The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 2: Trinity College, Cambridge MS B.15.17 (W) – Passus 19and Color Facsimile of Richard Rolle's <title>Form of Living – Passus 19William 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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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 xixusvndevicesimus / et explicit dobet / et incipit dobest Thus I awaked and wroot . what I hadde ydremed And dighte me derely . and dide me to chirche To here holly þe masse . and to be housled after In myddes of þe masse . þo men yede to offryng I fel eft-soones aslepe . and sodeynly me mette That Piers þe Plowman . was peynted al blody And com in wiþ a cros . bifore þe comune peple And riȝt lik in alle þyngesW.19.8: W alone reads þynges; all other manuscripts have lymes. . to oure lord Iesus And þanne called I Conscience . to kenne me þe soþe Is þis Iesus þe Iustere quod I . þat Iewes dide to deþe Or it is Piers þe Plowman . who peynted hym so rede Quod Conscience and kneled þo . þise arn Piers armes Hise colours and his cote Armure . ac he þat comeþ so blody Is crist wiþ his cros . conquerour of cristene Why calleW.19.15: W alone omits ye after calle. hym crist quod I . siþen Iewes calle hym Iesus Patriarkes and prophetes . prophecied bifore That alle kynne creatures . sholden knelen and bowen Anoon as men nempned . þe name of god Iesu Ergo is no name . to þe name of Iesus Ne noon so nedeful to nempne . by nyȝte ne by daye For alle derke deueles . arn adrad to heren it And synfulle aren solaced . and saued by þat name And ye callen hym crist . for what cause telleþ me Is crist moore of myȝt . and moore worþi name Than Iesu or Iesus . þat al oure Ioye com of Thow knowest wel quod Conscience . and þow konne reson That knyght . kyng . conquerour . may be o persone To be called a knyght is fair . for men shul knele to hym To be called a kyng is fairer . for he may knyghtes make Ac to be conquerour called . þat comeþ of special grace And of hardynesse of herte . and of hendenesse To make lordes of laddes . of lond þat he wynneþ And fre men foule þralles . þat folwen noȝt hise lawes The Iewes þat were gentil men . Iesus þei despised Boþe his loore and his lawe . now are þei lowe cherles As wide as þe world is . noon of hem þer wonyeþW.19.36: W alone reads noon of hem þer wonyeþ. Most other manuscripts have wonyeþ þer noon. But vnder tribut and taillage . as tikes and cherles And þo þat bicome cristene . bi counseil of þe baptisme Aren frankeleyns . free men . þoruȝ fullynge þat þei toke And gentil men wiþ Iesu . for Iesu was yfulled And vp-on Caluarie on cros . ycrouned kyng of Iewes It bicomeþ to a kyng . to kepe and to defende And conquerour of conquest . hise lawes and his large And so dide Iesus þe Iewes . he Iustified and tauȝte hem The lawe of lif . þat laste shal euere And defended from foule yueles . feueres and Fluxes And from fendes þat in hem were . and false bileue Tho was he Iesus of Iewes called . gentile prophete And kyng of hir kyngdom . and croune bar of þornes And þo conquered he on cros . as conquerour noble Mighte no deeþ hym fordo . ne adoun brynge That he naroos and regnede . and rauysshed helle And þo was he conquerour called . of quyke and of dede For he yaf Adam and Eue . and oþere mo blisse That longe hadde yleyen bifore . as Luciferis cherles And siþ he yaf largely . alle hise lele liges Places in Paradis . at hir partynge hennes He may wel be called conquerour . and þat is crist to mene Ac þe cause þat he comeþ þus . wiþ cros of his passion Is to wissen vs þer-wiþ . þat whan þat we ben temptedW.19.60: A mark (probably for nota) to the right of this line appears to be in the text ink. Ther-with to fiȝte and defenden vs . fro fallynge toW.19.61: W alone reads to. All other manuscripts have into. Kane-Donaldson's emendation should have read [in]to instead of in[to]. synne And se bi his sorwe . þat who-so loueþ ioye