The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 5William 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 quintus de visione · t The kynge and his knyȝtes · to the cherchekirke wente to here matyns of the day · and the masse after thanne wakyd y of my wynkyng & wo was wyþ-alle that y ne hadde slepte saddere · and y-seye moreHm.5.4-17: The original scribe scraped the text from the beginning of line four through the end of the leaf and recopied the passage over this erasure. A whole line must have been deleted, almost certainly on the basis of eye-skip prompted by six lines within the passage beginning with and. The page accordingly has forty-one lines in place of the usual forty. ac er y hadde faren a furlong · feyntyse me hente that y ne mygth ferþere a fote · for deffaute of slepyng and yAnd sat softly a-doun · and seyde my byleeue and so y babled on my bedys · þey brouhten me aslepe And þanne sawȝ y moche more · than y bifore tolde for y sawȝ aþe feld ful of folk · þat y before of seyde and how resoun gan araye hym · all þe rewme to preche and wyþ a cros byfore þe kyng · comsed þus to teche He preuyd that þise pestylences · weren for pure synne and þe sowþwesterne wynd · on saturday at euyn · was pertlyche for pure pryde · and for no poynt elles · pyryes and plumtrees · weren puffed to þe erþe yn ensaumple þat ȝe seggesȝe segges ȝe · schuldyn do the betre · beechis and brode okes · were blowe to the grounde turned vpwarde here tayles · in tokenynge of drodedr[e]dedrede that dedly synne or domesday · schall fordone hem alle OnOf this matere y mygth · mamelen full longe ac y schall seye as y sawe so me god helpe howe pertly afore the peple · resoun bygan to preche · He badde wastour go wurche · what he beste co...wde and wynnyn his wastynge · wyth sum manere crafte and prayde pernele · here purfyl to lete · and kepe it in here coffre · for catel at here nede Tomme stowe he taught · to take two staues · and fecche Felyce home · fram the wyuen pyne he warned watte · his wyfe was to blame forÞat here heed was wurth halfe marke · and his ...?...hood nat agrotea grote and badde bette to cuttekut · a bowh other tweyne and betyn betoun therwyth · but sche wolde wurche And thanne he charge.hd chapmen · to chastyse here children late no wynnynge hem forwanye · while they ben ȝonge ne for no pouste of pestylence · plese hem nougth oute of resoun my syre seyde so to me and so dede my dame that the leeuyr chylde the more lore behoueth · and salamon seyde the same · that sapyence made Qui parcit virge · odit filium · & cetera · The englysch of this latynlatyn is · who-so woll yt knowe who-so spareth the sprynge · spylleth his chyldechildren And syþþen he prayed prelates · and preestes to-gydre that ȝe preche to the peple · preue yt on ȝowe-sylue and doth it in dede · yt schall drawe ȝowe to goode yf ȝe lyuen as ȝe leren vs · we schull leeue ȝowe the bettre and sytthe he radde relygyoun · here reule to holde leste the kynge and his conseyl · ȝoure comunes appeyre and be stywarde of ȝoure stedes · tyl ȝe be rewled bettre And syþþen he counseyled the kynge · his comunes to louye yt is thy tresoure ȝif resountresoun ne were · and tryacle at thyn nede And sytthen he prayde the pope · haue pyte on holy cherche and ere he ȝyue any grace · gouernegouerne firste hym-sylue And ȝe that haue lawes to kepe · late trewthe be ȝoure couetyse more than golde or othyr ȝiftes · ȝif ȝe wyle god plese for who-so contraryeth trewthe · he telleth in the gospel · that hegod knoweth hym nougth · ne no seynte of heuene · Amen amenAmen dico vobis nescio vos · & cetera ·vos And ȝe that seeken seynte Iame and seyntes atteof Rome · seeketh seynte trewthe · for he may saue ȝowe alle Qui cum patre & filio · that fayre hem befalle ¶ Tthat sueth my sarmoun · and thus seyde resoun · .Thanne ran repentaunce · and reherced his teme and madegert wyll to wepe · water wyth his yȝen · Superbia · Pernele proude-herte · platte here to the erthe and laye longe or sche loked · and lorde mercy cryede and behiȝte to hym · that vs alle made · sche schulde vnsowyn here scherteserke · and sette there an hayre · to affayten here Flesch · that feers was to synne schall neuere hyȝe herte me hente · but holde me lowe and suffre to be myssayde · and so dede y neuere but nowe woll y meke me · and mercy beseche for all this y haue · hated yn myn herteLur(?)xuria Thanne seyde lechourelecchoure seyde alas  and on oure lady cryede · to make mercy for his mysdedes · bytwene god and his soule . wyth that he schulde the saturday · seuene ȝere there-aftyr drynke but wyth the doke · and dyne but onys .Inuidia Envye · wyth heuy herte · asked after schryfte · and carefully · mea culpa · Hm.5.79: The Latin mea culpa here is clearly in display text, given the clubbed minims on the <m>, but the scribe has also written such an <m> in the English word comsed which follows. he comsed to schewe he was alsoas pale as a poletpeletHm.5.80: Hm alone reads polet, "pullet," against the pelet, "pellet, cannon ball" of most B manuscripts. · in the palsye he semyd · and clothed yn