The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 10William LanglandEdited by Eric Eliason, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: Patricia Riles Bart and Gail DugganTechnical Editor: Daniel PittiGraduate Research AssistantsMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Carrie Lindley, Janice McCoy, and Timothy L. Stinson.Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Cynthia Girard, Kirk Hastings, Sue Munson, David Seaman, and John Unsworth.Society for Early English and Norse Texts
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Hoyt N. Duggan New header created, and SGML converted to XML. Minor revisions in TOC, mainly alphabatization of names.passus xusPassus decimus de Visione & ijussecundus de Dowel .tThanne hadde witte a wyf was hoten dame studieÞat lene was of lere and of liche botheShe was wondurly wroþ þat witte me þus tauȝteAnd al staringe dame sstudiestudie sturneliche seideWel art þow wys quod she to witte any wysdomes to tellenTo flaterers or to folis þat frantik ben of wittes# quod perlis non debent mitteri Coram porcisAnd blamede him and bannede him & bad him be stilleWith suche wyse wordus to wyssen any sottus#And saide Noli mittere man margerie perlesAmonges hogges þat han hawes at willeÞei doon but drauelen þere-on draff were hem leuere#Þanne — alle þe preciouse perre.e in paradys þat wexeþM.10.12: M's b-verse reverses the syntax of other B manuscripts, which read þat in paradis wexeþ.I saie it b.y suche quod she þat sheweþ byM.10.13: All other B manuscripts read hir at this place. An insertion line has been drawn between by and werkes, and a line drawn out to something, illegible even under ultraviolet light, erased in the margin, where there is also an erased <X>. werkesÞat hem were leuere londe & lordshipe on ertheOr richessesM.10.15: Other B manuscripts read richesse. For the same variation, see M.15.183. or rentus and reste at hire willeÞanne — alle þe sothe sawes ...þat sal.omon saide eueredWisdome and witte is nowM.10.17: M's reading of is now is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read now is. not worth a carseBut it be cardede with couetise as clothers kemben here wolleWhoso can contreue desceitus and conspiren wrongesAnd lede forth a loueday to l..ette with trutheHe þat suche craftus can to conseill is clepudÞei leden lordus with lesinges and bilien truþeIob þe gentil in his gestus wittnesseþÞat wikkud men þai welden þe welthe of þis world . # quare impij bene viuuntAnd þat þei ben lordus of iche a londe þat oute of lawe libbethQuare impij viuunt . &M.10.26: M's reading of & is not shared by other B manuscripts. bene est omnibus qui preuaricantur & inique agunt .Þe sauter sai..th þe same by suche þat don illeEcce ipsi peccatores habundantes in seculo obtinuerunt diuicias .Lo saiþ holy lettrure . whiche lordus beþ þes shrewesÞilke þat mooste goode god ȝyeueþM.10.30: M's a-verse is unique among B manuscripts. All others begin Thilke þat god; WHmCr continue gyueþ moost while OC2 have most good gyueþ. leest good þei deleþAnd mooste vnkynde benM.10.31: This insertion brings M into agreement with Cr. to þe comune þat mooste catel weldeþQue perf.ecisti destruxerunt . iustus autem & cetera .Harlotus for here herlotrie may hauen of hire godusAnd Iapers and iogelours & Ianglers of gestus . Ac he þat haþ holi writ.. ay in his moutheAnd can telle of Tobye & of þeM.10.36: M's original reading without þe agreed with WY. twelue appostelesOr prechen of þe penaunce þat Pilate wrouȝteTo Ihesu þe gentil þat Iewes to-droweLytul is he louede þat suche a lesson sheweþOr dauntede or drawen forth I do it on god him-seluenBut þo þat fainen hem folus and with faitinge libbeþA.yein þe lawe of oure lord and lien on hem-seluen# contra RibaldisSpitten and spuwen and speken foule wordusDrinken and driuyelin and doon men for to gapenLikkene men and lien on hem þat leneth hem none ȝyiftusÞei conn..e no more mynstraulcie ne musyke men to gladeÞanne — Munde þe Meller of multa fecit deus .Ne were here vile harlotrie haue god my trutheShulde neyþurM.10.49: For neyþur all B manuscripts except F read neuere. kynge ne kniȝte ne chanoun of seint. PoulesȜYif hem to here ȝyeresȝyeue þe ȝyifte of a grote¶Ac murthe and mynstraulcie amonges men is noutheLeccherie and losel...rieM.10.52: M's altered reading of loselrie is unique among B