To penaunce and to pouerte . he moste puten hym-seluen And muche wo in þis world . toW.19.64: W alone reads to; all other manuscripts omit it. willen and suffren Ac to carpe moore of crist . and how he com to þat name Faithly for to speke . his firste name was Iesus Tho he was born in Bethleem . as þe book telleþ And cam to take mankynde . kynges and Aungeles Reuerenced hym faire . wiþ richessesW.19.69: W alone reads richesses; all other manuscripts have the singular form. of erþe Aungeles out of heuene . come knelynge and songe Gloria in excelsis deo &cW.19.71: The dot that follows the text is probably not intentional. Kynges þatW.19.72: W alone reads þat; all other manuscripts omit it. come after . knelede . and offrede Mirre and muche gold . wiþ-outen mercy askynge Or any kynnes catel . but knowelichynge hym souereyn Boþe of lond . sonne and see . and siþenes þei wente In-to hir kyngene kiþ . by counseil of Aungeles And þere was þat word fulfilled . þe which þow of speke Omnia celestia terrestria flectantur in hoc nomine Iesu For alle þe Aungeles of heuene . at his burþe knelede And al þe wit of þe world . was in þo þre kynges Reson and Rightwisnesse . and Ruþe þei offrede Wher-fore and why . wise men þat tyme Maistres and lettred men . Magi . hem callede That o kyng cam wiþ Reson . couered vnder sense The seconde kyng siþþe . sooþliche offrede Rightwisnesse vnder reed gold . Resones felawe ForW.19.87: W alone reads For; all other manuscripts omit it. gold is likned to leautee . þat laste shal euereW.19.87: After this line W omits And resoun to riche golde . to riȝte & to treuthe (in the spelling of L) attested by all other beta witnesses. The þridde kyng þo kam . knelynge to Iesu And presented hym wiþ pitee . apperynge by Mirre For Mirre is mercy to mene . and mylde speche of tonge Thre yliche honeste þynges . were offred þus atonesat ones Thoruȝ þre kynne kynges . knelynge to Iesu Ac for alle þise preciouse presentz . oure lord kyngW.19.93: W alone reads kyng; all other manuscripts have prynce. Iesus Was neiþer kyng ne conquerour . til he gan to wexe In þe manere of a man . and þat by muchel sleighte As it bicomeþ a conquerour . to konne manye sleightes And manye wiles and wit . þat wole ben a ledere And so dide Iesu in hise dayes . who-so hadde tyme to telle it Som-tyme he suffrede . and som-tyme he hidde hym And som-tyme he fauȝt faste . and fleiȝ ouþer while And som-tyme he gaf good . and grauntede heele boþe Lif and lyme . as hym liste he wroȝte As kynde is of a Conquerour . so comsede Iesu Til he hadde alle hem . þat he for bledde In his Iuuentee þis Iesus . at Iewene feeste Water in-to wyn turnede . as holy writ telleþ And þere bigan god . of his grace to do wel For wyn is likned to lawe . and lifholynesseW.19.108: W alone reads lifholynesse; all other manuscripts have lyf of holynesse. And lawe lakkede þo . for men louede noȝt hir enemys And crist counseileþ þus . and comaundeþ boþe To lered and to lewede . to louyen oure enemys So at þat feeste first . as I bifore tolde Bigan god of his grace . and goodnesse to dowel And þanne was he called . noȝt holy crist but Iesu A faunt fyn ful of wit . filius Marie For bifore his moder Marie . made he þat wonder That she first and formest . ferme sholde bileue That he þoruȝ grace was gete . and of no gome ellis He wroȝte þat by no wit . but þoruȝ word one After þe kynde þat he cam of . þere comsede he dowel And whan he woxen was moore . in his moder absence He made lame to lepe . and yaf light to blynde And fedde wiþ two fisshes . and with fyue loues Sore afyngred folk . mo þan fyue þousand Thus he confortede carefulle . and caughte a gretter name The which was dobet . where þat he wente For deue þoruȝ hise doynges to here . and dombe speke he made And alle he heeled and halp . þat hym of grace askede And þo was he called in contre . of þe comune peple For þe dedes þat he dide . Fili dauid Iesus For dauid was doghtiest . of dedes