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 20William 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

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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.~~passus xxus et primus de dobeste~~Passus xxusvicesimusM.20.0: The guide to the rubricator in the left margin has been erased, though passus xxus et primus de dobeste is still legible under ultra-violet.tTHanne as I wente by þe wey . whan I was þus awakedHeuy chered I ȝyede . and elenge in herteI ne wiste where to ete . ne at what placeAnd it neiȝed neiȝe þe noon . and with nede I mette . That afrounted me foule . and faitour me calledKanstow nouȝt excuse the . as dede þe kynge and oþereThat þow took to þi bylyliueM.20.7: The reading of a number of manuscripts, including Cr, is bileue, yet it seems clear that it is a <y> and not an <e> that has been erased here. . to cloþes and to sustenaunceAs by techinge and by tellynge . of spiritus temperancie .And þow nome nomoreno more . þanne — nede þe tauȝteAnd nede haþ no lawe . ne neuere shal falle in detteFor þre þinges he takeþ . his lif for to saueThat is mete whanne men hym werneth . and he no moneye weldeþ . Ne wight noon wol ben his borwe . ne wedde — haþ non to leggeAnd he cauȝte in þat cas . and come þerto by sleightesM.20.14: M's sleightes agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts except have the singular.He synneþ nouȝt sothely . þat so wynneþ his fodeAnd þouȝ he camM.20.16: M shares the reading cam with Cr; other B manuscripts have come or comeþ. so to a cloþe . and kan..ne no bettre cheuysaunce . Nede a-noon riȝt . nymeþ him vnder maympriseAnd if hym lust for to lape . þe lawe of kynde woldeThat he dronke at .eche aM.10.19: M's altered reading agrees with YC2. As at M.19.399, the added a is written over the erased <-e>. diche er he for th~~......~~urste dey~~e..~~deSo nede at grete nede . may nymen as for his oweneWith-outen conseille of conscience . ~~...~~orM.20.21: M's original reading, concealed by the revision or, is likely to have been and, shared with G. cardynale vertuesSo þat he suwe and saue . Spiritus temperancieFor is no vertue by fer . to Spiritus temperancieNeyther Spiritus iusticie . ne Spiritus fortitudinisFor Spiritus fortitudinis . forfeteþ ful ofteHe shal do more þan mesure . many tyme and ofteAnd bete men ouer bittre . and somme of hem to lytulAnd greueth men gretter . þanne — go.od faith it woldeAnd Spiritus iusticie . shal iuggen wol he nel he . passus xxusAfter þe kynges conseille . and þe Comune likeAnd Spiritus prudencie . in many a point shal failleOf þat he weneþ wolde falle . if his wit ne wereWenynge is no wysdome . ne wyses ymagynaciounHomo proponit deus disponit . and gouerneþ alle goode vertuesAc nede is nexte hym . for a-non he meketh hymM.20.35: M's addition of hym brings it into agreement with Cr.And as lowe as a lombe . for lakkyng of þat hym nedeþWise men forsooke wele . for þei wolde be nedy . And woneden in wildernesse . and wolden not be rycheAnd god al his grete ioye . goostly he lefteAnd cam and took mankynde . and bycome nedySo nedy he was as seith þe book . in many sondry places . That he saide in his sorwe . on þe selue RoodeBoþe fox and fo~~....~~wl . may flee . andM.20.43: M's syntax agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts supply and before crepe rather than before to. to hole crepeAnd þe Fissh haþ fynne . to flete with to resteThere nede haþ ynome me . þat I moot nede abideAnd suffre sorwes ful soure . þat shul to ioy tourneFor-þi be nouȝt abasshed . to byde and to be nedySith he þat wrouȝte al þe world . was willefulliche nedy . Ne neuere noon so nedy . ne porere deyde . Whanne nede hadde vndurnome meM.20.50: M's original reading without me agreed with OR. þus . a-noon I fell on slepeAnd mette ful merueillousliche . þat in mann.es ~~..kkenesse~~formeM.20.51: M's original reading must have been likkenesse (for the spelling cf. 19.202, 205), a reading not shared by any B or C manuscripts.Antecriste cam þanne . and al þe crop of treuþe . Turned it vpso-doun . and ouer-tilte þe RooteAnd fals springe and sprede . and spede mennus nedesIn .eche a countre þere he cam . he kutte a-way treuþeM.20.55: The text of a-way treuþe is damaged as a result of staining and/or erasure.And gerte gile growe þere . as he a god wereFreres folwed þat fende . ~~...?...?...