fol. 29v (cont.)I
Passus . 7usseptimus .O.7.000: The hand which wrote this passus heading, one contemporary with the main scribe, is not seen elsewhere in the manuscript.
TRuþe herde tell her-of  & to peers sente
To taken hys teem  & tilie þe erþe
A pena & a
culpa
O.7.3: The rubric is divided after a, so that it appears as two lines. Three ticks, the first underlined in red, follow it.
And purchacede hym a pardouna pena & a culpa
O.7.4KD.7.4
For hym & for hise eires  for euere-more after
And bade hym holde hym at home  & erien hise leyes
And alle þat holpen hym to erie  to sette or to sowe
Or any oþer myster  þat myȝte peers auayle
O.7.8KD.7.8
Pardoun wiþ peers plowman  truþe haþ ygrauntid
Kyngys & knyȝtis  þat kepen holy chirche
And riȝtfulli in rewmes  rulen þe peple
Han pardoun þoruȝ purgatorie  to passe ful liȝt
O.7.12KD.7.12
Wiþ patriarkes & prophetis  in paradice to be felawe
Bischoppis yblessid . if þei been . as þei schulden
Legistres of boþe þe lawes  þe lewid . þer-wiþ to preche
O.7.15: OC2 alone lack introductory And. In as myche as þei mowen  amende alle synful
fol. 30rI
O.7.16KD.7.16
Arn peres wiþ þe apostelis  þis pardoun Peers schewiþ
And at þe day of doom  at þe hye deys to sitte
MarchauntisO.7.18: Another hand, apparently hand 3, has substituted a supralinear <d> for the <t> in Marchauntis.
Marchauntis in þe margyne  hadden many ȝeres
Ac noon a pena &O.7.19: CrO alone lack a second a before culpa.culpa  þe pope nolde hem graunte
O.7.20KD.7.20
For þei holden not her halidayes  as holi chirche techiþ
And for þei sweren bi her soule  & so god muste hem helpe
Aȝens clene concience  her catel to selle
Ac vndir herO.7.23: OC2 alone have plural her in place of his. secreet sehel  truþe sente hem a lettre
O.7.24KD.7.24
Þat þei schulden bigge boldli  þat hem likede bestO.7.24: OC2 alone transpose best likede.
And siþen selle it aȝeyn  & saue þe wynnyng
How þou schalt do
þin almes
O.7.26: The rubric is divided after do, so that it appears as two lines.
And amende mesondeux þer-myd  & myseyse folk helpe
And wikkide weyes  wyȝtliche hem amende
O.7.28KD.7.28
And do bote to brygges  þat to-broken weren
Marien maydenes  or maken hem nunnes
Pore peple & prysones  fynde hem her lijflode
And setten scolers to scole  or to summe oþere craftes
O.7.32KD.7.33
Releue religioun  & renten hem better
And I schal sende ȝow my-self  seynt Myhel myn archaungel
Þat no deuel schal ȝow dere  ne fere ȝow in ȝoure doynge
And wite ȝow fro whanhope  if ȝe wole þus worche
O.7.36KD.7.37
And send ȝoure soulis in-toO.7.36: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. sauete  to my seyntis in Ioye
Þanne weren marchaundis myrie  &O.7.37: YOC2M alone have and in place of correctly alliterating manye. wepten for Ioye
And preyseden peers þe plowman  þat purchacede þis bulle
Men of lawe leest pardoun hadde  þat pleteden for mede
O.7.40KD.7.41
For þe sauter saueþ hem not  swyche as taken ȝiftis
And nameli of Innocentis  þat noon yuel kunnen
Super Innocentem munera non accipies
Pledours schuldenO.7.43: O alone has the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. pyne hem  to plede for swiche & helpe
O.7.44KD.7.44
Prynces & prelatis schulden  paye . for her trauayle
A regibus & principibus erit merces eorum
Ac many iustises & iurour  wolden for ion do more
Þan pro dei pietate  leue þou noon oþer
O.7.48KD.7.47
Ac he þat spendiþ his speche  & spekiþ for þe pore
Þat is Innocent & nedy  & no man appeyreþ
Counfortiþ hym in þat caas  wiþ-outen coueytise of ȝiftis
And schewiþ lawe for oure lordis loue  as he it haþ lerned
O.7.52KD.7.51
Schal no deuel at his deþ-day  deren hym a myte
Þat he ne worþ saaf & his soule  þe sauter bereþ witnesse
Domine quis habita...bit in tabernaculo tuo .
