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M.3.1KD.3.1NowM.3.1: Some brown ornamentation seems to have been erased from the center of this decorated capital. Compare with the capital at
                           the beginning of passus 4. is Mede þe mayde . and namo of hem alle
                  
M.3.2KD.3.2With bedellus and Baillifs . brouȝt bifore þe kynge
                  
M.3.3KD.3.3Þe kyng called a Clerk . can I nouȝt his name . 
M.3.4KD.3.4To take mede þe mayde . and make hire at ese
M.3.5KD.3.5I shal assaien hire my-self .  and sotheliche appose . 
                  
M.3.6KD.3.6What man of þis molde  þat hire were leueste
M.3.7KD.3.7And ȝif she worche by my witte  and my wille folwe
                  
M.3.8KD.3.8I wyl forgyf hire þis gilte  so me god helpe . 
                  

M.3.9KD.3.9Curteselich þe Clerk þanne  as þe kynge h..yghte
                  
M.3.10KD.3.10To.k mede by þe mydul  and bro....ghte hire into a chambre
                  
M.3.11KD.3.11And þere was murthe and mynstralcie  mede to plese
M.3.12KD.3.12Þei þat woneth at Westmuynstre  worshepeth hire alle . 
                  
M.3.13KD.3.13Gentliche with ioye  þe Iustices summe
                  
M.3.14KD.3.14Buskede hem to þe boure . þere þe burde dwelled
M.3.15KD.3.15To conforte hire kyndlich . by clergise leue . 
M.3.16KD.3.16And saiden mourneþ þow nouȝt mede  ne make þou no sorwe
                  
M.3.17KD.3.17For we wolM.3.17: M's original reading without wol was shared by YOC2CL. wisse þe kynge  and þi wey shape . 
                  
M.3.18KD.3.18To be wedd.ed a..et þi wille  and where þe le..ef liketh
                  
M.3.19KD.3.19For al conscience caste  or crafte as I trowe .

M.3.20KD.3.20Mildeliche mede þanne  merciede hem alle . 
M.3.21KD.3.21Of hire grete goodnesse M.3.21: All other B manuscripts have the word and at this point. gaf hem .echone
                  
M.3.22KD.3.22Coupes of clene gold . and Cuppus of siluer
M.3.23KD.3.23Rynges with rubies . and richesses manye
M.3.24KD.3.24Þe leste man of hire .....mayne  a motoun of golde
                  
M.3.25KD.3.25Þanne lauȝte þei leue  þise lord..es at Mede . 
                  

M.3.26KD.3.26With þat comen clerkes . to conforten hire þe same
M.3.27KD.3.27And beden hire be blithe . for we ben þine nowne
                  
M.3.28KD.3.28For to worche thi wille . while þou miȝte laste . 
                  
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M.3.29KD.3.29Hendeliche heo þanne . bihiȝte hem þe same
                  
M.3.30KD.3.30To loue ...hemM.3.30: M's revised reading hem puts it into agreement with most B manuscripts. LR read ȝow; Bm reads hym. lelly . and lordes to make . 
                  
M.3.31KD.3.31And in þe consistorie atte courte  do calle ȝyowre names
                  
M.3.32KD.3.32Shal no lewdenesse lette  þe leode þat I louye
M.3.33KD.3.33That he ne worth furste auauncede  for I am biknowen . 
                  
M.3.34KD.3.34Þere connynge clerkus  shul clokke byhynde . 
                  

# the Frere & mede in shryft

Þanne come þere a Confessour  copud as a Frere .

M.3.36KD.3.36

To mede þe mayden  he melled þes word.es .

And saide ful softely  in shryfte as it were .

Theiȝ lewde men and lered men  had layne by þe boþe .

And falsnesses had folwede þe  ...?...?...all thise fifty wynterM.3.39: The end of this line was rewritten perhaps to repair the omission of all.

M.3.40KD.3.40

I shal assoille þe my-selue  for a seme . of whete

And also be þi bedman  and bere wel þi message

Amonges knyȝtes . and clerkes  conscience to tourne .

M.3.43KD.3.43Thanne mede for here mesdedes  to þat man knelede
M.3.44KD.3.44And shro..of hire of hire shrewdenesse  shameles I trowe
                  
M.3.45KD.3.45Tolde hym a tale  and toke hym a noble . 
                  
M.3.46KD.3.46For to ben here bedman  and hire brok.rour als

M.3.47KD.3.47Þanne he assoillede hire sone  and sithen he saide
M.3.48KD.3.48We han a wyndowe a-worchinge  wol sitten vs ful heiȝe
                  
M.3.49KD.3.49Woldeste þow glase þat gable  and graue þere-inne þi name . 
                  
