The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 15William 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 xvusquintus decimus · finis de do-weel · Incipit hic de do-bet · a Ac aftyr my wakynge · it was wonder longe er y kowde kyndly knowe · what was dowel · and so my wytte wex and wanyed · tyl y a fool were and summe lacked my lyfe · allowyd yt fewe and leten for alorela lorel · and looþ to reuerencyn · lordys andor ladyes · or eny lyfe elles as persouns yn pellure wyth pendawntes of seluer to sergeauntseriauntz ne to none suchsuche · seyde yseyde nougth ones god loke ȝow lordes · ne lowtyd fayreHm.15.10: The rubricator ignored or failed to notice the paraph marker. þat folke heldyn me afoolla fooll · and yn þat folye y rauyd tyl resoun hadde rewþe on me · and rokkyd me aslepe tyl y s..aw as yt sorcerye were · a sotyl þyng wyþ-alle oon wyþ-outyn tonge orand teeþ · tolde me whider y schulde and wherof y cam & of what kynde · y conyouryd · hym atte þe laste if he were crystes creature · leuefor crystes loue me to telle I am crystes creature quod he · and crystene yn many a place yn crystes court y-knowe wel · and of his kyn apartya party · ..þer isIs neyþer peter neþe porter · ne poule wyþ his fauchoun · þat wol deffende me þe doore · dynge y neuere so late at mydnygth at mydday · my voys is soso is y-knowe þat eche a creature of his court · welcomeþ me fayre what ar ȝe callyd yn þat court quod y · among crystes peple TherÞe whiles y quyk was yn þe cors quod he · callyd y amam I anima and whan y wylle and wolde · animus y hatte and for þat y can and knowe · callyd am y mens and whan y make mone to god · memoria is my name and whan y deme domes · and do as trewþ techeþ than is racio my rygth name · resoun on englysch and whan y fele þat folke tellyn · my ferst name is sensus and that is wytt and wysdom · þe welle of alle craftys and whan y chalenge or chalenge nougth · chepe or refuse than am y conscyence y-callyd. goddys clerk and his notarye and whan y loue lely · our lord and alle oþere thanne is lele loue myn name · and yn latyn amor and whan y fle fro þe flesch · and forsake þe careyne thanne am y spuryt specheles · spiritus than y hatte austyn and ys.idorus · eyþer of hem boþe nempnyd me thus to name · now thu mygth chese how þu coueytest to calle me · now thu knowyst alle myn namys Anima pro diuersis accionibus · diuersa nomina sortitur · dum viuificat corpus  anima est · dum vult  animus est · dum scit  mens est · dum recolit  memoria est · dum iudicat  racio est · dum sentit  sensus est · dum amat  amor est · dum negat vel consentit  consciencia est · dum spirat  spiritus est · & ceteranil ȝee ben as a busschop quod y · all bourdynge that tyme · for busschops y-blessyd · they bereþ many names · presul and pontifex · and metropolitanus and oþer names an hepe · episcopus and pastor That is sooþ seyde he · now y see thy wylle thu woldest knowe and kunne · þe cause of alle .....here names and of myn ȝif thu myghtest · me þynkeþ by þy speche Ȝhe syre y seyde by so · noman were greuyd and alleAlle þe scyences vndur sonne · & alle þe sotyl craftis y wolde y knew and cowde · kyndely yn myn herte thanne art thu ynparfit quod he · and on of prides knyhtes for suche a luste and lykynge · lucyfer fel from heuene · Ponam pedem meum in aquilone & similis ero altissimo · & ceteranil yt were aȝenst kynde quod he · ofand al kyn resoun · þat any creature schulde kunne al · excepte cryst one aȝenst suche salamon spekeþ · and despyseþ her wyttys and seiþ · sicut qui mel comedit multum · non est ei bonum sic qui scrutator est magestatis · opprimitur a gloria · & ceteranil · To englysch men this is to mene · þat men spekynmowen speke and here the man þat muche hony eteþ · his mawe it engleymeth and þe more þat amana man · of good mater hereþ · but he do þerafter · heit dooþ hym double skathe · Beatus est seyþ seynt bernard · qui scripturas legit Et vertit verbaverba vertit in opera · fullyche to his power Coueytyse to kunne · and to knowe scyence putte out of paradyse · Adam and eue · Sciencie appetitus · hominem in mortalitatis gloriagloriam spoliauit · & ceteranil and rygth as hony is euel to deffye · & engleymeþ þe mawe rygth so þat þurgh resoun · wolde þe rote knowe of god and of his grete myghtes · his grace it letteth for yn þe lykynge lyeþ a pryde and lykames coueytise aȝenst crystes counseyl · and alle clerkes techynge that is non plus sapere · quam oportet sapere Frerys and fele othre maystrys þat to þe lewyd men prechen ȝe