M.1 – PPEA

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Passus primus de Visione .

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M.1.1KD.1.1What þis montaigne bymeneth  and þe merke dale
                  
M.1.2KD.1.2And þe fielde ful of folk  I shal ȝyow faire shewe . 
                  
M.1.3KD.1.3A louely lady of lere  in lynnen y-clothed . 
                  
M.1.4KD.1.4Come doun from a castel  and called me faire
M.1.5KD.1.5And saide sone slepest þou  seest þou þis p.eple . 
                  
M.1.6KD.1.6How bisi þai ben alleM.1.6: The addition of alle brings M into agreement with WHmCRG. abouten þe mase
                  
M.1.7KD.1.7Þe mooste partie of þis p.eple  þat passeþ on þis erþe
                  
# off them þat will non other heven but this
                  
M.1.8KD.1.8Haue þei w.orshipe in þis world  þai wilnen no bettur . 
                  
M.1.9KD.1.9Of oþur heuene ...than here  holde þei no tale .

M.1.10KD.1.10I was a-ferd of hire face  þouȝ she faire were
                  
M.1.11KD.1.11And saide mercy ma-dame  what is þis to mene . 
                  
M.1.12KD.1.12Þe toure vp þe tofte quod she  truthe is þere-ininneM.1.12: Originally the scribe wrote innne, corrected by erasing the first two minims. See Introduction III.1. .
                  
M.1.13KD.1.13And wolde þat ȝye wrouȝten  as his worde techeþ . 
                  
M.1.14KD.1.14For he is fadur of faiþ  fourmed ȝyow alle
                  
M.1.15KD.1.15Boþe with fel and with face  and ...yaf ȝyow fyue wittes
                  
M.1.16KD.1.16Forto wuorshupe hym þerewith  þe while þat ȝye ben here . 
                  
M.1.17KD.1.17And herforeM.1.17: In place of herfore all other B manuscripts read þerfore. he hiȝte þe erthe  to helpe ȝyow echone
                  
M.1.18KD.1.18Of wollen of lynnen  of lyflode at nede . 
M.1.19KD.1.19In mesurable manere  to make ȝyow at ese .

# iij thingis in Comon

M.1.20KD.1.20

And comaunded of his curtesie  in comune þre þinges

Arn non nedful but þo  and nempne hem I thinke .

+ ȝe

And rekkene hem by resoun  reherce .yeM.1.22: M's original reading without a pronoun here agreed with GY. M's altered reading of ye agrees with HmCrOC2F. Other B manuscripts read þow. The correction was first written in the margin as ȝe, and this insertion was presumably so spelled, and later revised in line with the spelling corrector's usual form. hem aftur .

Þat on is vesture  from chele þe to saue .

M.1.24KD.1.24

And mete atte mele  for mysese of þ..y-selue .

And drynke whanne þou drieste  ac do nouȝt oute of resoun .

Þat þou worþe þe worse  whanne þou worche shuldeste

M.1.27KD.1.27For loth in his liue-days  for likynge of drynke
M.1.28KD.1.28Did by his douȝteres  þat þe Deuel likede
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M.1.29KD.1.29Delited hym in drinke . as þe deuel wold
                  
M.1.30KD.1.30And leccherie hym lauȝte . and lay by hem boþe . 
M.1.31KD.1.31And al he witte it þe wyn . þat wykk.ed dede . 
                  
M.1.32KD.1.31αInebriamus eum vino . dormiamusque cum eo .
M.1.33KD.1.31βVt seruare possimus de patre nostro semen .
M.1.34KD.1.32Thourgh wyn & þourȝ wymen  þere was loth accombrede
M.1.35KD.1.33And þere he gat in glotonye . gerles þat were cherles
M.1.36KD.1.34For-thi drede delitable drinke  and þou shalt do þe bett.re
M.1.37KD.1.35Mesure is medycyne þouȝ. M.1.37: The punctus elevatus, placed at the wrong point in the line, is inserted over an erasure. þou muche ȝyerne
                  
M.1.38KD.1.36It is nouȝt al go..od to þe goost  þat þe gutte axeþ . 
                  
