The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 18William 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 iiijusquartus · de do-bet · Hm.18.0: The erased words in the right margin are illegible, even under untraviolet light, but they were probably guide words.w WEllewardHm.18.1: The <E> is mildly obscured, perhaps by overwriting. Only Hm among beta witnesses has the <e>, but wellowerd, a similar spelling, appears in F. See MED s.v., wol-ward. and wetschod · went y foorþ after as arecchelesa reccheles renk · that of no woo reccheth · and ȝede foorþ lyk a lorel · al my lyf-tyme · tyl y wex wery of þe worlde · and wylnyd oefte to slepe and lened me to a lenten · alongea longeand longeHm.18.5: Hm alone reads a against and in all other B manuscripts. Though simple <a> is a possible form of "and," the scribe probably did not intend that. tyme y slepte · and of crystes passioun and penaunce · þe peple þat of rauhte · y restydRested me þere and rutte faste · tyl ramis palmarum of gerlys and of gloria laus · gretly me dremed and how osanna · by orgene · olde folk songen · On semblable to þe samaritan · and sumdel to peris ploughman · barfoot vponon an asse bakke · boteles cam prykye · wyþ-owtyn spores oþer spere · ....apertlychespakliche he lokede · asas is þe kuynde of a knyght · þat comeþ to be dubbyd to geten hym gylt spores · or galoches y-cowpyd · Thanne was feiþ yn a fenestre · and cryed a fili dauid · as doiþ an heraud of armes · whan auntresaunturos Hm.18.16: A scribe erased a suspension, perhaps for <ou> from above the <r>. comeþ to iustes olde iewes of ierusalem · for ioyȝe they songyn · Benedictus qui venit · in nomine domini · & cetera Thanne y frayned at feyþ · what al that fare by mente and who schuld iuste in ierusalem · ihesus he seyde and fecche þat þe fend cleymeþ · peris fruyt þe ploughman Is peris yn this place quod y · and he preynte on me this ihesus of his gentrye · woll iuste yn peris armys · yn his helm and yn his ha......bergeon · humana natura · þat cryst be nougth knowen here · for consummatus deus · yn peris paltok the ploughman · þis prykyer schall ryde for no dynt schal hym dere · as in deitate patris Who schal iuste wyþ ihesus quod y · iewes or scrybes Nay quod he þe foule fend · and fals doom and deeþ deeþ seiþ he schall fordo · and a-doun brynge al þat lyueþ or lokeþ · yn lond or yn water lyf seiþ þat he lyeþ · and leiþ his lyf to wedde þat for all þat deeþ can doo · wyþ-ynne þre dayes to walke andoeHm.18.34: The alteration, possibly by hand3, is distinctly odd. The spelling ande appears nowhere else in the manuscript. to fecche fro the fend · peris fruyt þe ploughman and legge it whereþere hym lykeþ · and lucifer bynde and forbete and doun brynge · bale and deeþ for euere O mors ero mors tua · & cetera · Thanne cam pilatus wyþ moche peple · sedens pro tribunali · to seen how douhtyliche · deeþ schuld do · and deme her boþeresHm.18.39: her boþeres, "the both of them." rygth · The iewes and þe iustyse · aȝenst ihesusIhesu þey were and al þe court on hym cryed · crucifige ful scharplysharpe · tho putte hym foorþ a pilour · toforebifor pilat and seyde þis ihesus of owr iewes temple · iapid and dyspysed to fordon it on oo day · and yn three dayes after edifie it efte newe · here he stant that seyde it and ȝit makyn it alsoas muche · yn alle maner poyntes boþe as longe and as large · by lofte and by grounde · crucifige quod a cacchepol · y warant hym a wycche tolle tolle quod an noþer · and took of kene þornys and bygan of kene þorn · a garlond to make and sette it sore on his heed · and seyde in enuye Aue rabi quod þat rybaud · and þrew redys at hym · nayled hym wyþ þre nayles · nakyd on þe rode · and poysoun on a pole · they puttyn vp to his lyppes and bedyn hym drynke his deeþ euyl · his dayes wer don and ȝif that thu sotyl be · helpe thunow þy-sylue · ȝif thu be cryst and kynges sone · come doun of þe rode · than schull we leeue that lyf þe loueþ · and wol nought lete þe deye Consummatum est quod cryst · and comsid forto swowe pytously and pale · and asas a prisoun that deyeþ the lord of lif and of lygth · tho leyde his eiȝen to-gydres the day for drede wyþ-drowh · and derk bycam the sonne the wal waggyd and cleef · and al þe world quakedquaued · dede men for þat dene · comyn owt of her dededepe graues · and toldyn whi þat templetempest · so long tyme dured · for a bytter batayle · the dede bodyes seydenbodye sayde · lyf and deeþ yn þys derknesse · her oon fordoiþ her oþer · schal no wygth wyete wytterly · who schall haue þe maystrye · er sonenday abowte sonne rysynge and son..ke wyþ þat tyl erþe somme seydyn þat he was goddys sone · þat so fayre deyede vere filius dei erat iste · & cetera · And summe seyden he was a wycche · good is that we assaye · w...her he be deed or nougth · deed · doun er he be takyn · Two thiefs also · tholyedyn · deeþ þat tyme · vpponVppon a croysescrosse · bisidebisydes cryst · so was the comoun lawe · a cacchepol · cam foorþ · and crakyd boþe her leggys and her armys after · of eyþer of tho twoþo theuys ac was no boy so bolde · goddys body to towche for he was knygth and kynges sone · kynde forȝaf þat tyme that non harlot were so hardy · to leyn hond vpon hym · Ac þer com foorþ a knygth · wyþ a kene spere y-grounde higth longeus as þe lettre telleþ · and longe hadde lorn his sygth byfore pilat and oþer peple · yn the place he houede magre his many teeþ · he was maad þat tyme · to take þatþe spere yn his hond · and iustyn wyþ ihesus feor alle þey weren vnhardy · þat houedyn on hors or stood to towchyn hym ortoor to tastyn hym · or take doun of rode · but þis blynd bacheler þanne · bar hym þurgh þe herte · þe blood sprong doun by þe spere · & vnspered þe knyȝtes eiȝen · Than fel þe knyȝt vppon his knees · and cryed hym mercy · aȝen my wylle it was lord · to wounde ȝow soHm.18.91: The partially covered <s> of so is a defect of the photograph, caused by something on the lens or leaf. It is not in the manuscript. sore · full sore hehe syked and seyde · and fulsoreful sore ...?...me itful sore it me athyngkeþ for þe dede that y haue don · y puttedo me yn ȝowr grace · haue on me rewþe ryȝtfull ihesu · and rygth wyþ that he wepte Thanne gan feyþ felly · the false iewes dyspyse · callyd hem cayteuys · cursidacursed for euere · for þys fowle vylonye · vengeaunce to ȝow falle · to do þe blynde bete hym ybounde · it was a boyes counseyl · foule cursydcursed kayteuys · knyȝthod was it neuere · to mysdon a deed body · by day ....or by nygthe · the gree ȝit hath he getyn · for all his grete wounde For champyounȝowre champioun chyualer · cheef knygth of ȝow alle ȝelte hym recreaunt · renegatrennyng · rygth at ihesus wylle for be þys derknesse y-do · his deth wurth a-venged · and ȝe lurdeynes arnhan lost · for lyf schall haue þe maystrye and ȝowr fraunchise · þat fre was · fallen is yn thraldom · and ȝe cherles and alleand ȝowr children · cheue schull ȝe neuere · to haue lordschipe yn londe · ne no lond tylye · but all bareyne schall ȝe bebe and by vsurevsurye ȝowr lyf ledevsen · whiche is þe lyflyf þat owr lord · yn alle lawes a-cursydacurseth · now ȝowr goode dayes ar don · as danyel prophecyed · whan cryst cam of her kyngdom · þe crowne schuld cese · Cum veniat sanctus sanctorum cessabit vnccio vestra · & ceteranil What for fere of þys ferly · and of þe false iewys