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L.3.1KD.3.1 NowL.3.1: The five-line ornamental capital is in blue with red flourishes and with two red marginal sprays. A small guide letter <N>
                           appears in the left margin. is Mede þe Maide · and namo of hem alle
                  
L.3.2KD.3.2 With bedellus & wiþ bayllyues · brouȝt bifor þe kyng
L.3.3KD.3.3 The kyng called a clerke · can I nouȝt his name
L.3.4KD.3.4 To take Mede þe mayde · and make hire at ese
L.3.5KD.3.5 I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose
                  
L.3.6KD.3.6 What man of þis molde · þat hire were leueste
L.3.7KD.3.7 And if she worche bi my witte · and my wille folwe
L.3.8KD.3.8 I wil forgyue hir þis gilte · so me god help

L.3.9KD.3.9 ¶ Curteysliche þe clerke þanne as þe Kyng hight
                  
L.3.10KD.3.10 Toke Mede bi þe Middel · and brouȝte hir in-to chaumbre
                  
L.3.11KD.3.11 And þere was myrthe and mynstralcye · Mede to plese

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L.3.12KD.3.12 L.3.12: The scribe put a cc paraph indicator here, but the rubricating scribe did not draw the paraph as usual. He may have missed it because he was
                           looking for skipped lines between line groups, not applicable here because the line group begins the page. ¶ They þat wonyeth in westmynstre · worschiped hir alle
                  
L.3.13KD.3.13 Gentelliche wiþ ioye · þe Iustices somme
                  
L.3.14KD.3.14 Busked hem to þe boure · þere þe birde dwelled
L.3.15KD.3.15 To conforte hire kyndely · by clergise leue
L.3.16KD.3.16 And seiden mourne nought Mede · ne make þow no sorwe
L.3.17KD.3.17 For we wisse þe kynge · and þi wey shape
L.3.18KD.3.18 To be wedded at þi wille · and where þe leue liketh
L.3.19KD.3.19 For al conscience caste · or craft as I trowe

L.3.20KD.3.20 ¶ Mildeliche Mede þanne · mercyed hem alle
                  
L.3.21KD.3.21 Of þeire gret goodnesse · and gaf hem vchone
L.3.22KD.3.22 Coupes of clene golde · and coppis of siluer
L.3.23KD.3.23 Rynges with rubies · and ricchesses manye
L.3.24KD.3.24 The leste man of here meyne · a motoun of golde
                  
L.3.25KD.3.25 Thanne lauȝte þei leue · þis lordes at Mede

L.3.26KD.3.26 ¶ With that comen clerkis · to conforte hir þe same
                  
L.3.27KD.3.27 And beden hire be blithe · for we beth þine owneL.3.27: Illegible scribbles appear in the right margin.
L.3.28KD.3.28 Forto worche þi wille · þe while þow myȝte laste

L.3.29KD.3.29 L.3.29: The scribe skipped a line as for a strophe break, but there is no <cc> to indicate further his intention. Hendeliche heo þanne · bihight hem þe same
                  
L.3.30KD.3.30 To loue ȝowL.3.30: LR alone read ȝow; most other B manuscripts have hem. lelli · and lordes to make
                  
L.3.31KD.3.31 And in þe consistorie atte courte · do calle ȝowre names
L.3.32KD.3.32 Shal no lewdnesse lette · þe leode þat I louye
L.3.33KD.3.33 That he ne worth first auanced · for I am biknowen
L.3.34KD.3.34 Þere konnyng clerkes · shul clokke bihynde

L.3.35KD.3.35 ¶ Þanne come þere a confessoure · coped as a Frere
                  
L.3.36KD.3.36 To Mede þe mayde · he mellud þis wordes
L.3.37KD.3.37 And seide ful softly · in shrifte as it were
L.3.38KD.3.38 Theiȝ lewed men · and lered men · had leyne by þe bothe
L.3.39KD.3.39 And falsenesse haued yfolwed þe al þis fyfty wyntre
L.3.40KD.3.40 I shal assoille þe my-selue · for a seme of whete
                  
L.3.41KD.3.41 And also be þi bedeman · and bere wel þi message
L.3.42KD.3.42 Amonges kniȝtes and clerkis · conscience to torne

