The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 11William 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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Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts, Series Series A.9San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128Combined facsimile & documentary edition.Identification of handsPMB and PRB = Patricia BartHNDMC = Michael CalabreseIRA = Robert AdamsTTP = Thorlac Turville-Petre1 computer optical disk : col. ; 4 3/4 in.The University of Michigan Press and SEENETAnn Arbor Source copy consulted: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128

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LatinFrenchGerman18 Nov 2000 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created Passus xiusundecimus · de visione · & iiijusquartus · de do-weel · t Thanne scripture scornyd me · & a skyll tolde and lackyd me yn latyn · & lygth by me sche sette and seyde multi multa sciunt · & seipsos nesciunt · tho wepte y for wo · and wratthe of her speche and yn wynkyngea wynkyng wratthe · wex y a-slepe · a merueyl..us metels · mette me þanne · that y was rauaschid rygth þere · & fortune me fette and ynto longyngeþe lond of longynge · alone sche me brougth · and yn a myrrour þat higth myddel erthe · sche made me to byholde sytthyn sche seyde to me · here mygth þu se wondres and knowe þat þu coueytest · & come þerto paraduenture · Hm.11.12: The rubricator failed to notice the paraph marker in the left margin. Than had fortune folwynge here · two fayre damysels concupiscencia carnis · men callyd þe elder mayde · and couetyse of eiȝen · y-callyd was þat other pryde of parfit lyuynge · pursuyd hem bothe and bad me for my contynaunce · counteacounte(n) clergye hligthteHm.11.16: The initial <l> has been created through the partial erasure of an original <h>. The remaining <h> has been retouched in the process of adding <te>. · concupiscencia carnis · collyd me aboute the nekke and seyde thu art ȝonge & ȝeep · & hast ȝeres ynowe · forto lyue longe · and ladyes to louye · and yn þys myrour þu mygth see · myght..es ful manye that ledyn þee wylle to lykynge al thy lyfe tyme the secunde seyde þe same · y schall sue þy wylle tyl thu be a lord & haue londe · lete þe y nylle þat y ne schall folowe þy ...?...?...felaschipe · ȝif fortune it lyke · He schall fynde me his frende . quod fortune þerafter þe freke that folwyd my wylle · faylyd neuere blysse Thanne was þer oon þat higth elde · þat heuy was of chere man quod he ȝif y mete wyth the · be marye of heuene · thu schalte fynde fortune þe fayle · at þy moste nede and concupiscencia carnis · clene the fursake · bytterly schalt þu banne þanne · bothe dayes and nyhtes couetyse of eiȝe þat euere thu her knewe and pryde of parfyt lyuynge · to muche peryl the brynge Ȝityee recche þuþe neuere quod recchelesnesse · stod forth yn raggyd clothys folowe forth that fortune · wylle · þu hast wel fer to elde · a man may stoupe tymes ynowȝ · whan he schal tyne þe crowne · homo proponit quod a poete · and plato he higth · and deus disponit quod he · lat god don his wylle · ȝif trewthe woll wytnes it be wel don · fortune to folwe concupiscencia carnis · ne couetyse of eiȝen · ne schall nougth greue the gretly · ne bygyle þe but thu wolte Ȝe farwel phippe quod fawntelte · and forþ gan me drawe · tyl concupiscencia carnis · accorded alle my werkes · Alas eiȝe quod elde · and holynesse bothe · þat wytt schal turne to wreccydnesse for wyl to haue his lykynge Couetyse of eiȝen · confortyd me anon aftur and folwyd me fourty wynter · and a fyfte more · that of do-wel ne dobet · no deynte nme þougthe · y had no lykynge leue me ȝif thu lystif þe leste · of hem ougth to knowe · for couetyse of eiȝen · came ofter yn mynde · than dowel or dobet · amonge my dedys alle Couetyse of yȝen · conforted me ofte and seyde haue thu nono conscyence · how thu come to good go confesse the to thesum frere · and schewe hym þy synnes · for whiles fortune is thy frende frerys woln þe louye · and fecche the to her fraternite · and for the beseche · to her pryour prouyncyal · a pardoun forto haue · and preyen for the pol by pol · ȝif þu pecuniosus bebe peccuniosus · Set pena pecuniaria · non sufficit pro spiritualibus delictisHm.11.59: The <e> is ill-formed, and may be an <i>. · & ceteranil By wyssynge of þys wenche y wrougth · her woordys were so swete · tyl y furȝat ȝougthe · and ranȝarn ynto elde and þanne was fortune my foo · for al her fayr beheste and pouerte pursuyd me · and putte me lowe · and þo fond y the frere · afferedd and flyttynge bothe · aȝenst our furst forward · for y seyde y nolde · be buryed at her hous · but