manuscripts, the rest of which read losengerye. &M.10.52: The <&> is either rewritten or touched up. loselles talesGlotonye & grete othus þis gleeM.10.53: M's glee is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read murþe. A manuscripts read gamys. þei lou....yethAc ȝif þei carpen of Crist þise clerkus and þis lewede# quod non laudatur disputare doctor in convijc convivijs #Atte mete in here murthus whanne Minstralles ben stilleÞanne telleþ þei of þe trinitee a tale oþur tweyne#And bringen forth a balled resoun & taken Bernarde to w.ytnesseAnd putten forth a presumpcioun to preuen þe soþeÞus þei dryuelen at hire de..ys þe deite to knowe . #And gnawen god with þe gorge whanne ..hirM.10.60: M's alteration to hir may conceal þe, the reading of Hm. guttes..beM.10.60: Before alteration, M may have agreed with YLR: gutte is. B manuscript readings vary between be (is, er, been) fulle and fullen. fulleAc þe careful may crie and carpen atte ȝyateBothe afyngrede and a-thurst and for chele quakeIs non to nymen him InM.10.63: The addition of In is an A text reading not attested in other B manuscripts. no...r his no.y to amendeBut ......huntenM.10.64: M's altered hunten agrees with WHmCr. Other B manuscripts have heon on and variants upon it. him as on —M.10.64: M's original inclusion of on agreed with Cot. an hounde . & hoten him go þenn..esLitul loueþ he þat lord þat lente him al þat blisseÞat þus parteth with þe pore a parcel whanne him nedeþNe were mercy . in mene men more þanne — in RicheMendinauntz meteles miȝte go to beddeGod is muche in þe gorge of þis grete maistresAc amonges mene men his mercy and his werkesterribileAnd so saiþ þe sauter I haue seen it ofte passus xusEcce audiuimus eam in effrata inuenimus eam in campis silue Clerkus and oþer kynness — men carpen of god fasteAnd haue him muche in moutheM.10.74: M shares the reading mouthe with B; other B manuscripts have þe mouþ or here mouþ. but mene men in herte . fratresdFrerus and fauytours han founden suche questionusTo plese with proude men siþ þe pestelence tyme . And prechen at seint Poules for pure enuye of ClerkusÞat folk nysM.10.78: M's nys is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read is. nouȝt fermed inM.10.78: M alone among B manuscripts here lacks þe. feith ne free of hire goodesNe sori ofM.10.79: M's of is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read for. hire synnus so is pride waxenIn religioun and in alle þe Reume amonges riche and poreÞat praiers haue none — power þe pestilence to letteAnd .yit þe wrecches of þis world is none y-war by oþur . Ne for drede of deth withdrawe nouȝt here prideNe beth plentiuous to þe pore as pure charite woldeBut in gaynesse & glotonye for-gluttun here godeod hem-seluenAnd breken nouȝt to þe begg..er as þe bok techeþFrange esurienti panem tuum . & ceteraM.10.87: The underlining and & cetera are later additions. M's original reading without the & cetera agreed with C2F.& weldeþAnd þe more he wynneth ...?...?...and weldeth welthes & richesseM.10.88: The omission of & weldeþ was noted in the margin and then erased when incorporated into the text, an alteration which resulted in the entire b-verse being rewritten.And lordeþ in londes / þe lasse goode — he delethThobie telleth ȝyow not so take heede ȝye RicheHow þe boke bible of him bereth witytnesseSi tibi sit copia habundanter tribue si autem exiguum illud impertireM.10.92: M alone among B manuscripts here lacks stude, though RF transpose its position with libenter. libenterWhoso haþ muche spene manliche so meneth ThobieAnd whoso litul weldeþ rule hym þere-aftur . For we haue no lettre of oure lif / how longe it shal dure . Suche lessouns lordus shulde loue to here /And how he miȝte mooste meyne manlyche fynde . ##fratresNouȝt to fare as a Frere or a fythelerM.10.98: M's Frere or a fytheler is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read fiþeler or a frere. for to seke feestusHomeliche at oþer mennus houses and haten her owenEl.engeM.10.100: M's original reading perhaps agreed with CotLR, which have Elynge. is þe halle eche day in þe wyke /M.10.101-106: A bracket begins here in the left margin and continues for rest of the paragraph. The last four lines are also bracketed on the right.Ther þe lorde ne þe lady lykeþ nouȝt to sitte# quomodo laudat hospitalitatemNow haþ iche Riche a rule to eten