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Hm.7.1KD.7.1  Trewthe herde telle her-of · and to peris sente
                  
Hm.7.2KD.7.2  to takyn his teme · and tyllyen his erthe
                  
Hm.7.3KD.7.3  and purchacyd hym a pardoun · a pena & a culpa · 
                  
Hm.7.4KD.7.4  for hym and for his eyres · euermore aftur
                  
Hm.7.5KD.7.5  and badde hym holdyn hym at home and eryen his leyes
                  
Hm.7.6KD.7.6  and alle þat holpyn hym to erye · to sette or to sowe · 
Hm.7.7KD.7.7  or eny oþer mystyer · that mygth peris auayle
Hm.7.8KD.7.8  pardoun wyth peris ploughman · trewthe hath hem grauntyd
                  

Hm.7.9KD.7.9  ¶ kynges and knyghtes · that kepyn holy cherche
                  
Hm.7.10KD.7.10  and rygthfully in rewmes · reulyn the peple
Hm.7.11KD.7.11  ...........han pardoun þorowȝ purgatorye · to passen full lyghtly
                  
Hm.7.12KD.7.12  wyth patryarkes and prophetys · yn paradys to be felawe

Hm.7.13KD.7.13  ¶  Buschoppes yblessid ȝif þey ben as they schulde
                  
Hm.7.14KD.7.14  legistres of bothe lawes · the lewyd þerwyþ to preche
                  
Hm.7.15KD.7.15  and as muche as they mowe · amende alle synfull
                  
Hm.7.16KD.7.16  arn peres wyþ þe apostles · this pardoun peris scheweth
                  
Hm.7.17KD.7.17  and at the day of dome · at the hiȝe deys to sytte

Hm.7.18KD.7.18  ¶ Marchauntes yn the margyn · haddyn many ȝeres · 
                  
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Hm.7.19KD.7.19  ac .non a pena & a culpa · the pope nolde hem graunte
                  
Hm.7.20KD.7.20  for they holdyn nougth her holydayes · as holy cherche techeth · 
Hm.7.21KD.7.21  and for þey swere by her sowle · & so god mote hem helpe
                  
Hm.7.22KD.7.22  aȝen clene conscyence · her catell to sulle

Hm.7.23KD.7.23  ¶  Ac vndyr his secrete seal · trewthe sente hem a lettre
                  
Hm.7.24KD.7.24  that they schulde b.ugge boldly · that hem beste lykede
                  
Hm.7.25KD.7.25  and sytthen it sulle aȝen · and saue the wynnynge
                  
Hm.7.26KD.7.26  and amende mesondieux ther-myd · and mysese. folke helpe
                  
Hm.7.27KD.7.27  and wykkyd weyes · wightly hem amende
Hm.7.28KD.7.28  and do bote to brugges · that to-brokyn were
                  
Hm.7.29KD.7.29  maryen maydnes or makyn hem nonnys
Hm.7.30KD.7.30-31  pore peple and prysones · fyndyn hem her foode
Hm.7.31KD.7.32  and settyn scolers to scole · or to summe oþere craftes
                  
Hm.7.32KD.7.33  releue relygyoun · and rentyn hym bettre
                  
Hm.7.33KD.7.34  and y schall sende ȝow my-sylfe seynt mychael myn Aungel
Hm.7.34KD.7.35  that no deuel schall ȝow dere · ne fere ȝow at ȝowr deyȝyng
                  
Hm.7.35KD.7.36  and wyte ȝowe fro wanhope · ȝif ȝe woln thus werche
                  
Hm.7.36KD.7.37  and sende ȝowr sowles yn saufte · to my seyntes yn ioye

¶ Thanne were marchauntes · merye · many weptyn for ioye

and preysedyn peers the ploughman · that purchacyd this bulle

Hm.7.39KD.7.40  ¶  Men of lawe leste pardoun hadde · that pledyn for mede
                  
Hm.7.40KD.7.41  for the sauter saueth hem nougth · suche as takyn ȝyftes
                  
Hm.7.41KD.7.42  and namlyche of ynnocentes · that non vuel kunnyn
Hm.7.42KD.7.42α  Super innocentem munera non accipies · & cetera

Hm.7.43KD.7.43  ¶ Pledours  schulde peyne hem to plede · for suche and helpe hem · 
                  