L.3.43KD.3.43 ¶ Thanne Mede for here mysdedes · to þat man kneled
                  
L.3.44KD.3.44 And shroue hire of hire shrewednesse · shamelees I trowe
L.3.45KD.3.45 Tolde hym a tale · and toke hym a noble
L.3.46KD.3.46 Forto ben hire bedeman · and hire brokour als

L.3.47KD.3.47 ¶ Thanne he assoilled hir sone · and sithen he seyde
                  
L.3.48KD.3.48 We han a wyndowe a-wirchyng wil sitten vs welL.3.48: L alone reads wel; most other B manuscripts have ful. heigh
                  
L.3.49KD.3.49 Woldestow glase þat gable · and graue þere-inne þi name
                  
L.3.50KD.3.50 Siker sholde þi soule be · heuene to haue
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L.3.51KD.3.51 Wist I that quod þat womman · I wolde nouȝt spare
                  
L.3.52KD.3.52 For to be ȝowre frende frere · and faille ȝow neure
L.3.53KD.3.53 Whil ȝe loue lordes · þat lechery haunteþ
L.3.54KD.3.54 And lakkeþ nouȝt ladis · þat loueþ wel þe same
L.3.55KD.3.55 It is a frelete of of flesche · ȝe fynde it in bokes
                  
L.3.56KD.3.56 And a course of kynde · wher-of we komen alle
                  
L.3.57KD.3.57 Who may scape þe sklaundre · þe skaþe is sone amended
L.3.58KD.3.58 It is synne of seuene · sonnest relessed

L.3.59KD.3.59 ¶ Haue mercy quod Mede · of men þat it haunte
                  
L.3.60KD.3.60 And I shal keure ȝowre kirke · ȝowre cloystre do maken
L.3.61KD.3.61 Wowes do whitten · and wyndowes glasen
L.3.62KD.3.62 Do peynten and purtraye · and paye for þe makynge
L.3.63KD.3.63 That eury segge shal seyn · I am sustre of ȝowre hous

L.3.64KD.3.64 ¶ Ac god to alle good folke · suche grauynge defendeth
                  
L.3.65KD.3.65 To writen in wyndowes · of here wel-dedes
                  
L.3.66KD.3.66 On auenture pruyde be peynted þere · and pompe of þe worlde
L.3.67KD.3.67 For crist knoweþ þi conscience · and þi kynde wille
L.3.68KD.3.68 And þi coste and þi coueitise · and who þe catel ouȝte

L.3.69KD.3.69 ¶ For-þi I lere ȝow lordes · leueþ suche werkes
                  
L.3.70KD.3.70 To writen in wyndowes · of ȝowre wel-dedes
                  
L.3.71KD.3.71 Or to greden after goddis men · whan ȝe delen doles
L.3.72KD.3.72 An auenture ȝe han ȝowre hire here · and ȝoure heuene als
L.3.73KD.3.72α Nesciat sinistra quid faciat dextra ·
L.3.74KD.3.73 Lat nouȝte þi left half · late no rathe
L.3.75KD.3.74 Wyte what þow worchest · with þi riȝt syde
L.3.76KD.3.75 For þus bit þe gospel · gode men do here almesse

L.3.77KD.3.76 ¶ Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene
                  
L.3.78KD.3.77 Þe kynge and þe comune to kepe þe lawes
                  
L.3.79KD.3.78 To punyschen on pillories · and pynynge stoles
L.3.80KD.3.79 Brewesteres and bakesteres · bocheres and cokes
L.3.81KD.3.80 For þise aren men on þis molde · þat moste harme worcheth
L.3.82KD.3.81 To þe pore peple þat parcel-mele buggen
                  

L.3.83KD.3.82 ¶ For they ...?...poysoun þe peple · priueliche and oft
                  
L.3.84KD.3.83 Thei rychen þorw regraterye · and rentes hem buggen
L.3.85KD.3.84 With þat þe pore people shulde put in here wombe
L.3.86KD.3.85 For toke þei on trewly · þei tymbred nouȝt so heiȝe
L.3.87KD.3.86 Ne bouȝte non burgages · be ȝe ful certeyne

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¶ Ac Mede þe Mayde þe Maire hath bisouȝte

Of alle suche sellers · syluer to take

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Or presentz withoute pens · as peces of siluer

Ringes or other ricchesse · þe regrateres to maynetene

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¶ For my loue quod that lady loue hem vchone

And soffre hem to selle · somdele aȝeins resoun

¶ Salamon þe sage · a sarmoun he made

For to amende Maires · and men þat kepen lawes

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And tolde hem þis teme · þat I telle thynke

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Ignis deuorabit tabernacula eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera &cL.3.97: A s. xvi hand has written nota in the right margin.