by him-seluenIn a priue parlour for pore mennus sakeOr in a chambre with a Chimyne and leue þe chief halleÞat was made for meles men to eten inne /And alle to spare to spille þat spende shulde on oþurM.10.106: M's shulde on oþur is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read shal anoþer.I haue herde heigh men etyng / at þe tableCarpen as þei Clerkes were of Crist & hisM.10.108: For his all B manuscripts except F read of his. miȝtes . And le..yd fautes vpon þe fadur þat fourmede vs alleAnd carpen aȝyein Clerkus / crabbede wordusWhi wolde oure saueoure suffre suche a worme...?...in blisseM.10.111: M's altered in blisse agrees with F. Other B manuscripts read in his blisse. Here begins a series of altered readings agreeing with F: M.10.178, M.10.241, and M.10.295.That bigiled þe womman and þe man afturThor..gh whiche wiles and wordus þei wenten to helleAnd al hire seed for hire synne þe same deth suffrednota.id est. mentiturM.10.115: This gloss is not attested in other B manuscripts.Here lieþ ȝyoure lore þise lordus gynneth disputeOf þat ȝye clerkes vs kenneth of crist by þe gospellFilius non portabit iniquitatem patris & cetera# why men perissh For Adams synWhi shulde we þat now ben for þe werkes of Adam . Roten and rende reson wold it neuereVnusquisque portabit onus suum & ceteraSwiche mo.......tyues þei moeue þise maistres in hire glorieAnd make men in mys bileue . þat muse muche on hire wordusYmagynatyf here afturward shal onswere to ȝyoure purposAugustyn to swiche arguers he telleth hem þis temeNon plus sapere quam oportet .Wilneþ neuere to wite whi þat god woldeSuffre Sathan his seed to bigileAc bileueþ lelly . in þe lore of alM.10.128: M's insertion of al is not attested by other B manuscripts. holy churchexAnd praie hym of pardoun and penaunce in þi liueAnd for his muche mercy to amende ȝyow here . notanon sunt omnes cause querendeFor alle þat wilneth to wite þe whyes of god almyghtyI wolde his eiȝe were in his ers and his fynger after# quia talibus vellet oculum in anoThat euere wilneth to wite whi þat god woldeSuffre sathan . his seed to bigileOr Iudas to þe Iuwes Ihesu bitrayeAl was as þow woldest lord y-worshiped be þow . And al worth as þow wolt what so we dispute . And þo þat vsen þise hauelons to blende mennus wittesWhat is dowel fro do-bet now deef mote he wortheSithe he wilneth to wite w.hiche þei ben botheBut ȝif he lyue in þe lif þat longeth to dowellbene loquiturFor I dar ben his bolde borgh þat do-bet wol he neuereTheiȝ do-best drawe on hym . day aftur oþur . And whan þat wit was ywar what dame studie toldeHe bicome so confus he couthe nouȝt lokeAnd as doumbe as deth and drowe hym arere . passus xusM.10.147a: Below the running header in the upper right is a very faint Sanctus written in very formal script. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals nothing more.And for no carpynge I couthe after ne knelynge to þe groundeI miȝte gete no greyn of his grete wittesBut al laughynge he louted and loked vp-on studyeIn signe þat I shulde biseche hire of grace . And whan I was war of his wille to his wif gan I louteAnd saide mercy ma-dame ȝowre man shal I wortheAs longe as I liue bothe late and ratheFor to wurche ȝyowre wille þe while my lif durethWith þat ȝye kenne me kyndely to knowe what is do-welFor thi mekenesse man quod she and for þi mylde specheI shal kenne þe to my cosyn þat clergie is hotennoticia ad scripturamHe hath wedded a wif with-Inne þis sex monthesIs sibbe — to þe seuene artz scripture is hire nameThei two as I hope aftur my techyngeShullen wissen þe to dowel I dar it vndurtake . Than was I als fayn as fow..l — of faire morweAnd gladdere þan þe gleman þat gold haþ to ȝyifteAnd axede hire þe heie wa..y where þat clergie dwelte...?...M.10.165: Something, no longer legible, has been erased from the right margin.And telle me summe tokunne quod I for tyme is þat I wende . nota de pacienciaAxe þe heiȝe w...ey quod she hennus to suffreBothe wele and wo ȝif þat þou wolt l.erne . And ride forth by richesse ac reste þow not þere-Inne . For ȝif þow couplest þe þere-wiþ to clergie comest þow neuere . # qui claricare velit neque deuicijs neque luxurijs FrequentetAnd also þe likerouse launde þat leccherie hatteLeue hym on þeM.10.171: M's þe is not attested in other B manuscripts, which read þi. lifte half a large myle or more . Til þow come