The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 19William 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 vusquintus · & vltimus de do-bet · Hic incipit passus Iusprimus · de do-best · t Thus y awakyd and wrot · what y had dremyd and dygth me derely · and dide me to cherche to here hol...yHm.19.3: F alone reads holyly in this line. The erasure here is almost complete, and we can only speculate that might have been the original reading for Hm. þe masse · and to be houslyd after yn myddys of þe masse · ....whanþo men ȝeode to offrynge · I fel eftsonys a-slepe · and sodeynly me mette that peris þe ploughman · was peyntyd all blody and ...?...com in with a cros · byfore þe comyn peple · and rygth lyk yn alle lymys · to our lord ihesu · and þan callyd y conscyence · to kenne me the soþe · ys þis ihesus þe Iuster quod y · þat iewys dudyn to ....deþe or it is peris the ploughman · who peynted hym so reed Quod conscyence and kneled tho · these are peris armys his coloures and his cote armure · ac he þat comeþ so bloody is cryst wyþ his cros · conquerour of crystene Whi calle ȝe hym cryst quod y · syþþe iewes called hym ihesus patriarkes and prophetys · prophecyedyn byfore that alkyn creatures · schullshulden knele and bowe anoon as men nempnyd · þe name of god ihesus ergo is no name · to þe name tofofof ihesus ne noon so nedfull to nempne · by nygth ne by daye · for alle derke deueles · arn a-drad to heren it and synfull ar solaced · and sauyd by þat name · and ȝe callen hym cryst · for what cause telleþ me · ys cryst more of mygth · and more wurþy name · than ihesu or ihesus · that all owr ioyȝe com of.fe  Thu knowest well quod conscyence · and thu konne resoun · þat knygth kyng conquerour · may be oo persone to be callyd a knygth is fayr · for men schuldeshal knele to hym to be callyd a kynge · is fayrer · for he may knyghtes make · ac to be a conquerourconquerour clepydcalled · þat comeþ of special grace · and of hardynesse of herte · and of hendynesse to maken lordes and ladyesof laddes · of lond that he wynneþ and free men fowle þralles · that folwyn nougth his lawes The iewes that were gentyl men · ihesus þey dyspised · boþe his lore and his lawe · now are þey lowe cherlys as wyde as this world is · wonyeþ þer noon · but vnder tribute or tayllage · as tykes and cherles and þo þat bycome crystene · þurgh fullynge þat þey tookeby conseille of þe baptisteAren frankeleynes fre men · þorw fullyng þat þei tokeHm.19.38: Hm uniquely combines the a-verse of 19.38 with what in other manuscripts is the b-verse of the following line, thus omitting by conseille of þe baptiste / Aren frankeleynes fre men, found in all other B manuscripts and given here in the spelling of L. a..reAnd Hm.19.39: Hm's unique reading are supplies a transition to compensate for a verb lost in the omitted half lines. gentyl men wyþ ihesu · for ihesus was y-fullyd and vppon caluarye o..n a croscros · y-crownyd kyng of iewes It bycomeþ to a kyng · to kepe and deffende and conquerour of conquest · hi.s lawes and his large and so dude ihesus þe iew..ys · he iustyfied and taugth hem the lawe of lyf · that laste schall euere · and deffendyd hem frofro fowle euelys · feuers and flixes and fro fendes that yn hem were · and fals byleeue · tho was he ihesus called · of iewysof iewes called · gentyl propheet and kyng of her kyngdom · and corowne bar of þornys And þoo conqueryd he on cros · as conquerour noble · mygth no deþ hym fordo · ne a-doun brynge · that he ne ros and regnyd · and rauasched helle and tho was he conquerour called · of ..y.equeke and of dede for he ȝaf adam and eue · and othere mo blysse