The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 13William LanglandEdited by Katherine Heinrichs Graduate Research Assistants Patricia Bart, Michael Blum, John Ivor Carlson, Peter Eubanks, Paul Fyfe, Paul Gaffney, Janice McCoy, Chloe Smith, Timothy L. Stinson, Jordan Taylor, and Keicy Tolbert. Computer Consultants and Programmers Shayne Brandon, Kirk V. Hastings, Richard A. Peterson, Daniel Pitti, Jonathan Rodney, 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: 1843840251

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LatinFrenchGermanMay, 2001catalogerPatricia BartNew header createdPassus tertiodecimusO.13.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears on two lines.aANd I wakedeO.13.1: OC2 alone have the form wakede in place of awaked. þer-wiþ  witles neer-hande And as a freek þat fre were  forþ gan I walkeIn manere of a mendynaunt  many ȝeer afterAnd of þis metyng many tyme  myche þouȝt Ich haddeFirst how fortune me faylede  at my moost nedeAnd how þat eelde manacede me  we myȝten neuereO.13.6: O alone has we myȝten neuere; most B manuscripts have myȝte we euere. meteFrerisAnd how þat freris foleweden  folk þat weren riche And folk þat weren pore  at litil price þei settenAnd no coors in her kirk-ȝerd  ne in her kirke was biriedBut quyk he bequeþe hem ouȝt  or schulde helpe quyte her dettisCuratisAnd how coueytise ouercome  clerkis & preestes And how þat lewed men been lad  but oure lord hem helpeÞoruȝO.13.13: The ascender of the thorn in Þoruȝ is decorated with a small spray in red. vnkunnynge curatouris  to incurable peynesAnd how þat ymagynatyf  in dremeles me toldeOf kynde & of kunnyng  & how curteys he is to beestisAnd how louynge he is to beestis  on loond & on waterLeneþ he no lijf  lasse ne moreÞe creatures þat crepen  of kynde been engendridAnd how ymagynatyf seyde  vix saluabitur iustusO.13.19: Two crosses, about two lines in height, appear in the right margin, probably in hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 19.And whanne he hadde seyd so  how sodeynlich he passedeI lay doun longe in þis þouȝt  and at þe last I slepteAnd as crist wolde þer come conscience  to counforte me þat tymeAnd badeO.13.23: Cr1OC2 alone lack me before come. come to his court  wiþ clergie schulde I dyneAnd for concience of clergie spake  I come wel þe raþerAnd þere I seyȝ a mayster  what man he was I nyste Þat lowe loutede and  louelich to scriptureConcience knewe hym wel  & welcomede hym fayreÞei wasscheden & wypeden  & wente to dynerAc pacience in þe paleys  stode in pilgrimes cloþisAnd preyede mete parO.13.30: WYGO alone have par; variants include pur (BF), por (C2), and for (HmCrCLMR). charite  for a pore heremyteConcience callede hym In  & curteyslich seydeWelcome wye . go & wasche  þou schalt sitte sooneÞis mayster was maad sitte  & for þe moost worþiÞanne clergie & concience  & pacience cam afterPacience and I  weren put to be macchesAnd sitteO.13.36: OC2 alone have the form sitte; most B manuscripts have seten. bi oure-selue  at a syde-boordConcience callede after mete  & þanne cam scriptureAnd seruede hem þus soone  of sundry metes manyOf austyn of ambrose  of alle þe foure euangelistesEdentes & bibentes que apud eos suntO.13.40: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after que, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Ac þis mayster ne his man  no manere flesch eetenAc þei eeten mete of more cost  mortrewes & potagesOf þat men myswonnen  þei maden hem wel at eseAc her sauce was euere soure  & vnsaueryO.13.44: YOC2 alone have vnsauery in place of vnsauourly. ygroundenO.13.44: OC2 alone have the form ygrounden; most B manuscripts have grounde.In a morter post mortem  of many bitter peynesBut if þei synge for þe soulis  & wepe salte teresvos qui peccata hominum comeditis nisi pro eis lacrimas & oraciones effuderitis  ea que in delicijs comeditis in tomentisto[r]mentis euometisO.13.46: This line begins in the right margin of l. 46, breaks after