The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 10William 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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LatinFrenchGerman18 Nov 2000 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created Passus xusdecimus · de visione · & iijustertius · de do-weel · t Thanne hadde wytt a wyfe · was hotyn dame studye · þat lefelene was toof lereHm.10.2: Hm's lef was to lere is unique, involving a misinterpretation of lere as the verb "learn." The archetypal reading is lene was of lere, "was lean of face," though Cr1 prints leue for lene. · And of lyche boþe sche was wondurly wroth · þat wytt þus meme þus taugthe and al starynge dame studye · sternly seyde · Wel art thu wys quod sche to wytt · eny wysdomes to telle to flaterers or to folys · þat frentyk ben of wyttes and blamyd hym · and bannyd hym · and bad hym ben stylle wyþ suche wyse wordes · to wyssyn eny sottes · and seydyn noli mittere man · margery perles · amonge hogges · that han hawes at wylle þey done but dreuelyn þeron · draf were hem leuere than al þe precyous perrey · þat yn paradys wexeth y seye it by suche quod sche · þat scheweþ by her werkys that hoem were leuer · lond and wurschiplordship on erthe or rycchesse or rentys · orand reste at her wylle þan all þe soþsawessoþ sawes · þat salamon seyde euere Wysdom and wytt now · is nougth wurþ a kerse but ȝif it be cardyd wyþ couetyse · as kembstersclotheres kembyn her wolle who-so can contreue dysceytes · and conspyre wronges · and lede foorþ a loueday · to lette wyþ trewthe · he þat suche craftes can · to counseyl is clepid they ledyn lordes wyþ lesynges · and bylyeþ trewþe Iob þe gentyle · yn his gestys wytnesseth · þat wykkyd men ...?...nweldyn · Hm.10.24: Weldyn and the punctus are written over an erasure of at least ten letters ending with <n>; the initial <w> has a splayed lead-in stroke to fill some of the extra space created by the erasure. Kane and Donaldson reasonably surmise the original reading may have been archetypal þey weldyn. þe welþe of þys worlde and that they be lordys inof ylke alondea londe · þat out of lawe lybbeth Quare impij viuunt · bene est omnibus · qui preuaricantur · & ...?...inique agunt · & ceteranil The sauter seyþ þe same · by suche þat don ylle Ecce impijipsiHm.10.28: The scribe picked up impij from Hm.10.26. peccatores habundantes · in seculo obtinuerunt diuicias · Loo seith holy lettrure · whiche woordeslordes be theseþis shrewes · þulke that god gyueþ most · lest good þey deleth · and most vnkynde to þe comoun · þat most catel weldeþ · Que perfecisti destruxerunt iustus autem · & cetera · Harlotes for her harlotrye · may haue of her go....odes and iapers and iugoloursHm.10.34: Kane and Donaldson misread as iungolours. · and ianglers of gestys · Ac he þat hath holy wrytt · ay yn his mowth · and can telle of Thobye · and of þe twelue apostles · or prechyn of þe penaunce · þat pylat wrougth to ihesu þe gentyle · that iewes to-drowe · lytil is he louyd · that suche a lessoun scheweth · or dauntyd or drawe foorþ · y do it on god hym-sylue · But tho that feynyn hem foles · and wyþ faytynge lybbeþ aȝen the lawe of our lord · and lyen on hem-sylue · spyttyn and spewyn · and spekyn fowle woordes · drynkyn and dreuelyn · and do men to gape · lykne men and lyȝe on hem · that leneþ hem no ȝiftes they conne nomore mynstracy · ne musyk men to glade · than munde the myller · of multa fecit deus ne were her vyle harlotrye · haue god my trewthe · schulde neuere kynge ne knygth · ne chanoun of seynt poules ȝyue hem to her ȝeresȝyue · ȝee theþe ȝifte of a grote ac merthe and mynstracy · is amonge men nouthe lecchery and losengerye · and