The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 4: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 581 (S. C. 987) (L) – Passus 10William LanglandEdited by Hoyt N. Duggan and Ralph HannaAssociate Editors: Patricia R. Bart, M. Gail Duggan and Catherine A. FarleyTechnical Editors: Daniel V. Pitti and Jonathan Rodney Graduate Research Assistants Heather Blatt, Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Nancy Renwick Clendenon, Carri Cregar, Paul Fyfe, Paul Gaffney, Matthew Gibson, Bethany Mabee, Stephen C. Martin, Chloe Smith, Timothy L. Stinson, and Keicy Tolbert. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersShayne Brandon, Nathaniel Garson, Matthew S. Gibson, Kirk V. Hastings, Janice McCoy, Susan Munson, David Seaman, and John Unsworth.Published for the Medieval Academy of America and The Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET) by Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Cambridge ISBN: 184384026X

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late 14th or early 15th century Source copy consulted: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 581 (S. C. 987)

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LatinFrenchGerman2003 Editor Hoyt N. Duggan New header created and structure reorganized. Passus xus de visione & ijus dowelPassus Xusdecimustnota ThanneL.10.1: The lombard capital <T> is five lines high in blue ink with red flourishes. A small guide letter <t> appears in the left margin. hadde witte a wyf · was hote dame studye Þat lene was of lere · and of liche bothe She was wonderly wroth · þat witte me þus tauȝte And al starynge dame studye · sternelich seyde Wel artow wyse quod she to witte · any wysdomes to telle To flatereres or to folis · þat frantyk ben of wittes And blamed hym and banned hym · and badde hym be stylle With suche wise wordes · to wissen any sottes And seyde noli mittere man · margerye perlis Amanges hogges þat han · hawes at wille Þei don but dryuele þer-on draffe were hem leuere Þan al þe precious perre · þat in paradys wexeth I sey it bi suche quod she þat sheweth bi her werkes Þat hem were leuer londe · and lordship on erthe Or ricchesse or rentis · and reste at her wille Þan alle þe sothe sawes · þat salamon seyde euerenota Wisdome and witte now is nouȝt worth a carseL.10.17: LMR alone among B witnesses have the spelling carse in agreement with C. Other B manuscripts have kerse. Both spellings reflect dialectal variants of "cress" (<OE cressa, cærse). But if it be carded with coueytise · as clotheres kemben here wolle Who-so can contreue deceytes · an conspire wronges And lede forth a loue-day · to latte with treuthe He þat suche craftes can · to conseille is clepid Þei lede lordes with lesynges · and bilyeth treuthe Iob þe gentel in his geste.s witnesseth Þat wikked men þei welden · þe welthe of þis worlde And þat þei ben lordes of eche a londe · þat oute of lawe libbeth Quare impij viuunt bene est omnibus qui preuaricantur & inique agunt Þe sauter seyth þe same · bi suche þat don ille Ecce ipsiL.10.28: The suspension for ipsi is added by the rubricating scribe. peccatores habundantes in seculo optinuerunt diuicias Lo seith holy letterrure whiche lordes beth þis shrewes Þilke þat god moste gyueth · leste good þei deleth And moste vnkynde to þe comune · þat moste catel weldeth Que perfecisti destruxerunt · iustus autem &c · Harlotes for her harlotrye · may haue of her godis And iaperes and iogeloures · and iangelers of gestes Ac he þat hath holy writte · ay in his mouth · And can telle of Tobye · and of þe twelue apostles Or prechen of þe penaunce · þat pilat wrouȝt To Ihesu þe gentil · þat Iewes to-drowe Litel is he loued · þat suche a lessoun scheweth Or daunted or drawe forth · I do it on god hym-self But þo þat feynen hem folis · and with faityng libbeth Aȝein þe lawe of owre lorde · and lyen on hem-selue Spitten and spewen · and speke foule wordes Drynken and dryuelen · and do men