hominum, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, breaking again after to[r]mentis and ending in the right margin of l. 48. A red parasign precedes euometis.Concience curteyslich þoo  comaunded scripture Bifore pacience breed to brynge  & me . þat was his makeHe sette a soure loof to-fore vs . & seyde  agite penitenciamAnd siþen he drowe vs drynk  diu perseueransAs longe quod heO.13.52: OC2RF alone have he; most B manuscripts have I. as I lyue  & likham may dureHeer is propre seruyse quod pacience  þer fareþ no prynce betterAnd þanne he brouȝte forþ oþer mete  of miserere mei deusAnd of beati quorum  of beatus vir makyngEt quorum tecta sunt  peccata . in a discheOf derne schrifte dixi  and confitebor tibiBrynge pacience sum pitaunceO.13.58: OC2 alone lack priueliche before quod, and thus lack the third alliterating stave.  quod concienceAnd þanne come to pacience  a pitaunce ybrouȝtOf pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus  in tempore oportunoAnd concience counfortede vs  & carpede vs myry wordisO.13.61: OC2 alone have wordis in place of tales.Cor contritum & humiliatum deus non despiciesO.13.62: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after deus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Pacience was proud  of þat propre seruyseAnd made hym myrþe wiþ his mete  ac I mornede euereFor þis doctour on þe hye deys  dranke wiyn so fasteVe vobis qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinumO.13.66: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after ad, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.He eete many sundry metes  mortrewes & puddyngesWombe cloutis & wylde brawn  & egges fryed wiþ greceÞanne seyde I to my-self  so pacience it herdeFrerisIt is not foure dayes þat þis freek  bifore þe deen of poulis Prechede of penaunces  þat poule þe apostle suffredeIn fame & frigore  & flappes of scourgesTer cesus sum & a Iudeis quinquies quatragenasO.13.73: This line is written in the right margin.Ac oo word þei ouerhippen  at iche tyme þat þei prechenÞat poule in his epistleO.13.75: O alone has the form epistle in place of pistle.  toO.13.75: OC2F alone lack al before þe peple. þe peple toldePericulum estO.13.76: OR alone lack in before falsis. falsis fratribus notaO.13.76: This line is written in the right margin. The word nota is accompanied by red and black flourishes at left, right, and bottom.Holy writ bit men . be war  I wole not write it heer On englich . an aunter it schulde  be reherced to ofteAnd greue þer-wiþ þat good been  ac gramariens schul rede. nota .O.13.80: A red flourish appears beneath the word nota.Vnusquisque a fratre se custodiatO.13.80: A double solidus above each word indicates transposition of original custodiat se. C2 alone shares the uncorrected order. quia vt dicitur . periculum est in falsis fratribusAc I wiste neuere freek . þat as a frere ȝede  bifore men . on englisch Take it for her teme  & telle it wiþ-oute glosyngÞei prechen þat penaunce is  profitable to þe souleAnd what mescheef or malese  crist for man þoledeAc þis goddis glotoun quod I  wiþ hise grete chekisHaþ no pite on vs pore men  he parforneþ yuele Þat he precheþ . he preueþ not  to pacience I toldeAnd wisschede wittirli  wiþ wille ful egreÞat dissches & doubleris  bifore þis ilke doctour Were molten leed in his mawe  & mahoun amyddisI schal iangle to þis iurdan  wiþ his IutteIusteO.13.91: A solidus/punctus over Iutte and another over marginal Ius seem to indicate substitution; however, Ius is a fragment the remainder of which has been lost to cropping. The corrector's intention was apparently to substitute Iuste, the majority reading, for Iutte, a reading shared only by OC2. Iuste as an adjective is related conjecturally by the MED to the noun of the same form meaning "a vessel with a narrow, long neck and a large bottom"; a juste wombe is thus defined as "a belly as large as the bottom of such a receptacle...." Neither the MED nor Skeat lists iutte as an adjective, although jutt(ei)en appears in the MED as a verb meaning "to project or jut out." wombe To telle menO.13.92: OC2 alone have men in place of me. what penaunce is  of whych he prechede raþerPacience parceyuede what I þouȝte  & wynkede on me to be stilleAnd seyde . þou schalt see þus soone  whanne he may no moreHe schal haue a penaunce in his paunche  & puffe at iche a wordAnd þanne schal hise guttes groþeleO.13.96: YGOC2 alone have groþele; variants include gothelyn (Hm), gottilen (Cr), godele (LR), gowle (F), gruwe (B), and goþele (WCM).  & he schal galpen afterDoctours of frerisFor now he haþ drunken so depe  he wole dyuyne sooneAnd preue it bi her pocalips  & passioun of seynt auereysO.13.99: In the left margin there appears a cross composed of dots with smaller dots and rays, both in red, interspersed; like other, similar designs in this manuscript, it is apparently in the main scribal hand.Þat neiþer bakoun ne brawn  blankmanger ne mortrewesIs neiþer fisch ne flesch  but fode for a penaunceAnd þanne schal he testifie of a trinyte  & take hise felawes to witnesseWhat he fonde in a frayel  after freris lyuyngAnd but if þe first leefO.13.103: OC2Cot alone have leef; variants include leyeffe (G), lif (CBmBo), life (Y), lyue (Cr), lyue (?lyne) (WHmLMR), and lyȝne (F). be leesyng  leue me neuere afterAnd þanne is tyme to talkeO.13.104: OC2R alone have talke; all other beta witnesses have take.  & appose þis doctourOf do-wel & do-bette  & if do-best  be any penaunceAnd I sete stille as pacience seyde  & þus soone þis doctour As rody as a rose  rubbede hise chekesCowȝhede & carpede  & concience hym herdeAnd tolde hym of a trinyte  & toward vs he lokedeWhat is do-wel sire doctour quod I  is do-wel any penaunceDo-wel quod þis doctour  & toke þe cuppe & drankeDo noon yuel to þin euene-cristen  not bi þi powerBi þisO.13.113: OC2 alone lack day before sire, and thus lack the first alliterating stave. sire doctour quod I þanne  be ȝe not in do-welFor ȝeO.13.114: OC2 alone lack han before harmed. harmed vs two  in þat ȝe eete þe puddyngMortrewis & oþer mete  & we no mussel haddenO.13.115: OC2 alone have the form hadden in place of hadde.And if ȝe faren so in ȝoure fermorie  ferli me þinkeþ But chesteO.13.117: GYOC2 alone among beta witnesses lack be before þere. þere charite schulde . be  & children durstenO.13.117: OC2 alone have dursten; most B manuscripts have dorste. pleyneI wolde permute my penaunce wiþ ȝoure  for I am in poynt to do welÞanne concience curteyslich  a countenaunce madeAnd preynte vp-on pacience  to preye me be stilleAnd seide hym-self . sire doctour  & it be ȝoure willeWhat is do-wel & do-bette  ȝe dyuynouris knowenDo-wel quod þis doctour  do as clerkis techenAnd do-bette is he þat techeþ  & trauayliþ to teche oþereAnd do-best dooþ hym-self so  as he seiþ & precheþQui feceritO.13.126: OC2 alone have fecerit in place of facit. & docuerit magnus vocabitur in regno ce..lorumO.13.126: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after magnus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Now þou clergie quod concience  carpest what is do-welI haue seuene sones he seyde  seruen at a castelÞere þe lord of lijf woneþ  to lerne what is do-welTil I se . þo seuene  & myself acordenI am vnhardy quod he  to any whyȝt to preuen itFor oon peers þe plowman  haþ impugned vs alleAnd sette alle scienceO.13.133: OC2R alone have the singular form. at a soppe  saue loue ooneAnd no texte ne takiþ  to mayntene his causeBut dilige deum  & domine quis habitabit . & ceteraAnd seiþO.13.136: OC2 alone lack þat before do-wel. do-wel & do-bette  arn two infinitesWhiche infinitesWhiche infynytes wiþ a feiþ  fynden out do-bestWhich schal saue mannys soule  þus seiþ peersO.13.138: An otiose mark appears above the first <e> in peers. plowmanI can not her-onne quod concience  ac I knowe peersHe wole not aȝeyn holi writ speke  I dar vndirtakeÞanne passe we ouer til peers come  & preue þis in dedePacience haþ been in many places  & parauenture knoweþ Þat . no clerkO.13.143: OC2RF alone lack ne before knoweþ. knoweþO.13.143: OC2 alone have knoweþ; all other beta witnesses have kan.  as crist bereþ witnessePacientes vincunt & ceteraO.13.144: This line is written in the right margin.At ȝoure preyer quod paciens þoo  so no man displese hymDisce quod he &O.13.146: HmOC2F alone include the first ampersand.doce  & dilige inimicosDisce and do-wel  doce and do-betteO.13.147: OC2 alone lack the final phrase of this line, dilige and dobest.O.13.148: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack the introductory clause Þus tauȝte me ones.A lemman þat I louede  loue was hir nameWiþ wordis & werkis quod sche  & wille of þin herteÞou loue lelly þi soule  al þi lijf-tymeAnd so þou lere þee to louye  for þe lordis loue of heuene Þin enemy . in al wyse  euene-forþ wiþ þi-selueCaste coles on his hed  & al kynde specheBoþe wiþ werk & word  fonde his loue to wynneAnd leye on hym þus wiþ loue  til he lawȝhe on þeeAnd but he bowe for þis betyng  blynde mote he worþeAc for to fare þus wiþ þi freend  folye it wereFor he þat loueþ þee lelly  litil of þin coueytiþKynde loue coueytiþ not  no catel . but specheWiþ half a laumpe-lyne  in latyn ex vi transgressionisO.13.160: OC2 alone have transgressionis in place of transicionis.memorandumI bere þer-Inne a bewteO.13.161: OC2 alone have a bewte; variants include aboute (WCrLMRF), abounte (HmY), a beaute (GB), and a beaut (C). Kane and Donaldson emend to a bouste.  fast ybounde . do-welIn a signe of þe saterday  þat sette first þe kalenderInO.13.163: OC2 alone have In in place of And. al þe witt of þe wednesday  of þe nexte woke afterÞe myddel of þe mone  is þe myȝt of boþeAnd her-wiþ am I welcome  þer I haue it wiþ meVndo it . latte þis doctour deme  if do-wel be þer-inneFor bi hym þat me made  myȝte neuere pouerteeMisese ne mescheef  ne man wiþ his tungeColde ne care  ne cumpanye of þeuesNe neiþer hete ne hayl  ne noon helle poukeNe neiþer fijr ne flood  ne feer of þin enemyesO.13.171: OC2 alone have the plural form.Tene þe any tyme  & þou take it wiþ þeeCaritas nichil timetO.13.173: This line is written in the right margin.It is but a dido quod þis doctour  a disouris taleAl þe witt of þis world  & wiþO.13.175: OC2Cot alone have wiþ; all other beta witnesses have wiȝt. mennes strengþeCan not conformen a pees  bitwene þe pope & hise enemyesNe bitwene two cristen kyngys  kan no wyȝt pees make Profitable to eiþer peple  & putte þe table fro hymAnd toke clergie & concience  to counceyl as it wereÞat pacience þoo muste passe  for pilgrymes kun wel lyeAc concience carpede loude  & curteyslich seydeFrendis fareþ wel  & fayre spake to clergyeFor I wole goo wiþ þis goom  if god wole gyue me graceAnd be pilgryme wiþ pacience  til I haue proued moreWhat quod clergie to concience  ar ȝe coueytous nouþeAfter ȝeresȝeues & ȝiftes  or ȝernen to rede ridelsI schal brynge ȝow a bible  a book of þe olde laweAnd lere ȝow if ȝow like  þe best poynt to knoweÞat pacience þe pilgryme  parfiȝtly knewe neuereNay bi crist quod concience to clergie god þee forȝeldeFor al þat pacience me profereþ  proude am I fulO.13.191: OC2 alone have ful in place of but or omission. litilAc þe wille of þe wye  & ȝe wolenO.13.192: O alone has the form wolen; variants include wille (CHmBmBoLM), wull (C2), wol (YCot), and wil (WCrGRF). of folk here Haþ moued my mood  to morne for my synnesÞe good wille of a wyȝt . was  neuere bouȝt to þe fulleFor þer is no tresore þerto  to a trewe willeO.13.196: Two crosses, one below the other and each about two lines in height, appear in the left margin, probably in hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the defective alliteration of ll. 196-198.Hadde not magdaleyn more  for a boxe of salueÞan zacheus for he seyde  dimidium bonorum meorum do pauperibusAnd þe pore wydowe  for a peyre of mytesÞan alle þoo þat offreden  in-to gazophilaciumÞus curteysliche concience  congeyede þe frereAnd siþen softlich he seyde  in clergyes ereMe were