a caurymawry · y couthe yt nougth descreue · yn kertel and curtepy · and a knyfe by his syde · of a freres frokke · were the fore-sleues · and as a leeke that hadde leyeyleye · longe yn the sonne so loked he wyth lene chekes · lowrynge fowle · his belybody was alto bolneal tobolneto-bolle(n) · for wratthe heþat he bote his lyppes and wryngynge he ȝede wyth the fuste · to wreke hymhym-self he thougthe wyth werkes andor wyth woordes · whan he sawhe his tyme EchaEch a woorde that he warpe was of an addreaddres tunge of chydynge and of ianglyngechalangynge · was his cheefe lyflode wyth bagbytynge and bysemere · and berynge of fals wytnesse this was all his curtasye · where-sowhere þat euere he schewed hym · y wollwolde be schryuen quod thatþis schrewe · and y for schame durste y wolde be gladdere by god · that gybbe hadde meschaunce ¶ Tthan þowh y hadde this wyke wonne · .a wayye of Esex chese y haue a neyȝbur nye me · y haue noyȝedennuyed hym ofte and lowen on hym to lordes · to makedon hym lese syluerhis siluer · and made his frendefrendes be his foofoon · thorowe my fals tonge · his grace and his good happes · greuen me fulsoreful sore Bytwene man and manmany and many · y make debate ofte that bothe lyfe and lyeme · ys loste byþorw my speche and whan y mete hym in markate · that y moste hate y halsehailse hym hendely · as y his frende were for he is douhtyer than y · y dare done none othur ac hadde y maystrye and mygth · god wote my wylle And whan y come toto þe cherchekirke · and schulde knele to the rode and praye for the peple · as the preeste techeth for pylgrymes and palmers · and forfor alle pepleþe poeple after thanne y crye on my knees · that cryste ȝyue hem sorowe that bare aweye my bolle · and my brokyn schete Aweye fram the auter thanne · turne y my faceeyghen and byholde howe .eleyne hath a newe cote y wuschedwisshe thanne yt were myn · and all the we...?...b after and of mennys lo.slesynge y laughe · that lyketh myn herte and for here wynnynge y wepe · and wayle þe tyme and deme that they done ylle · there y do wel wurse who-so vndyrnymeth me hereof · y hate dedelyhym dedly aftyr · y wolde that echaech a wygth · were my knaue · for who-so haþ more than y · that angreth me sore and thus y lyue loueles · lyke a lythur dogge · that al my body bolneth · for bytter of my galle y mygth nougth etyn many ȝeeres · as a man augthe for envye and euyl wyl · ys euyl to deffye may no sugor none swete thinge abateasswage my swellynge ne no dyapenydyon · dryue yt from myn herte neNe noyther schryfte ne schame · but who-so schrape my mawe ȝus redyly quod repentaunce · and radde mehym to the beste sorowe forof synnes ys saluacyoun · of soules y am sory quod theþat segge · y am but selde other and þat maketh me thus megre þatfor y ne may me avengevenge amonge burgeys y hauehaue I ben · dwellynge atte londoun and dudegert bakbytynge byHm.5.132: By, "be." a brocour · to blame mennys ware whan he solde and y nougth · thanne was y redy · to lye and lowreto loure on my neybour · and to lakke his chaffare y woll amende þis ȝif y may · þorowh mygth of god almyghty · Ira Nowe awaketh wratthe · wyth two whyte yȝen · and snevelynge wyth the nose · wythand his nekke hangynge · y am Wratth quod he · y was sumtyme afrerea frere and the couentes gardynere · forto graffyn ympes · on lymytours and onand lystres · lesynges y ympyd · tyl þey beeryn leues of lowe speche lordes to plese · and syþþen they blosmyd abrode · in boure to here schryftes · and nowe is fall þerof a fruyte · that folke haue wel leuere schewen here schryfteschriftes to hem · thattha[n]þan schryuen hem to here parsouns · And nowe parsouns haue parseyued · that freres partyn wyth hem these po...ssessourspossessioneres preche · and dysprauedepraue freres · and Freres fynde hem in deffaute · as folke bere wytnesse that whan they preche the peple · yn many places aboute y wratthe walke wyþ hem · and wysse hem onof my bokes · thus þey spekyn of my spyrtualte · that eythur despyseth oþer · tyl they ben boþe beggers · and byby my spyrtualte lyuen or elles alle ryche · and rydyn aboute y wratthe reste neuere · that y ne muste folowe these wykked folke · for suche is my grace I haue an Aunte to Nonne · and an abbesse bothe · here were leuere · swowe or swelte · þan suffre eny peyne y haue ben kooke in here kechene · and þe couente seruede many month..es · wyth hem · and wyþ monkes bothe y was þe pryoresses · potager · and othur poore ladyes · and mademade hem iowtes of ianglynge · that dame Iohane was bastarda bastard · and dame claryce a knyhtes douhter · a cokewald was her syre · Hm.5.161: After this line, all other B manuscripts contain the following line, here given in the spelling of L: And dame Peronelle a prestes file Priouresse worth she neuere. The error, obviously caused by an eyeskip, changes the subject of Hm.5.162 by giving dame Claryce the child that belongs to dame Pernele in the Bx archetype. for sche hadde childe in chyrye-tyme · all oure chaptre yt wyste of wykked woordes inI wraþþe · y herehere wurtys made tyl thu lixte and thu lixte · lopen