~~for he gaf hem copesM.20.57: Presumably the erasure is the anticipated b-verse of M.20.58. There are no variants at this point.And religiouse reuerenced hym . and rongen hire bellesAnd al þe couent forþ cam . to welcome þat tyrauntAnd alle hise as wel as hym . saue onelyche foolesW..hiche foles were wel leuere . to deye þanne — to lyueLengere . sith lenton . was so rebukedAnd a fals feend antecrist . ouer alle folk regned . And þat were mylde men and holy . þat no meschief dredden . Deffieden alle falsnesse . and folke þat it vsed . And what kyng þat hem conforted . knowynge hem any whileThei cursed and hire counseille . were it clerk or lewedeAntecrist hadde þus soone . hundredes at his banerAnd pride it bar . boldely aboute . With a lord þat lyueth after . þeM.20.70: M's þe agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts omit the word. likynge of his bodyThat cam aȝein conscience . þat keper was and gyourOuer kynde Cristene . and cardynale vertuesI counseille quod conscienceM.20.73: M's conscience agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts follow the word with þo or ye. . comeþ with me foolesM.20.73: M's fooles agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts read ye/you fooles.In-to vnite hollyy churche . and holde we vs þereAnd crye we to kynde . þat he come and defende vsFooles from þise feendes lymes . for Piers loue þe plowmanAnd crye we to al þe comune . þat þei come to vniteAnd þere abyde and bykere a.yein . Beliales childrenKynde conscience þo herde . and com out of þe planetesAnd sente forth his Forreours . feueres and fluxesKoughes and cardiacles . crampes and tothachesRewmes and radegoundes . and roynouse scallesBiles and bocches . and bren.nynge aguesFrensyes and foule .yueles . foragers of kyndeHadde y-prikked and prayed . polles of þe p.epleThat largeliche a legion . loren hire lif ~~after~~sooneM.20.86: M's original reading after was not attested in other B manuscripts.There was harrow and helpe . here comeþ kyndeWith deth þat is dredful . to vndoon vs alleThe lord þat lyued aftur lust . tho aloud crydeAfter confort a kniȝt . to come and bere his banerAlarme alarme quod þat lord . .eche lif kepe his owneAnd þanne mette þise men . ~~hire~~orM.20.92: M's original reading hire, as in the next line, is paralleled by Cr's their. Other B manuscripts have er. This is a rare example of M moving away from a Cr reading, but the revising hand is crude and late. See also the note to M.20.101. mynstrales myȝte pipeAnd ~~hire~~orM.20.93: M's original reading hire is shared with Cot (also corrected) and paralleled by Cr's their. See note to previous line. Other B manuscripts have er. heraudes of armes . had descryued lord.es . Elde þe hore he was . in þe vauntwardeAnd bar þe baner bifore deþ . by riȝt he it cleymed . Kynde cam after . with many kene sooresAs pokkes and pestilences . and muche p.eple shenteSo kynde þoruȝ corupciouns . kulled ful manye . passus xxusDeth cam dryuynge after . and al to dust passhedKynges and kaysers . knyghtesM.20.100: M's kaysers knyghtes agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts reverse the order. . and popesLered ne lewede . he ne —M.20.101: In erasing ne M again departs from a Cr reading. Cf. notes to M.20.92-93. leet no man stondeThat he hit euene . þat euere stoodM.20.102: M's stood agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have