The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 3: Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O) version of 30 December 2003 – Passus 3William 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 tertiusO.3.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines.nNOw is Mede þe mayde  & no mo of hem allepassus 3us de visioneThe guide words are divided after de, so that they appear as two lines. Wiþ bedellis & baylis  brouȝt bifore þe kyng Þe kyng callede a clerk can I not his name To take mede þe mayde  & make hir at ese I schal assaye hir my-self  & soþelich appose What man of þis molde  þat hir were leuest And if sche worche bi my witt  & my wille folewe I wole forgyue hir þis gylt  so me god helpe ¶ Curteyslich þe Clerk þanne  as þe kyng hyȝte Toke Mede bi þe myddil  & brouȝte hir inO.3.10: OC2 alone have in; most B manuscripts have into. chaumbre And þere was myrþe & mynystralcie  Mede to plese Þei þat wonyen in westmynstre  worschipeden hir alleIentilich wiþ ioye  þe iustises comenO.3.13: OC2 alone have comen; variants incude some (Hm2Cr1C), sone (B), came (Cr23G), þan (H), manye (F), and somme (WHmYLMR).Buskede hem to þe boure  þere þe bryde dwellideTo counforte hir kyndeli  bi clergise leueAnd seyde morne þou not Mede  ne make þou no sorweFor we wissenO.3.17: OC2 alone have the form wissen; most B manuscripts have wisse. þe kyng  & þi weye schapenO.3.17: OC2 alone have the form schapen; most B manuscripts have shape.To be weddid at þi wille  & where þee leue likiþFor al concience cast  or craft as I troweMildelich þanne MedeO.3.20: OC2 alone transpose Mede þanne.  mercyede hem alle Of her greet goodnesse  & gaf hem ichon Coupis of clene gold  & cuppes of syluerRyngys wiþ rubies  & richesses manyÞe leest man of hir meyne  a motoun of goldÞanne lauȝtenO.3.25: O alone has the form lauȝten; most B manuscripts have lauȝte. þei leue  þeise lordis at MedeClerkisWiþ þat comen clerkis  to counforte hir þe same And beden hir be bliþe  for we been þine owneFor to wirche þi wille  þe while þou myȝte lasteHeendelich sche þanne  bihyȝte hem þe sameTo loue hem lelli  & lordis to makeO.3.31: OC2F alone lack a conjunction at the beginning of this line; most B manuscripts have And.In þe consistorie at court  do calle ȝoure nameO.3.31: OC2F alone have the singular form.Schal no lewidnesse lette  þe lede þat I loueÞat he ne worþ first auaunced  for I am biknowenÞere kunnynge clerkis  schul clokke bihyndeConfessoursÞanne come þere a confessour  coped as a frere To Mede þe mayde  he medeledeO.3.36: OC2 alone have he medelede; variants include he melled (CCrBLMRH), & meelyd (F), he medled (Y), he mened (WHmHm2), and he mouthed (G). þeise wordisHow freris schryuen folkO.3.37: The rubric is divided after freris, so that it appears as two lines.And seyde ful softelich  in schrift as it were Þouȝ lewid men & lered menO.3.38: The original reads lered men & lewid men; a double solidus above both lered and lewid indicates transposition.  hadden leyn bi þee boþeAnd falsnesse hadde I-foulidO.3.39: OCr3C2 alone have I-foulid; variants include folwed (YGM), yfouloed (Cr2), fowled (HmHm2H), defoulyd (F), and yfolwed (WGBLR). þee  al þis fifti wynter I schal assoyle þe my-self  for a seem of wheeteAnd also be þi bede-man  & bere wel þi messageAmongys knyȝtis & clerkis  concience to turneÞanne Mede for hir mysdedis  to þat man kneledeAnd schroue hir of hir schrewidnesse  schameles I troweTolde hym a tale  & toke hym a nobleFor to be hir bedeman  & hir brocour alsÞanne he assoylede hir soone  & siþen he seydeWe han a wyndow in wirchyng  wil sitten vs ful hyeWoldist þou glase þat gable  & graue þer-inne þi nameSiker schulde þi soule be  heuene to haueWiste I þat quod þat womman  I wolde not spareFor