for to gape Lickne men and lye on hem · þat leneth hem no ȝiftes Þei conne namore mynstralcye · ne musyke men to glade Than Munde þe mylnere · of multa fecit deus Ne were here vyle harlotrye · haue god my treuthe Shulde neuere Kyng ne kniȝt · ne chanoun of seynt Poules Ȝyue hem to her ȝeresȝiue · þe ȝifte of a grote Ac murthe and mynstralcye · amonges men is nouthe Leccherye losengerye · and loseles tales Glotonye and grete othes · þis murthe þei louiethnota Ac if þei carpen of cryst · þis clerkis and þis lewed Atte mete in her murthes · whan mynstralles ben stille L.10.56-57: A bracket appears in the left margin beside these two lines. Þanne telleth þei of þe trinite · a tale other tweyne And bringen forth a balled resoun · and taken Bernard to witnesse And putten forth a presumpsioun · to preue þe sothe L.10.59: A bracket in the left margin encloses this line. Þus þei dryuele at her deyse þe deite to knowe And gnawen god with þe gorge · whan her gutte isL.10.60: LYR alone read gutte is; most other B manuscripts have plural guttes, with or without some form of "be." fullenota Ac þe careful may crye · and carpen atte ȝate Bothe afyngred and a-thurst · and for chele quake Is none to nymen hym nere · his noye to amende But heonL.10.64: heon, "halloo, shout out." See MED, s.v. heuen v.(3). on hym as an hounde · and hoten hym go þennes Litel loueth he þat lorde · þat lent hym al þat blisse Þat þus parteth with þe pore · a parcel whan hym nedeth Ne were mercy in mene men · more þan in riche Mendinantz meteles · miȝte go to bedde God is moche in þe gorge · of þise grete maystres Ac amonges mene men · his mercy and his werkis And so seith þe sauter · I haue yseyeL.10.71: LR alone read yseye; most other B manuscripts have seiȝen. it ofte Ecce audiuimus eam in effrata · inuenimus eam in campis silue Clerkes and other kynnes men · carpen of god faste And haueL.10.74: LHm alone omit hym after haue. moche in þe mouthe · ac mene men in hertenota Freres and faitoures · han founde suche questiouns To plese with proude men · sithen þe pestilence tyme And prechen at seint poules · for pure enuye of clerkis Þat folke is nouȝte fermed in þe feith · ne fre of her goodes Ne sori for her synnes · so is pryde waxen In religioun and in alle þe rewme · amonges riche & pore Þat preyeres haue no power · þe pestilence to lette And ȝette þe wrecches of þis worlde · is none ywar bi other Ne for drede of þe deth · withdrawe nouȝt her pryde Ne beth plentyuous to þe pore · as pure charite wolde But in gaynesse and in glotonye · for-glotten her goode hem-selue And breken nouȝte to þe beggar · as þe boke techeth Frange esurienti panem tuum &c · And þe more he wynneth and welt · welthes & ricchesse And lordeth in londes · þe lasse good he deleth Thobye telleth ȝow nouȝt so · take hede ȝe riche How þe boke bible · of hym bereth witnesse Si tibi sit copia habundanter tribue · si autem exiguum illud impertiri stude libenter Who-so hath moche spene manliche · so meneth Thobie And who-so litel weldeth · reule him þer-after For we haue no lettre of owre lyf · how longe it shal dure Suche lessounes lordes shulde · louie to here And how he myȝte moste meyne manliche fyndenota Nouȝt to fare as a fitheler or a frere · forto seke festes Homelich at other mennes houseL.10.99: LF alone read house; all other B manuscripts have houses. · and hatyen her owne Elyng is þe halle : vche daye in þe wyke Þere þe lorde ne þe lady liketh nouȝte to sytte Now hath vche riche a reule · to eten bi hym-selue In a pryue palourepa[r]loure · for pore mennes sake Or in a chambre with a chymneye · and leue þe chief halle Þat was made for meles · men to eten Inne And al to spare to spille · þat spende shal an other I haue yherde hiegh men etyng atte table Carpen as þei clerkes were · of cryste and of his miȝtes And leyden fautes vppon þe fader · þat fourmed vs alle And carpen aȝeine clerkes · crabbed wordes Whi wolde owre saueoure suffre suche a worme in his blisse