M.1.39KD.1.37Ne liflode to þi likam  ...?...þat lief is to þe souleM.1.39: M originally shared the omission (through eyeskip on likam) of this b-verse and the following a-verse with WHmCL.
M.1.40KD.1.38Leue not þi likam  for a liere hym techeþM.1.40: The line is inserted with a red cross and line in the right margin. The end of the last word has been lost in the binding.
                           This same line, in smaller script and marked with a black cross, is erased immediately following in the margin. The omission
                           of the line was apparently noted in one effort and formally addressed in another.
M.1.41KD.1.39Þat is þe wrecchede worlde  wolde þe bitraye
                  
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M.1.42KD.1.40For þe fende and þi flessh  folweþ þe togaidre . 
                  
M.1.43KD.1.41This and þat s...eeþM.1.43: This alteration occurs at a point where B manuscripts are especially diverse in their readings. Seeth, sees, seiþ, seest, sueth, sewe, and sleth are all attested. þeM.1.43: All other B manuscripts read þi. Kane and Donaldson record the <e> as written over an erasure, but this does not seem to be the case. soule  and saithM.1.43: M's reading of saith is unique among B manuscripts, which attest a wide variety of readings. it in þin herte
                  
M.1.44KD.1.42And for þou shuldeste ben war  I wisse ..thetheM.1.44: The correction the is written over the line and then erased and inserted within the line. þe .beste
                  

M.1.45KD.1.43Ma-dame mercy quod I  me liketh wel ȝyoure .word..es
M.1.46KD.1.44Ac þe monoye of þis molde  þat men so faste holdeþ
M.1.47KD.1.45Telle me to whom ma-dame  þat tresore appendeþ
                  

M.1.48KD.1.46Go to þe gospell quod she  þat god saide hym-seluen . 
                  
M.1.49KD.1.47Þo þe p..eple hym appos.ed  wiþ a peny in þe temple . 
                  
M.1.50KD.1.48Wheþer þei shulde þerwith  worshipe kyngeM.1.50: M shares the reading kyng with F; all other B manuscripts have þe kyng. ..Cesar
                  
M.1.51KD.1.49And god asked of hem  of whom spake þe lettre . 
                  
M.1.52KD.1.50And þimage isM.1.52: M's reading of is is not shared by other B manuscripts, though among A manuscripts ChLE include is. The other B manuscripts which have a form of be here, W and F, read was. ylike  þat þere-inne stondeþ . 
                  
M.1.53KD.1.51Cesares þei saide  we seen hym wel echone .

M.1.54KD.1.52RedditeM.1.54: The scribe initially began this line immediately following M.1.53, but realized he wished to leave a blank line before he
                                 completed the first graph. The partially completed <R> is still visible in the space separating strophes. Cesari quod god  þat Cesari bifalleth . 
                  
M.1.55KD.1.53Et que sunt dei deo . or elles ȝye doon ille . 
                  
M.1.56KD.1.54For riȝtful resoun  shulde reule ȝyow alle . 
                  
M.1.57KD.1.55And kynde witte be wardein  ȝyowre welthe to kepe . 
                  
M.1.58KD.1.56And tutour of ȝyoure treso..r  and take it ȝyow at nede
                  
M.1.59KD.1.57For housbondrie and hij  holden to-gadre . 
                  
M.1.60KD.1.58Þanne I fraynede heire faire  for hym þat h.ire made
                  
M.1.61KD.1.59Þat dongoun in þe dale  þat dredful is inM.1.61: M's reading of in is unique among B manuscripts, most of which read of. siȝte
                  
M.1.62KD.1.60What may it be to mene  ma-dame I ȝyow biseche .

