G.16 – PPEA

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Incipit primus passus de dobetter
BPassus 15
            
G.16.1KD.15.1  But after my wakyng ytt was wondre long
               
G.16.2KD.15.2  er I couvlde kyndly knowe whatt was dowell
               
G.16.3KD.15.3  and so my wytt vexe & vanyed tyll I a foole were
G.16.4KD.15.4  and some lacked my louyve & alowed ytt fewe
               
G.16.5KD.15.5  and leten for a lorell to serue lordes & ladyes & lothe to reuerensen
               
G.16.6KD.15.6  lordes or ladyes or any lyffe elles 
G.16.7KD.15.7  as psounsp[er]souns In pelouvr wythe pendantz off syluver
               
G.16.8KD.15.8  to sergeantes ne to suoyche seyde noght oonesce
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G.16.9KD.15.9  god looke you lordes & louvted fayre
               
G.16.10KD.15.10  that folke helde me a foole & In that folye I rauved 
               
G.16.11KD.15.11  tyll reason had reuvthe on me and rocked me a-slepe
               
G.16.12KD.15.12  tyll I seygheG.16.12: There is a faint otiose bar over seyghe. as ytt sorcerye were a subtyle thyng wyth-all
               
G.16.13KD.15.13  oon wythoute tong & teethe tolde me whydre I sholde
               
G.16.14KD.15.14  & wheroff I came & what kynd I coniuIvred hym at þe last
               
G.16.15KD.15.15  yff he were crystes creature for crystes louve me to tell
               
G.16.16KD.15.16, 17  I am crystes creature quod he & crysten In many places
G.16.17KD.15.17  In crystes couvrte I-knowe well & off hys kynne apartea parteG.16.17: For G parte for "party," see note to G.2.7.
G.16.18KD.15.18  ys nether petur þe porter ne poule wyth hys fawchoune
               
G.16.19KD.15.19  that wole defend me þe doore dyng I neuer so late
               
G.16.20KD.15.20  att mydnyght att mydday my voyce ys well I-knowe
               
G.16.21KD.15.21  that eche creature off hys couvrte welcomethe me fayre
               
G.16.22KD.15.22  what are ye called In þat couvrte quod I amogestamo[n]gest crystes poeple
               
G.16.23KD.15.23  wyle I quycke was In þe corps quod he called am I anima
G.16.24KD.15.24  and when I wylne & wold animus I hatte
               
G.16.25KD.15.25  for I can & knowe called am I mens
G.16.26KD.15.26  & when I make moone to god memoria ys my name
               
G.16.27KD.15.27  & when I deme domes & doo as trewthe teychethe
G.16.28KD.15.28  then ys ratio my ryght name and reason In englysshe
               
G.16.29KD.15.29  & when I feele þat folke tellethe me my name ys :sensus:
G.16.30KD.15.30  & þat ys wytt & wyssdome þe well off all craftes
               
G.16.31KD.15.31  and when I chalenge or chaleng noght cheape or refuvse
               
G.16.32KD.15.32  then am I conscyence called goddes clerke & hys notarye
               
G.16.33KD.15.33  and when I louve leally our lord & all other
               
G.16.34KD.15.34  then ys leall louve my name and In latyn amor
G.16.35KD.15.35  & when I flee fro þe Flesshe and forsake þe caroygne
G.16.36KD.15.36  then am I spyryte specheles  /spiritus/  þen I hatte
               
G.16.37KD.15.37  augustyne & Isodorus & eyther off theym bothe
               
G.16.38KD.15.38  neuenvedneue[n]ed me þus to name now thowe may chosse
               
G.16.39KD.15.39  how þou couvetyst to call me nowe knowesthowe my names
               
G.16.40KD.15.39α  anima pro diuersis accionibus diuersa nomina sortitur /: dum
 vivificat corpus anima est : dum vult animus est : dum
 scit mens est: dum recolit memoria: dum Iudicat ra
tio est: dum sentit sensus est: dum amat amor est:
 dum negat vel conscentit conscientia est: dum spirat spiritus est:
G.16.41KD.15.40  ye been asG.16.41: Bo Cot share G's original omission of as. a bysshoppe quod I all bouvrdyng that tyme
               
G.16.42KD.15.41  for bysshops y-blessedd beyre many names
               
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G.16.43: A scribe has added an arabic <5> with a line through it, followed by ten medieval forms of this number as pen trials. See Benson and Blanchfield p.43.
G.16.43KD.15.42  presul and pontifex and metropolitanus 
               
G.16.44KD.15.43  and other names an heape as episcopus and pastor
G.16.45KD.15.44  that ys sothe seyde he nowe I see þi wyll
G.16.46KD.15.45  thow woldest knowe & konne theyre names þe cauvse off all þeir names
               
G.16.47KD.15.46  & off myne yff þou myghtest me thynke by thye speeche
               
G.16.48KD.15.47  ye syr he sayde so þat no man were greuved
               
G.16.49KD.15.48  all þe scyences vndre sonne & all þe subtyle craftes
G.16.50KD.15.49  I wold knowe & konne perfytelyche In my herte
               
G.16.51KD.15.50  then arte thow vnperfytt quod he & on off prydes knyghtes
               
G.16.52KD.15.51  for suoche a luvst & lykyng bucyG.16.52: There appears to have been an attempt to add an upright stroke altering the <b> of bucy to an <l> but this attempt has been abandoned. lycyfer fell from heyuven
               
G.16.53KD.15.51α  ponam pedem meum in aquilone et similis ero altissimo :
G.16.54KD.15.52  ytt were ageynst kynd quod he & alkynnes reason
               
G.16.55KD.15.53  that any creature shuolde konne all except cryste a-lone
G.16.56KD.15.54  ageynst suoche salamon speykethe & dyspysethe theyre wyttes
               
G.16.57KD.15.55  and seyethe  / sicut qui mel comedit multum non est ei bonum : 
G.16.58KD.15.55 sic qui scrutator est magestatis opprimitur a gloriaG.16.58: The two rubricated lines are bracketed together in red on the right. 
G.16.59KD.15.56  to englysshe men thys ys to meane þat may speake & here
               
G.16.60KD.15.57  the man þat moche hony eytethe hys mawe ytt englaymethe
               
G.16.61KD.15.58  and þe more þat a man off good matter heyrethe
               
G.16.62KD.15.59  but he do therafter ytt dothe hym douvble skathe
               
G.16.63KD.15.60  beatus vir sayethe senynteG.16.63: The first three letters of seynte were originally sen- but the scribe has added a tail to the <n> and a bar above. bernarde qui scripturas legit
G.16.64KD.15.61  et verba vertit in opera fullyche to hys power
               
G.16.65KD.15.62  couvetyse to konne & to knowe scyence
               
G.16.66KD.15.63  put oute off paradyse adam & euve
               
G.16.67KD.15.63α  scientie appetitus hominem immortalitatis gloriam spoliauit
G.16.68KD.15.64  but ryght as hony e ys yuvell to defye & engleymethe þe mawe
               
G.16.69KD.15.65  ryght so þat thrughe reason wolde þe roote knowe
               
G.16.70KD.15.66  off god & off hys myghtes hys grace ytt lettethe
G.16.71KD.15.67  for yn þe lykyng lyethe a pryde & In a lykehames couvetyse
               
G.16.72KD.15.68  ageynst crystes couvnseyle & all clerkes teychyng
               
G.16.73KD.15.69  that ys non plus sapiresap[e]re quam oportet sapere :
G.16.74KD.15.70  freres & other masters that to þe lewed men preychen
               