y drowȝ me yn that derknesse to descendit ad inferna and þere y sawȝ soþly · secundum scripturas owt of þe west coste · a wenche as me þouhte · com walkynge yn þe way · to helleward sche loked · mercy higth þat mayde · a meke þynge wyþ-alle · a full benyngne burde · and buxum of speche · Hyer suster as it semyde · cam softly walkynge · euene owt of þe est · and westward sche lokede · a ful comely creature · trewþe sche higthe · for þe vertu þat her folweþ · aferd was sche neuere · Whan þese maydens mette · mercy and trewþe · eyþer asked oþer · of this grete wonder of þe dymmedyne and of þe grete derknessederknesse · and how þe day rowyd and whiche a lygth andand a leme · lay before helle · y haue ferly of þys fare · forsoþein feith seyde trewþe · and am wendynge to wyete · what þis wondre meneþ Haue no meruayle · quod mercy · trewþemyrthe it bitokeneþ a maydyn þat hatte marye · and moder wyþ-owt felynge · of eny kynkynnes creature · conceyuyd thrugh speche · and grace of þe holy goste · wex gret wyþ childe · wyþ-owtyn wem ynto þys world · sche hym brouhtebrouȝt hym · and þat my tale be trewe · y take god to wytnesse · syþ þys barn was born · ben þrytty wynter passyd whiche deyed and deeþ þolyede · þys day about mydday and þat is cause of þys enclypseclips · þat closeþ now þe sonne · yyn menynge that man schall · fro .....merknesse ....beHm.18.140: The character overwritten with <b> must have been <h>, <y>, or <ȝ>, since its sublinear tail is still visible. drawe · þe whichewhile þys lygth and þis leme · schal lucifer ablende · for patriarkes and prophetes · han prechid herof ofte · þat man schal man saue · þurgh amaydensa maydens helpe · and þat ther waswas tynte þurgh tre · tre schall wynneit wynne and þat deeþ doun brougth · deeþ schall releeue That thu tellest quod trewþe · it is but a tale of waltrot for adam and eue · and abraham wyþ oþere · patriarkes and prophetes · þat in peyne lyggyn · leeue þu neuere þat ȝone lygth · hem a-lofte brynge ne haue hem owt of helle · hold þy tonge mercy yt is but a tryfull þat þu tellest · y treweþ wot þe soþe · for he þatþat is onys yn helle · owt comeþ he neuere iob þe prophet patriark · repreueþ thi lawessawes Quia in inferno nulla est redempcio · & ceteranil Thanne mercy ful myldely · mowþyd þese woordes þurgh experience quod sche · y hope þey schull be sauyd for venym fordoiþ venym · and that y preue by resoun for of alle venymes · fowlest is ...?...þe scorpyon may no medycyn helpe · þe place þere he styngeþ tyl he be deed and do þerto · þe euyl he destruyeþ the ferste venymouste · þurgh venym of hym-sylue so schal þys deeþ fordo · y dar my lyf legge al þat deeþ fordededyd ferst · thrugh þe deuyles entysynge and rygth as þurgh gyle · man was bygyled so schal grace þat bygan · make a good sleyȝte Ars vt artem falleret · & ceteranil · Now suffre we seyde trewþe · y see as me þynkeþ owt of þe nyppe of þe norþe · nougth ful fer hennys ryȝtwysnesse com rennynge · reste we aþe while · for heHm.18.170: He, "she." wot more than we · heHm.18.170: He, "she." was er we boþe · That is soþ seyde mercy · and y see here by sowþe · where pees comeþ pleyjnge · yn pacyence y-cloþyd · loue haþ coueytid hire longe · leeue y noon oþer but he sent her sum lettre · what þis lygth bymeneþ þat ouerhoueþ helle þus · sche vs schall telle Whan pees yn pacyence is cloþidyclothed · approchid ner hem twotweyne ryȝtwisnesse her reuerencyd · by her ryche cloþynge and prayed pees to tellen her · to what place sche wolde and yn her gay garnamentes · whom sche grete þougthe · my wyll is to wende quod sche · and welcomyn hem alle · þat many day mygth y nougth see · for merknes of synne · adam and eue and