The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 19William LanglandEdited by Katherine Heinrichs Graduate Research Assistants Patricia Bart, Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Eubanks, Paul Fyfe, Paul Gaffney, Janice McCoy, Chloe Smith, Timothy L. Stinson, Jordan Taylor, and Keicy Tolbert. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Kirk V. Hastings, Richard A. Peterson, Daniel Pitti, Jonathan Rodney, and John Unsworth.Published for the Medieval Academy of America and The Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Cambridge ISBN: 1843840251

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LatinFrenchGermanMay, 2001catalogerPatricia BartNew header createdPassus decimus . nonusO.19.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines.þÞVs I awakede & wrote  what I hadde dremed And diȝte me dereli  & dide me to chircheTo here holli þe messe  þoo men ȝeden to offryngÞanneO.19.4: O alone has Þanne in place of That. peers þe plowman  was . peynted alle blodyAnd come in . wiþ a crosse  bifore þe comune pepleAnd riȝt lijk in alle lymes  to oure lord iesuÞanne callede I concience  to kenne me þe soþeIs þis iesus þe iuster quod I  þat Iues diden hymO.19.8: O alone includes hym. to deþeOr it is peers þe plowman  who peyntede hym so redeQuod concience & knelede þoo  þeise arn peers armesHise colouris & his cote armure  ac he þat comeþ so blodyIs crist wiþ his crosse  conquerour of cristeneWhy calle ȝe hym crist quod I  siþ Iues calledenO.19.13: O alone has calleden; variants include called (HmGYCB), calle (WCrC2L), callen (M), and named (F). hym iesusPatriarkes & prophetis  propheciede biforeÞat alle kyns creaturis  schulden knelen & bowenAnoon as men nempnedenO.19.16: O alone has nempneden; most B manuscripts have nempned.  þe name of god iesuErgo . is no name  to þe name of iesusNe noon so nedeful to nempne  bi nyȝt ne bi dayFor alle derke deuelis . arn  adrad to here itAnd synful arn solaced  & saued bi þat nameAnd ȝe callen hym crist  for what cause telleþ meIs crist more of myȝt  & more worþi nameÞan iesu or iesus  þat al oure ioye come ofÞou knowest wel quod concience  & þou canstO.19.24: O alone has canst; most B manuscripts have konne. resounÞat kyng . knyȝtO.19.25: O alone transposes knyȝt kyng. . conquerour  may be oo persooneTo be called a knyȝt . is fayr  for men schul knele to hymAndO.19.27: O alone includes And. to be called a kyngO.19.27: O alone lacks is before fayrer. . fayrer  for he may knyȝtis makeAnd to be coquerourco[n]querour called  þat comecome[þ] of special graceAnd of hardynesse of herte  & of heendnesse boþeTo make lordis of laddis  of loond þat he wynneþO.19.31: The number <1>, written in a modern hand and followed by a punctus, appears in the top right margin. And free men foule þralles  þat folewen not hise lawes Þe Iues þat weren ientil men  iesu þei dispisedenO.19.32: O alone has dispiseden in place of despised. Boþe his lore & his lawe  now arn þei lowe cherlis As wyde as þe werld is  wonyeþ þer noon But vndir tribute & talliage  as tikes & cherlis And þoo þat bicoomenO.19.36: O alone has bicoomen; most B manuscripts have bicome. cristen  bi counceyl of þe baptisme Arn fraunkeleyns &O.19.37: OF alone include &. free men  þoruȝ fullyng þat þei tokenO.19.37: O alone has token; all other beta witnesses have toke. And ientil men wiþ iesu  for iesus was yfullid And vp-on caluarie on crosse  ycrowned kyng of Iues It bicomeþ to a kyng  to kepe &O.19.40: HmOCot alone lack to before defende. defende And conquerour of conquest  hise lawes & his large And so dide iesus þe Iues  he iustifiede & tauȝte hem Þe lawe of longeO.19.43: O alone includes longe. lijf  þat laste schal euere And fende hem fromO.19.44: Only OHm have hem from; most B manuscripts have from alone. foule yuelis  feueres & fluxes AndO.19.45: OF alone lack from before feendis. feendis þatO.19.45: O alone lacks in before hem. hem werrenO.19.45: O alone has werren; most B manuscripts have were.  & alO.19.45: O alone includes al. fals beleue Þoo was he iesus of Iues  called ientil prophete And kyng of her kyngdom  & crowne bare of þornes And þoo conquerede he on crosse  as conquerour noble Myȝt no deþ hym fordo  ne adoun brynge Þat he no roosO.19.50: HmGO alone have ne roos in place of naroos or aros. & regnede  & rauesschede helle And þoo was he conquerour called  of quyke & of dede For he ȝaf adam & eue  & oþere moo blisse Þat longe hadden leyn bifore  as lucifers cherlis And siþen he ȝaf largeli  alle hise lele leges Places in paradice  at her partyng hennes He may wel be called conquerour  & þat is crist to mene Ac þe cause þat he comeþ þus  wiþ crosse of his passioun  Is to wissen vs þerwiþ  þat whann þat we been tempted Þer-wiþ to fiȝte & fende vs  fro fallyng in-to synne And se bi his sorwe  þat who loueþ ioye To penaunce & to pouerte  he muste putte hym-selue And mycheO.19.62: O alone lacks wo before in, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. in þis werld  willen & suffren Ac to carpe more of crist  & how he come to þat name Feiþli for to speke  his first name was iesus Þoo he was born in bethlem  as þe book telleþ And come to take man-kynde  kyngys & aungelis  Reuerenceden hym fayre  wiþ richesse of erþe Aungelis out of heuene  coom knelynge & sungenGloria in excelsis deoO.19.69: This line is written in the right margin. Kyngys coomen after  knelyngeO.19.70: Cr23YO alone have the present participle in place of a preterite form. & offredenMyrre & myche gold  wiþ-outen mercy askyngOr any kyns catel  but knowlechynge hym souereynBoþe of soond & sunneO.19.73: YO alone have & sunne; most B manuscripts have sonne. & sehe  & siþen þei wentenInto her kyngnelithO.19.74: O alone has the nonsense form kyngnelith (or kyngnelich?); variants include kingdome kyth (Cr), kyngdomes (G), kyngenelich (C), kyngenlith (Y), kyngelich (C2), kyngriche (B), and kyngene kiþ (WHmLMF).  bi counceyl of aungelis And þere was þat word fulfild  þe which þou of spekeOmnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine iesuO.19.76: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after terrestria and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.For alle þe aungelis of heuene  at his birþe kneledenO.19.77: O alone has kneleden; all other beta witnesses have knelede.And al þe witt of þe world  was in þoo þre kyngysResoun & riȝtwisenesse  & ruþe þei offredenWherfor & why  wise men þat tymeMaystres & lettered men  magy hem calledeÞat oo kyng cam wiþ resoun  couered vndir senseÞe secounde kyng siþþe  soþeli offredeRiȝtwysenesse vndir reed goldO.19.84: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original gold reed.  resouns felaweGold is likned to lewte  þat laste schal euereAnd resoun to riche gold  to riȝt & to truþeÞe þriddeO.19.87: O alone lacks kyng before þoo, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. þoo coom  knelynge to iesuAnd presentede hym wiþ pite  apperynge bi myrreFor myrre is mercy to mene  & mylde speche of tungeÞre yliche honeste þingys  werenO.19.90: O alone has weren; most other B manuscripts have were. offred þus at onesÞoruȝ þre kyn kyngys  knelynge to iesuAc for alle þeise preciouse presentis  oure lord prince iesusWas neiþer kyng ne conquerour  til he gan to waxeIn þe manere of a man  & þat bi myche sleyȝtAs it bicomeþ a conquerour  to kunne many sleyȝtisAnd many whyles & witt  þat wole been a lederAnd so dide iesus in hise dayes  who-so hadde tyme to telle itSum tyme he suffrede  & sum-tyme he hidde hymAnd sum-tyme he fauȝte fast  & fleyȝ oþer-whileAnd sum-tyme he gaf good  & grauntede hele boþeLijf & lym  as hym liste he wrouȝteAs kynde is of a conquerour  so comsede iesuTil he hadde alle hem  þat he fore bleddeIn his Iuuentee