Þat bigyled þe womman · and þe man after Þorw whiche wyles and wordes · þei went to helle And al her sede for here synne · þe same deth suffred Here lyeth ȝowre lore · þise lordes gynneth dispute Of þat ȝe clerkes vs kenneth · of cryst by þe gospel Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris &c · Whi shulde we þat now ben · for þe werkes of Adam Roten and to-rende · resoun wolde it neuere Vnusquisque portabit onus suum &c Suche motyues þei moeue · þis maistres in her glorie And maken men in mysbileue · þat muse moche on her wordes Ymaginatyf her-after-ward · shal answere to ȝowre purposnota Augustyne to suche argueres · he telleth hemL.10.124: LHmMRF read hem which is omitted by other B witnesses. þis teme Non plus sapere quam oportet Wilneth neuere to wite · whi þat god wolde Suffre sathan his sede to bigyle Ac bileue lelly · in þe lore of holicherche And preye hym of pardoun · and penaunce in þi lyue And for his moche mercye · to amende ȝow here For alle þat wilneth to wyte · þe weyes of god almiȝty I wolde his eye were in his ers · and his fynger after Þat euere wilneth to wite · whi þat god wolde Suffre sathan · his sede to bigile Or iudas to þe iuwes · ihesu bytraye Al was as þow woldeL.10.136: LRF read wolde, though alpha's verb follows he; all other B manuscripts have woldest. · lorde yworschiped be þow And al worth as þow wolte · what-so we dispute And þo þat vseth þis hauelounes · to blende mennes wittes What is dowel fro dobet · now def mote he worthe Sitthe he wilneth to wyte · whiche þei ben bothe But if he lyue in þe lyf · þat longeth to dowel For I dar ben his bolde borgh · þat dobet wil he neuere Þeigh dobest drawe on hym day after othernota And whan þat witte was ywar what dame studye tolde He bicome so confus · he couth nouȝte loke And as doumbe aa[s] deth · and drowe hym arrere+ L.10.147: A mark, not quite like the corrector's <+> appears in the left margin; no error is apparent. And for no carpyng I couth after · ne knelyng to þe grounde I myȝte gete no greyne · of his grete wittis But al laughyng he louted · and loked vppon studye In signe þat I shulde · biseche hir of grace And whan I was war of his wille · to his wyf gan I loute And seyde mercy madame ȝowre man shal I worthe As longe as I lyue · bothe late & rathe Forto worche ȝowre wille · þe while my lyf dureth With þat ȝe kenne me kyndely · to knowe what is dowel L.10.156: A mark, not quite identical to the corrector's usual cross appears in the left margin, and no error is apparent. For þi mekenesse man quod she · and for þi mylde speche I shal kenne þe to my cosyn · þat clergye is hoten He hath wedded a wyf · with-Inne þis syx monethes Is sybbe to þe seuene artz · scripture is hir name Þei two as I hope · after my techyng Shullen wissen þe to dowel · I dar it vndertake+ Þanne was IL.10.162: I was added after initial copying, no doubt in response to the corrector's <+> in the left margin. also fayne · as foule of faire morwe And gladder þan þe gleman · þat golde hath to ȝifte And axed hir þe heighe weye · where þat clergye dwelte And telle me some token quod I · for tyme is þat I wende+ L.10.166: A corrector's <+> appears in the left margin, but no error is apparent. Axe þe heighe waye quod she · hennes to suffre Bothe wel & wo · ȝif þat þow wolt lerne And ryde forth by ricchesse · ac rest þow nauȝt þerinne For if þow couplest þe þer-with · to clergye comestow neuerenota And also þe likerouse launde · þat leccherye hatte Leue hymL.10.171: LHmMR alone read hym; other B manuscripts have it. on þi left halue · a large myle or more Tyl þow come to a courte · kepe wel þi tonge Fro lesynges and lither speche · and likerouse drynkes Þanne shaltow se sobrete · and symplete of speche Þat eche wiȝte be in wille · his witte þe to shewe And þus shaltow come to clergye · þat can many þinges Saye hym þis signe · I sette hym to scole And þat I grette wel his wyf · for I wrote hir many bokes And sette hir to sapience · and