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The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 9: The B-Version Archetype of <hi rend="it">Piers Plowman</hi> – Passus 7William LanglandEdited by John Burrow and Thorlac Turville-PetreTechnical Editors: Daniel V. Pitti and Cindy Girard Graduate Research Assistants John Ivor Carlson, Erin Kelly, Britta Rowe, Christine Schott, and Timothy L. Stinson. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Cynthia GirardPublished for the Medieval Academy of America and The Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Cambridge ISBN (individual use) 1 84384 ????? (institutional use) 1 84384 ????

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LatinFrenchGerman Editor Hoyt N. Duggan New header created and structure reorganized. Passus septimus de visione vt supra Treuthe herde telle her-of · and to peres heBx.7.1: he: Omitted in CrHmGO and inserted in L. The support of MWC and alpha establishes it for Bx, though it is omitted in AC. sent To taken his teme [·] and tulyen þe erthe And purchaced hym a pardoun · a pena & a culpa For hym and for his heires · for euermore after And bad hym holde hym at home · and eryen his leyes And alle þat halpe hym to erie · to sette or to sowe Or any other myster · þat myȝte pieres auaille Pardoun with pieres plowman · treuthe hath ygraunted ¶ Kynges and knyȝtes · þat kepen holycherche And ryȝtfullych in reumes · reulen þe peple Han pardoun thourgh purgatorie · to passe ful lyȝtly With patriarkes and prophetes · in paradise to be felawesBx.7.12: felawes: The plural is supported by LMG and alpha. ¶ Bisshopes yblessed · ȝif þei ben as þei shulden Legistres of bothe lawesBx.7.14: bothe lawes: So alpha and WHmCr (beta2), supported by Ax Bisshopis þat blissen & boþe lawes kenne (K.8.13). However LM and beta4 (GOC) read bothe þe lawes, which could be right. · þe lewed þere-with to preche And in as moche as þei mowe · amende alle synful Aren peres with þe apostles · þusBx.7.16: þus: LM and alpha, against þis in others. pardoun Piers sheweth And at þe day of dome · atteBx.7.17: atte: "at the", as in all beta mss. except M with at. R also has at, with F reading on. MR could be right. Ax reads instead at here deis. heigh deyse to sytte ¶ Marchauntz in þe margyne · hadden many ȝeres Ac none a penaBx.7.19: none a pena: Beta is supported by Ax; alpha's no pena is shared with the X family of C; the P family has a pena. & a culpa · þe Pope noldeBx.7.19: nolde: Following the negative in the a-verse, Bx has a second negative in the b-verse, either nolde in beta or wald nauȝt (F wille not) in alpha. Many A mss. also have nolde. C mss. have wolde or nolde depending on whether they include or omit no in the a-verse. hem graunte For þei holde nouȝt her halida[y]Bx.7.20: haliday: The distributive sg. of M and alpha is more likely to have given rise to the plural than vice versa. AC show similar variation. · as holicherche techeth And for þei swere by her soule · andBx.7.21: by her soule and: Replaced in alpha by ofte, but supported by AC and by alliteration. so god mosteBx.7.21: moste: Omitted by M and alpha, but supported by AC. hem helpe Aȝein clene conscience · her catel to selle ¶ Ac vnder his secret seel · treuthe sent hem a lettre That þey shulde bugge boldely · þat hem best likedBx.7.24: liked: The beta reading, against the present in alpha. Cx supports the past tense; A mss. are divided. In the context of present-tense verbs, the past tense is more likely to have given rise to the present. And sithenes selle it aȝein · and saue þe wynny[n]geBx.7.25: wynnynge: Beta's distributive sg. is shared with most A mss., while most C mss. have alpha's plural. And amende mesondieux þere-[with]Bx.7.26: þere-with: The alpha reading is supported by the AC versions. Beta's þere-myde is perhaps prompted by the alliteration. For similar variation in this situation, cf. Bx.5.77 and note, 6.67 (= RK.8.68), 6.161 (= K.7.145 and RK.8.155), 15.144. There appears to be no settled pattern. · and myseyse folke helpe And wikked wayes · wiȝtlich hemBx.7.27: hem: Supported for Bx by LMHmO and alpha; dropped in others. Yet Ax has to; Cx rewrites. amende And do bote to brugges [·] þat