meuyn materes ynmesurables · to tellyn of þe trynyte þat ofte tymes þe lewyd peple · of here byleue doutyn bettre b.eleue wereto leye were(n)Hm.15.76: LHm have beleue were against it were in W, to beleue were in OC2, beleue where in Cr1, and to leue were(n) in most other B manuscripts. manye · doctours such techyng and tellen men of þe ten commaundementes · and touchyn þe · vij ·seuene synnes · and of þe braunches that buriowneþ of hem · & brynge men to helle and how þat folke yn folyes · myspendyn her wyttesfyue wittes as wel freres as oþere folke · folylyche spendyn yn housynge andhousyng yn haterynge · & ynto hiȝe clergye schewynge more for pompe þan for pure charyte · þe peple wot þe sope that y lyȝe nougth loo · for lordys ȝe plesyn and reuerencyn the ryche · þe raþer for her syluer Confundantur omnis qui adorant sculptilia · Et alibi vt quid diligitis vanitatem · & queritus mendacium · & ceteranil Goo to the glose of þeseþe vers · ȝe gret clerkes if y lyȝe on ȝow to my lewyd wytt · ledeþ me to brennyng for as it semeþ ȝe forsakeþ · no mannys almasse · of vsureres of hores · of auerous chapmen and lowtyn to þese lordes · þat moun lene ȝow nobles aȝen ȝour reule and relygioun · y take record at ihesus that seyde to his dysciples · ne sitis personarum acceptores Of þys matere y mygth · make a longe byble ac of curatours of crysten peple · as clerkes bereþ wytnes y schal telle it for trewþys sake · take hede who-so lykeþ as holynesse and honeste · out of holy cherche spredeþ · thurghHm.15.97: An otiose mark appears above the <g>. lele lyuynge men · þat goddes lawe techen rygth so out of holycherche · alle eueles spredeth · ther ynparfit preesthod is · prechours and techers · yAnd see it by ensaumple · yn somer tyme on trowes ther summe bowes beþ leuyd · and summe bereþ none ther is a myscheef yn þe more · of suche maner bowes rygth so parsouns and preestys · and prechours of holycherche · that arn rote of þe rygth feiþ · to rewle þe peple ac þere þe rote is rotyn · resoun wot the sothe schall neuer flour ne fruyte · ne fayr lef. be grene forþy wolde ȝe lettryd leue · þe lecchery of clothynge · and be kynde as byfell for clerkes · and curteys of crystes godes trewe of ȝour tonge · and of ȝowre tayle boþe and haten to here harlotrye · and nougth vndurfongeto vnderfonge tyþes of vntrew þyng · y-tylyed or y-chaffarydchaffared Loiþ were lewyd men · but they ȝ....owre lore folwyde and amendy.damenden hem þat mysdon · more for ȝowr ensaumples þan forto prechen and preuyn yt nougth · ypocresye yt semeþ for ypocresye yn latyn · is lyknyd to a dungehull þat were bysnewyd wyth snowe · and snakes wyþ-ynneHm.15.116: HmCGB omit the following line, here given in the spelling of L: Or to a wal þat were whitlymed and were foule wyth-inne. rygth so many preestys · prechours and prelatys ȝe arn enblaunchid wyþ bele paroles · and wyþ cloþes also ac ȝowr werkes and ȝour woordes þer-vndur · arn ful vnlouely · iohannes crisostomus · of clerkes spekeþ and preestys Sicut de templo omne bonum progreditur  sic de templo omne malum procedit · Si sacerdocium integrum fuerit  tota floret ecclesia · si autem corruptum fuerit  omnium fides marcida est · Si sacerdocium fuerit in peccatis  totus populus conuertitur ad p.....eccandum · Sicut cum videris arborem pallidam & marcidam  intelligis quod vicium habet in radice · ita cum videris populum indisciplinatum & irreligiosum  sine dubio sacerdocium eius non est sanum · & ceteranil · Ȝif lewyd men wysten · what þis latyn meneth · and who was myn autor · moche wonder me þynkeþ · but ȝif many a preest bere · for her baselardes and her brochis a peyre of bedys yn her hond · and abooka book vnder her arm syre iohan and sere gyffray · haþ a gurdel of seluer a baselard or a ballok-knyf · wyþ botouns ouergulte ac a porthors þat schulde ben his plough · placebo to sigge hadde he neuer seruyce to saue syluer þerto · seyþ yt wyþ ydel wylle Alas ȝe lewde men · full muchemoche lese ȝe on preestys ac þynge þat wykkydly is wonne · and wyþ false sleyȝtes wolde neuere þe wyllewitte of wytty god · but wykkyd men it hadde þe which ar preestys ynparfyt · and prechours after syluer excecutours and souþdenes · somnours and her lemmanys this þat wyþ gile was getyn · vngracyously is spendyd so harlottes and hores · arn holpen wyþ suche goodes and goddys folk for deffaute herofþer-of · forfaren and spyllyn curatoures andof holycherche · as clerkes þat ben auerous lyghtly þat þey leuyn · losellis it habbeth or dyendyeth yntestat · and thanne