The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 3William 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 iijustertiusM.3.0: The numeral is possibly written over an erasure.NNowM.3.1: Some brown ornamentation seems to have been erased from the center of this decorated capital. Compare with the capital at the beginning of passus 4. is Mede þe mayde . and namo of hem alleWith bedellus and Baillifs . brouȝt bifore þe kyngeÞe kyng called a Clerk . can I nouȝt his name . To take mede þe mayde . and make hire at eseI shal assaien hire my-self .  and sotheliche appose . What man of þis molde  þat hire were leuesteAnd ȝif she worche by my witte and my wille folweI wyl forgyf hire þis gilte so me god helpe . Curteselich þe Clerk þanne  as þe kynge h..yghteTo.k mede by þe mydul  and bro....ghte hire into a chambreAnd þere was murthe and mynstralcie  mede to pleseÞei þat woneth at Westmuynstre  worshepeth hire alle . Gentliche with ioye  þe Iustices summeBuskede hem to þe boure . þere þe burde dwelledTo conforte hire kyndlich . by clergise leue . And saiden mourneþ þow nouȝt mede  ne make þou no sorweFor we wolM.3.17: M's original reading without wol was shared by YOC2CL. wisse þe kynge  and þi wey shape . To be wedd.ed a..et þi wille  and where þe le..ef likethFor al conscience caste  or crafte as I trowe . Mildeliche mede þanne  merciede hem alle . Of hire grete goodnesse M.3.21: All other B manuscripts have the word and at this point. gaf hem .echoneCoupes of clene gold . and Cuppus of siluerRynges with rubies . and richesses manyeÞe leste man of hire .....mayne  a motoun of goldeÞanne lauȝte þei leue  þise lord..es at Mede . With þat comen clerkes . to conforten hire þe sameAnd beden hire be blithe . for we ben þine nowneFor to worche thi wille . while þou miȝte laste . iijus passusHendeliche heo þanne . bihiȝte hem þe sameTo loue ...hemM.3.30: M's revised reading hem puts it into agreement with most B manuscripts. LR read ȝow; Bm reads hym. lelly . and lordes to make . And in þe consistorie atte courte do calle ȝyowre namesShal no lewdenesse lette  þe leode þat I louyeThat he ne worth furste auauncede for I am biknowen . Þere connynge clerkus  shul clokke byhynde . ## the Frere & mede in shryftÞanne come þere a Confessour  copud as a Frere . To mede þe mayden  he melled þes word.es . And saide ful softely  in shryfte as it were . Theiȝ lewde men and lered men  had layne by þe boþe . And falsnesses had folwede þe  ...?...?...all thise fifty wynterM.3.39: The end of this line was rewritten perhaps to repair the omission of all.I shal assoille þe my-selue  for a seme . of wheteAnd also be þi bedman  and bere wel þi messageAmonges knyȝtes . and clerkes  conscience to tourne . Thanne mede for here mesdedes  to þat man kneledeAnd shro..of hire of hire shrewdenesse  shameles I troweTolde hym a tale  and toke hym a noble . For to ben here bedman  and hire brok.rour alsÞanne he assoillede hire sone  and sithen he saideWe han a wyndowe a-worchinge  wol sitten vs ful heiȝeWoldeste þow glase þat gable  and graue þere-inne þi name . Siker shulde þi soule be . heuen to haue . Wiste I þat quod þe womman  I wolde nouȝt spareFor to be .youre freende Frere  and faille ȝyow neuereWhil ȝye loue lord.es  þat leccherie hauntethAnd lakkeþ nouȝt ladies  þat loueþ wel þe same . It is a frelte of Flessh  ȝ.ye fynde it in bok.es . And a cours of kynde . where-of we comen alle . Who may skape þe sclaundre  þe skaþe is sone amend.edIt is theM.3.58: This insertion is in a different ink. Other B manuscripts have the word before seuene. synne of seuene  sunneste relessedeHaue mercy quod Mede  on men þat it haunteAnd I shal keuere ȝyowre kirke  ȝyowre cloistre do makenWowes do whyten  and wyndowes glasenDo paynten ..and purtreien  and paie for þe makyngeÞat euerey segge shal sayn . I am sustre of