in his tyme The burdes þo songe . Saul interfecit mille et dauid decem milia For-þi þe contree þer Iesu cam called hym fili dauid And nempned hym of Nazareth . and no man so worþi To be kaiser or kyng . of þe kyngdom of Iuda Ne ouer Iewes Iustice . as Iesus was hem þouȝte Wher-of Cayphas hadde enuye . and oþere of þe Iewes And for to doon hym to deþe . day and nyȝt þei casten Killeden hym on cros-wise . at Caluarie on Friday And siþen buriede his body . and beden þat men sholde Kepen it fro nyght-comeris . wiþ knyghtes y-armed For no frendes sholde hym fecche . for prophetes hem tolde That þat blissede body . of burieles risen sholde And goon in-to Galilee . and gladen hise Apostles And his moder Marie . þus men bifore demede The knyghtes þat kepten it . biknewe it hem-seluen That Aungeles and Archaungeles . er þe day spronge Come knelynge to þe corps . and songen Christus resurgens Verray menW.19.149: W alone reads men; all other manuscripts have man. bifore hem alle . and forþ wiþ hem he yede The Iewes preide hem beW.19.150: W alone reads be; all other manuscripts omit it. pees . and bisouȝte þe knyghtes Telle þe comune þat þer cam . a compaignie of hise Apostles And biwicched hem as þei woke . and awey stolen it Ac Marie Maudeleyne . mette hym by þe weye Goynge toward Galilee . in godhede and manhede And lyues and lokynge . and she aloud cride In ech a compaignie.W.19.156: The scribe has neatly lined through a wrongly placed punctus after compaignie. þer she cam . Christus resurgens Thus cam it out þat crist ouercoom . recouerede and lyuede Sic oportet Christum pati & intrare &c For þat . þat wommen witeþ . may noȝt wel be counseille Peter parceyued al þis . and pursued after Boþe Iames and Iohan . Iesu for to seke Thaddee and ten mo . wiþ Thomas of Inde And as alle þise wise wyes . weren togideres In an hous al bishet . and hir dore ybarred Crist cam In and al closed . boþe dore and yates To Peter and to þise Apostles . and seide pax vobis And took Thomas by þe hand . and tauȝte hym to grope And feele wiþ hise fyngres . his flesshliche herte Thomas touched it . and wiþ his tonge seide Deus meus & dominus meus Thow art my lord I bileue . my god lordW.19.171: W alone reads my god lord. Most B manuscripts omit my; B reads my lord god. Iesu Thow deidest and deeþ þoledest . and deme shalt vs alle And now art lyuynge and lokynge . and laste shalt euere Crist carpede þanne . and curteisliche seide Thomas for þow trowest þis . and treweliche bileuest it Blessed mote þow be . and be shalt for euere And blessed mote þei alle be . in body and in soule That neuere shul se me in sighte . as þow doost nowþe And lelliche bileue al þis . I loue hem and blesse hem Beati qui non viderunt &c And whan þis dede was doon . dobest he tauȝte And yaf Piers power . and pardon he grauntede To alle maner men . mercy and forȝifnesse Hym myght to assoille . of alle manere synne In couenaunt þat þei come . and kneweliched to paie To Piers pardon þe Plowman . redde quod debes Thus haþ Piers power . by his pardon paied To bynde and vnbynde . boþe here and ellis-where And assoille men of alle synnes . saue of dette one Anoon after anheighan heigh . vp in-to heuene He wente and wonyeþ þere . and wol come at þe laste And rewarde hym right wel . þat reddit quod debet Paieþ parfitly . as pure truþe wolde And what persone paieþ it nouȝt . punysshen he þenkeþ And demen hem at domes-day . boþe quyke and dede The goode to þe godhede . and to greet Ioye And wikkede to wonye . in wo wiþ-outen ende Thus Conscience of crist . and of þe cros carpede And counseiled me to knele þer-to . and þanne cam me þouȝte Oon Spiritus paraclitus . to Piers and to hise felawes In liknesse of a lightnynge . he lighte on hem alle And made hem konne and knowe . alle kynne langages I wondred what þat was . and waggede Conscience And was a-fered of þe light . for in fires lightnesseW.19.204: W alone reads lightnesse; all other manuscripts have