losels tales glotany and grete othes · þis mertheymerthemurthe þey loueth Ac ȝif they carpyn of cryst · these clerkes and þyse lewyd at þe mete yn her merthe · whan mynstrales ben stylle · than.......ne tellenHm.10.56: The correcting scribe wrote ne to complete þanne and then they, but failed to supply the verb. He later added tellen in the right margin, but failed to indicate its placement. they ofof þe trynyte · a tale other tweyne · and bryngeþ foorth a ballyd resoun · & takyn bernard to wytnesse and puttyn foorþ a presumpcyoun · to preue the sothe thus þey dreuelyn at her deys · þe deite to knowe and gnawyn god wyþ þe gorge · whan þeher guttys fyllyn · ac þe carful may carpe · and cryȝencrye · and carpen at the ȝate boþe an-hungred and a-þurste and for chele quake ys noon to nymen hym neer · his noyȝe to amende but huntyn hym as an hound · and hotyn hym go thennys lytyl loueþ he þat lorde · þat lent hym all þat blysse · that þus parteth wyth þe poore · a parcel whan hym nedeth Hm.10.67-69: A crude line drawing (or pen trials) appear in the left margin.ne were mercy yn mene men · more than yn ryche · mendynauntes meteles · myghten go to bedde · god is muche yn þe gorge · of þese grete maystres ac amonges mene men · his mercy and his werkes and so seith þe sauter · y haue seen it ofte · Ecce audiuimus eam in effrata · inuenimus eam in campis silue · & ceteranil · Clerkes and oþerkynoþer kyn men · carpyn of god faste and hauyn moche yn þe mouþ · ac mene men yn herte frerys and faytours · han foundyn suche questyouns to plese wyþ proud men · sytthe þe pestylence tyme and prechyn at seynt poules · for pur enuye of clerkes that folke is nougth f..ermyd yn the feyþ · ne fre of her goodes ne sory for her synnys · so ys pryde woxen · yn relygyoun and yn all þe reme · amonge ryche and pouere that prayers han no power · the pestylence to let..te and ȝit þe wrecchis of þys worlde is noon waar by other ne for drede of deeþ · wyþdrawyn nougth her pryde ne beþ plentyfous to þe pouere · as pure charyte wolde but yn gaynesse and yn glotanye · forgluttyn her good hem-sylue · and brekyn nougth to þe beggere · as þe book techeþ Frange esurienti panem tuum · & cetera And þe more he wynneth and welte welþes and rycchesse · and lordes yn londes · the lesse good he deleth · Hm.10.90-104 betoun brygges thobye telleth ȝow nougth so · taketh hede ȝe ryche how þe booke of þe byble · of hym bereþ wytnesse Si tibi sit copia habundanter tribue · Si autem exiguum · illud impertiri stude libenter · & ceteranil · Who-so hauehath muche spende manlyche so meneth thobye · and who-so lytyl weldeth · reule hym þere-aftur for we haue no lettre of our lyfe how longe it schall enduredure · suche lessouns lordes · schuldyn louye to here · and how þeyhe mygth moste meyne · manly fynde Nougth to fare as a fytheler · or a frere to seke festes homlyche at othre mennyshousesmennys houses · and hatyn her owen · elenge is the halle · eche day yn the wyke · ther þe lord ne þe lady · lykeþ nougth to sytte · now haþ eche ryche arewlea rewle · to etyn by hem-sylue · yn a priue parlour · for poore mennys sake · or yn a chambre wyþ a chymneye · & leue þe chefe halle · that was maad for melys · men to etyn ynne and al to spare to spille · that spende schall an nother I haue herd hiȝe men · atte the table etyngeetyng atte table · carpyn as they clerkes were · byof cryst and of his myghtes and leyden fawtes vpon þe fader · þat formed vs alle and carpen aȝen clerkys · crabbyd woordes why wolde our saueour · suffre suche a worm yn his blysse · that bygylyd so theþe womman · and þe man aftur thorow whiche wyles and woordes · þey wente to helle · and all her seed for her synnyssynne · þe