The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 15William 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 quintodeciusquintodeci[m]usO.15.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines.AAC after my wakyng  it was wondre longe Er I koude kyndeli knowe  what was do-welAnd so my witt wexe & wanyede  til I a fool wereAnd sum lakkede my lijf  alowedenO.15.4: OC2 alone have the form aloweden; most B manuscripts have allowed. it feweAnd leeten for a lorel  & loþ to reuerencenLordis or ladyes  or any lijf ellisAs persouns in pelure  & wiþ pendauntis of siluerTo sergeauntisTo sergeauntis ne to swiche  seyde not onesGod loke ȝow lordis  ne loutede fayreÞat folk helden me a fool  & in þat folye I rauedeTil resoun hadde ruþe on me  & rokkede me a-slepeTil I seyȝ as it sorcery were  &O.15.12: OC2 alone have & in place of a. sotil þing wiþ-alleOon wiþ-outen tunge & teeþ  tolde me whider I schuldeAnd wher-of I cam & what kynde  I coniurede hym at þe lasteIf he were cristis creature  for cristis loue me to telleI am cristis creature quod he  & cristen in many a placeIn cristis court I-knowe wel  & of his kyn a partyeIs neyþer peter þe porter  ne poule wiþ his fauchounÞat wole defende me þe dore  dynge ich neuere so lateAt mydnyȝt . at mydday  my voyce so is knowenO.15.20: OC2 alone have the form knowen; variants include yknowe (HmBLMR), y-knawen (C), well Iknowe (GF), and knowe (WCrY).Þat iche a creature of his court  welcomeþ me fayreWhat ar ȝe callid in þat court quod I  among cristis pepleAnima .Þe whiles I quyk was in þe coors quod he  called am I animaAnd whanne I wilne orO.15.24: OC2 alone have or in place of and. wolde  animus ich hatteAnd for þat I kan & knowe  called am I mensAnd whanne I make mone to god  memoria is my nameAnd whanne I deme domes  & do as truþe techiþÞanne is racio my riȝt name  &O.15.28: GYOC2 alone include &. resoun on englischAnd whanne I fele þat folk telleþ  my first name is sensusO.15.29: A parasign, with a long horizontal stroke extending from the top, appears in the right margin. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 2.And þat is witt & wisdam  þe welle of alle craftisAnd whanneO.15.31: OC2 alone lack I before chalenge. chalenge or chalenge not  clepeO.15.31: YOC2 alone have clepe in place of chepe. or refuseÞanne am I concience called  goddis clerk & his notarieAnd whanne I loue lelly  oure lord . & alle oþerÞanne is leel loue my name  & in latyn amorAnd whanne I flye fro þe flesch  & forsake þe careyneÞanne am I spirit specheles  spiritus þanne ich hatteAustyn & þsoidorus[y]sidorus  eyþer of hem boþeNempnede me þus to name  now þou myȝtistO.15.38: OC2 alone have myȝtist; most other B manuscripts have myȝt. cheseHow þou coueytist to calle me  now knowest þou alle my namesAnima pro diuersis accionibus diuersa nomina sortitur / dum viuificat corpus  anima est / dum vult  animus est / dum scit  mens est / dum recolit  memoria est / dum iudicat  racio est / dum sentit  sensus est / dum amat  amor est dum negat vel consentit  consciencia est / dum spirat  spiritus est . .O.15.40: This line begins in the right margin of l. 39 and breaks after diuersis, scit , and sensus est dum, wrapping around to occupy the next three full line spaces.Ȝe been as a bischop quod I  al bourdynge þat tymeFor bisschoppis yblissid  beren many namesPresul & pontifex  and metropolitanusAnd oþere names an heep  episcopus & pastorÞat is soþ seyde he  now I se þi willeÞou woldest knowe & kunne  þe cause of alle her namesAnd of myn if þou myȝtist  me þinkeþ bi þi specheȜhe sire I seyde bi so  no man were a-greuedAlle þe science vndir sunne  & alle þe sutil craftesI wolde knowe & kunne  kyndeli in myn herteÞanne art þou vnparfiȝt quod he  & oon . of prides knyȝtisFor swich a lust & likyng  lucifer fel from heuenePonam pedem meum in aquilone  & similis ero altissimoIt were aȝens kynde quod he  & al kyns resounÞat any creature schulde kunne al  except crist ooneAȝens swiche salomon spekiþ  & dispisiþ her wittisAnd seiþ . sicut qui mel comedit multum  non est ei bonum . sic qui scrutator est magestatis opprimitur a gloriaO.15.57: This line begins in the right margin of l. 56, breaks after qui, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, ending in the right margin.To englische men . þis is to mene  þat mowen speke & hereÞe man þat myche hony eteþ  his mawe it engleymeþAnd þe more þat a man  of good mater hereþBut he do þer-after  it dooþ hym double scatheBeatus est . seiþ seynt Bernard  qui scripturas legitEt verba vertit in opera  fulliche to his powerCoueytise to kunne  & to knowe sciencePulledeO.15.65: OC2 alone have Pullede; most B manuscripts have Putte. out of paradice  adam & eueSciencie appetitus hominem immortalitatis gloriam spoliauit .O.15.66: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mortalitatis, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And riȝt as hony is yuele to defye  & engleymeþ þe maweRiȝt so . þat þoruȝ resoun  wolde þe rote knowe Of god . & of hise myȝtis  his grace it lettiþFor in þe likyng . lijþ a pride  & a likhams coueytiseAȝens cristis counceyl  & alle clerkis techyng Þat is . non plus sapere quam oportet sapere .O.15.72: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after quam, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Freris & fele oþere maystris  þat to lewede men prechenMeuen materes immesurables  to tellen of þe triniteAndO.15.75: OC2 alone have And in place of That. ofte tymes þe lewed peple  of her beleue doutenBetter to bileue wereO.15.76: OC2 alone have to bileue were; variants include were (M), byleue were (L), beleue were (Hm), beleue where (Cr1), to leue were (YCr23GCCot), to leue weren (BmBo), byleue (R), and it were (WF). many  