The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 2William 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 secundus de visione  vt supraM.2.0: No blank line follows this rubric, which is centered.YYetM.2.1: The main scribe always spells yet with initial <ȝ> and it is always corrected. Here it looks as though the guide letter has been altered to a <y>. At any event, the initial <Y> was painted after the general correction of the <ȝ> to <y>. I courb.ed on m.y knees . and criede .......hire of graceAnd saide mercy ma-dame . for marie loue of heuene . Þat bar þat blisseful barn . þat bouȝte vs on þe rodeKenne me by somme crafte  to knowen þe fals . Loke vppon .....thy lefte half . and lo where he stondethBoþe fauel and falsM.2.6: M reverses the order of the names found in the other B manuscripts. . and here feres manyeI loked on my lifte half. as þe lady me tauȝte . #primam apparicionem medeAnd was war of a ..womman . worth.ily y-clothedePurfiled with pelure . þe finest vpon erthe . Y-crouned with a croune  þe kynge haþ non bett..reFetislich hire fyngres weren  fretted with g.old wyreAnd þere-on rede rubies  as red as any gledeAnd diamauntz of derreste pris  and double manere sa......phiresOrientales and ewages . venymes to destr.uyeH...ir robe was ful riche . of red skarlete engreynedWith ribanes of rede golded . and of riche ston..esHire arra..y me rauysshede . suche richesse saw I neuereI ...?...hadde wonder what she was . and whas w.yf she were . What is þis womman quod I  so wondurlyM.2.19: M's reading of wondurly is not attested among other B manuscripts, most of which read worþili. atyredeThat is mede þe mayden quod she  haþ noiede me ful ofteAnd ylakked my lemman  þat leaute is hoten . And bilowen hire to lord..es . þat lawes han to kepe . In þe popes Palais . she is priue as my-selueBut sothnesse wolde nouȝt so  for she is a basta..erdFor fals was hire fadur  þat ha.þM.2.25: In place of M's corrected haþ, YOC2 read hadde. a fikul tongeAnd neuere soth saide  sith he come to þeM.2.26: M is the only B manuscript to include þe at this point. erþeAnd Mede is manered aftur hym . riȝte as kynde askeþQualis pater talis filius . bonus arbor bonum fructum facit .I auȝte to ben heiȝer þan she . I cam of a bett..reMy fad..er þe grete god is . & grounde of alle graces . O god wyth-outen gynnynge . and I his goode douȝtur#And haþ ȝyoue meM.2.32: M's orginal omission of me agreed with G. mercy . to marye with my-selueAnd what man be merciful . and lelly me lou..yeShal be my lord and I his leef  in þe heiȝe heuene . And what man takeþ mede  my lif dar I layeÞat he shal lese for hire loue  a lappe of caritatisHow construeth kynge dauydM.2.37: M's reading of kyng dauyd is not shared by other B manuscripts, which except for F read Dauid þe kyng. . of men þat take medeAnd men of þis moolde . þat mainteigneth truthe . And how ȝye shal saue ȝyoure-selue . þe sauter bereth w..ytnesse . Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo . & cetera .And now worth þis mede y-mariede . al toM.2.41: The original reading alto is in line with YOC2L. The corrected reading is shared with GFH, whereas WHmCr have vnto. a mansede shrewe . # maritage medisTo o..on fals fik..el tonge . a fend......es biyete . Fauel þourȝe his faire speche  haþ þis folk enchaunt..edAnd al is lieres ledynge  þat she is þus y-weddud . To-morwe worthe y-made  þe maydoen.es brydaleAnd þere miȝte þow wyte ȝif þou wolt . .whiche þei ben alle . Þat longeth to þat lordshipe  þe lasse and þe more . Knowe hem þere ȝif þou kanst . and kepe ...