Amonge þis lettered ledes · þis latyn is to mene

That fyre shal falle and berne · al to blo askes

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The houses and þe homes · of hemhem [þat]L.3.100: A <+> appears in the left margin marking the omission of þat after hem. desireth

Ȝiftes or ȝeresȝyues · bi-cause of here offices

L.3.102KD.3.101 ¶ The kynge fro conseille cam · and called after Mede
                  
L.3.103KD.3.102 And ofsent hir alswythe · with seriauntes manye
L.3.104KD.3.103 That brouȝten hir to bowre · with blisse and with ioye

L.3.105KD.3.104 ¶ Curteisliche þe kynge þanne · comsed to telle
                  
L.3.106KD.3.105 To Mede þe mayde · melleth þise wordes
L.3.107KD.3.106 Vnwittily womman · wrouȝte hastow oft
                  
L.3.108KD.3.107 Ac worse wrouȝtestow neure · þan þo þow fals toke
L.3.109KD.3.108 But I forgyueL.3.109: LCot alone omit þee after forgyue. þat gilte · and graunte þe my grace
                  
L.3.110KD.3.109 Hennes to þi deth-day · do so namore
                  

¶ I haue a knyȝte conscience · cam late fro biȝunde

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Ȝif he wilneth þe to wyf · wyltow hym ....haueL.3.112: The word haue is a later addition over an erasure, which may also have partially obliterated a <+> in the right margin.

¶ Ȝe lorde quod þat lady · lorde forbede elles

But I be holely at ȝowre heste · lat hange me sone

L.3.115KD.3.114 ¶ And þanne was conscience calde · to come and appiere
                  
L.3.116KD.3.115 Bifor þe Kynge and his conseille · as clerkes and othere
L.3.117KD.3.116 Knelynge conscience · to þe kynge louted
L.3.118KD.3.117 To wite what his wille were · and what he do shulde

¶ Woltow wedde þis womman quod þe kynge · ȝif I wil assente

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For she is fayne of þi felawship · for to be þi make

L.3.121KD.3.120 ¶ Quod conscience to þe kynge · cryst it me forbede
                  
L.3.122KD.3.121 Ar I wedde suche a wyf · wo me bityde
L.3.123KD.3.122 For she is frele of hir feith · fykel of here speche
L.3.124KD.3.123 And maketh men · mysdo · many score tymes
L.3.125KD.3.124 Truste of hire tresore · treieth ful manye
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L.3.126KD.3.125 Wyues and widewes · wantounes she techeth
L.3.127KD.3.126 And lereth hem leccherye · that loueth hire ȝiftes
L.3.128KD.3.127 Ȝowre fadre she felled · þorw fals biheste
L.3.129KD.3.128 And hath apoysounde popis · peired holicherche
L.3.130KD.3.129 Is nauȝt a better baude · bi hym þat me made
L.3.131KD.3.130 Bitwene heuene and helle · in erthe þough men souȝte
L.3.132KD.3.131 For she is tikil of hire taile · talwis of hir tonge
L.3.133KD.3.132 As comune as a cartwey · to eche a knaue þat walketh
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L.3.134KD.3.133 To monkes to mynstallesmynst[r]allesL.3.134: A <+> in the left margin appears to have been partly erased, but the error mynstalles for mynstralles was not corrected. The scribe made the same error at L.2.230 where it was also marked for correction, but the correction
                           was not made. · to meseles in hegges
                  
