is wonne to wasten hit and make frendes? Uc.19.257: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis vch aricha rich y rede reward here-of take and gyueth ȝour god toUc.19.259: The presence of the the homographs god ("wealth, substance") and god ("God") in close proximity led the text scribe into the momentary haplography of starting to write a thorn after the first god, but he immediately corrected by overwriting the letter as t before going on to the next letter. þat god þat grace of ariseth For þat ben vnhende to hise hope ȝe noen othir Bot þei dwelle þere diues ys  daies with-owton ende þus ys vnkyndenes & quenchith as hit were þe grace of þe holigost godes owne kynde For þat kynde doth vnkynde fordoth · as this corssid þeues Vnkynde cristene men for coueitise & enuye Sleth amana man for his mebles · with mouth or with hondes For þat þe holigost hath to kepe · toUc.19.267: to: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads tho. harlotes destruyeth þe which is lif & loue · þe leye of maurnesma[n]nes body For euery manere goed man may be likned to atorchea torche Or elles a taper to reuerense with þe trinite and whoUc.19.271: who: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hoso. murtherith a goed man  me þinkiþ by myn inwit he fordoþ þe light þat oure lord loketh to haue worshipe of and ȝut in mo maneres men offendon þe holigost But þis is the worste wise þat any wight myghte Murther þe worst synne ayenst þe holye gost . Uc.19.275: This marginal comment is bounded on the right by a curly bracket drawn by hand14. synne aȝen þe seint spirit assente to destruye For coueitise of any-kynne thing þat crist hereUc.19.276: here: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads dere. boughte QuereUc.19.277: Quere: viz., query. Cf. OED s.v. quaere. . / how myghte he aske mercy or any mercy him defende þat wikkedly & wilfully wolde mercy anyente ynnocense ys next god & nyght & day hit crieth veniaunce veniaunce forȝiue be hit neuere þat shente vs & shedde our blod forshupt vs as hit semed Uc.19.282: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Vindica sanguinem iustorum & cetera . ¶ veniaunce veniaunce veray charite asketh and sith charite þat holichurch is chargith þis so sore Leue y neuere þat oure lord at þe last ende wol louye þat lif þat loue & charite destruyenUc.19.286: Russell-Kane: destruyeth. y pose y hadde synned so quod y  yUc.19.287: y: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and. sholde notUc.19.287: Russell-Kane: nouthe. deye and am sory þat y so þe seint spirit agulte Confesse me & crie his grace god that al made and myldely his mercy aske myght y not be saued ÞusUc.19.291: Þus: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Ȝus. saide þe samaritan so þou myghtist repente þat rightwisnesse þorgh repentaunce to ruthe might turne But hit is but selde y-seyn · þere sothnes berith witnes Eny creature be coupable by-fore akyngesa kynges iustice Be y-raunsomed for his repentaunce þere al resoun him dampneþ þere þat party pursueth · þe appel is so huyge þat may no kyng mercy graunte til boþe men acorde þat aithir partie haue equitee as holy writ witnessith Uc.19.299: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Numquam dimittitur peccatum & cetera . þus hit fareth by such folk þat folowen her owneUc.19.300: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wille þat euel lyuon & leton not til hem forsakeUc.19.301: Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: til lif hem forsake. Schmidt: til hem forsake synne. Som drede of desperacion · thenne driuethUc.19.302: Russell-Kane: dryueth away. grace þat mercy in her mynde may not þenne falle For goed hope þat helpith þenne sholde to wanhope þere turne and not of þe nownpower of god · þat he neysne ys ful of myght To amende al þat amys is & his mercy grettore þenne alle oure wicked werkes as holy writ tellith Uc.19.308: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius sorowe of herte is satisfaccion to þem þat cannot paye . / Uc.19.309: This marginal comment is bounded on the left by a curly bracket drawn by hand14. ¶ But ar his rightwisnes to ruthe turne · restitucion hit makeþUc.19.309: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.19.309-11. as sorowe of herte ys satisfaccion · for such þat may not paie Uc.19.311: In the left margin are some markings difficult to decipher. Several vertical lines drawn downward from a common point of origin seem to highlight lines 311-313. At the top of these lines are two marks that perhaps signify a nota: a rectangle with two horns (the right-hand side of the rectangle coinciding with the sidelining), and above that, a pi-shaped mark. But þre thinges þere ben þat don amana man to sterte Owt of his owne hous as holywritholy writ sheweth A wycked wyfe . Uc.19.313: This comment continues at Uc.19.316. þat ys a wicked wif þat wol not be chastidUc.19.313: Right-margin sidelining by hand14 extends from this line to the bottom of the side, Uc.19.335. It then continues as left-margin sidelining on the verso side, spanning Uc.19.336-42 and uniting all the marginal comments in the span Uc.19.313-42 into a single running sidenote. hire fere fleth hire · for feer of hire tonge and yf hous be vnheled & reyne on his bedde an house vncouered Uc.19.316: This comment is continued from Uc.19.313 and continues at Uc.19.319. he seketh & seketh til he slepe druye But when Smoke & Smoder · Smyt in his yes hit doth him worse þen his wif · or wete to slepe & the smoke . are compared to . Uc.19.319: This comment is continued from Uc.19.316 and continues at Uc.19.324. For þorgh Smoke & Smolder · Smertith his sight Til he be bleryed or blynd · or þe burre in his þrote Coueth & corseth · þat crist ȝif him sorowe þat sholde bringe yn bettere wode · or blowenUc.19.322: The word blowen appears to have been written over an erasure. hit til hit brenne Uc.19.323: Still visible is the left virgule from the double virgule used to mark the insertion point for the paraph marker. ¶ þise þre þat y telle of þus ben vnderstonde the flesh . Uc.19.324: This comment is continued from Uc.19.319 and continues at Uc.19.329. þe wif is our wicked flessh · wol not be chastid For kynde cleuith on him euere to contrarie þe soule and þough he falle he fint skiles þat freelte hit made and þat is lightly forȝiue & forȝete bothe To man þat mercy asketh & amende thenkith Syknesses . Uc.19.329: This comment is continued from Uc.19.324 and continues at Uc.19.338. þe rayn þat rayneth þere we reste sholde Been syknesses & oþer sorowes þat we soffron owghte As paul þe apostel yn his epistles techith Uc.19.332: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Virtus in infirmitate perficitur and þogh þat men make mych deel in her angur and be inpacient in her penaunces  puyr resoun knoweþ þat þei han cause to contrarion · by kynde of her siknesses and lightly oure lord at here liues ende hath mercy on such men þat euel may soffre Covetyse and vnkyndnes . / Uc.19.338: This comment is continued from Uc.19.329. But þe Smoke & þe Smolder þat smyt in oure yes þat is coueitise & vnkyndenes  which quenchith godes mercy For vnkyndnes is þe contrarie of alle kynne resoun nota For þere ne is sik ne sory ne noen so mych wrecche þat he ne may loue & him like & lene of his herte Goed wille goed word bothe wisshon & wilnon alle manere men mercy & forȝiuenesse And loue him ylich him-silf þat is lif & amendeUc.19.345: Russell-Kane: yliche hymsulue and his lyf amende. Schmidt, and Pearsall: yliche hymsulue, that his lyf amende. y may no lengur lette quod he · & hard he prikede and wente away as wynd & þerewith y waked Passus tercius de Dobet Uc.20.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.19.342 to Uc.20.17. Woleward & wetshoed wentonUc.20.1: wenton: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wente y. forth aftir As yUc.20.2: y: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads a. recheles renk þat recchith not of sorowe and ȝede forth ylik a lorel al my lif-tyme til y wax weri of þe world & wilnede eft slepe and lened me til lente & long tyme y slepte Of gurles & of gloria laus gretlich me dremede and how osanna by organ old folk songe Oen semblable to þe samaritan & somdel to pers þe ploughman Barfot on an asse bak boteles cam priking with-owten spores othir spere · sharply he lokid as ys þe kynde of a knyght þat cometh to be dobbed To geton here gult spores · & galoches ycowped ¶ And thenne was faith in a fenestre & cried a fili dauid as doth an heraud of armes when auntresUc.20.14: MED aventurous adj. 3.(b). comeþ to ioustes Olde iewes of ierusalem · for ioye þei songon Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini þenne y frayned at faith what al fareUc.20.17: Russell-Kane: al þat fare. by-mente and who sholde iouste in ierusalem Iesu he saide and fecche þat þe feend claymeþ pers fruyt þe ploughman ys pers in þis place quod y · & he preynte on me Liberum dei arbitrium for loue hath vndertakeUc.20.21: An otiose abbreviation-mark as if for an er can be seen above the t in vndertake. þat this Iesu of his gentirise shal iouste in pers armes yn his helm & yn his haberioun humana natura þat crist be not yknowe fromUc.20.24: from: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads for. consummatus deus yn pers plates þe ploughman þis prikiar shal ride for no dynt shal him dere as yn deitate patris who shal iouste with Iesu quod y iewes or scribes Nay quod faith bot þe feend · & fals doem to deye deth saith he wol fordo & adown bringe al þat liueth or loketh on lond or on watur lif saith þat he lieth · & hath leid his lif to wedde þat for al þat deth can do with-inne thre daies to walke and fecche fro þe fend pers fruyt þe ploughman And legge hit þere him liketh & lucifer bynde and forbite adown & bringe · bale dethUc.20.35: Pearsall, reading forbete, offers the following translation of this line: "And thoroughly beat down (death [bale]) and bring death (bale) death for ever." Russell-Kane: And forbete and adown brynge bale deth. Schmidt prints the line substantially as it appears here in MS Uc. for euere O mors · mors tua ero morsus þenne cam pilatus wiþ mich peple sedens pro tribunali To see how doughtilich deth sholde do & demen þer aitherUc.20.38: aither: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads beyre. right ThoUc.20.39: Tho: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads The. iewes & þe iustises aȝenUc.20.39: The a in aȝen appears to have been written over an erasure. Iesus þei were and al þe court cried crucifige loude ¶ Thenne potte him forth a pelour bifore pilatus & seide þis Iesus of oure iewene temple · iaped & despised To fordon hit on adaya day & in thre daies after Edifien hit newe · here he stand þat saide hit and ȝut maken hit as mich in alle manere poyntes Bothe as long & as large a-lofte & a-grounde And as wyd as hit euere was this witnesson alle Crucifige quod a cachepol he can of wicch-crafte Uc.20.49: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Tolle tolle quod a-nothir and toek of kene þorunes And bigan of grene thorn a garlond to make and sette hit sore on his heued & sithe saide enuyeUc.20.51: Russell-Kane: saide in Enuye. Uc.20.52: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Aue raby quod þat ribaude · & redes shet vp to his eyes and nayled him with þre nayles naked vpon arodea rode A sponge of vinniger . and with a pole puysoun potton vp to his lippes and bedon him drinke his deth to lette & his dayes lengþe and saidon yf he sotil be him self now wil helpe and yf þow be crist & crist godes sone Come adown of this rode and þenne shal we leue Þat lif þe loueth & wol not late þe dye Uc.20.60: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Consummatum est  quod crist & comsed forto swowne Pitouslich & pale as a prisoun þat deyeth þe lord of lif & of light tho leyde his eyes to-giders þe day for drede þerof with-drough · & derk bicam þe sonne þe wal of þe temple to-clef euene in-to peses þe hard roche alto roefal to-roef & right derk nyght hit semed þe erthe to-quasshed & quoek as hit quyk were the Authore varieth some-what from þe worde of god . Uc.20.67: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.20.67-70.and dede men for that dyne cam out of depe grauesUc.20.67: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights lines Uc.20.67-68. and tolde whi þe tempest so longe tyme duyrede nota . A dombe speche of deade bodies For a bitur bataile þe dede body saide lif & deth in þis derknes · her oen fordoth anothir ac shal no wight wete weturlich who shal haue þe maistry ar a sonday aboute þe sonne rising & sank wiþ þat til erthe somme saide he was godes sone þat so faire diede Uc.20.74: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Vere filius dei erat iste and somme saide he can of sorcerie goed is þat we assaie wher he be deed or not deed down ar he be taken Two þeues þo tholedon deth þat tyme vpon cros biside crist so was þe comune lawe acachepollea cachepolle cam & craked ato her legges and her armes aftir of euerych of þo two þeues nota ac was no boye so bold godes body to touche For he was knyght & kynges sone kynde forȝaf þat time þat hadde no boy hardinesse him to touche in deying ¶ Ac þere cam forth ablinda blind knyght with a kene spere grounde highte longius as þe lettere tellith · & longe had lore sightUc.20.85: sight: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads his sihte. By-fore pilatus & othir peple in þe place he houed Maugrey his mony teth he was maed þat tyme iouste with Iesus þe blinde iew longius For alle wer þei vnhardy · þat houed þere stoedUc.20.89: stoed: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads or stode. To touche him or to trinonUc.20.90: MED trinen v.