The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 17William 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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Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79

late 14th or early 15th century Source copy consulted: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79

brown inkanglicana bastardaitalicLombard Capornamented capital, N lines highrubricatedtouched in redtexturaunderlinedunderlined in redgreen inkblue ink

LatinFrenchGermanMay, 2001catalogerPatricia BartNew header createdPassus decimo septimusO.17.000: The heading is divided after Passus and decimus-, so that it appears as three lines.II Am spes quoquo[d] he . a spye  & spire after a knyȝtÞat toke me a maundement  vp-on þe mount of synayTo rule alle rewmes wiþ  I bere itO.17.3: YOC2 alone have it in place of þe. writenO.17.3: OC2 alone have writen; most B manuscripts have writ(t)(e). heerIs it asseled I seyde  may men see þe lettresNay he seyde . I seke hym  þat haþ þe seel to kepeAnd þat is crosse & cristendom  & crist þer-on to hangeAnd whanne it is asseled so  I woot wel þe soþeÞat lucifers lordschip  laste schal no lengerLatte see þi lettres quod I  we myȝte þe lawe knoweÞanne plukkede he forþ a patent  a pece of an hard rocheWhere-onne weren writen two wordis  on þis wise yglosedDilige deum & proximumO.17.12: Cr23OC2 alone lack tuum after proximum. & ceteraO.17.12: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dili-, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Þis was þe text truli  I toke ful good ȝeemÞe glose was gloriousli writen  wiþ a gylt penneIn hijs duobus mandatis tota lex pendet & prophete & ceteraO.17.15: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after duobus and tota, and red parasigns precede the last two lines of text.Been heer alle þi lordis lawis quod I  ȝhe leue me wel he seideWho-so wirchiþ after þis writ  I wole vndirtakeSchal neuere deuel hym dere  ne dette in soule greueForO.17.19: The initial capital is decorated with a small spray. þouȝ I seye it myself  I haue saued wiþ þis charmeOf men & of wommen  many score þousandisHe seiþ soþ seiþO.17.21: OC2M alone have the present-tense form. þe heraud  I haue founden it ofteLoo heer in my lappe  þat leuede on þat charmeIosue & iudith  and Iudas machabeusȜhe & sixti þousande biside forþ  þat been not seen heerȜoure wordis been wondirful quod I which of ȝow is truestAnd lellest to leue onne  for lijf & for souleAbraham seiþ . þat he seyȝ  holli þe trinyteÞre persoones in parcellis  departable from oþerAnd alle þre but oo god  þus abraham me tauȝteAnd haþ saued þat beleuede so  & sory for her synneIO.17.31: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish.O.17.31: Cr23OC2 alone have I in place of He. can not segge þe summe  & summe arn in myO.17.31: CR23OC2 alone have my in place of his. lappeWhat nediþ þeeO.17.32: OC2 alone have þee in place of it. þanne  a newe lawe to bigynneSiþ þe first suffiseþ  to sauacioun & to blisseAnd now bigynneþO.17.34: YOC2 alone have bigynneþ; most B manuscripts have comeþ.spes & spekiþ  þat haþ aspied þe laweAnd telleþ not of þe trinyte  þat toke hym hise lettresToO.17.36: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish at lower left. beleue & louye  in oo lord almyȝtiAnd siþ . riȝt as my-self  so louye alle pepleÞe goom þat gooþ wiþ a staffe  he semeþ in gretter heleÞan he þat gooþ wiþ two staues  to siȝt of vs alleAnd riȝt so bi þe rode  resoun me scheweþIt is liȝter to lewede men  a lessoun to knoweÞan for to techen hem two  & to hard to lere þe lesteIt is ful hard for any man  on abraham beleueAnd welawey wers ȝit  for to louye a schreweIt is liȝter to leue  in þre loueli persoonesÞan for to loue and lene  as wel lorellis as lellesGo þi gate quod I spes  so me god helpeÞoo þat lerenO.17.48: OC2 alone have leren; most B manuscripts have lernen.. þi laweO.17.48: GOC2 alone lack wol or wel before litil.  