þat longe haddyn leyn byfore · as lucifer-isHm.19.54: For the his-genitive, see Tauno F. Mustanoja, A Middle English Syntax, Part I: Parts of Speech (Helsinki, 1960), 159-162. See also Hm.9.12. cherlysHm.19.54-73: A crude line drawing of a flower in pale brown ink appears in the right margin. And syþþe he ȝaf · largely · alle his lele lyges places yn paradys · at her partyng hennys he may well be called conquerour · and þat is cryst to mene Ac the cause that he comeþ thus · wyþ cros of passyoun · is to wyssen vs þerwyþ · þat whan þat we be tempted · þerwyþ to fygthe · and toand deffende vs · fro fallyng ynto synne · and see by his sorowe · þat who-so loueþ ioyȝe · to penaunce and to pouerte · he must putte hym-sylue and muche woo yn þys world · wyllyn and suffryn · Ac to carpe more of cryst · and how he com to þat name feyþly forto speke · his ferst name was ihesus tho he was born yn bethleem · as þe book telleþ and cam to take mankynde · kynges and aungels reuerencyd hym fayre · wyth rycchesse of erþe · aungels owt of heuene come · knelynge and songyn · Gloria in excelsis deo  Et in terra pax hominibus ·deo & cetera kynges comyn after · kneled and offred · myrre and moche gold · wyþ-owtyn mercy askyng or eny kynnys katel · but knowlechyng hym souereyn boþe of londsonde sonne and see · and syþnes they wente · ynto her kyngene kyth · by counseyl of aungels and there was þat ....word fulfulde · the whiche þu of speke Omnia celestia &celestia terrestria · flectantur in hoc nomine ihesu · & ceteranil For alle þe aungels of heuene · at his byrþe kneled · and al þe wytt of þe world · was yn þoo þre kynges resoun and ryȝtwysnesse · and reuthe þey offryd wherfore and whi · wyse men that tyme · maystres and lettred men · magi hem called That oo kyng cam wyþ resoun · keuered vndyr sence The secoundesecounde kynge syþen · soiþlyche offred ryȝtwysnesse vnder rede gold · resounes felawe · gold is lyknyd to leaute · that laste schal euere and resoun to ryche gold · to rygth and to trewþe · The þrydde kyng ..tho cam · knelynge to ihesu and presentyd hym wyþ pyte · apperynge by myrre · for myrre is mercy to mene · and mylde speche of tonge · Three ylyche honest þynges · were offryd þus at ones thrugh þree kynne .kynges · knelynge to ihesu · Ac for alle þese preciouse presentys · our lord prynce ihesus was neyþer kyng ne conquerour · tyl he gan to wexe yn þe maner of a man · and þat by mochel sleyȝte as it bycomeþ a conquerour · to conne many sleyȝtes and many wyles and wytt · that woll ben a ledere · and so dude ihesu in his dayes · who-so hadde tyme to telle it sumtyme he suffred · and sumtyme he hidde hym · and sumtyme he fauht faste · and fle..dde oþerwhile and sumtyme he gaf good · and grauntyd hele boþe lyf and lyme as hym luste · so hehe wrougth as kynde is of a conquerour · so comsed ihesusihesuHm.19.103: The <s> of the abbreviation is written over an erasure. All other B manuscripts have ihesu. tyll he hadde alle hem · that he fore bledde · In his innocence this ihesus · at iewene feste water ynto wyn turnyd · as hololy wrytt telleþ and þere bygan god of his grace · to dowel for wyn is lyknyd to lawe and lyf of holynesse and lawe lacked tho · for ...?...?...men louyde nat here enemyes · and cryst counseyleþ thus · and comaundeþ boþe · toBothe to lered and to lewyd · to loue herowre enemys so at þat feste ferst · as y bifore tolde · bygan god of his grace · and goodnesse to dowel · and þanne was he clepid and called · nougth holy cryst but ihesu a faunt fyn full of wytt · filius marie for bifore his moder marye · made he þat wond..ur · that sche ferst and formest · ferme schulde