The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 20William 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 vice-simus.O.20.000: The heading is divided after vice-, so that it appears as two lines.þÞAnne as I wente bi þe weye  whanne I was þus awakedHeuy chered I ȝede  & elenge in herteI ne wiste where to ete  ne at what placeAnd it neyȝhede neer þe noone  & wiþ nede I metteÞat frountedeO.20.5: O alone has the form frountede in place of afrounted. me fulO.20.5: O alone has ful in place of wel or omission. foule  & faytour me calledeKanst þou not excuse þee  as dide þe kyng & oþereNecessitasÞat þou toke to þi bilyue  to cloþes & to sustenaunce And bi techyng & tellyng  of spiritus temporancieAnd þou nome no more  þan nede þe tauȝteAnd nede haþ no lawe  ne neuere schal falle in detteFor þre þingys he takiþ  his lijf for to saueÞat is mete whanne men hym warnen  & he no money weldiþNe wiȝt noon . wole be his borwe  ne wedde haþ noon to leggeAnd he cauȝte in þat caas  & come þerto bi sleyȝtHe synneþ not soþeli  þat so wynneþ his fodeAnd þouȝ he come so to a cloþ  & can no better cheuysaunceNede anoon-riȝt  nymeþ hym vndir meinpriseAnd if hym liste to lape  þe lawe of kynde woldeÞat he drunke at iche diche  er he for þirst deyedeSo nede at greet nede  may nyme as for his owneWiþ-outen counceyl of concience  or cardynal vertuesSo þat he sue & saue  spiritus temperancieFor is no vertue bi fer  to spiritus temporancieNeiþer spiritus iusticie ne spiritus fortitudinisFor spiritus fortitudinis  forfeteþ ful ofteHe schal do more þan mesure  many tyme & ofteAnd bete men fulO.20.27: O alone has ful in place of ouer. bitterlie  & summe of hem to litelAnd greue men gretter  þan good feiþ woldeAnd spiritus iusticie schal iuggen  wole he orO.20.29: OC2 alone have he or in place of he or or alone. nyle heAfter þe kyngys counceyl  & þe comune likeAnd spiritus prudencie in many a poynt schal fayleOf þat he weneþ wolde falle  if his witt ne wereWenyng is no wisdam  ne wise ymagynaciounHomo proponit & deus disponit  & gouerneþ alle goode vertuesAc nede is next hym  for anoon he mekeþAnd as lowe as a loomb  for lakkyng of þat hym nedeþWise men forsoken wel  for þei wolden be nedyAnd woneden in wildernesse  & wolden not be richeAnd god al his greet ioye  goostliche he lefteAnd cam & toke mankynde  & becam nedySo nedy he was as seiþ þe book  in many sundri placesÞat he seyde in his sorwe  on þe self rodeBoþe fox & foul  mowen flee to hole & crepeAnd þe fisch haþ fynne  to flete wiþ to resteÞer nede haþ ynomenO.20.45: O alone has ynomen; most B manuscripts have ynome. me  þat I mote nede abideAnd suffre sorwes ful soure  þat schul to ioye turneFor-þi beþ not abassched  to bidde & to be nedySiþ he þat wrouȝte al þe world  was wilfullich nedyNe neuere noon so nedy  ne alsoO.20.49: Only O has ne also; most B manuscripts have ne alone. porer deyedeWhanne nede hadde vndirnomenO.20.50: O alone has vndirnomen; most B manuscripts have vndernome.O.20.50: OR alone lack me before þus.þus  anoon I fel a-slepeAnd mette ful merueylousliche  þat in mannes foorme. Antecrist .Antecrist cam þanne  & al þe croppe of truþe Ieronimus super illud Danielis . 12 . Beatus qui expectat & peruenit vsque ad dies . 1335 . Beatus inquit qui interfecto antichristo . dies supra numerum perfinitum . 