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M.7.1KD.7.1TReuthe herde telle hereof . and to piers he sente . 
                  
M.7.2KD.7.2To taken his teme . an tilien þe erthe
M.7.3KD.7.3And purchacedM.7.3: Other B manuscripts, except Cr, have purchaced hym. a pardoun .  a pena & a culpa .
M.7.4KD.7.4For him and for his heires . for euermore aftur
M.7.5KD.7.5And bad him halde him at home . and erien his leies . 
M.7.6KD.7.6And alle þat halpe h.im to erien  to setten or sowen . 
                  
M.7.7KD.7.7Or any oþur mister . þat miȝte piers auaillen . 
M.7.8KD.7.8Pardoun with piers plowman . treuthe haþ y-graunt..ed
M.7.9KD.7.9Kynges and kniȝtus . þat kepun holychurche
M.7.10KD.7.10And riȝtfulliche in reumes  reulen þe p.eple . 
                  
M.7.11KD.7.11Hath pardoun inM.7.11: M's reading of in is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read þoruȝ. purgatorie . to passen ful liȝtly
                  
M.7.12KD.7.12With Patriarkus and prophetus . in parad..is to be Felawes . 
                  

M.7.13KD.7.13Bisshopus y-blessud . ȝif þei ben as þei shulden . 
                  
M.7.14KD.7.14Legistres of boþe þe lawes . þe lewede þere-with to preche
                  
M.7.15KD.7.15And in as muche as þei mowe . amende alle synnefull . 
M.7.16KD.7.16Aren pieres with appostolesM.7.16: M shares the reading with F. Other B manuscripts have þe Apostles. . þus pardoun piers sheweþ . 
                  
M.7.17KD.7.17And atte þe day of dome . atM.7.17: M shares the reading with R. Other B manuscripts have at þe. heiȝe dei..ys to sitten .

# quod mercatores non sunt soluti a pena & culpa quia non sanctificant sabatum
M.7.18KD.7.18Marchauntz in þe margyne  hadden many ȝyeres
                  
M.7.19KD.7.19Ac no..on a pena & a culpa . þe pope nolde hem graunte . 
                  
M.7.20KD.7.20For þei holden not here halidyhalid[a]y  as holichurch techeþ
                  
M.7.21KD.7.21And for þei swere by hire soule  and alsM.7.21: M's reading of als is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read so. god hem helpe . 
                  
M.7.22KD.7.22A.yein clene Conscience  here Catel . to selle .

Ac vndur his secreet seel . truthe sente hem a lettre

M.7.24KD.7.24

Þat þei shulden bugge boldly  þat hem best likud .

And siþþe sellen it aȝein  and saue þe wynny..ng

And amende mesondeux þere-mid . & mises..ed forlk helpe .

And wikkud weies . wiȝtliche hem . amende .

M.7.28KD.7.28

And toM.7.28: M's reading of to is not shared by other B manuscripts. do bote to brugges . þat tobroken weren

Marien maydoen..s . or maken hem nonnes .

Pore p.eple and prisouns . fynden hem hire fode .

And setten scolers to scole . and somme toM.7.31: M's reading of and somme to is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read or to som. oþere craftus

M.7.32KD.7.33

Releue religioun . and rente hem ȝyetM.7.32: M's yet is not attested in other B manuscripts. bettr.eM.7.32-35: A bracket in the left margin runs from this line to the bottom of the page.

And I shal sende .yow my-selue  seint Michel myn Archangele

Þat no.. deuel shal derie ȝyowM.7.34: M's syntax, derie yow, is the reverse of the other B manuscripts, which read yow dere. . ne fere ȝyow in ...?...yowre deyyngM.7.34: In place of the rewritten yowre deyyng, YCrOC2CB read your doyinge.

And witen ȝyow from .wanhope  ȝif ȝye will...?...e thus werche

M.7.36KD.7.37

And sende ȝyowre soules in sauftee  to my seint..es in Ioye .

cor

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Þanne weren Marchauntz merie . and wept..en for ioie

And praiseden Piers plowmanM.7.38: Other B manuscripts except G have þe Plowman. . þat purchacede þis bulle .

# de legum peritis quia minime de Indulgencia recipiunt
M.7.39KD.7.40Men of lawe leste pardoun hadde . þatM.7.39: M's original reading without þat, not noted by Kane and Donaldson, agreed with G. pleteden for mede
                  
M.7.40KD.7.41For þe sauter saueth hem nouȝt . such as takeþ ȝyiftus . 
                  
M.7.41KD.7.42And namelich of Innocentz . þat non .yuele kuonneth . 
                  