M.3.50KD.3.50Siker shulde þi soule be . heuen to haue . 

M.3.51KD.3.51Wiste I þat quod þe womman  I wolde nouȝt spare
                  
M.3.52KD.3.52For to be .youre freende Frere  and faille ȝyow neuere
                  
M.3.53KD.3.53Whil ȝye loue lord.es  þat leccherie haunteth
                  
M.3.54KD.3.54And lakkeþ nouȝt ladies  þat loueþ wel þe same . 
M.3.55KD.3.55It is a frelte of Flessh  ȝ.ye fynde it in bok.es . 
                  
M.3.56KD.3.56And a cours of kynde . where-of we comen alle . 
                  
M.3.57KD.3.57Who may skape þe sclaundre  þe skaþe is sone amend.ed
                  
M.3.58KD.3.58It is theM.3.58: This insertion is in a different ink. Other B manuscripts have the word before seuene. synne of seuene  sunneste relessede

M.3.59KD.3.59Haue mercy quod Mede  on men þat it haunte
                  
M.3.60KD.3.60And I shal keuere ȝyowre kirke  ȝyowre cloistre do maken
                  
M.3.61KD.3.61Wowes do whyten  and wyndowes glasen
M.3.62KD.3.62Do paynten ..and purtreien  and paie for þe makynge
                  
M.3.63KD.3.63Þat euerey segge shal sayn . I am sustre of ȝyowre hou..se
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M.3.64KD.3.64Ac god to alle gode folke  suche grauynge deffendeth
                  
M.3.65KD.3.65To wryten in wyndowes . of hire wel-dedus . 
                  
M.3.66KD.3.66On auenture pruyde be painted þere  and pompe of þe worlde . 
M.3.67KD.3.67For crist knoweth þi conscience  and þi kynde wille
M.3.68KD.3.68And þi coste and þi couetise  and who þe catel ouȝte . 
                  

M.3.69KD.3.69For-þi .I lere ȝyow lord.es  leue suche werkes
                  
M.3.70KD.3.70To writen in wyndowes  of ȝyoure wel-dedes . 
                  
M.3.71KD.3.71Or to greden aftur godes men  whanne ȝye delen doles
                  
M.3.72KD.3.72An auenture ȝe haue ȝoure hire here  and ȝoure heuen als
                  
M.3.73KD.3.72αNesciat sinistra quid faciat dextera .
M.3.74KD.3.73Late nouȝte þi lefte half  late ne rathe
                  
M.3.75KD.3.74Wyte what þou worcheste  with þi riȝt syde . 
                  
M.3.76KD.3.75For þus biddeth þe gospell  gode men do here almes .

M.3.77KD.3.76Meires and macers  þat menes be bitwene
M.3.78KD.3.77Þe kynge and þe comune . to kepen þe lawes
                  
M.3.79KD.3.78To punisshen on pilories . and pynynge stoles
M.3.80KD.3.79Brewsters and baksteres . bochers and cokus
M.3.81KD.3.80For þise arn men on þis molde  þat moste harme worcheth
                  
M.3.82KD.3.81To þe pore p.eple  þat parcelmele buggen
                  

M.3.83KD.3.82For þe.i poysoun þe p.eple  priueliche and ofte
                  
M.3.84KD.3.83Þei richen þorw regraterie  and rentes hem biggen
M.3.85KD.3.84Wiȝhtith þat þe pore p.eple  shulde putte in hire wombes
                  
M.3.86KD.3.85For took þei on truly  þei tymbred nouȝt so heiȝe
M.3.87KD.3.86Ne bouȝten non burgages  be ȝye ful certein
                  

M.3.88KD.3.87Ac mede þe mayde  þe mayre hath bisouȝte
M.3.89KD.3.88Of alle suche sellers  siluer to take
M.3.90KD.3.89Or presentz with-owten pens  as peces of siluer
                  
M.3.91KD.3.90Rynges or othere richesse  þe regrateres to mainteigne

M.3.92KD.3.91

For my loue quod þat lady  loue hem .echone

And suffre hem to selle  sumdele aȝeins resoun

M.3.94KD.3.93Sal.omon þe sage  a sermon he made
                  
M.3.95KD.3.94For to amende maires  and men þat kepen lawes
M.3.96KD.3.95And tolde hem þis teme  þat .I telle þenke
                  
M.3.97KD.3.96Ignis deuorabit tabernaclatabernac[u]la eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera & cetera
M.3.98KD.3.97Amonge þes lettr...ede ledes  þis latin is to mene . 
                  

