The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 5William 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 quintusO.5.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines.þÞE kyng & hise knyȝtes  to þe kirke wenten To here mateyns of þe day  & þe masse afterÞanne wakede I of my wynkyng  & woo was wiþ-alleÞat I ne hadde slepid sadder  & I-sye moreAc er I hadde faren a forlong  aO.5.5: OC2FG alone include the article. feyntise me henteÞat I ne myȝte ferþer a fote  for defaut of slepyngAnd sate softli a-doun  & seyde my beleueAnd so I babelede ofO.5.8: OC2 alone have of; most B manuscripts have on. my bedis  þei brouȝten me a-slepewhy pestilenceAnd þanne sawȝ I myche more  þan I bifore tolde For I saw þe feeld ful of folk  þat I bifore of seydeAnd how resoun gan arayen hym  al þe rewme to precheAnd aO.5.12: OC2 alone have a; all other beta witnesses have wiþ a. crosse a-fore þe kyng  comsede þus to techeHe preueþO.5.13: OC2 alone have preueþ; all other beta witnesses have preued. þat þise pestelences  was for pure synneAnd þe souþwest wijnd  on saterday at eueneWas pertlich for pure pride  & for no poynt ellisPiries & plumtrees  weren puffed to þe ertheIn ensaumple . ȝe segges  ȝe schulden do þe betterBeches & brode okes  weren blowen to þe groundeTurnedenO.5.19: O alone has the form turneden in place of turned. vpward her tayles  in tokenyng of dredeÞat dedli synne er domes-day  schal fordo hem alleOf þis mater I myȝte  mamele ful longeAc I schal seye as I saw  so me god helpeHow pertlich bifore þe peple  resoun gan to prechenota sermoHe Bade wastour . go wirche  what he best couþe Quomodo racio predicatAnd wynnen his wastyng  wiþ summe manere craft .O.5.25: The rubric is divided after racio, so that it appears on two lines.And preyede peronelle  hir purfile to leteAnd kepe it in hir cofer  for catel at hir nedeTomme stowe he tauȝte  to take two stauesAnd fecche felice hom  from þe wyuen pyneAndO.5.30: OC2 alone lack the subject he. warnede watte  his wijf was to blameÞat hir hed was worþ half mark  his hood not worþ a groteAnd bade bette kutte  a bowȝ oþer tweyenAnd bete betoun þer-wiþ  but if sche wolde wircheAnd þanne he chargede chapmen  to chastisen her childrenLatte no wynnyng hem forwenye  whyle þei be ȝongeNe for no pouste of pestilence  plese hem not out of resounMy sire seyde so to me  & so dide my dameÞat þe leuer child  þe more lore bihoueþAnd salomon seyde þe same  þat sapience madeQui parcit virge  odit filium .Þe englisch of þis latyn  is . who-so wole it knoweO.5.41: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Who-so spariþ þe spryng  spilliþ hise childrenAnd siþen he preyede prelatis  & preestis to-gyderesÞat ȝe prechen to þe peple  preue it on ȝoure-seluenAnd doþ it in dede  it schal drawe ȝow to goodeIf ȝe lyuen as ȝe leren vs  we schul leue ȝow þe betterAnd siþen he radde religioun  her reule to holdeLest þe kyng & his counceyl  ȝoure comunes appeyreAnd been stywardis of ȝoure stedis  til ȝe been rulid betterAnd siþen he counceylede þe kyng  þe comunes to louyeIt is þi tresore if tresoun ne were  & triacle at þi nedeAnd siþen he preyede þe pope  haue pite on holi chircheAnd er he gyue any grace  gouerne first hym-seluenAnd ȝe þat han lawes to kepe  latte truþe be ȝoure coueytiseMore þan gold & oþerO.5.55: C2 alone shares the uncorrected form of this phrase. gyftes  if heO.5.55: OC2 alone have he in place of ȝe. wole god pleseFor who-so contrarieþ truþe  he telliþ in þe gospel Þat god knowiþ hym not  ne no seynt of heueneO.5.57: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Amen dico vobis  nescio vos.O.5.58: This line is followed by three ticks in red.Pylgrimes .And ȝe þat seken seynt iames  & seyntis of rome Sekeþ seynt truþe  for he may saue ȝow alleQui cum patre & filio  þat faire hem befalleÞat suen my sermoun  & þus seyde resoun . Amen .Þanne ran repentaunce O.5.63: OC2 alone lack and before reherede.reheredereher[c]edeO.5.63: OC2 alone have reherede in place of rehercede. his temeAnd gerte wille to wepe  water . wiþ hise yenPerenel proude-hert  platte hir to þe erþe Superbia .And lay longe er sche lokede  & lord mercy criede And bihyȝte vn-toO.5.67: YOC2M alone have vn-to in place of to. hym  þat vs alle madeSche schulde vnsewen hir serk  & sette þere an heyreTo affayten hir flesch  þat fers was to synneSchal neuere hye hert me hente  but holde me loweAnd suffre to be mysseyd  & so dide I neuereBut now wil I meke me & mercy besecheFor al þis I haue  hatid in myn herteÞanne lecchour seyde allas  & on oure lady criedeluxuriaTo make mercy for hise mysdedis  bitwene god & his soule Wiþ þat he schulde þe satirday  seuene ȝer þerafter Drynke but myd þe doke  & dyne but onesEnvie wiþ heuy herte  askede after schrifteEnvie .And carfullich mea culpa  he comsede to schewe He was as pale as a pelet  in palsie he semedeAnd cloþed in a caurymaury  I couþe it not discriueIn kirtil & courtebi  & a knyf bi his sydeOf a freris frokke  weren þe forsleuesAnd as a leek hadde I-ley  longe in þe sunneid est emptiO.5.85: The marginal gloss is for lere.So lokede he wiþ lereO.5.85: OC2 alone have lere, "empty," in place of lene. chekis  lourynge fouleHis body was to-bollen for wraþþe  þat he bote hise lippisAnd wryngynge he ȝede wiþ hisO.5.87: OC2Cot alone have his; most B manuscripts have þe. fist  to wreke hymself he þouȝteWiþ werkis or wiþ wordis  whanne he saw his tymeIch a word þat he warpe  was of an addres tungeOf chydyngO.5.90: OC2 alone lack and between the prepositional phrases. of chalengyng  was his cheef lijflodeWiþ bacbytyng & bismere  & beryng of falswytnessefals wytnesseÞis was al his curteysie  where þat euere he schewede hymI wolde be schryuen quod þis schrewe  & I for schame dursteI wolde be gladder bi god  þat gybbe hadde meschaunceÞan þouȝ I hadde þis woke I-wonnenO.5.95: OC2 alone have the form I-wonnen in place of (y)wonne.  