The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 6: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm) – Passus 9William 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 nonus de visione · & secundus de do-weel · s Sire dowel dwelleþ quod wytte · nougth a daye hennys · yn a castel that kynde made · of fourkynfour kyn thynges · of erþe and aer it isis it maad · medlyd to-gydres wyþ wynd and wyþ water · wytterly en.ionyd · k~~.....~~ynde hath closed þeryn · craftyly wyth-alle a lemman that he loueth · lyke to hym-sylue Anima sche hatteth · ac enuye her hateth a proud priker of Fraunce · princeps huius mundi · and wolde wynne her a-way · wyth wylewyles and he mygthe · ¶ Ac k~~....~~ynde knoweth this wel · and kepyth her the bettre · and dooþ her wyth sire dowel · is duke of these marches · ¶ Dobet is her damysele · sire dowel-isHm.9.12: For the his-genitive, see Tauno F. Mustanoja, A Middle English Syntax, Part I: Parts of Speech (Helsinki, 1960), 159-162. See also Hm.19.54. doughter to serue theþis lady lely · bothe late and rathe · dobest is a-boue bothe · ~~...?...?...~~a bysshopes pere that he byt moot be do · he rewleth hem alle · ¶ Anima that lady · is ladde by his lerynge ac þe constable of þat castel · þat kepeþ al the wacche · ys a wys knygth wyth-alle · sire .Inwyt he hatteth · and hath fyue fayre sonys · by his furste wyue · syr seewel and saywel · and herewel the ende sir wurche wel wyth thyn hand · a wygth man of strenkthe · and sir godfrey gowel · grete lordes forsothe · these fyue ben sette · to saue this lady · Anima tyl kynde come or sende · to hauesaue her for euere ¶ What kyn thynge ys kynde quod y · canste thu me telle · kynde quod wyttwitte is a creature · of all kyn thynges fadur and furmour · of all þat euere was maked · and that is þe grete god · that gynnynge hadde neuere · lord of lyf and of lygth · of lysse and of peyne aungels and alle þynge · arn at his wylle ac man is hym moste lyke · of mark and of schaft for þurgh þe woord þat he spake wexen foorþ bestes · Dixit & facta sunt & cetera · ¶ And made furst Adam manman · lykest to hym-sylfe one · and eue of his rybbe bon · wyth-outyn eny mene for he was synguler hym-selfe · and seyde faciamus as who seith more moot herto · than my woord one my mygth moot helpe nowe wyth my speche · rygth as a lord schulde make lettres · and hym lakkyd parchemyn · thouwe he cow~~...~~de wryte neuere so wele · ȝif he hadde no penne · the lettre for all the lordschipe · y leue were neuere ymakyd · ¶ And so it semeþ by hym · as the bible telleth · there he seyde · dixit & facta sunt · he moot werche wyth his woord · and his wytte schewe and yn this manere was man maad · thorow mygth of god almyghty · wyþ his woord and werkmanschipe · and wyth his lyflyf to laste · and thus god gaf hym a goost · of the godhed of heuene and of his grete grace · grauntyd hym blysse · and þat is lyf that ay schall laste · to alle lynage aftur and þat is the castel · that kuynde made · caro it hatteth and is alsoas muche to mene · as man wyth a soule · and that he wrougth wyth werke · and wyth woord bothe · thurgh mygth of the mageste · man was y-makyd · ¶ Inwytt and alle wyttes · closyd ben therynne · for loue of þatþe lady anima · that lyf is y-nempnyd · oueral yn mannys body · ~~...~~ȝheheHm.9.56: Ȝhe, "she." walketh and wandreth · and yn the herte is her hoom · and her moste reste · ac ynwytte is yn the hed · and to the herte he loketh · what anima is leef or loth · he lat her at his wylle · for aftur the grace of god · þe grettyst is ynwytt ¶ Moche wo wurþ th..oþat m..enman · þat mysrewleth h~~...~~erhis ynwytt andAnd þat beth glotouns gluberousglobbares · her god is her wombe · Quorum deus venter est · & ceteranil · for they seruyn sathan · her soules schal he haue · that lyueth synful lyflyf here · her soule is lyke the deuyl and alle þat lyuen good lyf · arn lyke to god almyghty Qui manet in caritate in deo manet · & cetera · ¶ Alas þat drynke schall fordo · þat god dere bougth · and dooþ god forsakyn hem · that he schoop to his lyknesse · Amen dico vobis · nescio vos & alibi · Et dimisi eos secundum desideria eorum · & cetera · ¶ Folys þat faylynfauten ynwytte · y fynde þat holy cherche · schulde fynde hem that ~~....