G.16.75KD.15.71  mouven matters vnmeysurables to tellen off þe trynyte
               
G.16.76KD.15.72  that offte tymes þe lewde poeple off þeir byleuve dowten
               
G.16.77KD.15.73  bettre to leyuve were many doctouvrs suoyche teychyng
               
G.16.78KD.15.74  & tell men þe tenne commandementz & touvche þe seyuven synnesG.16.78: G, C and B omit a line at this point ("And of þe braunches þat burgeouneth of hem · and bryngeth men to helle").
G.16.79KD.15.76  & how þat folk In folyes myspenden theyr fyuve wyttes G.16.79: The cross in the bottom right hand margin is in modern pencil.
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G.16.80KD.15.77  as well freres as other folke folysshlyche spenden
               
G.16.81KD.15.78  In howsyng yn hatteryng yn hygh claregye shewyng
               
G.16.82KD.15.79  more for pompeG.16.82: The final <e> of pompe, though in the original ink and in the hand of the original scribe, has been squashed in as an afterthought; a virgule has
                        then been added to separate pompe from the following word. thern for pure charyte þe poeple woote þe sothe
               
G.16.83KD.15.80  that I lye noght loo / for lordesG.16.83: The word lordes has been re-outlined, apparently in the original ink and by the original scribe. ye pleysen
               
G.16.84KD.15.81  and reuverensen þe ryche the rather for theyr syluver
               
G.16.85KD.15.81α   confundantur omnes qui adorant sculptilia & cetera
G.16.86KD.15.81α  et alibi: vt quid diligisdilig[it]is vanitatem & queritis mendatiumG.16.86:  The two rubricated lines have been bracketed together in red on the right.
G.16.87KD.15.82  go ye to the glose off the werse ye greate clerkes
               
G.16.88KD.15.83  &G.16.88: The ampersand is clearly in the hand of the original scribe, but it may be an addition as it appears in the margin. yff I lye on you to my lewde wytt leydethe me to brynnyng
               
G.16.89KD.15.84  for as ytt semethe ye forsake no mannes almes
G.16.90KD.15.85  off vserers off hoores off auvarouse chapmen
               
G.16.91KD.15.86  & louvten to thes lordes þat may lenve you nobles
               
G.16.92KD.15.87  ageyne your ruvle & relygyon I take recorde off Iesus
G.16.93KD.15.88  that seyde to hys descyples ne sitis personarum acceptores:
G.16.94KD.15.89  off thys mattyer I myght make a long byble
G.16.95KD.15.90  but off curatouvrs off crystyen poeple as clerkes beyren wytnes
               
G.16.96KD.15.91  I shall tell ytt for trewthe sake take hede wo-so lokethe
G.16.97KD.15.92  as holynes and honeste owte off holy churche spreydethe
G.16.98KD.15.93  thrugh leall lyuvyng men / that goddes lawe teychen
               
G.16.99KD.15.94  ryght so owte off holy churcehe all euvellG.16.99: In Bm, the shared G Y B reading "evil" (for remaining manuscripts yueles) may result from a correction, since the word is followed by an erasure. spreydethe
               
G.16.100KD.15.95  there ymperfytt preesthoode ys preychouvrs & teychouvrs
               
G.16.101KD.15.96  and se ytt by ensample In somer tyme on trees
G.16.102KD.15.97  there some bowes beene leyuved and some beyre non
               
G.16.103KD.15.98  there ys a myscheffe In the more off suoyche maner bowes
               
G.16.104KD.15.99  ryght so persones & prestes and preychouvrs off holycherche holy cherche
G.16.105KD.15.100  that are rootes off the faythe to reule reuvle þe poeple
               
G.16.106KD.15.101  but there þe roote ys roten reason woote þe sothe
               
G.16.107KD.15.102  shall neuer flower ne fruvyte ne fayre leyffe be grene
               
G.16.108KD.15.103  for-thy wold ye lettered leyuve / þe leccherye off clothyng
               
G.16.109KD.15.104  and be kynd as fell for clarkes & couvrteyse of crystes gooddes
G.16.110KD.15.105  trewe off your tonges & off your tales bothe
               
G.16.111KD.15.106  & hate to here harlottrye & not to vndrefong
G.16.112KD.15.107  the tythes off trewe thyng tylyed & chaffered 
               
G.16.113KD.15.108  loothe were lewde men but they your ruvle folowed 
               
G.16.114KD.15.109  and amende þem þat myssdoone more thrugh your ensamples
               
G.16.115KD.15.110  then for to preyche & prouve ytt noght ypocrasy ytt semethe
               
G.16.116KD.15.111  for ypocrysy yn latyn / ys lykened to a duvnghyll
               
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G.16.117KD.15.112  that were bysnowed wyth snowe & snakes wythynne G.16.117: G Hm C B omit a line at this point ("Or to a wal þat were whitlymed · and were foule wyth-inne").
G.16.118KD.15.114  ryght so many preestes preychers & preelates
               
G.16.119KD.15.115  ere enblauvnchede wyth ( beale paroles)G.16.119: For the G scribe's use of brackets for highlighting, see note to G.6.597. & wyth clothes also
               
G.16.120KD.15.116  but your werkes & wordes thervndre be vnlycheG.16.120: Most manuscripts read ful vnlouelich for G vnlyche.  Y Bo Cot share G's omission of ful but no manuscripts apart from G read vnlyche.
G.16.121KD.15.117  Iohannes crisostomus off clerkes speykethe & preestes
               
G.16.122KD.15.118  sicut de templo omne bonum egreditur / sic de templo omne malum procedit
 si sacerdotium integrum fuerit tota floret ecclesia : si autem corruptum
 fuerit omnisG.16.122: Kane and Donaldson do not record G "omnis" (for remaining manuscripts omnium) as a variant. fides martida est : si sacerdotium fuerit In peccatis totus
 populus couertiturco[n]uertitur ad peccandum : si cum videris arborem martidam et
 pallidam intelligis quod vicium habet In radice: Ita cum videris populum
 indisciplinatum & irreligiosum sine dubio sacerdotium eius non est sanum://
G.16.123KD.15.119  yff lewde men wyst what þis laten meanethe
G.16.124KD.15.120  and wo was myne auvtore moche wondre me thyngkethe
               
G.16.125KD.15.121  but yff manye a preeste beyre for hys baselard & hys brooches
               
G.16.126KD.15.122  a payre beydes In hys hand & a boke vndre hys arme
               
G.16.127KD.15.123  syr Ihon & syr geffrey hauve a gyrdell off syluver
               
G.16.128KD.15.124  a baselarde & a ballock knyffe wyth botons ouer-gylte
               
G.16.129KD.15.125  but a portuvos sholde be hys plowe placebo to sygge
               
G.16.130KD.15.126-127  had he neuer seruvyce to sauve syluver þerto / seyethe ytt wyth ydle wyll
               
G.16.131KD.15.128  alas ye lewde men moche leese they on preestes
               
G.16.132KD.15.129  but þing þat wyckedlyche ys wonne & wyth falsce sleyghtes
               
G.16.133KD.15.130  wold neuer off wytty god þe wyt / but wyked men ytt hadde
               
G.16.134KD.15.131  wyche are preestes ymperfytt and preychouvrs after syluver
               
G.16.135KD.15.132  sectouvrs & souvthdeanes somonouvrs & theyre lemmanes 
               
G.16.136KD.15.133  thys that wyth gyle was gotten vngracyouvslye ys spended 
               
G.16.137KD.15.134  so harlotes and hoores ere helpen wyth suoyche gooddes
               
G.16.138KD.15.135  & goddes folke for defauvte theroff forfaren and spyllen
               
G.16.139KD.15.136  cuvratouvrs off holychurcheholy churche as clerkes þat beene auvarous
               
G.16.140KD.15.137  lyghtlyche þat they leyuven loselles ytt hauvethe
               
G.16.141KD.15.138  or dyethe Intestate & þen the bysshoppe enterethe
G.16.142KD.15.139  and makethe myrthe therwythe & hys men bothe
G.16.143KD.15.140  and say he was a nygarde that no goode myght spare
G.16.144KD.15.141  to frend ne to frembde the fende haue hys souvle
               