þis iesus  at þe Iuen feesteWater in-to wyn turnede  as holi writ telleþAnd þere bigan god  of his grace do-welFor wyn is likned to lawe  & lijf of holynesseAnd lawe lakkede þoo  for men loueden not her enemyesAnd crist counceyleþ vs  & commaundeþ boþeBoþe to lered & to lewed  to louþye oure enemyes So at þe feest first  as I bifore tolde Bigan god of his grace  & goodnesse to do wel And þoo was he cleped & called  not holy crist . but iesu A faunt fyn ful of witt  filius marie For bifore his modir marie  made he þat wondre Þat sche first & formest  ferme schulde beleue Þat he þoruȝ grace was getenO.19.117: O alone has geten; all other beta witnesses have gete.  & no goom ellis He wrouȝte þat bi no witt  but þoruȝ word one After þe kynde þat he coome of  þere comsede he do wel And whanne he was waxen more  in his modir absence He made lame to lepe  & ȝaf liȝt to blynde And fedde wiþ two fisches  & wiþ fyue loues Sor a-fyngred folk  moo þan fyue þousande Þus he counfortede careful  & cauȝte a gretter name Þe which was . do-bette  where þat he wente For deefe þoruȝ hise doynges to here  & dombe . speke he made And alle he helede & halpe  þat hym . of grace askede And þoo was he called in cuntre  of þe comune peple For þe dedis þat he dide  iesu fili dauid For dauid was douȝtiest  of dedis in hys tyme Þe beerdesO.19.131: LO alone have the form beerdes; most B manuscripts have burdes. þat sungen . saul interfecit mille & dauid decem milia For-þi þe cuntre þere iesu coome  callede hym fili dauid And nempnede hym of nazareth  & no man so worþi To be cayser or kyng  of þe kyngdom of iuda Ne ouer Iues iustise  as iesus was hem þouȝte Wher-of cayphas hadde enuye  & oþere of þe Iues And for to do hym to deþ  day & nyȝt þei casten Kylleden hym on croswise  at caluarie on fryday And siþen birieden his body  & beden þat men schuldenO.19.139: O alone has schulden in place of sholde.  Kepe it fro nyȝt-comers  wiþ knyȝtis yarmed For no freendis schulden hym fecche  for prophetis hem tolden Þat þat blissid body  of birielis schulde rise And go in-to galile  & gladen hise apostelis And his modir marie  þus men bifore demedenO.19.144: O alone has demeden in place of demede. Þe knyȝtis þat kepten hym  biknewen it hem-seluen Þat aungelis & archaungelis  er þe day sprunge Coomen knelynge to þe coors  & sungen christus resurgens Verray man bifore hem alle  & forþ wiþ hem he ȝede Þe Iues preyeden hem pees  & bisouȝten þe knyȝtisTelleO.19.150: O alone lacks the first alliterating stave; most B manuscripts have þe comune. þat þer coomenO.19.150: O alone has coomen in place of cam.  a companye of hise apostelisAnd biwicchede hem as þei woken  & awey stoolen itAc marie magdalene  mette hym bi þe weyeGoynge toward galile  in godhed & manhedAnd on lyue & lokynge  & sche aloude cryedeIn iche a companye þere sche coome  christus resurgensÞus cam it out . þat crist ouercam  recouerde & lyuedeSic oportebatO.19.157: O alone has the form oportebat in place of oportet. christum pati & intrare & ceteraO.19.157: This line is written in the right margin.For þat þat wommen witen  may not wel be counceylPeter parceyuede al þis  & pursuede afterBoþe iames & ion  iesu for to sekeTadde & ten moo  wiþ thomas of IndeAnd as alle þeise wise wyes  weren to-gyderesIn an hous al bischette  & her dore ysperedCrist cam in . al closed  boþe dore & ȝatesTo Peter & to hise aposteles  & seyde . pax vobisAnd toke thomas bi þe hoond  & tauȝte hym to gropeAnd fele wiþ hise fyngres  his fleschliche herteTomas touchede it  & wiþ his tunge seydeDeus meus & dominus meusO.19.169: This line is written in the right margin.