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Passus .ixus.nonus de visione vt supra & primus de Dobet

SIre dowel dwelleþ quod wit . noȝt a day hennes
In a Castel þat kynde made . of foure kynnes þynges
Of erþe and of Eyr is it maad . medled togideres
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Wiþ wynd and wiþ water . witterly enioyned
Kynde haþ closed þer-Inne . craftily wiþ-alle
A lemman þat he loueþ . lik to hym-selue
Anima she hatte . ac enuye hir hateþ
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A proud prikere of Fraunce . Princeps huius mundi
And wolde wynne hire awey . wiþ wiles and he myȝte

Ac kynde knoweþ þis wel . and kepeþ hire þe bettre
And dooþ hire wiþ sire dowel . is duc of þise Marches

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Dobet is hire damyselle . Sire doweles douȝter
To seruen þis lady leelly . boþe late and raþe
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Do-best is aboue boþe . a Bisshopes peere
That he bitW.9.15: The curved tick over the <i> of bit resembles an <o>. moot be do . he ruleþ hem alle
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Anima . þat lady . is lad by his leryng
Ac þe Constable of þat Castel . þat kepeþ al þe wacche
Is a wis knyȝt wiþ-alle . sire Inwit he hatte
And haþ fyue faire sones . bi his firste wyue
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Sire Sewel and Seywel . and here wel þe hende
Sire werch wel wiþ þyn hand . a wiȝt man of strengþe
And sire Godefray Gowel . grete lordes for-soþe
Thise fyue ben set . to kepeW.9.23: W alone reads kepe; other B manuscripts have saue. þis lady anima
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Til kynde come or sende . to sauen hire for euere

What kynnes þyng is kynde quod I . kanstow me telle

Kynde quod wit is a creatour . of alle kynnes þynges
Fader and formour . of al þat euere was maked
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And þat is þe grete god . þat gynnyng hadde neuere
Lord of lif and of liȝt . of lisse and of peyne
Aungeles and alle þyng . arn at his wille
Ac man is hym moost lik . of marc and of shafte
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For þoruȝ þe word þat he spak . woxen forþ beestes
Dixit & facta sunt

And made man likkest . to hym-self one
And Eue of his ryb-bon . wiþ-outen any mene
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For he was synguler hym-self . and seide faciamus
As who seiþ moore moot her-to . þan my word oone
My myȝt moot helpe . forþ wiþ my speche          W.9.38:nota
Right as a lord sholde make lettres . and hym lakked parchemyn          W.9.39:nota
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Thouȝ he koude write neuer so wel . if he hadde no penne          W.9.40:nota
The lettre for al þe lordshipe . I leue were neuere y-maked           W.9.41:nota

And so it semeþ by hym . as þe bible telleþ
There he seide . Dixit & facta sunt
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He moste werche wiþ his word . and his wit shewe
And in þis manere was man maad . þoruȝ myȝt of god almyȝty
Wiþ his word and werkmanshipe . and wiþ lif to laste
And þus god gaf hym a goost . þoruȝW.9.47: W alone reads þoruȝ; other B manuscripts have of. þe godhede of heuene
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And of his grete grace . graunted hym blisse
And þat is lif þat ay shal laste . to al his lynage after
And þat is þe Castel þat kynde made . caro it hatte
And is as muche to mene . as man wiþ a Soule
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And þat he wroȝte wiþ werk . and wiþ word boþe
Thorgh myȝt of þe mageste . man was ymaked

Inwit and alle wittes . closed ben þer-Inne
For loue of þe lady anima . þat lif is ynempned
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Ouer al in mannes body . he walkeþ and wandreþ
And in þe herte is hir hoom . and hir mooste reste

Ac Inwit is in þe heed . and to þe herte he lokeþ
What anima is leef or looþ . he lat hire at his wille
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For after þe grace of god . þe gretteste is Inwit

Muche wo worþ þat man . þat mysruleþ his Inwit          W.9.61:nota
And þat ben glotons glubberes . hir god is hire wombe          W.9.62:nota
Quorum deus venter est .

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For þei seruen Sathan . hir soules shal he haue
That lyuen synful lif here . hir soule is lich þe deuel
And alle þat lyuen good lif . are lik to god almyȝty
Qui manet in caritate in deo manet &c

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Allas þat drynke shal fordo . þat god deere bouȝte          W.9.68:nota
And dooþ god forsaken hem . þat he shoop to his liknesse          W.9.69:nota

Amen dico vobis . nescio vos / . Et alibi  Et
dimisi eos secundum desideria eorum
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Fooles þat fauten Inwit . I fynde þat holy chirche
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Sholde fynden hem þat hem fauted . and faderlese children
And widewes þat han noȝt wher-with . to wynnen hem hir foode
Madde men and maydenes . þat helplese were
Alle þise lakken Inwit . and loore bihoueþ

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Of þis matere I myȝte . make a long tale
And fynde fele witnesses . among þe foure doctours
And þat I lye noȝt of þat I lere þee . luc bereþ witnesse

