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Hand Xfol. 124rP,1 IN a somer sesoun (.) wen softe was the sonne [aaAa]
P,2 Y schope me into schrodus (.) as y a schep were [aaAx]
P,3 In abite as an hermite (.) vnholy of wercus [aaAx]
P,4 Wente wyde in this world (.) wondres to here [aaaAx]
P,5 Ant sey many sellys (.) y can nat sey alle [aaAx]
P,6 Ac in a May Morwen (.) vnder Maluerne hylles [aaAx]
P,7 Me befel a ferly (.) of fayre me thoughte [aaAx]
P,8 I was wery of wandret (.) ant wente me to reste [aaAx]
P,9 Vnder a brod birch (.) by a born syde [aaAx]
P,10 Ant as y lay ant lened (.) ant loked in the water [aaAx]
P,11 I slumbred in a slep (.) hyt sweyed so murye [aaAx]
P,12 thone gan y meten (.) a merueylose sweue [xaAx]
P,13 that y was in a wyldernesse (.) wyst y nere were [aaAx]
P,14 As y byheld in the est (.) an hey to the sonne [aaAx]
P,15 Y sey a tour on a toft (.) tryeliche ymaked [aaAx]
P,16 A dep dale bynethe (.) as dym as a cloude [aaAx]
P,17 Hit thondred as me thouʒte (.) there ant nawher elles [aaAx]
P,18 A fayre feld ful of folk (.) fond y there bytwene [aaaAx]
P,19 Of alle manere men (.) bothe mene ant ryche [aaAx]
P,20 Werchyng ant wandryng (.) as the world hasket [aaAx]
P,21 Somme pote hem to plow (.) pleyuden ful selde [aaAx]
P,22 In settyng in sowyng (.) swonken ful harde [aaAx]
P,23 Wonnen that wastres (.) wyth glotenye dystruyen [aa(A)xx]
P,24 Somme pote hem to pruide (.) parayled hem thereaftur [aaAx]
P,25 In contynance in clothyng (.) comen digised [aaAx]
P,26 In pryeres ant in pennaunses (.) potten hem monye [aaAx]
P,27 Al for loue of houre lord (.) leueden ful streyte [aaAx]
P,28 Al for hope to haue (.) heuenriche blysse [aaAx]
P,29 As hankres ant hermytus (.) that holdeth hem in here sellys [aaAx]
P,30 Coueyteth nat in contraye (.) to kayren abowte [aaAx]
P,31 for no licorouse liflode (.) here licam to plese [aaAx]
P,32 Ant summe chosen chaffare (.) cheued the bettre [aaAx]
P,33 As hit semeth to oure syght (.) that seche men ythryueth [aaAx]
P,34 Ant summe murthus to make (.) as mynstrales conneht [aaAx]
P,35 nolle noythur swynke ne swete (.) but swere grete othus [aaAx]
P,36 Ant as here licam loueth (.) leueth thereaftur [aaAx]
P,37 Byddares as beggares (.) faste aboute yede [aaAx]
P,38 Tyl here bagge ant here baly (.) was bretful ycrammed [aaAx]
P,39 faytede for here fode (.) ant foughten at the ale [aaAx]
P,40 In glotonye god wot (.) goth they to bedde [aaAx]
P,41 ant ryseth wyth ribaudye (.) tho robardus knaues [aaAx]
P,42 Slep ant slewthe (.) seueth hem euere [aaAx]
P,43 ffreres y fond there (.) of alle foure ordres [aaAx]
P,44 Preched þe puple (.) for profyt of the wombe [aaAx]
P,45 glosed the gospel (.) as hem god lyked [aaAx]
P,46 for coueytise of kopys (.) construed hit as they wolde [aaAx]
P,47 Hermytes on an hep (.) wyth hoked staues [aaAx]
P,48 Wenten to Walsingham (.) ant here wyues aftur [aaAx]
P,49 Pylegrymes ant palmeres (.) plyhten hem togyderes [aaAx]
P,50 To seynt Iemes of gales (.) & seyntus of rome [axAx]

 

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P,51 Wenten forth on here way (.) wyth many wyse tales [aaAx]
P,52 Ant haueden leue to lye (.) al here lyf aftur [aaAx]
P,53 Bischopes blessed there (.) beren here staues [aaAx]
P,54 Deden dygneliche here offices (.) y deme hem neen other [aaxAx]
P,55 ffor tho apostles to prelatus (.) apendeth here status [aaAx]
P,56 Ant so y leue they lyue (.) ant lere vs the same [aaAx]
P,57 Religious to rome (.) ronne in a route [aaAa]
P,58 To apropre parsonages (.) that pore clerkus hasketh [aaAx]
P,59 Barones ant borgeys (.) ant bondage alse [aaAx]
P,60 Y say in that semble (.) as ye schal here [aaAx]
P,61 hereaftur parsones ant parsche prestus (.) preyd here bischop [aaaAx]
P,62 for here parsches were so pore (.) sen the pestilence tyme [aaAx]
P,63 To haue a license ant a leue (.) to lauchen annueles [aaAx]
P,64 Ant take trentales thereto (.) to yer togyderus [aaAx]
P,65 Seriauns serued there (.) in selken houes [aaAx]
P,66 plededen for penyes (.) ant poundes the lawe [aaAx]
P,67 ant for loue of oure lord (.) vnlose here lyppe ones [aaAa]
P,68 Thow myghtest betur meten (.) myst on maluerne hilles [aaAa]
P,69 than geten a mom of here mouht (.) or mony were yschewed [aaAx]
P,70 Iustices Iugged (.) that Ieroures wolde schewe [aaAx]
P,71 Were hit wel were hit wrong (.) here word most stande [aaAx]
P,72 forthy lak y nat tho lordus (.) lawes they kepe [aaAx]
P,73 Ant saueth vs fro sorwes (.) of synfol wrochus [aaAx]
P,74 There preched a pardoner (.) as he prest were [aaAx]
P,75 ant broughte forth a bille (.) wyth bischopus seles [aaAx]
P,76 ant seyd that himsylf (.) may soylen hem alle [aaAx]
P,77 Of falsenesse of fasting (.) of voues ybroken [aaAx]
P,78 lewed men leuen hym wel (.) liken ys wordus [aaAx]
P,79 Comen vp knelyng (.) to kyssen ys bulle [aaAx]
P,80 Bunged hem on the hed (.) blered here eyus [abAb]
P,81 ant raughte wyth ys rageman (.) ryngus ant brochus [aaAx]
P,82 Thus ye gyuen youre gold (.) glotonye to helpe [aaAx]
P,83 ant leneth hit thys loseles (.) that in lecherie lybbyth [aaAa]
P,84 Ac were the bischop (.) ant worth bothe eres [aaAx]
P,85 ys sel scholde nat be sent (.) to deseyue the peple [aaAx]
P,86 Baksteres ant bocheres (.) ant brewstres manye [aaAx]
P,87 Wollen webbestares (.) ant weuares of lynnen [aaAx]
P,88 Taylours towkares (.) ant tollares bothe [aaAx]
P,89 Myllares ant mynstrales (.) ant masones somme [aaAx]
P,90 Of alle libbynge labores (.) lopen forth there [aaAx]
P,91 As dicares an delueres (.) that doth here dedus ylle [aaAa]
P,92 ant dryueht forth the day (.) wyth {deux saue dame Emme} [aa{Aa}]
P,93 Al this y say in my slep (.) ant seuene sithes more [aaAx]
P,94 Ac the heye hyl in the Est (.) here wat hit menes [aaaAx]
P,95 A louely laydy of lere (.) in lynnen yclothed [aaaAx]
P,96 Com fro the castel (.) ant calde me twius [aaAx]
P,97 ant seyde sone slepest thow (.) sest this peple [aaAx]
P,98 How besy they ben (.) the body for to plese [aaAx]
P,99 They an no ward to the hil (.) that on hey standes [xaAx]
P,100 Ne no dred of the dongen (.) in the depe dale [aaAa]

 

