The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 13William LanglandEdited by Eric Eliason, Hoyt N. Duggan, and Thorlac Turville-PetreAssociate Editors: Patricia Riles Bart and Gail DugganTechnical Editor: Daniel Pitti Graduate Research Assistants Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Carrie Lindley, Janice McCoy, and Timothy L. Stinson. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Cynthia Girard, Kirk Hastings, Sue Munson, David Seaman, and John Unsworth.Society for Early English and Norse Texts ISBN (individual use) 1 84384 051 0 (institutional use) 1 84384 052 9

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LatinFrenchGerman14 Dec 2004 editor Hoyt N. Duggan New header created, and SGML converted to XML. Minor revisions in TOC, mainly alphabatization of names.Passus xiijusPassus xiijustertiodecimusM.13.0: The guide to the passus heading is erased beneath the heading itself.aAnd I awaked ther-with  witytles nerehandeAnd as a freke that free were  forth gan I walkeIn manere of a mendinaunt  many ȝyere afterAnd of þis metynge many tyme  muche thouȝt I haddeFurst how fortune me failled  at my moost nedeAnd how þat Elde manaced me  miȝte we euere metenota contra fratresAnd how þat Freres folweden  folk þat was riche . And folk þat was pouere  at litel pris þei setten . And no corps in hire kyrkȝyerd  ne .M.13.9:The erasure may have been a misplaced punctus elevatus. in hire kyrk was buried . But quike he biquethe hem aught  or shulde helpe quite hire dettesAnd how this couetise ouerecome  clerkes and preestus . # quia in defectis Curatoribus multi periuntAnd how þat lewede men ben ladde  but oure lord hem helpeThorugh vnkonnynge curatours  to incurable peynesAnd how þat ymaginatif  in dremeles me toldeOf kynde and of his konnynge  and how curteis he is to bestesAnd how louynge he is to bestes  on londe and on watreLeneth he no lif  lasse ne more . The creatures that krepen  of kynde ben engendredeAnd sithen how ymaginatif . saide  Vix Iustus saluabitur .And whan he hadde saide so  how sodeinliche he passede . I lay down longe in this thouȝte  and at þe laste .eI slepteAnd as crist wolde there come conscience  to conforten me þat tyme . And bad me come to his courte  with clergye shulde I dyne . And for conscience of clergie spak  I come welM.13.24:Kane and Donaldson read wol which is possible though not shared with other B manuscripts. For another ambiguous case cf. M.13.347. the ratherAnd þere I s.ay a maistreer  what man he was I neste . That lowe louted.  and loueliche to scripture# conveuium consciencieConscience knewe hym wel  and welcomed hym faireThey .. — wesshenM.13.28:Probably <h> has been erased; cf. M.15.199 whasshen. and wyppeden  and wenten to the dynere . Ac pacience in þe paleys stood  in pilgrymes clothesAnd praide ~~...~~mete for charite  for a pouere hermyte . Conscience called hemM.13.31:M's hem is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read hym. In  and curteyselich saideWelcome wy~~......~~ and goM.13.32:M's and go is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read go and, which is likely to be the erased reading. wasshe  thow shalt sitte sone . h ijM.13.32:This signature is very faint.corThis maister was made sitte  as for þe mooste worthiAnd þanne clergye . and conscience  and pacience come afterPacience and I  were p..ut to be macches . And seten by oure-selue  at a syde bordeConscience called after mete  and þanne come scriptureAnd serued hem þus sone  of sundry metes manyeOf austyn . of ambrose  of alle þe foure euaungelistes . Edentes & bibentes que apud eos suntAc þis maist..er ne his man  no manere flessh etenAc þei eten mete of more coste  mortreux and potages . Of þat men myswonne  thei made hem wel ateseat eseAc here sauce was ouere soure  and vnsauorly groundeIn a morter post mortemIn a Morter post Mortem  of many aM.13.45:The addition of a brings M into agreement with WBF. bitter payneBut ȝif þei singe for þe soules  and wepe salte teresnota terribile valdeVos qui peccata hominum commeditis nisi pro eis lacrimas & orationes effunderitisM.13.47:The manuscripts split between effunderitis (present) and effuderitis (past subjunctive). Both Hm and M erase the <n>.  