to-broke were Marien maydenes · or maken hem nonnes Pore peple and prisounes · fynden hem here fode And sette scoleres to scole · or to sommeBx.7.31: somme: Omitted in alpha, but supported by Ax and required by alliteration. other craftes Releue Religioun · and renten hem bettere Bx.7.33: Alpha has a paraph.And I shal sende ȝow my-selue · seynt Michel myn archangel Þat no deuel shal ȝow dere · ne fere ȝow in ȝowre deying And witen ȝow fro wanhope · if ȝe wil þus worche And sende ȝowre sowles in safte · to my seyntes in ioye ¶ Þanne were Marchauntz mery · many weptenBx.7.37: Marchauntz mery · many wepten: Beta is supported by AC against alpha's manye marchauntz . þat wopen. for ioye And preyseden Pieres þe plowman · þat purchaced þis bulle [¶]Bx.7.39: ¶: The spacing in LM indicates that a paraph was intended, as in WHmC. Men of lawe lest pardoun haddeBx.7.39: hadde: The line ended here in alpha, with F filling out this line, and both RF independently supplying a b-verse for the next line. [·] þat pleteden for Mede For þe sauter saueth hem nouȝte · such as taketh ȝiftes And namelich of innocentz [·] þat none yuel neBx.7.41: ne: Supported by LWCrG and alpha against omission in others. kunneth Super innocentem munera non accipiesBx.7.42: The Latin line, omitted by alpha, appears in A. The passage is revised in C. Bx.7.43: The paraph in WHmC is perhaps prompted by the Latin line above, though R also begins a line group.Pledoures shulde peynen hem · to plede for such anBx.7.43: an: "and". Cf. l. 46. helpe Prynces and prelates · shulde paye for her trauaille A regibus & pryncipibus erit merces eorum ¶ Ac many a iustice an iuroure · wolde for Iohan do more Þan pro dei pietate · leue þow none other Bx.7.48: WHmC begin with a paraph, and R begins a new line group, as at l. 43.Ac he þat spendeth his speche [·] and spekeþ for þe pore Þat is Innocent and nedy · and no man appeireth ConfortethBx.7.50: Conforteth: Alpha begins And conforteth, but beta is supported by Ax. hym in þat cas · with-oute coueytise of ȝiftes And scheweth lawe for owre lordes loue · as he it hath lerned Shal no deuel at his ded-dayBx.7.52: ded-day: LCGR have this form, though the usual form is deþ-day. Cf. l. 127. · deren hym a myte Þat he ne worth sauf and his sowle · þe sauter bereth witnesse Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo &c · ¶ Ac to bugge water ne wynde · ne witte ne fyre þe fierthe Þise foure þe fader of heuene · made to þis folde in comune Þise ben treuthes tresores · trewe folke to helpe Þat neuere shal wax ne wanye · with-oute god hym-selue ¶ Whan þei drawen on to deyeBx.7.59: on to deye: LMWCrG have the verb; HmO and R have the noun deþ. F's to þe deþ is also the reading of Cx. Drawen to (þe) deþ is common (MED drauen 3b (a)), but note Cleanness 1329 drawes to dyȝe. · and Indulgences wolde haue H[is] pardoun is ful petit · at h[is]Bx.7.60: His ... his: In the a-verse R shares the sg, with beta4, but only R has the sg. in the b-verse. However Cx has the sg. in both cases. (Ax also has a sg. pronoun, but the context is different, K.8.59.) The plural pronouns are obviously attracted to the pronouns of the surrounding lines, providing the motive for beta and F independently to rationalise. partyng hennes Þat anyBx.7.61: any: Omitted only by R, but it is not in Cx. Ax supports the reading of all other mss. Mede of mene men [·] for her motyng taketh ȜeBx.7.62: Ȝe: Beta is supported by Ax against alpha's Þe. (KD report R's Þe and þe in this line as Ȝe and ȝe.) legistres and lawyeres · holdeth þis for treuthe Þat ȝif þat I lye · Mathew is to blame For he bad me make ȝow þis · and þis prouerbe me tolde Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines · facite eis ¶ Alle lybbyng laboreres · þat lyuen with her hondes Þat trewlich taken · and trewlich wynnen And lyuen in loue and in lawe · for her lowe hert[e]Bx.7.68: herte: Alpha's distributive sg. is supported by many A mss. There is no parallel in C. Cf. l. 20, 10.420. Haueth þe same absolucioun · þat sent was to peres ¶ Beggeres ne bidderes · ne beth nouȝte in þe bulle But if þe suggestioun be soth · þat shapeth hemBx.7.71: hem: R's hym is also the reading of the X family of C; the P family and