a weye of Esex cheseI haue a neiȝbore nyȝ me  I haue enuyed hym ofteAnd lowen on hym to lordis  to do hym lese his syluerAnd made hise frendis be hise foon  þoruȝ my fals tungeHis grace & hise goode happis  greuen me ful soreBitwene many & many  I make debate ofteÞat boþe lijf & lym  is lost þoruȝ my specheAnd whanne I mete hym in market  þat I moost hateI haylse hym heendelich  as I his freend wereFor he is douȝtier þan I  I dar do noon oþerAc hadde I maystrie & myȝt  god woot my willeAnd whanne I come to þe kyrke  & schulde knele to-forO.5.106: OC2F alone have to-for in place of to. þe rodeAnd preye for þe peple  as þe preest techeþFor pilgrymes & for palmers  for al þe peple afterÞanne I crye on my knees  þat crist ȝyue hem sorweÞat baren awey my bolle  & my broken scheteAwey fro þe auter  þanne turne I myne yenAnd biholde how eleyn  haþ a newe coteI wissche þanne . it were myn  & al þe web afterAnd of mennys leesyng I lawȝhe  þat myn herte akeþAnd for her wynnyng I wepe  & wayle þe tymeAnd deme þat þei doon ille  þer I do wel wersWho-so vndirnymeþ me her-of  I hate hym dedli afterAndO.5.118: OC2 alone include And. I wolde þat ich a wyȝt  were myn owneO.5.118: OC2 alone have myn owne in place of my. knaueFor who-so haþ more þan I  þat angreþ me soreAnd þus I lyue loueles  lijk a liþer doggeÞat al my body bolneþ  for bittre of my galleI myȝte not ete many ȝeris  as a man ouȝteFor enuye & yuele wille  is yuele to diffyeMay no sugre ne swete þing  asswage my swellyngNe no diapendion  dryue it fro myn herteNe neiþer schrift ne schame  but who-so schrape my maweÞisȜis rede IO.5.127: OC2 alone have rede I; most B manuscripts have redily. quod repentaunce  & radde hym to þe besteSorwe of synnes  is sauacioun of soulisI am sory quod þat segge  I am but selden oþerAnd þat makiþ me þus megre  for I ne may me avengeAmongys burgeycis haue I been  dwellynge at lundounAnd gerte bacbityng be a brokour  to blame mennys wareWhanne he solde & I not  þanne was I redyTo lye & to loure on my neiȝbore  & lakke his chaffareI wole amende þis if I may  bi myȝt of god almyȝtiIra .Now awakiþ wraþþe  wiþ two whyte yen FrerisAnd nyuelynge wiþ þe nose  & his necke hangynge I am wraþþe quod he  I was sum-tyme a frereAndO.5.139: OC2 alone lack þe before couentis. couentis gardener  for to graffen ImpesOn lymytouris & legistrerisO.5.140: OCr23C2 alone have legistreris in place of some variant of listre(s).  lesyngys I ImpedeTil þei bere leues of lowe speche  lordis to pleseAnd siþen þei blosmedenO.5.142: OC2 alone have the form blosmeden; all other beta witnesses have blosmede. abrode  in boure to here schryftesAnd now is fallen þerof a fruyt  þat folk han wel leuereSchewen her schryftes to hem  þan schryue hem to her persounsAnd now han persouns parceyued  þat freris parten wiþ hemÞeise possessioners prechen  & deprauen freris .And freris fynden hem in defaute  as folk beren witnesseÞat whanne þei prechenO.5.148: OC2 alone have the form prechen in place of preche. þe peple  in many places abouteI wraþþe walke wiþ hem  & wisse hem of my bokisÞus þei speken of spiritualte  þat eiþer dispiseþ oþerTil þei been boþe beggers  & bi my spiritualte libbenOr ellis alle riche  and riden abouteI wraþþe reste neuere  þat I ne muste folewe Þeise wickide folk  for swich is my graceI haue an aunte to Nunne  &O.5.155: OCot alone lack a word or words between Nunne and abbesse; all other beta witnesses have an. abbesse boþeHir were leuere swowe or swelte  orO.5.156: OC2 alone have or; most B manuscripts have þan. suffre any peyneI haue been cook in hir kychen  & þe couent seruede Many moneþis wiþ hem  & wiþ monkes boþeI was þe prioresse potager  & oþere pore ladiesAnd made hem iowtes wiþ iangelyng  þat dame Ione was a bastardAnd dame Clarice a knyȝtis douȝter  & a cokwold was hir sireAnd dame peronel a preestis file  prioresse worþ sche neuereFor sche hadde child in chirie-tyme  al oure chapitre it wisteOf wickide wordis I wraþþe  her wortes I-madeO.5.164: OC2LR alone include the metrically required second I.Til þou lixt & þou lixt  loupen out at onesAnd eiþer hitte oþer  vndir þe chekeHaddenO.5.167: O alone has the form Hadden; most other B manuscripts have Hadde. þei had knyues bi crist  eiþer hadde killed oþerSeynt gregori was a good pope  & hadde a good forwitÞat no prioresse were preest  for þat he ordeynedeÞei hadden þanne been infamis  þeiO.5.170: Only YOC2M have þei alone; most B manuscripts which contain the line in this form have þe firste day þei. kun so yuele holde counceylAmong munkes I myȝte be  ac many tyme I schonyeFor þei been many felle frekis  my feres to aspyeBoþe priour & suppriour  & oure pater AbbasAnd if I telle any tales  þei taken hem to-gyderesAnd do me faste fridayes  to breed & to waterAnd am chalengid in þe chapitre hous  as I a child wereAnd baleysed on þe bare ers  & no breech bitweneO.5.177: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Forþi haue I no likyng, [leue me], wiþ þo leodes to wonye."I ete þere vnheende fisch  & feble ale drynkeAc oþer-whyle whanne wiyn comeþ  & I drynke it at eueneI haue a flux of a foule mouþ  wel fyue dayes afterAl þe wickidnesse þat I woot  bi any of oure breþerenmake knoweO.5.182: The scribal gloss in the right margin is to couþe.I couþe it in oure cloyster  þat al þe couent woot it Now repente þee quod repentaunce  & reherce þow neuere Counceyl þat þou knowist  bi contenaunce ne bi syȝtO.5.184: OCr23 alone have syȝt; most B manuscripts have riȝt.And drynke not ouer-delicatly  ne to depe neiþerÞat þi wille be cause þerof  to wraþþ myȝte turneO.5.186: A caret/punctus, indicating intended deletion, appears in the extreme right margin, but no word or phrase on the line is marked for deletion.Esto sobrius . he seyde  & assoylede me afterAnd bade me wilne to wepe  my wickidnesse to amendeAuariciaAnd þanne cam coueytise  I can hym not discryue So hungryli & holewe  sire heruy hym lokedeHe was bitilbrowed  and babirlippid alsoWiþ two blered yen  as a blynde haggeAnd as a leþeren purs  lolleden hise chekisWel sydder þan his chyn  þei ryueledenchyueledenO.5.194: O alone has the forms ryueleden or chyueleden; most B manuscripts have chyueled. for eeldeAnd as a bonde-man of his bakoun  his beerd was bidrauelidWiþ an hood on his hed  a lousy hat a-boueAnd in a tawney taberd  of twelue wynter ofO.5.197: YOC2F alone include the second occurrence of of. ageAl to-torn & baudy  & ful of lijs crepyngeO.5.198: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.But if þat a lous kouþe  haue lopen þe betterSche schulde not haue walked þer-onO.5.200: GYOC2 alone have þer-on; variants include on þat welche (LR), on þat welþe (WCr1M), on þe welte (Cr23), on þat web (F), and there (HmCB).  so was it þreed-bareI haue been coueytous quod þis caytyf  I beknowe it heerFor sum-tyme I seruede  symme at þe styleAnd was his prentice I-pliȝt  his profyt to wayteFirst I lernede to lye  a leef oþer tweyenWickedlich to weye  was my first lessounfareO.5.206: A solidus/punctus above marginal fare and a caret/punctus beside it indicate that it was intended as a substitution for feyre, although the reading is unattested elsewhere.To wye & to wynchestre  I wente to þe feyre Wiþ many manere marchaundises  as my mayster me hyȝteNe hadde þe grace of gyle  goo among my chaffareIt hadde been vnsold þis seuene ȝer  so me god helpeÞanne drowȝ I me among drapers  my donet to lerneTo drawe þe lesere a-long  þe lenger it semedeAmong þe riche rayes  I rendride a lessounTo broche hem wiþ a pacnedel  & playtede hem to-gyderesAnd put hem in a presse  & pynnede hem þer-inneTil ten ȝerdis or twelue  hadde toldO.5.215: OC2 alone have hadde told; variants include tolled (LMRF), hadden tollid (B), and hadden tolde (Hm). out þritteneMy wijf was a webbe  & wollen cloþ madeSche spake to spynsters  to spynnen it outeAc þe pound sche payede bi  weyede a quartroun moreÞan myn owne aunser  who-so weyede truþeI bouȝte hir barli malt  sche brewe it to sellePeny ale & puddyng ale  sche pourede to-gyderesFor laboreris & lowe folk  þat lay bi hem-seluenÞe best ale lay in my boure  or in my bed-chaumbreAnd who-so bummyd þerof  he bouȝte it þer-afterA galoun for a grote  god woot no lesseAnd ȝit it come in . cupmele  þis craft my wijf vsedeRose þe regrater  was hir riȝt nameSche haþ holden hukrie  al hir lijf-tymeAc I swere now . so the ik  þat synne wole I leteAnd neuere wickydlich weye  ne wickide caffareO.5.230: caffare, "dealings." A dialectal variant of chaffare. vseBut wenden to walsyngham  & my wijf alsAnd bidde þe rode of bromholm  brynge me out of detteRepentist þow euere quod repentaunce  or restitucioun madisteȜis ones I was herborwid quod he  wiþ an heep of chapmenI roos whanne þei weren a-rest  & riflede her malisÞat was no restitucioun quod repentaunce  but a robbers þeftÞow haddist been better worþi  to beO.5.237: Cr3YOC2 alone have to be in place of ben. hangyd þerforeÞan for al þat þow hast  heer now schewidO.5.238: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.I wende riflyng were restitucioun quod he  I lernede neuere on bookAnd I can no frensch in feiþ  but of þe ferþest eend of norþfolkVsedist þow euere vsurie quod repentaunce  in al þi lijf-tymeNay soþeli he seyde  saue in my ȝouþeI lernede amongys lumbardis  & Iues a lessounTo weye pens wiþ a peys  & pare þe heuyestAnd lene it for loue of þe crosse  to legge a wed & lese itSwiche dedis I dide write  if he his day brookI haue mo maners þoruȝ rerages  þan þoruȝ miseretur & comodatI haue lent lordis  & ladies my chaffareAnd been her brokour after  & bouȝte it my-selueEschaunges & cheuysaunces  wiþ swich chaffare I deleAnd lene folk þat lese wole  a lippe at euery nobleAnd wiþ lumbardis lettres  I ladde gold to RomeAnd toke it bi tayle heer  & toldeO.5.253: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack hem before þere. þere lesseLentist þou euere lordis  for loue of her mayntenaunceȜhe . I haue lent lordis  þat loueden me neuere afterAnd haue maad many knyȝt  boþe mercer & draperÞat payede neuere for his prentyshod  not a peyre glouesHast þou pite on pore men  þat moten nedis borweI haue als myche pite on hem  as pedler haþ of kattisÞat wolde kille hem if he myȝte  for coueytisescoueytise of her skynnesArt þou manlich a-mong þi neiȝbores  of mete & of drynkI am holden as heend quod he  as hound is in kychynAmong my neiȝbores namelich  swich a name ich haueGod lene neuere quod repentaunce  but þow repente þeeþe raþerÞe grace on þis ground  þi good willeO.5.265: HmCr1OC2 alone have wille; most B manuscripts have wel. to bisetteNe þine eyres after þee  haue ioye of þat þou wynnestNe þine exsecutours bisette þiO.5.267: GYOC2 alone have þi in place of þe. syluer  þat þou hem leuestAnd þat was wonnen wiþ wrong  wiþ wickide men be dispendidFor were I frere of þat hous  þere good feiþ & charite isO.5.269: The right margin contains the first of a number of similar marginal designs that appear throughout the manuscript: a cross composed of four dots, with an additional flourish at the bottom. The hand responsible is probably the main scribal hand, but the function of this addition, whether emphasis or ornament, is unclear.I nolde cope vs wiþ þi catel  ne oure kirke amendeNe haue a peny to my pitaunce of þin  bi my soule heleFor þe best book in oure hous  þouȝ brent gold were þe leuesAnd I wist witterli þou were  swich as þou tellistOr ellis þat I koude knowe it  bi any skyns wiseO.5.274: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CB, as scribal.Seruus es alterius cum fercula pynguya querisPane tuo pocius  vescere . liber erisÞou art an vnkynde creature  I can þee not assoyleTil þou make restitucioun  & reckene wiþ hem alleAnd siþen þat resoun rolle it  in þe registre of heueneÞat þou hast maad ich man good  I may þee not assoyleNon dimittitur peccatum  donec restituatur ablatum & ceteraFor alle þat han of þi good  haue god my truþeBeen holden at þe hye doom  to helpe þee to restitueAnd who-so leueþ not þis be soþ  loke in þe sauter gloseIn Miserere mei deus wher I mene truþeEcce enim veritatem dilexisti & ceteraSchal neuere werkman in þis world  þryue . wiþ þat þou wynnestO.5.287: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Cum sancto  sanctus eris & cetera construe me þat on englischÞanne wexe þat schrewe in wanhope  & wolde haue hangyd hymselfNe hadde repentaunce þe raþer  recounfortede hym in þis manereHaue mercy in þi mynde  & wiþ þi mouþ beseche itFor goddis mercy is more  þan alle hise oþere werkisO.5.292: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Misericordia eius super omnia opera eiusO.5.293: YOC2 alone lack & cetera at the end of this line.And al wickednesse ofO.5.294: OC2 alone have of in place of in. þis world  þat man myȝte do or þenkeNis no more to þe mercy of god  þan in þe sehe a gledeOmnis iniquitas quantum ad misericordiam dei  est quasi sintilla in medio marisFor-þi haue mercy in þi mynde  & merchaundise leue itFor þou hast no good ground  to gete þee wiþ a wastelBut if it were wiþ þi tunge  or ellis wiþ þi two handisFor þe good þat þou hast geten  bigan al wiþ falshedAnd as longe as þou lyuest þer-wiþ  þou ȝeldist not but borwystAnd if þou wost neuere to whiche  ne whom to restitueBere it to þe bischop  & bidde hym of his graceBisette it hymself  as best is for þi souleFor he schal answere for þee  at þe hye doomFor þee & many moo  þat man schal ȝyue a reckenyngWhat he lernede ȝow in lenten  leue ȝe noon oþerAnd what he lente ȝow of his good  to wite ȝow fro synneFor he schulde helpe ȝow  of oure lordis goodO.5.309: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal.GulaNow bigynneþ glotoun  for to goo to schryft . And kaires hym to kyrkeward  his coupe to scheweAc Betoun þe breuster  bade hym . good morweAnd axede of hym wiþ þat  whyderward he woldeTo holi kirke quod he  for to here masseAnd siþenAnd siþen I wole be schryuen  & synne no moreI haue good ale gossip quod sche  glotoun wilt þou assayHast þou ouȝt in þi purs  any hote spicesI haue peper & pionyes quod sche  & a pound of garlykA ferþingworþ of fenel seed  for fastynge-dayesÞanne gooþ glotoun in  & grete oþes afterCesse þe souteresse  sate on þe bencheWatte þe warner  & his wijf afterO.5.322: OC2 alone have after in place of boþe.Tymme þe tynker  & tweyen of hise prenticesHicke þe hakeney-man  & hue þe nedelerClarice of cokkislane  & O.5.325: OC alone lack þe before clerk. clerk of þe chircheDawe þe diker  & a doseyn oþereSire peers of pride  & peronel of flaundrisA ribibour a ratouner  a raker of chepeA roper a redyngkyng  & rose þe discherGodfrey of garlikhyþe  & griffyn þe walscheAnd vpholders an heep  erli bi þe morweGyuen glotoun wiþ good chere  good ale to anselClement þe cobler  caste of his clokeAnd at þe newe feyre  he nempnede it to selleHikke þe hakeney-man  hitte his hood afterAnd bade bette þe bocher  been on his sydeÞere weren chapmen chosen  þis chaffare to preyseWho-so hadde þe hood . schulde  haue amendis of þe clokeTwo risen vp in rape  & rouneden to-gyderesAnd preyseden þeise penyworþis  a-part bi hem-selueÞei couþen not bi her concience  acorden in truþeTil robyn þe roper  aroos bi þe souþeAnd nempnede hym for a nounper  þat no