The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 19William LanglandEdited by Eric Eliason, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: Patricia Riles Bart and Gail DugganTechnical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research Assistants Michael 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 ISBN (individual use) 1 84384 051 0 (institutional use) 1 84384 052 9

2005 London, British Library, MS Additional 35287

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LatinFrenchGerman14 Dec 2004 editor Hoyt N. Duggan New header created, and SGML converted to XML. Minor revisions in TOC, mainly alphabatization of names.corPassus xixusdecimus nonustThus I walkedM.19.1: M's walked agrees with Cr12; other B manuscripts have some form of (a)waked. and wroot . what I hadde dremed . And diȝte me derelyche . and dide me to churcheTo here holly þe masse . and to ben houseled afterIn myddes of þe masse . þo men wente to þeM.19.4: M's þe is not shared by other B manuscripts. offryngeI felle efte-soones a-slepe . and sodeinly me metteThat piers þe plowman . was painted al blodyAnd come Inne with a cros . bifore þe comune p.epleAnd riȝt like in alle lymes . to oure lord Ihesu . passus xixusThan called I conscience . to kenne me þe soþeIs þis Ihesus þe Iuster quod I . þat Iewes d.id to detheOr it is piers þe ploweman . who painted hym so redenotaQuod connscience and kneled þo . þise arn piers armesHis colours and his cote armure . ac he þat comeþ so blodyIs crist with his crosse . conquerour of cristene# quare Cristus magis quam IhesusXWhy calle ȝye hym crist quod I . sith Iewes callen ~~...?...~~hym IhesusPatriarkes and prophetes prophecied biforeThat alle kynne creatures . shulden knelen and bowen . A-noon as men nompned . þe heiȝe name ofM.19.18: M's reading heiȝe name of is shared with Cr. Most other B manuscripts have name of god. Ihesu . Ergo is no name . to þe name of IhesusNe noon so nedful to noempne . by nyȝt andM.19.20: M's and is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read ne. by day.eFor alle derke deueles . arn a-dredde — to here itAnd synneful arn solaced . and saued by þeatM.19.22: M's original reading þe is not shared with other B manuscripts. name . And ȝye callen hym crist . for what cause telleþ me . Is crist more of miȝt . and more worthy nameÞanne — Ihesu or Ihesus . þat al oure ioye come ofThow knowest wel quod connscience . and þow kuonne resounThat kniȝth kyng conquerour . may be opersoneo personeTo ben called a knyght is fair . for men shul knele to hymTo be called a kyng is fairer . for he may knyghtes makeAc to be Conquerour called . þat comeþ of speciale graceAnd of hardinesse of herte . and of hiendenesseTo make lord.es of ladd..es . of lond þat he wynneþAnd free men foule þralles . þat folwen not his lawesThe Iewes þat were gentil men . Ihesu þei despisedBoþe his loore and his lawe . now ar þei lowe cherlesAs wyde as þe world is . woneth þere noon ~~...?...~~ther-InneM.19.36: This addition brings M into agreement with Cr.But vndur tribute and t.aillage . as tikes and cherlesAnd þo þat bicome cristene by conseille of þe baptemeArn Fraunkeleins free men . þoruȝ fullynge þat þei toke . And gentil men with Ihesu . for Ihesus was y-fulledAnd vpon caluery on cros . y-crouned kynge of Iewes . It bicomeþ to a ~~kepe and to deffende~~kyng . to kepe and to deffendeAnd Conquerour of conqueste his lawes and his largeAnd so duide Ihesus þe Iewes . he iustified and tauȝte hem . The lawe of lif . þat laste shal euere .iiijAnd fended from foule yueles . feueres and fluxesAnd from feendes þat in hem were . and false bileueTho was he Ihesus of Iewes called . gentileeM.19.48: The erasure of the <e> and its replacement suggest confusion on the corrector's part whether the word was gentil or gentile. propheteAnd kyng of kyngdome . and croune bare of þornesAnd þo conquered he on crosse . as conquerour nobleMiȝte no deþ hym for-do . ne a-doun bringeThat he naroos and regned . and rauysshed helleAnd þo was