The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 20William LanglandEdited by Michael Calabrese, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: M. Gail Duggan and Patricia R. BartTechnical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research AssistantsMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter J. Eubanks, Carrie Lindley, Timothy L. Stinson, and Jordan Taylor. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Chris Jessee, Daniel Pitti, and John Unsworth.The Medieval Academy of America and the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer, Ltd.Woodbridge, SuffolkISBN: 97818438409232008

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Duggan New header created Passus · ijussecundus · & vltimus de do-best · t Thanne as y wente by the weye · whan y was þus awaked heuy-cherid y ȝede . and elenge yn herte · y ne wyste where to ete · ne at what place · and it neiȝed ner þe noon · and wyþ nede y mette þat affrountyd me fowle · and faytour me callyd Canst thu nougth excuse þe · as dude þe kyng and oþere · þat thu took to þy bileeue · to cloþes and to sustynaunce and by techynge and by telletell[yng]etellynge . of spiritus temperancie and thu nome nomore · þan nede þe taugthe and nede ne haþ no lawe · ne neuer schall falle yn dette for þre þynges he takeþ · his lyf forto saue · that is mete whan men hym werneþ · and he no money weldeþ ne wygth none woll ben his borwh · ne wed ha.þ none to legge and he caugth yn þat ca..as · and com þerto by sleyhte · he synneþ nougth soiþlyche · that so wynneþ his foed · and þowh he come so to a cloiþ · and can no better cheuysaunce nede anon rygth · nymeþ hym vnder maynpryse · & ...?...ȝeueþifHm.20.18: Hm alone reads ȝeueþ, which is over an erasure, against if in most other B manuscripts. Note, however, that BmBo read gif, with g added in Bm, and Cot reads gyue. Note too that ȝeueþ is the reading of the P family in C. hym l....euelystHm.20.18: HmCot alone read leue, which is over an erasure in Hm, against lyst in most other B manuscripts. The word is followed in Hm by a dividing slash, indicating that the original reading was shorter than 4 characters, possibly like BmBo's lif. forto lape · þe lawe of kynde wolde that ..he dronke at eche dy..ch · ar he for þurst deyede · so nede at gret nede · mayy nyymen as for his owen wyþ-owte counseyll of conscyence · or cardynal vertues so þat he s.uwe and saue spiritus temperancie for is no vertu byferby fer · to spiritus temperancie neyþer spiritus iusticie · ne spiritus fortitudinis · for spiritus fortitudinis · forfeteþ full ofte he schall do more þan mesure · ofte and many tymemany tyme & ofte and bete men ouer bytterly · and summe of hem to lytell and greue men gretly · moregretter þan good feiþ wolde · And spiritus iusticie · schall iugen woll hye nylle he · after þe kynges counseyl · and þe comune lyke · And spiritus prudencie · yn manye a poynt schal fa.yle of þat he weneþ wolde falle · ȝif his wytt ne were · wenynge is no wysdom · ne wys ymagynacyoun · homo proponit & deus disponit · and gouerneþ alle gode vertues ac nede is next hym · for anoon he mekeþ and is asas lowȝ as a lombe · for lackyng of þat hym nedeþ wyse men forsook wele · for þey wolde be nedy and wonedyn yn wyldernesse · and woldyn nougth be ryche And god al his grete ioyȝe · gostly he lefte · and cam and took mankynde . and bycam nedy so nedy he was as seyþ þe book · yn many sondry places þat he seyde yn his sorwe · on þe selue rode · boþe fox and fowl · may flee to hole and crepe and þe fysch haþ fyn · to flete wyþ to reste þere nede haþ y-nome me · þat y moot nede abyde and suffre sorwes full sore · þat schal to ioyȝe turne forþy be nougth abaschid · to byde and to be nedy · syþ he that wrougth all þe world · was wylfully nedy ne neuer non so nedy · ne ..sone ...?...porepouerere deyde · Whan nede hadde vndernome me thus · anon y fel a-slepe and mette full merueylously · ynþat in a mannysmannes