byleeue that he þurgh grace was gete · and of no gome elles he wrouht þat by no wytt · but þurgh woord one aftyr þe kyndekynde þat he cam of · þere comsid he dowel And whan he woxen waswas woxen more · yn his modres absentabsence he made lame menlame to lepe · and ȝaf lygth to blynde and fedde wyþ two fisches · and wyþ fyue loues · sore anhund..grydafyngred folke · moo þan fyue thowsand þus he conforted carfull · and caugth a gretter name the whiche was dobet · where that he wente for de.ueHm.19.127: The <u> is written over an erasure and is more typical of the scribe's Latin script than the English text. þurgh his doynges to here · & dombe speke he made and alle he heled and halp · þat hym of grace asked and þoo was he called yn contre · of þe comen peple for þe dedys þat he dude · fili dauid Ihesus[Ihesus]IhesusHm.19.130: An unidentifiable hand has erased Ihesus from the end of the line. It appears in all other B manuscripts. for dauid was douȝtyest of dedys · yn his tyme the buyrdes t..ho songyn · Saul interfecit mille · Et dauid decem milia forþy þe contre þer ihesu cam · callyd hym fili dauid and nempnyd hym of nazareþ · and no man so wurþy to be cayser or kyng · of þe kyngdom of iuda ne ouer þe iewesiewes iustyse · aos ihesus was hem þougthe Wherof cayphas hadde enuye · and oþere of þe iewys fortoAnd for to don hym to deþe · day and nygth þey casten · kylleden hym on cros wyse · at caluarye on a fryday · an suþþen buryeden his body · and bedyn þat men schulde kepyn it fro nygth-comers · wyþ knyhtes y-armed · for no frendys schuldyn hym fecche · for prophetys hem tolde howÞat þat blyssid body · of buryell · ryse schulde and gon ynto galyle · and gladyn · his apostles · and his moder moa...rie thus men byfore demyd · the knyghtes that keptyn ..hymHm.19.146: Hm's revised reading agrees with six other B manuscripts, but it is not possible to determine whether the word it replaced was it, the reading of most other B manuscripts. · byknewen it hem-sylue · that aungels and archangels · er þe day spronge comen knelynge to þe ....corps · and songyn christus resurgens verray m..anHm.19.149: We cannot determine whether Hm's erased word was W's men. bifore hem alle · and foorþ-wyþ hem he ȝede · The iewes prayeden hyem pees · and bisoughten þe knyghtes to telleTelle þe comune þat þer cam · a compaigne of his apostlys and bywycched hem as þey wokyn · and awey stolen hymit · Ac marye magdaleyn · mette hym by þe weye · goynge toward galylee · yn godhed and manhed and lyues and lokynge · and sche alowd cryede yn eche a compaigne þere sche cam · christus resurgens thus cam it owt þat cryst ouercam · recoueryd and lyuede Sic oportet christum pati · & intrare · & cetera For þat þat wommen wyten · may nougth well be counseyl Peter parceyued all þis · and pursewyd after boþe iames and iohan · ihesu forto seke · thaddee and ten moo · wyþ thomas of ynde and as alle þyse wyse wyes · weren to-gydrys yn an hous all by-schett · and her dore ybarred · cryst cam yn and all closed · boþe dore and ȝatys to peter and to þesehis apostlys · and seyde pax vobis and took thomas by þe hond · and taugth hym to grope · and fele wyþHm.19.168: An otiose stroke is written above the <y>. his fyngrys · his fleschlych herte · Thomas towchid it · and wyþ his tonge seyde · Deus meus & dominus meus · & cetera Thu art my lord y beleeue · god lord ihesu · thu deyedest and deeþ þolyedest · and deme schalt vs alle and now art lyuynge and lokynge · and last schalt euere Cryst carpid þanne · and curteysly seyde thomas for thu trowest þis · and trewly beleeuyst it blessyd mot thu be · and be schalt for euere and blessid moot