The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 13William LanglandEdited by Michael Calabrese, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: M. Gail Duggan and Patricia R. BartTechnical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research AssistantsMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter J. Eubanks, Carrie Lindley, Timothy L. Stinson, and Jordan Taylor. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Chris Jessee, Daniel Pitti, and John Unsworth.The Medieval Academy of America and the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer, Ltd.Woodbridge, SuffolkISBN: 97818438409232008

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LatinFrenchGerman18 Nov 2000 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created Passus xiijusterciodecimus · de visione · & vjussextus · de do-weel · a And y awakyd þerwyth · wytles nere hande · and as a freke that free were · foorþ gan y walke · yn manereHm.13.3: What appears to be either an ink trail or stray mark appears above the first <e> of manere. of amendynaunta mendynaunt · many aȝerea ȝere after and of þese metyngesþis metyng many tymestyme · muche þouȝt y hadde furst how fortune me fayled · at my moste nede · Hm.13.6: The rubricator ignored a paraph marker. And how þat elde manasyd me · mygth we euere mete · and how þat frerys folwyd · folke that werewas ryche and folke þat were pouere · atte lytyll prys þey sette · and none cors yn her kyrke-ȝerde · ne yn her kyrk was buryed but quyk he byquaþ hem ougth · or schulde helpe quyte her dettys and how þys couetyse ouercom · clerkes and preestys and howhow þat lewyd men ben ladde · but our lorde hem helpe thurgh vnkunynge creaturescuratoures · to yncurableHm.13.13: An otiose mark appears above the final <e> in yncurable. The same mark appears in the same position in kunynge in Hm.13.15. peynes · And how that ymagynatyf · yn dremesdremeles me tolde of kynde and of his kunyngeHm.13.15: See Hm.13.13 above for an otiose mark similar to the one here over the final <e> in kunynge. · and how curteys he ys to bestys and how louynge he is to bestys · on londe and on watre · leeneth he no lyfe · lasse norne more · The creatures that crepyn of kynde · they benben engendryd and sytthen how ymagynatyf seyde · vix saluabitur iustus · and whan he hadde seyde so · how sodeynly he passyd · I lay doun longe yn þys thougth · and atte the laste slepteI slepte · and as cryst wolde þercomeþer come conscyence · and confortedto conforte me þat tyme · and bad me come to his court · wyþ clergye y schuldesholde I dyne and for conscyence of clergye spak · y com well þe rather and þere y seiȝe amaystera mayster · what man he was y nyste · þat lowe loutyd and louelyche · vntoto scrypture Conscyence knewe hym well · and welcomyd hym fayre · they wesschen and wypedyn · and wenten to þe dyner ac pacyence yn þe paleys stood · yn pylgrimes clothes and prayde mete for charyte · for a poore heremyte · conscyence callyd hym yn · and curteysly seyde · welcome wye go and wasche · thu schalt sytte sone This mayster was maad sytte · and for þe moste wurthy and thanne clergye and conscyence · and pacyence com after pacyence and y · weren putte to be macchis and setyn by our-sylue · atte thea syde-boord conscyence callyd after mete · and þanne cam scripture and seruyd hymhem thus sone · of sundry metys manye · of austyn andof ambrose · and ofof alle þe foure euaungelystes Edentes & bibentes · que apud eos sunt · & ceteranil Ac this mayster ne his man · nomanerno maner flesch etyn · ac þey etyn mete of more cost · mortrelles and potages of that men myswonnyn · they madyn hem well at ese · ac her