he Conquerour called . of quik and of dedeFor he ȝyaf Adam and Eue . and oþur mo blisseÞat longe hadden leyn biforn . as luciferes cherlesAnd sith he ~~ȝ..e~~yaf largely . alle his lele ligesPlaces in paradys . at hire partynge henn.esHe may wel be called conquerour . and þat is crist .to meneAc þe cause þat he comeþ þus with cros of þeM.19.59: M's reading þe is shared with Cr1; other B manuscripts read his or omit. passiounIs to wissen vs þere-with . þat whanne þat we ben temptedÞere-with to fiȝte and fenden vs from fallynge in-to synneAnd se by his sorwe . þat whoso loueth ioye# quia necesse est penitenciam agereTo penaunce and to poue.rte he moste pute hym-seluenAnd muche wo in þis world . willen and suffrenAc forM.19.65: M's reading for is shared with Cr; other B manuscripts omit the word. to car.pe moore of crist . and how he come . to þat nameFaithly for to speke . his furste name was IhesusÞo he was born in Bedleem . as þe book ~~......~~telleþ . And cam to take mankynde . kynges and angelesReuerenced hym faire . with richesse of ~~...~~this ertheM.19.69: M's alteration to this agrees with Cr. Other B manuscripts do not have the word.Angeles out of heuene comen . knelynge and songeGloria in excelsis deo . & cetera .Kynges comen ~~......~~after . kneled and offredMirre an muche gold . withouten ~~..... gold~~mede —M.19.73: The erased words appear to be muche gold, repeated from the a-verse. M's alteration to mede agrees with Cr. Most B manuscripts read mercy. askyngeOr any kynnes catel . but knowelicheM.19.74: M's reading knoweliche is shared with Cr1; other B manuscripts have the present participle or the past tense. ..hym soueraigneBoþe of sonde / suonne and see . and sithenes þei wentenIn-to hire kengene kithe . by conseill of angeles . And þere was þat word fulfuylled . the w~~..he~~hich þow of spekeOmnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine Ihesu .For alle þe angeles of heuene / at his burþe kneledAnd al þe wit of þe world . was in þo þre kyngesReson and riȝtwisnesse . and ruthe þei offredWherfore and whi . wise men þat tymepassus xixusMaistres and lettred men . Magi hem calledbene loquiturThat oon kyng come with resoun . couered vndur senceThe secounde kyng soþely sitthenM.19.85: M's soþely sitthen agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts reverse the order. ~~offrede~~he offredeM.19.85: The alteration of offrede to he offrede brings M into agreement with CrBF.Riȝtwisnesse vndur reedM.19.86: the second letter is unclear, and the word might as easily be transcribed roed. goold . resones felawe# discripcionem trium MunerumGold is likkened to leaute . þat laste shal euereAnd reson to riche gold . to riȝt and to truþeThe þridde kyn.g þo come . knelynge to IhesuAnd presented hym with pitee . appieringe to myrreFor myrre is mercy to mene . and mylde speche of tonge . Thre yliche honeste þinges . were offred þus at onesThoruȝ þre kynne kynges . knelynge to IhesusAc for alle þise preciouse presentes . oure lord Prince IhesusWas neither kyng ne Conquerour til he gan to wexeIn þe manere of a man . and þat by muche sleighteAs it bycomeþ a Conquerour . to kunne many sleightesAnd many wiles and wit . þat wol ben a leder . And so dide Ihesus in his dayes . whoso hadde tyme to telle itSomme-tyme he suffred . and somme-tyme he hidde hymAnd somme-tyme he fauȝte faste . and fleighe oþere-whileAnd somme-tyme he gaf godeod and graunted hele boþeLif and lyme . as hym luste he wrouȝte . As kynde is of a Conquerour . so comsed IhesuTil he hadde alle hem . þat he fore bleddeIn his Iuuente þis Ihesus . at Iewene feesteWater in-to wyn tourned . as holy writte telleþ . And þere bigan god . of his grace to dowelFor wyn is likkened to lawe . and lif of holynesseAnd lawe lakked þo . for men loueden not hire enemys . And crist conseilleth þus . and comaundeth boþeBoþe to leered and to lewed . to louye oure enemysSo at þe feste furste . as I bifore saideM.19.113: M's saide agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have tolde.Bigan god of his grace . and goodnesse to dowellAnd þo was he clepud and called . nouȝt / ~~...