ȝyowre hou..seAc god to alle gode folke  suche grauynge deffendethTo wryten in wyndowes . of hire wel-dedus . On auenture pruyde be painted þere  and pompe of þe worlde . For crist knoweth þi conscience  and þi kynde willeAnd þi coste and þi couetise  and who þe catel ouȝte . For-þi .I lere ȝyow lord.es  leue suche werkesTo writen in wyndowes  of ȝyoure wel-dedes . Or to greden aftur godes men  whanne ȝye delen dolesAn auenture ȝe haue ȝoure hire here  and ȝoure heuen alsNesciat sinistra quid faciat dextera .Late nouȝte þi lefte half  late ne ratheWyte what þou worcheste  with þi riȝt syde . For þus biddeth þe gospell  gode men do here almes . Meires and macers  þat menes be bitweneÞe kynge and þe comune . to kepen þe lawesTo punisshen on pilories . and pynynge stolesBrewsters and baksteres . bochers and cokusFor þise arn men on þis molde  þat moste harme worchethTo þe pore p.eple  þat parcelmele buggenFor þe.i poysoun þe p.eple  priueliche and ofteÞei richen þorw regraterie  and rentes hem biggenWiȝhtith þat þe pore p.eple  shulde putte in hire wombesFor took þei on truly  þei tymbred nouȝt so heiȝeNe bouȝten non burgages  be ȝye ful certeinAc mede þe mayde  þe mayre hath bisouȝteOf alle suche sellers  siluer to takeOr presentz with-owten pens  as peces of siluerRynges or othere richesse  þe regrateres to mainteigneFor my loue quod þat lady  loue hem .echoneAnd suffre hem to selle  sumdele aȝeins resounSal.omon þe sage  a sermon he madeFor to amende maires  and men þat kepen lawesAnd tolde hem þis teme  þat .I telle þenkeIgnis deuorabit tabernaclatabernac[u]la eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera & ceteraAmonge þes lettr...ede ledes  þis latin is to mene . coriijus passus...?...?...That fyre shal falle and berne  al to blo askesM.3.99-101: The extensive rewritings of M.3.99-101 are likely to have been prompted by the desire to re-spell, since there are no significant variants among B manuscripts. Most obviously, the yoghs have been altered to <y> in Yiftes or yeresyeues. The vowel of blo has also evidently been changed....?...Þe houses and þe homes  of hem þat desireth...?...Yiftes or yeresyeues  bi-cause of here officesThe kynge fro conseille cam  and called aft.er MedeAnd of-sen..te hire alsswytheals swythe  with sergeauntz manyeÞat brouȝten hire to bowre  with blisse and with ioyeCurtesely þe kynge þanne  comsed to telleTo mede þe Mayden  melleth þes wordesVnwittely womman  wrouȝt hast þow ofteAc worse wrouȝtest þow neuere  þan þo þow fals tookeBut I forgeue þe þat gilte  and graunte þe my grace . HenusM.3.110: The scribe may have intended Henns. to þi deþ-day  do so namore# vtrum Mede vult maritare cum conciencie.I haue a knyȝte conscience  cam late fro biȝoundeȜiIf he wilneth þe to wyff  wilt þow hym haue . .Ye lorde quod þat lady  lorde forbede itM.3.113: The addition of it brings M into agreement with WHmB. ellesBut I be holely at ȝyowre heste  lat hange me soneAnd þanne was conscience calde  to come and appiereBifore þe kynge and his conseille  as clerkes and oþ..ereKnelynge conscience  to þe kynge loutedTo wite what ...his wille were  and what he do shuldeWoltow wedde þis womman quod þe kyngeȝif I wol assenteFor she is fayne of þi felawship .  for to be þi makeQuod conscience to þe kynge  crist it me forbede# Consciencie contradicit matrimonium et accusat MedeAr I wedde suche a wif  wo me bitideFor she is frele of hire faith  fikel of hire specheAnd makeþ men mysdo  many score tymesTruste of hire tresore  treieth ful manyeWyues and widowes  wan......townesM.3.126: Readings in B manuscripts vary between wantounnesse and wantounes; WCrGLH have the latter. she techeþAnd lereth hem leccherie  þat loueþ hire ȝyift..esȜYowre fadre she fellede . þorw fals bihi —esteAnd haþ apoyson..ed popes . &M.3.129: M's original reading without & is shared by CBL. peirede holichurcheIs nauȝt a betturre baude  by hym þat me madeBy-twene heuene and helle  in erthe þowȝ men souȝ..te . For she is tikil of hire ....tayl . talewys of hire tonge . cor#As comune as a cartewey . to eche knaue þat walkethTo ..Monkes to mynstrales . to meseles in heggesSisours and Sompnours . suche men h..ire praisethShireues of shires . were shent ȝif she ne..reFor she doþ men lesen hire lond . and hire lif boþeShe letteþ passe prisoneres . and paieþ for hem ofte...?...