leuere bi oure lord  & I lyue schuldeHaue pacience parfiȝtli  þan half þi bakkeO.13.203: OC2 alone have bakke in place of pak. of bookisClergie to concience  no cungeye wolde takeBut seyde ful sobrelich  þou schalt se þe tymeWhanne þou art wery for-walked  wylne me to counceylÞat is soþ quod concience  so me god helpeIf pacience be oure partynge felawe  & priuey wiþ vs boþeÞer is no woo in þis world  þat we ne schulde amendeAnd confourmen kyngys to pees  and al kyns londisSarasens & surry  & so forþ alle þe IuesTurne in-to þe trewe feiþ  & in-til oon beleueÞat is soþ quod clergie  I see what þou menestI schal dwelle as I do  my deuoyr to schewenAnd confermen fauntkyns  & oþere folk yleredTil pacience haue seruedO.13.216: OC2 alone have serued; most B manuscripts have preued. þee  & parfiȝtlich þee makedeO.13.216: Make should probably read makede, the reading of all manuscripts except C2, which has made; the <d> (and perhaps a final <e>) has apparently been lost to tearing and patching of the right corner of the leaf.Concience þoo wiþ pacience passede  pilgrymes as it wereÞanne hadde pacience as pilgrimes han  in his poke vitaylisSobrete & symple speche  & soþfast beleueTo counforte hym & concience  if þei come in placeÞere vnkyndenesse & coueytise is  hungry cuntrees boþeAnd as þei wenten bi þe weye  of do-wel þei carpedenÞei metten wiþ a mynystral  as me þoo þouȝtePacience apposede hym þooO.13.224: OC2 alone have þoo; most B manuscripts have first.  & preyede . he schulde hem telle To concience . what craft he couþe  & to what cuntre he woldeI am a mynystral quod þat man  my name is actiua vitaAndO.13.227: OC2 alone include introductory And. alle ydel ich hate  forO.13.227: YOC2F alone lack a word between for and actijf; most B manuscripts have of. actijf is my nameA waferer . wole ȝe wite  & serue many lordisAnd fewe robes I fonge  or furred gounesKouþe I lye to do men lawȝhe  þanne lacchen I schulde Ouþer mantel or money  amongys lordis mynystralisAc for I can neiþer taboure ne trompe  ne telle noon geestisFarten ne fiþelen  at feestis ne harpenIape ne iogele  ne ienteliche pipeNe neiþer sayle ne saute  ne synge wiþ þe gyterneI haue no goode gyftes  of þeise grete lordisFor no breed þat I brynge forþ  saue a benysoun on þe sundayWhanne þe preest preyeþ þe peple  her pater-noster to biddeFor peris þe plowman  & þat hym profiȝt waytenAnd þat I am actijf  þat ydelnesse hatyeFor alle trewe trauaylouris  & tilyers of erþeFro myȝhel-messe to myȝhel-messe  I fynde hemO.13.242: OC2 alone lack wiþ before wafres. wafresBeggers & bidders  of my breed crauenFaytouris & freris  & folk wiþ brode crownesI fynde payn for þe pope  & prouendre for his palfreyO.13.245: Two crosses, each about two lines in height, appear in the right margin, probably in hand 2.And I hadde neuere of hym  haue god my truþeNeiþer prouendre ne personage  ȝit . of þe popis ȝifteSaue a pardoun wiþ a peys of leed  & two polles a-myddis Hadde icheichO.13.249: Although the MED lists iche as a variant of ich, it is not this scribe's usual form, nor is it attested by other manuscripts; it is thus probably an error. a clerk þat couþe write  I wolde caste hym a billeÞat he sente me vndir his sceel  a salue for þe pestilenceAnd þat his blessyng & hise bulles  myȝte bocchesO.13.251: OC2 alone transpose the order bocches myȝte. distroyeIn nomine meo demonia eicient & super egros manus imponent & bene habebuntAnd þanne wolde I be prest to þe peple  paast for to makeAnd buxum & bisy  aboute breed & drynkeFor hym & for alle hise  fonde I . þat his pardounO.13.256: Two crosses, each about two lines in height, appear in the left margin, probably by hand 2. They may have been intended to point to the defective alliteration of ll. 256-258.Myȝte lechen a man  as I beleueO.13.256: OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack it before schulde. schuldeFor siþ he haþ þe power  þat petir hym-self haddeHe haþ þe potte wiþ þe salue  soþeli as me þinkeþArgentum & aurum non