The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 2: Trinity College, Cambridge MS B.15.17 (W)

The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 2: Trinity College, Cambridge MS B.15.17 (W) – Passus 11and Color Facsimile of Richard Rolle's <title>Form of Living – Passus 11William LanglandEdited by Thorlac Turville-Petre and Hoyt N. DugganAssociate Editors: M. Gail Duggan and Catherine A. Farley Graduate Research Assistants Michael Blum, Stephen C. Martin, and John Ivor Carlson. Computer Consultants and ProgrammersOludotun Akinola, Karen Dietz, Susan Gants, Kirk V. Hastings, Susan Munson, Beth Nowviskie, Daniel Pitti, John Price-Wilkin, Thornton Staples, and John Unsworth.University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor, Mich. ISBN: 0-472-00275-9

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2000 Trinity College, Cambridge, MS B.15.17

late 14th or early 15th century Source copy consulted: Trinity College, Cambridge, MS B.15.17

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LatinFrenchGerman2000 cataloger Jackie Shieh New header created Passus .vijus.septimus de visione vt supra TReuþe herde telle her-of . and to Piers he sente To maken his teme . and tilien þe erþe And purchaced hym a pardoun . a pena & a culpa For hym and for hise heires . for euere-moore after And bad hym holde hym at home . and erien hise leyes And alle þat holpen hym to erye . to sette or to sowe Or any ooþer mestier . þat myȝte Piers auaille Pardon wiþ Piers Plowman . truþe haþ ygraunted ¶ Kynges and knyȝtes . þat kepen holy chirche And riȝtfully in Remes . rulen þe peple Han pardon þoruȝ purgatorie . to passen ful liȝtly Wiþ Patriarkes and prophetes . in paradis to be felawe ¶ Bysshopes yblessed . if þei ben as þei sholde Legistres of boþe lawes . þe lewed þer-wiþ to preche And in as muche as þei mowe . amenden alle synfulle Arn peres wiþ þe Apostles . þis pardon Piers sheweþ And at þe day of dome . at þe heiȝe deys sitte ¶ Marchauntz in þe margyne . hadde manye yeres Ac noon A pena & a culpa . þe pope nolde hem graunte For þei holde noȝt hir halidayes . as holy chirche techeþ And for þei swere by hir soule . and so god moste hem helpe Ayein clene Conscience . hir catel to selle ¶ Ac vnder his secret seel . truþe sente hem a lettre That þei sholde buggen boldely . þat hem best liked And siþenes selle it ayein . and saue þe wynnyng And amende Mesondieux þer-myd . and myseise folk helpe And wikkede weyes . wightly amende And do boote to brugges . þat tobroke were Marien maydenes . or maken hem Nonnes Pouere peple and prisons . fynden hem hir foode ¶ And sette Scolers to scole . or to som oþere craftes Releue Religion . and renten hem bettre And I shal sende yow my-selue . Seint Michel myn Archangel That no deuel shal yow dere . ne fere yow in youre deying And witen yow fro wanhope . if ye wol þus werche And sende youre soules in saufte . to my Seintes in Ioye ¶ Thanne were Marchauntz murie . manye wepten for ioye And preiseden Piers þe Plowman . þat purchaced þis bulle ¶ Men of lawe leest pardon hadde . þat pleteden for Mede For þe Sauter saueþ hem noȝt . swiche as take ȝiftes And nameliche of Innocentz . þat noon yuel ne konneþ Super innocentem munera non accipies ¶ Pledours sholde peynen hem . to plede for swiche and helpe Princes and prelates . sholde paie for hire trauaille A Regibus & principibus erit merces eorum ¶ Ac many a Iustice and Iurour . wolde for Iohan do moore Than pro dei pietate . leue þow noon ooþer ¶ Ac he þat spendeþ his speche . and spekeþ for þe pouere W.7.48:nota That is Innocent and nedy . and no man apeireþ W.7.49: nota Conforteþ hym in þat caas . wiþ-outen coueitise of ȝiftes W.7.50: nota And sheweþ lawe for oure lordes loue . as he it haþ ylerned W.7.51: nota Shal no deuel at his deeþ-day . deren hym a myte That he ne worþ saaf and his soule . þe Sauter bereþ witnesse ¶ Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo ¶ Ac to bugge water ne wynd . ne wit ne fir þe ferþe Thise foure þe fader of heuene . made to þis foold in commune Thise ben truþes tresores . trewe folk to helpe That neuere shul wexe ne wanye . wiþ-outen god hym-selue ¶ Whan þei drawen on to deye . and Indulgences wolde haue Hir pardon is ful petit . at hir partyng hennes That any Mede of mene men . for hir motyng takeþ Ye legistres and lawieres . holdeþ þis for truþe That if þat I lye . Mathew is to blame For he bad me make yow þis . and þis prouerbe me tolde Quodcumque vultis vt faciant vobis homines . facite eis W.7.65:nota ¶ Alle libbynge laborers . þat lyuen wiþ hir hondesW.7.66-69: A vertical pen mark appears at the end of this line and the three following lines, which we take to represent nota. W.7.66:nota That treweliche taken . and treweliche wynnen W.7.67: nota And lyuen in loue and in lawe . for hir lowe hertes W.7.68: nota Haueþ þe same absolucion . þat sent was to Piers W.7.69: nota ¶ Beggeres ne bidderes . ne beþ noȝt in þe bulle But if þe suggestion be sooþ . þat shapeþ hem to begge For he þat beggeþ or bit . but if he haue nede W.7.72:nota He is fals wiþ þe feend . and defraudeþ þe nedy W.7.73:nota And also he bigileþ þe gyuere . ageynes his wille For if he wiste he were noȝt nedy . he wolde ȝyue þat anoþer That were moore nedy þan he . so þe nedieste sholde be holpe Caton kenneþ me þus . and þe clerc of stories Cui des videto . is Catons techyng W.7.78:nota ¶ And in þe stories he techeþ . to bistowe þyn almesse Sit elemosina tua in manu tua donec studes cui des W.7.80: The nota appears inside the box to the right of the line. ¶ Ac Gregory was a good man . and bad vs gyuen alle W.7.81:nota That askeþ for his loue . þat vs al leneþ W.7.82:nota Non eligas cui miseriaris nefortene forte pretereas illum qui meretur accipereW.7.83: The end of the box is cropped in the right margin, though no text appears to have been lost. Quia incertum est pro quo deo