liknesse. Spiritus paraclitus . ouer-spradde hem alle Quod Conscience and knelede . þis is cristes messager And comeþ fro þe grete god . and grace is his name Knele now quod Conscience . and if þow kanst synge Welcome hym and worshipe hym . wiþ Veni creator Spiritus Thanne song I þat song . so dide manye hundred And cride wiþ Conscience . help vs god of grace And þanne bigan grace . to go wiþ Piers Plowman And counseillede hym and Conscience . þe comune to sompne For I wole dele to-day . and ȝyue diuine grace To alle kynne creatures . þat han hir fyue wittes Tresour to lyue by . to hir lyues ende And wepne to fighte wiþ . þat wole neuere faille For Antecrist and hise . al þe world shul greue And acombre þee Conscience . but if crist þee helpe And false prophetes fele . flatereris and gloseris Shullen come and be curatours . ouer kynges and Erles And Pride shal be Pope . Prynce of holy chirche Coueitise and vnkyndenesse . Cardinals hym to lede For-þi quod grace er I go . I wol gyue yow tresor And wepne to fighte wiþ . whan Antecrist yow assailleþ And gaf ech man a grace . to gide wiþ hym-seluen That ydelnesse encombre hym noȝt . enuye ne pride Diuisiones graciarum sunt &c Some he yaf wit . with wordes to shewe Wit to wynne hir liflode wiþ . as þe world askeþ As prechours and preestes . and Prentices of lawe They lelly to lyue . by labour of tonge And by wit to wissen oþere . as grace hem wolde teche And some he kennede craft . and konnynge of sighte Wiþ sellynge and buggynge . hir bilyue to wynne And some he lered to laboure . a lele lif and a trewe And some he tauȝte to tilie . to dyche and to thecche To wynne wiþ hir liflode . bi loore of his techynge And some to deuyne and diuide . noumbres to kenne And some to compace craftily . and colours to make And some to se and to seye . what sholde bifalle Boþe of wele and of wo . telle it er it felle As Astronomyens þoruȝ Astronomye . and Philosofres wise And some to ryde and to recouere . þat wrongfullyW.19.244: W alone reads wrongfully; Hm has riȝtfully while all other manuscripts have vnriȝtfully. was wonne He wissed hem to wynne it ayein . þoruȝ wightnesse of handes And fecchen it fro false men . wiþ Foluyles lawes And some he lered to lyue . in longynge to ben hennes In pouerte and in penaunce . to preie for alle cristene And alle he lered to be lele . and ech a craft loue ooþer And forbad hem alle debat . þat noon were among hem Thouȝ some be clenner þan some . ye se wel quod Grace That he þat vseþ þe faireste craft . to þe fouleste I kouþe haue put hym Thynkeþ alle quod Grace . þat grace comeþ of my ȝifte Lokeþ þat no manW.19.254: W alone reads no man; most other manuscripts have noon. lakke ooþer . but loueþ alle as breþeren And who þat moost maistries kan . be myldest of berynge And crouneþ Conscience kyng . and makeþ craft youre Stiward And after craftes conseil . cloþeþ yow and fede For I make Piers þe Plowman . my procuratour and my reue And Registrer to receyue . redde quod debes My prowor and my Plowman . Piers shal ben on erþe And for to tilie truþe . a teeme shal he haue Grace gaf Piers a teeme . ofW.19.262: W alone reads of; all other manuscripts omit it. foure grete Oxen That oon was Luk a large beest . and a lowe-chered And Mark and Mathew þe þridde . myghty beestes boþe And Ioyned to hem oon Iohan . moost gentil of alle The pris neet of Piers plow . passynge alle oþere And Grace gaf Piers . of his goodnesse foure stottes Al þat hise oxen eriede . þei to harewen after Oon highte Austyn . and Ambrose anoþer Gregori þe grete clerk . and Ierom þe goode Thise foure þe feiþ to teche . folweþ Piers teme And harewede in an hand-while . al holy Scripture Wiþ two harewes þat þei hadde . an oold and a newe Id est vetus testamentum & nouum And Grace gaf greynes . þe Cardynal vertues And sew hem in mannes soule . and siþen he tolde hir names Spiritus prudencie . þe firste seed highte And who-so ete þat . ymagynen he sholde Er he