The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 2William 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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LatinFrenchGerman18 Nov 2000 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created Passus secundus de visione · Hm.2.0: Though not legible, something, perhaps guide words for the heading, has been scraped and cropped in the right margin. Or perhaps the vellum is merely rough, for no ink shows with ultraviolet light.ȝ Ȝyt y courbede on my knes  and cryede here of grace · and seide mercy madame  for mary loue of heuene that bare that blysfull barn  that boughte vs on the rode kenne me by sum crafte  to knowe the false · loke vpon thi lyfthalflyft half  and loo where he standeth boþe fals and fauel  and here ferys manye y loked on my lefthalfleft half  as the lady me tauȝte · and was ware of a womman  wurthily clothed purfyled wyth pelure  the fynest vpon erthe crowned wyth a crowne of goldecorone  the kyng hath non bettre Fetysly hure fyngres weren Hm.2.11: The Hm scribe, like the scribes of MO, has misplaced the caesura that should have followed fyngres. Frettyd wyth wyregolde wyre and ther-on rede rubyes  all-soas rede as eny glede and a dyamanddiamantz of derrest pris  and duble manere saphires oryentals and ewersewages  envenymes to destruye her robe was full ryche  of rede scarlet Engrenyd · wyth rybaneribanes of rede golde  and of ryche stones here aray me rauaschide  suche rycchesse sawhe y neuere y hadde wondyr thatwhat sche was  and whos wyfe itshe were What ys this womman quod y  so wurthily atyryd that ys meede the mayde quod sche  haþ noyed me full ofte and y-lacked my lemman  that leau.te ys hoten and bylowen hire to lordes  that lawes han to kepe In the popys paleys  sche ys priue as my-selue but sothnesse so wolde nat so  for sche ys a bastard for fals was hure fadur  that hath a fykel tonge and neuer sothe seide  sytthen he come anto erthe and mede ys manerd aftyr hym  ryȝt as kynde asketh Qualis pater talis filius  bona arbor bonum fructum facit · y auȝt ben herrer than sche  y kam of a betre my fadyr the grete god ys  and ground of alle .....grace o god wyth-outen gynnyng  and y his good doughter and haþ ȝouen me mercy  to mary wyth my-selue and what man be mercyfull  and lely me loueþ schall be my lord and y his leef  in the hyȝe heuene and what man taketh mede  myn...?...?... hed dar y legge þat he schall lese for her loue  a lappe of hisof caritatis howe construeth Dauid the kyng  of men that taketh mede and men of this molde  that mantayneth trewthe and howe ȝe schulle saue ȝowsylue  the Sauter bereþ wytnesse Domine quis habitaubit in tabernaculo tuotuo &c · and nowe wurth this mede y-maryed  vntotoal to amaseda maseda mansed scherewe to on fals fykel tong  a feendes byȝete fauel thurgh his falsfaire speche  full thyk hathhath folkþis folke enchaunted and all ys lyers ledynge  that sche ys thus y-wedded to-morowe wurth y-maad  thatþe maydens maryagebruydale and there myȝt thu wytyn if thu wylt  whiche þey ben all þat longen to that lordschipe  the lasse and the more · knowenknow[e]knoweHm.2.48: The error is probably caused by attraction to longen in the preceding line. hem there if thu kanst  and kepe thu thi tonge and lakke hem noȝt but late hem wurthe  tyl leautleaut[e]leaute were herebe Iustyce and haue power to punsche hem  than put forthe thi resoun nowe y bykenne the cryst quod sche  and his dereclene moder and late no conscience combreacombre the  for couetyse of mede thus le..et medeleft me that lady  lyggen and slepeliggyng aslepe andAnd how mede was y-maryed  in metelles me thouȝt ...?...