to þe sauter glose Logyke I lerned hir · and many other lawes+ And alle þe musouns in mukemu[si]keL.10.181: A corrector's <+> in the left margin notes L's muke for musike. · I made hir to knowe Plato þe poete · I put hym fyrste to boke Arestotle and other moo · to argue I tauȝte Grammer for gerles · I garte first wryte And bette hem with a baleis · but if þei wolde lerne Of alkinnes craftes · I contreued toles Of carpentrie of kerueres and compassed masouns And lerned hem leuel and lyne · þough I loke dymmenota Ac theologie hath tened me · ten score tymes The more I muse þereInne · þe mistier it semeth And þe depper I deuyne · þe derker me it þinketh It is no science for-sothe · forto sotyle Inne A ful lethy þinge it were · ȝif þat loue nere Ac for it let best by loue · I loue it þe bettre For þere þat loue is leder · ne lacked neuere grace Loke þow loue lelly · ȝif þe lyketh dowel For dobet and dobest · ben of loues kynne In other science it seyth · I saye it in catoun Qui similat verbis velL.10.199: LWR alone read vel; all other B manuscripts have nec. corde est fidus amicus Tu quoque fac simile · sic ars deluditur arte Who-so gloseth as gylours don · go me to þe same And so shaltow false folke and faythlees bigyle Þis is catounes kennyng · to clerkes þat he lereth Ac theologye techeth nouȝt so · who-so taketh ȝeme He kenneth vs þe contrarye aȝein catones wordes For he bit vs be as bretheren · and bidde for owre enemys And louen hem þat lyen on vs · and lene hem whan hem nedeth And do good aȝeines yuel · god hym-self it hoteth Dum tempus habemus operemur bonum ad omnes maxime autem ad domesticos fidei Poule preched þe peple þat parfitnesse loued To do good for goddes loue · and gyuen men þat asked And nameliche to suche · þat sueth owre bileue And alle þat lakketh vs or lyeth vs · owre lorde techeth vs to louye And nouȝt to greuen hem þat greueth vs · god hym-self for-badde it Michi vindictam & ego retribuam For-þi loke þow louye · as longe as þow durest For is no science vnder sonne · so souereyne for þe soule L.10.218: An unrubricated paraph marker appears in the left margin. Since the scribe failed to skip a line, the rubricating scribe may have failed to notice it. ¶ Ac astronomye is an harde þynge · and yuel forto knowe Geometrie and geomesye is ginful of speche Who-so thenketh werche with þo two · thryueth ful late For sorcerye is þe souereyne boke · þat to þe science longeth Ȝet ar þere fybicches in forceres · of fele mennes makyng Experimentz of alkamye · þe poeple to deceyue If þow þinke to dowel · dele þer-with neuere Alle þise science I my-self · sotiled and ordeynedX And founded hem formest · folke to deceyueL.10.226: A drypoint <X> appears beside this line in the left margin. Telle clergye þise tokenes · and scripture after To conseille þe kyndely · to knowe what is dowel · I seide graunt mercy madame · and mekeliche hir grette And went wiȝtlich awey · with-oute more lettynge And til I come to clergye · I couthe neuere stynte And gret þe good man · as studye me tauȝte And afterwardes þe wyf · and worshiped hem bothe And tolde hem þe tokenes · þat me tauȝte were Was neuere gome vppon þis grounde · sith god made þe worlde Fairer vnder-fongen · ne frendeloker at ese Þan my-self sothly · sone so he wist Þat I was of wittis hous · and with his wyf dame studye I seyde to hem sothely · þat sent was I þider Dowel and dobet · and dobest to lerne It is a comune lyf quod clergye · on holycherche to bileue With alle þe artikles of þe feithe · þat falleth to be knowe And þat is to bileue lelly · bothe lered and lewed On þe grete god · þat gynnyng had neuere And on þe sothfaste sone · þat saued mankynde Fro þe dedly deth · and þe deueles power Þorwgh þe helpe of þe holy goste · þe whiche goste is of bothe Three persones · ac nouȝt in plurel noumbre For al is but on god · and eche is god hym-selue Deus pater deus filius · deus spiritus sanctus God þe fader god þe sone · god holigoste of bothe