(1), "to lay a hand (on sb), . . . touch (sb)." · or to taken him doun & grauon him Bot þis blinde bacheler · þat baer him þorgh þe herte ¶ The blood sprang doun by þe spere & vnspered þe knyghtesUc.20.92: Russell-Kane: vnspered his yes. Schmidt: vnspered the knyhtes yes. Pearsall: vnspered the knyhte yes. According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, the omission of yes is unique to Uc. Tho fel þe knyght vpon knees & cried Iesu mercy aȝen my wille hit was quod he þat y ȝou wounde made and sighed & saide sore hit me forthinketh Of þe dede þat y haue do · y do me in ȝour grace Bothe my land & my licam at ȝour likyng taketh hit and haue mercy on me rightfol Iesus & right with þat he wepte þenne gan faith fouelyUc.20.99: MED foul(e, viz. "foully." to fals iewes to despiseUc.20.99: Russell-Kane: Thenne gan faith felly þe false iewes dispice. Schmidt, and Pearsall: Thenne gan Faith fouely þe fals Iewes to dispice. Calde hem caytyues acorsed for euere For this a vil vylanye vengeaunce ȝou bifalle þat made þe blinde bete þe dede þis was aboyesa boyes dede Corsede kaitiues knyghthoed was hit neuere To bete abodya body ybounde with eny bright wepene The gree ȝut hath he geten for al his grete woundes For ȝoure champioun Cheualler chef knyght of ȝou alle ȝelt him creauntUc.20.107: Russell-Kane: recreaunt. remyng right at Iesus wille For be þis derknes y-do · deth worth yvenkused and ȝe lordeyns han lost for lif shal haue maistrieUc.20.109: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.109-15. and ȝour fraunchise þat free was yfallon ys in-to þraldom and alle ȝoure childron cherles cheue shal neuere Ne haue lordship in londe ne londUc.20.112: ne lond: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ne no londe. tulye and as barayne be & by vsure libbe þe which is þe lif þat oure lord in alle lawe defendith Now ben ȝour good dayes ydon as daniel of ȝou tellith When crist þorgh cros ouercam ȝour kyngdom sholde to-cleue Cum veniat sanctus sanctorum & cetera What for feer of þis ferly & of þe fals iewes y with-drow in þat derknesse to descendit ad inferna and þere y say sothly secundum scripturas heaune in þe westeUc.20.121: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota þe maid MaryUc.20.121: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. out of þe west as hit were a wenche as me þoughte cam walking in the way to helle-ward she loked Mercye Mercy highte þat maide a milde thing with-alle and a ful benyngne buyrde & buxom of speche her sustur as hit semed cam · softly walkyng truthe . Euene out of þe est & westward she þoughte a comly creature & a clene truthe she highte For þe virtue þat hir folowede a-feerd was she neuere whenne þes maidones mette · mercy & truthe aythir asked othir of þis grete wonder of þe dyne & of þe derknes & how þe day rouedUc.20.131: MED reuen v.(2), "to dawn, grow light." and which a light & a leem · lay bifore helle y haue ferly of this fare in faith saide truthe and am wendinge to wite what þis wonder menith haue no mervyle þerof quod mercy myrthe hit bitokeneth a maide þat hotith marie & moder with-oute felyng Mary the virgine . Uc.20.137: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. of any kynde creature conceyued þorgh speche and grace of þe holi gost wax gret with childe Christe was borne without a medwyfe in a mangerUc.20.139: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. with-oute wommanne wem in-to þis world brought him and þat my tale ys trewe take god to wynessewy[t]nesse sithon þis barn was ybore ben thretty wyntur passed died & deth þolede þis day aboute mydday and þat is þe cause of þis eclyps · þat ouercloseþ now þe sone yn menyng þat man shal fro mekenesUc.20.144: Russell-Kane: merkenesse. be drawe þe while þis light & þis lowe shal lucifer ablende For patriarkes & prophetes han prechid herof ofteUc.20.146: Russell-Kane gives the following after this line, as lines 142-43: That man shal man saue thorw a maydenes helpe / And that was tynt thorw tre, tre shal hit wynne. Schmidt and Pearsall omit the additional line. Uc.20.147: A

rightward pointing-hand icon in the left margin and a curly bracket made by hand14 highlight lines Uc.20.147-49.þat was tynt þorgh tree  tree shal hit wynne and þat deth down broughte deth shal releue þat þou tellest quod truthe ys bot atalea tale of walterot For adam & Eue · & abraham with othere Patriarkes & prophetes þat in peyne liggon leue hit neuere · þat ȝone light hem a-loft bringe Ne haue hem out of helle hold þi tonge mercy truth is directly against purgatory and limbo patrumUc.20.154: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.20.154: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.20.154-55.hit is but truyful þat þou tellest ytruthey truthe woet þe sotheUc.20.154: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.20.154-55. nota þat thing þat ones is in helle out cometh hit neuere Iob þe perfit patriark repreueth þi sawes Uc.20.157: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Quia in inferno nulla est redempcio þenne mercy ful mildely mouthid this wordes þorgh experiense quod he · y hope þei shal be saued for venym fordoth venym þere fecche y · euidence þat adam & Eue haue shollon bote the venym of Scorpions styngeth till deth . / For of alle freting venymes þe vilest is þe scorpiounUc.20.162: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.162-63. May no medicine amende þe place þere he styngeth Til he ded · y-do þertoUc.20.164: Russell-Kane: Til he be ded and ydo þerto. Schmidt: Til he be ded ydo þerto. Pearsall: Til he be ded and do þerto. & þenne he destroieth þe firste venymoustvenymousteUc.20.165: Russell-Kane: venemouste. · þorgh vertue of him selue and shalUc.20.166: shal: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads so shal. þis deth fordo · ydary dar my lif legge al þat deth & þe deuel dide formest to Eue and right as þe gilour þorgh gile bigileþ man formest So shal grace þat bigan al makon agoeda goed ende and bigile þe gilour · and þat is agoeda goed sleithe Uc.20.171: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. ars vt artem falleret · Rightwysenes . Now soffre we saide truthe yseey see as me thinketh out of þe nype of þe north not ful fer hennes Right-wisnes come rennyng reste we þe while For he woet more þan we · he was ar we bothe þat is soth saide mercy & y see here bisouthebi southe peace . patyence and love . where cometh pees pleyinge in pacience clothid loue hath coueitid hir longe leue y noen othir Bot loue haue sent hir som lettere · what þis light bymeneth þat ouerhoueth helle þus he vs shal telle when pees in pacience yclothid aprochid hir aithir othir nota pees bringeth · plentie & pride Rightwisnes reuerensed pees in her riche clothing and preyde pees to tellon hire to what place she sholde SpalmeUc.20.184: For this spelling of psalm, see OED as well as Uc.3.470 and Uc.5.49. · Dauid · Mercy · and truth , are mett together · RightwsenesRightw[i]senes , & pees , haithe cissed ech other Uc.20.184: The biblical quotation, from Mercy to ech other, is bounded on the left and the right by curly brackets in the form of stacked parentheses, drawn by hand16. and hire gaye garnementzUc.20.184: Russell-Kane: And in here gay garnementes. whom she glade þoughte My wille ys to wende quod pees & welcome hem alle þat many day myght y not see for merknes of synne adam & Eue & othir mo in helle Moyses & many mo · mercy shal synge and y shal daunce þerto . do þow so sustur For Iesus iousted wel ioye biginneth dawe Uc.20.191: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ad vesperum demorabitur fletus & ad matutinum leticia loue þat is my leman succh letteres he me sente þat mercy my suster & y man-kynde shal saue and þat god hath forgyue & grauntid to almankyndeal mankynde Mercy my suster & me to maynprison hem alle and þat crist hath conuertid þe kynde of rightwysnesse yn-to pees & pite of his puyre grace Loo here þe patent quod pees In pace inidipsumin idipsum and þat þis dede shal duyre dormiam & requiescam Rauest þow quod rightwisnesse or þou art right dronke leuest þow þat ȝone light vnloke myght helle and saue mannes soule sustur wene hit neuere at þe byginnyng of þe wordUc.20.203: Viz. "world." For similar spelling of worldliche or worldly as wordliche or wordly, see Uc.3.372, Uc.10.93, Uc.12.254, and Uc.21.299. god gaf þe doem him-selue þat Adam & Eue & al his issue Sholdon deye down-right & dwellon in peine euere yf þat þei touched þat tree & of þe fruyt eton Adam aftirward aȝen his defense Freet of þe fruyt · and forsoek as hit were The loue of oure lord & his lore bothe and folowede þat þe feend taughte & his flessh wille aȝenes resoun y rightwisnes recorde hit with truthe þat her peyne ys perpetuel no preyer may hem helpe For-thi hemUc.20.213: Russell-Kane: let hem chewe. cheue asUc.20.214: For the a in as, the text scribe initially wrote s but corrected to an a, albeit a taller one than usual, by overwriting. þei chose & chide we not sustres For hitUc.20.214: hit: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hit is. boteles bale · þei bite þat þei eton and y shal preye quod pees · here peyne mote haue ende and þat her wo in-to wele mot wende at þe laste Uc.20.217: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.20.217-18.For hadde þei wist of no wo wele hadde þei not knowe For no wight woet what wele is · þat neuere wo soffred Ne what is hoet hungur þat hadde neuere defaut who cowde kyndelich whit colour descreue yf al þe world wherewere whit · or swan whit alle thinges yf no nyght ne were no man yleuey leue sholde wete weturly what day is to mene Ne hadde god soffred of som othir þen him selue he deddeUc.20.225: dedde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hadde nat. wist weturly wher deth wer sour or swete For sholde neuere right rich man þat liueth in reste & hele ywite what wo ys ne were þe deth of kynde So god þat bigan al of his god wille By-cam man of amaydea mayde mankynde to saue and soffred to be sold to see þe sorowe of deying þe which vnknitteth alle care & comsing is of reste For til moreyne mete with vs y may hit wel a-vowe Ne voetUc.20.233: MED witen v.(1); OED wot. no wight as y wene what is ynowUc.20.233: For the y in ynow, the text scribe initially wrote two minims and then corrected to y by the addition of the tail. to mene For-thi god of his godnesse  þe fistfi[r]st man Adam sette him in solas firste & in souerayn myrthe and sithe he soffred him to synne · sorowe to fele To wite what wele was þerthorgh kyndlich to knowe and aftir god auntred him selue & toek adames kinde To wite what he hath soffred in thre sondri places Bothe in heuene & in erthe · & now to helle he þenketh To wite al whatUc.20.241: al what: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads what al. wo is · þat woet of al ioye Uc.20.242: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Omnia probate quod bonum est tenete So hit shal fare by þis folk her foly & her synne Shal lere hem what loue ys & liffe with-outon ende nota · Englands careles SecuritieUc.20.244: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. For woet no wight what werre ys þere as pees regnethUc.20.245: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.245-46. Ne what is weturlich wele til welawey him teche þenne was þere awighta wight · with two brode yes notaThe Bibill Book · Uc.20.248: This marginal comment is bounded on left and right by curly brackets in the form of stacked parentheses, done by hand16. Boek highte þat beupere abolda bold man of speche By godes body quod this boek y wol hereUc.20.249: Russell-Kane: bere. witnesse þo þis barn was bore þere blased a sterre þat alle þe wyse of þe world · in oen wit acordid þat such a barn was bore in bedlem þe citee þat mannes soule sholde saue & synne destruye and alle þe elementes ofUc.20.254: of: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads quod. þe boek herof beron witnes þat he was god þat al wrought þe welkyn first shewed Tho þat wern in heuene token stella comata and tendon hit as a torche to reuersonreuer[en]son his birthe þe light folowed þe lord in-to low erthe þe watur witnessith þat he was god · for he wente on him drye Petur þe apostel perceyued his gate and as he wente on þe watur wel him knew & saide Uc.20.262: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. domine Iube me venire ad te and lo how þe sonne gan loke · her light in her-selue when he say him soffre · þat sonne & see made loo þe erthe for heuynes þat he wolde soffre Quakid as a quyk thing & also to-quash þe roches Symonds sons which were in hell . Lo helle myght not holde bot opened þo god þoled and leet out symoundes sones · to seen hym hangeUc.20.268: hange: The Russell-Kane apparatus, reporting hage for Uc, fails to note the abbreviation-stroke, which forms a long, continuous line with the one from the preceding word. on rode Uc.20.269: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non visurum se mortem & cetera . and now shal lucifer leue hit · þogh him loth þinke For Iesus as ageaunta geaunt with agyna gyn cometh ȝende To breke & to bete adoun alle þat ben agaynesUc.20.272: For the g in agaynes, the text scribe seems to have initially written a and then corrected to g by addition of the descender. him and to haue out alle of hem þat him liketh and ȝut y boek wol be brent · bot he arise to lyue and counforte al his kyn & out of care bringe and al