The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 18William 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 decimus octauusO.18.000: The heading is divided after decimus,, so that it appears as two lines.wWOlleward & wetschod  wente I forþ afterAnd asO.18.2: O alone lacks a before reccheles. reccheles renke  þat of no wo reccheþAnd ȝede forþ lijk a lorel  al my lijf-tymeTil I wexe wery of þe werld  & wilnede efte to slepeAnd lenede me to a lenten  & longe tyme I slepteAnd of cristis passioun & penaunce  þe peple ofteof tauȝteReste me þere & rutte faste  til ramyspalmarumramys palmarumOf gyrlesO.18.8: O alone lacks and before of gloria. of gloria laus  gretli me dremedeAnd how osanna bi orgonye  olde menfolkO.18.9: The subpunction of men, together with the addition of folk above the line, indicate that substitution was intended by the corrector. sungenO.18.9: A bracket in the right margin, with intersecting leftward-slanting rays emanating from it and red dots inside it, encompasses this line and the five following; to the right of the bracket are written, in a modern hand, the initials A-S, the <A> and the <S> about three lines in height. The left stroke of the <A> has a trailing flourish another four lines in length.Oon semblable to þe samaritan  & sumdel to peers plowmanBarfoot & on an asse bak  boteles gan prykyeWiþ-outen spores or spere  spakliche he lokedeAs is þe kynde of a knyȝt  þat comeþ to be dubbedTo gete hym gylt spores  & galaches ycoupedÞanne was feiþ in a fenestre  & criede . a fili dauidAs doþ an heraud of armes  whanne auntrous comeþ to iustesOlde Iues of ierusalem  for ioye þei sungenBenedictus qui venit in nomine domini & ceteraO.18.18: This line is written in the right margin.Þanne I fraynede at feiþ  what al þat fare bementeAnd who schulde iuste in ierusalem  Iesus he seydeAnd fecche þat þe feend cleymeþ  peers fruyt þe plowmanIs peers in þis place quod I  & he preynte on meÞis iesus of his gentrice  wole iuste in peers armesIn his helm &O.18.24: O alone lacks his before habourioun.habouriounhumana naturaÞat crist be not yknowenO.18.25: O alone has the form yknowen; variants include yknowe (GC2CBm), knowe (YBoCot), knowen (HmCrM), and biknowe (WLRF). heer  for consummatus estmemorandumO.17.26: A rubricated dot precedes memorandum, but at such a distance from it that it does not seem to punctuate it.In peers paltok þe plowman  þis priker schal ride For no dynt schal hym dere  as in deitate patrisWho schal iuste wiþ iesus quod I  Iues or scribesNay . quod he þe foule feend  & fals doom & deþDeþ seiþ . he schal fordo  & adoun bryngeAll þat lyueþ or lokeþ  in loond or in waterLijf seiþ þat he lyeþ  & leiþ his lijf to weddeÞat for al þat deþ can do  wiþ-inne þre dayesTo walke & fecche fro þe feend  peers fruyt þe plowmanAnd legge it þere hym likeþ  & lucifer byndeAnd for to bete & adoun brynge  bale & deþ for euereO mors ero mors tua & ceteraO.18.37: This line is written in the right margin.Þanne cam pilatus wiþ peple  sedens pro tribunaliTo see how douȝtilich deþ schulde do  & deme her boþeres myȝtO.18.39: O alone has myȝt in place of right(ys).Þe Iues & þe iustises  aȝeyn iesu þei werenAnd al þe court on hym criede  crucifige scharpeÞoo putte hym forþ a pilour  bifore pilat & seydeÞis iesus of oure Iues temple  iapede & dispisedeTo fordo . it on a day  & in þre dayes afterEdifie it . eft newe  heer he stant þat seyde itAnd ȝit maken it as myche  in al manere poyntisBoþe as longe & as large  bi lofte & bi groundeCrucifige quod a cacchepool  I waraunte hym a wyccheTolle tolle quod an-oþer  & toke of kene þornesAnd bigan of kene þorn  a garlond to makeAnd sette it sore on his hed  & seyde in envieAue raby quod þat ribaude  & þrew