M.1.63KD.1.61Þat is þe castel of care  whoso comeþ þere-inne . 
                  
M.1.64KD.1.62May banne þat he borne was  to body or to soule
M.1.65KD.1.63Þere-inne woneth a wiȝte  þat wronge is y-hote
                  
M.1.66KD.1.64Fad.er of falsede  and founded it hym-selue . 
                  
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M.1.67KD.1.65Adam and Eue  he egged to ille
M.1.68KD.1.66Conseiled Caym  to kullen his broþur
M.1.69KD.1.67Iudas he iapud  with iewen siluer
M.1.70KD.1.68And sitthe on an eldre  hanged hym aftuer
                  
M.1.71KD.1.69He is lettere of loue  and lieth hem alle . 
M.1.72KD.1.70Þat trusten on his tresor  by-traieth he sonneste

M.1.73KD.1.71Þanne had I wound..er in my wit..  what womman it were
                  
M.1.74KD.1.72Þat suche wise wordus  of holy writte shewede
                  
M.1.75KD.1.73And asked hire on þe heiȝe name  ar heo þen..es ȝyede . 
                  
M.1.76KD.1.74What she were witt..erly  þat wiss.ed me so faire .

Holichurche I am quod she  þow ouȝtest me to knowe

I vndurfoenge þe furste  and þe faithe tauȝte .

And brouȝteste me borwes  my biddinge to fulfulle

...?...M.1.80: The added and erased material is illegible under ultra-violet light. Most likely it indicated the alteration leally.

M.1.80KD.1.78

And to loue me ...leally  þe while þi lif dureth 

...?...M.1.81: The added and erased material is illegible under ultra-violet light. Most likely it indicated the alteration &.

Thanne I courbed on my knes  . & criede hire of grace

And praide hire pitously  praie for my synnes .

...?...M.1.83: The added and erased material is illegible. Most likely it indicated the alteration kenne me.

+M.1.81: The <+> is added in a large drypoint in the right margin.

And also kenne meM.1.83: M's omission of these two words was not shared by other B manuscripts. kyndely  on crist to bileue .

M.1.84KD.1.82

Þat I miȝte worchen his wille  þat wrouȝte me to man .

Teche me to no tresour  but telle me þis ilke .

How I may sauen my soule  þat sainte art y-holden .

# truth is the best

Whanne alle tresores ben tried quod she  truþe is þe beste /

M.1.88KD.1.86

I do it on deus caritas  to deme þe soþe 

It is as derworth a drwery  as dere god hym-seluen .

M.1.90KD.1.88Who-so is trwe of his tonge  and telleþ noon oþur
                  
M.1.91KD.1.89And doþ þe werkes þere-wiþ  and wi......lneth noman ille . 
                  
M.1.92KD.1.90He is a god by þe gospell  a grounde and on lofte
M.1.93KD.1.91And I-...lyk to oure lord  be saint lukes wordus . 
                  
M.1.94KD.1.92Þe clerk.es þat knoweþ þis  shulde kenne it aboute . 
                  
M.1.95KD.1.93For cristene and vncristen  claim..eþ it ichone .

M.1.96KD.1.94

Kynges and knyȝtus  shulde kepen it by resoun

R.iden and rappen doun  in reumes aboute 

An taken transgressores  and tien hem faste

Til trewthe had y-termynede  hire trespasse to þe ende /

M.1.100KD.1.100

And þat is þe p..rofessioun . appertely  þat appendeth to knyȝtes

# Fasting on Fryday

And nouȝt to fasten a Fryday  in fyue score wynt.er .

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But holden wyþ hym and with hire  þat wolden alle truthe

And neuere leue hem for loue  ne for lacchinge of siluer

M.1.104KD.1.98For dauid in his dayes  dubbed knyȝt.es . 
                  
M.1.105KD.1.99And d.ide hem swere on here swerde  to serue truthe euere . 
                  
