The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. ?: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128 (Hm<hi rend="sup">2</hi>) – 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 AssistantMichael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Ewbanks, Carrie Lindley, and Jordan Taylor. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersRobert Bingler, Chris Jessee, Daniel Pitti, and John Unsworth.Published by Boydell and Brewer, Ltd. for SEENET and The Medieval Academy of AmericaWoodbridge, Suffolk.ISBN: 9781843840923

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2008 San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 128Combined facsimile & documentary edition.1 computer optical disk : col. ; 4 3/4 in.The Medieval Academy and SEENETWoodbridge, Suffolk Source copy consulted: San Marino, Huntington Library, MS Hm 128

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LatinFrenchGerman29 October 2001 revise header Hoyt N. Duggan New header created than drede went wyȝtly  and warned falsþe falsHm2.2.1: A modern hand has written "A fragment of Piers Ploughman. See the 9th leaf." For fuller discussion see the Introduction I.11. and badde hym fle for fere  and his felawes alle whan falsFalsenesse for ferefere þanne fleyȝe  to the freres and gyle dothe hym to goo  a-gast for to deyȝe ac marchauntz metten wyth hym  and maden hym abyde and by-schuttebishetten hym in her schoppys  to schewen her ware apparayldenAnd apparailled hym as a prentys  the peple to serue fuƚƚ lyȝtlyLiȝtlich lyere tholyer  lepe a-wey thanne lurkyng thurowh lanes  luggedto-lugged of many he was nowhare welcome  for his many tales oueral y-hunted  and y-hote trusse tyl pardeners hadde pyte  and pulleden hym toin-to house thei wuschen hym and wypeden hym  and wonden hym in cloutys and senten hym wyth sealys  on sundayes to cherches and ȝafgaf pardoun for pans  pound-mele aboute thanne loureden leches  and lettres thei sente thanneÞatHm2.2.17: The scribe copied thanne from the preceding line. It is possible that he recognized his mistake and attempted a correction by converting the first minim of <n> to <t>, though that seems unlikely. Kane and Donaldson read "thatine (?)." he schulde wonye wytħ hem  watres to loke spycers spoken wyth hym  to aspyȝenspienHm2.2.18: Hm2HmC2 alone have the unmetrical form. Most other witnesses have the apheretic form spien. her ware for he coude onof her crafte  and knewe many gommes ac menstrals and messagers  metten wyth hym ones and helden hym an half ȝere  and enleuene dayes freres wyth fayr speche  fecchidfetten hym thennys Hm2.2.23: With this erasure the stint of copying by hand4 begins and continues to the end of the fragment....?...?...and for knowynge of comers  copedencoped hym as a frere Ac he hath leue to lepen out  as ofte as hym lyketh And ys welcome whan he wole  and woneth with hem ofte alle fƚedden for fere  and flowen in to hernes Saue mede the maiden  nomo durstendurstHm2.2.27: The dissyllabic form is unmetrical. abide Ac trewely to telle  sche trembled for drede AndAnd ek wepte and wronge  whan sche was a-tached