to be ȝoure freend frere  & fayle ȝow neuereWhyle ȝe louen lordis  þat leccherie hauntenAnd lakken not ladyes  þat louen wel þe sameIt is a frelete of flesch  ȝe fynden it in bokisAnd a cours of kynde  wher-of we comen alleWho-so may scape þe sclaundre  þe scaþe is soone amendidIt is synne of þe seuene  isO.3.58: OC2 alone repeat is. sonnest relecedHaue mercy quod Mede  of men þat it hauntenAnd I schal keuere ȝoure kirke  & ȝoure cloystre do makeO.3.60: OC2 alone have the form do make; most B manuscripts have do maken.Wowes do whyten  & wyndowes glasyenDo peynten & purtreye  & paye for þe makyngÞat euery segge schal seye  I am sister of ȝoure housAc god to alle goode folk  sich grauyng defendiþTo writen in wyndowes  of her wel-dedisOn auenture pride be peyntid þere  & pompeO.3.66: The letter <p> is rewritten above the line, perhaps in hand 3, apparently because <p> in pompe is spoiled by an inkblot. of þe worldFor crist knowiþ þi concience  & þi kynde willeAnd þi cost & þi coueytise  & who þe catel ouȝteFor-þi I lere ȝow lordis  leueþ siche werkisTo writen in wyndowis  of ȝoure wel-dedisOr to greden after goddis men  whanne ȝe delen dolesOn auenture ȝe han ȝoure hyre heer  & ȝoure heuene alsNesciat sinistra quid faciat dextraLate not þi lift half  late noO.3.74: OL alone have no; most B manuscripts have ne. raþe Wite what þou worchest  wiþ þi riȝt sydeAndO.3.76: OC2 alone have And in place of For. þus bit þe gospel  goode men do her almesseMeires & maystresO.3.77: OCr23C2 alone have maystres; most B manuscripts have Maceres.  þat menes been bitwene Þe kyng & þe comunesO.3.78: OGC2F alone have the plural form.  to kepe welO.3.78: OC2F alone include wel. þe lawesTo punyschen on pyleries  & pynynge stoolisBreusters & bakesters  bochers & cokisFor þeise arn men on þis molde  þat moost harm worchenTo þe pore peple  þat parcelmele biggenFor þei punyschenO.3.83: OC2 alone have punyschen in place of (en)poisone. þe peple  priueylich & ofteÞei richen þoruȝ regraterie  & rentis hem biggenWiþ þat þe pore peple  schulde putte in her wombeFor toke þei on truli  þei tymbreden notO.3.86: OC2 alone have tymbreden not; most B manuscripts have tymbred nouȝt. so hyeNe bouȝte noon burgages  be ȝe ful certeynAc Mede þe mayde  þe Meir haþ bisouȝtMeyres .Of alle siche sellers  syluer to take Or presentes wiþ-oute pens  as peces of syluerRyngys or oþer richesse  þe regrateris to maynteneFor my loue quod þat lady  loue hem ichoneAnd suffre hem to selle  sumdel aȝeyn resounSalomon þe sage  a sermoun he madeFor to amende Meyris  & men þat kepen lawesAnd tolde hem þis teme  þat I telle þenkeIgnis deuorbitO.3.97: OC2 alone have deuorbit; most B manuscripts have deuorabit. tabernaculam eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera & ceteraO.3.97: OC2H alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Among þise lettrede l[or]des þis latyn [amounteþ]."Þat isO.3.98: OC2 alone include is. . fijr schal falle & brenne  al to bloo askesÞe housis & þe homes  of hem þat desyren Ȝiftis or ȝeresyues  bi cause of her officesÞe kyng fro counceyl cam  & callede after MedeAnd ofsente hir als swyþe  wiþ sergeauntis manyeÞat brouȝten hir to boure  wiþ blis & wiþ ioyeCurteyselich þe kyng þanne  comsede to telleTo Mede þe mayde  melleþ þeise wordisVnwittili womman  wrouȝt hast þow ofteAc wers wrouȝtist þou neuere  þan þoo þou fals tokeO.3.107: A dash followed by double virgules appears in the right margin, in ink too faint for the hand to be identified.But I forgyue þee þisO.3.108: OC2 alone have þis in place of þat. gylt  & graunte þee my graceHennys to þiyO.3.109: This revision of þi to þy is odd. The corrected form appears only here. deþ-day  do so no moreI haue a knyȝt concience  cam late fro biȝondeIf he wilneþ þee