& gyuethM.3.139: M alone among B manuscripts omits the word the at this point. gailers gold . and grot.es to-gedresTo vnfettre þe fals . flee where hem likeþAnd takeþ þe trwe by þe toppe . and tieþ hem fasteAnd hangeth hem for hattrede . þat harme d.ide neuereTo be curs...ed in Consistorie . she counteþ nouȝt a risshe#For she copeth þe Comyssarie . and coteth his clerkesShe is assoilled as sone  as hire-seluen likethAnd may neiȝe as moche do . in a monethe oneAs .youre secreM.3.147: All other B manuscripts read secret. seel . in sex score daies . For she is priue with þe pope . prouisours it knowethFor sire Symonye . and here-seluen  seallen h..ire bullesShe bless.eth þ...ise bisshop..es . þeiȝe þei ben lewdeProuendreth persones . and preest.es mainteinethTo haue lemman..s . and lotebies  al hire lif-day..esAnd bringen forth barns . aȝeins forboden lawes . # quia ...?......?...M.3.154: Something, no longer legible, is erased in the right margin.There she is wel with þe kynge  wo wortheM.3.154: M's original reading of worthe is not shared by other B manuscripts.is þe reumeFor she is fauorable to þe fals . and fouleth trwþe ofte . Bi iesus with hire iuweles  ȝyowr.e Iustices she shendethAnd lith aȝein þe lawe  and letteþ hym þe gate . Þat faiþ may not hauen his forth  here florerins ...go soM.3.158: The only variants for go so are fli in Cr1 and to in Cr23. It looks as though M may have read gon, omitting so. þikke . She ledeþ þe lawe as hire luste . and loue-days makeþ . And doþ men lesen þorw here loue . þat lawe miȝte wynnen . Þe mase for a mene man . þouȝ he mote hire euere . #Lawe is so lordliche  and loth to maken endeWith-outen presentz or pens . she pleseþ wel feweBarouns and burgeis  she bringeth in sorweAnd alle þe comune in kare  þat coueyten lyue in truþe . For clergie and couetise  she coupleþ to-g.ydres . ...?...Þis is þe lif of þat lady  now lord ȝyeue hire sorwe . And alle þat mainteineth here men  meschaunce hem bitydeFor pore men mowe haue non power  to playne þouȝ þei smerte . iijus passusSuche a maistreer is Mede . amonge men of godeThanne mourned Mede  and moeuedM.3.171: The scribe originally wrote moued, which the corrector changed to meued (or mened). Cr has meued, and although Kane and Donaldson record all other B manuscripts as mened, some of them might equally be read as meued. hire to þe kyngeTo haue space to speke  spede ȝif she miȝteThe kynge graunted hire grace . with a gode willeExcuse þee ȝif þow canst  I can namore seggen . For connscience accuseþ þe  to congeye þe for euere . ## Excusacio medisNay lord quod þat lady  leueþ hym þe worse . Whanne ȝye wyten witt.erly . where þe wronge liggeth . Þere þat meschief is grete . mede may helpen . And þow knoweste Conscience  I cam not to chideNe depraue þi persone  with a proude herteWel þow wost wernard  but ȝif þou wilte gabbeÞow hast hangede on myn half  elleuen timesAnd also gripud my gold  g.yue it where þe likethdM.3.183: M's original reading was shared with H, and is also the reading of many A manuscripts. The alteration brings M into agreement with the rest of the B manuscripts.And whi þow wratthedesteest þe þ...now  wond..er me þinkeþȜYit I may as I miȝte  menske þe with ȝyift.esAnd mainteigne þi manhede . more þanne — þow knowesteAc þow haste famed me foule  bifore þe kynge heere . For kuyllede I neuere kynge  ne conseilled þere-aft.er . Ne dede as þow demeste  I do on þe kynge#In Normandye was he nouȝt  n.oyed for my sakeM.3.190: This paragraph is bracketed on the left and the right with # nota in the right margin.Ac þou þi-selue soþely  shamedeste hym often . Crope in-to a kaban for colde of þi nayles . Wendeste þat wynt.er . wolde haue last.ede euere . And dreddest to be ded . for a dym cloudeAnd hyedest homward . for hungur of þi ......wombeM.3.195: There is an illegible erasure in the right margin. It may be the guide for the correction wombe.