Þou art my lord I beleue  god lord iesuÞou deyedest & deþ þoledest  & deme schalt vs alleAnd now art lyuynge & lokynge  & laste schalt þouO.19.172: O alone includes þou after schalt, although F includes it before. euereCrist carpede þanne  & curteysliche seydeThomas for þou trowest þis  & truliche leuestO.19.174: O alone has leuest; all other beta witnesses have bileuest. itBlessed mote þou be  & be schalt for euere .And blessed motenO.19.176: O alone has moten; most B manuscripts have mote. þei alle be  in body & in souleÞat neuere schul see me in siȝt  as þou seestO.19.177: O alone has seest; most B manuscripts have doost. nouþeAnd leliche beleue al þis  I loue hem & blesse hemBeati qui crediderunt & non videruntO.19.179: This line is written in the right margin. A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original crediderunt and viderunt; evidently noting that transposition of these two words alone would not correct the reading, the corrector wrote non viderunt et crediderunt over the line. The correction is written in a fifteenth-century hand similar to that of the main scribe, perhaps hand 3.And whanne þis dede was doon  do-best he tauȝteAnd ȝaue peers power  & pardoun he grauntedeTo alle manere men  mercy & forȝyuenesseHym myȝt . to assoyle men  ofO.19.183: Cr23O alone have men of; most B manuscripts have of. alle manere synnesIn couenaunt þat þei come  & knowleche to payeTo peers pardoun þe plowman  redde quod debesÞusO.19.186: OF alone lack haþ before peers. peers power  be his pardoun payedTo bynde & vnbynde  boþe heer & ellis-whereAnd assoyle men of alle synnes  saue of dette oneAnoon after on hyȝ  vp in-to heuene He wente & wonyeþ þere  & wole come at þe lasteAnd rewarde hym riȝt wel  þat reddit quod debetAnd payeþ parfiȝtli  as pure truþe woldeAnd what persoone payeþ it not  punyschen he þenkeþAnd demen hym at domes-day  boþe quyk & deedÞe goode to þe godhed  & to greet IoyeAnd wickede to wonye  in woo wiþ-outen endeÞus concience of crist  & ofO.19.197: O alone lacks þe before crosse. crosse carpedeAnd counceylede me to knele þerto  & þanne cam me þouȝtOn Spiritus paraclitus  to peers & to hise felawesIn liknesse of a liȝtnyng  he liȝte on hem alleAnd made hem kunne & knowe  alle kyns langagesI wondrede what þat was  & waggede concienceAnd was a-feerd of þat liȝt  for in feers liknesse Spiritus paraclitus  ouer-spradde hem alleQuod concience & knelede  þis is cristis messagerAnd comeþ fro þe greet god  & grace is his nameKnele now quod concience  & if þou canst . syngeWelcome hym & worschipe hym  wiþ veni creator spiritusÞanne songe I þat soong  & so diden many hundredAnd crieden wiþ concience  helpe vs god of graceAnd þanne bigan grace to goo  wiþ peers þeO.19.211: O alone includes þe. plowmanAnd counceylede hym & concience  þe comune to sompneFor I wole dele to-day  & dyuyde graceTo alle kyn creaturis  þat han her fyue wittisTresore to lyue bi  to her lyues eendeAnd wepne to fiȝte wiþ  whan antecrist ȝow assayleþAnd ȝafO.19.217: O alone lacks ech before man. man a grace  to go wiþ hym-selueÞat ydelnesse encombre hym not  enuye ne prideDiuisiones graciarum sunt & ceteraO.19.219: This line is written in the right margin.Summe he ȝaf witt  wiþ wordis to schewe Witt . to wynne her lijflode wiþ  as þe werkO.19.221: O alone has werk; all other beta witnesses have world. askeþAs prechouris & preestis  & prentices of lawesO.19.222: O alone has the plural form.Þei leli to lyue  þoruȝO.19.223: O alone has þoruȝ in place of by (a). laboure of tungeAnd bi witt to wissen oþere  as grace hem wolde techeAnd summe he kennede craft  & kunnyng of siȝtWiþ sellyng & biggyng  her bileue to wynneAnd summe he lerede to laboure  a lele lijf & treweAnd summe he tauȝte to tilye  to diche & to heggeTo wynne wiþ her lijflode  bi lore of his techyngAnd summe to dyuyne & dyuyde  noumbres to kenneAnd summe to compasse craftili  & colouris to makeAnd summe to see & summe to seye  what schulde befalleBoþe of wel & of woo  telle it er it felleAs astronomyens þoruȝ astronomye  onO.19.234: O alone has on in place of and. philosophres wiseAnd summe to ride & summe