forme · antecryst cam thanne · and all þe crop of trewþe turnyd it vp-sodoun · and ouertylt the rote and fals sprynge and sprede · and spede mennys nedys yn echeeche a contre þere he cam · he cutte awey trewþe · and gart gyle growe · þere · as he a god wereHm.20.56-61: Reacting to a stain, hand3 has retouched some letters on these lines. Freres folwyd þat fend for he gaf hem copes and religiouusHm.20.58: Kane and Donaldson read religiouns, thus creating a unique reading. However, the scribe infrequently wrote <uu> where a single graphie would be expected; e. g. Hm.14.218 rybauud and Hm.3.295 leauute. The forms of <u> and <n> are indistinguishable. reuerencid hyym and rongyn here belles and alle þe couent forþ cam to welcome that tyraunt and alle hise as well as hym · saue only foles whiche foles weren wel leuer · to deye þan to lyue lenger · syþ le...wteHm.20.62: The original reading was probably lenten, clearly an error, though in all beta manuscripts except Cr. Alpha and Cx read lewte. was so rebukyd · and a fals fend antycryst · ouer alle folk regnyd · and þat were mylde men and holy · þat no myscheef dredde deffyedyn alle falsnesse and folk that it vsed and what kyng þat hem conforted · knowyng hem eny while · þey cursid and her counseyl · were it toit clerk or lewyd · Antecryst hadde þus sone · hundredes at his baner and pryde it bar vp ful hiȝebar . boldly abowte wyþ a lord þat lyueþ · after lykynge of body · þat cam aȝen conscience · þat keper was and gyour ouer kynde crystene and cardynal vertues I counseyle quod conscience þoo · comeþ wyþ me ȝe foles ynto vnyte holycherche · and holde we vs there · and crye we to kynde · þat he come and deffende vs foles fro þe fendes lymes · for peris loue þe ploughman and crye we to alle þe comune · þat þey come to vnyte and þere abyde and bykere . aȝenst belyals childryn · kynde conscience þo herde · and cam owt of þe planetes and sent forþ his forreyoures · feueres and fluxes kouȝghes and cardyacles . crampes and tooþ acheaches remes and redgoundes · and roynous scalles byles and bocches · and brennyng agues frensyes and fowle eueles · forageres of kynde hadde y-prayed and y-prykedy-prykked and prayed · polles of peple · þat largelyche a legioun · losten her lyf sone · There was harrow and help · here comeþ kynde · wyþ deþ þat is dredful · to vndon vs alle The lord þat lyued after lust · tot[h]otho a-loud cryed after confort a knygth · to come and bere his baner Alarme alarme · quod that lord · eche aeche lyf kepe his owen · And þanne mette þese men · er menstrals myghten pype and ..ar heraudys of armes · hadden descryued lordes · Elde þe hore · he was yn the vaumwarde and bar þe baner byfore deþ · by rygth ...?...he it cleymed kynde cam after · wyþ many kene sores as pokkes and pestylences · and moche peple schente so kynde þurgh corrupciouns · kylled ful manye Deþ cam dryuynge after · and all to dust paisched · kynges and knyghtes · kayseres and popes · lered ne lewyd · he leet noman stande · that he h....itte euene ·euene · þat ...?...?...sturidde neuereuere stired after · manye a louely lady · and lemmanes of knyghtes · swowned and swelted · for sorowe of deþes dyntys · Conscyence of his curtasye · to kynde he besougthe to cese and suffre · and se wherþerwherHm.20.106: Hm's original reading wher was correct. Cf. Hm.11.87 (KD.11.83), Hm.12.364 (KD.11.189), Hm.12.577 (KD.12.270), Hm.12.599 (KD.12.291). they wolde leue pryde pryuely · and be parfyt crystene · And kynde cesid thoo · to see þe peple amende fortune gan flatre þanne · þoo fewe þat weren on lyue and b...?...yhiȝte hem long lyf · and lecchery he sente · amonges alle maner men · wedded and vnweddyd and gadred a gret ost · all a-geyn conscyence This lecchery leyde on · wyþ a Ianglyng chere and wyþ pryue speche · and peyntid woordes and armyd hemhym yn ydelnesse · and yn hie berynge he bar a bowe yn his hand · and many brode arwes weren feþered wyþ fayr beheste · and manye a fals trewþe