ea que in delicijs comeditis in tormentis euometis Conscience ful curteisly tho  comaunded scriptureBy-fore pacience bred to bringe  and me þat was his maccheHe sette a sour lof to-forn vs  and saide agite penitentiam# diuersitatem ciborum ad Conuiuium ConsciencieAnd sith he drough vs drynke  diauM.13.51:Both M and Bm alter to diu. The manuscripts split between dia and diu. For discussion of the variants see John Alford, Piers Plowman: A Guide to the Quotations (Binghamton, 1992), pp. 82-83. perseueransAs longe quod I as I lyue  and lycame may dureHere is propre seruice quod pacience  þer fareþ no prince bettre . And þanne he brouȝte vs forth a Mees  of oþer mete . of Miserere mei deus .And he brouȝt vs of . Beati quorum of Beatus vires makyngeEt quorum tecta sunt peccata in a dissh . Of derne shrifte dixi  and Confitebor tibi .Brynge pacience some pitaunce  priueliche quod conscienceAnd þanne had pacience a pitaunce  Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore oportunoAnd conscience conforted vs  and carped vs mery tales . Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despicies .Pacience was proude  of þat propre seruiceAnd made hem murthe with his mete  ac I mournede euere . For þis doctour on þe heigh dees  dranke wynM.13.64:M alone among B manuscripts here lacks the word so. faste . Ve vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum .passus xiijusHe eet manye sundry metes  mortreux and podyngesWombe cloutes and wilde brawne  and egges yfryed with gresesThanne seide I to my-self so  pacience it herdeIt is nouȝt foure dayes goM.13.69:M alone among B manuscripts attests go here. Most B manuscripts lack the word entirely; F attests the word before foure dayes.  þat þis freike  byfore þe dean of poulesPreched of penaunce  þat poule þapostoille suffredeIn fame & frigore  and flappes of scourgesTer cesus sum et a iudeis quinquies quadragenas & ceteraAc o word þei ouerehuppen  at .eche a tyme þat þei prechenThat Poule in his pistell  to al þe p.eple tolde . Periculum est in falsis fratribusHoly writ ..biddeþ men be war  I wil nouȝt write it hereOn ynglissh an auenture  it shulde be reherced to ofteAnd greue þerewith. þat goode ben  ac gramariens shul redeVnusquisque a fratre se custodiat . quia vt dicitur periculum est in falsis fratribusIocose loquitur & vera quidem dicitAc I wist neuere freke þat as a frere ȝyede  bifore men on englisshTaken it for h~~ire~~isM.13.81:M's original hire agreed with CrYOC2CBLR. The alteration is in a different ink than the surrounding text. teme  and tellen it with-outen glosyngThei prechen þat penaunce  is profitable to þe souleAnd what meschief and male-ese  crist for man tholed . Ac þis goddus glotoun quod I  with hise grete chekes . Hath no pite on vs pouere  he parfourneth eueleThat he precheþ he preueþ nouȝt  to pacience I toldeAnd w~~...?...~~isshedM.13.87:Probably <h> has been erased. Cf. M.13.28 above and M.15.199 whasshen. witterly  with wille ful egre . That disshes and doblers  bifore þilke doctourWere molten led in his mawe  and mahoun amyddes . I shal iangle to þis Iurdan  with his Iuste wombeTo telle me what penaunce is  of w~~...~~hich he preched rather . # wynkyng off paciensPacience parceiuede what I thouȝte  and wynked on me to be stilleAnd saide þou shalt see thus soone  whan he may no more . He shal haue a penaunce in his paunche  and puffe at ich a wordeAnd þanne shul his gutt.es gothele  and he shal galpen after . For now he hath drunken so depe  he wol diuine. sooneAnd preue it by hire pocalipse  and passioun of seint Auereys . That neither bacoun ne brawne  blamanger ne mortreuxIs neither fissh ne flessh  but fode for a penauntAnd þanne shal he testifye of a trinite  and take his felawe to wittnesse . What he fonde in a frayele  aftur a Freres lyuyngButM.13.102: M shares the reading But with G; other B manuscripts have And but. ȝif þe furste lyne be lesynge  leue me neuere after . And þanne is tyme to takeM.13.103:The <k> is oddly formed, looking almost like an <l>. OC2R have talke.  