F.3 – PPEA

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BPassus 2

Incipit Passus Tercius.

F.3.1KD.2.1IF.3.1: The seven-line ornamental capital is red and green with flourishes in red to the top of the page. Covrbet ȝyt on my knees / & gradde hire of grace.
                  
F.3.2KD.2.2& seyde mercy Madame / for Marie love of heuene.
                  
F.3.3KD.2.3Þat bar þat blisful barn / þat bowhte vs on roode.F.3.3:  A pointing hand appears in the right margin, added by a later hand.
F.3.4KD.2.4& kenne me by sum craft / to knowe þe false.

¶ Loke on þy lyft half quod she  & se where he standis.

Boþe Fals / & Favel / & here ferys manye.

F.3.7KD.2.7¶ I lookede on my lyft half / as þe lady tawhte.
                  
F.3.8KD.2.8& was war of a womman / was worcheply clothyd.
                  
F.3.9KD.2.9& purfylyd with pelure / þe purest on erthe.
                  
F.3.10KD.2.10& crowned she was with a crowne / þe kyng haþ no bettre.F.3.10:  F omits the following line from Bx: "Fetisliche hire fyngres were fretted with gold wyr."
F.3.11KD.2.12& set abowhte with rubyes / as rede as ony gleede.
                  
F.3.12KD.2.13& with dyamaundes þe derrest / & doble dyuerse sapherys.
                  
F.3.13KD.2.14Oryentalis & ewagis / enemyes to distroye.

F.3.14KD.2.15¶ Hire Robe was ful ryche / of reed skarlet greyned.
                  
F.3.15KD.2.16With Rubanes of reed gold / & ful of ryche stones.
                  
F.3.16KD.2.17Hire a-ray / me rauyschede / swich rycchesse seyȝ y neuere.
                  
F.3.17KD.2.18I hadde wondir what she was / & whoos wif she were.

F.3.18KD.2.19¶ What womman ys þis /  quod y  so worthyly y-tyred.
                  
F.3.19KD.2.20She is Meede þe Mayde / quod she  haþ noyed me ful ofte.  
                  
F.3.20KD.2.21& often lakkyd my lemman / þat lewhte is y-hote.
                  
F.3.21KD.2.22& she is lowly to Lordis / þat lawys have to kepe.
                  
F.3.22KD.2.23& in þe popis paleyȝs she is / as priuy as my-selue.

F.3.23KD.2.24¶ But Sothnesse wolde nono[t] so / for she bore bastard.F.3.23: Bx reads "for she is a Bastard." F's revision creates a T-type b-verse.
F.3.24KD.2.25For fals was hire fadir / þat haþ a fykyl tunge.
                  
F.3.25KD.2.26& neuere soþ seyde / sytthe he com on erthe.
                  
F.3.26KD.2.27& Meede ys manered after hym / ryght as kynde askyþ.
                  
F.3.27KD.2.27αQualis pater . talis filius .  Iterum .  Bonus arbor bonus 
 fructus habet .  Malus arborF.3.27:  The red ink has flaked or rubbed so that the <a> of the second arbor is illegible, only the top lobe remaining. malus fructus profert .F.3.27:  F alone expands the Latin tag. Bx ends after habet.

F.3.28KD.2.28¶ I awhte ben herrere þan she / y am of a bettre roote.
                  
F.3.29KD.2.29My Fadir grete god ys / grownde of alle gracis.
                  
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F.3.30KD.2.30He is god with-owtyn gynnynge / & y am his goode dowhter.
                  
F.3.31KD.2.31& he gaf me mercy / to maryen with my-selue.
                  
F.3.32KD.2.32& what man be mercyful / & leelly me honowre.
                  
F.3.33KD.2.33Shal be my lord / & y his leef / in þe heyȝe hevene.

F.3.34KD.2.34¶ & what man takþ meede / mynn heed dar y legge.
                  
F.3.35KD.2.35Þat he shal leese .  for hire love / his lappe ful of charyte.
                  
F.3.36KD.2.36See  how dauid meneþ / of men / þat Meede taken.
                  
F.3.37KD.2.37& of men on þis Molde / þat Meyȝntene trowthe.
                  
F.3.38KD.2.38& how ȝee shal save ȝoure-selue / þe sawter ȝow techeþ.
                  
F.3.39KD.2.39Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo .  & cetera.

F.3.40KD.2.40/ [¶] & now shal Meede be Maried / to a manshid shrewe.
                  