~~oonlyM.19.115: M's altered reading agrees with CrF and is also a C text reading. Most B manuscripts read holy. crist but Ihesu# beneA faunt fyn ful of wit . filius marie .BiforeM.19.117: M's Bifore agrees with Cr; most B manuscripts have For bifore. his modur Marie . made he þat wondurThat she furste and formeste . ferme sholde bileueThat he þo..ruȝ grace was gete . and of no gomme elles . dixit & facta suntHe wrouȝte þat by no wit . but byM.19.120: M's by agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts except have þoruȝ. word one . After þe kynde þat he ca..m of . þer comsed ~~...?...~~he to dowelM.19.121: B manuscripts other than CrC2 omit to, and M has rewritten the phrase perhaps to include it.And whan he was waxen more . in his modur absenceHe made lame to lepe . and ȝaf liȝt to blyndeAnd fedde with two Fisshes . and with fyue louesSore afyngred folk mo þan fyue þousand . Thus he conforted carefull . and cauȝte a gretter nameThe w~~....~~hich was do-bet . w~~...~~here þat he wenteFor deue þoruȝ his doynges to here . and dombe to speke he madeAnd alle he heled and halpe . þat hym of grace askedAnd þo was he called in cuontre of þe comune p.epleFor þe dedes þat he d.ide . Fili dauid IhesusFor dauyd was douȝtiest . of dedes in his tyme . The burdes þo songen . Saul interfecit mille . & Dauid decem miliaFor-þi þe cuontree þer Ihesu cam . called hym Fili dauid .And nempned hym of Nazareth . and no man so worthyTo be kaiser or kynge . of þe kyngedome of IudaNe ouere Iewes Iustice . as Ihesus was hem þouȝteWhereof Cayphas hadde ..enuye . and oþ~~...~~ere of þe IewesAnd for to doon hym to deþ . day and niȝt þei kastenKulleden him on cros-wyse . at Caluarie on FrydayAnd sithen burieden his body . and beden þat men sholdeKepen it from nyȝtcomers . with knyȝtes y-armed . For no freendes shulde hym fecche . for prophetes hem too..ldeÞat þat blessud body . of burieles shulde arise . And goon into Galilee . and gladen his appostolesAnd his moder Marie . þus men bifore demed . The knyȝtes þat kepten it . byknewe h.itM.19.147: The scribe perhaps began by omitting it as in F and C manuscripts. hem-seluenÞat angeles and archangeles . er þe day sprongeComen knelynge to þe corps . and songen Cristus resurgens .Verray man bifore hem alle . and forth with hem he ȝyedeThe Iewes prayden pees . and bisouȝten þe kniȝtesTelle þe comune þat þere cam . a compaignye of hise appostoelesAnd biwiccheden hem as þei wook . and away stolen it . Ac Marie Magdaleyne . mette hym by þe weyeGoynge toward Galilee . in godhede and manhedeAnd lyues & lokynge . and she a-loude cryedeIn .eche a companye þere she cam . Cristus resurgensThus cam it out . þat crist ouere-cam . recouered and lyuedepassus xixusSic oportet Cristum pati . & intrare & cetera .# women kepe no CowncellFor þat þat wymmen witeth . may not wel be conseillePeter parceyued þisM.19.161: M's þis agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have al þis. . and pursuwed afterBoþe Iames and Iohan . Ihesu for to secheThaddee and ten mo . with Thomas of IndeAnd as alle þise wyse wyes . weren to-gedresIn an hous al bishette . and hire dore y-barredCrist cam in and al closed . boþe dore & ȝayatesTo petur and to hise appostoles . and seide Pax vobis .And took Thomas by þe hand . and tauȝte hym to gropeAnd fele with hise fyngres . his flesshliche herteThomas touched it . and with hise tonge seydeDeus meus & dominus meus .Thow art my lord I byleue . god lord IhesuÞow deiedest and deþ þol~~...~~edest . and deme shalt vs alleAnd now arte lyuynge and lokynge . and laste shalte euere . Crist carpede þanne . and curteisliche saide . Thomas for þow trowest þis . and truwliche bileueste itBlessud moote þow be . and be shalt for euere . And blessed mote þei alle be . in body and in souleÞat neuere shul se me in sighte . as þow doost nowþeAnd lelliche beleuen al þis . I loue hem and blesse hem . allM.19.180: The addition of all in a late hand is unattested in other B manuscripts.Beati qui non viderunt & cetera .And whan þis dede was I-doon . dobest he tauȝte . And ȝyaf piers power . and pardon he grauntedTo alle manere men . mercy and forȝiyifnesse~~...