same deeþ suffryd · Here lyeþ ȝour lore · lordesþise lordes gonne despute · of þat þe clerkes vs kennyth · by cryst ofof cryst by the gospel Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris · & cetera Why schulde we þat now ben · for þe werkes of adam · ............be rotenRoten and to-rente(to)rende resoun wolde it neuere Vnusquis.que portabit onus suum · & cetera · Suche mootyues they meue · þese maystres yn her glorye and makyn men yn mysbyleue · þat musyn mochyl on her woordes ymagynatyf her-aftyrward · schall answere to ȝour purpos austyn to suche arguers · he telleþ hem þys teme · Non plus sapere quam oportet & cetera · wylneþ neuere to wyetewiteHm.10.127: Hm is the only manuscript to read wete, and that is the result of a scribal correction. Other B manuscripts read wite. · why that god wolde suffre soSuffreHm.10.128: The same variation occurs at Hm.10.135. sathan · his seed to be-gyle ac byleue lely · yn the lore of holy cherche and praye hym of pardoun · and penaunce yn thy lyue and for his mechylmoche mercy · to amende ȝow here for alle þat wylneþ to wyte · þe weyes of god almyghty · y wolde his eiȝe were yn his ers · & his fyngor aftyr that euere wylneth to wyte · why þat god wolde suffre soSuffreHm.10.135: The same variation appears in Hm.10.128. sathan · his seed to begyle or iudas to the iewes · ihesu bytraye al was .......as þu woldest · lorde y-wurschipyd be thu and wurthal worth as thu wolt · what-so we despute And þo þat vsyn þese hauylouns · to blende mennys wyttes what is do-well fro do-bet · andHm.10.140: The erased and is visible under ultra violet light, and would have agreed with & in Cr1 against now in most B manuscripts. deef mote heHm.10.140: The words mote he are partially erased but legible. worþe sytthe he wylneþ to wyte whiche þey ben boþeHm.10.141: The words ben boþe are partially erased but legible. but he lyue yn the lyf · that longeth to do-wel for y dar ben his bolde bo...rwh þat do-bet woll he neuere for þouȝÞeigh dobest drawe on hym · day after oþere And whan þat wytte was y-waar · what dame studye tolde he bycam so confusedconfus · he cowde nougth loke and as doumbe as deeþ · and drowh hym arere and for no carpynge þat yI couthe aftyr ne knelynge to the grounde · y mygth gete no greyn · of his grete wyttys but al lauȝhynge he lowted · and lokyd vpon studye yn sygne þat y schulde · beseche hure of grace And whan y was war of his wyl · to his wyf gan y loute and seyde mercy madame · ȝour man schall y wurthe as longe as y leue bothe late and rathe forto wurche ȝour wyll · whilþe while my lyfe dureth soWith þat ȝe kenne me kyndely · to knowe what ys dowel for þy mekenesse man quod sche · and for þy mylde speche y schal kenne þe to my cosyn that clergye is y-hotynhoten he haþ weddyd a wyfe wyth-ynne these sixe monthes þat is Is sybbe to þe seuene artz · scripture ys her name they two as y hope · aftur my techynge schull wysse þe to dowel · y dar it vndurtake · Thanne was heI also fayn · as foul of fayr morwe and gladder þan þe glewman · þat golde haþ to ȝifte and askyd here þe hiȝe way · where þat glergye[c]lergyeclergye dwelleþdwelte and telle me byme sum tokne quod y for tyme ys þat y wende Aske þe hiȝe way quod sche · hennys to suffre · boþe weel and ekeand woo · ȝifȝif þat thu wylte lerne · and ryde foorþ by rycchesse · ac reste þu nougth þerynne for ȝif þu couplest the þerwyth · to clergye comest þu neuere And also þe lykerous launde · þat lecchery hatteth · leef hym on þy lefthalfeleft half a large myle or more · tyl þu come to a court · kepe well þy tonge fro lesynges and lyther speche · and lykerous drynkes Thanne schalt thu see soberte · and symplessesymplete of speche · that eche