The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 1William LanglandEdited by Michael Calabrese, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: M. Gail Duggan and Patricia R. BartTechnical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research AssistantsMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter J. Eubanks, Carrie Lindley, Timothy L. Stinson, and Jordan Taylor. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Chris Jessee, Daniel Pitti, and John Unsworth.The Medieval Academy of America and the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer, Ltd.Woodbridge, SuffolkISBN: 97818438409232008

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Duggan New header created Passus primus de visione · w What this Montayne bemeneth  and the merke dale and the felde full of folk  y schall ȝowe fayre schewe a louely lady of lere  in lynnen y-clothed cam doun fro a castel  and full callede me fullcalled me fayre and seide sone slepest thu  seest thu th.is peple howe besy thei ben alle  a-boute the mase the moste party of th.is peple  þat passeþ on this erthe haue thei wurschipe in this worlde  thei wylne no bettre of oþer heuene than here  holde thei no tale y was a-ferde of her face  thouȝ sche fayr were and saide mercy madame  what ys this to mene the tour on the tofte quod scheHm.1.12: A rough spot on the vellum makes quod sche appear to be written over an erasure.  trewthe ys þerynne and wolde that ȝe wrouȝten  as his woord techeþ for he ys fadur of feyþethat formedeformed ȝowe alle bothe wyth fel and wyth face  and ȝafe ȝowe fyue wyttes for to wurschipe hym ther-wyth  while that ȝe ben here and therfore h.e hiȝte the erþe  to helpe ȝowe echone of wullen of lynnen  of lyflode at nede in mesurable manere  to make ȝowe at ese and comaundede of his curtasy  in comune þre thynges arn none mnydfullnedfulneedfullereHm.1.21: One minim is erased to make <n> of <m>. but thoo  and nempne hem y thenke and rykne hem by resoun  reherce ȝe hem after that on ys vesture  fro chele the to saue and mete at. mele  for mesese of thi-seluen and drynke whan thu druyest  ac do nat out of resoun that thu wurcheworth the wurce  whan thu worke schuldest for loo.t in his lyfdayes  for lykyng of drynke dide by his doughteres  that the deuel well lykedelyked delytede hym in drynke  as the deuyl wolde and lechery hym lauȝte  and lay by hem bothe and all he wytte it the wyn  that fouleþat wykked dedeInebriamus eum vino dormiamus-que cum eo · vt seruare possimus de patre nostro semen · þorough wyn and thorough wommen  there was looht encombred and there he gate in glotanye  gerles that were cherles forþi drede delytable drynke  and thu schalt do the bettre mesure ys medycyn  al-......thowþouȝ þu moche ȝerne · it is nat all good to the goste  that the gut asketh ne lyflode to thi lykham  for a lyȝere it hymhimHm.1.38: Hm uniquely adds it, perhaps in an attempt to make better sense of a line marred by an omission in his exemplar. techeþHm.1.38: LWHmC delete a b-verse and an a-verse, combining the two by eye-skip from likame to likame. Most other B manuscripts read as follows: Ne liflode to þi likam þat leef is to þi soule Leue nauȝte þi likam for a liere hym techeþ. that ys the wrecchid world  wolde the betraye for the fend and thi flesch  foloweth to-gydre this and that s.lethseeþ thi soule  and seyth it in ...thiþin herte and for thu schuldest bewar  y wysse the þe beste madame mercy quod y  me lykeþ well ȝour wordes ac th..e money onofIn this molde  that men so faste holdeth telle me to wham madame  that tresour appendeþ goo to the gospel quod sche  that god seyde hym-sylue þo þe peple hym apposed  wyth apenya peny in the temple wheþyr thei schulde ther-wyth  wurschipe the kyng Cesar and god asked of hem  of wham spak the lettrurelettre and the ymage y-lyk  that ther-ynne standeth cesares thei seiden  we seen hym wel echone Reddite cesari quod god  thatHm.1.52: There is the appearance of erasure here because of a crease in the manuscript. There is some bleed-through as well. cesari be-falleth and que sunt dei deo  or elles ȝe don ylleHm.1.53: A horizontal tear in the manuscript extends from the <n> of and to the end of sunt. The tear appears to have become worse since the microfilm was made in the early 1940s. for ryȝtfull resoun schulde · rewele ȝowe alle and kynde wytt be wardeyn  ȝour welthe to kepe and tutur of ȝour tresour  and take it nouȝtit ȝowe at nede for husbondry and hy  holdeth to-gyders thanne y freyned her fayre  for hym that me made that dongeoun in the dale  that dredfull ys of syȝt what may it be to mene  madame y ȝowe by-seche that ys the castell of care  who-so cometh ther-ynne may banne that he borne borne was · to body or to soule ther-ynne wonyth a wyȝt  that wrong ys y-hote fadyr of falshede  heand founded it