est michi . quod autem habeo hoc tibi do .O.13.259: OC2 alone lack in nomine domini before surge. surge & ambulaO.13.259: This line begins in the right margin of l. 258, breaks after aurum, then wraps around to occupy the next full line space.Ac if myȝt of myracle hym fayle  it is for men been not worþi To haue þe grace of god  & no gylt of þe popeFor may no blessyng don vs bote  but if we wolen amendeNe mannes masse make pees  amongys cristen pepleTil pride be pureliche fordo  & þat þoruȝ payn defauteFor er I haue breed of meele  erst mote I sweteAnd er þe comune haue corn ynow  many colde mornyngSo er my wafres be wrouȝt  myche woo I þolyeAl london I leue  likeþ wel my wafresAnd louren whanne þei lakkenO.13.269: OC2 alone lack an additional pronoun between lakken and it; most B manuscripts have hem. it  is not longe passedÞer was a careful comune  whanne no cart come to touneWiþ breed fro stratford  þoo gonnen beggers wepeAnd werkmen weren agast a litil  þis wole be þouȝt longememorandumIn þe date of oure dryȝte  in a drye april A þousande & þre hundrid  twyes twenti & tenMy wafres weren gesen  whanne chichestre was meyrO.13.275: The letter <h> is rewritten in the right margin, apparently to reinforce its insertion above the line.I toke good keep bi crist  & concience boþeOf haukyn þe actijf man  & how he was cloþidHe hadde a cote of cristendam  as holi chirche beleueþAc it was moled in many places  wiþ many sundry plottesOf pride heer a plot & þere a plot  of vnbuxum specheOf scornyng & of scoffyng  & of vnskilful beryngAs in apparayle and in poort  proud amongys þe pepleOþer-wise þan he haþ wiþ herte  or ye schewyngeHym willynge þat alle men wendenO.13.284: OC2 alone have the form wenden in place of wende.  he were þat he is notFor-why he bosteþ & braggeþ  wiþ many bolde oþesAnd inobedient to be vndirnome  of any lijf lyuyngeAnd so synguler bi hym-self  ne noon so poppe-holyIn habyte as an heremyte  an ordre bi hym-selfReligioun saunz rule  & resounable obedienceLakkynge lettred men  & lewede men boþeIn liknyngO.13.291: OC2 alone have liknyng; all other beta witnesses have likyng. of lele lijf  & a lyer in souleWiþ inwit & wiþ outwit  ymagynen & studienAs best for his body be  to haue a badde nameAnd entermete hym ouer al  þere he haþ not to doneWilnynge þat men wende  his witt were þe bestAnd if he gyue ouȝt to pore gomes  telleþ what he deleþPore of possessioun in purs  & in cofres boþeAnd as a lyoun on to loke  & lordlich of specheBaldest of beggers  a boster þat nouȝt haþIn toune & in tauernes  tales to telleAnd segge þing þat he neuere seyȝ  & for soþe sweren itOf dedes þat he neuere dide  demen & bostenAnd of werkis þat he wel dide  witnesse & seggeO.13.303: OC2 alone have segge; most B manuscripts have siggen.Loo if þou leue me not  or þat I lye weneO.13.304: OC2 alone have wene; most B manuscripts have wenen.Axeþ at hym or at hym  & he ȝow can telleWhat I suffrede & seyȝ  & sum-tymes haddeAnd what I kouþe & knewe  & what kyn I come ofAl he wolde þat men wistenO.13.308: OC2 alone have the form wisten; most B manuscripts have wiste.  of werkis & of wordisWhiche myȝte plese þe peple  & preysen hem-seluenO.13.309: OC2CR alone have hem-seluen in place of hym-selue(n).Si hominibus placerem christi seruus non essem / & alibi nemo potest duobus dominis seruire & ceteraO.13.310: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after seruus and duobus, and red parasigns precede the last two lines of text.Bi crist quod concience þoo  þi best cote haukynHaþ many moles & spottes  it muste been ywasschidȜhe . who-so toke heed quod haukyn  bihynde & biforeWhat on bakke & on body  & bi þe twey sydesMen schulden fynde many frounces  & many foule plottesAnd he turnede hym as tijt  & þanne toke I heedIt was fouler bi fele foold  þan it first semedeIt was bidroppid wiþ wraþþe  & wikkide willeWiþ enuye & wicked. yuel .O.13.319: OC2 alone have the incorrectly alliterating reading wicked, though marked for deletion. speche  entycynge