~~Hym myȝt ~~men~~ —M.19.185: Most B manuscripts here read men. The deletion of the word brings M into agreement with WCrOF. to assoillen . of alle manere synnesIn couenant þat þei come . and kneweliche to paieTo piers pardoun þe ploweman . redde quod debesTh.us haþ piers power . ..beM.19.188: M's altered reading be agrees with HmCrGYOCBmL. WC2BoCot read by; F reads for. his pardon y-paiedeTo bynde and vnbynde . boþe here & elles-whereAnd assoille men of alle . synnes saue of dette ooneAnon after an heȝyghe . vp in-to heueneHe wente and woneþ þere . and wol come atte lasteAnd rewarde hym riȝt wel . þat redd~~edit~~it — quod debestM.19.193: M's original reading of debes agreed with F. .Paieth parfitliche as . pure trwthe woldeAnd what persone paiþ it nouȝt . punysshen he þinkeþAnd demen hem at domes-day . boþe quyke and dedeThe goode to þe godhed . and to grete ioyeAnd w.ikked to wonye . in wo with-outen endeThus conscience of crist . and of þe cros carpedAnd conseilled me to knele þerto . and þanne cam me þouȝteOon Spiritus paraclitus . to piers and to hise felawesIn likknesse of a liȝtnynge . he liȝte on hem alleAnd made hem kuonne and knowe . alle kynne lan.gagesI won. —dred what þat was . and wagged conscienceAnd was a-ferd of þe liȝt . for in fires likkenesseSpiritus paraclitus . ouerspradde hem halleQuod conscience and kneled . þis is cristes messagerAnd comeþ from þe grete god . and grace is his nameKnele now quod conscience . and if þou kanst syngeWelcome hym and worshipe hym . with Veni creator spiritusThanne songe I þat songe . and so deideM.19.211: This is a very clear instance of how the corrector has both changed the main vowel and added a final <-e>. many hundredAnd cryeden with conscience . helpe vs god of graceAnd þanne bigan grace . to go with Piers plowmanAnd counseilled hym and conscience . þe comune to sompneFor I wol dele to-day . and diuyde grace . To alle kynne creatures . þat han hire f.yue wittesTresour to l.yue by . to hire lyues endeAnd w~~...~~apynM.19.218: The altered spelling wapyn is not a London but a northern form; see Jordan, para. 49, remark 2. Compare the spelling wepne at M.19.226. There are no variants at this point. to fiȝte with . þat wol neuere failleFor antecrist and hise . al þe world shul greueAnd acombre þe conscience . but if crist helpeM.19.220: M's helpe agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have þee helpe.And false ~~...?...~~prophetes fele . flatereres and gloseresShullun come and be curatours . ouere kynges and ErlesAnd pride shal be pope . prince of holy churcheCouetyse and vnkyndenesse . cardynales hym to ledeFor-þi quod grace er I go . I wol .yeueM.19.225: The rewritten <y> of yeue probably conceals a <ȝ>, though other B manuscripts have alliterating gyue. ȝyow tresourAnd wepne to fiȝte withe . whan antecrist ȝyow assailethAnd ~~...~~yaf ..ech man a grace . to guye with heym-seluenÞat idelnesse encombre hym nouȝt . enuye ne pride# Gyftis off graceDiuisiones graciarum sunt & cetera .SomeM.19.230: The <S> of Some is unusually ornate. he ȝyaf wit . with word.es to shewe passus xixusWit to wynne hire liflode with . as þe world askeþ . As prechours and pre~~.....~~estus and prentices of laweThey lelly to l.yue . by labour of tonge . And by witte to wissen oþ~~...~~ere . as ~~....