fol. 30vI
Ac to bigge water ne wijnd  ne witt ne fijr þe ferþe
O.7.56KD.7.54
Þeise foure þe fadir of heuene  made to his folde in comune
Þeise been truþis tresoris  trewe folk to helpe
Þat neuere schul waxe ne wanye  wiþO.7.58: OC2 alone lack oute(n) after wiþ, so that the sense of the line is destroyed. god hym-selue
Whanne þei drawen vn-to þe deþ  & Indulgences wolden haue
O.7.60KD.7.58
His pardoun is ful petyt  at her partyng hennys
Þat any mede of mene men  for his motyng takiþ
Ȝe legistres & lawyers  holden þis for truþe
Þat if þat I lye  mathew is to blame
O.7.64KD.7.60.1
For he bade me takemakeO.7.64: OC2 alone have take. ȝow þis  & þis prouerbe me toldeO.7.64: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure to alliterate.
Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines  facite eis
Alle libbynge laborers  þat lyuen wiþ her handis
Þat trulich taken  & truliche wynnen
O.7.68KD.7.63
And lyuen in loue & in lawe  for her lowe hertis
HanO.7.69: OC2 alone have Han; variants include Haueþ (WCrYLMR), haue (HmG), þey have (F), Has (C), and Haþ (B). þe same absolucioun  þat sent was to peers
Beggers ne bidders  ne been not in þe bulle
But if þe suggestioun be soþ  þat schapiþ hem to begge
O.7.72KD.7.67
For he þat beggyþ or bit  but if he haue nede
He is fals wiþ þe feend  & defraudiþ þe nedy
And also he bigyleþ þe gyuer  aȝeynys his wille
For if he wiste he were not nedy  he wolde it gyue an-er
O.7.76KD.7.71
Þat were more nedy þan he  so þe nedyest schulde be holpen
Catoun kenneþ me þus  & þe clerk of stories
catoun of
almes-dedis
O.7.78: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines.
Cui des videto  is catounys techynge
And in þe stories he techiþ  to bestowe þin almes
O.7.80KD.7.75
SSi[t] elemosina tua in manu tua donec studes cui des
Ac gregori was a good man  & bade vs ȝyuenO.7.81: OC2 alone have the form ȝyuen in place of gyuen. alle
Þat asken for his loue  þat vs alle leneþ
Non eligas cui miserearis ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipere / Quia
O.7.84KD.7.77β
Incertum est pro quo deum magis placeas
For ȝe woten neuere who is worþi  ac god woot who haþ nede
In hym þat takeþ is þe trecherie  if any tresoun walke
For he þat ȝyueþ ȝeldiþ  & ȝarkeþ hym to rest
O.7.88KD.7.81
And he þat biddiþ borweþ  & bryngeþ hym-self in dette
For beggers borwen euere-moo  & her boruȝ is god almyȝti
To ȝelden hem þat ȝyuen hem  & ȝit vsure more
Quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam vt ege O.7.91: OC2 alone have ege in place of ego. veniens cum vsuris exigere & cetera
Of falseO.7.92: The <l> and <s> in false are connected by a ligature because of a cut in the vellum. beg
geris
O.7.92: The rubric is divided after beg-, so that it appears as two lines.
O.7.92KD.7.84
For-þi biddeþ not ȝe beggers  but if ȝe han nede
For who-so may bigge hym breed  þe book beriþ witnesse
fol. 31rI
He haþ ynow þat haþ breed ynow  þowȝ he haue not ellis
Satis dyues est qui non indiget pane
O.7.96KD.7.87
Latte vsage be ȝoure be ȝoure solace  of seyntis lyues redyng
Þe book banneþ beggrie  & blameþ in þis manere
Iunior fui etenim senui & non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius querens panem & cetera
For ȝe lyuen in no loue  ne no lawe holden
O.7.100KD.7.91
Many of ȝow ne weddenO.7.100: OC2 alone have ne wedden; most B manuscripts have ne wedde. not  þe womman ȝe wiþ delen
But as wylde beestis wiþ we-he  &O.7.101: OC2 alone include this ampersand, which weakens the sense of the line. worþ vp & worchen
And bryngen forþ barnes  þat basterdis men callen
Or þe bak or sum boon  he brekiþ in his ȝouþe
O.7.104KD.7.95
And siþþen goon faiten wiþ herO.7.104: OC2 alone have her; most B manuscripts have youre. fauntis  for euere-more after
Þer is moo mysschappid peple  amongys þeise beggers
Þan of alle manere men  þat on þis moolde walken
And þei þat lyuen þus her lijf  mowen loþe þe tyme
O.7.108KD.7.99
Þat euere he was man wrouȝt  whanne he schal hennys fare
Ac olde men & hore  þat helples been of strengþe
Þe pardoun
of peris Plowman .