þe iewene ioye vnioynon & vnlokon and bote þei reuerence þis resurreccion · & þe rode honoure and byleue on a newe lawe be y-lost lif & soule soffre we saide truthe ych here & see bothe a spirit speketh to helle · & bit vnspere þe ȝates Uc.20.281: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Attollite portas & cetera · a voys loude in that light to lucifer saide Princeps of þis place prest vndo þe ȝates For here he cometh with croune þe king of alle gloryeUc.20.284: For the y in glorye, the text scribe seems to have written two minims and then corrected to y by the addition of the tail. þenne sighed satan & saide to helle such a light aȝenes oure leue lazar hit fette Care & combraunce ys come to vs alle yf þis kyng come yn mankynde wol he fecche nota a question where Lazarus was . when Abraham was in Inferno . and lede hit þere lazar ys & lightlich me byndeUc.20.289: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.289-90. Patriarkes & prophetes han parled herof longe þaUc.20.291: þa: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads That. such alorda lord & a light shale lede hem alle hennes ac a-rise vp ragamoffyn & rech me alle þe barres þat belial þi belsire · bet with þi dame and y shal lette þis lord & his light stoppe ar we þorgh þorgh brightnes be blent  go barre we þe ȝates Cheke & cheine we & vch a chine stoppe þat no light lepe yn · at louer ne at loupe astaroet hoet out · & haue out oure knaues Colting & al his kyn · the car to saue Brimstoen boylaunt brennyng out cast hit al hoet on her hedes þat entrith ny þe walles Setteth bowes of brake & brasene gonnes and shetith out shote y-now his sheltrom to blende Settith manhoedUc.20.304: manhoed: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Mahond. at þe mangrelleUc.20.304: Russell-Kane: Set Mahond at þe mangnel. & mylle-stones þroweth and crokesUc.20.305: For the c in crokes, the text scribe seems to have initially written a tall r and then corrected to c by overwriting the top part of the letter. & kalketrappes & cloyeUc.20.305: Russell-Kane: With crokes and kalketrappes acloye. we hem vchone Lesteneth quod lucifer for y this lord knowe Bothe þis lord & þis light ys longe goUc.20.307: MED gon vb. 8(d), "past." y knew him May no deth þis lord dere ne deueles queyntise and wher he wole ys his way · but war him of þe periles yf he reue me of my right · he robbeth me of his maistrie For bi right & bi resoun · þe renkes þat ben here Body & soule beth myne bothe gode & ille For him selue saide hit · þat sire ys of heuene þat adam & Eue & al his issue sholde deye with deel · &Uc.20.315: The Russell-Kane apparatus mistakenly reports the omission of and here; the Tironian sign for and, in the form of a plus sign, is spaced so closely to the following word here as to tempt misreading as there. here dwelle euere yf þat þei touched atreea tree or toek þerof an appelle Thus þis lord of light · such a lawe made and sithe he is so lele a lord y leue þat he wol not Reuen vs of oure right sith resoun hem dampned nota vij · millia yere was Adam in Hell · Uc.20.320: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. contrary to Elias computacion · Uc.20.320: Line-end word-division of computacion is marked witn an equals sign. Uc.20.320: Elias computacion: This apparently refers to a computation of the age of the world made by Elias Reusner (1555-1612) and published in 1600: Eliae Revsneri Leorini Professoris historiarum in Academia Ienensi publici Commentariolvm de vera annorvm mvndi ad natvm Christvm svppvtatione: chronologiae in Isagoge historica observatae solidas continens demonstrationes (Jena, 1600). The Isagoge historica is his larger work of world chronology published in the same year.Uc.20.320: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and sithon we han ben sesed seuen thowsand wyntur and neuere was þere-aȝen & now wolde byginne Þenne wer he vnwraist of his word þat witnes is of truthe þat is soth saide satan bot y me sore doute For þow gete hem with gile & his gradeyng[ar]deyn breke aȝen his loue & his leue on his lond ȝedest Not in fourme of a feend bot in fourme of an adder and entisedest Eue to eton bi hir one · Ve soliUc.20.327: Russell-Kane prints the Latin tag as a separate line. and bihettist hir & him aftir to knowe as two godes with god bothe good & ille Thus with tresoun & treccherie · þou troiledest hem boþe and dustUc.20.331: dust: The MED attests this form as a 2 sg. preterite as well as present. hem breke here buxonesbuxomnes þorgh falsbihestesfals bihestes and so haddest hem out & hider at þe laste Uc.20.333: A curly bracket in the left margin, probably made by hand14, highlights this line.hit is not graithly ygete þere gile ys þe rote and god wol not be bigiled quod goblyn ne be-iaped we han no trewe title to hem for þi tresoun hit makeþUc.20.335: One could construe for-þi tresoun hit makeþ: "therefore it amounts to treason." The for-þi in the following line makes this reading stylistically repetitious. Moreover, the logic of the preceding two lines suggests that the treason is the cause (þe rote) and not the result of the lack of legitimate claim. For-þi y drede me quod þe deuel · last truthe wol hem fecche and as þow bigiledest godes ymages yn goyng of an adder So hath god bigiled vs alle yn goyng of a weye For god hath goo quod gobelyn · yn a gom liknes þes thretty wyntur as y wene & wente aboute & prechid y haue assailed him with synne & somtyme yaskedy asked whethir he were god or godes sone he ȝaf short answer þus haþ he troyledUc.20.343: Russell-Kane: trolled. forth lik atidya tidy man this two & þrettiUc.20.343: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wyntur and when y say hit was so y sotiled how ych myghte lette hem þat louede him not · last þei him wolde martre y wolde haue lengthid his lif · for yleuedy leued yf he dyede þat if his soule hidor cam · hit sholde shende vs alle For þe body whil hit on bones ȝede  aboute was hit euere To lere men to be lele & vch man to loue othir The which lif & lawe be hit longe vsed hit shal vndo vs deueles & down bringe vs alle and now y see where his soule comeþ siling hederward with glory & with gret light god hit is ych woet wel y rede we flee quod þe feend · faste alle hennes For vs were bettere not be þen abide in his sight For lesinges lucifer we loston first oure ioye and out of heuene hidor þi pride made vs falle For we leued on thi lesingesUc.20.358: Russell-Kane: For we leued on thy lesynges there losten we blisse; / And now for a later lesynge þat thow lowe til Eue, / We haen ylost oure lordschipe. þat þow lowe til eue weUc.20.359: Hand1 is responsible for what is either an otiose abbreviation-stroke over the e in we or a correction of the letter e by overwriting that leaves it about twice its usual height. han lost oure lordshipe a-lond & in helle Uc.20.360: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Nunc princeps huius mundi sethe þat satanUc.20.360: Russell-Kane relineates thus:'Nunc princeps huius mundi.' Sethe þat satan myssaide thus foule Lucifer for his lesynges, leue y noen oþer. Missaide þus foule lucifer for his lesinges leue y noen oþer But oure lord at þe laste lyares rebukeUc.20.362: Russell-Kane: he rebuketh. Schmidt, and Pearsall: here rebuke. ayenst lyers . and wyte hem al þe wrecchidnes · þat wrought is her on ertheUc.20.363: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.363-66. Beth ywar ȝe wise clerkes & ȝe witty of lawe þat ȝe be-lye not þis lewed men · farUc.20.365: far: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads for. at þe laste dauid wyttnessith in his writinges · what is lyarUc.20.366: lyar: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads lyares. mede Uc.20.367: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Odisti omnes qui operantur iniquitatem perdes omnes qui loquntur mendaciumUc.20.367: Russell-Kane divides into two lines these two parts of Psalm 5.7 between iniquitatem and perdes. Schmidt and Pearsall print them as a single line. a litel y ouerleep for lesinges sake þat y ne seye as y say suynge my teme For eft þat light bad vnloke what lord art þow quod · lucifer · a vois a-loud saide þe lord of myght & of mayn þat madeUc.20.372: The e in made contains a slight extra stroke as if the text scribe began, in ligature with the e, the first bow of the following a but then desisted and left space before the next word. alle thinges Dukes of þis dymme place anoen vndoth þes ȝates þat crist may · come yn · þe kynges sone of heuene and with þat breeth helle braek wiþ alle belials barres For eny weye or warde wide opene þe ȝates Patriarkes & prophetes populus in tenebris songon with seint Iohan ecce Agnus dei Lucifer loke ne myghte so light him ablente and þo þat oure lord louede forth with þat light flowon Lo me here quod oure lord lif & soule bothe For alle synfelle soules to saue oure bothe right Myne þei were & of me y may þe bet hem clayme Al-þough resoun recordid & right of my selue þat yf þei ete þe appelle alle sholdon deye y by-highte hem not here helle for euere For þe deedly synne þat þei dide þin disseit hit made with gile þow hem gete ageynes alle resoun For in my palays paradys yn persone of an adder Falslich fettist þere · þat me biful to loke þe serpinte alegedgedaleged criptur[s]criptur . to Euæ . Uc.20.391: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.20.391: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.20.391-93.Biglosedest hem & bigiledest hem & my gardeyn brekeUc.20.391: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.20.391-93. aȝen my loue & my leue þe olde lawe techith þat giloures bigiledeUc.20.393: Above the g in bigiled is an otiose flourish. Uc.20.393: Russell-Kane: beth bigiled. and yn her gile falle and who-so hit out a mannes ye or elles his forteeth Or any manere membre maymeth othir hirtith þe same sore shal he haue þat eny so smytith Uc.20.397: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. dentem pro dente & oculum pro oculo So lif shal lif lete · þere lif hath lif anyentid So þat lif quyte lif þe olde lawe hit asketh Uc.20.400: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ergo soule shal soule quyte & sommeUc.20.400: somme: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads synne. to synne wende and al þat man mysdede · y man to amende hit and þat deth fordide my deth to releue and bothe quike & quyte þat queynt was þorgh synne and gile bigiled þorgh grace at þe laste Uc.20.405: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ars vt artem falleret & cetera So leue hit not lucifer aȝen þe lawe y fecche here any synful soule · souereynlich by maistrie Bot þorgh right & þorgh resoun raunsome here my lege Uc.20.409: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non veni soluere legem set adimplere so þat with gile was gete þorgh grace is now y-wonne notaby þe frute of a tree dampned . by þe death on tree Saued Uc.20.411: The comment here in the right margin is bounded on the right by a curly bracket done by hand16. and as adam & alle þorgh a tree dyedeUc.20.411: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, and the same in the right margin, span lines Uc.20.411-12. adam & alle þorgh a tree shal turne to lyue and now biginneth þi gile · agayn on þe turne and my grace to growe ay widdoreUc.20.414: Russell-Kane: gretter. & widdere þe bitturnes þat þow hast browe now brouke hit þi-selue þat art doctour of deth drink þat þow madest For y am lord of lif loue ys my drinke and for þat drinke to-day y deyed as hit semed ac y wol drinke of no dish ne of deep clergise Bot of comune coppes alle cristene soules ac þi drinke worth deth & deep helle þi bolle y faught so me furstith ȝit for mannes soule sake Uc.20.423: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. ScicioUc.20.423: Viz. sitio, "I am thirsty," from John 19.28.Uc.20.423: Russell-Kane prints the Latin tag as a separate line. may no pyement ne pomade ne precious drinkes Moiste me to þe folle ne my furst slecke the vayle ofUc.20.424: Hand14 here gives, apparently as a line-end space filler, a flourish in the form of a large tilde with looped ends. Iosephat resurreccion Til þe vendage falle in þe vale of iosephatUc.20.425: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.425-26. and drinke right ripe most Resurreccio mortuorum and thenne shal y come as akynga kyng with croune & with angels and haue out of helle alle mennes soules Fendes & Fendkines by-fore me shal stande and be at my biddyng at blisse or at peyne ac to be merciabel to man þenne my kynde asketh For we be breþeren of oen blod ac not in baptisme alle note this — but alle þat beth myne hol brethren in blod & in baptismeUc.20.433: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.433-34. shal neuere in helle eft come be he ones owte Uc.20.435: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Tibi soli peccaui & malum coram te feci hit is not vsed on erthe to hange any felounesUc.20.436: Right-margin sidelining by hand14 extends from this line to the bottom of the side at Uc.20.441 and continues as left-margin sidelining on the verso side to Uc.20.455. oftir þen ones þough þei were traitoures and yf þe kyng of þe kyngdom · come in þe tyme þere a thef thole sholde deth othir iewise lawe wolde he ȝaf him lif & he lokid on him and y þat am king ouer kynges shal come such atymea tyme þere þat doem to þe deeth dampneth alle wicked and yf lawe wol lokeUc.20.443: Russell-Kane: if lawe wol y loke. on hem  hit lith in my grace whethir they die or die not dide þei neuere so ille Be hit any thing abought þe boldnes of her