45 . prestolatur quibus & dominus saluator in sua magestate venturus estO.20.53-60: The Latin lines appear in a column in the right margin, parallel to ll. 53-60 of the text. The passage is taken almost verbatim from Saint Jerome's commentary on Daniel 12.12; see Commentariorum in Danielem, Libri III (IV), S. Hieronymi Presbyteri Opera, Pars I,5, ed. Francisci Glorie, Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina 75A (Turnhout: Brepols, 1964): [IV].xii.12, pp. 943-44.Turnede it vp-so-doun  & ouer-tilte þe rote And fals spronge & spredde  & spedde mennys nedisIn iche a cuntre þere hoh[e] coome  he cutte awey truþeAnd gerte gyle growe þere  as he a god were. Freres .O.20.57: The marginal Freres is surrounded by the long Latin gloss beginning opposite l. 52.Freres foleweden þat feend  for he gaf hem copes And religious reuerencede hym  & rongen her bellisAnd al þe couent forþ cam  to welcome þat tyraunt And alle hise as wel as hym  saue oneli foolesWhiche fooles weren wel leuere  to deye þan to lyue Lenger þan lenten  to be so rebukedAnd a fals freendO.20.63: GYOC2 alone have freend in place of fend. antecrist  ouere alle folk regnedeAnd þat werenO.20.64: O alone has weren; most B manuscripts have were. mylde men & holy  þat no mescheef dreddenDiffieden al falsnesse  & folk þat it vsedeAnd what kyng þat hem counfortede  knowynge hem any whileÞei cursedenO.20.67: O alone has curseden in place of cursed. & her counceyl  were it clerk or lewedAntecrist hadde þus soone  hundredis at his banereAnd pride it bare  booldeliche aboutenO.20.69: O alone has abouten; most B manuscripts have aboute.Wiþ a lord þat lyueþ afterlust &O.20.71: O alone includes lust.þe likyng of bodyÞat cam aȝeyn concience  þat keper was & guyourOuer kynde cristene  & cardynal vertuesI counceyle quod concience þoo  comeþ wiþ me ȝe folesIn-to vnite holi chirche  & holde we vs þereAnd crie we to kynde þat he  come & defende vs Foles . fro þe feendis lymes  for peers loue þe plowmanAnd crye we to al þe comune  þat þei come to vniteAnd þere abide & bikere  aȝeyns belialis childrenKynde . concience þoo herde  & come out of þe planetisAnd sente forþ hise forreouris  feueres & fluxesCowȝhes & cardiacles  crampes & toþ-achesRewmes & radegoundes  & ruynouse scallesBiles & bocches  & brennynge aguesFrenesies & foule yuelis  forragers of kyndeHadde priked & preyd  polles of þe pepleÞat largeli a legioun  loren her lijf sooneÞer was harrow & help  heer comeþ kyndeWiþ deþ þat is dredeful  to vndo vs alleÞe lord þat lyuede after lust  þoo a-lowde cryede After counfort . a knyȝt  to come & bere his baneerA-larme alarme quod þat lord  iche lijf kepe his owneAnd þanne metten þeise men  er mynystrales myȝten pipeAnd er heraudes of armes  hadden discryued lordisKynde kam after  wiþ many kene soresAs pokkes & pestelences  þatO.20.96: O alone has þat in place of and. myche peple schenteSo kynde þoruȝ corrupciouns  killede ful manyDeþ cam dryuynge after  & al to dust passchedeKyngys & knyȝtis  kaysers & popisLered ne lewed  he leete no man stondeÞat he neO.20.100: YOC2Cot alone include ne. hitte euene  þat neuereO.20.100: CrO alone have neuere in place of euere. sterede afterMany a louely lady  & lemmans of knyȝtisSwowneden & sweltedenO.20.102: O alone has swelteden; most B manuscripts have swelted.  for sorwe of deþes dyntisConcience of his curteysie  to kynde he besouȝteTo cece & suffre  & see wher þei woldenO.20.104: O alone has wolden in place of wolde.Leue pride pryueyli  & be parfiȝt cristeneAnd kynde cecede þoo  to see þe peple amendeFortune gan flatere þanne  þoo fewe þat were on lyueAnd bihiȝte hem longe lijf  & leccherie he senteAmongys al manere men  wedded & vnweddidAnd gaderede a greet hoost  al a-gyn concienceÞis leccherie leyde on  wiþ a lawynge chereAnd wiþ pryue speche  & peynted wordisAnd armede hym in ydelnesse  & in hye beryngHe bare a bowe in his hand  & many blody arewesWeren