to a courte kepe wel þi tongeFro lesynges and lithere speche and likerouse drynkes . Thanne shalt þow se sobrete and synnpletesy[m]plete of specheÞat ech wight be in wille his wit þe to shewe . And þus shalt þow come to clergie þat can many þinges . Seie hym þis signe I sette hym to scole...?...M.10.178: The erasure of a note in the right margin has affected the final six letters of the line. As a result, bokes has been re-inked. Probably there is no alteration to the text.And þat I grette wel his wif for I wrote hire bokesM.10.178: M's reading bokes agrees with F. Other B manuscripts read manye bokes.And sette hire to Sapience and to þe sauter glose . Loghyke I lerned hire and many oþ.er lawesAnd alle þe musons in musike I made hire to knowePlato þe poete I putte hym furste to bokeAristotle . and oþur moo I tauȝte to argueM.10.183: M and Hm reverse the syntax of all other B manuscripts, which read to argue I tauȝte. .Gramere for gerls I gerte firste to writeAnd bette hem with a baleys but ȝif þei wolde l.erneOf alle kynn..es craftus I contreuede tolesOf carpentrie of keruers and compassed masonsAnd lerned hem — hem leuel and lyne þowgh I loke dymme . NotaAc theologie haþ tened me ten score tymesM.10.189-197: This paragraph is marked by a curly bracket on the right side.Þe more I muse þere-inne þe mistier it semeþAnd þe depper I dyuyne þe derker me it þinkeþIt is no science for-soþe for to sotile inne . A ful lethy þing it were if þat loue nere . Ac for it ....stantM.10.194: M's reading stant is unattested among other B manuscripts, most of which read let best, although F also omits best. bi loue I loue it þe bettre . # quia vbi amor ibi gratiaFor þere as loue is ledere ne lakked neuere grace . Loke þow loue lelly if þe liketh dowel . For do-bet and do-best ben of loues kynneIn other science it seith I seiȝ it in CatounQui simulat verbis velnecM.10.199: M's original reading agreed with WLR. M's altered reading nec agrees with most B manuscripts. corde est fidus amicusTu quoque fac simile sic ars deluditur arte .# quia non solum amicis sed eciam inimicis bona operemurWhoso gloseþ as gylours don go me to þe sameAnd so shalt þow fals folk and faitheles bigileThis is Catons kennyng to clerkus þat he lerethAc Theologie techeþ nouȝt so whoso taketh ȝyeme . He kenneth vs þe contrarie aȝein catons wordusFor he bit vs be as bretheren and bidde for oure enemysAnd loue hem þat lien on vs and lene hem whan hem nedethAnd do good aȝeins .yuel god hym-self it hotehhote[t]hM.10.208: For similar instances of a dropped <t> see M.11.98, M.13.157, and M.14.307.Dum tempus habemus . operemur bonum ad omnes / maxime autem ad domesticos fidei .Poule preched þe poeple þat parfitnesse louedeTo do good for godes loue and ȝyeuen men þat askede . And nameliche to suche þat suweth oure bileueAnd al þat lakkeþ vs and lieþ on vsM.10.213: M's original reading of lieþ vs was shared by YOC2CLR. In the B manuscripts the addition of on is attested only in F, which reads lyȝe on vs, though is is the reading of A manuscripts. oure lord techeþ vs to lou..yeAnd nouȝt to greuen hem þat greueþ vs god hym-self forbad it . # quia amor maxime profficit ad salutem animeMichi vindictam & ego retribuam For-þi loke þou louye as longe as þou l.yuestM.10.216: M's lyuest is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read durest.For is no science vndur suonne so souerain for þi soule . passus xusAc astronomye is an harde þing and .yuel for to knowe# contra AstronomiamGeometrie and geomesye is gynful of specheWhoso þenkeþ worche with þo two thryueþ ful lateFor sorcerye is þe souerein book þat to þe science longeth# FybicchisȜYet ar þere fybicches in Forcers of felelM.10.222: For M's altered reading fell, C reads fell but all other B manuscripts have fele which seems to be M's original reading. mennus makyngExperimentz of Alkenamye þe p.eple to desceiue . ȜifIf — þow þen..ke to do wel dele þere-with neuereAlle þise sciences I my-self sotiled and ordeinedeAnd founded hem formest folk to desceiueTelle clergye þise tokn..es and scripture afturTo counseille þe kyndly to knowe what is dowelI saide graunt mercy ma-dame and mekelyche hire gretteAnd wente wiȝth—liche a-waye with-outen more lettyngeAnd til I come to clergye I couthe neuere stente . And grette þe godeman as studie me tauȝteAnd aft..erwardus þe wif and worshepede