The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 16William 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 ijussecundus · de do-bet · . · · · passus ijussecundusn NOw fayre falle ȝow quod y þoo · for ȝowr fayr schewyng for haukyns loue þe actif man · euere y schal ȝow louye ac ȝit y am yn a weer · what charyte is to mene yt is a ful trye tree quod he · trewly to telle mercy is þe moor þerof · þe myddell stok abouteis reuthe þe leuys be lele woordes · þe lawe of holy cherche þe blosmys be buxum spechesspeche · and bennygne lokynge pacyence hatte þe pure tree · and pure symple of herte and so þurgh god and pure good good men · groweþ þe fruyt of charytecharite I wolde trauayle quod y þis tre to see · twenty hundryd myle and forto haue my fulle of þat fruyt · forsake al oþer sawle lord quod y ȝif eny wygth wyete · yt wherewhider oute it groweþ · yt groweþ yn a gardyn quod he · þat god made hym-sylue amyddys mannys body · þe moor is of þat treestokke herte hatteþhatte þe herber · þat yt ynne groweþ ...?...& liberum arbitrium · haþ þe lond to ferme vnder peris þe ploughman · to pyken it and to wedenweden it .. Pe...ers þe ploughman quod y þoo · and al for pure ioyȝe þat y herd nempne his name · anon y swownyd after and lay longe yn a loue-dreme · and at þe last me þouhte þat p....eers þe ploughman · al þe place me schewede and bad me to tooten on þatþe tree · oon croptoppe and oon roote · wyþ þre pyles was it vndur-pygth · y parceyued it sone Pe...ers quod y · y prayȝe þe · why stonden þese pyle......s here For wyndes wolt þu wyetenwyte quod he · to w.yten it fro fallyngeHm.16.25-28: The first four lines are written in the same hand and script but in a slightly larger form than the remainder of the leaf. Cum ceciderit iustus non collidetur  quia dominus supponit .....manum suam & ceteranil thatAnd yn blowynge tyme. byteabite þe floures · but ȝif þese pyles helpe þe worlde is a wycked wynd · to hem þat wyln trewþe coueytyse comeþ of þat wynd · and cryeþcrepeth among the leues and forfreteþ nyȝ þe fruyt · þurgh many fayre sygthtes thanne wyþ þe ferste pyl y pulle hym doun · þat is potencia dei patris the flesch is a fel wynd ynand in flouryng tyme · thrugh lykyng and lustes · so lowde ythe gynne.þ to bloweblowe and þatÞat it noryscheþ nyse syȝtes · and sumtyme woordes and wyckyd werkes þerof · wormys of synne and forbyteþ þe blosmes · rygth to þe bare leuys Thanne sette y to þe secounde pyle · sapiencia dei patris þat is þe passyoun & þe power · of our prynce ihesu · thrugh prayers & þurgh penaunces · & goddes passyoun yn mynde y saue it tyl y see it r.ypyn · and sumdel y-fruted · and þanne fondeþ þe fend · my fruyt to destruye wyþ alle þe wyles þat he can · and waggeþ þe rote and casteþ vp to þe crop · vnkynde neyhbours bacbyteres breke þebreke cheste · braulers and chyderes and leyþ a laddre þerto · of lesynges are þe ronges and feccheþ a-weye my flowres bytymesumtyme · afore boþe myn eiȝen ac lib...erum arbitrum · letteþ hemhym sumtyme þatÞat is lyeutenaunt to loken yt well · by leue of my sowlemy-selue videatis qui peccat in spiritum sanctum · numquam remittetur eiremittetur · & cetera hoc est idem qui peccat per lib...erum arbitriumarbitrium non repugnat Ac whan þe fend and þe flesch · forþ wyþ þe world manasen byhynde me · my fruyt forto fecche · thanne lib...erum arbitrium · laccheþ þe furste plante and falleþpalleth adoun þe pouke · purelyche þurgh grace and helpe of þe holygoste · and þus haue y þe maystrye Now fayre falle ȝow perys quod y · so fayre ȝe descryuen þe power of þese postes · and her propre myhtesmyȝte ac y haue þouhtes a þrowethreve · of þese þree pyles yn what wode þey waxen · and where þat þey growyd for alle are þey ylyche longe · noon lasse than oþere and to my mynde as me þynkeþ · on o maneremore þey growyd and of o gretnesse · and grene of greyn þey semen · That ys sooþ quod peris so it may byfalle y schall telle þe as tyt · what þis ...?...tre hatteþtree hatte the ground þere it groweþ goodnesse yt higthe and y haue told þe what higth