þey alle be · yn body and yn sowle that neuer seyeshal se me yn sygth · as thu doist nowþe and lelelyche beleeuyn all þys · y loue hem and blyesse hem · Beati qui non viderunt & crediderunt · & cetera And whan þys dede was doon · dobest he tauȝte and ȝaf peris power · and pardoun he graunted to alle maner men · mercy and forȝiuenesse heHym mygth men assoyle · of alle maner synne yn couenaunt þat þey come · and knowlechidknewleche to paye to peris pardoun þe ploughman · redde quod debes · Thus haþ peris power · be his pardoun payed to bynde and vnbynde · boþe here and elles-where and assoyle men of alle synnys · saue of dette one An-non after an hyȝe · vp ynto heuene he wente and wonyeþ þere · and ...wyl come at þe laste and rewardyn nhym rygth well · þat reddit quod debet payeþ partfytlyparfitlyparfytly · as pure trewþe wolde · And what persone payeþ yt nougth · punyschen he þenkeþ and demen hem ..at domesday · boþe quyke and dede the good to þe godhede · and to gret ioyȝe and wycked to wonye · yn woo wyþ-owtyn ende Thus conscyence of cryst · and of þe cros carped ...?...?...and counseyled me to knele þerto · & þanne cam to meme þougth · oon spiritus paracclitus to peris · and to his felawes yn lyknesse of a lyȝtnynge · he lyght on hem alle and made hem conne and knowe · alle kyn langages I wondrid what þat was · and wagedHm.19.203: Waged, "nudged, attracted the attention of." See MED, s. v. waggen (v.). conscyence and was aferd of þe lygth · for yn fyres lyknesse · spiritus paracclitus · ouer-spradde hem alle Quod conscyence and kneled · þis is crystys messager and comeþ fro þe grete god · and grace ys his name knele now quod conscyence · and ȝif þu canst synge welcome hym and wurschipe hym · wyþ veni creator spiritus Thanne song y þat song · so dede many hundryd · and crieden wyth conscyence · helpe vs god of grace And þanne bygan grace · to go wyþ peris ploughman and counseyle.d hym and conscyence · þe comune to sompne for y woll dele to-day · and ȝyue dyuynedyuyde grace to alkyn creatures · that han her fyue wyttys tresor to lyue by · to her lyues ende · and wepne to fygth wyþ · þat wy...?...ll neuer fayle · for anticryst and hise · all þe world schull greue · and encombre þe conscyence · but ȝif cryst þe helpe · And false prophetes fele · flaterers and gloseres schullShullen come and be ...?...curatores · ouer kyngys and erlys · and pryde schall be pope · prynce of holy cherche coueytyse and vnkyndenesse · cardynales hym to lede Forþy quod grace er y go · y woll gyue ȝow tresor and wepne to fygth wyþ · whan anticryst ȝow assayleþ and gaf eche man a grace · to gye wyþ hym-sylue þat ydelnesse encombre hym nougth · enuye ne pryde Diuisiones graciarum sunt · & cetera Summe he ȝaf wytt · wyth woordys to schewe · wytt to wynne her lyflode wyþ · as þe world askeþ as prechours and preestys · and prentysHm.19.231: The meaning must be plural here; this form is shared by HmLC2F. of lawe þey lely to lyue · by labour of tounge and by wytt to wyssen oþere · as grace hem wolde teche and summe by kyndehe kenned crafte · and connyng of sygth wyþ syllynge and byggynge · her ...?...lyflodebylyf to wynne · and somme he lered to laboure · a lele lyf and a trewe · and somme he taugth to tulye · to dykedyche and to þecche to wynne wyþ her lyflode · by lore of his techynge · And somme to dyuyne · and dyuydeddiuide noumbres to kenne and somme to compase craftyly · and colours to make · and somme to see and to seye · what schulde byfalle · boþe of wele and of woo · telle it or it felle · as astronomyens þurgh astronomye · & philosophres wyse · SommeAnd somme to ryde and summe to recouere þat