the busschop entreþ and makeþ merþe þerwyþ · and his meynemen boþe · and seyn he was anyggardea nyggarde · þat no good mygth spare to frende ne to fremde · þe fende haue his soule for a wrecchid housholdehous he helde · all his lyf-tyme and þat he spared and bysperyd · spende we ytwe yn merþe Be itBy lered be itby lewyd · þat loiþ is to spende þus gon her goodes awaygodes · be þe gost faren · ac for goode men god wot · gret doel men makyn and bymeneþ goode meteȝyuers · and yn mynde haueþ yn prayers and yn penaunces · and ynparfit charyte What is charyte quod y tho · a childysch þyng he seyde Nisi efficiamini sicut paruuli · non intrabitis in regnum celorum · & ceteranil Wyþ-outyn fauntelte or folye a free lyberall wylle WhereHm.15.154: An expansion indicator has been added to the original wher. It appears to be the work of same hand that made the next correction in this line. ...?...schulde men fynde such afrenda frend · wyþ so fre an herte y haue lyued yn londe quod heI · myn name ys longe wylle and fond y neuere full charyte · byfore ne byhynde men beþ mercyable · to mendynauntys and to poore and wollyn lene ther þey leue · lely to be payde ac charyte þat poule preyseþ best · & most plesaunt is toto our sauyour ys nonAs non inflatur non ambiciosaest ambiciosa · non querit que sua sunt · I say neuere such amana man · so me god helpe þat ...?...he ne wolde aske after his · and oþerwhile coueyte thyng þat nedyd hym nougth · and nymenyme it ȝif he myghte · Clerkes kennyn me þat cryst · is yn alle places ac y say hym neuere soþly · but as my-sylf yn a myrrour InIta in enigmate · tunc facie ad faciem · & ceteranil and so y trowe trewly · by þat men telleþ of charyte · yt isHm.15.168: Probably as a result of damage caused by the following erasure, the <s> in is has been touched up. n.gth.tononoȝt chaumpiouns fygth · ne chaffare as y trowe Charite quod he ne chaffareþ nougth ne chalengeþ ne craueþ as proud of a peny · as of a pound of golde and is also glad of a gowne · of a graye russat as of a tonycle of tars · or of trye scarlett he is glad wyþ alle glade · and good tyl alle wykkyd and leneþ and loueþ alle · þat our lord made · curseþ he no creature nene he can bere no wratthe ne no lykynge haþ to lyȝe · ne laugh men to scorne all þat men seyn he let it sooþ · and yn solace takeþ and alle manere myschiefs · yn myldenes he suffreþ · coueyteþ he non erþly good · but heuenryche blysse Haþ he eny rentys or rycchesse · or eny ryche frendys  of rentes ne of rycchesse · reccheþ he neuere · for a frende þat fyndeþ hym · faylyd hym neuere at nede Fiat voluntas tua · fyndeþ hym euermore · and ȝif he soupeþ · he eteþ but a sop · of Spera in deo · he can portraye wel þe pater noster · and peynt it wyþ Auees and oþurwhile is hishe is wone · to wendyn on pylgrymage ther poore men and persons lyggeþ · her pardoun to haue thowh he bere hem no breed · he bereþ hem bettreswetter lyflode loueþ hem as our lord byddeþ · and lokeþ how þey fare And whan he is wery of þat werk · þan wol he sumtyme labouryn yn lauandrye · well þe lengþe of a myle and ȝerne ynto ȝowþe · and ȝeplyche speke pryde wyþ all þe apportenaunce · and packen hem to-gydres and boukyn hem atte his brest · and beten hem clene · and leggyn on longe wyþ laboraui in gemitu meo · and wyþ warm water atte his eiȝen · waschyn hem aftyr and þanne he syngeþ whan he dooþ soo · & sumtyme seith wepynge Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despicies · & ceteranil · By cryst y wolde þat y knew hym quod y · no creature leuere wyþ-outyn help of peers ploughman quod he · his parsoun seest þu neuere wherþer clerkes knowyn hym quod y · þat kepyn holy cherche clerkes han no knowyng quod he · but by werkes and by woordys ac peers þe ploughman parceyueþ more deppere what is þe wylle and wherfore · þat many wygth suffreþ · Et vidit deus cogitaciones eorum · & ceteranil For þer are ful proud-herted men · pacient of tonge and buxuomestboxome as of berynge · to burieisHm.15.207: Burieis, "burgesses." and to lordes and to pore peple · han pepir yn herþe nose · and as alyouna lyoun ...theyhe lokeþ · there men lacken ...herhis werkes AndFor þer ar beggers and bydders · bedemen as yt were þat lokynLoketh as lambren · and semyn lyfholy · ac it is more to haue her mete · yn such an esy manere · than for penaunce · and parfitnesse · þe pouerte þat such takeþ Therfore by clergye ne by colourcoloure ne by clergye · know schalt þu hym neuere neyþer þurgh woordes ne werkes · but þurgh wylle oneHm.15.215: Hm alone