F.3.41KD.2.41To on fals & fykil of tunge / a foul feendis be-ȝeete.
                  
F.3.42KD.2.42Favel þoruh his false speche / þis folk ys enchauntyd.F.3.42:  Bx reads ".  .  .  haþ þis folk enchaunted." Cf.  16.376b for the same formula.
F.3.43KD.2.43& alle hise eyȝres eggynge / þat she shal be y-weddid.
                  
F.3.44KD.2.44& to-morwe worthȝ þe mariage / & þe Maydes brydale.
                  
F.3.45KD.2.45& þere may þou wete / if þou wilt / wheche þei ben alle.
                  
F.3.46KD.2.46Þat longen to þat Lordchepe / þe lasse & þe more.
                  
F.3.47KD.2.47Knowe hem þere / if þou canst / & keep wel þyn tunge.
                  
F.3.48KD.2.48& lakke hem nowht but lete hem worþe / tyl Lewte be Iustise.
                  
F.3.49KD.2.49& have powher to punshe hem / & þan pyt furþ þy resoun.

¶ Now y be-kenne þe crist quod she / & his clene Moodir.

& þat no concyense a-cumbre þe / for coueytyse of meede.

F.3.52KD.2.52/ [¶] Þus lefte me þat Lady / lyggynge on slepe.
                  
F.3.53KD.2.53& how  Meede was Maryed / in Meetelys me þowhte.
                  
F.3.54KD.2.54Þat al þe alle þeal þe ryche retenew / þat regnede with sire false.
                  
F.3.55KD.2.55Weryn bodyn to his bydaleb[r]ydale / faire on boþe sydys.
                  
F.3.56KD.2.56Of alle manere of men / þe mene & þe ryche.

F.3.57KD.2.57¶ To Marie þat mayde / wheryn men ensemblyd þere.
                  
F.3.58KD.2.58Of knyghtys & of Clerkys / & oþire comoun peple.
                  
F.3.59KD.2.59Of sysoures of sumnowres / & shereuys & here Clerkis.
                  
F.3.60KD.2.60Of Bedelis & Baylees / & brokores of Chaffare.
                  
F.3.61KD.2.61 Forgowleres Forgoweres & vytaleris / & vocatis of þe archis.
                  
F.3.62KD.2.61.1& manye oþir myster men / mo þan ben in myȝnde.F.3.62:  This line appears only in F.
F.3.63KD.2.62I can not redily rekne þe rowhte / þat ran a-bowhte Meede

F.3.64KD.2.63

/ [¶] But symony & Cyvile / & sysoures of courtys.

Where most priue with meede / of ony men þere owte.

F.3.66KD.2.65¶ But Favel was þe firste / þat fette hire out of chambre.
                  
F.3.67KD.2.66& as a brokour he browhte hire / to be with false en-Ioyned.
                  
F.3.68KD.2.67& whanne Symony & Cyuyle / seyen here boþe wille.
                  
F.3.69KD.2.68&F.3.69: Alpha is responsible for &. Beta manuscripts have Thei. assentide for syluer / to seyn / as boþe wolde.

F.3.70KD.2.69/ [¶] Þan leep Lyȝere forþ / & seyde loo  here a chartre.
                  
F.3.71KD.2.70Þat Gyle with hise grete oþis / gaf hem to-gydre.
                  
F.3.72KD.2.71& prayede Cyvyle it to seen / & Symony yt redde.

¶ Þanne Symony & Cyvile / stoden forþ bothe.F.3.73: F omits the following line from Bx: "And vnfoldeþ þe feffement that Fals hath ymaked."

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& þus by-gunne þo goomes / to gredyn ful hyȝe.F.3.74: "IIIus" is written with red flourishes in the top right margin to mark the passus number.

Sciant presentes et Futuri . & cetera.

F.3.76KD.2.75¶ Weteþ wel & wytnessyþ / þat whonen vpon erthe.
                  
F.3.77KD.2.76Þat Meede ys Maryed / more for hyre goodys.
                  
F.3.78KD.2.77Þan for ony vertue / or fairnesse / or ony fre keende.
                  
F.3.79KD.2.78Falsnesse is fayn of hire / for he whot hire ryche.
                  
F.3.80KD.2.79& Favel with his fikyl speche / feffyþ hem by þys chartre.
                  
F.3.81KD.2.80To been Princes of pride / & pouerte dyspyse.
                  
F.3.82KD.2.81To Bakbyte & boste wel / & toF.3.82:  An otiose curl appears over the <t>. beryn fals witnesse.
                  
