The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 12William 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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Duggan New header created Passus xijusduodecimus · de visione · & vusquintus · de do-weel · I I am ymagynatyfe quod he · ydel was y neuere · thowe y sytte by my-sylfe · yn syknes and yn helþe y haue folwed þe yn feith · þys fyue and fourty wynter and many tymes y hauehaue meuyd þe · to þenke on þyn ende and howe fele fernyers · arn faryn & so fewe to come · and of þy wylde wantownes · þo þu ȝonge were · to amende þe yn þy myddel age · lest mygth þe faylyd yn þyn olde ageelde · that euyl canstecan suffre pouerte or penaunce · or prayer bydde Si non in prima vigilia · nec in secunda · & cetera · ¶ Amende the whil thu mygth · thu hast ben warnyd ofte · wyþ poustees and pestylences · wyth pouerte & wyþ angres and wyþ þese bytter balayses · god betyþ his dere chyldren · Quem diligo castigo · & cetera · ¶ And dauid yn the sauter seyth · of suche that loueþ ihesu virga tua & baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt · & cetera ¶ All þouȝ thu stryke me wyth þy staf · wyth styke or wyþ ȝerde yt nysis but murþe as for me · to amende my soule · and thu medlest þe wyþ makynges · & mysteHm.12.19: Myste, "might" (2nd sg). Most other B manuscripts have myȝtest. go seye thy sauter and bydde for hem þat ȝyueȝiueth þe breed · for þere ar bokes y-nowe · to telle men what dowel is · dobet and dobest bothe and prechours to preue what it is · of many a peyre frerys · ¶ I say wel he seyde me sooþ · and sumwhat me to excuse seyde catoun conforted me hishisHm.12.24: The confusion is owed to the common ancestor of Cr1WHm which added me before his. sone · þat clerk þow he were to solacyn hym sumtyme · as y do whan ymakey make · Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis · & cetera ¶ And holyof holy men y herde quod y · how þey oþerwhile pleyȝedyn þe parfytere · to be yn many places ac ȝif þere were any wygth · þat wolde me telle · what were dowel and dobet · and dobest at the laste wolde y neuere do werke · but wende to holycherche and þere bydde my bedes · but whan y ete or slepe poule in his pystel quod he · preueth what is do-weel · ~~...?...?...~~Nunc autem manent fides · spes · & caritas · Maior autem horum est caritasHm.12.34: The Latin line appears in Hm alone as Nunc autem manent fides spes & caritas Maior autem horum est caritas against Fides spes caritas & maior horum &c in other B manuscripts, with much variation. · ¶ Feyth hope and charyte · and alle ben go~~...~~ode · and sauyn men sundry tymes · ac none so sone as charyte · for he dooþ well wyþ-oute doute · þat dooþ as lewte techeth that is ȝif thu be man maryed · thy make þu louye and lyueþ foorþ as lawe woll whyl ȝe lyuen boþe ¶ Rygth so ȝif þu be relygyous · renne thu neuere ferther to rome ne to rochemadore · but as thy reule techeth and holde þe vnder obedyence · þat hyȝe wey is to heuene · ¶ And ȝif þu be mayden to marye · and mygth wel contynue seke neuere noþow neuere seynt ferþer · for no soule helthe for what made lucyfer · to lese þe hyȝe heuene · or salamon his sapyence · or sampson his strengthe · iob the iewe his ioye · dere he it bougthabouȝte · arystotle and othre mo · ypocras and virgylye · Alisaundre that all wan · elengenlycheelengelichelengelyche endyde · catel and kynde wytte · was combraunce to hem alle · ¶ Felyce her fayrnesse · fel her all to sclaundre · and rosamounde rygth so · reufullyche to beleuebysette · the beaute of her body · yn baddenes sche spendyddispended · of many suche y may rede · of men and of wommen that wyse woordys wooldyn schewe · & werche þe contrarye Sunt homines nequam · bene de virtute loquentes · & ceteranil ¶ And ryche renkes rygth so · gadryn and sparen · and tho men that they moste hatyn mynystren hit atte laste · and for þey suffryn and seen · so many nedy folkes and louyn hem nougth as our lord byt · lesyn her soulys Date & dabitur vobis · & cetera · ¶ And rycchesHm.12.62: The ink spot here appears accidental. rygth so · but ȝif þe rote be trewe ac grace ys a graas þerof · tho greuaunces to abate · ac grace ne groweth nougth · but amonge lowe · pacyence and pouerte · the place is þere it groweth · and yn lele lyuynge men · and yn lyfe holy and þorowgh þe gyfte of þe holygost · as þe gospel telleth Spiritus vbi vult spirat · & cetera ¶ Clergye and kynde · wytt · cometh of sygth and techynge as þe book bereþ wytnesse · to b.arnys that konnyncan redes sou..aign Quod scimus loquimur · & quod quod vidimus testa~~......