The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 5: London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M) – Passus 6William 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 sextus de visione vt supraM.6.0: This rubric is centered in the line.This were a wikk.ede way  but whoso hadde a gydeÞat wolde folwen vs eche a fote  þus þis folk. hymM.6.2: M's reading of hym is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read hem. monedeM.6.2: In place of M's monede, all other B manuscripts have mened.Qu..od perkin þe ....Plowman  bei seint petur of RomeI haue an halue-acre to erien  by þe heie w...eyeHadde I eriede þis halue-acre  and y-sowen it afturI wolde wende with ȝyow . and þe weiey teche . Þis were a longe lettynge  quod a lady in a sklayreWhat wshulden we wymmen  worchen þere-whilusSuomme shal sowen sakkusM.6.9: In place of M's reading sakkus, all other B manuscripts have þe sak, except L which has sakke. This is followed by quod Piers in all manuscripts except G, which has quod he.  for spillingeM.6.9: M's reading of spillinge is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read shedyng. It is the reading of two A manuscripts. of þe wheteAnd ȝye louely ladies  with ȝyowre longe fingresÞat ȝye han silke and ...?...sandel  to sowen whanne tyme isChesibles for chapleines  chuyrchus to . honoureWyues and widowes  wolle and flexe spinnethMaketh clothe I conseille ȝyow  and kenneth so ȝyowre douȝt...resÞe nedy and þe nakud  nymeth hiede how hij liggeth . And casteþ hem clothus . for so comandeth treutheFor I shal lenen hem liflode . but ȝif þe londe failleFlessh and bred bothe  to riche and to pore . As longe as I liue for oure lordus loue of heueneAnd alle manere of men . þat þorwȝ mete and drinke libbethHelpeth hym to worche witȝly . þat wynneth .yowre fodeBy Crist quod a knyȝte þo  he kenneth vs þe besteAc on þe teme truly  tauȝte was I neuere# quomodo miles optulit seipsum ad aratrumAc kenne me quod þe kniȝte  and by crist I wil assaieBy seint Poule quod perkin  ȝye profre ȝyow so faire# the Covenaunt by-twene the knyght & the plowmanÞat I shal swinke and swete  and sowe for vs botheAnd oþur labours do for þi loue . al my lif-tyme . In couenaunt þat þow kepe . holikirke and my-seluenFrom wastours and wikkyde men . þat þis wo...?...rld struyethAnd go hunte harddiliche . to hares and to foxesTo bores and to brokkus  þat breketh a-doun myn heggesAnd go affaite þi faucounes . wilde foules to kulleFor suche cometh to my crofte . and croppuþ myn wheteCurteiselich þe kniȝte þanne . com...sede þis wordus..By my powere piers quod he  I pliȝte þe my trutheTo fulfulle þis forwarde  þouȝ I fiȝte shuldeAls longe as I liue . I shal þe mainteine . # quia bene dicitȜYe and ȝyet a point quod Piers  .I praie ȝyow of moreLoke ȝye tene no tenaunt  but trwþe wil assenteAnd ......þogh ye mowe amercie hem . lat mercy be taxoureAnd mekenesse þi Maist..er  Maugre medes chekusAnd þowȝ pore men profre ȝyow  presentus and ȝyiftusNym hiemM.6.43: M's original reading him was unattested in other B manuscripts. The altered reading of hem is shared with F and is the reading of some A manuscripts. Most B manuscripts read it. nauȝte an auenture  ȝye may it nauȝte deserueFor þow shalt ȝyelde it aȝein  at on ȝyeres endeIn a ful perillous place  purgatorie it hiȝte# the knyghtis BondmanAnd mysbede nouȝte þi bonde-men  þe bett..re may þow spedeÞowȝ he be þin vndurlinge hereM.6.47: M's original reading here is attested in most B manuscripts. The altered reading is unattested among B manuscripts.  