omits the line that follows, here given in the spelling of L: And þat knoweth no clerke ne creature in erthe. but peris þe ploughman · petrus id est christus · for he nys nougth yn lollers · ne yn land-lepyngeleperes heremytes ne at ancres þere a boxHm.15.218: The scribe adjusted an initial <y> to make the <x>. hangeþ · alle suche þey fayten · fy on faytours · and infautoresin fautores suos · for charyte is goddys champioun · and as gooda good childe hende and þe meryest of mowþ · atte mete whersowhere he sytteþ · the loue þat lyeþ yn his herte · makeþ hym lygth of speche · and is compaygnable and confortatyf · as cryst byt hym-sylue · Nolite fieri sicut ypocrite tristes · & cetera For y haue seyn hym yn selke and sumtyme yn russat boþe yn gray and yn grys · and yn gult harneys and als gladlych he it gafe to gomes þat yt nedyde edmund and edward · boþeeyther were kynges and seyntes y-set · ...fortyl charyte ...hem folw....ede · y haue seyn charite also · syngyn and redyn · rydyn and rennyn · yn raggyd wedys · ac byddynge as beggers · behelde y hym neuere ac yn ryche robys · rathest he walkeþ · y-callyd and y-crymylyd · and his crowne y-schaue and yn a frerys frocke · he was foundyn onys ac it is fern a-goo · yn seynt Fraunceys tyme yn þat secte seþþe · to selde haþ he be knowyn · ryche men he recomendeþ · and of her robes takeþ that wiþ-outyn wyles · ledeth her lyues Beatus est diues qui · & cetera · In kynges court he comeþ ofte þere þe conseyl is trewe ac ȝif coueytyse be of þe counseyl he woll nougth come þerynne yn court amonges iapers · he comeþ nougth but selde for braulynge and bacbytynge · and berynge of fals wytnes In þe constorye byfore the commissarye · he comeþ nougth full ofte for her lawe dureþ ouer longe · but ȝyf þey lacchen syluer and matrymoyne for moneye makyn and vnmakyn · and þat conscyence and cryst · haþ y-knytt faste þey vndon it vnworþyly · þeþo doctors of lawe · Ac y ne lacke no lyfe · but lord amende vs alle · and gyue vs grace goode god · charite to folwe for who-so mygth mete wyþ hym · such maneres hym eyles neyþer he blameþ ne banneþ · bosteþ ne preyseþ lackeþ ne loseþ · ne lokeþ vp sterne craueþ ne coueyteþ · ne cryeþ after more In pace inidipsumin idipsum · dormiam & requiescamnil & cetera · The moste lyflode þat he lyueþ by · is loue yn goddys passioun neyþer he byddeþ ne he beggeþbeggeth · ne borweþ to ȝelde mysdoiþ he noman · ne wyþ his mowþ greueþ · Amonges crystyn men · þis myldenesse schulde laste yn alle manere angres · haue þis atte herte · that thowȝ þey suffryd all this · god suffryd for vs more yn ensaumple we schuld do so · and take no vengeaunce of our foes þat don vs falsnesse · þat is our fadres wylle for wel may euery man w.ete · ȝif god had wolde hym-sylue schulde neuere iudas ne iewe · haue ihesu don on rode ne han martyred peter andne poule · ne yn prysoun holdyn · ac he suffryd yn ensample · þat we schuld suffre also and seyde to suche þat suffre wolde · þat pacientes vincunt verbi gracia · quod he · and verrey ensamples manye In legenda sanctorum · the lyf of holy seyntes what penaunce and pouerte · and passioun þey suffryd yn hungourur yn hete · yn alle manere angrys antoni and Egidi · and other holy fadrys wonedyn yn wyldernesse · amonge wylde bestys monkes and mendynauntes · men by hem-sylue yn spekes and yn spelonkes · seldom speke togydres Ac noyþer antony ne egidi · ne hermyte þat tyme of lyouns ne of lupardys · no lyflode ne tooke but of fowles þat fleeþ · thus fynde men yn bokys except that egidi · after an hynde cryed · and þurgh þe myldemylke of þat mylde beste · the man was susteyned and day by day hadde he her nougth · his hungour forto slake but seldom and sundry tymes · as seiþ þe book and .techeþ Antony a dayes · abowt theaboute noon-tyme hadde a brydde þat brougth hym breed · þat he by lyuyde and þowȝ the gome had a gest · god fond hem bothe poul primus heremita · hadde parrokkyd hym-sylue that noman mygth hym se · for mosse and for leuys fowlys hym fedde · fele wyntrys wyþ-alle tyl he foundyd frerys · of austynes ordre Poul after his prechynge · panyers he made and wan wyþ his handys · that his wombe neded Peter fischid for his food · and his felaw Andrew somme þey sothynsolde (or) soden & summe soldynþei soden · and so they lyued boþe and also marye magdalene · by mores lyuyd and dewys ac most þurgh deuocioun · and mynde of god almyghty · I schuld nougth þis seuene dayes · syggen hem alle · that lyuedyn þus for our lordys loue · many longe ȝerys ac ther ne was lyoun