þou þiM.2.48: M's altered reading þou þi agrees with WHmCrGMH. YOC2F read wel þi; CLR read thy. tongeAnd lakke hem nouȝt . but lat hem worthe . til leawte be iustice . And haue power to punissh hem . þanne put forþe þi resounNow I bikenne þe Crist quod she  and his clene mod.erAnd late no conscience acombre þe  for couetise of mede . Thus lefte me þat lady . liggynge a-slepe . And how mede was y-mariede . in meteles me þouȝte . Þat alle þe riche retenaunce  þat regneth with þe falsWeren boden to þe bridale . on boþe two sid.es  ijus passus# thassemble at medis mariageOf alle manere of men . þe mene and þe richeTo marie þis ma...yden . was many man assembledeAs of kniȝtes and clerkes . and oþur comune p.epleAs sisours and sompnours . shereues and hire clerkesBedelles and Bailliues . and Brokours of chaffaresM.2.61: M alone of the B manuscripts has the plural form of the word. .Forg.....oeris and vitaillers . and vocates of þe arche.sI can not rekkenen þe route . þat ran aboute Mede . Ac symonye and Cyuile . and sisours of courtesWere mo...ost priue with Mede  of any men asM.2.65: M alone among B manuscripts includes as at this point. me thouȝteAc Fauel was þe furste  þat fet here oute of boureAnd as a brokurour brouȝte hire . to be with fals enioynede . Whanne symonye and Cyuyle  seiȝ hire boþere wille . Thei assented for siluer . to saie as boþe woldeThanne leep liere forth . and saide lo here a chartreÞat Gile with his grete othes . gaf hem to-gedre . And preide Cyuile to see . and Symonie to rede itÞanne symonye and Cyuile . stoden forth bothe . A.....nd vnfolden þe Feffement . þat fals ha.þ y-makedeAnd þus bigynnen þes gomes . to greden ful heiȝeSciant presentes .& futuri & cetera .Medis FefmentWiteth and wittenesseth . þat wonieth vpon þis erþeÞat Mede is y-maried . more for hire good..es.....Than for any vertue or fairenesse . or for any free kynde . Falsenesse is fain of hire . for he wot hire richeAnd fauel with his fikel speche . feffeth by þis chartreTo be withM.2.82: The inserted with is not attested in any other B manuscript. princes in pride . and pouerte to despiseTo bakbyteM.2.83: M shares the reading bakbyte with H; all other B manuscripts read bakbyte and. : to boosten . and beren fals witytnesseTo scorne and to scoolde . and sclaundre to makeVnbuxome : and bolde : to breke þe ten heestus . And þerldome of enuye . and wrath to-gedres . With þe chastlete of cheste  and chatering out of resounÞe countee of Coueityse . and alle þe coo...stes abouteThat is vsure and Auarice . alle I hem graunte . + burghIn bargaines and in brocages . with alle þe b....urgh of thefte . And alle þe lordshipe of lecherie . in lengthe and in brede#As in werkes and in word.es . and waitinges with eiȝes . And in wed..es and ..wysshinges . and with .idel thouȝt.es . #There as wille wolde . and wer...?...kmanship faillethGlotonye he gaf hem eke . and grete othus to-gedreAnd alle day to drinke . at diuerse tauernesAnd þere to iangle and to iape  and iuggen here euene-cristene . And in fastinge-days to frete . ar ful tyme were . And þanne to sitten and soupen  til slepe h.emM.2.99: M's revised reading is that of all B manuscripts except F which has hym. assaille . And bred.en as burgh swyn . and bedden hem esilyTil sleuthe and sle..ep . sliken hi.rM.2.101: M's alteration of the word to hir brings it into agreement with HmCrYH. Other B manuscripts have hise. sidesAnd þanne ..wanhope to awake hym so  with no wille to amendenotaFor he leueth b.e l.ostM.2.103: M's revised reading is that of most B manuscripts except Cr which has by lust. . þis is here laste ende . And þei to haue and to holde . and h..ir heires a...fterA dwellinge with þe deuel  and dampned be for euereWith alle þe purteinaunce of purgatorie . in-to þe pyne of helle . ȜYeldinge for þis þinge . at on ȝyeres eendeHere soules to s...?...athan . to suffre with hym paines . And with hym to wonye in wo  whil god is in heuene . In wittnesse of w....hich þinge  wronge was þe furste . And Piers þe Pardonere . of Paulines doctrineBette þe Bedelle . of Bokyngham shire . Raynalde þe Reue . of Rotlande sokeneMunde þe Mellere  and many mo othere#In þe date of þe deuel . þis dede I assele . Bi siȝte of sire Symonye . and Ciuiles leue . # Irascebatur theologiaThanne tened hym Theologie . whan he þis tale herdeAnd saide to Cyuyle . now sorwe moot