doctouris . swich techyngAnd telle men of þe ten comaundementes  & touche þe seuene synnesAnd of þe braunches þat boriounen of hem  & bryngen men to helleAnd how þat folk in folies  myspenden her fyue wittisPride of FrerisO.15.80: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines.As wel freris as oþere folk  foliliche þei spendenO.15.80: YOC2M alone have þei spenden; variants include spenen (CrCLR) and speken (B).In housyng in hateryng  & hye clergie schewyngeMore for pompe þan for pure charite  þe peple woot þe soþeÞat I neO.15.83: YOC2 alone include ne. lye not . loo  for lordis ȝe plesenAnd reuerencen þe riche  þe raþer for her goodisO.15.84: OC2 alone have goodis in place of siluer.Confundantur omnes qui adorant sculptilia & cetera & alibi / vt quid diligitis vanitatem & queritis mendaciumO.15.85: This line is divided after vanitatem, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.FrerisO.15.86: The letter <V>, about two lines in height, appears in the extreme right margin, written apparently by hand 2.Go to þe glose of þe vers  ȝe grete clerkis If I lye on ȝow to my lewede witt  ledeþ me to brennyngFor as it semeþ . ȝe forsaken  no mannes almesseOf vsureris of horis  of auarouse chapmenAnd louten to þeise lordis  þat mowen lene ȝow noblesAȝeyn ȝoure rule & religioun  I take record of iesusÞat seyde to hise disciplis  ne sitis personarum acceptoresOf þis mateer I myȝte  make a longe bibleCuratisAc of curatouris of cristen peple  as clerkysO.15.94: An irregular tear in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears between clerkys and beren. beren witnesse I schal tellen it for truþes sake  take heed . who-so likiþAs holynesse & honeste  out of holy chirche sprediþÞoruȝ lele libbynge men  þat goddis lawe techenRiȝt so . out of holy chirche  alle yueles spredenÞere imparfiȝt preesthode is  prechouris & techerisAnd see it bi ensaumple  in somer-tyme on trowesÞere summe bowis been leued  & summe beren noonÞere is a myscheef in þe moore  of swiche manere bowisRiȝt so persouns & preestis  & prechouris of holi chircheÞat arn rote of þe riȝt feiþ  to rule þe pepleAc þere þe rote is roten  resoun woot þe soþeSchal neuere floure ne fruyt  ne fayre leef be grene For-þi woldenO.15.107: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. ȝe lettred men leue  þe lecherie of cloþing And be kynde . as felO.15.108: GOC2 alone have fel in place of bifel. for clerkis  & curteys of cristis goodis Trewe of ȝoure tunge  & of ȝoure tayl boþe And hate to here harlotrie  & not to vndirfonge  Tyþes of vntrewe þing  ytilied or chaffared Loþe weren lewede men  but þei ȝoure lore folowedenO.15.112: OC2 alone have the form foleweden in place of folwede. And amenden hem þat mysdoon  more for ȝoure ensaumples  Þan for to preche & preuen it not  ypocrisie it semeþ For ypocrisye in latyn  is likned to a dong-hil Þat were besnewid wiþ snow  & snakes wiþ-Inne Or to a wal þat were whyȝt-lymed  wiþ-out & foul wiþ-inne Riȝt so many preestis  prechouris & prelatis Arn emblaunched wiþ bele paroles  & wiþ cloþes also Ac ȝoure werkis & wordis þer-vndir  arn ful vnlouelich IohanneO.15.121: OC2 alone lack <s> in Iohannes. crisostomus  of clerkis spekiþ & preestisSicut de templo omne bonum egreditur  Sic de templo omne malum procedit / Si sacerdocium integrum fuerit  tota floreretO.15.122: OC2 alone have floreret in place of floret. ecclesia / Si autem corruptum fuerit  omnium fides marcida est / Si sacerdocium fuerit in peccatis  totus populus conuertitur ad peccandum / Sicut cum videris arborem marcidam & pallidam  intelligis quod vicium habet in radice / Ita cum videris populum indisciplinatum & irreligiosum  sine dubio . sacerdocium eius non est sanumO.15.122: This line begins in the right margin of l. 121, breaks after egreditur , ecclesia Si, con- in conuertitur, vicium, and sacer- in sacerdocium eius, wraps around to occupy the next four full line spaces, and ends at bottom right of the fifth line. A red parasign precedes the last line of the text, which is followed by five ticks in black and red.Prestis .IfO.15.123: The initial capital is larger than usual and decorated with flourishes. lewede men wisten  what þis latyn meneþAnd who was myn autour  myche wondir me þinkeþBut if many a preest heerO.15.125: OC2 alone have heer in place of some variant of bere.  for her baslardis & her brohchisSchulden go synge seruyseles  wiþ sire philip þe sparweO.15.126: OC2 alone substitute this line for the completely different one which appears in other manuscripts and which Kane and Donaldson render as "[And beere] bedes in hir hand and a book vndir hir arme." See Skeat's note in Vol. II, 218. In his description of this manuscript in the endleaves, Skeat writes: "There is one variation in it which must not be passed over, viz. the allusion to Sir Philip the Sparrow in the line 'Schulden go synge seruyseles / wiþ sire philip þe sparwe' which, as explained in the footnote to xv. 119, is totally different from the corresponding line in the other copies."Sire ion & sire ieffrey  han gyrdelesO.15.127: OC2F alone have the plural form. of siluerA baslard &O.15.128: O alone lacks a before ballok-knyf. ballok-knyf  &O.15.128: OC2F alone have & in place of wiþ. barresO.15.128: OC2 alone have barres in place of botons. ouer-gyltAc a porthos þat schulde be his plow  placebo to seggeHadde he neuereO.15.130: An irregular tear in the vellum, present at the time of copying, appears between neuere and seruyse. seruyse to saue syluer þerto  for spendyng at aleO.15.130: OC2 alone have for spendyng at ale; all other beta witnesses have seiþ it with ydel wille. Kane and Donaldson divide the line into two, the second with a conjectural a-verse.Allas ȝe lewede men  myche lesenO.15.131: OC2 alone have the form lesen in place of lese. ȝe on preestisAc þing þat wickidlich is wonnenO.15.132: OC2 alone have the form wonnen; most B manuscripts have wonne.  & wiþ false sleyȝtisWolde neuere . of witty god þe witt  but wickide men it haddeÞe whyche arn preestis imparfiȝt  & prechouris after siluerSectouris & suddenes  somonours & her lemmansÞis þat wiþ gyle was geten  vngraciousli is spendidSo harlottis & hores  arn holpen þoruȝO.15.137: OC2 alone have þoruȝ; all other beta witnesses have wiþ. swiche goodisAnd goddis folk for defaute þerof  forfaren & spillenCuratouris of holy chirche  as clerkis þat been auarouseLiȝtlich þat þei leuen  losellis it habbenOr dyen intestat  & þanne þe bischop entreþAnd makeþ myrþe þer-wiþ  & his men boþeAnd seggen . he was a nygard  þat no good myȝte spareTo freend ne to fremde  þe feend haue his souleFor a wrecchid hous he helde  al his lijf-tymeAnd þat he sparede & bisperde  spende we in myrþeBe þei lered . be þei lewideO.15.147: OC2 alone include both occurrences of þei; although HmBM also have Be, most B manuscripts have By lered by lewed.  þat loþ is to spendeÞus goon her goodis  be þe goost farenAc for goode men god woot  greet deel men makenAnd bymeneþ goode mete-ȝyueris  & in mynde hauen InO.15.151: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish. preyeris & in penaunce  & in parfiȝt chariteWhat is charite quod I þoo  a childisch þing he seydeNisi efficiamini sicut paruuli non intrabitis & ceteraO.15.153: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after efficiamini, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.ChariteWiþ-outen faunteeO.15.154: OC2 alone have the form fauntee; most B manuscripts have faunteltie. or folye  a fre liberal wille Where schuldenO.15.155: O alone has the form schulden in place of sholde. men fynde swich a freend  with so fre an herteLonge willeO.15.156: The rubric is divided after Longe, so that it appears as two lines.IO.15.156: The initial capital is decorated with a flourish. haue lyued in londe quod I  my name is longe wille And fonde I neuere ful charite  bifore ne bi-hyndeMen been mercyable to mendynauntis  & to þeO.15.158: OC2 alone include þe. poreAnd wolen lene þere þei leuenO.15.159: OC2 alone have the form leuen; most B manuscripts have leue.  lelli to be payedAc charite þat poule precheþO.15.160: OC2 alone have precheþ in place of preiseþ. best  & moost pleseþ oure saueourAs . non inflatur . non est ambiciosa . non querit que sua suntIO.15.162: The initial capital is accompanied by a flourish. seyȝ neuere swich a man  so me god helpeÞat he ne wolde aske after his  & oþer-wyle coueyte Þing þat nediþ hym not  & nyme it if he myȝteClerkis tellenO.15.165: OC2 alone have tellen in place of some variant of correctly alliterating kennen. me þat crist  is . in alle placesAc I seyȝ hymO.15.166: OC2 alone lack neuere before soþeli. soþeli  but as my-self in a myrourIta in enigmate . tunc facie ad faciemO.15.167: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after facie, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And so I trowe truly  bi þat men tellen of chariteIt is not champiouns fiȝt  ne chaffare as I troweChariteCharite quod he ne chaffareþ not  ne chalengeþ ne craueþ As proude of a peny  as of a pound of goldAnd is as glad of a gowne  of a grey russetAs of a tunycle of tarse  or of tried scarletHe is glad wiþ al glad  & good til alle wickideAnd leneþ & loueþ alle  þat oure lord madeCurseþ he no creature  neO.15.176: HmOC2 alone lack he before can. can bere no wraþþeNe no likyng haþ to lye  ne lawȝhe men to scornAl þat men seyen . he lat it soþ  & in solace takeþAnd alle manere mescheues  in myldenesse he suffreþCoueytiþ he noon erþeli good  but heuene-riche blisseHaþ he any rentes or richesse  or any riche freendis Of rentes ne of richesse  reccheþ he neuereFor a freend þat fyndeþ hym  faylede hym neuere at nedeFiat voluntas tua  fyndiþ hym euere-moreAnd if he soupe . he etiþ but a soppe  of spera in deoHe can portreyeO.15.186: OC2 alone lack wel before þe. þe pater-noster  & peynte it wiþ aueesAnd oþer-wyle he is wone  to wende on pilgrimageÞere pore men & prisouners beenO.15.188: OC2 alone have been in place of some variant of liggen.  her pardoun to haueÞouȝ he bere hem no breed  he bereþ hem swetterO.15.189: OC2 alone lack a noun after swetter; most B manuscripts have liflode.Loueþ hem as oure lord biddiþ  & lokeþ how þei farenAnd whanne he is wery of þat werk  þanne wole he sum-tymeLabouren in lauendrieO.15.192: OC2F alone lack wel before þe.  þe lenkþe of a myleAnd ȝerne in-to ȝouþe  & ȝepli spekeO.15.193: A caret/punctus appears in the extreme right margin. Correction of speke may have been intended, since the reading of Bx is seche.Pride . wiþ al þe apurtenaunce  & pakken hem to-gyderesAnd bowken hem at his brest  & beten hem cleneAnd leggen on . longe  wiþ laboraui in gemitu meoAnd wiþ warm water at hise yen  wasschen hem after And þanne he syngeþ whanne he dooþ so  & sum-tyme seiþ wepyngeCor contritum & humiliatumO.15.199: OC2F alone lack deus before non. non despiciesO.15.199: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after contritum, and a red parasign precedes the ampersand.Bi crist I wolde þat I knewe hym  no creature leuereWiþ-outen help of peers plowman quod he  his persoone seest-þou neuereWher clerkis knowen hym quod I  þat kepen holy chircheClerkis han no knowyng quod he  but bi werkis & wordisAc peers þe plowman  parceyuedeO.15.204: OC2C alone have the preterite form. more depperWhere is þe wille & wherfore  þat many aO.15.205: GOC2 alone include a. wiȝt suffreþEt vidit deus cogitaciones eorumO.15.206: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after