redes at hymNaylede hym wiþ þre nayles  naked on þe rodeAnd poysoun on a pole  þei putte vp to hise lippesAnd beden hym drynke his deþ yuel  hise dayes weren doneAnd if þat þou sutile be  help now þi-seluenIf þou be crist & kyngys sone  come doun of þe rodeÞanne schul we leue þat lijf þee loueþ  & wole not latte þee dyeConsummatum est . quod crist  & comsede for to swowePitousli & pale  as a prisoun þat deyeþÞe lord of lijf & of liȝt  þoo leyde hise yen to-gyderesÞe day for drede wiþdrow  & derke biganO.18.62: YOF alone have bigan in place of bicam. þe sunneÞe wal waggede & cleef  & al þe werld quauedeO.18.63: The word werld has been added in the margin, in hand 3, apparently because of its poor legibility on the line. The <d> is very difficult to make out.Dede men for þat dene  comen out of depe grauesAnd tolden why þat tempest  so longe tyme duredeFor a bitter batayle  þe deed body seydeO.18.66: The first two letters of seyde are barely legible owing to scuffing.Lijf & deþ in þis derkenesse  her oon fordooþ her oþerSchal no wiȝt wite witterli  who schal haue þe maystrieEr sunday aboute þeO.18.69: OB alone have aboute þe; most B manuscripts have aboute. sunne risyng  & sanke wiþ þat til erþeSumme seyden . þat he was goddis sone  þat so faire deyedevere filius dei erat iste & ceteraO.18.71: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after dei, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.And summe seydenThe catchwords enclosed in a black box outlined inside with red, and with red touches at the single visible corner.O.18.72: The corner of the top left page-frame contains a double heart design with rays emanating from the heart on the right. The hand responsible cannot be identified.And summe seyden . he was a wicche  good is þat we assayeWher he be deed or not deed  doun er he be takenTwo þeues also  þoleden deþ þat tymeVp-on a crosse biside crist  so was þe comune laweA cacchepolle cam forþ  & crakede boþe her leggysAnd her armes after  of eiþer of þoo þeuesAc was no boy so boold  goddis body to toucheFor he was knyȝt & kyngys sone  kynde forȝaf þat tymeÞat no harlot were so hardy  to leye hand vp-on hymAc þer cam forþ a knyȝt  wiþ a kene spere ygroundenO.18.81: O alone has the form ygrounden; most B manuscripts have ygrounde.Hyȝte longeus as þe letter telleþ  & longe hadde lorn his siȝtBifore pilat & oþer peple  in þe place he houedeMaugre hise many teeþ  he was maad þat tyme To take þe spere in his hand  & iuste wiþ iesusFor alle þei weren vnhardye  þat houeden on hors & stodenO.18.86: O alone has the form stoden; all other beta witnesses have stode.To touche hym or taste hym  or take hym doun of rodeBut þis blynde bacheler þanne  bare hym þoruȝ þe herteÞe blood spronge doun bi þe spere  & vnsperede hise yenÞanne fel þe knyȝt vpon knees  & criede hym mercyAȝeyn my wille it was lord  to wounde ȝow so soreHe siȝhede & seyde  sore it me aþinkeþFor þe dede þat I haue doon  I do me in ȝoure graceHaue on me ruþe riȝtful iesu  & riȝt wiþ þat he wepteÞanne gan feiþ felly  þe false Iues dispiseCallede hem caytyues  a-cursed for euereFor þis foule vilenye  veniaunce to ȝow alleTo do þe blynde . bete hym boundenO.18.98: O alone has hym bounden; most B manuscripts have hym ybounde.  it was a boyes counceylCursede caytyues castyngO.18.99: O alone includes castyng.  knyȝthood was it neuereTo mysdo a deed body  bi day or bi nyȝtÞe gree ȝit haþ he geten  for al his greet woundeFor ȝoure champioun chyualer  cheef knyȝt of ȝow alleȜelte hym recreaunt rennynge  riȝt at iesues willeFor be þis derkenesse ydo  his deþ worþ avengedAnd þe lurdeynes han ylost  for lijf schal haue þe maystrieAnd ȝoure fraunchise þat free was  fallen is in þraldomAnd ȝe cherles & ȝoure children  cheue schul ȝe neuereNe haue lordschip in hondeO.18.108: YOC2C alone have honde in place of londe.  