G.16.145KD.15.142  for a wrecched hoouvse he helde all hys lyffe tyme
               
G.16.146KD.15.143  and þat he spared & byspared spend we yn myrthe
               
G.16.147KD.15.144  by lered & by lewde þat lothe are to spende
               
G.16.148KD.15.145  thysG.16.148: For the G scribe's use of "this" for remaining manuscripts "thus," see note to G.4.76. goon theyre gooddes / by e the goost faren
               
G.16.149KD.15.146  but for goode men god woote greate doole ..ymenG.16.149: The word replaced by men is barely visible, but it seems possible that a small mark beneath the <n> may represent the remains of a <y>, in which case
                        it may have been "they." maken
               
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G.16.150KD.15.147 & by-meannen good meyte-gyuvers & In mynd hauven
               
G.16.151KD.15.148  ye prears & pennance and yn perfytt charyte
               
G.16.152KD.15.149  whatt ys charyte quod I tho / a chyldysshe thyng he sayde
               
G.16.153KD.15.149α  nisi efficiamini sicut paruuli non intrabitis in regnovm celorum
G.16.154KD.15.150  wythoute fauvntelte or folye a fre lyberall wyll
               
G.16.155KD.15.151  where sholde men suoche a frende wyth so fre an harte
               
G.16.156KD.15.152  I haue lyuved In londe quod I my name ys long wyll
               
G.16.157KD.15.153  and fouvnde I neuer full charyte byfore ne beynde
               
G.16.158KD.15.154  men beene mercyable to mendynantz & to pouerrepoure botheG.16.158:  There is an otiose expansion mark over the <u> of poure as if the scribe anticipated "pouerte."  See note to G.15.292 and the reading at G.15.298.
G.16.159KD.15.155  & wyll leane there þei leuve leally to be payde
               
G.16.160KD.15.156  but charyte þat paule preysethe best & most pleasethe our sauvyour
               
G.16.161KD.15.157  nonG.16.161: C shares the G C B reading non, which is adopted by Kane and Donaldson.  Remaining B manuscripts read As non or Is non. inflatur non est ambiciosa non querit que sua sunt
G.16.162KD.15.158  I seygh neuer suoche a man so me god helpe
               
G.16.163KD.15.159  that he ne wolde aske after hys & other-whyle couveyte
               
G.16.164KD.15.160  thyng þat nedythe hym noght & nyme yt yff he myght
               
G.16.165KD.15.161  clerkes kenne me that cryste ys In all places
G.16.166KD.15.162  but I segheG.16.166: The words I seghe have been re-outlined in darker ink. hym neuer sothely but as my-selfe yn a myrrouvr
               
G.16.167KD.15.162α  Ita in enigmate tunc facie ad faciem:
G.16.168KD.15.163  & so I trowe trewly by þat men tell off charyte
               
G.16.169KD.15.164  ytt ys noG.16.169: Hm's reading no, shared with G F, is over an erasure.  Remaining manuscripts read nouȝt. champyons fyght / ne chaffayre as I trowe
               
G.16.170KD.15.165  charyte quod he ne chafferethe noght ne chalegethechale[n]gethe ne crauvethe
               
G.16.171KD.15.166  as prouvde off a peny as off a pouvnd off golde
               
G.16.172KD.15.167  & ys as glade off a gowne off a grey ruvssett
               
G.16.173KD.15.168  as off a tuvnycle off tarce or off tryed skarlett
               
G.16.174KD.15.169  he ys gladde to all gladde & goode to all wycked 
               
G.16.175KD.15.170  & lenvythe & louvethe all þat our lorde made
               
G.16.176KD.15.171  cuvrsethe he no creature ne he can beyre no wrathe
               
G.16.177KD.15.172  ne no lykyng hathe to lye ne lauvghe men to scorne
               
G.16.178KD.15.173  & all þat men seyne he letethe sothe & yn solace takethe
               
G.16.179KD.15.174  & all maner myscheffes In myldenes he sufferethe
               
G.16.180KD.15.175  couvetethe he non yerlyG.16.180: Since in G an initial letter <y> is often added to words beginning with <e> (see Introduction III.4.4), it seems likely that G's reading yerly (for most manuscripts erthly) is effectively the same as the reading in F (i.e. erly). goode but heyuven-ryche blysse
               
G.16.181KD.15.176  hathe he any rentes or ryches or any frendes
               
G.16.182KD.15.177  off rentes ne off ryches recchethe he neuver
               
G.16.183KD.15.178  for a frende þat fyndethe hym fayled hym neuer at nede
               
G.16.184KD.15.179  fiat voluntas tua : fynt hym euver-more
               
G.16.185KD.15.180  & yff he souvpe he eytethe but a soppe off spera in deo
G.16.186KD.15.181  he can pourtrye well þe pater-noster & paynte yt wyth auvees
               
G.16.187KD.15.182  & other-wyle he wont to wend pylgyrymages
               
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G.16.188KD.15.183  there pore men & prysoners lyggen ther perdone to haue
G.16.189KD.15.184  thogh he beyre theyme noG.16.189:  The G reading here could possibly be ne rather than no. bred he beyrethe swetter lyuveloode
               
G.16.190KD.15.185  louvethe as our lorde byddythe & lokethe how they fare
               
G.16.191KD.15.186  & when he ys wery off that worke þen wole he some-tyme
               
G.16.192KD.15.187  laboren yn lauvendrye well þe lenght off a myle
               
G.16.193KD.15.188  and yerne In-to trouvght & ȝepelyche speke
               
G.16.194KD.15.189  pryde wyth all þer appuvrtenancys & packen þem to-gydders
               
G.16.195KD.15.190  & bouvken theym att hys brest & bowken theym cleyne
               
G.16.196KD.15.191  & lyggen on long wyth laboraui in gemitu meo :
G.16.197KD.15.192  & wyth warme water att hys eyen wasshen theym after
               
G.16.198KD.15.193  & þen he syngethe when he doethe so & some-tyme sayethe wepyng
               
G.16.199KD.15.194  cor contritum et humiliatum deus non dispicies :
G.16.200KD.15.195  but cryst I wolde I knewe hym no creature leuvere
               
G.16.201KD.15.196  wyth-oute helpe off pyers plowman quod he hys person seeste þou neuer
G.16.202KD.15.197  where clerkes knowe hym quod I þat kepen holy cherche
               
G.16.203KD.15.198  clerkes haue no knowyng quod he but by workes & wordes
               
G.16.204KD.15.199  but pyers þe plowman perceyuvethe more depper
               
G.16.205KD.15.200  where ys þe wyll & wherfore þat many aG.16.205: C2 originally shared the majority B reading many, but a superlinear a has been added, bringing C2's reading into line with that of G O (i.e. many a). wyght sufferythe
               
G.16.206KD.15.200α  et vidit deus cogitationes eorum ://
G.16.207KD.15.201  for þer are full prouvde herted men pacyent off tong
               
G.16.208KD.15.202  and buxome as off beyryng to burgesys & to lordes
G.16.209KD.15.203  & to pouvre poeple haue peppur In þe nose
               
G.16.210KD.15.204  and as a lyon he lokethe ther men lakken hys workes
               
G.16.211KD.15.205  for þer are bugeysysbu[r]geysysG.16.211: For the G spelling bugeysys, see also G.4.164. & bydders beydemen as ytt were
               
G.16.212KD.15.206  loken as lambren & semyn lyffe-holy
               
G.16.213KD.15.207  but ytt ys more to haue þer meyte In suoyche maner
G.16.214KD.15.208  then for pennance or perfyttnes the pouverte þat suoche takethe
               
G.16.215KD.15.209  therfore by colouvr ne by clargy knowe shalt þou hym neuer
G.16.216KD.15.210  nether thrugh wordes ne workes but thrugh wyll alone
G.16.217KD.15.211  & þat knoethe no clerke ne creature yn yerthe
               
G.16.218KD.15.212  but pyers þe plowman : :petrus id est cristus :
G.16.219KD.15.213  for he ys noght yn lollers ne yn lewde lepers hermytes
               
