The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 7William 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.vij passusPassus septimus de VisioneTTReuthe herde telle hereof . and to piers he sente . To taken his teme . an tilien þe ertheAnd purchacedM.7.3: Other B manuscripts, except Cr, have purchaced hym. a pardoun . a pena & a culpa .For him and for his heires . for euermore afturAnd bad him halde him at home . and erien his leies . And alle þat halpe h.im to erien  to setten or sowen . Or any oþur mister . þat miȝte piers auaillen . Pardoun with piers plowman . treuthe haþ y-graunt..edKynges and kniȝtus . þat kepun holychurcheAnd riȝtfulliche in reumes  reulen þe p.eple . Hath pardoun inM.7.11: M's reading of in is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read þoruȝ. purgatorie . to passen ful liȝtlyWith Patriarkus and prophetus . in parad..is to be Felawes . Bisshopus y-blessud . ȝif þei ben as þei shulden . Legistres of boþe þe lawes . þe lewede þere-with to precheAnd in as muche as þei mowe . amende alle synnefull . Aren pieres with appostolesM.7.16: M shares the reading with F. Other B manuscripts have þe Apostles. . þus pardoun piers sheweþ . And atte þe day of dome . atM.7.17: M shares the reading with R. Other B manuscripts have at þe. heiȝe dei..ys to sitten . # quod mercatores non sunt soluti a pena & culpa quia non sanctificant sabatumMarchauntz in þe margyne  hadden many ȝyeresAc no..on a pena & a culpa . þe pope nolde hem graunte . For þei holden not here halidyhalid[a]y  as holichurch techeþAnd for þei swere by hire soule  and alsM.7.21: M's reading of als is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read so. god hem helpe . A.yein clene Conscience  here Catel . to selle . Ac vndur his secreet seel . truthe sente hem a lettreÞat þei shulden bugge boldly  þat hem best likud . And siþþe sellen it aȝein  and saue þe wynny..ngAnd amende mesondeux þere-mid . & mises..ed forlk helpe . And wikkud weies . wiȝtliche hem . amende . And toM.7.28: M's reading of to is not shared by other B manuscripts. do bote to brugges . þat tobroken werenMarien maydoen..s . or maken hem nonnes . Pore p.eple and prisouns . fynden hem hire fode . #And setten scolers to scole . and somme toM.7.31: M's reading of and somme to is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read or to som. oþere craftusReleue religioun . and rente hem ȝyetM.7.32: M's yet is not attested in other B manuscripts. bettr.eM.7.32-35: A bracket in the left margin runs from this line to the bottom of the page.And I shal sende .yow my-selue  seint Michel myn ArchangeleÞat no.. deuel shal derie ȝyowM.7.34: M's syntax, derie yow, is the reverse of the other B manuscripts, which read yow dere. . ne fere ȝyow in ...?...yowre deyyngM.7.34: In place of the rewritten yowre deyyng, YCrOC2CB read your doyinge.And witen ȝyow from .wanhope  ȝif ȝye will...?...e thus werche#And sende ȝyowre soules in sauftee  to my seint..es in Ioye . corÞanne weren Marchauntz merie . and wept..en for ioieAnd praiseden Piers plowmanM.7.38: Other B manuscripts except G have þe Plowman. . þat purchacede þis bulle . # de legum peritis quia minime de Indulgencia recipiuntMen of lawe leste pardoun hadde . þatM.7.39: M's original reading without þat, not noted by Kane and Donaldson, agreed with G. pleteden for medeFor þe sauter saueth hem nouȝt . such as takeþ ȝyiftus . And namelich of Innocentz . þat non .yuele kuonneth . Super Innocentem munera non accipies .Pledours shulde painen hem  to plede for suche and helpe . Princes and Prelat..es  shulde paien for hire trauailleA Regibus & principibus  erit merces eorum .Ac many a Iustice and Iurour . wol for Iohan doo moore . Þanne — pro dei pietate . leue þow none oþureAc he þat spendeþ his speche . and spekeþ for þe poore . Þat is Innocent and nedy  and nomanno man appaireth oute +M.7.50: The deleted text is legible under ultraviolet light.Conforteþ him in þat cas  withoute coueitise of ȝyiftus . And sheweþ lawe for oure lordes loue  as he it haþ lurnedShal no deuel at his deþday . deren him a m...yteÞat he noM.7.53: Other B manuscripts read ne. worth sauf and his soule  þe sautier bereth witytnesseDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo . & cetera .notaAc to bugge watur ne wynde  ne witte ne ....firefireM.7.55: The correction was first entered supralinearly and then incorporated in-line. þe ferthe.