no lupard · þat on laundys wentyn · neyther bere ne bore · ne other best wylde · that ne fel to her feet · and fawnyd wyþ her tayles and ȝif þey cow..de haue carpede by cryst as y trowe they woldyn haue fed that folk · byfore wyld fowles ac god sent hem food by fowles · and by none fiers bestys yn menyng þat meke thynge · mylde thynge schuld seruefede as who seiþ relygiounsreligious · ryghtfull men schuld fynde and lawful men to lyf-holy men · lyflode brynge and þanne wolde lordes and ladyes · be loiþ to agylte and to take of her tenawntes · more þan trewþ wolde founde they that frerys · wolde forsake almassesher almesses and byddyn hem bere it · þere it was y-borwyd · for we ben goddes fowlys · and abydyn alwey · tyl bryddys bryngyn vs · that we schulde lyue by for had ȝe potage and payn ynow · and peny-ale to drynke and a messe þerwyþþere-mydde · of oo maner kynde · ȝe haddyn rygth ynowȝ ȝe relygiouns · and so ȝowr rewyl me tolde Numquam dicit iob rugit onager · cum herbam habuerit · aut mugiet bos cumante plenum presepe steterit · brutorum animalium natura te condempnat · quiacum eis papulum comune sufficiat · ex adipe prodijt iniquitas tua · & ceteranil ȝif lewed men knew this latyn · they wolde loke whom they ȝyue and auyse hem byfore · a fyue dayes or syxe er þey enmorteysidamortesed to monkes · or chanones her rentys alas lordes and ladyes · lewyd counseyl haue ȝee · to ȝyue fro ȝowr heyres · þat ȝowr aiels ȝow lafte and ȝyueþ to bydde for ȝow · to such þat arben ryche and beþ foundyd and feffyd eke · to bydde for othere who parformeþ þis prophecye · of the peple þat now lybbeþ dispersit dedit pauperibus · & cetera ȝif eny peple parforme þat text · it are þese pouere frerys for þat þey beggyn aboute · yn buyldyng þey it spendespende (it) and on hem-selfe sum · and such as ben her laborers and of hem þat habbeþ they takyn · and ȝyue hem þat habbeþne habbeth Ac clerkes and knyhtys · and comoners þat ben ryche fele of ȝow fareþ · as ȝif y a forest hadde that were ful of fayr trees · and y fonded and caste how y mygth mo þerynne · amonges hem sette rygth so ȝe ryche · thatȝe robbeþ that ben ryche and helpeþ hem þat helpeþ ȝow · and ȝyueþ þere no nede is as who-so fylde a tonne · of a fresch reuere and went foorþ wyþ þat water · to wokyn wyþ t....emse · rygth so ȝe ryche · thatȝe robbyn and fedyn hem that han as ȝe han · hem ȝe makyn at ese Ac relygyous þat ryche ben · schuld raþer feste beggers than burieysHm.15.343: Burieys, "burgesses." þat ben rycheriche ben as the book techeþ Quia sacrilegium est res pauperum non pauperibus dare Item peccatoribus dare est demonib.us immolare · Item monach.e si indiges & accipis  pocius das quam accipis Si autem non eges · & accipis rapis · Porro non indiget monachus  si habeat quod nature sufficit · ceteranilwonesHm.15.349: Clumsy pen trials in a later hand appear in the right margin beside this line, Hm.15.356, and Hm.15.359. Forþy y counseyl alle crystene · to conforme vshem to charyte for charyte wyþ-out chalengynge · vnchargeþ þe soule and many a prisoun fro purgatory · þurgh his prayers he delyuerethdelyureth · ac þere is a deffaute yn þe folke · that the feyþ kepeþ · wherfore folk is þe febler · and nougth ferme of byleue as yn luschboroughs is a lyþer alay · & ȝit lokeþ he lyke asterlynga sterlyng þe marke of þat moneye is good · ac þe metal ys feble and so it fareþ by somme folke now · þey han a fayr specheHm.15.356: Clumsy pen trials in a later hand appear in the right margin beside this line, Hm.15.349, and Hm.15.359. This one was written in a very wet ink and blotted the facing leaf, though the text remains legible. crowne and crystendom · þe kynges marke of heuene · ac þe metal þat is mannys soule · wyþ synne is fowl alayed · boþe lettryd and lewyd · beþ allayed now wyþ synneHm.15.359: Clumsy pen trials in a later hand appear in the right margin beside this line, Hm.15.349, and Hm.15.356. that no lyf loueþ oþer · ne our lord as yt semeth · for þurgh werre and wycked workes · and wedres vnresonable wederwyse schipmen and wytty clerkes also han no byleue to the lyfte · ne to þe lore of philosophers Astronomyens alday · yn her art faylen þat whilom warnyd byfore · what schuld falle after schipmen and scheepherdys · þat wyþ schip and scheep wente wystyn by þe walkyne · what schulde betyde as of wedres and wyndes · þey warnyd men ofte · Tylyers þat tylyed þe erþe · toldyn her maystryesmaistres by þe seed that they sewe · what þey sylle mygthe and what to leue and what to lyue by · þe lond