~~mur · & ceteranil ¶ Of quod scimus cometh clergye · & kunnynge of heuene and of quod vidimus cometh kynde wytt · of sygth of dyuerse peple · a.c grace is a gyfte of god · and of grete loue spryngeþ knewe neuere clerke how it cometh forþ · ne kynde wytt þe weyes · Nescit aliquis vnde venit · aut quo vadatvadit · & cetera · ¶ Ac ȝit is clergye to comende · and kuyynde wytt bothe · and namly clergye for crystes loue · þat of clergye ys rote · for moyses wytnesseth that god wrote · forto wysse þe peple · yn þe olde lawe as þe lettrurelettre telleþ · þat was þe lawe of iewys · þat what womman were yn aduoutrye takyn · were sche ryche or pouere wyþ stonys men schuldyn her stryke · & stone her to deþe · ¶ A womman as we fyndyn · was gulty of þat dede · ac cryst of his curtesye thorowe clergye her sau.ede · andFor þurgh carectys that cryste wrot · þe iewys knewe hem-sylue · gyltyferegultierHm.12.86: HmBm alone read gyltyfere against synonymous Gultier in most other B manuscripts. MED lists no other instances of the comparative of giltif. as toforeafor god · and gretter yn synne · þan þe womman þat there was · & wentyn a-weye for schame · the clergye that there was · confortyd þe womman that fides sua schulde sauyn here · & saluyn her of all synnes · ¶ than ys byleue a lele helpe · aboue logyke or lawe · of logyke or of lawe · in legenda sanctorum · ys lytyll alowaunce maad · but ȝif byleue hem helpe · for itusit isHm.12.93: The scribe has written itus in the display script in which his Latin is normally written. He may have taken the reading to be the Latin noun itus, "a departure" or "an introduction to an argument." More probably, he may simply have made a minim error. ouerlonge · or logyke any lessoun assoyle · and lawe is loth louyeto louye but ȝif he lacche syluer bothe logyke and lawe · that loueth nougth to lyȝe · y conseyle alle crystene men · cleue nougth þeron to sore · for summe woordes y fynde wrytyn · were of feythes techynge · that sauyd synfull men · as seynt iohan bereth wytnesse · Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis · rem.ecietur vobis · & ceteranil · forþy lerne we þe lawe of loue · as our · lorde taugth.e and as seynt grygory seyde for mannys soule helþe Melius est scrutari scelera nostra · quam naturas rerum · & ceteranil · ¶ Why y meue þys mater · is moste for the pouere · for yn her lyknesse our lord · hath ofteofte hath be knoweyknowe · wytnesse yn þe pasque wyke · whan he ȝede to Emaus cleophas ne knewe hym nougth · that he cryste were for his pouere apparayle and pylgrymes wedys tyl he blessyd and brake · the breed that þey etyn · so by his werkes þey wystyn · þat he was ihesus ac by cloþynge þey knewyn hym nougth · ne by carpyng of tongge · ¶ And all was yn ensample · to vs synfull here that we schulde be lowe · and louely of speche and apparayle vs nougth · ouerproudly · for pylgrymes ar we alle and yn þe apparayle of a pouere man · and pylgrymes lyknesse · many tymestyme god hath ben mette · amonge nedy peple · there neuere segge hym seiȝe · yn secte of þe ryche · ¶ Seynt iohan and oþer seyntes · were seyn yn pouere cloþynge and as pouere pylgrymes · preysedynpreyed mennys goodys ihesu cryst on a iewys douhter alygth · gentyl womman þouȝ sche were · sche wasWasHm.12.120: Hm alone among beta witnesses adds sche was to begin the line, although R has synonymous A was and Y offers Yet was she; all other B manuscripts have Was alone. a pure pouere mayde · and to a pouere man weddyd · martha on mary magdaleyne · an huge pleynte sche made · and to our saueour syluen · seyde these woordys Domine non est tibi cure quod soror · mea reliqui.t me solam ministrare & cetera ¶ And hastylyche god answeryd · and eyþres wyll folwyd · bothe marthaes and maryes · as mathew bereþ wytnesse · ac pouerte putgod put byfore · and preysethpreysed that the bettre · Maria optimam partem elegit · que non auferretur ab ea · & cetera · ¶ And alle þe wyse þat euere were · by augth þat yy can aspye · preysen pouerte for best lyf · ȝif pacyence it folwe · and boþe bettre and blysseder · by many folde þan rycchesse and þow it be sour to suffre · þerafterthere cometh sweteswete after · as on a walnote wyþ-oute · ys a bytter barke · and aftyr þat bytter barke · be þe schelle a-weye · ys a kyrnel of conforte · kynde to restore ¶ So ys aftyr pouerte or penaunce · pacyently take · for it makeþ amana man haueto haue mynde · yn god & a gret wylle to wepe and to wel bydde · wherof wexeþ mercy · of whiche cryst is a kyrnel · to conforte the soule · and wel sykerer he slepeth · the man that ys pouere · and lasse he dredeth deth · and yyn derk to be robbyd · than he þat is rygth ryche · resoun bereth wytnesse · Pauper ego ludo · dum tu diues meditaris · & ceteranil · all-þouȝ salamon seyde · as folke seeth yn the byble · Diuicias nec paupertates · & cetera · ¶ Wyser than salamon was · bereth wytnesse and taugthe that parfyt pouerte was · no poscessyoun to