wel may happe in heueneÞat he wortheþ worthiere y-s....ett  and with more blisseAmice ascende superiusnota#For in CharnelesM.6.50: M shares plural Charneles with G. Other B manuscripts have the singular. atte churche . cherlus ben .euele to knoweOr a kniȝte from a knaue þere  knowe þis in þin herte . vjus passusAnd þat þow be trwe of þ..y tonge  and tales þat þow hatexBut ȝif þei ben of wisdom or of wit..  þi werkemen to chasteHold with none harlotus  ne here nouȝte hieyre tales . # the devils dysowrsAnd nameliche atte mete . suche men eschuweFor it ben þe deueles disours  I do þe to vndurstondeI assente by seinte Iame . saide þe kniȝte þanneFor to worche by þiny wordus . þe while my lif durethAnd I shal apparaille me quod PiersM.6.59: M shares the form Piers with F, for Perkyn in other B manuscripts. . in pilgrimes wiseAnd wende with ȝyow I wil  til we fynde truþeAnd cast on my clothus  y-clowted and holeMy cokurs and my Cuffus . for colde of my naillesAnd hange myn hopur at myn hals  in stede of a scrippeA busshel of bredcorne  bringe me þere-innneM.6.64: The correction has been made by erasing the first two minims. See Introduction III.1. .For I wil sowe it my-selue . and sithenes wil I wendeTo pilgrimages as palmeres doon  pardoun forto haueAc whoso helpuþ me to erien . or sowen here ar I wendeHeM.6.68: M shares the reading He with F, omitted by other B manuscripts. shal haue leue by oure lorde . to lese here in heruestemaugreAnd make hem myrie þere midde . maugreeM.6.69: M's original reading without maugree is an A reading not paralleled in other B manuscripts. ...whoso bigruccheþ itAnd alle kin crafty men . þat kuonne lyuen in trutheI shal finden hem fode . þat faithfulliche libbetthSaue Iak þe iogulour . and Ionete of þe stuwes# quia oblaciones non debent recepi de hijs quorum nomina deleantur & ceteraAnd danyel þe dys plaiere  and Denot þe bawdeAnd Frere þe faitour . and folke of his ordreAnd Robin þe Ribaudour . for his rusty wordusTruthe tolde me ones . and bad me telle it afturDeleantur de libro viuencium . I shulde nouȝte dele with hemFor holichurche is hote . of hem no tythe to take . Quia cum iustis non scribanturThei ben ascapude goode auenture . now god hem amendeDame worche whan tyme is . piers wif hiȝteHis douȝt..er hiȝte do riȝte so /  or þi dame shal þe beteHis sone hiȝte suffre þi souerains . to hauen hire willeDeme hem nouȝte for ȝif þow doost  þou shalt it dere abiggeLate god y-worthe with-al  for so his worde techeþFor now I am olde and hore . and haue of myn oweneTo penaunce and to pilgrimage . I wil.. passe with othereFor-þi I wil er I wende . do write my biquestethe testament of PiersIn dei nomine amen . I make it my-selueneHe shal haue my soule  þat beste hath itM.6.90: All other B manuscripts place this it at the end of the line. M's original reading without it is unattested in other B manuscripts but is the reading of the A version. Kane and Donaldson record the rest of the line as over erasure, perhaps referring to disserued, but only its final <-e> is erased. disseruedeAnd fro þe fende it defende . andM.6.91: M's reading of and is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read for. It is the reading of the C version. so I bileueTil I come to his acomptus  as my Credo me telleþTo haue a relees and a remissioun . on þat rental I leueThe kirke shal haue my caroigne . and kepe my bonesFor of my corne and catel . he crauede þe titheto pay preestly is nothing for they be all receyversM.6.96: An example of the marginal commentator's anticlericalism?I paiede him fulM.6.96: M's reading him ful is unattested in other B manuscripts. W reads it ful; most other B manuscripts read it hym. prestly . for peril of my souleFor-þi is he holden I hope . to haue me in his masseAn mengen