hem boþe . And tolde hem þe tokenes þat me tauȝt were . Was neuere gome vpon þis grounde siþ god ...?...?...the world madeM.10.235: The syntax of M's reading of the world made agrees with F's þis world made; other B manuscripts read made þe world. .Fairer vndurfoungen ne frendeloker at eseThan my-self soþely soone so he wisteThat I was of wittus hous and with his wif dame Studye . I saide to hym soþely þat sente was I thider . Do-wel and dobet and dobest to lurne . It is a comune lif quod clergie on holychurche to —M.10.241: The erasure of to brings M into agreement with F. bileue . # de trinitateWiþ alle þe articles of þe feithe þat falleþ beM.10.242: The insertion appears to be misplaced. All other B manuscripts place this word after to. to knoweAnd þat is to bileue lelly boþe lerede and lewedeOn þe grete god þat gynnynge hadde neuere . And on þe soþefaste sone þat sauede mankyndeFrom þe dedly de.þ and þe deueles powereThoruȝ—gh þe helpe of þe holy goost þe w....hich goost is of boþeThre persones ac nouȝt in plurel nombreFor al is but oon god and eche is god hym-seluen . Deus pater . deus filius . deus spiritus . sanctus .God þe fadur . god þe sone god holy goost of boþe . Makere of mankynde and of bestus boþe . Austyn the olde here-of made bookes . And hym-self ordeynede to sadde vs in bileueWho was his auctour alle þe foure euaungelistesAnd Crist cleped hym-self so þe Euaungelistes bereth wittnesse . Ego in Patre & pater in me est . et qui videt me videt & patrem meum# de Fide autem noli disputareAlle þe Clerkes vndur Crist ne couthe þis assoilleBut þus it bilongeth to bileue to lewed þat wolen dowel# Sexta discripcio de dowellFor hadde neuere fr.eke fyn wit þe feithe to dispute . Ne man hadde no merite myȝte it be yM.10.261: The erasure of <y> brings M into agreement with GBRF. prouedFides non habet meritum . vbi humana racio prebet experimentum .Thanne is dobet to suffre for þi soules heltheAl þat þe book bit bi holychurche techynge . And þat is man by þi miȝt for mercies sakeLoke þow worche it in werk þat þi worde sheweþ . Swiche as þow semest in sighte be in assay yfoundeAppare quod es . vel esto quod apparesAnd lat no-body be by þi beryng bigiledBut be suche in þi soule as þow semest withouteThanne is do-best to be bold to blame þe gultySithenes þow seest þi-self as in soule cleneAc blame þow neuere body and þow be blame-worthy . Si culpare velis . culpabilis esse cauebisDogma tuum sordet . cum te tua culpa remordet .God in þe gospel grymly reprouethAl þat lakken any lif and lakkes han hem-seluen . Quid consideras festucam in oculo fratris tui . trabem in oculo tuo & ceteraM.10.278: Kane and Donaldson erroneously record M as omitting & cetera.Whi meuestow þi mode for a mote in þi broþeres eiȝeSith a beem in þin owne ablyndeth þi-selueEice primo trabem de oculo tuo & ceteraW....hich letteþ þe to loke lasse oþur more# to abbottis and prioursI rede ich a blynde bosard do betM.10.283: M shares the reading bet with C2; other B manuscripts have boote. to hym-selueFor abbotes . and for priours and for alle manere prelatusAs persons and parisshe preestus þat preche shulde & techeAlle manere ofM.10.286: The addition of of brings M into agreement with HmYOC2CBF. men to amenden by hire miȝteÞis tixte was told ȝyow beM.10.287: For be all B manuscripts except F read to be(n). war er ȝye tauȝteÞat ȝye were suche as ȝye saide to saluen with oþereFor godes word wol.M.10.289: The erasure, perhaps of <-d> attested in other B manuscripts, brings M into agreement with Bm. not be loste for þat wercheþ euere . ȜiIf it auailled nouȝt þe comune it miȝte auaille ȝyow-seluen . passus xusAc it semeþ nowM.10.291: The <w> is written over a <t>; F's reading is not. sothely to þe worldus sighteThat godes word w.ercheþ nouȝt on lered ne on lewedeBut in suche a manere as . Marck meneth in þe gospellDum cecus ducit cecum ambo in foueam caduntLewede men may likkne ȝyow þus þat —M.10.295: M's original reading agreed with most B manuscripts; the deletion of þat brings M into agreement with GF. þe beem lith in ȝyoure eighenAnd þe festu is fallen for ȝyowre defaute# contra mansid prestisIn alle manere men þorugh mansede prestusÞe bible bereth wittnesse þat alle þe folke of IsraelBittre abouȝte þe gultes of two badde preestus# Offny and FynesOffunnyM.10.300: M's original Offun agreed with Bm and probably