hem-seluehym-selue(n) adam and Eue  he egged to ylleHm.1.65: The following four lines are omitted by eye-skip in Hm, here supplied in the spelling of L: Conseilled caym to kullen his brother Iudas he iaped with iuwen siluer And sithen on an eller honged hym after He is letter of loue and lyeth hem alle that trysten on his tresour  by-trayeth he hemhe alle sonestsonest thanne hadde y wondur in my wytt  what womman scheit were that suche wyse wordes  of holy wrytt schewede and yAnd asked here in the heyȝe name  er sche thennys ȝede what sche were wyt....erly · that wyssed me so fayre holy cherche y am quod sche  thu auȝtest me to knowe y vndyrf.ong the furst  and the fey thefeythHm.1.72: Fey, "faith." This is the only occurrence in the manuscript of this form for "faith." A misdivision of feythe probably accounts for the form here. Cf. the similar error at Hm.10.53 where merthey þey is written for merthe þey. tauȝte and thu broughtyst me borwes  my byddyng to full-fulle and to loue me lely  the while thi lyf endurethdureth than y cowrydcourbed on my knes  and cryȝede her of grace and prayed her pytously  to praye for my synnys and all-so kenne me kyndely  on cryst to beleue that y myȝt werchen his wylle  that wrouȝt me to man teche me to no tresour  but telle me thys ylke howe y may saue ..my soule  that seynt arte y-holden whan all tresourys arn tried quod sche · Trewthe ys the beste y do it on deus carytas  to demen the sothe yt ys all-soas derwurthiderworth a drury  as dere god hym-seluen Who-so ys trewe of his tonge  and ...?...telleþ non oþer ·Hm.1.84-94: The scribe has erased nine lines in the space now occupied by lines 84b-94, having skipped one line in his exemplar. There are now 41 lines on this page. The omission was caused by eye-skip from and telleþ to and wylneþ line 85). Thus telleþ none other from 88 and the a-verse of 89 were omitted. The remains of an erased lofte are visible in the margins to the right of line 85. ...?...?...and doiþ þe werkes þerwiþ and wylneþ noman ylle ...?...?...he is a god by þe gospell · a ground and on lofte ...?...?...and ylyk to owr lord · by seynt lukes woordys ...?...?...þe clerkes þat knowen þys · schulden kenne it abowte ...?...?...for crysten and vncristen · cleymen it echone ...?...?...kynges and knygthes · schulden kepen it by resoun ...?...?...ryden and rappen doun · in rewmes abowte ...?...?...and taken transgressours · and tyen hem faste ...?...?...tyl trewþe had termynyd · her trespas to þe ende ...?...?...& þat is þe professioun apertly · þat appendiþ to knyȝtes and nat to fasten a fryday  in fyue score wynter but holden wyth hym and wyth here  that wolden alle trewthe and neuer leuen hem fortofor loue  ne for lakkyng of syluer for dauid in his dayes  thus dubbede hisdubbed knyȝtes and dide hem swere on hisherea swerd · to serue treuthe euere and who-so passede that poynt  was apostotaapost[a]ta in the ordre but cryst kyngene kyng  knyȝtede ten cherubyn and seraphyn  suche seuene and othere and ȝaf hem myȝt in his mageste  the meryer hem thought and ouer his mene meyne  made hem archaungels tauȝte hem by the trinyte  trewthe to knowe to be buxum at his byddyng  he bad hem nought elles lucifer wyth legyouns  lernede it in heuene but for he brak buxumnesse  his blys gan he tyne and fel fro theþat felaschipe  in-toin a fendes lyknesse In-to a deep derk helle  to dwelle there for-euere and mo þousandes wyth hym  than man kouthe numbre lopen out wyth lucyfer  in loythlyche forme for thei leueden vp-on hym  that lyȝede hemlyed in this manere Ponam pedem in aquilone & similis ero altissimo · and alle that ......hopede it myȝt be so  noon heuene myȝt hem. holde ...but f.yllen out in fendys lyknesse  nyne dayes to-gyders tyl god of his goodnes  gan hemgan stable and stynte and gart the heuene to ste...ke  and stondestonden in quyete Whan these wykked wenten out  in wondyrwyse thei fullen · summe in eyr summe in erthe  and summe in helle depe ac lucifer lyth lowest therelowest lith  of hem alle for pryde that he put out  his peyne hath noon ende and all that wurche wyth wrong  wenden thei schulle after her deth-day thiderdeth-day  and dwellen wyth that scherewe ac tho that werken wel  as holy wrytt telleþ and enden as y ere seide  in trewthe that ys the beste many be syker that her soulys  schull wende to heuene there trewthe syttis in trinyte  and troneþ hem alle forþy y seye as y seide ere  by syȝt of thes textes whan alle tresours arn tryed  trewthe ys the beste lereþ on this lewed men  for lettrud men it knoweth that trewthe ys tresour  the tryest vp-ononIn erthe ȝit haue y no kynde knowyngknowing quod Iȝytȝet mote ȝeye mote kenne me bettre by what crafte in my cors  it comseþ and where thu dotede daffe quod sche  full dulldulleto dulle are thi wyttes to lytelitelHm.1.136: Hm never elsewhere uses the