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P,101 y was aferd of here face (.) thow he fayr were [aaAx]
P,102 Ant seyde mercy ma dame (.) wat ys this to mene [aaXa]
P,103 The tour wyth the tofte quad sche (.) trewthe ys therinne [aaAx]
P,104 Ant wolde that ye wroughten (.) as ys word techeth [aaAx]
P,105 for he ys fader of fayth (.) ant formed yow alle [aaAx]
P,106 bothe wyth fel ant wyth flesch (.) ant yaf how fiue wyttes [aaAx]
P,107 To wyrschepe hym therewyth (.) wyle ye ben here [aaAx]
P,108 Ant therefor hygte the ereth (.) to helpe you vchone [aaAx]
P,109 Of wollone of lynnen (.) of lyflode at nede [aaAx]
P,110 In mesurable manere (.) to make yow at ese [aaAx]
P,111 ant comaunded of ys cortesye (.) in comewn thre thyngus [aaAx]
P,112 Aren no nedeful but tho (.) ant nempne hem y thenke [axAx]
P,113 Ant rykene hem by resoun (.) reherso ye hem aftur [aaAx]
P,114 That on ys vesture (.) fram chele the to saue [aa(A)xx]
P,115 Ant mete at the mele (.) for myseyse of thysylf [aaAx]
P,116 Ant drynke wen the druyeth (.) ac do nat out of resoun [aaAx]
P,117 That the worthe the wors (.) wen thow wyrche scholdest [aaAx]
P,118 ffor loth in his lyueday (.) for lykying of drynk [aaAx]
P,119 Dede by ys dowtres (.) that the deuel lyked [aaAx]
P,120 ffor lecherye hym lawghte (.) ant lay by hem bothe [aaAx]
P,121 An al a wit hit the wyn (.) that wyked dede [aaAx]
P,122 Dred dylitable drynke (.) thou schalt do the bettre [aaaAx]
P,123 Ant mesure his medicine (.) thowʒ thow myche yerne [aaAx]
P,124 Hit ys nat al god to the gost (.) that the guth hascuht [aaAx]
P,125 Ne lyflode to the lycam (.) that leue ys the soule [aaAx]
P,126 lef nat thy licam (.) for a lyare hym thecheth [aaAx]
P,127 that his the wrechyd werld (.) wolde the bytraye [aaAx]
P,128 for the fend ant thy flesch (.) foleweth togyderus [aaAx]
P,129 Ant that seuth thy soule (.) ant seyth in thyn herte [aaAx]
P,130 A ma dame mercy quad y (.) me lecuth wel youre wordes [aa(A)bb]
P,131 Ac the money of thys molde (.) that men so faste holdeth [aaAx]
P,132 Telleth me to wam (.) that tresor apendeth [axAx]
P,133 Go to the gospel (.) that god sayde hymsylfe [aaAbb]
P,134 Tho the peple hym aposed (.) wyth a peny in the temple [aaAx]
P,135 Were they scholde wyrschepe (.) therewyth cesar the kinge [aa(A)xx]
P,136 Ant god hasked of hem (.) of wam spak the letre [aa(A)xx]
P,137 Ant ymage ylych (.) that therein standes [aaAx]
P,138 Sesaris they seyden (.) we seen wel vchone [aaAx]
P,139 {Reddite cesari} quad god (.) that {cesari} byfalleth [{a}x{A}x]
P,140 {& que sunt Dei Deo} (.) or ye don ylle [{aa}Ax]
P,141 for ryghtfoullyche resoun (.) scholde reule yow alle [aaAx]
P,142 Ant kynde wyt be wardeyn (.) youre welthe to kepe [aaAx]
P,143 Ant tutor of youre tresor (.) to take hit yow at nede [aaAx]
P,144 ffor hosebondry ant he (.) holdeth togyderes [aaAx]
P,145 Trewthe techeth vs so (.) to wyrche thereaftur [aa(A)xx]
Passus Primus1,1 I frayned here fayre ; for hym that here made [aa(A)xx]
1,2 the dongen in the dale ; that dredful his of sygth [aaAx]
1,3 Wat may hit mene ; madame y beseche [aaAx]

 

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1,4 That ys the kastel of care ; ho so cometh thereinne [aaAx]
1,5 May banne that he bore was ; to body or to soule [aaAx]
1,6 Thereinne wonyes a weye / that wrong ys hote ; [aaAx]
1,7 Ant eke fadur of falseed ; formed hymsylf [aaAx]
1,8 Adam ant eue / he egged to ylle ; [aaAa]
1,9 Consayled kaym / to kyllen ys brothur ; [aaAx]
1,10 Iudas he byiaped / wyth Iuen of syluer ; [aaAx]
1,11 Ant sennes on an hellerne ; hanged hym aftur [xaAa]
1,12 He ys lettare of loue ; lyeth hem alle [aaAx]
1,13 That trysteth on ys tresor ; trayed as sone [aaAx]
1,14 Then haued y wondur in my wyt / wat women he were ; [aaAa]
1,15 that such wyse wordus ; of holy wryt schewed / [aaAx]
1,16 Ant halsened here on the heye name / hor he thennus yede ; [aaAx]
1,17 Wat that a were ; that wyssed me so fayre / [aaAx]
1,18 bothe of falsenesse ant fayth ; fayne nat y hote / [aaAx]
1,19 Holy chirche y am quad sche / thow houghtest me to knowe ; [aaAx]
1,20 y vndurfong the furst ; ant thy fayth taughte / [aaAx]
1,21 Ant broughtest me borwes / my byddyng to holde ; [aaAx]
1,22 Wil thy lyf lasted ; to loue me oure alle / [aaAx]
1,23 Ant eke to be buxum ; my byddying to wyrche / [xaAx]
1,24 Thenne y courbed on my knes ; cryed here of here grace [aaAx]
1,25 Preyed here petousely ; to prey for my synnes / [aaAx]
1,26 Ant to kenne me kyindely . on cryst to byleue [aaAx]
1,27 that y myght werchyn ys wylle . that wroght me to man [aaAx]
1,28 Theche me to no tresor / but telle me thys ylke ; [aaAx]
1,29 How y may saue my soule ; that senne hard yholdʒ / [aaAx]
1,30 Wan alle tresores ar tryed / trewthe ys the beste . [aaAx]
1,31 Y do hit on {deus caritas} / to dome the sothe . [a{a}Ax]
1,32 Hit ys as derworthe a drewerye / as dere god hymsylf [aaAx]
1,33 for ho ys trewe of ys tonge / ant telleth non other ; [aaAx]
1,34 Doth the wercus therewyth / wylneth no man ylle ; [aaAx]
1,35 He ys a god be the gospel / a grounde ant alofte [aaAx]
1,36 ant eke yleke to oure lord ; by seynt leucus lessoun [aaAa]
1,37 Clercus that knoweth hit / scholde kennen hit aboute ; [aaAx]
1,38 for cristene ant vncristene ; claymeth hit vchone / [aaAx]
1,39 Euery wyght that ys wys / wylneth hit to haue ; [aaAx]
1,40 Kyngus ant knyghtus ; scholde kepen hyt be resoun / [aaAx]
1,41 Ryden an rappe down / in reumus aboute ; [aaAx]
1,42 ant take trangressores ; ant teyen hem faste / [aaAx]
1,43 Tyl trewthe haued ytermyned / here trespas to the ende / [aaAx]
1,44 ffor dauid in hys days ; dubbed knyghtes [aaAx]
1,45 Dede hem swere on here swerd / to serue trewth euere [aaAx]
1,46 Þat ys profession / that appendeth to knyghtus [axAx]
1,47 Ant nat to faste a fryday ; in fifscore wyntur / [aaAx]
1,48 But halde wyth hym ant wyth here / that haschet the trewthe ; [aaaAx]
1,49 Ant neuer leue hem for loue / ne for lachyng of yftus [aaAx]
1,50 Ant hoso passeth thys poynt ; ys apostata in the hordre [aaAx]
1,51 Cryst kynggen kyng . knigten tene [aaaAx]
1,52 Cherubyn ant seraphyn . such seuene ant anothur [xaAx]
1,53 Yaf hem mygthe in hys mageste . the murgur hym thoughte [aaAx]

 