and to appose þis doctour . h iijM.13.103:This signature is very faint..OfM.13.104: For M's altered Of, F reads If. dowell and of dobet  and if do-beste be any penaunce . And I sete stille as pacience seide / and þus sone þis doctourAs rody as a Rose . rubbed his chekesCoughed & carped . and conscience him herdeAnd tolde hym of a Trinite and towardes vs he lokedeWhat is dowel sire doctour quod I . is dowel any penaunce . nona discriptio de dowellDowel quod þis doctour . and took þe Cuppe and drankeDo non euel to þine euenecristen . nouȝt by þi poerBy þis day sire doctour quod I . thanne be ȝye nouȝt in dowell . For ȝye han harmed vs two in þat ȝye eten þe pud~~....~~dyngMortreux and other mete . and we no mossell hadde . And ȝif ȝye fare so in ȝyoure fermorie . ferly me thynketh . But cheste be þere charite . shulde be . and ȝyonge children durste pleyneI wolde permute my penaunce . with ȝyoure . for I am in point to dowel . Thanne conscience curteslich . a contenaunce he made . And preinte vp-on pacience . to preie me to be stille . And saide hym-self . sire doctour and it be ȝyoure wille . What is dowel and dobet . ȝye diuynours knoweth . decimaM.13.122:The arabic numeral "10" has been written 01, placing the numeral indicating units to the left of the numeral indicating tens. Treatises on computation instruct writers to begin writing numerals with the units and to proceed with the tens, hundreds, etc., moving, as Arabic scripts do, from right to left. The form here reflects that order of digits, but not that direction of the script. Cf. The Earliest Arithmetics in English, ed. Robert Steele. EETS ES 118, pp. 1-8. discriptio de dowellDowel quod þis doctor . do as Clerkes techeþAnd dobet is he þat techeþ . and trauailleth to teche oþereAnd do-beste doth hym-selue so . a.s he saith and precheþ . Qui facit & docuerit magnus vocabitur in regno celorum .Now thow Clergye quod conscience . carpest what is dowel . Nota beneI haue seuene sones he saide . seruen in a castellThere þe lord of lif . wonyeth . to leren hym what is dowel . Til I se þo seuene . and my-self accorden . I am vnhardy quod he . to any wight to preue it . For oon Piers þe ploughman . haþ inpugned vs alle . piersM.13.132:This marginal comment is very faint.And se~~tte~~t alle sciences at a soppe . saue loue oneM.13.132:Both M and Cot here omit KD.13.126. .But dilige deum and Domine quis habitabit & ceteraAnd saith þat dowel & dobet . aren two infinitesW~~....~~hiche Infinites with a feith . fynden out dobest . passus xiijus~~....~~Which shal saue manus soule . thus saieth Piers þe ploughmanI kan nouȝt here-on quod conscience . ac I knowe Piers . He wol nouȝt aȝein holy writte speken . I dar wel vndurtakeThanne passe we ouere til piers come . and preue þis in dede . Pacience hath ben in many placesM.13.140:M's altered reading places is shared by CrGYOC2CB. Other B manuscripts have the singular. . and parauenture knowethThat no clerk ne kan . as Crist bereth wyttnessePacientes vincunt . & ceteraActM.13.143:M's original reading of Ac was shared with WHmCotL. .youre praiere quod pacience . þo . so no man displese hym . Disce . quod he . doce dilige inimicos .Disce and dowel / doce and dobet /Dilige and dobest . þus tauȝte me ones . A lemman þat I louede . loue was hire nameWith wordes and with werkes quod she . and wille of þin herte . Thow loue lelly þi soule . al þi lif-tyme . And so thow lere þe to louye . for þe lordes loue of heuenneThyne enemy in alle wyse . euene-forth with þi-seluen . Caste coles on his hed . ~~and~~ofM.13.152:M's original reading and was shared with Cr23CYOC2BL. al kynde speche . Bothe with workes and with wordus . fonde his loue to wynneAnd leye on hym þus with loue . til he laughe on theAnd but he bowe for þis betynge . blynde moot he worthe . contra quodAc for to fare þus with þi frende / folie it wereFor he þat loueth þe lelly . litel of þyne coueitehcoueite[t]h . Kynde loue coueiteth nouȝt . no catel but speche#With half a laum.pe lyne in latyn . Ex vi transicionisI bere ther-Inne aboute . faste ybounde dowelIn a signe of þe saturday . þat sette furst þe k~~...~~alender# MisticumAnd al þe wit of wodnesdayM.13.162: M shares the reading wodnesday with C; other B manuscripts have þe wodnesday. . of þe nexte wyke afterThe ~~.....