~~grace hem wolde teche . And somme he kenned crafte . and konnynge of siȝteWith sellynge and biggynge . hire liflode to wynneAnd somme he lered to laboure . a lele lif and a trweAnd somme he tauȝte to tilye . to diche and to þecche . To wynne with hire liflode . by loore of his techyngeSommeM.19.240: M's Somme agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have And some. to dyuyne .and toM.19.240: M's to is not shared by other B manuscripts. dyuyde . nombres to kenneAnd somme to compa..sse craf..tily . and colours to makeAnd somme to see and to seie . what sholde bifalleBoþe of wele and of wo . telle it er it felle . As astronomyens ~~þoruȝ~~thorgh astronomye . and philosophres wiseAnd somme to ride and to recoueren . þat vnriȝtfuly was wonnen . He wissed hem wynnen it aȝein . þoruȝ w..yȝtnesse of handes . # Folviles lawesAnd fecchen it ~~with~~fromM.19.247: Here and in the following line the scribe anticipates the b-verse. false men . with folviles lawes . And somme he lered ~~in longyng~~to lyue . in longynge to ben henn.esIn pouerte and in penaunce . to praye for alle cristeneAnd alle he lered to be lele . and .eche a crafte loue oþureAnd forbad hem alle debat . þat noon were amonge hem . Thouȝ somme be clenner þanne — somme . ȝye se wel quod graceThat he þat vseth þe fairest crafte . to þe fouleste I kouþe haue put hymÞenkeþ alle quod grace . þat grace comeþ of my ȝyifte . Looke þat noon laklelak[k]e oþur . but loueþ alle as breþeren . And who þat moost maistries kan . be myldest of beryngeAnd crouneþ conscience kyng . and makeþ cr~~...e~~aft ȝyowre stywardAnd after craftes conseille . clotheþ ȝyow and fedeFor I make Piers þe plowman . my procuratour and my reueAnd Registrour to resceiue . Redde quod debesMy prowor and my plowman . piers shal ben on erþeAnd for to tilie truþe . a teme shal he haue . A New plouhGrace gaf piers a teme . foure grete oxenXTha.t oon was Luc . a large beeste . and a lowe cheredAnd Mark and Mathewe þe þridde . myghty beestes boþeAnd ioigned to hem oon . Ion . moste gentile of alleThe pris neet of piers plowe . passynge alle oþ.ereAnd grace ȝgaf piers ~~....~~alsoM.19.268: M's altered reading also is not attested in other manuscripts of B or C, which read of his. The correcting hand is unfamiliar. . goode~~.....~~M.19.268: M's goode is not shared by other manuscripts of B or C, which read goodnesse, which is presumably M's original reading. foure stottes . Al þat his oxen eryed . þei to harwe it afterOon hiȝte Austyn . and Ambrose a-noþerGregori þe grete clerk . and Ierome þe goodeThise foure þe faithe to teche . folweth piers temeAnd harwed in an hande-whyle . alle hollyy scriptureWith two harwes þat þei hadde . an nolde and a newevirtutes CardinalesId est vetus testamentum & nouum And gr.ace gaf greynes . þe cardynales vertuesAnd suwen it in mannues soule . and siþen he toolde hire names . Spiritus prudencie . þe furste seed hiȝteAnd whoso eteþM.19.279: M's eteþ agrees with Cr. Other B manuscripts have ete. þat . ymagynen he sh.oldeEr he ~~.....~~dide any dede . dyuyse wel þe ende . And ~~.....~~lernedM.19.281: For M's altered lerned HmG have lered and C2 has lerneth. men a ladel bigge . with a longe steleThat caste for to kepe a crokke . to saue þe fatte a-bouenThe secunde seed hiȝte . Spiritus temperancieHe þat ete of þat seed . had suche a kyndeShulde neuere mete ne muchel drynke . make hym to swelle . Ne shulde no scorner ne scolde . out of skyle hym bringeNe wynnynge ne welthe . of w~~.....~~orldly richesseWaste aM.19.288: M's added a is not shared by other B manuscripts. worde of ydelnesse . ne wikked speche moeueShuld no curyous cloth . comen on his ruggeMaster Iohan spisydNe no mete in his mouthe . þat maistre Iohan spicedThe thridde seed þat piers sewe . was Spiritus fortitudinis .And whoso ete of þat seed . hardy was euereTo suffre al þat god sente . sekenesse orM.19.293: M's or agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have and. angresMiȝte no lesynges ne liere . ne losse of worldly catelMaken hym for any mournynge . þat he nas murie in souleAnd bold and abydynge . bismers to suffreAnd pleieþ al wiþ pacience . and Parce michi domine .And couered hym vndur . counseill . of catoun þe wyseEsto forti animo . cum sis dampnatus iniqueThe ferþe seed þat piers sewe . was Spiritus iusticieAnd he þat ete of þat seed . shulde be euere trweWith god and nouȝt agast . but of gile ooneFor gile goþ so priuely . þat gode faith oþur-whileMay not ben aspied . for spiritus Iusticie