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1,54 Ant ouer ys mene mayne ; made hem arcangles [aaAx]
1,55 Taughte hem thorw the trynite / the trewthe to knowe ; [aaAx]
1,56 To be buxum at ys bede ; a bad hem nat ellus / [aaAx]
1,57 lucifer wyth legyounes / lerned hit in heuene ; [aaAx]
1,58 Ant was the louelokest of lyght ; after oure lord syluen / [aaAx]
1,59 Tyl he brak boxumnesse / torw bost of hemsylfe [aaAx]
1,60 thenne fulle he wyth ys felawscipe / ant fendes bycome [aAx]
1,61 out of heue into helle / hobeled they faste ; [aaAx]
1,62 Somme in Eyr somme in herthe / somme in helle depe [aaAx]
1,63 ac lucifer lowest ; lyth of hem alle / [aaAx]
1,64 for pruyde that hym pulte out ; ys peyne hath non ende / [aaAx]
1,65 ant apostata of that place ; ant pelour of helle [aaAx]
1,66 Ant alle that wyrcheth wyth wrong / wenden they scollen [aaAx]
1,67 aftur here deth day ; ant dwelle wyth that schrew [aaAx]
1,68 ac tho that wyrchen the word / that holy wryt techeth [aaAx]
1,69 ant endeth as y or sayde / in parfite vertus [aaXx]
1,70 mow be syker that here soule / schal wende to heuene [aa(A)xx]
1,71 there trewthe his in trinite / ant tronen hem alle [aaAx]
1,72 forthy y seyde er / by syght of thys tyxtes [xaAx]
1,73 Wen alle tresores ar tryed ; trewthe ys the beste / [aaAx]
1,74 Lere hyt thus to lewed men / for lettred hyt knoweth [aaAx]
1,75 that trewthe his the tresor / trydest on erthe [aaAx]
1,76 I haue no kynde knowyng / yut mot ye kene me betre [aaAx]
1,77 by wat craft in my cors / hyt comseth ant were [aaAx]
1,78 Thow doted daffe quad sche ; dulle are thy wyttes [aaAx]
1,79 Hyt ys a kynde knowyng ; that keneth for to louy [aaAx]
1,80 ♣thy god leuere than thyselue [xxXx]
1,81 To do no dedly synne .♣deye thow scholdest [aaAx]
1,82 ffor thus wytnessett ♣ys word . wyrche thow thereaftur [aaAx]
1,83 Thys y trowe be trewthe . ♣ho can theche the bettere [aaAx]
1,84 loke thow suffre hym to seye . ant senes lere hit aftur [aaAx]
1,85 for loue his the leuest thynk . that oure lord hasketh [aaAx]
1,86 ant eke the plente of pes / preche hit in thyn harpe [aaAx]
1,87 There thow art murye at the mete / yf men byt the yed [aaAx]
1,88 ffor in kynde knowyng in herte / there comseth a myght [aaxAx]
1,89 ant that falleth to the fadur / that fourmed vs alle [aaAx]
1,90 loked on vs wyth loue ; let ys sone deye mylelyche [aaAx]
1,91 for oure mysdedes ; to menden vs alle [axAx]
1,92 ant yut wolde hem no wo / that wrowghte hym that tene ; [aaAx]
1,93 But mikelyche wyth mouthe ; mercy a bysowghte [aaAx]
1,94 To haue pite on the peple / that peyned hym to dethe [aaAx]
1,95 here myght thow se ; ensawmples in hymsylf [xaAa]
1,96 one that he was myghtfol ant meke / ant mercy gan graunte [aaAx]
1,97 To hem that hongen hym heye / ant ys herte thorled [aaaAx]
1,98 forthy y rede ye ryche / habbeth rewth on the pore [aaAx]
1,99 Thow ye be myghty to mote / beth meke in youre wercus [aaAx]
1,100 loketh on hem wyth loue lawes / thow ye hem kepe [aaaXx]
1,101 for the same mesures . that methet amys [xaAx]
1,102 Other alles ye schal be wo therewyth / wen ye wenden hennus [aaAx]
1,103 Thouʒ ye be trewe of yor tonge / ant trewlyche wynne ; [aaAx]
1,104 Ant be as schast as a childe / ant do chirches make [aaAx]

 

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1,105 But yf ye loue lelelyche / ant lene the pore [aaAx]
1,106 of such god as god ou sent / godlyche parte [aaAx]
1,107 ye habbeth no more meryte / in masse ne in houres [aaAx]
1,108 then maleken of here maydenhod / that no man desyreth [aaAx]
1,109 Iames the gentel / iuggeth by ys bokes [aaAx]
1,110 that fayth wythouten the fet / ys febler then nauʒt [aaAx]
1,111 ant as ded as a dorenayl / but yf dedus folwe [aaAx]
1,112 Mony chapelyns aren chaste / ac charite ys aweye [aaAx]
1,113 aren noen harder then summe / wen they ben avaunsed [axXa]
1,114 ant eke vnkynde to here / ant to alle other crystene [aaAx]
1,115 Cheweth here charite / chyden aftur more [aaAx]
1,116 Here loue ys likned to a laumpe / that no lyght ys ynne [aaaAx]
1,117 such chastite wythouten charite / worth cheyned in helle [aaAx]
1,118 for ye curatores that kepeth yow / clene of youre body [aaAx]
1,119 ant beth acombred wyth couetyse / ye konnen nat crepe out [aaAa]
1,120 so harde haueth auarice / yhapsed yow togyderes [aaAx]
1,121 Trewthe taughte neuere so / but trecherye of elle [aaAx]
1,122 ant lereth the lewed men / later to dele [aaAx]
1,123 fforyth wordus ywryte / in the ewangelye [aaAx]
1,124 {Date & dabitur vobis} / for y dele yow alle [{aa}Ax]
1,125 That ys lok of loue / that lateth out grace [aaAx]
1,126 To conforte the carful / acombred wyth synne [aaAx]
1,127 loue ys the lyfloede / that oure lord haschet [aaAx]
1,128 ant eke the gate of grace / that goth into heune [aaAx]
1,129 fforthy seye as y seyde er / by syght of this tyxtus [aaAx]
1,130 Wen alle tresoures ben tryed / trewthe ys the best [aaAx]
1,131 Now haue y told the wat trewthe ys / taken in thyn herte [aaAx]
1,132 Y may no lengur lenge the wyth / now loke the oure lord [aaAa]
Passus Secundus2,1 NOw haue y told yow of trewthe / that no tresor ys bettre [aaAx]
2,2 Yf ye wyl weten of Wrong / y wyl yow fayre schewe [aa(A)xx]
2,3 Bothe of fauel ant falsede / that myche folk apeyreth [aaAx]
2,4 ffor yut y kneled on my knes / ant cryed here of grace [aaAx]
2,5 Ant seyde mercy madame / for marie loue of heune [aaAx]
2,6 That bar that blysful barn / that boughtes on the rode [aaaAx]
2,7 Kenne me for youre cortesye / the false for to knowe [aaXa]
2,8 Loke on the lifth half quad sche / ant lo were a standʒ [aaAx]
2,9 Bothe fauel ant false / ant ys feres monye [aaAx]
2,10 Yf thow wylnes to wytte / lo were they stande [aaAx]
2,11 I loked on my lifth half / as the lady me thaughte [aaAx]
2,12 ant was ware of a wuiman / worthely yclothed [aaAx]
2,13 Yporfyled in pelure / the purest on erthe [aaAx]
2,14 Ycrowned in a crowne / the kyng hatht no bettre [aaAx]
2,15 Alle here fyue fyngres / were fretted wyth ryngus [aaAx]
2,16 Wyth ryche rubius / as rede as a glede [aaAx]
2,17 In red scarlet yrobed / ant rybanes of golde [aaAx]
2,18 there ys no quene queyntor / that quyk ys on molde [aaAx]
2,19 Wat ys that wuiman quad y / so worthyly atyred [aaAx]
2,20 That ys mede the mayde quad he / hath nuyed me ful ofte [aaXx]

 

