The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 17William 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 iijustercius · de do-bet · Hm.17.0: The erased words in the right margin are illegible, even under ultraviolet light, but they were probably guide words.I I am spes quod he aspyea spye · and spere after a knygth þat took me a maundement · vpon þe mountmount of synay to rewle alle rewmys wyþ · y bere þe wryt here ys it asseled y seyde · may men see thyþe lettrys Nay he seyde y seke hym · þat haþ þe seal to kepe and þat is þe croscros and crystendom · and cryst þeronne to honge · and whan it is asseled so · y wot wel þe soþe that lucyferes lordschipe · laste schal no lengere Lat see þy lettres quod y · we mygth þe lawe knowe thanne plucked he forþ a patent · a pece of an hard roche where-on were wryte two woordes · on þys wyse y-glosed Dilige deum & proximum tuum · & cetera This was þe text trewly · y took ful good ȝeme the glose was gloryously wryten · wyþ a gylt penne In hijs duobus mandatis · tota lex pendet & prophecia · & ceteranil Ben here in þese two alle þealle þi lordes lawes quod y · ȝe leeue me wel he seyde and who-so wurcheþ after þys wrytt · y woll vndertakyn schal neuer deuyl hym dere · ne deeþ yn sowle greue for þowh y seye it my-sylf · y haue sauyd wyþ þys charme · of men and of wommen · many score thowsandys Ȝhe seynHe seith sooþ quodseyde þys heraud · y haue founden it ofte loo here yn my lappe · that leeuyd on that charme Iosue and Iudyth · and Iudas machabeus ȝhee and sixty thowsand by-syde forþ · that ben nouht seen here Ȝowr woordes ben wondurfull quod y þo · whiche of ȝow is trewest and lelest to lyueleue soon · for lyf and for sowle · abraham seyþ þat he sey. · ho.oly the trynyte three persones yn parcelles · departable fram oþere · and alle þree but oo god · thus abraham me tauhte and haþ sauyd that byleeuyd so · and sory for her synnys he can nougth sygge the somme and somme arn yn his lappe what neded it þanne · anewea newe lawe to bygynne syþþe þe ferste suffyseþ · to saluacyoun and to blysse and now comeþ spes and spekeþ · þat haþ a-spyed þe lawe and telleþ nougth of þe trynyte · þat took hym his lettres to byleeue and louye · yn oo lord all-myghty · and syþþe rygth as my-sylf · so louye alle peple The gome that goiþ wyþ a staf · he semeþ yn gretter hele · þan he þat goiþ wyþ two stauys · to syȝt of vs alle and rygth so by þe rode · resoun me scheweþ it is lyȝter to lewyd men · oo lessoun to knowe than forto techen hem two · and to hard lerneto lerne þe leste it is full hard for any man · on abraham to byleeuebyleue and wel a-way wurse ȝit · forto loue a scherewe it is lyȝter to byleeue · onleue in þre louely persones than forto louye and lene · as wel loselleslorelles as lele Go þy gate quod y to spes · so me god helpe tho that lernyn þy lawe · wel lytel while vsyn it and as we wentyn thus yn þe way · wordyng to-gydres than say we a samarytan · syttyng on a mule rydynge ful rapely · þe rygth wey þat wewe ȝedyn comynge fro a contre · that men callyncalled ierico to a iustys in ierusalem · and hehe chaced awey faste · id est christus boþe þe heraud and hope · and he mette at onys wher amana man was wounded · and wyþ þeuys takyn he mygth neyþer steppe ne stonde · ne stere foot ne hondys · Ne helpe hym-sylf soþly · for ..semyuyf he semyde and as naked as anedlea nedle · and noon helpe about hym Feyþ had ferst sygth of hym · ac he fley ȝe on syde and nolde nougth neyhen hym · by nyne londes lengþe hope cam hyppyng after · that hadde so bostyd how he wyþ moyses maundement · hadde many men holpe ac whan he had sygth of þat segge · a-syde he gan hym drawe dredfully by þis day · as doke doiþ from þe fawcoun Ac so sone asso as þe samarytan · hadde sygth of þys lede he lygth a-dounn of lyard · and ladde hym yn his hand and to þe wye he wente · his woundys to byholde and parceyued by his powse · he was yn peryl to dye and but ȝif he hadde recouerer þe raþer · þat ryse schulde he neuere wyþ wyn and wyþ oyle · his woundys he weischwasshed Hm.17.70: Hm alone has the strong