in his memorie . amonges alle cristeneMy wif shal haue of þat I ..wan . with truthe and namoreAnd delen amonge myn douȝteres . and my dere childrenFor þowȝgh — I deie to-day  my dettus arn quitteI bare hom þat I borwede  er I to bedde ȝyede . And with the resydue and þe rem.enaunte . by þe Rode of lukesI wil worshipe þere-with . truthe by my lyueAnd bene his pilgrime atte plowgh . for pore menn.es sakeMy plowgh foot shal be my pike-staf . and p.ycche atwo þe RotusAnd helpe my Cultre to kerue . and clense þe forwesNow is perkin and his pilgrimes . to þe plowgh farenTo erie þis halue-acre  holpen him manyeDykers and deluers . diggeden vp þe balkesÞere-with was perkyn appaiede . and praised hem faste.Othere werkemen þere were . . þat wrouȝte ful fasteM.6.112: M shares the reading faste with C, for yerne in other B manuscripts. It is the reading of A manuscripts.Eche man in his manere . made hym-selue to dooneAnd suomme to plese perkyn . pikede vp þe wedusAtte heiȝe prime pers . let þe plowe stondeTo ouere-seen hem him-selue . and whoso beste wrouȝteHe shulde ben huyred þere-aftur . whanne herueste-tyme come . And þanne seten summe . and songen at þe naleAnd holpen erien his halue-acre . with how trolly-lollyNow b.y þe peril of my soule . quod Piers . al in pure tenevjus passusBut ȝye arise þe rathur . and rape yow to worcheShal none greyne þat herM.6.122: M's addition of her is an AC reading unattested in other B manuscripts. groweth . glade ȝyow at nede# the devill haue þat RecchethAnd þo.wgh ȝye deiȝe for do..el . þe deuel haue þat recchethTho were faitours a-fierde . and feinede hem blinde## quomodo truffatores Fingunt se Fere mitulatim[uti]lati & CeciSumme leide here legges a-leri . as suche losels connethAnd made here mone to pier..s . and praide hym of graceFor we haue no limes to labore with . lorde y-graced be ȝyeAc we praie for ȝyow piers . and for ȝyowre plow botheÞat god of his grace . ȝyowre graineyn multiplieAnd ȝyelde ȝyow of ȝyowre almes . þat ȝye ȝyeueþ vs hereFor we may nouȝte swynke ne swete . suche sekenesse vs aillethIf it be soth þat ȝye sainM.6.132: M's reading of þat ye sain quod Piers reverses the syntax of most other B manuscripts, which read quod piers þat ye seyn. G omits quod Piers entirely; YOC2CB omit þat ye seyn. quod Piers . I shal it sone aspie . .Ye ben wastours I wot well . and truthe wot þe sotheAnd I am his olde hyne . and hiȝte him to warne . Whiche þei were in þis world . his werkemen appaire.dȜYe wasten þat men wynnen . with trauaille and with tene# Contra wastersAc treuthe shal teche ȝyow . his teme to driueOr ȝye .shal ete barly brede . and of þe broke drinkeBut ȝif he be blinde ...orM.6.139: M's altered reading or agrees with most B manuscripts. L reads and. broke-leggud . or boltede with yrnesHe shal ete whete breede . and drinke with my-selueTil god of his godnesse . amendement hym seendeAc ȝye miȝte trauaille as truthe wolde . & take mete & huyreTo kepe kyne in þe fielde . þe corne fro þe bestesDiken or deluen  or dingen vppon sheuesOr helpe make morter . or bere mukke afielde . M.6.146-155: This paragraph and the next two are bracketed in left margin and marked heresi in a seventeenth-century hand. It is not immediately clear which of the ideas in these paragraphs prompted the comment of "heresy."In leccherie and in losengerie . ȝye lyuen and in sleuthequi parcit virgam perdit filiumAnd al is þorw suffraunce . þat veniaunce ȝyow ne takethAc ancres and herm.ytes . þat eten but at nonesAnd namore er morwe . myne almesse shul þei haueheresiAnd of my catel to cope hem with . þat han cloistres and churchesAc Roberte renne aboute . shal nouȝte haue of myneNe