wyþ his vntydy tales · he tenyd full ofte · conscyence and his companye · of holy cherche þe techertecheres Thanne cam coueytise · and caste how he myghte ouercome conscience · and cardynal vertues and armed hym yn auaryce · and hongrylych lyuede his wepne was all ofall w....yles · to wynnyn and to hidyn wyþ glosynges and wyþ gabbynges · he bigiledgyled þe peple Symony hym soughtesent · to assayle conscyence and preched to þe peple · and prelates þey hem madyn · to holden wyþ antecryst · her temperaltees to saue · and comen to þe kynges counseyl · as a kene baroun and kneled to conscyence · in court aforen hem alle and gart good feyþ flee · and fals to abyde · and boldlyche bar adoun · wyþ manye a brygth noble · moche of þe wytt and wysdom · of westmynster halle · he iuged to a Iustice · and iusted in his ere · and ouertylt al his trewþe · wyþ tak þis vp amendement and yntoto þe arches yn haste · he ȝede anon after · and turnyd cyuyle ynto symonye · and siþ tookhe toke þe official · for a mantell of menyuer · he made lele matrymoigne be departidDeparten or deþ cam · and deuors schapte Alas quod conscyence and cryed þo · wold cryst of his grace · that coueytise were crystene · that is so kene a fyhtere · and bold and abidynge · while his bagge lasteþ ThanneAnd thanne lough lyf · and leet dagge his cloþes and armyd hym yn haste yn harlottes woordys · and held holynesse a iape · and hendenesse a wastour and leet lentenleute a cherl · and lyȝer a freman · conscience and counseyl · he accountydcountyd it a folye · Thus relyȝed lyf · for a lytel fortune · and pryked foorþ wyþ pryde · preyseþ he no vertu · andHe careþ nougth how kynde slowh · and schall come at þe laste and kylle alle erþly creatures · saue conscyence one · lyf leep assyde · and laugth hym a lemman · hele and y quod he · and hiȝnesse of herte schall do þe nougth drede · neyther deþ ne elde · and to forȝete sorowe · and ȝyue nouȝt of synne This lyked lyf · and his lemman fortune · and getyn in her glorye · a gadelyng at þe laste · on that moche wo wroughte · slewþe was his name · slewþe wax wonder ȝerne · and swyþesone was of age and wedded on wanhope · a wenche of þe stewes her syre was a sysour · that neuer swoor twrowþetrowþetreuthe on thomme two tounge · a-teynt at eche a queste · This slewþe was war of werre · and a slynge made · and threw drede of dyspeyr · a dozeyn myle abowte For care conscyence tho · cryed vppon elde · and bad hym fonde to fyghte · and affere wanhope · And elde hente goodhope · and hastylyche he schifte hym · and weyued awey wanhope · and wyþ lyf he faughtfyȝteth and lyf fleyȝ for fere to physyk · after help · and bisougth hym of socour · and of his salue hadde · and gaf hym gold good won · that gladed his herte and þey geuyn hym · ageyn · a glasene howue · lyf leeuyd þat lechecraft · lette schulde elde · and dryuen awey deþ · wyþ dyas and dragesHm.20.173: The spelling is unique among B manuscripts. See MED, s. v. dragge n.(2) and drogge n. · And elde auntred hym on lyf · and at þe laste he hytte a fysissien wyþ a furred hood · þat he fel yn a palsye and þere dyed þat doctor · er thre dayes after Now y se seyde lyf · that surgenry ne fesyk may nougth amytea myte auayle · to medle aȝen eldeHm.20.178-183: A water stain over parts of these lines does not affect the legibility of the text. and in hope of his hele · good herte he hi hente and rode so to reuel · a ryche place and a merye ...the companye of confort · men clepid it sumtyme and elde anon after me · and ouer myn hed ȝede · and made me balled bifore · and bare on þe crowne so harde he ȝede ouer myn hed · it woll be sene euere Sire euel ytaugth elde quod y · vnhende go wyþ þe syþ whanne was þe wey · ouer mennys hedys · haddest thu ben hende quod y · thu woldest askyd[haue] askydhaue asked leue · ȝe leue lurdeyn quod · he and leyde on me wyþ age · and hitte me vnder þe ere · vnneþe may y here he buffeted me abowt þe mowþ · and my teeþ owt beet& bett