to wijf  wilt þow hym haueȜhe lord quod þat lady  lord forbede ellisBut I be holly at ȝoure heest  latte hange me sooneAnAn[d]O.3.114: Although an is recorded by the MED as a variant form of and, it is not used elsewhere by this scribe and appears to be an error. þanne was concience called  to come & apereBifore þe kyng & his counceil  as clerkis & oþere .Knelynge concience  to þe kyng lowtedeTo wite what his wille were  & what he do schuldeWilt þou wedde þis womman  quod þe kyng . If I wole assenteFor sche is fayn of þi felawschip  for to be þi makeConcienceQuod Concience to þe kyng  crist it me forbede Er I wedde sich a / wijf  woo me be-tydeFor sche is frele of hir feiþ  fikel of hir specheAnd makiþ men mysdo  many score tymesTrust of hir tresore  treyeþ ful manyWyues & wydewes  wantownesse sche techeþAnd lereþ hem leccherie  þat louen hir ȝiftisȜoure fadirO.3.127: OC2 alone lack the subject pronoun here; most B manuscripts have sche. felde  þoruȝ fals biheestAnd haþ a-poysowned popes  & peyrid holy chircheIs not a better bawde  bi hym þat me made .Bitwene heuene & HelleO.3.130: The ascender of the <H> in Helle is about two lines in height and decorated with bars.  in erþe þouȝ men souȝtenO.3.130: OC2 alone have the form souȝten in place of souȝte.For sche is fikilO.3.131: OC2 alone have fikil in place of tikil. of hir tayl  tale-wijs of hir tungeAs comune as a cartewey  to ich a knaue þat walkiþTo monkys . to mynystralis  to meseles in heggisSisouris & sumpnouris  siche men hir preysenSchirreues of schires  weren schent . if sche nereFor sche dooþ men lese her lond  & her lijf boþeSche leteþ passe prisouneris  & payeþ for hem ofteAnd gyueþ þe gayleris gold  & grotes to-gyderisTo vnfetere þe fals  flee where hym likiþAnd takiþ þe trewe bi þe top  & tieþ hym fasteAnd hangeþ hym for hatered  þat harm dide neuereTo be cursid in consistorie  sche countiþ not a rischeFor sche copiþ þe comyssarie  & coteþ hise clerkisSche is assoylid as soone  as hir-self likiþAnd may nyȝ as myche do  in a moneþ onesAs oureO.3.146: OC2 alone have oure in place of ȝoure (i.e., the king's). secret seel  in sixe score dayesFor sche is pryue wiþ þe pope  prouysouris it knowenFor sire symonye & hir-self  seleþ her bullisSche blessiþ þeise bischoppis  þouȝ þei been lewideProuendreþ persounes  & preestes maynteneþTo haue lemmans & lotebies  alle her lijf-dayesAnd bryngen forþ barnes  aȝeyn forboden lawesÞere sche is wel wiþ þe kyng  woo is þe rewmeFor sche is fauerable to þe fals  & fouliþ truþe ofteBi iesus wiþ hir Iuelis  ȝoure iustises sche scheendiþAnd lyeþ aȝeyn þe lawe  & lettiþ hym þe gateÞat feiþ may not haue his forþ  hir floreynes goon so þikkeSche lediþ þe lawe as hir liste  & loue-dayes makiþAnd dooþ men lese þoruȝ hir loue  þat lawe myȝte wynneÞe mase for a mene man  þouȝ he moote heerO.3.160: YOC2 alone have moote heer; variants include moote (GF), mote hire (WCBLMR), mote hure (Hm), mote her (Cr), and mote with hyr (H). euereLawe is so lordlich  & loþ to make anO.3.161: OC2CotF alone include an. endeWiþ-outen presentis or pens  sche plesiþ wel feweBarounes & burgeyses  sche bryngeþ in-toO.3.163: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. sorweAnd al þe comunesO.3.164: OC2F alone have the plural form. in-toO.3.164: OC2 alone have in-to in place of in. care  þat coueyten lyue in truþeFor clergye & coueytise  sche coupliþ to-gyderesÞis is þe lijf of þat lady  now lord ȝyue hir sorweAnd alle þat mayntenen hir men  meschaunce hem be-tideFor pore men mowen haue no power  to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smertenO.3.168: OC2 alone have the form smerten in place of smerte. .Sich a maystre is Mede  amongys men of goodeÞanne mornede Mede  & menede hir to þe kyngTo haue space to