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2,21 Ant laked my lore ; to lordus aboute [aaAx]
2,22 In the Pope paleys / he ys pryue as mysylfe [aaAx]
2,23 Ant so scholde sche nat be / for wrong ys here syre [aaaXa]
2,24 Out of wrong sche wax / to wrothurhele monye [aaAx]
2,25 I howghte ben herrer than he / y com a bettre [aaa(A)xx]
2,26 Tomorwe worth the maryage mad / of mede & of fals [aaaAx]
2,27 ffauel wyth fayr speche / hath forged hem togyderes [aaAx]
2,28 Ant gyle hath bygo here so / he graunthet alle here wylle [aaAx]
2,29 Ac alle ys lyares ledyng / that they lye togyderes [aaAx]
2,30 Tomorwe worth the maryage / ymad as y telle [aaAx]
2,31 There myght thow wytte yf þou wylt / wyche they ben alle [aaAx]
2,32 That longeth to thys lordschipe / the lasse & the more [aaAx]
2,33 knowe hem there if thow canst / ant kepe the fro hem alle [aaAx]
2,34 Yf thow wylnest to wone / wyth treweth in ys blisse [aaAxx]
2,35 Y may no lengor lette / lord y the bykenne [aaAx]
2,36 Ant bycome a god man / for eny couetyse y rede [aaAx]
2,37 Alle the ryche retenanse / that regneht wyth false [aaAx]
2,38 Were bede to this bruydale / on bothe to the sydes [aaAx]
2,39 Sire symonye ys ofsent / to sele the chartres [aaAx]
2,40 Ant alle the notaryes by name / that ther noen fayle [aaAx]
2,41 To sette on here sygnes / as symonye wyl bydde [aaAx]
2,42 Cyuyle ys sompned / to sese alle the londus [aaAx]
2,43 that fauel ant fals / by eny fyn haldeth [aaAx]
2,44 To feffe mede theremyd / in maryage for euere [aaAx]
2,45 Sothnesse ant mysylf / sey this ant more [aaAx]
2,46 ffor there nas hale ne hows / to herborwe the peple [aaAx]
2,47 nayther logge ne lawnde / ne lesewe so brode [aaAx]
2,48 That vch feuld nas ful (.) of folk alle aboute [aaAx]
2,49 In myddys on morwe / on a montayne heye [aaAx]
2,50 Was pyght vn a paueloun / proud for the nones [aaAx]
2,51 An ten thowsound of tentus / teled by sydes [aaAx]
2,52 Of knyghtus of contrays / ant commiers aboute [aaAx]
2,53 ffor sysores ffor sompnorus (.) ffor syllares ant bygares [aaAx]
2,54 ffor lered for lewed (.) ffor laboreres in thowne [aaAx]
2,55 Alle to wyttenesse wel / wat the wryt wolde [aaAx]
2,56 In wat manere that mede / in meble was sesed [aaAx]
2,57 Ant to by fastened wyth fals / the fyn ys arered [aaAx]
2,58 Thenne fauel fecheth here forth / ant to fals taketh [aaaAx]
2,59 In forward that falsede ; schal fynde here for euere [aaAx]
2,60 Ant to be boun at ys bede / at bord ant at bedde [aaAa]
2,61 As sire symonye wyl segge / to sewen ys wylle [aaAx]
2,62 Symonye ant Cyuyle / thenne standeth forth [aaAx]
2,63 Ant vnfoldeth the feffement ; that fals hath ymaked [aaAx]
2,64 Thus bygynneth thyse gomes ; ant gredeth ful heye [aaAx]
2,65 Wythet ant wytnesseth (.) that wonyeth on erthe [aaAx]
2,66 That y fauel / feffe (.) falsenesse to mede [aaAx]
2,67 To be prynses of pruyde ; in pore ant in ryche [aaAx]
2,68 Wyth alle the lordchepe of lecherye / a lengthe ant of brede [aaAx]
2,69 Wyth the erldom of enuye / for euere to laste [aaAx]
2,70 Ant alle the counte of couetyse / yknowen aboute [aaAx]

 

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2,71 As in vsurye in auaryse / in othur cheuysawnses [aaAx]
2,72 Tyl that glotenye be ygraue / here glorye to deure [aaAx]
2,73 Wyth the seynewrye of slewethe / y sese hem togydere [aaAx]
2,74 They to habbe ant to holde / ant here herrys aftur [aaAa]
2,75 Wyth alle the portenaunce of purgatorie / into the pyne of elle [aaAx]
2,76 yeldyng for thys thyng / at one yeres ende [axAx]
2,77 here sowles to satanas / to synken in pyne [aaAx]
2,78 there to wonyen wyth wrong / wyle god ys in heuene [aa(A)xx]
2,79 In wyttnesse of wych thyng / wrong was the furste [aaAx]
2,80 Ant Peres the pardoner / of sent poules chirche [aaAx]
2,81 Ant Bette the bedel / of bokynghamschire [aaAx]
2,82 Ant reynald the reue / of rotlonde sokene [aaAx]
2,83 Monde the myllare / ant mony mo othur [aaAx]
2,84 In the date of deul ; thys dede ys aseled [aaAx]
2,85 By syght of syre symonye / ant Cyuyles leue [aaAx]
2,86 Thenne tened hym Theologye / wen he thys tale yherde [aaAx]
2,87 Ant seyde to Cyuynie (.) now sorwe on thy bokes [aaAx]
2,88 such weddingus to wyrche / to wrathen the trewthe [aaAx]
2,89 ant ar thys wedding be wrought / wo the betyde [aaAx]
2,90 ffor mede ys moylere / of mendes engendret [aaAx]
2,91 god grawnteth hymsylf / to gyue / mede to trewthe [aaAx]
2,92 ant thow hast gyue here to a gloten / now god gyue the sorwe [aaAx]
2,93 the tyxtus telleth nat so / trewthe wot the sothe [aaAx]
2,94 {Dignus est operarius} / hys huyre to haue [{xa}Aa]
2,95 ant thow hast faste here wyth false / we fy on the lawe [aaAx]
2,96 for alle by lesyngus tow lyuest / ant lechoures wercus [aaAx]
2,97 thow schalt abygge thys bargayn / by my fadur sowle [aa(A)xx]
2,98 Sire symonye ant thysylue / schendeth holy chirche [aaAx]
2,99 Wyth notaryes nysotes / nuyest the peple [aaAx]
2,100 ant sowsest yow in synne / wyth seynte marye rentus [aaAx]
2,101 Wel ye wyte wernardus / but yf youre wyt fayle [aaaAx]
2,102 That fals hys a faytor / ant faytles of wercus [aaAx]
2,103 ant as a bastard ybore / of belsabubbes kynne [aaAx]
2,104 ant mede ys a mayde / murgust on erthe [aaAx]
2,105 a myghte kysse the kyng (.) for cosyn ant he wolde [aaAx]
2,106 Ac wurcheth by wysdom / ant by wyt aftur [aaAx]
2,107 ant ledeth here to londone / there lewte hys handlet [aaAx]
2,108 Yf eny lawe wyl loke . they lygge / togyderes [aaAx]
2,109 ant thow iustises iuggede here / to be ioyned wyth false [aaAx]
2,110 Yut beth ywar of the wedding / for wytty hys trewthe [aaAx]
2,111 ffor consience ys of ys consayl / ant knoweth yow vchoun [aaAx]
2,112 ant yf he fynd yow in defawte / ant wyt the fals hold [aaAx]
2,113 Hyt schal besytte youre sowle / ful sowre at the laste [aaAx]
2,114 Hereto assenthet Cyuyle / ac symonye ne wolde [aaAx]
2,115 Tyl he haued syluer for hys seles / ant signes togydderes [aaAx]
2,116 Thenne fette fauel forth / florynes ynowe ant bad gyle gold alle abowte [aaAbb]
2,117 2,118 To symonye ant Cyuyle / ant sethe alle the othur [aaAbb]
2,119 Ant namelyche the notaryes / that there noen fayle [aaAx]
2,120 ant feffe false wytnesse / wyt florynes ynowe [aaAx]
2,121 ffor he may mede amaystrye . ant make at my wylle [aaAx]

 