wygth be yn wylle · his wytte þe to schewe and þus schalt þu come tome to clergye þat can many thynges seiȝe hym þys sygne · y sette hym to scole · and þat y grete well his wyfe for y wrote her many bookes and sette her to sapience · and to þe sauter glosyd · logyk y lernyd here · and many othur lawes · and alle þe musouns ofin musyke · y made her to knowe · plato the poiete · y putte hym furst to booke · arystotle and othre moo · y taugth hem argueto argue I tauȝte · gramer for gerles · y gart ferst to wryte · and beet hem wyth a balays · but ȝif þey wolde lerne · Of allekyn craftes · y contreuyd toolys of carpuntry of keruers · and compaced masouns · and lernyd hem to leuelleuel and lyne þow y looke dymme · ac theologie haþ tenyd me · ten score tymes · the more y muse þerynne · þe mystyere it semeth · and þe depper y dyuyne · þe derker me it þenkeþ yt is no conscyence forsothe · forto sotyle ynne · a fullyeþyyful lyeþyyHm.10.194: Hand3 in correcting <y> to <e> adds his characteristic flourish to word-terminal <y>. þynge it were · ȝif þat loue nere · ac for it leet best by loue · y loue it þe bettre for þere þat loue is ledere · ne lacked neuere grace · looke þu loue lely · ȝif the lykelyketh do wel · for dobet and dobest · ben of loues kynne · yn othre science it seyth · y say it yn catoun Qui simulat verbis · nec innec corde est fidus amicus Tu quoque fac simile · sic ars d.eluditur arte · & ceteranil Who-so gloseþ as gylours don · go me to þe same · and so schalt þu fals folke · and feithles bygyle this is þeis catouncatones kennynge · to folkeclerkes þat he lereth Ac theologye techeþ nougth so · who-so taketh ȝeme he kenneþ vs þe contrarye · aȝenst catouns woordes for he bytte vs be as bretherne · and bydde for our enne..mys and louen hem þat lyen on vs · and lene hem whan hem nedeth · and do good aȝenaȝeines euel · ....for godgod hym-selfe it hoteth Dum tempus habemus · operemur bonum ad omnes maxime autem ad domesticos fidei · & cetera Poule preched the peple · that .parfitnesse louede to do good for goddys loue · and gyue men that askyn · and namly to suche that sewyn oure byleue and alle þat lacketh vs or lyeth · our lord techeþ vs to louye and nougth to greuen hem þat greueth vs · god hym-sylfe forbad it · Michi vindictam & ego retribuam · & cetera · for-þy loke thu louye · as longe as thu durest · for is no science vndur sonne so souereyn for þe soule · ac astronomye is an hard thynge · and euel forto knowe · geometrye and geomesye · sois gentylginful of speche who-so thenkeþ wurche wyth tho two · þryueth ful late for sorcery is the souereyn booke · that to tho scyences longeth Ȝit are ther fybycches yn forcers · of fele mennys makynge experementes of alkenemye · the peple to desceyue ȝif thu thenke to do wel · dele þerwyth neuere alle þese scyences y my-selfe sotylyd and ordeyned and foundyd hem formyst · folke to desceyue telle clergye þese tokenes · and scrypture aftur to conseyle þe kyndely · to knowe what is do-wel I seyde gramercy madame · and mekely her grette and wente wyghtly awey · wyþ-outyn more lettynge · and tyl y come to clergye · cowde yI couthe neuere stynte and grette þe goodman · as studye me toldetauȝte and aftyrward þe wyfe and wurschiped hem bothe · and tolde hymhem the tokenes · that me taugth were was neuere gome onvppon þys grounde · syþ god makyd þe worlde fayrer vndurfongyn ne frendloker at ese · than my-sylfe sothly · sone so he wyste · that y was of wyttes hous · and wyth his wyf dame studye I seide to hem sothly · that sent was y ......thider dowel and dobet · and dobeste to lerne yt is acomouna comoun lyfe quod clergye · on holy cherche to beleue · wyþ alle the articules of þe feyth · þat falleþ to byknowebe knowe and þat is to beleue · lely · both leryd and lewyd · on þe grete god · that gynnynge hadde neuere · and on þe soþfast sone · þat saued mankynde fro þe dedly deeþ · and þe fendysdeueles powere thurgh þe helpe of þe holy gost · þe whiche goste ...?...is of bothe thre persones · ac nougth yn plurel noumbre for alle is but o god · and eche is god hym-sylue Deus pater deus filius deus spiritus sanctus · & ceteranil God the fader god þe sone · god holygoost of bothe maker of mankynde · and of bestys bothe · Austyn the olde · herof maade bookes and hym-sylfe ordeyned · to sadde vs yn byleue who was his autour · alle þeseþe four euaungelystes and cryste clepyd hem-selfehym-self so · þe euaungelistes bereþ wytnes alle þe clerkes vndur cryst · ne cowdyn þys assoyle · but þus it bylongeth to byleue · to lewyd þat wolen dowel · for hadde neuere freke fyn wytte · þe feith to despute ne man hadde no meryte · mygth it ben y-preuyd · Fides non habet meritum · vbi humana racio prebet experimentum · & ceteranil · Thanne is dobet to suffre · for theþi soules helthe · andAl þat þe book bytte · by holy cherches techynge · and þat is man by thy mygth · for mercyes sake · loke thu werche it yn werke · þat þy woord scheweth · suche as þu semyst yn sygth · be yn assaye foundeyfounde · Appare quod es vel esto quod appares · & ceteranil And lat no-body be · by thy berynge benil bygylyd but be suche yn thy soule · as þu semest wyth-oute · than is do-best to be bolde · to blame the gulty · syþnes thu semestseest thy-sylfe · as yn soule clene · ac blame thu neuere body · and thu be blame-wurthy · Si culpare velis · culpabilis estoesse cauebis · Dogma tuum sordet · cum te tua culpa remordet · & ceteranil God yn the gospell greuouslygrymly repreueth alle þat lacken eny lyf · and lackles han hem-sylue Qui consideras festucam in oculo fratris tui · trabem in oculo tuo · & cetera · Why meuest thu thy mood for a mote · yn thy broþers eiȝe · syþen a beem yn thy owen · all blyndethablyndeth thy-sylue · Eice primo trabem inde oculo tuo & cetera · whiche letteþ þe to looke · lesse other more · I rede echeeche a blynd bosard · do bote onto hym-sylue · for abbotes and for priores · and for alle manere prelates and parsouns and paresch preestes · þat preche schulde and teche · alle manere of men · to amende · by her myghtes this tixt was told ȝow · to be war er ȝe taugthe that ȝe were suche as ȝe seyde · to sauesalue wyth othre · for goddes woord wolde nougth be lost · for þat wercheþ euere ȝif it a-vayled nougth the comoun · it mygth a-vayle ȝow-sylue · Ac it semeþ now soþly · to the worldes sygth þat goddes woord wurcheth nougth · on lewyd nor yn lerydlered ne on lewede but yn suche aman...erea manere as marke meneth yn the gospel · Dum ..cecus ducit cecum · ambo in foueam cadunt · & ceteranil · Lewyd folkemen may lykne ȝow thus · þaatHm.10.295: The scribe began to write the abbreviated form of þat using a superscript <a>, but then erased that character and wrote the word out normally. þe beem lyeth yn ȝour eiȝe · and þe festu is fallyn · for ȝowr owenȝowre deffaute yn alle manere men · þurgh mansyd preestes the byble bereþ wytnesse · þat all þe folke of ysrael · byttre abouȝtyn the gultes · of two badde preestes ofn..y and phynees · for her couetyse archa dei myshappyd · and ely brak his nekke · forþy ȝe correctours · claweþ her-onne & correcteþ fyrst ȝow-sylue · and þanne mowe ȝe sauely seye · as dauid made the sauter · Existim....asti inique quod ero tui similis · arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam · & cetera And þanne schull burrel clerkes · ben abaschid to blame ȝow or greue · and carpe nougth as þey carpe now · and calle ȝow doumbe houndys Canes non valentes latrare & ceteranil · And drede to wratthe ȝow yn eny woord · ȝour werkmanschip to lette and be prestyer at ȝour prayer · than for a pound of noblys · and al for ȝour holynesse · haue ȝe þys yn herte · In scole þere is scorn · but ȝif a clerk woll lerne and gret loue and lykynge for eche of hem loueth othre · ac now is relygyoun aryderea rydere · aromerea romere by stretys andA ledere of louedayes · and a lond-byggere a prykyere on a palfray · fro maner to maner an hep of houndys at herhis ers · as a lord hehe a lorde were and but ȝif his knaue knele · þat schall his cuppe brynge he loureþ on hym and lackeþaxeth hym · who taugth hym curtasye · lytyl hadde lordes to done · to ȝyue londe fro her heyres to relygyous that haue no rewthe · þowȝ it reyne on her auters In many places þere þey parsouns ben · by hem-sylfe at ese · of þe poore haue þey no pyte · and þat is her charyte · and þey letyn hem as lordes · her londes lynlonde lith so brode butAc þer schal come a kynge and confesse ȝow relygyou.s and bete ȝow as þe byble telleth · for brekynge of ȝour reule · and amende monyales · monkes and chanouns · and puttyn hem to her penaunce · ad pristinum statumstatum ire and barouns wyþ erlys betyn hem · þurgh beatus virres techyng · that her barnys cleymyn · and blamyn ȝow fowle · Hij in curribus & hij in equis ipsi obligati sunt · & cetera · And þanne frerys yn her freytoursfreitoure · schul fynde a keye · of costantynes cofrys · yn whiche is the catel · that grygoryes goodgod childryn · han euel despendyd and þan schall the habbot of habyndoun · & al his yssue for euere haue a knokke of of[of]of a kynge and yincurable ysnil the wounde That this wurth · sooth seke ȝe · þat ofte ouerseen · the byble QuandoQuomodo cessauit exactor quieuit tributum contriuit dominus baculum impiorum & virgam dominancium · &cedencium plaga insanabili & ceteranil · Ac er þat kynge come · caym schall awake · ac dowel schal dynge hym doun · and destruyen his mygth Than is do-wel and do-bet quod y · dominus and knygthkniȝthode y wollnel nougth scorne quod scrypture · but ȝif scryueynes lye · kynghod ne knygthhod · by nougth y can wayteawayte · helpeþ nougth to heuenward · on he...?...res ende · ne rycchesse rygth nougth · ne realte of lordes poule prechithpreueth it ..impossibleHm.10.345: Only the first minim of <m> is overwritten. · ryche men haue heuene · Salomoun seith also · that syluer is wurst to louye · NilNichil iniquius quam amare pecuniam · & ceteranil · And catoun kenneþ vs to coueytyn it · nougth but as nede techeþ Dilige denoarium sed parce dilige formam · & ceteranil And patryarkes and prophetes · and poetys bothe · wrytyn to wyssyn vs · to wylne no rycchesse · and preysedyn pouerte wyþ pacyence · þe apostles bere wytnes that they han erytage yn heuene · and by trewe rygth ther ryche men no rygth may cleyme · but of reuþe & grace · Contra quod y by cryst · that can y preuerepreue · and preue it by peter · and by poule bothe · that is baptysed dethbeth sauethsauf · be he ryche or pouere · that is yn extremys quod scrypture · among sarsyns & iewes they mowe be sauyd so · and that is oure byleue that an vncrystene yn thisþat caas · may crystyne and hethyne · and for his lelylele byleue · whan he the lyfe tyneth · haue þe herytage of heuene · as eny man crystene · Ac crysten men wyth-oute more · mowyn nougth come to heuene · for that cryst for crystyn men · deyde and confermed þe lawe that who-so wolde and wylneth · wyth cryst to aryse · Si cum christo surrexistis · & cetera · He schulde louye and lene · and þe lawe fulfulle · that ys ....loue þi lord god · leuest abouen alle and aftur alle crystene