out my tethe and gyued me yn gowtes · y may nougth go at large and of þe wo þat y was ynne · my wyf hadde rewþe · and wuschid ful wytterly · þat y were yn heuene · for þe leme þat sche louyd me fore · and l...eef was to fele on nyghtes namly · whan we naked were y ne mygth yn no manere · maken it at her wylle · so elde and sche soþly · haddyn it forbetyn · And as y sat in þis sorowe · y sawh how kynde passed and deþ drowȝ nyȝ me · for drede gan y quake and cryed to kynde · owt of care thu meme brynge loo elde þe hore · hath me beseye awreke me ȝif ȝowr wylle be · for y wolde ben hennys ȝif thu wolt be wroken · wende ynto vnyte and hold the þere euere · tyll y sende for þe and loke thu konne sum craft · er thu come þennys Conseyle me kynde quod y · what craft is best to lerne Lerne to loue quod kynde · and leue of alle oþere How schall y come to catel so · to cloþe me and fede And thu loue lely quod he · lacke schall the neuere · mete ne worldly medemetewede · while þy lyf lasteþ · And þere by counseyl of kynde · y comsid to rome · þurgh contricioun and confessioun · tyl i come to vnyte · and þere was conscyence constable · crystne to saue and beseged soiþly · wyþ seuene grete gyauntes þat wyþ anticryst heldyn · harde aȝen conscience · Slewþe wyþ his slynge · an hard sawt he made · prowd preestes comen wyþ hym · mo than a thowsand · yn paltokes and pyked schoes · and pissers longe knyuesHm.20.218-223: A water stain over parts of these lines does not affect the legibility of the text. comen aȝenst conscience · wyþ coueytyse þey heldyn By mary quod a maensedHm.20.220: The scribe first wrote an <e> and then overwrote it with an <n> like the one usually appearing in Latin quotations. preest · of þe march of yrlond y counte nomore conscience · by so y cacche syluer than y do to drynke · a draugth of good ale and so seydyn sixty · of the same contre · and schottyn aȝen wyþ schot · many schef of oþes and brode hoked arwes · goddys herte and his nayles and haddyn almost vnyte · and holynesse adoun · Conscyence cryed help clergye · or elles y falle þurgh inparfit preestes · and prelates of holycherche Freres herdyn hym crye · and comen hym to helpe ac for þey cowde nougth well her crafte · conscyence forsoke hem · Nede neiȝghed tho ner · and conscyence he tolde · that þey come for coueytyse · to haue cure of sowlys and for þey arn pouere · paraduenture for patrimoigne þey fayle · they wollen flatere and fare wel · folk that ben ryche and siþen þey chosen chele · ...and chaytyf pouerte · late hem chewe as þey chose · and charge hem wyþ no cureid est sepius for lymerl[o]merlomerHm.20.237: Lomer, "more often" <OE gelome. he lyeþ · þat lyflode moot begge þan he þat labowreþ for lyflode · and leneþ it beggeres and syþen freris forsoke · þe felicite of erþe lat hem be as beggeres · or lyeueHm.20.240: The correcting scribe's changing the infinitive form lyue, "to live" to leue is mildly odd. Hand2 usually wrote "live" (both infintive and finite forms) with the lyue spelling, though in several instances (e. g., Hm.4.190, Hm.10.154, Hm.13.52, and Hm.14.51) the leue spelling was used. At Hm.17.26, Hm alone reads lyue against most manuscripts' leue. The form lyeue at Hm.5.307 was written out by hand2, but the same correction as here is made by hand3 at Hm.15.542 and Hm.15.565. by aungeles foed · Conscyence of þis counseyl þo · comsid forto lauhe and curteysly conforted hymhem · and callyd allein alle freres and seyde syres soiþly · welcome be ȝe alle · to vnyte and holycherche · ac on þyng y ȝow praye · holdeþ ȝow yn vnyte · and haueþ none enuye · to lered ne to lewyd · but lyueþ after ȝowr rewle · and y woll be ȝowr borwe · ȝe schull haue bred and cloþes · and oþer necessarijs ynowe · ..