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2,122 Tho thys gold was ygyue / gret was the thonkyng [aaAx]
2,123 To fals ant to fauel / for here fayre yftus [aaAx]
2,124 ant comen to conforte / fram care the false [aaAx]
2,125 ant seyden syre certes / sese schal we nere [aaAx]
2,126 Tyl mede be thy weded wyf / thorw wyt of vs alle [xaaAx]
2,127 We han mede amaystred / thorw oure mury speche [aaAx]
2,128 That he hath graunted to go / wyth a god wylle [aaAx]
2,129 To londone to loke / yf that lawe wolde [aaAx]
2,130 iugge yow ioyntely / in ioye togydderes [aaAx]
2,131 Thenne was falsenesse fayn / ant fauel as blythe [aaAx]
2,132 ant let sompne al ys segges / in schyres aboute [aaAx]
2,133 ant bad hem alle be bow / beggares ant othur [aaAx]
2,134 To wenden wyth hym to westemynstre / to wytnesse thys dede [aaAx]
2,135 Thenne kared they for kaples / to kayren hem thedur [aaAx]
2,136 Ac fauel bad feche forth / foles ynowe [aaAx]
2,137 Ant sette mede on a scheryue / yschoed al newe [aaAx]
2,138 Ant fals on a sysor / that softeliche trotted [xaAx]
2,139 Ant fauel on fayr speche / fetysliche atyred [aaAx]
2,140 Thenne haued notaryes none / anuyed they were [aaAx]
2,141 ffor symonye ant Cyuyle / scholde goen on here fete [aaAx]
2,142 Thenne swor Cyuyle / ant seyde by the rode [aaAx]
2,143 that sompnoures scholde be sadeled / ant serue symonye [aaAa]
2,144 ant lat aparayle the prouisoures / in palfrayes wyse [aaAx]
2,145 Syre symonye hymsylf / schal sytte on here bakus [aaAx]
2,146 ffor Denes schulle ben dyght (.) as destreres [aaAx]
2,147 they schal bere thes byschopes (.) tyl they be there [aaAx]
2,148 Erchdekenus officiales . y hote that they ben atyred [aaAx]
2,149 ffor they schul serue mysylf / that Cyuyle hatte [aaAx]
2,150 Ant lat kartsadle the commessarye / oure kart schal he draw [aaAx]
2,151 Ant fetten oure vitayles (.) of {fornicatores} [aa{Ax}]
(f:v:f)2,152 Ant maketh lyare a lankart / to lede alle thys othur [aaAx]
2,153 as fobbes ant faytoures / that on here fet rennes [aaAx]
2,154 Thenne fals fareht forth (.) ant fauel togyderes [aaAx]
2,155 Ant mede in the myddus / ant alle thys men aftur [aaAx]
2,156 I haue no tome to telle / the tayl that hem folewed [aaAx]
2,157 Of many manere men / that on thys mold libbes [aaAx]
2,158 Ac gyle was forgoar / ant gyde hem to lede [aaAx]
2,159 Ac sothnesse sey hym wel / seyde but lyte [aaAx]
2,160 ac fiched hym faste / ant goth afore alle [aaAx]
2,161 Ant com to the kyingus court / ant consyence tolde [aaaAx]
2,162 Ant conscience to the king / carped yt aftur [aaAx]
2,163 ant how thys corsed companie / that to the court wolde [aaAx]
2,164 Of symonye of Cyuyle / ant seyde hym al togyderes [aaAx]
2,165 How fauel ant falsenesse / fondet to lach mede [aaAx]
2,166 To maryage ant on wat (.) manere hym lette [axAx]
2,167 ant how gyle gaf the gold / to gomes abowte [aaaAx]
2,168 To symonye to Cyuyle (.) ant seyde al togyderes [aaAx]
2,169 ant how teologye tened hym / ant traytowres hem called [aaAx]
2,170 ant seyde trewthe for here trespas / scholde tene hem vch one [aaAx]
2,171 By cryst quad kyng tho / ant y cache myghte [aaAx]

 

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2,172 fals othur fauel / or eny of here feres [aaXa]
2,173 y wyl be wreke of tho wrechus / that wyrchen so hylle [aaAx]
2,174 Ant do hange hem by the hals / ant alle that hem menthyneth [aaAx]
2,175 Schal neuere man on this molde / mempryse the leste [aaAx]
2,176 But ryght as lawe loketh / lat fal on hem alle [aa(A)xx]
2,177 ffor eny mercy of mede / by marye of heuene [aaAx]
2,178 ant comawnded a constable / that com at the furst [aaAx]
2,179 To a atache tho tyrauntes / for eny tresor y hote [aaAx]
2,180 fetureth falsenesse faste / for eny skynes yftes [aaa(A)xx]
2,181 Ant gurdeth of gyeles heued / lat hym go no forthur [aaAx]
2,182 Ant bryngeth mede to me / mawgre hem alle [aaAx]
2,183 Symonye sey hym / y sende hym to warne [aaAx]
2,184 That holy chyrche for hym (.) worth harmed for euere [aaAa]
2,185 Ant thow lache lyare / lat hym nat askape [aaAx]
2,186 Tyl he be pot on the pylory / for eny preyere y hote [aaAx]
2,187 Drede at the dore stod / ant the dyne herde [aaAx]
2,188 how the kyng konstables / comaunded ant othur [aaAx]
2,189 as seriauntes ant scheryues / that schyres han to kepe [aaAx]
2,190 Warned fals fore / ant ys feres alle [aaAx]
2,191 Thenne falsenesse for fere / fley to the freres [aaAa]
2,192 gyle doth hym to / agast for to dye [axAx]
2,193 Ac marchawns mette wyth hym / made hym abyde [aaAx]
2,194 byschutten hym in here schoppe / to schewen here ware [aaAx]
2,195 Parayled hym as a prentys (.) the peple to serue [aaAx]
2,196 lyghtlyche lyare / lep away thenne [aaAx]
2,197 lurkynge thorw lanes / toluged of mony [aaAx]
2,198 he was nawer welcome / for ys mony tales [xxXx]
2,199 But ouer al yhonted / ant yhote trusse [aaAx]
2,200 Tyl pardoners haued pyte / polled hym into howse [aaAx]
2,201 Woschen ant wyped hym / wownden hym in cloutus [aaAx]
2,202 ant senten hym sonendayus / wyth seles to Chirches [aaAx]
2,203 ant gaf pardoune for pans / poundmele aboute [aaAx]
2,204 Thenne lowred leches / ant letres they hym sent [aaAx]
2,205 ffor to wonye wyth hem / wateres to loke [axAx]
2,206 Spisores speke to hym / to spyen here thyngus [aaAx]
2,207 ffor he kowthe of here craft / ant knew mony gummes [aaAx]
2,208 Ac mynstrales ant messageres / mette wyth hym ones [aaAx]
2,209 ant helden hym half yer / ant eleue dayes [aaAx]
2,210 ffreres wyth fayre speche (.) fetten hym thennes [aaAx]
2,211 ffor knowyng of comares / coped hym as a frere [aaAx]
2,212 Ac he hath leue to lepe out / as ofte as hym licut [aaXa]
2,213 ant ys welcome wen a wol / woneth wyth hem ofte [aaAx]
2,214 Alle fledde for fere / saue fauel ant mede [aaAx]
2,215 Ac bothe to trembled / atached tho they were [xaAx]
Passus tercius3,1 NOw ys mede the mayde (.) ant no mo of hem alle [aaAx]
3,2 Wyth bedles ant bayles (.) ybrought to the king [aaAx]
3,3 The kyng cald a clerk (.) y can nat ys name [aaaAx]
3,4 To take mede the mayde (.) ant maken here at ese [aaAx]

 