oute atte ones · and eyþer redyly hyttehitte oþer · vndyr the cheke hadde þey hade knyues by cryste · eyþer hadde kylled oþer Seynte Gregory was a good popeHm.5.167: A latter hand has partially erased the word pope. · and hadde a good forwyt that no prioresse were preeste · for that he ordeynede Hm.5.169-170: Hm has expanded into two lines what exists as one long line in most other B manuscripts. Kane and Donaldson's 5.168 is a reconstruction of Bx, but most B manuscripts read Þei had þanne ben infamis þe firste day þei can so yuel hele conseille, here given in L's spelling. Hm uniquely adds whan they been agreved as the b-verse to the newly created Hm.5.170. they haddyn thanne ben ..infamesinfamis · the ferste daye they can so euyl helyehe[yl]ehele conseyl · whan they ben agreued · Amonge monkes y mygth be · ac many tymes y schonye for thenr ben many felle frekes · myne feres to aspye · boþe pryoure and suppryour · and oure pater abbas · and ȝif y telle any tales · they taken hem to-gydres · and done me faste Frydayes · to brede and waterto water · and chalengedam chalanged in the chaptre-hous am y · as yt were a childeas I a childe were and balaysed on the bare ers · and no breeche bytwene · for-thy haue y no lykynge · wyth tho ledes to wonye y ete there vnhende fysch · and feble ale drynke ac otherwyle whan wyne · cometh · and y at eue yt drynkeI drynke wyn at eue y haue a flix of a foule mouthe · fyuewel fyue dayes after al the wykkydnesse that y wote · by eny of oure breþern y couthe yt in oure cloyster · that alle the couente yt wotewote it Nowe repente the quod repentaunce · and reherce thu neuere conseyl that thu knoweste · by contynaunce ne rygthbi riȝte · and drynke nougth ouer-delycatly · ne to depe neythur · thatÞat þi wyll be cause ther-of · to wratthe mygth turne Esto sobrius he seyde · and assoyled me after · and bad me wylne to wepe · my wykkydnesse to amendeCupido · And thanne came couetyse · can y nougth ...hymhym nouȝte ....discryue so hugelyhungriliche and holowhe · syre heruy hym looked · he was bytturbrowedbitelbrowed · and baburlyppyd also · wyth two blered eyȝed yȝen · as a blynde hagge and as a letherne purs · lookedlolled his cheekes · wel syddere than his chyn · they chyueled for elde and as a bonde-man of his bacoun · his berde was bawdybidraueled wyth an hoode on his heed · a lousy hatte aboue and yn a tannetauny tabarde · of twelue wynter age and allAl to-torne and bawdy · and full of lees · crepynge bute thatif þat a lous couthe · haue lopyn the bettre sche schulde nougth haue walked thereon þat welche · so was yt thred-bare y haue be couetous quod this cayteefe y am a-knowebiknowe it here for sumtyme y seruede · symme atte style and was apprentyshis prentis y-plygth · his profyte to wayte Furste y lernyd to lye · a lefe other tweye wykkydly to weye · was my furste lessoun · to wyy and to wynchestre · y wente to the f....eyre wyth manye manere of marchaundysemarchandise · as my mayster me hygth ne hadde the grace of gyle y-goe amonge my chaffare yt hadde ben vnsolde · seueneþis seuene ȝere here-afterso me god helpe Thanne drowhe y me amonge drapers · my donet to lerne to drawe the lyser alonge · the lengre ytte semyde amonge the ryche rayes · y rendred mya lessoun to broche hem wyth a paknedele · and plyteplaited hem to-gydres · and putte hem in a presse · and pynnyde hem therynne tyl ten ȝerdes otheror twelue · hadden toldetolled oute thryttene My wyfe was a webbe · and wullyn cloth made · sche spake to spynsters · to spynnyn hit oute ac the pounde that sche payde by · weyed a quartounquat[r]ounquarteroun more than myn owne aunser · who-so weyed trewthe y brougthbouȝte her barly malt · sche brewe yt to selle peny-ale and puddynge-ale · sche pouryd to-gydres · for laborers and for lowe folke · that laye by hym-syluyn · the beste ale lay yn my boure · or in my bedde-chambre and who-so bummyd thereof · paydebouȝte ther-afterit þer-after a galoun for a grote · god ytgod wote no lasse and ȝit yt came yn cuppe-mele · this crafte my wyfe vsed · Rose the regratour · was here rygth name sche hath holdyn hukstryhokkerye · all here lyfe-tyme ac y swere nowe so theeke that synne wol y lete · and neuere wykkydly weye · ne wykkyd chaffare vse but wende to walsyngham · and my wyfe als · and bydde the rode of bromholme · brynge me out of dette Repen.tedestRepentestow the euere quod repentaunce · or restytucyoun madest ȝus ones y was herberwed quod he · a-mongewith an heep of chapmen · and yI arosroos whan they were yn restearest · and ryflyd here males · That was none restytucyoun quod repentaunce · but robbersa robberes thefte · thu haddehaddest ben bettre wurthy · ben hangyd therfore than for al that thu haste · herefoorth nowehere schewyd · I wende ryflynge were restytucyoun · forquod he for y lernyd neuere on book · and y can no frensch yn feyþ · but of the ferthestferthest ende of northfolke vsedest thu euere any vsurevsurie quod repentaunce yn all thy lyfe-tyme nay soothly he seyde · saue yn my ȝowthe y lernyd amonge lumbardes · and iewes a lessoun to weye pans wyth a peys · and