magis placeas W.7.84:nota ¶ For wite ye neuere who is worþi . ac god woot who haþ nede W.7.85:nota In hym þat takeþ is þe trecherie . if any treson walke W.7.86:nota For he þat yeueþ yeldeþ . and yarkeþ hym to reste And he þat biddeþ borweþ . and bryngeþ hym-self in dette For beggeres borwen euere-mo . and hir borgh is god almyȝty To yelden hem þat yeueþ hem . and yet vsure moore ¶ Quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam vt ego veniam cum vsuris exigere ¶ For-þi biddeþ noȝt ye beggeres . but if ye haue gret nede For who-so haþ to buggen hym breed . þe book bereþ witnesse He haþ ynouȝ þat haþ breed ynouȝ . þouȝ he haue noȝt ellis ¶ Satis diues est qui non indiget pane W.7.95:nota ¶ Lat vsage be youre solas . of seintes lyues redyng The book banneþ beggerie . and blameþ hem in þis manere ¶ Iunior fui etenim senui & non vidi iustum derelictum nene[c]W.7.98: W alone reads ne. Other B manuscripts have nec. semen eius &c ¶ For ye lyue in no loue . ne no lawe holde Manye of yow ne wedde noȝt . þe womman þat ye wiþ deele But as wilde bestes with wehee . worþen vppe and werchen And bryngen forþ barnes . þat bastardes men calleþ Or þe bak or som boon . he brekeþ in his youþe And siþþe goon faiten with youre fauntes . for euere-moore after Ther is moore mysshapen peple . amonges þise beggeres W.7.105:nota Than of alle manere men . þat on þis moolde walkeþ W.7.106: nota And þei þat lyue þus hir lif . mowe loþe þe tyme W.7.107:nota That euere þei were men wroȝt . whan þei shal hennes fare W.7.108: nota Ac olde men and hore . þat helplees ben of strengþe And wommen wiþ childe . þat werche ne mowe Blynde and bedreden . and broken hire membres That taken þise myschiefs mekeliche . as Mesels and oþere Han as pleyn pardon . as þe Plowman hym-selue For loue of hir lowe hertes . oure lord haþ hem graunted Hir penaunce and hir Purgatorie . here on þis erþe ¶ Piers quod a preest þoo . þi pardon moste I rede For I wol construe ech clause . and kenne it þee on englissh ¶ And Piers at his preiere . þe pardon vnfoldeþ And I bihynde hem boþe . biheld al þe bulle And in two lynes it lay . and noȝt a leef moore And was writen riȝt þus . in witnesse of truþe ¶ Et qui bona egerunt ibunt in vitam eternam W.7.122:nota Qui vero mala in ignem eternumW.7.123: To the right of this line is a smudged scribble. W.7.123:nota ¶ Peter quod þe preest þoo . I kan no pardon fynde But dowel and haue wel . and god shal haue þi soule W.7.125:nota And do yuel and haue yuel . hope þow noon ooþer W.7.126:nota But after þi deeþ-day . þe deuel shal haue þi soule W.7.127:nota ¶ And Piers for pure tene . pulled it atweyne And seide Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis W.7.129:nota non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es ¶ I shal cessen of my sowyng quod Piers . & swynke noȝt so harde Ne aboute my bely ioye . so bisy be namoore Of preieres and of penaunce . my plouȝ shal ben her-after And wepen whan I sholde slepe . þouȝ whete breed me faille ¶ The prophete his payn eet . in penaunce and in sorwe ¶ By þat þe Sauter seith . so dide othere manye That loueþ god lelly . his liflode is ful esy ¶ Fuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte W.7.137:nota ¶ And but if luc lye . he lereþ vs by foweles We sholde noȝt be to bisy . aboute þe worldes blisse Ne soliciti sitis  he seiþ in þe gospel And sheweþ vs by ensamples . vs-selue to wisse The foweles in þe feld . who fynt hem mete at wynter W.7.142:nota Haue þei no gerner to go to . but god fynt hem alle W.7.143:nota ¶ What quod þe preest to Perkyn . Peter as me þynkeþ Thow art lettred alitela litel . who lerned þee on boke ¶ Abstynence þe Abbesse quod Piers . myn / a / . b / . c . / me tauȝte And Conscience cam afterward . and kenned me muche moore ¶ Were þow a preest quod he . þou myȝtest preche where þou sholdest As diuinour in diuinite . wiþ Dixit insipiens to þi teme ¶ Lewed lorel quod Piers . litel lokestow on þe bible On Salomons sawes . selden þow biholdest Ecce derisores & iurgia cum eis ne crescant &c ¶ The preest and Perkyn . opposeden eiþer ooþer And I þoruȝ hir wordes awook . and waited aboute And seiȝ þe sonne in þe South . sitte þat tyme Metelees and moneilees . on Maluerne hulles Musynge on þis metels . and my wey ich yede MAny tyme þis metels . haþ maked me to studie Of þat I seiȝ slepynge . if it so be myȝte And also for Piers þe Plowman . ful pencif in herte And which a pardon Piers hadde . al þe peple to conforte And how þe preest inpugned it . wiþ two propre wordes Ac I haue no sauour in Songewarie . for I se it ofte faille Caton and Canonistres . counseillen vs to leue To sette sadnesse in Songewarie . for sompnia ne cures ¶ Ac for þe book bible . bereþ witnesse How Daniel diuined . þe dreem of a kyng That was Nabugodonosor . nempned of clerkes ¶ Daniel . seide sire kyng . þi dremels bitokneþ That vnkouþe knyȝtes shul come . þi kyngdom to cleyme Amonges lower lordes . þi lond shal be departed And as Daniel diuined . in dede it fel after The kyng lees his lordshipe . and lower men it hadde ¶ And Ioseph mette merueillously . how þe moone and þe sonne And þe elleuene sterres . hailsed hym alle ¶ Thanne Iacob iugged . Iosephes sweuene Beau fitz quod his fader . for defaute we shullen I my-self and my sones . seche þee for nede ¶ It bifel as his fader seide . in Pharaoes tyme That Ioseph was Iustice . Egipte to loke It bifel as his fader tolde . hise frendes þere hym souȝte And al þis makeþ me . on þis metels to þynke ¶ And how þe preest preued . no pardon to dowel And demed þat dowel . Indulgences passed Biennals and triennals . and Bisshopes lettres And how dowel at þe day of dome . is digneliche vnderfongen And passeþ al þe pardon . of Seint Petres cherche ¶ Now haþ þe pope power . pardon to graunte þe peple Wiþ-outen any penaunce . to passen in-to heuene This is oure bileue . as lettred men vs techeþ ¶ Quodcumque ligaueris super terram . erit ligatum & in celis &c ¶ And so I leue leelly . lordes forbode ellis That pardon and penaunce . and preieres doon saue Soules þat haue synned . seuen siþes dedly Ac to truste to þise triennals . trewely me þynkeþ Is noȝt so siker for þe soule . certes as is dowel ¶ For-þi I rede yow renkes . þat riche ben on þis erþe Vp-on trust of youre tresor . triennals to haue Be ye neuer þe bolder . to breke þe .x.ten hestes And namely ye maistres . Meires and Iugges That haue þe welþe of þis world . and for wise men ben holden To purchace yow pardon . and þe popes bulles At þe dredful dome . whan dede shulle rise And comen alle tofore crist . acountes to yelde How þow laddest þi lif here . and hise lawes keptest And how þow didest day by day . þe doom wole reherce A poke-ful of pardon þere . ne prouincials lettres Theiȝ ye be founde in þe fraternite . of alle þe foure ordres And haue Indulgences double-fold . but if dowel yow helpe I sette youre patentes and youre pardon . at one pies hele ¶ For-þi I counseille alle cristene . to crie god mercy . And Marie his moder . be oure meene bitwene That god gyue vs grace here . er we go hennes Swiche werkes to werche . while we ben here That after oure deeþ-day . dowel reherce At þe day of dome . we dide as he hiȝtePassus viijusoctauus de visione & primus de Dowel Thus yrobed in russet . I romed aboute Al a somer seson . for to seke dowel And frayned ful ofte . of folk þat I mette If any wiȝt wiste . wher dowel was at Inne And what man he myȝte be . of many man I asked ¶ Was neuere wiȝt as I wente . þat me wisse kouþe Where þis leode lenged . lasse ne moore Til it bifel on a Friday . two freres I mette Maistres of þe Menours . men of grete witte I hailsed hem hendely . as I hadde y-lerned And preide hem par charite . er þei passed ferþer If þei knewe any contree . or costes as þei wente Where þat dowel dwelleþ . dooþ me to witene For þei be men of þis moolde . þat moost wide walken And knowen contrees and courtes . and many kynnes places Boþe princes paleises . and pouere mennes cotes And dowel and doyuele . wher þei dwelle boþe ¶ Amonges vs quod þe Menours . þat man is dwellynge And euere haþ as I hope . and euere shal her-after ¶ Contra quod I as a clerc . and comsed to disputen And seide hem sooþly . Sepcies in die cadit Iustus W.8.21:nota ¶ Seuene siþes seiþ þe book . synneþ þe rightfulle And who-so synneþ I seide . dooþ yuele as me þynkeþ And dowel and doyuele . mowe noȝt dwelle togideres Ergo he nys noȝt alwey . amonges yow freres He is ouþerwhile ellis-where . to wisse þe peple ¶ I shal seye þee my sone . seide þe frere þanne How seuen siþes þe sadde man . on a day synneþ By a forbisne quod þe frere . I shal þee faire shewe Lat brynge a man in a boot . amydde þe brode watre W.8.30:nota The wynd and þe water . and þe boot waggyng W.8.31:nota Makeþ þe man many a tyme . to falle and to stonde W.8.32:nota For stonde he neuer so stif . he stumbleþ if he meue W.8.33:nota Ac yet is he saaf and sound . and so hym bihoueþ W.8.34:nota For if he ne arise þe raþer . and rauȝte to þe steere W.8.35:nota The wynd wolde wiþ þe water . þe boot ouer-þrowe W.8.36:nota And þanne were his lif lost . þoruȝ lachesse of hym-selue W.8.37:nota ¶ And þus it falleþ quod þe frere . by folk here on erþe W.8.38:nota The water is likned to þe world . þat wanyeþ and wexeþ W.8.39:nota The goodes of þis grounde arn lik . to þe grete wawes W.8.40:nota That as wyndes and wedres . walkeþ aboute W.8.41:nota The boot is likned to oure body . þat brotel is of kynde W.8.42:nota That þoruȝ þe fend and þe flessh . and þe frele worlde W.8.43:nota Synneþ þe sadde man . a day seuen siþes W.8.44:nota ¶ Ac dedly synne doþ he noȝt . for dowel hym kepeþ And þat is charite þe champion . chief help ayein synne For he strengþeþ menW.8.47: W alone reads men; other B manuscripts have man. to stonde . and steereþ mannes soule And þouȝ þe body bowe . as boot dooþ in þe watre W.8.48:nota Ay is þi soule saaf . but if þow wole þi-selueW.8.49:W alone reads þow wole þi-selue; most other B manuscripts read thiself woll, although CrS have thou wylt thyselfe and M has þou þiseluen wole. W.8.49:nota Do a deedly synne . and drenche so þi soule God wole suffre wel þi sleuþe . if þi-self likeþ For he yaf þee a yeresȝyue . to yeme wel þi-selue W.8.52:nota And þat is wit and free wil . to euery wiȝt a porcion W.8.53:nota To fleynge foweles . to fisshes and to beestes W.8.54:nota Ac man haþ moost þer-of . and moost is to blame W.8.55:nota But if he werche wel þer-wiþ . as dowel hym techeþ W.8.56:nota ¶ I haue no kynde knowyng quod I . to conceyuen alle youre wordes Ac if I may lyue and loke . I shal go lerne bettre ¶ I bikenne þee crist quod he . þat on cros deyde And I seide þe same . saue yow fro myschaunce And ȝyue yow grace on þis grounde . goode men to worþe ANd þus I wente wide-wher . walkyng myn one By a wilde wildernesse . and by a wodes side Blisse of þe briddes . brouȝte me aslepe W.8.64:nota And vnder a lynde vp-on a launde . lened I a stounde To lyþe þe layes . þo louely foweles made Murþe of hire mouþes . made me þer to slepleslepe W.8.67:nota The merueillouseste metels . mette me þanne That euer dremed wiȝt . in world as I wene ¶ A muche man as me þouȝte . and lik to my-selue Cam and called me . by my kynde name ¶ What artow quod I þo . þat þow my name knowest ¶ That þow woost wel quod he . and no wiȝt bettre ¶ Woot I what þow art . þouȝt seide he þanne I haue sued þee þis seuen yeer . seye þow me no raþer ¶ Artow þouȝt quod I þoo . þow koudest me wisse Where þat dowel dwelleþ . and do me þat to knowe ¶ Dowel and dobet . and dobest þe þridde quod he W.8.78:nota Arn þre faire vertues . and ben noȝt fer to fynde W.8.79:nota Who-so is trewe of his tunge . and of his two handes W.8.80:nota And þoruȝ his labour . or þoruȝ his land . his liflode wynneþ W.8.81:nota