haue · and lyfe moste lykynge to god · as luke beryþ wytnesse · Si vis perfectus esse · vade & vende & cetera ¶ And is to mene to men · that on this molde lyuyn · who-so woll ben pure parfit · moot poscessyoun forsake · or sylle it as seyth þe book · and þe syluer dele to beggers that gon and begge · & bydde syluergood for crystesgoddes loue for faylyd neuere man mete · that mygthfull god serueth · as dauid seith yn þe sauter · to whichesuche þat ben yn wylle to serue god goodlyche · ne greueþ hym no penaunce Nichil impossibile volenti · & cetera ¶ Ne takethlakketh neuere lyflode · lynnyn ne wollyn Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono · & ceteranil ¶ Ȝif preestys were parfyte · they woldyn no syluer take for masses nernene for matynes · ne nougthnougth her mete of vsurers no neyþer kyrtel ne cote · þow þey for colde schulde deye and þey her deuer dedyn · as dauid seith yn þe sauter · Iudica me deus & discerne causam meam · & cetera · Spera in deo speketh of prestes · þat han no spendyng syluer · that ȝif þey trauaylen trewly · and trustyn yn god almyghty · hem schulde lacke no lyflode · neyther lynnyn ne wollyn · and þe tytle þat þeyHm.12.167: The <y> is written over an imperfection in the vellum. takyn ordres by · telleþ ȝe ben auauncyd · thanne nedeþ nougth ȝow to take syluer · for masses þat ȝe syngge · for he þat took ȝow ȝour tytle · schulde take ȝow ȝour wages or þe busschop þat blesseþ ȝow · ȝif þat ȝe ben wurþy · ¶ For made neuere no kyngkyng nonoHm.12.171: Kane and Donaldson's claim that the erased word was ne is unfounded. knygth · but he hadde catel to spende as byfell for a knygth · or fond hym for his strenkthe · it is a carfull knygth · and of a kayteuydkayteu[e]caytyue kynges makynge · that hath no londe norne lynage · ryche ne good los of his hondys · ¶ The same y sygge forsothe · by alle suche preestys · þat han neyþer kunnyngge ne kyn · but a crowne one · and a tytle a tale of nougth · to his lyflode at his myscheef · he haþ more byleuebileue as yleuey leue · to lacche þurgh his corowne · cure þan for connynge · or knowyn for clene of berynge · y haue wondur and why · and wherfore þe busschop · makeþ suche preestys · that lewyd men betrayen · a chartre is chalengeable · byfore a cheef iustyce · ȝif fals latyn be yn þat lettre · þe lawe it ynpungneth · or peyntyd parauntre · lynarye · or parcell ouerskyppyd · the gome that sothat gloseþHm.12.185: Having added so earlier in the line, Hm (and F as well) omit the so that precedes chartres in most B manuscripts. chartres for a goky is holdyn · ¶ So ys it a goky by god · þat yn his gospel fayleth or yn masse or yn matynes · makeþ any deffaute · Qui offendit in vno in omnibus est reus · & cetera · ¶ And also yn þe sauter · seyth dauid to ouerskyppers Psallite deo nostro psallite · quoniam rex ~~...?...~~omnis terreterre deusdeus Israel  psallite sapienter · ¶ The busschop schall be blamyd · byfore god as y leue · that crowneþ suche goddys knygthes · þat kunyn nat sapienter synge ne psalmys rede · ne sygge a masse of þe day · ac neuere neyþer is blameles · þe busschop norne þe chapleyn · for her eyþer is endytyd · & þat is ignorancia · Non excusat episcopos · nec ydiotes preestes · & ceteranil · ¶ ThusThis lokynge on lewyd preestes · han don me lepe fro pouerte · þe whiche y preyse þere pacyence is · more parfyt þan rycche..sse ¶ Ac muche more yn metynge thus · wyþ me gan on dyspute · and slepyng y sauȝ all this · and syþþyn cam k.ynde · and nempnyd me by myn name · and dudebad me nemen hede · and þurgh the wondres ynof þys worlde · wytte forto take · and ~~.......~~vp ononHm.12.203: Even with ultraviolet light it is not possible to make out what has been erased. A contemporary scribe, perhaps the original scribe who wrote this section, erased a word about seven spaces long and wrote vp on as two words. a mountaygne · þat myddel-erþe higth · as me þougth · y was fet foorth · by ensamples to knowe · þurgh echaech a creature and kynde · nomy creaturecreat[or]creatoureHm.12.205: For the scribe's spelling, see Hm.16.223 creator wex creature. to louye · ¶ I seiȝe þe sunne and þe see · and þe sonde aftur and where þat bestys and bryddysbryddes and bestes · by her make they ȝedyn · wylde wormys yn wodys · and wondurfull foules · wyth fleckyd fethres · and of fele colourys · ¶ Man and his make · y mygth bothe byholde · pouerte and plente · boþe pes and werre · blysse and bale boþe · y sauȝ all at onysat ones · and how men tokyn mede · and mercy refusyd · ¶ Resoun y seyȝe sothly · suen alle bestys · yn etynge and drynkynge · and yn engendrynge of kynde · and aftur cours of concepcyoun · non took kepe of ofofof oþer · and whan þey hadde rydyn yn roteye-tyme · anon rygth þerafter · males drowyn hem to males · all mornyngeamorwenynges by hem-selue · and yn euenynges also · the malys ben fro females · ther nasne was cow nor no female yn kyndene cowkynde · þat conceyuyd hadde · that wolde belwe after boles · ne bore aftur sowe · boþe hors and houndys · and alle othre bestys · medlyd nougth wyþ her makys · þat wyþ fole were · ¶ Bryddys y behelde · þat yn buskes made nestys · hadde neuere wye þe wyttewit to wurche þe leste · y hadde wondre at whom · and where þe pye lernyd to legge þe stykkys yn whiche sche leyeþ · and bredeþ ther nys wrygth as y wene · schulde werche her nest to paye · ȝif any masoun made a molde þerto · muche wondur yt were · and ȝit me merueyled more · how many othre bryddys · huddyn and helyeden · here egges full derne yn mareys and mores · for men schulde hem nougth fynde and huddyn her egges · whan they þerfro wente for fere of othur foules · and for wylde bestys ¶ And summe trodyn her makes · and on trees breddyn · and brougthen foorþ her bryddes · allso all aboue þe grounde and summe bryddes at the byl · þurgh breþyng conceyued and summe kauked y took kepe · how pecokkes breddyn · muche meruayled me · what mayster they hadde and who taugth hem on trees · to tymbre so hye thatThere neythur bierne ne beest may her bryddys reche · ¶ And sytthen y lokyd · vpon the see · and so foorth ynvp on · the sterrys many selcouthes y saye that beththat nougth · to seye nowthe ¶ I saye flourys yn the fryth · and her fayre coloures and how amonge the grene gras · growyngrewe so manye hewes and summe soure · and summe swete · selcouthe me thougth of her kynde and her colour to carpe yt were to longe · ac þat moste meuyd me · and my mood chaungyd · that resoun rewarded · and rewlyd alle bestys · saue man and his make · many tyme and ofte · no resoun hem folwyd · and thanne y rebukyd · resoun and rygth · to hym-syluen y seyde · y haue wondur of the quod y · þat wytty art holdyn · why þu ne suest man and his make · þat no mysfayte hem folwe · ¶ And resoun aratyd me · and seyde recche the neuere · why y suffre or nougth suffre · thy-sylfe hathhast nougth to done · amende it ..þuþow ȝif thu mygth · for my tyme is to abyde · ¶ suffraunce is a souereyn · vertu · and a swyfte vengeaunce who suffreþ more than god quod he · no gome as y weneleue · he mygth ~~...?...?...~~amende in a mynut-while · al þat mys-standith · ac he suffreth for sum mannys good · and so ys our bettre · the wyse and the wytty · wrot thus yn the byble De re que te non molestat · noli certare & ceteranil ¶ For be amana man fayr or foul · it falleþ nougth forto lacke the schaft ne the schapshappe ne schafteHm.12.265: The apparently meaningless flourish over the final <p> is suggestive in view of Cr's nonsensical shampe for schap. · that god schoop hym-sylue · for all þat he dude was wel y-do · as holy wrytt wytnesseþ Et vidit deus cuncta que fecerat · & erant valde bona · & ceteranil · And badde euery creature · yn his kuyynde encrese · all to murþe wyþ man · þat muste wo tholye · yn fondynge of þe flesch · and of þe fende boþe · for man was maad of suchesuche a matere · he may nougth wel asterte that ne sumtyme hym betydeþbitit · to folwyn his kynde · catoun accordeþ þerwyth · nemo sine crimine viuit · ¶ And thoTho caugth y colour anon · & comsyd to ben a-schamyd · and awakyd þerwyth · woo was me thanne · þat y yn metels mygthne mygth · more haue yknowyn · and þanne seyde y to my-sylfe · and chidde that tyme · now y wote what do-wel is quod y · by dere god as me thynketh and as y keste vp myn eiȝen · on lokyd on me and askyde · of me what thynge it were y-wis sere y seyde · to see muche and suffre more · certys quod y is dowel · ¶ Haste thu suffryd he seyde slepynge tho thu were · þu schuldyst haue knowyn þat clergye can · & contreuydconceiued more by resoun · for resoun wolde haue rehercyd to theþe · rygth as clergye seyde · ac for thyn entermentynge · here art thu forsakyn · Philosophus esses si tacuisses · & ceteranil · ¶ Adam whiles he spak nougth · hadde paradys at wylle ac whan he mameled aboute mete · & entermentyd to knowe · the wysdom and the wytt of god · he was put fro blysse and rygth so ferde resoun by the · thu wyth thy rude speche · lackedest and losedest thynge that longyd nougth to be don · tho hadde he no lykynge · forto lere the more · prydePryde now and presumpcyoun · paraduenture woll the appele · that clergye to thyþi companye · kepeþ nougth to sue · ¶ this was her teme and her texte · y tooke full good hede · multi to amangeryea mangerye and to the mete were sompnyd and whan the peple was planereHm.12.297: Planere, "fully, completely." MED lists no other instance of this spelling for the adjectival or adverbial forms, but the spelling variation <e> and <a> is unremarkable. comyn · þe porter