was so trewe Now fayleþ þe folk of þe flood · and of þe lond boþe scheepherdys and schipmen · and so don þese tylyers neyþer þey konneþ ne knoweþ · on cours byfore an noþer Astronomyens also · arn atte her wyttys ende of þat was calculed of þe elyment · þe contrarye þey fynde gramer that isþe ground of al · bygyleþ now chyldren for is noon of þys newe clerkes · who-so nymeþ hedeHm.15.378: CrWHm omit the following line, here given in the spelling of L: Þat can versifye faire · ne formalich enditen. noNe nougth oon among an hundryd þat an autour can construe · Hm.15.379: The text is badly rubbed (or the ink did not take well) for the central sections of this line, but the text remains legible. ne rede a lettre yn any langage · but yn latyn or yn englysch · go now to eny degre · and but ȝif gyle be mayster and flaterer his felaw · vndur hym to formyn · moche wonder me thynkeþ · amonges vs alle Doctours of decres · and of dyuynyte maystres that schulden fyndekonne & knowe all kyn clergye and answere to argumentes · and also to a quodlibet y dar nougth sygge it for schame · if such were apposed they schuldyn fayle of her philosophie · and yn fysyke boþe wherfore y am a-ferd · of folk of holycherche lest they ouerhippyn as other don · yn offyces and yn hourys ȝifAc if þey ouerhippyn as y hope nougth · our byleue suffiseth · as clerkes in corpus christi feste syngyn and redyn · that sola fides sufficit · to saue wyth lewyd peple and so may sarazynes be sauyd · scrybes and iewys alas þanne but our lordyslores men · lyuen as þey leren vs and for her lyuynge þat lewyd men · be þe loþer god a-gulte for sarasenes han sumwhat · semyng to our byleue for þey loue and byleue · yn o persone almyhty and we lered and lewyd · yn o god byleueþ And on macameth · amana man yn mysbyleue brought sarrasenys of surre · and see yn what manere this macameth was a crystenecrystene · and for he most nat be pope · ynto surre he sought · and þurgh his sotyl wyttys he dauntydDaunted ado...uuea do...uue and day and nygth her fedde the corn þat sche croppyd · he kest it yn his ere and ȝif he amonge þe peple prechid · or yn places come thanne wolde þe culuer · come to þe clerkes ere menyng as after mete · thus macameth here enchauntyd and dude folk þan falle on knees · for he swore yn his prechyng þat þe culuer þat cam so · cam fram god of heuene as messager to macameth · men forto teche · And thus þurgh wyles of his wytt · and a whyte dowue macameth yn mysbyleue · men and wymmen brougthe · þat lewyd þere and l......eredlered þere and lewed ȝit · leuyn on his lawys And seþþe our sauyour suffred · þe sarasenys so bygyled þurgh a crysten clerk · a-cursyd yn his sowleHm.15.416-419: The b-verses of the last four lines of this leaf are obscured by bleed through and poor ink adherence. and for drede of þe deþ y dar nougth telle trewþe how englysch clerkes a culuer feden þat coueytyse hatteþhatte and ben maneryd aftyr macameth · þat noman vseþ trewþeHm.15.419: There appears to be an accidental imprint of an ornamented capital in the bottom margin of this page. It most likely came from contact with a loose page in this manuscript. ancres and heremytes · and monkes and frerys peren to apostles · þurgh her parfyt lyuynge wolde neuere þe feiþful fadre · þat his mynystres schulde of tyrauntys þat tenyn trew men · takyn eny alm.es but don as antony dude · dominic and Fraunceys benet and bernard · þe whiche hem furst taugthe to lyue by lytyll · and yn low.e howses · by lele mennys almasse ...?...thanne graceGrace schuld growe and be grene · þurgh her good lyuynge and folk schuld .y...farenfyndeHm.15.428: It appears probable that hand2 originally agreed with all other B witnesses and then altered to β3's reading. · þat ben yn diuerse syknes the bettre for her byddynges · yn body and yn soule her prayers and her penaunces · to pees schulde brynge alle þat ben at þe batedebate and bedemen were trewe Petite & accipietis · & cetera · Salt saueþ þe catel · ...?...siggen thes wyues · Vos estis sal terre · & cetera · The heuedys of holy cherche · and they holy were cryst calleþ hem salt · for crystene sowlys Et si sal euanuerit in quo salietur · & cetera Ac freisch flesch oþer fysch · whan yt salt fayleþ yt is vnsauery forsoþe · y-sothynHm.15.439: The <h> in sothyn may be written over an erasure by the third scribal hand. It is also possible that he added an extra tick to the <y> at the same time. or y-bake so is mannys soule soþly · þat seeþ no gode ensaumple of hem of holycherche · þat þe