ne no loond tilyeBut al bareyn be  and vsurie vsen Which is lijf þat oure lord  in alle lawes acurseþNow ȝoure goode dayes been doon  as danyel prophecyedeWhanne crist cam . her kyngdam  & crowne schulde ceceCum veniat sanctus sanctorrum cessabit vnctio vestraO.18.113: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after sanctorum, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.What for feer of þis ferly  & of þe false IuesI drowe me in þat derkenesse  to descendit ad infernaAnd þere I sawe soþeli  secundum scripturasOut of þe west cost  a wenche as me þouȝteCam walkynge in þe weye  to helleward sche lokedeMercy hiȝte þat mayde  a meke þing wiþ-alA ful benyngne beerde  & buxum of specheHir sister as it semede  cam softeli walkyngeEuene out of þe est  & westward sche lokedeA ful comeli creature  truþe sche hiȝteFor þe vertu þat hir folewede  a-feerd was sche neuereWhanne þeise maydens metten  mercy & truþeEyþer axede oþer  of þis greet wonderOf þe dene & of þe derkenesse  & how þe day rowedeAnd which a liȝt & a leem  lay bifore helleVeritas .Ich haue ferli of þis fare  in feiþ seyde truþe And am wendynge to wite  what þis wondre meneþMisericordia.Haue no merueyle quod mercy  myrþe it bitokeneþ A mayden þat hatte marie  & modir wiþ-outen felyng  Of any kyns creature  conceyuede þoruȝ specheAnd grace of þe holi goost  wexe greet wiþ childeWiþ-outen wemme in-to þis werld  sche brouȝte hym forþO.18.135: O alone includes forþ.And þat my tale be trewe  I take god to witnesseSiþ þis barn was born  been þritti wynter passedWhich deyede & þolede  þis day aboute myddayAnd þat is cause of þis clipse  þat closeþ now þe sunneIn menyng þat man schal  fro merkenesse be draweÞe whyle þis liȝt & þis leem  schal lucifer ablendeFor patriarkes & prophetis  han preched her-onO.18.142: O alone has on in place of of or omission. oftenÞat man schal man saue  þoruȝ a maydenes helpeAnd þat was tynt þoruȝ tree  tree schal it wynneAnd þat deþ doun brouȝte  deþ schal releueÞat þou tellest quod truþe  is but a tale of waltrotFor adam & eue  and abraham wiþ oþerePatriarkes & prophetis þat in peyne liggenLeueO.18.149: O alone lacks þow before neuere. neuere þat ȝon liȝt  a-lofte schal hemO.18.149: O alone includes hem. bryngeNe haueO.18.150: O alone lacks hem or hym before out. out of helle  holde þi tunge mercyIt is but a trufle þat þou tellest  I truþe woot þe soþeFor þat is ones in helle  out comeþ it neuereIob þe propheet patriark  reproueþ þi sawesQuia in inferno nulla est redempcioO.18.154: This line is written in the right margin.Þanne mercy ful myldeliche  mouþede þeise wordisÞoruȝ experience quod sche  I hope þei schul be sauedFor venym fordoþ venym  & þat I preue bi resounFor of al venym  foulest is þe scorpiounMay no medicyne helpe  þe place þere itO.18.159: O alone has it in place of he. styngeþTil he be deed & do þerto  þe yuel he distruyeþÞe first venym is moostO.18.161: O alone has venym is moost; most B manuscripts have venymouste.  þoruȝ venym of hym-selueSo schal þis deþ fordo  I dar my lijf leggeAl þat deþ dide first  þoruȝ þe deuelis entysyngAnd riȝt as þoruȝ gyle  man was bigyledSo schal grace þat bigan  make a good seeþsighteO.18.165: Sighte appears to the right of the marginalia. A caret/punctus beside it and a solidus punctus above seeþ indicate that substitution was intended. O alone has seeþ; most B manuscripts have sleighte. The phrase maken seth (with seeþ(e) as a variant spelling) is recorded by the MED as meaning "to be enough for," "to satisfy one's desire," especially with reference to Christ's atonement for the sins of mankind.Ars vt