litil whyle vsen itAnd as we wenten þus in þe weye  wordynge to-gyderesÞanne seyȝ we a samarithan  sittynge on a muleRidynge ful rapeli  þe riȝt weye we ȝedenComynge from a cuntree  þat men calledenO.17.52: O alone has the form calleden; most B manuscripts have called.IericoTo a iustes in ierusalem  he chacede awey fasteBoþe þe heraud & hope  & he mette atO.17.54: The <t> of at seems to have been written over another character. oonesWhere a man was wounded  & wiþ þeues takenHe myȝte neiþer steppe ne stonde  ne stere foot ne handesNe helpe hym-self soþeli  for semyuyf he semedeO.17.57: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, are visible at the bottom of this leaf.And as naked as a nedel  & noon help aboute hymFeiþ hadde first siȝt of hym  ac he fleyȝ on sydeAnd nolde not neyȝhe hym  bi nyne londis lenkþeHope cam hippynge after  &O.17.61: GYOC2 alone have & in place of þat. hadde so ybostedHow he wiþ Moyses maundement  hadde many men yholpenAc whanne he hadde siȝt of þat segge  a-syde he gan hym draweDredefulli bi þis day  as doke dooþ fram þe faucounAc so soone so þe samaritan  hadde siȝt of þis leodeHe liȝte a-doun of lyard  & ladde hym in his handAnd to þe wye he wente  hise woundis to beholdeAnd parceyuede bi his pouce  he was in perel to dyeAnd but if he hadde recouerer þe raþer  þat rise schulde he neuereWiþ wyn & wiþ oyle  hise woundis he waschedeEnbaumede hym & bonde his hed  & in his lappe hym leydeAnd ladde hym so forþ on lyard  to lex christi a graungeWel sixe myle or seuene  bi-syde þe newe marketHerborwede hym at an ostrie  & to þe hosteler calledeAnd seyde . haue . kepe þis man  til I come fro þe iustisAnd loo heer siluer he seyde  for salue to hise woundisAnd he toke hym two pens  to lijflode as it wereAnd seyde . what he speneþ more  I make þee good her-afterFor I may notO.17.79: OC2 alone lack some variant of lette before quod, and thus lack the first alliterating stave. quod þat leode  & lyard he bistrodeAnd rapede hym to ierusalem-ward  þe riȝt weye to rideFeiþ folewede after faste  & fondede to mete wiþO.17.81: OC2 alone include wiþ. hymAnd spes spakliche hym spedde  spede if he myȝteTo ouer-take hym & talke til hym  er þei to toune comeAnd whanne I seyȝ þis I soiournede not  but schope me to renneAnd suede þat samaritan  þat was so ful of piteAnd grauntede hym to be his groom  graunt mercy he seydeAc þi freend &O.17.87: GYO alone lack þi before felaw. felaw  þou fyndest me at nedeAnd I þankede hym þoo  & siþ I hym toldeHow þat feiþ fleyȝ awey  & spes his felaw boþeFor siȝt of þe sorweful man  þat robbed was wiþ þeuesHaue hem excused quod he  her help may litil auayleMay no medicyne on moold  þe man to hele bryngeNeiþer feiþ ne fyne hope  so festred been hise woundisWiþ-outen þe blood of a barn  born of a maydenAnd he be baþed in þat blood  baptised as it wereAnd þanne plastred wiþ penaunce  & passioun of þat babyO.17.97: In the center top margin of this leaf the words Three leaves missing appear in a modern hand. Beginning on this leaf, each folio has two numbers entered in the top right margin: the first one continuing the "old" foliation, and the second, in brackets, a higher number to account for the three missing leaves. The lines numbered by Kane and Donaldson 17.99-346 are missing.Ac þe smoke & þe smolder  þat smyt in oure yenIs coueytise & vnkyndenesse  þat quencheþ goddis mercyFor vnkyndenesse is þe contrarie  of al kyns resounFor þer nys seeke ne sory  ne noon so yuele aO.17.100: O alone has yuele a in place of some form of muche. wreccheÞat he ne may louye and hym like  & lene of his herteGood wille & good word  boþe wisschen & willenAlle manere men  mercy & forȝyuenesseAnd louye hem lijk my-selfO.17.104: O alone has my-self in place of hymself.  & his lijf amendeI may no lenger lette quod he  & harde prikede forþO.17.105: O alone includes forþ.And wenteO.17.106: O alone lacks awey before as. as wynde  & þerwiþ I awakede .