hie wey schulde teche and be gyde and go byfore as a good baneour and hardye hem þat byhynde ben · and ȝyue hem good euydence enleuene holy men · all þe worlde turnede ynto lele byleue · the lyȝtloker me þynkeþ schulde alle manere of menmen · we han toso many maystrys preestys and prechours · and a pope aboue that goddys salt schuld be · to saue mannys soule · All was heþenes sumtyme · engelonde and wal...ys tyl gregory gart clerkys · to go hyderhere and preche austyn at caunterbury · crystnyd þe kynge and þurgh myracles þatas men may rede · al þat march he turnyde to cryste and to crystendom · and cros to honoure and fullyd folk faste · and þe feyþ taugthe more þurgh myracles · þan þurgh moche prechyng as wel þurgh his werkes · as þurghwith his holy wordys and seyde hem what þe fullyngfullynge was · &and feyþ was to mene Cloiþ þat comeþ fro þe weuynge · is nougth comely to were tyl it be fullyd vndur fote · or yn fullynge stockes · waschen wel wyþ water · and wyþ taseles cracched y-towked and y-teyntyd · and vnder taylours handeshande and so it fareþ by a barn · þat born is of aof wombe tyl heit be crystned yn crystes name. and confermyd ofof þe busschop yt is heþen as to heuenward and helples to þe soule Heþene is to mene after heþ · and vntylyed erþe as yn wylde wyldernes · waxen wyld bestes rude and vnresonable · rennyng wyþ-out cropers ȝe menyn wel how matheu seyþ · how amana man made a feste he fedde hem wyþ no venysoun · ne fesauntes y-bake but wyþ foules þat fram hym nolde · but folwyd hymhis whistlynge Ecce altilia mea & omnia parata sunt · & cetera And wyþ calues flesch he fedde · the folk þat he louyde þe calf bytokeneþ clennesse · yn hem that kepeþ lawes for as þe cow þurgh kynde mylk · þe calf noryscheþ tyl an noxe so loue and lewte · lele men susteyneth · and maydenys and mylde men · mercy desyryn · rygth as þe cow calfe · coueyteþ swet mylke so don ryghfull men · mercy and trewthe ac who-sowho beþ þat excuseþ hem · þat arn parsouns and preestys þat heuedys of holycherche ben · þat han her wylle here wyþ-outyn trauayle þe tyþe deel · þat trew men byswynkyn þey woln be wroþ for y wryte þus · ac to wytnes y take boþe matheu and mark · and memento domine dauid · what pope or prelat now parformeþ þat cryst higth · Ite in vnuuersumvn[i]uersum mundum · & predicate · & cetera Alas þat men so longe · ynon macameth schuld byleue so many prelates to preche · as the pope makeþ of nazareth of nynyue · of neptalym and damaske þat þey ne wente as cryst wysseþ · syþþyn þey woln haue name · to ben pastours and preche · þe passyoun of ihesusHm.15.490: Hm alone omits the following line, here given in the spelling of L: And as hymself seyde so to lyue and deye. Bonus pastor animam suam ponit · & cetera · And seyde it ofin saluacioun · of sarazenes and oþere · for crystene and vncrysten · cryst seyde to prechours Ite vos in vineam meam & cetera And seþþe þat þese sarrazenes · scrybes and iewes han alippea lippe of our byleue · þe lyȝtloker me þynkeþ þey schuld turne who-so traueyledtrauaille wolde · to teche hem of þe trynyte Querite & inuenietis · & cetera It is rewþ to rede · how ryȝtwyse men lyuede · how þei deffowlyd her fleysch · forsokyn her owen wylle fer fro kyþ and ferand fro kyn · euel ycloþyd ȝedyn badly ybeddyd · no book but conscyence ne no rycchesse but þe rode · to reyioyse hem ynne Absit nobis gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri · & cetera And þo was plente and pes · among po..re and ryche ...?...?...AcAnd now is reuthe to rede how þe rede noble · iIs reuerenced ar þe rode · receyuyd for þe worthiere Hm.15.506-507: Hand3 wrote these two verses on a single line, writing Hm.15.506 over an extended erasure, then writing Hm.15.507 immediately following it in the right margin. than crystes cros þat ouercam · deþ and dedly synne And now is werre and woo · and who-so why aske for coueytise after cros · þe corowne stant yn golde boþe ryche and relygyous · þat rode they honoure that yn grotes is grauynygraue · and yn gold nobles for coueytise of þat cros · men of holycherchekirke schul turne as templeres dude · þe tyme approcheþ faste Wete ȝe nougth ȝe wysewyse men · how þoo men honoured more tresour than trewþe · y dar nougth telle þe soþe Resoun and ryhtful doom · þeþo relygyous demyd rygth so ȝe clerkes · for ȝour coueytise or longe schal þey demen dos ecclesie · and ȝour pride depose☜ Deposuit potentes de sede · & cetera · ȝif knyȝthod and kynde wytt · and comoun conscyence togedres loue lely · leeueþ it well