The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 8William 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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Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts, Series Series A.9San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128Combined facsimile & documentary edition.Identification of handsPMB and PRB = Patricia BartHNDMC = Michael CalabreseIRA = Robert AdamsTTP = Thorlac Turville-Petre1 computer optical disk : col. ; 4 3/4 in.The University of Michigan Press and SEENETAnn Arbor Source copy consulted: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128

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LatinFrenchGerman18 Nov 2000 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created Passus octauus de visione · & primus de do-weel · t Thus ro....bedyrobed yn russat · y romed aboute all a somer cesoun · forto seke do-wel And frayned fulofteful ofte · of folke that y mette ȝif eny wygth wyste · where do-wel was at ynne and what man he mygth be of many man y askede ...?...was neuer wythHm.8.6: Wyth, "person, anyone." as y wente · that me wysse cowde where this lede lenged lasse ne more tyl it befell on a Fryday · two frerys y mette maystres of the menours · men of grete wytte y halzedHm.8.10: Halzed, "hailed." Kane-Donaldson interpret <z> as <ȝ>. hem hendely · as y hadde lerned and prayde hem pur charyte · er they passyd ferther ȝif þey knewe any cuntre · or costcostes as they wente wher þat do-wel dwelleth · dooþ me to wyten for þey ben men of this molde þat most wyde walkyn and knowyn contres and courtes · and many kynne places boþe princes palays · and pore mennys cotes · and do-wel and do-euyl · where they dwelle bothe Amonges vs quod the menours · that man is dwellynge · and euer haþ as y hope · and euere schall here-aftyr Contra quod y as a clerke · and comsed to despute and seyde hem soothly · sepcies in die cadit iustus Seuene sythes quodseith the book · synnyth the ryghtfull and who-so synnyth as y seydeI seyde · dooþ euyl as me thynketh and do-wel and do-euele · mowe nougth dwelle togydres ergo he is nougth alway · amonge ȝow frerys he is oþerwhile elles-where · to wysse the peple y schall seye þe my sone · seyde the frere thanne how seuene sythes þe sadmansad man · on a day synneth by a forbisene quod the frere · y schall the fayre schewe lat brynge amana man yn a bote · amydde the brod water and þeÞe wynde and þe water · and þe bote waggynge makeþ þe man many a tyme · to falle and to stonde for stonde he neuere so styffe · he stomblyth ȝif he meue and ȝit isis he saufe and sound · and so hym byhoueth for ȝif he ne aryse þe rathur · and rauȝt to the sternestiere · the wynde woold wyþ þe water · the bote ouerþrowe and þanne were his lyfe loste · þorough lacches of hym-sylue And þus it falleth quod þe frere · by folke here on erthe the water is lyknyd to þe worlde þat wanyeþ and wexeth the goodes of þis grounde · are lyke to þe grete wawesHm.8.40: After this line, Hm uniquely omits the line Þat as wyndes and wederes walweth aboute found in all other B mss, and here given in the spelling of L. The omission is perhaps caused by eye-skip, for the scribe omitted the third line in a five-line sequence that begins each line as follows: the, the, that, the, and that. the bote is lyknyd to our body · þat brotel is of kynde that thorough the fende and þe flesch · and the frele worlde synneth the sadmansad man on the daya day · seuene tymessythes Ac dedly synne dooth he nougth · for dowel hym kepeth · and þat is charyte the champyon · chief helpe aȝenste synne for he strenkthet man to stonde · & stereth mannys soule and þowh þeþi body bowe · as boot dooþ yn the water ay is þeþi soule saufe · but ȝif thi-selfe woll · doo a dedly synne · and drenche so thi soule god woll suffresuffre wel thy soulesleuthe · ȝif þy-sylfeHm.8.50: The final <e> has been partially erased. lyketh for he ȝaf þe to ȝeres-gyue · to ȝeme well þy-sylue · and þat is wytte and fre wyll · eueryto euery manwyȝte