Hm, which have also been altered to Offny, agreeing with BoCot and with C2. C2 originally had Offyn, which is the reading of other B manuscripts. and fynes for hire couetiseArcha dei mishapped . and Ely brake his nekkeFor-þi ȝye corectours claweth here-on & corecteþ furst ȝyow-seluenAnd þanne mowe ȝye saufly seie as dauid made þe sauterExistimasti inique quod ero tui similis . arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam .And þanne shul borel clerkes ben abasshed to blame ȝyow or to greueAnd carpen nouȝt as þei carpen now and calle ȝyow doumbe houndes . Canes non valentes latrare .And drede to wratthe ȝyow in any word ȝyowre werkemanship to letteAnd be prest..er at ȝyowre praiere þan.. — for a pound of nobles . And al for ȝyowre holinesse haue ȝye þis in herte# Contra Religiosos extra vagantesIn scole þere is scorne but ȝif a clerk wol lerneAnd grete loue and likyng for ech of hem loueþ oþurAc now is Religion a ridere a Romere by stretesA leder of louedays and a lond-buggerA priker on a palfray fro manoir to manoirAn.M.10.316: C here reads And, which may be M's original reading. Bo shows a similar alteration. hep of houndes at his ers as he a lord were . # contra kneling off the knaveAnd but ȝif his knaue knele þat shal his cuppe bringeHe loureth on hym and axeth hym who tauȝte hym curtesie . Litel hadde lordes to done to ȝyeue lond from hire heiresTo Religious þat haue no reuthe thouȝ it reyne on hire auteresIn many places þere hij persones ben be hem-self ateseat ese . Of þe pore haue þei no pitee and þat is hire chariteeAc þei leten hem as lordus here lond lith. so brode#Ac þere shal come a kynge and confesse ȝyow religiousesAnd bete ȝyow as þe bible telleþ for brekyng of yowreM.10.325: M's addition of <y> brings it into agreement with all other B manuscripts. rule . And amende monyales Monkes and Chanouns . And puten hem to hire penaunce Ad pristinum statum ire .And Barons with Erles beten hem þoruȝ Beatus Virres techyngThat hire barnes claymen and blame ȝyow foule . Hij in curribus hijM.10.330: M shares the reading hij with L; other B manuscripts have & hij. in equis . ipsi obligati sunt & cetera .And þanne Freres in hire Fraitour shul fynden a keyeOff Costantynes cofres in w....hich is þe catelThat Gregories godchildren han .yuele despendede . Thabbot ofAbyndounM.10.334:Abyndoun is in a different ink, but there does not seem to be an erasure here.And þan shal þe Abbot of Abyndon and al his issue for euereHaue a knok of a kyng and incurable þe woundeThat þis worth soth seke ȝye þat ofte ouersee þe bible Quomodo cessauit exactor . quieuit tributum contriuit dominus baculumimpiorum & virgam dominancium . credencium plaga insanabili & ceteraAc er þat kyng come Cayme shal awakeAc dowel shal dynge hym doun and destruyen his miȝteThanne is dowel and dobette quod I dominus and knyȝthode . I nel not scorne quod scripture but ȝif scryueyns lye# quod kynghod helpith not to heuenwardKynghode ne knyȝthode by auȝt I can awayteHelpeþ nouȝt to heuenward one heres endeNe richesse riȝt nouȝt ne reaullte of lordes . Poule preueth it impossible riche men haue heuenSal.omon saith also þat siluer is worste to louye . Nichil iniquius quam amare pecuniamAnd Caton kenneth vs to coueite it nauȝt but as nede techethDilige denarium . set parce dilige formam .And patriarches and prophetes .. and poetes boþeWryten to wissen vs to wilne no richesseAnd praiseden pouerte wiþ pacience þapostoeles bereþ witytnesseThat þai han heritage in heuene and by trwe riȝteThere riche men no riȝt may clayme but of ruthe and grace . notaContra quod I by Crist þat can I reproueAnd proue it by Petre and by Poule bothe . That ben baptised . ben sauede be þei riche or pouere . That is in extremis quod Scripture amonges Sar.syns & IewesÞei mowe be saued so and þat is oure bileue . passus xus# quod inffidelis in casu potest Baptizare inffedelisThat an vncristen . in þat cas may cristen an heþen . And for his lele bileue whan he þe lif tyneþHaue þe heritage of heuene as any man cristen . Ac Cristen men with-outen more may not come to heueneFor þat Crist . for Cristen men deide and confermed þe laweThat whoso wolde and wilneth with Crist to ariseSi cum Cristo surexistis . & ceteraHe shulde louye and lene and þe lawe fulfulleThat is loue þi lord god leuest abouen alleAnd aftur alle cristene creatures in comune eche man