ȝow schalt no þynge fayle wyþ that ȝe leue logyk · and lerneþ forto louye for loue lafte þey lordschipe · boþe lond and scole frere fraunces and dominik · forlouefor loue to be holy · And ȝif ȝe coueyten cure · kynde woll ȝow teche · þat yn mesure god made · alle maner thynges and sette it at a certeyn · and at a syker noumbre · and nempnyd names newe · and noumbred þe sterrys Qui numerat multitudinem stellarum & omnibus eis · & cetera kynges and knyȝtes · that kepyn and deffendyn · han offyceres vnder hem · and eche of hem a certeyn and ȝif þey wage men to werre · þey wryten hem yn noumbre alle oþer in batayle · ben y-holde brybours pylowres and pykeharneysespykehernois · yn eche a place y-cursid · wol no tresorer hem paye · trauayle þey neuere so soreHm.20.262: WB agree with Hm's line ordering; however, most B manuscripts supply this line, Hm.20.262, two lines earlier, after Hm.20.159. (The Kane and Donaldson numbering reflects this different ordering.) · Monkes and monyals · and alle men of relygioun her ordre and her reule wole · to han a certeyn noumbre · of lewyd and of lered · þe lawe it wollwol and axeþ a certeyn for a certayn · saue only of freres · forþy quod conscience by cryst · kynde wytt me telleþ yt is wyckyd to wage ȝow · ȝe wexen owt of noumbre heuene haþ euene noumbre · and helle is wyþ-owt noumbre · forþy y wolde wytterly · þat ȝe were yn þe registre · and ȝowr noumbre vnder notarye sygne · & neiþer mo ne lasse · Enuye herde þis · and heet freres go to scole · and lerne logyk and lawe · and eke contemplacioun and preche men of plato · and preuyn it by seneca · that alle þynges vnder heuene · auȝten to be in comune · And ȝit he lyeþ as y leeue · þat to þe lewyd so precheþ for god made to men a lawe and moyses it tauȝte · Non concupisces rem proximi tui · & cetera And euyl is þis yholde · yn parisches of englond for persouns and parisch prestes · þat schulde þe peple schryue ben curatours callyd · to knowe and to hele alle that ben her parischenys · penaunce to enIoyne · and schuldyn be a-schamyd · in her schryft · ac schame makeþ hem wende · and fleen to þe freres · as fals folk to westmynster þat borweþ and bereþ it þyder · and thanne byddeþ frendys ȝerne of forȝyuenesse · or lenger ȝeres lone Ac while he is in westmynstre · he woll be bifore and make hym merye · wyþ oþer mennys goodes and so it fareþ by moche folk · þat to þe freres schryueþ as sysours and executours · they woll ȝyue þe freres a parcel to praye for hem · and make hem-sylf merye · wyþ þe residue and þe remenaunt · þat oþer men byswongebiswonke(n) and suffren þe dede in dette · to þe day of dome Enuye herfore · hated conscyence · and freres to philosophie · he fond hem to scole þe while coueytise and vnkyndenesse · conscyence assaylid in vnyte holycherche · conscience held hym and made pes porter · to pynne þe ȝates · of alle tale tellers · and tyterers yn ydel · ypocrisie and he · an hard sawt þey maden · ypocrisie at þe ȝate · harde gan fyghte · and wounded wel wyckydly · manye wyse techers þat wyþ conscyence accorded · and cardynal vertues Conscience callyd a leche · that cowde wel schryue go salue þo that syke ben · and þurgh synne y-wounded Schrift schoop scharp salue · and made hemmen do penaunce for her mysdedes · þat they wrougth haddyn · and þat peris were payed · redde quod debes Somme lykeden nougth þis leche · and lettres þey sente · ȝif eny surgyen were þe segge · þat softer cowd plastre sire lyf to lyue in lecchery · lay there and gronyd · for fastyng of a fryday · he ferde as he wold deye Ther is a surgien in þis segge · þat softe can handle and more of fysyk by fer · and fayrer he plastreþ · on frere flaterer · ys fysissien and surgyen · · c · Quod contricioun to conscyence · do hym tohym come to vnyte for here is manye a man hurt · þurgthHm.20.317: Hand2's usual form is þurgh but he had in one case written þurgth (Hm.12.341). ypocrisie We han non nede quod conscyence · y wot no better leche þan parsoun or parisch preest · pentauncer or buschop · saue peris þe ploughman · þat haþ power ouer hem alle · and yndulgence may do · but ȝif dette loette it · y may wel suffre quodseyde conscience · siþ ȝe desyryn þat frere flaterer be fet · and fysyk ȝow syeke The frere her-of herde · and hiȝed faste to a lord for a lettre · leue to haue ......trescure · Hm.20.325: Ultraviolet light shows, faintly, letters that may be tres, the scribe having written prematurely the last word of the following line. as a curatour he were · and cam wyþ his lettres baldly to þe buschop · and his brief hadde in contrees .......