the tre · þe trynyte it meneþ · And egerlyche he looked on me · and þerfore y spared · to askyn hym eny more þerof · and bad hym fulȝareful fayre to descruye þe fruyt · that so fayre hangeþ · Here now byneþe quod yhe thoo · ȝif y nede hadde matrymoyne y may · neme amoysta moyst fruyt wyþ-alle þan contynence is ner þe crop · as kaylaway bastard þan bereþ þe crop kynde fruyt · and clennest of alle maydenhod aungels pereperes · and raþest woll be rype and swete wyþ-out swellyng · sour worþ it neuere I prayed peris to pulle a-doun · an appull ȝifand he wolde and suffre me to assaye · what sauour yt hadde And peris caste to þe crop · and þan comsyd it to crye and waggyd wydewhod · and yt wepte after and whan it meuyd matrymoyne · it made afoula foul noyse and Þat y had rewþe whan perys rogged · yt gradde ...so rewfully for euere as þey droppyd adoun · þe deuyl was redy and gadred hem alle togydres · boþe grete and smale · adam and abraham · and ysaye the prophete sampson and samuel · and seynt iohan þe baptyst bar hem foorþ boldly · no-body hym lettyde and made of holy men his horde · in limbo inferni þere is derknesse and drede · and þe deuyl mayster And peris for pure tene · þat appullo pile he lauȝte he hitte after hym · happe how it mygthe filius by þe fader wylle · and f...?...renesse of spiritus sancti to go. robbe þat rageman · and reue þe fruyt from hym · and þan spack spiritus sanctus · yn gabryeles mowþe · to amaydyna maydyn þat higth marye · am....ekea m....eke þyng wyþ-alle þat oon ihesus a Iustyses sone · most ioukyn yn her chaumbre tyl plenitudo temporis · fully comyn were that peris fruyt flouryde · and fel to be rype and þanne schuld ihesus iuste þerfore · by iugement of armes wheþer schulde fonge þe fruyt · þe fend or hym-sylue The mayden myldelyche þoo · þe messager grauntyd and seyde myldelychehendelich to hym · loo me his handmayden · forto werchen his wylle · wyþ-owtyn eny synne Ecce ancilla domini fiat michi secundum verbum tuum & cetera& cetera And yn þe wombe of þat wenche · was he fourty wykes tyl he wax a faunt þurgh her flesch · and of fyȝtyng cowde to haue fouhtyn wyþ þe fend · er ful tyme come and peris þe ploughman · parceyued plener tyme and lered hym lechecrafte · his lyf forto saue · þat þowȝ he were wounded wyþ enemyhis enemye · to warsche hym-sylue and dude hym assaye his surgenrye · on hem þat syke were tyl he was parfit practysour · ȝif eny peryl fulle and sougth owt þe syke · and synful boþe and salued syke and synful · boþe blynde and croked and comyn wommen conuerted · and to good turned Non est sanis opus medicus set in & cetera Boþe meseles and mute · and yn þe menysoun blody ofte he heled suche · he held it for no maystrye saue þoo he leched lazar · that hadde leyn yn graue quatriduanus quelt · quyk dude hym walke ac as he made þe maystrye · mestus cepit esse and wepte water wyþ his eiȝen · þere seyen it manye · summe þat þe syȝt seyȝen · seyden that tyme þat he was leche of lyf · and lord of hiȝe heuene iewes ianglyd þeraȝen · and iuged lawes and seydyn he wrouht wyþ wycchecrafte · & wyþ þe deuelys mygth Demonium habes · & cetera · Thanne are ȝe clerkes quod y · and ȝowr children boþe and sathan ȝowr saueour · ȝowr-sylf now ȝe wytnessyn · for y sauydhaue saued ȝow seyþ cryst · and ȝowr sones after Ȝowr bodyes ȝowr bestes · and blynd men holpe and fedde ȝow wyþ two fysches · and wyþ fyue loouys and lefte baskattes ful of broken .....mete · bere awey who-so wolde · and mysseyde þe iewes manlyche · and manased hem to bete and knocked on hem wyþ acordea corde · and kest adoun her stalles that yn cherche chaffareden · or chaungeden any moneye · and seyde it yn sygth of hem alle · so þat alle herden · y schal ouerturne þys temple · and a-doun throwe and yn þre dayes after · edyfye it newe · and makyn it alsoas moche oþer more · yn alle maner poyntes as euere it was and as wyde · wherfore y hote ȝow · of prayers and of parfitnesse · þys place þat ȝe callen · Domus mea domus oracionis vocabitur & cetera · Enuye and euyl wyl · was yn the