other+And þus bilongeth to louye þat leueth to be sauedeAnd bote we do þus in dede er þe day of dome . It shal bi-sitten vs ful soure þe siluer þat we kepen . .id est. vestesclothisM.10.373: The gloss vestes is the same ink and hand as the main text. The hand of the later gloss clothis resembles that of the Latin note at the top of fol 104v, as well as that of the verses about the mace at the foot of that leaf. The sidenote fiat voluntas on fol. 64v may also be compared. A gloss on bakkes in L reads id est panni.And oure bakkes þat motheten ben . & seen beggers go nakedeOr delite in wyn and wildfoule and wot any in defauteFor euereryy cristen creature shulde be kynde til otherAnd sithen . hethen to helpe in hope of amendementGod hoteth boþe heighe and lowe þat no man hurte oþerAnd saith sle nouȝt þat semblable is to myn owne likkenesseBut if I sende þe som token and saith . non ...?...occidesM.10.379: M's occides, written over a longer erasure, is unique. This word is attested variously among B manuscripts: mecaberis, necaberis, necabis. The corrector recognized Langland's error, as does one A text scribe. See Luke 18.20, and Skeat's explanation of the readings (2.160). John Alford provides further comment (Piers Plowman: A Guide to the Quotations (Binghamton, 1992) pp. 68-69).I .M.10.380: M's altered reading I agrees with Cr23YOC2CB. Most other B manuscripts read Is. sle nouȝt but suffre and al for þe besteFor I shal punisshe hem in purgatorie or in þe put of helle . Eche man for his mysdedes but mercy it lette . This is a longe lesson quod I and litel am I þe wyserWhere dowel is or dobet derkeliche ȝye shewenMany tales ȝye tellen þat theologye lernethAnd þat I man made was and my name y-entredeIn þe legende of lif longe er I were . Or elles writen for som wikkednesse as holy writ w.ytnessethNemo ascendit in celum nisi qui de celo descendit .I leue it welM.10.390: Most B manuscripts include either here or after quod I the phrase, by oure lord. quod I and on no lettrure bettreFor sal.omon þe sage þat sapience tauȝteGod gaf hym grace of witte and alle his godes afturHe demed wel and wisely as holy writ telleth# opinionem quomodo Salamoun et Aristotill dampnanturAristotle and he who wissud men bettre . Maistres þat of godes mercy techen men and prechenOf hire wordus þei wissen vs for wisest in hire tymeAnd al holy churche holdeþ hem bothe ydampned . And ȝif I shulde werke bi here werkes to wynnen me heueneThat for hire werkes and wit now woneth in pyneThanne wrouȝt I vnwisely what so euere ȝye precheAc of fel.e witty in feith litel ferly I haueThouȝ hire goost be vngracious god for to plese . For many menM.10.403: M's addition of men is attested in most B manuscripts. on þis molde more sette hire hertesIn good þan in god for-þi hem grace faillethAt hire moost meschief whan þei shul lif leteAs sal.omon d.ide and suche oþ..ere þat s.hewede grete wittus . Ac hire werkes as holy writ seith was euere þe contrarie . For-þi wise witted men and wel y-lettred clerkesAs þei saien hem-self selden don þere-afturSuper cathedra moysy . & cetera .Ac I wene it worthe of many as was in Noe.s tyme . Tho he shop þat sh.ipp of shides and bordusWas neuere wriȝte saued þat wrouȝte þere-on ne oþur werkeman elles . # archam NoeBut briddes and bestes and þe blessud NoeAnd his wif with his sones and also hire wifesAndM.10.416: M alone among B manuscripts begins the line with And. of wr.yghtes þat it wrouȝt was non of hem y-saued .M.10.416: This line was added in a darker ink, but probably by the main hand, in a space dividing paragraphs. In this omission, M originally agreed with GYOC2CB, which also omit this line.God lene it fare not so bi folk þat þe feith techenOf holy churche þat herberwe is and godes hous to saue . And shilde vs fram shame þere-Inne as Noes shipp dede bestesAnd men þat maden it ...?... ——M.10.420: The corrector most likely erased an extra amydde. amydde þe flood adreyntenThe culorum of þis c..lauseM.10.421: M's original reading may have agreed with OC2, which read cause. is Curatours to mene#That ben carpentiers holy kyrke to make for cristus owne bestusHomines & iumenta saluabis domine & ceteraOn gode friday I fynde a feloun was y-sauedeÞat hadde y-l.iued al his lif with lesynges and with thefte# Felon on Good FrydayAnd for he by-knew on þe cros and to Crist shrof hymHe was suonner