þat al þe riche retenaunce  that regneth wyth falsþe false were boden to the brydale  on bothe two sydes of alle manere of men  the mene and the ryche to marye this maiden  was many man assembled as of knyȝtes and of clerkes  and other comune peple andAs sisours and sumnors  and scherrevesShireues and her clerkys bedelys and baylifis  and procuresbrokoures of chaffare forgoers and vytaylers  and voketys of the arches · y kan nouȝt rekne the route  that ran aboute meede ac symony and Cyuyle  and cisours of contrescourtes · weren most pryuey wyth mede  .of any men me thought ac fauel was the fyrst  that fette her outHm.2.66: An otiose mark appears above the <o>. of boure and as a .brocour brought here  to be towith fals Iunydenioigned Whan symony and Cyuyle  syȝen her bothe wylle thei assentide for syluer  to seye as bothe wolde than lepe lyȝere foorth  and seide lo here a charter that gyle wyth his grete othes  ȝaf hem to-gydre and prayed Cyuyle to see  and symony to rede it than Symony and Cyuyle  stonden forthe bothe and vnfoldedenvnfoldeth that Feffement  thatþe fals haddehath maked · and thus bygynnen thes gomes  to gedren full hye Sciant presentes & futuri · & cetera · Wyteþ and wytnesseth  that wonyeth onvpon this erthe that mede ys maryed  more for here goodes than for eny vertue of fayrnesse  foror any fre kynde falsnesse ys fayn of here  for he wote her ryche and fauel wyth his fykyl speche  Feffeth by this chartur to be princes in pryde  and pouerte to despyse to bagbytenbakbite and to bosten  and toand bere fals wytnesse to scorne and to scolde  and sclaundyr to make vnbuxum and bolde  to breke the ten hestes and the erldam of envye  and wratthe to-gyders wyth the chastelet of cheste  and chatryng out of resoun · the comytecounte of couetyse  and alle costesþe costes aboute that yy[s] is vsure and auaryce  alle y hem grauntedgraunte in bargaynebargaines and brocagebrokages  wyth all the burgh of thefte and all the lordschipe of lecchery  in lenghþe and in brede InAs in werkes and in wordes  and in waytyngwaitynges ofwith yȝen inAnd in wedes and in wyschynges  and inwith ydell thouȝtys there as wyl wolde  and werkmanschipe fayleth glotany he ȝaf hem eke  at dyuerse tauernesHm.2.95: Hm, probably due to eye skip from and in the b-verse of KD.2.93 to at in the b-verse of KD.2.94, uniquely runs these two lines together, thus omitting the b-verse of KD.2.93 and the a-verse of KD.2.94, which read: and grete othes togydere | And alday to drynke. and ther to iangle and iape  and Iuge her ...emcristeneHm.2.96: Initial <e> and <m> are written over an erasure of three characters, possibly reflecting original eue(ne), the reading of all other B witnesses. and onin fastynge-dayes to frete  er ful tyme were and than to sytten and soupen  tyl slepe hem assaile · and breden aas burgh swyn  and bedden hem esely tyl slewthe and slepe  slyken her sydes and than wanhope to awake hem so  wyth no wyl to amende for theihe leuen to be loste  this ys her laste ende and thei to haue and to holde  and her eyres after a dwellyng wyth the deuel  and dampned be for euere wyth alle the purtynaunce of purgatory  in-to the pytpyne of helle ȝeldyng thisfor þis thyng  at oo ȝeres ende · her soules to sathanassathanHm.2.107: HmH have the A form sathanas against sathan in all other B manuscripts.  