Ax support beta's plural. to begge For he þat beggeth or bit · but if he haue nede He is fals with þe fende · and defraudeth þe nedy And also he gilethBx.7.74: gileth: R's reading is supported by AC. The form is less common than bigileth (elsewhere only 20.125 in Bx, where HmO read bi-). We assume that beta and F alter to the commoner form, as on several other occasions in this passage. þe gyuer [·] ageines his wilBx.7.74: wil: Quite possibly a miswriting for wille, as in all except LCrG, and as the word is always otherwise spelt in L. Cable (1988), 54, argues on metrical grounds that the difference is substantive. For if he wist he were nouȝte nedy · he wolde ȝiue þat an other Þat were more ned[ier]Bx.7.76: nedier: For alpha's double comparative, cf. e.g. Bx.11.165 (passage in alpha only) and 15.206. M here reads nediere with -ere erased. þan he · so þe nediest shuld be hulpe Catoun kenneth menBx.7.77: men: Beta2 and GO read me. The line is not in AC. þus · and þe clerke of þeBx.7.77: þe (2): Established for Bx by LM and alpha, but omitted by beta1. stories Cui des videto · is catounes techyng And in þe stories he techeth · to bistowe þyn almes Sit elemosinaBx.7.80: elemosina: LM and alpha against elemosina tua in others. See Alford (1992), 54. F follows with a line of its own. The passage to l. 96 is not in AC. in manu tua donec studes cui des ¶ Ac Gregori wasBx.7.81: was: R has is; F rewrites. a gode man · and bad vs gyuen alle Þat asketh for his loue · þat vs alle leneth Non eligas cui miserearis · ne forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipere Quia incertum est pro quo deumBx.7.84: deum: This is clearly the Bx reading. M corrects deum to deo, in line with the reading of WHmG. For the quotation see Alford (1992), 54-5. magis placeas ¶ For wite ȝe neuere who is worthi · ac god wote who hath nede InBx.7.86: In: R has Alle in, and F For in. hym þat taketh is þeBx.7.86: þe: Omitted by alpha, perhaps correctly. treccherye · if any tresoun walke For he þat ȝiuethBx.7.87: ȝiueth: KD (p. 145) explain alpha's ȝift as "variation through misreading of an -eth suspension". It might also be noted that MED yeven records syncopated forms ending -th and -t. ȝeldeth · and ȝarketh hym to reste And he þat biddeth borweth · and bryngeth hym-self in dette ForBx.7.89: For: Alpha's Forthi perhaps anticipates Bx.7.92. beggeres borwen euermo · and her borgh is god almyȝti To ȝelden hem þat ȝiueth hem · and ȝet vsure more Quare non dedisti peccuniam meam ad mensam vt ego veniens [& cetera]Bx.7.91: veniens & cetera: So M. L ends veniens cum vsuris exigerem, but the variant readings suggest that scribes expanded an abbreviated quotation from Luke 19.23. Alford (1992), 55. · ¶ For-þi biddeth nouȝt ȝe beggeres · but if ȝe haue gret nedeBx.7.92: gret nede: Established for Bx by LMR as well as beta2. The others omit the adjective. For who-so hath to buggen hym bred · þe boke bereth witnesse He hath ynough þat hath bred ynough · þough he haue nouȝt elles Satis diues est qui non indiget pane ¶ Late vsage be ȝowre solace · of seyntes lyues redyng Þe boke banneth beggarie · and blameth hemBx.7.97: hem: Omitted by beta4. F rewrites. in þis manere Iunior fui etenim senui · et non vidi iustum derelictum nec semen eius &cBx.7.98: semen eius &c: So LW; M ends with derelictum &c, R with iustum. CrHmCOF complete the verse from Psalm 36.25, ... nec semen eius querens panem &c. Evidently scribes expanded a familiar quotation, as in l. 91. ¶Bx.7.99: ¶: The paraph in LWHm (with a new line-group in M), though not alpha, is appropriate. For ȝeBx.7.99: ȝe: AC have third person in this passage (K.8.72-3, RK.9.167). Bennett (1972), 221, explains that the following lines "represent an attempt to return to the original theme from which 71-88 [Bx.7.75-97] (new in B) are a digression. The digression has involved the use of the 2nd person, which is retained up to 94, though the original 3rd person forms are kept in 93 [Bx.7.103]". Though all B mss. have second person here, except for F which alters to beggeres, the situation is more complicated than Bennett suggests, since scribes altered to bring the pronouns into line. See notes to ll. 100, 103, 104. lyue in no loue · ne no lawe holde Many of ȝowBx.7.100: of ȝow: As in the previous line, F alters, reading man, and consequently adopting sg. womman in the b-verse. See next note. ne wedde nouȝt · þe wommenBx.7.100: wommen: The plural is supported by LMR as well as CrG. A mss. vary (K.8.73); Cx has the plural in a revised line (RK.9.168). þat ȝe with delen But as wilde bestis with wehe · worthen vppe and worchen And bryngeth forth barnes · þat bastardes men calleth Or þe bakke or some bone · he breketh in hisBx.7.103: he ... his: Beta has sg. pronouns, but alpha has plural. A mss. have his bak, his bon and his ȝouþe, but rather oddly many have þei rather than he at the beginning of the b-verse. Cx brings the pronouns into line with the surrounding plurals. ȝouthe ABx.7.104: A: "And". sitthe gon faiten with ȝoureBx.7.104: ȝoure: Beta represents Bx's half-hearted attempt to put the passage into the second person; see note to l. 99. O and alpha resolve the difficulty by altering back to third person, thus aligning with AC. fauntes · for euermore after Þere is moo mysshape peple · amongeBx.7.105: amonge: WMO and alpha have the form in -es. Either could be Bx. AC mss. also vary. þise beggeres Þan of alle maner men · þat on þis molde walketh [Þo]Bx.7.107: Þo: R only, but supported by AC. F adds For, while beta has And þei. þat lyue þus here lyf · mowe lothe þe tyme Þat euere he was manBx.7.108: he was man: Beta2 reads þei were men, but this is not supported by Ax. wrouȝt · whan he shal hennes fare ¶ Ac olde men & hore · þat helplees ben of strengthe And women with childe · þat worche ne mowe Blynde and bedered · and broken her membres Þat taketh þis myschiefBx.7.112: þis myschief: The sg. is established for Bx by agreement of LMR (F myssese) and Ax, though Cx has the plural. mekelych · as meseles and othere Han as pleyne pardoun [·] as þe plowman hym-self For loue of her lowe hertis · owre lorde hath hem graunted Here penaunce and here purgatorie · here [vp]onBx.7.115: vpon: In AC the b-verse reads vpon þis pur erþe. Bx has lost the alliterating adjective. R retains vpon, the alpha reading which F garbles, while beta reads on. þis erthe ¶ Pieres quod a prest þo · þi pardoun most I rede For I [shal]Bx.7.117: shal: Alpha's reading expressing necessity (cf. most in the line above) is more appropriate than the volition expressed by beta's wil. Most A mss. support alpha. Cx has can (RK.9.282). construe eche clause · and kenne it þe on englich ¶ And pieres at his preyere · þe pardoun vnfoldeth And I bihynde hem bothe · bihelde al þe bulle Al in two lynes it lay · and nouȝt a leef more And was writen riȝt þus · in witnesse of treuthe Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam Qui vero mala in ignem eternum · ¶ Peter quod þe prest þo · I can no pardoun fynde But dowel and haue wel · and god shal haue þi sowle And do yuel and haue yuel · hope þow non other ÞatBx.7.127: Þat: LM and alpha, supported by Ax. Other beta mss. have But. Lines 127-52 are not in C. after þi ded-dayBx.7.127: ded-day: LCG have this form, though the usual form is deþ-day. Cf. note to l. 52 where R also has the form. · þe deuel shal haue þi sowle ¶ And pieres for pure tene · pulled it atweyne And seyde si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis · non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es ¶ I shal cessen of my sowyng quod pieres · and swynk nouȝt so harde Ne about my bely-ioye · so bisi be namore Of preyers and of penaunceBx.7.132: penaunce: For variation with and without <-s>, see note to Bx.14.211. · my plow shal ben her-after And wepen whan I shulde slepe · þough whete bred me faille ¶ Þe prophete his payn ete · in penaunce and in sorwe By þat þe sauter seith · so dede other manye Þat loueth god lelly · his lyflode is ful esy Fuerunt michi lacrime mee · panes die ac nocte ¶ And but if Luke lye · he lereth vs bi foulesBx.7.138: bi foules: "(instructs us) by birds"; so beta, anticipating ll. 142-3. Alpha's line means "Unless Luke lies or teaches us to be fools", which cannot be the sense intended. Schmidt accepts beta's he in place of alpha's or, and alpha's foles in place of beta's foules, and this indeed makes sense in reference to Luke's fool as the man