preterite weisch against wasshed in all other B manuscripts. · enbawmyd hym and bond his heed · and in his lappe hym leyde · and ladde hym so foorþ on lyard · to lex christi a graunge wel sixe myle or seuene · by-syde þe newe markat herberwyd hym at an hostry · and to þe hostyler called and seyde haue kepe þis man · tyl y com fro the iustus and loo here syluer he seyde · for salue to his woundys and he took hym two pans · to lyflode as yt were and seyde what he spendeþ more · y make þe good her-after · for y may nougth lette quod þat leode · and lyard he bestrydeþ and rapid hym to ierusalem-ward · þe rygth wey to ryde Feyþ folwyd after faste · and fonded to mete hym · and spes speciallyspaklich hym · spedde · spede ȝyf he mygthe andTo ouertakeþ hym and talkeþ to hym · er þey to towne keme And whan y say þys y soiornyd nougth · but schoop me to renne and sewyd þat samaritan · þat was so ful of pyte · and grauntyd hym to ben his groom · grauntmercy he seyde and þy frend and þy felaw quod he · þu fyndest me at nede And y þonked hym tho · syþþeand syþþe y hym tolde how þat feyþ fleyh · away · and spes his felawhe boþe for sygth of þe sorwhfull man · þat robbed was wyþ þeuys Haue hem excusyd quod he · her helpe may lytyll auayle may no medycyn on molde · þe man to hele brynge neyþer feiþ ne fynhopefyn hope · so festred beþ his woundys wyþ-owt þe blood of a barn · born of a mayde and be hehe be baþed yn þat blood · baptized as yt were and þanne plastred wyþ penaunce · and passyoun of þat baby · he schuld stonde and steppe · ac stalworþy wurþ he neuere · tyyl he haue etyn al þe barn · and his blood drunkyn · for went neuere wye · yn this world · þurgh þat wyldernesse þat he ne was robbed or ryfled · rode he þere or ȝede · saue feyþ and his felawe · spes and my-sylue and þy-sylf now · and suche as sewyn our werkes For owtlawes yn þe wode · and vndur banke lotyeþ and mown eche man see · and good marke take who is byhynde and who byfore · and who ben on hors for he halt hym hardyer on hors · þan he þat is on fote for he seyhe me þat am samarytan · & sewynsuwen feiþ and his felawe on my capul þat hatteþhighte caro · of mankynde y took yt · he was vnhardy þat harlot · and hydde hym · in inferno · and er þys day þre dayes · y dar vndurtakyn · þat he wurþ fettryd þat feloun · faste wyþ cheynes and neuere eft greue gome · þat goiþ þulkeþis ilke gate And þan schal feyþ be foresterforester here · and yn þys fryþ walke and kennyn owt comoun men · þat knowyn noȝnoȝ[t]nouȝte þe contre whiche is þe weye þat y went · and wherfore to ierusalem and hope þe ostelers man schall be · þere þe man lyþ on helynge and alle þat feble and feynt be · þat feiþ may nougth teche hope schall lede hem foorþ wyþ loue as his lettre telleþ and hostelle hem and hele · þurgh holy cherche byleue tyl y haue salue for alle syke · and þanne schall y turne and come aȝen by þys contre · and conforte alle syke þat craueþ it or coueyteþ it · and cryeþ þer-after for þe barn was born yn bethleem · þat wyþ his blood schal saue · alle þat lyuen yn feiþ · and folweþ his felawes techyng A swete sere seyde y tho · where schall y byleeue · as feyþ and his felawe · enformeden me boþe yn þre personys departable · that perpetuel were euere and alle þre but oo god · þus abraham me taugth and hope aftyrward · he bad me to louye oo god wyþ all my good · and alle myalle g...?...omes afterHm.17.130: Some bits of the scraped text remain, but they are not legible. A partial tilde is legible over <m>, and illegible marks after <r> are just visible. louye hem lyke my-sylfe · ac our lord abouen alle After abraham quod he · þat heraud of armys sette fullyfaste þy feyþ · and ferme byleue · and as hope higth þee · y hote þat thu louye · thyn euyncrystyne · euermore euenfoorþ wyþ þy-sylue and ȝif conscyence carpe þerageyne · or kynde wytte eyþer or heretykes wyþ argumentys · thyn hond thu hem schewe · for god is after an hand · y-here now and know it The fader was first as a f.uste · wyþ o fynger foldyngge Hm.17.140-150: Ten lines have been erased and eleven written in their