The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 6William 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 SextusO.6.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines.þÞIs were a wickide weye  but who-so hadde a guydeÞat wolde folewe vs ich a fote  þus þeise folk hem menedenO.6.2: O alone has the form meneden; most B manuscripts have mened.Quod perkyn þe plowman  bi seynt peter of romeI haue an half acre to erie  bi þe hye weyeHadde I eried þis half acre  & sowen it afterI wolde wende wiþ ȝow  & þe weye techeÞis were a longe lettyng  quod a lady in a sleyreWhat schulden we wommen  worche þe whylesSumme schul sowe þe sakke quod peers  for schedyndschedyn[g] of þe wheteAnd ȝe loueli ladies  wiþ ȝoure longe fyngrisÞat ȝe haue silk & sendel  to sewe whanne tyme isChesibles for chapeleyns  chirches to honoureWyues & wydowes  wolle & flex spynneþMakeþ cloþ I counceyle ȝow  & kenne so ȝoure douȝtres. nota .O.6.15: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish at the bottom.Þe nedy & þe nadkyd  nymeO.6.15: O alone has the form nyme; most B manuscripts have nymeþ. heed . how þei liggen And casteþ hem cloþis  for so biddiþO.6.16: OC2 alone have biddiþ in place of some variant of correctly alliterating comaundeþ. truþeFor I schal lene hem lijflode  but if þe loond fayleFlesch & breed boþe  to riche & to poreO.6.18: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.As longe as I lyue  for oureO.6.19: OC2M alone have oure in place of þe. lordis loue of heueneAnd alle manere of men þat þoruȝ  mete & drynk libbenHelpeþ hym to worche wyȝtliche  þat wynneþ ȝoure fodeO.6.21: The word fode is written in a different ink, possibly over an erasure; the supralinear <e> is written above a faded <e>.Bi crist quod a knyȝt þoo  he kenneþ vs þe bestAc on þe teem truli  tauȝt was I neuereAc kenne me quod þe knyȝt  & I wole assayeBi seynt poule quod perkyn  ȝe proferenO.6.25: OC2 alone have the form proferen in place of profre. ȝow so faireÞat I schal swynke & swete  & sowe for vs boþeAnd oþere labouris do for þi loue  al my lijf-tyme. þe lyuyng of trewe knyȝtisO.6.28: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines. A flourish (two rays and a central punctus, arranged vertically) appears at its left. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but the flourish resembles those surrounding words written in the main scribal hand.In couenaunt þat þou kepe  holy kirke & my-selue Fro wastouris & wikkide men  þat þis world stroyenAnd go hunte hardili  to hares & to foxesTo bores & to brokkes  þat breken adoun myn heggesAnd go affayte þi faukouns  wylde bestisO.6.32: OC2 alone have bestis; most B manuscripts have correctly alliterating foweles. to killeFor swyche comen to my croft  & croppen my wheteCurteyselich þe knyȝt þanne  comsede hiseO.6.34: OC2 alone have hise in place of þise. wordisBi my power peers quod he  I pliȝte þee my truþeTo fulfille þis forward  þouȝ I fiȝte schuldeAs longe as I lyue  I schal þee maynteneȜhe & ȝit a poynt quod peers  I preye ȝow of moreLoke ȝe tene no tenaunt  but truþe wole assenteAnd þouȝ ȝe mowe amercye hem  latte mercy be taxourAnd mekenesse þi mayster  maugrey Medis chekisAnd þouȝ pore men proferenO.6.42: OC2 alone have the form proferen in place of profre. ȝow  presentis & ȝiftisNyme it not in auenture  ȝe mowen it not deserueFor þou schalt ȝelde it aȝeyn  at oon ȝeris eendeIn a ful perelous place  purgatorie it hatteMysbede not þi bonde-men  þe better mayst þou spedeÞouȝ he be þin vndirlyng heer  wel may happe in heueneÞat he worþier sitte  & wiþ more blysse Amice ascende superiusO.6.49: This line is written in the right margin.