debate nereFor to trye þis chaffare  bitwixen hem þreO.5.344: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal.Hikke þe hostler  hadde þe clokeIn couenaunt þat clement schulde þe cuppe filleAnd haue hikkis hood hostler  & holde hym seruedAnd who þat repentiþ raþer  schulde arise afterAnd grete wel sireO.5.349: YOC2F alone include both wele and sire. glotoun  wiþ a galoun aleÞere was lawȝhyng & louryng  & latte goo þe cuppeAnd so setenO.5.351: O alone has so seten; variants include sytten so (Cr1GR), so satten (C2), so seten they (YC), so sytten they (Cr23), so þei setten (B), and seten so (WHmLMF) til euensong  & sungen oþer-whyleO.5.351: OYC2C alone have oþer-while; most B manuscripts have vmwhile.Til glotoun hadde glubbed  a galoun & a gylleHise guttis bigune to gurlegotheliO.5.353: O alone has the form gurle; variants include gothely (YC), godly (LMR), gowle (GF), grouly (B),gotheli to grulle (C2), and goþelen (WHmCr).  as two gredy sowesd 2He pissede a potel  in a pater-noster whyleAnd blewe his rounde ruet  at his rigge-bonys endeÞat alle þat herden þat horn  helden her nose afterAnd wischeden it hadde be waxed  wiþ a wispe of firsesHe myȝte neiþer steppe ne stonde  er he his staf haddeAnd þanne gan he to goo  lijke a glewmannys biccheSum tyme a-syde  & sum tyme a-rereAs who-so leiþ lynes  for to lacche foulesAnd whanne he drowȝ to þe dore  þanne dymmeden hise yenHe stumblede on þe þreschold  & þrewȝ to þe erþeClement þe cobler  cauȝte hym bi þe myddelFor to lifte hym a-lofte  & leyde hym on hise kneesAc glotoun was a greet cherl  & grymme in þe liftyngAnd cowȝhede vp a caudel  in clementis lappeIs noon so hungry hound  in hertford-schireDurste lape of þat leuyngesleuenyngesO.5.369: A solidus/punctus above both leuynges and marginal leuenynges indicate substitution. The word leuenynge, which appears in connection with this line only in O, is glossed by the MED as "lightning" or "shining," which has no application to this context. The scribe's motive for this substitution is unclear.  so vnlouelich þei smauȝtenO.5.369: O alone has the form smauȝten; most B manuscripts have smauȝte.Wiþ al þe woo of þis world  his wijf & his wencheBaren hym hoom to his bed  & brouȝten hym þer-inneAnd after al þis accesse  he hadde an accidieÞat he slepe saterday & sunday  til sunne wente to restÞanne wakede he of his wynkyng  & wipede hise yenO.5.375: YOC2C alone lack The before first.First word þat he warpe was  where is þe bolleHis witt gan edwite hym þoo  how wickidlich he lyuedeAnd repentaunce riȝt þoo  soO.5.377: OC2 alone incude both þoo and so. rebukede hym þat tymeAs þou wiþ wordis & werkis  hast wrouȝt ille in þi lyueSchryue þee & be a-schamed þerof  & schewe it wiþ mouþeI glotoun quod þe goom  gylti me ȝeldeÞat I haue trespassed wiþ my tunge  I can not telle how ofteSworen goddis soule  & so god me helpe & halidamÞere no nede ne was  nyne hundrid tymesAnd ouersey me atO.5.384: OC2CotF alone lack an article, demonstrative, or possessive pronoun before soper; most B manuscripts have my. soper  & sum-tyme at nonesÞat I glotoun gyrd vp  er I hadde goon a myleAnd spilte þat myȝte be spared  & spendid on sum hungryOuer-delicatli on fastynge-dayes  dronken & eten boþeAnd sate sum-tyme so longe þere  þat I slepte & ete at onesFor loue of tales in tauernes  to drynke þe more I dynedeAnd hyede to þe mete er noon  whanne fastynge-dayes werenO.5.390: OC2 alone have the form weren; all other beta witnesses have were.Þis schewynge schrift quod repentaunce  schal be meryte to þeeAnd þanne gan glotoun grete  and greet deel madeFor his liþer lijf  þat he lyued haddeAnd vowede to faste  for hunger or for þristSchal neuere fisch on fryday  diffyen in my wombeTil abstynence myn aunte  haue ȝyuen me leueAnd ȝit haue I hated hir  al my lijf-tyme. Accidia .Þanne cam sleuþe al beslabred  wiþ two slymy yen I muste sitte seyde þe segge  or ellis I schuldeO.5.399: OC2BmBo alone transpose sholde I; other variants include must I (G), I most (Cot), I must nedes (Cr), and omission (F). nappeI may not stonde ne stoupe  ne wiþ-outen a stool kneleWere I brouȝt a-bedde  but if my tayl-eend it madeScholde no ryngyng do me rise  or I were ripe to dyneHe bigan benedicite wiþ a bolk  & his brest knokkedeAnd roxede & rorede  & rutte at þe lastA-wake renk quod repentaunce  & rape þee to schriftIf I schulde dye bi þis day  me liste not to lokeI can not parfiȝtli my pater-noster  as þe preest syngeþBut I can rymes of robyn hood  & randolf of chesterAc neiþer of oure lord ne oure lady  þe leest þat is maadI haue maad vowes fifty  & forȝeten hem on morweI parfornede neuere penaunce  as þe preest me hyȝteNe riȝt sori for my synnes  ȝit was I neuereAnd if I bidde any bedes  but if it be in wraþþeÞat I telle wiþ my tunge  is two myle fro myn herteI am occupied ich day  halyday and oþerWiþ ydel talis at þe ale  & oþer-whyle in chirchesGoddis peyne & his passioun  ful seldenO.5.417: OC2 alone have selden in place of selde. þenke I onO.5.417: Only OC2 conclude this line with on alone; most B manuscripts have theron.I visitede neuere feble men  ne fetered folk in pittisI haue leuere here an harlotrie  or a somer game of soutersOr lesyngys to lawȝhe at  & bilye my neiȝborisÞan al þat euere mark made  Matheu Ion & lucasAnd