artem falleretO.18.166: This line is written in the right margin.Now suffre we seyde truþe  I se as me þinkeþOut of þe nyppe of þe norþ  not ful fer hennysIusticia .Riȝtwisenesse cam rennynge  reste we þe whyle For he woot more þan we  he was er we boþeÞat is soþ seyde mercy  & I see heer bi souþePax .Where pees comeþ pleyenge  in pacience ycloþed Loue haþ coueytid hir longe  leue I noon oþerBut he sente hir sum lettre  what þis liȝt bemeneþÞat ouer-houeþ helle þus  sche vs schal telleWhanne pees in pacience cloþed  approchede nyȝ hem tweyneRiȝtwisenesse hem reuerencede  for her riche cloþingAnd preyede pees to telle hir  to what place sche woldeAnd in hir gay garnementes  whom sche grete þouȝteMy wille is to wende quod sche  & welcomedeO.18.180: O alone has the preterite form in place of the infinitive. hem alleÞat many day myȝte I not see  for merkenesse of synneAdam & eue  and oþere mo in helleMoyses & many moo  mercy schul haueI schal daunce þerto  do þow so sisterFor iesus iustede wel  Ioye bigynneþ to daweAd vesperum demorabitur fletus & ad matutinum leticiaO.18.186: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after fletus, so that it appears as two lines, the second written above the first.Loue þat is my lemman  swiche lettres me senteÞat mercyO.18.188: ORF alone lack the word my before sister, and thus lack the second alliterating stave. sister & I  mankynde schulde saueAnd þat god haþ forgyuen  & grauntede me pees & mercyTo be mannes meynpernour  for euere-more afterLo heer þe patent quod pees  In pace in id-ipsumAnd þat þis dede schal dure  dormiam & requiescam What rauest þou quod riȝtwisenesse  or þou art riȝt drunken Leuest þou þat ȝonder liȝt  vnlouke myȝte helle And saue mannes soule  sister wene it neuere At þe bygynnyng god  gaaf . þe doom hym-selue Þat adam & eue  & alle þat hem suedenO.18.197: O alone has sueden; most B manuscripts have suwede. Schulden deye doun-riȝt  & dwelle in pyne after If þat þei touchedenO.18.199: O alone has toucheden in place of touchede. a tree  & þe fruyt eeten Adam afterward  aȝens his defense Freete of þat fruyt  & forsoke as it were  Þe loue of oure lord  & his lore boþe And folewede þat þe feend tauȝte  & his felawes wille Aȝens resoun & riȝtwisenesse  recorde þus wiþ truþe Þat her peyne be perpetuel  & no preyere hem helpe For-þi . latte hem chewe as þei chosen  & chide we not sister For it is bootles bale  þe bite þat þei eeten And I schal preue quod pees  her peyne muste haue eende And woo in-to wele . mowe  wende at þe lasteO.18.210: A cross composed of dots with a flourish at the bottom, probably in the main scribal hand, appears in the left margin. For hadde þei wist of no woo  wele . hadde þei not knowen For no wiȝt woot what wele is  þat neuere woo suffrede Ne what is hoot hungre  þat hadde neuere defaute If no nyȝt ne were  no man as I leue  Schulde wite witterli  what day is to mene Schulde neuere riȝte riche man  þat lyueþ in reste & ese Wite what woo is  ne were þe deþ of kynde So god þat bigan al  of his good wille Bicam man of a maydenO.18.218: OC alone have mayden in place of mayde.  mankynde to saue And suffrede to be sold  to see þe sorwe of deyeng Þe which vnknyttiþ al care  & comsyng is of reste For til modicum mette wiþ hymO.18.221: OCr23 alone have hym in place of vs.  