speke  spede if sche myȝteÞe kyng grauntede hir grace  wiþ a good willeExcuse þee . if þou canst  I can no more seggenFor concience accuseþ þee  to congeye þee for euereNay lord quod þat lady  leueþ hym þe werseWhanne ȝe witen wittirli  where þe wrong liggeþÞere þat mescheef is greet  Mede may helpeAnd þou knowist concience  I cam not to chydeNe depraue þi persoone  wiþ a proude herteWel þou wost wernard  but if þou wilt gabbeÞou hast hanged on myn half  elleuene tymesAnd also gryped my gold  gyue it where þee likideAnd why þou wraþþist þee now  wondir me þinkiþȜit I may as I myȝte  menske þee wiþ ȝiftisAnd mayntene þi manhod  more þan þou knowistAc þou hast famed me foule  bifore þe kyng heerFor killede I neuere no kyng  ne counceylede þer-afterNe dide as þou demest  I do it on þe kyngIn normaundye was he not  noyed for my sakeAc þou þi-self soþeli  schamedest hym ofteCrope in-to a caban  for cold of þi naylisWendist þat wynter  wolde haue duridO.3.192: OC2 alone have durid in place of (y)last(ed). euereAnd dreddist to be deed  for a dym cloudeAnd hyedest þeeO.3.194: OC2 alone include þee. homward  for hungre of þi wombeWiþ-oute pite pilour  pore men þou robbedistAnd bare her bras at þi bak  to caleys to selleÞere I lafte wiþ my lord  his lijf for to saueI made hise men myry  & mornyng lettedeAndO.3.199: OC2 alone include And. I baterede hem on þe bak  & boldede her hertisAnd dide hem hoppe for hope  to haue me at willeHadde I be marschal ofO.3.201: OC2 alone lack his before men. men  bi marie of heueneI durste haue leyd my lijf  & no lesse wedHe schulde haue be lord of þat lond  a lengþe & abredeAnd also kyng of þat kiþþe  his kyn for to helpeÞe leest brolle of his blood  a barouns pereCowardlich þou concience  counceyledist hym þanneO.3.206: YOC2M alone have þanne; most B manuscripts have þennes.To leue his lordschip  for a litil syluerÞat is þe richest rewme  þat reyn ouer-houeþIt bicomeþ to a kyng  þat kepeþ þe rewmeTo ȝyue mede to men  þat myldelichO.3.210: OC2 alone have myldelich; all other beta witnesses have mekely. hym seruenTo alienys & to alle men  to honoure hem wiþ ȝiftesMede makiþ hym beloued  & for a man holdenEmperouris & Erles  & alle manere lordisFor ȝiftes han ȝonge men  to renne & to rideÞe pope & alle prelatis  presentis vnderfongenAnd meden men hem-seluen  to mayntene her lawisSeruantis for her seruyse  we seen wel þe soþeTaken mede of her maysterO.3.218: OC2LF alone have the singular form.  as þei mowen acordeBeggers for her biddyng  bidden men medeO.3.219: A double solidus over each word indicates transposition of original mede men.Mynystralis for her myrþe  mede þei askenÞe kyng haþ mede of his meneO.3.221: OC2 alone have mene in place of men.  to make pees in londeMen þat techen children  crauen of hem medePreestis þat prechen þe peple  to goode asken medeAnd masse-pens & her mete  at þe male-tymesO.3.224: OC2 alone have at þe male tymes; most B manuscripts have at þe meel tymes.Alle kyns crafti men  crauen mede for her prentisesMarchauntis & mede  mote nede go to-gyderesNo wyȝt as I wene  wiþ-out mede may libbeQuod þe kyng to concience  bi crist as me þinkeþMede is wel worþi  þe maystrie to haueNay quod concience to þe kyng  & knelede to þe erþeÞer arn two manere of medis  my lord wiþ ȝoure leueÞat oon . god of his grace  grauntiþ in his blisseTo þoo þat wel wirchen  whyle þei been heerÞe propheet precheþ þerof  & puttiþO.3.234: OC2 alone have the form puttiþ; all other beta witnesses have putte. it in þe sauterDomine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo & ceteraLord who schal wonye in þi wones  & wiþ þin holi seyntisOr resten in þine holy hillis  þis askeþ DauidAnd dauid assoyliþ it hym-self  as þe sauter telliþQui ingreditur sine macula  & operatur iusticiamÞoo þat entren of o colour  & of oon willeAnd han wrouȝt werkis  wiþ riȝt & wiþ resounAnd he þat ne vseþ not  þe lijf of vsureAnd enformeþ pore men  & pursueþ truþeQui pecuniam suam non dedit ad vsuram & munera super innocenteerinocente[m] amp; ceteraAnd alle þat helpen þe innocent  & halt wiþ þe riȝtfulWiþ-oute mede dooþ hem good  &O.3.246: OC2F alone lack þe before truþe. truþe helpiþSich manere men my lord  schul haue þe first medeOf god atThe box containing the catchwords is touched in red at the top right and bottom left corners.Of god at greetO.3.248: GOC2 alone lack an article or possessive pronoun before nede. nede  whanne þei goon hennysÞer is an-oþer mede mesureles  þat maystris desyrenTo mayntene mysdoers  mede þei takenAnd þerof seiþ þe sauter  in a salmes eendIn quorum manibus iniquitates sunt  dextra eorum repleta est muneribusAnd he þat gripeþ þather gold  so me god helpeSchal abie it bittirli  or þe book lyeþPreestis & persouns  þat plesyng desirenÞat taken mede & money  for messis þat þei syngenTaken her mede heer  as Matheu vs telliþO.3.257: HmOC2F alone have telliþ in place of techeþ.Amen amen receperunt mercedem suamÞat laboreris & low folk  taken of her maystrisIt is no manere mede  but a mesurable hyreIn marchaundise is no mede  I may it wel auoweIt is a permutacioun aperteli  a penyworþ for an-oþerAc reddist þou neuere Regum  þou recreyed medeWhy þe veniaunce fel on saul  & on hise childrenGod sente to saul  bi samuel þe propheteÞat agag &of amalek  & al his peple afterSchulden dye for a dede  þat doon haddenO.3.267: O alone has the form hadden in place of hadde. her eldrisFor-þi seyde samuel to saul  god hym-self hotiþ O.3.268: In the right margin of this line occurs the first of many marginal crosses, this one slanting and about three characters in height. The hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty, but resembles hand 3.Þee toO.3.269: HmOC2 alone include to before be. be buxum at his biddyng  &O.3.269: OC2H alone include & before his. his willeO.3.269: OH alone lack to before fulfille. fulfilleWende to amalek wiþ þin oost  & what þou fyndist þere . slee itBernes & beestis  brenne hem to dedeWydewis & wyues  wommen & childrenMebles & vnmebles  & al þat þou myȝte fyndeBrenne it . bere it not awey  be it neuere so richeFor Mede nor for money  loke þou distroye itSpille it & spare it not  þou schalt spede þe betterAnd for he coueytide her catel  & þe kyng sparedeForbare hym & hise beestis boþe  as þe bible witnessiþOþer-wise þan he was  warned . of þe profeetGod seyde to samuel  þat saul schulde dyeAnd al his seed for þat synne  schenfullich endeSwich a mescheef mede made  saul þe kyng to haueÞat god hatede hym for euere  & alle hise eires afterÞe culorum of þis caas  kepe I not to scheweOn auenture it noyede men  noon eend woldeO.3.285: OC2 alone have wolde in place of wol. I makeFor so is þis world went  wiþ hem þat han powerb 1O.3.286: This quire signature is almost entirely illegible, having been cropped off except for the top of the <b>.Þat who-so seiþ hem soþes  is sunnest I-blamedI concience knowe þis  for kynde witt me tauȝte itO.3.288: OC2 alone place it at the end of the line; most B manuscripts have me yt taughte.