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M.3.99KD.3.98...?...?...That fyre shal falle and berne  al to blo askesM.3.99-101: The extensive rewritings of M.3.99-101 are likely to have been prompted by the desire to re-spell, since there are no significant
                           variants among B manuscripts. Most obviously, the yoghs have been altered to <y> in Yiftes or yeresyeues. The vowel of blo has also evidently been changed.
M.3.100KD.3.99...?...Þe houses and þe homes  of hem þat desireth
                  
M.3.101KD.3.100...?...Yiftes or yeresyeues  bi-cause of here offices
                  

M.3.102KD.3.101The kynge fro conseille cam  and called aft.er Mede
                  
M.3.103KD.3.102And of-sen..te hire alsswytheals swythe  with sergeauntz manye
                  
M.3.104KD.3.103Þat brouȝten hire to bowre  with blisse and with ioye

M.3.105KD.3.104Curtesely þe kynge þanne  comsed to telle
                  
M.3.106KD.3.105To mede þe Mayden  melleth þes wordes
M.3.107KD.3.106Vnwittely womman  wrouȝt hast þow ofte
M.3.108KD.3.107Ac worse wrouȝtest þow neuere  þan þo þow fals tooke
                  
M.3.109KD.3.108But I forgeue þe þat gilte  and graunte þe my grace . 
                  
M.3.110KD.3.109HenusM.3.110: The scribe may have intended Henns. to þi deþ-day  do so namore
                  

# vtrum Mede vult maritare cum conciencie

.I haue a knyȝte conscience  cam late fro biȝounde

M.3.112KD.3.111

ȜiIf he wilneth þe to wyff  wilt þow hym haue .

.Ye lorde quod þat lady  lorde forbede itM.3.113: The addition of it brings M into agreement with WHmB. elles

But I be holely at ȝyowre heste  lat hange me sone

M.3.115KD.3.114And þanne was conscience calde  to come and appiere
M.3.116KD.3.115Bifore þe kynge and his conseille  as clerkes and oþ..ere
M.3.117KD.3.116Knelynge conscience  to þe kynge louted
                  
M.3.118KD.3.117To wite what ...his wille were  and what he do shulde
                  

Woltow wedde þis womman quod þe kynge  ȝif I wol assente

M.3.120KD.3.119

For she is fayne of þi felawship .  for to be þi make

M.3.121KD.3.120Quod conscience to þe kynge  crist it me forbede
                  
# Consciencie contradicit matrimonium et accusat Mede
M.3.122KD.3.121Ar I wedde suche a wif  wo me bitide
                  
M.3.123KD.3.122For she is frele of hire faith  fikel of hire speche
M.3.124KD.3.123And makeþ men mysdo  many score tymes
M.3.125KD.3.124Truste of hire tresore  treieth ful manye
                  
M.3.126KD.3.125Wyues and widowes  wan......townesM.3.126: Readings in B manuscripts vary between wantounnesse and wantounes; WCrGLH have the latter. she techeþ
                  
M.3.127KD.3.126And lereth hem leccherie  þat loueþ hire ȝyift..es
M.3.128KD.3.127ȜYowre fadre she fellede . þorw fals bihi —este
                  
M.3.129KD.3.128And haþ apoyson..ed popes . &M.3.129: M's original reading without & is shared by CBL. peirede holichurche
                  
M.3.130KD.3.129Is nauȝt a betturre baude  by hym þat me made
                  
M.3.131KD.3.130By-twene heuene and helle  in erthe þowȝ men souȝ..te . 
                  
M.3.132KD.3.131For she is tikil of hire ....tayl . talewys of hire tonge . 
                  
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M.3.133KD.3.132As comune as a cartewey . to eche knaue þat walketh
                  
M.3.134KD.3.133To ..Monkes to mynstrales . to meseles in hegges
                  
M.3.135KD.3.134Sisours and Sompnours . suche men h..ire praiseth
                  
M.3.136KD.3.135Shireues of shires . were shent ȝif she ne..re
M.3.137KD.3.136For she doþ men lesen hire lond . and hire lif boþe
M.3.138KD.3.137She letteþ passe prisoneres . and paieþ for hem ofte
M.3.139KD.3.138...?...& gyuethM.3.139: M alone among B manuscripts omits the word the at this point. gailers gold . and grot.es to-gedres
                  