at my paresch chyrche for y herde ones · how conscyence it tolde þat þere a man were crystnyd · by kynde he schulde be buryed or where he were parschen · rygth þere he schulde be grauyn · and for y seyde thus to frerys · afoola fool þey me heldyn and louedyn me þe lasse · for my lele speche Ac ȝit y cryed on my confessour · þat helde hym-self so konnynge by my feiþ frere quod y · ȝe faryn lyke þese wowers þat weddyn none wydewys · butbut for to welde her goodys rygth so by þe rode · rougth ȝe neuere · where my body were buryed · by so ȝe haddyn my syluer y haue moche meruayl of ȝow · & so haþ many another why ȝour couent coueyteþ · to confesse and to burye rather than to baptyse barnys · that byn catecomlynges baptysynge and buryynge and botheboþe ben full nedyfullnedeful Ac moche more meretorye · me thynkeþ is to baptise · for a baptysed man may · as þese maystres telleþ thurgh contrycyon come · to þe hyȝe heuene Sola contricio delet peccatum · Hm.11.84: The line is added in the margins of LMHmOC2 and is truncated to Sola contricio in several witnesses. ac a barne wyth-oute bapteme · may nougth so be sauyd Nisi quis renatus fuerit · & cetera looke ȝe lettryd men · wher y lye or do nougth · And lewte lokyd on me · and y louryd aftur wherfor lourest thu quod lewte · and lokyd on me harde · Hm.11.90: The rubricator failed to notice the paraph marker here. If y durste quod y amonges men · this metels a-vowe · ȝis by peter and by poule quod he · & tooke hem bothe to wytnesse · Non oderis Fratres secrete in corde tuo · sed publice argue illos · & ceteranil · They woln a-legge also quod y · and by the gospel preuyn · Nolite iudicare quemquam · & cetera · And wherof serueth lawe quod lewte · ȝif no lyf vndurtook yt · falsnesse ne faytrye · for sumwhat þe apostle seyde · Non oderis fratrem · and yn þe sauter also · seyþ dauid þe prophete · Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis · & cetera It is licitum for lewyd men · to syngesegge the sothe · yf hem lykeþ and luste · echaech a lawe it graunteth · except persouns and preestys · and prelates of holy cherche yt falleþ nougth for þat folke no talys to telle thouȝ þe tale were trewe · and it touche synne Thyng þat all þe worlde wote · wherfor schuldest thu spare to redyn it yn retoryke · to arate dedly synne ac be thube neuerneuere-more þe furste þe defaute to blame · þowȝ þu see euyl seye it nougth furst · be sory it nere amendyd no þynge þat is priue · publyschepublice þow it neuere no neyþerNeyther for loue laud yt nougth · ne lacke it for enuye Parum lauda · vitupera parcius · & cetera · he seith sooþ quod scrypture tho · and scyppyd an hiȝe and prechid · ac þe mater þat sche meuyd · ȝif lewde men yt knewe · the lasse as y leue · louyn it they wolde · Hm.11.113:As Hm is written, this line is followed by KD.11.425; then 104 lines follow, including the rubric heading, running through Hm.12.88; this line is followed by KD.11.218, and the text proceeds in sequence till KD.11.424 (Hm.12.294), which is followed by KD.11.111; after 101 lines in Hm's count, KD.11.217 is followed by KD.12.82, and all then proceeds as it should; Kane and Donaldson (p. 10) describe and explain this dislocation in notes 63 and 64, but they cite the old foliation of Hm, their count being one too high in each case. In their analysis of the problem, they appear to be following the unpublished notes on the manuscript put together by Captain R. B. Haselden in 1931. Haselden, R. W. Chambers, "The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman in the Hungtington Library, and Their Value for Fixing the Text of the Poem," The Huntington Library Quarterly 8 (1935): 15, and Kane-Donaldson alike agree that the scribe's exemplar had mistakenly bound leaves in the quire. See our discussion above in the Introduction II.1.2 Dislocation. schall neuyr chalengynge · no chydynge · chastysechaste amana man so sone · as schame and schende hym · and schape hym to amende · for late a dronkyn daffe · yn a dyke falle · lat hym lygge loke nougth on hym · tyl hym lust to ryse · for þowȝ reson rebukyd hym þanne · it nerewere but pure synne · ac whan nede isnede nymeþ hym vp · for doute laste he sterue · and schame schrapeþ his cloþes and his schynes wascheþ thanne wote the dronkyn daffe · wherfor he is to blame Ȝe seyn sooth quod y · y haue seen it ofte þer smyt no thynge so smerte · ne smelleþ so sowre as schame þere he schewyth hym · for euery man hym schonyeth · why ȝe wysse me þus quod y · was for y rebukyd resoun · certys quod he þat is sooþ · and schoop hym forto walke and arosI aros vprygth wyþ þat · and folwyd hym aftur and prayde hym forof his curtasye · to telle me his name