I may it wel auowe Woot no wiȝt as I wene  what is . ynow . to mene For-þi god of his goodnesse  þe first goom adam  Sette hym o?InO.18.224: The <I> of In is written over another partially formed character, apparently an <o>. solace  & in souereyn myrþe And siþ he suffrede hym synne  sorwe to fele To wite what wele was  kyndelich to knowe it And after god grauntede hymself & toke adams kynde To wite what he haþ suffred  in þre sundri places Boþe in heuene & in erþe  & now to helle he þinkeþ To wite what al woo is  þat woot of al ioye So it schal fare bi þis folk  her folye & her synne Schal lere hem what langour is  & lisse wiþ-outen eendeWoot no wiȝt what werre is  þere þat pees regneþNe what is wittirli wele  til welawey hym techeÞanne was þer a wiȝt  wiþ two brode yenBook hiȝte þat bewpeer  a boold man of specheBi goddis body quod þis book  I wole bere witnesseÞat þoo þis barn was born  þer blasede a sterreÞat alle þe wise of þis world  in oo witt acordedenÞat swich a barn was born  in bethelem citeeÞat mannes soule schulde saue  & synne distruyeAnd alle þe elementis quod þe book  her-of beren witnesseÞat he was god þat al wrouȝte  þe walkene first schewedeÞoo þat weren in heuene  token stella comataAnd tendeden hirO.18.245: O alone lacks as before a torche. a torche  to reuerence his birþeÞe liȝt folewede þe lord  in-to þe lowe erþeÞe water witnessiþ þat he was god  for he wente on itPeter þe apostle  parceyuede his gateAnd as he wente on þe water  wel hym knewe & seydeIube me venire ad te super aquasO.18.250: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after super and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.And lo how þe sunne gan louke  hir liȝt in hir-selueWhanne sche seyȝ hym suffre  þat sunne & see madeÞe erþe for heuynesse  þat he wolde suffreQuakede as quyk þing  & al biquaschte þe rocheLo helle myȝte not holde  but openede þoo . god þooledeAnd lete out symoundis sones  to see hym hange on rodeAnd now schal lucifer leue it  þouȝ hym loþ þinkeFor gigas þe ieaunt  wiþ a gynne engynede To breke & to bete adoun  þat been aȝeyns iesusAnd I book wole be brent  but iesus rise to lyueIn alle myȝtes of man  & his modir gladyeAnd counforte alle hise kyn  & out of care bryngeAnd al þe Iuen ioye  vnioyne & vnloukeAnd but þei reuerence his rode  & his resurrecciounAnd leueO.18.265: O alone has the form leue; most B manuscripts have bileue. on a newe lawe  be lost lijf & souleAnd þis I book witnesse  & ȝit myche moreO.18.266: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal.Suffre we seyde truþe  I here & se boþeHow a spirit spekeþ to helle  & bit vnspere þe ȝatesAttollite portas & ceteraO.18.269: This line is written in the right margin.A voyce loude in þat liȝt  to lucifer criedeO.18.270: GOC alone have the preterite form criede in place of the present tense, although CR23 have sayd.Prynces of þis place  oppeneþO.18.271: O alone has oppeneþ; most B manuscripts have vnpynneþ. & vnloukeþFor heer comeþ wiþ crowne  þat kyng is of glorie Þanne siȝkede sathan  & seyde to hem alle Swich a liȝt aȝens oure leue  lazar it fette Care & cumbraunce  is comen to vs alle If þis kyng kome in  man-kynde wole he fecche And doO.18.277: O alone has do in place of lede, and thus lacks the first alliterating stave. it þere hym likeþ  & liȝtliche me bynde Patriarkes & prophetis  han parled her-of longe Þat swich a lord & a liȝt  schulde lede hem alle hennys Listeneþ quod lucifer  for I þis lord knowe Boþe þis lord & þis liȝt  is longe a-goo I knewe hym May no deþ hym dere  ne no deuelis quentise And where he wole . is his weye  ac war hym of þe pereles If he reue me my riȝt  he robbeþ me bi maystrie For bi riȝt & resoun  þoo renkes þat ich haueO.18.285: O alone has ich haue in place of ben here. Body & soule been myne  boþe goode & ille If adam eete þe appel  alle schuldenO.18.287: O alone has schulden; most B manuscripts have sholde. deye And dwelle wiþ vs deuelis  þis þretyng he made And he þat soþenesse is  seyde þeise wordis And siþen isO.18.290: YGOC2 alone have is; variants include y was (F), I (WHmLMR), and he (CrCB). ysesidO.18.290: O alone has the form ysesid; most B manuscripts have seised.  