F.3.83KD.2.82To skoorne & to skoolde / & sklawndres to make.
                  
F.3.84KD.2.83& to be bold & vn-buxumF.3.84: Alpha is responsible for the word order "bold & vn-buxum."  Beta witnesses read "vnbuxome and bolde." / to breke þe ten hestys.
                  
F.3.85KD.2.84To have þe Erldom of Envye / & wratthe to-gydres.
                  
F.3.86KD.2.85With þe Chastelet of Ieestys / & þe Iangelynge of synne.F.3.86: F's b-verse is unique.  Beta manuscripts have "and chaterynge out of reson."  R has "and chaterynge out of tyme."
F.3.87KD.2.86& al þe Cuntres of Coueytise / with alle þe coostys abowhte.
                  
F.3.88KD.2.87Þat is vserye & Avaryce / alle y hem grawnte.
                  
F.3.89KD.2.88In bargaynes & brokages / with þe bolde borghȝ of þefte.
                  
F.3.90KD.2.89& al þe Lordchepe of Leccherye / in Lengþe & in brede.
                  
F.3.91KD.2.90In werkynge in wordis / in waytynge with yȝen.
                  
F.3.92KD.2.91In wenyngis / In wischyngis / & in wast þowhtys.
                  
F.3.93KD.2.92Þere as wille wolde werke / ne were woo & drede.F.3.93: F's reading is unique. Bx reads "There as wil wolde and werkmanshipe fayleþ."
F.3.94KD.2.93He ȝaf hem Glotonye eek / & grete oþis to-gydre.
                  
F.3.95KD.2.94& al day to drynke / ala[t] fele dyuerse tauernys.
                  
F.3.96KD.2.95& þere to Iangle & to Iape / & Iuggyn here euyn-cristene.
                  
F.3.97KD.2.96& in fastyngeF.3.97:  A kind of reversed virgule appearing here is probably a slip of the pen. dayes to frete / er ful tyme weere.
                  
F.3.98KD.2.97& softe syttyn & sowpe / tyl sleepF.3.98:  An otiose mark appears above the final <p>. gyn hym a-sayle.
                  
F.3.99KD.2.98& broode hym as aF.3.99: The a is owed to alpha. borghȝ swyn / & bedde hym on a bolstre.
                  
F.3.100KD.2.99Tyl slewthe / & softe sleep / slyken hise sydes.
                  
F.3.101KD.2.100& þanne wanhope a-wake hym so / with no wil to a-mende hym.
                  
F.3.102KD.2.101For he be-leviþ to be loost / þat ys þe laste ende.

F.3.103KD.2.102/ [¶] And þey to haven & to holden / & alle here eyȝres after.
                  
F.3.104KD.2.103A derk dwellynge with þe deuyl / & be dampned for euere.
                  
F.3.105KD.2.104With alle pertynauncis of purgatorye / in-to þe pyne of helle.
                  
F.3.106KD.2.105For þis þyng ȝeldynge / at on ȝeerys ende.
                  
F.3.107KD.2.106Here sowlys to sathan / to suffre with hym peynes.
                  
F.3.108KD.2.107& with hym / to whone in woo / whilis god ys in hevene.

F.3.109KD.2.108¶ In witnesse of þisF.3.109: The reading þis is owed to alpha.  Beta reads which. þyng / wrong was þe firste.
                  
F.3.110KD.2.109& Pers þe Pardoner / of  Pawlynes doctryne.
                  
F.3.111KD.2.110& Bette þe bedele / of Bokyngham-schyre.
                  
F.3.112KD.2.111& Reygnold þe Reve / of RokelondeF.3.112: The reading Rokelonde is owed to alpha.  Beta reads Rutland. sokene.
                  
F.3.113KD.2.112& Munde þe Mellere / & manye mo oþere.
                  
F.3.114KD.2.113In þe date of þe deuel / þis dede y a-seele.
                  
F.3.115KD.2.114By syght of sire Symony / & Cyvylys leve.
                  
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F.3.116KD.2.115¶ Thanne was teenyd / theologye / whan he þis tale herde.
                  
F.3.117KD.2.116& seyde / to sire Cyvile / now sorwe mote þou have.
                  
F.3.118KD.2.117Swiche weddyngges to wirche / to wratthe with trewþe.
                  
F.3.119KD.2.118& he þis weddynge haþ wrought / woo  hym by-tyȝde.
                  