deide any deeþW.19.279: W alone reads deide any deeþ; all other manuscripts have dide any dede. . deuyse wel þe ende And lerned men a ladel bugge . wiþ a long stele And caste for to kepe a crokke . to saue þe fatte aboue The seconde seed . highte Spiritus temperancieW.19.282: Immediately following the box is a nota symbol shaped like a punctus elevatus without its point. It appears to be in the text ink. He þat ete of þat seed . hadde swich a kynde Sholde neuere mete ne muchel drynke . make hym to swelle Ne no scornere ne scolde . out of skile hym brynge Ne wynnynge ne wele . of worldliche richesse Waste word of ydelnesse . ne wikked speche moeue Sholde no curious clooþ . comen on his rugge Ne no mete in his mouþ . þat maister Iohan Spicede The þridde seed þat Piers sew . was Spiritus fortitudinis And who eteW.19.291: W alone reads ete; all other manuscripts have so ete of. þat seed . hardy was he euere To suffren al þat god sente . siknesse and Angres Mighte no lesynges ne lyere . ne los of worldly catel Maken hym for any mournynge . þat he nas murie in soule And bold and abidynge . bismares to suffre And pleieþ al wiþ pacience . and Parce michi domine And couered hym vnder conseille . of Caton þe wise Esto forti animo cum sis dampnatus inique The ferþe seed þat Piers sew . was Spiritus Iusticie And he þat ete of þat seed . sholde be euere trewe Wiþ god . and nauȝt agast . but of gile one For gile gooþ so pryuely . þat good feiþ ouþer-while May nouȝt ben espied . for Spiritus Iusticie Spiritus Iusticie . spareþ noȝt to spille Hem þat ben gilty . and for to correcte The kyng if he falle . in gilt or in trespas For counteþ he no kynges wraþe . whan he in Court sitteþ To demen as a domes-man . adrad was he neuere Neiþer of duc ne of deeþ . þat he ne dide lawe For present or for preiere . or any Prynces lettres He dide equyte to alle . euene-forþ his power Thise foure sedes Thise foure sedes Piers sew . and siþþe he dide hem harewe Wiþ olde lawe and newe lawe . þat loue myȝte wexe Among þo foure vertues . and vices destruye For comunliche in contrees . cammokes and wedes Foulen þe fruyt in þe feld . þer þei growen togideres And so doon vices . vertues worþi Quod Piers hareweþ alle þat konneþ kynde wit . by conseil of þise doctoursW.19.318: The right margin is cropped. Other manuscripts here read doctours. And tilieþ after hir techynge . þe Cardynale vertues Ayeins þi greynes quod Grace . bigynneþ for to ripe Ordeigne þee an hous Piers . to herberwe Inne þi cornes By god Grace quod Piers . ye moten gyue tymber And ordeyne þat hous . er ye hennes wende And Grace gaf hym þe cros . wiþ þe croune of þornes That crist vp-on Caluarie . for mankynde on pyned And of his baptisme and blood . þat he bledde on roode He made a manere morter . and mercy it highte And þer-wiþ Grace bigan . to make a good foundement And watlede it and walled it . wiþ his peyneW.19.329: W alone reads peyne; all other manuscripts have peynes. and his passion And of al holy writ . he made a roof after And called þat hous vnitee . holy chirche on englissh And whan þis dede was doon . Grace deuysede A cart highte cristendom . to carie Piers sheues And gaf hym caples to his carte . contricion and confession And made preesthod hayward . þe while hym-self wente As wide as þe world is . wiþ Piers to tilie truþe Now is Piers to þe plow . and pride it aspide And gadered hym a greet Oost . for toW.19.338: W alone reads for to; Hm has for, B has hym to, while other beta manuscripts have to. greuen he þynkeþ Conscience and alle cristene . and Cardinale vertues Blowe hem doun and breke hem . and bite a-two þe mores And sente forþ Surquidous . his sergeaunt of Armes And his Spye Spille loue . oon Spek yuel bihynde Thise two coome to Conscience . and to cristen peple And tolde hem tidynges . þat tyne þei sholde þe sedes That Piers þere hadde ysowen . þe Cardynale vertues And Piers bern worþ ybroke . and þei þat ben in vnitee Shulle