The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 2William 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 createdSecundus Passus .O.2.000: The heading is divided after Secundus, so that it appears as two lines.2us passusȝȜit I courbede on my knees  & criede hir of grace And seyde mercy ma-dame  for marie loue of heuene Þat bare þat blisful barn  þat bouȝte vs on þe rode Kenne me bi sum craft  forO.2.4:  GOC2 alone include for. to knowe þe falsLoke vp-on þi left half  & lo where scheO.2.5: OC2 alone have sche; most B manuscripts have he. standiþBoþe fals & fauel  & her feres manyI lokede on my left half  as þe lady me tauȝteAnd was war of a womman  worþili I-cloþedPurfilid wiþ pelure  þe fynest vp-on erþeI-crownyd wiþ a crowne  þe kyng haþ noon betterFetislich hir fyngres weren  fetridO.2.11: OC2C alone have fetrid in place of fretted. wiþ gold wireAnd þer-onne reede rubies  as reede as any gledeAnd dyamauntis of derrest price  & double manere saphersOrientalis & ewages  envenymes to distroyeHir robe was ful riche  of reede scarlet engreynedWiþ ribans of reed gold  & of riche stonysHire aray . me raueschede  swich richesse sawe I neuereI hadde wondir . what sche was  & whos wijf sche wereWhat is þis womman quod I  so worþili atiredÞat is mede þe mayden quod sche  haþ noyed me ful ofteAnd Ilackide my lemman  þat leute is hotenAnd bilowen hir to lordis  þat lawes han to kepeIn þe popis paleys sche is  pryue as my-selueBut soþnesse wolde not so  for sche is a bastardFor fals was hir fadir  þat haddeO.2.25: YOC2 alone have the preterite form. a fikel tungeAnd neuere soþ seyde  siþ he come to erþeAnd Mede is manered after hym  riȝt as kynde askeþQualis pater talis filius . Bona arbor bonum fructum facitI auȝte been heyer þan sche  I cam of a betterMy fadir þe greet god is  & ground of alle gracesO god wiþ-outen gynnyng  & I his good douȝterAnd haþ ȝyuen me mercy  to marie wiþ . me-selueO.2.32: OH alone have me-selue in place of myselue.And what man be mercyful  & lelli me loueþSchal be my lord & I his leef  in þe hye heueneAnd what man takeþ mede  my lijfO.2.35: YOC2M alone have my lijf in place of myn heed. dar I leggeÞat he schal lese for hir loue  a lappe of caritatisHow construeþ dauid þe kyng  of men þat taken medeAnd men of þis moold  þat mayntenen truþeAnd how ȝe schul saue ȝow-seluenO.2.39: OC2 alone have ȝow-seluen in place of ȝow-self.  þe sauter beriþ witnesseDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & ceteraAnd now worþ þis mede I-maried  al to a mansedO.2.41: The scribe has written the gloss id est cursid above the line.O.2.41: OC2 alone lack sherewe at the end of this line.To oon fals fikel tunge  a feendis biȝeteFauel þoruȝ his faire speche  haþ þeise folk enchauntidAnd al is liers ledyng  þat sche is þus IweddidTo-morwe worþ ymaad  þe maydenes brydaleAnd þer myȝtist þou wite if þou wilt  whiche þei been alleÞat longen to þat lordschipe  þe lesse & þe moreKnowe hem þere if þou canst  & kepe wel þi tungeO.2.48: YOC2F alone have wel þi tonge; variants include þow þi tonge (WHmCrGMH) and thy tonge (CLR).And lacke hem not but late hem worþe  til leute be iustiseAnd haue power to punysche hem  þanne putte forþ þi resounNow I bikenne þee crist quod sche  & his clene modirAnd late no conscience acombre þee  for coueytise of medeÞus lafte me þat ladi  liggyng a-slepeAnd how Mede was ymaried  in metels me þouȝteAndO.2.55: OC2 alone have And in place of That. al þe riche retenaunce  þat regneþ wiþ þe falsWeren boden to þe bridale  on boþe two sydesa 3Of alle manere of men  þe mene & þe richeTo marie þis mayden  was many man assembledAs of knyȝtis & clerkis  & oþere comune pepleAs sisours & sumpnours  scherreues & her clerkisBedellis & baylifs  & brokouris of chaffareForgoeris & vitayleris  & vocates of þe archesI can not reckene þe route  þat ran aboute medeAc symonye & Cyuyle  & sisouris of courtisWeren moost priue wiþ mede  of any men me þouȝteAc fauel was þe first  þat fette hir out of boureO.2.66: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "And as a Brocour brouȝte hire to be wiþ fals enioyned."Whanne symonye & Cyuile  saw her boþer willeÞei assentedenO.2.68: O alone has the form assenteden in place of assented. for syluer  to seye as boþe woldenO.2.68: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde.Þanne leepe lier forþ  & seyde . lo here a chartreÞat gyle wiþ hise grete oþis  gaf hem to-gyderisAnd preyede Cyuyle to see  & symonye to rede itÞanne Symonye & Cyuyle  stonden forþ boþeAnd vnfolden þe feffement  þat fals haþ I-makidAnd þus bigynnen þeise gomes  to greden ful hyeSciant presentes & futuri & ceteraCarta .Witeþ & witnesseþ  þat wonyeþ vp-on þis erþe Þat Mede is maried  more for hir goodesÞan for any vertu of fayrnesse  or forO.2.78: YOC2M alone have or for; most B manuscripts have or. any fre kyndeFalsnesse is fayn of hir  for he woot hir richeAnd fauel wiþ his fikel felawO.2.80: OC2 alone have felaw in place of speche.  feffeþ bi þis chartreTo be princesseO.2.81: OC2H alone have princesse; most B manuscripts have princes. in pride  & pouerte to dispiseTo bacbite & to boste  & bere fals witnesseTo scorne & to scoolde  & sclaundre to makeVnbuxum . & boold  to breke þe ten heestesAnd þe eerldom of enuye  & wraþþe to-gyderesWiþ þe chastilet of Cheest  & chateryng out of resounÞe Countee of Coueytise  & alle þe coostes abouteÞat is vsure & auarice  alle I hem graunteIn bargeyns & in brocages  wiþ al þe boruȝ of þeftAnd al þe lordschip of lecherie  in lengþe & in breedeAs in werkis & in wordis  & waytyngys wiþ yenAnd in wedes & wisschyngys  & wiþ ydel þouȝtisÞere as wille wolde O.2.93: YOC2C alone lack and (the) before werkmanschip, which is essential to the sense of the line. werkmanschip fayliþGlotenye he gaf hem eke  & grete oþes to-gyderesAnd al day to drynke at dyuers tauernes .And þere to iangle & to iape  & iugge her euene-CristenAnd in fastyng-dayes to frete  er ful tyme wereAnd þanne to sitte & toO.2.98: OC2 alone include to before soupe. soupe  til sleep hem assayleAnd breden as boruȝ swyne  & bedden hem esyliTil sleuþe & sleelpsleep  sliken hise sydesAnd þanne wanhope to a-wake hym so  wiþ no wille to amendeFor he leueþ . heO.2.102: OC2 alone include the second he. be lost  þis is her last endeAnd þei to haue & to holde  & her eires afterA dwellyng wiþ þe deuel  & dampned be for euereWiþ al þe purtenaunce of purgatorie  in-to þe pyne inO.2.105: O alone has in in place of of. helleȜeldynge for þis þing  at oon ȝeres endeO.2.106: The letter <d> is rewritten in the left margin, apparently because the <d> in Ȝeldynge is spoiled by an inkblot.Her soulis to sathan  to suffre wiþ hym peynesAnd wiþ hym to wonye in woo  whyle god is in heueneIn witnesse of which þing  wrong was þe firstAnd pers þe pardouner of paulynys doctryneBette þe bedel  of bokyngham-schyreReynold þe reue  of Ruteland sokeneMunde þe myluer  & many moo oþereIn þe date of þe deuel  þis dede I asseleBi syȝt of sir symonye  & Cyuelis leeue. TeologiaÞanne tenede hym theologie  whanne he þis tale herde And seyde to Cyuyle  now sorwe mote þow haueSich weddynges to worche  to wraþþe wiþ truþeAcO.2.119: O alone has Ac in place of And. er þis weddyng be wrouȝt  woo þee be-tydeFor Mede is MulirieO.2.120: O alone has the form Mulirie; most B manuscripts have muliere.  