Hm.7.44KD.7.44  prynces and prelates · schulden p.aye for her trauayle
                  
Hm.7.45KD.7.44α  A regibus & a principibus · erit merces eorum · & cetera ·

¶ Ac many a Iustice and iorrour · wolde for iohan do more ·

than pro dei pietate · leue thu none othur

Hm.7.48KD.7.47  ¶ Ac he that spendethHm.7.48:  The first four letters of spendeth are badly rubbed or partially erased. his speche · and speketh for the pouere
                  
Hm.7.49KD.7.48  that is ynnocentHm.7.49:  The  letters <s ynn> are badly rubbed or partially erased. and nedy · and noman appeyreth
                  
Hm.7.50KD.7.49  conforteth hym in that caas · wyþ-outyn couetys of ȝiftes
                  
Hm.7.51KD.7.50  and scheweþ lawe for oure lordes loue · as he it haþ y-lernyd
Hm.7.52KD.7.51  schal no deuyl at his deth-day · dere hym amyetea myte
Hm.7.53KD.7.52  that he ne wurth saufe & his soule · þe sawter beryth wytnesse
                  
Hm.7.54KD.7.52α  Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & cetera

¶ Ac to bygge water ne wynde ne wyt ne fyer the fierthe

Hm.7.56KD.7.54

these foure the fadur of heuene made · to his folde yn comyn ·

these ben trewthes tresours · trewe folke to helpe

that neuer schull wexe ne wanye · wyth-owtyn god hym-sylue ·

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Hm.7.59KD.7.57  ¶  whanne they drawe vnto dethHm.7.59:There is wide variation at this locus.  HmR omit the before deþ. L and W confused thorn with <y> but also omit þe. · and yndulgences wolde haue
                  
Hm.7.60KD.7.58  her pardoun is full petyt at her partynge hennys
                  
Hm.7.61KD.7.59  that eny mede of mene men · for her motynge taketh

Hm.7.62KD.7.60  ¶ ȝee legystres and lawyers · holdeth this for trowthe
                  
Hm.7.63KD.7.60  that ȝif þat y lyȝe · matheu is to blame
                  
Hm.7.64KD.7.60.1  for he bad me make ȝow this · and this prouerbe me tolde
                  
Hm.7.65KD.7.60α  Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis · homines facite eis · &  cetera

Hm.7.66KD.7.61  ¶  Alle lybbynge laborers · that lyuen wyth her hondys · 
                  
Hm.7.67KD.7.62  that trewlyche takyn · and trewlyche wynnyn
Hm.7.68KD.7.63  and lyue yn loue and yn lawe · for her lowe hertys
Hm.7.69KD.7.64  haue þe same abs.olucyoun · that sente was to peris
                  

Hm.7.70KD.7.65  ¶ Beggers ne bydders · beth nougth yn the bulle
                  
Hm.7.71KD.7.66  but ȝif the sugestyoun be sooth · that schapeth hem to begge · 
                  
Hm.7.72KD.7.67  ...?...?...for he þat beggeþ or byt ·  but ȝif he haue nede · 
                  
Hm.7.73KD.7.68  he is fals wyth the fende · and deffraudeth the nedy
Hm.7.74KD.7.69  Hm.7.74: The scribe's usual indicator for the rubricated paraph was ignored by the rubrisher, perhaps canceled by two horizontal lines
                           through it.and also he bygyleth the gyuere · aȝenste his wylle
                  
Hm.7.75KD.7.70  for if he wyste he were nougth nedy · he wolde ȝeue þat another
                  
Hm.7.76KD.7.71  that were more nedy than he · so the nedyeste schulde ben holpe
Hm.7.77KD.7.72  catoun kenneth me thus · and the clerke of storyes
                  
Hm.7.78KD.7.73  Cui des videto · is catouns techynge

¶ And yn the storyes he techeth · to bystowe thyn alm.esse

Hm.7.80KD.7.75

Sit elemosina tua in manu tua donec studes cui des · & cetera ·

Hm.7.81KD.7.76  ¶ Ac gregorye was a good man · and bad vs gyuyn alle
                  
Hm.7.82KD.7.77  that asketh for his loue · that vs alle leneth · 
Hm.7.83KD.7.77α  Non eligas cui miseriaris · ne forte preterearis illum qui meretur accipere · 
Hm.7.84KD.7.77β  Quia incertum est pro quo deo magis placias · & cetera ·  
                  