iewes · þey casten and contreuedyn · to kulle hym whan þey myghte · eche day after oþer · her tyme they awaytede tyl it befell on a fryday · a lytel byfore pasch þe þursday byfore · there he made his mawnde syttyng at þe soper · he seyde these woordes y am solde þurgh oon of ȝow · he schal þe tyme rewe þat euere he his sauyour solde · for syluer or elles Iudas ianglyd þer-aȝen · ac ihesus hym tolde yt was hym-sylf soþly · and seyde tu dicis Thanne went foorþ þat wycked man · and wyþ þe iewes mette and told hem atoknea tokne · how to knowe ihesus and whiche tokene to this day · to muchilmoche is vsyd þat is kyssyng and fayr contynaunce · and vnkynde wylle and so was wyþ iudas tho · þat ihesus bytrayed · aue rabi quod þat rybaud · and rygth to hym he ȝede and kessed hym to be cauȝt þerby · and kyllyd of þe iewes Thanne ihesus to iudas · and to þe iewys seyde falsnesse y fynde · yn thy fayre speche · and gyle in thy glad chere · and galle ys yn þy lauhynge thu schalt be myrrour · to many men to desceyue ac þe wurstewors and þe wyckednesse · schall wurþe vp-on þy-sylue Necesse est vt veniant scandala · ve homini illi per quem scandalum venit · & ceteranil Thowh y by tresoun be take · at ȝowr owen wylle suffreþ myne apostles · in pays and in pees gange vponOn a thursday in thesternesse · thus was he taken thrugh Iudas and iewes · ihesus was his name · that on þe fryday folwynge · formankyndesfor mankyndes sake iusted in ierusalem · a ioyȝe to vs alle on cros vpon caluarye · cryst took þe batayle aȝenst deeþ and þe deuyl · destruyed her boþersHm.16.172:her boþers, "the both of them." myhtes deyed and deeþ fordede · and day of ....nyȝt made And y awakyd þerwyþ · and wypid myn eiȝen · and after peris þe plouhman · pryed and stared estward and westward · y wayted after faste and ȝede foorþ as an ydyot · yn contre to aspye after peris þe ploughman · many a place y sougthe and þanne mette y wyþ amana man · amdylenta mydlent sonynday als hore as an hawþorn · abrahamand Abraham he higthe y frayned hym ferste · fro whennys he come and of whennys he where · and whider þat he þouhte I am feyþ quod þat freke · yt falleþ nougth to lyȝe and of abrahames hous · an heraud of armes y seke after a segge · that y say onys a ful bold bachiler · y knew hym by his blasen · What beriþ þat berne quod y þoo · so blysse þe bytyde Three leodeleodes in oo lyth · noon lenger þan oþer of oo mochele and mygth · in mesure and yn lengþe þat on doiþ alle doiþ · and eche doiþ by his one · The ferste · haþ mygth and mageste · maker of alle þynges · pater is his propre name · oo persone by hym-sylue The secounde of þat syre is · sooþfastnesse filius wardeyn of þat wytt haþ · was euere wyþ-owt gynnyng The þrydde hatte þe holy gost · a persone by hym-sylue · þe lyȝt of al þat lygthlyf haþ · on lond and on watre confortour of creatures · of hym comeþ alle blysse So þree bylongyn for a lord · þat lordschipe cleymeþ mygth and mene · to knowe his owen mygth of hym and of his seruauntysseruaunt · and what þey suffre boþe So god þat gynnynge had neuere · but þoo hym good þouhte sent forþ his sone · as afor seruaunt · that tyme to ocupye hym here · tyl yssue were spronge that is children of charyte · and holy cherche þe moder patryarkes and prophetes · and apostles were þe childryn · and cryst and crystendom · and crysten holy cherche · yn menyng þat man moste · on godo god byleue · and þere hym lyked and louyd · yn þree personys hym schewed · and þat it may be so and soiþ · manhode it scheweþ wedlok and wydewhod · wyþ virgynyte ynempnyd in tokenyng of þe trynyte · was takyn owt of a man · adam our aldre fader · eue was of hym-sylue and þe yssue þat þey hadde · yt was of hem boþe for eyþer is oþers ioyȝe · yn þree sondry personys and yn heuene and here · on synguler name and þus is mankynde and manhed · of matrymoigne y-spronge and bytokneþ þe trynyte · and trewe byleeue · Myȝt is matrymoigne · that multiplyeþ þe erþe and bytokeneþ trewly · telle ȝif y durste · hym þat ferst formede all · þe fader of heuene · The sone ȝif