pare the heuyeste and lene yt for loue of the croys · to leye weda wedde and lese yt suche de....ttysdedes y dede wryte · ȝif he ishis day breke y haue more moneyemaneres ofþorw areragesrerages · than byþorw miseretur & comodat · I haue lente lordes and ladyes · my chaffare and ben her brocour aftyr · and b.....ought it my-sylfe eschaunges and chyuysaunces · wyth suche chaffare y dele and lene folke that lese woll · a lyppe at euery noble and wyth lumbardes lettres · y haddeladde golde to rome and toke yt by tayle here · and tolde hem there lasse lentyste thu euere to lordeslordes · for loue of here mayntenaunce ȝhe y haue lente lordes · that louedynloued me neuere aftyr and haue maad many a knygth · bothe mercer and draper · that payde neuere for his prentyshode · anouȝte a peyre of glouysgloues haste thu pyte on poore men · that motyn nedys borwe y haue as muche pyte on poor men · as pedderepedlere hath of kattes that woold culle hem · ȝif he hem cacchecacche hem mygtheHm.5.261-262: Hm uniquely divides the line after mygthe, thus creating a new line, adding as his praye asketh as the b-verse. For the newly created a-verse of 262, the scribe has replaced the Bx archetype's skynnes with the alliterating cotes. The one line in Kane and Donaldson reads as follows: That wolde kille hem if he cache hem myȝte for coueitise of hir skynnes. for couetyse of here cotes · as his praye asketh · Arte thu manlyche amonge þy neyȝboururs · of þy mete and drynke y am holde alsoas hende quod hequod he as hende · as hounde is yn kechyne amonge my neyȝbours namly · suche anamea name y haue Nowe god lene þe neuere quod repentaunce · but thu repente þe the ratherrather · graceÞe grace on this grounde · thy good wyl to bysette · ne þyne eyres after · the · haue ioye of þat þu wynnyste ne þyne executours · wel bysette · þe moneyesiluer that thu hem leueste and þat was wonne quodwith wronge wyþ wykkyd men be despendyd for were y frere of that hous · þere good feyþ and chearyte is y nolde cope vs wyth thy catel · ne oure kyrke amende ne haue a peny to my pytaunce · so god my sowle helpehele for þe beste booke yn oure hous · þouȝ of brendebrent golde were þe .....leues · and y wyste wytturly þow were · suche as thu telleste Seruus es alterius · cum fercula pinguia · queris Pane tuo pocius · vescere liber eris · & ceteranil Thu art an vnkynde creature · y can þe nougth assoyle til þu make restitucioun · and rykene wyþ hem alle and syþe þat resoun rollydrolle it · in þe regystre of heuene þat þu hast maad eche amana manman good · y may þe nougth assoyle Non dimittitur peccatum · donec restituatur .ablatum · & cetera For alle þo þatþat han of þy good · haue god my trowþe ben holdyn at þe hyȝe doom · to helpe to þyþe to restituciounrestitue and he þatwho-so leeueþ nat þat þys be soiþnouȝte þis be soth · loke yn þe sawter glose In miserere mei deus · wheþerwhere y mene trewþe Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti · & cetera Schall neuer werkman yn þys world · þryue wyþ þat þu wynnest Cum sancto sanctus eris · construe me that ynon englisch Thanne wax þat schrewe yn wanhope · & wolde haue hangyd hym-sylue ne hadde repentaunce raþerþe rather · confortedreconforted hym yn þys manere haue mercy yn þy mynde · and wyþ þy mowþ bisechebiseche it for goddys mercy is more · þan alle his oþer werkes and alle þe wykkednesse in þis world · þat man maymyȝte werk or þenke nys nomore to þe mercy of god · þan in þe se a glede Omnis iniquitas quantum ad misericordiam dei est · quasi sintilla in medio maris · Forþy haue mercy in þy mynde · and marchaundyse leueleue it for þu hast no good ground · to gete þe wyþ a wastel · but ȝif it were wyþ þy tonge · or elles wyþ þy two handys for þe good þat þu hast getyn · bygan all wyþ falshede and as longe as thu lyuest þerwyþ · þu ȝeldest nought but borwest and ȝif thu wete neuere to whiche · ne to whomwhom to restytewe · bere yt to the buschop · and bydde hym of his grace ...þat he bysetteBisette yt hym-sylfe · as beste beis for þeþi sowle for he schal answere for þe · atte the hye dome for þe and for many moo .(?) þat man schal ȝyue a ryknynge what he lernyd ȝowe yn le...nte · lyeue ȝe none oþer and what he lente ȝowe of oure lordes good · to lette ȝowe fro synne Nowe bygynneþ glotonyeglotoun · forto goo to chercheschrifteGula · and caryes hym to kyrwardkyr[ke]wardkirke-ward · his culpe to schewe ac betoun þe brewstere · badde hym good morowe and axed of hym wyth that · whiderward he wolde To holy cherche quod he · forto here masse · and suþþyn y woll byHm.5.314:By, "be." schryue · and synne nomore I haue good ale gossyb quod sche · glotoun wolte thu assaye haste thu augth yn thy purs · any hote spyces y haue p..epur and pyonyes · andquod (s)he and a pounde of garleek a ferþynge wurþ of fenel-seed · for fastynge-dayes Thanne geth glotoun yn · and grete othes aftur cysse the sowtersouteresse · sate on the benche watte the warner · and his wyfe bothe symme the tynkere · and tweyne of his prentys hykke the hakeny-man · and howe the nedlere clarys of cokkeslane · and the clerke of the cherche dawe