saued þanne — seint Iohan þe baptisteAnd er Adam or ysaie or any of þe prophetesThat hadde y-layn with lucifer . many longe ȝyeresA robbere was y-raunceoned .rather þanne — þei alleWith-owten any penaunce of purgatorie to perpetuel blisseThan Marie Magdaleyne what womman dede worseOr who worse þan dauid þat vries deth conspiredeOr Poul.e . þe appostele þat no pite hadde passus xusM.10.435: The scribe begins by writing to the right of the box as he had done in the first quire; then, realizing his misplacement, writes the next initials in their correct position.Muche Cristene kynde to kille to detheAnd now ben þes as souereins with saintes in heueneTho þat wrouȝten wikkedlieste in world þo þei wereAnd þo þat wysely wordeden and wryten many bookesOf wit and of wisdome with dampnede soules wonye . That Salamon seith I trowe be soth and certeyn of vs alleSine iusti atque sapientes . & opera eorum in manu dei sunt & ceteraTher aren witti and wel libbynge ac hire werkes ben yhuddeIn þe hondes of almiȝty god and he wot þe sothe . Wher for loue a man worth allowede þere and his lele werkesOrellesOr elles for his yuel wil and enuie of herteAnd be allowed as he liuede so for by lither men knoweth the goodeAnd wherby w.....isteM.10.447: This alteration occurs at a place where B manuscripts attest a wide variety of readings. Bm also has the last three letters of wist over an erasure; many other manuscripts have a form of witen. men ...whiche is white if alle þinge blak wereAnd who were a gode man but ȝif þere were sum shreweFor-þi lyue we forth wiþ liþereM.10.449: M alone among B manuscripts here lacks the word men. I leue fewe ben goode . For quant oportet vient en place il ny ad que pati .And he þat al mayM.10.451: M shares the reading al may with Y; other B manuscripts have may al. amende haue mercy on vs alle . Nemo bonusFor soþest word þat euere god seide was þo he saide nemo bonusClergye tho of Cristes mouthe comended was it litel . For he saide to saint petre and to suche as he louedeDum steteritis ante Reges & ceteraM.10.455: M's version of this Latin tag is the shortest among B manuscripts. Most other B manuscripts continue with & presides after reges.Though ȝye come bifo.re kynges and clerkes of þe lawe . Beth nouȝt abasshed . for I shal be in ȝyowre mouthesAnd ȝyeue ȝyow wit and wille and konnynge to concludeHem alle þat aȝeins ȝyow of cristendome disputenDauyd maketh mencion he spake amonge kyngesAnd miȝte no kyng ouercome hym as bi konynge of specheBut wit ne wisdome ne wan neuere þe maistrieWhan man was at meschief with-oute þe more graceThe doughtieste doctour and diuinour of þe Trinitee . Was Augustyn þe olde and heiȝest of þe foureSaide þus in a sermon I seigh it writen onesEcce ipsi ydioti rapiunt celum . vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimurAnd is to mene to englessh men more ne lasseAren none rather rauysshed fro þe riȝte bileue......M.10.470: There is a word of five or six letters written faintly in the lower right corner of the leaf.Than aren þise konynge clerkes þat kuonnen many bokes . Ne none sonner saued ne sadder of bileueThan plowmen and pastours and pore comune laborersSout..ers and shepherdes and suche lewede iottesPercen with a pater-noster þe paleys of heueneAnd passen purgatorie penaunceles at hire hennus partyngeInto þe blisse of paradys for hire pure bileueThat inparfitelyM.10.477: Other B manuscripts share M's original reading inparfitely, except for BF with in parfit lif. h.ere .....knewe and eke lyueden . ...?...Men haue knowenM.10.478: All B manuscripts except F read Ye men knowe(n), which was perhaps M's original reading. F has Men knowe cunne. clerkes þat han cursed þe tymeThat euere þei couthe or knewe moore þan Credo in deum patremAnd principaly hire pater noster . many a persone haþ wysshedeI se emsamplese[n]samples my-self and so mayM.10.481: M's original ending of the line was probably as in Hm so many an oþer. The altered reading is in line with most B manuscripts. many .. — othurThat seruauntz þat seruen lordus selden falle in arrerageBut tho þat kepen þe lordes catel clerkes and reues . Right so lewede men and of litel knowyngeSelden fallen þei so foule and so fer in synneAs clerkes of holykyrke þat kepen cristes tresoreThe w....hich is mann.es soule to saue as god saith in þe gospell . Ite vos in vineam meam. & cetera .