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3,5 y schal assay here mysylf (.) ant sothelyche apose [aaAx]
3,6 wat man of thys world (.) that here were leuest [aaAx]
3,7 Ant yf he wyrche by wyt (.) ant my wille folwe [aaAx]
3,8 y wille fo gyue here that gult (.) so me god helpe [aaAx]
3,9 Corteyseliche thys clerk (.) as the kyng hyghte [aaAx]
3,10 ladde this lady to lofte (.) that mede his yhote [aaaXx]
3,11 ac there was murthe ant mynstracie (.) mede to plese [aaAx]
3,12 That wonyeth at westmenstre (.) wurcheped here alle [aaAx]
3,13 Gentelyche wyth ioye (.) the Iustises monye [aaAx]
3,14 Busked hem to the bour there (.) the buyrde dweld [aaAx]
3,15 Conforted here kyndelyche (.) by cleregyus leue [aaAx]
3,16 Seyden mourne nat mede (.) ne mak thow no sorwe [aaAx]
3,17 ffor we wyl wysse kyng (.) ant thy way schape [aaAx]
3,18 ffor to wedde at thy wille (.) were thow lef licuth [aaAbb]
3,19 ffor al conscienses cast (.) ant craft as we trowe [aaAx]
3,20 Myldelyche mede (.) mercyed hem alle [aaAx]
3,21 Of theyr grete godnesse (.) ant gaf hem vchone [aaAx]
3,22 Coupus of clene gold (.) coppus of syluer [aaAx]
3,23 Rynges wyth rubyes (.) ant rychesses monye [aaAx]
3,24 The leste mon of here meyne (.) a moten of gold [aaAx]
3,25 Thenne lawʒte they leue (.) this lordus at mede [aaAx]
3,26 Wyth that come clerkus (.) conforted here the same [aaAx]
3,27 ant beden here be blythe (.) for we beth thyn owne [aaAx]
3,28 ffor to wyrche thy wylle (.) wyle thow myʒt loke [aa(A)xx]
3,29 hendelyche he thenne (.) byhyghte hem the same [axAx]
3,30 To loue yow lelely wyle (.) my lyf deureth [aaAx]
3,31 ant in the consistorye at court (.) do calle youre name [aaAx]
3,32 ant bugge benefices (.) were yow best lycuth [aaAx]
3,33 Porchase prouendres thereto (.) wyle my pans lasteth [aaAx]
3,34 Schal no lowedenesse lette (.) hem that y louye [aaXa]
3,35 That they nar furst avaunsed (.) for yc am yknowe [aa(A)xx]
3,36 There connyngge clerkus (.) cleketh byhyend [aaAx]
3,37 The kying fro consayl com (.) kalde aftur mede [aaaAx]
3,38 ant of sentare as swythe (.) seriauns here fette [aaAx]
3,39 ant browghte here to boure (.) wyth a blithe chere [aaAx]
3,40 Corteyslyche the kyng (.) commesed to telle [aaAx]
3,41 To mede the mayde (.) meled his wordus [aaAx]
3,42 Vnwyttyly thow womman (.) wrowt hast ofte [aaAx]
3,43 ac worse wrowghtest nere (.) as wen þow fals toke [aa(A)xx]
3,44 ac y fortgyue that gult (.) ant graunte the grace [aaAa]
3,45 ant fro hennes to thy deth day (.) do þow so no more [aaAx]
3,46 I haue a knyʒt conscience (.) com lat fro byyonde [aaAx]
3,47 yf he wylneth the to wyue (.) wolte þow hym haue [aaAx]
3,48 ye lord quad that lady (.) lord hit me forbede [aaAx]
3,49 but y be holy at youre heste (.) lat hange me ellus [aaAa]
3,50 Thenne was conscience ycald (.) to come ant apere [aaAx]
3,51 byfor the kyng ant ys consayl (.) of clerkus ant othur [aaAx]
3,52 kneled conscience (.) ant to the kyng lowted [aaAx]
3,53 ant wat that ys wille were (.) ant wat he do scholde [aaaAx]
3,54 Wylt þow wedde thys lady (.) ant y wyl assente [aaxAx]

 

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3,55 for he ys fayn of thy fellawschippe (.) ant for to be thy make [aa(A)xx]
3,56 Quad consciense to the kyng (.) cryst hit me forbede [aaAx]
3,57 ar y wedded such a wyf (.) wo me bytyde [aaAx]
3,58 Sche ys frele of here fayth (.) fikel of here speche [aaAx]
3,59 A maketh men mysdo (.) many score tyme [aaaAx]
3,60 In triste of here tresor (.) he teneht ful monye [aaAx]
3,61 wyues ant wedewus (.) wantownesse he thechet [aaAx]
3,62 lereth hem lecherye (.) that loueyeth here yftus [aaAx]
3,63 youre fader a feld (.) thorw false byheste [aaAx]
3,64 poyseneth popes (.) apeyreth holy chirche [aaAx]
3,65 ys nat a bettre bawde (.) by hym that me made [aa(A)xx]
3,66 bytwene heuene ant helle (.) ant erthe thow me sowte [aaAx]
3,67 Sche ys tykel of here tayl (.) talewys of tonge [aaAa]
3,68 as comewn as the cartway (.) to knaues ant to alle [aaAx]
3,69 to monekus to mynstrales (.) to myseles in hegges [aaAx]
3,70 Sysoures ant sompneres (.) such men here preyseth [aaAx]
3,71 a doth men lesen here land (.) ye ant here lyf bothe [aaAx]
3,72 scheryues of schires (.) were schent yf he nere [aaAx]
3,73 ffor he lat passe prysones (.) payeth for hem ofte [aaAx]
3,74 A gyueth the gaylares gold (.) ant grotus togyderes [aaaAx]
3,75 To vnfetere the fals (.) fle were hym licut [aaAx]
3,76 Taketh trewthe by the top (.) tethereth hym faste [aaaAx]
3,77 Ant hangeth hym for hatrede (.) that harmed nere [aaAx]
3,78 To be corsed in the consistorye (.) a cownteth nat a rysche [aaAx]
3,79 for a copeth the comyssarye (.) coteth ys clercus [aaAa]
3,80 Sche ys assoyled thus sone (.) as heresilf licuth [aaAx]
3,81 he may ney as myche do (.) in a monthe onus [aaAx]
3,82 as youre secrete sel (.) in syxe scor dayes [aaAx]
3,83 ffor he ys pryue wyth the pope (.) prouisores hit knoweth [aaAx]
3,84 ffor symonye ant heresilf (.) aseleth here bullus [aaAx]
3,85 A blesseth thes byschopus (.) thow they be lewed [aaAx]
3,86 Prouendreth parsones (.) prestes he meynteneth [aaAx]
3,87 To habbe lemmanes ant luttebys (.) alle here lyf days [aaAx]
3,88 ant bryngeth forth barnes (.) ayeyn forbode lawes [aaAx]
3,89 There he ys wel wyth a kyng (.) wo his the rewme [axAx]
3,90 ffor he ys fauorable to fals (.) ant falleth ryght ofte [aaAx]
3,91 Barones ant burgeys (.) he bryngeth into sorwe [aaAx]
3,92 By Iesus wyth here Iueles (.) youre iustyses a schendeth [aaAx]
3,93 Ant lythth ayeyn lawe (.) ant lette hem the gate [aaAx]
3,94 that fayth may nat haue ys forth (.) here floreynes goth so thykke [aaAx]
3,95 The mase for a mene man (.) thouʒ a mote euere [aaAx]
3,96 Wythouten mony or mede (.) or morgage ys landus [aaAx]
3,97 lawe ys so lordlyche (.) ant loth to make hynde [aaAx]
3,98 Wythouten presentus or pans (.) a pleseth ful fewe [aaAx]
3,99 he lat lawe as here lust (.) ant louedays makuth [aaAx]
3,100 clergyse ant coueytyse (.) he coupleth togydere [aaAx]
3,101 Thys ys the lyf of that lady (.) now lord yf here sorwe [aaAx]
3,102 ant alle that meyntyneth here men (.) meschaunce hem bytyde [aaAx]
3,103 for pore men han no pouer to pleyne hem (.) they hey smerte [aaaXx]
3,104 Such a mayster ys mede (.) among men of gode [aaAx]

 