Spiritus Iusticie . spareþ nouȝt to spille passus xixus¶ Hem þat ben gulty . and for to correcte . The kynge if he falle . in gulte or in trespasFor counteþ he no kynges wrathe . whan he in courte sitteþTo demen as a doomes man . a-dred was he neuere . Neither of Duc ne of deth . þat he ne deide laweFor present or for praiersM.19.311: M's praiers agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have the singular. . or any princes lettresHe dide equite to alle . euene-forth his powerThise foure sedes piers s.ewe . and sith he d.ide hem harweWith olde lawe and newe lawe . þat loue miȝte wexeA-monge þe ~~vertues~~foure vertues . and vices destroyeFor comunlich in contrees . cammokes and wedes . Fouleþ þe fruyt in þe feelde . þere þei growe to-geydres . And so doon vices . vertues worthy . Quod piers harweþ alle þat kuonneþM.19.319: The word originally read kuuereþ. The <u> was converted to an <o>. There is an erased er abbrevation curl above the <u> which is converted to a macron. kynde wit . by counseill of þise doctours . And tylieþ after hire techynge . þe cardinale vertuesAȝyeins þi greynes quod grace . gynneþ for to ripeOrdeigne þe an hous quod piers . to herberwe Inne þi cornesBy god grace quod piers . ȝye moten ȝyeue tymbreerAnd ordeigne þat hous . er ȝye henn.es weende . And grace ȝyaf hym þe cros . with þe crownne of þornesThat crist vpon caluarye . for mankynde on pynedAnd of his baptesme and blood . þat he he — bledde on RodeHe made a manere Morter . and mercy hit hiȝteAnd þere-with grace bigan . to make a good foundementAnd walled it and wattledeM.19.330: M's wallede ... wattlede agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts reverse the order. it . with his paynes and hisM.19.330: M's original reading without this word agreed with Hm. passiounAnd of al holy wryt . he made a roof afterAnd called þat hous Vnite . holychurche on yenglisshAnd whan þis dede was doone . grace dyuysedpeers shevesA carte hiȝte cristendome . to carien piers sheuesAnd gaf hym caples to his carte . contricioun and confessiounAnd made preesthode hayward . whil hym-sel..f wenteAs wyde as þe world is . with piers to tylie truþe . Now is piers to þe plow . and pryde it aspiedeAnd gadred hym a grete oost . to greuen ~~..þink.þ~~he thinkethConscience and alle cristene . and cardynale vertuesBlowe hem doun and breke hem . and bite a-two þe mores¶ And sente forth surquydous . his sergeaunt of armesAnd his spye spille-loue . oon speke .yuel byhyndeThise two comen to conscience . and to cristen p.epleAnd toolden hym tydynges . þat tyne þei shulde þe seedesThat piers þere hadde y-sowen . þe Cardynale vertuesAnd piers berne worth y-broke . and þei þat ben in vniteeShul come out and conscience . and ȝyowre two caplesConfessioun and contricioun . and ȝyoure carte þe bileueShal be coloured so queyntly . and couered vnder oure sophistrye/nota/That conscience shal not . knowe by contricionNe by confessioun . who is cristen neM.19.352: M's ne agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have or. hethenNe no manere Marchaund . þat with money deleethWher he wynne with riȝt . with wronge or with vsureWith suche colours and coueityseM.19.355: M's reading coueityse is shared with Cr1; most other B manuscripts read queyntise. : comeþ pride y-armedWith þe lord þat liueþ : aftur þe luste of his body . To wasten on welfare . and on wikked kepyngeAl þe world in a while . þoruȝ oure wit quod pride . Quod conscience to alle cristen þo . my counseill is to wendeHastlych in-to vnite . and holde we vs þere . And pray we þat a pees were . in piers berne þe plowmanFor witturly I woot wel . we beth not of streng~~....~~theTo goon aȝyein pride . but grace were with vs . And þanne cam kynde wit . conscience to techeAnd cryde and comaunded . alle cristen p.epleFor to deluen a dyche . / depe a-boute vniteThat holychurche stood in vnitee . as it a p~~...~~ile wereConscience comaunded þo . alle cristene to delueAnd make a muche moot . þat miȝte ben a streng~~h..