oþer moo · þat weren ynyn helle moyses and many moo · mercy schullen haue · and y schall daunce þerto · do thu soo suster for ihesus iusted well · ioyȝe bygynneþ dawe · Ad vesperum demorabitur fletus & ad matutinum leticia · & ceteranil · Loue þat is my lemman · such lettres me sente that mercy my suster and y · mankynde schuld saue · and þat god haþ forȝouyn · and grauntyd me pees and mercy to be mannys maynpernour · for euermore after loo here þe patent quod pees · in pace inidipsumin idipsum · & ceteranil and þat þis dede schall enduredure · dormiam & requiescam · What rauest thu quod ryȝtwysnesse · or art þuþow art rygth dronkyn · leeuest thu þat ȝonder lygth · vnlowke mygth helle · and saue mannys sowle · suster wene it neuere · ac atteAt þe bygynnynge god gaf · þe doom hym-sylue that adam and eue · and alle þat hem sywyd · schulden deye dounrygth · and dwelle yn pyne after ȝif þat they towchid a tree · and þe trees fruytfruite etyn · adam aftyrward · aȝenst his deffence freet of þat fruyt · and forsoke as yt were · the loue of owr lord · and his lore boþe and folwyd that the fend taugth · and his felawes wylle aȝenst resoun and ryȝtwysnesse recorde thus wyþ trewþe þat her peyne be perpetuel · and no prayer hem helpe · forþy lat hem chewe as þey chose · and chide we nougth sustres for it is boteles bale · þe bytt þat they byteneten And y schal preue quod pes · her peyne schallmote haue an hende · and fro wo wo ynto wele · mowyn wende at þe laste for had þey wyst of no woo · wele hadde þey nougth knowe · for no wygth ...?...?...woot what wele is · þat neuere wo suffred · ne what is hoot hongor þat hadde neuere deffaute ȝif no nygth ne were · no man as y leeue · schulde neuyre wyete wytterly · what day is to mene · schulde neuere rygth ryche · þatman þat lyueþ in reste and yn eseese wyete what woo is · ne were þe deeþ of kynde So god þat bygan all · of his good wylle bycam man of a mayde · mankynde to saue · and suffryd to be solde · to see þe sorowe of deyynge þe whiche vnknytteþ all care · and comsynge ys of reste for tyl modicum mette wyþ vs · y may it wel a-vowe woot no wygth as y wene · what ynowȝ isis ynough to mene · Forþy god of his goodnesse · þe ferst gome adam · sette hym yn solace · and yn souereyn merþe and syþþe he suffryd hemhym synne sorowe to fele to wyete what wele was · kyndelyche to knowe it and aftyr god aduenturyd hym-sylf · and took adamys kynde to wyete what he haþ suffryd · yn þree sundry places boþe in heuene and yn erþe · and now tyl helle he þynkeþ to wyete what alle woo is · and what isþat wote of alle ioyȝe · ItSo it schal fare by þis folk · her folye and her synne schal lere hem what langour is · and lysse wyþ-owtyn ende woot no wyȝt what werre is · þere that pees regneþ ne what is wytterly wele · tyl weylowey hym teche · Thanne was þere awygtha wygth · wyþ two brode eiȝen book higth that beauper · a bold man of speche · by goddys body quod þys book · y woll bere wytnesse þat þo this barn was ybore · ther blasyd a sterre · þat alle þe wyse of þeþis world · yn oo wytt accordedacorden þat such a barn was born · yn bethleem cytee · þat mannys sowle schuld saue · and synne destruye and alle þe elymentys quod þe book · herof bereþ wytnesse that he was god þat all wrougth · þe welkene ferst schewyd · tho that weren yn heuene · token stella cometa and tendeden hire as a torche · to reuerence his byrþe the lygth folwyd þe lord · ynto þe lowe erþe · that water wytnessyd þat he was god · for he went on it peter þe apostle · perceyuyd his gate · and as he went on þe water · well he hym knewhym knewe and seyde Iube me ad te venirevenire ad te super aquas · & ceteranil · And loo how þe sonne