þe dykere · and a dozeyn othre · syre peers of prydye · and pernele of Flaundres · a rybybour a ratoner · a rakyere of chepe a ropere a redynge-kynge · and rose the dyschere godfrey of garleekhythe · and gryffyn the walsche and vpholdestersvpholderes an hepe · erly by the morowe geuyn glotoun wyth glad chere · good ale to hancell clemente the cobelere · caste of his cloke and atte the newe feyre · he nepnydne[m]pnednempned yt to sylle hykke the hakeneyman · hytte his hood aftur and badde bette þe bocher · ben on his syde there were chapmen y-chose · þis chaffare to preyse who-so hadde the hood · schulde haue amendes of the cloke Two rysen vp yn rape · and rownyd to-gydres · and preysedyn these penywurþes · a-parte by hym-syluehem-selue they cowde nougth by her conscyence · accordyn yn trewthe tyl robyn the ropere · arose by þe southe and nemphymnemp hymnempned hym for a nounpere · that no debate were · Hykke the hostler · hadde the cloke · yn couenante that clemente · schulde the cuppe fulle · and haue hykkes hood the ostlere · and holde hym seruyd and who-so repenterepented ratheste · schulde rysearise after and grete glotounsire glotoun · wyth a galoun of aleale · there was lawhynge and lowrynge · and late go the cuppe · and setyn so stylle tyltil euesonge · and songyn vmwhile · and blewhe his rounde ruet · atte his reggebonys ende · Hm.5.350: After Hm.5.349, the scribe has written an entire line out of order (KD.5.342), which he will repeat in its proper place four lines below at Hm.5.354. The lines differ in spelling, and in its second appearance, Hm's line uniquely omits rounde before ruet, which the misplaced line at Hm.5.350 does not do. Therefore, the version of the misplaced line is closer to the B archetype. The error in Hm must come from dittography since Hm.5.349 and Hm.5.353 end with while. It is surprising that the scribe corrected his sequence, but did not strike out the extra line. tyl glotoun hadde globredyglobbed · a galoun and a gylle his guttys gonne to gotholon · as two gredy sowes · he pyssyd a potel · yn a pater noster while · and blewe his ruet[rounde] ruetrounde ruet · atte his ryggebonys ende · that alle þat herdyn that horne · heldyn her noses after · and wuschedyn yt hadde be wexed · wyth a wyspe of fyrsys He mygth neyther steppe ne stonde · ere he his staf.e hadde and than gan he to goo lyke a gluemannys bycche sumtyme all a-sydeaside · and sumtyme arere · as who-so leyth lynes · forto cacchelacche fowles · and whan he drowhe to þe dorewarddore · thanne dymmyd his yiȝen he stombled on the threschfolde · and threwe to the erthe clemente the cobelere · kaugth hym by the myddel · forto lyftyn hym on lofte · and leyde hym on his knowes · ac glotoun was a grete cherle · and a grym yn lyftyngeþe liftynge and cowhed vp a galouncaudel · yn clementys lappe there nasIs none hungryso hungri hounde · yn hertfordschire durste lape of thoþat leuynges · so vnlouely yt smakkydsmauȝte Wyth all the wo of theþis worlde · his wyfe and his wenche ...?...beryn hym hom to his bedde · and brougthen hym therynne and aftur al this accesse · he hadde an accydye that he slepe saturday and sonyndaysonday · tyl the sonnesonne ȝede to reste thanne wakyd he of his wynkynge · and wypyde his yȝen · the furste woorde that he spakewarpe · was where ys the bolle his wytte gan edwyte hym tho · howe wykkydly he lyuede and repentaunce rygth so · rebukyd hym that tyme ......As þow wyth woordes and werkes · .....hast wrougth euyl in thy lyue schryue the and be a-schamyd þerof · and schewe yt wyþ þy mowthe I glotoun quod the gromegome · gulty y meme ȝelde that y haue trespassyd wyth my tonge · y can nougth telle howe ofte sworn goddes sowle · and so god helpe me atte þe holy domegod me help and halidom there no nede was · nyne..Hm.5.382: A scribe has retraced the word in a darker ink. hundryd tymes · and ouerseyneouer-seye me at my soper · and sumtyme atte nones that y glotoun gyrte yt vp · or y hadde gone a myle and soAnd spylte that mygth be sparyd and spendyd on sum hungry ouerdelycatly on fastyngdayes · dronkyn and ete bothe and sate sumtyme so longe þere · þat y sleep and ete boþeeten at onys for loue of tales yn tauernes · to drynke þe more y dynede and hiȝed to the mete or none · whan fastynge-dayes were This schewynge schryfte quod repentaunce · schall be meryte to the · and þanne gan glotoun to gretegrete · and grete doel madeto make · for his lyþer lyfe · that he lyued hadde and avowed to faste · for hungor or for thurste · schal þereShal neuere fysch on frydayesfryday · deffyen yn my wombe tyl abstynence myn Aunte · haue ȝyuyn me leue · and ȝette y hatedhaue I hated here · all my lyfe-tymeAccidia Thanne came slewthe all beslabred · wyth two slymy eiȝen y moste sytte quodseyde the segge · or elles schulde y nappe y may nougth stonde ne stowpe · ne wyth-oute stoola stole knele · were y brougth a-bedde · but ȝif my taylende yt makemade schulde no ryngynge do me ryse · er y were rype to dyne he bygan benedicite wyth a bolke · and his breeste knokkyde and roxid and roryde · and rutte atte the laste What