stired. afturMany a louely lady . and lemmans of knyghtesSwoneden and sweltenM.20.104: M's swelten agrees with Cr1; other B manuscripts have the past tense. . for sorwe of deþes dyntesConscience of his curtesye . to kynde he bisouȝteTo cesse and suffre . and se where þei woldeLeue pride priuely . and be parfite cristeneAnd kynde cessed þo . to se þe p.eple amendeFortune gan flateren þanne . þo fewe þat weren alyueAnd by-highte hem longe lif . and leccherye he senteAmonges alle manere men . wedded and vnwedded. & gadred a grete hoost : al again conscienceThis leccherye leide on . with a laughynge chiereAnd with aM.20.114: Only MCr read a. pryue speche . and peintede wordusAnd armed hym in ydelnesse . and in heighe beryngeHe bar a bowe in his hand . and many blody arrwesWeren fetherde wiþ faire biheste . and many a fals treuþeWiþ his vntydy tales . he tened ful ofteConscience and his compaignye . of holy churche þe techersThanne come coueitise . and caste how he miȝteOuercome conscience . and cardynale vertuesAnd armede hym in auarice . and hungriliche lyuede . His wep..ene was al wyles . to wynnen and to hidenWith glosynges and with gabbynges . he giled þe p.eple . Symonye him sente . to assaille conscienceAnd preched to þe p.eple . and prelates þei madenM.20.126: All B manuscripts except MCr read hem maden.To holden with antecrist . hire temperaltees to sauenAnd come to þe kynges conseill . as a kene barounAnd kneled to conscience . in court afore hem alleAnd garte goode feithe flee . and fals to abideAnd boldliche bar adoun . with many a bright nobleMuche of þe wit and wisdome . of westmuynstre halleHe iugged til a Iustice . and iusted in his erecorM.20.134: The decoration to the left of the first letter resembles a paraph, but is presumably not intended as one.And ouertilte al his ~~.......~~treuthe . with take þis vp amendementAnd to þe arches in haste . he ȝyede anoon aft.erAnd turned cyuyle in-to symonye . and sith he took þe officiale# the mantell off MyneverFor a man.ytel of Menyuer . he made lele matrimoigneDeparten er deth cam . and diuorse shapteAllas quod conscience þoM.20.139: M's þo agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have and cryde þo. . wolde crist of his graceThat coueityse were aM.20.140: Only MCr read a. cristene . þat is so kene fiȝtherM.20.140: M's reading of fiȝther agrees with G. All other B manuscripts read a fightere, except for RF which read to fiȝte.And bolde and bidynge . while his bagge lasteþ . And þanne loughe lif . and leet dagge hise cloþes . And armed hym in haste . in harlotes wordesAnd h.eld holynesse a iape . and heendnesse a wastourAnd leet leautee a cherle . and lyer a fremanConscience and counseille . he counted it a folyThus relyed lyf . for a litel fortuneAnd priked forth with pride . praised he no vertueHe careþ nouȝt how kynde slowe . and shal come at þe lasteAnd kulle alle erþely creaturesM.20.150: M's original reading creature agreed with YLR. All other B manuscripts attest the plural. . saue conscience oone . Lyf l~~...~~eep a-side . and cauȝteM.20.151: M shares the reading cauȝte with Cr1; other B manuscripts have lauȝte. hym a lemman . Hele and I quod he . and heynesse of herteShal do þe nouȝt drede . neyther deþ ne eldeAnd tor forȝete deþM.20.154: M shares the reading deþ only with Cr1. Other B manuscripts read sorwe. . and ~~...~~yeue nouȝt of synneThis liked lif . and his lemman fortuneAnd geten in hire glorie . a gadlynge at þe ..lasteOon þat muche wo wrouȝte . slewþe was his nameSlewþe wexe ~~...?...~~wounn—durM.20.158: The correction was orginally written woundur and has been corrected a second time. ȝyerne . and soone was of ageAnd wedded on wanhope . a wenche of þe stewes . Hire sire was a Sisour / þat neuere swor treuþe# Tom twotongeOon thomme twotonge . atteinte ofM.20.161: M shares the reading of with Cr1; other B manuscripts have at; F reads in. .eche a queste . This sleuþe was war of werre . and a slynge mademordonM.20.163: See Introduction, I.11 "Provenance."And þrewe drede of despair . a dozeyne myle a-bouteFor care conscience þo . cryed vpon eldeAnd bade hym fonde to fiȝte . and afere wanhope . And ~~....