feþered wiþ fayre bihest  & many a false truþeWiþ hise vntidy talis  he tenede ful ofte  Concience & his company  of holi chirche þe techersÞanne cam coueytise  & caste how he myȝte Ouercome concience  & cardynal vertuesAnd armede hym in auarice  & hungriliche lyuedeHis wepene was alle whyles  to wynne & to hydeO.20.121: O alone has hyde; most B manuscripts have hiden.Wiþ glosyngys & gabbynges  to bigyleO.20.122: O alone has the infinitive form in place of the preterite. þe pepleSymonye hym sente  to assayle concienceAnd prechedenO.20.124: O alone has precheden in place of preched. to þe peple  & prelates þei hem madenTo holden wiþ antecrist  her temperaltees to saueAnd coomen to þe kyngys counceyl  as a kene barounAnd kneledenO.20.127: O alone has kneleden in place of kneled. to concience  in court afore hem alleAnd gerte good feiþ flee  & fals to abideAnd boldliche bare adoun  wiþ many a bryȝt noble Miche of þe witt & wisdam  of westmynystre halleHe iuggede til a iustise  & iustede in his ereAnd ouer-tilte al his truþe  wiþ take þis vp amendementAnd to þe arches in haast  he ȝede anoon afterAnd turnede cyuyle in-to symonye  & siþ he toke þe officialFor a mantel of menyuere  he made lele matrimonye DeparteO.20.136: O alone has Departe; most B manuscripts have Departen. . er deþ cam  & dyuorce schapteAllas quod concience & cryede þoo  wolde crist of his graceÞat coueytise were cristen  þat is so kene a fiȝterAnd boold & abidynge  whyle his bagge lasteþAnd þanne lowȝ lijf  & leete dagge hise cloþesAnd armede hym in haast  in harlottes wordisAnd helde holynesse . a iape  & heendenesse a wastourAnd leete lewte a cherl  & lyer . a fre manConcience & counceyl  he countede it folyeÞus relyede lijf  for a litil fortuneAnd prikede forþ wiþ pride  preyseþ he no vertuHe careþ not how kynde slowȝ  & schal come at þe lasteAnd kille alle erþeli creaturis  saue concience oneLijf leepe a-syde  & lauȝte hym a lemmanHele & I quod he  & hynesse of herteSchal do þee not drede  neiþer deþ ne eeldeButO.20.152: OF alone have But in place of And. to forȝete sorwe  and gyue nouȝt of synneÞis likede lijf  & his lemman fortuneAnd geten in her glorie  a gedelyng at þe lasteOon þat myche woo wrouȝte  sleuþe was his nameSleuþe wexe wondir ȝerne  & soone was of ageAnd weddede oon wanhope  a wenche of þe stuesHir sire was a sisour  þat neuere swore truþeOon tomme two-tunge  ateynt at iche a questÞis sleuþe wexe werre &O.20.160: O alone has two instances of werre &, apparently as the result of dittography. However, because the line makes sense as it stands (if werre is understood as meaning "worse"), it may possibly be the result of deliberate scribal intervention. werre  & a slynge madeAnd þrewe drede &O.20.161: O alone has &; all other beta witnesses have of. dispeyr  a doseyne myle abouteFor care concience þoo  criede vp-on eeldeAnd bade hym fonde to fiȝte  & afere wanhopeAnd eelde hente good hope  & hastilicheO.20.164: O alone lacks he before schifte. schifte hymAnd wayuede awey wanhope  & wiþ lijf he fiȝteþAnd lijf fleyȝ for feer  to phisik after helpAnd bisouȝte hym of socour  & of his salue haddeAnd gaue hym gold good woon  þat gladede his herteAnd þei ȝyuenO.20.169: OC2 alone have ȝyuen; variants include gyue (C), gafen (BmBo), gaue (CrCotF), and gyuen (WHmGYLMR). hym aȝeyn  a glasen howueLijf leuede þat leche-craft  lette schulde eeldeAnd dryue awey deþ  wiþ dias & draggasAnd eelde auntrede hym on lijf  & at þe laste he hitteA phisicien wiþ a furred hood  þat he fel inO.20.173: O alone lacks an article before palsye. palsyeAnd þere deyede þat doctour  er þre dayes