synne y may do mercy of my rightwisnes & alle my wordes trewe For holi writ wole þat y be wroke of hem þat wrought ille As nullum malum impunitum & nullum bonum irremuneratum and so of alle wicked y wole here take vengeaunce and ȝut my kynde in my kene ire shal constraine myUc.20.450: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. wille Uc.20.451: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. domine ne in furore tuo arguas me & cetera To be merciable to manye of myne half breþeren For bloed mayUc.20.453: may: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads may suffre; Schmidt, and Pearsall, may se. bloed boþe a-furst & a-cale ac blod may not se blod · blede but him rewe Uc.20.455: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. audiui archana verba queUc.20.455: A red caret sign marks the supralinear insertion here. non licet homini loqui Iustyce in hell Mercye in heven . Uc.20.456: This marginal comment is bounded on the right by a curly bracket made by hand14. But my rightwisnes & right shal regnon in helle and mercy & mankynde by-fore me in heuene For y were vnkinde kyng bot y my kyn holpe and namelich at such a nede þat nedes help asketh Uc.20.460: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non intres in iudicium cum seruo tuo Thus bi lawe quod oure lord · lede y wol fro hennes þo þat y loue & leued in my comyng Bot for þe lesing þat þow lowe lucifer til eue Thow shalt abie bittur quod god & bond him with cheynes astarot & alle oþere hiddon hem in hernes þei durste not loke on oure lord þe leste of hem alle not all ransomed Uc.20.467: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin highlights this line.Bot leton him lede forth which heUc.20.467: he: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads hym. luste and leue whiche him liked Many hondred of aungelaungel[s] harpedon þo & songon Uc.20.469: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Culpat caro purgat caro regnat deus dei caro þenne pipede pees of poetes anotea note Uc.20.471: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Clarior est solito & cetera . post inimiciasinimic[it]ias clarior est & amorUc.20.471: Russell-Kane divides the two tags into two lines, separating them before the word post. after sharpest shoures quod pees most shene is þe sonne ys no wedor warmore · þen after watury cloudes Ne no loue leuere · ne leuere frendes þenne after werre & wrake when loue & pees ben maistres was neuere werre in this world ne wickeddore enuye þat loue & him luste to laughinge broughteUc.20.477: Russell-Kane: ne brouhte. and pees þorgh pacience alle periles stopped Trewes quod truthe þow tellest vs soth by Iesus Clyppe we in couienaunt & vch of vs kisse othir and lat no pepel quod pees perceyue þat we chide For impossible is no thing to him þat is almighti þow saist soth saide rightwisnesse & reuerentlich hir kiste Pees & pees here per secula seculorum Uc.20.485: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Miseracordia & paxUc.20.485: pax: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads veritas. Cf. Ps. 84.11. obuiauerunt sibi Iusticia & pax osculate sunt truthe trompede tho & song te deum laudamus and þenne luted loue in a loud note Uc.20.488: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ecce quam bonum & quam iocundum & cetera . Til þe day dawede þis damyseles carolode þat men rang to þe resurreccion & right with þat y waked and kalde kitte my wif & calote my doughtur arise & goo reuerense godes resurreccion Idolatrye . and crepe to þe cros on knees & kisse hit for a iewelUc.20.493: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.20.491-97. and rightfollokest a relik noen richere on erthe For godes blessed body · hit baer for oure bote and hit affereth þe feend for such is þe myght May no grisly gost glide þere hit shadoweth Explicit dobet & incipit dobest Uc.21.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital and extends from Uc.20.493 to the bottom of the side at Uc.21.6. Thus y awaked & wroet what y hadde y-dremed and dighte me derely & dide me to kirke To here holly þe masse & to be hoseled after yn myddes of þe masse þo men ȝede to offring y fel eft-sones a-slepe & sodeinlich me mette þat pers þe ploughman was peyntid al blody and cam yn with a cros bifore þe comune peple and right lik in alle lymes to oure lord Iesu and thenne cald y conscience to kenne me þe sothe ys this Iesus þe ioustere quod y þat iewes didon to dethe or hit is pers þe ploughman who peintid him rede pers ploughman wereth þe cote armor of ChristUc.21.12: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.21.12: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights Uc.21.12-13. Quod conscience & kneled þo þis arn cristesUc.21.12: Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: Peres. Schmidt: his. armesUc.21.12: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. his coloures & his cote armure · bot he þat comeþ so blody ys crist with his cros conquerour of cristene whi calle ȝe him crist sithon iewes caldon him Iesus Patriarkes & prophetes prophecied bifore þat alle kynne creatures sholdon knele & bowen Anoen as men nempned of godUc.21.18: of god: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe name of god. Iesu Uc.21.19: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Ergo þere is no name to þe name of Iesus Ne noen so nedful to nempnie by nyght ne by day For alle derk deueles arn drad forto heron hit And synful ben solased & saued by þat name And ȝe callon him crist for what cause telleth me ys crist more of myght & more wortheore name þen Iesu or Iesus  þat al oure ioye cam of þow knowest wel quod conscience & þou conne resoun þat knyght kyng conquerour may be oen persone To be cald aknyghta knyght is fair for men shal knele to him To be cald akynga kyng is fairore · for he may knyghtes make But to be conquerour cald þat cometh of special grace And of hardinesse of herte & of hendenesse To make lordes of laddes · of lond þat he wynneth And fre men foule thralles þat foloweth not his lawes þe iewes þat were gentil men Iesu þei dispised Iewes vnder tribute Uc.21.35: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.34-37.Bothe his lore & his lawe now ar thei lowe churles as wide as þe world ys wonyeth þere none But vnder tribut & taillage · as tikes & churles and þo þat bicome cristene bicounselbi counsel of þe baptist arn frankeleynes & fre men · þorgh folling þat þei toek and gentil men wiþ Iesu · for Iesu was yfolled and vpon caluarie on cros ycrowned kyng of iewes bycomethUc.21.42: bycometh: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Hit bicometh. for aUc.21.42: A flourish over the a gives the appearance of an otiose tilde. kyng to kepe & to defende and conquerour of his conquest his layes & his large and so dide Iesus þoUc.21.44: þo: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads þe. iewes he iustified & taughte hem þe lawe of lif þat laste shal euere and fendid hem from foule eueles feueres & fluxes and fro fendes þat in hem was & fals byleue Tho was he Iesu of iewes cald gentil prophete and kyng of here kyngdom & croune baer of thornes and þo conquered he on cros as conquerour noble Might no deth him fordo ne adown bringeUc.21.51: In the right margin from Uc.21.51 through Uc.21.54 is a series of faded pen trials apparently representing the letter y. They are arranged in three lines, with five in the first line, six in the second, and six in the third. Þat he ne aroes & regnede & rauyshed helle And þo was he conquerour cald of quyke & of dede For he ȝaf Adam & Eue & othir mo blisse þat longe haddon leye bifore as luciferes churles and toek lucifer þe lothlich þat lord was of helle and bond him as he boundeUc.21.57: bounde: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads is bounde. with bondes of yron who was hardiore þen he his herte blod he shedde To make alle folk fre þat foloweth his lawe and sithe he ȝiueth largly al his leel lege places in paradys · at her parting hennes notaChrist betokneth conqueror · Uc.21.62: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. The underlining is continuous with that which runs under Uc.21.62. he may be wel cald conquerour & þat is crist to mene But þe cause þat he cometh þus with his cros & his passioun ys to wisson vs þerwith þat when we ben ytemptid þere-with to fighte & fende vs fro falling in-to synne Uc.21.66: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.66-70.and see by his sorowe þat who-so loueth ioye without the cros no Crowne . To penaunce & to pouerte he mot putte him selue and mich wo in this world wilnon & soffron But to carpe more of crist & how he cam to þat name Ihesus A Sauioure Faithly forto speke his furst name was Iesus Þo he was bore in bedleem as þe boek tellith and cam to take mankynde kynges & angels Reuerensed him right faire with richesses of erthe Angels out of heuene come kneled & songe Gloria in excelsis deo kynges cam after kneled & offredUc.21.76: Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: offrede sense. Schmidt: offrede / Ensense, mirre and moche gold. Mirre & mich gold with-outon mercy askyng Or any kynne catelle bot knowlechid him souerayn Bothe of sand sonne & see · & sithen þei wente yn-to her kyngene kuth by counsel of angels and þere was þat word fulfild þe which þou of speke Uc.21.82: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Omnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine Iesu For alle þe angels of heuene at his birthe kneled nota and al þe wit of þe world was in tho thre thinges Resoun & Rightfulnes & ruthe þei offred wherfore & whi wise men þat tyme A definition of the offerings of the three wismenwis menUc.21.87: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.21.87: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.87-97.Maistres & lettered men · Magi hem calde þat oen kyng cam with resoun y-keuered vnder sense The seconde kyng sithe sothlich offred Rightwisnesse vnder rede gold resounes felawe Gold is likned to lewte þat laste shal euere and resoun to riche gold to right & to trutheUc.21.90: Russell-Kane: For it shal turne tresoun to riht and to treuthe. Schmidt, and Pearsall: And Resoun to richeles—to riht and to treuthe. Reson RightiousnesUc.21.87: Line-end word-division of Rightiousnes is marked with an equals sign drawn by hand16 Truth · þe thridde kyng cam & kneled to Iesu and presentid him with pite appering by myrre For myrre is mercy to mene & mylde spech of tonge Erthely honest thinges was offred þus at ones þorgh þre kynne kynges kneling to Iesu But for al þis precious presentes our lord prince Iesus was noþer kyng ne conquerour til he comsed wexe yn þe manere of a man & þat by myche sleithe as hit bicomeþ for a conquerour to conne many sleythus and many wiles & wit þat wol be a ledere and so dide Iesus in his dayes who-so durste tellon hit som tyme he soffred & som tyme he hidde him and som tyme he faught faste & fley othir-while and som tyme he gaf goed · & grauntid hele bothe lif & lyme as him luste he wroughte as kynde is of a conquerour so comsed Iesu Til he hadde alle hem þat he fore bledde In his Iuuentee þis Iesus at iewene feste Turned watur in-to wyn as holy writ tellith and þere bigan god of his grace to do welle For wyn ys lyknedUc.21.113: A flourish on the end of the l in lykned creates the appearance of an otiose abbreviation-stroke above the y. to lawe & lif-holinesse and lawe lackid tho for men loued not her enemyes and crist counseleth þus & comandith bothe To lered & lewedUc.21.116: lewed: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to lewed. to loue here enemyes So at þe feste first as y bifore tolde Bigan god of his grace & godnesse to do welle and þo was he cleped & cald not only crist but Iesu a fauntekyn ful of wit filius marie for bifore his moder marie made he þat wonder þat þeUc.21.122: Russell-Kane: she. first & formest sholde ferme bileue þat he þorgh grace was gete & of no gome elles he wroughte þat by no wit bot þorgh word one After þe kynde þat he cam of þere comsed he do welle and when he was woxon more in his moder absence he made lame to lepe & ȝaf sight to blynde and fedde with two fisshes & fyue loues sore afyngred folk mo þen fyue thousand þus he counfortid carfole & caughte a grettere name þe which was dobet where þat he wente For devue thorg his doynges & doumbe speke he herdeUc.21.132: Russell-Kane: speke & herde. and alle he helid & halpe þat him of grace askid and þo was he cald yn contray of þe comune peple For þe dedes þat he dide fili dauid Iesus For dauid was þe doughtiest of dedes in his tyme þe Madens or biriydes þe buyrdes tho songe saul interfecit mille & dauid decem milia for-þi þe contre þere Iesu cam calde him fili dauid and nempnid him of nazareth & no man so worthi To be kaiser or king of þe kingdom of iuda Ne ouer iewes iustise · as Iesus was hem thoughte her-of hadde cayphas enuye & oþer iewes and for to do him to deth day & nyght þei caston and kildon him on cros wise at caluarie on a friday and sithon buriodon his body & bedon þat men sholde kepon hit from nyght comeres with knyghtes armed for no frend sholde hit fecche for prophetes hem tolde þat · þat blessid body of buriels sholde arise and gon in-to galilee & gldongl[a]don his apostles and his moder marie thus men afore deuyned nota þe knyghtes þat kepton hit biknewon hem seluon þat angels & archaungels or þe day spronge comon kneling to þat cors and songon Uc.21.154: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Christus resurgens & hit aroes after verray man bifore hem alle & forth with