G.16.220KD.15.214  ne at ankers there a box hangethe all suoyche þei fayten
               
G.16.221KD.15.215  Fye vp-on Faytouvrs and on fautores suos
G.16.222KD.15.216  for charyte to goddes champyon & as a goode chylde hende
               
G.16.223KD.15.217  & þe meryest off mouvthe att meyte wher he syttethe
               
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G.16.224KD.15.218  the louve þat leyethe yn hys herte makethe hym hym lyght of speche
               
G.16.225KD.15.219  & ys compaygnable & confortyve as cryst bytt hym-seluve
               
G.16.226KD.15.219α  nolite fieri sicut ipocrite tristes ://
G.16.227KD.15.220  for I haue seene hym in sylke & some-tyme InG.16.227: Capital <I> plus abbreviation mark is unusual as a spelling of "in" in this manuscript, and it seems likely that the scribe
                        anticipated a clause with I as subject. ruvssett
               
G.16.228KD.15.221  bothe yn grey & yn grys and yn gylte harnes
G.16.229KD.15.222  and as gladlyche he ytt gaffe to goomes þat ytt neded 
               
G.16.230KD.15.223  edmuvnd & edward ether were kynges
               
G.16.231KD.15.224  and seyntes y-sett tyll charyte theym folowed 
               
G.16.232KD.15.225  I haue seene charyte also syngen & reden
G.16.233KD.15.226  bydden & rennen yn ragged weedes
               
G.16.234KD.15.227  for byddyng as beggers doone byheld I hym neuer
G.16.235KD.15.228  but In ryche roobes rathest he walkethe
               
G.16.236KD.15.229  y-called & crymaylled & hys crowne shauve
               
G.16.237KD.15.229.1  & clenlyche y-clothed In cypres & In tartaryne
               
G.16.238KD.15.230  and In a freres frocke he was fouvnde oonesce
G.16.239KD.15.231  but ytt ys fare a-goo In seynte franceyes tyme
               
G.16.240KD.15.232  and In þat secte sylde sythe to selde hathe he be knowen
               
G.16.241KD.15.233  ryche men he recommendythe & theyre robes takethe
               
G.16.242KD.15.234  that wythowten wyles leyden theyre lyuves
               
G.16.243KD.15.234α  beatus est diues qui et cetera//
G.16.244KD.15.235  yn þe kynges couvrte he comethe oft þer þe counseyll ys trewe
               
G.16.245KD.15.236  but yff couvetyse be off couvnseyle wehe wyll not comme þerynne
               
G.16.246KD.15.237  In couvrt among Iapers he comethe butG.16.246: Kane and Donaldson emend to the G L M R reading but, which is also the reading of Cx, though the latter has a different a-verse.  Most B manuscripts read not but. selde
               
G.16.247KD.15.238  For brauvlyng & backbytyng & beyryng off falsce wyttnes
               
G.16.248KD.15.239  In consystorye before þe commyssorye he comethe not full ofte
               
G.16.249KD.15.240  for þer lawe duvrethe ouer long but yff þei lacche syluver
               
G.16.250KD.15.241  & matrymoygne for off money maken & vnmaken
               
G.16.251KD.15.242  and þat coscyenceco[n]scyence & cryste hathe knytt faste
               
G.16.252KD.15.243  they vndone yt vnworthylye þes doctouvrs off lawe
               
G.16.253KD.15.249  but I ne lack no lyffe but lord amend vs all
               
G.16.254KD.15.250  & gyve yvs grace good god charyte to folowe
               
G.16.255KD.15.251  for wo myght mete wyth hym suoche maners hym aylethe
               
G.16.256KD.15.252  nether he bannethe ne blamethe ne bostethe ne preysethe
               
G.16.257KD.15.254  G.16.257: This and the following line appear in reverse order in Bx.  All β4 manuscripts share G's order.crauvethe ne couvetythe ne cryethe after more
               
G.16.258KD.15.253  lackethe ne losethe ne lookethe vp sterne
G.16.259KD.15.254α  In pace inidipsumin idipsum dormiam et requiescam ://
G.16.260KD.15.255  þe most loyuveloode he lyuvethe by ys louve yn goddes passyon
               
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G.16.261KD.15.256  nether he byddethe ne beggethe ne borowethe to yelde
G.16.262KD.15.257  myssdoethe he no man ne wyth hys mouvthe greuvethe
               
G.16.263KD.15.258  amongest crystyen men thys mylednes shuolde laste
               
G.16.264KD.15.259  In all maner angres haue þis In herte
               
G.16.265KD.15.260  that thogh þei suffered all thys godG.16.265: The form of the <d> in god resembles that used in the rubricated sections of the text. fsufferedG.16.265: Possibly the initial letter of suffered was originally <ff>.  In any case, this letter has been blocked in so that the cross-bar is no longer visible. for vs more
               
G.16.266KD.15.261  In ensample we shuolde do soo and take no wengeance
               
G.16.267KD.15.262  off our foos þat doone vs falssnes that .ys our fadres wyll
               
G.16.268KD.15.263  for well may euery man wytte yff god wolde hym-seluve
               
G.16.269KD.15.264  shulde neuer Iudas ne Iewe haue Iesu doone on roode
               
G.16.270KD.15.265  ne haue martered petur ne poule InG.16.270: M originally shared G's reading In, but supralinear ne has been added by M's hand2, giving ne in, which corresponds to the reading of remaining B manuscripts. pryson holden
               
G.16.271KD.15.266  but he suffered yn ensample þat we suffre also
               
G.16.272KD.15.267-268  and seyde to suoyche þat suffer wolde þat pacientes vincunt :
G.16.273KD.15.268  verbi gracia quod he & verrey ensamples manye
               
G.16.274KD.15.269  In ligenda sanctormsanctor[u]m the lyffe off holy seyntes
               
G.16.275KD.15.270  what pennance & pouverte & passyon theG.16.275:The G scribe regualarly uses the weak form of the pronoun, "the," for remaining B manuscripts "they."  See note to G.6.195. suffered 
               
G.16.276KD.15.271  yn hongre & yn heate yn all maner angres
               
G.16.277KD.15.272  antony & egydy & other holy fadres
G.16.278KD.15.273  woneden In wyldernes amongest wylde beastes
G.16.279KD.15.274  monkes & mondynantzm[e]ndynantz men by theym-seluve
               
G.16.280KD.15.275  In spekes & speklonvkesspelo[n]kesG.16.280:The original shared G C Y B misreading (speklonkes for spelonkes) has been corrected in Cot. seelde speke to-gyddres
               
G.16.281KD.15.276  but neuer antonye ne egydy ne herymytes þat tyme
               
G.16.282KD.15.277  off lyons ne leopardes no lyuveloode ne tooke
               
G.16.283KD.15.278  but off fouvles þat flyghen þus fynd men In bookes
               
G.16.284KD.15.279  except þat egyde after an hynde cryed 
               
G.16.285KD.15.280  and thrughe þe mylke off þat mylde beaste þe man was susteyned 
               
G.16.286KD.15.281  and day by day had he hyr noght hys hongre for to slake
G.16.287KD.15.282  but selde & sondrye tymes as sayethe þe boke & teychethe
               
G.16.288KD.15.283  antonye a dayes abouvte noone tyme
               
G.16.289KD.15.284  had a bryd þat broght hym breyd þat he by lyuved 
               
G.16.290KD.15.285  & thoghe þe goome had a gest : god fond theym bothe
G.16.291KD.15.286  poul primus heremita had parrokked hym-seluve
               
G.16.292KD.15.287  that no man myght hym see for mosse & for leyuves
               
G.16.293KD.15.288  Fouvhles hym fedde fellG.16.293: For G's treatment of B fele (appearing here as G Cr fell), see note to G.4.349. wynters wythe all
               