M.3.140KD.3.139To vnfettre þe fals . flee where hem likeþ
M.3.141KD.3.140And takeþ þe trwe by þe toppe . and tieþ hem faste
                  
M.3.142KD.3.141And hangeth hem for hattrede . þat harme d.ide neuere
                  

M.3.143KD.3.142To be curs...ed in Consistorie . she counteþ nouȝt a risshe
                  
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M.3.144KD.3.143For she copeth þe Comyssarie . and coteth his clerkes
M.3.145KD.3.144She is assoilled as sone  as hire-seluen liketh
                  
M.3.146KD.3.145And may neiȝe as moche do . in a monethe one
M.3.147KD.3.146As .youre secreM.3.147: All other B manuscripts read secret. seel . in sex score daies . 
                  
M.3.148KD.3.147For she is priue with þe pope . prouisours it knoweth
M.3.149KD.3.148For sire Symonye . and here-seluen  seallen h..ire bulles
                  

She bless.eth þ...ise bisshop..es . þeiȝe þei ben lewde

Prouendreth persones . and preest.es mainteineth

M.3.152KD.3.151

To haue lemman..s . and lotebies  al hire lif-day..es

And bringen forth barns . aȝeins forboden lawes .

# quia ...?...

...?...M.3.154: Something, no longer legible, is erased in the right margin.

There she is wel with þe kynge  wo wortheM.3.154: M's original reading of worthe is not shared by other B manuscripts.is þe reume

For she is fauorable to þe fals . and fouleth trwþe ofte .

M.3.156KD.3.155Bi iesus with hire iuweles  ȝyowr.e Iustices she shendeth
                  
M.3.157KD.3.156And lith aȝein þe lawe  and letteþ hym þe gate . 
M.3.158KD.3.157Þat faiþ may not hauen his forth  here florerins ...go soM.3.158: The only variants for go so are fli in Cr1 and to in Cr23. It looks as though M may have read gon, omitting so.  þikke . 
                  
M.3.159KD.3.158She ledeþ þe lawe as hire luste . and loue-days makeþ . 
                  
M.3.160KD.3.159And doþ men lesen þorw here loue . þat lawe miȝte wynnen . 
M.3.161KD.3.160Þe mase for a mene man . þouȝ he mote hire euere . 
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M.3.162KD.3.161Lawe is so lordliche  and loth to maken ende
M.3.163KD.3.162With-outen presentz or pens . she pleseþ wel fewe
                  

M.3.164KD.3.163

Barouns and burgeis  she bringeth in sorwe

And alle þe comune in kare  þat coueyten lyue in truþe .

For clergie and couetise  she coupleþ to-g.ydres .

...?...Þis is þe lif of þat lady  now lord ȝyeue hire sorwe .

M.3.168KD.3.167

And alle þat mainteineth here men  meschaunce hem bityde

For pore men mowe haue non power  to playne þouȝ þei smerte .

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Suche a maistreer is Mede . amonge men of gode

Thanne mourned Mede  and moeuedM.3.171: The scribe originally wrote moued, which the corrector changed to meued (or mened). Cr has meued, and although Kane and Donaldson record all other B manuscripts as mened, some of them might equally be read as meued. hire to þe kynge

M.3.172KD.3.171

To haue space to speke  spede ȝif she miȝte

M.3.173KD.3.172The kynge graunted hire grace . with a gode wille
                  
M.3.174KD.3.173Excuse þee ȝif þow canst  I can namore seggen . 
                  
M.3.175KD.3.174For connscience accuseþ þe  to congeye þe for euere .

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# Excusacio medis
M.3.176KD.3.175Nay lord quod þat lady  leueþ hym þe worse . 
                  
M.3.177KD.3.176Whanne ȝye wyten witt.erly . where þe wronge liggeth . 
                  
M.3.178KD.3.177Þere þat meschief is grete . mede may helpen . 
                  
M.3.179KD.3.178And þow knoweste Conscience  I cam not to chide
                  
M.3.180KD.3.179Ne depraue þi persone  with a proude herte
                  
M.3.181KD.3.180Wel þow wost wernard  but ȝif þou wilte gabbe
                  
M.3.182KD.3.181Þow hast hangede on myn half  elleuen times
                  
M.3.183KD.3.182And also gripud my gold  g.yue it where þe likethdM.3.183: M's original reading was shared with H, and is also the reading of many A manuscripts. The alteration brings M into agreement with the rest of the B manuscripts.
M.3.184KD.3.183And whi þow wratthedesteest  þe þ...now  wond..er me þinkeþ
                  
M.3.185KD.3.184ȜYit I may as I miȝte  menske þe with ȝyift.es
                  
M.3.186KD.3.185And mainteigne þi manhede . more þanne — þow knoweste

M.3.187KD.3.186Ac þow haste famed me foule  bifore þe kynge heere . 
                  