~~theyhem faylenfautethfauted · and faderles childryn · and wydewes that haue nougth · wherwyth to wynnynwynnen hem her food · madde men and maydenes · that helples were alle þese lacken ynwytt · and lore byhoueth ¶ Of þys mater y mygth · makyn a longe tale and fyndyn fele wytnesses · amonge þe four doctours · and þat y lye nougth of that y lernelere the · luke beryþ wytnesse ¶ Godfadur and godmodur · that seen her godchildryn · at mysayse and at myscheef · and mowyn · hem amende · schull haue penaunce yn purgatory · but ȝif they hem helpe · for more bylongeth to the lytyl barn · er he the lawe conneknowe · than nempnynge of anamea name · and he neuere the wysere · schulde no crystene creature · cryen at the ȝate · ne faylen payn andne potage · and prelatys dudyn as þey schuldyn a iewe wolde nougth seen a iewe go ianglynge for deffaute · for alle þe noblesmoebles on this molde · and he amende it mygth ¶ alas þat a crystene creature · schall be vnkynde tyl another · Syþþe iewes that we .Iuge · Iudas felawes · eythur of hem helpeth othre · of thatþat þat h.emhym nedeth · whi ne wollnel we crystene · of crystes good ben alsoas kynde · as iewes þat ben our lores-men · schame to vs alle · the comoun for her vnkyndenes · y drede me schull a-bye · ¶ Busschopes schull be blamyd · for beggers sake · he ~~.......~~is wurse than iudas · that ȝyueth a iaper syluer and byddeth the begger go · for his brokyn clothes · Proditor est prelatus cum iuda qui patrimonium christi minus distribuit · & alibi · perniciosus dispensator ~~.......~~est qui res pauperum christi inutiliter consumit · ¶ He dooth nougth well þat doth þus · ne dredeþdrat nougth god almyghty · heNe loueþ nougth salamones sawes · that sapience madetauȝte · Inicium sapiencie timor domini · & ceteranil · ¶ That dredeþ god he doth well · þat dredeth hym for loue · and nougth for drede of vengeaunce · dooþ þerfore þe bettre · he doth best þat wyþdraweþ hym · by day and by nygthe · to spille any speche · or any space of tyme · Qui offendit in vno in omnibus reus estest reus · & ceteranil · ¶ Lesynge of tyme · trewth.e wote the sothe is moste hatyd vpon erþe · of hem þat ben yn heuene · and suþþe to spille speche · þat spicerespyre is of grace · and aAnd goddes gluman · and a gamyngameHm.9.110: Hm alone has the dissyllabic and thus unmetrical spelling gamyn against the game of other manuscripts. F also has gamen, but the line is substantially rewritten there. of heuene · wolde neuere þe feythfull fader · .hysys f~~......~~ythele were vntempryd · ne his glewman a gadelynge · a goere to tauernes · ¶ To alle trewe tydymen · that trauayle desyryn · our lord loueþ hem and leneth hemlent · lowde oþer stylle · grace to go to hem · and a-gon her lyflode · Inquirentes autem ~~.......~~dominum non minuentur omni bono · & ceteranil · ¶ Trewe weddyd lyuynge folke yn þys worlde ys dowel · for þey moot werche and wynne · and þe world susteyne · for of her kynde · þey come · þat confessoures ben nempnyd kynges and knyghtes · caysers and cherles maydens and martyres · out of oo man come · ¶ the wyf was maad þe wey · forto helpe werche · and þus was wedlok y-wrougth · wyth amenea mene persone · fyrste by the fadres wylle and þe frendys conseyl · and suþþyn by thebi assent of hem-selfe as þey two mygth accorde · and þus was wedlok y-wrougth · and god hym-sylfe it made · yn erthe the heuene ys · hym-sylfe was the wytnes ¶ ac fals folke feythles · theuys and lyers wastours and wrecchis · oute of wedlok y trowe · conceyuyd ben yn euyl tyme · as caym was on eue · of suche synfull schrewys . þe sauter makyth mynde . Concepit ~~.........~~doloremin dolore · & peperit iniquitatem · & cetera · ¶ And alle þat comyn of that caym · comyn to euil ende for god sente to seem · and seyde by an Aungel · th..yn yyssue .in thyn yssue · y woll þat þey be weddyd and nougth þy kynde wyþ caymes · y-cowplyd nerne spousyd ¶ Ȝit summe aȝen the sonde · of our saueour of heuene · caymes kynde and his kynde · couplyd to-gydres tyl god wratthid for her werkes · and suche a woord seyde · that y made man · now it me furthynketh · Penitet me fecisse hominem · & ceteranil · ¶ And come to noe anoon · and bad hym .nougth lette · swythe go schape a schip · of schydes and of boordys · thy-sylf and þy sonys thre · and sutthyn ȝour wyues buske ȝow to þat boot · and abydethbideth ȝe ther-ynne · tyl fourty dayes ben fulfulde · þat flood haue ywaschyn · clene awey þe cursyd blood · þat caym hath y-makyd · ¶ bestys þat now ben · schull banne the tyme · that euere cursydþat cursed cayme · come toon this erthe Alle schall deye for ~~...?...?...