of amendis engendridAnd god grauntede to gyue  Mede to truþeAnd þow hast gyuen hir to a gylour  now god gyue þee sorweÞi text telliþ þee not so  truþe woot þe soþeFor dignus est eperarius[o]perarius  his hyre to haueAnd þow hast fest hir to fals  fy on þi laweFor al . bi lesyngys þow lyuest  & lecherouse werkisSymonye & þi-self  schenden holi chircheÞe notaries & ȝe  noyen þe pepleȜe schul abiggen it boþe  bi god þat me madeWel ȝe witen wernardis  but if ȝoure witt fayleÞat fals is feiþlees  & fikel in hise werkisAnd was a bastard I-born  of belsabubbes kynAnd MedeO.2.133:  HmOC2 alone lack is (a) before Mulere. Mulere  a mayden of goodeAnd myȝte kysse þe kynge  for cosyn & sche woldea 4For-þi worcheþ bi wisdam  & bi wittiO.2.135: OC2 alone have witti; most B manuscripts have wit. alsoAnd ledeþ hir to london  þere lawe is I-schewidIf any lawe wole loke  þei ligge to-gyderesAnd þouȝ iustises iugen hir  to be ioyned wiþ falsȜit beþ war of weddyng  for witty is truþeAnd concience is of his counceyl  & knowiþ ȝow ichoneAnd if he fynde ȝow in defaute  & wiþ þe fals holdeIt schal bisitte ȝoure soulis  ful soure at þe lastHer-to assentiþ Cyuyle  ac symonye ne woldeTil he hadde siluer for his seruyse  & also þe notariesÞanne fette fauel forþ  floreyns I-noweAnd bade Gyle go gyue  gold al abouteAnd nameli to þe notaries  þat hem nooneO.2.147: The ne in noone seems to have been added over an erasure after the initial copying, in a hand too similar to that of the main scribe to be attributed with certainty to another. fayleAnd feffe false witnesse  wiþ floreyns I-noweFor þei may Mede amaystrye  & maken at my willeÞoo þis gold was gyue  greet was þe þankyngTo fals & to fauel  for her faire ȝiftesAnd comen to counforte  from care þe falsAnd seyden . certis sire  ceece schal we neuereTil Mede be weddid þiO.2.154: OCr23C2 alone transpose þi wedded. wijf  þoruȝ wittis of vs alleFor we han Mede amaystryed  wiþ oure myrie specheÞat sche graunteþ to goon  wiþ a good willeTo london to loke  if þat þe lawe woldeIugge ȝow ioyntli  in Ioye for euereÞanne was falnessefal[s]nesse fayn  & fauel as bliþeAnd leeten sumpne alle segges  in schires abouteAnd bade hem alle be boun  beggers & oþereTo wende wiþ hem to westmynystre  to witnesse þis dedeAc þanne caredenO.2.163: O alone has the form careden; most B manuscripts have cared. þei for caples  to carien hem þiderAnd fauel fette forþ þanne  foolis ynoweAnd sette Mede vp-on a schirreue  schod al neweAnd fals sateO.2.166: A double solidus above each word indicates transposition of original sate fals. on a sisour  þat softelich trottedeAnd fauel on a flaterer  fetislich atiredÞoo hadden notaries noon  anoyed þei werenO.2.168: The letter <d> is rewritten above the line, apparently because the <d> in anoyed is spoiled by an inkblot.For symonye & Cyuyle  schulden on her feet gangeAc þanne swore symonye  and Cyuyle boþeÞat sumpnouris schuldenO.2.171: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. be sadelid  & serue hem ichoonAnd late appareyle þeise prouysouris  in palfreys wyseSire symonye hym-seluen  schal sitte vp-on her bakkisDenes & sudenes  drawe ȝow to-gyderesErchedekenes & officialis  & alle ȝoure RegistrerisOfficialLate sadele hem wiþ syluer  oure synne to suffre As auoutrie & deuorces  & derne vsureTo bere bischoppis aboute  a-brood in visytyngeO.2.178: The letter <d> is rewritten above the line, apparently because the <d> in a-brood is spoiled by an inkblot.Paulynes preues  for pleyntis in þe consistorieSchul serue my-seluenO.2.180: OC2 alone have my-seluen in place of my-self.  