place by hand3 causing 41 lines on this folio. tyl hym lykedeloued and lust to vnlose his fynger and proferyn it forth as wiþ apawnea pawnepaw[m]ea paume · to what place it schulde · The pawme is purly the hand · and proferyth forth þe fyngres · to mynystre and maketo make that mytht of hand knowe and betokeneth trewely telle ittelle who-so itwho-so lykeþ · The holygost of heuene he is as aþe pawme · the fyngres þat fre been · to foolde and to serue betoknyn sothly the sone · þat sent was to erthe · that touchyd and tastyd at techyng of the pawme · seynte marie a mayde · and mankynde laugthte · Qui conceptus est de spiritu sancto ex maria virgine& ceteranatus & cetera · The fader is ......þanne as a f.....ust · wyþ fynger to touche Quia omnia traham ad me ipsum · & cetera Al that þe pawm parceyueþ · prophitable to fele Thus ar they alle but on · as it an hond were · and þree sondry syghtes · yn oo schewynge the pawm for he putteþ foorþ · fyngrys & þe fuyst boþe · rygth so ful redylyredily · resoun it scheweþ · how he þat is holy goist · syre and sone preueþ and as þe hand halt harde · and alle þyng faste þurgh four fyngrys · & oo þombe · foorþ wyþ þe pawm rygth so þe fader and þe sone · and seynt spyryt þe þrydde halt all þe wyde world · wyþ-ynne hem three boþe þe welkene and þe wynd · water and erþe heuene and helle · and all that is þerynne thus it nedeth no man · trowe noon other þat þre þyngys bylongeþ · yn our lord of heuene · and ar sere....sples by hem-sylf · assondry were þey neuere nomore than myn hond may · me..ue wyþ-owt fyngres and as my fuyst is ful hand · y-holdeyfolde to-gydres so is þe fader a full god · formour and schapper Tu fabricator omnium · & cetera and al þe mygth myd hym · is yn makyng of þynges þe fyngres formen a ful hand · to portrey or peynte · keruyng and compasyng · as craft of the fyngres Rygth so is þe sone · the scyence of þe fader · and ful god as is þe fader · no febler ne no bettre the pawm is purelych þe hand · haþ power by hym-sylue · Hm.17.178-196: Hand 3 has erased sixteen lines, replacing them with eighteen, making 42 lines on this page. oþer-wyse þan the wrythen fust · or werkmanschipe of fyngres . for heþe paume hath power to putte out alle þe ioyntes and to vnfoldevnfolde þe folden fust · at þe fyngres wille · So is þe holigost god · neyther grettere ne lasse þan is þe syre and þe sone · and in þe same myght · and alle are thei but · o · god · as myn hand & my fyngres · vn-foldyn or foldyn my fust and my pawme · al is but on hand euyn in the myddes he may receyue ryght naught · resun it schewith · for þe fyngres þat folde schulde and þe fust make · for peyne of þe pawme · power hem fayleth · to clucche or to clawe · to cluppe or to holde · Were þe myddel of myn hand ymaymed or perisched · y schulde receyue ryght naugth · of þat y reche mygthte · ac þouȝ my thumbe & my fyngres · bothe were to-swolleto-shullen · and þe myddel of myn hand · wiþ-oute maal-ese in many kynne manerys y mygthte my-self helpe boþe mooue and amende · thouȝ alle my fyngres ooke · By this sk...yle me thynkeþ · y see an euydence þat who-so synneþ yn seynt spiryt · assoyled wurþ he neuere neyþer here ne elles-where · as y herde telle Qui peccat in spiritu sancto · & cetera For he prikeþ god as yn þe pawm · þat peccat in spiritum sancto for god the fader is as a fuyst · the sone isis as a fynger þe holygost of heuene is · as it were aþe pawme · so who-so synnyþ in seynt spiryt · semeþit semeþ þat he greueþ god þat he grypeþ wyþ · and wolde his grace quenche · And to a torche or a taper · þe trynyte is lyknyd as wax and weykea weyke · were twyned to-gydres and þanne a fyer flawmynge · foorþ owt of boþe and as wax and weyke · and hote fyer to-gydres fostryn foorþ a flambe · and a fayr leye so doiþ þe syre and þe sone · and also spiritus sanctusHm.17.210: Following this line, WHm omit a line found in most B manuscripts, given here in the spelling of L: Fostren forth amonges folke loue & bileue. þat alkyn crystyne · clenseþ of synnys and as thu seest somtyme · sodeynly a torche þe blase þerof