And is trusty of his tailende . takeþ but his owene W.8.82:nota And is noȝt dronkelewe ne dedeynous . dowel hym folweþ W.8.83:nota ¶ Dobet dooþ riȝt þus . ac he dooþ muche moore He is as lowe as a lomb . and louelich of speche W.8.85:nota ¶ And helpeþ alle men . after þat hem nedeþ The bagges and þe bigirdles . he haþ to-broke hem alle That þe Erl Auarous . heeld and hise heires And þus wiþ Mammonaes moneie . he haþ maad hym frendes And is ronne to Religion . and haþ rendred þe bible And precheþ to þe peple . Seint Poules wordes ¶ Libenter suffertis insipientes . cum sitis ipsi sapientes ¶ And suffreþ þe vnwise . wiþ yow for to libbe W.8.93:nota And wiþ glad wille dooþ hem good . for so god yow hoteþ ¶ Dobest is aboue boþe . and bereþ a bisshopes crosse Is hoked on þat oon ende . to halie men fro helle A pik is on þat potente . to putte adown þe wikked That waiten any wikkednesse . dowel to tene And dowel and dobet . amonges hem han ordeyned To crowne oon to be kyng . to rulen hem boþe That if dowel or dobet . dide ayein dobest Thanne shal þe kyng come . and casten hem in Irens And but if dobest bede for hem . þei to be þer for euere ¶ Thus dowel and dobet . and dobest þe þridde Crouned oon to be kyng . to kepen hem alle And to rule þe Reme . by hire þre wittes And noon ooþer wise . but as þei þre assented ¶ I þonked þoȝt þo . þat he me þus tauȝte Ac yet sauoreþ me noȝt þi seying . I coueite to lerne How dowel . dobet . and dobest . doon among þe peple ¶ But wit konne wisse þee quod þoȝt . where þo þre dwelle Ellis woot I noon þat kan . þat now is alyue ¶ Thoȝt and I þus . þre daies we yeden Disputyng vp-on dowel . day after ooþer And er we were war . wiþ wit gonne we mete He was long and lene . lik to noon ooþer Was no pride on his apparaille . ne pouerte neiþer W.8.117:nota Sad of his semblaunt . and of softe chere W.8.118:nota I dorste meue no matere . to maken hym to Iangle But as I bad þoȝt þoo . be mene bitwene And pute forþ som purpos . to preuen hise wittes What was Dowel fro dobet . and dobest from hem boþe ¶ Thanne þoȝt in þat tyme . seide þise wordes Where dowel . dobet . and dobest ben in londe Here is wil wolde wite . if wit koude teche hym And wheiþer he be man or womman . þis man fayn wolde aspie And werchen as þei þre wolde . thus is his ententePassus vndecimus Thanne Scripture scorned me . and a skile tolde And lakked me in latyn . and liȝt by me she sette And seide Multi multa sciunt & seipsos nesciunt ¶ Tho wepte I for wo . and wraþe of hir speche And in a wynkynge wraþe . weex I aslepe A merueillous metels mette me þanne That I was rauysshed riȝt þere . and Fortune me fette And in-to þe lond of longynge . allone she me brouȝte And in a Mirour þat hiȝte middelerþe . she made me to biholde SoneW.11.10: W alone reads Sone; most other B manuscripts have Siþen. she seide to me . here myȝtow se wondres And knowe þat þow coueitest . and come þer-to paraunter ¶ Thanne hadde Fortune folwynge hire . two faire damyseles Concupiscencia carnis . men called þe elder mayde And Coueitise of eiȝes . ycalled was þat ooþer Pride of parfit lyuynge . pursued hem boþe And bad me for my contenaunce . acounten Clergie liȝte ¶ Concupiscencia carnis . colled me aboute þe nekke And seide þow art yong and yeep . and hast yeres ynowe W.11.18:nota For to lyue longe . and ladies to louye W.11.19:nota And in þis Mirour þow myȝt se . myȝtes ful manye That leden þee wole to likynge . al þi lif-tyme ¶ The secounde seide þe same . I shal sewe þi wille Til þow be a lord and haue lond . leten þee I nelle That I ne shal folwe þi felawship . if Fortune it like He shal fynde me his frend . quod Fortune þer-after The freke þat folwede my wille . failled neuere blisse W.11.26:nota ¶ Thanne was þer oon þat hiȝte Elde . þat heuy was of chere Man quod he if I mete wiþ þe . by Marie of heuene Thow shalt fynde Fortune þee faille . at þi mooste nede And Concupiscencia carnis . clene þee forsake Bittrely shaltow banne þanne . boþe dayes and nyȝtes Coueitise of eiȝe . þat euere þow hir knewe And pride of parfit lyuynge . to muche peril þee brynge ¶ Ye recche þee neuere quod Rechelesnesse . stood forþ in raggede cloþes Folwe forþ þat Fortune wole . þow hast wel fer til Elde A man may stoupe tyme ynoȝ . whan he shal tyne þe crowne W.11.36:nota ¶ Homo proponit quod a poete . and Plato he hiȝte And Deus disponit quod he . lat god doon his wille If truþe wol witnesse it be wel do . Fortune to folwe Concupiscencia carnis . ne Coueitise of eiȝes Ne shal noȝt greue þee gretly . ne bigileW.11.41: W alone omits þee after bigile. but if þow wolt þi-selueW.11.41: W alone reads þi-selue; other B manuscripts omit it. ¶ Ye fare-wel Phippe quod Faunteltee . and forþ gan me drawe Til Concupiscencia carnis . acorded alle my werkes ¶ Allas eiȝe quod Elde . and holynesse boþe That wit shal torne to wrecchednesse . for wil to haue his likyng W.11.45:nota ¶ Coueitise of eiȝes . conforted me anoon after And folwed me fourty wynter . and a fifte moore That of dowel ne dobet . no deyntee me þouȝte I hadde no likyng leue me if þee list . of hem ouȝt to knowe Coueitise of eiȝes . com ofter in mynde Than dowel or dobet . among my dedes alle ¶ Coueitise of eiȝes . conforted me ofte W.11.52:nota And seide haue no conscience . how þow come to goode W.11.53:nota Go confesse þee to som frere . and shewe hym þi synnes W.11.54:nota For whiles Fortune is þi frend . freres wol þee louye W.11.55:nota And fecche þee to hir Fraternitee . and for þe biseke W.11.56:nota To hir Priour prouincial . a pardon for to haue W.11.57:nota And preien for þee pol by pol . if þow be pecuniosus W.11.58:nota Set pena pecuniaria non sufficit pro spiritualibus delictis ¶ By wissynge of þis wenche I wrouȝte . hir wordes were so swete Til I foryat youþe . and yarn in-to Elde ¶ And þanne was Fortune my foo . for al hir faire specheW.11.62: W alone reads speche; other