þat Cyuyle is nempnedAnd Cartesadele oure Comyssarie  oure cart schal he ledeAnd fecchen vs vitaylis  at fornicatoresAnd makeþ of lyer a longe cart  to lede alle þeise oþereFrerisAs freris & fautourisO.2.184: O alone has fautouris in place of Faitours. The terms are distinct. The MED defines fautour as "an adherent, supporter, follower," "one who encourages or connives in reproachable action or belief," and faitour as "a deceiver, imposter, cheat; esp., a beggar or vagabond who feigns injury or disease."  þat on her feet rennen And þus fals & fauel  fareþ forþ to-gyderesAnd Mede in þe myddis  & alle þeise oþere afterI haue no toom to telle  þe tayl þat hem folewiþOf many manere man  þat on þis molde libbeþAc gyle was forgoer  & guyede hem alleSoþenesse sawȝ hym wel  & seyde but a litilAnd prikede his palfrey  & passede hem alleAnd come to þe kyngys court  & concience it toldeAnd concience to þe kyng  carpede it afterNow bi crist quod þe kyng  & I cacche myȝteFals or Fauel  or any of hise feresI wolde be wroken of þoo wrecchis  þat worchen so illeAnd do hem hange bi þe hals  & alle þat hem mayntenenSchal neuere man on molde  maynprise þe leesteBut riȝt as þe lawe wole loke  late falle on hem alleAnd comaundede a cunstable  þat come at þe firstTo atache þoo tirauntis  for any þing I hoteAnd fetereþ fast falsnesse  for any kyns ȝiftesAnd gyrdeþ of . gyles hed  & late hym goo no ferþerAnd if ȝe lacche lyer  late hym not ascapenEr he be put on þe pilerie  for any preyer I hoteAnd bryngeþ Mede to me  maugrey hem alleDrede at þe dore stode  & þe doom herdeAnd how þe kyng comaundede  cunstables & sergeauntisFalsnesse & his felawschip  to feteren & to byndenÞanne drede wente wyȝtlich  & warnede þe falsAnd bade hym flee for feer  & hise felawis allehow falsnesse fley to þe freris.O.2.212: This rubric is divided after falsnesse, and the two lines of the rubric are connected by a bracket on the right.Falsnesse for feer þanne  fley to þe freris And gyle dooþ hym to goo  agast for to dyeMarchauntisAc marchauntis metten hym wiþO.2.214: OC2 alone transpose wiþ hym.  & maden hym abideAnd bischetten hym in her schop  to schewen her wareAnd apparayledenO.2.216: O alone has And apparayledenn; variants include Apparayleden (HmHm2), And apparailled (YC2CLMRH), & paraylid (F), and Apparailed (WCrG). hym as a prentise  þe peple to serueLiȝtlich lyer  leepe awey þanneLorkynge þoruȝ lanes  to-lugged of manyHe was nouȝwher welcome  for hise many talisOuer-al I-howted  & I-hote . trussePardouneresTil pardouneres hadden pite  & pulleden hym in-to house ÞeÞe[i] wesschen hym & wipeden hym  & wounden hym in cloutesAnd sente hym wiþ seeles  on sundayes to chircheO.2.223: YHmOC2 alone have the singular form.And gaf pardoun for pens  poundmele abouteLechesÞanne loureden leches  & lettres þei senten Þat he schulde wonye wiþ hem  watris to lokenO.2.226: OC2 alone have the form loken in place of loke.SpiceersSpiceers spoken wiþ hym  to spien her ware For he kouþe of her craft  & knewe many gomesgommesO.2.228: The marginal addition is apparently intended as a substitution for gomes; it is gums, or pastes, and not men, of which spicers have knowledge. The error is shared by GC2.Ac mynystralis & messageers  metten wiþ hym onesAnd helden hym an half ȝeer  & elleuene dayesFrerisFreris wiþ faire speche  fetten hym þennes And for knowyng of komers  kopede hym as a frereAc he haþ leeue to lepe out  as ofte as hym likeþAnd is welcome whanne he wole  & woneþ wiþ hem ofteAlle fledden for feer  & flowhen in-to hirnesSaue Mede þe Mayden  no moo dursten abideAc truli to telle  sche tremblede for dredeAnd eke wepte & wronge  whanne sche was attached