O.7.110: The rubric is divided after pardoun and peris, so that it appears on three lines.
And wommen wiþ childe  þat worche ne mowen
Blynde & bedrede  & broken her membres
O.7.112KD.7.103
Þat taken þeise mescheues mekeliche  as meseles & oþere
Han aO.7.113: OC2F alone have a; most B manuscripts have as. pleyn pardoun  as þe plowman hym-seluen
For loue of her lowe hertis  oure lord haþ hem grauntid 
Her penaunce & her purgatorie  heer on þis erþe
O.7.116KD.7.107
Peers quod a preest þoo  þi pardoun muste I rede
For I wole construe ich a clause  & kenne it þee on englisch
And peers at his preyer  þe pardoun vnfoldiþ
And I bihynde hem boþe  bihelde al þe bulle
O.7.120KD.7.111
Al in two lynes it lay  & not a leef more
And was writen riȝt þus  in witnesse of truþe
Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam . qui vero mala in ignem eternum
Peter quod þe preest þoo  I can no pardoun fynde
O.7.124KD.7.116
But do wel & haue wel  & god schal haue þi soule
And do yuele & haue yuele  hope þou noon oþer
But after þi deþ day  þe deuel schal haue þi soule
And peers for pure tene  pullede it atweyne
O.7.128KD.7.120-121
And seide . si ambulauero in medio vmbro mortis non timeboO.7.128: OC2 alone lack mala or malum following timebo. quoniam tu mecum esO.7.128: Line 128 is divided after tu, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.
I schal cecen of my sowyng quod peers  & swynke not so hardeO.7.129: Line 129 is divided after not, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.
Ne be aboute my beli ioye  so bisili no more
Of preyeris & pen.aunce my plow  schal be her-after
O.7.132KD.7.125
And wepe whan I schulde slepe  þouȝ whete breed me fayle
d 2
fol. 31vI
Þe prophete his payn eete  in penaunce & in sorwe
Bi þat þe sauter seiþ  so diden many oþere
Þat loueþ god lelly  his lijflode is ful esye
O.7.136KD.7.128α
Fuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte
And but if luke lye  he lereþ vs bi foulis
We schulden not be to bisye  aboute þe werldis blis
Ne soliciti sitis  he seiþ in þe gospel
O.7.140KD.7.132
And schewiþ vs bi ensaumples  oure-seluen to wisse
Þe foules in þe feeld  who fynt hem mete at wynter
Haue þei no gerner to go to  but god fynt hem alle
What quod þe preest to perkyn  peter as me þinkeþ
O.7.144KD.7.137
Þou art letterid a litil  who lernede þee on booke
Abstynence þe abbesse quod peers  myn a b c me tauȝte
And concience come afterward  & kende me myche more
Were þou a preest peers quod he  þou myȝtist preche where þou schuldist
O.7.148KD.7.141
As dyuynour in dyuynyte  wiþ dixit insipiens to þi teme
Lewid lorel quod peers  litil lokest þou on þe bible
OrO.7.150: OC2 alone include Or. on salomons sawes  selden þou biholdist
Eice derisores & iurgia cum eis ne crescant & cetera
O.7.152KD.7.144
Þe preest & perkyn  apposede eyþer oþer
And I þoruȝ her wordis  a-woke & waytede aboute
And seyȝ þe sunne in þe souþ  sate þat tyme
Meteles & monyles  on maluerne hilles
O.7.156KD.7.148
Musynge on þeise metelis  & my weye ich ȝede
Many tyme þeise metelis  han maad me studie
Of þat I seyȝ slepynge  if it so be myȝte
And also for peers þe plowman  ful pensyf in herte
O.7.160KD.7.152
And whych a pardoun peers hadde  alle þe peple to counforte
And how þe preest impugnede it  wiþ two propre wordis
Ac I haue no sauour in sompnewarieO.7.162: OC2F alone have the form sompnewarie in place of songewarie.  for I see it ofte fayle
Catoun & canonystres  counceylen vs to leue
O.7.164KD.7.156