þow haue . Suche weddinges to worche . to wratthe with trutheAnd er þis weddynge be wrouȝte  wo þe bitideM.2.120: first vowel is damaged by a wormhole./For mede is m.....oliree of amendes engendredAnd god graunteth to ...gyue  mede to trutheAnd þow hast ....giuen hire to a gilour  now god ȝyeue þe sorweThi tixte telleþ þe not so . truthe wot þe soþe . For dignus est operarius . his hire to haue . And þou hast. feste hire to fals . fy on thi lawe . For al by lesinges þou l.yuest . and leccherouse werkes . Symonye and þi-self . shenden holichurcheÞe notaries and ȝye . noieth þe p.epleȜe shul abiggen it boþe . by god þat me made . Wel ȝe wyten wernardusexaminaturcoretcoretIusijus passusM.2.131: The <//> is to indicate that a paraph should be rubricated. See Introduction I.7. Wel ȝye wyten wernardes . but ȝif ȝyoure witte failleThat fals is faitheles . and fikul in his werkesAnd was a bastarde ybore . of belsabubbes kynne . And mede is moylere . a mayden of gode . And miȝte kysse þe kynge . for cosin and she woldeFor-þi worcheþ bi wisdome . and by witte alsoAnd ledeth here to londoun . þere þeM.2.137: M shares the reading þe with H. Other B manuscripts omit. lawe is shew..edIf any lawe wol loke  þei liggen to-gedres . And þouȝ Iustices iugge hire  to be ioyned with falsȜYet be war of weddynge . for witty is truthe . And conscience is of his conseille . and knoweth ȝyow echoneNotate verbaAnd ȝif he fynde ȝyow in defaute . and with þe fals holdeIt shal bisitte ȝyoure soules . ful soure atte laste . M.2.144: The scribe did not fill the space left for a capital letter but instead wrote an indication for a paragraph mark which was never inserted.Herto assent.ede Cyuyle . ac symonye ne woldeTil he had siluer for his seruice . and also þe Notaries . Thanne fette fauel forth . flo..ryns y-nowe . And bad gile to geue . golde alabouteal aboute . And namelich to þe Notaries  þat hem none failleAnd feffe fals wittnessesM.2.149: M shares the plural form wittnesses with W. See Introduction IV.2.2.4. . with Floruyns y-nowe . For ..theyM.2.150: M's altered reading agrees with WHmCrGYOC2CH. LRF read he. may mede amaistrye  and maken at my wille /Tho þis gold was g.yue  grete was þe þonkyngeTo fals and to fauel . for here faire ȝyiftesAnd comen to conforte . from care þe fals . And saiden certes sire . cesse shal we neuere . Til mede be þi wedded wif . þoruw witt..es of vs alleFor we haue mede amaistriede . with oure merie specheThat she graunteþ to gon . with a gode wille . To londoun to loke . ȝif þat þe lawe woldeIuggen ȝyow ioyntly . in ioye for euere . Thanne was fals.enesse fayne . and fauel as blitheAnd leten sompne alle segges . in shyres abouteAnd badeM.2.162: M alone omits the word hem at this point. alle ben boun  beggers and othereTo wende with hem to westmynstre  to w..itnesse þis dedeAc þanne carede þei for capl..es . to kayren hem þidur . And fauel fette forth þanne . fol..es ynowe . b jAnd sette mede vpon a shyreue . ......shood al neweAnd fals sat on a sisour . þat softely trottedAnd fauel on a flaterere . fetisliche attiredeTho h....ad þeM.2.169: M uniquely reads þe at this point, though the reading is shared with two A manuscripts. notaries none . annoyede thei were . For Symonye .. & Cyuyle  shulde on here feet gangeAc þanne swo..or Symonye . ..and Cyuyle botheThat sompnours shulde be sadlede . and seruen hem .echone . And lat apparaille þes prouisours . in palfrays wise . Sire Symonye hym-seluen . shal sitte vpon hire bakkesDenes and sudbdenes . drawe ȝyow to-gaydresErchedekenes and Officiales . and alle ȝyoure Registrers . Lat sadle hem with siluer . owre synne to suffreAs auoutrie and ...?...deuorses . and derne vsuryeTo bere bisshopes aboute . abr...ood in visitinge . ...?...PaynlesM.2.180: M's reading of Paynles is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read Paulynes. prives . for plei....ntes in þe consistorieShullen seruen my-selue . þat Ciuyle is nempnedAnd carte-sad..le oure Comm.issar..ie  oure carte shal he ledeAnd fecchen vs vit....ailes  at Fornicatores . And makeþ of liere a longe carte . to leden alle þes oþ.ereAs Freres and fauytours  þat on hire fete rennenAnd þus fals and fauel . farethM.2.186: All other B manuscripts except for H have forþ after fareth. to-gidresAnd Mede in þe mydd..es . and alle þes oþere aft.er . I haue no tome to telle . þe ta..yle ...