deus, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.For þer arn ful proude-herted men  pacient of tungeAnd buxum as of beryng  to burgeys & to lordisAnd to pore peple  han peper in þe noseAnd as a lyoun he lokeþ  þere men lakken hise werkisFor þer arn beggers & bidders  bedemen as it wereLoken as lambren  & semen lijf-holyAc it is more to haue her mete  in swich esy manereÞan for penaunce or parfiȝtnesse  þe pouert þat swiche takenÞerfore bi colour ne bi clergie  knowe schalt þou hym neuereNeiþer þoruȝ wordis ne werkis  but þoruȝ wille oneAnd þat knowiþ no clerk  ne creature in erþePetrusBut peers þe plowman  petrus id est christusFor he is not in losellisO.15.219: Cr2OC2 alone have losellis; most B manuscripts have lolleris  ne in land-lepers heremytisNe in ankris þere a box hangeþ  alle swiche þei faytenFy on faytouris  and in fautores suosFor charite is goddis champioun  & as a good chyld . heendeAnd þe myriest of mouþe  at mete . where he sittiþÞe loue þat lijþ in his herte  makiþ hym liȝt of specheAnd is companable & confortatijf  as crist bit hym-selueNolite fieri sicut ypocrite tristesO.15.226: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sicut, so that it appears as two lines.For I haue seen hym in silk  & sum-tyme in russetBoþe in grey & in griys  & in gylt harneysAnd as gladlich he it gaaf  to gomes þat it nededeEdmund & Edward  eyþer were kyngysAnd seyntis yset  til charite hem folewedeI haue seen charite also  syngen & redenRiden & rennen  in raggede wedisAc biddynge as beggers  bihelde I hym neuereAc in riche robes  raþest he walkiþYcalledO.15.236: OC2 alone lack and before ycrymaylid. ycrymaylid  & his crowne schauenAnd clenlich ycloþed  in cipres & in tartaryneO.15.237: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal.And in a freris frokke  he was founden onysAc it is fer agoo  in seynt fraunceys tymeAnd in þat secte siþþe  to seldenO.15.240: OC2 alone lack he before haþ. haþ be knowenRiche men he recommendiþ  & of her robes takeþÞat wiþ-outen wyles  leden her lyuesBeatus est diues qui & ceteraO.15.243: This line is written in the right margin.In kyngys court he comeþ oftenO.15.244: OC2 alone have often in place of ofte.  þere þe counceyl is treweAc if coueytise be of þe counceyl  he wole not come þer-InneIn court among iapers  he comeþ not but seldeFor braulyng & bacbytyng  & beryng of fals witnesseConsistorieIn þe consistorie bifore þe comyssarie  he comeþ not ful ofte For her lawe dureþ ouer-longe  but if þei lacchen siluerAnd matrimoyne for money  maken & vnmakenAnd þat concience & crist  haþ yknyt fasteÞei vndoon it vnworþili  þoo doctouris of laweAc I ne lakke no lijf  but lord amende vs alleAnd gyue vs grace goode god  charite to foleweFor who-so myȝte mete wiþ hym  swiche maneres hym ayliþNeiþer he banneþ ne blameþ  boosteþ ne preyseþCraueþ ne coueytiþ  ne crieþ after moreLakkeþ ne loseþ  ne lokeþ vp sterneIn pace in idipsum dormiam & ceteraO.15.259: This line is written in the right margin.Þe moost lijflode he lyueþ bi  is loue in goddis passiounNeiþer he biddiþ ne beggeþ  ne borweþ to ȝeldeMisdooþ he no man  ne wiþ his mouþ greueþAmongys cristen men  þis myldenesse scholde lasteIn alle manere angres  haue þis at herteÞat þouȝ þei suffredenO.15.265: OC2 alone have the form suffreden; most B manuscripts have suffrede. al þis  god suffrede for vs moreIn ensaumple we schuldenO.15.266: O alone has the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. do so  & take no veniaunce Of oure foos þat doon vs falsnesse  þat isO.15.267: OC2 alone lack any word between is and fadris; most B manuscripts have oure. fadris willeFor wel may euery man wite  if god hadde wolde hym-selueSchulde neuere iudas ne iew  haue iesu doon on rodeNe haue martired petir ne poule  ne in prisoun holdenAc he suffrede in ensaumple  þat we schuldenO.15.271: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde or omission. suffre alsoAnd seydenO.15.272: O alone has the form seyden in place of seide. to swiche þat suffre wolden  þat pacientes vincuntVerbi gratia quod he  & verrey ensaumples manyIn legenda sanctorum  þe lijf of holy seyntisWhat penaunce & pouerte  & passioun þei suffredenO.15.275: OC2 alone have the form suffreden in place of suffrede.In hungre & in hete  in alle manere angreesAntony & egidie  & oþere holi fadrisWoneden in wildernesse  amonge wylde beestisMonkes & mendynauntis  men bi hem-seluenIn spekis & spelonkis  selden speke to-gyderesAc neiþer antony ne egydie  ne heremyte þat tymeOf lyouns ne of lepardes  no lijflode ne tokenBut of foulis þat flyenO.15.283: O alone has flyen; most B manuscripts have fleeþ.  þus fynden men in bokisExcept þat egidie  after an hynde criedeAnd þoruȝ þe mylk of þat mylde beeste  þe man was sustenedO.15.285: In the extreme bottom right margin there appears a quire signature, so severely cropped as to be illegible.And day bi day hadde he hir not  his hungre for to slakeBut selden & sundri tymes  as seiþ þe book & techiþAntony a-dayes  aboute þeO.15.288: HMOC2 alone include þe. noon tymeHadde a brid þat brouȝte hym breed  þat he by . lyuedeAnd þouȝ þe goom hadde a gest  god fonde hem boþePoule primus heremita  hadde parroked hym-selueÞat no man myȝte hym see  for mosse & for leuesFoules hym feddenO.15.293: OC2 alone have the form fedden in place of fedde.  