come out . and Conscience . and youre two caples Confession and Contricion . and youre carte þe bileeue Shal be coloured so queyntely . and couered vnder Sophistrie That Conscience shal noȝt . knowe by contricion Ne by Confession . who is cristene or heþene Ne no manere marchaunt . þat wiþ moneye deleþ Wheiþer he wynne wiþ right . wiþ wrong or wiþ vsure Wiþ swiche colours and queyntise . comeþ pride yarmed Wiþ þe lord þat lyueþ after . þe lust of his body To wasten on welfare . and inW.19.356: W alone reads in; HmCrYCBLM have on, and GC2F omit it. wikked lyuyngW.19.356: W alone reads lyuynge; all other beta manuscripts have kepyng. Al þe world in a while . þoruȝ oure wit quod Pryde Quod Conscience to alle cristene þo . my counseil is to wende Hastiliche in-to vnitee . and holde we vs þere And praye we þat a pees weere . in Piers berne þe Plowman For witterly I woot wel . we beþ noȝt of strengþe To goon agayn Pride . but Grace weere wiþ vs And þanne kam Kynde wit . Conscience to teche And cryde and comaundede . alle cristene peple For to deluen a dych . depe aboute vnitee That holy chirche stode in vnitee . as it a Pyl weere Conscience comaundede þo . alle cristene to delue And make a muche moot . þat myghte ben a strengþe To helpe holy chirche . and hem þat it kepeþ Thanne alle kynne cristene . saue comune wommen Repenteden and refused synne . saue þei one And false men flatereris . vsurers and þeues Lyeris and questemongeres . þat were forsworen ofte Witynge and wilfully . wiþ þe false helden And for siluer were forswore . sooþly þei wiste it Ther nas no cristene creature . þat kynde wit hadde . Saue sherewes one . swiche as I spak of That he ne halp a quantite . holynesse to wexe Some þoruȝ bedes biddynge . and some þoruȝ pilgrymagesW.19.379: W alone reads pilgrymages; all other manuscripts have pilgrymage. And oþere pryue penauncesW.19.380: WF alone read penaunces; most other manuscripts have penaunce. . and somme þoruȝ penyes delynge And þanne wellede water . for wikkede werkes Egreliche ernynge . out of mennes eighen Clennesse out of comune . and clerkes clene lyuynge Made vnitee holy chirche . in holynesse to stonde I care noȝt quod Conscience . þouȝ pride come nouþe The lord of lust shal be letted . al þis lente I hope Comeþ quod Conscience . ye cristene and dyneþ That han laboured lelly . al þis lenten tyme Here is breed y-blessed . and goddes body þer-vnder Grace þoruȝ goddes word . yaf Piers power And myȝtes to maken it . and men to ete it after In help of hir heele . ones in a Monþe Or as ofte as þei hadde nede . þo þat hadde y-paied To Piers pardon þe Plowman . redde quod debes How quod al þe comune . þow conseillest vs to yelde Al þat we owen any wight . er we go to housel That is my conseil quod Conscience . and Cardinale vertues That ech man forȝyue ooþer . and þat wole þe Pater noster Et dimitte nobis debita nostra &c And so to ben assoilled . and siþþen ben houseled Ye baw quod a Brewere . I wol noȝt be ruled By Iesu for al youre Ianglynge . wiþ Spiritus Iusticie Ne after Conscience by crist . while I kan selle Boþe dregges and draf . and drawe it out at oon hole Thikke ale and þynne ale . for þat is my kynde And noȝt hakke after holynesse . hold þi tonge Conscience Of Spiritus Iusticie . þow spekest muche on ydel Caytif quod Conscience . cursede wrecche Vnblessed artow Brewere . but if þee god helpe But þow lyue by loore . of Spiritus Iusticie The chief seed þat Piers sew . ysaued worstow neuere But Conscience þe comune fede . and Cardinale vertues Leue it wel þei ben lost . boþe lif and soule Thanne is many a man lost . quod a lewed vicory I am a Curatour of holy kirke . and cam neuere in my tyme Man to me / þat me kouþe telle . of Cardinale vertues Or þat acountede Conscience . at a cokkes feþere or an hennes I knew neuere Cardynal . þat he ne cam fro þe pope And we clerkes whan þei come . for hir comunes paieþ For hir pelure and hir palfreyes mete . and pilours