The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 3William 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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Duggan New header created Passus tercius de visione · n NOwe is mede the mayde · and nomo of hem alle wyth Bedelles and wyth ..baylyfs · brougth bifore the kynge The kynge callede a clerke · ne can ycan I nougth his name To take mede the mayde · and make here at ese I schall assaye here my-selfe  and so...þli appose what man vponof þis molde · that here were leueste And ȝif sȝesheHm.3.7: Hm uniquely has the unusual form sȝe against she in most B manuscripts. wurche by wytte. and my wyll folowe y wol forȝyueforgyue hyre this gylt. . so me god helpe Curteysly the clerke thanne · as the kynge hyȝte Tooke mede by the myddel · and brougth hire into chambre And there was merthe and menstralsye Hm.3.11-14: The punctus elevatus in this and the following three lines has a horizontal bar between the bottom and top parts. mede to plese They that wonen in westmynstre  wurschipeden here alle Gentylyche wyth ioye  the iustyces somme · buskeden hem to the boure  there the burde dwellede To conforten hire kyndely · by clergyes leue and seyden moorne thu nougthnought Mede · ne make thu no sorowe for we woll wysse the kynge · and thy weye schape to be wedded at thy wylle · and where the leef lyketh · for all consciences caste · or crafte as y trowe Myldely mede thanne · me...?...rcyde hem alle of here grete goodnesse · and gafe hem echone coupes of clene golde . and cuppes of seluer · rynges wyth rubies · and rycchesses manye · the leste man of here meyne · a motoun of golde · thanne laught they leue · these lordes at mede · Wyth that comen clerkes · and confortedento conforte ....here þe same and beden hire be blythe · for we beth thyn owne forto wurche thy wylle · the while thy lyfeþow myȝteHm.3.28: HmHm2 alone read thy lyfe against þow myȝte in most B manuscripts. The reading is taken from the A version which has a T-type line. lasteth Hendely sche thanne · byhigth hem the same to louen hem lely · and lordes to make and in the concystorye at courte . do callen her names schall no lewednesse lette · the lede that y louye that he ne wurth ferste auaunced · for y am by-knowen there connynge clerkes · schull clokke byhynde Thanne come there a confessoure · coped as ....a frere to mede the mayden · he menedemelludHm.3.36: The word could be either menede or meuede. these woordes and seyde full softly · in schryfte as .......it were though lewed men and lered · hadden leye by the bothe And falsfalsenesse hadde fowled the · all this fyfty wynter y schall assoyle the my-selfe . for a seem of whete and bealso be thy bedeman · and bere well thy message amonge knyghtes and clerkes · conscience to turne Thanne mede for here mysdedes · to that man knelede and schorfesch[ro]feshroue here of here schrewdnesse · schameles y trowe tolde hym a tale · and toke hym a noble forto ben here bedeman · and here brocour al...sse Thanne he soyledassoilled here sone · and seþþen he seyde we haue a wyndowe in werchinge · woll sytten vs fulhiȝeful hiȝe woldest þu glase that gable · and graue þerynne þyn name ful sykerSiker schulde þy soule be · heuene to haue Wyste y that quod that womman · y wolde nougth spare forto be ȝoure frende frere · and fayle ȝowe neuere while ȝe loue lordes · that lecchery hauntyn and lakken nougth ladyes · that louen wel the same yt ys a frealte of flesch · ȝe fynden yt in bookes · A comynAnd a cours of kynde · where-of we comyn alle who may scapen thatþe sclawndre · the scathe ys sone amended yt ys ais synne of the seuene · sonnest relessed God haueHaue mercy quod mede · onof men that yt hauntyn and y schal couer ȝoure cherchekirke · ȝoure cloyster makedo maken and ȝoure wowesWowes whytendo whitten · and wyndowes glasyn do paynte and portraye · and paye for the makynge that euery segge schal seye · y am suster of ȝoure hous · ..ButAc god to alle good folke · suche grauynge deffendith to wryten in wyndowes · of here wel-dedys · yn aduenture pryde be peynted þere · and pompe of the worlde for cryste knoweth thi conscyence · and þy kynde wylle and þy coste and thy couetyse · and who the catel ...?...owghte · For-þy y lere ȝow lordes · leueþ suche werkes to