L.3.135KD.3.134 Sisoures and sompnoures · suche men hir preiseth
L.3.136KD.3.135 Shireues of shires · were shent ȝif she nere
L.3.137KD.3.136 For she doþ men lese here londe · and here lyf bothe
L.3.138KD.3.137 She leteth passe prisoneres · and payeth for hem ofte
L.3.139KD.3.138 And gyueth þe gailers golde · and grotes togideres
L.3.140KD.3.139 To vnfettre þe fals fle where hym lyketh
L.3.141KD.3.140 And ...?...takeþ þe trewe bi þe toppe · and tieth hym faste
                  
L.3.142KD.3.141 And hangeth hym for hatred · þat harme dede neure

L.3.143KD.3.142 ¶ To be cursed in consistorie · she counteth nouȝte a russhe
                  
L.3.144KD.3.143 For she copeth þe comissarie · and coteth his clerkis
L.3.145KD.3.144 She is assoilled as sone · as hir-self liketh
                  
L.3.146KD.3.145 And may neiȝe as moche do · in a moneth one
L.3.147KD.3.146 As ȝowre secret seel · in syx score dayes
L.3.148KD.3.147 For she is priue with þe pope · prouisoures it knoweth
L.3.149KD.3.148 For sire symonye and hir-selue · seleth hire bulles
                  

L.3.150KD.3.149 ¶ She blesseth þise bisshopes · þeiȝ.e þey be lewed
                  
L.3.151KD.3.150 Prouendreth persones · a..nd prestes meynteneth
                  
L.3.152KD.3.151 To haue lemmannes and lotebies · alle here lif-dayes
                  
L.3.153KD.3.152 And bringen forth barnes · aȝein forbode l..awes
                  
L.3.154KD.3.153 There ...she is wel with þe kynge · wo is þe rewme
                  
L.3.155KD.3.154 For she is fauorable to þe fals · and fouleth trewthe ofte

L.3.156KD.3.155 ¶ Bi ihesus with here ieweles · ȝowre iustices she shendeth
                  
L.3.157KD.3.156 And lith aȝein þe lawe · and letteth hym þe gate
L.3.158KD.3.157 That feith may nouȝte haue his forth · here floreines go so þikke
L.3.159KD.3.158 She ledeth þe lawe as hire list · and louedayes maketh
L.3.160KD.3.159 And doth men lese þorw hire loue · þat lawe myȝte wynne
L.3.161KD.3.160 Þe mase for a mene man · þouȝ he mote hir eure
L.3.162KD.3.161 Lawe is so lordeliche · and loth to make ende
L.3.163KD.3.162 With-oute presentz or pens · she pleseth wel fewe
                  

L.3.164KD.3.163 ¶ Barounes and burgeys · she bryngeth in sorwe
                  
L.3.165KD.3.164 And alle þe comune in kare · þat coueyten lyue in trewthe
                  
L.3.166KD.3.165 For clergye and coueitise · she coupleth togideres
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L.3.167KD.3.166 Þis is þe lyf of that lady · now lorde ȝif hir sorwe
L.3.168KD.3.167 And alle that meynteneth here men · meschaunce hem bityde
                  
L.3.169KD.3.168 For pore men mowe haue no powere · to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smerte
                  
L.3.170KD.3.169 Suche a maistre is Mede · amonge men of gode

¶ Thanne morned Mede · and mened hire to the kynge

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To haue space to speke · spede if she myȝte

L.3.173KD.3.172 ¶ The kynge graunted hir grace with a gode wille
                  
L.3.174KD.3.173 Excuse þe ȝif þow canst · I can namore seggen
L.3.175KD.3.174 For conscience acuseth þe · to congey þe for euere

L.3.176KD.3.175 ¶ Nay lorde quod þat lady · leueth hym þe worse
                  
L.3.177KD.3.176 Whan ȝe wyten witterly · where þe wronge liggeth
L.3.178KD.3.177 There þat myschief is grete · Mede may helpe
                  
L.3.179KD.3.178 And þow knowest conscience · I cam nouȝt to chide
L.3.180KD.3.179 Ne depraue þi persone · with a proude herte
                  
L.3.181KD.3.180 Wel þow wost wernard · but ȝif þow wolt gabbe
L.3.182KD.3.181 Þow hast hanged on myne half · elleuene tymes
L.3.183KD.3.182 And also griped my golde · gyue it where þe liked
L.3.184KD.3.183 And whi þow wratthest þe now · wonder me thynketh
L.3.185KD.3.184 Ȝit I may as I myȝte · menske þe with ȝiftes
L.3.186KD.3.185 And mayntene þi manhode · more þan þow knoweste