sauce was ouersour · and vnsauourly groundyn · yn a morter post mortem · of many bytter peyne but ȝif they synge for þe soules · and wepe salte teres · Vos qui peccata hominum commeditis · nisi pro eis lacrimas & orationes effunderitisHm.13.47: The correcting scribe erased a nasal in both commeditis and effunderitis, in both instances filling the space left by the erased character with two horizontal marks resembling an equal sign.  ea que in delicijs · comeditis in tormentis euometis · cetera Conscyence full curteysly þoo · comaundyd scrypture byfore pacyence breed to brynge · & me þat was his macche · He sette a soure loof beforeto-for vs · & seyde agite penitenciam and sytthe he brougthdrough vs drynke · dya perseuerans · as longe quod y as y leuelyue · and lykam may enduredure ThereHere is propre seruyce quod pacyence · þerfarythþer faryth no prin.ce bettre · and þanne he brougth vs f.... a ..s o. o... .... ..forth other mete of miserere mei deus · Hm.13.54: The erased phrase is partially visible under ultra-violet light, and probably agreed with Bx. Hand3's correction agrees with beta4 family witnesses: And þanne he brouȝt vs forth.... For the stemma currently in use by the Archive, see Robert Adams, "The Kane-Donaldson Edition of Piers Plowman: Eclecticism's Ultima Thule," TEXT 16 (2006), 141. and he brought us of beati quorum · of beatus virrys makynge Et quorum tecta sunt peccata · & ceteranil yn a dysch · Of derne schryfte dixi · and confitebor tibi brynge pacyence sum pytaunce priuylyche quod conscyence · and þanne hadde pacyence a pytaunce · pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctussanctus in tempore oportuno · and conscyence confortyd vs · and carpyd þusus mery talys · Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despicies · & ceteranil · Pacyence tho waswas proud · of þat propre seruyce · and made hym merthe wyth his mete · ac y moornyd euere · for þys doctor on thisþe hyȝe benchedese · dranke wyn so faste ve vobis qui potentes estis · ad bibendum vinum · & ceteranil · He eet many sundry metys · morterels and puddynggys wombecloutyswombe cloutys and wylde braun · and egges fryed wyth grece · than seyde y to my-sylfe so · pacyence yt herde · it is nougth four dayes that this freke · byfore þe deen of poules · prechid of penaunces · that poule the apostle suffryde · in fame & frigore · and flappys of scourgys Ter cesus sum & a iudeis quinquies quadragenas · & cetera · Ac oo woord they ouerhyppyn · at eche tyme þat þey preche · that poule yn his pystyll · to alle the peple tolde · Periculum est in falsis fratribus · & ceteranil · Holy wrytte byddeþ men be war · y wol naugth wryte it here on englysch ynon auenture · yt schulde be rehercyd to ofte · and greue þerwyþ good menþat good men ben · ac gramaryens schulde rede · vnusquisque a fratre suo sese custodiat · quia vt dicitur Periculum est in falsits fratribus · & ceteranil · ForAc y wyste neuere freke · þatþat as a frere ȝede · byfore men on englysch · takyn it for his teme · and tellyntelle it · wyþ-oute glosynge · they prechyn þat penaunce is · prophitable to the soule · and what myscheef and malese · cryst for man þoled Ac þis goddys glotoun quod y · wyth his grete chekes · haþ no pyte on vs pouere · he performeth euele þat he precheþ he preueþ nougth · to pacyence y tolde and wusschid full wytterlywitterly · wyth wylle full egre þat dysches and dobelers · byfore þys ylke doctor · were moltyn leed yn his mawe · and mahound amyddys y schall iangle to this yurdan wyth his iuste wombe to telle me what pacyencepenaunce is · of whiche he prechid raþer · Pacyence parceyuyd þatwhat y þougth · & wynkyd on me to be