fele wyntres wiþ-alleTil he foundede freris  of austyns ordreAn-oþerO.15.295: OC2 alone include An-oþer. The presence of a caret/punctus in the left margin and a solidus/punctus above An indicates intended deletion of An or perhaps An-oþer. poule after his prechyng  panyeris he madeAnd wan wiþ hise handis  þat his wombe nededePetir fischede for his fode  & his felaw andrewSum þei soldenO.15.298: OC2 alone have the form solden in place of solde. & sum þei soþen  & so þei lyueden boþeAnd also marie magdaleyn  bi moores lyuede & dewesAc moost þoruȝ deuocioun  & mynde of god almyȝtiI schulde not þis seuene dayes  seggen hem alleÞat lyueden þus for oure lordis loue  many longe ȝerisAc þer ne was lyoun ne leparde  þat on laundes wentenNeiþer bere ne boor  ne oþer beest wyldeÞat ne fel to her feet  & faunedenO.15.305: O alone has the form fauneden; most B manuscripts have fawned. wiþ þe taylisAnd if þei couþenO.15.306: O alone has the form couþen in place of kouþe. haue ycarped  bi crist as I troweÞei wolden haue yfed þat folk  bifore wylde foulisAc god sente hem fode bi foulis  & bi no ferse beestisIn menyng þat meke þing  mylde þing schulde fedeAs who seiþ . religiouse  riȝtful men schulde fyndeAnd laweful men to lijf-holy men  lyuelode bryngeAnd þanne woldenO.15.312: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. lordis & ladies  be loþ to agulteAnd to take of her tenauntis  no more þan truþe woldeFoundenO.15.314: OC2 alone have the form Founden; all other beta witnesses have Founde. þei þat freris wolden  forsakenO.15.314: OC2 alone have the form forsaken in place of forsake. her almesseAnd bidden hem . bere it  þere it was yborwidDietyng of religiousO.15.316: The rubric is divided after of, so that it appears as two lines.For we bee goddis fowlesO.15.316: A solidus/punctus above fowles, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the left margin, indicate deletion, although no substitute is supplied. The only variant reading, Foles, is attested by Cr23; Kane and Donaldson emend to behestes.  and abideO.15.316: OC2 alone have the form abide in place of abiden. alwey . Til briddis brynge vs mete  þat we schulden lyue by .For haueO.15.318: YOC2 alone have the present-tense form. ȝe potage & paynO.15.318: GOC2F alone lack ynogh before &.  & peny-ale to drynkeAnd a messe þer-wiþ  of any manere kyndeȜe hanO.15.320: OC2 alone have the present indicative form. riȝt ynow ȝe religious  & so ȝoure rule me toldeNumquam dicit iob rugit onager  cum herbam habueritO.15.321: A double solidus above both words indicates transposition of original habuerit herbam. The reading is shared with RF. / aut mugiet bos  cum ante plenum presepe steterit / Brutorum animalium natura te condempnat O.15.321: OC2 alone lack quia before cum. cum eis pabulum comune sufficiat . ex adipe prodijt iniquitas tuaO.15.321: This line begins in the right margin of l. 320, breaks after iob, steterit, and prodijt, wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 322. A red parasign precedes the last line of text.If lewede men knewenO.15.322: O alone has the form knewen in place of knewe. þis latyn  þei woldenO.15.322: OC2 alone have the form wolden in place of wolde. loke whom þei ȝyuenO.15.322: OC2 alone have the form ȝyuen in place of yeue.And avise hem bifore  fyue dayes or sixeOf ȝiftis into ReligiousO.15.324: The rubric is divided after into, so that it appears as two lines.Er þei mortisedenO.15.324: OC2 alone have the form mortiseden in place of amortisede(n) or enmorteisid. to monkes  or chanouns her rentis . nota .O.15.325: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish beneath.Allas lordis & ladies  lewed counceyl han ȝe To ȝyue from ȝoure eires  þat ȝoure ayles ȝow laftenO.15.326: OF alone have laften; most B manuscripts have lefte.And ȝyuen to bidde for ȝow  to swiche þat been richeAnd been founded & fessedfe[ff]ed eke  to bidde for oþereWho parforneþ þe prophecie  ofO.15.329: OC2 alone lack þe before peple. peple þat now libbeþDispersit . dedit pauperibusO.15.330: This line is written in the right margin.If any peple parforne þis text  it arn þe pore freris.Deridendo . .For þat þei beggen aboute  in beeldyng þei spenenO.15.332: O alone has spenen; variants include spende (GBR), spendyn (C2), spene (YLM), it spende (HmF), and spende it (WCrC).And on hem-self sum  & swiche as been her laborerisAnd of hem þat habben þei taken  & ȝeuen hem þat ne habbenAc clerkis & knyȝtis  & comuneris þat been richeFeel of ȝow faren  as if I a forest haddeÞat were ful of fayre trees  & I fondede & caste How I myȝte . moo þerinne  amonges hem setteRiȝt so ȝe riche  ȝe robbenO.15.339: OC2 alone have the form robben; variants include robbeþ (HmBR), robbe (CrGF), and robeþ (WYLMR). þat ben richeAnd helpen hem þat helpen ȝow  & ȝyuen þere no nede isAs who-so fillede a tunne  of a fresch ryuerAnd wente forþ wiþ þat water  to wooke wiþ þeO.15.342: OC2F alone include þe. temseQuid est dare impijsRiȝt so ȝe riche  ȝe robben & feden  . Of munkys .O.15.344: The word munkys is accompanied by a flourish beneath.Hem . þat han as ȝe han  hem ȝe maken at ese Ac religious þat riche been  schulden raþer feste beggersÞan burgeys þat riche been  as þe book telleþQuia sacrilegium est res pauperum  non pauperibus dare / Item peccatoribus dare  est demonibus immolare / Item . Monache si indiges & accipis  pocius das quam accipis / Si autem non eges & accipis  rapis / Porro non indiget monachus . si habeat quod nature sufficitO.15.347: This line begins in the right margin of l. 346 and breaks after non, ac- in accipis, and monachus ., wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 348. A red parasign precedes the last line of text. A wavy red bracket connects the first two lines of text with the rubric in the right margin of l. 344. Line 347 is followed by three ticks.For-þi I counceyl alle cristen  to conforme hem to chariteFor charite wiþ-outen chalengyng  vnchargeþ þe souleAnd many a prisoun fro purgatorie  þoruȝ hise preyeris delyuereþAc þer is a defaute in þe folk  þat þe feiþ kepenWherfore folk beenO.15.352: OC2 alone have been in place of is. þe febeler  & not ferme of bileueAnd in luschburues is a