B manuscripts have biheste. W.11.62:nota And pouerte pursued me . and putte me lowe W.11.63:nota ¶ And þo fond I þe frere afered . and flittynge boþe Ayeins oure firste forward . for I seide I nolde Be buried at hire hous . but at my parisshe chirche For I herde ones . how Conscience it tolde That þere a man were cristned . by kynde he sholde be buryed Or where he were parisshen . riȝt þere he sholde be grauen And for I seide þus to freres . a fool þei me helden And loued me þe lasse . for my lele speche ¶ Ac yet I cryde on my Confessour . þat heeld hym-self so konnyng W.11.72:nota By my feiþ frere quod I . ye faren lik þise woweris W.11.73:nota That wedde none widwes . but for to welden hir goodes W.11.74:nota Riȝt so by þe roode . rouȝte ye neuere W.11.75:nota Where my body were buryed . by so ye hadde my siluer W.11.76:nota ¶ Ich haue muche merueille of yow . and so haþ many anoþer Whi youre Couent coueiteþ . to confesse and to burye Raþer þan to baptize barnes . þat ben Catecumelynges Baptizynge and buryinge . boþe beþ ful nedefulle Ac muche moore meritorie . me þynkeþ it is to baptize For a baptized man may . as þise maistres telleþ Thoruȝ contricion come . to þe heiȝe heuene W.11.84: This boxed line appears as an insertion placed immediately to the right of the previous line with two red diagonal pen strokes to indicate its proper place in the sequence. The hand of the text is that of the original scribe. Sola contricio &c Ac barn wiþ-outen bapteme . may noȝt so be saued Nisi quis renatus fuerit . loke ye lettred men . wheiþer I lye or do noȝt . And lewte loked on me . and I loured after ¶ Wher-fore lourestow quod lewtee . and loked on me harde ¶ If I dorste quod I amonges men . þis metels auowe ¶ Ȝis by Peter and by Poul quod he . and took hem boþe to witnesse Non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo . set publice argue illos ¶ They wole aleggen also quod I . and by þe gospel preuen Nolite iudicare quemquam . ¶ And wher-of serueþ lawe quod lewtee . if no lif vndertoke it Falsnesse ne faiterie . for som-what þe Apostle seide Non oderis fratrem . And in þe Sauter also . seiþ dauid þe prophete Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis &c ¶ It is licitum for lewed men . to sigge þe soþe W.11.98:nota If hem likeþ and lest . ech a lawe it graunteþ W.11.99:nota Excepte persons and preestes . and prelates of holy chirche W.11.100:nota It falleþ noȝt for þat folk . no tales to telle W.11.101:nota Thouȝ þe tale be trewe . and it touche synne W.11.102:nota ¶ Þyng þat al þe world woot . wher-fore sholdestow spare To reden it in Retorik . to arate dedly synne Ac be neuere-moore þe firste . defauteW.11.105: W alone omits þe before defaute. to blame Thouȝ þow se yuel seye it noȝt first . be sory it nere amended No þyng þat is pryue . publice þow it neuere W.11.107:nota Neiþer for loue preiseW.11.108: W alone reads preise; most other B manuscripts have laude. it noȝt . ne lakke it for enuye W.11.108:nota Parum lauda vitupera parcius ¶ He seiþ sooþ quod Scripture þo . and skipte anheiȝan heiȝ and preched Ac þe matere þat she meued . if lewed men it knewe Þe lasse as I leue . louyen it þei wolde ¶ This was hir teme and hir text . I took ful good hede Multi to a mangerie . and to þe mete were sompned And whan þe peple was plener comen . þe porter vnpynned þe yate And plukked In Pauci pryueliche . and leet þe remenaunt go rome ¶ Al for tene of hir text . trembled myn herte And in aweera weer gan I wexe . and wiþ my-self to dispute Wheiþer I were chosen or noȝt chosen . on holichirche I þouȝte That vnderfonged me atte font . for oon of goddes chosene For crist cleped vs alle . come if we wolde Sarzens and scismatikes . and so he dide þe Iewes O vos omnes sicientes venite &c And bad hem souke for synne . safly at his breste And drynke boote for bale . brouke it who-so myȝte ¶ Thanne may alle cristene come quod I . and cleyme þere entree By þe blood þat he bouȝte vs wiþ . and þoruȝ bapteme after Qui crediderit & baptizatus fuerit &c For þouȝ a cristen man coueited . his cristendom to reneye Riȝtfully to reneye . no reson it wolde ¶ For may no cherl chartre make . ne his catel selle Wiþ-outen leue of his lord . no lawe wol it graunte Ac he may renne in arerage . and rome so fro home And as a reneyed caytif . recchelesly rennen aboute And reson shal rekene wiþ hym . and casten hym in arerage And putten hym after in a prison . in purgatorie to brenne For hise arerages rewarden hym þere . to þe day of dome But if Contricion wol come . and crye by his lyue Mercy for hise mysdedes . wiþ mouþe and wiþ herte ¶ That is sooþ seide Scripture . may no synne lette Mercy al to amende . and Mekenesse hir folwe For þei beþ as oure bokes telleþ . aboue goddes werkes Misericordia eius super omnia opera eius ¶ Ye baw for bokes quod oon . was broken out of helle Hiȝte Troianus hadde ben a trewe knyȝt . took witnesse at a pope How he was ded and dampned . to dwellen in pyne For an vncristene creature . clerkes wite þe soþe That al þe clergie vnder crist . ne myȝte me cracche fro helle But oonliche loue and leautee . and my laweful domes ¶ Gregorie wiste þis wel . and wilned to my soule Sauacion for sooþnesse . þat he seiȝ in my werkes And after þat he wepte . and wilned me were graunted Grace . wiþ-outen any bede biddyng . his boone was vnderfongen And I saued as ye see . wiþ-outen syngynge of masses By loue and by lernyng . of my lyuynge in truþe W.11.155:nota Brouȝte me fro bitter peyne . þer no biddyng myȝte W.11.156:nota ¶ Lo ye lordes what leautee dide . by an Emperour of Rome That was an vncristene creature . as clerkes fyndeþ in bokes Nouȝt þoruȝ preiere of a pope . but for his pure truþe Was þat Sarsen saued . as Seint Gregorie bereþ witnesse ¶ Wel ouȝte ye lordes þat lawes kepe . þis lesson to haue in mynde And on Troianus truþe to þenke . and do truþe to þe peple Lawe