hem ȝede þe iewes preyed hem of pees & preyde þe knyghtes telle þe comune þat þer cam acompanya company of his apostles and bywicched hem as þey woke & a-way stelon hit But marie maudeleyn mette him by þe weye Goynge toward galile in god-heed & in manheed a-lyue & lokyng & a-loud cried yn vch a company þere she cam Christus resurgens þus cam hit out þat crist ouercam rekeuered & lyuede Uc.21.164: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Sic Christum pati & intrare & cetera . Uc.21.164: Russell-Kane (as also Schmidt and Pearsall) prints Sic oportet christum pati & intrare &c.Uc.21.164: This tag seems to conflate two Biblical verses: Luke 24.26, "nonne haec oportuit pati Christum et ita intrare in gloriam suam," and Luke 24.46, "sic oportebat Christum pati et resurgere a mortuis die tertia." women can kepe no counsell · Uc.21.165: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota For þat a womman woet hit may not wel be counselle Petur perceyued al this & pursued aftir Bothe Iames & Iohan Iesu to seke Tadee & ten mo with thomas of ynde and as alle þes wise wies wern to-gidres yn an hous al by-shut · and her dore barred Crist kam yn & al closed bothe dore & ȝates To petur & hise Apostles & saide pax vobis and toek Thomas by þe hond & taught him to grope and fele with his fyngres his flesshlich herte Thomas towchid hit & with his tonge saide Uc.21.176: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. dominus meus & deus meus þow art my lord y bileue god lord Iesu dyedest & deth tholedest and deme shalt vs alle and now art lyuynge & lokynge & laste shalt euere Crist Carped þenne & Corteislich saide Thomas for þow trowest this & trulich bileuest hit yblessed mote þow be & be shalt for euere and yblessed mote þey be in body & in soule þat neuere shal see me yn sight as þow seest nouthe and lellich bileuen al this · y loue hem & blesse hem Uc.21.186: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Beati qui non viderunt & crediderunt ¶ and when this dede was doen dobest he þowghte peter and ȝaf pers power & pardoun he grauntid To alle manere men mercy & forȝifnes himUc.21.190: Schmidt: To him. Pearsall: Ȝaf hym. · myght · men to assoile of alle manere synnesUc.21.190: Russell-Kane lines 183-85: And ȝaf peres pardoun and power he graunted hym, / Myhte men to assoyle of alle manere synnes, / To alle manere men mercy and forȝeuenesse. yn couenaunt þat þei come & knowlechid to paie þe ploughman sonnest pardoned for his sinnes then any other caullingeUc.21.192: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. To pers pardoun þe ploughman Redde quod debes þus haþ pers power be his pardown paid To bynde & vnbynde · bothe here & elles and assoile men of alle synnes saue of dette one an-noen aftenUc.21.196: aften: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads aftur. on hy · vp in-to heuene he wente & woneth þere · & wol come at þe laste and rewarde him rightwelright wel þat Redde quod debesUc.21.198: Russell-Kane: reddit quod debet. Paieth perfitly as puyr truthe wolde and what persone paieth hit not punyshon he thenketh and demen hem at domes-day bothe quyke & dede[de] the gode to godhede & to gret ioye and wicked to wonye yUc.21.203: y: sc. "in." See MED s.v. i, OED s.v. in. woo with-owton ende Thus conscience of crist & of þe cros carped and counseled me to knele þerto & þenne cam me þought Oen spiritus paraclitus to pers & to his felawes yn liknes of alightþinga light þing · a-lighte on hem alle and made hem conne & knowe alle kynne langages ywondredy wondred what þat was & waggid conscience and was a-ferd for þe light for in fuyres liknes Uc.21.211: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Spiritus paraclitus ouersprad hem alle Quod conscience & knelid þis is cristes messangere and cometh fro þe grete god grace ys his name knele now quod conscience & yf þou canst synge welcome him & worship him with veni creator spiritus and y sang þat song & so dide many hondred and criedon with conscience helpe vs god of grace nota · grace is more aquanted with the ploughman then any other trad . Uc.21.218: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and thenne bigan grace to go with pers þe ploughman and counseiled him & conscience þe comune to sompne For y wol dele to-day  & dyuyde grace to alle kuneUc.21.221: kune: viz. kin, i.e. "kind." creatures þat can his fyue wittes Tresour to lyue by to her lyues ende and wepene to fighte with þat wol neuere faile nota For antecrist & hise al þe world shal greue and a-combre þe conscience bot yf crist þe helpe false prophetes · Antichrist þe pope . Covetyse . Uc.21.226: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.226-29.and false prophetes · fele flatureres and glosers shal come & be curatoures ouer kynges & erles nota shall sitt in gods sett and bost him-selfe as godUc.21.228: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and þenne shal pruyde be pope & prince of holichurch Coueytise & vnkyndenes cardinals him to lede For-thi quod grace ar y go y wol gyue ȝou tresour and wepene to fighte with when antecrist ȝou assaillith and gaf vch man a grace to gye with him seluon þat ydolnes encombre hem not ne nuye ne pruydeUc.21.233: ne nuye: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads enuye; Schmidt and Pearsall, ne Enuye. diuisiones graciarum sunt preachers prestes and lawyers lyve by labor of tonge som men he ȝaf wit with wordes to sheweUc.21.235: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.21.235-39. To wynne with truthe þat þe world asketh as prechoures & prestes & prentises of lawe þey lelly to lyue by labour of tonge and by wit to wisson othir as grace hem wolde teche and somme he kenned hem craft & connyng of sight with sullyng & buggyng her byleue to wynne and somme he lerid to laboure · on lond & on watur and lyue by þat labour aleela leel lif & a trewe and somme he taughte to tulie to teche & to coke as her wit wolde when þe time come and somme to deuyne & diuyde · nombres to kenne and to compace & coloures to make and somme to see & to saie what shold bifalle bothe of wele & of wo and be ywar bifore as astromyens þorgh astronomye & philosophres wise and somme to ride · & som to rekeuere þat vnrightfullich was wonne he wissed men wynne hit aȝen þorgh whitnesUc.21.252: whitnes: Sc. wihtness. See MED s.vv. wight and wightnesse. of handes and fecchon hit fro fals men with foleuyle lawes and somme he lerid to lyue in longyng to be hennes yn pouerte & in pacience to preye for alle cristene and alle he lerid to be lele & vch a craft loue othir Ne noen bost ne debate be among hem alle þough somme be clennere þen somme ȝe sen wel quod grace þat alle craft & connyng cam of my ȝifte loke þat noen lacke othir bot louyethUc.21.260: The text scribe leaves space between the o and the u in louyeth. as breþeren and þat most maistries can be myldiste of beryng and crouneth concience king & makith craft ȝour stiward and after craftes counsel clothith ȝou & fedith The ploughman the worlds Stuarde For y make pers þe ploughman my procuratour & my reue nota Uc.21.265: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.264-66.and registrer to resceyuon redde quod debes My prowor & my ploughman pers shal be on erthe and forto tulie truthe atemea teme shal he haue The Evangelistes · grace pers a temeUc.21.268: Russell-Kane: Grace gaf Peres a teme. foure grete oxon þat on was luk alargea large best & a low cherid & mark & mathew þe thridde myghti bestes bothe and ioyned to hem oen Iohan most gentille of alle nota peers the deuins pUc.21.272: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. þe pris neet of pers plough passing alle other and sithe grace of his godnesse gaf pers foure stottes al þat his oxes erede þey harowed after The Doctors . Oen hette austyn & ambrose anothir Gregory þe grete clerk & Ierom þe gode þise foure þe faith to teche folowed pers teme and harwed in an hand-while al holy scripture with two aithes þat þei hadde an old & a newe Uc.21.280: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. id est vetus testamentum & nouum and grace gaf pers graynes cardinals vertues and sowe hit in mannes soule & sithe he tolde her names Uc.21.283: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Spiritus prudencie firstUc.21.283: first: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the furste. seed highte þat who so eet þat ymagine he sholde ar he dide any dede · deuyse wel þe ende prudence . Uc.21.286: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.284-87.and lered men a ladel · bugge with a long stale þat caste for to kele a crocke · & saue þe fatte aboue þe seconde setheUc.21.288: Russell-Kane: sede. highte spiritus temperancie he þat eet of þat seed hadde such a kynde sholde neuere mete ne myschef maken him to swelle Temporance Uc.21.291: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.288-95.Ne sholde no scornere out of skile him bringe Ne neuere wynnyngUc.21.292: The word wynnyng appears to have been written over an erasure. ne welthe · of worldlich richesse wastenUc.21.293: Russell-Kane: Waste. word of ydelnes ne wicked speche meue sholde no curious cloth comon on his rugge Ne no mete in his mouth · þat maister iohan spised Uc.21.296: Still visible is the leftmost of the pair of virgules used to mark the insertion point for the paraph marker. ¶ þe thridde seed þat pers sew was spiritus fortitudinis and who-so eet of þat seed hardy was euere fortytude . Uc.21.298: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.296-99 and continues in the right margin on fol. 115r to line Uc.21.304.To soffre al þat god sente siknes & angres Mighte no liare with lesinges · ne los of wordlyUc.21.299: See MED and OED for spellings of worldly without the l. Cf. also Uc.3.372, Uc.10.93, and Uc.12.254. catelle maken for eny mornyng þat he ne was murye in soule bold & a-biding bismeres to soffre and pledidUc.21.302: pledid: Thus Pearsall. Russell-Kane: pleieþ. Schmidt: plede. al with pacience · and parce michi domine and keuered him vnder counsel of catoun þe wise Uc.21.304: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Esto forti animo cum sis dampnatus inique ¶ The ferthe seed þat pers sew was spiritus iusticicieiusticie and he þat eet of þat seed sholde be euene trewe with god & not a-gast bot of gile one For gile goth so priueily þat good faith oþerwhile May not be aspied þorgh spiritus iusticie Iustyce . Spiritus iusticie sparith not to spilleUc.21.310: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.21.305-18. hem þat ben gulty · & forto corecte þe kyng & þe kyng falle yn any a-gultUc.21.312: Russell-Kane lines 302-303: Spiritus iusticie spareth nat to spille the gulty / And to corecte the kyng and the kyng falle in gulte. For countith he no kynges wrathe whenUc.21.313: when: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads when he. in court sittith To demon as a domesman adrad was he neuere Noþer of duk ne of deth · þat he ne dide þe lawe For present or for preyere or any prinses lettres he dide equite to alle euenforth his knowyng þes four sedes pers sew & sethon he dide hem harowe with olde lawe & new lawe þat loue myght wex among þes foure vertues · & vices destroyeUc.21.320: Pen-trial scribbles extend through the right margin from Uc.21.320 through 326. For comunlich in contrayes cammokes & wedes Fouleth þe fruyt in þe feld þere þey growe to-gidres and so doth vices vertues for-thi quod pers haroweth alle þat conneth kynde wit by counsel of þis doctoures and tulieth aftur techingUc.21.325: teching: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads here techynge. þe cardinal vertues aȝenes þi graynes quod grace byginneth forto ripe Ordeyne þe an hous pers to herborow ynne þi cornes By god grace quod pers ȝe mot ȝiue tymbor and ordeynon þat hous ar ȝe hennes wende and grace gaf him þe cros with þe croune of þornes þat crist vpon caluarie for mankynde on peyned and of his baptem & blod þat he bledde on rode he made amanerea manere mortere & mercy hit highte vnytie Uc.21.334: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.332-37.and þerewith grace bigan to make agooda good fundament Uc.21.335: A