afterNow I see seyde lijf  þat surgerie ne phisik May not a myte avayle  to medele aȝeyns eeldeAnd in hope of his hele  good hopeO.20.177: O alone has hope in place of herte. he henteAnd rode so to reuel  a riche place & a myrieÞe companye of court men clepeden it sum-tymeAnd eelde anoon after me  & ouer myn hed heO.20.180: O alone includes he; most B manuscripts include no pronoun. ȝedeAnd made me balled bifore  & bare on þe crowneSo harde ȝhe ȝede ouer myn hed  it wole be seene euereSire yuele ytauȝt . eelde quod I  vnheende go wiþ þeeSiþ whanne was þiO.20.184: GOC2 alone have þi in place of þe. weye  ouer mennes hedisHaddest þou been heende quod I  þou woldest haue asked leueȜhe . leue lordyng quod he  & leyde on me wiþ ageAnd hitte me vndir þe ere  vnneþe may ich hereHe buffetede me aboute þe mouþe  & bette me on þe teeþAnd gyedeO.20.189: OC2 alone have gyede; most B manuscripts have gyued. me in goutis  I may not goo at largeAnd of þe woo þat I was Inne  my wijf hadd reuþeAnd wisschede ful witterli  þat I were in heueneFor þe lyme þat she louede me fore  & leef was to feleOn nyȝtes nameli  whanne scheO.20.193: O alone has sche in place of we. naked wereI ne myȝte in no manere  make it at hir willeSo eelde & sche soþeli  hadden it forbetenAnd as I satte in þis sorwe  I seyȝ how kynde passedeAnd deþ drowȝ nyȝ me  for drede gan I quakeAnd criede to kynde  out of care me bryngeLoo eelde þe hoore  haþ me beseyeO.20.199: This and the following eleven lines are written around a very large keyhole-shaped tear in the vellum, at about the center of the leaf.A-wreke me if ȝoure wille be  for I wolde be hennysIf þou wolt be ywroken  wende in-to vniteAnd holde þee þere euere  til I sende for þeeAnd loke þou cunne sum craft  or þou come þennesCounceyle me kynde quod I  what craft is best to lerneLerne to loue quod kynde  & leue of . alle oþereHow schal I come to catel so  to cloþe me & to fedeAnd þou loue lelli quod he  lakke schal þee neuere Mete ne worldli wede  whyle þi lijf lasteþAnd þere bi counceyl of kynde  I comsede to roomeÞoruȝ contricioun & confessioun  til I coome to vniteAnd þere was concience cunstable  cristene forO.20.211: O alone includes for before to. to saueAnd bisegede soþeli  wiþ seuene grete geauntesÞat wiþ antecrist helden  harde aȝens concienceSleuþe wiþ his slynge  an harde assaute madeProude preestis coomen wiþ hym  moo þan a þousandeIn paltokis & piked schoos  & pissers longe knyuesCoomen aȝens concience  wiþ coueytise þei heldenBi marie quod a mansed preest  of þe marche of irloondI counte no more biO.20.219: OB alone include bi. concience  bi so I cacche syluerÞan I do to drynke  a drauȝt of good aleAnd so seyden sixti  of þe same cuntreAnd schoten aȝeyn hym wiþ schotte  with many scheef of oþesAnd brode hoked arwes  goddis herte & hise naylesAnd hadden almost vnite  & holynesse adounConcience criede . helpe clergye  or ellis I falleÞoruȝ imparfiȝt preestis  & prelatis of holi chircheFreris herden hym crye  & coomen . hym to helpeAnd for þei couþenO.20.228: O alone has couþen in place of kouþe.not wel her craft  concience forsoke hemNede neyȝhede þoo neer  & concience he toldeÞat þei coomenO.20.230: O alone has coomen; most B manuscripts have come. for coueytise  to haue cure of soulesAnd for þei arn pore paraunter  for patrimoyne hem fayleþÞei wolen flatere to fare wel  folk þat been richeAnd seyenO.20.233: GO alone have seyen; most B manuscripts have siþen. þei chosen chele  & chaytijf pouertLatte hem chewe as þei chosen  & charge hem wiþ no cureFor lomer he lijþ  þat lijflode mote biggeO.20.235: GO alone have bygge; most B manuscripts have begge.