manyO.18.290: YO alone have many, and thus lack the third alliterating stave; most B manuscripts have seuene. hundrid wynter I leue þat lawe wole not  late hym þe leest Þat is soþ seyde sathan  but I me sore drede For þou gete hem wiþ gyle  & his gardeyn breke And in semulaunt of a serpent  satte on þe appeltre And eggedest hem to ete  eue bi hir-selue And toldest hir a tale  of tresoun werenO.18.296: O alone has weren in place of were. þe wordis And so þou haddist hem oute  & hidir at þe laste It is not grayþeli geten  þere gyle is þe rote For god wole not be bigylid  quod goblyn ne byiaped We han no trewe title to hem  for þoruȝ tresoun weren þei dampned Certis I drede me quod þis deuel  lest truþe wole hem fecche Out of oure pouste  & leden hem hennysO.18.302: Kane and Donaldson (224) exclude this line, which occurs only in Cr23GYOC2CBHt, on the grounds that it is scribal. Þis þritti wynter as I wene  haþ he goon & preched I haue assayled hym wiþ synne  & sum-tyme I-askede Wher he were god or goddis sone  he ȝaf me schort answere And þus haþ he trolled forþ  þis two & þritti wynter And whanne I seyȝ it was so  slepynge I wenteOf a dreem . To warne pilatis wijf  what donesO.18.308: GOL alone have the form dones; most B manuscripts have done. man was iesus For Iues hateden hym  & han doon hym to deþe I wolde haue lengþed his lijf  for I leuede ȝif he deyede Þat his soule wolde suffre  no synne in his siȝtFor þe body . while it on bones ȝede  aboutenO.18.312: OF alone have abouten in place of aboute. was euere To saue men fro synne  if hem-selfien woldenO.18.313: O alone has wolden in place of wolde.And now I se where a soule comeþ  hidirward saylyngeWiþ glorie &O.18.315: ORF alone lack with before greet. greet liȝt  god it is I woot welI rede . we flee . quod he  faste alle hennysFor vs were better . not be  þan biden his siȝtFor þi lesyngys lucifer  lost is al oure prayFirst þoruȝ þee we fellen  fro heuene so hyeFor we leuedenO.18.320: O alone has leueden; variants include beleued (Cr), belevedyn (F), lyuyden (Hm), loueden (B), and leued (WGYC2CLMR). þi lesyngys  ylore we han adamAnd al oure lordschip I leue  a loond & on waterNunc princeps huius mundi eicietur forasO.18.322: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after mundi, so that it appears as two lines.Efte þe liȝt bade . vnlouke  & lucifer answeredeWhat lord art þou . quod lucifer  quis est isteRex glorie  þe liȝt soone seydeAnd lord of myȝt &O.18.326: O alone lacks of before mayn. mayn  & alle maneere vertuesDominus virtutumO.18.327: This line is written in the right margin.Dukes of þis dymme place  anoon vndo ȝeise[þ]eise ȝatesÞat crist may come in  þe kyngys sone of heueneAnd wiþ þat breþ helle brake  wiþ belialO.18.330: YOC alone have belial in place of Belialles. barresFor any wye or warde  wyde open þe ȝatesPatriarkes & prophetis  populus in tenebrisSungen seynt iones song  ecce agnus deiLucifer loke ne myȝte  so liȝt hym ablenteAnd þoo þat oure lord louede  in-to his liȝt he lauȝteAnd seyde to sathan lo heer  my soule to amendesFor alle synful soulis to saue  þoo þat been worþiMyne þei been & of me  I may þe bette hem cleymeAl-þouȝ resoun recorde  & riȝt of my-seluenO.18.339: O alone has seluen in place of selue.Þat if þei eeten þe appel  alle schulden deyeI bihiȝte hem not heer  helle for euereFor þe dede þat þei diden  þi deceyt it madeWiþ gyle þou hem gete  aȝeyn al resounFor inO.18.344: O alone lacks my before place. place paradice  in persoone of an addreFalsli þou fettestfeccestO.18.345: A solidus/punctus above fettest and above marginal feccest indicate intended substitution.  