M.3.188KD.3.187For kuyllede I neuere kynge  ne conseilled þere-aft.er . 
                  
M.3.189KD.3.188Ne dede as þow demeste  I do on þe kynge

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M.3.190KD.3.189In Normandye was he nouȝt  n.oyed for my sakeM.3.190: This paragraph is bracketed on the left and the right with # nota in the right margin.
M.3.191KD.3.190Ac þou þi-selue soþely  shamedeste hym often . 
                  
M.3.192KD.3.191Crope in-to a kaban for colde of þi nayles . 
                  
M.3.193KD.3.192Wendeste þat wynt.er . wolde haue last.ede euere . 
                  
M.3.194KD.3.193And dreddest to be ded . for a dym cloude
M.3.195KD.3.194And hyedest homward . for hungur of þi ......wombeM.3.195: There is an illegible erasure in the right margin. It may be the guide for the correction wombe.

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M.3.196KD.3.195With-oute pite pilour  pouere men þow robbedeste
                  
M.3.197KD.3.196And bere hire brasses at þi bak . to Calays to selle
                  
M.3.198KD.3.197Þere I lafte with my lord . his lif for to saue
M.3.199KD.3.198I made his men meri . and mournynge lette
M.3.200KD.3.199I baterede hem on þe bak . and bolded hire hert.es
                  
M.3.201KD.3.200And d...ide hem hoppe for hope  to haue me at wille
                  
M.3.202KD.3.201Hadde I ben marchal of his men . by marie of heuene
M.3.203KD.3.202I durste haue layde my lif . and no lasse wedde
                  
M.3.204KD.3.203He shulde haue be lorde of þat londe . in lengthe and .inM.3.204: In place of M's altered in, YOCLR have a. brede . 
                  
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M.3.205KD.3.204And also kynge of þat ....ekyth . his kynne fortofor to helpe
                  
M.3.206KD.3.205Þe leeste brolle of his blode . a barouns piere
                  

M.3.207KD.3.206Cowardliche þow Conscience  conseiledest hym þanne
M.3.208KD.3.207To leuen his lordshipe . for a litul siluer
                  
M.3.209KD.3.208Þat is þe richeste rewme . þat Rain ouer-ouethM.3.209: Initial <h> has been dropped from houeth. See Introduction IV.1.2.6.

M.3.210KD.3.209It bicometh to a kynge . þat kepeþ a rewmeM.3.210: This paragraph is bracketed in the left margin.
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M.3.211KD.3.210To ȝyeue mede to men  þat mekelich him serueth
                  
M.3.212KD.3.211To aliens and to alle men .M.3.212: Among other B manuscripts, all read to at this point, except for H which reads þat. The word is also omitted by three A manuscripts. honouren hem with .gift.es
                  
M.3.213KD.3.212Mede makeþ hym biloued . and for a man holden
M.3.214KD.3.213Emperours and erles . and alle manere lord.es . 
                  
M.3.215KD.3.214For ȝyiftes han ȝyonge men . to rennen and to ride
                  
M.3.216KD.3.215The pope and alle prelates  presentz vndurfongen
                  
M.3.217KD.3.216And medeth men hem-selue  to mainteine hire lawes
                  
M.3.218KD.3.217S.......eriauntzM.3.218: For rewritten seriauntz, YCr23OBLF have seruauntz, as do most A manuscripts. for hire seruice . we seth wel þe sothe
                  
M.3.219KD.3.218.Taken mede of hire maistres  as þei mowe accorde
                  
M.3.220KD.3.219Beggers for here byddynge . bidden men mede
M.3.221KD.3.220Mynstrals for here merthe . mede þei asken
M.3.222KD.3.221Þe kynge hath mede of his men  to make pees in londe
                  
M.3.223KD.3.222Men þat techen children . craue of hem mede . 
M.3.224KD.3.223Prest.es þat precheþ þe p.eple . to gode asken mede
                  
M.3.225KD.3.224And masse-pens and here mete . atte þe mel-tymes
                  
M.3.226KD.3.225Alkynn.es crafti men crauen mede for hire prentys
                  
M.3.227KD.3.226Marchauntz and mede  moten  ned.es go to-gidres
                  
M.3.228KD.3.227No wi...ght as I wene . with-outen mede may libben

# Rex est ex parte mede

Q...huod þe kynge to Conscience . bi crist as me þ.inketh

Mede is wel worthi  þe maistrie to haue .