~~elde hente gode hope . and hastliche he shifte hym . passus xxusAnd wayued a-way wanne—hope . and with lif he fiȝtethAnd lif fleighe for feere . to phisyke aftur helpeAnd bysouȝte hym of his socour . and of his salue hadde . And gaf hym gold good woon . þat gladed his herteAnd þei geuen hym agayn . a glasen howueLyf leued þat lechecrafte . lette shuolde elde# contra phisicosAnd dryuen awey deth . with Dyas and dragges And elde auntered hym on lyf . and at þe laste he huytteA phisicien with a furred hood . þat he fel in þeM.20.175: M's original reading was shared by O. M's addition of þe brings it into agreement with CrYC2CB. Others have a. pallesyeAnd þere deied þat doctour . er three daies afterNow I see saide lif . þat surgienrye ne phisikeMay nouȝt a myte auaille . to medle aȝyein eldeAnd in hope of his hele . good herte he henteAnd rood so to Reuel . a ryche place and a muryeThe compaignye of confort . men cleped it suom-tymeAnd elde ananoon after me . and ouer myn hed ȝyedeAnd made me balled by-fore . and bare on þe crouvneSo harde he ȝede ouer myn hed . it wol be seene euereSire .yuele y-tauȝt Elde quod I . vnhiende go wiþ þeSiþ whanne was þe weye . ouer menn.es hedesXHaddest þow ben hende quod I . þow woldest haue asked leueȜeYe leue lordeyn quod he . and layde on me with ageAnd huytte me vnder þe .eere . vnnethe may ich heereHe buffeted me a-boute þe mouthe . and beet out my ~~....e~~tethAnd gyued me in goutes . I may not goo at largeAnd of þe wo þat I was ynne . .my wyf hadde reutheAnd whisshede ful wityt.erly . þat I were in heueneFor þe lyme þat she loued me fore . and leef was to feeleOn nyȝtes namely . whan we naked wereI ne myȝte in no manere . maken it at hire willeSo Elde and she soþly . hadden it forbeten .. —M.20.197: M's original reading was probably close to that of Cr, which has had beaten it. The alteration brings M into agreement with most B manuscripts.And as I sat in þis sorwe . I seighe kynde passedAnd deþ drouȝe neere me . for drede gan I quakeAnd cryde to k.ynde . out of care me bryngeLoo Elde þe hoore . haþ me by-seiȝye . A-wreke me if ȝyowre wille be . for I wolde ben henn..esIf þow wolte been y-wroken . weende in-to vniteeAnd holde þe þere euere / til I seende for þeAnd loke þow konne somme crafte . er þow come þennes . Counseille me kynde quod I . what crafte is beste to lerneLerne to loue quod kynde . and leue of alle oþurHow shal .I. come to catel so . to cloþe me and to —M.20.208: The erasure of to brings M into agreement with HmGF. fede . And þow loue lelly quod he . lakke shal þe neuereMete ne worldly wede . whil þi lif lasteth . And þere by conseille of kynde . I comsed to romeThoruȝ contricioun and confessioun . til I come to vnite . And þere was conscience Conestable . cristene to saueAnd biseged soþly with seuen grete gyauntesThat with Antecrist helden . harde aȝyein conscienceSlewþe wasM.20.216: M's was agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have wiþ. his slynge . and anM.20.216: M's original reading of and without an agreed with Cr1,3YCBoR. The other B manuscripts read an but no others have and an. harde assaut madeProude preestes come with hym . mo þan a þousandIn paltokes and piked shoes . and pissers longe knyuesComen aȝyein conscience . with coueityse þei h.elden# the prest off IrlondBy marie quod a mansed preest . of þe marche of IrlondI counte namore conscience . by so I cacche siluerThanne — I do to drynke . a draughte of gode ale . And so saiden sixty . of þe same countreAnd shoten aȝyein with sho~~..e~~t . many a shef of othesAnd broode hoked arwes . godes herte and his nailesAnd haddene almoost vnyte . and holynesse a-downeConscience cryed helpe clergye . orellesor elles I falleThoruȝ inparfite preestes . and prelates of holy churchebene vales conscienciaFreres herden hym crye . and comen hym to helpenAc for þei koude nouȝt wel hire crafte . conscience forsook hem . Nede neighed þo neer . and conscience he tooldeThat þey come for coueityse . to haue cure of soulespassus xxusAnd for þei arn pouere parauenture . for patrimoigne hem failledM.20.233: M alone among B manuscripts attests the past tense of the verb. Other B manuscripts attest the present.#TheiM.20.234: M's Thei agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have They wol. flatere to fare wel . folk þat ben richeAnd sithe þei chosen chele . and cheitif pouerte . Lat hem chewe as þei chosen . and charge hem with no cure . .id est. sepiusM.20.237: This gloss on lomer also appears in L.For lomer he lyeþ . þat liflode moot begge#Thanne — he þat laboureþ for liflode . and leueþ it beggersAnd sith Freres forsooke . þe felicitee of þeM.20.239: M's original reading þe was also attested in CrG. erþe . Lat hem be as beggers . or lyue by angeles foode . Conscience of þis conseille þo . comsed to laugheAnd curteislich conforted hem . and called in alle Freres . And saide sires soþly . welcome be ȝye alleTo vnite and holychurche . ac oþingeo þinge I ȝyow praieHoldeþ ȝyow in vnite . and haueþ noon enuyeTo lered ne to lewed . but lyueth aftur ȝyoure ruleAnd I wol be ȝyowre borwe . ȝye shul haue breed .. & clothesAnd oþere necessaries y-nowe . ȝyow shal no þinge failleWith þat ȝye leue logyke . and l.erneþ toM.20.249: M's to agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have for to. lo~~...~~uyeFor loue lafteM.20.250: It is possible that lafte has been altered from loste, the reading of CrBmCot. þei lordshipe . boþe lond and scoleFrere Fraunceys . and Domynyk . for loue to ben holyAnd if ȝye coueiteþ cure . kynde wil ȝyow techeThat in mesure god made . alle manere þingesAnd sette it at a certein . and at a siker nombreAnd nempned names newe . and nombred þe sterresQui numerat multitudinem stellarum . & omnibus eis & cetera .Kynges and knyghtes . þat kepen and defendenHan officers vnder hem . and .ech of hem aM.20.258: M's original reading without a was shared by CrGYC2CLR. certeynAnd if þei wage men to werre . þei wryte hem in nombre~~Wol~~Or þei wilM.20.260: M's revised reading Or þei wil is shared only with Cr. Most B manuscripts have Wol, which was M's original reading, but F has Ellys will and B has And þerfore wollen. no tresour hem paye . trauaille þei neuere so sooreAlle oþur in bataille . ben holden briboursPilours and pikehernois . in eche a place a-cursedMonkes and monyales . and alle men of ReligiounHire ordre and hire rule woldeM.20.264: M's wolde agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have wole or wel. . to han a certein nombreOf lered and of lewed . þe lawe wol and axeth . A certein for a certein . saue oonly of freres . For-þi quod conscience by crist . kynde wit me telleþ . It is wikked to wage ȝyow . ȝye wexe out of nombreHeuene haþ euene nombre . and helle is with-oute nombreFor-þi I wolde wittuerly . þat ȝye were in þe —M.20.270: The erasure of þe brings M into agreement with O and most C manuscripts. RegistresM.20.270: M's original plural agreed with Cr.And ȝyowre nombre vndur notaries signe . and neither mo ne lasseEnuye herde þis and badM.20.272: The addition of bad brings M into agreement with Cr. Most other B manuscripts read heet. . Freres go to scoleAnd l.erne logyke and lawe . and eke contemplaciounAnd preche men of plato . and proue it by SenecaThat alle þinges vndur heuene . ouȝten to ben in comuneAnd ȝyet he lieþ as I leue . þat to þe lewed so precheþ . For god made menM.20.277: M's men agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have to men. / a lawe / . and Moyses it tauȝteNon concupisces rem proximi tui .