The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 14William LanglandEdited by Katherine Heinrichs Graduate Research Assistants Patricia Bart, Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Eubanks, Paul Fyfe, Paul Gaffney, Janice McCoy, Chloe Smith, Timothy L. Stinson, Jordan Taylor, and Keicy Tolbert. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Kirk V. Hastings, Richard A. Peterson, Daniel Pitti, Jonathan Rodney, and John Unsworth.Published for the Medieval Academy of America and The Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Cambridge ISBN: 1843840251

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LatinFrenchGermanMay, 2001catalogerPatricia BartNew header createdPassus quarto-decimus .O.14.000: The heading is divided after quarto-, so that it appears as two lines.II haue but an hool hater quod haukyn  I am þe lesse to blame Þouȝ it be suyled & foule  I slepe þer-inne on nyȝtisAnd also I haue a wijf  huen & childrenVxorem duxi & ideo non possum venireO.14.4: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after possum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Þat wolden bemolen it many tyme  maugre my chekisIt haþ been laued in lenten  & out of lenten boþeWiþ þe sope of sekenesse  þat sekeþ wondir depeAnd wiþ þe losse of catel  loþ for to a-gylte God or any good man  bi ouȝt þat I wisteAnd was schryuen of þe preest  þat gaue me for my synnesTo penaunce pacience  & pore men to fedeAl for coueytise of my cristendom  in clennesse to kepe itAnd kouþe I neuere bi crist  kepe it clene an oureÞat I ne suylede it wiþ siȝt  or sum ydel specheOr þoruȝ werk or word  or wille of myn herteBut I ne floboure it foule  fro morwenO.14.16: OC2 alone have the form morwen in place of morwe. til euenAnd I schal kenne þee quod concience  of contricioun to makeÞat schal clawe þi cote  of al kyns synnesO.14.18: OC2 alone have synnes in place of some variant of fylthe.Cordis contricio & ceteraO.14.19: This line is written in the right margin.Do-wel schal wasschen it & wryngen it  þoruȝ a wise confessourOris confessio & ceteraO.14.21: This line is written in the right margin.Do-bette schal beten it & bouken it  as briȝt as any scarletAnd engreynen it wiþ good wille  & goddis grace to amende þeeAnd siþen sende þee satisfaccioun  for to seweO.14.24: OC2 alone have sewe; most B manuscripts have sowen. OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack it before after. afterSatisfaccio & ceteraO.14.25: This line is written in the right margin.Do-best schal neuere myst bymolen it  ne moþþe after biten itNe feend ne fals man  defoulen it in þi lyueSchal no heraud ne harpour  haue a fayrer garnementÞan haukyn þe actijf man  & þou do bi my techyngNe no mynystral be more worþ  amongys pore & richeÞan haukyns wijf þe waferer  wiþ his actiua vitaAnd I schal purueye þee paast quod pacience  þouȝ no plow erieAnd flour to fede folk wiþ  as best be for þi souleÞouȝ neuere greyn growede  ne grape vp-on vyneAlle þat lyuen & loken  lijflode . wolde I fyndeAnd þat ynow . schal noon fayle  of þing þat hem nedeþWe schuldenO.14.37: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. not be to bisy  abouten oure lijflodeO.14.37: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on the basis of "prosiness and verbosity."Ne solliciti sitis & cetera volucres celi deus pascit & cetera Pacientes vincunt & ceteraÞanne lowȝO.14.39: OC2 alone have the form lowȝ in place of laughed. haukyn a litil  & liȝtli gan swereWho-so leueþ ȝow bi oure lord  I leue not he be blessidNo quod pacience pacientli  & out of his poke hente Vitayles of grete vertues  for alle manere beestisAnd seyde . lo heer lijflode ynow  if oure beleue be treweFor lent neuere was lijf  but lijflode were schapen Wher-of or wherfore  &O.14.45: OC2R alone have & in place of or. wher-by to libbeFirst þe wylde worm  vndir wete erþeFisch to lyue in þe flood  & in þe fijr þe criketÞe curlu bi kynde of þe eir  moost clennest flesch of briddisAnd beestis bi grasse & greyn  & bi grene rotesIn menyng þat alle men  myȝten do þe sameLyue þoruȝ lele bileue  & loue . as god witnesseþQuodcumque pecieritis a patre in nomine meo & cetera / Et alibi / Non in solo pane viuit homo set in omni verbo quod procedit de ore dei .O.14.52: This line begins in the right margin of l. 51, breaks after the first occurrence of in, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, ending in the right margin.But I lokede . what lijflode it was  þat pacience so preysedeAnd þanne was it a pece of þe pater nosterfiat voluntas tuaHaue haukyn quod pacience  & ete þis whanne þee hungreþOr whanne þou clomsest for coold  or chillistO.14.56: OC2 alone have chillist in place of clyngest. for drieSchuldenO.14.57: O alone has the form Schulden; most B manuscripts have Shul. neuere gomesO.14.57: OC2 alone have gomes; most B manuscripts have gyues. þee greue  ne grete lordis wraþþePrisoun ne peyne  for pacientes vincuntBi so þat þou be sobre  of siȝt & of tungeIn etyng & in handelyng  & alle þi fyue wittisÞarst þou neuere care for corn  ne lynnen cloþ ne wollenNe for drynk ne deþ drede  but deye as god likiþOr þoruȝ hungre or þoruȝ hete  at his wille be itFor if þou lyuest after his lore  þe schorter lijf þe betterSi quis amat christum mundum non diligit istumO.14.65: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after non, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.For þoruȝ his breþ beestis wexen  & abrode ȝedenDixit & facta suntO.14.67: This line is written in the right margin.Ergo þoruȝ his breþ  mowen men & beestis lyueO.14.68: OC2 alone have the form lyue in place of lyuen.As holy writ witnessiþ  whanne men seggen her gracesAperis tu manum tuam & imples omne animal benediccioneO.14.70: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after omne, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.It is founden þat fourty wynter  folk lyueden wiþ-outen tiliyngAnd out of þe flynt spronge þe flood  þat folk & beestis drunkenAnd in elies tyme  heuene was y-closedÞat no reyn ne roon  þus redenO.14.74: O alone has the form reden; most B manuscripts have rede. men in bokisÞat many wyntres men lyueden  & no mete ne tilidenSeuene slepen . as seyþ þe book  seuene hundrid wynterAnd lyueden wiþ-outen lijflode  & at þe laste þei wokenAnd if men lyueden as mesure wolde  schulde neuere be defauteAmongys cristen creaturis  if cristis wordO.14.79: O alone has the singular form. be treweAc vnkyndenesse . caristia makeþ  amongys cristen pepleAnd ouerplente makiþ pride  amonge pore & richeAc mesure is so myche worþ  it may not be to dereOf Sodom . & gomor .O.14.83: The rubric is divided after Sodom ., so that it appears as two lines.For þe mescheef &O.14.83: OC2F alone lack þe before meschaunce. meschaunce  among men of sodomWexe þoruȝ plente of payn  & of pure sleuþeOciositas & habundancia panis peccatum turpissimum nutriuit .O.14.85: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after panis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.For þei mesureden not hemself  of þat þei eten & drunkenO.14.86: OC2 alone have the form drunken; most B manuscripts have dronke.Diden delyde[d]ly synne  þat þe deuel likedeSo veniaunce fel vp-on hem  for her vile synnesÞei sunken in-to helle  þe citees ichoneFor-þi mesure we vs wel  & make