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3,105 Thenne morned mede (.) mened here to the kyng [aaAx]
3,106 To haue space to speke (.) spede yf a myghte [aaAx]
3,107 The kynge graunted here grace (.) wyth a god wylle [aaAx]
3,108 Excuse yf thow canst (.) y can no more schewen [aa(A)xx]
3,109 for conscience akusseth (.) to congey the for euere [aaAx]
3,110 Nay lord quad that lady (.) leue hym the worse [aaAx]
3,111 Wen the wyten wyturly (.) were the wrong lyges [aaAx]
3,112 There that meschef ys gret (.) mede may helpe [axAx]
3,113 ant thow knowest conscience (.) y com nat to chyde [aaAx]
3,114 ne to depraue thy persone (.) wyth a proud herte [aaAx]
3,115 Wel thow wost weye (.) but yf tow wyl gabbe [aaaAx]
3,116 Thow hast hanged on myn half (.) elleuene tymes [aaAx]
3,117 ant eke ygrype my gold (.) gef hit were thow lyked [aaAxx]
3,118 ac wy thow wratheste the now (.) wndor me thynkeuth [aaAx]
3,119 ffor yut y may as y myghte (.) menske the wyth yftus [aaAx]
3,120 ant multiplye thy monhede (.) more thenne thow knowest [aaAx]
3,121 ac thow hast defamed me foule (.) afor the kyng here [aa(A)xx]
3,122 That thow seydest for soth (.) schalt thow nere fynde [aaAx]
3,123 for me were leuere by oure lord (.) to lyggen in peyne [aaAx]
3,124 wyle that thys world last (.) then wyrchen so ylle [axAx]
3,125 ffor kyld y nere no king (.) ne consayled thereaftur [aaAx]
3,126 ne dede as thow demyst (.) y do yt on the kynge [aaAx]
3,127 In normawndye nas a nat (.) anuyed for my sake [aaAx]
3,128 Ac thow thysylf sothelyche (.) schamedest ofte [aaAx]
3,129 Crope into kaban (.) for cold of thy nayles [aaAx]
3,130 wendest that wyntur (.) wolde last euere [aaAx]
3,131 Draddyst the to dey (.) for a dymme clowde [aaAx]
3,132 ant hastedest hammard (.) for hungur of thy wombe [aaAx]
3,133 Wythoute pyte thow pyte thow pylor (.) pore men [aaAx]
3,134 thow robbedest ant bere here bras (.) at thy bak to kaleys to sylle [xaaAx]
3,135 There y lefte wyth my lord (.) ys lyf for to saue [aaAx]
3,136 ant made ys men murye (.) ant mournyg to leue [aaaAx]
3,137 y battered hem on the bak (.) boldede here herte [aaAx]
3,138 Dede hem hoppe for hope (.) to haue me at wylle [aaAx]
3,139 haued y be marchal of ys men (.) by mary of heuene [aaAx]
3,140 y durst haue leyd my lyf (.) ant no lasse wedde [aaAx]
3,141 a scholde haue be lord of that lond (.) a lengthe ant of brede [aaAx]
3,142 ant eke kyng of that kyth (.) ys kyn for to helpe [aaAx]
3,143 Ye the leste brol of ys blod (.) a barones pere [aaAx]
3,144 Kowardelyche thow conscience (.) conseylest hym thennes [aaAx]
3,145 To leuen ys lordschepe (.) for a litel syluer [aaAx]
3,146 that ys the rychest rewme (.) that reyn ouer houes [aaAx]
3,147 Ac conscience cryst wot (.) as y can descryue [aaAx]
3,148 Out of northfolk or normawndye (.) thy name was yfounde [aaAx]
3,149 ffor thow canst selle the cow (.) y calf ant wythouten [aaAx]
3,150 halden wyth hym ant wyth here (.) ay as the licuth [aaaAx]
3,151 ffreres fyndeth the a frend (.) that thow furst blamedest [aaaAx]
3,152 thyselue art asentaunt (.) that they schal men schryue [aaAa]
3,153 ffurst thow corue hem a cope (.) conscience thyselue [aaAx]
3,154 ant comawndest vche couent (.) coueytyse to lete [aaAx]

 

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3,155 Ant nyme nat of no man (.) but as nede hascheth [aaAx]
3,156 Now ast thow coped hem in coueytyse (.) ant cumseth to ryde [aaAx]
3,157 That weren woned to wade (.) in wynteres ful colde [aaAx]
3,158 Now beth they boted tho bewsoun (.) ant bayard stowlyche bestrydeth [aaAbb]
3,159 The bourlyokest bornet (.) ant blanket to selle [aaAx]
3,160 They byggen hyt nat beggen hit (.) to bakken thereinne [aaAx]
3,161 In delys of lecherye (.) ys lycam achoceth [aaAx]
3,162 That such wedus wereth (.) y wyl yt avowe [aaAx]
3,163 ffor lecherye ys delyt (.) ant eke aloft bothe [aaAx]
3,164 Letred ant vnlered (.) lewdelyche thow techest [aaAx]
3,165 Vnnethe ys ther eny man (.) that nolde be ryche [axAx]
3,166 Ant alle the wyttus that a wot (.) to wynnygge he schapeth [aaAx]
3,167 Of alle manere men (.) mede ys desyred [aaAx]
3,168 Conscience but at consayl (.) countheth ful fewe [aaAx]
3,169 Marchauns myghte forbere the (.) none man bettre [axAx]
3,170 Conscience in couetyse (.) clercus hath robed [aaAx]
3,171 Ant soyleth men for syluer (.) we sen wel ouresylue [aaAa]
3,172 Conscience ys the cumsyng (.) of alle skynes werkus [aaAx]
3,173 Be hyt wel be hit wo (.) a wot hyt at the furst [aaAx]
3,174 Ys maystry ys aboue me (.) that mede am yhote [aaAx]
3,175 Wythouten hys wyt wyrch y not (.) god wot the sothe [aaAx]
3,176 That thow ne art furst foundur (.) god fayth it knoweth [aaAx]
Passus quartus4,1 SEseth seseth sayde the kynge (.) y soffre yow no lengur [aaxAx]
4,2 ye schal sawtene for sothe (.) ant serue me bothe [aaAx]
4,3 kysse here quad the kyng (.) conscience y hote [aaAx]
4,4 Nay by cryst quad conscience (.) congeye me arre [aaAx]
4,5 But resoun radde me thertyl (.) rather wyll y deye [aaAx]
4,6 ant y comawnde quad the kyng (.) to consciencie thenne [aaAx]
4,7 rape the to ryde (.) ant resoun that thow feche [aaAx]
4,8 Comawnde hym that he come (.) my consayl to here [aaAx]
4,9 ffor he schal rewle my rewme (.) rede me the beste [aaAx]
4,10 of mede ant mo othur (.) ant wat man schal here wedde [aaAx]
4,11 ant kounte wyth the conscyence (.) so me cryst helpe [aaAx]
4,12 how thow lerest the peple (.) lered ant lewed [axAa]
4,13 y am fayn of þat forward (.) seyth the freke thenne [aaAx]
4,14 and ryt ryght to resoun (.) ant rowneth in ys here [aaaAx]
4,15 seyde hym as the kying sente (.) ant senes tok ys leue [aaAx]
4,16 I schal araye me to ryde quad resoun (.) reste the the wil [aaaAx]
4,17 ant cald tomme trewe tonge (.) telle me no talus [aaaAa]
4,18 ne lesyngus to lawʒe of (.) for y loued hit nere [aaAx]
4,19 Sette my sadel vp on suffre (.) tyl y se my tyme [aaaAx]
4,20 ant lat warryoke wyl (.) wyth stronge wytty gurthus [aaAx]
4,21 honge on hym the heuye brydel (.) to holde ys heued lowe [aaAa]
4,22 ffor yut wyl he make mony (.) a wehe ar we be there [aaBb]
4,23 Thenne conscyence on ys kapel (.) kayres forth faste [aaAx]
4,24 ant resoun ryt forth wyth hym (.) ryght to the kyng [aaAx]
4,25 Ac on wareyn wysdom (.) ant wytty ys fere [aaAx]

 