to fiȝteLiynge & lawȝhynge  & leef tunge to chydeAl þat he wiste wickid  bi any wiȝt tellen itAnd blame men bihynde her bak  & bidde hem meschaunceAnd þat he wiste bi wille  telle it to watteAnd þat watte wiste  wille wiste it afterAnd made of frendis foos  þoruȝ a fals tungeOr wiþ myȝt of mouþe  or þoruȝ mannes strengþeAuenge me fele tymes  ouþer frete my-selueWiþ-Inne as a schepsters schere  yschrewede men & cursedeCuius malediccione os plenum est & amaritudine sub lingua eius & ceteraO.13.329: OC2RF alone lack the final phrase et lingua eorum gadius acutus; OC2 alone substitute & cetera for it. & alibi . Filij hominum dentes eorum arma & sagitte & ceteraO.13.329: This line begins in the right margin of l. 328, breaks after malediccione, and wraps around to the next full line space, ending in the right margin.Þer is no lijf þat I louye  lastynge any whyleFor tales þat I telle  no man tristeþ to meAnd whanne I may not haue þe maystrie  wiþ malencolie I take Þat I cacche þe crampe  þe cardiacle sum-tymeOr an ague in swich an angre  & sum-tyme a feuereÞatO.13.335: The ascender of the thorn in Þat is decorated with a flourish. takiþ me al a twelue-moneþ  til þat I dispise Lechecraft of oure lord  & leue on a wiccheAnd seggeþO.13.337: OC2 alone have the form seggeþ; all other beta witnesses have seye. þat no clerk ne can  ne crist as I leueTo þe souter of souþwerk  &O.13.338: OC2 alone have &; most B manuscripts have or. of sordichO.13.338: OC2F alone have the form sordich; most B manuscripts have Shordych. dame emmeAnd seggeþO.13.339: OC2 alone have seggeþ; most B manuscripts have seye. þat no goddis word  gaf me neuere boteBut þoruȝ a charme hadde I chaunce  & my cheef heleI waytede bisiloker  & þanne was it suylidWiþ likyng of lecherie  & bi lokyng of his yeFor iche a maydenO.13.343: OC2 alone have the form mayden in place of maide. þat he mette  he made hir a syngneSemynge to synne-ward  & sum-tyme he gan taste Aboute þe mouþe or bi-neþe  bigynneþ to gropeTil eyþer wille waxeþ kene  & to þe werk ȝedenAs wel in fastynge-dayes as fridayes  & forboden nyȝtisAnd as wel in lente as out of lente  alle tymes ylicheSwiche werkis wiþ hem  werenO.13.349: O alone has the form weren; most B manuscripts have were. neuere out of sesounTil þei myȝten no more  & þanne hadden myry talesAnd how þat lecchouris louyen  lawȝhen & iapenAnd of her harlotrie & horedam  in her elde . tellenÞanne pacience parceyuede  of poyntis of his coteWas culmy þoruȝ coueytise  & vnkynde desyryngMore to good þan to god  þe goom hys loue casteAnd ymagynede how  he it myȝte haueWiþ false mesureO.13.357: OC2 alone have the singular form. & met  & wiþ fals witnesseLenede itO.13.358: YOC2 alone include it. for loue of þe wed  & loþ to do truþeAnd IO.13.359: OC2 alone include I. awaytede þoruȝ . which . weye to bigyleAnd mengede his marchaundise  & mad a good moustreÞe worsO.13.361: OC2 alone have wors in place of worste. wiþ-Inne wasO.13.361: OC2 alone lack a before greet.  greet witt I lete itAnd my neiȝbore hadde any hyne  or any beeste ellisMore profitabel þan myn  many sleyȝtis I madeHow I myȝte haue it  al my witt I casteAnd but I hadde bi oþer weye  at þe laste I stale itOr pryuyliche his purs schoke  vn-pikede hise lokkisOr bi nyȝt or bi day  aboute was Ich euereÞoruȝ gyle to gaderen  þe good þat I haueIf I ȝede to þe plow  I pynchede so narweÞat a foote loond or a foruȝ  fecchen I woldeOf my next neyȝbore  nymen of his erþeAnd if I repe . ouer-reche  &O.13.372: GOC2 alone have & in place of or. ȝaue hem reed þat ropeO.13.372: OC2 alone have rope; variants include repen (CrYBoCotR), repen it (F), and ropen (WHmGCBmLM).And seyse to me wiþ my sykil  þat I sewe neuereAnd who-so borweþ of me  abouȝte þe tymeWiþ presentis priueylich  or payede sum certeynSo wolde he or he nolde  wynnen I woldeAnd boþe to kiþ & to kyn  vnkynde of þat ich haddeAnd who-so chepede my chaffare  chiden I woldeBut he proferede me to paye  a peny or tweyneMore þan it was worþ  & ȝit