Maker of mankynde · and of bestes bothe Austyn þe olde · here-of heL.10.253: LRF alone read he; other beta manuscripts omit it. made bokes And hym-self ordeyned · to sadde vs in bileue Who was his autour · alle þe foure euangelistes And cryst clepid hym-self so · þe ewangelistes bereth witnesse Ego in patre & pater in me est & qui videt me · videt et patrem meum L.10.258: An unrubricated paraph marker appears in the left margin. Since the scribe failed to skip a line, the rubricating scribe may have failed to notice it. ¶ Alle þe clerkes vnder cryst · ne couthe þis assoilleBut þus it bilongeth to bileue L.10.259-299: A bracket extends down the length of the page in the right margin. But þus it bilongeth to bileue · to lewed þat willen dowel For had neuere freke fyne wytte · þe feyth to dispute Ne man had no merite · myȝte it ben yproued Fides non habet meritum vbi humana racio prebet experimentum L.10.263: The rubricating scribe failed to note the original scribe's paraph indicator in the left margin, probably because the original scribe failed to skip a line. On the other hand, the paraph indicator may have been added later, since it is placed differently from others, farther into the left margin. ¶ Þanne is dobet to suffre · for þi soules helth Al þat þe boke bit · by holycherche techyng And þat is man bi þi miȝte · for mercies sake Loke þow worche it in werke · þat þi worde sheweth Suche as þow semest in syȝte · be in assay yfounde Appare quod es vel est esto quod apparesL.10.268: The word est was written in error before esto, then partially erased. There is evidence of a scraped gloss in the left margin, probably nota or a paraph marker. And lat no-body be · bi þi beryng bygyled But be suche in þi soule · as þow semest with-oute Þanne is dobest to be bolde · to blame þe gylty Sithenes þow seest þi-self · as in soule clene Ac blame þow neuere body · and þow be blame-worthy Si culpare velis · culpabilis esse cauebis Dogma tuum sordet · cum te tua culpa remordet God in þe gospel · grymly repreueth Alle þat lakken any lyf · and lakkes han hem-selue Quid consideras festucam in oculo fratris tui trabem in oculo tuo &c Why meuestow þi mode for a mote · in þi brotheres eye Sithen a beem in þine owne · ablyndeth þi-selue Eice primo trabem de oculo tuo &c Whiche letteth þe to loke · lasse other more I rede eche a blynde bosarde · do bote to hym-selue For abbotes and for prioures · and for alle manere prelates As parsones and parissh prestes · þat preche shulde and teche Alle manere men · to amenden · by here myȝte This tixte was tolde ȝow · to ben war ar ȝe tauȝte Þat ȝe were suche as ȝe seyde · to salue with othere For goddis worde wolde nouȝt be blosteL.10.289: R's reading is boste also. · for þat worcheth euere If it auailled nouȝt þe comune · it myȝte auaille ȝow-seluen · Ac it semeth now sothly · to þe worldes syght Þat goddes worde worcheth nauȝte · on lered ne on lewede But in suche a manere · as Marke meneth in þe gospel Dum cecus ducit cecum ambo in foueam cadunt Lewed men may likne ȝow þus · þat þe beem lithe in ȝowre eyghen And þe festu is fallen · for ȝowre defaute In alle manere men · þourgh mansed prestes Þe bible bereth witnesse þat alle þe folke of israel Byttere abouȝte þe gultes · of two badde prestes L.10.300-336: A bracket extends the entire left side of the page. Offyn and Fynes · for her coueytise Archa dei myshapped · and ely brake his nekke L.10.302-304: A corrector's dry point cross appears in the left margin, but it is not clear why it was written. For-þi ȝe corectoures claweth her-on · and corecteth fyrst ȝow-seluen And þanne mowe ȝe saufly seye · as dauid made þe sauter Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis · arguam te & statuam contra faciem tuam · And þanne shal borel clerkes ben abasched · to blame ȝow or to greue And carpen nouȝte as þei carpen now · and calle ȝow doumbe houndes Canes non valentes latrare And drede to wratthe ȝow in any worde · ȝowre