vnpynnyd þe ȝate · and plukkyd yn pauci priueylyche · and lete the remenant go rome all for tene of her text · tremblyd myn herte · and yn a were gan y wexe · and wyth my-selfe desputyddispute · wheþer y were chosyn or nougth chosyn · on holy cherche y þougth · þat vndurfenge me atte the fonte · for on of goddys chosen · for cryst clepyd vs alle · come ȝif we wolde · sarasenys and scysmatykes · and so he dude the iewys · O vos omnes sicientes venite ad aquas · & ceteranil · ¶ And bad hem souke for synne · saufly atte his breeste · and drynke bote for bale · brouke hit who-so mygthe · thanne mowe alle crystene · comecome quod I and cleyme · þere entreeHm.12.308: Neither of the midline raised points in this line is correctly placed to mark the caesura, and either might be an unintentional flourish. On the other hand, such raised points following a word-terminal <e> are common. See the preceding line. · by the blood þat he bougth vs wyþ · and þurgh bapteme after Qui crediderit · & baptizatus fuerit · & cetera · ¶ For þowe acrystyna crystyn man coueytyde · his crystendom to ren.eye rygthfully to reneye · no reson yt wolde for may no cherle chartre make · ne his catel sylle wyþ-outyn leue of his lorde no lawe wolle it graunte ac he may renne yn arerage · and rome so from home and as areneyeda reneyed cayteef · recchelesly rennyn aboute · and resoun schall rykne wyth hym · and castyn hym yn arerage and puttyn hym aftur yn aprisouna prisounHm.12.318: An otiose curl appears on the final graph. · yn purgatory to brenne · for his areragys rewardyn hym þere · to the day of dome · but ȝif contrycyoun woll come · and crye by his lyue · mercy for his mysdedys · wyth mowth andor wyth herte · ¶ That is sooþ quod scripture · may no synne lette · mercy altoal to amende · and mekenesse here folweþHm.12.323: The slant on the thorn is distinctly odd, more characteristic of hand3 than hand2, but nothing else suggests it is added here. · for þey beþ as oure bokes · telleth · aboue goddys werkes Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius · & cetera · ¶ Ȝee bawe for bookys quod on · was brokyn oute of helle · higth troianus that haddehadde ben a trewe knygth · took wytnesse ofat apopea pope · how he was deed and dampnyd · to dwelle yn pyne · for an vncrystene creature · clerkys wytyn the sothe · that all the clergye vndur cryst · ne mygth me cracche fro helle · but onlyche loue and lewte · and my lawefull domes ¶ Grygory wyste this well · and wylnyd to my soule · sauacyoun for soþnes · that he seye yn my werkes · and aftur þat he wepte · and wylnyd me were grauntyd grace wyþ-outyn eny bede-byddynge · his bone was vndyrfongyn · and y sauyd as ȝe see · wyth-oute syngynge of masses · by loue and by lernynge · of my lyuynge yn trewthe · brougth me fro bytter peyne · þere no byddynge mygthe ¶ Loo ȝe lordys þatwhat lewte dude · by an emperour of Rome · þat was an vncrystene creature · as clerkys fyndyn yn bookes · nougth þurgth prayere of a pope · but for his pure trewthe · was þat sarazyn sauyd · as seynt grygory bereth wytnes · wel augth ȝe lordys theþat lawes kepe · &nil þys lessoun to haue yn mynde · and on troianus trouþe to þenke · and do treuþe to þe peple · ¶ lawe wyþ-oute loue quod troianus · leye þere abenea bene · or eny scyence vndur sonne · þe seuene ars and alle · but they ben lernyd for our lordys loue · loste is all þe tyme · for no cause to cacche syluer þerby · ne to be callyd amaystera mayster · but all for loue of our lord · and the bet to loue the peple · for seynt iohan seyde yt · and sooth arne hys woordes · Qui non diligit  manet in morte · ¶ Who-so loueþ nougth meleue me · he lyueþ in deeth deynge · and þat alle maner men · enemys and frendes · louyn her eyþer other · and lene hem as hem-sylue · who-so loeneþ nougth · ~~...?...?...~~he loueþ nougth · god wot þe sothe · and comaundeþ echaech a creature · to conforme hym to louye and souereynly pore peple · and her enemys after for hem þat hatyn vs · is our meryt to louye · and pore peple to plese · her prayers mowyn vs helpe and our ioye and our hele · ihesu cryste of heuene · yn aporea pore mannys apparayle pursuyd vs euere · and lokeþ on vs yn her lyknes · and þat wyþ louely chere to knowyn vs by our kynde herte · & castyng of our eiȝyn · wherWheþer we loue the lordes here · byfore þe lorde of blysse and exciteþ vs by þe euaungelye · þat whan we mak..iþ festys we schulde nougth clepe our kyn þerto · ne no kynnys ryche · Cum facitis conuiuia · nolite inuitare amicos · & ceteranil · ¶ Ac calleþ þe carful therto · the crokyd and þe pore · for ȝour frendys wolen fede ȝow · and fonde ȝow to quyte · ȝour festynge and ȝour fayr ȝifte · eche frende quyteþ so othre · ¶ Ac for þe pore y schall paye · and pur wel quyte her