Þan he þat laboureþ for lijflode  & leneþ it toO.20.236: O alone includes to. beggersAnd siþen freris forsokenO.20.237: O alone has forsoken in place of forsoke.  þe felicite of erþefrerisFreris .O.20.238: The first of these additions appears in the extreme left margin, the other in the left margin just opposite the line. Lines 238-250 are written around a very large keyhole-shaped tear in the vellum, at about the center of the leaf, which existed at the time of copying.Latte hem be as beggers  or lyue bi aungelis fode Concience of þis counceyl þoo  comsede forto lawȝheAnd curteysliche counfortede hem  & callede in alle frerisAnd seyde sires soþeli  welcome be ȝe alleTo vniteO.20.242: O alone lacks and before holi. holi chirche  ac oo þing I ȝow preyeHoldeþ ȝow in vnite  & haueþ noon envieTo lered ne to lewed  but lyueþ after ȝoure ruleAnd I wole be ȝoure borwe  ȝe schul haue breed & cloþesAnd oþere necessaries ynowe  ȝe schul no þing fayleWiþ þat ȝe leue logyke  & lerne for to louyeO.20.238-248: This and the preceding ten lines are written around the same keyhole-shaped tear in the manuscript described at O.20.199.For loue laftenO.20.248: O alone has ynomen; variants include þerof lofte (Bo), þerof loste (BmCot), lost (Cr), þei (GC2), and lafte (WHmYCLMRF). þei lordschipe  boþe lond & scoleFreres fraunceys & domynyk  for loue to be holyAnd if ȝe coueyte cure  kynde wole ȝow techeÞat in mesure god made  alle manere þingysAnd sette it at a certeyn  & at a siker noumbreAnd nempnede names newe  & noumbrede þe preestisQui numerat multiudinem stellarumO.20.254: OR alone lack et omnibus eis after stellarum. & ceteraO.20.255: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after numerat and a red parasign precedes the second line of text, which appears above the first.Kyngys & knyȝtis  þat kepen & defendenHan officeris vndir hem  & ofO.20.256: O alone has & of in place of and or of alone. iche of hem a certeynAnd if þei wage men to werre  þei writen hem in noumbreWole no tresourerer hem paye  traueyle þei neuere so soreAlle oþere in batayle  been yholden brokourisO.20.259: O alone has brokouris; most B manuscripts have Brybours.Pilouris & pikeharneys  in iche a place a-cursidMonkes & monyalis  & alle men of religiounHer ordre & her rule wole  to haue a certeyn nowmbreOf lewed & of lered  þe lawe itO.20.263: OHm alone include it. wole & askeþA certeyn for a certeyn  saue onliche of frerisFor-þi quod concience bi crist  kynde witt me telleþIt is wikked to wage ȝow  ȝe waxen out of nowmbreEueneO.20.267: Although the MED lists Euene as a form of the word Heaven, this is the only occurrence of the form in this manuscript, and O is the only B manuscript in which the form occurs in this line. haþ euene nowmbre  & helle is wiþ-oute nowmbreFor-þi I wolde witterli  þat ȝe weren inO.20.268: OM alone among beta witnesses lack þe before registre; in M it has been erased. registreAnd ȝoure nowmbre vndir notaries sygne  & neiþer mo ne lasseEnuye herde þis . & leeteO.20.270: O alone has leete; most B manuscripts have heet.  freris . go to scoleAnd lerne logyk & lawe  & eke constellaciounO.20.271: O alone has constellacioun in place of contemplacion.And preche men of plato  & preue it bi senecaÞat alle þingys vndir heuene  ouȝtenO.20.273: OF alone lack to before be. be in comuneAnd ȝit he lieþ as I leue  þat to þe lewed so precheþFor god made to men a lawe  & moyses it tauȝteNon concupscesconcup[i]sces rem proximi tui & ceteraO.20.277: This line is written in the right margin.And yuele is þis yholdenO.20.277: O alone has yholden; variants include holde (Cr), to hold (G), ȝolden (B), and yholde (WHmYC2LMRF).  