gan lowke · hir lygth yn her-sylue whan sche sawh hym suffre · þat sonne and se made · the erþe for heuynesse that he wolde suffre · quaked as quyk þyng · and all biquassht þe roche loo helle ne mygthmygth nougth · holde · but openyd þo god þolede · and lat owt symondys sonesones · to seen hym hange on rode · and now schall lucifer leue it · þowh hym loiþ þynke · for gigas þe gyaunt · wyþ a synnegynne engyned to breke and to bete a-doun · that ben aȝenst ihesus and y book woll be brent · but ihesus ryse to lyue yn alle myhtes of man and his moder gladye and confortyn al his kyn · and owt of care brynge and alle þe iewen ioyȝe · vnioynen and vnlowke · and but þey reuerencen his rode · and his resurexcioun and byleue on anewea newe lawe · ben lost lyif and sowle Suffre we seyde trewþe · y here and se boþe how a spiryt spekeþ to helle · and byt vnsper the ȝatys Attollite portas principes vestrasportas · & cetera a voys ful lowdeloude yn that lygth · to lucifer cryeþ princes of þeþis place · vnpynnyþ and vnlowkeþ for here comeþ wyþ crowne · theþat kyng ofis of glorye · Than syked sathan · and seyde to hem alle such a lygth aȝenst owr · leeue lazar it fette · care and combraunce · is comyn to vs alle · ȝif þis kyng come yn · mankynde woll he fecche and lede it þere hym lykeþ · and lyȝtly me bynde patriarkes and prophetys · han parled herof longe · þat such a lord and lygtha lyȝte · schulde lede hem alle hennys Lestneþ quod lucifer · for y this lord knowe boþe þis lord and this lygth · is longe agon y knew ithym may no deeþ hym dere · ne no deuelys queyntyse acAnd where he woll is his wey · ac war hym of þe perill ȝif he reue me my rygth · he robbeþ me by maystrye for by rygth and by resoun · þe renkes that ben here · body and sowle be myne boþe good and ylle for hym-sylf seyde · that syre ys of heuene · ȝif adam eet þe appul · alle schulde deye · and dwelle wyþ vs deueles · þys þretnyng he made · and he þat sooþnesse is · seyde these woordys and seþþen y seysyd · seuene hundryd wynter · y leeue that lawe nyl nougth · lete hym þe leeste That is sooþ seyde sathan · but y me sore drede for thu gete hyemHm.18.293: The scribe's original hym is shared with CC2Bo. All other B witnesses have the plural. wyth gyle · and his gardyn breek and yn semblaunce of a serpent. thu satsat on þe appel tree · and eggedest hem to ete · eue by her-sylue · and toldest her a tale · of tresoun were þe woordys and so thu haddest hem owt · and hider at þe laste · it is nougth graþely getyn · þere gyle is the rote · for god wol nougth be bigyled · quod gobelyn ne be iapyd · we haue no trewe tytle to hem · for þurgh tresoun were þey dampnyd certys y drede me quod þe deuyl · lest trewþe wol hem fecche · þys þrytty wynter as y wene · haþ he gon and prechid · y haue assaylyd hym wyþ synne · and sumtyme y-asked · wher he were god or goddes sone · he gaf me schort answere · and thus haþ he trollyd foorþ · þys two and þrytty wynter and whan y say it was so · lepyngeslepyng y wente · to warne pilatus wyf · what done man was ihesus for iewes hatyden hym · and han don hym to deþe · y wold haue lengþed his lyf · for y leeuyd ȝif he deyede þat his sowle noldewolde suffre · no synne yn his sygth · for þe body while it on bonys ȝede abowt was euere · to saue men fro synne · ȝif hem-sylf wolde and now y see where a sowle comeþ · hiderward seylynge wyþ glorie and wyþ grete lygth · god it ys y wot well y rede we flee quod he · faste alle hennys for vs were bettre nougth be · þan byden his sygth · For þy lesynges lucifer · lost is all our praye · furste þurgh þe we fellen · fro heuene so heyȝe · for we lyuyden þy lesynges · y-lorn we haue adam · and all owr