W.8 – PPEA

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<l> <hi><hi>T</hi></hi>hus yrobed in russet . I romed aboute</l>

<l> Al a somer seson . for to seke dowel</l>

<l> And frayned ful ofte . of folk þ<expan>a</expan>t I mette</l>

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<l> If any wiȝt wiste . wher dowel was at Inne</l>

<l> And what man he myȝte be . of many man I asked</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Was neu<expan>er</expan>e wiȝt as I wente . þat me wisse kouþe</l>

<l> Where þis leode lenged . lasse ne moore</l>

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<l> Til it bifel on a Friday . two freres I mette</l>

<l> Maistres of þe Menours . men of grete witte</l>

<l> I hailsed hem hendely . as I hadde y<seg>-</seg>lerned</l>

<l> And preide hem <foreign>par charite</foreign> . er þei passed ferþer</l>

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<l> If þei knewe any contree . or costes as þei wente</l>

<l> Where þ<expan>a</expan>t dowel dwelleþ . dooþ me to witene</l>

<l> For þei be men of þis moolde . þ<expan>a</expan>t moost wide walken</l>

<l> And knowen contrees and courtes . and many kynnes places</l>

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<l> Boþe p<expan>ri</expan>nces paleises . and pou<expan>er</expan>e mennes cotes</l>

<l> And dowel and doyuele . wher þei dwelle boþe</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Amonges vs quod þe Meno<expan>ur</expan>s . þat man is dwellynge</l>

<l> And euere haþ as I hope . and eu<expan>er</expan>e shal her<seg>-</seg>after</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> <foreign><hi>Contra</hi></foreign> quod I as a clerc . and comsed to disputen</l>

<l> And seide hem sooþly . <hi><foreign><hi>Sepcies in die cadit Iustus</hi></foreign></hi> <note>W.8.21:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Seuene siþes seiþ þe book . synneþ þe rightfulle</l>

<l> And who<seg>-</seg>so synneþ I seide . dooþ yuele as me þynkeþ</l>

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<l> And dowel and doyuele . mowe noȝt dwelle togideres</l>

<l> <foreign><hi>Ergo</hi></foreign> he nys noȝt alwey . amonges yow freres</l>

<l> He is ouþ<expan>er</expan>while ellis<seg>-</seg>where . to wisse þe peple</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> I shal seye þee my sone . seide þe frere þanne</l>

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<l> How seuen siþes þe sadde man . on a day synneþ</l>

<l> By a forbisne quod þe frere . I shal þee faire shewe</l>

<l> Lat brynge a man in a boot . amydde þe brode watre <note>W.8.30:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> The wynd and þe water . and þe boot waggyng <note>W.8.31:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> Makeþ þe man many a tyme . to falle and to stonde <note>W.8.32:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> For stonde he neuer so stif . he stumbleþ if he meue <note>W.8.33:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Ac yet is he saaf and sound . and so hym bihoueþ <note>W.8.34:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> For if he ne arise þe raþ<expan>er</expan> . and rauȝte to þe steere <note>W.8.35:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> The wynd wolde wiþ þe water . þe boot ouer<seg>-</seg>þrowe <note>W.8.36:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And þanne were his lif lost . þoruȝ lachesse of hym<seg>-</seg>selue <note>W.8.37:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> And þus it falleþ quod þe frere . by folk here on erþe <note>W.8.38:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> The water is likned to þe world . þat wanyeþ and wexeþ <note>W.8.39:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> The goodes of þis grounde arn lik . to þe grete wawes <note>W.8.40:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> That as wyndes and wedres . walkeþ aboute <note>W.8.41:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> The boot is likned to oure body . þat brotel is of kynde <note>W.8.42:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> That þoruȝ þe fend and þe flessh . and þe frele worlde <note>W.8.43:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> Synneþ þe sadde man . a day seuen siþes <note>W.8.44:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Ac dedly synne doþ he noȝt . for dowel hym kepeþ</l>

<l> And þat is charite þe champion . chief help ayein synne</l>

<l> For he strengþeþ men<note>W.8.47: W alone reads <hi>men</hi>; other <hi>B</hi> manuscripts have <hi>man</hi>.</note> to stonde . and steereþ mannes soule</l>

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<l> And þouȝ þe body bowe . as boot dooþ in þe watre <note>W.8.48:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Ay is þi soule saaf . but if þow wole þi<seg>-</seg>selue<note>W.8.49:W alone reads <hi>þow wole þi-selue</hi>; most other <hi>B</hi> manuscripts read <hi>thiself woll</hi>, although CrS have <hi>thou wylt thyselfe</hi> and M has <hi>þou þiseluen wole</hi>.</note> <note>W.8.49:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Do a deedly synne . and drenche so þi soule</l>

<l> God wole suffre wel þi sleuþe . if þi<seg>-</seg>self likeþ</l>

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<l> For he yaf þee a yeresȝyue . to yeme wel þi<seg>-</seg>selue <note>W.8.52:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And þat is wit and free wil . to eu<expan>er</expan>y wiȝt a porcion <note>W.8.53:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> To fleynge foweles . to fisshes and to beestes <note>W.8.54:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Ac man haþ moost þer<seg>-</seg>of . and moost is to blame <note>W.8.55:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> But if he werche wel þ<expan>er</expan><seg>-</seg>wiþ . as dowel hym techeþ <note>W.8.56:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> I haue no kynde knowyng quod I . to conceyuen alle youre wordes</l>

<l> Ac if I may lyue and loke . I shal go lerne bettre</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> I bikenne þee crist quod he . þat on cros deyde</l>