liþer alay  & ȝit lokeþ he lijk a sterlyngÞe merk of þat money isO.15.354: The word is seems to have been written over a punctus elevatus. good  ac þe metal is febleAnd so it fareþ bi summe folk  now þei han a fayre specheCrowne & cristendom  þe kyngys merk of heueneAc þe metal þat is mannes soule  wiþ synne is fulO.15.357: OC2 alone have ful; all other beta witnesses have foule. The MED lists ful as a variant of foule. allayedBoþe lettred & lewede been  now allayedO.15.358: YOC2M alone transpose alayed now. wiþ synneÞat no lijf loueþ oþer  ne oure lord as I leueO.15.359: OC2 alone have I leue in place of it semeþ.For þoruȝ werre & wickede werkis  & wedres vnresounableWedre-wise schipmen  &O.15.361: OC2 alone lack witty before clerkis, and thus lack the third alliterating stave. clerkis alsoHan no beleue to þe lifte O.15.362: A solidus/punctus above lifte, accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin, indicate deletion, although no substitute is supplied.  ne to þe lore of philosophresAstromyens alday  in her arte faylenÞat wylom warnedenO.15.364: O alone has the form warneden in place of warned. bifore  what schulde falle afterSchipmen & heerdisO.15.365: OC2 alone have heerdis in place of shepherdes.  þat wiþ schip & scheep wentenWisten bi þe welken  what schulde bitydeAs of wedres & wyndes  þei warnedenO.15.367: O alone has the form warneden in place of warned. men ofteTilyeris þat tiliden þe erþe  tolden her maystres Bi þe seed þat þei sewen  what þei selle myȝtenO.15.369: OC2 alone have the form myȝten in place of myȝte.And what to leue & what to lyue by  þe londe was so treweNow faylenO.15.371: OC2 alone have the form faylen in place of faileþ. þe folk ofO.15.371: OC2 alone lack þe before flood. flood  & of þe loond boþeSchepheerdis & schipmen  & so doon þeise tilierisNeiþer þei kunnen ne knowen  oo cours bifore an-oþerAstronomyens also  arn at her wittis endeOf þat was calculed of þe elementis  þe contrarie þei fyndenO.15.375: OC2 alone have the form fynden in place of fynde.Gramer þe ground of al  bigyleþ now childrenFor is noon of þeise newe clerkis  who-so nymeþ heedÞat can versifye fayre  ne formelich endytenIsO.15.379: OC2 alone have Is; most B manuscripts have Ne. not oon amongys an hundrid  þat an autour can construeNe rede a lettre in any langage  but latyn & englischGo now to any degree  & but if gyle be maysterAnd flaterer his felaw  vndir hym to formenMiche wonder me þinkiþ  amongys vs alleDoctours of decrees  & of dyuinite maystresÞat schulden kunne & knowe  al kyns clergyeAnd answere to argumentis  & also to a quodlibetI dar not segge it for schame  if swiche weren apposedÞei schulden fayle of her phylosophie  & in herO.15.388: OGC2M alone include her. phisik boþeWherfore I am a-feerd  of folk of holy chircheLest þei ouerhippeO.15.390: OC2 alone have the form ouerhippe in place of ouerhuppen. as oþere doon  in offices & in hourisAc if þei ouerhippen as I hope not  oure bileue suffiseþAs clerkis in corpus christi feeste  syngen & redenÞat sola fides sufficit  to saue wiþ lewede pepleAnd so mowen sarasens be saued  scribes & IuesAllas þanne . but oure lores-men  lyuen as þei leren vsAnd for her lyuyng þat lewide men  be þe loþer god to agultenO.15.396: O alone has agulten; variants include agulte (HmCrC), to agylte (G), to gulten (C2), þey gilte (F), and agulten (WYBLMR).For sarasens han sumwhat  semynge to oure beleueFor þei louenO.15.398: O alone has the form louen; most B manuscripts have loue. & bileuenO.15.398: OC2 alone have the form bileuen in place of bileue.  in oo persoone almyȝtiAnd we lered & lewede  in oo god beleuenAnd oon Makomede  a man ofO.15.400: YOC2F alone have of in place of in. mysbeleueBrouȝte sarasens of surre  & se in what manereMachomede wiþ his dowue .O.15.402: This rubric is divided after wiþ, so that it appears as two lines.Þis makomede was cristen  & for he muste not be a pope Into surre he souȝte  & þoruȝ hise sutile wittisDauntede a dowue  & day & nyȝt hir feddeÞe corn þat sche croppede  he caste it in his ereAnd if he among þe peple preched  or in place comeÞanne wolde þe culuer come  in-toO.15.407: GOC2 alone have into in place of to. þe clerkis ereMenynge as after mete  þus makomede hir enchauntedeAnd dide folk þanne falle on knees  for he swore in his prechyngÞat þe culuer þat come so  come fro god of heueneAs messager to makomede  men for to techeAnd þus þoruȝ wyles of his witt  & a whyte dowueMakomede in mysbeleue  men & wommen brouȝteÞat lered & lewede  ȝit leuen on hise lawesAnd siþen oure saueour suffrede  þe sarasenes so bigyledÞoruȝ a cristen clerk  a-cursid in his soule. nota .O.15.417: The word nota is accompanied by a flourish beneath.And for drede of þe deþ  I dar not telle truþe How englisch clerkis a culuer feden  þat coueueytisecoueytise hatteAnd been manered after makomede  þat no man vseþ truþeAncres & heremytes  & monkes & frerisPeren to apostelis  þoruȝ her parfiȝt lyuyngWolde neuere þe feiþful fadir  þat hise mynystres schulden Of tyrauntis þat tenen trewe men  take any almesseBut do as domynyk dide  antonyO.15.424: OC2 alone transpose antony and domynyk. & fraunceysBenet & bernard  þe whiche hem first tauȝteTo lyue bi litilO.15.426: OC2F alone lack and before in. in lowe howsis  bi lele mennes almesseGrace schulde growe & be grene  þoruȝ her good lyuyngAnd folkes schulden fynde  þat been in dyuerse sekenesseÞe better for her biddynges  in body & in souleHer preyeris & her penaunces  to pees schulde bryngeAlle þat been at debate  & bedemen were trewePetite & accipietis & ceteraO.15.432: This line is written in the right margin.Salt saueþ catel  seggen þeise wyuesVos estis sal terre & ceteraO.15.434: This line is written in the right margin.