G.16.294KD.15.289  tyll he fownded freres off auvguvstynes ordre
               
G.16.295KD.15.290  poule after hys preychyng panȝers he made
G.16.296KD.15.291  and wanne wyth hyns G.16.296: A curved stroke has been added to the bottom of the <n> of original hyn, forming a loop, and this then continues upwards to form the riser of a sigma <s>.  handys þat hys wombe nedethe
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G.16.297KD.15.292  petur fysshed for hys foode & hys felowe andrewe
G.16.298KD.15.293  some þei solde & some they soothe / & so they lyuved bothe
               
G.16.299KD.15.294  & also marye magdalyne by moores lyuved & dewes
               
G.16.300KD.15.295  but most thrughe deuvotyon and mynd off god almyghtye
               
G.16.301KD.15.296  I shold not thys seyuven dayes seggen theym all
               
G.16.302KD.15.297  that lyuvyden thysG.16.302: For the G scribe's use of "this" for remaining manuscripts "thus," see note to G.4.76. for oure lordys louve many long yeres
               
G.16.303KD.15.298  but there ne was lyon ne leoparde that on landesG.16.303: The G Cr B reading landes may simply be a variant spelling of the majority reading laundes.  See OED laund. wenten
               
G.16.304KD.15.299  nether ne borre ne other beaste wylde
               
G.16.305KD.15.300  that ne fell to theyre feete and fauvned wyth þer tayles
               
G.16.306KD.15.301  and yff þei couvlde haue carped by cryste as I trowe
               
G.16.307KD.15.302  they wold haue feedde þat folke byfore wylde fowles
               
G.16.308KD.15.305  but god send þem foode by foughles & by no wylde beastes
               
G.16.309KD.15.306  In meanyng þat meke thyng / mylde thyng sholde feede
               
G.16.310KD.15.307  as wo seyethe relygyouvse ryghtfull men sholde fynde
               
G.16.311KD.15.308  and lawfull men to lyffholy men lyuveloode bryng
               
G.16.312KD.15.309  & þen wolde lordes & ladyes be lothe to agylte
G.16.313KD.15.310  & to take off theyre tenantes more then trowgh wolde
               
G.16.314KD.15.311  Fond þei þat freres wold forsake theyre almes
               
G.16.315KD.15.312  & bydden them beyre ytt þer ytt was y-borowed 
               
G.16.316KD.15.313  for we be goddes fowheles & abyden allway
               
G.16.317KD.15.314  tyll bryddes bryng vs meate þat we shuolde lyuve by
               
G.16.318KD.15.315  For had ye potage & payne & penny ale y-noghe
G.16.319KD.15.316  and a meyse þer-mydde off any maner kynd 
               
G.16.320KD.15.317  ye had ryght ynowghe ye rylygoyouvse so your reuvle me tolde
               
G.16.321KD.15.318  numquam dicit Iob rugit onager cum herbam habuerit : aut :
 mugiet bos cum ante se plenum presepe steterit: brutorum
 animalium natura te condemnat: quia cum eis pabulum
 comune sufficiat ex adipe prodijt iniquitas tua://
G.16.322KD.15.319G.16.322:  The following nine lines have been bracketed by WH, who has added a note in the margin.  See G.16.325.  yff lewde men knewe thys laten: þei wolde loocke to gyuve
               
G.16.323KD.15.320  and auyse þem a-fore fyuve dayes off or syxe
               
G.16.324KD.15.321  er they amortysed to monkes & chanons þer rentes
WH 
nota hic 
G.16.325KD.15.322  alas lordes & ladyes lewde couvnceyle haue ye
               
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G.16.326KD.15.323  to gyuve fro your heyres þat your ayeles had 
               
G.16.327KD.15.324  and gyuvethe to bydde for you to suoche þat beene ryche
               
G.16.328KD.15.325  and beene fouvnded & feasted eke to bydde for other
               
G.16.329KD.15.326  who perfouvrnethe þis profecye off þe poeple þat nowe lyuvethe
               
G.16.330KD.15.327  dispersit dedit pauperibus://
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nota de fratribus  This marginal comment is in the same hand as the addition by WH at the bottom of the previous page.  A vertical line in
                        the same ink runs from G.16.333 to G.16.347.
G.16.331KD.15.328  yff any poeple perfomeperfo[r]me þis texte ytt are þe pore freres
               
G.16.332KD.15.329  For þat þei beggen aboute In beeldyng they spendeG.16.332: Kane and Donaldson emend to the G C2 B R reading "spend." Remaining B manuscripts read spene, spend it or it spende.
G.16.333KD.15.330  on theyre-seluve some & on suoche as beene þeir laborouvrs
               
G.16.334KD.15.331  & off þat haue þei taken and gyve theym þat ne hauvethe
               
G.16.335KD.15.332  but clerkes & knyghtes & comuvners þat beene ryche
               
G.16.336KD.15.333  feele howG.16.336: For G's treatment of B fele (appearing here as feele), see note to G.4.349. you faren / & yff I a forest hadde
               
G.16.337KD.15.334  that were full off fayre trees & y fouvnded & caste G.16.337: Parts of the last two words of this line appear to have been re-outlined in black ink.
G.16.338KD.15.335  how I myght moo therynne amonges þem sett
G.16.339KD.15.336  ryght so ryche ye robbe þem þat be ryche
               
G.16.340KD.15.337  & helpen þem þat helpen you & gyuvethe there no nede ys
               
G.16.341KD.15.338  as wo-so fyllede a tonne off a fresshe ryuver
               
G.16.342KD.15.339  & went forthe wyth þat water / to awoke wyth tensmsse
               
G.16.343KD.15.340  ryght so ye ryche robbetheG.16.343: The majority of manuscripts share G's reading "robbeth," but the correct reading is clearly "robeth," i.e. "clothe."  The
                        G scribe himself was clearly aware of the possibility of indicating long and short vowels by means of single and double consonants,
                        but his practice in this respect was by no means consistent and it is therefore unclear which word he intended (see Introduction
                        III.2). & fedethe
               
G.16.344KD.15.341  them þat haue as ye haue ye make att ease
               
G.16.345KD.15.342  butt relygyouvse þat ryche beene shuolde rather feaste beggers
               
G.16.346KD.15.343  then burgesys þat ryche beene as þe booke teychethe
               
G.16.347KD.15.343α  quia sacralegium est res pauperum non pauperibus dare:
 Item peccatoribus est dare est demonibus immolare : Item:
 monache si indiges & accipis pocius das quam accipis:
 si autem non eges et accipis rapis : porro non indiget:
 monacus si habeat quod nature sufficit ://G.16.347: The rubricated section is bracketed in red on the right.  Although some of the line breaks coincide with the end of a quotation,
                              this is not true of all and the arrangement therefore does not seem to be deliberate.
G.16.348KD.15.344  forthye I couvnseyle all crystyen to confouvrme them to charyte
               
G.16.349KD.15.345  For charyte wythoute chalyngyng vnchargethe þe souvle
               
G.16.350KD.15.346  & many a prysoner fro puvrgatorye thrugh hys preyers delyuerythe
               
G.16.351KD.15.347but þer ys a defauvte yn þe folke þat the lawe kepe
               
G.16.352KD.15.348  wherfore folke ys the febylyer & not fyrme off byleuve
               
G.16.353KD.15.349  and In luvsburwes a lyther a-lay / a yete lokethe he lyke a sterlyng
               
G.16.354KD.15.350  the merke off þat money ys good / but þe meytell ys feble
               
G.16.355KD.15.351  & so ytt farethe by some folke nowe þei haue a fayre speche
G.16.356KD.15.352  crowne & crystendome the kynges merke off heyuven
               
G.16.357KD.15.353  but þe mettell þat ys mannes souvle wyth synne ys fowle alayedG.16.358: G C B F omit a line at this point ("Bothe lettred and lewede · beth allayed now with synne"). 
               