F.3.120KD.2.119For Meede ys Moylere / of a-Mendys ongendred[e]ngendred.
                  
F.3.121KD.2.120& god grauntid to gyve / Meede to trewthe.
                  
F.3.122KD.2.121& þou hast gyve hire to a gylour / now god gyve þe sorwe.
                  
F.3.123KD.2.122Þe tyxt tellyþ not so / trewþe whot þe soþe.
                  
F.3.124KD.2.123For dignus est operariuusoperarius  / his heere to have.
                  
F.3.125KD.2.124& þou hast fest hire with fals / fy  on þyn lawe.
                  
F.3.126KD.2.125For al be lesyngys / þou lyvyst  & leccherouse werkys.

F.3.127KD.2.126/ [¶] Þan Symonye & Cyvyle / chydden holy chyrche.
                  
F.3.128KD.2.127& seide þe notarijs & ȝee / foule noyȝhen þe peple.
                  
F.3.129KD.2.128Ȝee shulle a-begge it / boþe / by god þat me made.
                  
F.3.130KD.2.129Wel ȝee wetyn wernardys / þat[but if] ȝoure wit fayleþ.
                  
F.3.131KD.2.130Þat fals ys faythles / & fykil in hise werkys.
                  
F.3.132KD.2.131& asF.3.132: The reading as is owed to alpha.  Beta reads was. a bastard y-bore / of Belzabubis kynne.
                  
F.3.133KD.2.132& Meede ys Moylere / & a Mayde of goode.
                  
F.3.134KD.2.133& myghte kyssen þe kyng / for kosyn & heF.3.134: Alpha preserves the he form for the third person singular feminine pronoun here. wolde.
                  
F.3.135KD.2.134For-þy  wyrcheþ be wisdom / & be wit bothe.
                  
F.3.136KD.2.135& lediþ hire to Londoun / þere lawhe ys y-shewyd.
                  
F.3.137KD.2.136If ony lawhe wille looke / þat þey lyggyn to-gydres.
                  
F.3.138KD.2.137& þey Iustyses Iuggyn hire / to be  Ioyned with fasefa[l]se.
                  
F.3.139KD.2.138Ȝyt be war of þeF.3.139: The reading þe is owed to alpha, though it is shared by GH.  Beta omits it. weddyngge / for wytty is trewthe.
                  
F.3.140KD.2.139& consience his conseylour / he knoweth ȝow ecchone.
                  
F.3.141KD.2.140& if he fyȝnde ȝow in defawhte / & with sire false holde.
                  
F.3.142KD.2.141He wil be-slotereF.3.142:  MED s.v.  bislotered, cites only one other instance of this verb, which appears as a variant in Chaucer, CT Prol. (CmbGg) A.76. ȝoure sowlys / ful soure at þe laste.

F.3.143: A cropped red <x> appears in the left margin, a corrector's mark noting the error. ¶ Herto asentyd Cyvyle / but Cyvyle[Symonye] ne wolde.

F.3.144KD.2.143

Tyl he hadde sum syluer / & alle hise notarijs.

F.3.145KD.2.144F.3.145: A cropped  red <x> appears in the left margin, possibly noting the failed alliteration  in the preceding line. / [¶] Þanne fette Favel forþ / floreynys y-nowe.
                  
F.3.146KD.2.145& bad  Gyle goo gyve / gold al abowhte.
                  
F.3.147KD.2.146& namely to þe  Notarijs / þat þey noon fayle.
                  
F.3.148KD.2.147& feffe Fals / be witnesse / with floreynys y-nowe.
                  
F.3.149KD.2.148Þat heF.3.149: The reading he is owed to alpha, though shared by L.  Beta reads þei. may Meede a-Maystrye / & makyn at myn wille.

F.3.150KD.2.149¶ Whan þis gold was y-gyve / gret was þe þonkyng.
                  
F.3.151KD.2.150To fals / & to Favel / for here faire gyftys.
                  
F.3.152KD.2.151& kestyn a-wey care / & conforte sire false.F.3.152: The line is unique to F. Bx reads "And comen to conforten from care þe false."
F.3.153KD.2.152& seyden sire for-soþe / seece shulle we neuere.
                  
F.3.154KD.2.153Tyl Meede be þy weddyd wif / þoru wyt of vs alle.
                  
F.3.155KD.2.154For we have Meede a-Maystried / þorghF.3.155: The reading þorgh is owed to alpha, though shared by H.  Beta reads wiþ. oure merye speche.
                  