Þan þou but þou do bette  & lyue as þou schuldistO.6.50: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which appears only in Cr23YOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal.For in charnel &O.6.51: Only O has & unaccompanied by any other word, rendering the line unintelligible. It is unintelligible as well in the reading of Cr23YC2CB, & in. WHmCr1GLMRF have at(te) alone. cherche  cherlis been yuel to knoweOr a knyȝt from a knaue  knowe þis in þin herteAnd be trewe of þi tunge  & loke þou talis hatyeBut if it be of wisdam or witt  þi werkemen to chastiseHolde wiþ noon harlottes  ne here not her talisAnd namelich at mete  swiche men escheweFor it been þe deuelis disouris  I do þee to vndirstondeI assente bi seyn Iames  þe knyȝt seyde þanneFor to worche bi þi wordis  þe whyle my lijf dureþhow peers gooþ on pilgrimage . .O.6.60: The rubric is divided after gooþ, so that it appears on two lines. Two ticks in black, underlined in red, follow the rubric.I schal apparayle me quod perkyn  in pilgrimes wise And wende wiþ ȝow I wole  til we fynde truþeAnd caste on my cloþes  ycloutid & holeMy cokeris & my cuffes  for coold of my naylesid est a seed leepO.6.64: A rubricated solidus/punctus above hoper and above seed identify the latter as a gloss.And hange myn hoper at myn hals  in stede of a scrippeA busschel of breed-corn  brynge me þer-inneFor I wole sowe it my-self  & siþen wole I wendeTo pilgrimage as palmers doon  pardounO.6.67: GOC2F alone lack for before to. to haueAc who-so helpiþ me to erie  or sowe . er I wende Schal haue leue bi oure lord  to lacche hire in heruestAnd make myrie þer-myd  maugrey who-so grucchiþAnd alle kyn crafti men  þat kunnen lyue in trouþeI schal fynde hem fode  þat feiþfulliche libbenSaue iakke þe iogelour  & ionet of þe stuesAnd danyel þe dees player  & enot þe bawdeAnd þe frereO.6.75: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original frere þe. faytour  & folk of his ordreAnd robyn þe ribaudour  for hise rusti wordisTruþe tolde me ones  & bade me telle it afterDeleantur de libro viuencium  I schulde not dele wiþ hemFor holi chirche is hotenO.6.79: OC2 alone have the form hoten; all other beta witnesses have hote.  of hem no tiþe to takeQuia cum iustis non scribanturÞei been ascaped good auenture  butO.6.81: OC2 alone have but in place of now or nothing at all in this position. god hem amendeDame worche whanne tyme is  Peers wijf hyȝteHis douȝter hiȝte do riȝt so  or þi dame schal þee beteHis sone hiȝte suffre  þi souereynysO.6.84: OC2RF alone lack to before haue. haue her willeDeme hem not . for if þou do  þou schalt fulO.6.85: OC2 alone have ful; most B manuscripts have it. dere abiggeLatte god worþe wiþ al  forO.6.86: YOC2 alone lack so before his, obscuring the sense of the line. his word techiþFor now I am oold & hoor  & haue of myn owneþeiseO.6.88: The marginal word is apparently intended as a substitute for þis, but it is not marked for change.To penaunce & pilgrimage  I wole passe wiþ þis oþere ForO.6.89: OC2 alone have For; most B manuscripts have Forþi I wole er I wende  do write my biquestTestamentum petri .PlowmanO.6.90: The rubric is divided after Testamentum, so that it appears as two lines.In dei nomine amen  I make it my-selue He schal haue my soule  þat best haþ yserued itAnd fro þe feend it defende  for so I beleueTil I come to hise acountis  as me?y credo me telliþTo haue a relees & remissioun  on þat rental I leueÞe kirke schal haue my careyn  & kepe my bonesFor of my corn and catel  he crauede þe tiþeI payede it hym prestli  for perel of my souleFor-þi is he holden I hope  to haue me in his messeAnd mengen in his memorie  amonge alle cristenMy wijf schal haue of þat I wan  wiþ truþe & no moreAnd dele among my douȝtres  & my dere childrenFor þouȝ I dye to-day  my dettes arn quytteI bare hoom þat I borwede  er I to bedde ȝedeAnd wiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt  bi þe rode of lukesI wole worschipe þerwiþ  truþe bi my lyueAnd be his pilgryme atO.6.106: YGOC alone have at in place of atte. plow  for pore mennys sakeMy plowfoot schal be my pijkstaf  & picche atwo þe rotisAnd helpe my cultur to kerue  & clense þe forwesNow is perkyn & hise pilgrimes  to þe plow farenTo erie þis half acre  holpen hym manyeDikers & deluers  diggeden vp þe balkesÞer-wiþ was perkyn appayed  & preysede hem fasteOþere werkemen þer weren  þat wrouȝten ful ȝerneIch man in his manere  made hym-self to done And summe to plese perkyn  pikeden vp þe wedis At hye pryme peers  lete þe plow stande To ouerseen hem hym-self  & who-so best wrouȝteHe schulde be hyred þer-after  whanne heruest tyme comeAnd þanne seten summe  & sungen at þe naleAnd holpen erie his half acre  wiþ hey trolly lollyNow bi þe perel of my soule quod peers  al in pure teneBut ȝe arise þe raþer  & rape ȝow to worcheSchal no greyn þat growiþ  glade ȝow at nedeAnd þouȝ ȝe dye for deel  þe deuel haue þat reccheþÞoo weren faytouris a-feerd  & feynede hem blyndeSumme leyden her leggys a-liry  as swiche loseles kunnenAnd made her moone to peers  & preyeden hym of graceFor we han no lymmes to laboure wiþ  lord y-gracied be ȝeAc we preyenO.6.129: O alone has the form preyen; most B manuscripts have preie. for ȝow peers  &O.6.129: OC2 alone lack for before ȝoure. ȝoure plow boþeÞat god of his grace  ȝoure greyn multiplielyueO.6.130: A solidus/punctus above ȝyuen and marginal lyue indicate that the latter is intended as a substitution.And ȝelde ȝow ofO.6.131: OC2 alone lack youre before almes. almes  þat ȝe ȝyuen vs heer For we mowen not swynke ne swete  swich seeknesse vs eyliþOf ydel beggersIf þis be soþ quod peers  I schal it soone aspye Ȝe been wastours I woot wel  & truþe woot þe soþeAnd I am his olde hyne  & hyȝte hym to warneWhyche þei weren in þis werld  hise werkemen appeyredenO.6.136: O alone has the form appeyreden; most other B manuscripts have apeired.Ȝe wasten þat men wynnen  wiþ trauayle & teneAc truþe schal teche ȝow  his teem to dryueOr ȝe schul ete barli breed  & of þe brook drynkeBut if he be blynde or broken-legged  or bolted wiþ IrnesHe schal ete sweteO.6.141: OC2 alone have swete; all other beta witnesses have whete. breed  & drynke wiþ my-selueTil god of his goodnes  amendement hym sendeAc ȝe myȝtenO.6.143: O alone has the form myȝten; most B manuscripts have myȝte. trauayle as truþe wolde  & take mete & hyreTo kepe kijn in þe feeld  þe corn fro þe bestisDiken or deluen or deluen  or dyngen vp-on scheuesOr helpe make morter  or bere muk a-feeldIn leccherie & losengerie  ȝe lyuen & in sleuþeOf heremytisAnd al is þoruȝ sufferaunce  þat veniaunce ȝow ne takeO.6.148: OC2 alone have the form take in place of takeþ.Ac ancres & heremytis  þat eten not but at nones And no more er morwe  myn almesse schul þei haueAnd catel to cope hem wiþ  þat han cloystres & chirchesAc roberd renne-aboute  schal not haue of mynNe posteles but þei preche kunne  & haue power of þe bischopÞei schul haue payn & potage  & make hem at eseFor it is an vnresounable religioun  þat haþ no þing in certeynÞanne gan a wastour to wraþþe hym  & wolde haue yfouȝtenO.6.156: OC2 alone have the form yfouȝten; variants include fought (CrHmGCBF) and yfouȝte (WYLMR).And to peersO.6.157: OC2F alone lack þe before plowman. plowman O.6.157: OC2 alone lack he before proferede. proferede his gloueA britoner a bragger  aO.6.158: a, "he." bostede peers alsAnd bade hym go pisse hymO.6.159: GOC2 alone include hym. wiþ his plow  forpyned schreweWilt þou or nylt þou  we wole haue oure willeOf þi floure & of þi flesche  fecche whanne vs likeþAnd make vs myrie þer-myd  maugrey þi chekesÞanne peersO.6.163: OC2 alone lack þe before