#With-oute pite pilour  pouere men þow robbedesteAnd bere hire brasses at þi bak . to Calays to selleÞere I lafte with my lord . his lif for to saueI made his men meri . and mournynge letteI baterede hem on þe bak . and bolded hire hert.esAnd d...ide hem hoppe for hope  to haue me at willeHadde I ben marchal of his men . by marie of heueneI durste haue layde my lif . and no lasse weddeHe shulde haue be lorde of þat londe . in lengthe and .inM.3.204: In place of M's altered in, YOCLR have a. brede . And also kynge of þat ....ekyth . his kynne fortofor to helpeÞe leeste brolle of his blode . a barouns piereCowardliche þow Conscience  conseiledest hym þanneTo leuen his lordshipe . for a litul siluerÞat is þe richeste rewme . þat Rain ouer-ouethM.3.209: Initial <h> has been dropped from houeth. See Introduction IV.1.2.6.It bicometh to a kynge . þat kepeþ a rewmeM.3.210: This paragraph is bracketed in the left margin.#To ȝyeue mede to men  þat mekelich him seruethTo aliens and to alle men .M.3.212: Among other B manuscripts, all read to at this point, except for H which reads þat. The word is also omitted by three A manuscripts. honouren hem with .gift.esMede makeþ hym biloued . and for a man holdenEmperours and erles . and alle manere lord.es . For ȝyiftes han ȝyonge men . to rennen and to rideThe pope and alle prelates  presentz vndurfongenAnd medeth men hem-selue  to mainteine hire lawesS.......eriauntzM.3.218: For rewritten seriauntz, YCr23OBLF have seruauntz, as do most A manuscripts. for hire seruice . we seth wel þe sothe.Taken mede of hire maistres  as þei mowe accordeBeggers for here byddynge . bidden men medeMynstrals for here merthe . mede þei askenÞe kynge hath mede of his men  to make pees in londeMen þat techen children . craue of hem mede . Prest.es þat precheþ þe p.eple . to gode asken medeAnd masse-pens and here mete . atte þe mel-tymesAlkynn.es crafti men crauen mede for hire prentysMarchauntz and mede  moten  ned.es go to-gidresNo wi...ght as I wene . with-outen mede may libben# Rex est ex parte medeQ...huod þe kynge to Conscience . bi crist as me þ.inkethMede is wel worthi  þe maistrie to haue . # Replicacio consciencieNay quod Conscience to þe kynge . and kneled to þerþe . Þere arn two maneresM.3.232: M's plural with <-s> is unique among B manuscripts. of medes . my lord with ȝyowre leueÞat on god of his grace . graunteþ in his blisseTo þo þat wel worchen . whil þei ben here . Þe prophete precheþ þer-of and putte it in þe sautiereDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo .Lord who shal wonye in þi wones . and with þine holy seintesOr resten on þi holy h.illes  þis askeþ Dauid . And dauid assoilleth it hym-selue  as þe Sautiere telleþ . Qui ingreditur sine macula  & operatur iusticiam iijus passusTho þat entren of on colour . and of on willeAnd han wrouȝte werk.es . with riȝt and with resounAnd he þat vseth nauȝte . þe lif of vsureAnd enfourmeth pore men . and pursueth treutheQui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram . & munera super innocentem & ceteraAnd alle þat helpeth þe innocent . and halt with þe riȝtfulWith-oute mede doþ hem godeod . and þe treuthe helpeth . Suche manere men my lorde . shal haue þis furste medeOf god ....at hirM.3.249: The alteration hir puts M into agreement with