werkemanship to lette And be prestiore at ȝowre prayere · þan for a pounde of nobles And al for ȝowre holynesse · haue ȝe þis in herte In scole þere is scorne · but if a clerke wil lerne And grete loue and lykynge · for eche of hem loueth other Ac now is religioun a ryder · a rowmer bi stretes A leder of louedayes · and a londe-bugger A priker on a palfray · fro manere to maner An heep of houndes at his ers · as he a lorde were And but if his knaue knele · þat shal his cuppe brynge He loureth on hym and axeth hym · who tauȝte hym curteisye Litel had lordes to donn · to ȝyue londe fram her heires To Religious þat haue no reuthe · þough it reyne on here auteres In many places þer hij persones ben · be hem-self at ese Of þe pore haue þei no pite · and þat is her charite Ac þei leten hem as lordes · her londe lith so brodea king shall com & Reforme religiounL.10.324: The gloss is added by a s. xvi1 hand. Ac þere shal come a kyng · and confesse ȝow religiouses And bete ȝow as þe bible telleth · for brekynge of ȝowre reule And amende monyales · monkes and chanouns And putten hem to her penaunce · ad pristinum statum ire And Barounes with Erles beten hem · þorugh beatus virres techynge Þat here barnes claymen · and blame ȝow foule Hij in curribusL.10.330: LM alone omit & before hij. hij in equis ipsi obligati sunt &c And þanne Freres in here freitoure shal fynden a keye Of costantynes coffres · in which is þe catel Þat Gregories god-children · han yuel dispendedAbbot of Abindoun L.10.334: The gloss is in the same s. xvi1 hand as that at L.10.324. And þanne shal þe abbot of Abyndoun · and alle issu[his] issu for euere Haue a knokke of a kynge · and incurable þe wounde That þis worth soth seke ȝe · þat oft ouer-se þe bible Quomodo cessauit exactor · quieuit tributum · contriuit dominus baculum impiorum et virgam dominancium cedencium plaga insanabili &cCaym shall awake Ac ar þat kynge come · cayme shal awakeL.10.338: The following gloss is added by a s. xvi1 hand in the right margin: Caym shall awake. AcL.10.339: LHmMR alone read Ac; most other B manuscripts have And. dowel shal dyngen hym adoune · and destruyen his myȝte Þanne is dowel and dobet quod I · dominus and kniȝthode I nel nouȝt scorne quod scripture · but if scryueynes lye kynghod ne knyȝthod · by nauȝt I can awayte helpeth nouȝt to heueneward · one heres ende Ne ricchesse riȝt nouȝt · ne reaute of lordes Poule preueth it inpossible · riche men haue heuene Salamon seith also · þat syluer is worst to louye Nichil iniquius quam amare peccuniam And caton kenneth vs to coueiten it · nauȝt but as nede techeth Dilige denarium set parce dilige formam And patriarkes and prophetes · and poetes bothe Wryten to wissen vs · to wilne no ricchesse And preyseden pouerte with pacience · þe apostles bereth witnesse Þat þei han heritage in heuene · and bi trewe riȝte Þere riche men no riȝte may clayme · but of reuthe and grace Contra quod I bi cryste · þat can I repreue And preue it bi Peter · and bi poule bothe Þat is baptized beth sauf · be he riche or pore Þat is in extremis quod scripture · amonges saracenes and iewes Þei mowen be saued so · and þat is owre byleue Þat an vncristene in þat cas · may crysten an hethen And for his lele byleue · whan he þe lyf tyneth Haue þe heritage of heuene · as any man crystene Ac crysten men with-oute more · may nouȝt come to heuene For þat cryst for cristenmencristen men · deyde  and confermed þe lawe Þat who-so wolde and wylneth · with cryste to aryse Si cum cristo surrexistis &c · He shulde louye & leneL.10.367: The word leue may be intended here; the scribe's <n> and <u> are indistinguishable. · and þe lawe fulfille Þat is loue þi lorde god · leuest aboue alle And after alle crystene creatures · in comune eche man other And þus bilongeth to louye · þat leueth to be saued And but we do þus in dede · ar þe daye of dome+ II[t]L.10.372: A corrector's <+> in the left margin notes erroneous I for "It." shal bisitten vs ful soure · þe siluer þat we kepenid est panni And owre bakkesL.10.373: The gloss id est panni is written above the line by the scribe. The gloss tells us that bakk- does not mean tergum, "back," but "clothes," "garments." þat moth-eten be · and sen beggers go naked Or delyte in wyn and wylde foule · and wote any in defaute For euery cristene creature shulde be kynde til other And sithen hethen to helpe · in hope of amendement God hoteth bothe heigh and lowe þat no man hurte other And seith slee nouȝt þat semblable is · to myne owen liknesse But if I sende þe sum tokne · and seith non necaberisL.10.379: The scribe originally wrote mecaberis and someone, possibly the original scribe, erased the first minim to make necaberis. Both readings are represented among B manuscripts. Is slee nouȝt but suffre · and al for þe beste For I shal punysshen hem in purgatorie · or in þe putte of helle Vche man for his mysdedes · but mercy it lette Þis is a longe lessoun quod I · and litel am I þe wyser Where dowel is or dobet · derkelich ȝe shewen Many tales ȝe tellen · þat theologye lerneth And þat I man made was · and my name yentred In þe legende of lyf · longe er I were Or elles vnwriten for somme wikkednesse as holywrit wytnesseth Nemo ascendit ad celum nisi qui de celo decendit I leue it wel quod I bi owre lorde and on no letterure bettere For salamon þe sage · þat sapience tauȝte God gaf hym grace of witte · and alle his godes after He demed wel & wysely as holy writte telleth Aristotle & he · who wissed men bettere Maistres þat of goddis mercy · techen men and prechen Of here wordes þei wissen vs · for wisest as in here tyme And al holicherche · holdeth hem bothe ydampned And if I shulde worke bi here werkes to wynne me heuene Þat for her werkes and witte · now wonyeth in pyne Þanne wrouȝte I vnwysely · what-so-euere ȝe preche Ac of fele witty in feith · litel ferly I haue Þough her goste be vngraciouse · god for to plese For many men on þis molde · more sette here hertis+ In good þan in god · for-þi hem grace faillethL.10.404: The second letter of initial In appears to have been added after initial copying, probably in response to the corrector's <+> in the left margin. At here moste myschief · whan þei shal lyf lete As salamon dede and such other · þat shewed gret wittes Ac her werkes as holy wrytte seyth · was euere þe contrarye For-þi wyse witted men · and wel ylettred clerkes As þei seyen hem-self · selden done þer-after Super cathedra moysy &c · Ac I wene it worth of many · as was in Noes tyme Þo he shope þat shippe · of shides and bordes Was neuere wriȝte saued þat wrouȝt þer-on · ne oþer werkman elles But briddes and bestes · and þe blissed Noe And his wyf with his sones · and also here wyues Of wriȝtes þat it wrouȝte was none of hem ysaued God leneL.10.417: Either lene (Kane-Donaldson's reading) or leue (Skeat's reading) is possible here. it fare nouȝt so bi folke · þat þe feith techen Of holicherche þat heberwehe[r]berwe is · and goddes hous to saue And shelden vs fram shame þer-inne · as noes shippe did bestes And men þat maden it · amydde þe flode adreynten Þe culorum of þis clause · curatoures is to mene Þat ben carpenteres holykirke to make · for crystes owne bestes Homines & iumenta saluabis domine · &c · On gode fridaye I fynde · a feloun was ysaued Þat had lyued al his lyf with lesynges and with thefte+ And for he biknewe on þe crosse · and to cryste scrofs[h]rofL.10.426: A corrector's <+> marks L's scrof for shrof. Although the spelling scrof is a possible Northern form, it is probably only error here. hym He was sonnere saued · þan seynt Iohan Baptiste And or Adam or ysaye · or eny of þe prophetes Þat hadde yleine with Lucyfer · many longe ȝeres A robbere was yraunceouned · rather þan þei alle With-outen any penaunce · of purgatorie  to perpetuel blisse Þanne Marye Magdaleyne · what womman dede worse Or who worse þan dauid · þat vries deth conspired Or Poule þe apostle · þat no pitee hadde Moche