y-blowyn owt · ȝit brenneþ þe weyke wyþ-owtyn leye or lygth · þat þe macche brenneþ so is þe holy goist god · and grace wyþ-owt mercy to alle vnkynde creatures · þat coueyte to destruyȝe lele loue oþer lyf · that our lorde schapte and as glowynge gledys · gladyeþ nougth þyse werkmen þat werchyn and wakyn · yn wyntres nyhtes · as doiþ a kix or a candel · that caugth haþ fuyr and blaseþ nomore doiþ syre ne sone · ne seynt spirit to-gydres graunte no grace · ne forȝyuenesse of synnys · tyl the holygost gynnnyþ to glowe and to blase · so þat the holy gost · gloweþ but as a glede tyl þat lele loue · lyȝe on hym · and blowe · and thanne flaumbeþ · he as fuyr on fader and on filius and melteþ her mygth ynto mercy · as men may seen yn wynter · ysecheles in eueses · thrugh hete of þe sonne · melte in a mynute-while · to myste and to water So grace of þe holy gost · the gret mygth of the trynyte · melteþ to mercy · to mercyable and to otherenon other · and as wax wyþ-owtyn moore · on a warm cglede · wol brenne and blase · ben they togydre and solacen hem þat mowe seen · þat syttyn yn derknesse so woll þe fader forȝyue folke of mylde hertes that reufully repenten · and restitucyoun make yn as moche as þey mowe · amendyn and payen · and ȝif it suffyse nougth for a-seeþHm.17.238: MED, s.v. asseth n.2, defines the word as "penance or atonment through deeds (as distinct from confession and remorse)." · þat yn suche a wyl dyeþ mercy for his mekenesse · woll maken good ...?...þe remenaunt and as the wyke and fyer · wol makyn a warm flaumbe forto merthen men wyth · that yn myrk syttyn so wol cryst of his curtasye · and men crye hym mercy boþe forȝyue and forȝete · and ȝitte bydde for vs to þe fader of heuene · forȝyuenesse to haue · Ac smythew fyer at a flynt four hondryd wynter but thu haue tondertowe to take it wyth · towetondre oþeror broches al þy labour is lost · and all thy long trauayle for may no fier ne flaumbeflaumbe make · and it faylefaille it his kynde SoSo is þe holygost god · and grace wyþ-owt mercy to alle vnkynde creatures · cryst hym-sylf wytnesseþ Amen amenAmen dico vobis · nescio vos · & cetera · Be vnkynde to thyn euencrystyn · and al þat thu canst bydde · delen and do penaunce · day and nygth and othereeuere and purchasen all þe pardoun · of pampiloun and rome and indulgences ynowe · and be ingratus to thy kynde the holy gost hereþ þe nougth · ne helpe may the by resoun for vnkyndenesse quencheþ hym · þat he can nougth schyne ne brenne ne blase cleer · for blowynge of vnkyndenes poul the apostle · preueth · whe...?...yther y lye · Si linguis hominum loquar · & cetera Forþy beþ waar ȝe wyse men that wyþ the world deleþ þat ryche ben and resoun knoweþ · rewleþ wel ȝowr sowleHm.17.262: The final <-e> on sowle is the only appearance of the secretary form on this leaf. A scan of several folios at various points in the manuscript confirms its relative rarity. For comparison, see the same word just two lines down the leaf. · beþ nougth vnkynde y counseyle ȝow · to ȝowr euencristene for many of ȝow ȝe rycheriche men · by my sowle men telleþ ȝe brenne but ȝe blase nougth · þat is a blynd bekene · Non omnis qui dicit domine domine intrabit · & cetera Diues dyed dampned · for his vnkyndenesse of his mete and of his moneye · to men þat it neded · eche arychea ryche y rede · reward at hym take and gyue ȝowr good to þat god · þat grace of aryseþ for þ..ey þat ben vnkynde to h..yse · hope y noon other · but þey dwelle þere diues is · dayes wyþ-owtyn ende thus is vnkyndenesse · þe contrarye þat quencheþ as it were þe grace of þe holygooste goddys owen kynde for þat kynde doiþ vnkynde fordoiþ · as þese cursyd theuys vnkynde crystyn men · for coueytyse and envye · sleeþ amana man for his moebles · wyþ mowþ or wyþ hondys for þat þe holygoost haþ to kepe · þe harlottes destruyeþ the whiche is lyf and loue · þe leye of mannys body for euery goodmanere good man may · belyknydbe lyknyd to a torche · or elles yntoto atapera taper · to reuerence the trynyte and who-so morþereþ a good man · me þynkeþ by myn ynwytt he fordoiþ þe