M.1.106KD.1.104And who-so passethdM.1.106: The erased reading passeth is an A text reading adopted by Kane and Donaldson against the reading passed of all the B manuscripts. They do not note that M is rewritten. See next note. þat poyn....t  isM.1.106: The word is, written over an illegible erasure, is the reading of YOC2 and A manuscripts. Other B manuscripts have was. See previous note. Apostata in þordre .

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M.1.107KD.1.105But crist kyngene kynge  knyȝted ten
                  
M.1.108KD.1.106Cherubin .....and seraphin  suche seuene and on oþur . 
                  
M.1.109KD.1.107And ȝyaf hem miȝte in his mageste  þe murger hem þouȝte . 
                  
M.1.110KD.1.108And ouere his mene maynee  made hem archangeles
                  
M.1.111KD.1.109Tauȝte hem by þe trinite  truþe to knowe . 
M.1.112KD.1.110To be buxuome at his biddynge  he bad hem nouȝte elles
                  

the Fall off luceffer
M.1.113KD.1.111Lucifer with legionus  lernede it in heuene
                  
M.1.114KD.1.113But for he brake buxuomnesse  his blisse gan he tyne
                  
M.1.115KD.1.114And fel fro þat felash.ype  in a feendus likknesse
                  
M.1.116KD.1.115In-to a depe derke helle  to dwelle þere for euere 
                  
M.1.117KD.1.116And mo þousandes with hym  þanne — man couthe nombre
                  
M.1.118KD.1.117Lopen out wiþ lucifer  in lothliche fourme . 
M.1.119KD.1.118For þei leueden vp-on hym  þat lied in þis manere
                  
M.1.120KD.1.119Ponam pedem in aquilone . & similis ero altissimo .

M.1.121KD.1.120And alle þat hopud it miȝte be so  no..on heuene miȝte hem holde
                  
M.1.122KD.1.121But fellen out in feendus likkenesse  nyne dayes to-gydres . 
                  
M.1.123KD.1.122Til god of his goodnesse  gan stablen and stynte . 
                  
M.1.124KD.1.123And garte þe heuene to steke  and stonden in quiete .

M.1.125KD.1.124Whanne þise wikk.ed wente out  wonderwise þey f.ellen
                  
M.1.126KD.1.125Somme in þerthe somme in þe eire  and somme in helle depe . 
                  
M.1.127KD.1.126Ac lucifer lowest  lithe of hem alle . 
                  
M.1.128KD.1.127For Pride þat he putte oute  his payne haþ none ende . 
                  
M.1.129KD.1.128And alle þat worcheþ with wronge  wenden ...þei shullen
                  
M.1.130KD.1.129Aft.er hire deþ-day  and dwelle with þat shrewe
                  
M.1.131KD.1.130Ac þo þat worcheþ wel  as holy w...ryt telleþ
                  
M.1.132KD.1.131And enden as I hereeerM.1.132: M's erased reading agreed with G, but this is a spurious agreement since the reviser is correcting M's spelling of er as again at M.1.135. See Introduction IV.1.2.7. saide  in truthe þat is beste / 
                  
M.1.133KD.1.132Mowe be siker þat here soules  shal wenden to heuene
M.1.134KD.1.133Þere truthe is in trinite  and troneþ hem alle
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M.1.135KD.1.134For-þi I saie as I saide hereeer  bi siȝte of þ...ise text..es . 
                  
M.1.136KD.1.135Whanne alle tresores arne triede  þanneM.1.136: M shares þanne with Y. All other B manuscripts omit. truþe is þe beste
                  
M.1.137KD.1.136Lereth it ....yeM.1.137: The erasure occurs at a point where most B manuscripts read this or þise. GF have thys ye. lewde men  for lettred men it knowe .