posteles but þei preche conne . and haue powere of þe bisshopÞay shal haue payne and potage . and make hem-selue at ese#contra fratresFor it is an vnresonable Religioun . þat haþ riȝt nouȝte of certeyneAnd þanne gan a wastour to wrathe hym . and wolde haue y-fouȝteAnd to piers þeM.6.156: M's original reading without þe agreed with OC2F. plowman  he prof....rede his gloueA Bretoner a braggere . abostede Piers alsAnd bad hym go pisse with his plowe . for-pynede shrewe . Wiltow or niltow not . we wil haue oure willeOf þi floure and þy. flessh . fecche whann....e vs likethAnd make vs merie þere-with . maugre þine chekus# quomodo queritur piers ad militemÞanne Piers þe Plowman  plainede hym to þe kniȝteTo kepe hym as couenaunte was . fram curs...ede .shrewesAnd from þis wastours woluesskynnes . þat makeþ þe world deereFor þei waste and wynnnenwynnen nouȝte . and þat ilke whileWorth neuere plente amonge þe .....peple . þere while my plow liggethCurteisly þe kniȝte þanne . as his kynde woldeWarnede wastour . and wissud hym bett..reOr þow shalte abbigge by þe lawe . by þordre þat I bereXM.6.170: The <X> is written drypoint.I was nouȝte I-won...t to worche quod wastour . and now wole .. — I not bigynneAnd lete liȝte of þe lawe . and lasse of þe knyȝteAnd sette piers at a pese . and his plow botheAnd manacede piers and his men . ȝif þei mette efte-soneNow bi þe perill of my soule quod piers  I shal appaire ȝyow alle# the hopyng after hungerAnd houpud aftur hongur . þat herde him atte fursteA-wreke me onM.6.176: M shares the reading on with Hm, for of in other B manuscripts. þes wastours quod he  þat þis worlde schendethHon...ger in haste þo hente  wastour by þe mawe# quod Fames venit ad puniendum vastumAnd wronge hym so bi þe wombe  þat bothe his eiȝhen wat....redeHe buff.....etted þe bretonere . aboute þe chekes . Þat he lokud lik a lanterne . al his lif afturHe bette hem so bothe . he barste nere here guttusNadde Piers with a pese lof  preide hungur to cesseÞei hadden ben doluen bothe  deme þou non othurSuffre hem liue he saide  and late hem eten with hoggesO.r ellus benes and bren . baken to-gedresErM.6.186: M's Er is unique. All other B manuscripts read Or. ellus me..lk and mene ale  þus praide piers for hem . Faitours for fere hereof . flowen in-to bernesAnd flapten on with flailes . fram morwe til eueneThat hungur was nouȝt so hardy . on hem for to lokeFor a potful of peses . þat Piers hadde I-mak..edM.6.190: Something, no longer legible, is erased in the left margin.M.6.190: In the lower right corner of this leaf is a mark of some sort, about 1cm high, whose significance is unknown. It seems to correspond to a similar mark, also visible on the current image, in the lower left corner of the facing leaf.vjus passusAn hepe of hermitus . henten hem spadusAnd kuten hire — hire copes  and court...pis hem madenAnd wenten as werkemen . with spadus and with shouelesAnd doluen and dikeden . to driue awey hungurBlynde and bedredene . were bo.....otned a þousand.That seten to begge silu..er . sone were þei hel..ed# that was baken For I bayerdFor þat was baken for baiard. . was bote for many hungriAnd many a begger for benes . fulM.6.198: M's ful is unattested in other B manuscripts, except F, which reads ful bown. buxom. was to swynkeAnd eche pore man wel paied . to haue pesen for his huyreAnd what Piers praide hem to done  as preste as a sparhaukeAnd þere-of was Piers proude . and putte hem to werkeAnd ...yaf hem mete as he miȝte fortheM.6.202: Most B manuscripts read aforþe; Cr reads ford. . and mesurable ....hyreAndM.6.203: M's reading And is unattested in other B manuscripts. þanne hadde Piers pite . and