~~middel of þe mone . is þe myght of bothe . And here-with am I welcome . þere I haue it with me . Vndo þisM.13.165:M's þis is not attested in other B manuscripts, which read it. lat þeM.13.165: M shares the reading þe with F; other B manuscripts have þis. doctour ~~doctour~~ — deme . if dowel be þere-inne . For by hym þat me made . miȝte neuere pouerteMiseise ne mischief ne man with his tongeColde ne care . ne companye of þeues . Ne neither hete ne hayle . ne noon helle poukeNe neyther fuyr . ne flode . ne fere of þine enemyTene þe any tyme . and þow take it with the . h iiijCaritas nichil timetIt is but a dido quod þis doctour . a disoures taleAl þe wit of þis world . and wighte mennus strengtheKan nouȝt confourmen a pes . bytwene þe pope and his enemys . Ne bitwene noM.13.176:M's no is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read two. cristen kynges . kan no wight pees makeProfitable to either poeple . and putte þe table from h.ym . And took clergye ~~to counseill~~ and ~~...~~conscience . to conseill as it were . That pacience ..þouM.13.179:M's altered reading agrees with WCr1. Most B manuscripts read þo. moste passe . for pilgrimes kunne wel lyeAc conscience carped loude . and curteisliche seideFrendes fareþ wel . and faire spak to . clergyeFor I wol go with þis gomme . if god wol ȝyeue me grace . And be pilgrime with pacience . til I haue preued more . What quod Clergye to conscience . ar ȝye coueitous noutheAfter ȝyeresȝeues or ȝyiftes . or ȝyernen to rede redeles . I shal bringe ȝyow a bible . a book of þe olde laweAnd lere ȝyow if ȝyow like . þe leeste point to knoweThat pacience þe pilgrime . parfitely knewe neuereNay by Crist quod Conscience to clergye . god þe forȝeldeFor al þat pacience me profreth . proude am I litelAc þe wille ofM.13.191:M alone among B manuscripts lacks a determiner for wye. Most B manuscripts read þe; CB read þat. wye . and þe wille ofM.13.191:M's original reading without of agreed with CBLR. folke here . Hath moued my mood . to mourne for my synnesThe good wille of a wight . was neuere bouȝte to þe fulleFor þere is no tresour þerto . to a trewe willeHadde nouȝt Magdaleyne more for a box of salueThanne — Zacheus for he saide . dimidium bonorum meorum do & ceteraM.13.196:M's ending of this line is unique among B manuscripts. Y ends the Latin passage after meorum; all other B manuscripts follow do with pauperibus rather than M's & cetera.And þe pouere widewe . for a paireM.13.197:M alone among B manuscripts lacks the word of here. mytesThanne — alle þo þat offreden inM.13.198:M's in is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read into, though F has gold in. gazaphilacium .# how Consiens Conged the Frere Thus curteisliche conscience . congeide þe FrereAnd sithen softelyche he seide . in clergies ere . Me were leuere by oure lorde . and I lyue sholdeHaue pacience parfiteliche . þan half þi pakke of bokes . Clergye ..ofM.13.203:M's altered reading of agrees with WCrG. The original reading was probably to, agreeing with HmYOC2CBL. R has and and F has ne. conscience . no congye wolde takeBut saide ful sobreliche . þow shatsha[l]t see þe tymeWhan þow art wery for-walked . wilne me to counsaille . passus xiijusThat is sothe saide conscience . so me god helpe . # that paciens must be party Felow with ClergieȜIf pacience be oure partynge felawe . and pryue with vs botheTher nys wo in þis world . þat we ne shulde amendeAnd confourmen kynges to pees . and alle kynnes londes . Sarasenes and Surrie . and so forth alle þe Iewes . Turne in-to þe trwe feith . and in-to on bileue . That is sothe quod Clergye . I se what þou menestI shal dwelle as I do . my deuoir to shewenAnd confermen fauntekyns . and other folk y-leredeTil pacience haue preued the . and parfit þe makedeConscience þo with pacience passed . pilgrimes as it were# vitayles off paciens sobrete & soft spechThanne hadde pacience as pilgrimes han . in his poke vitaillesSobrete and simple speche . and sothfast bileueTo conforten hemM.13.219:M's hem is probably a spelling of hym, the reading of all other B manuscripts. The spelling hem has been corrected to him or hym at M.16.86 and M.19.227, and likely as well at M.4.55, M.6.323, M.6.329, M.7.6, M.11.423, M.13.177, and M.19.74. and conscience . if þei come in placeThere ..vnkyndenesse and coueitise is . hungry con~~....