oure feiþ oure scheltrounAnd þoruȝ feiþ comeþ contricioun  concience woot itO.14.91: HmOC2 alone include it. welWhich dryueþ awey dedli synne  & dooþ it to be venyalAnd þouȝ a man myȝte not speke  contricioun myȝte hym saueAnd brynge his soule to blisse  so þat feiþ heerO.14.94: OC2 alone have heer; most B manuscripts have bere(þ). witnesse Þat whyles he lyuede he beleuede  þe lore of holy chircheErgo contricioun . feiþ & concience  is kyndeli . do-welAnd surgien O.14.97: OC2 alone have the singular form. In O, there is evidence that an <s> may have been erased. for dedli synnes  whan schrift of mouþ fayledeO.14.97: OC2 alone have the preterite form.Ac schrift of mouþe more worþi is  if man be inlich contrijtFor schrift of mouþe sleeþ synne  be it neuere so dedliPar confessionem to a preest  peccata occidunturÞer contricioun dooþ . but dryueþ it doun  in-to a venyal synneAnd dauid seiþ in þe sauter  & quorum tecta sunt peccataAc satisfaccioun sekeþ out þe rote  & boþe sleeþ & voydeþAnd as it neuere hadde be . to nouȝt  bryngeþ dedli synneÞat it is neuere eft sene ne sore  but semeþ a wounde heledWhere is chariteO.14.106: The rubric is divided after is, so that it appears as two lines. Four ticks follow it.Where woneþ charite quod haukyn  I wiste neuere in my lyue  Man þat wiþ hym spake  as wyde as I haue passedÞere parfiȝt truþe & pore herte is  & þanneO.14.108: OC2 alone include þanne. pacience of tungeÞere is charite þe cheef chaumbrer  for god hym-selueWheþer paciente pouerte quod haukyn  be more plesaunt to oure driȝtenO.14.110: O alone has the form driȝten; variants include d (cropped, W), sight (CB), lorde (GR), saueoure (C2), and driȝte (LHmCrYM).Þan richesse riȝtfulli wonnen  & resounablich spendidȜhe . quis est ille quod pacience  quyk laudabimus eumÞouȝ men reddenO.14.113: OC2 alone have the form redden; most B manuscripts have rede. of richesse  riȝt to þe werldis endeI wiste neuere renke þat riche was  þat whanne he rekene schuldeWhanne he drowȝ to his deþ-day  þat he ne dredde hym soreAnd þat at þe rekkenyng in arerage fel  raþer þan out of detteÞere þe pore dar plede  & preue bi pure resounTo haue a-lowaunce of his lord  bi þe lawe . he it cleymeþ Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde  of riȝtful Iuge he axeþAnd seiþ . lo briddis & beestis  þat no blisse ne kouþeAnd wylde wormes in wodes  þoruȝ wyntres þou hem greuestAnd makest hem welny meke  & mylde fordefautefor defauteAnd after þou sendest hem somer  þat is her souereyn ioyeAnd blisse to alle þat been  boþe wylde & tameÞanne may beggers & biddersbeestisO.14.125: A solidus/punctus above bidders and above marginal beestis indicate that substitution was intended. O alone has bidders; all other B manuscripts have beestes, except C2 which has breddis.  after bote wayten Þat al her lijf han lyued  in langour & in defauteBut god sente hem sum-tyme  sum manere ioyeOuþer heer or ellis-where  kynde wolde it neuereFor to ouer-myche woo . was he wrouȝt  þat neuere was ioye schapedAungelis þat in helle now been  hadden ioye sum-tymeAnd dyues in deyntees lyuede  & in douceO.14.131: A supralinear <d> was added, apparently because the <d> in douce is spoiled by a blot. vieRiȝt so resoun schewiþ  þat þoo men þat weren richeAnd her makes also  lyueden her lijf in myrþeAc god is of a wonder wille  bi þat kynde witt schewiþTo ȝyue many men his mercymonye  er he it haue deseruedRiȝt so fareþ god bi summe riche  ruþe me it þinkeþFor þei han her hyre heer  & heuene as it wereAnd ekeO.14.138: YOC2 alone read And eke; variants include and ys (GCBmLR), And his (BoCot), and And (WHmCrMF). greet likyng to lyue wiþ-oute labour of