wryten in wyndowes · of ȝoure wel-dedys · or to gredyn after goddes men · whan ȝe delen doles yn aduenture ȝe haue ȝoure huyre here · and ȝoure heuene alsHm.3.72: A modern librarian has written "- fragment ends here." in the right margin, referring to Hm2, which ends after the following Latin line. Nesciat sinistra manussinistra  quid faciat dextra · late nougth thy lefte halfe · late ne rathe · wyete what thu werchest · wyth thy rygth syde · for thus byddeþ the gospel · good men done here alm....esse · Meyres and m......ercersmaceres · that menes ben bytwene the kynge and the comune · to kepe the lawes to punysche on pyloryes · and pynynge stoles brewesters and baksters · bochers and cokes for þese arne men ofon this molde · that moste harme wurcheth to the poore peple · that parcelmel beggenbuggenHm.3.82: HmG read beggen to other B witnesses' buggen. Hm omits the following two lines because of eye-skip: For they poysoun þe peple priueliche and oft Thei rychen þorw regraterye and rentes hem buggen. wyth that the poore peple · schulde putten in here wombe for tooke they on treuly · they tymbred nougth so hye ne bouhten no burgages · be ȝe full certayn Ac mede the mayde · the meyre haþ bysougth of alle suche sullers · suluer to take or presentes wyth-outen pans · oras peces of seluer rynges or other rycchesse · the regratours to ma......nteyne For my loue quod that lady · loue hem echone · and suffre hem to selle · somdel aȝen reson Salamon the sage a sarmoun he made forto amende m.eyres · and men that kepen lawes and tolde hem this teme · that y telle thenke Ignis deuorabit tabernacula eorum · qui libenter accipiunt munera · Amonge these lettred ledes · this latyn ys to mene that fuyr schall falle · and brenne al to blo askes the houses and homes · of hem that desyreth ȝyftes or ȝeres-ȝyftys · by-caus.e of here offyces The kynge fro thefro conseyl came · and called after mede and of-sente hire alsoas blytheswythe · wyth sergeauntes manye that brougth here to boure · wyth blysse and ...wiþ ioye Curteysly the kynge thanne · comsed to telle to mede the maydenmayde · and menethmellethHm.3.104: Hm's reading is clearly related to W's he meneþ and H's menyd. these woordes vnwyttyly womman · wrougth haste thu ofte ac wrouhtest thu neuere wurseworse wrouȝtestow neure · than whanþo thu fals tooke but y furȝyueforgyue the that gylte · and grauntegraunte þe m.y grace hennys to thy deth-day · do so namore Y haue a knygth conscyence · came late from byȝonde ȝif he wylneth the to wyue · wylt. thu hym haue Ȝe lord quod theþat lady · lorde furbede yt elles but y be holly atte ȝoure heste · late hange me sone And thanne was conscyence called · to come and appere byfore the kynge and his conseyl · as clerkes and othre knelynge to the kynge · conscyenceconscience · to þe kynge lowtede to wyten what his wylle were · and what he do schulde WolteWoltow wedde this womman quod the kynge · if scheI woll assente for sche is fayn of þy felauschipe · forto be thi make Quod conscyence to the kynge · cryste yt furbedeme forbede ere y wedde suche a wyf · wo me bytyde for sche is frele of here ....feyþ · and fykelfykel of hure speche and makeþ men mysdo · many score tyme truste of hure tresoure · trayeþ full manye Wyues and wydewes · wantownesse sche techeþ and lereþ hem lechery · that louen here ȝiftes · ȝoure fader sche felde · thorough fals byheste and haþ puysound popes · and appeyredpeiredHm.3.127: Hm and alpha read appeyred/appayreth against the apheretic form peired in most B manuscripts. holy cherche ys naugth a bettre bawde · by hym that me made bytwene heuene and helle · in erthe thouh men sougth · for sche is tykel of here tayl . tale-wys of here tunge As comune as cartewaya cartwey · to echeHm.3.131: The ascender of the <h> has been flourished. knaue that walketh to monkes to menstralles · to meselles in hegges Sysours and somnours · suche men hure preyseth Scherreues andof schyres · were schent if sche ne were for sche dooþ men lese here londe · and here lyfe bothe sche lateth passe prysoners · and for hem ofte payethpayeth for hem ofte and ȝyueþgyueth the gaylers golde · and grotes to-gydres ...?...