stylle · and seyde thu schalt se thus sone · whan he may nomore · he schall haue a penaunce yn his paunce · and puffe at eche woord · and þanne schull his guttys gothelyn · and he schal galpyn after for now he haþ dronkyn so depe · he woll dyuyne sone · and preuyn it by her pocalyps · and passyon of seynt auereynesAuereys that noþer bacoun ne braun · blamancblaman[ger]blancmanger no morterels ys nother fysch norne flesch · but food for a penaunt · and þanne schall he testifye · it ofof þe trynyte · & take his felaw to wytnes what he fonde yn a frayel · after a frerys lyuynge and but heþe furste lyue bybe lesynge · leue me neuere after and þanne is tyme to take · and to oppose þys doctor of do-wel and dobet · and ȝif do-best be any penaunce and y sat stylle as pacyence seyde · and þus sone this doctor · alsoAs ..rudy as a rose · ruddudrubbed his chekys .....coughed and carpide · and conscyence hym herde and tolde hym of a trynyte · and toward vs he lokede What is dowel sere doctor quod y · is dowel any penaunce Dowel quod this doctor · and took the cuppe and drank doo noon euyl to thy euencrystyne · nougth by þy powere by this day sere doctor quod y · þan be ȝe nougth yn dowel · for ȝe han harmyd vs two · yn þat ȝe ete þe puddyng morterellys and oþer mete · and we no morsel hadde · and ȝif ȝe fare so yn ȝowr fermorye · ferly me þynketh · but cheste be þere asþere charyte schulde be · & ȝong chyldryn durst playne y wolde permute my penaunce · wyþ ȝoure · for y am yn puynt to dowel · Thanne conscyence curteysly · a contynaunce he made · and preynte vpon pacyence · to praye me to be stylle and seyde hym-sylf ...?...sire doctour · and it be ȝour wylle · what is dowel and do-bet · ...ȝhe dyuy....nesdeuynours knoweth · dowel quod þis doctor · do as clerkys techeth and dobet ys he that techeth · and trauayleþ to teche oþre and doiþbestdobest dooþ hym-selfe so · as he seyth and preuethprecheth · Qui facit & docuerit · magnus vocabitur in regno celorum · & cetera Nowe thu clergye quod conscyence · carpyst what is dowel · ..y haue seuene sonys he seyth · seruyn yn a castel · þere þe lord of lyf wonyeþ · to lerne hem what ys dowel tyl y see þoo seuene · and my-sylfe accordyn · y am vnhardy quod he · to any wygth to preue yt for .on peris the ploughman · haþ ynpugnyd vs alle and sette alle scyences atte a sop · saue loue one and no texte ne takeþ · to ma......yntene his cause but diligodilige deum and domine quis habitabit · and seith that dowel and dobet ar two ynfynytes whyche ynfynytes wyth a feith · fyndyn oute dobest whiche schall saue mannys soule · þysþus seyþ peris ploughman · I can nougth her-onne quod conscyence · ac y knowe wel peris he wyll nougth aȝen holy wrytt spekyn · y dar wel vndurtake thanne passe we ouer tyl perys come · and preue þys yn dede pacyence hath ben yn many place · and peraduenture moutheþcnowethHm.13.142: Hm alone reads moutheþ against cnoweth in other B manuscripts, though CrW have mouþed. · that no clerke ne can · as cryst bereþ wytnesse Pacientes vincunt · & cetera · Ac ȝour prayer quod pacyence tho · so noman dysplese hym · disce ...?...?...quod he & doce · & dilige inimicos · disce and dowel doce and dobet dilige and dobest · þus taugth me onys a lemman that y louyde · loue was her name · Hm.13.147-148: Hm.13.147-148 appear as two lines in OC2 also, although they are divided differently there. Most other B manuscripts divide these two verses into three. wyþ woordys and wyþ werkys quod sche and wyll of þyn herte · thu loue lely thy soule · all þy lyfe-tyme · and so þu lere the to louye · for þe lordes loue of heuene thyn enemy yn alle wyse · euene foorþ wyth þy-sylue caste colys