M.7.42KD.7.42αSuper Innocentem munera non accipies .
M.7.43KD.7.43Pledours shulde painen hem  to plede for suche and helpe . 
                  
M.7.44KD.7.44Princes and Prelat..es  shulde paien for hire trauaille
                  
M.7.45KD.7.44αA Regibus & principibus  erit merces eorum .

M.7.46KD.7.45Ac many a Iustice and Iurour . wol for Iohan doo moore . 
M.7.47KD.7.46Þanne — pro dei pietate . leue þow none oþure
M.7.48KD.7.47Ac he þat spendeþ his speche . and spekeþ for þe poore . 
M.7.49KD.7.48Þat is Innocent and nedy  and nomanno man appaireth 
                  
oute +M.7.50: The deleted text is legible under ultraviolet light.
M.7.50KD.7.49Conforteþ him in þat cas  withoute coueitise of ȝyiftus . 
                  
M.7.51KD.7.50And sheweþ lawe for oure lordes loue  as he it haþ lurned
M.7.52KD.7.51Shal no deuel at his deþday . deren him a m...yte
M.7.53KD.7.52Þat he noM.7.53: Other B manuscripts read ne. worth sauf and his soule  þe sautier bereth witytnesse
                  
M.7.54KD.7.52αDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo . & cetera .

nota

Ac to bugge watur ne wynde  ne witte ne ....firefireM.7.55: The correction was first entered supralinearly and then incorporated in-line. þe ferthe.

# quia deus Creauit quatuor in adiutorium Comune

M.7.56KD.7.54

This foure þe fadur of heuene  made to þis folde in comune

Þise ben trwthes tresors  trwe folk to helpe

Þat .. neuere shal waxe ne wanye  withouten god him-seluen

M.7.59KD.7.57Whanne þei drawen on to deiȝen  and Indulgences wolden hauen
M.7.60KD.7.58Here pardoun is ful petite  at hire partingesM.7.60: M's original plural is not attested in other B manuscripts. henn.es . 
                  
M.7.61KD.7.59Þat any mende of mene men  for hire motinge taketh 
                  
M.7.62KD.7.60ȜYe legistres and law.yeres  holdeþ þis for truthe
                  
M.7.63KD.7.60Þat ȝif þat I lie . mathewe is to blame
                  
M.7.64KD.7.60.1For he bad me ....seyneM.7.64: For seyn most B manuscripts read
                           make, though OC2 have take and Cr has tel. ȝyow þis  and þis prouerbe me toolde 
                  
M.7.65KD.7.60αQuodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines / facite eis. & cetera

M.7.66KD.7.61Alle libbinge laborers  þat liuen with hire hondus
M.7.67KD.7.62Þat truliche taken  and trweliche wynn.en
                  
M.7.68KD.7.63And liuen in loue and in lawe . for hire lowe hertus
M.7.69KD.7.64Haueth þe same absolucioun  þat sent was to Pieres

Beggers andM.7.70: M shares the reading and with Cr and also with A and C manuscripts. Other B manuscripts have ne. bidders  ne beth nouȝte in þe bulle

But ȝif þe suggestioun be soth  þat shapeþ hem to begge .

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M.7.72KD.7.67

For he þat beggeth or bit  but ȝif he haue nede .

He is fals with þe feende  and defraudeþ þe nedy

argumentum

....bibileM.7.74: Whatever has been deleted here is illegible even under ultraviolet light.

And alsM.7.74: For als, other B manuscripts have also. he bigileþ þe gyuer  ageins his wille

For ȝif he wiste he were nouȝt nedy  he w...olde ȝyeue þat anothur

M.7.76KD.7.71

Þat were more nediere —M.7.76: M's original nediere agreed with RF. þanne he  so þe nedieste shulde be holpen

Catoun kenneþ men þisM.7.77: M's reading of þis is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read þus.  and þe Clerke of þe stories .

opinio # quia remandat elimosina in Manu donec videas Cui des secundum CatounM.7.78: The word opinio is followed by a curly brace connecting the label to all three lines of the Latin that follows.

Cui des videto . is catouns techinge .

And in þe stories he techeþ  to bistowe þin almes

M.7.80KD.7.75

Sit elemosina in manu tua . donec studes cui des .