Hm and Cr. Most other B manuscripts read a. grete nede  whanne þei gon henn.es . Þere is an-othere mede mesureles  þat maistres desirethTo mainteigne mysdoers  mede þei takeAnd þereof saith þe Sauter  in a salmes endeIn quorum manibus iniquitates sunt . dextera eorum repleta est muneribus .And he þat gripeth h.ire golde . so me god helpeShal abien it bitterre  or þe book lieth . ¶Prest.es and persones . þat plesinge desirethÞat taken mede forM.3.257: M's original reading for is not attested in other B manuscripts. The alteration brings M into agreement with Hm. Other B manuscripts read and. monoye . for messes þat þei singethTaketh here mede here . as mathew vs techethAmen amen recipiebant mercedem suam .That laborers and meneM.3.260: M's reading of mene is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read either lowe or lewed. folk . taketh of hire maistresIt is no manere mede . but a mesurable hireIn Marchaundise itM.3.262: M's reading of it is not attested by other B manuscripts. is no mede  I may it wel avoweIt is a permutacioun apertly . on penyworth for anoþere . NotaAc reddest þow neuere Regum  þow recraide MedeWhi þe veniaunce fel  on Saul and his Children . God sente to Saul  by Samuel þe propheteÞat agag of amalek  and alle his p.eple aft.erShulden deie for a dede  þat don hadde hire .eldresFor-thi saide Samuel to Saul . god hym-selue hotethThe / be buxome at his bidding  his wille to fulfilleWende to Amalec with þin bhosteM.3.271: M's original boste is not attested in other B manuscripts. . and what þow fyndest þere —M.3.271: M's erasure of þere places it in agreement with HmF. sle itBiernes and best.es . brenne hem to d...etheM.3.272: In place of the revision dethe, YOC2CBLR have dede.Wydoewes and wyues . wymmen and childrenMoebles and vnmoebles  and al þat þou miȝte fyndeBrenne it bere it nouȝt away  be it neuere so riche . For mede ne for monoye . loke þow destru...ye itSpille it and spare it nouȝt  þow shalt spede þe be...ttreAnd for he coueited h.ire catel . and þe kynge sparedeForbare hym and his best.es boþe  as þe bible witnessethOþ.er-wise ....than he was . warned of þe propheteGod saide to Samuel  þat Saul shulde deie . And alle his seede for þat synne . shenfulliche endenSuche a meschief Mede . made  Saul þe kynge to haue . Þat god hated hym for euere  and alle his heirs aftur# the CulorumThe culorum of þis cas  kepe I nouȝt to sheweAn auenture it noied men  none ende wil I makeFor so is þe worlde went . with hem þat han powereÞat who-so saith hem sothes . is sonneste y-blamedI Co.nscience knowe þis . for kynde wit me itM.3.289: No other B manuscript omits it in this b-verse, though its placement varies. The word, however, is omitted in most A manuscripts. tauȝteÞat resoun shal regne . and rewmes gouerneAnd riȝte as Agag hadde hapM.3.291: M's addition of hap here is unattested among other B manuscripts. . happe shul sommeSamuel shal sleen hym . and Saul shal be blamedeAnd dauid shal be diademede . and daunten hem alle . And on cristen kynge . kepen ...?...hem echoneM.3.294: M's alteration to hem agrees with all B manuscripts except F. The alteration to echone is shared with Bm and agrees with Cr. Other B manuscripts read alle. In L, hem is added by a corrector, and its original reading was possibly the same as M's, where faint traces of alle appear to underlie the revision.Shal namore Mede be maistreer  as she is noutheAc loue and ...?...lownesseM.3.296: In place of the revision lownesse, CBoCot have lewednese. . and leute to-gidresxÞise shul be maistres . on molde treuthe to saue . And whoso trespasseth aȝein truthe . or takeþ aȝein his willeLeute shal do hym lawe . and no lif elles . Shal no seriaunt for hireisM.3.300: The alteration puts M in agreement with WCrGH. seruisyce . were a silke howueNe no pelure in his cloke . for pledynge atte