bodyAnd whanne he deyeþ be disalowed  as dauid seiþ in þe sauterDormierunt & nichil inueneruntO.14.140: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after nichil, so that it appears as two lines.And in an-oþer stede also . velut sompnum surgencium domine in ciuitate tuaO.14.141: OC2RF alone lack et before ad. ad nichilum redigesAllas þat richesse schal reue  & robbe mannes souleFrom þe loue of oure lord  at his laste endeHuen þat han her hyre a-fore  arn euere-more nedyAnd selden dyeþ he out of dette  þat dyneþ er he deserue itAnd til he haue doon his deuoyr  & his dayes iourneFor whanne a werkeman haþ wrouȝt  þanne mowen menO.14.147: OC2 alone have mowen men; variants include men may (HmBoCotF), men (Cr), and may men (WGYCBmLMR). see þe soþeWhat he were worþi for his werk  & what he haþ deseruedAnd not to fonge bifore  for drede of disalowyngSo I segge bi ȝow riche  it semeþ not þat ȝe schul Haue heuene in ȝoure heer beyng  & heuene her-afterRiȝt as a seruaunt takiþ his salerie bifore  & siþ wolde cleyme moreAs he þat noon hadde  & haþ hyre at þe lasteIt may not be . ȝe riche men  or Matheu on god lyeþDe delicijs ad delicias difficile est transireO.14.155: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after delicias, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Ac if ȝe riche menO.14.156: OC2F alone include men or man. haue ruþe  & rewarde wel þe poreAnd lyuen as lawe techeþ  doon lewte to hem alleCrist of his curtesye . schal  counforte ȝow at þe lasteAnd rewarde alle . double richesse  þat ruful hertes habbenAnd as an hyneO.14.160: OC2F alone lack þat before hadde. hadde  his hire . er he bigunneAnd whanne he haþ doon his deuoyr wel  men doon hym oþer bounteȜyuen hym a cote aboue his couenaunt  riȝt so crist ȝyueþ heueneBoþe to riche & to not riche  þat rufullich libbenAnd alle þat doon her deuoir wel  han double hyre for her trauayleHeer forȝyuenesse of her synnes  & heuene blisse afterAc it nys but selden seen  as bi holi seyntis lyuesO.14.166: YOC2M alone have lyues in place of bokes.Þat god rewarded double reste  to any riche wyeFor myche myrþe is among riche  as in mete & cloþingAnd myche myrþe in may is  amonge wylde beestisAnd so forþ whyle somer lasteþ  her solace dureþAc beggers aboute mydsomer  breedles þei soupenO.14.171: OC2 alone have the form soupen; most B manuscripts have soupe.And ȝit is wynter for hem wers  for wete-schod þei gangenO.14.172: OC2 alone have the form gangen; most B manuscripts have gange.A-first sore & a-fyngred  & fouliche rebukedAnd a-rated of richeO.14.174: OC2 alone lack men before þat.  þat ruþe is to hereNow lord sende hem somer  & sum manere ioyeHeuene after her hennys goyng  þat heer han swich defauteFor alle myȝtist þou haue maad  noon mener þan oþerAnd yliche witti & wise  if þi wille hadde likedAnd haue ruþe of þeise riche men  þat rewarden not þi prisounerisOf þe good þat þou hem gyuest  vnkyndeO.14.180: OC2 alone have vnkynde in place of ingrati, thus spoiling the alliteration. been manyAc god of þi goodnesse  gyue vsO.14.181: OC2 alone have vs in place of hem. grace to amendeFor may no derþeO.14.182: OCr23C2 alone among beta witnesses lack be before hem. hem dere  drouȝþe ne weteNe neiþer hete ne hayle  haue þei her heleOf þat þei wilnen & woldenO.14.184: OC2 alone have the form wolden; all other beta witnesses have wolde.  