Responsio —Et tamen vide Gregorius

Ac Gregorie was a gode man  and bade vs gyuen toM.7.81: M's addition, in a later hand, of to is unattested in other B manuscripts. alle

leneth

Þat asketh for his loue  þat vs alle leneth

Non eligas cui miserearis . ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipere

M.7.84KD.7.77β

Quia incertum est pro quo deumo —M.7.84: M's original reading deum agreed with YOC2CBmBoLRF. See John Alford, Piers Plowman: A Guide to the Quotations (Binghamton, 1992) p. 54. magis placeas

M.7.85KD.7.78For wite ye neuere who is worthy  ac god wot who hath nede
walke
SolucioM.7.86: Originally, walke was written in the margin for later correction. After the correction was made, this word was erased and a later annotator
                           added Solucio. See line M.7.81 above.
M.7.86KD.7.79In him þat takeþ is þe treccherie  ȝif any tresoun ....walkeM.7.86: In place of the rewritten walke, L has the synonym wawe. . 
                  
M.7.87KD.7.80For heM.7.87: M's original reading without he agreed with Cot. þat ȝyeueþ ȝyeldeþ  and ȝyarkeþ him to reste . 
                  
M.7.88KD.7.81And he þat biddeþ borweth  and bringeþ him-self.. in dette
                  
M.7.89KD.7.82For beggeres borwen euermo  and hire borgh is god almiȝty
M.7.90KD.7.83To ȝyelden hem þat ȝyeueþ hem  and ȝyete vsuren more
                  
M.7.91KD.7.83αQuare non dedisti p..eccuniam meam ad mensam . vt ego veniens & ceteraM.7.91: All other B manuscripts complete the Latin tag with some version of W's cum vsuris exigere. Kane and Donaldson fail to record M's & cetera.

M.7.92KD.7.84For-þi biddeþ nouȝte ȝye beggers  but ifM.7.92: M's original reading without if agreed with F. ȝye haue grete nede . 
                  
M.7.93KD.7.85For who-so haþ to buyggen him brede  þe boke bereth wittnesse
                  
M.7.94KD.7.86He haþ ynow . þat haþ brede y-nowgh  þoȝwgh he haue not elles
                  
M.7.95KD.7.86αSatis diues est qui non indeget pane .

M.7.96KD.7.87Late vsage be ȝyowre solas . onM.7.96: M's reading of on is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read of. seintus liues r..edinge
                  
M.7.97KD.7.88Þe bo..ok blameþ begg.eri.e  and bannethM.7.97: Compared with other B manuscripts, M interchanges blameþ and banneth in this line, as does F. F, however, has byddis for banneth. hem in þis manere . 
                  
M.7.98KD.7.89Iunior fui & enim senui . & non vidi iustum derelictum & ceteraM.7.98: The end of this Latin tag is variously attested in B manuscripts. As in M.7.91, M's version is uniquely abbreviated. .

For ȝye liuen in none — loue  ne non lawe holde

# quia mendicantes operantur tanquam bestie Cum we he

M.7.100KD.7.91

Many of ȝyow ne wedde nouȝt  þe wymmen þat ȝye delen withM.7.100: M's syntax is the reverse of the other B manuscripts, which read wiþ dele.

But as wilde beestus with whee he . worthen vp and worchen

And bringeþ forth bar...nes  þat bastardus men callen .

Or þe bakke or somme — bo..on  he brekuþ in .his ȝyouthe .

M.7.104KD.7.95

And suthe goon fay....ten with ȝyowre fauntes  for eueremore aftur .

Þere is more mysshappenM.7.105: M's original reading mysshapp was shared with CrYC. p.eple  amonges þes beggers

Þanne — of alle manere men  þat on þis molde walkeþ

And þe.y þat liuen þus hire lif . mow lothen þe tyme .

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M.7.108KD.7.99

That euere he was man wrouȝt  whanne he shal hennus wendeM.7.108: M's reading of wende is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read fare.

M.7.109KD.7.100Ac olde men and hore  þat helpeles ben of strengþe
M.7.110KD.7.101And wommen with Childe  þat worchen ne mowe . 
M.7.111KD.7.102Blynde and bedrede  and broken hire membres
M.7.112KD.7.103Þat takeþ þis meschief mekeliche  as meseles and othur
                  
M.7.113KD.7.104Han as plain pardoun  as þe Plowman him-seluen . 
                  
M.7.114KD.7.105For loue of hire lowe hertus  oure lord haþ hem grauntede
M.7.115KD.7.106Here penaunce and hire purgatorie  here on þis erthe

nota

M.7.116KD.7.107

Piers quod a preest þo  þiny pardoun moste I rede

For I wil construwe eche a clause  and kenne it þe on englissh

# Bulla petri ploughman
M.7.118KD.7.109And Piers at his praiere  his pardoun vnfoldeth . 
M.7.119KD.7.110And I bih.ynde hem bothe  bihulde alle þe bulle . 
                  