~~tres botheAnd as þei wente by þe way . of dowel þei carpedThey mette wiþ a Mynstralle . as me þo þouȝtePacience apposed him furste . and praide hym he shulde ~~hym~~ —M.13.223:M's original reading was shared by HmC2Cot. The alteration brings M into agreement with Cr. WGYOCBmBoLR read hem. telle . To conscience what crafte he kouthe . and to what countre he wolde . I am a Mynstral quod þat man . my name is Actiua vita .Alle ydel ich hate . for of actif is my name . A wafrer wol ȝye wite . and serue many lordesAnd fewe robes I fonge . or furred gownes . Couthe I lie to do men laughe . þanne lacchen I shulde . Other mantel or Monoye . amonges lordes Mynstralles# contra Ferters and FithellersAc for I can neither taboure ne . trompe . ne telle none gestes . Farten ne fithelen . at feestes ne harpenIape ne iogely . ne gentiliche pipe . Ne neither sailly ne saute . ne synge with þe gyterne . I haue none goode giftes . of þise grete lordesFor no bred þat I bringe forth . saue a beneceon on þe SuondayWhan þe prest praieth þe poeple . hire pater noster to biddeFor pieres þe ploughmamploughma[n] . and þat hym profite wayten . And þat am I actif . þat ydelnesse hatye . For alle trewe trauaillours . and tiliers on þeM.13.240: M's reading on þe is not shared by other B manuscripts. F has on; others have of þe or of. erthe . Fro Mi~~.........~~ghelmesse . to Mighelmesse . I fynde hem with myM.13.241:M's original reading without my agreed with BHmGYCLR. The addition of the word brings M into agreement with WCr. Kane and Donaldson's apparatus is misleading: only the my (not the with) is written above the line. wafres . corBeggers and bidders of my bred crauenFaitours and Freres . and folke with brode crounesI fynde pain for þe pope . and prouendre for his palfrayAnd I hadde neuere of hym . haue god my troutheNeither prouendre ne personage . ȝyit of þe popes ȝyifte . # pardoun with ij pollisSaue a pardoun with a peis of lede . and two polles amydde . Hadde I a clerk þat couthe write . I wolde caste hym a bulleM.13.248:M's bulle is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read bille.That he sente me vndur his seel a salue for þe pestilence . And þat his blessingesM.13.250:M alone among B manuscripts attests the plural. and his bulles . bocches miȝte destru..yeIn nomine meo demonia eic..ientM.13.251:M's original reading may have been eiciunt as in L. M's eicient agrees with Hm; other B manuscripts have eicient &. super egros manus imponent & bene habebunt .And þanne wolde I be prest to þeM.13.252:M's original reading without þe agreed with HmL. peple . paste for to makeAnd buxome and bisy . aboute bred and drinke# quia dubitariFor hym and for al hise . founde I that his pardon . Miȝte lechen a man as I bileue it shuldeFor sithe he haddeM.13.256:M's hadde is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read haþ. þe powere . þat peter hym-selue hadde . He hath þe pot with þe salue . sothly as me thynketh . Argentum & aurum non est michi . quod autem habeo tibi do . in nomine domini surge & ambulaAc if myȝte of miracle hym faille . it is for men ben not worthiTo haue þe grace of god . and no gylte of þe pope . For may no blessynge do vs bote . but if we wol amende . Ne mannes masse make pees . amonges cristen p.eple . Til pride be purelich fordo . and þorugh pain defaute . For er I haue bred of mele . ofte moot I sweteAnd er þe comune haue corne ynough . many a colde mournyngSo er my wafres ben y-wrought . muche wo I tholieAl London I leue . liketh wel my wafres . # quando Cartis off StratffordAnd louren whan þei lakken it . it is nouȝt longe y-passedThere was a careful comune . whan no carte cam to towne . With brede from Stratford . þo guonnen beggers wepeAnd werkmoen were agaste a litel . þis wol be thought longeIn þe date of oure driȝte . in a drie Aprill . A thousande and threhundredthre hundred . ~~...