# Replicacio consciencie
M.3.231KD.3.230Nay quod Conscience to þe kynge . and kneled to þerþe . 
                  
M.3.232KD.3.231Þere arn two maneresM.3.232: M's plural with <-s> is unique among B manuscripts. of medes . my lord with ȝyowre leue
                  
M.3.233KD.3.232Þat on god of his grace . graunteþ in his blisse
M.3.234KD.3.233To þo þat wel worchen . whil þei ben here . 
M.3.235KD.3.234Þe prophete precheþ þer-of and putte it in þe sautiere
M.3.236KD.3.234αDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo .
M.3.237KD.3.235Lord who shal wonye in þi wones . and with þine holy seintes
M.3.238KD.3.236Or resten on þi holy h.illes  þis askeþ Dauid . 
                  

And dauid assoilleth it hym-selue  as þe Sautiere telleþ .

M.3.240KD.3.237α

Qui ingreditur sine macula  & operatur iusticiam 

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M.3.241KD.3.238Tho þat entren of on colour . and of on wille
M.3.242KD.3.239And han wrouȝte werk.es . with riȝt and with resoun
                  
M.3.243KD.3.240And he þat vseth nauȝte . þe lif of vsure
                  
M.3.244KD.3.241And enfourmeth pore men . and pursueth treuthe
M.3.245KD.3.241αQui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram . & munera super innocentem & cetera
M.3.246KD.3.242And alle þat helpeth þe innocent . and halt with þe riȝtful
                  
M.3.247KD.3.243With-oute mede doþ hem godeod . and þe treuthe helpeth . 
                  
M.3.248KD.3.244Suche manere men my lorde . shal haue þis furste mede
                  
M.3.249KD.3.245Of god ....at hirM.3.249: The alteration hir puts M into agreement with Hm and Cr. Most other B manuscripts read a. grete nede  whanne þei gon henn.es . 
                  
M.3.250KD.3.246Þere is an-othere mede mesureles  þat maistres desireth
                  
M.3.251KD.3.247To mainteigne mysdoers  mede þei take
M.3.252KD.3.248And þereof saith þe Sauter  in a salmes ende
                  
M.3.253KD.3.249In quorum manibus iniquitates sunt . dextera eorum repleta est muneribus .
M.3.254KD.3.250And he þat gripeth h.ire golde . so me god helpe
                  
M.3.255KD.3.251Shal abien it bitterre  or þe book lieth . 
                  

M.3.256KD.3.252¶Prest.es and persones . þat plesinge desireth
                  
M.3.257KD.3.253Þat taken mede forM.3.257: M's original reading for is not attested in other B manuscripts. The alteration brings M into agreement with Hm. Other B manuscripts read and. monoye . for messes þat þei singeth
                  
M.3.258KD.3.254Taketh here mede here . as mathew vs techeth
M.3.259KD.3.254αAmen amen recipiebant mercedem suam .

M.3.260KD.3.255That laborers and meneM.3.260: M's reading of mene is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read either lowe or lewed. folk . taketh of hire maistres
                  
M.3.261KD.3.256It is no manere mede . but a mesurable hire
M.3.262KD.3.257In Marchaundise itM.3.262: M's reading of it is not attested by other B manuscripts. is no mede  I may it wel avowe
                  
M.3.263KD.3.258It is a permutacioun apertly . on penyworth for anoþere .

Nota
M.3.264KD.3.259Ac reddest þow neuere Regum  þow recraide Mede
                  
M.3.265KD.3.260Whi þe veniaunce fel  on Saul and his Children . 
M.3.266KD.3.261God sente to Saul  by Samuel þe prophete
                  
M.3.267KD.3.262Þat agag of amalek  and alle his p.eple aft.er
                  
M.3.268KD.3.263Shulden deie for a dede  þat don hadde hire .eldres
                  

M.3.269KD.3.264For-thi saide Samuel to Saul . god hym-selue hoteth
                  
M.3.270KD.3.265The / be buxome at his bidding  his wille to fulfille
                  
M.3.271KD.3.266Wende to Amalec with þin bhosteM.3.271: M's original boste is not attested in other B manuscripts. . and what þow fyndest þere —M.3.271: M's erasure of þere places it in agreement with HmF. sle it
                  
M.3.272KD.3.267Biernes and best.es . brenne hem to d...etheM.3.272: In place of the revision dethe, YOC2CBLR have dede.
M.3.273KD.3.268Wydoewes and wyues . wymmen and children
                  
M.3.274KD.3.269Moebles and vnmoebles  and al þat þou miȝte fynde
                  
M.3.275KD.3.270Brenne it bere it nouȝt away  be it neuere so riche . 
                  