þat hem folweþ The comune clamat cotidie . ech a man til ooþer The contree is þe corseder . þat Cardinals come Inne And þer þei ligge and lenge moost . lecherie þere regneþ For-þi quod þis vicory . by verray god I wolde That no Cardynal coome . among þe comune peple But in hir holynesse . helden hem stille At Auynoun among þe Iewes . Cum Sancto Sanctus eris &c Or in Rome as hir rule wole . þe relikes to kepe And þow Conscience in kynges court . and sholdest neuere come þennes And Grace þat þow graddestW.19.430: W alone reads past tense graddest; all other manuscripts have present gredest. Cf. W.2.75 greden with W.16.81 gradde. so of . gyour of alle clerkes And Piers wiþ his newe plow . and ek wiþ his olde Emperour of al þe world . þat alle men were cristene Inparfit is þat pope . þat al þe world sholde helpe And sendeþ swiche þat sleeþ hem . þatW.19.434: W alone reads swiche þat sleeþ hem þat; all other manuscripts have hem þat sleeþ swiche as. he sholde saue And wel worþe Piers þe plowman . þat pursueþ god in doynge Qui pluit super Iustos & iniustos . atonesat ones And sent þe sonne to saue . a cursed mannes tilþe As brighte as to þe beste man . or to þe beste womman Right so Piers þe Plowman . peyneþ hym to tilye As wel for a wastour . and wenches of þe stewes As for hym-self and hise seruauntz . saue he is first yserued And trauailleþ and tilieþ . for a tretour also soore As for a trewe tidy man . alle tymes ylike And worshiped be he þat wroȝte al . boþe good and wikke And suffreþ þat synfulle be ....?...?...W.19.445: The entire b-verse has been erased. Other manuscripts read til some tyme þat þei repente (in the spelling of L). And god amende þe pope . þat pileþ holy kirke And cleymeþ bifore þe kyng . to be kepere ouer cristene And counteþ noȝt þouȝ cristene ben . killed and robbed And fynt folk to fiȝte . and cristen blood to spille Ayein þe olde lawe and newe lawe . as Luc þer-of witnesseþ Non occides . michi vindictam &c It semeþ bi so . hym-self hadde his wille That he reccheþ . riȝt noȝt of al þe remenaunt And crist of his curteisie . þe Cardinals saue And torne hir wit to wisdom . and to welþe of soule For þe comune quod þis Curatour . counten ful litel The counseil of Conscience . or Cardinale vertues But if þei seiȝe as by sighte . som-what to wynnyng Of gile ne of gabbyng . gyue þei neuere tale For spiritus prudencie . among þe peple is gyle And alle þo faire vertues . as vices þei semeþ Ech man subtileþ a sleiȝte . synne for to hide And coloureþ it for a konnynge . and a clene lyuynge Thanne louȝ þer a lord . and by þis light seide I holde it riȝt and reson . of my Reue to take Al þat myn Auditour . or ellis my Styward Counseilleþ me bi hir acounte . and my clerkes writynge Wiþ Spiritus Intellectus . þei seke þe reues rolles And wiþ Spiritus fortitudinis . fecche it I wole afterW.19.469: W alone reads after; other witnesses omit it. And þanne cam þer a kyng . and by his croune seide I am kyng wiþ croune . þe comune to rule And holy kirke and clergie . fro cursed men to fendeW.19.472: W alone reads fende; Hm reads fonde, and all other manuscripts have defende. And if me lakkeþ to lyue by . þe lawe wole I take it Ther I may hastilokest it haue . for I am heed of lawe And yeW.19.475: W alone reads And ye; most other manuscripts have For ye. ben but membres . and I aboue alle And siþ I am youre aller heed . I am youre aller heele And holy chirches chief help . and Chieftayn of þe comune And what I take of yow two . I take it at þe techynge Of Spiritus Iusticie . for I Iugge yow alle So I may boldely be housled . for I borwe neuere Ne craue of my comune . but as my kynde askeþ In condicion quod Conscience . þat þow konne defende And rule þi reaume in reson . right wel and in truþe Take þow mayst in reson . as þi lawe askeþ Omnia tua sunt ad defendendum . set non ad deprehendendum The viker hadde fer hoom . and faire took his leeue And I awakned þer-wiþ . and wroot as me mette