rightward pointing-hand icon made by hand14 in the left margin highlights lines Uc.21.332-37.and wateled hit & walled hit with his peynes & his passioun and of al holy writ he made arofa rof after and calde þat hous vnite holichurch on english and when þis dede was don grace deuysed acartea carte highte cristondom to carie hom pers sheues and gaf him caples to his cart contricioun & confessioun and made presthod hayward þe while him self wente as wide as þe world ys with pers to tulie truthe and þe lond of bileue · þen laweUc.21.343: Russell-Kane: the lawe. of holichurche pryde Now ys pers þe ploughmanUc.21.344: þe ploughman: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads to the plouh. · pruyde hit aspied and gaderid him agreta gret ost greue he thenketh Conscience & alle cristene & cardinal vertues Blowe hem down & breke hem · & bite atwo þe mores and sente forth sorquidouresUc.21.348: MED surquidrous, adj., "Presumptuous; proud, arrogant." his seriauntz of armesUc.21.348: Thus Schmidt. Russell-Kane, and Pearsall: surquidous, his seriaunte of Armes and his spie spillelouespille loue oen speke euel bihinde þise two cam to conscience & to cristene peple and tolde hem tithinges · þat tyne þei sholde þe sedes þat sire pers sew þe cardinal vertuesUc.21.352: Russell-Kane lines 342-43: And toelde hem tydynges, þat tyne thei sholde / Þe sedes that sire Peres sewe, þe cardinale vertues. and pers berne worth broke & þei þat ben in vnite shal come out & conscience & ȝour two caples Confessioun & contricioun & ȝour cart þe bileue shal be to-leured toUc.21.356: to-leured to: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads coloured so. queyntlyUc.21.356: Russell-Kane: Shal be coloured so queyntly. & couered vnder our sophistrie þat conscience shal not knowe by contricioun Ne by confessioun who is cristene or hethonUc.21.358: Russell-Kane prints this line and the preceding as a single line: That Consience shal nat knowe ho is cristene or hethene. Schmidt prints the two lines substantially as they appear here in MS Uc. Pearsall reads thus in a single line: that Consience shal nat know (be contricioun ne bi confessioun) ho is cristene or hethene. Ne no manere marchant þat with money delith wher he wynne with right with wrong or with vsur with such coloures & queyntises cometh pruyde armed with þe lord þat liueth after þe lust of his body To waston on welfare · and in wicked kepyng al þe world in a while · þorgh our wit quod pruyde ¶ Quod conscience to alle cristene þo · my counsel ys we wende hastilich to vnite · & holde we vs þere preie we þat pes were in pers berne þe ploughman For weturly ywoty wot wel we be not of strengthe To gon agayn pruyde · bot grace were with vs and þenne cam kynde wit concience to teche and cried & comaundide alle criston peple To deluon a dich depe a-boute vnite þat holichurch stod in holinesse as hit were a poleUc.21.373: Russell-Kane: as hit a pyle were. Schmidt, and Pearsall: as hit were a pile. Conscience comaundid þo alle cristen to delue and make a myche mote þat myghte be a strengthe To helpe holichurch & hem þat hit kepith þenne alle kynne cristone saue comune wymmen notacommon hores & Sumpners · enimies to the the ChurcheUc.21.378: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.21.378: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.378-79.Repentidon & refusedon synne  saue þey oneUc.21.378: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.21.378-79. and a sisour & a sompnour þat wern forsworn ofte wetinge & wilfully with þe fals þei heldon and for suluer wern forswore sothly þei wyston hit þere ne was cristene creature þat kynde wit hadde þat he ne halp a quantite holines to wexe somme þorgh bedes bidding · & by pilgrimages or othir priue penaunses & somme þorgh pens deling and þenne welled watur for wicked werkes Egorlich ernyng out at mennes yes Clannes of þe comune & clerkes clene lyuyng Made vnite holichurche in holines stonde y care not now quod conscience þogh pruyde come nouthe þe lord of lust shal be ylet · al þis lente yhopey hope Cometh quod conscience ȝe criston & dyneth þat han laboured lelly · al þis lenton tyme notagods body vnder þe elliment of brede not transsupstanciacontranssupstanciac[i]onUc.21.394: Line-end word-division of transsupstanciac[i]on is marked by an equals sign done by hand16. here ys bred yblessed & godes body þere-vndor Grace þorgh godes word gaf pers þe ploughman power & myght to maken hit & men forto eton hit yn help of her hele ones in a monthe Or as often as þei haddon nede þo þat haddon payd To pers pardoun þe ploughman · Redde quod debes how quod al þe comune thow counseilest vs to ȝelde al þat we owon any wyght ar þat we go to hosele þat is my counsel quod conscience & cardinal vertues Or vch man forȝiue othir & þat wol þe paternoster Uc.21.404: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin quotation here. Et dimitte nobis debita nostra & cetera and so to ben assoiled & sithon to ben hoseled A baudy Bruer · ȝe baw quod a breware ywoly wol not be ruled By Iesu for al ȝour ianglyng · after spiritus iusticie Ne after conscience by crist y couthe selleUc.21.408: Russell-Kane: while y can sulle. Bothe dregges & draf & drawe at on hole Thicke ale & thinne & þat is myn kynde and not to hacke after holines hold þi tonge conscience Of spiritus iusticie þow spekest myche yn ydel Caitif quod conscience corsid wrecche vnblessed art þow brewere · bot yf þe god helpe Bot yf þow lyue by lore of spiritus iusticie þe chef seed þat pers sew · saueUc.21.416: Russell-Kane: ysaued. worst þou neuere Bot conscience þi comune fodeUc.21.417: Russell-Kane: Bote Consience be thy comunes. Schmidt: Bote Consience be thy comune fode. Pearsall: Bote Consience thy comune fynde. & cardinal vertues Leue hit we ben lost boþe lif & soule A vile vicarenota · þenne ys manUc.21.419: man: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads many a lyf. lost quod a lewed vicary I am a curatour of holichurch & kam neuere in my tyme Man to me þat me couthe telle of cardinal vertues or þat acountid conscience acockesa cockes fethere or henes I knew neuere cardinal þat he ne cam from þe pope and we clerkes when þei come for her comunes paieth For her pelure & palfrayes mete & peloures þat hem foloweth þe comune clamat cotidie vch amana man to othir Lecherye regneth wher Cardynals dwell . / Uc.21.427: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.427-30.þe contrey is þe corsedore þat cardinals cometh ynne and þere þei liggeth & lenge most · leccherie þere regneth For-þi quod þis vicary · by veray god ywoldey wolde þat no cardinal come among þe comune peple Bot in her holines holdon hem stille at auynovn among iewes cum sancto sanctus eris or in Rome as her rule wolde · þe relikes to kepe and þow conscience in kynges court & sholde neuere come þennes and grace þat þou gredost so of gyour of alle clerkes · aUc.21.435: Probably MED o adv., "ever."Uc.21.435: clerkes a: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads Clerkes. and pers with his new plough & also his olde Emperour of al þe world þat alle men wer cristene the pope shold save . ¶ Inperfit is þat pope þat alle peple sholde helpeUc.21.438: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.21.438-39. and sowdith hem þat sleeth such as he sholde saue But wel worth pers þe ploughman · þat pursueth god in doynges Uc.21.441: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui pluit super iustos & iniustos at ones and sent þe souleUc.21.442: Russell-Kane: sonne. to saue acorseda corsed mannes tulthe as bright as to þe beste man or to þe best womman Right so pers þe ploughman payneth him to tulie as wel for a wastour & forUc.21.445: & for: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads and; Schmidt and Pearsall, or for. a wenche of þe stues as for him self & his seruantz saue he is furst yserued so y-blessid be pers þe ploughman þat peyneth him to tulie and trauaileth & tulieth for a traitour al-so sore as for a trewe tidy man alle tymes y-lik and worshepedUc.21.450: The word worsheped is divided as worshe and ped by the text scribe's having written around a hole in the vellum. be he þat wroughte al bothe goed & wicke and soffreþ þat synfol be til som tyme þat þei repente the popes vyces . and god amende þe pope þat pileth holichurcheUc.21.452: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.21.452-56. and claymeth byfore þe kyng to be kepere ouer cristene and countith not þgghþ[o]gh cristene be kild & y-robbed and fynde folk to fighte & cristene blod to spille aȝen þe olde lawe & þe newe as luk berith witnes Uc.21.457: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Non occides michi vindictam & cetera . hit semeth by so him self hadde his wille him recketh right nought ~~nought~~ of þe remenant and crist of his cortesie þe cardinals saue and torne her wit to wisdomUc.21.461: The m in wisdom has an unusually long leading stroke for the minuscule form. Apparently the scribe began to write an e and corrected to m without erasure. & to wel for þe soule Iesus For þe comune quod þis curatour counton fol lytol þe counsel of conscience or cardinal vertues Bot yf þey soune as by sight somwhat to wynnyng Of gile ne of gabbynges gyueth þei neuere tale prouidence in oure daies ys but gyleUc.21.466: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. For spiritus prudencie among þe peple ys gile and alle þo faire vertues as vises þei semeth For vch man sotileth aUc.21.468: The scribe first wrote the s of the following word, realized his omission of this a, and turned the sigmoid s into a very tall a by adding an upper loop and a vertical. sleithe synne to huyde and coloureth hit for a connyng & a clene lyuyng ¶ þenne lough þere alorda lord & by þis light saide I halde Uc.21.471: Russell-Kane: halde hit.Right & resoun of my reue to take al þat myn auditour or elles my stiward Counseleth me by her acounte & my clerkes writing with spiritus intellectus þei coteUc.21.474: MED coten v. (2): "(a) To annotate (a book); (b) to compute (years), reckon." The OED headform is quote.Uc.21.474: Russell-Kane: they toke. þe reues rolles and with spiritus fortitudinis fecche hit wol he nyl he and þenne cam þere akynga kyng & by his corone saide y am kyng with corone þe comune to rule and holy churche & clergie forUc.21.478: Russell-Kane: fro. corsed men to defendon and if me lackith to lyue by þe lawe wol þat y take hit the Kinge is above his Lawe . yet ounder þe rigore of þe lawe by reprihension as Nathan rebucked Dauid . Uc.21.480: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.21.476-91.þere y may hastilokest hit haue for y am hed of lawe and ȝe ben bot membres & y aboue alle and sithe y am ȝourallerȝour aller heed · yamy am ȝour aller hele and holichurche chef help & cheueteyn of þe comune and what ytakey take of ȝou to ytakey take hit at þe teching Of spiritus iusticie for iuggeUc.21.485: Russell-Kane: y iuge. ȝow alle so y may baldely be hoseled · for I bowe neuere Ne craue of my comune bot as my kynde asketh yn condicioun quod conscience þat þow þe commnecom[u]ne defende and rule þi reme in resoun right wel & in truthe þat þou haue al thin askyng as þi lawe asketh Uc.21.491: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Omnia sunt tua ad defendendum set non deprehendendumUc.21.491: deprehendendum: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads ad deprehendendum. þe vicary hadde fer hom & fair toek his leue and y awakned þerwith & wrot as me mette Uc.22.0: A CC-style pointer in red highlights the Latin heading here. Passus secundus de DobestUc.22.0: A flourish on the t in Dobest forms a virgule which is then followed by another, parallel virgule in the same ink as that of hand1. Uc.22.1: Red tracework surrounds the ornamental capital here and extends from the top of the side through Uc.22.17. ANd as y wente by þe way when y was þus wakenedUc.22.1: wakened: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads awaked. heuyUc.22.2: Staining from a liquid has nearly blotted out the h in heuy, but the letter is still barely visible. chered y ȝede & elinge in herte For y ne weste where to ete ne at what place and hit neyghed ny þe noen & with nede y mette þat afrountid me foule & faitour me calde Cowdest þow not excuse þe as dide þe king & othir þat þow toke to lyue by to clothus & to sustinaunce was by teching & by tellyng of spiritus temperancie and þat nomeUc.22.9: nome: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads thow nome. no more þen nede þe taughte Need hath no Lawe . / and nede hath no lawe ne neuere shal falle in dette For þre thinges þat he takith his lif forto saue þat is mete when men him wernyth for he no moneyUc.22.12: Hand1 uses a caret sign here to show the supralinear insertion of the rest of the line because of line-end crowding. weldiþ Ne withUc.22.13: with: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads wyht. þat noen wol be his borowUc.22.13: Russell-Kane, and Schmidt: Ne wyht non wol be his borwe. Pearsall: Ne wyht þat now wol be. · ne wed haþUc.22.13: ne wed haþ: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, although Fc reads the closely similar ne hath wed. Russell-Kane reads ne wed hath non; Schmidt and Pearsall, ne no wed hath. to legge and he cacche in þat caes · and come þerto by sleiþe he synneth not sothlich þat so wynneþ his fode and þogh he come so to a cloþ & can no bettere cheuisaunce Nede anoen-right nymeth vnder maynprise and yf him luste forto lape · þe lawe of kynde wolde þat he dronk at vch adicha dich ar he deye for furst So nede at gret nede may nyme as for his owne with-owton counsel of conscience · arUc.22.21: ar: The MED lists this form (s.v. or) as an error. However, the OED says, "Forms parallel to or are ar (reduced from aþer), er (from either); our, treated here, may be reduced from outher." cardinal vertues So þat he sewe & saue spiritus temperancie For ys no vertue by fer  to spiritus temperancie Nouthir spiritus iusticie ne spiritus fortitudinis for spiritus fortitudinis forfetith ful ofte he shal do more þen mesure many tymes & ofte and bete men ouer bitere & som body to litel and greue men grettere þen good faith hit wolde and spiritus iusticie shal iuggen wol he nyl he after þe kynges counsel and þe comune like and spiritus prudencie in many apoynta poynt shal faile of þat he weneth wolUc.22.32: Russell-Kane: wolde. falle · yf his wit ne were Timor dei is wisdomeUc.22.33: This marginal comment is bounded on the right by a curly bracket made by hand16 in the form of stacked parentheses. nota wenyng ys no wysdom ne wys ymaginacion Uc.22.34: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. homo proponit deus disponit god gouerneþ alle gode vertuesUc.22.34: Russell-Kane prints the Latin tag as a separate line. Neede meeketh · a proud mndeminde · Uc.22.35: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota and nede ys nexst him for anoen he meketh and as lowe ase a lomb · for lackyng þat him nedith Diogines disdained all vaine glory