ryȝtfullyvnriȝtfully was wonne he wyssid hem wynne it aȝen · þurgh wytnessewightnesse of handys · and fecchen it fro false men · wyþ foluyles lawes And somme he lernydlered to lyue · yn longynge to ben hennys yn pouerte and yn pacyencepenaunce · to prayȝe for alle crystne · and alle he lered to be lele · and eche a craft loue oþer and forbad hem alle debat · þat noon were among hem · thowȝ somme be clenner þan somme · ȝe see wel quod grace þat he þat vseþ þe fayrest craft · to þe fowlest y cowde haue put hym þenkeþ alle quod grace · that grace comeþ of my ȝyfte lokeþ þat non lacke oþer · but loueþ alle as breþerne · And who þat moste maystryes can · be myldest of berynge and crowneþ conscyence kyng · and makeþ craft ȝowr styward and after craftys counseyl · cloþe ȝow and fede · for y make peris þe ploughman · my procuratour and my reue and registrer to resceyue · redde quod debes my prowour and my ploughman · peris schall be on erþe and forto tylye trewþe · a teme schall he haue Grace gaf peris a teme · fowr grete oxen · þat on was luke a large beest · and alowea lowe chered markAnd mark and matheu þe þrydde · myghty bestys boþe and ioyned to hem on iohan · most gentyl of alle þe prys nete of peris plough · passynge alle oþere · And grace gaf peris · of his goodnesse fowr stottes all þat his oxen eryed · þey to harwyn after on higth austyn · and ambrose an noþer · gregory þe grete clerke · and ieromye þe goode þese foure þe feyþ to teche · folwen peres teme and harwed yn an hand-while · all holy scrypture wyþ two harwes þa.t þey hadde an old and an newe Id est vetus testamentum · & nouum · & cetera And grace gaf greynes · the cardynal vertues and sew hem yn mannys sowle · and syþþe tolde her namys Spiritus prudencie · the ferst sede higthe and who-so eet þat · ymagene he schulde er he dude any dede · deuyse well þe ende · and leredlernedHm.19.280: Cf. Hm.19.249 above. men a ladul bygge · wyþ a long stele and caste forto kepe a crocke · to saue þe fatte aboue The secound sede higthe spiritus temperancie he þat eteþete of þat sede · had such a kynde · ne schuldeSholde neuer mete ne moche drynke · make hym to swelle neNe sholde no scornere ne scolde · owt of skyle hym brynge ne wynnynge ne welþe · of worldly rycchesse wast word of ydelnesse · ne wycked speche meue · schulde no coryous cloiþ · comyn on his rygge · ne no mete yn his mowþ · þat mayster iohan spiced The þrydde sede þat peris sewe was spiritus fortitudinis · and who-so eet of þat seed · hardy · was he euere · to suffre all þat god sente · syknesse and angres mygth no lesynges ne lyerslyere · ne losse of worldly catel · makyn hym for eny mornynge · þat he nas mery yn sowle · and bold and a-bydynge · bysmeres to suffre · and pleyeþ all wyþ pacyence · and parce michi domine and couered hym vnder counseyl · of catoun þe wyse Esto forti animo · cum sis dampnatus inique · & ceteranil · The fierþe sede that peris sewe · was spiritus iusticie · iusticie · & ceteranil and he þat eet of þat sede · schuld be euer trewe wyþ god and nougth a-gast · but of gyle one · for gyle goiþ so pryuely · þat good feiþ oþer-while · may nougth ben a-spyed · for spiritus iusticie Spiritus iusticie · spareth nougth to spille · hem þat ben gylty · and forto correcte the kyng ȝif he falle · in gylt or in trespasse for acounteþcounteth he no kynges wraþþe · whan he yn court sytteþ to demyn as a domes man · adrad was he neuere · neyþer of duke norne of deþ · þat he ne dude lawe · for present or for prayer · or eny princes lettres he dede equyte to alle · euenforþ his power These fowre sedys peres sewe · and seþþe he dude hem harwe wyþ olde lawe and