þing þat I louede Þus iliche a lusard  wiþ a lady visageÞeeflich þou me robbedest  þe olde lawe graunteþÞat gylouris be bigylid  & þat is good resounDentem pro dente & oculum pro oculoO.18.349: This line is written in the right margin.Ergo soule schal soule quyte  & synne to synne wendeAnd al þat man haþ mysdo  I may welO.18.351: OCr23 alone have may wel; most B manuscripts have man wole. amendeMembre for menbreme[m]bre bi þe olde  lawe . was amendesAnd lijf for lijf also  & bi þeO.18.353: YO alone have þe in place of þat. lawe I cleyme itO.18.353: Traces of a quire signature, almost entirely lost to cropping, appear at the bottom of this leaf.Adam & al his issu  at my wille her-afterAnd þat deþ in hem fordide  my deþ schal releueAnd boþe quyke & quyte  þat queynt was þoruȝ synneAnd þat grace gyle distruye  good feiþ it askeþSo leue I not lucifer  aȝeyn þe lawe I fecche hemAndO.18.359: O alone has introductory And in place of But. bi riȝt & resoun  raunsome heer my legesNon veni soluere legem set adimplereO.18.360: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after adim- and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.Þou fettest myne in my place  aȝeyns al resounFalslich & felounlich  good feiþ me it tauȝteTo recoruereco[uere] hem þoruȝ raunsom  & bi no resoun ellisSo þat þoruȝ gyle þou gete  þoruȝ grace is itO.18.364: O alone has is it; most B manuscripts have it is. wonneÞou lucifer þoruȝO.18.365: O alone has þoruȝ in place of in. liknesse  of a liþer addreGetest bi gyle  þoo þat god louedeAnd in liknesse of a lede  þat lord am of heueneGraciousli þi gyle haue quyt  go gyle aȝeyn gyleAnd as adam & alle  þoruȝ a tre deyedenAdam & alle þoruȝ a tre  schul turne aȝeyn to lyueAnd gyle is bigyled  & in his gyle fallenEt cecidit in foueam quam fecitO.18.372: This line is written in the right margin.Now bigynneþ þi gyle  aȝeyn þee to turneAnd my grace to growe  ay gretter & widderÞe bitternesse þat þou brewe  brouke it inO.18.375: O alone includes in. þi-selueÞat art doctour of deþ  drynke þat þou madestFor I þat am lord of lijf  loue is my drynkAnd for þat drynk to-day  I deyede vp-on erþeI fauȝte so me þristeþ ȝit  for mannes soule sakeMay no drynk me moyste  ne my þrist slakeTil þe vendage falle  in þe vale of IosaphathÞat I drynke riȝt ripe must  resurreccio mortuorumAnd þanne schal I come as a kyng  crowned wiþ aungelisAnd haue out of helle  alle mannysO.18.384: YOC2 alone have mannys; most B manuscripts have mennes. soulisFendis & feendkyns  bifore me schul standeAnd be at my biddyng  where-so-euere me likeþAnd to be mercyable to man  þanne my kyndeO.18.387: WO alone lack a word or phrase between kynde and askeþ; most B manuscripts have it. askeþFor we been breþeren of blood  but not in baptisme alleAc alle þat been myne hole breþeren  in blood & in baptismeSchul not be dampned to þe deþ  þat is wiþ-outen eendeTibi soli peccaui & ceteraO.18.391: This line is written in the right margin.It is not vsed in erþe  to hangen a felounOftenerO.18.393: O alone has the form Oftener in place of Ofter. þan ones  þouȝ he were a traytourAnd if þe kyng of þat kyngdom  come in þat tymeÞere þe feloun schulde þoleO.18.395: O alone transposes þole schulde. deþ  ouþerO.18.395: O alone has ouþer; most B manuscripts have or. oþer wiseÞeO.18.396: Cr23O alone include Þe. lawe wolde he ȝaue hym lijf  If he lokede on hymAnd I þat am kyng of kyngys  schal come swich a tymeWhere þeO.18.398: O alone includes þe before doom. doom to þe deþ  dampneþ alle wikkedeAnd if lawe wole . I on hym lokeO.18.399: O alone transposes loke on hem; the form hym is shared only with Cot.  it lijþ in my graceWheþer heO.18.400: O alone has he in place of þei. deye or deye not  for þat þei diden illeBeO.18.401: O alone lacks it before any. any þingO.18.401: GYOC2 alone lack a word between þing and þe; most B manuscripts have abouȝt. . þe boldenesse of her synnesI do mercy þoruȝ riȝtwisenesse  & alle my wordis beenO.18.402: OC2 alone include been. treweAnd þouȝ holi writ wole . þat I be wrokenO.18.403: O alone has wroken in place of wroke.  