in parissches of englondFor persounys & parisch preestis  þat schulden þe peple schryueBeen curatouris called  to knowe & to hele Alle þat been her parischenes  penaunce to enioyneAnd schulden be a-schamed in her schrifte  ac schame makeþ hem wende And flee to þe freris  as false folk to westmynyster. westmynyster .Þat borwen & beren þidir  & þanne bidden frendis  Ȝerne of forȝyuenesse  or lenger ȝeris loneAc whyle he is in westmynyster  he wole be biforeAnd make hym myrie  wiþ oþere mennys goodisAnd so it fareþ biO.20.287: HmYO alone have bi in place of with. myche folk  þat to þe freris hemO.20.287: WOF alone include hem. schryuenAs sisouris & exsecutouris  þei wolenO.20.288: O alone has wolen; all other beta witnesses have wol. ȝyue þe frerisA parcel to preye for hem  & make hem-seluenO.20.289: O alone has hem-seluen; all other beta witnesses have hemself. myrieWiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt  þat oþere men biswonkenAnd suffre þe dede in dette  to þe day of doomEnuye her-fore  hatede concienceAnd freris to philosophie  he fondeO.20.293: O alone lacks a word between fonde and to; most B manuscripts have hem. to scoleÞe while coueytise & vnkyndenesse  concience assayledenO.20.294: O alone has the form assayleden in place of assaillede.In vnite holi chirche  concience helde hymAnd made pees porter  to pynne þe ȝatesForO.20.297: O alone has introductory For; most B manuscripts have Of. alle tale- telleris  & titerers in ydelYpocrisie & he  an harde saute þei maden. ypocrisie .Ypocrisie at þe ȝate  harde gan to fiȝte And woundede wel wikkidli  many wise techerisÞat wiþ concience acordede  & cardynal vertuesConcience callede a leche  þat wel couþe schryueGo salue þoo þat seke been  þoruȝ synne &O.20.303: O alone includes & before woundid. woundid. schrifte .Schrifte schope scharpe salue  & made men do penaunce For her mysdedis  þat þei wrouȝtenO.20.305: O alone has wrouȝten in place of wroȝt. haddeAnd þat peers were payed  redde quod debesSumme likeden not þis leche  & letteres þei sentenIf any surgien were þe segge  þat softer couþe playstreSire leef to lyue in lecherie  lay þere & gronedeF..or fastyng of a friday  he ferde as he wolde deyeÞer is a surgien in þis þisþis sege  þat softe can handeleAnd more of phisik bi fer  & fayrer he playstreþ. Frere flaterer .Oon frere flaterer  is phisicien & surgien Quod contricioun to concience  do hym come to vniteFor heer is many a man hirt  þoruȝ ypocrisieWe han no nede quod concience  I woot no better lecheÞan persoun or parisch preest  penytauncer or bisschopSaue peers þe plowman  þat haþ power ouer hem alleAnd indulgence may do  but if dette lette itI may wel suffre seyde concience  siþ ȝe desirenÞat frere flaterer be fet  & phisike ȝow sekeÞe frere her-of . herde  & hyede hym fasteTo a lord for a letter  leue to haue cureAnd as a curatour he were  & cam wiþ hise lettresBooldli to þe bisschop  & his breef haddeIn cuntrees þer he coome inne  confessiounO.20.326: CrO alone have the singular form. to hereAnd cam þer concience was  & knokkede at þe ȝatePees vnpynnede it  was porter of vniteAnd in hast askede  what his wille wereIn feiþ quod þis frere  for profiȝt & for heleO.20.330: O alone has the form hele; most B manuscripts have helþe.Carpe I wolde wiþ contricioun  & þerfore cam I hiderHe is seek seyde pees  & so arn many oþereYpocrisie haþ hirt hem  ful hard is if þei keuereI am a surgien seyde þe segge  & salues can makeConcience knoweþ me wel  & what I kan do boþe . Frere leche .I preye þee quod pees þoo  er þou passe forþerWhat