newe lawe · þat loue mygth wexe · among þoþe fowre vertues · and vyses distroyȝe · for comonly yn contrees · cammokes and wedys fowleþ þe fruyt yn þe felde · þere þey growe to-gydres and so doon vices · vertues wurthi · Quod peris harweþ alle that conneþ kynde wyttHm.19.318-319: In response to a corrupt Bx, CrHm alone create two lines here. Other B manuscripts, with some variations, read Quod Piers harweth alle þat kunneth kynde witte bi conseille of þis doctours. Hm alone, editing to provide an a-verse, adds by rede and by counseyl in place of bi conseille of the other B manuscripts, and Hm alone reads þese fowr where all other B manuscripts have þis in order to fill out the b-verse. Unlike Hm, Cr prints only By counsel of these doctours. The now lost B manuscript available for creation of the C text was superior to Bx, reading (again, with some variations):And so doth vices vertues forthy quod peres Harweth alle þat conneth kynde wit bi consail of this doctours. by rede and by counseyl · of þese fowr doctours and tylyeþ after her techynge · þe cardynal vertues Aȝeins þeþi greynes quod grace · bygynneþ forto rype · ordeyne þe an hous peris · to herbergh ynne þy cornes By god grace quod peris · ȝe motyn gyue tymber and ordeyne þat hous · er ȝe hennehennesHm.19.324: For similar variation on þenne, cf. Hm.19.430. wende · And grace gaf hym þe cros · wyþ þe crowne of thornys þat cryst vppon caluarye · for mankynde on pynyd · and of his baptyme and blood · þat he bledde on rode · he made a maner morter · and mercy it higthe · and þerwyþ grace bigan · to make a good fundement and watled it and wallid it · wyþ his peynes & passiounhis passiounHm.19.330: M also omitted his on initial copying but supplied it above the line. · and of al holy wrytt · he made a roof after · and called þat hous vnyte · holycherche on englisch · and whan þis dede was don · grace dyuysid · a cart higth crystendoom · to carye peris scheuys and gaf hym caples to his carte · contrissioun and confessioun and made preesthod heyward · þerwhileþe while hym-sylf wente als wyde as þe world is · wyþ peris to tylye trewþe · Now is peris to þe plough · and pryde it aspyed · and gadred hym a gret oost · forto greuyn he þynkeþ conscience and alle crystene · and cardynall vertues blowe hem doun and breke hem · and byte a-two þe mores · and sente forþ surquydous · his sergeaunt of armes · and his spye spille loue · spekeone speke euyll behynde · Thise two comen to conscyence · and to crystyn peple · and toldyn hem tydynges · þat tyne þey schuld þe sedys · þat peris þere hadde sowyn · þe cardynall vertues and peris bierne worþ ybroke · and þey þat ben yn vnyte schull come owt and conscyence · and ȝowr two caples · confessioun and contricioun · and ȝowr cart þe byleeue schall be colowryd so queyntly · & keuered vnder owr sophestrye · þat conscyence schall nougth · knowe by contricioun ne by confessioun · who is crystyn or hethen ne no maner marchaunt · þat wyþ money deleþ · wheþer he wynne wyþ rygth · wyþ wrong or wyþ vsure · wyþ such colours and queyntise · comeþ pryde y-armed · wyþ þe lord þat lyueþ after · the lust of his body to wastyn on welfare · and on wycked kepynge all þe world yn a while · þurgh owr wytt quod pryde · Quod conscyence to alle crystne tho · my counseyl is to wende · hastyly into vnyte · and holde we vs there · and prayȝe we þat a pes were · yn peris bierne þe plough-man · for wytterly y wot well · we beþ nougth of strengþe · to gon a-geyn pryde · but grace were wyþ vs · And þanne cam kynde wytt · conscyence to teche · and cryed and comaunded · alle crystene peple · forto delue and dyke · depe abowte