wiþ-outen loue quod Troianus . ley þer a bene W.11.163:nota Or any Science vnder sonne . þe seuene artz and alle But þei ben lerned for oure lordes loue . lost is al þe tyme For no cause to cacche siluer þer-by . ne to be called a maister But al for loue of oure lord . and þe bet to loue þe peple For Seint Iohan seide it . and soþe arn hise wordes Qui non diligit manet in morte ¶ Who-so loueþ noȝt leue me . he lyueþ in deeþ-deyinge And þat alle manere men . enemyes and frendes W.11.171:nota Loue hir eyþer ooþer . and lene hem as hem-selue W.11.172:nota Who-so leneþ noȝt he loueþ noȝt . god woot þe soþe W.11.173:nota CristW.11.174: W alone reads Crist; F reads he; other B manuscripts have And. comaundeþ ech a creature . to conformen hym to louye W.11.174:nota And souereynly þe pouere peple . and hir enemyes after W.11.175:nota For hem þat haten vs . is oure merite to louye W.11.176:nota And pouere peple to plese . hir preieres maye vs helpe W.11.177:nota And oure Ioye and oure heele . Iesu crist of heuene W.11.178:nota In a pouere mannes apparaille . pursued vs euere W.11.179:nota And lokeþ on vs in hir liknesse . and þat wiþ louely chere W.11.180:nota To knowen vs by oure kynde herte . and castynge of oure eiȝen W.11.181:nota Wheiþer we loue þe lordes here . bifore þe lord of blisse W.11.182:nota And exciteþ vs by þe Euaungelie . þat whan we maken festes We sholde noȝt clepe oure kyn þer-to . ne none kynnes riche ¶ Cum facitis conuiuia nolite inuitare amicos Ac calleþ þe carefulle þer-to . þe croked and þe pouere W.11.186:nota For youre frendes wol feden yow . and fonde yow to quyte Youre festynge and youre faire ȝifte . ech frend quyteþ so ooþer ¶ Ac for þe pouere I shal paie . and pure wel quyte hir trauaille W.11.189:nota That ȝyueþ hem mete or moneie . or loueþ hem for my sake W.11.190:nota For þe beste ben som riche . and some beggeres and pouere W.11.191:nota For alle are we cristes creatures . and of his cofres riche W.11.192:nota And breþeren as of oo blood . as wel beggeres as Erles W.11.193:nota For on Caluarie of cristes blood . cristendom gan sprynge W.11.194:nota And blody breþeren we bicome þere . of o body ywonne W.11.195:nota As quasi modo geniti . and gentil men echone W.11.196:nota No beggere ne boye amonges vs . but if it synne made Qui facit peccatum seruus est peccati &c ¶ In þe olde lawe . as holy lettre telleþ Mennes sones . men callenW.11.200: W alone reads callen; most other B manuscripts have called, though B has calliþ. vs echone Of Adames issue and Eue . ay til god-man deide And after his resurexcion . Redemptor was his name And we hise breþeren þoruȝ hym ybouȝt . boþe riche and pouere ¶ For-þi loue we as leue breþeren . and ech man laughe of ooþer W.11.204:nota And of þat ech man may forbere . amende þere it nedeþ W.11.205:nota And euery man helpe ooþer . for hennes shul we alle W.11.206:nota Alter alterius onera portate ¶ And be we noȝt vnkynde of oure catel . ne of oure konnyng neiþer W.11.208:nota For woot no man how neiȝ it is . to ben ynome fro boþe W.11.209:nota For-þi lakke no lif ooþer . þouȝ he moore latyn knowe Ne vndernyme noȝt foule . for is noon wiþ-oute defaute For what-euere clerkes carpe . of cristendom or ellis Crist to a commune womman seide . in commune at a feste That Fides sua sholde sauen hire . and saluen hire of synnes ¶ Thanne is bileue a lele help . aboue logyk or lawe Of logyk or of lawe . in legenda sanctorum Is litel alowaunce maad . but if bileue hem helpe For it is ouer-longe er logyk . any lesson assoille And lawe is looþ to louye . but if he lacche siluer Boþe logyk and lawe . þat loueþ noȝt to lye I conseille alle cristene . clyue noȝt þer-on to soore For some wordes I fynde writen . þat were of Feiþes techyng That saued synful men . as Seint Iohan bereþ witnesse ¶ Eadem mensura qua mensi fueritis remecietur vobis ¶ For-þi lerne we þe lawe of loue . as oure lord tauȝte W.11.225:nota And as Seint Gregorie seide . for mannes soule helþe W.11.226:nota ¶ Melius est scrutari scelera nostra quam naturas rerum ¶ Why I meue þis matere . is moost for þe pouere For in hir liknesse oure lord . ofte haþ ben yknowe Witnesse in þe Pask wyke . whan he yede to Emaus Cleophas ne knew hym noȝt . þat he crist were For his pouere apparaille . and pilgrymes wedes Til he blessede and brak . þe breed þat þei eten So bi hise werkes þei wisten . þat he was Iesus Ac by cloþyng þei knewe hym noȝt . ne by carpynge of tunge ¶ And al was in ensample . to vs synfulle here W.11.236:nota That we sholde be lowe . and loueliche of speche W.11.237:nota And apparaille vs noȝt ouer-proudly . for pilgrymes are we alle W.11.238:nota ¶ And in þe apparaille of a pouere man . and pilgrymes liknesse W.11.239:nota Many tyme god haþ ben met . among nedy peple W.11.240:nota Ther neuere segge hym seiȝ . in secte of þe riche W.11.241:nota ¶ Seint Iohan and oþere seintes . were seyen in poore cloþyng And as pouere pilgrymes . preyed mennes goodes ¶ Iesu crist on a Iewes doȝter liȝte . gentil womman þouȝ she were Was a pure pouere maide . and to a pouere man ywedded ¶ Martha on Marie Maudeleyne . anhugean huge pleynt made And to oure Saueour self . seide þise wordes ¶ Domine non est tibi cure quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare ¶ And hastily god answerde . and eiþeres wille folwed Boþe Marthaes and Maries . as Mathew bereþ witnesse Ac pouerte god putte bifore . and preised þat þe bettre W.11.251:nota Maria optimam partem elegit que non &c ¶ And alle þe wise þat euere were . by auȝt I kan aspye PreisedenW.11.254: The past tense Preiseden is shared with M; other B manuscripts have Preisen. pouerte for best lif . if Pacience it folwedW.11.254: W alone reads folwed; most other B manuscripts have folwe. And boþe bettre and blesseder . by many fold þan Richesse ForW.11.256: W alone reads For; other B manuscripts have And or Al. þouȝ it be sour to suffre . þer-after comeþ swete W.11.256:nota As on a walnote wiþ-oute . is a bitter barke W.11.257:nota And after þat bitter bark . be þe shelle aweye W.11.258:nota Is a kernel of confort . kynde to restore W.11.259:nota ¶ So is after pouerte or penaunce . paciently ytake W.11.260:nota For it makeþ a man to haue mynde . in god and a gret wille W.11.261:nota ¶ To wepe and to wel bidde . wher-of wexeþ Mercy W.11.262:nota Of which crist is a kernelle . to conforte þe soule W.11.263:nota And wel sikerer he slepeþ . þe man þat is pouere And lasse he dredeþ deeþ . and in derke to ben yrobbed W.11.265:nota Than he þat is riȝt riche . Reson bereþ witnesse W.11.266:nota Pauper ego ludo dum tu diues meditaris ¶ Al-þouȝ Salomon seide . as folk seeþ in þe bible Diuicias nec paupertates &c Wiser þan Salomon was . bereþ witnesse and tauȝte That parfit pouerte was . no possession to haue W.11.271:nota And lif moost likynge to god . as luc bereþ witnesse W.11.272:nota Si vis perfectus esse . vade & vendeW.11.273: W alone omits &c after vende. ¶ And is to mene to men . þat on þis moolde lyuen Who-so wole be pure parfit . moot possession forsake Or selle it as seiþ þe book . and þe siluer dele To beggeris þat goon and begge . and bidden good for goddes loue For failed neuere man mete . þat myȝtful god serueþ W.11.278:nota As Dauid seiþ in þe Sauter . to swiche þat ben in wille To serue god goodliche . ne greueþ hym no penaunce Nichil inpossibile volenti Ne lakkeþ neuere liflode . lynnen ne wollen Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono ¶ If preestes weren parfite . þei wolde no siluer take W.11.284:nota For masses ne for matyns . noȝt hir mete of vsureres W.11.285:nota Ne neiþer kirtel ne cote . þeiȝ þei for cold sholde deye And þei hir deuoir dide . as Dauid seiþ in þe Sauter Iudica me deus & discerne causam meam ¶ Spera in deo . spekeþ of preestes . þat haue no spendyng siluer That if þei trauaille truweliche . and truste in god almyȝty W.11.290:nota Hem sholde lakke no liflode . neyþer lynnen ne wollen W.11.291:notaAnd þe title þat þei ¶ And þe title þat yeW.11.292: W and R read ye; other B manuscripts have þey, which is the reading in W's catchwords at the foot of fol. 64v. take ordres by . telleþ ye ben auaunced Thanne nedeþ yow noȝt to take siluer . for masses þat ye syngen For he þat took yow youre title . sholde take yow youre wages Or þe bisshop þat blessed yow . if þat ye ben worþi ¶ For made neuere kyng no knyȝt . but he hadde catel to spende W.11.296:nota As bifel for a knyȝt . or foond hym for his strengþe It is a careful knyȝt . and of a caytif kynges makyng W.11.298:nota That haþ no lond ne lynage riche . ne good loos of hise handes W.11.299:nota ¶ The same I segge for-soþe . by alle swiche preestes W.11.300:nota That han neiþer konnynge ne kyn . but a crowne one W.11.301:nota And a title a tale of noȝt . to his liflode at his meschief W.11.302:nota He haþ moore bileue as I leue . to lacche þoruȝ his croune W.11.303:nota Cure . þan for konnyng . or knowen for clene berynge W.11.304:nota I haue wonder for whyW.11.305: W alone reads for; most other manuscripts have and. . and wher-fore þe bisshop . W.11.305:nota Makeþ swiche preestes . þat lewed men bitrayen W.11.306:nota ¶ A chartre is chalangeable . bifore a chief Iustice W.11.307:nota If fals latyn be in þat lettre . þe lawe it impugneþ W.11.308:nota Or peynted parentrelynarie . or parcelles ouer-skipped The gome þat gloseþ so chartres . for a goky is holden ¶ So is it a goky by god . þat in his gospel failleþ W.11.311:nota Or in masse or in matyns . makeþ any defaute W.11.312:nota Qui offendit in vno in omnibus est reus ¶ And also in þe sauter . seiþ dauid to ouerskipperis Psallite deo nostro psallite quoniam rex terre deus Israel psallite sapienterW.11.315: The page is cropped after sapien; other B manuscripts have sapienter. ¶ The bisshop shal be blamed . bifore god as I leue W.11.316:nota That crouneþ swiche goddes knyȝtes . þat konneþ noȝt sapienter W.11.317:nota Synge ne psalmes rede . ne seye a masse of þe day W.11.318:nota And neuer neiþer is blamelees . þe bisshop ne þe Chapeleyn W.11.319:nota For hir eiþer is endited . and that is Ignorancia W.11.320:nota Non excusat episcopos nec ydiotW.11.321: The <t> of ydiot has a large downward loop. This might be taken as an inflexion, though in this mixture of Latin and English, it is uncertain whether the word should be regarded as Latin, English, or indeed French. The word occurs as ydioti in the Latin line W.10.467, and without the loop as ydiot in W.16.178. The loop on <t> is usually without function, even within Latin contexts (e. g. uiuit W.11.398). Despite their usual practice, but presumably on the basis of the reading of other B manuscripts, Kane and Donaldson expanded to ydiotes, which Skeat interprets as "an adjective with the French plural ending" (Rev. Walter W. Skeat, ed., The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman, in Three Parallel Texts (London: Oxford University Press, 1886), 2.176). Mustanoja notes in his discussion of the feature that the inflected adjective is usually placed after the noun (A Middle English Syntax. Part I: Parts of Speech Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki, 23 (Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, 1960), p. 277). See Introduction. preestes ¶ This lokynge on lewed preestes . haþ doon me lepe from pouerte The which I preise þer pacience is . moore parfit þan richesse Ac muche moore in metynge þus . wiþ me gan oon dispute And slepynge I seiȝ al þis . and siþen cam kynde And nempned me by my name . and bad me nymen hede And þoruȝ þe wondres of þis world . wit for to take And on a mountaigne þat myddel-erþe . hiȝte as me þouȝte I was fet forþ . by ensamples to knowe Thorugh ech a creature and kynde . my creatour to louye ¶ I seiȝ þe sonne and þe see . and þe sond after And where