on his hed · of alle kynkynde speche boþe wyþ werkys and wyþ woordys · fonde his loue to wynne and leye on hym þus wyþ loue · tyl he laugh on thee and but he bowe for hisþis betyng · blynde moot he worthe Ac forto fare þus wyþ þy frende · folyye it were for he þat loueþ þe lely · lytyl of thyn coueyteþ kynde loue coueyteþ nougth · no catel but speche wyþ half a launpe lyfelaumpe lyneHm.13.160: Hm alone reads launpe lyf against laumpe lyne in most B manuscripts. The form lyf would have arisen from lyne misread as lyue and rendered lyfe. yn latyn · ex vi transiscionis y bere þerynne abou...uteHm.13.161: Kane and Donaldson read HmY as having produced abounte, but <u> and <n> are not distinguished in this hand. Compare hand2's forms in Hm.3.205, Hm.14.218, and Hm.20.58. Most B manuscripts read aboute. · faste y-bounde dowel · yn a sygne of þe saturday · þat sette ferst þe calender and all · þe wytt of þe wednysday · of þe next wyke after þe myddel of þe mone · asis þe nygth of boþe and herwyth am y welcome · þere y haue it wyþ me Vndo it late þys doctor deme · ȝif dowel be þerynne for by hym þat me made · mygth neuere pouerte mysayse ne myscheef · ne man wyþ his tonge colde ne care ne companye of the...uys · ne neyþer hete ne hayle · ne none helle powke ne neyþer fuyre ne flood · ne fere of þyn enemy tene þe any tyme · and thu take it wyth þe Caritas nichil timet · & cetera It is but a dydo quod þis doctor adysoursa dysours tale al þe wytt of þys worlde and wygth mennys strenkþe · can nougth conformen a pees · bytwene þe pope & his enemys ne bytwene two crystyn kynges · can no wygth pees make prophitable to eyþer peple · and putte þe table from hym · and took clergye and conscyence to counseyl as it were þat pacyence ...?...tho moste passe · for pylgrimes connyn wel lye And conscyence carpid wydeloude · and curteysly seyde · frendes fareþ wel · and fayre spak to clergye for y woll go wyth þys gome · ȝif god woll gyue me grace · and be pylgrym · wyþ pacyence · tyl y haue preuyd more · What quod clergye to conscyence · are ȝe coueytous nowthe · after ȝeresȝyues or ȝiftes · or ȝernyn to rede redels · y schall brynge ȝowe abyblea byble · a book of þe olde lawe and lere ȝow ȝif ȝowe lyke the leste poynt to knowe · þat pacyence ...the pylgrym · parfytly knewe euereneuere · Nay by cryst quod conscyence to clergye · god þe furȝelde for all that pacyence me profreþ · proud am y lytyl ac the wylle of þe wye · and þe wylle of folke here · haþ meuyd my mood · to moorne for my synnys þe good wylle of a wygth · was neuere bouȝt to þe fulle for þere is no tresor þerto · vntoto a trewe wylle Hadde nougth magdaleyn more · for a box of salue · than zacheus for he seyde · dimidium bonorum meorum do pauperibus and the pore wydewe · for a peyre of mytes · than all tho that offredyn · ynto gazophilacium Thus curteysly conscyence · congeyed furst the frere · and suþþyn softly he seyde · yn clergyes ere · me were leuer by our lord · and y lyue schulde Haue pacyence parfytly · þan half þy packe of bookes · Clergye to conscyence · no congeye woold take · but seide full sobrely · thu schalt see þe tyme · whan thu art wery for-walkyd · wyl me to counseyle · That is sooþ seyde conscyence · so me god helpe ȝif pacyence be our partynge felawe · & priuee wyþ vs boþe · ther is no woo yn this worlde · þat we ne schulde amende and conformyn kynges to pees · and alkyn londys sarrasenys and surressurre · and so foorþ alle the iewys turne into þe trewe feyth · and ynto oon byleue That is sooþ quod clergye · seeI see what thu meneste y schall dwelle as y do · my deuer to schewyn and conferme fauntekyns · & oþer folke y-leryd tyl pacyence