Þe heedis of holy chirche  & þei holy werenO.15.435: OC2 alone have the form weren in place of were.Crist calleþ hem salt  for cristene soulisEt si sal euanuerit  in quo salieturO.15.437: This line is written in the right margin.Ac fresch flesch oþer fisch  whanne it salt fayliþO.15.439: OC2 alone lack introductory It.Is vnsauery for soþe  ysoþe or ybakeSo is mannes soule soþeli  þat seeþ no good ensaumpleOf hem of holy chirche  þat þe hye weye schulde techeAnd be gyde & go bifore  as a good baneourAnd hardye hem þat been bihyndeO.15.443: GOC2 alone transpose bihynde been.  & ȝyue hem good euydenceElleuene holy men  al þe werld turnedeIn-to lele bibeuebi[l]eue  þe liȝtliker me þinkeþ Schulden alle manere men  we han so many maystresPreestis & prechouris  & a pope aboueÞat goddis salt schulden be  to saue mannes souleAl was heþenesse sum-tyme  Englond & WalesTil gregory gerte clerkis  to go & to precheAustyn at cauntirbiry  cristenede þe kyngAnd þoruȝ myracles as men mowen rede  al þat marche he turnede To crist & to cristendom  & crosse to honoureAnd fullede folk faste  & þe feiþ tauȝteMore þoruȝ myracles  þan þoruȝ myche prechyngAs wel þoruȝ hise werkis  as wiþ hise holi wordisAnd seyde hem . what fullyng & feiþ was to meneCloþ þat comeþ fro þe weuyng  is not cumly to wereTil it be fullid vndir fote  or in fullynge stokkisWasschen wel wiþ water  & wiþ taseles cracchedYtouked & yteyntid  & vndir taylouris handAnd so it fareþ bi a barn  þat born is of wombeTil it be cristened in cristis name  & confermed of þe bisschopIt is heþene as to heueneward  & helples to þe souleHeþen is to mene after heþ  & vntiled erþeAs in wylde wildirnesse  waxen wylde beestiscrepersO.15.467: Substitution is indicated by a caret/punctus accompanying marginal crepers, but the reason for it is unclear since no change is made. Of all B manuscripts, only R has the correct reading, keperes.Rude & vnresounable  rennynge wiþ-oute crepers Ȝe; menen wel how mathew seydeO.15.468: OC2 alone have the preterite form.  how a man made a feesteHe fedde hem wiþ no venysoun  ne fesauntis ybakeBut wiþ foulis þat from hym nolde  but folewedenO.15.306: O alone has the form foleweden; most B manuscripts have folwede. his whystelyngEcce altilia mea & omnia parata sunt & ceteraO.15.471: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Ecce, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.O.15.472: OC2 alone lack And before Wiþ.Wiþ calues flesch he fedde  þe folk þat he louede Þe calf bitokeneþ clennesse  in hem þat kepen lawesFor as þe cow þoruȝ kynde mylk  þe calf nurischiþ til an oxeSo loue & lewte  lele men susteneþAnd maydenes & mylde men  mercy desirenRiȝt soO.15.477: OC2 alone have so in place of as. þe cow calf  coueytiþ swete mylkSo doon riȝtful men  mercy & truþeAc who been þat excusen hem  þat arn persouns & preestisÞat hedes of holy chirche been  þat han her wille heerWiþ-oute trauayle þe tiþe del  þat trewe men biswynkenÞei wolenO.15.482: O alone has the form wolen; most B manuscripts have wol. be wroþ for I write þus  ac witnesse I take Boþe mathew & mark  & memento domine dauidWhat pope or prelat now  parforneþ þat crist hiȝteIte in vniuersum mundum & predicateO.15.485: This line is written in the right margin.Allas þat men so longe . on makomede  schulden soO.15.486: OC2 alone include the second occurrence of so. beleueSo many prelatis to preche  as þe pope makeþOf nazareth of Nynyue  of neptalym & damaskÞat þey ne wente as crist wisseþ  siþ þei wolen haue name To be pastouris & preche  þe passioun of iesusAnd as hym-self seyde  so to lyue & dyeBonus pastor animam suam ponit & ceteraO.15.492: This line is written in the right margin.And seyde it inO.15.493: The hand supplying this interpolation resembles, and indeed may be, hand 2. saluacioun  of sarasens & oþereFor cristen & vncristen  crist seyde to prechourisIte vos in vineam meam & ceteraO.15.495: This line is written in the right margin.And siþ þat þeise sarasens  scribes & IuesHan an lippe of oure bileue  þe liȝtlikerO.15.497: O alone has the form liȝtliker; variants include lyȝtloker (HmYBLMRF), lyghlier (Cr3), and lightlier (WCr12GC2C). me þinkeþ Þei schuldenO.15.498: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. turne who-so trauayle wolde  to teche hem of þe triniteQuerite & inuenietis & ceteraO.15.499: This line is written in the right margin.It is ruþe to rede how  riȝtwise men lyuedenHow þei defouledenO.15.501: OC2 alone have the form defouleden in place of defouled. her flesch  forsoken her owne willeFer fro kyþ & fro kyn  yuele ycloþede ȝedenBadly ybeddid  no book but concienceNe no richesse but þe rode  to reioycenO.15.504: OC2 alone have the form reioycen in place of reioisse. hem InneAbsit michiO.15.505: OC2 alone have michi; most B manuscripts have nobis. gloriari nisi in cruce domini nostri & ceteraO.15.505: This line is written in the right margin.And þoo was plente & pees  amongys pore & richeAnd now is ruþe to rede  how þe reed nobleIs reuerenced er þe rode  receyued for þe worþier Þan cristes crosse þat ouercam  deþ . & dedli synneAnd now is werre & woo  & who-so why askeþFor coueytise after crosse  þe crowne stant in goldBoþe riche & religious  þat rode . þei honouren Þat in grotes is grauen  & in goldenO.15.513: OC2 alone have golden in place of gold or omission. noblesFor coueytise of þat crosse  men of holi chircheSchul turne as templeris diden  þe tyme approcheþ fasteWite ȝe not wise men  how þoo men honouredenO.15.516: OC2 alone have the form honoureden in place of honoured. More tresore þan truþe  I dar not telle þe soþeResoun & riȝtful doom  þoo religious demedenO.15.518: OC2 alone have demeden; most B manuscripts have demede.. war .O.15.519: The word war is accompanied by a