F.3.156KD.2.155Þat she graunteþ for to goo / with a good wille.
                  
F.3.157KD.2.156To lundenn to looken / if þat þe Lawe wille. 
                  
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F.3.158KD.2.157Iuggen it Iustelyche / in Ioye for euere.F.3.158:  The following partially legible words were written in a secretary hand in the top margin: "he . . . / must no[t] in Redyng
                           be to lyght."  The top of the notation has been trimmed away.

F.3.159KD.2.158/ [¶] Þanne Fals was fayȝn / & Favel ful blythe.
                  
F.3.160KD.2.159& leet somoune alle men / in shyres a-bowte.
                  
F.3.161KD.2.160& bad hem alle been boun / beggeres & oþere.
                  
F.3.162KD.2.161To wenden with hym to westmenstre / to witnesse þeF.3.162: The reading þe is owed to alpha.  Beta reads þis. dede.

F.3.163KD.2.162¶ But þan cared þey for Caplis / to kayre hem to lundenn
                  
F.3.164KD.2.163& Favel fette furþ a-noon / fele folys sone.
                  
F.3.165KD.2.164& sette Meede on a Shereve / y-shood al newe.
                  
F.3.166KD.2.165& Fals sat on a Sysour / þat softly trottide.
                  
F.3.167KD.2.166& Favel on a Flatere / ful fetyȝsly a-tyred.

F.3.168KD.2.167

/ [¶] Þan Notarijs hadde noone / & a-noyed þey wheryn.

Þat Symonye & Cyvile / sholde on foote rennyn.

F.3.170KD.2.169¶ But þanne swoor Symonye / & Cyvile bothe.
                  
F.3.171KD.2.170Þat Somnowres sholde be sadlid / & serue hem ecchone.
                  
F.3.172KD.2.171& propirly aparayle provysoures / in palfreyes wyse.
                  
F.3.173KD.2.172& sire  Symonye hym-selue / shal syttyn on here bakkys.
                  
F.3.174KD.2.173& deenes & southdenes / let drawe to-gydre.
                  
F.3.175KD.2.174Archedeknys & officialis / & alle ȝoure registrys.
                  
F.3.176KD.2.175& stoppe hem with syluer / oure synnes to suffre.
                  
F.3.177KD.2.176As devoos & devoutrye / & deerne vserye.
                  
F.3.178KD.2.177To bere Bisshopis a-bowte / a-brood to vysyte.

F.3.179KD.2.178/ [¶] & Pawlynes peple / and pleyntis in þe constorye.
                  
F.3.180KD.2.179Shulle seruyn myn-selue / þat Cyvile is y-named.
                  
F.3.181KD.2.180& Cartesadle þe Commyssarye / oure carte shal he leede.
                  
F.3.182KD.2.181To fecche vs vytaylis / at  fornicatores. 
                  
F.3.183KD.2.182& Lyere shal be long carte / to leden alle þe oþire.
                  
F.3.184KD.2.183As Fobberys / & Faytoures / þat on here feet renne.

F.3.185KD.2.184¶ & þus  fals & favel / faren forþ to-gydre.
                  
F.3.186KD.2.185& Meede in þe Myddys / & alle þe oþire after.
                  
F.3.187KD.2.186I have no tome to telle / þe tail þat hem folweth.
                  
F.3.188KD.2.187Of many a manere man / þat on þe moolde lybbeþ.
                  
F.3.189KD.2.188But Gyle was forgoere / & gyede hem alle.

F.3.190KD.2.189/ [¶] Þan Sothnesse seyȝ hem wel / & seyde but a lyte.
                  
F.3.191KD.2.190But prikede his palfray / & passede hem alle.
                  
F.3.192KD.2.191& cam to þe kyngys court / & consyence it tolde.
                  
F.3.193KD.2.192& Consyence to þe kyng / carped it after.

F.3.194KD.2.193¶ Nou be crist quod þe kyng / & y cacche myghte.
                  
F.3.195KD.2.194Fals eyþirF.3.195: The reading eyþir is owed to alpha.  Beta has synonymous or. Favel / or feerys of hise felachepe.
                  
F.3.196KD.2.195I wolde be wrooke of þo wrecchis / þat werche so Ille.
                  
F.3.197KD.2.196& don hem hongyn be þe hals / & alle þat hem meyghtenmey[n]ten[e].
                  
F.3.198KD.2.197Sholde neuere man on moolde / menprise þe leeste.
                  