~~theTo helpe holichurche . and hem þat it kepeþThanne alkynne cristene . saue comune wymmenRepenteden and refuseden synne . saue þei ooneAnd false men flaterers . vsurers and þeuesLyers and questmongers . þat weren forsworne ofteWytynge and willfully . with þe false helden . And for siluer were forswore . soþely þei wiste it . Ther nas no cristene creature . þat kynde wit hadde saue sherewes one . suchpassus xixus¶ Saue sherewes one . suche as I spake of . That he ne halpe a quantite . holynesse to wexeSomme þoruȝ bedes biddynge . and somme þoruȝ pilgrymageAnd oþer pryue peinesM.19.381: M's peines agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts except have penaunce(s). . and somme þoruȝ penyes delynge . And þanne welled water . for wikked werkesEgrelyche ernynge . out of menn.es eighenClennesse of þe comune . and clerkes clene lyuyngeMade vnite holychurche . in holynesse to ston.deI care nouȝt quod conscience . þouȝ pryde come nouþeThe lord of luste shal be letted . al þis lente I hopeComeþ quod conscience : ȝye cristene ~~ȝe cristene~~ —— and dyneþThat han laboured lelly . al þis lenten tyme . Here is bred y-blessud . and goddes body þere-vndurGrace þoruȝ godes word . gaf piers powerMightes to maken it . and men to eten itM.19.392: M's original reading without it agreed with Y. afturIn helpe of hire hele . oones in a montheOr as ofte as þei hadden nede . þo þat hadden y-payed . To piers pardon þe plowman . Redde quod debesHow quod al þe comune . þou conseillest vs to ȝyeldeAl þat we owen any wight . er we go to housel . That is my conseille quod conscience . and cardynalesM.19.398: M's cardynales is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read cardinale. See M.19.413, 417. At M.19.276, however, most B manuscripts share this form, which is a French plural. vertuesThat .eche aM.19.399: M's altered reading ech a is shared with Hm. Other B manuscripts have ech. man forȝyeue oþur . and þat wol þe pater-nosterEt dimitte nobis debita nostra & cetera .And so to ben assoilled . and sithenM.19.401: M's sithen agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have sithen (to) ben. y-houseledM.19.402: A later hand has drawn a line between the verse paragraphs.ȜYe bawe quod a brewer . I wil nouȝt be ruledBy Ihesu for al ȝyoure iangelynge . wiþ Spiritus iusticieNe after conscience by crist . whil I can selleBoþe dregges and draf . and drawe it at oon holeÞikke ale and þinne ale . for þat is my kyndeAnd nouȝt hakke aftur holynesse . holde þi tonge conscienceOf Spiritus iusticie þow spekest muche on ydelCaytif quod conscience . cursede wreccheVnblessed artow . Brewer . but ifM.19.410: M alone among B manuscripts lacks the object pronoun þe in this b-verse. Most B manuscripts attest it after if, F after god. god helpe . But þow l..iue by lore . of spiritus iusticieThe chief seed þat piers sewe . y-saued worstow neuerBut conscience þe comune fede . and cardynalesM.19.413: M's cardynales is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read cardinale See M.19.398, 417. vertuesLeue it wel þei ben lost . boþe lif and soule . # lewed vicareThanne is many a man y-lost . quod a lewed vicory~~And~~I —M.19.416: M's original And was not attested in other B manuscripts, most of which read I. Cr reads That. am a c.uratour of holykyrke . and cam neuere in my tymeMan to me þat me coude telle . of cardynalesM.19.417: M's cardynales is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read cardinale. See M.19.398, 413. vertuesOr þat acounted conscience . at a kokkes fether or an hennes . I knewe neuer cardynal . þat he ne cam from þe popeAnd we clerkes whanne þei comen . for hire comunes paieth . For hire peluresM.19.421: M's pelures agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have the singular. and hire palfrayesmetepalfrayes mete . and pilours þat hem folweþ . The comune clamat cotidie . iech a man to otherThe con. —tre is þe curseder . þat Cardynales come InneAnd þere þei ligge and lenge . moost. leccherye þere regnethFor-þi quod þis vicory . by verray