To sette sadnesse in sompnewarie  for sompnia ne cures
Ac for þe book of þe bible  bereþ wittenesse
How danyel dyuynede  þe dremes of a kyng
Þat was Nabugodonosor  nempned of clerkis
O.7.168KD.7.160
Danyel seyde sire kynge  þi dremelis bitokenen
Þat vnkouþe knyȝtis schul come  þi kyngdam to cleue
Amongys lower lordis  þi loond schal be departid
And as danyel dyuynede  in dede it fel after
fol. 32rI
O.7.172KD.7.164
Þe kyng lees his lordschip  & lower men it hadde
And Ioseph mette merueylouslich  how þe mone &O.7.173: OC2F alone lack þe before sunne. sunne
And þe elleuene sterres  haylesede hem alle
Þanne iacob iuggede  iosephs sweuene
O.7.176KD.7.168
Bew fitz quod his fadir  for defaute we schullen 
I my-self & my sones  seche þee for nede
It bifel as his fadir seyde  in pharaoes tyme
Þat ioseph was iustise  egypt to loken
O.7.180KD.7.172
It bifel as ahis fadir tolde  hise frendis þere hym souȝten
And al þis makiþ me  on þeise meteles to þenke
And how þe preest preuede  no pardoun to do-wel
And demede þat . do-wel  indulgences passede
O.7.184KD.7.176
Byennalis & tryennalis  & bischoppis lettres
And how do-wel at þe day of doom  is dignelich vndirfonge
And passeþ al þe pardoun  of seynt peteris chircheO.7.186: OC2 alone lack the following nine lines attested by all other B manuscripts:
"Now haþ þe pope power pardon to graunte
[Th]e peple wiþouten penaunce to passen [to ioye]
This is [a leef of] oure bileue, as lettred men vs techeþ
Quodcumque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum & in celis &
And so I leue lelly, lor[d] forb[e]de ellis,
That pardon and penaunce and preieres doon saue
Soules þat haue synned seuen siþes dedly.
Ac to trust [on] þise triennals, trewely, me þynkeþ
It is noȝt so siker for þe soule, certes, as is dowel."
now haþ þe
per .O.7.187: The marginal addition is divided after þe, so that it appears as two lines. Any text that may have followed has been lost to cropping; it would have appeared as a continuation of the first marginal line, since per appears alone on the second with blank space following it. It would seem to have been a version of the first missing line following l. 186, "Now haþ þe pope power pardon to graunte."
For-þi I rede ȝow renkes  þat riche been on þis erþe
O.7.188KD.7.188
Vp-on trist of ȝoure tresore  triennalis to haue
Be ȝe neuere þe balder  to breke þe ten hestis
And namelich ȝe maystris  meyres & iugges
Þat han þe welþe of þis werld  & wise men been holden
O.7.192KD.7.192
To purchace ȝow pardoun  atO.7.192: OC2 alone have at; all other beta witnesses have and. þe popes bulles
At þe dredeful doom  whanne dede schul arise
And comeO.7.194: OC2 alone have the form come in place of comen. al bifore crist  acountis to ȝelde
How þou laddist þi lijf heer  & hise lawes keptest
O.7.196KD.7.196
And how þou didist day bi day  þe doom wole reherce
Of pardoun .
A poke-ful of pardoun þere  ne prouyncialis lettres
Þouȝ ȝe be founden in þe fraternyte of alle þe foure ordris
And haue indulgences double-foold  but if do-wel ȝow helpe
O.7.200KD.7.200
I sette ȝoure patentes & ȝoure pardoun  at a pies hele
For-þi I counceyle alle cristen  to crye god mercy
And marie his modir  be oure mene bitwene
Þat god gyue vs grace heer  er we goon hennys
O.7.204KD.7.204
Swiche werkis to wirche  whyle we been heer
Þat after oure deþ-day  do-wel reherce
At þe day of doom  we didenO.7.206: OC2 alone have the form diden in place of dide. as he hyȝte
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