M.7.120KD.7.111Al in two lynes it lay  and nouȝt a leef more
M.7.121KD.7.112. &  was writen riȝt þus  in wittnesse of trewthe
                  
M.7.122KD.7.113Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam
M.7.123KD.7.114Qui vero mala in ignem eternum 

M.7.124KD.7.115

Petur quod þe preest þo  I can none — pardoun fynde .

But dowel and haue well  and god shal haue þiny soule .

And do .yuele and ......haue haueM.7.126: The guide word was entered above the line and then erased, with the correction inserted within the line. yuele  hope þow non othure

Þat aftur þi deþ-day  þe deuel shal haueM.7.127: The guide word was entered above the line and then erased, with the correction inserted within the line. þiny soule

M.7.128KD.7.119

And piers for pure tene  pullude it a-tweyne

.And saide . Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis . non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es .

I shal cesse of my sowynge quod piers  and swynk nouȝt so harde .

Ne ......aboute my beli ioie  so b.isy be nomoreno more .

M.7.132KD.7.124

Of preiers and of penaunce  my plowgh shal ben here-aftur

And ..wepen whanne I shulde slepe  þoȝwgh whete bred me faille

M.7.134KD.7.126.TheM.7.134: The first two letters are in a hand and ink which differ from the surrounding text. prophete his pain ete  in penaunce and in sorwe
                  
M.7.135KD.7.127By þat þe sawter sai..th  so dede oþur manye
                  
M.7.136KD.7.128Þat loueth god lelly  his liflode is ful es.y 
                  
M.7.137KD.7.128αFuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte

And but ȝif luk lie / he lereth vs by foules

We shulde nouȝt be to bisie  aboute worldusM.7.139: Other B manuscripts except F have þe worldes. blisse .

M.7.140KD.7.131

Ne solliciti sitis . he saieyth in þe gospell 

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And sheweþM.7.141: Other B manuscripts except Cr23 have sheweþ vs. bi ensamplus  vs-seluen to wisse

Þe foules onM.7.142: M shares the reading on with L. Most other B manuscripts have in. þe fielde  who finte hem mete at ......wynter

Haue þei no garnere to go to  but god finte hem alle

M.7.144KD.7.136

What quod þe preeste to perkin  petur as me þinketh

Þow art lettr..ed a litul  who lurnede þe on boke .

Abstinence þe Abbesse quod piers  myn Abc. me tauȝte

And Connscience come afturM.7.147: M's reading of aftur is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read afterward. Some A manuscripts read after.  and kenn..ed me moche more

M.7.148KD.7.140

Were thow a preest Piers quod he . þow miȝte...st  preche where þow shuldeste

As dyuynour in diuin...ite  with Dixit incipiensin[s]ipiens to þi teme .

M.7.150KD.7.142Lewde lorell quod Piers  litul lokest þow on þe bible
M.7.151KD.7.143On salamones sawes  selden þou bih.oldeste
M.7.152KD.7.143αEcceM.7.152:  Kane and Donaldson record this word as Eice. derisores et iurgia . cum eis ne crescant & cetera

M.7.153KD.7.144Þe preest and perkin  apposeden either othure
M.7.154KD.7.145.And I þourȝ here wordus awo..ok  and waitud.e aboute
                  
M.7.155KD.7.146. &  se.ygh þe sunonne in þe southe  sitten atM.7.155: Other B manuscripts except B omit at. þat tyme . 
                  
M.7.156KD.7.147Meteles ...... & moneiles  on maluerne hullus
                  
M.7.157KD.7.148Musinge on þis metles  onM.7.157: M's reading of on is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read and. my wai.y ich ȝyede
                  
M.7.158KD.7.149Many tyme þis metles  haþ makud me to studie . 
M.7.159KD.7.150Of þat I seȝygh slepinge  ȝif it be soM.7.159: M shares the reading be so with G. Other B manuscripts have so be. miȝte
                  
M.7.160KD.7.151And als for Piers plowȝmanM.7.160: Other B manuscripts except F have þe Plowman.  ful pensif in herte
                  
M.7.161KD.7.152And w....hich a pardoun piers hadde  alle þe p.eple to conforte
                  
M.7.162KD.7.153And how þe preest inpugned it  with. two propre wordus
                  
M.7.163KD.7.154Ac I haue no sauoure in sowngewarie  for I se it ofte faille . 
                  
M.7.164KD.7.155Catoun and Canonistres  conseilleth vs to leue 
# opinionem de sompnis
M.7.165KD.7.156To setten saddnesse in soungewarie  for Sompnia ne cures .

M.7.166KD.7.157Ac for þe boke bible ber...eth wittnesse . 
                  