creatures · yn comoun echemaneche man othre and þus bylongeth to louye · that leueth to be sauyd and but we don þus yn dede · er the day of dome It schall bysyttyn vs fulsourful sour · þe syluer þat we kepyn · and our barkes þat motthes etynmoth-eten be · and seen beggers go nakyd · or delytyn yn wyn · and wyldefoul · and woot eny yn deffaute for euery crystene creature · schulde be kynde totil othre and syþþen heþen to helpe · yn hope of amendemente god hoteþ hyȝe and lowe · þat noman hurte othre and seith sle nougth þat semblable · is to my owen lyknes but ȝif y sende þe sum tokne · and seyth non mecaberis ys sle nougth but suffre · and all for the beste yFor I schall punysche hem yn purgatorye or .in the pyt of helle · eche man for his mysdedes · but mercy it lette This is a longe lessoun quod y · and lytyl am þe wysere · wher dowel is or dobet · derkly ȝe schewyn · many tales ȝe tellyn · þat theologye it lernethlerneth · and þat y man maad was · and my name ........entryd · yn þe legende of lyfe · longe or y were or ellys vnwrytyn for sum wykkydnesse · as holy wryt wytnesseþ Nemo ascendit ad celum · nisi qui de celo discenditdescendit · & etera · I leue it wel quod y be our lord · & on no lettrure bettre for salamon the sage · that sapyence taugthe god gaf hym grace of wytte · and alle his goodes aftur he demyd wel and wysly · as holy wryt telleth arystotle and he · who wyssyd men bettre maystres ofþat of goddes mercy · techyn men and prechyn of her woordes þey wyssyn vs · for wysest as .in her tyme and all holycherche holdeth · hem boþe y-dampnyd · and ȝif y schulde werke by her werkes · to wynne me heuene · that for her werkes and wytt · now comethwonyeth yn peyne · than wrougth y vnwysly · what-so-euere ȝe preche · Ac of fele wytty yn feyth · lytyl ferly y haue · thowȝ hehe[r]her gost be vngracyous · god forto plese for many men on þys moolde · more settyn her hertes yn good þan yn god · forþy hem grace fayleth · at her most myscheef · whan þey schul þe lyflyf lete as salamon dude and suche oþre · þat schewdyn gret wyttes ac her werkes as holy wryt .....seyth · werewas euere þe contrarye · forþy wyse wyttyd men · and well y-lettred clerkes as they seyn hem-syluen · seldom don · þerafter Super cathedram moysy · & cetera · Ac y wene it wurthe of manye as was ofin noes tyme tho he schoop that schipp · of schydes and boordes was neuere wrygth saued that wrougth þeron · ne other werkman elles but bryddes and bestys · and the blessyd noe · and his wyfe wyth his sonys · and also her wyues of wyghteswriȝtes that it wrougthe was noon of hem ysaued · God leue it fare nougth so wythbi folkeHm.10.417: Erasure of <e> is only partial. · þat the feith techyn · of holy cherche that herb.orgh is · and goddys .hous to saue and schildyn vs fro schame þerynne · as noes schypp dede bestys and men that madyn it · amydde the flood a-dreynten the culorum of this clause · is curatourescuratoures is to mene that ben carpenteres holy cherche to make · for crystes owen bestys Homines & iumenta saluabis domine · & ceteraHm.10.424-426: Illegible pen trials appear in the right margin. On good fryday y fynde · a feloun was ysaued that hadde lyued all his lyfe wyth lesynges andand wiþ thefte and for he bykned tobiknew on the cros · and to cryst schrof hym · Mavde he was sonner sauyd · than seynt iohan baptystþe baptyst · deþHm.10.428: Above the line and before the word adam, a contemporary scribe wrote deþ, now only partially legible, but no insertion mark is present. and er adam or ysaye · or eny of the prophetys that hadde leynyleine wyth lucyfer · manye longe ȝeres a robbere was y-raunsomyd · rathur than they alle · wyþ-outyn eny penaunce of purgatory · to perpetual blysse Than mary magdalene · what womman dede wurse · or who wurse than dauid · that vrryes deth conspyryd · or poule the apostle · that no pyte hadde · moche crystene kynde · to kylle to dethe · ...?...?...and ȝitnow beenbeen þise as souereyns · wyth seyntes yn heuene tho þat wroughtyn · wykkydlokest · yn worlde tho they were And tho that wysly woordydyn · and wryten many bookes of wytt and of wysdome · wyþ dampnyd soules wonye that salamon seith y trowe be sooth · and certayn of vs alle · Siue iusti atque sapientes · & opera eorum in manu dei sunt · & cetera There were wytty and wel lybbynge · ac her werkes ben hudde yn the hondes of almyghty god · and he wote the sothe wherfore loue amana man wurth alowyd þere · and his lele werkes or elles for his euel wyl · and forand enuye of herte and be alowyd as he lyued so · for by ly.....there · men knoweth the goode And wherby w.eteHm.10.447: With the corrections, Hm alone reads wete against, variously wote, wite(n) and wiste. · men whiche is w...hyt · ȝif alle þynge blake were and who. w...ere a good man · but ȝif þer were sum scherewe forþy lyue we foorþ wyþ oþrelither men · y leue fewe ben goode For quant oportet vient en place il nad que pati & ceteranil and he þat may alle amende haue mercy on vs alle · for sothest woord þat euere god seyde · was þatþo he seyde nemo bonus Clergie þo of crystes mouth · comendyd was it lytyl for he seyde to seynt peter and to suche as he louede CumDum steterissteteritis ante reges & presides · & cetera · Thowe ȝe come · byfore kynges · and clerkes of the lawe beþ nougth abaschid · for y schall be yn ȝoure mowthes and ȝyue ȝow wytt. and wyll · and cunnynge to conclude · hem alle þat aȝenst ȝow · of crystyndom desputyn Dauid maketh mencyoun · he spake amonges kynges and mygth no kynge ouercome hym · as by connynge specheof speche but wytt andne wysdom · wan euereneuereHm.10.462: HmF alone read euere against neuere in all other B manuscripts. Hm's error is possibly caused by the final <n> at the end of the preceding word wan. the maystrye whan man was at myscheef · wyþ-out þe more grace · The douhtiest doctour · ada[n]dand dyuysour of þe trynyte · was austyn þe olde · and heiȝest of þe foure seyde þus yn a sarmoun · y say it wrytyn ones Ecce ipsi idioti rapiunt celum vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimur · & ceteranil · And is to mene to englisch men · more none lasse · arn none rathur y-rauaschid · fro þe rygth byleue · than arn þese kunnynge clerkes · that conne so manymany bookes ne none sonner saued · ne saddere of byleue · than ploughmen and pastoures · & poore comoun laborers souters and schepheerdes · and suche lewyd ..iuttes pa....ssenpersen wyth a pater ...?...noster · þe paleys of heuene · and passyn purgatory penaunceles · at her hennys partynge ynto þe blysse of paradys · for her pure byleue · that ynparfytly here · knewyn and eke lyuedyn · Ȝhee men knowe clerkes · þat han cursyd þe tyme · that euere þey cow.deHm.10.479: The <d> was re-inked after partial erasure. knoweor kneweHm.10.479: Hm alone reads knowe against on þe boke in most B manuscripts, although Bx (LMCrWR) reads or knewe. · more þan credo in deum and princypally her pater noster · many a parsoun haþ ithath wusschid I see ensamples by my-sylfemy-self · and soso may many another þat seruauntes þat seruyn lordes · seldom falle yn arerages · but þo þat þat kepyn myþe lordes catel · clerkes and reuys rygth so lewyd men · and of lytyl knowynge seldom falle þey so foule · and so fer yn synne · as clerkes of holy cherche · þat kepyn crystes tresour the whiche is mannys soule · to saue · as god seith yn þe gospel · Ite vos in vineam meam · & cetera