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<l> <hi>A</hi>nd I seide þe same . saue yow fro myschaunce</l>

<l> And ȝyue yow g<expan>ra</expan>ce on þis grounde . goode men to worþe</l>

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<l> <hi><hi>A</hi></hi>Nd þus I wente wide<seg>-</seg>wher . walkyng myn one</l>

<l> By a wilde wildernesse . and by a wodes side</l>

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<l> Blisse of þe briddes . brouȝte me aslepe <note>W.8.64:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And vnder a lynde vp<seg>-</seg>on a launde . lened I a stounde</l>

<l> To lyþe þe layes . þo louely foweles made</l>

<l> Murþe of hire mouþes . made me þer to <sic>sleple</sic><corr>slepe</corr> <note>W.8.67:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> The m<expan>er</expan>ueillouseste metels . mette me þanne</l>

<l> That euer dremed wiȝt . in world as I wene</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> A muche man as me þouȝte . and lik to my<seg>-</seg>selue</l>

<l> Cam and called me . by my kynde name</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> What artow quod I þo . þ<expan>a</expan>t þow my name knowest</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> That þow woost wel quod he . and no wiȝt bettre</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Woot I what þow art . þouȝt seide he þanne</l>

<l> I haue sued þee þis seuen yeer . seye þow me no raþer</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Artow þouȝt quod I þoo . þow koudest me wisse</l>

<l> Where þ<expan>a</expan>t dowel dwelleþ . and do me þat to knowe</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Dowel and dobet . and dobest þe þridde quod he <note>W.8.78:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Arn þre faire v<expan>er</expan>tues . and ben noȝt fer to fynde <note>W.8.79:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> Who<seg>-</seg>so is trewe of his tunge . and of his two handes <note>W.8.80:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And þoruȝ his labour . or þoruȝ his land . his liflode wynneþ <note>W.8.81:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And is trusty of his tailende . takeþ but his owene <note>W.8.82:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And is noȝt dronkelewe ne dedeynous . dowel hym folweþ <note>W.8.83:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Dobet dooþ riȝt þus . ac he dooþ muche moore</l>

<l> He is as lowe as a lomb . and louelich of speche <note>W.8.85:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> And helpeþ alle men . after þ<expan>a</expan>t hem nedeþ</l>

<l> The bagges and þe bigirdles . he haþ to<seg>-</seg>broke hem alle</l>

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<l> That þe Erl Auarous . heeld and hise heires</l>

<l> And þus wiþ Mammonaes moneie . he haþ maad hym frendes</l>

<l> And is ronne to Religion . and haþ rendred þe bible</l>

<l> And p<expan>re</expan>cheþ to þe peple . Seint Poules wordes</l>

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<l> <hi><hi>¶</hi> <foreign><hi>Libenter suffertis insipientes . cu<expan>m</expan> sitis ip<expan>s</expan>i sapientes</hi></foreign></hi></l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> And suffreþ þe vnwise . wiþ yow for to libbe <note>W.8.93:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> And wiþ glad wille dooþ hem good . for so god yow hoteþ</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Dobest is aboue boþe . and bereþ a bisshopes crosse</l>

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<l> Is hoked on þat oon ende . to halie men fro helle</l>

<l> A pik is on þat potente . to putte adown þe wikked</l>

<l> That waiten any wikkednesse . dowel to tene</l>

<l> And dowel and dobet . amonges hem han ordeyned</l>

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<l> To crowne oon to be kyng . to rulen hem boþe</l>

<l> That if dowel or dobet . dide ayein dobest</l>

<l> Thanne shal þe kyng come . and casten hem in Irens</l>

<l> And but if dobest bede for hem . þei to be þer for euere</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Thus dowel and dobet . and dobest þe þridde</l>

<l> Crouned oon to be kyng . to kepen hem alle</l>

<l> And to rule þe Reme . by hire þre wittes</l>

<l> And noon ooþer wise . but as þei þre assented</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> I þonked þoȝt þo . þ<expan>a</expan>t he me þus tauȝte</l>

<l> Ac yet sauoreþ me noȝt þi seying . I coueite to lerne</l>

<l> How dowel . dobet . and dobest . doon among þe peple</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> But wit konne wisse þee quod þoȝt . where þo þre dwelle</l>

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<l> Ellis woot I noon þat kan . þat now is alyue</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Thoȝt and I þus . þre daies we yeden</l>

<l> Disputyng vp<seg>-</seg>on dowel . day after ooþ<expan>er</expan></l>

<l> And er we were war . wiþ wit gonne we mete</l>

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<l> He was long and lene . lik to noon ooþer</l>

<l> Was no pride on his apparaill<expan>e</expan> . ne pouerte neiþer <note>W.8.117:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> Sad of his semblaunt . and of softe chere <note>W.8.118:<add><foreign>n<expan>ota</expan></foreign></add></note></l>

<l> I dorste meue no matere . to maken hym to Iangle</l>

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<l> But as I bad þoȝt þoo . be mene bitwene</l>

<l> And pute forþ som p<expan>ur</expan>pos . to preuen hise wittes</l>

<l> What was Dowel fro dobet . and dobest from hem boþe</l>

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<l> <hi>¶</hi> Thanne þoȝt in þat tyme . seide þise wordes</l>

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<l> Where dowel . dobet . and dobest ben in londe</l>

<l> Here is wil wolde wite . if wit koude teche hym</l>

<l> And wheiþ<expan>er</expan> he be man or wo<expan>m</expan>man . þis man fayn wolde aspie</l>

<l> And werchen as þei þre wolde . thus is his entente</l>

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