& vnfetreþ fals · toTo vnfettre þe fals flee where hym lyketh and taketh þe trewe by the top · and tyeth hym faste and hangeth hym for haterede · that harme dede neuere To be cursyd in concystorye · sche counteþ nougth a bene for sche copeþ the commissarye · and coteth his clerkes sche ys asoyled alsoas sone · as here-selfe lyketh and may almost alsoneiȝe as muche do · in a moneth ones as ȝoure secrete seal · in syxe score dayes · for sche is pryue wyth the pope · prouysours yt knoweth for syre symony and here-selfe · selen the bulles Sche blesseþ these buschopes · thouwh they semebe lewed prouendreth parsouns · and preestes manteyneth to haue lemmans and lotobyes · all here lyfe-dayes · and bryngeth foorth barns · aȝen forbode lawes there sche is wel wyth the kynge · wo ys thatþe rewme for sche is fauourable to fals · and fouleþ trewthe ofte By ihesu wyth hure iewelles · ȝoure yustyces ofte scheshe schendeth and lyeþ aȝen the lawe · and letteþ hym the gate that feyth may nougth haue his foorþ · hure floreyns gone so þykke sche ledeth the lawe as hure leste · and louedayes maketh · and dooth men lese forþorw hure loueHm.3.158: Kane and Donaldson took the scribe to have written iloue, with <il> smudged. There is damage or a stain, but the reading is clearly loue. · that lawe mygth wynne the mase for a mene man · þouȝ. he mote hure euere lawe ys so lordlyche · and loth to make ende wyth-oute presentes or pans · sche pleseth wel fewe · Barouns & burgeys · sche bryngeþ in sorowe and al the comune in care · that lyue woldecoueyten lyue in trewthe for clergyseclergye and couetyse · sche cowpleþ to-gydres thatÞis is þe lyfe of þat lady · lordenow lorde · ȝyue hure sorowe and alle that ma......ynteyne here men · schamemeschaunce hem bytyde for poore men mowe haue · no power hem to pleyneto pleyne hemHm.3.167: Hm divides the line here, creating a new line to follow and thus demanding the creation of a b-verse for the newly made line. Hm.3.168 takes what may have been the last three words of its exemplar's 167 tyl þey sore smerte and fills the line out with the bland, unalliterating and lowe a-downe falle. · tyl þey sore smerte · and lowe a-downe falle suche a mayster is mede · a-monge men of goode Thanne mornyd mede · and menyd hure to the kynge to haue space to speke · spede ȝif sȝe mygthe The kynge grauntyd hure grace · wyth a good wylle excuse the ȝif þu canste · y can namore segge for conscyence acuseþ the · to congeye the for-euere Nay lorde quod that lady · leueþ hym the wurse whan ȝe wyten wytterly · where þe wronge lyggeþ there theþat myschefe is grete mede may helpe and thu knowest conscyence · y came nougth to chyde ne to prauedepraue thy persone · wyth a proude herte wel thu woste wernard · but ȝif thu wolte gabbe thu haste hangyd on myn halshalf · enleue tymes · and also gryped my golde . ȝyuegyue yt where the lyked and why wratthestþow wratthest the nowe . wondre me thynkeþ ȝit y may as y mygthe · menske the wyth ȝiftes and mant....eyne thy manhode · more than thu knowest Ac thu haste defamedfamed me foule · byfore the kynge here for kyllyd y neuere kyngeno kynge . ne counseyled thertoþer-after ne dude as thu noweþow demeste · y do yt on the kynge · In normandy naswas he nougth · noyhed for my sake ac thu thy-selfe soþly · schamedest hym ofte crope inin-to a caban · for colde onof thy nayles wendeste that wynter · wolde haue lastelasted euere · and dreddest to haue bebe dede . for a dym clowde and hyedest homward · for hungur of thyn wombe Wyþ-outyn pyte pylour · poore men thu robbe....dest and borere here bras at thy bakke · to caleys to sylle there y lafte wyth my lorde · his lyfe forto saue y made his men murye · and mornynge lette y batred hem on the bakke · and bolded here hertes and dede hem hoppe for hope · to haue me atte wylle hadde y ben mareschal of his men · by marye of heuene · y durste haue leyde my lyfe · and no lasse wedde he schulde haue ben lorde of that londe · in lengþe and in brede and also kynge of that kyth · his kynredekynne tofor to helpe the leste brolle of his blood · a barouns pere Cowardly thu conscyence · conseyledest hym thennys to leuyn his lordschipe · for a lytyl seluer · that ys the ryccheste rewme · that reyn ouerhoueth · yt bycomyþ to a kynge · that kepeth a rewme to ȝyue mede to men · that mekely hym serueth · to alyens and to alle men · to honoure hem wyth ȝyftes · mede maketh hym bylouyd · and for a man holdyn · Emperoures and kynges /ErlisHm.3.213: The virgule metacharacter replacing the punctus elevatus was inserted after <s> was added to kynge by hand3. and alle manere lordes for ȝyftes haue ȝonge men · to renne and to ryde the pope and andand alle hisand alle prelates · presentes vndyrfongyn and meden men hem-selfe · to ma......yntene here lawelawes sergeauntes for her seruyce · we seen wel the sothe taken mede of here maystres · as they mowen acorde beggers for here byddynge · askenbidden men mede menstralles for here merthesmurthe · mede they asken the kynge hath mede of his men · to make pes in londe men that techen chyldren · crauen of hem mede prestes that prechen the peple · of godto gode asken mede and massepans and here mete · atte the mele-tyme alkyn crafty men · crauen mede for here prentys marchauntes and mede · mote nede go to-gydres no wygth as y wene · wyth-oute mede may lybbe Quod the kynge to conscyence · by cryste as me thynketh mede is wel wurthy · the maystrye to haue Nay quod conscyence to the kynge · and kneled · to the erthe · there are two manere of medes · my lorde wyth ȝowre leue that on god of his grace · graunteth in his blys to tho that wel werkyn · while thatwhil they ben here the prophete precheth ...eþerof · and putte yt in the sawter · QuisDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo · &cetera · Lorde who schall wonye in thy wones · ... wyth thyn holy seyntes or resten in thyn holy hulhilles · this asketh dauid · and dauid assoyleth it hym-selue · as the sauter telleth Qui ingreditourHm.3.239: The dot above the first <i> is unusually elaborate, almost an <s>. sine macula & operatur iusticiam &ceteraiusticiam · Tho that entren of one colour · and of one wylle and haue wrougth werkes · wyth rygth and resounwith reson · and he that vseth nougth · the lyfe of vsure and enformeþ poore men · and pursueth trewthe · Qui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram & munera super innocentem non accepit&c · And alle that helpen the innocente · and holdyn wyth the rygthful wyth-outen mede dooth hem good · and the trewthe helpeth · suche manere men my lorde · schull haue the ferste mede of god atte herea grete nede · whan they gon hennys · There is an nothur mede mesurles · that maystres desyreth · to maynteyne mysdoers · mede they take · and thereþere-of seyth the sawter · in a psalmes ende In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt dextra eorum repleta est muneribus · &ceteramuneribus And he that grypeth hure golde · so me god helpe schall abuyen yt b.yttre · or the booke lyeth · prestes and parsouns · that plesynge desyreth that take mede orand moneye · for messes that they synge take here mede here · as mathewe vs telleth · Amen amen ...?...?...dico vobisamen receperunt mercedem suam · That laborers and lewed folke taken of here maystres yt is no manere ofmanere mede · but a mesurable huyre In marchaundyse ys no mede · y may it wel a-vowe yt is a permutacyoun apertly · a penypenyworth for an nother ac reddest thu neuere · regum · thu recrayede mede why the vengeaunce fel on saul · and on his chyldren god sente to saul · by samuel the prophete toÞat agag of amaleke and al his peple aftyr · schulde deyen for a dede · that done hadde here eldres For-thy seyde samuel to saul · god hym-selfe hoteth the to bebe buxum at his byddynge · his wyll to fulfulle wende to Amalek wyth thyn oste · and al thatwhat thu fyndestfyndest þere sleslee it burwesBiernes and bestes · brenne hem to dethe wydewes and wyues · wommen and chyldren mebles ...& vnmebles · and al that thu mygth fynde brenne yt bere yt nougth a-way · be yt neuere so ryche for mede nor for moneye · loke thu destruye yt · spylle yt spareand spare yt nougth · thu schalt spede the bettre And for he coueytede theher catel · and the kynge sparede forbare hym and his bestes bothe · as the byble wytnesseth oþerwyse than he was warnyd · of the prophete god seyde to samuel · that saul · schulde dye · and alle his seed for that synne · schendfullyche endedeende suche a myschefe mede made · saul the kynge to ....haue that god hated hym for euere · and alle his eyres after The culorum of this caas · kepe y nougth to telle yn aduenture yt noyȝed men  none ende woll y make for so is this