awake renke quod repentaunce · and rape the to schryfte ȝif y schulde deye by this day · me luste nougth to loke y can nougth partfullypar[fitly]parfitly my pater-noster · as the preeste yt syngeth but y can rymes of robynhood · and randolfe erle of chestre · ac neythur of oure lorde ne of oure lady the leste that euere was maked · y haue maad a-vowes fourty · and forȝete hem on the morowe y performyd neuere penaunce · as the preest me hygthe ne rygth ......sory · for my synnys · ȝet was y neuere and ȝif y bydde any bedes · butte ȝif yt be yn wratthe ¶ Tthat y telle wyth my tonge · ys two myle fro myn herte y am occupyd echaech aeche day · halyday and othre wyþ ydel tales atte the nale · and otherwhile yn cherchecherches · goddes peyne and his passyoun · full selde thenke y ther-onne I vysyted neuere feble men · ne fettred menfolke yn pyttes · y haue leuer here an harlotrye · or a somer gamyn of sowters · or lesynges to laughe · at and bylyȝe my neyȝbours than al that euere marke made · math.ew Iohan and lucas · and vygylyes and fastyngesfastyng-dayes · alle these late y passe and lygge a-bedde yn lentyn · and my lemman yn myn armys · tyl masse and matynsmatynes and masse ben don · and thanne go to the freres · come y to ite missa est · y holde me y-seruyd · y am nougth schryuen sumtyme · but ȝif yt syknessebut if sekenesse makeit make nougth twyes in two ȝere · and thanne vp gesse y me schryueI schryue me I haue ben preest and parsoun · passynge xxxtythyrty wynter ȝet can y neythur solfe norne synge · ne seyntes lyues rede but y can fynde yn a feelde · or yn a furlonge an hare bettre than in beatus vir · or yn beati omnes construe oo clause wel · and kenne yt to my perschenes y can holde louedayes · and here a reues ryknynge ac yn canoun nor yn decretals · y can nougth rede alynea lyne If y bygge and borowe ougth · but ȝif yt be y-tayled · y forȝete yt alsoas ȝerne · and ȝif men me yt aske sixe sythes othuror seuene · y forsake yt wyþ othes and thus tene y trewe men · ten hundred tymes · and my seruauntes sumtyme · her salary ys byhynde reuthe is to here the rykenynge · whan we schull ȝelderede acountys so wyth wykkyd wyl and wratthe · my werke-men y paye Ȝif eny man dooth me a byenfete · or helpeth me at nede · y am vnkynde aȝenste his curtesye · & can nougth vndurstonde yt for y haue and haue hade sumdele haukes maners ...?...?...y am nat lured wiþ loue · but ougth lygge vndyr the thombe · The kyndenesse that myne euyncrystyn · kydde me ferne....ȝere sixeSixty syþes y slewthe · haue forȝetyn ytte sythe yn speche and yn sparynge of speche · y-spylt manye atymea tyme bothe flesch and fysch · and many othre vytayles bothe brede and ale · buttre myllk and chese · forsleuthid yn my seruyse · tyl yt mygth serue no man · y ran aboute yn ȝouthe · and ȝafe me nougth to lerne ...?...Hm.5.451: A word of perhaps five characters appears to have been erased from the right margin. and euere sytthe haue y ben beggere · for my fowle slowthe heuHeu michi quia sterilem · duxi vitam iuu..enilem · Repentedest thu nougth quod repentaunce · andand riȝte þerwyþwith þat he swownyde tyl vigilate the veyl · fette water at his yȝen · and flatte hit on his face · and faste on hym cryed and seyde ware the fro wanhope · wolde the betraye y am sory for my synnys · seye to thy-sylue and bete thy-sylfe on the breste · and bydde hym of grace · for here isis no gulte sohere so grete · that his goodnesse is more Thanne sate sleuthe vp · and seynyd hym swyþe · and made a vowe to-fore god · for his fowle slowþe · schall þerShal none sonendaysondaye be this seuyn ȝere · but ȝifbut syknesse it lette that y schalne shal done me er day · to the dere cherche and here matyns and masse · as y a monke were schal none ale aftur mete · holde me thennys tyl y haue euesonge herd · y behote to the rode and ȝet woll y ȝelde aȝen · yf y so muche haue al that y wykkydly wan · sytthe y lyfewytte hadde And thowe my lyflode lakke · lettyn y nelle that eche man schall haue his · ere y hennys wende and wyth the residue · and the remenaunt · by þe rode of chestyr y schal seeke trewthe · erearst ar y see rome · Robertde the robbere · on reddyte lookyd and for ther was nougth · wherof · he wepte swythe sore acAc ȝet the synfull schrewe · ȝit seydeseyde to hym-.....sylue Cryste that on caluarye · vppon the croys deiȝedyst · tho dysmas my brothur · besougth ...?...theȝow of grace and haddest mercy on that man · for memento sake · so rewe on ..meþis robbere · that reddere ne hau.e ne neuere wen.e to wynne · wyth crafte that y vseowe · forBut for þy muchemuchel mercy · mytygacyoun y byseche ne dampne me nougth onat domysday · for that y dude so ylle What byfel of this feloun · y can nougth fayre ......schewe · wel y wote he wepte · faste · water wyth bothe his eiȝen · and knowlechid his gulte to cryste ȝet. efte-sones that penitencia · his pyke · he schulde pulsche newe and lepe wyth hym ouerlonde all his lyfe-tyme for he hadde leyne by latro · lucyfers aunte · and thanne hadde repentaunce rewthe · and radde hem alle to knele for y schal beseche for all synful · oure