For nede maketh nede · fele nedes low hertedUc.22.37: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.22.37-39. philophresphilo[so]phres forsoke welthe for þei wolde be nedy and wonedon ful elyngly · & woldon not be riche and god al his gret ioye gostliche he lefte Christ became need for vsUc.22.41: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and cam & tok mankynde & bycam nedy so he was nedy as saith þe boek · in many sondri places þat he saide in his sorowe · on þe self rode Needye . / Bothe fox & foul may fle to hole & crepe and þe fish hath fyn to flete with to reste þere nede hath ynome me · þat y mot nede abide and soffre sorowes ful soure þat shal to ioye turne nota . A greate compfort in necessi[tie] For-þi be not abasht to abide & be nedy Sithon he þat wroughte þe world · was wilfollich nedy Ne neuere noen so nedy ne pororeUc.22.50: Between porore and dyede is a blot of the ink used by hand1, too large for a punctus. dyede Uc.22.51: Still visible is the leftmost of the pair of virgules used to mark the insertion point for the paraph marker. ¶ when nede hadde vndor-nome þus · anoen y fel a-slepe and mette ful merueylously · þat in mannes fourme antecrist cam þenne · & al þe crop of truthe Torned hit tid vpsedown · & ouertult þe rote freares folowe Antechriste . Uc.22.55: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.53-61.and made fals springe & sprede & spede men nedes yn vch a contre þere he cam kut awey truthe notaGile þe grounde of Antechrist and gart gile growe þere · as he a god were Freres folowed þat fend for he ȝaf hem copes and religious reuerensed him & rongon her belles and al þe couent cam to welcome atiraunta tiraunt as marters Christians gods Fooles in this worldUc.22.61: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and alle hise as wel as him · saue onlich folesUc.22.61: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.61-63. but fooles will rather dye . / / Uc.22.62: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.62-63.wer wel gladdore to deye þen to lyue lengore Uc.22.63: Three lines of marginal annotation have been erased from the bottom left margin. Sython þat lewte was so rebukedUc.22.63: Russell-Kane lines 62-63: Whiche foles were wel gladere to deye / Then to lyue lengere sethe leautee was so rebuked.Uc.22.63: An end-of-line space-filler in the form of a large tilde appears to have been drawn by hand16. of a fals f[eend] of a fals feend antecrist · þat ouere alle folk regnedUc.22.64: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads And a fals fende auntecrist ouer all folke regnede. and þat were mylde men & holy þat myschefUc.22.65: For the f in myschef, the text scribe appears to have begun writing an st ligature, stopped, and corrected by overwriting with an ink blot at the point of ligature. draddon defied al falsnesse & folk þat hit vsed and what kyng þat hem counfortid knowyng her gile þei corsed & her counselle wer hit clerk or lewed antecrist hadde þus sone hondredes at his baner Antechristes battayl ayenst Conscyence . and pruyde hit bar baldely abouteUc.22.70: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.69-73. with a lord þat lyueth after lyking of body þat cam aȝen conscience þat keper was & gyour Ouer kynde cristene & cardinal vertues ¶ I counsele quod conscience tho cometh with me ȝe foles vnite þe castell of christianitie of all gods fooles in the churcheUc.22.75: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.22.75: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.74-78.yn-to vnite holichurche & hald we vs þereUc.22.75: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.74-78. and crie we to kynde þat he come & defende vs Foles · fro þe fendes lymes for pers loue þe ploughman and crie we on al þe comune þat þei come to vnite and þere abide & bikore aȝens belials childron ¶ kynde conscience þo herde & cam out of þe planetes and sente forth his forreoures feueres & fluxes Coughes & cardiakles crampes & tothakes Reumes & Radegoundes · and roynous scabbes Byles & bocches and brennyng agwes pestilences and warres are sent of god to fight againste Antechrist and his angellsUc.22.85: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Frenesies & Foul eueles forageres of kyndeUc.22.85: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.81-93. hadde ypriked an prayed For the r in prayed, the text scribe appears to have written an a and then overwritten with the r. · polles of peple a legion of angels attend on antechristeUc.22.87: Line-end word-division of antechriste is marked by an equals sign done by hand16. The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.22.87: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.81-93.largly a legioun lees þe lif sone þere was harow & helpe here cometh kynde with deth þat is dredful to vndon vs alle The lord þat lyued aftur lust · þo a-lowd cried after counfort a knyght come & bere his banere alarme alarme quod þat lord · vch lif kep his owne Thenne mette thise men asUc.22.93: Russell-Kane: ar. mynstrals myght pipe And ar heraudes of armes haddon discreued lordes old . age . bereth deathes standerd Elde þe hore wasUc.22.95: Russell-Kane: he was. in þe vant-warde and bar þe baner bifore deth · by right he hit claymed kynde cam after him with many kene sores as pockes & pestilenses & myche pepel shente so kynde þorgh corupcions kilde ful manye deth cam driuyng after & al to dust pashte kynges & knyghtes kaysers & popes Death killeth all estates . Uc.22.102: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.100-105.lered ne lewed he lefte noenUc.22.102: noen: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads no man. stonde þat he hitte him eueneUc.22.103: Russell-Kane: That he hitte euene. þat euere stired after Many a louely lady & her lemmanes knyghtes swouned & swelte for sorow of deþus dyntes Conscience of his cortesie þo kynde bysoughte To sese & to soffre & see wher þei wolde leue pruyde priueylich and bicome cristeneUc.22.108: Russell-Kane: and be parfyt cristene. ¶ and kynde sesid þo · to see þe peple amende Fortune gan flateron þenne · to fewe þat wern on lyue and bihight hem long lif & leccherie he sente amonges alle manere men weddid & vnweddid lecheryes · battayll ayenst Conscience Uc.22.113: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.109-19.and gaderid a greet ost al agayn conscience þis leccherie leyd on with laughing chere lecherie liuerie is continuall Idelnes with flatterie and decepteUc.22.115: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and with priue speche & peyntid wordesUc.22.115: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines 22.114-16. and armed him in ydelnes & in hi bering he bar a bowe in his hond & many brod arwes wern feþered with fair bihest · and many afalsa fals truthe with vntidy tales he tened ful ofte Conscience & his company of holichurche þe techers Covetyse also ayenst Consciens Uc.22.121: A curly bracket made by hand14 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.120-24.þenne cam coueitise & cast how he myghte Covetysnes liuerie is nigarlines and wilesUc.22.122: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Ouercome conscience & cardinal vertuesUc.22.122: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.121-24. and armed him in auarice and hongrilich lyuede his wepene was al wiles · to wynnon & to huydon with glosinges & gabbynges he giled þe peple Symonye causeth þe pope to hold with Antechryste . Uc.22.126: This comment continues at Uc.22.129. Symonie him sued to assaile conscienceUc.22.126: Right-margin sidelining, probably by hand14, runs the length of this side from Uc.22.125 to Uc.22.155. and presed on þe pope & prelates þei made To holde with antecrist her temporalte to saue Knocketh conscyence . Uc.22.129: This comment is continued from Uc.22.126 and continues at Uc.22.131. and cam to þe kynges counsel · as a kene baroun and knocked conscience yn court bifore hem alle dryveth away fayth . Uc.22.131: This comment is continued from Uc.22.129 and continues at Uc.22.132. and garte god faith fle & fals to a-bide notaoverthroweth wisdom of Westminster hall . Uc.22.132: This comment is continued from Uc.22.131 and continues at Uc.22.134. Uc.22.132: A curly bracket in the left margin, in the form of six tiny stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.22.132-33.and baldlich bar adoun · with many abrighta bright noble Miche of þe wit & wisdom of westmynster halle overturneth truth Uc.22.134: This comment is continued from Uc.22.132 and continues at Uc.22.136. he iogged til a iustice & ioustid in his hereUc.22.134: here: Sc. "ear." For this spelling, see MED s.v. here. and ouertulte al his truþe wyth tak þis on amendment turneth Syvile in þe . Arches . / & Uc.22.136: This comment is continued from Uc.22.134 and continues at Uc.22.138. and yn-to þe arches in hast he ȝede anoen after and turned Syuyle in-to symonye & siþe he toek þe official parteth Matrimonye by devorce . / Uc.22.138: This comment is continued from Uc.22.136. and for a menyuer mantelle he maed leel matrimoyne departon ar deþ come · and a devors shapte Uc.22.140: A

rightward pointing-hand icon made by hand14 in the left margin highlights this line.alas quod conscieconscie[nce] þo & cried , wolde crist of his grace þat coueitise wer cristene þat is sokeneso kene to fighte and bold & abyding þe while þe bagge lastith notaliuely loue clad in vaine harlotry which holdeth religion a geste and þenne lough lif & leet dagge his clothes and armed him in hast in harlotes wordes and held holynes a iape & hendnes a wastour and leet leute a churl & lyare a fre man Conscyence accompted folye . / Conscience & counsel he countid hit folie vaine folly of youtfullyouthfull lyfeUc.22.148: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota Thus reliede lif for a litel fortune and priketh forth with pruyde preyseþ he no vertue Ne carith not how kynd slough and shal come at þe laste and kille al erthly creature saue conscience onely onely: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading onely is unique to MS Uc—understandably, since the hand adding the -ly is that of Francis Aiscough, who on fol. 26r at line Uc.4.37 dates his marginal comments to 1603. Russell-Kane reads one. lyf health and pride of harte regards not consience nor deathe lif lepte a-side & laught him alemmana lemmanUc.22.152: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.152-55. nota Uc.22.153: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.152-55.hele & y quod he and hynes of herte shal do þe not drede noþer deth ne elde and to forȝete ȝouthe & ȝiue not of synne Iesu mercy lady helpelyf and fortune begate in there youth Sleuthe who marride in his boysage a Post knigtesUc.22.156: OED post-knight, "a notorious perjurer." daughter in a vaine hope · of youthe · þis liked lif & his lemman fortuneUc.22.156: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.156-64. and geton in her glorie a gadeling at þelasteþe laste Oen þat miche wo wroughte sleuthe was his name sleuthe wax wonder ȝerne & sone was of age nota Uc.22.160: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.156-63.and weddid on wanhope a wench of þe stuyues her sire was a sysour þat neuere swor truthe Oen tomme tow tonge ateynt at vch enquest This sleuthe was sly of werre & a slynge made and þorghUc.22.164: Russell-Kane: threw. drede of dispair a dozeyn myle abouton For care conscience þo cried vpon Elde and bad him fonde to fight · and a-fere wanhope and Elde hente good hope & hastilich shrof him and wayued away wanhope · & with lif he fightiþ and lif fley for feer to fisik after helpe and bisought him of socour and of hir salue hadde and gaf him gold good oenUc.22.171: oen: MED wone n.