wolde I swereÞat it coste me myche more  & swore many oþesIn halidayes in holi chirche  whanne ich hereO.13.382: OC2 alone have the present-tense form; all other beta witnesses have the preterite. messeHadde I neuere wille woot god  witterli to beseche Mercy for my mysdedis  þat I ne mornede more For losse of good . leue me  þan for my likhams gyltesAs if I hadde dedli synne doon  I drede not þat so soreAs whanne I lenedeO.13.387: YOC2C alone lack a word between lenede and levede; most B manuscripts have and. . levede it lost  or longe . er it were payedSo if I kidde any kyndenesse  myn euene-cristene to helpeVp-onO.13.389: OC2 alone lack a before cruel. cruel coueytise  myn herte gan hangeAndO.13.390: OC2 alone lack if before I. I sente ouer sehe  my seruantis to bruggesOr in-to pruselond my prentice  my profiȝt to waytenTo marchaunden wiþ money  & make her eschaungesMyȝte neuere me counforte  in þe mene tymeNeiþer messe ne mateyns  ne no manere siȝtisNe neuere penaunce parfornede  ne pater-noster seydeÞat my mynde ne was more  on my good inO.13.396: GOC2F alone lack a before doute. douteÞan in þe grace of god  & hise grete helpesVbi thesaurus tuus ibi & cor tuum .O.13.398: This line is written in the right margin.Whyche been þe braunches  þat bryngen a man to sleuþ Is whanne a manO.13.400: OC2 alone have the reading Is whanne a man. Variants include Is qwan man (B), hys woman (GYCLR), He þat (WHmCrM), and þat (F). morneþ not for hise dedisO.13.400: OC2 alone lack some variant of mys- before, or in place of, dedis.  ne makeþ no sorweAc penaunce þat þe preest enioyneþ  parforneþ yueleDooþ noon almes-dede  drediþ hym of no synneLyueþ aȝeyn þe beleue  & no lawe holdeþIche day is an holy-dayO.13.404: OC2 alone lack the phrase with hym before &.  &O.13.404: OC2 alone have &; most B manuscripts have or. an hyȝ ferieAnd if he ouȝt wole here  it is an harlottis tungeAndO.13.406: OC2 alone include introductory And. whanne men carpen of crist  or clennesse of souleHe waxeþ wroþ & wole not here  but wordis of myrþePenaunce & pore men &O.13.408: OC2 alone lack þe before passioun. passioun of seyntisHe hateþ to here þerof  & alle þat it telliþÞeise been þe braunches . be war  þat bryngen a man to wanhopeȜe lordis & ladies  & legates of holy chircheÞat fedenO.13.412: Carets accompanying þat and marginal feden indicate that the corrector's intention was to insert feden as the second word in the line. Most B manuscripts have fedeþ. foles sageO.13.412: OC2F alone have the singular form.  flaterers & lyerisAnd han likyng to liþen hem  to do ȝow to lawȝheVe vobis qui ridetis & ceteraO.13.414: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vobis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And ȝyuen hem mete & mede  & pore men refusenO.13.415: OC2 alone have the form refusen; most B manuscripts have refuse.In ȝoure deþ-deiynge  I drede me ful soreLest þe þre manere men  to myche sorwe ȝow bryngeConsencientes & agentes  pari pena punienturPatriarkes & prophetis  & prechouris of goddis wordisSauen þoruȝ her sermoun  mannes soule from helleRiȝt so flaterers & foles  & þe feendis disciplisTo entice men þoruȝ her tales  to synne & harlotrieAsO.13.423: OC2 alone have As; most B manuscripts have Ac. clerkis þat knowen holy writ  schulden kenne lordisWhat dauid seiþ of swiche men  as þe sauter telliþNon habitabit in medio domus mee qui facit superbiam & qui loquitur iniquaSchulde noon harlot haue audience  in halle ne in chaumbresLo lordis & prelatisO.13.427: The rubric is divided after lordis, so that it appears as two lines.Þere wise men weren  witnesse goddis wordis Ne no mysproude man . amongys  lordis . be alowedAc flaterers & foles  þoruȝ her foule wordisLeden þoo þat louen hem  to luciferes feesteWiþ turpiloquio a lay of sorwe  & lucifers fiþeleÞus haukyn þe actijf man  hadde ysuyled his coteTil concience acoupede hym þerof  in a curteys manereWhy he ne hadde wasschen it  or wipedO.13.434: OC2 alone lack it before wiþ. wiþ a brusche