to recouere  þat vnriȝtfulli was wonnenHe wissede hem to wynne it aȝeyn  þoruȝ wiȝtnesse of handisAnd fecche it fro false men  wiþ foluyles lawesAnd summe he lerede to lyue  in longynge to be hennysIn pouerte & in penaunce  to preye for alle cristeneAnd alle he lerede to be lele  & iche a craft loue oþerAnd forbade hem al debate  þat noon were amonge hemÞouȝ summe be clenner þan summe  ȝe seen wel quod graceO.19.243: A cross consisting of five dots, one red, with red rays radiating outward, appears in the left margin. It is probably in the main scribal hand. It may have been intended to point to the defectiveness of l. 243.Þat he þat vseþ þe fayrest craft  to þe foulest I couþe haue put hymO.19.243: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Loke þat noon lakke oþer  but loueþ alle as breþerenAnd who þat mooste maystries can  be myldest of beryngAnd crowne concience kyng  & make craft ȝoure stywardAnd after craftis counceyl  cloþeþ ȝow & fedeþO.19.247: O alone has fedeþ in place of fede.For I make peers þe plowman  my procuratour & my reueAnd registrer to receyue  redde quod debesMy prowyour & my plowman  peers schal be on erþeAnd for to tilye truþe  a teem schal he haueGrace gaue peers a teem  foure grete oxenÞat oon was luke . a large beest  & a lowe cheredAnd mark & matheu þe þridde  myȝti beestis boþeAnd ioynede to hem oon Ion  þe moost gentil of alleÞe price neet of peers plow  passynge alle oþereAnd grace gaf peers  of his goodnesse foure stottesAl þat hise oxen eriedemeriede[n]  hemO.19.258: O alone has hem in place of þei. to harewen afterOon hiȝte austyn  & ambrose an-oþerGregori þe greet clerk  & ierom þe goodeÞeise foure . þe feiþ to teche  folewen peers teemeAnd hareweden in an hand-whyle  al holy scriptureWiþ two harewes þat þei hadden  an oold & a neweVetus testamentum & nouumO.19.264: This line is written in the right margin.And grace gaf greynes  þe cardynales vertuesAnd sewe it in mannes soule  & siþen tolde her namesquattuor virtutes cardinalesO.19.267: This rubric appears as two lines, with each word begun below and continued above, an arrangement not seen elsewhere in the manuscript.Spiritus prudencie  þe first seed hiȝte And who-so eete þat  ymagyne he schuldeO.19.270: A cross composed of dots with a flourish at the bottom, probably in the main scribal hand, appears in the left margin.Or he dide any dede  deuyse wel þe eendeAnd lernede men a ladel to bigge  wiþ a longe steleToO.19.272: O alone has To; most B manuscripts have That. caste for to kepe a crokke  to saue þe fatte aboueþe secound seedO.19.271: The top right corner of the box is touched in red; the bottom of the box has been lost to cropping. O here lacks one leaf, encompassing Kane and Donaldson's ll. 281-358.O.19.272: In the center top margin of this page, on a level with the quire number, one leaf missing is written in a modern hand.To goo ageyn pride  but grace were wiþ vsÞanne cam kynde witt  concience to techeAnd criede & comaundede  alle cristen pepleFor to deluen & dichenO.19.275: O alone has dichen; variants include dyke (HmBF), digge (Cr), and dych (WGYC2CLM).  depe aboute vniteÞat holi chirche stode in vnite  as it a pile wereConcience comaundede þoo  alle Cristen to delueAnd make a myche moot  þat myȝte been a strenkþeTo helpe holi chirche  & hem þat it kepenÞanne alle kyn cristene  saue comune wommenRepenteden & refuseden  synne . saue þei oneAnd false men flatereris  vsureris & þeuesLyeris & questmongers  þat weren forsworen oftenO.19.283: O alone has often in place of ofte.Wytyngli & wilfulli  wiþ þe false heldenAnd for siluer werenO.19.285: O alone has weren; all other beta witnesses have were. forsworen  soþeli þei wisten itÞer nas no cristen creature  þat kynde witt haddeSaue schrewes  &O.19.287: GO alone have &; most B manuscripts have one. swiche as I spake ofÞat he ne halpe a quantite  