G.16.358KD.15.355  that no lyfe ne louvethe other ne our lorde as ytt semethe
               
G.16.359KD.15.356  for thrugh warre & wycked workes & wedders vnreasonable
G.16.360KD.15.357  wyther wysse shyppmen & wytty clerkes also
               
G.16.361KD.15.358  haue no byleuve to þe . lyst / ne to þe loore off phylossophers
               
G.16.362KD.15.359  astronomyens all day In theyre artes fayllen
               
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G.16.363KD.15.360  that wyllhome warned byfore what shuolde fall after
               
G.16.364KD.15.361  shypmen & sheppardes that wyth shypp & shepe wenten
               
G.16.365KD.15.362  wysten by þe welkne what sholde betyde
G.16.366KD.15.363  as off wedders wyndes they warned men ofte
               
G.16.367KD.15.364  tylyers þat tylyed þe yerthe toolden theyre masters
               
G.16.368KD.15.365  by þe seede þat þei sheweG.16.368: Given the variation beween <s> and <sh> spellings in G (see Introduction III.4.1), G shewe for remaining manuscripts sewe may be a spelling variant rather than a separate lexical item. / what they sell myght
               
G.16.369KD.15.366  & what to leyuve & what to lyuve by þe lande was so trewe
               
G.16.370KD.15.367  now faylethe þe folke off the floode & off the land bothe
               
G.16.371KD.15.368  shepperdes & shypmen & so do thes tylyers
G.16.372KD.15.369  nether konne ne knowenG.16.372: The last two words of this half line are in a slightly more formal script: the riser of the <k> in particular resembles those
                        of letters used in the rubricated sections. oon couvrse a-fore a-nother
               
G.16.373KD.15.370  astromonyens also are att theyr wyttes ende
G.16.374KD.15.371  off þat was calclede off þe elymentes þe contrary þei fynde
               
G.16.375KD.15.372  gramere þe grounde off all bygylethe now chyldren
               
G.16.376KD.15.373  For ys non off þes newe clerkes who-so nymmethe hede
               
G.16.377KD.15.374  that canne versyfye fayre or fouvrmelyche endyte
               
G.16.378KD.15.375  ne not on amonge an huvndrethe an auvtour can constrewe
               
G.16.379KD.15.376  ne rede a l.etter In any langage but latyn & enghlysshe
               
G.16.380KD.15.377  go now to any degre but yff gyle be mastre
               
G.16.381KD.15.379, 378  & flatterer hys felowe vndre hym to fouvrme
               
G.16.382KD.15.379  moche wondre me thynkethe among vs all
G.16.383KD.15.380  doctouvrs off decrees / & off dyuynyte masters
               
G.16.384KD.15.381  that sholde konne & knowe alkynnes clargye
G.16.385KD.15.382  and answere to arguvmentes and also to a quodlibet
G.16.386KD.15.383  I dare not segge ytt for shame yf suoche were apposed 
               
G.16.387KD.15.384  they sholde fayle yn þeir phylosophy & yn þeir physyck bothe
               
G.16.388KD.15.385  wherfore I am a-ferde off folke off holy churche
               
G.16.389KD.15.386  lest þei ouerhyppen as other done yn offyce & yn houvrs
               
G.16.390KD.15.387  but yff þei ouerhyppe as I hope noght our byleuve suffysethe
               
G.16.391KD.15.388  as clerkes yn corpus cristi feaste syngen & reden
               
G.16.392KD.15.389  that sola fides sufficit to sauve suoche lewde poeple
               
G.16.393KD.15.390  and so may sarazenes be sauved scrybes & Iewes
               
G.16.394KD.15.391  alas þen but our loorsmen lyuven as þei teyche vs
               
G.16.395KD.15.392  þat for þeir lyuvyng lewdmenlewd men be lother god to agylte
G.16.396KD.15.393  For sarazenes haue somewhat semyng to our byleuve
               
G.16.397KD.15.394  For þei louve & byleuve In on person almyghty
               
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G.16.398KD.15.395  and we lered & lewde In on god byleuve
               
G.16.399KD.15.397  and on (macomethe)G.16.399: For the G scribe's use of brackets, see note to G.6.597. a man yn myssbyleuve
               
G.16.400KD.15.398  broght sarazenes off surre and see In whatt maner
G.16.401KD.15.399  theys macomethe was crystyen & for he myght not be p.apeG.16.401: The scribe uses an unusual double-lobed <a> for the alteration to pape.
G.16.402KD.15.400  In-to surre he soght & thrugh hys subtyle wyttes
               
G.16.403KD.15.401  he davn.ted a dove and day & nyght hyr fedde
               
G.16.404KD.15.402  the corne þat she cropped / he cast ytt yn heys eyre
               
G.16.405KD.15.403  and yff he among þe poeple preyched / or yn place came
G.16.406KD.15.404  then wolde þe cuvluver come In-to the clerkes eyre
               
G.16.407KD.15.405  menyng as after meyte (þus macomethe) hyr enchanted 
G.16.408KD.15.406  and dyd folkeG.16.408: Manuscript O originally shared the G Cr Y F reading folke (for remaining manuscripts folke þanne), but supralinear þanne has been added in O. fall on knees / for he sware In hys preychyng
               
G.16.409KD.15.407  that þe cuvluver þat came so came from god off heyuven
               
G.16.410KD.15.408  as mesenger to macomethe men for to teyche
               
G.16.411KD.15.409  & þus thrugh wyles off hys wytt and a whyte dowe
G.16.412KD.15.410  macchomett yn myssbyleuve men & wemen broght
               
G.16.413KD.15.411  þat lered & lewde yett leeuen on hys lawes
               
G.16.414KD.15.412  & sythe our sauvyour suffered þe sarazenes so begyled 
               
G.16.415KD.15.413  thrugh a cuvrsed clerke acuvrsed In hys soule
               
nota bene Marginal nota bene has clearly been written by WH.  For an initialled marginal addition in this hand,  see G.16.325.m.1.
G.16.416KD.15.414  & for drede off dethe I dare nott tell þe trewthe 
               
G.16.417KD.15.415  how englysshe clerkes a coluver feden þat couvetouvse hatte
               
G.16.418KD.15.416  & bynne manered after macomethe þat no man vsethe trewthe
               
G.16.419KD.15.417  ancres & heremytes moonkes & freres
               
G.16.420KD.15.418  peren to appostels thrugh þeir perfytt lyuvyng
               
G.16.421KD.15.419  wold neuer þe feythfull father þat hys mynysters sholde
               
G.16.422KD.15.420  off tyrantes þat teene trew men taken any almesse
               
G.16.423KD.15.421  but doone as antony dyd domynycke & fraunceys
G.16.424KD.15.422  benett & bernard wyche theym furst taght
               
G.16.425KD.15.423  to lyuve by ly.ttulleG.16.425: The first <t> of "little" apparently started out as another letter; the upright stroke rises above the usual level and the
                        top has been lined through in brown ink. & yn lowe howses / by leelle menes almesse
               
G.16.426KD.15.424  grace shold growe & be greene thrugh þeir good lyuvyng
               
G.16.427KD.15.425  & folkes sholde fynde þat been In greate sycknes
               
G.16.428KD.15.426  the better for theyr byddyng In bodyes & yn souvles
G.16.429KD.15.427  theyr preyers & theyre pennances to peasce sholde brynge
               
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G.16.430KD.15.428  all þat bynne att debate and redemen been trewe
               
G.16.431KD.15.428α  petite et accipietis & cetera//
G.16.432KD.15.429  salt sauvethe catell seggen thes wyuves
               
G.16.433KD.15.429α  vos esteis sal terre et cetera
G.16.434KD.15.430  the beydes off holy churche and þei holye were
               
G.16.435KD.15.431  cryste callethe þem salt for crysten soules
G.16.436KD.15.431α  et si sal euanerit in quo salietur :
G.16.437KD.15.432  but fresshe flessehe other fysshe when ytt salt faylethe
               