to suffre wyth hym peynes and wyth hym to wonye wyth wo  while god ys in heuene in wytnesse of whiche thyng  wrong was the furste and pers the pardener  of paulyns doctrine bette the bedule  of bokyngham-schire Reynald the Reue  of rutlond sokene MmundeHm.2.113: A lower case <m> appears to have been written over initial <M>, though the priority of forms is difficult to determine. the mellere  and many mo othere inIn þe date of the deuel  this dede ys aseled by syȝt of syre Symony  and Cyuylecyuyles leue thanne tened hym theology  whan he this tale herde and seide to Cyuyle  Sorowenow sorwe moste thu haueHm.2.117: The following line, here in the spelling of L, is omitted in Hm: Such weddynges to worche to wratthe with treuthe. and er this weddyng be wrouȝt  woo the be-tyde For mede ys ais Mulier  of amendys .engendred and god graunteþ to gyve  mede to trewthe and thu haste ȝouen her to agyloura gylour  nowe god ȝyue the sorowe þy tyxt telleth meþe nouȝt. so · trewthe wote the Sothe for dignus est operarius  his hire to haue and thu hast fastnedfest her to fals  fy on thi lawe for all by lesynges thu leuest  and lecherouse werkes Symony and thi-self  schend..en holy cherche the notaryes and ȝee  anoyȝethnoyeth the peple · ȝe schull a-biggen it bothe  by god that me made Well ȝe wyten wernardys  but yf ȝour wytt faile that fals ys feythles  and fykell ofin werkeshis werkesher werkes and was a bastard y-bore  of belsabub hisbelsabubbes kenne and medeMede is mulier  a mayden of goode scheAnd myȝt kusse the kyng for cosyn  yf thatan sche wolde forþy wurcheth by wysdam  and by wyt al-so and ledyth her to londoun  there it is y-schewed if eny lawe wole loke  that theiþei lygge to-gyders and thouȝ iustices iugen. here · beto be ......eiuyned to fals ȝit be war of weddyng  for wytty ys treuþe and conscience ys of his conseyl  and knoweth ȝowe echone and if he fynde ȝowe in defaute  and wyth falsþe fals holde it schall by-sytte ȝour soulys  full soure at the laste · here-to assenteþ Cyuyle  and symony ne wolde ...?...tyl he hadde siluer for his seruyse  and all-so the notaryes than fette fauell forth  floreynes y-nowe and bad gyle go gyve  golde all a-boute and namly to the notaryes  that theihem nouȝtnone fayle and fastnefeffe fals wytnes  wyth floreynes y-nowe for thei may mede maystrenamaistrye  and maken at hermy wylle tho this gold was gyue  grete wyth was thatwas þe thonkyng to fals and fauellto fauel  for her fayr gyftes and comen to comforte  fram care the fals · and seiden certys sere  cessen schull we neuere tyl mede be thi wedded wyfe  . thorowh wyttes of vs alle for we han mede y-maystryed  wyth our mery speche that sche graunteþ to gon  wyth gooda gode wylle to londoun to .loken  if the lawe wolde iuge ȝowe iuyntly  in ioyȝe for euere than was falsfalsenesse fayn  and fauel all-soas blyueblithe and lete sumneHm.2.159: Sumne, "summon." alle segges  in schires aboute and bad hem alle be boun  beggers and ellisothere to wende wyth hem to westmester  to wytnesse this dede and than cared thei for caples  to caryen hem thider and fauel fett forth than  foles y-nowe and sette mede vpon a scherrefe  schod all newe and fals sate on a Cysour  that softyly trottede and fauel on a flaterere  fetysly atyred tho hadden notaryes none  a-noyȝed thei were · for symony and Cyuyle  schulden on her feet gon · and than swore symony  ...?...?...and cyuyle bothe that sumnors schulde be sadelyd  and seruen hem echone and lete apparayle thes prouysours  in palfreys wyse syre symony hym-sylf  schall sytten vpon her bakkes denes and subdenes  drawe ȝeȝow to-gyderes erchedeknes and officials  and alle ȝour regestres and lateLat sadele hem wyth syluer  our synne to suffre as voutryeauoutrie and vorsersdeuoses  and derne vsure to bere buschopys aboute  a-brode in vysitacyounsvisytynge paulynes pryncespryues for playntys in consistorie schullen serue my-sylf  that Cyuyle ys nempned and cartsadele the comyssare  our cart schall he