ȝe busschopes þe lordschipe of londes · for euere schull ȝe lese · and lyuen as leuitici · as our lord ȝow techeþ · Per p...?...rimiciasprimicias & decimas & cetera · whan constantyn of curtesye · holycherche do.wede wyþ londes and ledes · lordschipes and rentys an aungel men herden · an hiȝe at rome cryȝe dos ecclesie this day · haþ dronkynydronke venym · Hm.15.530: Though the pale blue paraph marker visible on the images is an artefact of the photography, coming from the genuine marker on the preceding folio, 178v, it in fact coincides with an erased paraph marker on this leaf of which only a blue dot remains visible. And þo þat han petres power · arn appoysonyd alleHm.5.530: A crude line drawing, perhaps of a quill, appears to the right of this line and above it a lightly scored X of uncertain origin and meaning. a medecyn moot þerto · þat may amende prelates thanne schuldyn theyÞat sholden praye for þe pes · possessiounspossessioun hem letteþ takeþ her landes ȝe lordes · and leteþ hem lyue by dymes ȝif possessioun be poysoun · and ynparfitHm.15.534: Kane and Donaldson misread this word as vnparfit. hem makeþ good were dyschargento dischargen hem · for holycherches sake and purgyn hem of poysoun · or more peryl falle ȝif preesthod were parfit · the peple schulde amende þat contraryen crystes lawe · and crystendom dyspise · for alle paynymes prayeþ · and parfitly byleeueþ · yn þe holy grete god · and his grace þey axen · and makyn her mone to macameth · her message to schewe Hm.15.542: The parasign has been badly smudged. Thus yn a feiþ ly...eueþ þat folk · and yn a fals mene and þat is rewþe for rygthfull men · þat yn þe rewm wonyn · and a peryll to þe pope · and prelatys þat he makeþ þat beryn busschops names · of bethlem and of babyloigne that hippyn aboute yn yngelonde · to halwyn autersmennes auteres and crepyn amonges curatours · confessen aȝen þe lawe Nolite mittere falsem in messem alienam · & cetera Many man for crystes loue · was martyred yn romayne er þanEr any crystyndom was knowe þere · or eny cros honouryd Euery busschop þat bereþ cros · by þat he is holdyn · þurgh his prouynce to passe · and to his peple schewyn hym · tellen hem and techen hem · on þe trynyte to byleeue and feden hem wyþ gostly food · and gyuen þere it nedeþ In domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum & ideo nolite constituere me regem · & ceteranil Ozias seiþ for suche · that syke ben and feble · Inferte omnes decimas in h....orreum meum vt cibus in domo mea & cetera Ac we crystyn creatures · that on þe cros byleuyn arn ferme as yn þe feyþ · god forbedeforbode ellys and han clerkes to kepe vs þerynne · and hem þat schull come after And iewes lyuen yn lele lawe · our lord wrot it hym-sylue · yn ston for it stedefaste was · and stonde schulde euere · Dilige deum & proximum · is parfit iewyn lawe and took it moyses to teche men · tyl messye come and on þat lawe þey lyeuen ȝit · and letyn it þe beste and ȝit knew þey cryst · þat crystendom taugthe for a parfit prophete · þat muche peple sauyd · of selcowþe sores · they seyen it ofte bothe of myracles and meruayles · and how ..he men festyde wyþ two fysches and fyue loues · fyue þousand peple and by þat mangery men mygth well se · þat messye he semed and whan he lyft vp lazar · þat leyd was yn graue and vnder ston deed and stanke · wyþ styf voys hym callyd Lazare veni foras · & ceteranil · Dude hym ryse and rome · rygth byfore þe iewys Ac they seydyn and sworen · wyþ sorcery he wrougth and studyeden to destruyestroye(n) hym · and struyeden hem-sylue · and þurgh his pacyence her power · to pure nougth he brougth Pacientes vincunt · & ceteranil · Danyel of her vndoynge dyuyned and seyde Cum sanctus sanctorum veniat cessabit vnccio vestra · & cetera And ȝet wenyn tho wrecchis þat he were pseudo propheta and þat his lore be lesynges · and lacken yt alle and hopyn þat he be to comen · that schall hem releue moyses eft or messye · here maystres ȝet dyuyneþ Ac pharyses and sarasyns · scrybes and iewesGrekis arn folk of oo feyþ · the fader god they honouryn and syþþen þat the sarasens · and also þe iewes kunnen þe ferst clause of our byleeue · credo in deum patrem omnipotentem · & ceteranil prelates of crystescristene prouynces schulde preue ȝif þey mygth · leren hem lytsom and lytsomlitlum & litlum · & in ihesum christum filium tyl þey cowd speke and spelle · & in spiritum sanctum · and reden yt and recordyn yt · wyþ remissionem peccatorum · Carnis resurexionem & vitam eternam amen · & ceteranil