G.16.438KD.15.433  ytt ys vnsauery for-sothe y-soothe or bake
G.16.439KD.15.434  so ys mannes soule sothely þat seethe no good ensample
               
G.16.440KD.15.435  off theym off holycherche þat þe hyghe way sholde teyche
               
G.16.441KD.15.436  and be gyde & go before as a goode baner
G.16.442KD.15.437  & hardye þem þat be beynde / & gyuve þem goode euvydence
               
G.16.443KD.15.438  elleuene holye men all þe worlde tuvrned 
               
G.16.444KD.15.439  In-to leele byleuve þe lyghtlyer me thynkethe
               
G.16.445KD.15.440  shold all maner men / we haue so many masters
               
G.16.446KD.15.441  prestes & preychouvrs & a pope above
               
G.16.447KD.15.442  that goddes salte sholdbeshold be / to sauve mannes soule
               
G.16.448KD.15.443  all was hethenes some-tyme england & wales
               
G.16.449KD.15.444  tyll gregory made clerkes to go & to preyche
               
G.16.450KD.15.445  auguvstyne att cantuvrbury crystyned þe kyng
               
G.16.451KD.15.446  & thrugh myracles as men mowe rede all þat marche touvrned 
               
G.16.452KD.15.447  to cryste & to crystendome þe cros to honore
               
G.16.453KD.15.448  and fulled folke fast    and þe faythe taghte
               
G.16.454KD.15.449  more thrugh myracles þen thrugh moche preychyng
               
G.16.455KD.15.450  as well thrughe hys werkes as wyth hys woly wordes
               
G.16.456KD.15.451  & seyde þem what fullyng & faythe was to meane
G.16.457KD.15.452  clothe þat commethe fro wetyng ys not comelye to weyreG.16.457: What may appear to be an extra character at the end of the line is red ink transferred from the opposite page.
G.16.458KD.15.453  tyll ytt be fulled vndre foote or yn fullyng stockes
G.16.459KD.15.454  whassen well wyth water & wyth taseles cracched 
               
G.16.460KD.15.455  y-touvked & y-teynted & vndre teylyouvrs hande
               
G.16.461KD.15.456  & soo ytt farethe by a barne þat borne ys off wombe
               
G.16.462KD.15.457  tyll yt be crystyned In crystes name & consermedcon[f]ermed of bysshope
               
G.16.463KD.15.458  ytt ys heythen as to heyuvenwarde & helples to þe soule
               
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G.16.464KD.15.459  heythen ys to meane after hethe & vntyled yerthe
G.16.465KD.15.460  as In wylde wyldernes wexen wylde beastes
G.16.466KD.15.461  ryvde & vnreysonable rennyng wyth-owte crepres
G.16.467KD.15.462  ye nymmethe well what mathew sayethe how a man made a feaste
               
G.16.468KD.15.463  he fedde þem wyth no weneson ne pheysandes y-bake
               
G.16.469KD.15.464  but wyth fouheles þat from hym nolde but folowed hys wystylyng
               
G.16.470KD.15.464α  ecce altilia mea et omnia parata sunt et cetera :
G.16.471KD.15.465  & wythe caluves flesshe he fedde þe folke þat he louved 
               
G.16.472KD.15.466  the calffe betokenethe cleynnes In theym þat kepe þe lawes
               
G.16.473KD.15.467  for as þe kowe thrughe ..kynd mylke þe calffe norysshethe to an oxe
               
G.16.474KD.15.468  so louve & lealte lewde men susteyane
               
G.16.475KD.15.469  and meydens & mylde men marcy desyren
G.16.476KD.15.470  ryght as þe kowe kalffe coueytythe sweete mylke
G.16.477KD.15.471  so doone ryghfull men mercy & trewthe G.16.477: Fourteen lines which appear at this point in Kane and Donaldson's edition (KD.15.472-85) are found only in R. 
G.16.478KD.15.486  but who beene þat excuvsen þem / þat are persones & preestes
               
G.16.479KD.15.487  that hedes off holye churche beene / þat haue þeir wyll here
               
G.16.480KD.15.488  wythoute trauvell þe tythe dole / þat trewe men byswynken
               
G.16.481KD.15.489  they wylbewyl be wrothe þat I wroote þisG.16.481: Once again, in the case of G at least, it is possible that "this" (for remaining manuscripts "thus") is simply a spelling
                        variant.  See note to G.4.76. / but to wyttnes I take
               
G.16.482KD.15.490  bothe mathewe & marke & memento domine dauid://
G.16.483KD.15.491  what pope or prelate nowe perfouvrmethe þat cryste hyght
               
G.16.484KD.15.491α  Ite in vniuersum mundum et predicate et cetera ://
G.16.485KD.15.492  alas þat men so longe on machomethe shoolde byleuve
               
G.16.486KD.15.493  so many preelates to preche as þe pope makethe
               
G.16.487KD.15.494  off nazarethe off nynyuve off neptalyn off damaske
               
G.16.488KD.15.495  that þei ne went as cryst wyssethe sythe þei wyll hauve name
               
G.16.489KD.15.496  to be pastouvrs & preyche þe passyon off :Iesus : 
               
G.16.490KD.15.497  & as hym-selffe sayde to lyuve & dye
               
G.16.491KD.15.497α  bonus pastor animam suam ponit & cetera //
G.16.492KD.15.498  and seyde ytt yn saluvatyon off sarazenes & Iewes
G.16.493KD.15.499  for crystene & vncrystene cryst sayde to preychers
               
G.16.494KD.15.500  Ite vos in vineam meam et cetera
G.16.495KD.15.501  & sythe þat þes sarazenes scrybes and Iewes
               
G.16.496KD.15.502  haue a lyppe off our byleuve / þe lyghtlyer me thynkethe
               
G.16.497KD.15.503  þei sholde torne wo trauveyle wolde to teyche þem off þe trynyte
               
G.16.498KD.15.503α  querite et inuenietis et cetera //
G
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G.16.499KD.15.533  ytt ys reuvthe to rede howe ryght-wysmenwys men lyuvyden
               
G.16.500KD.15.534  how þei defouvlled þeir flesshe forsooke theyr owen wyll
               
G.16.501KD.15.535  farre fro kythe & from kynne yuvell clothed yeden
               
G.16.502KD.15.536  badly clade no booke but conscyence
               
G.16.503KD.15.537  ne no ryches but þe roode to reiIoyce theym ynne
               
G.16.504KD.15.537α  absit nobis gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri et cetera //
G.16.505KD.15.538  and þo was pleynte & peasce among pouvre & ryche
               
G.16.506KD.15.539  and now ys reuvthe to rede how þe redde noble
               
G.16.507KD.15.540  ys reuerensed are þe roode receyued for þe worthyer
               
G.16.508KD.15.541  then crystes cros þat ouercame dethe & deadly synnes
WH 
 prophycie WH also adds the bracket around the following six lines.
G.16.509KD.15.542  & nowe ys warre & wo & who-so whye askethe
               
G.16.510KD.15.543  For couvetyse after cros þe crowne stand In golde
               
G.16.511KD.15.544  bothe ryche & relygyouvse that roode they honoren
               
G.16.512KD.15.545  that yn þe grote ys I-grauaeG.16.512: For the G scribe's treatment of superscript <a>, see note to G.3.157. / & yn þe gold nobles
               
G.16.513KD.15.546  For couvetyse off þat cros men off holye kyrke
               
G.16.514KD.15.547  shall torne as templers dyd þe tyme approchethe fast
G.16.515KD.15.548  wote ye nat ye wysse men howe þo men honored 
               
G.16.516KD.15.549  more treasure þen trewthe I dare not tell þe sothe
G.16.517KD.15.550  reason & ryghtfull dome þo relygyouvse demed 
               