þer he cam ynne · confessiouns to here and cam þere conscyence was · and knokkyd at þe ȝate Pes vnpynnyd it · was porter of vnyte and in haste askede · what his wylle were · In feiþ quod þis frere · for profit and for helþe · carpe y wolde wyþ contricioun · and þerfore cam y hider He is syk seyde pes · and so arn many othere · ypocrisye haþ hurt hem · full hard it isis ȝif þey keuere I am a surgien quodseide the segge · and salues can make · conscience knoweþ me wel · and what y can do boþe I praye þe quod pes þo · er thu passe ferþer what h......attest thu y prayȝe þe · hele nougth þy name Certes seyde his felawe · sire pen.etrans domos · Ȝee go þy gate quod pes · by god for al þy fysyk · but thu konne sum craft · thu comest nougth her-ynne · y knew such on ones · nougth · viij ·eiȝht wynter passed · com yn þus y-coped · at a court · þere y dwelte and was my lordes leche · and my ladyes boþe · and at þe laste þis lymytour · þo my lord was owte he salued so owr wommen · tyl summe weren wyþ childe · Hende speche heet pes · opne the ȝates lat in þe frere and his felawe · and make hem fayr chere he may see and here · so it may by-falle · þat lyf þurgh his lore · schall leue coueytise · and be a-drad of deþ · and wyþ-drawe hym fro pryde · and accorde wyþ conscience · and kesse her eiþer oþer · Thus þurgh hende speche · entryd þe frereHm.20.354: A modern hand in the right margin has written Here the .00 MS ends. British Library MS Additional 10574 (Bm) ends at this point. Bm is finished in Dr. Adam Clark's hand, possibly from Hm, and it is possible that he wrote this note since he owned both manuscripts. The number given here does not correspond to the shelf marks (102 for Bm, 129 for Hm) in his library for either manuscript. and cam ynto conscience · and curteysly hym grette · Thu art welcome quod conscyence · canst þu hele þe syke · ....here is contricioun quod conscyence · my cosyn y-woundyd confort hym quod conscience · and tak kep to his sores þe plastres of þe parsoun · and powdres byten soreto soreHm.20.359: In W, to is written above the line. · he lat hem lygge ouerlonge · and loiþ is to chaung hem · fro lenten to lenten · he lat his plastres byte · That is toouer longe quod þis lymytour · y leeue y schal amende it · and goiþ and gropeþ contricioun · and gaf hym a plastre of a priuey payment · and y schal praye for ȝow · for alle þat ȝe ben holdyn to · all my lyf-tyme · and make ȝow my lady · yn masse and yn matynes as frerefreres of owr fraternyte · for a lytel syluer Thus he goþ and gadreþ · and gloseþ þere he schryueþ tyl contricioun hadde clene forȝetyn · to crye and wepeto wepe and wake for his wycked werkes · as he was wont to done for confort of his confessour · conscyencecontricioun he lafte that is þe souereynest salue · for alkyn synnys Slewþe sawh that · and so dede pryde · and comen wyþ a kene wyl · conscyence to assayle · Conscience cryed eft · and bad clergye helpe hym and also contricioun · forto kepe the ȝate · He lyy.þ and dremeþ seyde pes · and so don manye oþere þe frere wyþ his fysyk · this folk haþ enchaunted · and plastred hem so esyly · they drede no synne · By cryst quod conscyence þo · y woll bycome a pylgrym · and walkyn also wyde · as all þe world lasteþ to seke peris the ploughman · that pryde may dystroye · and þat freres hadden a fyndyng · þat for nede flatren · and count...?...erpletyn me conscyence · now kynde me avenge · and sende me hap and hele · tyl y haue peris þe ploughman and siþ he gradde after grace · tyl y gan a-wake · ¶ Explicit visio Petri ploughman ·