Hm.7.85KD.7.78  ¶  For wote ȝe neuere who is wurthy · ac god wote who hath nede
                  
Hm.7.86KD.7.79  yn hym that taketh is the treccherye · ȝif any tresoun walke
Hm.7.87KD.7.80  for he that ȝyueth ȝeldeth · and ȝarketh hym to reste
Hm.7.88KD.7.81  and he that byddeth borweth · and bryngeþ hym-sylfe yn dette
                  
Hm.7.89KD.7.82  for beggers borwyn euermore · and her borow is god almyghty
Hm.7.90KD.7.83  to ȝelde hem that ȝyuyn hem · and ȝit vsure more · 
Hm.7.91KD.7.83α  Quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam
Hm.7.92KD.7.83α  vt ego veniam cum vsuris exigere · & cetera ·  
                  

Hm.7.93KD.7.84  ¶  Forthy byddeth nougth ȝe neyȝbours · but ȝif ȝe haue grete nede
                  
Hm.7.94KD.7.85  for who-so hath to byggyn hym breed · the book beryth wytnesse
                  
Hm.7.95KD.7.86  he hath ynowe that hath breed ynowe þowe he haue nougth elles · 
                  
Hm.7.96KD.7.86α  Satis diues est · qui non indiget pane · & cetera

¶ Late vsage be ȝoure solace · of seyntes lyues redynge

the book bannyth beggers · and blameth hem on this manere ·

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¶Hm.7.99: The rubricating scribe overlooked a paraph indicator. Iunior fui etenim senui · & non vidi iustum derelictum
nec semen eius querens panem · & cetera ·

Hm.7.100KD.7.90  ¶  For ȝe lyuyn yn no loue · ne no lawe holde
                  
Hm.7.101KD.7.91  many of ȝow ne wedde nougth · the womman that ȝe wyth delyn
Hm.7.102KD.7.92  but as wylde bestes wyth wehe · wurthyn vp and wurchyn
Hm.7.103KD.7.93  and bryngeþ foorth barnes · bastardes that men calleth · 
                  
Hm.7.104KD.7.94  or the bakke or sum bone · he breketh yn his ȝouthe
Hm.7.105KD.7.95  and syþþyn gon faytyn wyth ȝoure fauntes · for euermore aftur
Hm.7.106KD.7.96  ther is more mysschape peple · amonge these beggers · 
Hm.7.107KD.7.97  than of alle maner of men · that on this molde reignyn
Hm.7.108KD.7.98  and they that lyuen thus her lyfe mown lothe the tyme
                  
Hm.7.109KD.7.99  that euere thei were men wrougth · whan they schull hennys fare
                  

Hm.7.110KD.7.100  ¶ Ac olde men and hore · that helpeles ben of strenkthe
                  
Hm.7.111KD.7.101  and wymmen wyth childe · that werchen ne mowe
Hm.7.112KD.7.102  blynde and bedred · and brokyn her membrys
Hm.7.113KD.7.103  that takyn these myschefes · as meselles and othre
                  
Hm.7.114KD.7.104  han as playn pardoun · as the ploughman hym-syluyn · 
                  
Hm.7.115KD.7.105  for loue of here lowe hertys · oure lorde hath hem grauntyd · 
Hm.7.116KD.7.106  her penaunce and her purgatorye · here on this erthe · 

¶ Peris quod a preest tho · thi pardoun muste y rede

for y woll construe eche clause · and kenne it the on englysch ·

Hm.7.119KD.7.109  ¶ And peers at his prayer · the pardoun vnfoldeth
                  
Hm.7.120KD.7.110  and y byhinde hem bothe · byhulde all the bulle
Hm.7.121KD.7.111  al yn two lynes it lay · and nougth a lefe more
Hm.7.122KD.7.112  and was wryten rygth thus · yn wytnesse of trewthe · 
Hm.7.123KD.7.113  Et qui bona egerunt · ibunt in vitam eternam · & cetera ·  
                  
Hm.7.124KD.7.114  Qui vero mala in ignem eternum · & cetera ·  
                  

Hm.7.125KD.7.115  ¶  Peter quod the prest tho · y can no pardoun fynde
                  
Hm.7.126KD.7.116  but do wel and haue wel · and god schall haue thi sowle
Hm.7.127KD.7.117  and do euele and haue euele · hope thu non oþerHm.7.127-138: The scribe omitted a line on initial copying. He erased the final eleven lines on the page and overwrote the space with twelve
                              lines, thus producing 41 lines to this page. Kane and Donaldson note that the new lines are in a different ink, but the hand
                              is the same.
Hm.7.128KD.7.118  but after þy deþ-day · the deuyl schall haue þy sowle
Hm.7.129KD.7.119  and peris for pure tene · pullyd it a-twynne
Hm.7.130KD.7.120  and seyde · si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis
Hm.7.131KD.7.121  non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es · & cetera