holynesse to waxeSumme þoruȝ bedis biddynge & summe þoruȝ pilgrimageAnd oþere pryue penaunce  & summe þoruȝ pens delyngAnd þanne wellede water  for wikkide werkisEgrelich rennynge  out of mennys yen .Clennesse of þe comune  & clerkis clene lyuyngMade vnite holi chirche  in holynesse to stondeI care not quod concience  ifO.19.295: O alone has if in place of þouȝ. pride come nouþeÞe lord of lust schal be lettid  al þis lente I hopeComeþ quod concience  icheO.19.297: O alone has iche; most B manuscripts have ye. cristen & dyneþÞat han labourid lelli  al þis lenten tymeHeer is breed yblessed  & goddis body þer-vndirGrace þoruȝ goddis word  gaaf peers power Myȝtis to maken it  & men to ete it afterIn help of her hele  onys in a moneþeOr as ofte as þei hadden nede  þoo þatO.19.303: O alone lacks some variant of hadde before ypayed. ypayed To peers pardoun þe plowman  redde quod debesHow quod al þe comune  þou counceylest vs to ȝeldeAl þat we owen any wyȝt  er we go to houselÞat is my counceyl quod concience  & cardynale vertuesThat iche man forȝyue oþer  & þat wole þe pater-nosterEt dimitte nobis debita nostraO.19.309: YOF alone lack & cetera at the end of this line.O.19.309: This line is written in the right margin.And so to been assoylid  & siþen to be houseledO.19.310: A poorly formed second <e> in houseled prompted the scribe to rewrite the letter above the line.Ȝhe . baw quod a brewer  I wole not be ruled Bi iesu for al ȝoure ianglyng  wiþ spiritus IusticieO.19.312: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, appear at the bottom of this leaf.Ne after concience bi crist  while I can selle Boþe dregges & draf  & drawe atO.19.314: O alone has at; most B manuscripts have it at. oon hole Þikke ale & þinne ale  for þat is my kyndeAnd not hakke after holynesse  holde þi tunge concienceOf spiritus iusticie  þou spekest myche on ydelCaytijf quod concience  cursed wreccheVn-blessid art þou brewer  but if þee god helpeBut þou lyue bi lore  of spiritus iusticie Þe cheef seed þat peers sewe  ysaued worþest þouO.19.322: OG alone have worþest þou; most B manuscripts have worstow. neuereBut concience þe comune seedO.19.322: O alone has comune seed; most B manuscripts have comune fede.  & cardynal vertuesO.19.322: A caret/punctus appears in the extreme left margin, signaling deletion. In view of the fact that the reading seed is found in GO alone, perhaps the intention was to delete it.Leue it wel þei been lost  boþe lijf & souleOf cardynalisÞanne is many a man lost  quod a lewed vicorie I am a curatour of holi kirke  & cam neuere in my tyme Man . to me þat me couþe telle  of cardynal vertuesOr þat countede concience  at a cokkes fedþer or an hennysI knewe neuere cardynal  þat he ne cam fro þe popeAnd we clerkis whanne þei comen  for her comunes payenFor her pelure & her palfreys mete  & pilouris þat hem folewenÞe comune clamat cotidie  icheO.19.331: GOF alone lack a word between iche and man; most B manuscripts have a. man to oþerÞe cuntre is þe curseder  þat cardynalis comen InneAnd þere þei liggen & lengenO.19.333: O alone has lengen; all other beta witnesses have lenge.  moost leccherie þere regneþFor-þi quod þis vicorie  bi verrey god I wolde Þat no cardynal coome  among þe comune pepleBut in her owneO.19.336: O alone has her owne in place of hir. holynesse  holdeO.19.336: O alone has holde; variants include holden (YHmLM), & þere holde (F), helidem (BmBo), holidem (Cot), and helden (WCrGYC2R). hem stille at homeO.19.336: O alone includes at home.At aviounavi[n]oun among þe Iues  cum sancto sanctus eris & ceteraOr in rome as her rule wole  þe relikes to kepeAnd þou concience in kyngys court  & schuldest neuere come þennysAnd grace þat þou gredist so  of gyour of alle clerkisAnd peers wiþ his newe plow  & eke wiþ his oldeEmperour of al þe world  þat alle men weren cristeneDe papa .Imparfiȝt is þe pope . þat