M.3.276KD.3.271For mede ne for monoye . loke þow destru...ye it
                  
M.3.277KD.3.272Spille it and spare it nouȝt  þow shalt spede þe be...ttre
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M.3.278KD.3.273And for he coueited h.ire catel . and þe kynge sparede
M.3.279KD.3.274Forbare hym and his best.es boþe  as þe bible witnesseth
                  
M.3.280KD.3.275Oþ.er-wise ....than he was . warned of þe prophete
                  
M.3.281KD.3.276God saide to Samuel  þat Saul shulde deie . 
M.3.282KD.3.277And alle his seede for þat synne . shenfulliche enden
                  
M.3.283KD.3.278Suche a meschief Mede . made  Saul þe kynge to haue . 
                  
M.3.284KD.3.279Þat god hated hym for euere  and alle his heirs aftur
# the Culorum
M.3.285KD.3.280The culorum of þis cas  kepe I nouȝt to shewe
                  
M.3.286KD.3.281An auenture it noied men  none ende wil I make
                  
M.3.287KD.3.282For so is þe worlde went . with hem þat han powere
M.3.288KD.3.283Þat who-so saith hem sothes . is sonneste y-blamed
                  

M.3.289KD.3.284I Co.nscience knowe þis . for kynde wit me itM.3.289: No other B manuscript omits it in this b-verse, though its placement varies. The word, however, is omitted in most A manuscripts. tauȝte
                  
M.3.290KD.3.285Þat resoun shal regne . and rewmes gouerne
                  
M.3.291KD.3.286And riȝte as Agag hadde hapM.3.291: M's addition of hap here is unattested among other B manuscripts. . happe shul somme
                  
M.3.292KD.3.287Samuel shal sleen hym . and Saul shal be blamede
M.3.293KD.3.288And dauid shal be diademede . and daunten hem alle . 
                  
M.3.294KD.3.289And on cristen kynge . kepen ...?...hem echoneM.3.294: M's alteration to hem agrees with all B manuscripts except F. The alteration to echone is shared with Bm and agrees with Cr. Other B manuscripts read alle. In L, hem is added by a corrector, and its original reading was possibly the same as M's, where faint traces of alle appear to underlie the revision.

Shal namore Mede be maistreer  as she is nouthe

M.3.296KD.3.291

Ac loue and ...?...lownesseM.3.296: In place of the revision lownesse, CBoCot have lewednese. . and leute to-gidres

Þise shul be maistres . on molde treuthe to saue .

M.3.298KD.3.293And whoso trespasseth aȝein truthe . or takeþ aȝein his wille
M.3.299KD.3.294Leute shal do hym lawe . and no lif elles . 
M.3.300KD.3.295Shal no seriaunt for hireisM.3.300: The alteration puts M in agreement with WCrGH. seruisyce . were a silke howue
                  
M.3.301KD.3.296Ne no pelure in his cloke . for pledynge atte barre . 
M.3.302KD.3.297Mede of mysdoers  maketh many lordes
M.3.303KD.3.298And ouere lordes lawes  ......ruleth þe rewmes
                  

# quod lex laborabit
M.3.304KD.3.299Ac kynde loue shal come ȝyet . and conscience to-gidres
                  
M.3.305KD.3.300And make of law a laborere . suche loue shal arise . 
                  
M.3.306KD.3.301And suche a pees amonge þe p.eple  and a parfite truthe
                  
M.3.307KD.3.302Þat iewes shal wene in hire wit  and w.exen wond.er glade
                  
M.3.308KD.3.303Þat Moises or Messie  bie comeM.3.308: For the alteration be come, C2 has by comen. in to þis erthe
                  
M.3.309KD.3.304And haue wondreer in h...ire hert.es  þat men ben so trwe

# prophesiam

Alle þat bereth baslarde . brode swerde or launce

Axe oþer hachet . or ...any wepen elles

M.3.312KD.3.307

Shal be demed to þe deth . but ȝif he do it smythie

In-to sik.el or to sithe . to share or to Cultre

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Conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres . & cetera

Eche man to play with a ploȝugh . pikoise or .spade

M.3.316KD.3.310

Spinne or sprede donge . or spille hym-seluef with sleuthe

M.3.317KD.3.311Prestes and persones . with Placebo to hunte
                  
M.3.318KD.3.312And dingen vpon dauid . eche a day til eue . 
                  