flourish beneath.Riȝt so ȝe clerkis for ȝoure  coueytise . er longe Schul þei deme dos ecclesie  & ȝoure pride deposeDeposuit potentes de sede & ceteraO.15.521: This line is written in the right margin.If knyȝthood & kynde witt  & comune concienceTo-gyderes loue lely  leueþ it wel ȝe bisschoppisÞe lordschip of londis  for euere ȝe schul leseAnd lyue as leuytici  as oure lord ȝow techeþPer primicias & decimas & ceteraO.15.526: This line is written in the right margin.Whanne constantyn of curteysie  holy chirche dowedeWiþ londis & leedis  lordschippis & rentisAnd? aungel men herden  on hyȝ at rome crieHodie venenum est effusum in ecclesia deiO.15.530: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this gloss, which occurs only in OC2, on the grounds that it is scribal.Dos ecclesie þis day  haþ ydrunken venymAnd þoo þat han peteres power  arn appoysouned alleA medycyn muste þerto  þat may amende prelatisÞat schulden preye for þe pees  possessioun hem lettiþTakeþ her londes ȝe lordis  & latte hem lyue bi dymesIf possessioun be poysoun  & imparfiȝt hem makeGood were to dischargen hem  for holy chirchis sakeAnd purgen hem of poysoun  er more perel falleIf preesthode were parfiȝt  þe peple schulde amendeÞat contrarien cristes lawe  & cristendom despisenO.15.540: OC2 alone have the form dispisen in place of dispise.For alle paynemys preyen  & parfiȝtly bileuenIn þe holy greet god  & his grace þei axenAnd maken her mone to makomede  her message to scheweÞus in a feiþ leuen þat folk  & in a fals meneAnd þat is ruþe for riȝtful men  þat in þe rewme wonyenAnd inO.15.546: Only GOC2 have yn alone; most B manuscripts have a. perel to þe pope  & prelates þat he makeþAndO.15.547: OC2 alone have And in place of That. beren bisschoppis names  of bethlem & of babiloyneÞat hippen abouteO.15.548: OC2 alone lack in before englond. englond  to halewe mennes auterisAnd crepen amongys curatouris  confessen aȝens þe laweNolite mittere falcem in messem alienamO.15.550: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mittere and messem, so that it appears as three lines.Many man for cristes loue  was martirid in romayneEr þan anyO.15.552: OC2 alone have Er þan any; variants include Er (F), Ar (R), er þan (Hm), Er any (WCrGM), Er þat eny (B), and Er ar any (YCL). cristendom was knowenO.15.552: OC2 alone have the form knowen in place of knowe. þere  or any crosse honouredEuery bisschop þat bereþ crosse  bi þat . he is holdenÞoruȝ his prouynce to passe  & to his peple schewe hymTelle hem & teche hem  ofO.15.555: OC2BoCot alone have of in place of on. þe trinite to beleueAnd fede hem wiþ goostli fode  & gyue þere it nediþIn domo mea non est panis neque vestimentum & ideo nolite constituere me in regemOsias seiþ for swiche  þat seek been & febleInferte omnes decimas in orreum meum vt sit cibus in domo & ceteraO.15.559: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after meum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Ac we cristen creatures  þat on þe crosse bileuenArn ferme as in þe feiþ  goddis forbode ellisAnd han clerkis to kepe vs þer-Inne  & hem þat schul come afterAnd Iues lyuen in leel lawe  oure lord wrote hym-selueIn stoon . for it stedefast is  & stonde schal euereDilige deum & proximum tuum  is parfiȝt Iues laweAnd toke it moyses to teche  men . til messie comeAndO.15.567: OC2 alone lack on before þat. þat lawe þei leuen ȝit  & leten it þe besteAnd ȝit knowenO.15.568: OC2 alone have the form knowen; most B manuscripts have knewe. þei crist  þat cristendom tauȝteFor a parfiȝt profeet  þat myche peple sauedeOf selcouþe sores  þei seiȝen it ofteBoþe of myracles & merueylis  & how he men festede Wiþ two fisches & fyue loues  fyue þousande pepleAnd bi þat mangerie men myȝtenO.15.573: O alone has the form myȝten; in place of myȝte. see  þat messye he semedeAnd whanne he lifte vp lazar  þat leyd was in graueAnd vnder stoon deed & stanke  wiþ stiffe voyce he calledeLazare veni forasO.15.576: This line is written in the right margin.Dide hym rise & rome  riȝt bifore þe IuesAc þei seyde & sworen  wiþ sorcerie he wrouȝteAnd studieden to struyeO.15.579: OC2 alone have the form struye; most B manuscripts have struyen. hym  & struyeden hem-selueAnd þoruȝ his pacience . her power  to pure nouȝt he brouȝtePacientes vincunt .O.15.581: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Pacientes, so that it appears as two lines.Danyel of her vndoyng  dyuynede & seydeCum sanctus sanctorum veniat . cessabit vnctio vestraO.15.583: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sanctorum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And ȝit wenen þoo wrecches  þat he were pseudo prophetaAnd þat his lore be lesyngys  & lakken it alleAnd hopen þat he be to come  þat schal hem releueMoyses eft or messye  her maystryesO.15.587: OR alone have maystryes in place of maistres. ȝit deuyneþAnd sarasens & pharisees  scribes & grekisArn folk of oo feiþ  þe fadir god þei honourenAnd siþþen þat þe sarasens  & also þe IuesKun þe first clause of oure bileue  credo in deum patrem & ceteraO.15.591: Only OC2 have & cetera alone; variants include omnipotentem & cetera (HmR), omnipotentem (WLMF), and omission.Prelates of cristen prouynces  schuldenO.15.592: OC2 alone have the form schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. preue if þei myȝtenO.15.592: OC2 alone have the form myȝten in place of myȝte.Lere hem litlum & litlum  & in iesum christum filium eius & ceteraTil þei couþen speke & spelle  & in spiritum sanctumAnd rede it & recorde it  wiþ remissionem peccatorumCarnis resurreccionem & vitam eternam amen .O.15.596: This line is written in the right margin. It wraps around beneath after eter-, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.