G.16.518KD.15.551  ryght so ye clerkes for your couvetyse er long
               
G.16.519KD.15.552  shall þei deemen / dos ecclesie / & your pryde depoosseG.15.519: The original <o> of deposse is blotted so the supralinear <o> may simply be there to replace it.  There is no caret mark.
G.16.520KD.15.552α  deposuit potentes de sede & cetera //
G.16.521KD.15.553  yff kynghthoodek[ny]ghthoode & kynd wytt & comuvne conscyence
               
G.16.522KD.15.554  to-geddres louve leely leuvethe ytt well ye bysshopes
G.16.523KD.15.555  the lordshyppe off lande for euver ye shall lese
               
G.16.524KD.15.556  and lyuven as leuvytes as our lorde you teychethe
               
G.16.525KD.15.556α  per primitias et diuitiasdecemasG.16.525: G's original reading diuitias is also the reading of C Y B.  Remaining B manuscripts share G's corrected reading decemas. & cetera
G.16.526KD.15.557  when constantyne off couvrtesye holy cherche dowed 
               
G.16.527KD.15.558  wyth landes & leedes lordshyppes & rentes
G.16.528KD.15.559  an angell men herd an hyghe att rome crye
G.16.529KD.15.560  dos ecclesie thys day hathe dronke wenome
               
G.16.530KD.15.561  and þo þat haue peturs power are empoysoned all
               
nota bene
G.16.531KD.15.562  a medycyne movste þerto þat may amend preelates
               
pro episcopis
G.16.532KD.15.563  that shold pray for þe peas possessyon þem lettethe
G.16.533KD.15.564  take theyre landes ye lordes & lett þem lyuve by þeir dymes
G.16.534KD.15.565  yff possessyon be poysone & ymperfytt þem make
               
G.16.535KD.15.566  good were to dyscharedyschar[g]e þem for holy cherches sake 
               
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G.16.536KD.15.567  & puvrgen þem off poyson er more peryll fall
               
G.16.537KD.15.568  yff preesthoode were perfytt þe poeple wold amend 
               
G.16.538KD.15.569  that contraryen crystes lawe & crystendome despyse
G.16.539KD.15.504  for all paynemes preyen & perfyttlye byleuven
               
G.16.540KD.15.505  In þe holy greate god and hys grace þei asken
G.16.541KD.15.506  & make þeir moone to macomethe þeir message to shewe
G.16.542KD.15.507  thus In a faythe lyue leeuve þat folke / & yn a falsce meane
               
G.16.543KD.15.508  & þat ys reuvthe for ryghtfull men þat yn þe realme wonynenG.16.543:The tail of the <y> of original wonyen (altered to wonnen) is faintly visible.  For other class II weak verbs in G, see Introduction III.4.3. 
               
G.16.544KD.15.509  & yn perell for þe pope & preelates þat he makethe
               
G.16.545KD.15.510  that beyre bysshoppes names off bethelem & off babylon
               
G.16.546KD.15.529  that hyppe a-bowte en englande to halowe mennes awtres
               
G.16.547KD.15.530  & crepe amonge curatouvrs confessyon / g ageynst þe lawe
               
G.16.548KD.15.530α  nolite mittere falcem in messem alienam ://
G.16.549KD.15.531  many man for crystes louve was martered yn romaygne
               
G.16.550KD.15.532  er any creystendome was knowe þ.er / or any cros honouvred 
               
G.16.551KD.15.570  euery bysshoppe þat beyrythe cros by that he ys holden
               
G.16.552KD.15.571  thrugh hys prouvynce to passe & to hys poeple shewe hym
               
G.16.553KD.15.572  tellen þem & teychen þem on þe trynyte to byleuve
               
G.16.554KD.15.573, 576  & feden þem wyth gostlye foode & gyuve there ytt nedethe
               
G.16.555KD.15.576α   In domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum
G.16.556KD.15.576α et ideo nolite constituere me in regemG.16.556: These two rubricated lines have been bracketed together in red on the right.
G.16.557KD.15.577  ozias sayethe þat for suoyche as seeke bene & feble
               
G.16.558KD.15.578  Inferte omnes decimas in orreum meum vt cibus in domo & cetera//
G.16.559KD.15.579  but we crysten creatures þat on þe cros byleuven
               
G.16.560KD.15.580  are fyrme en þe feythe godG.16.560: M originally shared the majority B reading goddes, but the genitive inflexion -us has been deleted, giving god, as also G Cr23 Hm. forbyde elles
               
G.16.561KD.15.581  & haue clerkes to kepe vs therynne / & þem þat comethe after
               
G.16.562KD.15.582  and Iewes leyuvenG.16.562: For original G leuen, compare C2 leuen, F beleven.  Most B manuscripts have lyuen.  See also note to G.14.102. In leele lawe / our lorde wrote hym-seluve
               
G.16.563KD.15.583  In stonne for ytt stydfaste ys & stand shall for euer
G.16.564KD.15.584  dilige deum et proximum : ys perfytt Iewes lawe
               
G.16.565KD.15.585  heG.16.565: Kane and Donaldson do not record G's variant he; presumably they read it as <&>.  In fact it is a careless <h> followed by a backwards facing <e>.  Contrast with the two
                        ampersands immediately below. toke ytt moyses to teyche men tyll messye came
               
G.16.566KD.15.586  & on þat lawe þei leeuven yett & letten ytt þe best
               
G.16.567KD.15.587  & yett knowe þei cryste þat crystendome taghte
               
G.16.568KD.15.588  for a perfytt prophete þat moche poeple sauved 
               
G.16.569KD.15.589  off selcouvthe soores þei seyen ytt offte
               
G.16.570KD.15.590  bothe myracles & merweles & howe he men feasted 
               
G.16.571KD.15.591  wyth two fysshes & fyuve looves fyuve thowsand poeple
               
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G.16.572KD.15.592  & by þat mangerye men myght see þat messye he semed 
               
G.16.573KD.15.593  & when he lyffte vp lazar that leyde was yn grauve
               
G.16.574KD.15.594  and vndre stonne deyde & stanke wyth styffe woyce & called 
               
G.16.575KD.15.594α  lazare veni foras :
G.16.576KD.15.595  dyde hym ryse & roomvnerov[m]eG.16.576: The corrector has written <v> over the second <o> of original roome and the first minim of the <m>, but the intention was probably to end up with rovme.  ryght before þe Iewes
               
G.16.577KD.15.596  but þei seyden & sware wyth sorcyrye he wroght
               
G.16.578KD.15.597  and stuvdyeden hym to stroye and stroiden þemseluve
               
G.16.579KD.15.598  and thrugh pacyence þeir powere to puvre noght he broght
               
G.16.580KD.15.598α  pacientes vincunt :
G.16.581KD.15.599  danyell off þeir vndoyng dyuvyned & seyde
               
G.16.582KD.15.600  cum sanctus sanctorum veniat cessabit vnccio vestra :
G.16.583KD.15.601  & yett wenen þo wrecches þat he were pheudop[s]eudo-propheta :
G.16.584KD.15.602  and þat ys loore be leysynges & lakken ytt all
               
G.16.585KD.15.603  & hoope þat he be to come þat shall þem releuve
               
G.16.586KD.15.604  mosyes efte or messye theyr masters þei dyuvynen
G.16.587KD.15.605  but sarazenes pharaseyes scrybes & greekes
G.16.588KD.15.606  ere folke off on faythe þe fadre god they honouvren
               
G.16.589KD.15.607  & sythe þat þe sarazenes & also þe Iewes
               
G.16.590KD.15.608  cane þe furste clauvse off our byleuve credo In deum patrem
G.16.591KD.15.609  prelates and crysten prouvyncez sholde prouve yff þei myght
               
G.16.592KD.15.610  lere þem by lytle & lytle et in Iesum cristum filium eius & cetera:
G.16.593KD.15.611  tyll þei couvlde speeke & spell et in spiritum sanctum & cetera
G.16.594KD.15.612  & d reden & recorden ytt wyth remissionem peccatorum
G.16.595KD.15.613  carnis resurrexionem et vitam eternam amen
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