al  þe peple schulde helpe And sendiþ hem þat sleeþ swiche  as he schulde saueAnd wel worþ peers þe plowman  þat pursueþ god in doyngeQui pluit super iustos & iniustos at onesAnd sente þe sonne to saue  a cursed mannes tilþeAs briȝt as to þe best man  & to þe best wommanRiȝt so peers þe plowman  peyneþ hym to tilyeAs wel for a wastour  & wenches of þe stuesAs for hym-self & hise seruauntis  saue he is first seruedAnd trauayliþ & tilieþ  for a traytour also soreAs for a trewe tidy man  alle tymes ylicheAnd worschipid be he þat wrouȝte al  boþe good & illeAnd suffreþ þat synful be  til sum-tyme þat þei repenteAnd god amende þe pope  þat pileþ holi chircheAnd cleymeþ bifore þe kyng  to beO.19.357: O alone lacks a word between be and ouer; most B manuscripts have kepere. ouer cristeneAnd counteþ atO.19.358: O alone includes at. nouȝt þouȝ cristene  be killed & robbedAnd fynt folk to fiȝte  & cristen blood to spilleAȝen þe olde lawe & newe lawe  as luke þerof witnesseþNon occides & cetera Michi vindictam & ceteraO.19.361: This line is written in the right margin.It semeþ bi so hym-seluenO.19.362: OC2 alone have hym-seluen in place of hymself.  hadde his owneO.19.362: OF alone include owne. willeÞat he ne reccheþ riȝt nouȝt  of al þe toþerO.19.363: O alone includes toþer. remenauntAnd crist of his curteysie  þe cardynalis saueAnd turne her witt to wisdom  & to wele of souleFor þe comune quod þis curatour  counten ful litil Þe counceyl of concience  or cardynal vertuesBut if þei seenO.19.368: O alone has seen; variants include sowne (F), sowe (L), seiȝe (WHm), seiȝ (C2C), seie (BM), see (CrG), and sight (Y). as bi siȝt  sumwhat to wynnyngOf gyle ne of gabbyng  gyuenO.19.369: O alone has gyuen; most other B manuscripts have gyue. þei neuere taleFor spiritus prudencie  among þe peple . is gyleAnd alle þe fayre vertues  as vices þei semenIche man sutileþ a sleyȝt  synne for to hydeAnd coloureþ it wiþ a cunnyng  & a clene lyuyngÞanne lowȝ þer a lord  & bi þis liȝt seydeI holde it riȝt & resoun  of my reue to take Al þat myn auditour  or ellis my styward Counceyliþ me bi her acounte  & my clerkis wrytyngWiþ spiritus intellectus  to seke þe reues rollisAnd wiþ spiritus fortitudinis  fecchen it I woleAndO.19.380: O alone lacks þanne before cam. cam þer a kyng  & bi his crowne seydeI am kyng wiþ crowne  þe comune to ruleAnd holy chirche & clergye  fro cursede menO.19.382: OF alone lack to before defende. defendeAnd if me lakkiþ to lyue bi  þe lawe wole I take it Þere I may hastlokestO.19.384: OCotLM alone have the form hastlokest; variants include hastlyest (C), hastlyere (F), hastylyche (G), moost hastely (Cr), and hastilokest (WHmYC2BmBo). it haue  for I am hed of laweFor ȝe been but membris  & I abouen alleAnd siþen I am ȝoure alþer hed  I am ȝoure alþerO.19.386: OF alone have the form alþer; most B manuscripts have aller. heleAnd holi chirches cheef help  & cheftayn of þe comuneAnd what þatO.19.389: O alone includes þat. I take of ȝow two  I take it at þe techyng Of spiritus iusticie  for I iugge ȝow alleSo I may boldli be houseled  for I borwe neuereNe craue of my comune  but as my kynde askeþl 3O.19.391: A design of wavy vertical lines filled in with ink, about four lines in length, appears in the extreme bottom right margin above the quire signature.In condicioun quod concience  þat þou kunne defendeAnd rule þi rewme bi resoun  riȝt wel & in truþeDe potestate regis .Take þou may in resoun  as þe lawe askeþ Omnia tua sunt ad defendendum set non ad deprehendandumO.19.395: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after defendendum and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.Þe vicorieO.19.396: O alone has the form vicorie in place of viker. hadde fer hoom  & fayre toke his leueAnd I awakenede þer-wiþ  & wrouȝteO.19.397: Cr3OBoCot alone have wrought; most B manuscripts have wroot. as me mette