sauyoure of grace to amende vs of oure mysdedys · and do mercy to vs alle Nowe god quod he þat of thy goodnesse · gon the worlde make and of nougth madest augth · and man moste lyche to thy-sylue and syþþen suffredust tofor to synne · a syknesse to vs alle and al for the beste as y byleue · what-euere the booke telleth O felix culpa o nessessarium peccatum ade · & cetera for þorowht that synne thy sone · sente was to this erthe and bycame man of a mayde · mankynde to saue and maduste thy-sylfe wyth thy sone · ...?...?...and vs synful yliche Faciamus hominem ad ymaginem · & similitudinem nostram · & alibi Qui manet in caritate · in deo manet & deus in eo · & ceteranil · and sutthen wyth thy-sylue sone · yn oure sute deydest on goodfrydaygood fryday for mannys sake · at ful tyme of the daye There þy-sylue norne thy sone · no sorowe yn deeth feledeste but yn oure secte was the sorowe · and þy sone yt ladde Captiuam duxit captiuitatem & cetera The sonne for sorowe therof · lees sygth ......at þatfor aHm.5.508: Hm, as the result of erasure, and G read at þat against for a in most other B manuscripts. tyme a-boute mydday whan moste lygth is · and meel-tyme of seyntis feddest wyþ thy fresch blood · oure formefadresforfadres · yn derknes Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris · vidit lucem magnam · & ceteranil And þorough þatþe lygth þat leep out of the · lucyfer was blente and blewe all þy blyssyde · ynto the blysse of paradys The þryddayþryd day aftur · thu ȝedust yn oure suyte a synful mary th.e sawh · .ar seynte mary th.i damme and altoal to solace þesolace synful · thu suffredyst þat ytit so were Non veni vocare iustos · sed peccatores ad penitenciam And all þat euereþat marke haþ maadymade · Matheu Iohan & lucas of thyn douhty dedys · were don yn oure armes Verbum caro factum est · & habitauit in nobis & ceteranil And by so muche me semeth · þe sykerere we mowe bydde and beseche · ȝif it be thy wylle · that arte oure fadur and oure brothur · be mercyable to vs and haue reuthe on these rybaudes · þat repentyn hem here sore ...?...?...þat euer wraþþedþei wratthed þe in þis world · yn woord þougth or dede ...?...Than hent he vpÞanne hent hopeHm.5.526: Hm alone reads he vp against hope in all other B manuscripts. Kane and Donaldson thought he was added by a different hand, but the addition consists of three words. an horn · of deus tu conuersus viuificabis · and blewe yt wyth Beati quorum · remisse sunt iniquitates · that alle thealle seyntys yn heuene · songyn at onys Homines &iumenta& iumenta saluabis · quemadmodum multiplicasti · misericordiam tuam deus · & cetera A thousand of men tho · þrongoun to-gydres · ...?...& crydenCriede vpwarde to cryste · and to his clene moder · to haue grace .........to go wiþ hem · trewthe to seeke Ac þer was wygth none so wys · þat þeþe weywey þider .....cowdeHm.5.533: Following this line, Hm alone omits a line found in all other B manuscripts, here given in the spelling of L: But blustreden forth as bestes ouer bankes and hilles. tyl late was and longe · that they a lede mette apparayled as a paynym · yn pylgrymes wyse he bare a burdoun y-bounde · wyþ a brode lyeste yn a wythe-wyndes wyse · y-boundynywounden aboute a bolle and a bagge · he bare by his syde an hundred of ampulles · on his hatte seetyn · sygnes of synay · and schelles of galyce and many a crouche on his cloke · and keyes of rome and the vernycle byfore · for men schulde knowe and see by his sygnes whom he sougth hadde This folke fraynede hym furste · whennesfro whennes he come fram synay he seyde · and fro oure lordes sepulcre yn bedleme and yn babyloyne · y haue ben yn bothe yn heremonyeermonye yn Alysaundre · yn manye othre places ȝe may seen by my sygnes · that syttyn on myn hatte that y haue walked ful wyde · yn wete and yn drye and sougth good sentys · for my soule helþe knowestKnowestow ougth a cors-seynte that men callyn trewthe ...?...canst þuCoudestow ougth wyssen vs the weye · where that wye dwelleþ Nay so me god helpe · seyde the gome thanne y sawe neuere palmere · wyth pyke norne wyth scryppe aske aftur hym ere · tyl nowe yn this place · Petur quod a plowman · and putte foorþ his hede y knowe hym as kyndely · as clerke dooth his bookes conscyence and k....ynde wy.t · kennyd me to his place and dude me suryn hym sykerly · to seruyn hym for euere bothe to sowe and to sette · the while y swynke mygthe · y haue ben his folwere · all this fyfty wynter boþe sowyn his seed · and suyd his bestes · wyþ-ynne and wyþ-outyn · waytounwayted his profyte y dyke and y delue · y do that trewþe hoteth · Sumtyme y sowe · and sumtyme y thresche yn taylours crafte and tynkers crafte · what trewthe can deuyse · I weue and y wynde · and do what trewthe hoteth · for þowe y seye yt my-selfe y serue hym to paye y haue myn huyre wel · and othurwhiles more he is the prestest payere · that poore men knoweth · he ne wyþ-halte none h...ynehewe his huyre · that he ne haþ it at euyn he is alsoas lowe as a lombe · and louely of speche and ȝif ȝe wylneþ to wyte · where that he dwelleth · y schall wysse ȝowe