worlde wente · wyth hem that hauen powere · that who-so seyeseyth hymhem here sothessothes · ys sonnyste y-blamyd I conscyence knowe this · for kynde · wytte me yt taughte that reson schal regne · and rewmes gouerne and rygth as agag hadde · happe schulle summe · samuel schall sle hym · and saul schal be blamyd and dauid schall be dyademyd · and dawntyn hem alle and one crystene kynge · kepyn hem alle Schal namore mede be mayster · as sche ys nouthe ac loue and lownesse · and leauute to-gydre these schulle be maystres · on molde · trewthe to saue and whowho-so trespaceþ aȝen treuthe · or takeþ aȝen his wylle leaute schal done hym lawe · and no lyfe elles · schall none sergeaunte for here seruyce · were a selken howue · ne no pelure in his cloothcloke · for pledynge atte barre mede of mysdoers · maketh manye lordes · and ouer lordes lawes · rewleþ the rewmes Ac kynde loue schal come ȝette · and conscyence to-gydres and make of theof lawe a laborer · suche loue schal aryse and suche a pes amonge the peple · and a parfyte trewþe that iewes schul wene in here wytte · and wexen gladewonder glade that moyses or messyasMessie · be comen into this erthe and haue wondre in here hertys · that men beth so trewe Alle that beren bazelard · brode swerde or launce axe other hachet · or eny wepne elles · schall be demyd to the deeth · butbut if he do yt smythye ynto sykel or sytheto sithe · to schare or to cultur · Conflabunt gladios suos · in vomeres · &cetera · Eche man to pleye wyth a plouwh · pykoyse or spade spynne or sprede donge · or spylle hym-selfe wyth slowthe Preestes and parsouns · wyth placebo to hunte · and dynge vpon dauid · eche daye tyl eue · Huntynge or haukynge · ȝif eny of hem yt vsevse his boste of his benefys · woll beworth bynomyn hym aftyr schall neuereneither kynge norne knygth · constable ne meyre ouerlede the comune · nene to the courte somne ne putten hem in panel · to done hem plygth here trewthe but after the dede that ys done · oo dome schall rewarde mercy or no mercy · as trewthe woll accorde kynges courte and comune courte concystorye and chap....itle al schall be butte oo courte · and oo barounbaroun be iustyce than worth trewe tonge a tydy man · that tenyd me neuere batayles schull none ben · ne noman bere wepne and what smy...th þat smythieth enyony smyteth · be smyten ther-wyth to dethe Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladium · &cetera And ere this fortune falle · fynde men schal the wurste by syxe sonnes and a schyppe · and halfe a schefe of Arwes and the myddel of a moone · schall make the iewes to turne and sarsyns for that sygth · schull synge gloria in excelsis for makameet and mede · myshappe schull that tyme For melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe · &cetera Als wroth as the wynde · wexe mede in a while y kan no latyn quod sche · clerkes wytyn the sothe see what salamon seyth · in sapyence bokes they thatThat hij þat ȝyuyn ȝiftes · the vyctory wynneth and moste wurschipe haue þerwyth · as holy wrytte telleth honorem adquiret qui dat munera & cetera · I leue wel lady quod conscience · that thy latyn be trewe ac thu arteart like a lady · that radde a lessoun ones was omnia probate · and that plesyd here herte For that lyne was no lengour · atte the leues ende hadde sche loked that othur halfe and the leef turnyd sche schulde haue founde fele woordes · folowynge aftyrþer-after · Quod bonum est tenete · trewthe that texte made And so ferde ȝe madame · ȝe couthe nomore fynde tho ȝe loked on sapience · syttynge in ȝoure studye · this texte that ȝe haue tolde · were good for lordes Ac ...ȝeȝow faylede a kunnynge clerke that couthe the lefe haue turnyde and ȝif ȝe sechyn sapyence efte · fynde ȝe schallshal ȝe that foloweth a fultenefulful teneful texte · to hem that taketh mede · That isAnd þat is animam autem aufert accipiencium · &cetera and that is the tayle of the texte · of thatþat þat scheHm.3.357: Perhaps since Bx provided only the unfortunate þat þat where something like þat teme is required (see Kane's and Donaldson's introduction, p. 201), the scribe of Hm, thinking the doubling was wrong, omitted the second þat. schewed · that thowe we wynne wurschipe · and wyth mede haue victorye · the sowle that the soude taketh · by so muche ys bounde ·