Godfadres and godmodres . þat seen hire godchildren
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At myseise and at myschief . and mowe hem amende
Shul haue penaunce in purgatorie . but þei hem helpe
For moore bilongeþ to þe litel barn . er he þe lawe knowe          W.9.82:nota
Than nempnynge of a name . and he neuer þe wiser           W.9.83:nota
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Sholde no cristene creature . cryen at þe yate
Ne faille payn ne potage . and prelates dide as þei sholden
A Iew wolde noȝt se a Iew . go Ianglyng for defaute          W.9.86:nota
For alle þe mebles on þis moolde . and he amende it myȝte

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Allas þat a cristene creature . shal be vnkynde til anoþer          W.9.88:nota
Syn Iewes þat we Iugge . Iudas felawes          W.9.89:nota
Eyþer of hem helpeþ ooþer . of þat þat hem nedeþ          W.9.90:nota
Whi nel we cristene . of cristes good be as kynde          W.9.91:nota
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As Iewes þat ben oure lores-men . shame to vs alle          W.9.92:nota
The commune for hir vnkyndenesse . I drede me shul abye

Bisshopes shul be blamed . for beggeres sake
He is wors þan Iudas . þat ȝyueþ a Iaper siluer
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And biddeþ þe beggere go . for his broke cloþes

Proditor est prelatus cum Iuda qui patrimonium
christi minus distribuit  Et alibi  Perniciosus dis-
pensator est qui res pauperum christi inutiliter consumit
he doþ noȝt wel
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He dooþ noȝt wel þat dooþ þus . ne drat noȝt god almyȝty
He loueþ noȝt Salomons sawes . þat Sapience tauȝte
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Inicium sapiencie timor domini

That dredeþ god he dooþ wel . þat dredeþ hym for loue           W.9.101:nota
And noȝt for drede of vengeaunce . dooþ þer-fore þe bettre          W.9.102:nota

He dooþ best þat wiþ-draweþ hym . by daye and by nyȝte          W.9.103:nota
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To spille any speche . or any space of tyme          W.9.104:nota
Qui offendit in vno in omnibus est reus

Lesynge of tyme . truþe woot þe soþe
Is moost yhated vp-on erþe . of hem þat ben in heuene
W.9.108KD.9.103
And siþþe to spille speche . þat spicerieW.9.108: W alone reads spicerie, "spice"; Hm reads spicere, "spice-dealer," while most other B manuscripts have spire, "shoot." is of grace
And goddes gleman . and a game of heuene
Wolde neuere þe feiþful fader . þis fiþele were vntempred
Ne his gleman a gedelyng . a goere to tauernes

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To alle trewe tidy men . þat trauaille desiren
Oure lord loueþ hem and lent . loude ouþer stille
Grace to go to hem . and ofgon hir liflode

Inquirentes autem dominum non minuentur omni bono

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Trewe wedded libbynge folk . in þis world is dowel
For þei mote werche and wynne . and þe world sustene
For of hir kynde þei come . þat Confessours ben nempned
Kynges and knyȝtes . kaysers and cherles
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Maidenes and martires . out of o man come
The wif was maad þe weye . for to helpe werche
And þus was wedlok y-wroȝt . wiþ a mene persone
First by þe fadres wille . and þe frendes conseille          W.9.123:nota
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And siþenes by assent of hem-self . as þei two myȝte acorde          W.9.124:nota
And þus was wedlok ywroȝt . and god hym-self it made          W.9.125:nota
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In erþe . and in heuene . hym-self bereþ witnesse

Ac fals folk feiþlees . þeues and lyeres
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Wastours and wrecches . out of wedlok I trowe
Conceyued ben in yuel tyme . as Caym was on Eue
Of swiche synfulle sherewes . þe Sauter makeþ mynde

Concepit in dolore & peperit iniquitatem &c          W.9.131:nota

W.9.132KD.9.126
And alle þat come of þat Caym . come to yuel ende
AndW.9.133: W alone reads And; other B manuscripts have For. god sente to Seem . and seide by an Aungel
Thyn issue in þyn issue . I wol þat þei be wedded
And noȝt þi kynde wiþ Caymes . ycoupled nor yspoused

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Yet some ayein þe sonde . of oure Saueour of heuene
Caymes kynde and his kynde . coupled togideres
Til god wraþed for hir werkes . and swich a word seide
That I makede man . it me forþynkeþ
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Penitet me fecisse hominem .

And com to Noe anon . and bad hym noȝt lette
Swiþe go shape a ship . of shides and of bordes
Thy-self and þi sones þre . and siþen youre wyues
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Buskeþ yow to þat boot . and bideþ ye þer-Inne
Til fourty daies be fulfild . þat þe flood haue ywasshen
Clene awey þe corsed blood . þat Caym haþ ymaked

Beestes þat now ben . shul banne þe tyme
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That euere þat cursed Caym . coom on þis erþe
Alle shul deye for hise dedes . by dales and by hulles
And þe foweles þat fleen . forþ wiþ oþere beestes
Excepte oonliche . of ech kynde a couple
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That in þi shyngled ship . shul ben ysaued
Here abouȝte þe barn . þe belsires giltes
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And alle for hir fadres . þei ferden þe werse
The gospel is her-ayein . in o degre I fynde