vnyte · þat holycherche stood yn vnyte · as it a pyle were Conscyence commaunded þoo · alle crystne to delue · and makyn a moche moot · þat mygth ben a strengþe · to helpyn holy cherche · and hem þat it kepeþ · Thanne alkyn crystne · saue comyn wommen · repentyden and refusidyn synne · saue þey one and false men flaterers · vsurers and thieuys · lyeres and questmongers · that were forsworn ofte wetynge and wylfully · wyþ þe fals heldyn · and for syluer were forsworn · soiþly þey wysten yt Ther nas no crystene creature · þat kynde wytt hadde · saue schrewes one · suche as y spak of · that he ne halpe a quantyte · holynesse to wexe · somme þurgh bedys byddynge · and somme þurgh pylgrymage · and oþer pryue penaunce · and somme þurgh penyes delyng And þanne wellyd water · for wycked werkes egrelyche ȝernyngeHm.19.383: HmB's ȝernynge is a spelling variant of most other B witnesses, ernynge. owt · of mennys eiȝen · clennesse owt of comune · and clerkes clene lyuynge madyn vnyte holy cherche yn holynesse to ..stonde I care nougth quod conscyence · þowh pryde come nowþe the lord of lust schall be lettyd · all þys leynte y hope · comeþ quod conscyence · ȝe crystene and dyneþ · þat han labowred lely · all þys leynte tyme · here is brede y-blessid · and goddys body þere-vnder grace þurgh goddys woord · gaf peris power and myghtes to makyn yt · and men to etyn it after · yn helpe of her hele · onys yn amoneþa moneþ or as ofte as þey hadde o nede · þo þat hadde y-payed · to peris pardoun þe ploughman · redde quod debes · Hm.19.396: The rubricator failed to rubrish the paraph. How quod alle þe comune · thu counseylest vs to ȝelde all þat we owen eny wygth · or we go to howsel · That is my counceyl · quod conscyence and cardynal vertues þat eche a manman forȝyue oþer · and þat woll þe pater noster Et dimitte nobis debita nostra · & cetera · And so to ben assoyled · and seþþyn ben housled · Ȝhe baw quod a brewere · y woll nougth be rewlyd · by ihesu for alle ȝowr ianglynge · wyþ spiritus iusticie ne after conscyence by cryst · while y can sylle · boþe dregges and draf · and drawe it an hole · thikke ale and þynne ale · for þat ys my kynde and nougth hacke after holynesse · hold þy tounge conscyence of spiritus iusticie thu spekest moche ynan ydel · Cayteef quod conscyence · cursyde wrecche · vnblyssed art thu brewere · but ȝif þe god helpe · but þu lyue by lore · of spiritus iusticie · the chief sede that peris sewe · y-sauyd worst thu neuere but conscyence þe comyn fede and cardynal vertues leeue yt well þey ben lost · boþe lyf and sowle Thanne is manye a man y-lost · quod a lewed vicory · y am a curatour of holy kyrke and cam neuere yn my tyme · man to me þat me cowd telle · of cardynal vertues or þat acountyd conscyence · at a cokkes feþer or an hennys y knewe neuer cardynall · þat he ne cam fro þe pope and we clerkes whan þey come · for her comunes payeþ for her pelure and her palfreyes mete · & pilours þat hem folweþ the comune clamantclamat quotidie · eche a man tyl oþer the contre is þe cursedere · þat cardynals comen ynne and þere þey lygge and lenge most · lecchery þer regneþ Forþy quod this vicory · by verry god y wolde · þat no cardynall come · .... among þe comyn peple but yn her holynesse · holdyn hem stylle · at auyoun among þe iewes · cum sancto sanctus eris or yn rome as her rewle woldewole · þe relykes to kepe · and thu conscyence yn kynges court · & schuldest neuere come þenneþennes and grace that thu gredest so of · gyour of alle clerkes and peris wyþ his newe plough · and eke wyþ his olde · emperour of all þe world · that alle men ...?...were cristene · Inparfit is þat