praide hungre to wendeHom in-to his owne yerdM.6.204: The alteration to yerd brings M into agreement with WHmCr. M's original erd agreed with LR. . and holden him þereFor I am wel awroke now . of wastours þorwȝ þi miȝteAc I pray þe er thow passe . quod Piers to hungurOf beggers and bidders . what best be to doneFor I wo..otM.6.208: M alone among B manuscripts lacks the word wel here. be þow went . þei wil worchen ful —M.6.208: Among other B manuscripts only G omits ful. illeFor meschief it makeþ . þei be so meke nowtheAnd for defaute of hire fode . þis folk is atte my willeÞey arn my blody breþeren . ...?...?...quod pieres . for god bouȝte vs alle .M.6.211: It seems probable that M originally agreed with A and C in lacking quod pieres, and so the corrector needed to rewrite the b-verse and insert another punctus.Treuthe tauȝte me ones . to louen hem echoneAnd to helpen hem of alle þing. . ay as hem nedethAnd now wolde I witen of þe . what were þe besteAnd how I miȝte amaistren hem . and make hem to worche# concilium Famis contra audaces mendicantesHere now quod hungur . and holde it for a wisdomeBolde beggers and bigge . þat mowe here bred swynkeWith houndus bred . and horsbred  holde vp hire hertusAbate hem with benes . for bollinge of hire wombeAnd ȝif þe grom.esM.6.220: M's gromes is unattested among other B manuscripts, most of which read gomes. The AC reading is also gromes, though this is not immediately obvious from Kane and Russell-Kane. grucche  bidde hem go swynkeAnd he shal soupe swett...er . whanne he it haþ deseruedeAnd ȝif þow fynde any freke . þat fortune hath appairedeOr any manere fals men . fonde þow suche to knoweConforte hem with þi catel . for cristus loue of heueneLoue hem and lene hem . so lawe of god techeþ . Alter alterius onera portate .And alle manere of men . þat þow miȝt. aspienÞat nedy ben and nauȝty . helpe hem with þiny god.es . Loue hem and lakke hem nouȝte . and lateM.6.229: M shares the reading and late with Hm; other B manuscripts omit and. god take þe veniaunceThe..ygh þei done .yuele  lat god awortheMichi vindictam & ego retribuamAnd ȝif þow wilte be graciou.s to god . do as þe gospul techeþAnd bilowe þe amonges lowe men . so shalt þow lacche graceFacite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatisI wolde nouȝt greue god quod Piers . for al þe good on groundeMiȝte I do .synnele..esM.6.236: M's reading of do synnelees is unique among B manuscripts. All other B manuscripts read synnelees do. as þou saist . saide Piers þanneȜYe I bihote þe quod hung..er..or ellus þe bible liethGo to Genesis þe gyaunt . þe engendroure of vs alleIn sudore / and in swynke  þow shalt þi bredeM.6.239: M's reading of brede is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read mete. tillieAnd laboure for þiney ly.flode . and so oure lorde hi....ghteAnd sapience saith þe same  I seie it in þe bible/ no felde wolde /M.6.242: This erasure is legible under ultraviolet light.Piger pro frigore . no ...?...feld woldeM.6.242: M's altered reading wolde agrees with HmCrFR. All other B manuscripts read nolde. tilieAnd þerfore he shal begge and bidde  & no man bete ...hishis hongurMathew with mann.es face  mouthed þis wordus . besaunteM.6.245: This gloss on nam appears directly over the word. WHmL also attest this gloss.