vigilies & fastynge-dayes  alle þeise late I passeAnd ligge a-bedde in lenten  & my lemman in myne armesTil mateyns & messe be doon  & þanne goo to þe frerisCome I to Ite missa est  I holde me seruedI nam not schryuen sum-tyme  but seeknesse it makeNot twyes in two ȝer  & þanne vp gesse I schryue meI haue been preest & persoun  passynge þritti ȝerȜit can I neiþer solfe ne synge  ne seyntis lyues redeBut I can fynde in a feeld  or in a furlong an hareO.5.430: A small cross appears in the left margin; the hand cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3.Better þan in Beatus vir  or in beati omnesConstrue o clause wel  & kenne it to my parischenesI can holde loue-dayes  & here a reues rekkenyngAc in canoun neO.5.434: OC2 alone lack in (þe) before decretalis. decretalis  I can not rede a lyneIf I bigge & borwe it  but if it be tayledI forȝete it as sooneO.5.436: Cr23OC2 alone have soone; most B manuscripts have yerne.  & if men me it axe Sixe syþes or seuene  I forsake it wiþ oþesAnd þus tene I trewe men  ten hundrid tymesAnd my seruauntis sum-tyme  her salerie is bihyndeReuþe is to here þe rekkenyng  whanne we schul rede acountisSo wiþ wickide wille & wraþþe  my werke-men I payeIf any man do me a benfeet  or helpe me at nedeI am vnhendeO.5.443: O alone has vnhende (vnhynde C2); most B manuscripts have correctly alliterating vnkynde. aȝens his curtesye  & can not vnderstonde itFor I haue & haue had  sumdel haukes maneresI namO.5.445: OLM alone have nam in place of am. not leredO.5.445: YGOC2 alone have lered; most B manuscripts have lured. wiþ loue  but if ouȝt lye vnder þe þumbeO.5.445: A cross appears in the left margin, in a hand which, although not identifiable with certainty, resembles hand 3. It may represent an attempt by a corrector to point out the error of lered for lured.Þe kyndenesse þat myne euene-cristene  kyddenO.5.446: OC2 alone have the form kydden in place of kidde. me ferne-ȝerSixti siþes I sleuþe  haue forȝeten it siþþeIn speche & in sparyng  I spilte many tymeBoþe flesch & fisch  butter mylk & cheseBoþe breed & ale  & many oþere vitaylisForsleuþede in my seruyse  til it myȝte serue no manI ran aboute in ȝouþe  & ȝaf me not to lerneAnd euere siþ haue I beenO.5.453: WHmOC2 alone have haue I been; variants include be (LR), haue be (YcrCM), I haue be (GBmCot), I haue iben (Bo), and I am þe (F). begger  for my foule sleuþeHeu michi quia sterilem  vitam duxi iuuenilemRepentist þou not quod repentaunce  & riȝt wiþ þat he swownedeTil vigilate þe veyl  fette water at hise yenAnd flatte it on his face  & fast on hym criedeAnd seyde . war þee for wanhope  wolde þee bitrayeI am sori for my synnes  seye to þi-selueAnd bete þi-self on þe brest  & bidde hym of graceFor is no gylt heer so greet  þat his goodnesse is moreÞanne satte sleuþe vp  & seynede hym swyþeAnd made avow to-for god  for his foule sleuþeSchal no sunday be þis seuene ȝer  but seeknesse it letteÞat I ne schal do me er day  to þe dere chircheAnd here mateyns & messe  as I a monke wereSchal noon ale after mete  holde me þennysTil I haue euensong herd  I bihote to þe rodeAnd ȝit wole I ȝelde aȝeyn  if I so myche haueAl þat I wickidlich wan  siþen I witt haddeAnd þouȝ my lijflode lakke  leten I nylleÞat ich man schal haue his  er I hennys wendeAnd wiþ O.5.473: OC2 alone lack þe before residue. residue & þe remenaunt  bi þe rode of chestreI schal seke truþe erst  er I se RomeRobert þe robber  on reddite lokedeAnd for þer was not wher-of  he wepede swyþeO.5.476: OC2 alone lack soore following swyþe.Ac ȝit þe synful schrewe  seyde to hym-selueCrist þat on þeO.5.478: OC2 alone include þe. caluarie  vp-on þe crosse dyedistdismasÞoo dismas my broþer  bisouȝte ȝow of grace And haddist mercy ofO.5.480: YOC alone have of in place of on. þat man  for Memento sakeO.5.480: Four dashes follow this line, becoming a continuous line below dismas which extends to the end of the margin.So rewe on þis robber  þat reddere ne haþNe neuere wene to wynne  wiþ craft þat I oweBut for þi mykel mercy  mytigaciounO.5.483: OC2 alone lack a first-person pronoun before biseche; all other beta witnesses have I. bisecheNe dampne me not at domesday  for þat I dide O.5.484: Cr23OC2 alone lack so before ille. illeWhat bifel of þis schreweO.5.485: OC2 alone have schrewe in place of a correctly alliterating word; most B manuscripts have feloun.  I can not faire scheweWel I woot he wepte fast  water . wiþ boþe hise yenAnd knowlechede his gylt to crist  ȝit efter-soonesO.5.487: O alone has the form efter; most B manuscripts have eft.