pope · that all þe peple schuld helpe · and sendeþ hem þat sleeþ such · as he schulde saue · and well wurþ peris þe plough-man · þat pursueþ god yn doynge Qui pluit super iustos & iniustos · at onys · And sente þe sonne to saue · a cursid mannys tylþe a..........s brigthHm.19.439: This alteration is not likely to be the work of the correcting hand3 who habitually added <-e> to words ending in <gth>. This spelling does not occur elsewhere in the work of hand1 and hand2, both spelling it brygth. as to þe best man · and the best womman · Rygth so peris þe ploughman · peyneþ hym to tyllye · as well for a wastour · and wenches of þe stywes as for hym-sylf and his seruauntes · saue he is ferst serued · and trauayleþ and tylyeþ · for a tretour also sore · as for a trewe tydy man · alle tymes y-lyke and wurschipid be he þat wrougth all · boþe ...?...goode & wikke and suffreþ þat synfull be · tyl sumtyme þat þey repente and god amende þe pope · þat pilyeþ holy cherche · and cleymeþ bifore þe kyng · to be kepere ouercrysteneouer crystene and counteþ nougth þouwȝ crystene ben · kyllyd and robbed · and fynt folk to figth · and crysten blood to spille · aȝen þe olde lawe · and newe lawe · as luk þerof wytnesseþ Non occides · michi vindictam · & cetera It semeþ by so hym-sylf · hadde his wylle · þat he reccheþ rygth nougth · of all þe remenant and cryst of his curtasye · the cardynals saue and turne her wytt to wysdom · and to wele of sowle · for þe comune quod þis curatour · countyn full lytell the counseyl of conscyence · or cardynall vertues but ȝif þey seyȝe as by sygth · sumwhat to wynnynge of gyle ne of gabbynge · gyue þey neuere tale for spiritus prudencie · amonge þe peple is gyle · and alle þo fayre vertues · as vices þey semed · eche aeche man subtyleþ a sleyȝte · synne forto hide · and colowreþ it for a kunnynge · and a clene lyuynge Thanne lowȝ þer a lord · and by þis lygth seyde · Hm.19.465: By eye-skip, Hm uniquely omits the following lines attested in other beta manuscripts, given here in the spelling of L: I halde it ryȝte & resoun of my reue to take Al þat myne auditour or elles my stuwarde Conseilleth me by her acounte & my clerkes wrytynge With spiritus intellectus they seke þe reues rolles And with spiritus fortitudinis fecche [it] I wole And þanne come þere a kynge & bi his croune seyde. y am kynge wyþ corowne · þe comune to rewle · and holy kyrk and clergye · fro cursid men to fondedefende · and ȝif me lackeþ to lyue by · þe lawe woll y take it þer y may itmay hastylokest haueit haue · for y am hede of lawe for ȝe ben but membrys · and y a-boue ȝow allealle and s.. yiþe y am ȝowr aller hordheedHm.19.471: It is not clear what the scribe intended to write here, perhaps lord? · y am ȝowr all...?...er hele and holy cherches chief helpe · and chyuentayn of þe comune · and what y take of ȝow two · y take it at þe techynge of spiritus iusticie · for · y iuge ȝow alle · so y may boldly · be houslyd · for y borowe neuere · ne craue of my comune · but as my kynde askeþ In condicioun quod conscience · þat thu conne deffende · and rewle þy rewme by resoun · yn rygth · and ynriȝt wel & in trewþe · take thu mygth yn resoun · as thy lawe askeþ Omnia tua sunt ad deffend......endum · sed · non ad deprehen.....dendum · Hm.19.480: The added letters are cramped, indicating that the original was shorter, possibly deprehendum, the otherwise unique reading of F.Hm.19.481: There is a paraph marker here, but it was not rubrished; the ornamentation from the following passus leaves space for it. The vyker hadde fer hom · and fayr took his leue · and y awakyd þer-wyþ · and wrot as me mette ·