Þat seruus nequam had a nam . and for he wolde not chaff...areHe hadde maugre of his maistur . for euermore afturbesauntM.6.247: This gloss is in different hand than that two lines up, and is not shared by other B manuscripts.And by-nam hymM.6.247: M's original reading without hym was shared by L. his Mnam . for he nolde worche . And ȝyaf himM.6.248: Most other B manuscripts omit the word him here and include to him after the first Mnam. þat mMnam . þat ten mMnammes haddeAnd with þat he saide . þat holichurche it herdeHe þat hath shal haue . and helpe þerewith þatM.6.250: M's reading of þerewith þat is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read þere it. nedethAnd he þat nouȝt hath . shal nouȝt haue . and no man him helpeAnd þat he weneth wel to haue . I wil it him reueM.6.252: M's reading reue is unique. Other B manuscripts have bireue. ......Kynde w...it wolde . þat eche a wiȝght wrouȝteOr in dikinge or in deluynge . or trauaillinge in praiersContemplatif lif or actif lif . Crist wolde men wrouȝteThe sauter saieth in þe salme  of Beati omnesÞe freeke þat feduth him-selue . with his faithful laboureHe is blessud by þe boke  in body and in souleLabores manuum tuarum quia manducabis & ceteraM.6.259: F ends this Latin tag with manducabis batus es &c; most B manuscripts end after tuarum.ȜYet I praie I ȝyow quod Piers . par charitee and ȝye kuonneEny leef of lechecrafte . lere it meM.6.261: M here lacks my, which is attested in all other B manuscripts save F. dereFor suomme of my seruauntz . and my-selue botheOf alle a wyke wor...che nouȝte . ...?...?...so oure wombesM.6.263: This plural is unattested in other B manuscripts. Kane and Donaldson state that "s added over erasure another ink," but the full half-line is rewritten. akethvjus passusI wot wel quod hungur . what sekenesse ȝyow ailleth# contra manging to mochȜYe han mangede ouer-muche . and þat maketh ȝyow grone . Ac I hote þe quod hungur . as þow þine hele wilnesteÞat þow neM.6.267: M's ne is unattested in other B manuscripts. drinke no.. — day . tilM.6.267: M's reading of til is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read er. For the same variation see M.5.400. þow haue dinedeM.6.267: M's reading of haue dined is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read dyne. sumwhatEte nouȝte I hote þe . er hungur þe takeAnd sende þe of his sauce . to sauoure þy.M.6.269: M shares the reading þy with F, for with þy in other B manuscripts. It is an A version reading. lippusAnd kepe some til soperM.6.270: M shares the reading soper with F, for soper tyme in other B manuscripts. . and sitte nouȝt to longeAr..ys vp .er appetit . haue eten his fulleLate nouȝte sire surfaite . sitten atte þiny bordeLoue him nouȝt . for he is leccherous . and likerous of tongeAnd aftur many manersM.6.274: M shares the reading maners with C, for maner in other B manuscripts. of mete . his mawe is afingredeAnd ȝif þow diete þeeM.6.275: M's original reading without þee was shared with CCot. þus . I dar legge myn eres . That Phisik shal his furred hodes . for his fode selleAnd his ClokesM.6.277: M's plural is unattested in other B manuscripts. ...?...of Calabre . with alle þe knappus of goldecontra medicosAnd be faine by my faith . his phisik to lete . And l.erne to laboure with londe . for l...yflode is sweteFor mortherers arn. many leches . lorde hem amende . Þei doo men deien þorwgh hire drinkes . ar destine it wolde . By seint Poule quod Piers . þi..se arne profitable wordusWende now hon..ger whanne þow wolte . þat wel be þow euereFor þis is a louely lessoun . lorde it þe forȝeldeBy-hote god quod hungur . hennes ne wille I w.endeTil I haue dined by þis day . and y-dronke botheI haue no peny quod Piers  poletes to biggeNe neithur gees ne gris . but two grene chesesA fewe Cruddes and Creme  and a hauer kake . And two loues of benes and bran  y-bake for my faunttisAndM.6.291: All other B manuscripts here include yet. I sey by my soule . I haue no salte bacoun . Ne no cokeney by criste  colopus for to makenAc