god I woldeÞat no cardynal come . amonge þe comune p.epleBut in hire holynesse . holden hem stilleAt Auynoun amonge þe Iewes . Cum sancto sanctus eris & ceteraOr in Rome as hire Rule wole . þe relikes to kepeAnd þou conscience in kynges courte . & shuldest neuere come þennesAnd grace þat þou gredest so of . gyour of alle clerkesAnd piers with h..is newe plow . and eke with his oldeEmperour of al þe world . þat alle men were cristeneInparfit is þat pope . þat al þe p.eple shulde helpeAnd seendeth hem þat sleeth suche . as he shulde saueAnd wel worth piers þe plowman . þat pursueþ god in doyngeQui pluit super iustos & iniustos attonesatt ones . And sent þe sonne to saue . a cursed mannus tilþe . As briȝte as to þe beste man . and to þe beste womman . Right so Piers þe plowman . peyneþ hym to til~~...~~yeAs wel for a wastour . and wenches of þe stwesAs for hym-self and his seruauntz . saue he is furste y-serued . And trauailleþ and tilieþ . for a tretour al so soore . As for a trwe tydye man . alle tymes y-like . And worsheped be he þat wrouȝte al . boþe goode and wykkeAnd suffreþ þat synneful be . til somme-tyme þat þei repente# contra talem papamAnd god amende þe pope . þat pileþ holy kyrke . passus xixusAnd cleymeþ byfore þe kynge . to be kepere ouere cristeneAnd counteþ nouȝt þouȝ cristen ben . kulled and robbedeAnd fynte folke to fiȝte . and cristen blood to spilleAȝyein þolde lawe and newe lawe . as Luc þere-of w.ytnesseþNon occides michi vindictam & cetera .It semeþ by so . hym-self hadde his wille . Þat he ne reccheþ riȝt nouȝt . of al þe rem~~...?...~~enaunteAnd crist of his curtesye . þe Cardinales saue . And tourne hire witte to wysdome . and to wele of souleFor þe Comune quod þis curatour . counten ful litel . The counseille of conscience . or ofM.19.458: M's original reading of cardinale vertues agreed with F. Other B manuscripts read or cardinale vertues. cardinale vertuesBut if þei seie as by sighte . suomwhat to wynnyngeOf gyle ne of gabbynge . gif þey neuere taleFor Spiritus prudencie . amonge þe p.eple is gyleAnd alle þo f~~....~~oule vices . as vertuesM.19.462: M's altered form of foule vices as vertues agrees with Cr. Other B manuscripts read faire vertues as vices, but M's original reading seems to have been faire vices as vertues. þai semedeEche man sotileþ a sleighte . s.ynnnes.ynne for to hideAnd coloureþ it for a konynge . and a clene lyuyngeThanne lough þere a lord . and by þis liȝt . saideI holde it riȝt and reson . of my reue to takeAl þat myn Auditour . or ellus my stywardCounseilleth me by hire acounte . and my clerkes wrytyngeWith Spiritus intellectus . þei seke þe reues RollesAnd with spiritus fortitudinis . fecche it I wolenotaAnd þanne come þere a kynge . and by his crowne sayde . I am a kynge with croune . þe Comune to ruleAnd holy kyrke and clergy . from cursed men to defendeAnd if me lakkeþ to lyue by . þe lawe wil I take it . There I may hastlokest it haue . for I am hed of laweFor ȝye ben but membres . and I abouen alleAnd sith I am ȝyoure aller hed . I am ȝyoure aller hele . And holy church.es chief helpe . and chieftayn of þe comuneAnd what I take of ȝyow two . I take it ofM.19.479: M's of agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts read at. þe techingeOf Spiritus iusticie . for I iugge ȝyowe alleSo may IM.19.481: M's may I agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts reverse the order. boldlich ben houseled . for I borwe neuere . Ne craue of my Comune . but as my kynde askeþ  N .ij.In condicion quod conscience . þat þow kuonne deffende.. & rule þy reaume ~~and~~byM.19.484: M's altered reading by agrees with HmCrO. Most B manuscripts read in. reson . riȝt wel and in truþeTake þou may in resoun . as þi lawe askeþ . Omnia tua sunt ad defendendum  set non ad depredandum .The viker hadde fer hoom . .. & faire took his leueAnd I awaked þere-with . and wroot as me ~~thouȝte~~mette .M.19.488: M's original thouȝte is not attested in other B manuscripts, though it is in three C manuscripts.