plowman. plowman  pleynede hym to þe knyȝtTo kepe hym as couenaunt was  fro curside schrewisAnd fro þeise wastours wolf-skynnes  þat maken þe werld dereFor þoo wasten & wynnen nouȝt  & þat ilke whyle Worþ neuere plente amonge þe peple  þe whyle my plow liggeþMilesCurteyslich þe knyȝt þanne  as his kynde woldeWarnede wastour  & wissede hym þeO.6.169: Cr3OC2 alone include þe. betterOr þou schalt abigge bi þe lawe  bi þe ordre þat I berewastourI nasO.6.171: OC2 alone have nas in place of was. not wont to wirche quod wastour  & now I nylle bigynne And lete liȝt of þe lawe  & lesse of þe knyȝtAnd sette peers at a pese  & his plow boþeAnd manacede peers & hise men  if þei mette eft-sooneNow bi þe perel of my soule quod peers  I schal appeyre ȝow alleAnd houpede after hungur  þat herde hym at þe firstA-wreke me of þeise wastouris quod he  þat þis werld schendenHungur in hast þoo  hente wastour bi þe maweAnd wronge hym so bi þe wombe  þat boþe hise yen wattredenO.6.179: O alone has boþe hise yen wattreden; most B manuscripts have boþe hise eiȝen watrede.He buffatede þe britoner  aboute þe chekisÞat he lokede lijk a lanterne  al his lijf afterHe bette hem so boþe  he braste neer her guttisNe hadde peers wiþ a peyse loof  preyede hungur to ceceÞei hadden been doluen boþe  ne deme þou noon oþerSuffre hem lyue he seyde  & latte hem ete wiþ hoggesOr ellis benes & bran  ybaken to-gyderesOr ellis mylk & meyne ale  þus preyede peers for hemO.6.187: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.FawtoursO.6.188: O alone has this form in place of some variant of Faitours. See the note at 2.184. for feer þerof  flowen in-to bernesAnd flappeden on wiþ fleyles  fro morwen til euenÞat hungur was not so hardy  on hem for to lokeFor a potful of pesen  þat peers hadde y-makedAn heep of heremytis  henten hem spadesAnd kitten her copis  & curtbies hem madeAnd wenten as werkemen  wiþ spades & schouelisAnd delueden & dikeden  to dryue awey hungurnota how beggers & wastouris been chastisedO.6.196: The rubric appears in the top right margin, divided after nota,& and been, so that it appears as four lines. The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at left, right, and bottom.Blynde & bedered  weren botened a þousande Þat seten to begge syluer  soone weren þei heledFor þat was baken for bayerd  was bote for many hungryAnd many begger for benes  buxum was to swynkeAnd ich a pore man wel payed  to haue pesen for herO.6.200: OC2 alone have plural her in place of his or omission. hyreAnd what peers preyede hem to do  as prest as a speraukAnd þerof was peers proude  & putte hem to werkeAnd ȝaf hem mete as he myȝte aforþe  & resounableO.6.203: Cr3OC2 alone have resounable in place of correctly alliterating mesurable. hyreÞanne hadde peers pite  & preyede hungur to wende Hoom . in-to his owne erþe  & holden hym þereFor I am wel awroken now  of wastouris þoruȝ þi myȝtAc I preye þee er þou passe  quod peers to hungurOf beggers ofO.6.208: Only OC2 have of alone; variants include and (CrYCBM) and and of (WHmGLRF). bidders  what best be to doneFor I woot wel . be þou went  þei wolen doO.6.209: HmOC2 alone have do in place of werche or worchen. ful illeFor myscheef it makiþ  þei been so meke nouþeAnd for defaute of her fode  þis folk is at my willeAnd ȝit þeiO.6.212: Only YOC2 have And ȝit þei; all other beta witnesses have Thei alone. arn my blody breþeren quod peers  for god bouȝte vs alleTruþe tauȝte me ones  to loue hem ichoneAnd to helpe hem of al þing  ay as hem nediþAnd now wolde I wite of þee  what were þe bestAnd how I myȝte amastrie hem  & make hem to worcheBolde beggersHere now quod hungur  & holde it for a wisdam Bolde beggers & bigge  þat mowen her breed biswynkeWiþ houndis breed & hors breed  holde vp her hertisAbate