#And .yuele is þis y-holde . in parisshes of InglondeFor persones and parissh preestes . þat shulde þe p.eple shriueBen curatours called . to knowe and to heleAlle þat ben hire parisshenes . penaunce to enioigneAnd sholden ben ashamed in hire shrifte . ac shame makeþ hem wendeAnd fleen to þe Freres . as fals folk to westmuynstreÞat borweþ and bereþ þider . and þanne biddeþ freendesȜYerne of forȝyeuenesse . or lenger ȝyeres looneAc whil he is in westmuynstre . he wol be biforeAnd maken hym merie . with oþur mennues goodesAnd so it fareþ with muche folke . þat to þe Freres shryueþAs sisours and Executours . þei wol ȝyeue þe FreresA parcel to pray for hem . and make hem-selue muryeWith þe residue and þe rem.enaunt . þat oþer men byswonkeAnd suffre þe dede in dette . to þe day of dome . Enuye herfore . hated conscience . And Freres to philosophye . he fonde hem to scoleXThe while coueitise and vnkyndnesse . conscience assailledIn vnite holy churche . conscience helde hymAnd made pees porter . to pynne þe ȝyatesOf alle tale-tellers . and titerers in ydelYpocrysye and he . an hard assaut þei made.Ypocrisye at þe ȝyate . harde gan to fighteAnd wounded wel wikkedly . many wise techerespassus xxusThat with conscience acorded . and cardynale vertuesConscience called a leche . þat koude wel shryueGToM.20.305: M's original reading Go agreed with HmCrYOLR; the altered reading agrees with C2CBF; W's To go attests both readings. salue þo þat seke ben . andM.20.305: M's original reading without and agreed with GYOC2CBL. þoruȝ synne y-woundedShrifte shoop sharpe salue . and made men do penaunceFor hire misdedes . þat þei wrouȝte haddenAnd þat Piers were paied . Redde quod debesSomme liked nouȝt þis leche . and lettres þei sentenIf any surgyen w~~h..~~ere þe segge . þat softer coude plastre# syr leff to live in lecheryeSire lief to lyue in leccherie . lay þere and gronedFor fastynge of a Fryday . he ferde as he wolde deyeThere is a surgien in þis ~~.....~~segge .M.20.313: In place of M's altered reading segge ("man"), all other B manuscripts except Hm have sege ("place"). Confusion was perhaps prompted by M.20.310 above. þat softe kan handleAnd more of phisik he canM.20.314: M's he can agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have be fer. F has he can be feer. . & fairer he plastereþnotaOon Frere flaterer . is phisicien and surgienQuod contricion to conscience . do hym come to vniteFor here is many a man . hurte þoruȝ ypocrisie . We haue no nede quod conscience . I woot no bettre lecheThanne person or parissh preest . penitauncer or bisshop.id est. papaSaue Piers þe plowman . þat haþ power ouer hem alleAnd indulgence ~~.......~~may do . but if dette lette itI may wel suffre saide conscience . syn ȝye desirenThat Frere flaterere be fet . and phisike ȝyow sykeThe Frere hereof herde . and hiede ful fasteTo a lord for a lettre . leue to haue to curenAs a curatour he were . and cam with hise lettres . Baldly to þe Bisshop . and his brief haddeIn countrees þere he come iiynneM.20.328: The first two minims have been corrected by converting them to a <y>. See Introduction III.1. . confessiouns to hereAnd cam þere conscience was . and knokked at þe ȝyatePees vnpynned it . was porter of vniteAnd in haste asked . what is wille wereI faith quod þis Frere . for profit and for heltheCarpe I wolde with contricioun . and þerfore I come .I.M.20.333: M's original word order agreed with C2Cr. hiderHe is seek saide pees . and so is many a-noþerM.20.334: M's is many a-noþer agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have are manye oþer.Ipocrysie haþ hurte hym . ful harde is if he coeuereI am a surgien seyde þe segge . and salues can makeConscience knoweþ me wel . and what I kan do boþeI pray þe quod pees þo . er þow passe fertherWhat h~~......