Þat resoun schal regne  & rewmes gouerneAnd riȝt as agag hadde  happe schul summeSamuel schal slee hym  & saul schal be blamedAnd dauid schal be diademed  & daunten hem alleAnd oon cristen kyng  kepen hem alleSchal no more Mede be mayster  as sche is nouþeAc loue & lownesse  & lewte to-gyderisÞeise schul be maystris on moold  truþe to saueAnd who-so trespasseþ aȝeyn truþe  or takiþ aȝeyn his willeLewte schal doo hym lawe  & no lijf ellisSchal no seriaunt for her seruyse  were a silken howueNe no pelure in his cloke  for pledyng at þe barreMede of mysdoeris  makiþ many lordisAnd ouerlondislordisO.3.302: A solidus/punctus above londis and above marginal lordis indicate substitution. The uncorrected reading is shared with C2. lawes  ruliþ þe rewmysAc kynde loue schal come ȝet  & concience to-gyderesAnd make of lawe a laborer  swich loue schal ariseAnd swich a pees amonge þe peple  & a parfiȝt truþeÞat Iues schul wene in her witt  & waxe wondir gladÞat Moyses or Messye  be comen in-to þis erþeAnd haue wondir in her hertis  þat men been so treweAlle þat beren basalard  brode swerd or launceAx oþer hachet or any wepene ellisO.3.310: A cross appears in the left margin of ll. 309-310.Schal be demed to þe deþ  but if he do it smyþeO.3.311: OC2C alone have smyþe; most B manuscripts have smyþye.In-to sikil or to syþe  to schar or to culterConflabunt gladios suos in vomeresIch man to pleye wiþ a plow  pikeys or spadeSpynne or sprede dung  or spille hymself wiþ sleuþePreestis & persounes  wiþ placebo to hunte. nota . huntynge curatis .O.3.317: The rubric is divided after nota and huntynge, so that it appears as three lines.And dynge vp-on dauid  ich a day til euen Huntynge or haukyng  if any of hem vseHis boost of his benefice  worþ bynome hym afterSchal neiþer kyng ne knyȝt  cunstable ne meyrOuer-lede þe comune  ne to þe court sompneNe putte hem in panel  to do hem plyȝte her truþeBut after þe dede þat is doon  oo doom schal rewardeMercy or no mercy  as truþe wole acordeKyngys court & comune court  consistorie & chapitleAl schal be but o court  & o baroun be iustiseÞanne worþ trewe tunge a tidy man  þat tenede me neuereBataylis schul noon be  ne no man bere wepenAnd what smyþ þat any smyþeþ  be smyten þer-wiþ to deþeNon leuabit gens contra gentem gladiumO.3.330: OC2FH alone lack & cetera at the end of this line.And er þis fortune falle  fynde men schul þe werstBi sixe sunnes & a schippe  & half a scheef of arwesAnd þe mydele of a mone  schal make þe Iues to turneAnd sarasenys for þat syȝt  schul synge . Gloria in excelsisFor . Machometh & Mede  myshappe schul þat tymeFor . melius est bonum nomen  quam diuicie multeAlso wroþ as þe wiynd  wex Mede in a whyleI can no latyn quod sche  clerkis wotenO.3.338: OC2 alone have the form woten; most B manuscripts have wote. þe soþeSee what salomon seiþ  in sapience bokisÞat he þatO.3.340: Cr23OC2 alone have Þat he þat; variants include That þei that (WHCr1GB), they that (Hm), þat þei (H), That hij that (YCLMR), and Of hem þat (F). ȝyueþ ȝiftes  þe victorie wynneþAnd myche worschip hadde þerwiþ  as holi writ telliþHonorem adquiret  qui dat munera & ceteraI leue wel lady quod concience  þat þi latyn be treweAc þou art like a lady  þat redde a lessoun onesWas Omnia probate  & þat plesede hir herteFor þat lyne . wasO.3.346: OC2 alone lack no before lenger. lenger  at þe leues eendHadde sche lokid þat oþer half  & þe leef turnedSche schulde haue founden fele wordis  folwynge þer-afterQuod bonum est tenete  truþe þat text madeAnd so ferde ȝe madame  ȝe coude no more fyndeÞoo ȝe lokede on sapience  sittynge in ȝoure studieÞis text þat ȝe han told  were good for lordisAc ȝow faylede a cunnynge clerk  þat couþe þe leef haue turnydO.3.353: A solidus/punctus above turnyd accompanied by a caret/punctus in the right margin mark it for deletion.And if ȝe seke sapience eft  fynde schul ȝe þat folewiþA ful teneful text  to hem þat taken MedeAnd þat is Animam autem aufert accipientium & ceteraAnd þat is þe tayl of þe text  of þat þat ȝe schewedenO.3.357: O alone has the form scheweden; most B manuscripts have shewed.Þat þouȝ we wynne worschip  & wiþ Mede haue victorieÞe soule þat þe soude takiþ  bi so myche is boundenO.3.359: OC2 alone have the form bounden; most B manuscripts have bound..