lede and fecchen vs vytaylys  at fornicatoursfornicatores and makeþ of lyere a long cart  to leden all thes othere as freres and faitours  that on her feet rennys and thus fals and fauel  fareth forþ to-gyders and mede in the myddes  and all these men aftyr I haue no tome to telle  the tayle that hem folowythHm.2.186: Cr1WHmG omit a line found in the other B manuscripts, given here in the reading of L: Of many maner man þat on þis molde libbeth. This could have been caused by eye skip from the last three letters of KD.2.186 to KD.2.187: eth. ac gyle was forgoer  and gylydgyed hem alle soþnesse s..aw hym wel  and seide but a lytyl and pryked his palfray  and passed hem alle and come to the kynges court  and conscyence it tolde and conscience to the kyng  carpede it after nowe by cryst quod the kyng  and y kacche myȝte fals oþeror fauel  or eny of his ferys · y wolde be wroken onof tho wrecchis  that werken so ille and done hem hange by the hals  and alle that hem maynteyneth schall neuer man vpononof molde  manpryse the leste · but ryȝt as the lawe wole loke  late falle on hem alle and comaundede a constable  that kam at the firste to tacheattache tho tyrauntys  for eny thyng y hote and frettethfetterethfetter fast falsfalsenesse  for eny kyn ȝiftes and girde of gylys hede  and leteth hym go no ferther and if ȝe klacchen lyere  leteth hym not askapen er he be put on the pylory  for eny prayer y hote and bryngeþ mede to me  maugre hem alle drede at the dore stod  and the dome herde howe the kyng comaunded  constables and sergeantes falsFalsenesse and his felaschipe  to fetren and byndeto bynden Thanne drede wente wyghtly · and warnede falsþe falsHm.2.208: A modern hand has added "Fragment begins here," indicating where Hm2 starts. The same hand also marked this leaf as "9th" in accord with his note on 96r in Hm2, which directs the reader to the corresponding text here on Hm's 9th leaf. Hand2 begins here and continues throughout the text of Hm. See Thorlac Turville-Petre, "Putting it Right: The Corrections of Huntington Library MS Hm 128 and BL Additional MS 35287," The Yearbook of Langland Studies 16 (2002): 43-51. And bad hym fle for fere · and his felawes alle FalsFalsenesse for ferefere þanneHm.2.210: Note that þanne appears as an addition above the line in M. · fley. to the freres and gyle dooþ hym fortoto go  agaste forto deye ac marchauntes metten wyth hym  and maden hym abyde And byschetten hym in here schoppes · to schewen here ware Apparayleden hym as apprentys · the peple to serue Full lyghtlyLiȝtlic lyere tho · lepelepe awey thanne Lurkynge thorough lanes · luggedto-lugged of manye he was nawhare welcome · for his manye tales Oueral y-hunted · ...& yhote trusse Tyl pardeners hadden pyte · and pulled hym to house They wuschen hym and wypten hym · and wounden hym in clothescloutys And senten hym wyth seles · on sonendayes to cherche And ȝaf. pardoun for pans · pounde-mele aboute Thanne loureden leches · and lettres they sente That he schulde wonye wyth hem · watres to loke Spycers spooken wyth hym · to aspyen here ware For he coude ..onof here crafte · and knewe manye gommes · Ac menstrals and messageres metten wyth hym ones And helden hym an halfe ȝere and enleuene dayes Freres wyth here fayrefaire speche · fecchedfetten hym thennes and for knowynge of comers · copeden hym as a frere · Ac he hath leue to lepen oute · as ofte as hym lyketh · And is welcome whanne he woll · and woneth wyth hymhem ofte · Alle fledden for fere · and flowen into hernes Saue mede the mayden · nomo dursten abyde Ac trewly to telle · sche trembled for drede AndAnd ek wepte and wronge · whan sche was attached