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Þat trwthe is tresoreM.1.138: M shares the reading tresor with G and with A manuscripts. Most other B manuscripts have tresor þe.  triedest on erthe

...Yet haue I no kynde knowynge quod I  ...?...yet mote ye kenne me b....ettre

M.1.140KD.1.139

By what crafte in my corps  it comseth and where

M.1.141KD.1.140Þow doted daffe quod she M.1.141: No B manuscript omits quod she. . dulle arne þi witt.es
                  
M.1.142KD.1.141To litul latyn þow lernedeste  lede in þi ȝyouthe . 
                  
M.1.143KD.1.141αHeu michi quia sterilem . duxi vitam iuuenilem .

M.1.144KD.1.142

It is a kynde knowynge quod sheM.1.144: M's original reading of he agreed with CCrL.  þat kenneth in þine herte

For to loue þinthy lorde  leuer þanne — þi-seluen .

# dye rather then do dedly syn

No dedly synne to do  deiȝe þouȝ þou shuldeste dey

Þis I trowe be truthe  who can teche þe b....ettre

M.1.148KD.1.146Loke þou suffre hym to saie  and sithen lere it aft.er
                  
M.1.149KD.1.147For þus wittnesseþ his worde  worche þou þere-aft.er . 
                  
M.1.150KD.1.148For truthe telleþ þat loue  is triacle ...ofM.1.150: For M's revised reading of, Cr has for and YOC2 has in. heuene . 
                  
M.1.151KD.1.149May no synne be on hym seene  þat vseth þat spice
M.1.152KD.1.150And alle his werkes he wrouȝte  wiþ loue as hym luste
M.1.153KD.1.151And lered it Moyses for þe leueste þinge  and moost like to heuene
                  
M.1.154KD.1.152And also þe pleente of pees  mooste precious of vertues .

For heuene miȝte nouȝte holden it  it was so heuy of hym-sel.ue

M.1.156KD.1.154

Til it hadde of þe erthe  eten his fille .

M.1.157KD.1.155And whanne it had.de of þis foolde  flessh and blood taken . 
                  
M.1.158KD.1.156Was neuere leef vpon lynde  liȝter þere-aftur
                  
M.1.159KD.1.157And portatif and persaunt  as þe pointe of a n....edle
M.1.160KD.1.158Þat miȝte non armure it lette  ne none heiȝe walles

M.1.161KD.1.159For-þi is loue led..ere  of þe lord.es folke of heuene
                  
M.1.162KD.1.160And a Mene as þe Maire is  bitwexe þe kynge and þe comune
                  
M.1.163KD.1.161Riȝte so is loue a leder  ande þe lawe shapeþ . 
                  
M.1.164KD.1.162Vpon man for his mysdedes  þe mercimentzM.1.164: M's plural is not shared by other B manuscripts. he taxeth . 
                  
M.1.165KD.1.163And for to knowe it kyndly  it comseth by miȝte
heuedM.1.166: This erased word is legible with ultraviolet light.
M.1.166KD.1.164And in þe herte þere is þe  heedM.1.166: This word is perhaps followed by a punctus. and þe heiȝe welle

nota

For in kynde knowynge in herte  þere a miȝte bigynnethe

M.1.168KD.1.166

And þat Falleþ to þe fad..er  þat fourmede vs alle .

Lo..kede on vs with loue  and lete his sone deiȝye .

Mekely for oure mysdedes  to amende vs alle 

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And ȝyet wolde he hem no wo . þat wrouȝte hym þat paine

M.1.172KD.1.170

But mekeliche with mouthe . mercy he bisouȝte

To haue pite on þat p.eple . þat pynede hym to dethe

M.1.174KD.1.172Here miȝte þou see ensamples . in hym-selueM.1.174: M's original reading without hym agreed with Cr. one . 
                  
M.1.175KD.1.173Þat he was myȝtful and meke  and mercy gan graunte
                  
M.1.176KD.1.174To hem þat hongen hym on heiȝ . and his herte þirled . 