haþ preuyd þe · and parfit þe makyd · Conscyence þo wyþ pacyence passyd · pylgrimagespilgrymes as it were · þan had pacyence as pylgrymes han · yn his poke vytayles soberte and symple speche · and soþfaste byleue to confortyn hym and conscyence · ȝif þey come yn place · there vnkyndenesse and couetyse · arnis hungry contrees bothe · And as they wentyn by the weye · of dowel they carpid þey mettyn wyþ amenstrela menstrel · as me thoo thougth · pacyence opposyd hym ferst · and prayde he schulde hym telle to conscyence what crafte he cou.de · & to what contre he wolde y am a mynstral quod þat man · myn name is actiuaactiua vita alle ydelnesseydel y hate · for of actif is myn name a wafrer woll ȝe wyte · and serue many lordes · and fewe robys y fonge · or furryd gownys coude y lyȝe to don men laughe · þan lacchyn y schulde oþer mantell oþeror moneye amonges lordys mynstrals ac for y can nougth noþernoiþer tabour ne trumppe · ne telle none Iestys fartyn norne fythelyn · and atteat festysfestes ne iapynharpen · harpynIape norne iogolouniogly · ne gentelly pypyn · neyþerNe noyther saylyn ne sauten · ne synge wyþ þe gyterne · y haue noone good .ieftysgyftesHm.13.236: Hm uniquely reads ieftys against other B manuscripts' gyftes. The original scribe appears to have written geftys, and the corrector to have taken the <ft> ligature to be <st> and intended iestys, "gestes, heroic stories." That reading appears in Cot. · of these grete lordys for breedno bred that y brynge foorth · saue a benysoun on þe sonynday · whan þe preest preyȝeþ þe peple · her pater noster to bydde · for .pers the ploughman · and þat hym profyte woaytyn · and þat am y actyf · that ydelnesse hateth for alle trewe traueylours · and tylyers of erthe fro myȝhelmasse to myȝhelmasse · y fynde hem wyth wafres Beggers and bydders · of my breed crauyn · faytours and frerys · and folke wyþ brode crownys y fynde payn for þe pope · and prouendre for his palfray and y hadde neuere of hym · haue god my trowthe neyþer prouendre ne personage · ȝit of þe popes ȝifte · saue a pardoun wyth a peys of lede · and two pollys amyddys hadde y a clerke þat cowde wryte · y wolde castyn hym a bylle that he sente me vndur his seal · a salue for þe pestylence · and þat his blessynge and his bulles · bocches myghten destruye · In nomine meo demonia eicient super& super egros manus imponent & bene habebunt · And þanne wolde y be preest to pepleþe peple · pa...ast forto make and buxum and besy · a-boute breed and drynke · for hym and allefor alle hyse · fonde y þat his pardoun myght lechyn a man · as y byleue it schulde for seþþe he haþ þe power · þat peter hym-self hadde he haþ the potte wyþ þe salue · soþly as me þynkeþ Argentum & aurum non est michi quod autem habeo tibi do in nomine domini surge & ambula & ceteranil Ac ȝif mygth of myracle hym fayle · it is for men be nougth wurþy to haue the grace of god · and no gulte of the pope for may no blyssynge don vs bote · but ȝif we woln amende ne mannys masse make pes · amonge crysten peple tyl pryde be purly fordo · and þat ..... þurgh p...ayn deffaute · orFor ar y haue breed of mele · efteofte moot y swete · and or þe comoun haue corn ynow · many a colde mornynge so er my wafrys ben y-wrougth · moche wo y þolye · AcAlle londone y leeue · lyketh well my wafrys and louryn whan þey lackyn it · it is nougth longe passyd ther was a carfull comoun · whan no cart cam to toune wyþ breed fro stratford · tho g..un beggers wepe and werkmen were agast alytyla lytyl · þis wyl ben þouht longe yn the date of our dryȝtnedryȝteHm.13.273: Hm reads dryȝtne against dryȝte in all B manuscripts except F which has the related dryghten. · yn