Þat penytencia his pijk  he schulde polische neweAnd lepe wiþ hym ouer lond  al his lijf-tymeFor he hadde leyn bi latro  lucifers aunteAnd þanne hadde repentaunce ruþe  & radde hem alle to kneleFor I schal beseche for alle synful  oure saueour of graceTo amende vs of oure mysdedis  & do mercy to vs alleNow god quod he of þi goodnesse  þat gunne þe world makeAnd of nouȝt madest ouȝt . & man  moost lijk to þi-selueAnd siþen suffrest for to synne  a seeknesse to vs alleAnd al for þe best as I beleue  what-euere þe book telliþO felix culpa o necessarium ade peccatum & ceteraFor þoruȝ þat synne þi sone  sent was to þis erþeAnd bicam man of a mayde  mankynde to saueAnd madest þi-self wiþ þi sone  & vs synful ylicheO.5.501: A solidus/punctus above wiþ marks it for deletion.Faciamus hominem ad ymagynem & similitudinem nostramEt alibi Qui manet in caritate  in deo manet & ceteraO.5.503: YOC2 alone have & cetera in place of & deus in eo.oure suteAnd siþ wiþ þi self sone  in oure sute deydistOn good fryday for mannys sake  at ful tyme of þe dayÞere þi-self ne þi sone  no sorwe in deþ feledistBut in oure secte was þe sorwe  & þi sone it laddeCaptiuam duxit captiuitatem & ceteraÞe sunne for sorwe þerof  lees hys liȝt for a tymeAboute mydday whanne moost liȝt is  & meel-tyme of seyntisFeddest wiþ þi fresch blood  oure forfadris in derkenessePopulus qui ambulabat in tenebris vidit lucem magnamAnd þoruȝ þe liȝt þat leepe out of þee  lucifer was blentAnd blewe alle þi blessede  in-to þe blis of paradiceÞe þridde day after O.5.515: OC2 alone lack þow before ȝedist. ȝedist in oure suteAnd synful marie þee seyȝ  er seynt marie þi dameAndO.5.517: OC2 alone lack al before to. to solace synful  þou suffredist it so wereNon veni vocare iustos  set peccatores ad penitenciamAnd al þat mark haþ I-maad  matheu jon & lucasOf þi douȝti dedis  weren doon in oure armesVerbum caro factum est  & habitauit in nobisAnd bi so myche me semeþ  þe sikerer we mowe Bidde & biseche  if it be þi willeÞat art oure fadir & oure broþer  be merciable til vsAnd haue ruþe on þis ribawdis  þat repenten hem heer soreÞat euere þei wraþþedenO.5.526: OC2 alone have the form wraþþeden; most B manuscripts have wraþed. þee in þis world  in word . þouȝt or dedeÞanne hente hope an horn  of deus tu conuersus viuificabisAnd blewe it wiþ Beati quorum  remisse sunt iniquitatesÞat alle seyntis in heuene  sungen at onesHomines & Iumenta saluabis quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam deus & ceteraA þousande of men þoo  þrungen to-gyderesCryeden vpward to crist  & to his clene modirTo haue grace to go wiþ hem  truþe to sekeAc þer was wyȝt noon so wijs  þe weye þidir couþeBut blustreden forþ as bestes  ouer bankes & hillesTil late was & longe  þat þei a lede mettenApparaylid as a paynym  in pilgrimys wiseHe bare a burdoun ybounden  wiþ a brood listeIn a swiþe wyndesO.5.539: YOC2C alone read swiþe wyndes, a nonsense reading perhaps reflecting scribal unfamiliarity with wythewyndes, "woodbines," which is preserved in various spellings by WHmGLMR. wise  ywounden abouteA bolle & a bagge  he bare bi his sydeAn hundryd of ampulles  on his hat seteSignes of synay  & schellis of galisAnd many a crouche on his cloke  & keyes of romeAnd þe vernycle bifore  for men schuldenO.5.544: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. knowe And se bi hise signes  whom he souȝt haddeÞeise folk freynedenO.5.546: OC2 alone lack an object pronoun before first; most B manuscripts have hym. first  from whennys he comeFro synay he seyde  & fro oure lordis sepulcreIn bedlem & in babiloyne  I haue been in boþeIn Ermonye in alisaundre  in many oþere placesȜe mowen se bi my sygnes  þat sitten on my hatÞat I haue walked ful wyde  in wete & in dryeAnd souȝte goode seyntis  for my soulis helþeKnowist þou ouȝt a corseynt  þat men callen truþeKoudist þou wissen vs þe weye  where þat he dwelliþNay so me god helpe  seyde þe goom þanneI seyȝ neuere palmer wiþ pijk  ne wiþ scrippe wendeO.5.556: OC2 alone include wende.Axen after hym  er now in þis placePetre quod a plowman  & putte forþ his hedI knowe hym as kyndeli  as clerk doþ his bookConcience & kynde witt  kennede me to his placeAnd dide me swere sikirli  to serue hym for euereBoþe to sowe & to sette  þe whyle I swynke myȝteI haue been his folewer  al þis fifti wynterBoþe seweO.5.564: OC2 alone have sewe; most B manuscripts have sowen. his seed  & feddeO.5.564: OC2CCot alone have fedde; most B manuscripts have some variant of correctly alliterating suwed. hise bestesWiþ-inne and wiþ-outen  waytede his profiȝtI dyke & I delue  & do þat truþe hotiþSum-tyme I sowe  & sum-tyme I þrescheIn taylouris craft & tynkers craft  what truþe can deuyseI weue & I wynde  & do what truþe hoteþFor þouȝ I seye it my-self  I serue hym to payIch haue myn hyre wel  and oþer-whyles moreHe is þe prestest payer  þat pore men knowenHe wiþhalt non hewe his hyre  þat he ne haþ it at eueHe is as lowe as a loomb  & louelich of specheAnd if ȝe wilneþ to wite  where þat he dwelliþI schal wisse ȝow wittirli  þe weye to his placeȜhe leue peers quod þeise pilgrimys  & profreden hym hyreFor to wende wiþ hem  to truþis dwellynge placeO.5.578: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.Nay bi my soule quod peers  & gan for to swereI nolde fonge a ferþing  for seynt thomas schryneTruþe wolde loue me þe lesse  longe tyme after. nota . how þou schalt goo on pilgrymageAc if ȝe wilneþ to wende wel  þis is þe weye þidir .O.5.582: The rubric is divided after goo, so that it appears as two lines. Short flourishes in red appear at the left and right of nota.Þat I schal seye to ȝow  & sette ȝow in þe soþeO.5.583: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal.Ȝe moten goo þoruȝ mekenesse  boþe men & wyuesTil ȝe come to concience  þat crist wite þe soþeþe ten comaunde mentis .O.5.586: The rubric is divided after comaunde-, so that it appears on two lines.