þat hem folwȝ..edM.2.188: M's altered reading folwed agrees with WH. All other B manuscripts record present tense.Of many manere of m.enM.2.189: Among B manuscripts only MH read of men, though it is the A text reading. Cr23 have men; other B manuscripts have man. In M the vowel of men has been altered. . þat on þis moolde libbethAc gile was forgo..ere  and giede hem alleSothnesse seiȝ hym wel  and saide but litulAnd priked his palfray . and passede hem alle . And come to þe kyngges court.  & connscience it tolde . And connscience to þe kynge . carped it after# quo modo Rex Iurauit punicionem maleffactorumNow bi crist quod þe kynge . and I cacche myȝteFals o.r fauel . or any of his feeresI wolde be wroken of þo wrecches . þat wercheþ so illeAnd don hem hange by þe hals . and alle þat hem mainteneth . ijus passusM.2.199a: There is an erasure up in the top left corner of this leaf which is illegible even under ultraviolet light.Shal neuere man of þisM.2.199: M's original reading without þis is shared by HmYOC2CLRFH. molde . mainprise the leesteBut riȝte as þe lawe wol loke . lat falle on hem alle . And comaunded a conestable . þat come atte fuyrsteTo attache þo tirauntes . for eny þin.ge I hoteAnd fettereth faste falsnesse . for enykynnes ȝyift..esAnd gurdeth of giles hed . and lat hym go no ferthereAnd ȝif ȝye lacche liereeM.2.205: It appears here that a letter, perhaps <-e>, has been erased to make space for a punctus, and the curl then added to final <r>. See Introduction III.1. . lat hym nouȝt ascapenEr he be putte on þe piloriey . for any-þingeM.2.206: M's reading of any-þing, an echo from M.2.202, is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read any prayere. I hooteAnd bringeþ mede to me . maugre hem alle . Drede at þe dore stoode . and þe doome herde# drede stetit ad hostium & audiuit mandatum RegisAnd how þe kyng comaunded . constables and seriauntzFalsenesse and his felash.ipe . to fettren .. & to byndenÞanne drede wente ...?...wiȝtliche . and warned þe falsAnd bad hym flee for feere  and his felawes alle . ¶ Falsenesse for fere þanneM.2.213: M's original reading without þanne is shared by HmHm2GF. . fledde to þe FreresAnd gile doþ him to go . agast for to dyeAc marchauntz mette with hym . and made him abideAnd bishetten hym in here sho..p . to shewen hire ware . And apparailled hym a...?...s aprentice . þe p.eple to serue . Liȝtlich lier . leep a-way þanne . Lorkyng thorȝw lanes . to beM.2.219: The addition of be, in an unfamiliar hand and ink, brings M into agreement with Cr1. lugged of manyeHe was ...?...nawher welcome  for his manye tales . Ouer-al yhowted . and yhote trusseTil pardoners ha...dde pite . and pulled hym to houseThei wesshen hym and wipped hym  and wounden hym in cloutesAnd senten hym with seles  on sondays to churches . # pardoun For pens & powndmele & ceteraAnd gaf pardoun for pens  poundmele a-bouteÞanne loured leches . and lettres þei senteÞat he shulde wonye with hem . wateres to lokeSpicers spoke with hym . to spien here ware . For he couthe of hire crafte . and knew many gommesAc mynstrals and messagers . mette with hym onesAnd helden hym an half ....yeer and elleuen daies . #Freres with faire speche . fetten hym þennes#And for knowynge of comers . coped hym as a FrereAc he hath leue to lepe out . as ofte as him likethAnd is welcome whanne he .....wille  and woneth with hem ofteAlle fledden for fere . and flowen in-to hernesSaue mede þe mayden . namo durste abideAc truly to telle  she tremblede for dredeAnd ek wepte and wronge  whanne she was atachede ~