L.3.187KD.3.186 ¶ Ac þow hast famed me foule · bifor þe Kynge here
                  
L.3.188KD.3.187 For kulled I neuere no kynge · ne conseilled þer-after
                  
L.3.189KD.3.188 Ne dede as þow demest · I doL.3.189: LCM alone omit it after do. on þe kynge

L.3.190KD.3.189 ¶ In normandye was he nouȝte · noyed for my sake
                  
L.3.191KD.3.190 Ac þow þi-self sothely · shamedest hym ofte
                  
L.3.192KD.3.191 Crope in-to a kaban · for colde of þi nailles
                  
L.3.193KD.3.192 Wendest þat wyntre · wolde haue lasted euere
L.3.194KD.3.193 And draddest to be ded · for a dym cloude
L.3.195KD.3.194 And hiedest homeward · for hunger of þi wombe

L.3.196KD.3.195 ¶ Wiþ-out ....pite piloure · pore men þow robbedest
                  
L.3.197KD.3.196 And bere here bras at þi bakke · to caleys to selle
L.3.198KD.3.197 There I lafte with my lorde · his lyf for to saue
L.3.199KD.3.198 I made his men meri · and mornyng lette
L.3.200KD.3.199 I batered hem on þe bakke · and bolded here hertis
L.3.201KD.3.200 And dede hem hoppe for hope · to haue me at wille
L.3.202KD.3.201 Had I ben Marschal of his men · bi Marie of heuene
L.3.203KD.3.202 I durst haue leyde my lyf · and no lasse wedde
L.3.204KD.3.203 He shulde haue be lorde of þat londe · a lengthe and a brede
L.3.205KD.3.204 And also Kyng of þat kitthe · his kynne for to helpe
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L.3.206KD.3.205 Þe leste brolle of his blode · a barounes pere

L.3.207KD.3.206 ¶ Cowardliche þow conscience · conseiledest hym þennes
                  
L.3.208KD.3.207 To leuen his lordeship · for a litel siluer
L.3.209KD.3.208 That is þe richest rewme · þat reyne ouer-houeth
                  

L.3.210KD.3.209 ¶ It bicometh to a kynge · þat kepeth a rewme
                  
L.3.211KD.3.210 To ȝiue Mede to men · þat mekelich hym serueth
L.3.212KD.3.211 To alienes and to alle men to honoure hem with ȝiftes
L.3.213KD.3.212 Mede maketh hym biloued · and for a man holden
L.3.214KD.3.213 Emperoures and Erlis · and al manere lordes
                  
L.3.215KD.3.214 for ȝiftes han ȝonge men · to renne and to ride
L.3.216KD.3.215 The pope and alle prelatis · presentz vnderfongen
                  
L.3.217KD.3.216 And medeth men hem-seluen · to meyntene here lawes
                  
L.3.218KD.3.217 Seruauntz for her seruise · we seth wel þe sothe
                  
L.3.219KD.3.218 Taken Mede of here maistre · as þei mowe acorde
L.3.220KD.3.219 Beggeres for here biddynge · bidden men Mede
L.3.221KD.3.220 Mynstralles for here murthe · mede þei aske
L.3.222KD.3.221 Þe kynge hath mede of his men · to make pees in londe
L.3.223KD.3.222 Men þat teche chyldren · craue of hem mede
L.3.224KD.3.223 Prestis þat precheth þe poeple · to gode asken mede
L.3.225KD.3.224 And masse-pans and here mete · at þe mele-tymes
                  
L.3.226KD.3.225 Alkynnes crafty men · crauen Mede for here prentis
L.3.227KD.3.226 Marchauntz and Mede · mote nede go togideres
L.3.228KD.3.227 No wiȝte as I wene · with-oute Mede may libbe
                  

¶ Quatȝ þe kynge to conscience · bi criste as me thy..nkethL.3.229: The letters <nk> are written over an erasure. A <+> in the left margin may have prompted the correction.