~~ightest /M.20.339: M's altered reading hightest is shared only with Cr. Other B manuscripts have hattest. þow I pray þe . hele nouȝt þiny nameCert..es seide his felawe . sire Penetrans domosȜeYe go þi gate quod pees . by god for al þi phisikBut þow konne somme crafte . þow comest not here-inneI knewe such oon ones . nouȝt eighte wyntreer passedCome in þus ycoped . at a courte where I dwelledAnd was my lordes leche . and my ladyes boþeAnd at þe laste þis lymitour . þo my lord was outeHe salued so oure wymmen . til some weren with childeHeende speche heet pees . opene þe ȝyatesLat in þe frere and his felawe . and make hem faire chereHe may see and here . so it may bifalleThat lif þoruȝ his loore . shal leue coueityseAnd be ~~...?...~~adrad of deth . and withdrawe hym from prideAnd acorde with conscience . and kisse hire either otherThus þoruȝ heende speche . entred þe frere . And come in to conscience . and curtey~~...?... him gret~~sely hym greteThow art welcome quod conscience . kanstthowkanst thow hele þe sekeHere is contricioun quod conscience . my cosyn y-woundedConforte hym quod conscience . and take keep to his sooresThe plastres of þe person . and poudres biten to soore . He let hem ligge ouer-longe . and loth is to chaungen hem . From lent~~oun~~enn to lent~~oun~~ennM.20.361: In both instances, the second vowel lentoun has been altered from <o> to <e>. . he let his plastres biten . That is ouer-longe quod þis lymytour . I leue I shal amenden itAnd gooth and gropeþ contricioun . and gaf hym a plastreOf a pryuie paiement . and I shal praye for ȝyowpassus xxusFor alle þat ȝye ben holden to . alle — my lif-tymeAnd make ȝyow my lady . in massesM.20.366: M's masses agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have the singular. and in matynsAs freres of oure fraternite . for a litel siluerThus he gooth and gadereþ . and gloseþ þere he shryueþTil contricioun hadde clene forȝyeten . to crye and to wepeAnd wake for hise werkesM.20.370: M's werkes agrees with Cr; other B manuscripts have wikked werkes. . as he was wont to dooneFor conforte of his confessour . contricioun he losteThat is þe souereigneste salue . for alle kynne synnesSleuwthe seighe þat . and so d.ide prydeAnd come with a kene wille . conscience to assailleConscience cryede efte . and bad clergye helpe hymAnd also contricioun . for to kepe þe ȝate . He lyth and dremeþ . saide pees  and so do many oþereThe Frere with his phisik . þis folk haþ en-chauntedAnd plastred hem so esely . þei drede no synne . By crist quod conscience þo . I wol bycome a pilgrymeAnd walken as wide . as al þe world lastethTo seke piers þe plowman . þat p~~...~~ryde may destruyeAnd þat freres hade a fyndynge . þat for nede flaterenAnd contrepledeth me conscience . now kynde me auengeAnd sende me hap and hele  til I haue piers þe plowmanAnd sith he gradde after grace . til I gan a-wakeExplicit hic dialogus petri plowman M.20.386: This form of explicit occurs also in B manuscripts CC2GLOWY.Penna precor siste  quoniam liber explicit iste M.20.386: The Colophons de manuscrits occidentaux des origines au XVIe siècle (Fribourg, 1965-) lists four other manuscripts, two in Britain, two on the continent, that include this explicit.Explicit iste liber . qui obsecro transeat liberM.20.386: The third explicit, in a different hand, is also found as the first line of the explicit to Gower's Confessio Amantis, as was pointed out to us by George Shuffleton. See Siân Echard, "Last Words: Latin at the End of the Confessio Amantis" in Interstices: Studies in Middle English and Anglo-Latin Texts in Honour of A. G. Rigg, ed. Richard Firth Green and Linne R. Mooney (Toronto, 2004) pp. 99-121. This includes an appendix listing the witnesses to the explicit. It is likely that the scribe of this third explicit in M took the line from a Gower manuscript, and therefore that he had London connections.