trauayle · þat ȝyueþ hem mete or moneye · and loueþ hem for my sake · for þe beste ben summe ryche · and summe beggers and pouere · for alle ar we crystes creatures · and of his coffres ryche · and breþerne as of oo blood · as wel beggers as erles · for on caluarye of crystes blood · crystyndom gan sprynge and blody bretherne we bycome there · of oo body ywonne as quasi modo geniti · and gentyl men echone no begger none boye amonges vs · but ȝif it synne made · Qui facit peccatum · seruus est peccati · & cetera ¶ In the olde lawe · as holy lettre telleth · mennys sones · men callyd vs echone · andOf adammes yssue and eue · ay tyl god man deyed · and aftur his resurrexcioun · redemptor was his name · and we his bretherne thorowh hym ybougth · boþe ryche and pouere · forthy loue we as leue breþerne schal · and eche man laugh of othre · and of þatit eche man may forbere · amende there that nedeth and euery man helpe othre · for hennehennes schull we alle · Alter alterius onera portate · & cetera · ¶ And be we nougth vnkynde of our catel · norne of our connyng neyther for wote no man how ny..ȝ yt is · to be ynome fro boþe · forþy lacke no lyfe othre · þouh · he more latyn knowe · ne vndurnyme nougth foule · for is noon wyþ-outyn deffaute · for what-euere clerkes carpe · of crystendom or elles cryst to acomouna comoun womman seyde · yn comoun atte þe feste · Hm.12.396: This is the final rupture caused by the dislocation of text described above and in the introduction; from this point the text of the poem proceeds properly. holy cherche knoweth this · þat crystys wrytynge sauyd here · so clergye is conforte · to creatures that repentyn hemrepenten · and to ma.nsed men · meschief atte her nedeende · ¶ For goddes body mygth nougth ben of breed · wyþ-outyn clergye · the whiche · body is boþe b~~...~~oote to þe rygthfull and deeþ and dampnacyoun · to hem that deyen euele · as crystes caracte conforted · and boþe coupable schewyd the womman þat þe iewes brougth · þat ihesu þougth to saue Nolite iudicare & non iudicabimini · & cetera · ¶ Rygth so goddes body breþerne · but ȝifbut it be worþyly takyn · dampneþ vs atte þe day of dome · as þe caractes dudyn þe iewys · ¶ Forþy y conseyle the for crystes sake · clergye that thu louye · for kynde wytt is of his kyn · and ny..ȝ cosynes bothe · to our lord leue me · for þy loue hem y rede · for bothe ben as myrrours · to amende oure deffautys and leders for lewyd men · and for lettryd bothe · ¶ forþy lacke thu neuere logyke · lawe nor his customes ne counturplede clerkes · y counseyl the for euere · for as a man may nougth see · that mysseth his eiȝyn · nomore can no clerke · but ȝif he caugth it ferst þurgh bookes al-þouwh men made bookes · god was the mayster and seynt spiryt the samplarye · and seyde what men schulde wryte · Hm.12.417: CrWHm omit the following line, found in all other manuscripts: And riȝt as syȝte serueth a man to se þe heighe strete, here given in the spelling of L. ¶ Rygth so ledeth lettrure · lewyd men to resoun · and as a blynd man yn batayle · beryþ wepne to fygthe ~~...?...?...~~And hath non hap wiþ his ax · his enemye ~~........~~to hitte nomore can a kynde wyttyd man · but ȝif clerkes hym teche · Hm.12.421: An entire line here is left blank. No text was lost. comeþ fo..r all his kuyynde wyt.. to crystendom · and to besauydbe sauyd · whiche is þe coffre of crystes tresour · and clerkes kepe the keyes to vnloukyn it atte her lykynge · and to þe lewyd peple · ȝyue mercy for here mysdedes · ȝif men yt woll aske · buxumlyche and benynglyche · and byddyn it of grace · ¶ Archa dei yn the olde lawe · leuytes yt keptyn · hadde neuere lewyd man leue · to leyn hond on that cheste but he were preeste or prestys sone · patriark or propheet for clergye is kepere · vndur cryste of heuene was þer neuere no knygth · but clergye hym made · ac kynde wytt cometh · of alle kyn syghtes of bryddes and of bestys · of. tastys of trewthe and of deceytes ¶ Lyuer~~...~~s toforen vs · vsydyn to marke · forÞe selcouthes that they seyȝyn · her soulessones forto teche · and heldyn yt an hye scyence · her wyttes to knowe · ac þurgh her scyence sothly · was neuere no soule y-sauyd · ne brougth by her bookes · to blysse none to ioye for alle her kynde knowynges come · ofbut of dyuerse sygthes patriarkes and prophetys · repreuyd here scyencesscience · and seydyn her woordes norne her wysdomes · nas but folyea folye · as to þe clergye of cryst · countyd it but a tryfle · Sapiencia huius mundi · stulticia apud deum · & ceteranil · ¶ For the heiȝestheihe holy gost · heuene schall to-cleue · and loue schall lepe out after · ynto þys lowe erthe and clennesse schall cacchyn yt · and clerkes schullyn it fynde · Pastores loquebantur adinuicemad inuicem · & cetera · ¶ he spekeþ there of ryche men rygth nougth · ne of rygth wytty · ne of lordes that were lewyd men · but of þe heyȝest lettryd oute · Ibant magi ab oriente · & cetera ¶ Ȝif eny frere were foundyn þere · y ȝyue the fyue schillynges nor yn noon beggers cote · was that barn born · but yn a burgeys place · of bethleem the beste · Sed non erat ei locus in diuersorio · & pauper non habet diuersorium · & ceteranil ¶ To pastours and to pore menpoetes · apperyd the aungel · and bad hem gon to bedlem · goddes burthe to honoure · and songyn a songe of solace · Gloria in excelsis deo · ¶ Clerkes knewyn it well / and comyn wyþ here presentys and dudyn her homage honourably · to hym þat was almyghty ¶ Whi y haue tolde all þys · y took ful good hede · how thu contraryedest clergye · wyþ crabbed woordes how that lewde men lygthlokere · þan lettryd were sauyd than clerkes or kynde wyttyd men · of crystyn pepleHm.12.463: The first <e> is poorly executed, but there is no reason to suppose that the scribe intended anything other than his customary <e>. · and thu seydest sooþ of summe · ac see yn what manere · ¶ tak two strong men · and yn tem~~...~~se caste hem · and boþe nakyd as a nedle · her noonHm.12.466: her noon, "neither of them." sykerer þan other that on haþ kunnynge and can · swymmyn and d~~.....~~yue that oþur is lewyd of þat labour · lernyd neuere to swymme · whiche trowest thu of tho two yn temyse · ys yn moste drede · he þat neuere dyued · ne nougth can of swymmynge or the swymmer þat is saufe · by so hym-sylfe lyke · there ~~...?...~~his felowe fleteþ forþ · as the flood lykeþ · and ys yn drede to drenche · þat neuere dede s~~......~~wymme · that swymme can nougth y seyde · yt semeþ to my wyttys · ¶ Rygth so quod þe renke · resoun it scheweth · that he þat knoweþ clergye · can sonner aryse · out of synne and be saufe þowh he synne ofte ȝif hym lykeþ and lust · than any lewyd lely · for ȝif þe clerke be connynge · he knoweþ what is synne · and how contrycyoun wyþ-out confessyoun · conforteþ þe soule · and þu seste yn the sauter · yn psalmys one or tweyne how contricioun is commendyd · for it caccheþ awey synne · Beati quorum remisse sunt iniquitates · & quorum tecta sunt peccata · & ceteranil · ¶ And this conforteþ eche aclerkea clerke and keuereþ hym fro wanhope · yn whiche flood þe fende · fondeþ amana man hardeste · there the lewyd lyeþ stylle · and lokeþ aftur lente · and haþ no contrycioun or he come to schryfte · & þan gankan he lytel telle but as his lores-man leryþ hym · byleueth and troweth · and þat is after parsoun or parosch preest · and paraduenture · vnconnynge to lere lewyd men · andas luke berith wytnes · Dum cecus ducit cecum · & cetera · ¶ Woo was hym marked · þat wade moot wyth the lewyd · wel may the barn blysse · that hym to book sette · þat lyuynge after lettrure · sauyd hym lyfe and soule · Dominus pars hereditatis mee ys a mery versette · that hath take fro tyburne · twenty stronge theuys there lewyd theuys ben lollyd · vp · look how they ben sauyd the theef that hadde grethadde grace of god · on good fryday as þu spekestspeke(n) was for he ȝelde hym creauntcreaunt to crist on þe cros · and knowlechid hym gulty and grace askyd of god · and he is euere redy · that buxumlyche byddeþ it · and ben yn wyll to amende hem · ¶ ac þouȝ þat þeef · hadde heuene · he hadde non hiȝe blysse · a.s seynt iohan and othre seyntes · that deseruyd allehadde bettre · ¶ rygth as summe men ȝyuen me mete · and settyn me amyd þe floor · y haue mete more þan ynow · ac .nougth so muche wurschipe · as þo þat sytteseten atat þe syde table · or wyþ þe souereyns of þe halle · but sytt~~...~~e as a begger boordles · by my-sylf on þe grounde · so it farith by þat feloun · that on good fryday was sauyd · he sytteþ neyþer wyth seynt iohan symonde ne Iude · ne wyth maydenes ne wyth martyres · confessourconfessoures ..ne wydewes but by hym-selfe as a soleyn · seruydand serued on erthe · for he that is onys a theef · ys euermore yn daungere · and as lawe lykeþ · to lyue or to deye · De peccato propiciato · noli esse sine metu & ceteranil · and forto seruyn a seynte · and suche a theef togydres yt were neyther resoun ne rygth · to rewardyn hem bothe y-lyche · and rygth as troianus þe trew knygth · dweltetilde nouȝt depe yn helle that our lord ne hadde hym lyȝtlyche out · so leue y the thefe be yn heuene for he is yn the lowyste of heuene · ȝife our byleue be trewe · and well losellyche he lolleþ þere · by the lawe of holy cherche · Qui reddit vnicuique iuxta opera sua · & cetera · ¶ And why þat on theef on the cros · creaunt hym ȝalde rather than that other theef · thow þu woldest appose · alle þe clerkes vndur cryste · ne koudyn þysþe skyll assoyl·e · Quare placuit quia voluit · & ceteranil · ¶ And so y seye by the · that sekest afterafter þe whies and aresonedest resoun · arebukyngea rebukynge as yt were · and of the floures yn the fryth · and of her fayre hewes · wherof they cacche her colours · so cleer and so brygth and wylnestwillest of bryddes and ofand bestys · and of her bredynge knowe · whi summe ben alowhe and summe alofte · thy lykynge it were · and of þe stonys and of the sterrys · thu studyest as y leue · how euere beest or bryd · hath so breme wyttys · ¶ Clergye ne kynde wytte ne knewe neuere the cause · ac kynde knoweth þe cause hym-selfe no creature elles · he is the pyes patroun · and putte it yn her ere that there ..