barre . Mede of mysdoers  maketh many lordesAnd ouere lordes lawes  ......ruleth þe rewmes# quod lex laborabitAc kynde loue shal come ȝyet . and conscience to-gidresAnd make of law a laborere . suche loue shal arise . And suche a pees amonge þe p.eple  and a parfite trutheÞat iewes shal wene in hire wit  and w.exen wond.er gladeÞat Moises or Messie  bie comeM.3.308: For the alteration be come, C2 has by comen. in to þis ertheAnd haue wondreer in h...ire hert.es  þat men ben so trwe# prophesiamAlle þat bereth baslarde . brode swerde or launceAxe oþer hachet . or ...any wepen ellesShal be demed to þe deth . but ȝif he do it smythieIn-to sik.el or to sithe . to share or to Cultreiijus passusConflabunt gladios suos in vomeres . & ceteraEche man to play with a ploȝugh . pikoise or .spadeSpinne or sprede donge . or spille hym-seluef with sleuthePrestes and persones . with Placebo to hunteAnd dingen vpon dauid . eche a day til eue . # prestes to lese ther beneffys For huntyngHuntynge or haukynge . ȝif any of hem vseHis boste of his benefice . worth bynome hym .....afterShal neiþer kynge ne kniȝte . conestable ne maireOuer-lede þe comune  ne to þe courte sompneNe putte hem in panel . to don hem pliȝte here trutheBut aft.er þe dede þat is don . on dome shal rewardeMercy or non mercy . as treuthe wil accorde . #Kynges courte and comune courte  Consistorie and chapitele#Al shul be but on courte . and on baroun be iusticeÞanne worth trwe tonge a tidy man  þat tened me neuereBatailles shal non be  ne no man bere wepneAnd what smyth þat ony ...?...smythethM.3.330: This alteration to M occurs at a place where B manuscripts vary considerably in their readings. W reads smyþeþ, Cr has smithed; some other manuscripts have smyteth.  be smite þere-with to deþeNon leuabit gens contra gentem gladium & cetera#And er þis fortune falle . fynde men shal þe worste# propheciam de vj sunnis & a shipBy syx sonnes and a shipp  and half a shef of arwesAnd þe mydul of a mone . shal make þe iewes to turneAnd saracenes for þat siȝte . shullen synge Gloria in excelsis & ceteraFor Mak.omete and me..de  mysshapp shal þat tymeFor melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe & cetera## Responsio mede ad replicacionemAs wroth as þe wynde . wex Mede in a w.l.hileI can no latyn quod she . clerkes woteot þe sotheSe what sal.omon ....seith . in sapience bokesÞat hij þat ȝyeueth ȝyiftes  þe victorie wynnethAnd moche worsh...?...ip haddeM.3.342: M's altered reading hadde agrees with WOCBR; CrHmF attest the present tense, but M is apparently just respelling worshipp had. þerewith  as holy writte tellethHonorem adquiret . qui dat munera & cetera. . I leue wel lady quod connscience  þat þi latyne be truwe . Ac þow art like a lady . þat redde a lessoun ones . Was Omnia probate . and þat ples.ed h.ire herteFor þat line was no lenger . atte þe leues endeHad ...sheM.4.348: For M's revision she, BL read Ȝe. See the note to the next line." loked þat oþ.er half  and þe lef tournede . ...SheM.3.349: For She, BL read Ȝe; R has Heo. shulde haue founden fele wordes  folwynge þere aft.er Quod bonum est tenete . truthe þat texte made . And so ferde ȝye ma-dame . ȝye couthe namore fynde . Þo ȝye lo.ked on sapience  sittinge in .....youre studieÞis tixte þat ȝeM.3.353: M alone among B manuscripts lacks the word han here. tolde . were gode for lord.esAc ȝyow faillede a connyn..ege clerk . þat couthe þe lef haue tournedAnd ....if ye seche sapience efte . fynde shal ȝye þat folwethA ful teneful tixte . to hem þat takeþ Mede . And þat is animam autem aufert accipientium . & ceteraAnd þat is þe ta..eyl of þe texte . of þat þat ..esheM.3.358: M's altered reading she agrees with WHmCr1GH. Other B manuscripts read ye. shewedeÞat þeiȝe we wynne worshippe . and with mede haue victorieÞe soule þat þ..e soude taketh  by so muche is bounde