For-þi I rede ȝyow riche . haueth reuthe of þe pouere

Thouȝ ȝye be miȝtful to mote . beth me.ke in ȝyoure ......werkesM.1.178: In place of M's revised reading werkes, H has werk, F has herte and G has seluen.

M.1.179KD.1.177For þe same mesures þat ȝe mete . amys oþer elles . 
M.1.180KD.1.178ȜYe shullen ben .weien þerwith . whanne ȝye wende henn.es
                  
M.1.181KD.1.178αEadem mensura qua mensi fueritis / remecietur vobis
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M.1.182KD.1.179For þouȝ ȝye be trwe of ȝyowre tonge . and trweliche wynnen
                  
M.1.183KD.1.180And as chaste as a childe  þat in chuyrche wep.eth . 
                  
M.1.184KD.1.181ButM.1.184: M's reading But is paralleled only among A manuscripts. F has & But; all other B manuscripts have But if. ȝye loue lelliche . and lene þe Pouere . 
                  
M.1.185KD.1.182Suche good as god ȝyow sent . goodlich parteth
                  
M.1.186KD.1.183ȜYe haue na more merite  in masse ne in houres
                  
notabile
off Malkyns maydenhedM.1.187: Notabile is in a different hand from the rest of this marginal insertion.
M.1.187KD.1.184Þan malkyn of hire maydenhede  þat noman disireth 

M.1.188KD.1.185For Iames þe gentil . iuggede in his bokes . 
M.1.189KD.1.186Þat faith withouten þeM.1.189: M's original reading without þe agreed with YF and most A manuscripts. faite  is riȝt no þinge worthi
                  
M.1.190KD.1.187And as ded as a dore-tre . but ȝif þeM.1.190: M's original reading without þe agreed with FH. dedes folwe . 
                  
M.1.191KD.1.187αFides sine operibus mortua est. & cetera

M.1.192KD.1.188

ForM.1.192: M shares the reading For with G; other B manuscripts have forþi. chastite with-oute charitee . worth cheyned in helle

It is as lewde as a laumpe . þat no liȝt is inn.ee

Nota de Chast chapeleyns
                  
M.1.194KD.1.190Many ch.apleyns arne chaste . acM.1.194:  Kane and Donaldson's reading of this word as ne is an error. charitee is a-waye
M.1.195KD.1.191Arn no men auaurousere þan hij . whan þei ben auaunced
                  
M.1.196KD.1.192Vnkynde to hire kyn . and to alle cristene
M.1.197KD.1.193Chewen here charitee . and chiden aft.er more . 
                  
M.1.198KD.1.194Suche chastitee with-outen charite . worth cheyned in helle
                  

Many curatours kepen hem . clene of here bodies

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Thei ben accombrede with couetise  þei kuonne not do it from hem .

So harde hath auarice . yhasp.ed hem to-gedres

And þat is no truthe of þe Trinite . but trecherie of helle

And lernynge to lewde men . þe latter for to dele .

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M.1.204KD.1.200

For-þi þes wor...des  ben writen in þe gospell

Date & dabitur vobisM.1.205: The underlining of the phrase is done in a later ink.  for I dele .yow alle

And þat is þe loke of loue . .....þatM.1.206: M shares its revised reading þat with CrGFH. Other B manuscripts have and. lateth oute my grace

To conforte þe careful . accombrede with synne .

M.1.208KD.1.204Loue is leche of lif  and nexte oure lord seluen
                  
M.1.209KD.1.205And also þe graithe .gate . þat goth in-to heuene
                  
M.1.210KD.1.206For-þi I say as I saide . ere by þe textis . 
                  
M.1.211KD.1.207Whanne alle tresores ben tried . truth is þe beste
M.1.212KD.1.208Now haue I tolde þe . what truthe is . þat no tresorer is b....ettre
M.1.213KD.1.209I may no lenger lenge þe with . now loke þe oure lord . 