hem wiþ benes  for bolnyng of her wombeAnd if þei grucche þanne  bidde hem go swynkeAnd he schal soupe swetter  whanne he it haþ deseruedAnd if þou fynde any freek  þat fortune haþ appeyridOr any manere fawtiO.6.224: Cr3OC2 alone include some variant of fawti; most B manuscripts have false. manO.6.224: Cr3OC2 alone have the singular form.  fonde þou swiche to knoweCounforte hem wiþ þi catel  for cristis loue of heueneLoue hem & lene hem  for so þe lawe techiþAlter alterius onera portate & ceteraAnd alle manere of menO.6.228: OC2C alone lack þat before þou.  þou myȝtistO.6.228: OC2 alone have the form myȝtist in place of myȝt. aspyeÞat nedy been & nouȝti  helpe hem wiþ þi goodesLoue hem & lakke hem not  latte god take þe veniaunceÞouȝ þei doon yuele  latte god wortheMichi vindictam & ego retribuamAcO.6.233: O alone has Ac in place of And. if þou wilt be gracious to goO.6.233: A solidus/punctus above go, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin, indicate deletion, but no substitute is supplied. The error is shared by Cr3C2.  do as þe gospel techiþAnd biloue þee amongys low men  so schalt þou lacche graceFacite vobis amicos  de mammona iniquitatisI wolde not greue god quod peers  for al þe good on groundMyȝte I synneles do as þou seyst  seyde peers þanneȜhe I bihote þee quod hungur  or ellis þe bible lieþGo to genesis þe geaunt  þe engendrour of vs alleIn sudore & in swynk  þou schalt þi mete tilieAnd laboure for þi lijflode  & so oure lord hiȝteAnd sapience seiþ þe same  I seyȝ it in þe biblePiger pro frigore  no feeld nolde tilieAnd þerfore schal he begge & bidde  & no man bete his hungurMathew wiþ mannys face  mouþed þeise wordisÞat seruus nequam hadde a nam  & for he nolde not chaffareHe hadde maugre of his mayster  for euere-more afterAnd bynam hym hys nam  for he ne wolde worcheAnd ȝaf þat nam to hym  þat ten nammes haddeAnd wiþ þat he seyde  þat holi chirche it herdeHe þat haþ schal haue  & helpe þere it nediþAnd he þat nouȝt haþ schal not haue  & no man hym helpeAnd þat he weneþ wel to haue  I wole it hym bereueKynde witt wolde  þat ich a wyȝt wrouȝteOr in dykyng or in deluyng  or trauaylynge in preyerisContemplatijf lijf or actijf  crist wolde þei wrouȝtenÞe sauter seiþ in þe salme  of beati omnesÞe freek þat fediþ hym-self  wiþ his feiþful labourHe is blessid bi þe book  in body & in souleLabores manuum tuarum & ceteraO.6.260: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after manuum, and a red parasign appears at the beginning of the second line.Ȝit I preye ȝow quod peers  pur charite & ȝe kunneAny leef of leche-craft  lere it me my dereFor summe of my seruauntis & my-self  been seek oþer-whyleO.6.263: YOC2 alone have ben seke otherwhyle in place of boþe.Of al þeO.6.264: OC2F alone have þe in place of a. weke worchen not  so oure wombe akeþI woot wel quod hungur  what seeknesse ȝow eyliþȜe han manged to myche  & þat makeþ ȝow to groneAnd I hote þee quod hungur  as þou þin hele wilnestÞat þou drynke no day  er þou dyne sum-whatEte not I hote þee  er hungur þee takeAnd sende þee of his sauce  to sauere wiþ þi lippisAnd kepe sum to soper tyme  & sitte not to longeAnd rise vp er appetijt  haue eten his filleLatte not sire surfayt  sitten at þi boordLeeue hym not for he is leccherous  & likerous of his tungeAnd afterAnd after many manere metis  his mawe is a-fyngredAnd if þou diete þee þus  I dar legge my eresÞat phisik schal his furred hood  for his fode selleAnd his cloke of calabre  wiþ alle þe knappis of goldAnd be fayn bi my feiþ  his phisik to leteAnd lere to laboure wiþ loond  for lijflode is sweteFor murþerers arn many leches  lord hem amendeÞei doon men dye þoruȝ her drynkis  er destyne woldeBi seynt poule quod peers  þeise arn profitable wordisO.6.284-285: These