M.7.167KD.7.158How Danyel diuynede  þe dremes of a kynge
M.7.168KD.7.159Þat was Nabugodonosor  nempned of clerkus
M.7.169KD.7.160Daniel saide sire kinge  þi dremeles bitokeneth
                  
M.7.170KD.7.161Þat vnkouthe kniȝtus shullen come  þi kingedome to cleue
M.7.171KD.7.162Amonges lower lordus  þi lond shal ben departede
M.7.172KD.7.163And as Daniel diuinede  in dede it felle aftur
                  
M.7.173KD.7.164Þe kinge le..es his lordeschipe  and lowere men it hadde . 
                  

M.7.174KD.7.165And Ioseph mette merueillously  how þe mone and þeM.7.174: M's original reading without þe agreed with OC2F. suonne . 
                  
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M.7.175KD.7.166And þe elleuene sterres  heilsude him alle
M.7.176KD.7.167Þanne Iacob iuggud  Ioseph.s sweuene
                  
M.7.177KD.7.168Beau fitz quod his fadur  for defaute we shullen
                  
M.7.178KD.7.169I my-selue and my sonus . sechen þe for nede
                  

M.7.179KD.7.170It bifelle as his fadur saide . in pharahoes tyme
                  
M.7.180KD.7.171Þat Ioseph was iustice  Egipte to loken
M.7.181KD.7.172It bifell as his fadur .tolde  his frendes þere him souȝten
                  
M.7.182KD.7.173And alle þis makeþ me  on þis met...eles to þinken

M.7.183KD.7.174And how þe preest proued  no pardunoun to dowell
                  
# quod dowell superest Indulgencias
M.7.184KD.7.175And demede þat dowel  Indulgences pass...ede
M.7.185KD.7.176Biennales an triennales  and bisshopus lettres . 
M.7.186KD.7.177And how dowell atte þe day of dome  is digneliche vndurfon...gen
M.7.187KD.7.178And passuth al þe pardoun . of seint Pietres churche

M.7.188KD.7.179Now haþ þe Pope powere pardoun  to graunte to þeM.7.188: M shares the reading to þe with G. Other B manuscripts have þe. p.eple
                  
M.7.189KD.7.180With-owten ...any penaunce  to passen in to heuene
                  
M.7.190KD.7.181Þis is oure bileue  as lettrede men vs techen
M.7.191KD.7.181αQuodcumque ligaueris super terram . erit ligatum . & in celis & cetera
M.7.192KD.7.182And so I leue lelly  lordus forbode ellus
M.7.193KD.7.183Þat pardoun and penaunce  and preiers doon saue
M.7.194KD.7.184Soules þat haue synn..ed  seuene sithes dedly
                  
M.7.195KD.7.185Ac to truste to þis triennales  trwly me þinkeþ
M.7.196KD.7.186Is nouȝt so sikur for þe soule  certus as is dowell . 

For-þi I rede ȝyow renkus  þat riche ben on þis erthe

Vppon truste toM.7.198: M's reading of to is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read on or of. ȝyowre tresoure  triennales to haue

Be ȝye neuere þere balder  to breken þe ten heestus .

M.7.200KD.7.190

And namelich ȝye maires  maistresM.7.200: M's order—maires, maistres—is reversed in other B manuscripts. and iugeȝs

Þat han þe welthe of þeM.7.201: M's reading of þe is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read þis. world  and for wise men ben holden

To purchace ȝyow pardoun . and þe popus bulles

At þe dredful doome  whanne dede shull arisen

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And comen alle bifore Crist  acomptus to ȝyelden .

How þou laddest þi lif  and his lawes keptest

de indulgencijs

And how þow dedest day by day  þe doom. wil reherce

A pokeful of pardoun þere  ne prouinciales lettres

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Theigh ȝye ben founden in þe Fraternitee  of alle þe foure ordres

And haue Indulgences double-folde  but ȝif dowell ȝyow helpe

nota d

I sette ȝyoure patentes . and ȝyowre pardoun  at a pieM.7.210: Other B manuscripts have pies or pese. hele 

fol. 36rI

passus viijus primus de dowell

For-þi I counseille alle Cristen  to crien god mercy

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And Marie his modur . be oure mene bitwene

Þat god .yeue vs grace here  er we goon henn.es

Suche werkus to worchen  whil we ben heere

Þat aftur oure deþ-day  Dowell reherce .

...?...?...M.7.216: Something, no longer legible, is erased in the right margin. The erasure damaged the passus heading for passus 8, which was subsequently repaired in brown ink.

M.7.216KD.7.206

At þe day of dome  we dide as he hiȝte .