lordschipe y leeue · on lond and on watre Nunc princeps huius mundi eicietur · & ceteranil Efte þe lygth bad vnlowke · and lucifer answeredHm.18.323: The rubricator ignored a paraph marker. what lord art thu quod lucifer quis est iste rex glorie · the lygth sone seyde · and lord of mygth and of mayn · and alle maner vertues Dominus fortis & potens dominus virtutum ipse est rex glorie · & ceteravirtutum Dukes of þis dym place · anon vndoiþ þes ȝatys that cryst may come yn · þe kynges sone of heuene Attollite portas principes vestras · & eleuamini porte eternales et introibit rex glorie · & ceteraHm.18.329: The verse from Psalms 23.7,9 appears only in Hm. Kane and Donaldson, 221, 224, reject the line as inauthentic. ...?...& wiþ þat breeþ helle brake · wyþ belyals barrys for eny wye or warde · wyde opned þe ȝatys · patriarkes and prophetys · populus in tenebris songyn seynt ionys songe · ecce agnus dei lucyfer loke ne mygthe so lygth hym ablente and þo þat our lord louede · ynto his lygth he laugth and seyde to sathan · loo here my sowle to amendys for alle synfull sowles · to saue tho þat ben wurþy myne þey be and of me · y may þe bet hem cleyme and þowhAl-þough resoun recorde and rygth of my-sylfe that ȝif heþei ete þe appel · alle schulde deye · y behigth hem nougth here helle for euere · for þe dede þat þey dude · thi disceyt it made · wyþ gyle thu hem gete · a-geyn alle resoun · for yn my palaeys paradys · yyn persone of an addre falsly thu fettest there · thyng þat y louede Thus ylyk. a lusard · wyth a lady visage · þe......efliche thu me robbedest · þe old lawe graunteþ þat gylours be bygyled · and þat is good resoun Dentem pro dente · & oculum pro oculo · & ceteranil Ergo sowle schal sowle quyte · and synne to synne wende and al þat man haþ mysdo · y man woll amende membre for membre · by þe old lawe was amendys and lyf for lyf also · and by that lawe y cleyme it adam and alle his yssue · at my wylle her-after ...?...?...& þat deþ in hem fordede · my deeþ schall releeue · and boþe quykene and quyte · þat queynt was þurgh synne and þat grace gyle destroye ...?... · · · Hm.18.357: The three small mid-line dots are written over the erasure. good feiþ it askeþ Soo leeue y nougth · quod luciferlucifer · þat aȝenaȝeine þe lawe y fecchedfecche hem · but by rygth and by resoun · yresoun raumsomeHm.18.359: The form of raumsome here is derived from AN raumson. Cf. Hm.18.363. here my lyges Non veni soluere legem sed adimplere · & ceteranil Thu fettest myne yn my place · aȝenstaȝeines alle resoun falslyche and felonouslychefelounelich · good feiþ me it tauȝte · to recouere hem þurgh raunceoum · & by no resoun ellys so þat þurgh gyle thu hem getegete · þurgh grace þey benit is wonne thow lucyfer yn lyknesse · of a lyther addre · gotest by gyle · thoo that god louede · And y in lyknesse of a lede · þat lord am of heuene gracyously þy gyle haue quyt · goo gyle aȝen gyle and as adam and alle · thrugh a tree deyedyn adam and alle þurgh a tree · schull turne aȝen to lyue and gyle is bygyled · and yn his gyle fallyn Et cecidit in foueam quam fecit · & ceteranil Now bygynneþ thy gyle · ageyn þe to turne and my grace to growe · ay gretter and wyddere · the bytternesse þat thu hast browe · browk it þy-sylue · that art doctour of deeþ · drynk that thu madest For y þat am lord of lyf · loue is my drynke · and for þat drynke to-day · y deyed vpon erthe · y faugth so me thrusteþ ȝit · for mannys sole sake · may no drynke me moyste · ne my thurst slake · tyl þe vendage falle · yn the vale of Iosaphath that y drynke rygth rype muste · resureccio mortuorum and þanne schall y come as a kyng · crownyd wyþ aungels and haue owt of helle · alle mennys sowlys Fendys and fendkyns · byfore me schull stande · and be at my byddynge · wherso-euere me lykeþ & to be mercyable to man · þanne my kynde it askeþ for we ben breþerne of blood · but nougth yn bapteme alle but alle þat ben myn hole breþerne · yn blood & yn bapteme schull nougth be dampnyd to þe deeþ þat is wyþ-owtyn ende Tibi soli peccaui · & cetera It is nougth vsed yn erþe · to hangyn a feloun ofter than onys · thowh he were a tretour and ȝif þe kyng of þat kyngdom · come yn þat tyme there þe feloun þolye schulde · deeþ or other Iuwyse lawe wolde he ȝyue hym lyf · ȝif he loked on hym · and y þat am kyng of kynges · schal come such a tyme ther doom to þe deeþ · dampneþ alle wyckede · and ȝif lawe woll y loke on hem · it lyth yn my grace · wheþer þey deye or deye nougth · for þat þey dedyn ylle be it eny thyng abougth · þe boldnesse of her synnes · y do mercy þurgh ryȝtwysnesse · and alle my woordys trewe and þowh holy wryt woll þat y be wroke · of þoohem þat dydyn ylle · Nullum malum impunitum & cetera They schulle be clensyd clyerlyche · and waschyn of her synnys yn my prysoun purgatory · tyl parce it hote · and my mercy schall · be schewyd · to many of my breþerne · for blood may suffre blood · boþe hongry and a-cale ac blood may nougth see blood · blede but ȝif hymhym rewe Audiui archana verba que non licet homini loqui · & cetera Ac my ryȝtwysnesse and rygth · schull rewle all helle and mercy all mankynde · byfore me yn heuene · for y were an vnkynde kyng · but y my kynde helpe · and namly at such an nede · þere nedes helpe byhoueþ Non intres in iudicium cum seruo tuo · & ceteranil Thus by lawe quod our lord · lede y woll fro hennys tho þat me louede · and leeuyd yn my comynge and for þy lesyng lucifer · that thu leyhe tyl eue thu schalt abye it byttre · and bond hym wyþ a cheynecheynes Astrot and alle þe rowte · hidden hem yn hernys they durstyn nougth loke on our lord · þe boldest of hem alle but letyn hym lede forþe what hym lyked · & leuelete what hym lest Many hundryd of aungels · harpedyn and songyn Culpat caro ...?...?...purgat caro · regnat deus dei caro · Thanne pypyd pees · of poysye an note Clarior est solito post maxima nebula phebus · post inimicicias · & ceteraclarior est et amor · After scharp schowres quod pes · most schene is þe sonne · ys no weder warmer · thatþan after watry clowdys ne no loue leuer · ne leeuer frendys than after werre and woo · whan loue and pees ben maystrys was neuer werre in this world · ne wyckednesse so kene þat ne loue and hym lust · to lauȝthyng itne brouȝte and pees þurgh pacience · ...... alle perill stoppedeHm.18.433: Kane and Donaldson claim erroneously that <de> is written over an erasure. Trewes quod trewþe · thu tellest vs sooþ by ihesus clyppe we yn couenaunt · and eche of vs kysse oþere · and lete no peple quod pees · parceyue þat we chide · for ynpossible is no thyng · to hym that is al-myghty Thu seyst soiþ quod ryȝtwysnesse · and reuerentlych her kyst pees and pees here · per secula seculorum · Misericordia & veritas · obiuauerunt sibi iusticia & pax osculate sunt · & cetera Trewþe tromped tho · & song te deum laudamus and thanne lutedluted loue · yn a lowd note · Ecce quam bonum & quam iocundum habitare fratres in vnumiocundum · & cetera Tyl þe day dawyd · these damysels daunside þat men rongyn to þe resureccioun · & rygth wyþ þat y wakyd and callyd kytte my wyf · and kal.ot my doughter aryseþ and reuerenceþ · goddys resureccioun · and crepeþ to þe cros on knees · and kysseþ it for a Iuwel · for goddes blessid body it bar · for owr bote and it affereþ þe fend · for such is þe mygth may no grysly goist · glyde ther it schawyþshadweth ·