wytturly · þe weye to his place Ȝee leue peers quod thes pylgrymes · and profred hym huyre forto wende wyþ hem · to trewþes dwellynge place Nay by my soule helþemy soules helth quod peers · & gan forto swere y nolde fonge a ferþynge · for seynte Thomas schryne trewþe wolde loue me the lasse · a longe tyme þerafturafter ac ȝif ȝe wylneþ to wende wel · this ys the weye þyder Ȝee motyn go þorowe mekenesse · boþe men and wyues tyl ȝe comyn ynto conscyence · that cryste wyte þe sothe · that ȝe louyn oure lorde god · leuest of alle thynges · and þanne ȝoure neybours nexte · yn none wyse apeyre oþerwyse þan þu woldest · he wrougth to thy-sylue And so boweth forbyforth bi a brooke beth buxum of speche tyl ȝe fynde a foorde ȝoure fadres honoureth · Honora patrem & matrem · & cetera · Wadeþ yn ...?...þat water · and wascheeþ ȝowe wel there and ȝe schull lepe þe lyȝtloker · al ȝour lyfe-tyme and so schalte thu swere nougth · but ȝif it be for nede · and namly yn ydel · the name of god almyghty · Than schalt þu come by a crofte · but come þu nougth þerynne that crofte hattethhat coueyte þu nougthnouȝte · mennys catel norne here wyues ne none of here seruauntys · that noyȝen hem mygthte loke ȝe breke no bowebowes þere · but ȝif it be ȝoure owne Two stokkes þere stondeth · ac stynte ȝe nougth þere þey hattyn stele nougth ne sleeslee nouȝte · stryke foorþ by boþe and leue hem on thy lefthalfeleft halfe · and loke nougth þer-after and holde wel thyn halyday · hiȝe tyl it betil euyn Than schalte thu blenche at a bergh · bere no fals wytnesse he is frythed yn wyþ floreyns · and oþir fees manye loke þu plukke no plante þere · for pereyl of þy .....sowle than schul ȝe seyese sey sooþ · so it be to done · yn no manere elles nougth · for no mannys byddynge Than schalte thu come to a courte · as cleer as the sonne the moot is of mercy · the manere aboute and alle þe walles ben of wytte · to holdyn wyl ....owte and kyrnelde wyth crystyndome mankynde to saue botrased wyþ byleue so · or thu beste nougth besauyd[y]sauydysaued · And alle þe houses ben hyled · halles and chambres · wyþ no led but wyþ loue · and lowe speche as bryþerne the brygge is of bydde wel · the bet may thu spede eche pylar ys of penaunce · andof prayers to seyntes of almysdedys ar the hokes · that the gates hange on Grace hattethhatte the gateward · a good man forsothe · his man hatteþhatte amende ȝowe · for many men hemman him knoweþ telleþ hym this tokne · that trewþe w.etewite the sothe y performed the penaunce · the preest me ........enioyned and am fulsoryful sory for my synnys · and so schal yI shal euere whan y þenke þeron · they y were a popeHm.5.621: The reading pope was partially erased but is still legible. Byddeth amende ȝowe meke hym tyl his mayster onys · to wayue vp the wyket · that the womman schette · toTho Adam and Eue · etyn applys vnrostyd Per euam cunctis clausa est · & ceteranil Et per mariam virginem · patefacta est · & cetera · For he haþ the keye and the clyket · thowe the kynge slepe and ȝif grace graunte the · to goo yn this wyse thu schalte se yn thy souleselue · trewthe yn thyn herte yn a cheyne of charyte · as thu a chylde were to suffre hym and sugge nougth · aȝen þy syres wylle Ac bewaar than of wratthe the · that is a wykkyd schrewe he hath enuye to hym · that yn thyn herte sytteth · and pookeþ foorþ pryde · to preyse thy-selue the boldnesse of thy benfetys · makyth the blynde thanne and than wurþest thu dryuen out as dewe · and the doore closyd · keyed and klykeded · to kepe the wyth-owtyn happyly an hundred wynter · ere thu efte entre thus myghtest thu lesen his loue · to lete well by thy-seluyn and neuere happyly efte entre · but grace thu haue Ac þere are seuene sustren · that seruyn trewthe euere and are porters of the posternes · that to the place longeth · that on hatte abstynence · and humylyte an nothur charyte and chastyte · ben his cheef maydenys · pacyence and pes · muche peple they helpeth · largenesse the lady · schee leet yn ful manye · Sche haþ holpyn a thousand oute · of the deueles pousteeponfolde and wo-so is sybbe vntoto this seuene · so me god helpe he is wondurly welcome · and fayre vndurfongyn and but if ȝe be sybbe · to summe of these seuene yt is ful harde by myn heed quod peers · for eny of ȝowe alle to getyn yngange at any gate there · but ȝifbut grace be the more Nowe by cryste quod a kuttepurs · y haue no kyn there nor y quod an Apeward · by augth that y can knowe w.ete god quod a wafrestere · wyste y this forsothe schulde y neuere ferþer a fote · for no freris prechynge Ȝus quod peris the ploughman · and pokyd hem alle to goode mercy is a mayden there · and hathhath mygth ouer alle and sche is sybbe to alle synful · and hure sone also and þorough þe helpe of hem two · hope thu none othre thu mygth gete grace þere · by soo thu go bytyme By seynte Poule quod a pardener · paraduenture y be nougth knowe þere · y woll go fecche my boxe wyth my bryuettes · & a bulle wyþ buschops letres · By cryste quod a comyn womman · thy company woll y folwe thu schalt seye y am thy sustur · y ne wote where þey become