aporcyona porcyon · to fleynge fowlys to fysches and to bestes ac man hath moste þerof · and moste is to blame but ȝif he wurche wel þerwyth · as do-wel hym techeth I haue no k.....ynde knowynge quod y · to conceyue all ȝour wordes ȝifAc if y may lyue and loke · y schall go lerne bettre y bekenne the cryst quod þat onhe · þat on the cros deyed and y seyde þe same · saue ȝow fro meschaunce and ȝiue ȝow grace on this grounde · good men to wurthe and thus y wente wyde-where · walkynge myn one by a wydewilde wyldernesse · and by a wode syde blysse of thoþe bryddes · brougth me a-slepe and vndur a lynde vpon a launde · lenyd y a stounde to lustynlythe the layes · the louely fowlys madyn murþe of her mouthes · made me there to slepe the merueylustemerueillousest metels · mette me thanne that euere dremyd wygth · yn world as y wene A muche man as me þougth · and lyke to my-sylue come and callyd me · by my kuynde name What art thu quod y tho · þat thu myn name knowest that thu woste wel quod he · and no wight bettre wote y what þu art · þougth seyde he thanne · y haue sued the þis seuene ȝere · seiȝe thu me no rather art þu þougth quod heI tho · thu cowdest me wysse · where that do-wel dwelleth · and do me that knoweto knowe · Do-wel and do-bet · and do-beste the thrydde quod he · ar thre fayre vertues · and beth nougth fer to fynde whoWho-so is trewe of his tonge and of his two handys · and thorough his labour or þurgh his londe · his lyflode wynnyth · and ys trusty of his taylende · taketh but his owen and is nougth drunkelewe · ne dysdeynous · do-wel hym folweth · Dobet dooþ rygth þus · ac he dooþ muche more he is alsoas lowe as a lombe · and louely of speche and helpeth alle men · aftur that hem nedeth · the bagges and þe bygerdles · he hath brokyn hem alle that the erl auarous · helde and his eyres · and thus wyþ mammonaes moneye · he hath made hym frendys · and is ronnyn to relygyoun · and hath rendred the bible and precheth to þe peple · seynte poulys wordys Libenter suffertis insipientes · cum sitis ipsi sapientes · & ceteranil · And suffreth the vnwyse · wyth ȝow forto lybbe · and wyth glad wylle dooþ hem good · for so god ȝow hoteth Dobest is aboue bothe · and beryþ a buschops cros · ys hokyd on þat on ende · to halyȝe men fro helle a pyke is on þat potente · to putte a-doun the wykkyd that wayten eny wykkydnesse · do-wel to tene and do-wel and do-be..t amonges hem haue ordeynydordeigned · to crownyn oon to be kyng · to rewlyn hem bothe · that ȝif do-wel or do-be..t · dude aȝenst do-best · than schal þe kynge come · and castyn hymhem yn yrnys · and but ȝif dobest preyebede for hymhem · they two be there · for euere Thus do-wel and do-bette · and do-best the thrydde · crownyd on to be kynge to kepen hem alle and to reule the reme · by her thre wyttys and none oþerwyse · but as they thre assentyd · y þonkyd þougth · thatþo þat he me thus taugthe ac ȝit sauoureþ me nougth thi seiȝinge · y coueyte to lerne · how do-wel do-bet and do-beste · don amonge the peple · but wytte konne wysse the quod þougth · where þoo þre dwelle elles wote y none that can · that now ys on lyue · Thouth and y thus · thre dayes we ȝedyn dysputynge vppon do-wel · day aftur othur and ar we wer waar · wyth wyt.. gon we mete · he was longe and lene lyke to none othre was no pryde vpponon his apparayle · ne pouerte neythre sadde of his semblaunt and of softe chere · y durste meue no matere · to make hym to iangle · erfleyHm.8.119:In the lower right margin appears a cursive pen trial that appears to be a family name or place name, written on the vertical axis, reading from top to bottom: erfley. but as y bad þougth thoo · be mene bytwene · and putte foorth sum purpos · to preuyn his wyttes what was dowel · fro dobet · and do-best fram hem bothe Thanne.... þought yn that tyme seyde thes woordes where do-wel · do-bet and do-beste ben yn londe · here is wil wolde wyte · ȝif wyt co...wde teche hym and wheþer he be man or womman · this man wolde aspye · and wurchyn as þey thre wolde · þusþis ys his entent