Mede is wel worthi · þe maistrye to haue

L.3.231KD.3.230 ¶ Nay quod conscience to þe Kynge · and kneled to þe erthe
                  
L.3.232KD.3.231 There aren two manere of Medes · my lorde with ȝowre leue
L.3.233KD.3.232 Þat one god of his grace · graunteth in his blisse
L.3.234KD.3.233 To þo þat wel worchen · whil þei ben here
L.3.235KD.3.234 The prophete precheth þer-of · and put it in þe sautere
                  
L.3.236KD.3.234α Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo
L.3.237KD.3.235 Lorde who shal wonye in þi wones · and with þine holi seyntes
L.3.238KD.3.236 Or resten onL.3.238: LMRF alone read on; all other B manuscripts have in. þi holy hilles · þis asketh dauid
                  

L.3.239KD.3.237 ¶ And dauyd assoileth it hym-self as þe sauter telleth
                  
L.3.240KD.3.237α Qui ingreditur sine macula · & operatur iusticiam
L.3.241KD.3.238 Tho þat entren of o colour · and of on wille
L.3.242KD.3.239 And han wrouȝte werkis · with riȝte and with reson
L.3.243KD.3.240 And he þat ne vseth nauȝte · þe lyf of vsurye
L.3.244KD.3.241 And enfourmeth pore men · and pursueth treuthe
L.3.245KD.3.241α Qui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram & munera super innocentem &c ·
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L.3.246KD.3.242 And alle þat helpeth þe innocent · and halt with þe riȝtful
L.3.247KD.3.243 Withoute mede doth hem gode · and þe trewthe helpeth
                  
L.3.248KD.3.244 Suche manere men my lorde · shal haue þis furst Mede
L.3.249KD.3.245 Of god at a grete nede · whan þei gone hennes
L.3.250KD.3.246 There is an other Mede mesurelees · þat maistres desireth
L.3.251KD.3.247 To meyntene mysdoers · Mede þei take
L.3.252KD.3.248 And þere-of seith þe sauter · in a salmes ende
                  
L.3.253KD.3.249 In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt dextera eorum repleta est muneribus
L.3.254KD.3.250 And he þat gripeth her golde · so me god helpe
L.3.255KD.3.251 Shal abie it bittere · or þe boke lyeth

L.3.256KD.3.252 ¶ Prestes and parsones · þat plesynge desireth
                  
L.3.257KD.3.253 That taketh Mede and mone · for messes þat þei syngeth
L.3.258KD.3.254 Taketh here mede here · as Mathew vs techeth
L.3.259KD.3.254α Amen amen recipiebant mercedem suam ·

L.3.260KD.3.255 ¶ That laboreres and lowe folke · taketh of her maistres
                  
L.3.261KD.3.256 It is no manere Mede · but a mesurable hire
L.3.262KD.3.257 In marchandise is no mede · I may it wel avowe
L.3.263KD.3.258 It is a permutacioun apertly · a penyworth for an othre
                  

L.3.264KD.3.259 ¶ Ac reddestow neuere Regum · þow recrayed Mede
                  
L.3.265KD.3.260 Whi þe veniaunce fel · on saul and on his children
L.3.266KD.3.261 God sent to saul · bi samuel þe prophete
                  
L.3.267KD.3.262 Þat agag of amaleke · and al his peple aftre
                  
L.3.268KD.3.263 Shulde deye for a dede · þat done had here ealdres

L.3.269KD.3.264 ¶ For-þi seid samuel to saul · god hym-self hoteth
                  
L.3.270KD.3.265 The · be boxome at his biddynge · his wille to fulfille
L.3.271KD.3.266 Wende to amalec with þyn oste · and what þow fyndest þere slee it
L.3.272KD.3.267 Biernes and bestes · brenne hem to ded
L.3.273KD.3.268 Wydwes and wyues · wommen and children
                  
L.3.274KD.3.269 Moebles and vnmoebles · and al þat þow myȝte fynde
L.3.275KD.3.270 Brenne it bere it nouȝte awey · be it neuere so riche
L.3.276KD.3.271 For mede ne for mone · loke þow destruye it
L.3.277KD.3.272 Spille it and spare it nouȝte · þow shalt spede þe bettere