# quia deus Creauit quatuor in adiutorium ComuneThis foure þe fadur of heuene  made to þis folde in comuneÞise ben trwthes tresors  trwe folk to helpeÞat .. neuere shal waxe ne wanye  withouten god him-seluenWhanne þei drawen on to deiȝen  and Indulgences wolden hauenHere pardoun is ful petite  at hire partingesM.7.60: M's original plural is not attested in other B manuscripts. henn.es . Þat any mende of mene men  for hire motinge taketh ȜYe legistres and law.yeres  holdeþ þis for trutheÞat ȝif þat I lie . mathewe is to blameFor he bad me ....seyneM.7.64: For seyn most B manuscripts read make, though OC2 have take and Cr has tel. ȝyow þis  and þis prouerbe me toolde Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines / facite eis. & ceteraAlle libbinge laborers  þat liuen with hire hondusÞat truliche taken  and trweliche wynn.enAnd liuen in loue and in lawe . for hire lowe hertusHaueth þe same absolucioun  þat sent was to PieresBeggers andM.7.70: M shares the reading and with Cr and also with A and C manuscripts. Other B manuscripts have ne. bidders  ne beth nouȝte in þe bulleBut ȝif þe suggestioun be soth  þat shapeþ hem to begge . passus vijusFor he þat beggeth or bit  but ȝif he haue nede . He is fals with þe feende  and defraudeþ þe nedyargumentum....bibileM.7.74: Whatever has been deleted here is illegible even under ultraviolet light.And alsM.7.74: For als, other B manuscripts have also. he bigileþ þe gyuer  ageins his willeFor ȝif he wiste he were nouȝt nedy  he w...olde ȝyeue þat anothurÞat were more nediere —M.7.76: M's original nediere agreed with RF. þanne he  so þe nedieste shulde be holpenCatoun kenneþ men þisM.7.77: M's reading of þis is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read þus.  and þe Clerke of þe stories . opinio # quia remandat elimosina in Manu donec videas Cui des secundum CatounM.7.78: The word opinio is followed by a curly brace connecting the label to all three lines of the Latin that follows.Cui des videto . is catouns techinge . And in þe stories he techeþ  to bistowe þin almesSit elemosina in manu tua . donec studes cui des .Responsio —Et tamen vide GregoriusAc Gregorie was a gode man  and bade vs gyuen toM.7.81: M's addition, in a later hand, of to is unattested in other B manuscripts. allelenethÞat asketh for his loue  þat vs alle lenethNon eligas cui miserearis . ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipereQuia incertum est pro quo deumo —M.7.84: M's original reading deum agreed with YOC2CBmBoLRF. See John Alford, Piers Plowman: A Guide to the Quotations (Binghamton, 1992) p. 54. magis placeasFor wite ye neuere who is worthy  ac god wot who hath nedewalkeSolucioM.7.86: Originally, walke was written in the margin for later correction. After the correction was made, this word was erased and a later annotator added Solucio. See line M.7.81 above.In him þat takeþ is þe treccherie  ȝif any tresoun ....walkeM.7.86: In place of the rewritten walke, L has the synonym wawe. . For heM.7.87: M's original reading without he agreed with Cot. þat ȝyeueþ ȝyeldeþ  and ȝyarkeþ him to reste . And he þat biddeþ borweth  and bringeþ him-self.. in detteFor beggeres borwen euermo  and hire borgh is god almiȝtyTo ȝyelden hem þat ȝyeueþ hem  and ȝyete vsuren moreQuare non dedisti p..eccuniam meam ad mensam . vt ego veniens & ceteraM.7.91: All other B manuscripts complete the Latin tag with some version of W's cum vsuris exigere. Kane and Donaldson fail to record M's & cetera.For-þi biddeþ nouȝte ȝye beggers  but ifM.7.92: M's original reading without if agreed with F. ȝye haue grete nede . For who-so haþ to buyggen him brede  þe boke bereth wittnesseHe haþ ynow . þat haþ brede y-nowgh  þoȝwgh he haue not ellesSatis diues est qui non indeget pane .Late vsage be ȝyowre solas . onM.7.96: M's reading of on is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read of. seintus liues r..edingeÞe bo..ok blameþ begg.eri.e  and bannethM.7.97: Compared with other B manuscripts, M interchanges blameþ and banneth in this line, as does F. F, however, has byddis for banneth. hem in þis manere . Iunior fui & enim senui . & non vidi iustum derelictum & ceteraM.7.98: The end of this Latin tag is variously attested in B manuscripts. As in M.7.91, M's version is uniquely abbreviated. .For ȝye liuen in none — loue  ne non lawe holde# quia mendicantes operantur tanquam bestie Cum we heMany of ȝyow ne wedde nouȝt  þe wymmen þat ȝye delen withM.7.100: M's syntax is the reverse of the other B manuscripts, which read wiþ dele.