wanteþ hem not heereAc pore peple þi prisouneris  lord in þe pitte of mescheefCounforte þoo creaturis  þat myche care suffrenÞoruȝ derþe & drouȝþe  alle her dayes heereWoo in wynter tymes for wantyng of cloþisAnd in somer-tyme selden  soupen to þe fulleCounforte þi careful  crist in þi richeFor how þou counfortist alle creaturis  clerkis beren witnesseConuertimini ad me & salui eritisO.14.192: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after me, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Þus in genere of gentrice  iesu crist seideTo robbers & to reueris  to riche & to poreÞou tauȝtiste hem in þe trinite  toO.14.195: A supralinear <o> is added, apparently because the <o> in to is spoiled by a blot. take baptismeAnd be clene þoruȝ þat cristynyng  of alle kyns synnesAnd vs fel þoruȝ folye  to falle in synne afterConfessioun & knowlechyng  & crauynge þi mercySchulde amende vs as many siþes  as man wolde desireAc if þe pope wolde plede her-aȝeyn  & punysche vs in concienceHe schulde take þe acquytaunce as quyk  & to þe quede schewe itPateat & cetera per passionem domini & ceteraO.14.202: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after & cetera, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And putten of þe pouke  & preuen vs vndir borweAc þe parchemyn of þis patent  of pouertee be . musteAnd of pure pacience  and parfiȝt beleueOf pompe & of pride  þe parchemyn decorreþAnd principali of alle peple  but þei be pore of herteElles is al on ydel  al þat euere we writenPater- noster & penaunce  & pilgrimage to romeBut oure spences & spendyng  sprynge of a trewe willeEllis is al oure labour lost  lo how men writenIn fenestres at þe freris  if fals be þe foundementFor-þi cristen schuldeO.14.213: OC2 alone lack be before in. in comune riche  noon coueyte for hym-selueFor seuene synnes þer been  assaylen þeeO.14.214: OC2 alone have þee in place of vs. euereÞe feend folewiþ hem alle  & fondeþ hem to helpeAc wiþ richesse þat ribaude  raþest men bigylyþFor þere þat richesse regnet  reuerence folewiþAnd þat is plesaunt to pride  in pore & in richeAnd þe riche is reuerenced  bi resoun of his richesseÞere þe pore is put bihynde  & paraunter can moreOf witt & of wisdam  þat fer awey is betterÞan richesse or realte  & raþer herd in heueneFor þe riche haþ myche to rekkene  & riȝt softe walkeþÞe hye weye to heuene-ward  oftenO.14.224: OC2 alone have often; most B manuscripts have ofte. richesse letteþIta possibile diuiti & ceteraO.14.225: This line is written in the right margin.Þere þe pore preseþ biforn þe riche  with a pak at his riggeOpera enim illorum sequntur illosO.14.227: This line is written in the right margin.Batauntliche as beggers doon  & boldliche he craueþFor his pouerte & pacience  a perpetual blisseBeati pauperes quoniam ipsorum est regnum celorumO.14.230: This line begins above l. 229. It is divided after est, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And pride in richesse regneþ  raþer þan in pouerteArst in þe mayster þan inO.14.232: O alone among beta witnesses lacks þe before man. man  sum mansioun he haþAc in pouerte þere pacience is  pride haþ no myȝteNe noon of þe seuene synnes  sitte ne mowen þere longeNe haue power in pouerte  if pacience it foleweFor þe pore is ay prest  to plese þe richeAnd buxum at his biddyng  for hise broken loouesAnd buxumnesse & boost  arn euere-more at werreAnd eiþer hateþ oþer  in al manere werkisIf wraþþe wrastele wiþ þe pore  he haþ þe wers endeFor if þei boþe pleyne  þe pore is but febleAnd if he chide or chatre  hym cheueþ þe wersAnd if coueytise cacche þe pore  þei mowen not come to-gyderesAnd bi þe nekke nameli  her noon may hente oþerFor men knowenO.14.245: HmOC2 alone lack wel before þat. þat coueytise  is of a kene willeAnd haþ hondes & armes  of a longe lengþeAnd pouerte is butO.14.247: OC2 alone lack a before petit. petit þing  appereþ not to his naueleAnd louelich layk was neuere  bitwene þe longe & þe schorteAnd þouȝ auarice wolde angre þe pore  he haþ but litil myȝtFor pouerte haþ but pokis  to putten in . hise goodesÞere auarice haþ almaries  & iren-bounden cofresAnd wheþer be liȝter to breke  lesse boost it makeþA beggers bagge  þan an iren-bounden cofreLeccherie loueþ hym not  for he ȝyueþ but litil syluerNe doþ hym not dyne delicatli  ne drynke wiyn ofteA straw for þe stuwes  it stode not I troweHaddenO.14.257: O alone has the form Hadden in place of Hadde. þei no þing butO.14.257: OC2 alone lack of (a) before pore. pore men  her housis stoden vnhiledO.14.257: OC2 alone have vnhiled in place of vntyled.O.14.257: Three small slashes, stacked vertically, appear in the right margin; the hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty. Although they may point to the error of vnhiled, no such device appears elsewhere in this manuscript.And þouȝ sleuþe sue pouerte  & serue not god to payeMischeef is his mayster  & makeþ hym to þenke Þat god is his grettest helpe  & noo goom ellisAnd his seruaunt as he seiþ  & of his sute boþeAnd wheþer he be or be not  he bereþ þe signe of pouerteAnd in þat secte . oure saueour  sauede al man-kyndeFor-þi al pouerte þat pacient is  may cleymen & asken After her endyng heer  heuene-riche blisseMichel hardier may he axen  þat heer myȝte haue his willeIn lond & in lordschip  & likyng of bodyAnd for goddis loue leueþ al  & lyueþ as a beggerAnd as a mayde for mannys loue  hir modir forsakiþAndO.14.270: OC2Cot alone have And; most B manuscripts have Hir. fadir & alle hir frendis  & folewiþ hir makeMyche is swich a maydenO.14.271: OM alone have mayden; most B manuscripts have mayde. to loue  of hym þat swich oon takiþMore þan a mayden is þat is  maried þoruȝ brocageAnd bi assent of sundry parties  & syluer to boteMore for coueytise of good  þan kynde loue of boþeSo it fareþ bi iche a persoone  þat possessioun forsakeþAnd puttiþ hym to be pacient  & pouerte weddeþPaupertas .O.14.277: This word is preceded by a parasign two lines in height, touched in red, and decorated with a flourish at the right and vertical slashes beneath. It may have been intended as a heading for l. 280, since it appears over that portion of the line that extends into the right margin.Þe which is sibbe to god hym-self  & so to hise seyntis Haue god my truþe quod haukyn  ȝe preysen fast pouerteWhat is pouerte wiþ pacienceO.14.279: OC2 alone lack quod he before propreli.  propreli to menePaupertas quod pacience est odibile bonum . remocio curarum . possessio sine calumpnia . donum dei . sanitatis . mater . absque solitudine semita . sapiencie temperatrix . negocium sine dampno . incerta fortuna . absque sollicitudine felicitasO.14.280: This line begins in the right margin of l. 279 and breaks after est, mater, and sollicitu-, wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 281. A red parasign precedes the final line of text.I can not construe þis quod haukyn  ȝe musten seye it on englischIn englisch quod pacience . it is wel hard  wel to expouneAc sumdel I schal seyen it  bi so þow vnderstondePouerte is þe first poynt  þat pride moost hateþÞanne is it good bi good skile  al þat agasteþ prideRiȝt as contricioun is counfortable þing  concience itO.14.286: OC2 alone include it before woot, although Cr include it after. woot welAnd a sorwe of hym-self  & solace to þe souleSo pouerte propreliche  penaunce & ioye Is to þe body  pure perpetuelO.14.289: OC2 alone have perpetuel in place of spiritual. helþeErgo paupertas est odibile bonumO.14.290: This line is written in the right margin.And contricioun counfort  & cura animarum þe secoundeSelde sitte pouerte  þe soþe to declareOr