L.3.278KD.3.273 ¶ And for he coueyted her catel · and þe kynge spared
                  
L.3.279KD.3.274 Forbare hym and his bestes bothe · as þe bible witnesseth
L.3.280KD.3.275 Otherwyse þan he was · warned of þe prophete
                  
L.3.281KD.3.276 God seide to samuel þat saul shulde deye
L.3.282KD.3.277 And al his sede for þat synne · shenfullich ende
L.3.283KD.3.278 Such a myschief Mede made saul þe kynge to haue
L.3.284KD.3.279 That god hated hym for euere · and alle his eyres after
L.3.285KD.3.280 ¶L.3.285: The rubricating scribe failed to note the original scribe's paraph indicator in the left margin, probably because the original
                           scribe did not skip a line. The culorum of þis cas · kepe I nouȝte to shewe
                  
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L.3.286KD.3.281 An auenture it noyed men · none ende wil I make
L.3.287KD.3.282 For so is þis worlde went · wiþ hem þat han powere
L.3.288KD.3.283 That who-so seyth hem sothes · is sonnest yblamed
                  

kynde wytt techeth
consyenceL.3.289: A s. xvi hand entered the gloss in the left margin.

¶ I conscience knowe þis · for kynde witt me it tauȝte

Þat resoun shal regne · and rewmes gouerne

And riȝte as agag hadde · happe shul somme

L.3.292KD.3.287

Samuel shal sleen hym · and saul shal be blamed

And dauid shal be diademed · and daunten hem alle

And one cristene Kynge · kepen hem alleL.3.294: A <+> in the right margin prompted the original scribe to insert hem before alle.

L.3.295KD.3.290 ¶ Shal namore Mede · be maistre as she is nouthe
                  
L.3.296KD.3.291 Ac loue and lowenesse · and lewte togederes
L.3.297KD.3.292 Þise shul be maistres on molde · treuthe to saue

L.3.298KD.3.293 L.3.298-303: This verse paragraph is bracketed in the left margin, though it is not possible to determine whether the s. xvi hand appearing elsewhere on this leaf is responsible. ¶ And who-so trespasseth ayein treuthe · or taketh aȝein his wille
                  
L.3.299KD.3.294 Leute shal don hym lawe · and no lyf elles
L.3.300KD.3.295 Shal no seriaunt for here seruyse · were a silke howue
                  
L.3.301KD.3.296 Ne no pelure in his cloke · for pledyng atte barre
L.3.302KD.3.297 Mede of mys-doeres · maketh many lordes
                  
L.3.303KD.3.298 And ouer lordes lawes · reuleth þe rewmes

L.3.304KD.3.299 ¶ Ac kynde loue shal come ȝit · and conscience togideres
                  
L.3.305KD.3.300 And make of lawe a laborere · suche loue shal arise
L.3.306KD.3.301 And such a pees amonge þe peple · and a parfit trewthe
                  
L.3.307KD.3.302 Þat iiewes shal wene in here witte · and waxen wonder glade
                  
+
L.3.308KD.3.303 ÞatL.3.308: The original scribe changed Þa to Þat in response to a <+> appearing in the left margin. The same spelling has been marked but not corrected at L.11.308 and L.15.19. Moises or Messie · be come in-to þis erthe
                  
L.3.309KD.3.304 And haue wonder in here hertis · þat men beth so trewe

L.3.310KD.3.305 ¶ Alle þat bereth baslardeL.3.310: The scribe inserted the final <e> over an erasure, taking the space reserved for the punctus. brode swerde or launce
                  
L.3.311KD.3.306 Axe orther[o]ther hachet · or eny wepne ellis
                  
L.3.312KD.3.307 Shal be demed to þe deth · but if he do it smythye
L.3.313KD.3.308 In-to sikul or to sithe · to schare or to kulter
                  
L.3.314KD.3.308α Conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres &c
L.3.315KD.3.309 Eche man to pleye with a plow · pykoys or spade
L.3.316KD.3.310 Spynne or sprede donge · or spille hym-self with sleuthe
                  

presbiteri fundent 
 precesL.3.317: A s. xvi scribe entered the gloss in the left margin.
L.3.317KD.3.311 ¶ Prestes and parsones · with placebo to hunte
                  