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Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris . et pater non portabit iniquitatem filij &c

Ac I fynde if þe fader . be fals and a sherewe          W.9.157:nota
That somdel þe sone . shal haue þe sires tacches          W.9.158:nota

Impe on an Ellere . and if þyn appul be swete
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Muchel merueille me þynkeþ . and moore of a sherewe          W.9.160:nota
That bryngeþ forþ any barn . but if he be þe same          W.9.161:nota
And haue a Sauour after þe sire . selde sestow ooþer          W.9.162:nota

Numquam colligitur de spinis vuaW.9.163: The required reading is vuas, "grapes." The error is owed to the hyparchetypal text of WHmCr and is shared by the corrector of M. nec de tribulis ficus

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And þus þoruȝ cursed Caym . cam care vp-on erþe
And al for þei wroȝte wedlokes . ayein goddes wille
For-þi haue þei maugre of hir mariages . þat marie so hir children
For some as I se now . sooþ for to telle
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For coueitise of catel . vnkyndely ben wedded          W.9.168:nota
As careful concepcion . comeþ of swiche mariages
As bifel of þe folk . þat I bifore of tolde
Ther-foreW.9.171: W alone reads Ther-fore; other B manuscripts have For. goode sholde wedde goode . þouȝ þei no good hadde          W.9.171:nota
W.9.172KD.9.164
I am via & veritas seiþ crist . I may auaunce yowW.9.172: W alone reads yow, which is omitted by other B manuscripts. alle          W.9.172:nota

It is an vncomly couple . by crist as me þynkeþ          W.9.173:nota
To yeuen a yong wenche . to an old feble          W.9.174:nota
Or wedden any wodewe . for welþe of hir goodes          W.9.175:nota
W.9.176KD.9.168
That neuere shal barn bere . but if it be in hir armes           W.9.176:nota
Many a peire siþen þe pestilence . han pliȝt hem togideres
The fruyt þatW.9.178: W alone reads þat; other B manuscripts have þat þey. brynge forþ . arn foule wordes          W.9.178:nota
In Ielousie ioyelees . and ianglynge on bedde
W.9.180KD.9.172
Haue þei no children but cheeste . and clappyngW.9.180: clappyng, "loud talk." The reading is shared with Cr. hem bitwene
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And þouȝ þei do hem to Dunmowe . but if þe deuel helpe
To folwen after þe flicche . fecche þei it neuere
And but þei boþe be forswore . þat bacon þei tyne

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For-þi I counseille alle cristene . coueite noȝt be wedded
For coueitise of catel . ne of kynrede riche          W.9.185:nota
Ac maidenes and maydenes . macche yow togideres          W.9.186:nota
Wodewes and wideweres . wercheþ þe same          W.9.187:nota
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For no londes but for loue . loke ye be wedded          W.9.188:nota
And þanne gete ye þe grace of god . and good ynouȝ to lyue wiþ          W.9.189:nota

And euery maner seculer . þat may noȝt continue          W.9.190:nota
Wisely go wedde . and ware hym fro synne          W.9.191:nota
W.9.192KD.9.184
FoFo[r] lecherie in likynge . is lymeyerd of helle
Whiles þow art yong . and þi wepene kene           W.9.193:nota
Wreke þee wiþ wyuyng . if þow wolt ben excused           W.9.194:nota

Dum sis vir fortis ne des tua robora scortis           W.9.195: The nota appears inside the box to the right of the line.
W.9.196KD.9.186β
Scribitur in portis meretrix est ianua mortis           W.9.196:nota

Whan ye han wyued beþ war . and wercheþ in tyme
Noȝt as Adam and Eue . whan Caym was engendred
For in vntyme trewely . bitwene man and womman
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Ne sholde no bourde on bedde be . but if þei boþe were clene
Boþe of lif and of soule . and in parfit charite
That ilke derne dede do . no man ne sholde
And if þei leden þus hir lif . it likeþ god almyȝty
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For he made wedlok first . and hym-self it seide

Bonum est vt vnusquisque vxorem suam habeat propter fornicacionem

And þei þat oþer-gates ben geten . for gedelynges arn holden
As fals folk fondlynges . faitours and lieres
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Vngracious to gete good . or loue of þe peple
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Wandren and wasten . what þei cacche mowe
Ayeins dowel þei doon yuel . and þe deuel serue          W.9.210:nota
And after hir deeþ-day . shul dwelle wiþ þe same           W.9.211:nota
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But god gyue hem grace here . hem-self to amende          W.9.212:nota

Dowel my frend is . to doon as lawe techeþ          W.9.213:nota
To loue þi frend and þi foo . leue me þat is dobet           W.9.214:nota
To ȝyuen and to yemen . boþe yonge and olde
W.9.216KD.9.206
To helen and to helpen . is do-best of alle

And do-wel is to drede god . and do-bet to suffre          W.9.217:nota
And so comeþ do-best of boþe . and bryngeþ adoun þe mody
And þat is wikked wille . þat many a werk shendeþ          W.9.219:nota
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And dryueþ awey do-wel . þoruȝ dedliche synnes
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