I haue percile and porettus . and many ko..ol plauntusAnd ek a cow . and a calf  and a carte-mare . To drawe a-felde my donge . þe while þe drouȝ..te lastethAnd by þis liflode we moten liue . til lammes tymeAnd by þat I hope to haue . herueste in my crofteAnd þanne may I diȝte þi dyner . as me dere liketh . Alle þe pore ...?...?...peple tho . Pesecoddes fettenBenes and baken apples . þei brouȝten in hire lapp.es . ripe +M.6.301: The deleted text is legible under ultraviolet light.Chibollus and ...?...CheruellM.6.301: All other B manuscripts except Cr attest this word with plural <-s>. F reads chirne mylk.  and ripeM.6.301: The insertion of ripe brings M into line with all other B manuscripts. chiries manyeAnd profr...ede piers þis .....present  to plese with his —M.6.302: M's original inclusion of his placed it in agreement with Cr3OC2CBmBo. hungerAl hungur eet in haste  and ax..ed aftur moreÞanne pore folk for fere  fedde hungur ȝyerneWith grene porete and pesen  to poisun hungur þei þouȝteBy þat itM.6.306: M's original reading without it agreed with YC. neiȝede nere herueste  newe corne come to chepingeÞanne was folke faineyn . and fedde  hung..er with þe besteWith gode ale as glotoun tauȝte . and gerte hungre goo slepeAnd þo wolde wastour not worche . but wandren a-boutenNe no begger eten breede . þat benes inne were . But of coket or clermatin . or ellus of clene wheteNe non. halpeny ale  in none wise drinkeBut of þe beste and þe brunneste  þat in burȝgh is to selleLaborers þat haue no lande  to lyuen on but hire hondusDeined nouȝt to dyneM.6.315: All other B manuscripts here include a day, except F which has or suppe. . niȝt olde wortusMay no penyale hem paie . ne none — pece of bacounBut it beM.6.317: M shares the reading it be with F; other B manuscripts have if it be or omit the phrase. fressh flessh . ...?...?...or fissh rostedM.6.317: M's reading of rosted is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read fryed. or bakenM.6.317: This half line is written over a significantly longer erasure.And þat chaud or .plus chaude . for chillinge of hire mawe . A...?...?...nd but but he be hyliche yhyred . elles wil he chideAnd þat he was werkman y-wrouȝte . wail..eþ he þe whileM.6.320: M's b-verse is unique among B manuscripts. Most other B manuscripts read waille þe tyme. .Aȝeins Catones conseille . comsuth he to ianglePaupertatis onus pacienter ferre memento .He greueth h.im aȝeins god . and gruccheþ aȝeins resoun . And þanne curs...eth he þe kinge . and al his conseill afturSuche lawes to loke . laborers to greue . Ac whiles hunger was hire maist..er . þere wolde none of hem chideNe striue aȝeins his statut  so sternelich he lok..edAc I warne ȝyow werkemen . wurcheM.6.328: M's reading of wurche is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read wynneþ. wil ȝye moweFor hungur hiderwarde . hasteþ h.im fasteHe shal awake with watur . wastours to chasteAr fyue be fulfullude . such famyn shal riseM.6.331: M's reading rise is unique among B manuscripts, the rest of which read aryse. .Þo..rugh flodus and foule wedres . fruitus shal falleM.6.332: M's reading of fall is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read faille, though it is the reading of six A manuscripts.NotaAnd so saide saturne . & sente ȝyow to warneWhanne ȝye se þe suonne amys . & ...?...?...two Monkes heddesAnd a mayde haue þe maistrie . and multipli..edM.6.335: M's altered reading multiplied agrees with LRF. Other B manuscripts read multiplie. bi .....eighteÞanne shal deþ with-drawe . & derthe be IusticeAnd dawe þe dikere . deie for hunger . But ȝif god of his goodnesse . graunte vs a t....rewecoriiijuscor