y durst seyȝe · resembleþ wel þe wydewe DeusDeus meus deus meus vt quid dereliquisti me · & ceteranil That ys creator wex creature · to knowe what was boþe · as wydewe wyþ-owt wedlok · was neuere ȝit y-seyȝen · nomore mygth god be man · but ȝif he amodera moderhe moder hadde so wydewe wyþ-owten wedlok · may nouȝt wel stande ne matrymoigne wyþ-owten muliereHm.16.227: The scribe appears to take the word muliere to be Latin here, in view of his use of display script, but at line Hm.16.230, he treats it as English. · is nougth moche to preyse · Maladictus homo qui non reliqui.t semen in israel · & cetera Thus yn þree persones · ys parfitlyche manhod þat is man and his make · and muliere childryn and is nougth but gendre ynof generacyoun · byfore ihesu cryst yn heuene so is þe fader foorþ-wyþ þe sone · and fre wyl of boþe Spiritus procedens a patre & filio · & cetera · whiche is þe holy go...st of alle · and al is but oo god · Thus yn somer y hym seyȝe · as y sat yn my porche y ros vp and reuerencyd hym · and rygth fayre hym grette þree men ynto my sygth · y made wel at ese wesch her feet and wyped hem · and aftyrward þey etynHm.16.238: Hm alone omits the following line, given here in the spelling of L: Calues flesshe & cakebrede and knewe what I thouȝte. ful trewe tokenes · bytwene vs ys · to telle whan me lykeþ Ferst he fonded me · ȝif y loued hymloued bettre orHym or ysaac myn heyr · þe whiche he higth me kulle he wyste my wylle by hym · he woll it meme it allowe y am ful syker yn soule þerof · and my sone boþe y circum..cised my sone · syþþen for his sake · my-sylf and my meyne · and alle þat male were bleddyn blood for þat lordys loue · and hopen to bl.esse þe tyme myn affyaunce and my feyþ · is ferme yn this byleeue for hym-sylf byhigth to me · and to myn yssue boþe lond and lordschipe · and lyf wyþ-owtyn ende to me and to myn yssue · more ȝit he me grawnted mercy for our mysdedys · as many tyme as we askyn · Quam olim abrahe · promisisti & semini eius · & ceteranil And seþþe he sent me to seyȝe · y schulde don sacryfice and don hym wurschip wyþ breed · and wyþ ...wyn boþe and callyd me þe foot of his feyþ · his folk forto saue and deffendyd hem fro þe fend · folk þat on me leenydHm.16.256: We have resolved the word as leenyd, but neither paleography nor context provides secure evidence that would exclude leeuyd. þus haue y ben his heraud · here and yn helle and conforted many acarfula carful · þat after his comyng wayten and þus y seke hym he seyde · for y herd seyn late of a barn þat baptysed hym · Iohan baptyst was his name þat to patryarkes and to prophetes · and to oþer peple yn derknes seyde that he seyȝe here · that schulde saue vs alle Ecce agnus dei qui tollit peccata mundiHm.16.263: F reads ecce qui tollit peccata mundi. & cetera& cetera · I had wonder of his woordes · and of his wyde cloþes for in his bosom he bar a þyng · þat he blessid euere and y looked yn his lappe · a lazar lay þerynne amonges patryarkes and prophetes · pleyenge to-gydres What waytest þuawaytestow quod he · and what woldest þu haue y wolde wyete quod y þoo · what is yn ȝowr lappe Loo quod he and le..et me see · lord mercy y seyde þis ys a present of moche prys · what prynce schal it haue It is a present preciousepreciouse present quod he · ac þe powke it haþ attached and me þerwyþ quod þat man · may no weed vs quyte ne no by....eerne be our borwȝ · ne brynge vs fro his dawnger owt of þe powkes pynfold · no maynprys may vs fecche tyl he come þat y carpe of · cryst is his name · that schal delyuere vs sum-day · out of þe deuels power and bettre we..d for vs legge · þan we ben alle wurþy that is lyf for lyf · or euere to lygge þus stylleligge þus euere · lollynge yn my lappe · tyl suche a lord vs fecche Alas y seyde þat synne · so longe schal lette þe myht of goddes mercy · þat mygth vs alle amende y wepte for his woordys · wyþ þat sawȝ y an nother rapely renne forþ · þe rygth wey he wente · y frayned hym ferst · fro whennys he come and what he higth and whider he wolde · and wyhtly he tolde