þe thorn ys thykkest · to bulde and toand brede and kynde kenneþ þe pekok · to caukyn yn suche akyndea kynde and kennyd adam to knowe · his pryue membrys · and taugth hym and eue · to helyen hem wyth leuys · ¶ Lewyd men many tymes · maystres they apposyn · whi Adam helyed nougth ferst · his mowþ that ete þe appull rathur than his lykam alowe · lewyd menlewed askyn thus clerkes · kynde knoweth whi he dude so · ac no clerke elles · ac of bryddys and of bestys · men by olde tyme · ensaunples tookyn and termys · as tellyn the poetys · and þat þe fayrest foul · fouleste engendreth and feblest foul of flygth is · that fleeth or swymmeth and that the pecok and the pohen · proud ryche men bytokneth · for þe pekok and men pursuen hym · may nougth flee hiȝe for þe traylynge of his tayl · ouertakyn is he sone and his flesch is foul flesch · and his feet bothe · and vnlouely of ledne · and l~~...~~ooþ forto here ¶ Rygth so þe ryche · ȝif he his rycchesse kepe · and deleth it nougth tyl his deþ-day · the tayl of all sorowe · rygth as þe pennys of the pekoc · peynyd hym yn his flyght · so is poscessioun peyne of pans · and of nobles · to alle menhem þat it holdeþ · tyl her tayl be plukkyd · and þouȝ the ryche repente thanne · and byrewe the tyme þat euere he gadred so grete · and gafe þerof so lytyl · thowh he crye to cryst thanne · wyþ kene wyll y leue his ledyn be yn our lordys ere · lyke a pyes chatryngechiteryng and whan his careyne schall come · yn caue to be buryed y leue yt flambe full foule · the folde all aboute and alle þe oþer þere it lyth · enuenemeþ þurgh his attre ¶ By the po~~...~~cokpo isfeet is vndurstonde · as y haue lernyd yn auenet excecutours false frendys · þat fulfulleþ nougth his wylle that was wrytyn and þey wytnesse · to wurche rygth as it wolde thus þe poete preueþ that the pecok · for his fethrys is reuerensyd · rygth so is þe ryche · by resoun of his godes · ¶ The larke þat is a lasse foul · is more louelyche of ledne and well away of wenge · swyfter than the pecok and of fleschflesch by felefolde · fatter and swettere · to lowe lybbynge men · the larke is resemblyd · ¶ Arystotle the grete clerke · suche talys he telleth · thus he lykneth yn his logykeHm.12.576: There is an ink blot above logyk. · the le~~...~~ste foule oute and wher he be sauf or nougth sauf · þe sothe wote no clergye · ne of sortes ne of salamoun · no scrypture can telle ac god is so good y hope · þat syþþe he gafe hem wyttys to wyssen vs weyes þerwyþ · that wyssyn vs to besauydbe sauyd and þe bettre for her bookes · to byddyn we byn holdyn · þat god for his grace · gyue her soules reste · for lettryd men were lewyd men ȝit · ne were lore of her bookes ¶ Alle theþise clerkes quod y thoo · that on cryste leuyn · seggyn ~~......~~in her sarmones · that neyþer saresenys ne iewys · ne no creature of crystes lyknesse · wyth-out crystendom wurþ sauyd Contra quod ymagynatyfe þoo · and comsyd forto loure and seyde saluabitur vix iustus · in die iudicij · Ergo saluabitur quod he · and seyde nomore latyn · ¶ Troianus was a trewe knygth · and took neuere crystendom and he is saufe so seith the book · and his soule yn heuene for þere is fullynge of fonte · and fullynge ofin blood schedynge · and þurgh fi..er ys fullynge · and that is ferme byleue Aduenit ignis diuinus · non comburens · sed illuminans · & cetera ¶ Ac trewthe that trespacyd neuere · ne trauersyd aȝenste his lawe but lyueþ as his lawe techeth · and leueþ þer be no bettere · and ȝif þer were he wolde · amende · and yn suche wyll deieþ ne wolde neuere trewe god · but trewthe were alowyd · and wher it be worthworth or worth nougth · þe byleue is gret of trewþe and anhopean hope hangynge þerynne · to haue amedea mede for his trewþe For deus dicitur quasi dans vitam eternam suis · hoc est fidelibus et alibi · si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis · & cetera · ¶ The glose graunteth vpon þat vers · a gret mede to trewthe · and wytt and wysdom quod that wye · was sumtyme tresore to kepe wyþ a comoun · no catel was holde bettre and muche myrthe and manhede · and rygth wyþ þat he vanschid