who tells his soul to rest now he has laid up treasure for it: "Dixit autem illi Deus: Stulte, hac nocte animam tuam repetunt a te. ... Nolite solliciti esse animae quid manducetis" (Luke 12.20, 22, abbreviated in l. 140). See Schmidt (1995), 376-7. It is worth noting, however, that leren is followed by a to infin. in the closest parallel "alle he lered to be lele" (Bx.19.256). A is no help, with the variant readings by foules, by birdes, be folis, to ben foles. We retain copy-text. We shulde nouȝt be to bisy · aboute þe worldes blisse Ne solliciti sitis · he seyth in þe gospel And sheweth vs bi ensamples · vs-selue to wisse Þe foules onBx.7.142: on: Choice is difficult. The LM reading is generally reliable for beta. R's of may represent alpha, but F has in as do the remainder of the beta mss. The situation is further complicated by the apparent corruption of Bx; the gospel has volatilia caeli (Matt. 6.26), which Ax translates as foulis in þe firmament (K.8.115), suggesting that on þe felde is a Bx error prompting scribes to improve. We follow copy-text. þe felde · who fynt hem mete atBx.7.142: at: Supported by LMWCOR against the repetition of in in CrHmF, even though A mss. have either in or a. wynter Haue þei no gernere to go to · but god fynt hem alle ¶ What quod þe prest to perkyn · peter as me þinketh Þow art lettred a litel · who lerned þe on boke ¶ Abstinence þe abbesseBx.7.146: þe abbesse: Lost in alpha but supported by Ax and necessary for the alliteration. quod pieres · myne abc me tauȝte And conscience come afterward · and kenned me moche more ¶ Were þow a prest pieres quod he · þow miȝte preche where þow sholdestBx.7.148: sholdest: The beta reading. R's woldest is perhaps easier; F revises. Ax has þe likide. As deuynour inBx.7.149: in: G and alpha have of, perhaps rightly. Cf. of diuinite Maistres (Bx.15.396). There is no parallel in Ax. deuynyte · with dixit insipiens to þi teme ¶ Lewed lorel quod Pieres · litel lokestow on þeBx.7.150: þe: Supported by Ax. R's þi is perhaps prompted by þi in the same position in the line above. bible OnBx.7.151: On: Beta is supported by Ax against R's And (F rewrites). salomones sawes · selden þow biholdest EcceBx.7.152: Ecce: The reading of all A and most B mss. OF "correct" to Eice (KD mistranscribe MR as Eice). For this line from Prov. 22.10, "Eiice ['eject'] derisores ...", see Alford (1992), 57. derisores et iurgia cum eis ne crescant &c ¶ Þe prest and perkyn · apposeden eyther other And I þorw here wordes awoke · and waited aboute And seighe þe sonne in þe south [·] sitte þat tyme Metelees and monelees · on Maluerne hulles Musyng on þis meteles · [a]Bx.7.157: a: "on": Since AC read a myle wey, we conjecture that R's a my wey, supported by M's on my way, represents the corrupt Bx, understood as and my waye by most scribes, and characteristically expanded by F to as y my way. my waye ich ȝede Many tyme þis meteles · hath maked me to studye Of þat I seigh slepyng · if it so be myȝte And also for peres þe plowman · ful pensyf in herte And which a pardoun peres hadde · alle þe peple to conforte And how þe prest impugned it [·] with two propre wordes Ac I haue no sauoure in songewarie · for I se it ofte faille Catoun and canonistres · conseilleth vs to leue To sette sadnesse in songewarie · for sompnia ne cures ¶ Ac for þe boke bibleBx.7.166: þe boke bible: This rather odd expression, altered by HmCGOF, is confirmed by Cx and paralleled by Bx.10.93, though Ax reads þe bible. · bereth witnesse How danyel deuyned · þe dremesBx.7.167: dremes: Some A mss. have the sg. as in WHmR. The X family of C has the plural, the P family has dremels (as in l. 169). of a kynge Þat was nabugodonosor · nempned of clerkis Daniel seyde sire Kynge · þi dremelesBx.7.169: dremeles: "dream-vision" (sg. or pl.). A word only recorded in Langland. As in Bx.13.14 (where F is absent), CrHmCF corrupt to dremes. bitokneth Þat vnkouth knyȝtes shul come · þi kyngdom to cleueBx.7.170: cleue: LMGO against easier cleyme in beta2 and C, and hence the beta reading. Alpha has reue, but the sense of cleue is continued in departed in the next line, and confirmed by Daniel 5.28, "divisum est regnum tuum". Yet all A mss. except one have cleyme. Probably the comparative difficulty of cleue (MED cleven v.