L.3.318KD.3.312 And dyngen vpon dauid · eche a day til eue
L.3.319KD.3.313 Huntynge or haukynge · if any of hem vse
L.3.320KD.3.314 His boste of his benefys · worth bynome hym after
L.3.321KD.3.315 Shal neither kynge ne knyȝte constable ne Meire
L.3.322KD.3.316 Ouer-lede þe comune · ne to þe courte sompne
                  
L.3.323KD.3.317 Ne put hem in panel · to don hem pliȝte here treuthe
L.3.324KD.3.318 But after þe dede þat is don · one dome shal rewarde
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L.3.325KD.3.319 Mercy or no mercy · as treuthe wil acorde

L.3.326KD.3.320 ¶ Kynges courte and comune courte · consistorie and chapitele
                  
L.3.327KD.3.321 Al shal be but one courte · and one baroun be iustice
                  
L.3.328KD.3.322 Thanne worth trewe tonge a tidy man · þat tened me neuere
L.3.329KD.3.323 Batailles shal non be · ne no man bere wepne
L.3.330KD.3.324 And what smyth · þat ony smyteth · be smyte þer-with to dethe
                  
L.3.331KD.3.324α Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladium &c ·

L.3.332KD.3.325 ¶ And er þis fortune falle fynde men shal þe worste
                  
L.3.333KD.3.326 By syx sonnes and a schippe · and half a shef of arwes
                  
L.3.334KD.3.327 And þe myddel of a mone · shal make þe iewes to torneL.3.334: A scribe, identified by Skeat as the original scribe, put a pointing hand in the right margin.
L.3.335KD.3.328 And saracenes for þat siȝte · shulle synge gloria in excelsis &c
L.3.336KD.3.329 For Makomet & Mede · myshappe shal þat tyme
L.3.337KD.3.330 For melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe

L.3.338KD.3.331 ¶ Also wroth as þe wynde · wex Mede in a while
                  
L.3.339KD.3.332 I can no latyn quod she · clerkis wote þe sothe
                  
L.3.340KD.3.333 Se what salamon seith in sapience bokes
L.3.341KD.3.334 That hij þat ȝiueth ȝiftes · þe victorie wynneth
L.3.342KD.3.335 & moche worschip had þer-with · as holiwryt telleth
                  
L.3.343KD.3.336 Honorem adquiret qui dat munera &c

L.3.344KD.3.337 ¶ I leue wel lady quod conscience · þat þi latyne be trewe
                  
L.3.345KD.3.338 Ac þow art like a lady · þat redde a lessoun ones
                  
L.3.346KD.3.339 Was omnia probate · and þat plesed here herte
                  
L.3.347KD.3.340 For þat lyne was no lenger atte leues ende
L.3.348KD.3.341 Had ȝeL.3.348: LB alone read ȝe; all other B manuscripts have she. loked þat other half · and þe lef torned
                  
L.3.349KD.3.342 ȜeL.3.349: LB alone read Ȝe; most other B manuscripts have She. shulde haue founden fele wordis · folwyng þer-after
                  
L.3.350KD.3.343 Quod bonum est tenete · treuthe þat texte made

L.3.351KD.3.344 ¶ And so ferde ȝe madame · ȝe couthe namore fynde
                  
L.3.352KD.3.345 Tho ȝe loked on sapience · sittynge in ȝoure studie
L.3.353KD.3.346 Þis tixte þat ȝe han tolde · were gode for lordes
L.3.354KD.3.347 Ac ȝow failled a cunnyng clerke · þat couthe þe lef haue torned
                  
L.3.355KD.3.348 And if ȝe seche sapience eft · fynde shal ȝe þat folweth
L.3.356KD.3.349 A ful teneful tixte · to hem þat taketh Mede
L.3.357KD.3.350 And þat is animam autem aufert accipientium · &c ·
L.3.358KD.3.351 And þat is þe taille of þe tixte · of þat þat ȝe schewed
L.3.359KD.3.352 ...?...?...Þat þeiȝe we wynne worschip · and wiþ mede haue victorie
                  
L.3.360KD.3.353 Þe soule þat þe soude taketh · bi so moche is bounde