leuest lygth · þat our lord louyeþ Ac ȝet yn many moo maneres · men offendyn þe holy gost ...?...ac þis is þe wurste wyse · that eny wygth mygthe synnyn aȝen seynt spuryt · assentyn to destruye for coueytyse of enykyn þyng · þat cryst dere bougthe þat wykkydlyche and wyldfullychewyl[l]fullychewillefullich · wolde mercy anyentyceanynte Innocence is next god · and nygth and day cryeþit crieth vengeaunce vengeaunce foȝyueforȝiuefo[r]ȝyue be it neuere · þat schent vs and schad our blood · forschapte vs as it were vindica sanguinem iustorum · & cetera Thus vengeaunce · vengeaunce · verrey charyte askeþ and seþþe holycherche · and charite · chargeþ þys soreso sore leeue y neuere that owr lord wyll loue · þat charyte lackeþ ne haue pyte for any prayere · there that he pleyneþ y pose y hadde synnyd so · and schulde nougth dyȝe and now am yam sory þat y dudeI so · seyntþe seint spirit þus a-gylteagulte confesse me and crye his grace · god þat alle made · and myldelyche his mercy axe · mygth y nougth be sauyd  Thus seyde þe samarytan · so wel thu mygth repente þat ryȝtwysnesse þurgh repentaunce · to rewþe mygth turne ac it is but seldom seyn · there soþnesse bereþ wytnesse eny creature þat is cowpable · afore a kynges iustyse · be raunsomed for his repentaunce · þere al resoun hym dampneþ for þatþere þat partye purseweþ · the peple is so huge · þat þe kynge may do no mercy · tyl boþe men accorde and eyþer haue equyte · as holy wrytt telleþ Numquam dimittitur peccatum · & cetera Thus fareþ itit fareth by suche folk · þat falsly all her lyues · euyl lyuen and letten nougth · tyl þe lyflyf hem forsakeþ good hope that helpe schulde · to wanhope turneþ nougth of þe nounpower of god · þat he ne is myhtful · to amende al þat amys is · and his mercy grettere · þan alle our wycked werkes · as holy wryt telleþ Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius · & cetera Ac ar his ryȝtwysnesse to rewþe turne · sum restitucioun bihoueþ his sorowe is satisfaccioun · for hym þat may nougth paye · Thre þynges þer ben · that don a man aman by strengþe forto fleen his owen hous · as holy wrytt scheweþ þat on is a wycked wyf · þat woll nougth be chastised her feere fleenþ from here · for fere of her tonge and ȝif his hous be vnhelyed · and reyne on his bedde he sekeþ and sekeþ · tyl he slepe ·Hm.17.324: The raised point serves to separate two words written too close together. dryȝe and whan smoke and smolder · smyt yn his sygthe yt doiþ hym wurse þan his wyf · or wete to slepe for smoke and smothersmolder · smyt in his eiȝen · tyl he be blereiȝid or blynd · and horce yn þe þrote cougheþ and rouȝtheþcurseth · and bytþat cryst ȝyue hem sorowe þat schuld brynge yn bettre wode · or blowe tyl itit til it brennebrende · these þree þat y telle of · ben thus to vnderstonde the wyf is our wycked flesch · þat wol nougth be chastysed · for kynde cleueþ on hym euere · to contrarye þe sowle and þowȝ it falle it fynt skylles · þeþat freelte it made and þat is lyȝtly forȝyuen · and forȝetyn boþe · to man þat mercy askeþ · and amende þenkeþ The reyn þat reyneþ · there we reste schulde · ben syknesses and sorwes · þat we suffryn ofte · as poule the apostle · to the peple tauȝte · Virtus in infirmitate perficitur · & cetera And þowȝ þat m.en make moche doel yn he.r anger and beþ impacyent in her penaunce · pure resoun knoweþ þat þey han cause to contrarye · by kynde of her syknesse and lyghtly owr lord · atte her lyues ende · haþ mercy on suche men · þat so euel may suffre · Ac þe smoke and the smolder · þat smyt yn our eiȝen · þat is couetyse and vnkyndenesse · þat quencheþ goddys mercy · for vnkyndenesse isis þe contrarye · of alkyn resoun · for þere nys neyþernys syke ne sory · ne noon so moche wrecche · that he mayne may louye and hym lyke · and lene of his herte · good wille and good woord · b...oþe wyschen and wyllen · to alleAlleHm.17.352: F adds & to. maner men mercy · and forȝiuenesse · and louye hem lyk hem-sylf · and his lyf amende · y may no lenger lette quod he · and lyard he prikede and went aweye as wynd · and þerwyþ y awaked ·