(2), 4, "break up, dismember") led scribes to alter it. The line is not in C. Amonges lowere lordes · þi londe shal be departed And as danyel deuyned [·] in dede it felle after Þe kynge lese his lordship · and lower men it hadde ¶ And ioseph mette merueillously · how þe mone and þe sonne And þe elleuene sterres · hailsed hym alle Bx.7.176: W and Alpha here have a paraph.Þanne Iacob iugged · iosephes sweuene Beau filtz quod his fader · for defaute we shullen I my-self and my sones · seche þe for nede ¶ It bifel as his fader seyde · in pharaoes tyme Þat ioseph was iustice · egipte to loken It bifel as his fader tolde · his frendes þere hym souȝteBx.7.181: þere hym souȝte: R has the order hym þere souȝte, and F has sowtyn þere. In Cx the equivalent b-verse is hym for nede souhte (RK.9.316). And al þis maketh me · on þis meteles to þynke ¶ And how þe prest preued · no pardoun to dowel And demed þat dowel · indulgencesBx.7.184: indulgences: CR's indulgence may also be plural. See note to Bx.3.23 and variants in l. 209. passed Biennales and triennales · and bisschopes lettres And how dowel at þe day of dome · is dignelich vnderfongen And passeth al þe pardoun · of seynt petres cherche ¶Bx.7.188-96: ¶: O omits the paragraph. Now hath þe pope powere ·Bx.7.188: RM punctuate the line after pardoun, reflecting uncertainty over the very heavy b-verse which F abbreviates. pardoun to graunte þe peple With-outen eny penaunce · to passen in-to heuene Þis is owre bileue · as lettered men vs techeth Quodcumque ligaueris super terram · erit ligatum et in celis &c · And so I leue lelly · lordes forbode ellis Þat pardoun and penaunce · and preyeres don saue Soules þat haue synned · seuene sithes dedly Ac to trust to þise triennales · trewly me þinketh [It]Bx.7.196: It: Alpha's resumed subject is perhaps more likely to have been lost than added. A and C also vary, though It is supported by the X family of C. is nouȝt so syker for þe soule · certis as is dowel ¶ For-þi I rede ȝow renkesBx.7.197: renkes: Alpha has no difficulty with the seven other instances of renk. · þat riche ben on þis erthe Vppon trust of ȝowre tresoure · triennales to haue Be ȝe neuere þe balder · to breke þe x hestes And namelich ȝe maistres · mayres and iugges Þat han þe welthe of þis worlde · andBx.7.201: and: Alpha supported by AC over and for in LMWHmCr. wyse men ben holden To purchace ȝow pardoun · and þe popis bulles At þe dredeful dome · whan ded shullen riseBx.7.208: rise: LW and alpha, against arise in others. Most C mss. have the former, most A mss. the latter. And comen alle bifor cryst · acountisBx.7.204: acountis: Alpha begins the b-verse with and, but this is not supported by AC. to ȝelde How þow laddest þi lyf here · and his lawes keptest And how þow dedestBx.7.206: dedest: Beta's past tense is supported by AC against alpha's present. day bi day · þe dome wil reherce A pokeBx.7.207: poke: For R's form pouhȝ see MED pough(e, but both forms derive from OE pohha. R's less common form is paralleled among A mss. by V powhe, and among C mss. by X pouhe. ful of pardoun þere · ne prouinciales lettres Theigh ȝe be founde in þe fraternete · of alle þe fourefyueBx.7.208: foure / fyue: Ax supports beta and F with foure, but R has fyue. Here and twice elsewhere (RK.8.191, 9.344, 15.80) Cx refers to the five mendicant orders (the usual four plus the crutched friars). Probably R represents a revision, with F reverting to the more usual number of orders. ordres And haue indulgences double-folde · butBx.7.209: but: Alpha is supported by AC against beta's but if. dowel ȝow help I sette ȝowre patentes and ȝowre pardou[n]Bx.7.210: pardoun: The sg. is supported by Cx; L's plural is the result of a later correction. F omits the line. [·] at one pies hele ¶ For-þi I conseille alle cristene · to crye god mercy And Marie his moder · be owre mene bitwene Þat god gyue vs grace here · ar we gone hennes Suche werkes to werche · whileBx.7.214: while: Beta is supported by Ax and the P family of C. The X family, however, has þe while as alpha. we ben here Þat after owre deth-day · dowel reherce At þe day of dome · we dede as he hiȝte