hattest þou I preye þee  hele not þi nameCertis felaw seydeO.20.338: O alone has felaw seyde in place of seide; all manuscripts except OF have felaw as subject and place it in final position in the a-verse. he  sire penetrans domosȜhe go þi gate quod pees  bi god . for al þi phisikBut þou kunne sum craft  þou comest not heer-inneI knewe swich oon ones  not eyȝte wynter passedCoome in . þus y-coped  at a court þere I dwelteAnd was my ladyO.20.343: O alone has lady; most B manuscripts have lordes. leche  & my lordis boþeAnd at þe last þis lymytour  þo my lord was outeHe saluede so oure wommen  til summe were wiþ childeHeende speche heete pees  to opene þe ȝatesLatte in þe frere & his felaw  & make hem fayre chereHe may see & here  so it may be-falleÞat lijf þoruȝ his lore  schal leue coueytiseAnd be adrad of deþ  & wiþdrawe hym fro prideAnd a-corde wiþ concience  & kisse her eiþer oþerÞus þoruȝ heende speche  entrede þe frereAnd cam in . to concience  & curteysli hym gretteÞou art welcome quod concience  canst þou hele þe sekeHeer is contricioun quod concience  my cosyn ywoundedCounforte hym quod concience  & take keep to hise soresÞe playstres of þe persoun  & poudres biten to soreHe leete hem ligge ouer-longe  & loþ is to chaunge hemFro lenten to lenten  he latte hise playstres byte. Frere confessour .O.20.360: A flourish appears centered beneath the marginal addition.Þat is ouer-longe quod þis lymytour  I leue I schal amende it And gooþ & gropeþ contricioun  & gaue hym a playstreOf a pryue payement  & I schal preye for ȝowAnd for alle þat ȝe been holden to  al my lijf-tymeAnd make ȝow . my lady  in messe & in matynesAs frereO.20.365: WHmO alone have the singular form frere in place of the plural, although Y has suster. of oure fraternyte  for a litil syluerÞus he gooþ & gadereþ  & gloseþ þere he schryueþTil contricioun hadde clene forȝeten  to crie & to wepeAnd wake for hise wikkede werkis  as he was wont to doneFor counfort of his confessour  contricioun he lafteÞat is þe souereynest salue  ofO.20.370: O alone has of in place of for. alle kyn synnesSleuþe þanne sawO.20.371: O alone has þanne saw; most B manuscripts have seigh. þat  & alsoO.20.371: O alone has also in place of so. dide prideAnd cam wiþ a kene wille  concience to assayleConcience crience criede efte  & bade clergye helpeAnd also contricioun  for to kepe þe ȝateHe lijþ & dremeþ seyde pees  & so doon many oþereÞe frere wiþ his phisik  þeiseO.20.376: YOC2 alone have the plural form. folk haþ enchauntidAnd playstred hem so esily  þei dreden no synneBi crist quod concience þoo  I wole bicome a pilgrymeAnd walken as wyde  as þe werld lasteþTo seke peers þe plowman  þat pride may distruyeAnd þat freres hadden a fyndyng  þat for nede flaterenAnd counterpleden me concience  now kynde me auengeAnd sende me happe & hele  til I haue peers þe plowmanAnd siþ he gradde after grace  til I gan awakeO.20.384: This line is followed by six ticks.ExplicitO.20.385: The initial capital of the word Explicit is heavily ornamented and outlined in red. hic dialogus petri plowmanO.20.385: This line is underlined both above and below in red. Small red ticks appear between each of the preceding words and after plowman. LauderisO.20.385: The initial capital of Lauderis is ornamented and outlined in red. christe  quia finitur liber isteO.20.385: Small red ticks appear between each of the preceding words; three ticks in black appear at the end of the line.O.20.385: The word finit, written unevenly in a large, crude hand, appears centered in the bottom margin about three vertical spaces below the final trailer.