a dryȝe apryle · · 1.369 · a thowsand and thre hundryd ...?...?...syxty and nyneHm.13.274: Hm alone reads sixty and nyne against tweis twenty and ten in most B manuscripts. On the text of this line and the insertion of the date 1369 as a gloss in Arabic numerals, see R. W. Chambers, "The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman in the Huntington Library, and Their Value for Fixing the Text of the Poem," Huntington Library Bulletin 8 (1935): 8-9, who explains their origins and history. He suspects that the original, erroneous line in Hm's exemplar was a thousand and thre hundryd twice twenty and ten, displaying the widely attested error "20" for authorial and historical "30" (thretty) attested in LR. The Hm 128 scribe (hand2) wrote something which is now partly legible, under an erasure: th[ries twenty] & [n]yne. (Conjectured characters are inside square brackets.) The corrector erased this correctly alliterating line (though LR's twies thretty obtains more common alliteration than Hm's thries twenty) and wrote in the current sixty & nine for unknown reasons. Chambers notes that the events depicted actually occurred in 1370. In sum, Chambers as well as Kane and Donaldson think that the poet wrote: A thousand three hundred, twice thirty and ten (in Chamber's spelling). For Ralph Hanna's attribution of this date to John Bale see the Introduction, I.11 Provenance.. my wafres were þereþere were gesene · whan chichestre was mayre I took keep goodgode kepe by cryst · and conscyence bothe of haukyn þe actyf man · and how he was y-clothid he hadde a cote of crystendom · as holycherche byleueth ac it was molyd yn many placys · wyþ many sundry ...spottysplottes of pryde · here a ..spot and þere a..spota ..spotplotteHm.13.280: In both instances, spot in this line is unique to Hm, but is the result of a correction; all other B manuscripts but F read plotte in both instances. F has spoot for the whole phrase.Hm.13.280: The <o> in spot has been re-inked. · of vnbuxum speche · of scornynge and of ofofof scoffynge · and of vnskylfull berynge as yn apparayle and yn porte · proud amonges þe peple oþerwyse þan he haþ · wyth herte or sygth schewynge · hym wyllynge that all men wende he were þat he is nougth forwhi he bosteþ and braggeþ · wyþ many bolde othes and ynobedyent to ben vndurnome · of eny lyf lyuynge and so synguler by hym-self noonne none so pomppope holy · y-abytyd as an heremyte · an ordre by hem-seluehym-selue religyoun sanz reule · and resonable obedyence lackynge lettryd men · and lewyd men bothe yn lykynge of lele lyfe · and a lyȝere yn soule wyþ ynwytt and wyþ out-wytt · ymagynen and studye as best for his body be · to haue a badde name and entermentyn ouer alhym ouer al · þere he haþ nougth to done wylnynge þat men woldewende · his wytt were þe beste and ȝif he ȝyueþ ouȝt to poore gomes · telle what he deleþ poore of poscessioun yn purs · and yn coffre boþe and as a lyoun on to looke · and lordlyche of speche Baldest of beggers · a bostere þat nougth haþ yn towne and yn tauernys · tales to telle · and segge thynge þat he neuere sawe · & for afor sooþ sweryn yt of dedys þat he neuere dude · demyn and bosten · and of werkes that he well dude · wytnesse and syngynseggen Loo ȝif ȝe leeue me nougth · or þat y lyȝe ȝe wenen wenen · askeþ at hym or at hym · and he ȝow can telle · what y suffryd and seyȝe · and sumtyme hadde and what y cou..de and knewe · and what kyn y com of all he wolde þat men wyste · of werkes and of woordes whiche mygthen plese þe peple and preysen hym-selue Si hominibus placerem christi seruus non essem · & alibi · nemo potest duobus dominis seruire · By cryst quod