lines are transposed.Wende now hungur whanne þou wilt  þat wel be þee euereFor þis is a loueli lessoun  lord it þee forȝeldeBihote god quod hungur  hennys wole I not wendeTil I haue dyned bi þis day  & ydrunke boþeI haue no peny quod peers  polettis for to biggeNe neiþer goos ne grijs  but two grene chesisA fewe cruddis & creem  & an hauer cakeAnd two loues of benes & bran  ybakenO.6.291: OC2 alone have the form ybaken; variants include bake (CrG), y bok yt (F), I take (CB) and ybake (WHmYLMR). for my fauntisAnd ȝit I seye bi my soule  I haue no salt bakounNe no cokeney bi crist  coloppis toO.6.293: OC2 alone have to; most B manuscripts have for to. makeAc I haue percel & porettis  & many cole plantesAnd eek a cow & a calf  & a cart mareTo drawe a-feeld my dung  þe whyle þe wedir is dryeAnd bi þis lijflode we moten lyue  til heruest-tyme comeO.6.297: YOC2 alone include come.And bi þat I hope to haue  heruest in my croftAnd þanne may I dyȝte þi dyner  as me dere likeþAl þe pore peple  þoo pescoddis fettenBenes & baken appeles  þei brouȝten in her lappisChibolles & cheruelles  & ripe chiries manyTo make peers a present  to plese wiþ his hungurAl . hungur eete in hast  & askede after moreÞanne pore folk for feer  fedden hungur ȝerneWiþ grene porettis & pesen  to poysen hungur þei þouȝtenBy þat neyȝhede itO.6.307: OC2 alone transpose it neyȝhede. heruest  newe corn come to chepyngÞanne was folk fayn  & fedde hemO.6.308: OC2CF alone have hem in place of hunger. of þe bestWiþ good ale as glotoun tauȝte  & gerte hungur go slepeAnd þoo wolde wastour not wirche  but wandrede abouteNe no begger ete breed  þat benes Inne werenBut of coket or cleer-matyn  or ellis of clene wheteNe noon halpeny ale  in no wise drynkeBut of þe best & þe brounest  þat in boruȝ is to selleLaboreres þat haddeO.6.315: OC2 alone have the preterite form. no loond  but lyue wiþO.6.315: YOC2F alone have but lyue wiþ in place of to lyue on but. her handisWolden ete no nyȝt-oldeO.6.316: An otiose mark appears above the <o> in olde. wortis  ne drynke no peny-aleO.6.316: YOC2 here spoil the alliteration by conflating the following two lines: "Deyne[þ] noȝt to dyne a day nyȝt olde wortes. May no peny ale hem paie, ne no pece of bacoun."But fresch flesch oþer fisch  fryed oþer bakenO.6.317: O alone has fryed oþer baken; variants include fryed ouþer ybake (WBo), fryed othur bake (HmCr3YCBmL), Fried oþer bakon (C2), fryed or bake (GCot), fried ether or bake (Cr12), rosted or baken (M), and omission.And þat chaud or plus chaud  for chillyng of her maweAnd but he be hyeO.6.319: OC2 alone have hye in place of heiȝliche. hyrid  ellis wole he chydeAȝens catouns counceyl  comseþ he to ianglePaupertatis onus pacienter ferre mementoHe greueþ hym aȝeyn god  & grucchiþ aȝeyn resounAnd he curseþ þe kyng  & al his counceyl afterSwiche lawes to loke  laboreris to greueAnd whyles hungur was her mayster  wolden þei notO.6.325: O alone has wolden þei not; variants include þanne wolde none (F), þer wolde noon of hem (WHmLMR), non off þem wold (G), not one of hem wold (Cr), and wolde they nat (YC2CB). chydeNe stryue aȝens his statute  so sternelich he lokedeAc I warne ȝow werkemen  wynneþ while ȝe mowenFor hungur hidirward  hastiþ hym fasteHe schal awake wiþ water  wastouris to chastiseO.6.329: OC2 alone have chastise; most B manuscripts have chaste.Er fyue ȝeer be fulfild  swich famyn schal ariseÞoruȝ flodes & foule werdisO.6.331: OC2Bm alone have werdis; most B manuscripts have wedres.  frutes schul fayleAnd so seyde saturne  & sente ȝow to warneWhanne ȝe seen þe sunne amys  & two monkes hedisAnd a mayde haue þe maystrye  & multiplye bi eyȝteÞanne schal deþ wiþdrawe  & derþe be iustiseAnd dawe þe dyker  deye for hungurBut if god of his goodnesse  graunte vs a trewe