as iustise to iugge men  enioyned is no poreNe to be a meyr abouen men  ne mynystre vndir kyngO.14.294: OC2 alone have the singular form.Selden is any pore put  to punysche any pepleRemocio curarum .O.14.296: This line is written in the right margin.Ergo pouerte & pore men  perfornen þe comaundementNolite iudicare quemquam þe þriddeSelden is any pore . riche  but of riȝtful heritageWynneþO.14.300: OC2 alone lack he before not. not wiþ weyȝtis false  ne vnselid mesuresNe borweþ of hise neiȝboris  but þat he may wel payePossessio sine calumpnia .O.14.302: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ca- in calumpnia, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Þe ferþe is a fortune  þat florischeþ þe souleWiþ sobrete from alle synnesO.14.304: YOC2 alone have the plural form.  & also ȝit moreIt affaytiþ þe flesch  from folies ful manyeA collateral counfort  cristis owne ȝifteDonum deiO.14.307: This line is written in the right margin.Þe fifte is moder of helþe  a freend in alle fondyngysAnd for þe lewede euere a leche  a lemman of al clennesseSanitatis mater .O.14.310: This line is written in the right margin.Þe sixte is a paþþe of pees  ȝhe þoruȝ þe pace of aultounPouerte myȝte passe  wiþ-oute perele of robbyngFor þere þat pouerte passeþ  pees foleweþ afterAnd euere þe lasseO.14.314: OC2 alone lack þat before the first occurrence of he. he bereþ  þe hardier he is of herteFor-þi seiþ seneca  paupertas est absque sollicitudine semitaO.14.315: The form solitudine is shared by C2BRF. OC2 alone copy this line before l. 316.And an hardy man of herte  among an heep of þeuesCantabit pauperO.14.317: OC2Cot alone have pauper in place of paupertas. coram latrone viatorO.14.317: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after latrone, so that it appears as two lines.Þe seuente is welle of wisdom  & fewe wordis schewiþFor lordis alowen hym litil  or listenen to his resounHe tempereþ þe tunge to truþe-ward  & noo tresore coueytiþSapiencie temperatrix .O.14.321: This line is written in the right margin.Þe eyȝtiþ is alelea lele labour  & loþ to take more Þan he may wel deserue  in somer or in wynterAnd if he chaffare . he chargiþ no losse  mowe he charite wynneNegocium sine dampno .O.14.325: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Negocium, so that it appears as two lines.Þe nyneþe is swete forO.14.326: OC2 alone have for in place of to. þe soule  no sugre swetterFor pacience is payn  for pouerte hym-selfeselueAnd sobrete swete drynke  & good leche in sekenesseÞus lerede me a lettered man  for oure lordis loueSeynt austyn a blissid lijf  wiþ-outen bisynesseFor body & soule absque sollicitudine felicitasNow god þat al good gyueþ  graunte his soule resteÞat þus first wrote to wissen men  what pouerte was to meneAllas quod haukyn þe actijf man þoo  þat after my cristendoomI ne hadde be deed & doluen  for do-welis sakeSo hard it is quod haukyn . to lyue & to do synneSynne sueþ vs euere quod he  & sory gan waxeAnd wepte water wiþ hise yen  & weylede þe tymeÞat euere he dide dede  þat dere god displesedeSwowedeO.14.340: OLMR alone have the form Swowede; most B manuscripts have Swouned. & sobbede  & sykede ful ofteÞat euere he hadde londe or lardelordO.14.341: A solidus/punctus above larde and above marginal lord indicate that substitution was intended. C2 shares the erroneous reading. Other B manuscripts have lordshipe.  lesse oþer moreOr maystrie ouer any man  moo þan of hym-selueI wererewere not worþi quod haukyn  to were any cloþisNe neiþer schirte ne schoone  saue for schame oneTo couere my careyn quod he  & cryede fast mercyAnd wepte & weylede  & þer-wiþ I a-wakede