#But as wilde beestus with whee he . worthen vp and worchenAnd bringeþ forth bar...nes  þat bastardus men callen . Or þe bakke or somme — bo..on  he brekuþ in .his ȝyouthe . And suthe goon fay....ten with ȝyowre fauntes  for eueremore aftur . Þere is more mysshappenM.7.105: M's original reading mysshapp was shared with CrYC. p.eple  amonges þes beggersÞanne — of alle manere men  þat on þis molde walkeþAnd þe.y þat liuen þus hire lif . mow lothen þe tyme . That euere he was man wrouȝt  whanne he shal hennus wendeM.7.108: M's reading of wende is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read fare.Ac olde men and hore  þat helpeles ben of strengþeAnd wommen with Childe  þat worchen ne mowe . Blynde and bedrede  and broken hire membresÞat takeþ þis meschief mekeliche  as meseles and othurHan as plain pardoun  as þe Plowman him-seluen . For loue of hire lowe hertus  oure lord haþ hem grauntedeHere penaunce and hire purgatorie  here on þis erthenotaPiers quod a preest þo  þiny pardoun moste I redeFor I wil construwe eche a clause  and kenne it þe on englissh# Bulla petri ploughmanAnd Piers at his praiere  his pardoun vnfoldeth . And I bih.ynde hem bothe  bihulde alle þe bulle . Al in two lynes it lay  and nouȝt a leef more. & was writen riȝt þus  in wittnesse of trewtheEt qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternamQui vero mala in ignem eternum Petur quod þe preest þo  I can none — pardoun fynde . But dowel and haue well  and god shal haue þiny soule . #And do .yuele and ......haue haueM.7.126: The guide word was entered above the line and then erased, with the correction inserted within the line. yuele  hope þow non othureÞat aftur þi deþ-day  þe deuel shal haueM.7.127: The guide word was entered above the line and then erased, with the correction inserted within the line. þiny souleAnd piers for pure tene  pullude it a-tweyne.And saide . Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis . non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es .I shal cesse of my sowynge quod piers  and swynk nouȝt so harde . #Ne ......aboute my beli ioie  so b.isy be nomoreno more . Of preiers and of penaunce  my plowgh shal ben here-afturAnd ..wepen whanne I shulde slepe  þoȝwgh whete bred me faille.TheM.7.134: The first two letters are in a hand and ink which differ from the surrounding text. prophete his pain ete  in penaunce and in sorweBy þat þe sawter sai..th  so dede oþur manyeÞat loueth god lelly  his liflode is ful es.yFuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocteAnd but ȝif luk lie / he lereth vs by foulesWe shulde nouȝt be to bisie  aboute worldusM.7.139: Other B manuscripts except F have þe worldes. blisse . Ne solliciti sitis . he saieyth in þe gospell passus vijusAnd sheweþM.7.141: Other B manuscripts except Cr23 have sheweþ vs. bi ensamplus  vs-seluen to wisseÞe foules onM.7.142: M shares the reading on with L. Most other B manuscripts have in. þe fielde  who finte hem mete at ......wynterHaue þei no garnere to go to  but god finte hem alleWhat quod þe preeste to perkin  petur as me þinkethÞow art lettr..ed a litul  who lurnede þe on boke . Abstinence þe Abbesse quod piers  myn Abc. me tauȝteAnd Connscience come afturM.7.147: M's reading of aftur is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read afterward. Some A manuscripts read after.  