~~his dedys · by dalys and by hylles · and þe fowles that fleen · foorþ wyth oþre bestys · eccepte onlyche · of eche kynde a couple · that yn thy schynglyd schip · schull be sauydysaued · ¶ Here abougthe þe barn · the belsyres gultys · ~~...?...?...~~& alle for her forfadres · þey feerdyn the wurse the gospel is heragayn · yn oo degre y fynde · Filius non portabit · iniquitatem patris · & pater non portabit iniquitatem filij · & ceteranil ¶ Ac y fynde ȝif þe fader be · fals and a schrewe that sumdel the sone · schall haue the syres tecchis ympe vponon an ellerne treellerne · and ȝif theþine appul be swete muche meruayl me thynketh · and more of a schrewe that bryngeþ foorþ any barn · but ȝif he be the same and haue a sauour after þe syre · selde seest thu oþer Nunquam colligitur de spinis vuavuas · nec de tribulis ficus · & ceteranil · ¶ And thus þurgh cursyd caym · cam care vpon erthe · and all for þey wrougth wedlokes · aȝenste goddes wylle forthy haue þey maugree of her maryages þat maryen so her childryn for summe as y se now · the sothe tosoth forto telle · for couetyse of catel · vnkyndely ben weddyd · andAs carfull concepcyoun · cometh of suche maryages as byfel of þe folke · þat ybyforey byfore of tolde for goode schuldyn wedde goode  þouȝ her neytherhij no good hadde · y am via & veritas seyth cryst · y may auaunce alle · ¶ It is an vncomely couple · by cryst as me thynketh to ȝyuen aȝongea ȝonge wenche · to an olde feble manfeble · or wedde any wedywe · for welthe of her goodes þat neuere schal barn bere · but it be yn armys many a peyre syth pestylenceþe pestilence · han plygth hem to-gydres the frute .þat þey brynge foorth · arn fowl woordes ~~...~~In ielosye ioyles · and iangly.nge ab.edde haue þey no childryn but cheste · and carpyngechoppyng hem ~~...?...~~betwene and þouwe þey doon hem to dunmowe · but ȝif þe deuel helpe · to folwyn aftur the flykke · fecche they it neuere · and but þey bothe ben forsworn · þat bacoun þey tyne forthi y conseyle all crystyn mencrystene · coueyte nougth ben wedded · for couetyse of catel · ne of kynrede ryche ¶ ac maydens & maydens · macche ȝow to-gydres · wydwes and wydwesWidwes and widwersHm.9.188: CrHm read wydwes and wydwes. The verse caused the scribes some difficulty, but alpha reads Wydeweres and wydewes (in the spelling of R) against beta's Widwes and widwers. · wurcheth the same for noneno londys but for loue · loke ȝe be wedded and þanne gete ȝe the grace of god · & good y-now to lyue wyth · and euery maner seculer · þat may nougth conteyne · wysly go wedde and war hym fro synne · for lecchery yn lykynge · is lymȝerde of helle whiles þu art ȝonge · and þy wepne kene wreke þe wyþ wyuynge · ȝif þu wolte ben excused Dum sis vir fortis · ne des tua robora scortis · Scribitur in portis · meretrix est ianua mortis · ¶ Whan ȝe han wyued be waar · and wurche yn tyme nougth as Adam and Eue · whan tymecaym was engendred for yn vntyme trewly · bytwene man and womman ne schulde no berde ynbourde on bedde be · but ȝif þey were boþebothe were clene bothe of lyfe and of soule and yn parfyt charyte · that ylke derne dede do · noman ne schulde and ȝif þey ledyn thus her lyfe it lyketh god all-myghty for he made wedlok furst · and hym-sylf it seyde Bonum est vt vnusquisque vxorem suam habeat propter fornicacionem · & ceteranil ¶ And þey þat oþergatys wereben getyn · for gadelynges ben holdyn · als fals folke foundlynges · faytours and lyers vngracyous to gete good · or loue of the peple · wandryn and wastyn · what they cacche mowe aȝenst do-wel þey don euyl · and þe deuel serue · and aftur her deþ-day · schull dwell wyth þe same · but god gyue hem grace here · hem-sulf to amende · ¶ Dowel my frende is · to don as lawe . techeth to loue þy frende and þy fo · leue me þat is do-bet to ȝyuen and to ȝemyn · bothe ȝonge and olde to helyn and to helpyn · is dobest of alle · and dowel is to drede god · and do-bet to suffre · and so cometh do-best of bothe · and bryngeþ dounadoun þe mody and that is wykkydwikked wille þat many werke schendeth and dryueth a-wey dowel · þurgh dedly synnys