concyence tho · thi beste cote haukyn · hath many molys and spottys · it muste ben y-wasche Ȝee who-so took hede quod haukyn · byhynde and byfore what on bakke and what on body half · and by the two sydes · men schuldyn fynde many frounsys · and many foule plottes and he turnyd hym all soas tyte · and thanne took y hede yt was foulerfouler by felefolde · þan it furst semyde yt was by-droppid wyth wratthe · and wykkyd wylle wyþ enuye and euyll ......speche entysynge to fygthe · lyȝinge and lauhinge · and leefe tongge to chideHm.13.320-322: The vellum is rough and stained over the middle of this line and the next two. all þat he ...?...?...wiste wikked be eny wyght it telletellen it and blamen men byhynd her bak · and byddyn hem meschaunce and þat he wyste by wylle · tellyn it to watte and þat watte wyste · wylle wyste it after and made of frendys fos · þurgh a fals tongge or wyþ mygth of mouþ · or þurgh mennys strengþe auenge me fele tymes · other frete my-sylue wyþ-ynne as a schepsters schere · y scherewydI-shrewed men and cursyd hemcursed · Cuius maladiccione os plenum est · & amaritudine sub lingua eius labor & dolor · & alibi · Filij hominum dentes eorum arma et sagitte & lingua eorum gladius acutus · & ceteranil · There is no lyf þat y loue · lastynge any while for tales þat y telle · noman trosteþ to me · and whan y may nougth haue þe maystry · ....swichHm.13.332: As in M, swich is written over an erasure. malencolye y take that y cacche þe crompe · the cardyacle sumtyme or an augueagueague yn such a manerean angre · & sumtyme a feuere þat heldeþtaketh me all a twelue monthe tyl þat y despyse lechecrafte of our lord · and leeue on a wycche and sygge þat no clerke ne can · ne cryst as y leeue · to þe souter of southwerke · or of schordych dame Emme · and sugge thatþat no goddes woord · gafe me neuere bote but þurgh a cha....rm hadde yy hele · & of þe feuerechaunce & my chief hele ....bote · y waytede wyseloker · and thanne was yt soylyd wyþ lykynge of leccherye and by lokyng of his yȝe · for echaech a mayde þat he mette · he made here a sygne semynge to synnewarde · and sumtyme he gan taste · aboute þe mouþ or by-neþe · bygynneþ to grope tyl eyþres wylle wexeþ kene · & to þe werke ȝede as well onin fastynge-dayes and frydayes · & forbod nyȝtes · and as wel yn lent as out of lente · al tymys ylyche such werkys wyþ hem · were neuere out of seysoun · tyl þey myghtyn nomore · and þanþan had mery talys · & how þat lecchours louyen · laughtynlaughynlauȝen and iapen · & of her harlotrye & hordom · yn her elde tellyn · Than pacyence parceyuyd · of poyntes of thishys cote was comelycolomy þurgh couetyse · and vnkynde desyrynge more to good þan to god · the goom his loue caste · & ymagyned how · he yt mygth haue · wyþ fals mesurys and mette and wyþ fals wytnes lenyd for loue of þe wedde and looþ to do trewþe · & awaytyd ynþorwgh whiche weye · his neyhboursnil tobegyleto begyleHm.13.359: The vellum is rough and stained over the end of this line and the next. & mengyd his marchaundyse & made a good moustre þe werst wyþ-ynne was y-stuffydnil · a gret wytt y let it & if my neyhbour hadde any hyne · or elles eny beestany beste elles more prophitable þan myne · many sleyhtes y made · how y mygth haue it · and all all my wytt y keste & but y hadde it byby other weye · at þe last y stal it or priuylyche his purs schook · vnpykyd his lockes or by nygth or by daye · aboutyn was y euere þurgh gyle to gadryn · the good that y haue · Ȝif y ȝede to the plough · y pynchid so narwe þat a foot lond or a forowe · fecchyn y wolde of my nexte neyhbour · nymyn of his erþe · & if y repe y ouerreche ouerreche · or ȝ...eue h..emȝaf hem red ...?...