(3) 3. "Abundance, plenty." þat gladid her hertes and þei geuon him agayn a glason houe lif leued þat leche-craft lette sholde elde and drif awayUc.22.174: The added a in away has a single-looped secretary form, in contrast to the anglicana two-compartment a characteristic of the main scribe. deth with dyaes & drogges and elde avntred him on lif & at þe laste he hitte a ficisian with a forred hoed þat fulUc.22.176: ful: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads he ful. in a palesy þe vicare of Bindbrocke . and þere died þat doctour ar þre dayes after Now y see saide lif þat surgerie ne fisik May not amytea myte a-vaile to medlon aȝen elde No surgerye nor physik ayenst old age . / and yn hope of his hele good herte he hente and roed so to reuel a riche place & a mury The companye of counfort men cleped hit somtyme age is bald befor Uc.22.183: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin spans lines Uc.22.183-84.and elde after him & ouer myn hede ȝede and made me balled byfore · & bare on þe crowne so harde he ȝedeUc.22.185: The word ȝede is difficult to read because it runs into a blemish on the vellum which cause the text scribe to skip some space. ouer myn heed hit wol be sene euere Sire euel taught elde quod y · vnhende go with þe sithon whanne was þe way ouer mennes hedes haddest þou be hende quod y · þou wost haue asked leue ȝe leue lordeyn quod he · & leyd on with age notaþe ere yelds to elde and hitte me vndor þe ere vnneþe may y here þe teth and grinders decaeth Uc.22.191: Left-margin sidelining by hand16 spans lines Uc.22.191-96.he boffetid me aboute þe mouth & beet out my wangteþ and gyued me in goutes y may not go at large þe leges are gouttie and of þe wo þat y was ynne my wif hadde ruthe and wyshte wel weturly · þat y were in heuene For þe leme þat she loued me fore & leef was to fele on nyghtes namelich when we naked were mariage and elde killeth lust . of þe body . Uc.22.197: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, spans lines Uc.22.197-98.y ne myght in no manere maken hit at her willeUc.22.197: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line. so elde & she hit hadde forbete all men mistem[u]ste paie there debt to Nature · Uc.22.199: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. and as y sat in this sorowe y say how kynde passed and deþ drough ny me for drede gan y quakon and cried to kynde out of kare me bringe Lo how elde þe hore hath me biseye a-wrek me yf ȝour wille be for y wolde be hennes yf þow wolt be wreke wende in-to vnite and halde þe þere euere til y sende for the and loke þou conne som craft · ar þou þennesUc.22.206: þennes: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads come thennes. CounselethUc.22.207: In writing the un of Counseleth, the text scribe appears first to have inadvertently omitted a minim, giving Comseleth, but then to have noticed the mistake and corrected by overwriting the right-hand side of the o with an added minim. me kynde quod y · what craft be best to lerne lerne to loue quod kynde · and lef alle oþere how shal y come to catelle so to cloþe me & to fede notaþe godlie which loue god truly shall never lacke in this lyfe , nor in þe lyfe to come and þou loue lelly lacke shal þe neuere wede ne worldly mete whil þi lif lastith and y bycounselby counsel of kynde comsed to rome Thorgh contricioun & confessioun · til y cam to vnite and þere was conscience constable cristene to saue and biseged sothly with seuene grete geauntz þat with antecrist heldon hard aȝen conscience sleuthe with his slynge · an hard saut he made Proude prestes come with him passing an hundred yn paltokes & piked shoes & pissers longe knyues Comon aȝen conscience with coueitise þei heldon notalitle or no consience to be founde in the marches of IrelandeUc.22.221: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. By þe marie quod a mased prest was of þe march of yrlandUc.22.221: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the right margin spans lines Uc.22.221-24. ycountey counte no more conscience by so y cacche suluer Then ydoy do to drinke adraughta draught of good ale and so saide sixty of þe same contre and shoton aȝenes him with shet many a shef of oþes and brode hoked arwes godes herte & his nayles and haddon al-most vnite and holinesse adowne Conscience cried help clergie or y falle þorgh inperfit prestes & prelates of holichurche Freres herde him crie & comon him to helpe Ayenst prestes & freres Uc.22.231: Left-margin sidelining, probably by hand14, spans this entire side Uc.22.218-48, continuing in the right margin of fol. 122r to line Uc.22.273.and for þei cowde not wel her craft conscience forsok hem Nede neyghed þo ner & conscience he tolde þat þei cam for coueytise to haue cure of soules and for þei arn pore perauntur for patrimonie hem faileþ þey wol flatere to fare wel folk þat ben riche and sithon þey chose chele · and cheitifte pouerte lat hem chewe as þei chose · and charge hem wiþ no cure For lomere he lieth · þat liflode mot byeUc.22.238: Russell-Kane: begge. þen he þat laboureþ for liflode · & leneth hit beggeres and sithon freres forsoke · þe felicefelic[it]e of erthe lat hem be as beggeres · or lyue by angels fode Conscience of þis counsel þo comsed forto laughe and corteislich counfortid hem & calde hem in alle freres and saide sires sothly welcome be ȝe alle To vnite & holichurche ac oen þing y ȝou preye holdith ȝou in vnite & haueth noen enuye To lered ne to lewed bot lyueth after ȝour rule and y woly wol be ȝour borow ȝe shal haue bred & clothus and othir necessaries ynowe ȝou shal nothing lacke with þat ȝe leue logik & lerneth forto louye For loue lefte þei lordshipe boþe lond & scole Frere Fraunceys & domynyk for loue to be holy and yf ȝe coueyteth cure kynde wol ȝou telle þat in mesure god made alle manere thinges and sette hit at a certeyn & at a sykor nombre and nempned hem names & nombred þe sterres Uc.22.257: At the start of the red underlining of the Latin is a wavy red flourish. Qui numerat multitudinem stellarum & cetera . kynges & knyghtes þat kepon & defendon han officeres vnder hem & vch of hem a certeyn and yf þei wage men to werre þei writonUc.22.260: There is an otiose abbreviation-stroke above the n in writon. hem in nombre wol no tresorer taken hem wages trauaile þei neuere so sore Bot hi ben nempned in þe nombre of hem þat beþ wagid alle othir in bataille ben holde briboures Piloures & pikharneys yn vch aparisha parish acorsed Monks & monials & alle men of religioun her ordre & her rule wole to haue a certeyn nombre Conscyence will not give ought to þe freres . they are so many & out of Nombre of lewed & of lered þe lawe wol & asketh a certeyn for a certeyn saue onlich of freres For-þi quod conscience by crist kynde wit me tellith hit is wicked to wage ȝou ȝe wexith out of nombre heuen hath euene nombre · & helle ys with-outon nombre For-thi y wolde weturly þat ȝe were in registre and ȝour nombre vnder notarie signe & noþer mo ne lasse Enuye herde þis & het freres go to scole and lerne logik & lawe & eke contemplacion and preche men of plato & preuon hit by seneca þat alle thinges vnder heuene ought to be in comune he lieth as y leue þat to þe lewed so prechith For god made to men a lawe & moises hit taughte Non concupisces rem proximi tui & cetera Uc.22.281: Left-margin sidelining, probably by hand14, spans lines Uc.22.281-91.andeueland euel ys þis yholde in parishes of yngelond For persounes & parishprestesparish prestes þat sholde þe pepel shriue and þei ben curatoures cald to knowe & to hele alle þat ben her parishenes penaunses enioynon and ben a-shamed in her shrifte · but shame makeþ hem wende and fle to þe freres as fals folk to westmynster þat boroweþ & berith hit þidor & þenne biddoþ frendes ȝerne of forȝeuenes · or lengor ȝeres leue But while he ys in westmynster he wol be bifore and maken him murye with oþer mennes godes and so hit fareth with myche folk þat þeUc.22.291: þe: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc, although several C-version manuscripts read to the. Russell-Kane reads to. freres shriueþ as sisoures & secutoures · þei shal ȝiue þe freres a parcelle to preye for hem & make hem murye with þe remenant þat othir men byswonkeUc.22.294: Russell-Kane omits this partial line, rendering thus Uc.22.293 as RK22.292: A parcel to preye for hem and pleye with þe remenaunt. Pearsall: A parcel to preye for hem, and make hem merye / With þe remenaunt that oþere men biswonke. Schmidt: A parcel to preye for hem, and pleyen hem merye / With þe remenaunt that oþere renkes biswonke. and soffron þe dede in dette · to þe day of dome Envye fyndeth freres at Schole Enuye her-fore hatid conscience and freres to philosophie he fond hem to scole The while coueytise & vnkyndnes conscience assailed yn vnite holichurche conscience held him and made pees portere to pynne þe ȝates of alle tale tellers and titereres yn idel ypocrysie . Uc.22.302: Hand16 here gives, apparently as a line-end space filler, a flourish in the form of a large tilde with looped ends. woundeth many prechares ypocrisie & þei an hard sawt þei ȝeuon ypocrisie at þe ȝate · harde gan fighte and woundid wel wickedly · many awysa wys techere þat with conscience acordid & cardinal vertues Conscience calde a leche þat couthe wel shriue Go salue þat sik were & þorgh synne ywoundid shrifte shop sharp salue and made men do penaunses For her mysdedes þat þey wrought hadde And þat pers pardoun wer paid Redde quod debes somme liked not þis leche · and letteres þei sente yf any surgien wer in þe sege þat softere cowde plastere Sire lif to lyue in leccherie lay þere & groned For fasting of a friday · he ferde as he wolde dye þere is a surgien in segeUc.22.315: sege: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads the sege. · þat softe can handle freare flatterye a phisician & surgeanUc.22.316: This comment is bounded on the left by a curly bracket done by hand14. and more of fisik bi fer & fairore he plasteres Oen frere flaterere ficisienUc.22.317: ficisien: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads is fiscicien. & surgien Quod contricioun to conscience do him come to vnite For here is many hurt þorgh ypocrisie we han no nede quod conscience ywoty wot no bettur leche þen persoun oþer parissh prest penytauncer or bisshope Saue pers þe ploughman þat haþ power ouer hem alle and indulgence may do bot yf dette lette hit y may wel soffre saide conscience sithon ȝe desiron þat frere flaterere be fet and fisik ȝou seke ¶Uc.22.326: The paraph marker is smudged. þe frere herof herde & hiede faste To a lord for a lettere · leue haue to curon as a curatour he were and kam with his lettere Baldelich to þe bisshope and his brief hadde yn contreis þere he cam confessiounes to here and cam þere conscience was · and knocked at þe ȝate Pees vnpynned hit · was porter of vnite and yn hast asked what his wille were yn faith quod this frere · for profith & for helthe Carpe wolde · I · with contricioun & þerfore y kam hidor he is sik saide pees · & so ar many othere ypocrisie haþ hirt hem · ful hard is · ar þei keuere yamy am a surgien saide þe frere · and salues can make Conscience knoweth me wel · and what y kan bothe y preye þe quod persUc.22.340: Russell-Kane: Pees. þo · ar þow passe forthere what hattist þou · I · preye þe hele not þin name Certes saide his felawe · sire penetrans domos ȝe goo þi gate quod persUc.22.343: pers: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads pees. by god for al þin fisik bot þow conne any craft þow comest not her-ynne y knew suchonsuch on ones not eighte wyntur passed kam in þus ycoped at a court þere y dwelte and was my lordes leche & my ladies bothe and at þe laste þis limitour þo my lord was oute hippocreticallUc.22.349: The r in hippocreticall has been thickly overwritten (as long r), then further clarified by the addition of a 2-shaped r above the original letter. women friers with the salue of loue . Uc.22.349: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. nota he salued so oure wymmen til somme wern with childe ¶ hende speche heet pees þo opene þe ȝates lat in þe frere & his felawe & make hem fair chere he may see & here · here so may bifalle þat lif þorgh his lore shal leue coueitise and be adrad of deth & withdrawe hemUc.22.354: Russell-Kane: hym. fro pruyde and acorde with conscience and kisse her aither oþer þus þorgh hende speche · entred þe frere and cam to conscience & corteisliche him grette þou art welcome quod conscience canst þou hele sike here is contricioun quod conscience my cosyn wounded Counforte him quod conscience & take keep to his sores þe plastereresplasteres of þe persoun and poudres ben to sore and let hem ligge ouerlonge · and loth is to chaungen Fro lenton to lenton · he leet his plasteres bite þat is ouerlonge quod þis limytour yleuey leue yshaly shal amende hit and gooth gropeth contricioun · & gaf him aplasterea plastere of a priue paiement & shal praie for ȝou and for hem þat ȝe arn holde to al my lif-tyme and ȝouUc.22.368: ȝou: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads make of ȝow; Schmidt and Pearsall, make ȝow. my lady in masse & in matynes of freres of oure fraternite for a litel suluerUc.22.369: For this line and the preceding, Russell-Kane gives the following: And make of ȝow memoria in masse and in matynes / As freres of oure fraternite for a litel suluer. Schmidt: And make ȝow and my Ladye in masse and in matynes / As freres of oure fraternite, for a litel suluer. Pearsall: And make ȝow my Ladye in masse and in matynes / Of freres of oure fraternite, for a litel suluer. ¶Uc.22.370: The paraph marker is faded. þus he gooth & gadereth & glosith þere he shriueth contrition ys filled with Ipocracy . nota Til contricioun hadde clene forȝete to crie & to wepe and wake for his wicked werkes ase he wonedUc.22.372: woned: According to the Russell-Kane apparatus, this reading is unique to MS Uc. Russell-Kane reads was woned. bifore notadaubers with vntempered morter . Uc.22.373: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. For counfort of his confessour contricioun he lefte þat is þe souereyne salue · for alle kynne synnes Sleuth and prid enimies to consienceUc.22.375: The marginal comment here is bounded below by underlining done by hand16. Uc.22.375: A curly bracket made by hand16 in the left margin, in the form of stacked parentheses, highlights this line.Sleuthe say þat & so dide pruyde and comon with a kene wille conscience to assaille ¶ Conscience cried efte clergie come help him and bad contricioun to come to helpe to kepe þe ȝates he lith adreint saide pees and so doth many othir þe frere with his fisik þis folk haþ enchauntid and doth men drinke dwale þat men drat no synne By crist quod conscience tho ywoly wol bicome a pilgrim and wendon as wide as þe world regneth consience desiers þe company of þe ploughman who ys moste voyde of pride of all occupacions · nota To seke pers þe ploughman þat pruyde myght destruye and þat freres hadde a fynding þat for nede flateron and counturpledith me conscience now kynde me avenge and sende me happe & hele til y haue pers ploughman Concience ys a-sleppe till he come in againeConsience will not come into this lande till the proude Prelates and Couitous lawyeres be swepe awaie / which will not be longe to Amen · So be it and sithe he gradde after grace til ygany gan awake & cetera Explicit liber vocatus Pers ploghman