Hm.7.132KD.7.122  ¶ I schal cese of my sowyng quod peris · & swynke nougth so harde
Hm.7.133KD.7.123  ne abowt my bely ioyȝe · so besy be nomore
Hm.7.134KD.7.124  of prayers and penaunce · my plough schal ben her-after
Hm.7.135KD.7.125  and wepyn whan y schuld slepyn · þowȝ whetebrede me fayle
Hm.7.136KD.7.126  þe prophete his payn eet · yn penaunce and yn sorowe
Hm.7.137KD.7.127  by þat þe sauter seiþ · so dedyn oþer manye
Hm.7.138KD.7.128  þat louen god lely · his lyflode is full esy · 
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Hm.7.139KD.7.128α  Fuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte · & cetera ·  
                  

Hm.7.140KD.7.129  ¶ And but ȝif luke lye · lereþ vs by fowles
                  
Hm.7.141KD.7.130  we schuldyn nougth be to besy · aboutyn this worldys blysse
                  
Hm.7.142KD.7.131  ne soliciti sitis · he seith yn the gospel
                  
Hm.7.143KD.7.132  and scheweth vs by ensampull vs-sylfe forto wysse
                  
Hm.7.144KD.7.133  the foules yn the felde · who fynte hem mete yn wynter · 
                  
Hm.7.145KD.7.135  haue they no gerner to go to · but god fynte hem alle

Hm.7.146KD.7.136  ¶  What quod the preest to perkyn · peter as me thynketh · 
                  
Hm.7.147KD.7.137  thu art lettryd a lytyll · who lernyd the on booke
Hm.7.148KD.7.138  abstynence the abbesse quod peris · myn · a · b · c · me taugth · 
                  
Hm.7.149KD.7.139  and conscyence came afturward · and kennyd me moche more
                  
Hm.7.150KD.7.140  were thu a preest peers quod he · þumysteþu myste preche where thu schuldest · 
                  
Hm.7.151KD.7.141  as dyuynour yn diuinite · wyth dixit in.sipiens ..to thi teme · 
                  
Hm.7.152KD.7.142  lewyd lorel quod peers · lytyl lokest thu on the bible
Hm.7.153KD.7.143  on salamones sawes · seldom thu beholdest · 
Hm.7.154KD.7.143α  Ecce dirisores & iurgia cum eis non crescant & cetera ·  
                  

Hm.7.155KD.7.144  ¶ The preste and perkyn · apposedyn either othur
                  
Hm.7.156KD.7.145  and y þorowh her woordes a-wooke · and waytede a-boute
                  
Hm.7.157KD.7.146  and say the sonne yn the south · sytte that tyme
Hm.7.158KD.7.147  meteles and moneyles · on maluerne hulles · 
Hm.7.159KD.7.148  musynge on thes metels · and my wey yȝede

Hm.7.160KD.7.149  ¶  Many tyme thes metels · haue makyd me studye
Hm.7.161KD.7.150  of þat y sawe slepynge · ȝif it so be mygthe
Hm.7.162KD.7.151  and also for peris the ploughman · ful pensyf yn herte
Hm.7.163KD.7.152  and whiche a pardoun peris hadde · all the peple to conforte
                  
Hm.7.164KD.7.153  and howe the preest ynpungnyd it · wyth two propre woordes
                  
Hm.7.165KD.7.154  ac y hano ...?...sauour    yn sowngewarye · for y se it ofte fayle
                  
Hm.7.166KD.7.155  catoun and canonystres · conseylen vs to leue
                  
Hm.7.167KD.7.156  to settyn sadnesse yn sowngewarye · for sompnia ne cures

Hm.7.168KD.7.157  ¶ ac for the book of the byble · beryth wytnesse
                  
Hm.7.169KD.7.158  howe daniel dyuynyd · the drem of a kynge · 
                  
Hm.7.170KD.7.159  that was ..Nabygodonosor · nempnyd of clerkes
                  
Hm.7.171KD.7.160  daniel seide sures[i]re kynge · thi dremes betokneth
                  
Hm.7.172KD.7.161  that vncowth knygthes schull come · thi kyngdom to cleyme
Hm.7.173KD.7.162  amonge lower lordes thi londe schall be departyd · 
                  