crystene kynde · to kylle to deth+ And benL.10.436: LR lack now before ben, as attested in most B manuscripts. A corrector's <+> in the left margin notes the omission. þise as souereynes · wyth seyntes in heuene Þo þat wrouȝte wikkedlokest · in worlde þo þei were And þo þat wisely wordeden · and wryten many bokes Of witte and of wisdome · with dampned soules wonye Þat salamon seith I trowe be soth · and certeyne of vs alle Sine iusti atque sapientes · & opera eorum in manu dei sunt &c Þere aren witty and wel libbyng ac her werkes ben yhuddeX L.10.443: An <X> two lines high appears in the left margin. In þe hondes of almiȝty god · and he wote þe sothe Wher for loue a man worth allowed þere · and his lele werkes Or elles for his yuel wille · or&L.10.445: L alone initially read or. A corrector's cross appears in the left margin and or is subpuncted. A small superlinear ampersand replaces it. It is barely visible, even with magnification. enuye of herte And be allowed as he lyued so · for bi lyther · men knoweth þe gode And wherby woteL.10.447: LR alone read wote; most other B manuscripts have a <wi-> form. men whiche is whyte · if alle þinge blake were And who were a gode man · but if þere were some shrewe For-þi lyue we forth with lither men · I leue fewe ben gode For qant oportet vyent en place · yl nyad que pati And he þat may al amende · haue mercy on vs alle For sothest worde þat euere god seyde · was þo he seyde nemo bonus L.10.453: An unrubricated paraph marker appears in the left margin. Since the scribe failed to skip a line, the rubricating scribe may have failed to notice it. ¶ Clergye þo of crystes mouth · commended was it litelX For he seyde to seynt Peter · and to suche as he louedL.10.454: A large <X> in lead appears in the left margin beside this line group. There is no error apparent. Dum steteritis ante Reges et presides &c · Þough ȝe come bifor kynges · and clerkes of þe lawe Beth nouȝte abasched · for I shal be in ȝoure mouthes And ȝyue ȝow witte atL.10.458: LRF alone read at; all other B manuscripts have and. wille · and kunnynge to conclude Hem alle þat aȝeines ȝow · of crystenedome disputen Dauyd maketh mencioun · ...?...he spake amonges kynges And miȝte no kynge ouercome hym · as bi kunnyng of speche But witte ne wisdome · wan neuere þe maystrye Whan man was at myschief · with-oute þe more grace Þe doughtiest doctour · and deuynoure of þe triniteeL.10.464: The last two letters may have been re-inked or added later. Was augustyn þe olde · and heighest of þe foure Sayde þus in a sarmoun · I seigh it writen ones Ecce ipsi idioti rapiunt celum · vbi nos sapientes in inferno mergimur · And is to mene to englissh men · more ne lasse Aren none rather yrauysshed · fro þe riȝte byleue Þan ar þis cunnynge clerkes · þat conne many bokes Ne none sonner saued · ne sadder of bileue Þan plowmen and pastoures · & pore comune laboreres Souteres and sheperdes · sucheL.10.473: LCr1R lack and before suche, as attested in most other B manuscripts. lewed iottes Percen with a pater noster þe paleys of heuene And passen purgatorie penaunceles · at her hennes-partyng In-to þe blisse of paradys · for her pure byleue Þat inparfitly here · knewe and eke lyued ...?...Ȝee men knowe clerkes · þat han cursed þe tyme Þat euere þei couth or knewe more · þa.n credo in deum patrem And pryncipaly her pater noster · many a persone hath wisshed I se ensamples my-self · and so may many an other Þat seruauntes þat seruen lordes · selden falle in arrerage But þo þat kepen þe lordes catel · clerkes and reues Riȝt so lewed men · & of litel knowyng Selden falle þei so foule · and so fer in synne As clerkes of holikirke · þat kepen crystes tresore Þe which is mannes soule to saue · as god seith in þe gospel ite vos in vineam meamL.10.488: This line was actually written to the right of the previous one, probably because the scribe wanted to allow adequate space below for the ornamented initial capital of the next passus.