lyte form, and may have been affected by the immediately following <l>. latyn thu lernedest  .....lewydlede in thi ȝoutheHeu michi quiquia sterilem duxi vitam iuuenilem · it ys a kynde knowyng quod sche  that kenneth in thyn herte for to louen thi lord  lerneleuer thanne thi-selue no dedly synne to do  deyȝe though thu schuldest this y trowe be trewthe  who kan teche the bettre loke thu suffre him to seye  and sytthen lernelere it afterHm.1.142: CrHmC2F have lerne, where other B manuscripts have lere. The <l> of lerne is perhaps written over an erasure, but the rest of the phrase is added in a different ink over a blank space. CrWHmGH omit the following line (supplied here in the spelling of L): For thus witnesseth his worde worcheth þow þere-after. for trewthe telleth that loue  ys tryacle of heuene may no synne be on hym sene  that vseth that spice and alle his werkes he wrouȝt  wyth loue as hym luste and lerned it moyses for the leuest thyng  & most lyk to heuene and all-so the plente of pees  most precyous of vertues for heuene myȝt nat holden it  it was so heuy of hym-selue tyl it hadde of the erthe  eten his fulle and whan it hadde of this foodfolde  flesch & blood taken was neuer lefe vpon lynde  lyȝtere ther-after and portatyf and peysandpersantHm.1.152: Hm's peysand, "powerful, forceful," is a unique form. See MED, s. v. pesaunt. Other B manuscripts have persant.  as the poynt of a nedyll that myȝt no armure it lette  ne noon hyȝe walles for thisFor-þi is loue ledere  of the lordes folk of heuene and a mene as the meyr. ys  bytwene the kyng and þe comene ryȝt so ys loue a ledere  and the lawe schapeth vpon amana manman for his mysdedys  the amercymentmerciment ...?...he taxithHm.1.157: It is not possible to determine what was erased, but F and H read askeþ. and for to knowen it kyndely  it comseth by myȝt and in the herte there ys the ... hed · and the heyȝe w.elle for in kynde knowyng in herte  there . myȝt bygynneth and that falleth to the fadur  that formede vs alle lokede on vs wyth loue  and leet his sone deye mekely for our mysdedes  to amende vs alle and ȝit wolde he hem no wo  that wrouȝten hym that peyne but mekely wyth mouthe  mercy he bysoughte to haue pyte on that peple  that pynydpeyned hym to dethe here myȝt thu see ensamples  in hym-sylfe one that he was myghtfull and meke  and mercy gan graunte to hem that hungen hym an hye  and his herte thirlddeed forþi y rede ȝowe ryche menriche  haueth rewthe on the pore though ȝe ben myȝtfull to mote  beth meke in ȝour werkes for the same mesure that ȝe meten  a-mysse oþer elles ȝe schullen be weye ther-wyth  whan ȝe wende hennesEadem mensura qua mensi fueritis remecietur vobis · for thowe ȝe be trewe of ȝour tounge  and trewely wynne and all-soas chast as y..achilda child.. that in cherche wepyth but if ȝe louen lely  and lene the pouere suche gode as god ȝowe sent  goodlyche departethparteth ȝe ne haue nomore meryt  in masse ne in ourys than malkyn of her maydenhode  that no man desyreth for Iames the gentyle  Iugede in his bokes that feyth wyth-outen the ....werkfaiteHm.1.182: The reading werk, added over an erasure, is unique to Hm among B witnesses, but it appears in A manuscripts Ha and U. Several other B manuscripts have faite, "deed." · ys ryȝt no thyng wurthy and all-soas dede as a dore-tree  but if the dedys foloweFides sine operibus mortua est · forþy chastyte wyth-outen charyte  worþ cheyned in helle it ys all-soas lewede as a laumpe  that no lyȝt ys ynne many chapeleynes arn chaste  ac charyte ys aweye arne no men aueroushere . than they  whan they ben auamsedaua[un]sedauaunced vnkynde to her kyn  and to alle crystene schewen her charyte  and chiden aftyr more suche chastyte wyth-outen charite  wurth cheyned in helle many curatours kepen hem  clene of here bodyes andThei arn encombredacombred wyth couetyse  þey can nat put it awaydon it fram hem so harde hath auaryce  haspede hem to-gyders and that ys no trewthe of the trinyte  but trecherye of helle and lernyng to lewed men  the lattere for to dele forþy thes wordes ben wryten  in the holy gospelgospel · date and dabitur vobis  for y dele ȝowe alle and that ys the lo...?...?...k of loue · and leteþ owt my grace · to conforte the carefull  acombred wyth synne loue ys leche of lyfe  · and next our lord hym-selue and all-so the gretegraith gate  that gooth into heuene forþy y sey as y seide  hereereHm.1.203: Here is a reverse spelling for ere, the reading of most other B manuscripts. be thesþe tixtes whan alle tresours arn tryed  trewthe ys the beste nowe haue y tolde the what trewþe ys  þat no tresor ys betre y may no lenger le....uelenge the whyþHm.1.206: Whyþ, "with." Hm reads whyþ, which is not an error but a reverse spelling indicating the loss of aspiration in [hw] in the scribe's dialect.  nowe loke the our lord ·