Hm.7.174KD.7.163  and as danyel dyuynyd · yn dede it fel aftur
Hm.7.175KD.7.164  the kynge les his lordschipe · and lower men it hadde · 

Hm.7.176KD.7.165  ¶  and Ioseph mette merueylously · how þe mone and the sonne
                  
Hm.7.177KD.7.166  and ...?...?...enleuene sterres · worschipede hym alle
Hm.7.178KD.7.167  than iacob Iuged · Iosephis sweuene · 
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Hm.7.179KD.7.168  beaufys quod his fader · for deffaute we schullyn
                  
Hm.7.180KD.7.169  y my-selfe and my sones · seche tho for nede
                  
Hm.7.181KD.7.170  It beffel as his fader seyde · in pharaoes tyme
Hm.7.182KD.7.171  that Iosep whas iustyse · egypte to lokyn
Hm.7.183KD.7.172  and tho as his fader tolde · his frendes there hym sougthe · 
                  
Hm.7.184KD.7.173  and all this maketh me · on thes metels to þenke

Hm.7.185KD.7.174  ¶  And how the ...?...?...preest · prouede no pardon to dowel
Hm.7.186KD.7.175  and demyd that do wel · indulgences passyd
Hm.7.187KD.7.176  biennals and tryanals and buschopes seales
Hm.7.188KD.7.177  and how do-wel at the day of dome is dignylyche vndurfongyn
                  
Hm.7.189KD.7.178  and passeth all the pardoun · of seynt petres of rome

☞ pardon

¶ Now hath the pope power · pardoun to graunte the peple

wyth-outyn any penaunce · to passe ynto heuene

Hm.7.192KD.7.181

this is oure byleue · as lettryd men vs techeth

Quodcumque ligaueris super terram erit ligatum & in celis · & cetera

Hm.7.194KD.7.182  ¶  And so y leue lely · oure lordesHm.7.194:  HmGF read oure lorde against lordes in most B manuscripts, though Hm initially had the genitive form. forbode elles
                  
Hm.7.195KD.7.183  that pardoun and prayers · and penaunce don sauethsauyn
Hm.7.196KD.7.184  soules that han synnyd · seuene sythes dedly · 
Hm.7.197KD.7.185  ac to truste to these triennals · trewly me thynketh
Hm.7.198KD.7.186  is nougth so syker for soules · certys as is do-wel
                  

Hm.7.199KD.7.187  ¶  For-thi y rede ȝow renkes · that ryche ben on this erthe · 
                  
Hm.7.200KD.7.188  vppon trust of ȝour tresour · triennals to haue
Hm.7.201KD.7.189  ..be ȝe neuere the boldere · to breke the ten hestes
                  
Hm.7.202KD.7.190  and namely ȝe maystres · mayres and Iuges
Hm.7.203KD.7.191  that han the welthe of þis worlde and for wyse men ben holdyn · 
                  
Hm.7.204KD.7.192  to purchace ȝow pardoun · and the popes bulles · 
                  

Hm.7.205KD.7.193  ¶  At the dredful dome · whan the dede schulle aryse
                  
Hm.7.206KD.7.194  and comyn alle to-fore cryste acountys to ȝelde
                  
Hm.7.207KD.7.195  how ȝe ladde ȝour lyfe there · and his lawys kepte
Hm.7.208KD.7.196  and how ȝe dedyn day by day · the doom schall .......reherce ·  
                  
Hm.7.209KD.7.197  a pokeful of pardoun · þere · ne prouyncyales lettrys
                  
Hm.7.210KD.7.198  they ȝe be fowndyn in the Fraternyte · of all þe foure ordres · 
                  
Hm.7.211KD.7.199  and haue indulgences dowblefold · but ȝif dowel ȝow helpe
Hm.7.212KD.7.200  y sette ȝour patentes and ȝour pardoun · at one pyes hele

Hm.7.213KD.7.201  ¶ for-þy y conseyl alle crystene · forto crye god mercy
                  
Hm.7.214KD.7.202  and mary his moder · be oure mene bytwene
Hm.7.215KD.7.203  that god ȝyue vs grace · here or we gon hennes
Hm.7.216KD.7.204  suche werkes to wurche · while we ben here
Hm.7.217KD.7.205  that aftur our deth-day · do-wel reherce
                  
Hm.7.218KD.7.206  at the day of dome · we dude as he higth · 