~~thriesM.13.273:M's altered reading is unparalleled. Presumably it was originally twies twenty, the reading of most manuscripts. LR have tweis thretty; in Hm syxty and nyne is written over an erasure which seems to have read thries twenty & nyne. Evidently scribes took their own measures to correct an archetypal reading which so obviously got the date (1370) wrong. twenty and ten . My wafres þere were gesen . whan Chichestre was Maire —I to..ok go..od kepe by Crist . and Conscience boþeOf haukyn þe actifmanactif man . and how he was y-clothedHe hadde a cote of Cristendome . as holy kyrke bileuethpassus xiijusAc it was mol..ed . in many places . with many suondry plottes . Of pride here a plot . and þere a plot . of vnbuxome specheOf scornynge and of scoffynge . and of vnskilful beryngeAs in apparaille & in porte . proude amonges þe p.epleOyþerwise þan he hath . with herte or siȝte shewynge . Hym willynge þat alle men wende . he were þat he is nouȝthFor why he bosteþ and braggeth . with many bolde othes . And inobedient to ben vnd.ernome . of any lif lyuyng . And so singuler by hym-self . ne non so pon.p-holyM.13.286:Kane and Donaldson read poup, noting that the last letter is written over an erasure, but the reading is clearly ponp. WHmL have the same word pomp, which may have been M's original spelling, while other B manuscripts have pope or poppe. . Y-habited as an hermyte . and ordre by hem-seluenM.13.287:All other B manuscripts save Hm read hymselue. .Religion saunz rule . and resonable obedienceLakkynge lettred men . and lewede men botheIn likynge of lele lif . and a liere in souleWith inwit . and with oute-wit ymagynen and studyenAs beste for his body be . to haue a badde nameAnd entremeten hym ouerall . ther he hath nouȝt to doneWilnynge þat men wende . his wit were þe besteAnd if he ȝyeue ouȝt to pouere gomes . telle what he delethPouere of possessioun . in purse . and in cofre botheAnd as a lyon on to loke . and lordlich of specheM.13.297:A line is drawn from the paragraph space following this line to the middle of the page, left margin, where there is a large, fancy A. The line and letter are drawn in a faded purple-brown ink. In the right margin at this place, something has been erased. .Baldeste of beggers . a bostere þat nouȝt hathIn towne and in tauernes . tales to telleAnd segge þinge þat he neuere seighe . and for aM.13.300:The addition of a brings M into agreement with Hm. sothe sweren it . Of dedes þat he neuere dede . witytnesse and seggenM.13.301:Through eyeskip on dede, M has omitted a b-verse and the following a-verse: demen and bosten / And of workes þat he wel dide (in the spelling of W).Lo ȝif ȝye leue me nouȝt . or þat I lye wenenAxeþ at hym or at hym . and he ȝyow can telleWhat I suffrede and seigh . and suomtymes hadde . And what I couthe . and knewe . and what kyn I come of . Al he wolde þat men wiste . of werkes and of wordesW~~....~~hich miȝthte plese þe pueple . and praisen hym-seluen . Si hominibus placerem Cristi seruus non essem .Et alibi  nemo potest duobus dominis seruire By Crist quod Conscience tho . thy beste Cote Haukyn . Hath many moles and spottes . it moste ben ywassheȜYe whoso toke h.ede quod haukyn . byhynde . and before . What on bak . whatM.13.313: M shares the reading what with C; other B manuscripts have and what. on body half . and by þe two sydes . Men shulde fynde many frounces . and many foule plottesAnd he turned hym as tit . and þanne took I hede . It was fouler by fele folde . þan it furst semede . It was bidropped with wrathe . and wikked willeWith enuye and euel speche . entisynge to fiȝteLyinge and laughynge . and leue tonge to chide . Al þat he wist wikked . by any wight toM.13.320: M shares the reading to with B; other B manuscripts omit it. tellen itAnd blame men by-hynde hire bak . and bidden hem mischaunceAnd þat he wiste by will . tellen it watteAnd þat watte wiste . will wiste it after . And made of freendes foos . þorugh a fals to~~...~~ngeOr with might of mouthe or þorugh mann.es streng~~hthe~~theAuenge me fele tymes . other frete my-selue . Withinn.e as aM.13.327:M's original reading without a agreed with Cot. shepsteres shere . I shrewede men and cursedCuius maledictione os plenum est & amaritudine sub lingua eius labor & dolor .Et alibji . filij hominum dentes eorum arma . & sagitte & lingua eorum gladius acutusThere is no lyf þat I louye . lastinge any while . For tales þat I telle . no man trusteth to me . notaAnd whan I may nouȝt haue þe maistrie . ~~...