F.3.199KD.2.198But ryght as þe Lawe wille / lete falle on hem alle.

F.3.200KD.2.199/ [¶] Anon he comoundidcom[a]undid a constable / to comen at þe fyrste.
                  
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F.3.201KD.2.200F.3.201:   The scribe in his rubricating mode wrote what appears to be an <l>  surrounded with marks rather like modern commas in
                           the top margin immediately above the ampersand.& gooF.3.201: The reading goo may be unique in F.  The margin of R is badly cropped and the beginning of the line lost, but oo appears.  Beta reads To. tache þo tyrawntys / for ony thyng y hote.
                  
F.3.202KD.2.201& fetre faste False / For ony faire gyftys.
                  
F.3.203KD.2.202& loke þou gerde of Gyles heed / & let hym go no furthere.
                  
F.3.204KD.2.206& if þou lacche Lyȝere / lete hym nowht a-skape.
                  
F.3.205KD.2.207Er he be pyt on Pillory / for ony prayere y hoote.
                  
F.3.206KD.2.203& loke þou brynge Meede to me / Mawgre hem alle.

F.3.207KD.2.208¶ Þan stood drede at þe dore / & al þe dome herde.
                  
F.3.208KD.2.209& how þe kyng comaundide / constablis & sergauntys.
                  
F.3.209KD.2.210Þat False / & his felachepe / to fetere & to byȝnde.

¶ Þanne Dreede wente wyȝhtly / & warnede False.

& bad hym flee for ferd / & hise feerys alle.

F.3.212KD.2.213¶ & a-non Fals for feere / fleyȝ streyt to þe Frerys.
                  
F.3.213KD.2.214& with hym Gyle gan goo / for gast he sholde dyȝe.
                  
F.3.214KD.2.215But Marchawntys mette with hym / & made hym abyȝde.
                  
F.3.215KD.2.216& settyn hym in here shoppis / to shewen here ware.
                  
F.3.216KD.2.217& paraylid hym lyȝk a prentyȝs / þe peple to serue.

F.3.217KD.2.218¶ Ful lyghtly Lyere / leep a-wey þenne.
                  
F.3.218KD.2.219Lurkende þorghȝ lanes / to-luggyd of manye.
                  
F.3.219KD.2.220He was no-wher wolkome / for hise manye talys.
                  
F.3.220KD.2.221But oueral hyȝe howted / & y-hoote to trusse.
                  
F.3.221KD.2.222& Pardoneris hadden pyte / & pullyd hym to howse.
                  
F.3.222KD.2.223& wasshed hym / & wyped hym / & wounnde hym in cloþis.
                  
F.3.223KD.2.224& sentyn hym with seelys / on sundayes to chirchis.
                  
F.3.224KD.2.225& gaf pardoun for pens / pownd-meel a-bowte.

¶ Þanne Lowrede Lechis / & Lettrys þey sentyn.

Þat he wolde wone with hem / watrys to looke.

¶ Fele spyceris spoke toF.3.227: The reading to is owed to alpha. Beta reads with. hym / to a-spyȝe here ware.

F.3.228KD.2.229

For he cowhde onF.3.228: The reading on is owed to alpha, though appearing also in Hm and Hm2. Beta reads of. here craft / & knew fele gummes.

¶ Þanne Menstralis & Messagerys / mettyn with hym o weye.

& heelde hym half aF.3.230: The reading half a is owed to alpha, though shared by CrH. Beta reads an half. ȝeer / & elevene dayes.

F.3.231KD.2.232¶ But Freris with Fair speche / fecchid hym þenne.
                  
F.3.232KD.2.233& for komynge knowerys / þey copid hym as a Frere.
                  
F.3.233KD.2.234But haþ leve / to leepen owt / as oftyn as hym lykeþ.
                  
F.3.234KD.2.235& ys wolkome .  whan he wille / with-owtyn ony daunnger.F.3.234: The b-verse is unique to F. Bx reads "and woneþ with hem ofte."

F.3.235KD.2.236¶ & alle þe oþire fledde for feer / & faste flown to hyrnes.
                  
F.3.236KD.2.237Save Meede þe Mayde / no moo durste a-byde.
                  
F.3.237KD.2.238But trewþe to telle / she tremblede for feere.F.3.237: The reading feere is owed to alpha.  Beta reads drede.
F.3.238KD.2.239& alsoF.3.238: The reading also is owed to alpha.  Beta reads ek. wepte & weylede / for she was a-tachid.

Explicit Passus Tercius.