þat ropen ...?...to sese meto me wyþ her sykell · þat y ne sew neuere · And who-so borweþ of me · .......abouthte the tyme wyþ presentys priuylyche · or payde sum certayn · so wolde he or nouht wolde he · ......wynnyn yy · wolde and boþe to kyth and to kyn · vnkynd of þat y hadde And who-so cheped my chaffare · chidyn y wolde · ...?...?...but he profered me to paye a peny or tweyne more þan yt was wurth · and ȝit wolde yy swere that it coste me moche more · y swoorswore many oþes In holydayes at holycherche · whan y herd masse had y neuere wyl god wotewot god · wyttyrly to beseche · mercy for my mysdedys · that y ne mornyd more for los of good leeue thu meme · þan for my lykamys gultes · as if y hadde dedly synne doon · y drede nougth þat so sore · as whan y lent and leuyd it lost · or longe or it wer payed so ȝif y kydde any kyndenesse · myn euencrystyn to helpe vppon a cruel couetyse · myne herte bygan togan hange · & if y sent ouer þe seesee · my seruauntys to Brugge.s or ynto pruce-londe my prentys · my profite to wayte to marchauntuyn wyþ moneye · & make her eschaunges mygth neuer ...?...?...thyng conforte meme conforte  in the mene whiletyme · neyther masse ne matynes · ne no maner syȝtes · ne neuere penaunce parformyd · ne pater noster seyde · þat my mynde ne was more · on my good in a doute þan yn þe grace of god · and ynandHm.13.397: F has the possibly related lection or in. his grete helpes Vbi thesaurus tuus · ibi et cor tuum · ...& ceteranil þe whicheWhich whiche ben þe braunches · þat bryngyn amana man to slewthe he þat moorneþ nouht for his mysdedes · ne makeþ no sorwe · and penaunce that the preest ........enioyneþ parformeþ it eueleyuel dooþ noon almas-dede · dredethdretne drediþ hym of noone synne · lyueþ aȝenste the beleeue · and noon lawe holdeth · eche day is holyday wyth hym · or an hiȝe ferye · and ȝif he auȝt wol here · yt is an harlottys tonge whan men carpyn of cryst or of clennesse of soule he wexeþ wroth and woll nougth here · but woordys of merþe · penaunce and poore men · and the passyoun of seyntys he hateth to here therof · and alle that yt telleth these ben þe braunches beth war · þat bryngyn amana man to wanhope ȝee lordys and ladyes · and legates of holycherche that fedeþ folys sages · flaterers and lyers and han lykynge to lyþen hem · to doon ȝow to laugh · Ve vobis qui ridetis · & cetera And ȝiueth hem mete and mede · and pore men refuse yn ȝour deeþ deyȝynge · y drede me ful sore · lasteHm.13.417: Laste, "lest." tho thre maner men · to moche sorow ȝow brynge · Concsencientes · & agentes · pari pena punientur & ceteranil · Patryarkes and prophetes · and prechours of goddys woordwordes · sauen þurgh her sarmounssarmoun · mannys soule from helle · rygth so flaterers and foles · arn þe fendys dysciples to entyce men þurgh her tales · to synne and harlotrye · ac clerkes þat knowyn holy wrytt · schuldyn kenne lordes · what dauid seith of suche men · as þe sauter telleþ · Non habitabit in medio domus · mee · qui facit superbiamsuperbiam & &Hm.13.425: Hm's erasure of original ampersand after superbiam brings it into agreement with alpha and Cx. qui loquitur ...?...iniqua & ceteranil Schulde noon haueharlote haue audyence · yn halle ne yn chaumbres · ther wyse men were · wytnesseth goddys woordwordes · ne no mysproud man · amonge lordys ben alowyd · Ac flaterers and folys · þurgh her foule woordys ledyn tho þat louyn hem · to lucyferes feste wyþ turpiloquio a lay of sorwe · and lucyferys fythele thus haukyn þe actif man · hadde soylyd his cote tyl conscyence acoupyd hym þerof · yn a curteys manere · whi he ne hadde waschyn it · or wypyd it wyþ a brusche