~~suchM.13.332:M's altered reading agrees with WCRF, and with Hm also by correction. Most B manuscripts read wiþ. malencolie I take . That I cacche þe cruampe . the cardiacle suomtymeOr an ague in suche an angre . and somme-tyme a feuere . # quia contradicit wich CraftisThat taketh me al a twelue-monthe . til þat I dispise . Lechecrafte of oure lord . and leue on a wicche . A..nd segge þat no clerke neM.13.337:M's original reading without ne agreed with GF. kan . ne Crist as I leue . To þe souter of soutwerk . or of shordisyche dame. EmmeAnd segge þat no goddes word . gaf me neuere bote . But þoruȝ a charme hadde I chaunce . and my chief hele . I wayted wisloker . and þanne was it soilled . With lykynge of leccherie . as by lokynge of his eighenM.13.342: M shares the reading eighen with F; other B manuscripts have eiȝe.notaFor ~~...~~ech a mayde þat he m.ette . he made hire a signecontra luxuriamSemynge to synward . and somme-tyme he gan taste . Aboute þe mouthe or bynethe . bigynneth to grope . Til eitheres wille waxeth kene . and to þe werke ȝyeden . As wellM.13.347:Kane and Donaldson read woll which is possible, but cf. M.13.24 for another ambiguous case. in fastyngdays . & frydays and forboden nyghte.sAnd as wel in lente . as oute of lente . alle tymes yliche . Suche werke.s with hem were neuere out of sesounTil þei mighte no more . and þanne hadde merie tales . And how þat lecchours louyen . laughen and Iapen . And of hire harlotrie and hordome . in hire elde tellen . passus xiijusM.13.353:A large meaningless scribble by an unidentifiable hand appears in the top left margin.Thanne pacience parceiuede . of pointes ofM.13.353:M's original reading without this of agreed with LR. his cote . W..ereM.13.354: Only W agrees with the altered M reading; all other B manuscripts read was, referring to cote. colomy þorugh couetyse . and vnkynde desirynge . xMoore to good þanne — to god . þe gomme his loue caste . And ymaginede . how he it miȝt haue . contra AuariciamWith fals mesures and met . and with false wittnesse . L.enedM.13.358: M's altered reading lened agrees with most B manuscripts, but C2 has louede. for loue of þe wed . and loth to do trewthe . And awayted þorugh whiche weye . ~~...?...~~he myghte bigyleM.13.359:M's altered reading he myghte bigyle agrees only with Cr. B reads he myȝte best bigile; other B manuscripts read to bigile, which appears to have been M's original reading.And menged his marchaundise . and made a goode monstreThe worste withnnewith[i]nne was . a grete wit I lete it . And if my neigbore had any hyne . or any beste elles . More profitable þan myn . many sleightes I madeHow I miȝte haue it . al my wit I casteAnd but I it hadde by other weye . at þe laste I stale it . Or priueliche his purs shook . vnpiked hise lokkes . Or by nighte or by day . aboute was I euere . Thorugh gile to gaderen . the goode þat I haue . If I ȝyede to þe plough . I pynchede so narweThat a foote lond or a forwe . fecchen I wolde . Of my nexte neighbore . nymyn of his erthe . And if I rope ouere-reche . or ȝyaf hem red þat ropen . And seise to me with hire sikel . þat I ne s~~...~~iew neuere . And who-so borwe..d —M.13.374:M's original reading was probably borweth, as in most B manuscripts. WCrR have the past tense. atM.13.374:M's at is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read of. me . abou..