and kenn..ed me moche moreWere thow a preest Piers quod he . þow miȝte...st  preche where þow shuldesteAs dyuynour in diuin...ite  with Dixit incipiensin[s]ipiens to þi teme .Lewde lorell quod Piers  litul lokest þow on þe bibleOn salamones sawes  selden þou bih.oldesteEcceM.7.152: Kane and Donaldson record this word as Eice. derisores et iurgia . cum eis ne crescant & ceteraÞe preest and perkin  apposeden either othure.And I þourȝ here wordus awo..ok  and waitud.e aboute. & se.ygh þe sunonne in þe southe  sitten atM.7.155: Other B manuscripts except B omit at. þat tyme . Meteles ...... & moneiles  on maluerne hullusMusinge on þis metles  onM.7.157: M's reading of on is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read and. my wai.y ich ȝyedeMany tyme þis metles  haþ makud me to studie . Of þat I seȝygh slepinge  ȝif it be soM.7.159: M shares the reading be so with G. Other B manuscripts have so be. miȝteAnd als for Piers plowȝmanM.7.160: Other B manuscripts except F have þe Plowman.  ful pensif in herteAnd w....hich a pardoun piers hadde  alle þe p.eple to conforteAnd how þe preest inpugned it  with. two propre wordusAc I haue no sauoure in sowngewarie  for I se it ofte faille . Catoun and Canonistres  conseilleth vs to leue # opinionem de sompnisTo setten saddnesse in soungewarie  for Sompnia ne cures .Ac for þe boke bible ber...eth wittnesse . How Danyel diuynede  þe dremes of a kyngeÞat was Nabugodonosor  nempned of clerkusDaniel saide sire kinge  þi dremeles bitokenethÞat vnkouthe kniȝtus shullen come  þi kingedome to cleueAmonges lower lordus  þi lond shal ben departedeAnd as Daniel diuinede  in dede it felle afturÞe kinge le..es his lordeschipe  and lowere men it hadde . And Ioseph mette merueillously  how þe mone and þeM.7.174: M's original reading without þe agreed with OC2F. suonne . And þe elleuene sterres  heilsude him alleÞanne Iacob iuggud  Ioseph.s sweueneBeau fitz quod his fadur  for defaute we shullenI my-selue and my sonus . sechen þe for nedeIt bifelle as his fadur saide . in pharahoes tymeÞat Ioseph was iustice  Egipte to lokenIt bifell as his fadur .tolde  his frendes þere him souȝtenAnd alle þis makeþ me  on þis met...eles to þinkenAnd how þe preest proued  no pardunoun to dowell# quod dowell superest IndulgenciasAnd demede þat dowel  Indulgences pass...edeBiennales an triennales  and bisshopus lettres . And how dowell atte þe day of dome  is digneliche vndurfon...genAnd passuth al þe pardoun . of seint Pietres churcheNow haþ þe Pope powere pardoun  to graunte to þeM.7.188: M shares the reading to þe with G. Other B manuscripts have þe. p.epleWith-owten ...any penaunce  to passen in to heueneÞis is oure bileue  as lettrede men vs techenQuodcumque ligaueris super terram . erit ligatum . & in celis & ceteraAnd so I leue lelly  lordus forbode ellusÞat pardoun and penaunce  and preiers doon saueSoules þat haue synn..ed  seuene sithes dedlyAc to truste to þis triennales  trwly me þinkeþIs nouȝt so sikur for þe soule  certus as is dowell . For-þi I rede ȝyow renkus  þat riche ben on þis ertheVppon truste toM.7.198: M's reading of to is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read on or of. ȝyowre tresoure  triennales to haueBe ȝye neuere þere balder  to breken þe ten heestus . And namelich ȝye maires  maistresM.7.200: M's order—maires, maistres—is reversed in other B manuscripts. and iugeȝsÞat han þe welthe of þeM.7.201: M's reading of þe is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read þis. world  and for wise men ben holdenTo purchace ȝyow pardoun . and þe popus bullesAt þe dredful doome  whanne dede shull arisenAnd comen alle bifore Crist  acomptus to ȝyelden . How þou laddest þi lif  and his lawes keptestde indulgencijsAnd how þow dedest day by day  þe doom. wil reherceA pokeful of pardoun þere  ne prouinciales lettresTheigh ȝye ben founden in þe Fraternitee  of alle þe foure ordresAnd haue Indulgences double-folde  but ȝif dowell ȝyow helpenotadI sette ȝyoure patentes . and ȝyowre pardoun  at a pieM.7.210: Other B manuscripts have pies or pese. hele passus viijus primus de dowellFor-þi I counseille alle Cristen  to crien god mercyAnd Marie his modur . be oure mene bitweneÞat god .yeue vs grace here  er we goon henn.esSuche werkus to worchen  whil we ben heereÞat aftur oure deþ-day  Dowell reherce . ...?...?...M.7.216: Something, no longer legible, is erased in the right margin. The erasure damaged the passus heading for passus 8, which was subsequently repaired in brown ink.At þe day of dome  we dide as he hiȝte .