Þat ȝe loueO.5.586: OC2 alone have the form loue in place of louen. oure lord god  leuest of alle þingysAnd þanne ȝoure neiȝboris next  in noon wise appeyreOþer-wise þan þou woldest  he wrouȝte to þe-selueþ[i]-selueAnd so boweþ forþ bi a brook  beþ buxum of specheTil ȝe fynden a foorþe  ȝoure fadris ȝe honourehonora prtremp[a]trem & matrem & ceteraO.5.591: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after patrem, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Wadeþ inO.5.592: OC2 alone lack þat before water. water  & wasche ȝow wel þereAnd ȝe schul lepe þe liȝtlier  al ȝoure lijf-tymeAnd so schalt þouO.5.593: HmYOC2 alone lack se before swere. swere not  but if it be for nedeAnd namelich in ydel  þe name of god almyȝtiÞanne schalt þou come bi a croft  but come not þer-InneÞat croft hatte coueyte not  mennys catel ne her wyuesNe noon of her seruauntis  þat noyen hem myȝteLoke ȝe breke no bowes þere  but if it be ȝoure owneTwo stokkis þer stonden  ac stynte ȝe not þereÞei hatten stele not ne slehe not  strike forþ biforeAnd leue hem on þi left half  & loke not þer-afterAnd holde wel þin haliday  hye til eueneÞanne schalt þou blenche at a beruȝO.5.604: OR alone have beruȝ; variants include burgh (M), berch (Cr), berneȝ (C2), beech (F), brygge (GCot), and Bergh (WHmYCBL).  bere no fals witnesseHe is fryþid in . wiþ floreyns  and oþere foos manyLoke þou plukke no plante þere  for perel of þi souleÞanne schul ȝe se . seye soþ  so it be doO.5.607: OC2 alone have do in place of to. doneIn no manere ellis not  for no mannys biddyngÞanne schalt þou come to a court  as cleer as þe sunneÞe moot isO.5.610: OC2 alone lack of before mercy; C2 has þe in place of is. mercy  þe manere abouteAlle þe wallis been of witt  to holde wille outeAnd kirneled wiþ cristendoom  mankynde to saueBotraced wiþ beleue so  or þou beest not sauedO.5.614: OC2 alone lack introductory And.Alle þe housis been hiled  halles & chaumbresWiþ no leed but wiþ loue  & lowe speche as breþerenÞe brigge is of bidde wel  þe bette may þou spedeIch piler is of penaunce  of preyer to seyntisOf almesdedis arn þe hokis  þe gates hangen onneGrace hatte þe gateward  a goode man for-soþeHis man hatte amende ȝow  for many men hym knowenTelleþ hym þis tokene  þat truþe wite þe soþeI parfornede þe penaunce  þe preest me enioynedeAnd am ful sori for my synnes  & so I schal euereWhanne I þenke þer-on  þouȝ I were a popeBiddeþ . amende ȝow . meke hym  to his mayster onesTo wayue vp þe wiket  þat þe womman schetteÞoo adam & eue  eten appelis vnrostedPer Euam cuntisO.5.627: The misspelling of cunctis is shared by WGCLF and may therefore result from copying rather than a slip of the pen. clausa est  & per mariam virginem patefacta est & ceteraFor he haþ þe keye & þe cliket  þouȝ þe kyng slepeAnd if grace graunte þee  to goo in þis wiseÞou schalt se in þi-self  truþe sitte in þin herteIn a cheyne of charite  as þou a child wereTo suffre hym & segge nouȝt  aȝeyn þi sires willeAc be war þanne of wraþþeO.5.634: O alone has the form wraþþe; no other variants include two thorns.  þat is a wicked schreweHe haþ enuye til hym  þat in þin herte sittiþAnd poukeþ forþ pride  to preyse þi-seluenÞe boldenesse of þi beenfetis  makenO.5.637: OC2 alone have the form maken; variants include make (GYCBmBoF) and makeþ (WHmCrCotLR). þee blynde þanneAndO.5.638: OC2F alone lack þanne between And and worþest. worþest þou dryuen out as dew  & þe dore closedKeyed & cliketid  to kepe þee wiþ-outenHappeli an hundrdhundr[e]d wynter  er þou eft entreÞus myȝtist þou lesen his loue  to lete wel bi þi-seluenAnd neuere happeli eft entre  tilO.5.642: OC2 alone have til; most B manuscripts have but. grace þou haueAc þer been seuene sistren  þat seruen truþe euereAnd been porters of þe posternes  þat to þe place longenÞat oon hatte abstynence  & humylite an-oþerCchariteCharite & chastite  been hise cheef maydenesPacience & pees  myche peple þei helpenLargenesse þe lady  sche lete outO.5.648: OC2F alone have out in place of in. ful manySche haþ holpen a þousande  out of þe deuelis pynfoldAnd who-so is sibbe to þeise seuene  so me god helpeHe is wondirlich . welcome  & fayre vndirfongenAnd but if ȝe be sibbe  to summe of þeise seueneIt is ful hard bi myn hed quod peers  for any of ȝow alleTo gete ingong at þe gate þere  but grace be þe moreA Cutpurs .Now bi crist quod a cutpurs  I haue no kyn þere NonNo[r] I quod an apeward  bi ouȝt þat I knoweWite god quod a waferer  wiste I þis for soþeSchulde I neuere ferþer a fote  for no freris prechyngȜis quod peers þe plowman  & poukede alleO.5.659: Only in OC2 does alle appear without a preceding pronoun or article. to goodeMercy is a mayden þere  haþ myȝt ouer alleAnd sche is sibbe to alle synful  & hir sone alsoAnd þoruȝ þe help of hem two  hope þou noon oþerÞou myȝtistO.5.663: OC2 alone have myȝtist in place of myȝt. gete grace þere  bi so þou go bi-tymeA pardonerBi seynt poule quod a pardouner  parauenture I be not knowe þere.I wole fecche my box wiþ my breuettis  & a bulle wiþ bischoppis lettres.....A comune wommanO.5.666: The rubric is divided after comune, so that it appears as two lines.Bi crist quod a comune womman  þi companye wole I folewe Þow schalt seye I am þi sister  I ne woot where þei bicomenO.5.667: OC2 alone have the form bicomen; most B manuscripts have bicome.