ȝteM.13.374: GCr3LR read aboute, perhaps M's original reading. þe tymeWith presentes priuelyche . or paied somme certeinSo wolde he or nouȝt wolde he . wynnen I wolde . And bothe to kith and to kyn . vnkynde of þat I hadde . And whoso chep.ed my chaffare . chiden I woldeBut he profred to paie a penye or tweyneMore þanne — it was worth . and ȝyet wold I swere . That it coste me muche moore . swore IM.13.381:M's swor I is unique among B manuscripts. HmF read y swoor; all other manuscripts omit the pronoun. many othesIn halydays at holychirche . whan I herde masseHadde I neuere wille wot god . ..itturlicheM.13.383:The first letter of this word, which is written over an erasure, is illegible. All other B manuscripts read witterliche. to byseche . Mercy for my mysdedes . þat I ne mourned mooreFor losse of goode . leue me . þan for my likames giltes . As if I hadde dedly synne donM.13.386:Though it would be possible to render this doun, all other instances of this word are spelled don or done. . I dredde not þat so sore . As whan I lened . and leued it lost . or longe er it were paiedeSo if I kydde any kyndenesse . myn euen-cristen to helpeVuponVpon a cruwel coueitise . myn herte gan hangenAnd if I sente ouere see . my seruauntz to bruggesOr into .PruslondM.13.391:It is possible that <s> is erased before Pruslond, though the <P> is clearly capital. GCCotF read spruce land. my prentys . my profite to waytenTo marchaunden with monoie . and maken hire eschaungesMighte neuere me conforte . in þe mene-tymeNeither messe ne matyns . ne none manere sightesNe neuere penaunce parfourmede . ne pater-noster saideThat my mynde nasM.13.396: M's reading nas is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which have ne was. more . on my good in a douteThanne — in þe grace of god . and hise grete helpes . Vbi thesaurus tuus ibi & cor tuum .# Branches off SlewthW~~......~~hiche ben the braunches . that bringen a man to sleutheH~~is womman~~e that ——M.13.400:M originally agreed with GYCLR; M's altered reading agrees with WHmCr. mourneth nouȝt . for his mysdedes ne makeþ no sorweA.nd þeM.13.401:M's added þe is not attested in other B manuscripts. For And þe, YOBL read Ac, WHmCrC2CR have And. penaunce þat þe prest enioyneth . parfourneth eueleDoth non almes~~....~~dedesM.14.402:M's altered reading almesdedes agrees only with Cr. Most B manuscripts read almesdede. . dred hym of no synne . Lyueth aȝein þe bileue . and no lawe holdethEche day is an halyday with hym . or an heighe feireM.13.404: M's reading feire is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which have ferye.~~# quod loquitur contra sage Folis~~M.13.405:This erasure is legible with ultraviolet light. The comment was rewritten in its proper place below. IfM.13.405:M alone among B manuscripts lacks And at the beginning of the line. he ouȝt wol here . it ais an harlotes tonge . Whanne men carpen of crist . or of clennesse of souleHe wexeth wroth . and wol not here . but wordes of murthe . Penaunce and pouere men . and þe passion of seintesHe hateth to here þere-of . and alle þat it telleth . Thise ben þe braunches be-war . that bringeth a man to w~~...~~anhope . contra Sage FolisȜYe lordes and ladyes . and leg.ates of holy churcheThat fedeth fooles sages . flaterers and liers . And han likynge to lithen hem . to do .yow to laugheVe vobis qui ridetis & ceteraAnd ȝyeueth hem mete and mede . and pouere men refuseIn .youre deth deiȝnge . ~~.....~~I dredeM.13.416:The erased reading may be I dre, which is without parallel. me ful fsooreLeste þo thre manere men . to muche sorwe ȝyow bringe . Consencientes & agentes pari pena punienturPatriakes and prophetes . and prechours of godes wordesSauen þorugh here sermon . mannes soule from helle . Right so flaterers and fooles . arn þe fendes disciplesTo entice men thorugh ~~..ire~~here tales . to synne and toM.13.422:M's addition of to brings it into agreement with WG. harlotrieAc clerkes þat knowen holy writ . sholde kennen lordesWhat dauid saith of suche men . as þe sauter tellethM.13.424:The right end of the red box is written over an incompletely erased facit.Non habitat in medio domus mee . qui facit ~~facit~~Superbiam & qui loquitur iniqua Sholde non harlot haue audience . in halle ne in Chambres . Passus xiiijusThere wisemen were . witytnesseth godes wordesNe no mysproude man . amonges lordes ben allowede . Ac flaterers and foles . ~~...?...?...~~þorugh . here foule wordesLeden þo þat louen hem . to Luciferes feste . With turpiloquio . a lay of sorwe . and luciferes fitheleThus haukyn þe actif man . hadde ysoyled his coteTil conscience acouped hym þere-of . in a curteis manere . Why he nade h.adde wasshen it . or wyped it wiþ a brusshe .