# prestes to lese ther beneffys For huntyng
                  
M.3.319KD.3.313Huntynge or haukynge . ȝif any of hem vse
                  
M.3.320KD.3.314His boste of his benefice . worth bynome hym .....after
M.3.321KD.3.315Shal neiþer kynge ne kniȝte . conestable ne maire
                  
M.3.322KD.3.316Ouer-lede þe comune  ne to þe courte sompne
                  
M.3.323KD.3.317Ne putte hem in panel . to don hem pliȝte here truthe
M.3.324KD.3.318But aft.er þe dede þat is don . on dome shal rewarde
                  
M.3.325KD.3.319Mercy or non mercy . as treuthe wil accorde .

Kynges courte and comune courte  Consistorie and chapitele

Al shul be but on courte . and on baroun be iustice

M.3.328KD.3.322

Þanne worth trwe tonge a tidy man  þat tened me neuere

Batailles shal non be  ne no man bere wepne

And what smyth þat ony ...?...smythethM.3.330: This alteration to M occurs at a place where B manuscripts vary considerably in their readings. W reads smyþeþ, Cr has smithed; some other manuscripts have smyteth.  be smite þere-with to deþe

Non leuabit gens contra gentem gladium & cetera

M.3.332KD.3.325

And er þis fortune falle . fynde men shal þe worste

# propheciam de vj sunnis & a ship

By syx sonnes and a shipp  and half a shef of arwes

And þe mydul of a mone . shal make þe iewes to turne

And saracenes for þat siȝte . shullen synge Gloria in excelsis & cetera

M.3.336KD.3.329

For Mak.omete and me..de  mysshapp shal þat tyme

For melius est bonum nomen quam diuicie multe & cetera

# Responsio mede ad replicacionem

As wroth as þe wynde . wex Mede in a w.l.hile

I can no latyn quod she . clerkes woteot þe sothe

M.3.340KD.3.333

Se what sal.omon ....seith . in sapience bokes

Þat hij þat ȝyeueth ȝyiftes  þe victorie wynneth

And moche worsh...?...ip haddeM.3.342: M's altered reading hadde agrees with WOCBR; CrHmF attest the present tense, but M is apparently just respelling worshipp had. þerewith  as holy writte telleth

Honorem adquiret . qui dat munera & cetera. .

M.3.344KD.3.337I leue wel lady quod connscience  þat þi latyne be truwe . 
                  
M.3.345KD.3.338Ac þow art like a lady . þat redde a lessoun ones . 
                  
M.3.346KD.3.339Was Omnia probate . and þat ples.ed h.ire herte
                  
M.3.347KD.3.340For þat line was no lenger . atte þe leues ende
M.3.348KD.3.341Had ...sheM.4.348: For M's revision she, BL read Ȝe. See the note to the next line." loked þat oþ.er half  and þe lef tournede . 
                  
M.3.349KD.3.342...SheM.3.349: For She, BL read Ȝe; R has Heo. shulde haue founden fele wordes  folwynge þere aft.er 
                  
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M.3.350KD.3.343Quod bonum est tenete . truthe þat texte made . 

M.3.351KD.3.344And so ferde ȝye ma-dame . ȝye couthe namore fynde . 
                  
M.3.352KD.3.345Þo ȝye lo.ked on sapience  sittinge in .....youre studie
                  
M.3.353KD.3.346Þis tixte þat ȝeM.3.353: M alone among B manuscripts lacks the word han here. tolde . were gode for lord.es
                  
M.3.354KD.3.347Ac ȝyow faillede a connyn..ege  clerk . þat couthe þe lef haue tourned
                  
M.3.355KD.3.348And ....if ye seche sapience efte . fynde shal ȝye þat folweth
                  
M.3.356KD.3.349A ful teneful tixte . to hem þat takeþ Mede . 
M.3.357KD.3.350And þat is animam autem aufert accipientium . & cetera
M.3.358KD.3.351And þat is þe ta..eyl of þe texte . of þat þat ..esheM.3.358: M's altered reading she agrees with WHmCr1GH. Other B manuscripts read ye. shewede
M.3.359KD.3.352Þat þeiȝe we wynne worshippe . and with mede haue victorie
                  
M.3.360KD.3.353Þe soule þat þ..e soude taketh  by so muche is bounde