þat briddes and beestes . by hir makes yeden Wilde wormes in wodes . and wonderful foweles Wiþ fleckede feþeres . and of fele colours ¶ Man and his make . I myȝte boþe biholde Pouerte and plentee . boþe pees and werre Blisse and bale boþe . I seiȝ al atonesat ones And how men token Mede . and Mercy refused ¶ Reson I seiȝ sooþly . sewen alle beestes In etynge in drynkynge . and in engendrynge of kynde And after cours of concepcion . noon took kepe of ooþer As whan þei hadde ryde in Rotey-tyme . anoon riȝt þer-after Males drowen hem to males . amorwenynges by hem-selue And in euenynges also . þe males ben fro femelles Ther ne was cow ne cowkynde . þat conceyued hadde That wolde belwe after boles . ne boor after sowe Boþe hors and houndes . and alle oþere beestes Medled noȝt wiþ hir makes . þat wiþ fole were ¶ Briddes I biheld . þat in buskes made nestes Hadde neuere wye wit . to werche þe leeste I hadde wonder at whom . and wher þe pye lerned To legge þe stikkes . in whiche she leyeþ and bredeþ Ther nys wriȝte as I wene . sholde werche hir nestes to paye If any Mason made a molde þer-to . muche wonder it were ¶ AcW.11.355: W alone reads Ac. Most other B manuscripts have And. yet me merueilled moore . how many oþere briddes Hidden and hileden . hir egges ful derne In Mareys and moores . for men sholde hem noȝt fynde And hidden hir egges . whan þei þer-fro wente For fere of oþere foweles . and for wilde beestes ¶ And some troden hir makes . and on trees bredden And brouȝten forþ hir briddes so . al aboue þe grounde And some briddes at þe bile . þoruȝ breþyng conceyued And some caukede I took kepe . how pecokkes bredden Muche merueilled me . what maister hem madeW.11.364: W alone reads hem made; all other B manuscripts have þei hadde(n). And who tauȝte hem on trees . to tymbre so heiȝe Ther neiþer burn ne beest . may hir briddes rechen ¶ And siþen I loked vp-on þe see . and so forþ vp-on þe sterres Manye selkouþes I seiȝ . ben noȝt to seye nouþe ¶ I seiȝ floures in þe fryth . and hir faire colours And how among þe grene gras . growed so manye hewes And some soure and some swete . selkouþ me þouȝte Of hir kynde and hir colour . to carpe it were to longe ¶ Ac þat moost meued me . and my mood chaunged That Reson rewarded . and ruled alle beestes W.11.374:nota Saue man and his make . many tyme and ofte W.11.375:nota No Reson hem folwede . and þanne I rebukede W.11.376:nota Reson / . and riȝt til hym-seluen I seyde W.11.377:nota ¶ I haue wonder of þee quod I . þat witty art holden Why þow ne sewest man and his make . þat no mysfeet hem folwe ¶ And Reson arated me . and seide recche þee neuere Why I suffre or noȝt suffre . þi-self hast noȝt to doone W.11.381:nota Amende þow it if þow myȝt . for my tyme is to abide W.11.382:nota Suffraunce is a souerayn vertue . and a swift vengeaunce Who suffrede moore þan god quod he . no gome as I leeue He myȝte amende in a Minute-while . al þat mysstandeþ Ac he suffreþ for som mannes goode . and so itW.11.386: W alone reads it; all other B manuscripts omit it. is oure bettre The wise and þe witty . wroot þus in þe bible De re que te non molestat noli certare ¶ For be a man fair or foul . it falleþ noȝt for to lakke The shap ne þe shaft . þat god shoop hym-selue For al þat he dide was wel ydo . as holy writ witnesseþ Et vidit deus cuncta que fecerat & erant valde bona ¶ And bad euery creature . in his kynde encreesse Al to murþe wiþ man . þat moste wo þolie In fondynge of þe flessh . and of þe fend boþe For man was maad of swich a matere . he may noȝt wel asterte That ne som-tyme hym bitit . to folwen his kynde Caton acordeþ þer-wiþ . Nemo sine crimine viuit ¶ Tho cauȝte I colour anoon . and comsed to ben ashamed And awaked þer-wiþ . wo was me þanne That I in metels ne myȝte . moore haue yknowen And þanne seide I to my-self . and chidde þat tyme Now I woot what dowel is quod I . by deere god as me þynkeþ ¶ And as I caste vp myne eiȝen . oon loked on me and asked Of me what þyng it were . ywis sire I seide To se muche and suffre moore . certes quod I is dowel W.11.406:nota ¶ Haddestow suffred he seide . slepynge þo þow were Thow sholdest haue knowen þat clergie kan . & contreued moore þoruȝ ResonW.11.408: The leaf is cropped after Res. Other B manuscripts have Resoun. For Reson wolde haue reherced þee . riȝt as Clergie seide Ac for þyn entremetynge . here artow forsake Philosophus esses si tacuisses ¶ Adam whiles he spak noȝt . hadde paradis at wille W.11.412:nota Ac whan he mamelede aboute mete . and entremetede to knowe W.11.413:nota The wisedom and þe wit of god . he was put fram blisse W.11.414:nota ¶ And riȝt so ferde Reson bi þee . þow wiþ þi rude speche Lakkedest and losedest þyng . þat longed þe noȝt to doone Tho hadde he no likyng . for to lere þe moore ¶ Pryde now and presumpcion . parauenture wol þee appele That Clergie þi compaignye . kepeþ noȝt to suwe Shal neuere chalangynge ne chidynge . chaste a man so soone W.11.420:nota As shal shame and shenden hym . and shape hym to amende W.11.421:nota For lat a dronken daffe . in a dyk falle W.11.422:nota Lat hym ligge loke noȝt on hym . til hym liste aryseW.11.423: W alone reads aryse; Cr has to aryse, and most other B manuscripts have to ryse. W.11.423:nota For þouȝ Reson rebuked hym þanne . it were but pure synne W.11.424:nota Ac whan nede nymeþ hym vp . for doute lest he sterue W.11.425:nota And shame shrapeþ hise cloþes . and hise shynes wassheþ W.11.426:nota Thanne woot þe dronken daffe . wher-fore he is to blame W.11.427:nota ¶ Ye siggen sooþ quod I . ich haue yseyen it ofte Ther smyt no þyng so smerte . ne smelleþ so soure As shame þere he sheweþ hym . for euery man hym shonyeþ Why ye wisse me þus quod I . was for I rebuked Reson ¶ Certes quod he þat is sooþ . and shoop hym for to walken And I aroos vp riȝt wiþ þat . and folwed hym after And preyde hym of his curteisie . to telle me his name