of hem þat diden illeForO.18.404: O alone includes introductory For. nullum malum impunitum & ceteraO.18.404: This line is written in the right margin.Þei schul be clensid clerlich  & wasschen of her synnesIn my prisoun purgatorie  til parce it hoteAnd my mercy schal be schewed  to many of my breþerenFor blood may suffre blood  boþe hungry & a-caleAc blood may not see blood  blede . but hym rueAudiui archana verba que non licet homini loquiO.18.410: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after licet, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.Ac my riȝtwisenesse & riȝt  schul rulen al helleAnd mercy . al mankynde  bifore me in heueneFor I were an vnkynde kyng  but I my kynde helpeAnd namelich at swich a nede  þere nedes help bihoueþNon intres in iudicium cum seruo tuo domineO.18.415: OF alone include domine.O.18.415: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after seruo and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which is written above the first.Þus bi lawe quod oure lord  lede I wole from hennysÞoo þat me louede  & leuede in my comyngAnd for þi lesyng lucifer  þat þou leyȝ til eueÞou schalt abye it bitterliO.18.419: GOF alone have bitterli; most B manuscripts have bittre.  & bonde hym wiþ cheynesAstaroth & al þe route  hidden hem in hirnesÞei dursten not loke on oure lord  þe boldest of hem alleBut lete hym lede forþ what hym likede  & leete what hym listeMany hundred of aungelis  harpeden & sungenCulpat caro purgat caro regnat deus dei caroO.18.424: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after regnat, so that it appears as two lines.Þanne pipede pees  of poysie a noteClarior est solito post maxima nebula phebusPost inimicicias clarior est & amor .O.18.426: This line and the preceding one are written in the right margin. They are divided after post by two solidi, one red and one black, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.After scharp schoures quod pees  most schene is þe sunneIt is no weder warmer  þan after watry cloudisNe no loue leuer  ne more betterO.18.430: O alone includes more. The reading better is shared only with Cr23; most B manuscripts have leuer. freendisÞan after werre & woo  whanne loue & pees been maystresWas neuere werre in þis werld  ne wickednesse so keneÞat ne loue & hym liste  to lawȝhyng ne brouȝteAnd pees þoruȝ pacience  alle pereles stoppedeTrews quod truþe  þou tellest vs soþ bi iesusClippe we in couenaunt  & iche of vs kisse oþerAnd latte no peple quod pees  parceyue þat we chidenFor impossible is no þing  to hym þat is almyȝtiÞou seist soþ quod riȝtwisenesse  & reuerenlich hir kiste Pees & pees heer  per secula seculorumMisericordia & veritas obuiauerunt sibi . Iusticia & pax osculate sunt & ceteraO.18.440: This line is written in the right margin.Truþe trumpede þoo  & songe . te deum laudamusAnd þanne lutede loue  in a loude noteEcce quam bonum & quam iocundum & ceteraO.18.443: This line is written in the right margin.Til þe day dawede  þeise damyselis dauncedenO.18.445: O alone has daunceden; all other beta witnesses have dauncede.Þat men rongen to þe resureccioun  & riȝt wiþ þat I wakedeAnd callede kitte my wijf  & calot my douȝterAriseþ & reuerenceþ  goddis resurecciounAnd crepeþ to þe crosse on knees  & kisseþ it for a IuelFor goddis blessid body  it bare for oure boteAnd it afereþ þe feend  for swich is þe myȝtMay no griseli goost  glide . þere it schadewiþ