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4,26 folwed hem faste (.) for they haued to done [aa(A)xx]
4,27 In the cheker ant in chaunserye (.) to be descharged of thyngus [aaAx]
4,28 and ryden faste for resoun (.) schold rede hem the beste [aaAx]
4,29 ffor to sauen hemsylf (.) fro schame ant fro harmes [aaAx]
4,30 ac conscyence com arst (.) to court by a myle [aaAx]
4,31 ant romed forth wyth resoun (.) ryght to the kyng [aaAx]
4,32 Corteyslyche the com aye resoun [axAx]
4,33 ant bytwene hymsylf ant ys sone (.) sette hym a benche [aaAx]
4,34 ant worden ful wysly (.) a gret wyle togyderes [aaAx]
4,35 Thenne com pes in the parlement (.) ant potte vp a bille [aaAx]
4,36 How wronge ayeyne ys wylle (.) haued ys wyf take [aaAx]
4,37 ant how a Rauessched rose (.) reynaldus loue [aaAx]
4,38 ant margrete of here maydenhod (.) maugre here checus [aaAx]
4,39 Bothe my ges ant my grys (.) ys gadelynges fecheth [aaAx]
4,40 y dar nat for fere of hym (.) fyghte ne chyde [xaAx]
4,41 A borwed of me bayard (.) ant broughte ayeyn nere [aaAx]
4,42 ne no ferthyng therefore (.) for hought y cowthe plede [aa(A)xx]
4,43 A meynteyneth ys men (.) to morthre myn hewes [aaAx]
4,44 fforstalleth my fayres (.) fyghteth in my chepyng [aaAx]
4,45 Brekth vp my bernus dore (.) berth awey my wete [aaAx]
4,46 Taketh me but a tayle (.) for ten quarter otes [aaAx]
4,47 ant yut a bat me thereto (.) lyth be my mayde [axAx]
4,48 y nam nat hardy for hym (.) vnnethe to loke [aaAx]
4,49 The kyng knewe he seyde sothe (.) for conscyence hym tolde [aaxAx]
4,50 ant sothenesse swor hit was (.) sothe that he tolde [aaAx]
4,51 Ant thenne was wronge wo (.) ant wysdom a sought [aaAx]
4,52 To make ys pays wyth ys pans (.) ant profred hym monye [aaAx]
4,53 ant seyde haued y loue of my lord (.) lytel wold y rech [aaAx]
4,54 Thow pes ant ys pouer (.) pleynen hem euere [aaAx]
4,55 Wysdom wan tho (.) ant so dede wyt alse [aaAx]
4,56 ffor that wrong haued ywrought (.) so wyked a dede [aaAx]
4,57 Ant warned wrong tho (.) wyth such a wys tale [aaAx]
4,58 Ho so wyrcheth be wyl (.) wrathe maketh ofte [aaAx]
4,59 Y seg by thysylf (.) thow schalt hyt sone fynde [aaAx]
4,60 But yf mede hit make (.) thy meschef ys vppe [aaAx]
4,61 Bothe thy lyf ant thy londus (.) lyth in ys grace [aaAx]
4,62 Wrong thenne on wysdom (.) weped faste [aaAx]
4,63 to helpe hym for his (.) ant handi dandy payed [aaAx]
4,64 Thenne wysdom and wyt (.) wenten togyderes [aaAx]
4,65 an nomen mede myd hem (.) mercy to wynne [axAx]
4,66 Pes potte forth ys heued (.) an his panne blody [aaxAx]
4,67 Wythouten gult god wot (.) gat y this scathe [aaAx]
4,68 Conscience ant the kyng (.) knewe wel the sothe [aaAx]
4,69 ant wysten wel that wrong (.) was a schrewe euere [aaa(A)xx]
4,70 Ac wysdom ant wyt (.) were aboute faste [aaAx]
4,71 To ouercome the kyng (.) thorw catel yf they myghte [aaAx]
4,72 The kyng swor by Cryst (.) ant by ys crowne bothe [aaAx]
4,73 That wrong for ys wercus (.) schold wo tholye [aaAx]
4,74 Ant comawnded a constable (.) to caste hym in yrenes [aaAx]
4,75 A schal nat this vij yer (.) yse ys fete ones [aaAx]

 

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4,76 God wot quad wysdom (.) that were nat the beste [aaAx]
4,77 ant he amendes mowe make (.) lat meynprise hym haue [aaAx]
4,78 ant be borw for ys bale (.) beggen hym mercy [aaAx]
4,79 Amende that a mysdede (.) ant eueremore the bettre [aaAx]
4,80 Wyt acordede therewyth (.) ant seyde the same [aaBb]
4,81 beture ys that bote (.) bale adown brynge [aaAa]
4,82 Then bale be ybete (.) ant bote nere the bettre [aaAa]
4,83 Thenne gan mede to meke here (.) ant mercy a bysowte [aaAx]
4,84 ant profred pes a present (.) alle of puyre gold [aaaAx]
4,85 ant seyde haue thys of me (.) to amendy thy scath [abBa]
4,86 for y wyl wage for wrong (.) a wyl do so no more [aaAx]
4,87 Pyteuselyche pees thenne (.) preyed the kynge [aaAx]
4,88 to haue mercy on that mysdede hym ofte [xaAx]
4,89 ffor he hath wageth me wyl (.) as wysdom hym taughte [aaAx]
4,90 y forgyue hym that gult (.) wyth a god wylle [aaAx]
4,91 So that ye assente (.) y can sey no more [aaAx]
4,92 ffor me hath made my mendus (.) y may no more aske [aaaAx]
4,93 Nay quad the kynge tho (.) so god yf me blysse [aaAx]
4,94 Wrong wendet nat so away (.) ar y wyte more [aaaAx]
4,95 lope he so lyghtly awey (.) lawen a wolde [aaAx]
4,96 Ant hef the balder to be (.) to bete myn hewes [aaAx]
4,97 But resoun haue rewthe on hym (.) he schal reste hym in my stokus [aaAx]
4,98 as longe as y leue (.) but the more loue hit make [aaAx]
4,99 Summe raden resoun (.) to haue rewthe on the screwe [aaAx]
4,100 ant to consayle the kyng (.) for conscienses sake [aaAx]
4,101 that mede moste be meynpernor (.) resoun they besowʒte [aaaXx]
4,102 Rede me nat quad resoun (.) no rewʒthe to haue [aaAx]
4,103 tyl lordus ant ladyes (.) louyen in trewthe [aaAx]
4,104 Ant pernele purfil (.) be potte in here wuche [aaAx]
4,105 Tyl childurne chersyng (.) ben chasted wyth yerdus [aaAx]
4,106 ant harlotes holynesse (.) yholde for an hyne [aaAa]
4,107 Tyl clerkus ant knytus (.) be corteys of here mowthe [aaAx]
4,108 ant hteyn harlotrye (.) to here yt or to mowth hit [aaAx]
4,109 Tyl prestes here prechyng (.) proue hit on hemsylf [aaAx]
4,110 Ant do hit in dede (.) to drawen vs to gode [aaAx]
4,111 Tyl seynt Iames be sought there (.) y schal asyngne [aaAa]
4,112 That no man go to galys (.) but yf go for euere [aaAx]
4,113 Ant alle rome rennares (.) for robberes of byyende [aaAx]
4,114 To bere no syluer ouer se (.)that sygne of kynge scheweth [aaAa]
4,115 nayther grotus ne gold ygraue (.) wyth kyngus croune [aaaBb]
4,116 Vp forfeture of that fe (.) ho so fynt hym at douere [aaAx]
4,117 But yf be machaunt or ys man (.) or messager wyth letres [aaAx]
4,118 Or preste or prouysor (.) that the pope auaunseth [aaAx]
4,119 Thenne schal y knele to the kyng (.) ant cryen hym of grace [aaAx]
4,120 ffor wrongus wercus ant wrathe (.) in hope that he amende [aaaXx]
4,121 In none manere ellus nat (.) for no manes bysechyng [aaAx]
4,122 Waren wysdom (.) ant wytty ys fere [aaAx]
4,123 cowthe nat warpe a word tho (.) to wythsegge resoun [aaAx]
4,124 But stoden stylle (.) as stuty hors that dolleth [aaAx]
4,125 Conscience ant the kyng (.) acorded to resoun [aaAx]

 

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4,126 Ant seyden that resoun (.) ryghtfullyche haued schewed [xaAx]
4,127 Ac ys hit ful hard by myn heued (.) herto to brynge hit [aaAx]
4,128 Alle my lege ledus (.) to lede hem thus euene [aaAx]
4,129 By hym that rawʒte on the rode (.) quad resoun to the kyng [aaAx]
4,130 But yf thow rewle thus rewme (.) resoun schal nere [aaAx]
4,131 Thow schalt rewle my rewme resoun (.) ant ryde by my syde [aaaAx]
4,132 Nay redyly quad resoun (.) y schalt no ryght schewe [aaAx]
4,133 Wyle mede hat the maystrye (.) to mote in thys halle [aaAx]
4,134 Ac y schal schewe ensamples (.) as y se othur [aaAx]
4,135 ac y sey for mysylf (.) ant hit so byfelle [aaAx]
4,136 That y were kinge wyth crowne (.) to kepen a rewme [aaAx]
4,137 Scholde nere wrong in thys world (.) that y wyte myʒte [aaAx]
4,138 be vnpensched in my pouer (.) for peryl of my sowle [aaAx]
4,139 Ne gete my grace thorw gyft (.) so me god helpe [aaaAx]
4,140 Ne for no mede haue mercy (.) but mekenesse hit maked [aaAa]
4,141 ffor {ullum malum} the man (.) mette {erit inpunitum} [{a}aA{x}]
4,142 & {unllum bonum} the bolde (.) be {irremuneratum} [{a}aA{x}]
4,143 lat thy confessor syre kyng (.) kenne the thys englis [aaAx]
4,144 Ant yf ye wyrcheth in dede (.) y wedde myn eyes [axAx]
4,145 That lawe schal be a laborer (.) ant lede a feld donge [aaAx]
4,146 ant loue schal lede the (.) as the lef lycuht [aaAa]
4,147 Clerkus that were confessores (.) coupled hem togyderes [aaAx]
4,148 ffor to construe thys clause (.) declined faste [aaAx]
4,149 Ac to resoun among tho ronkus (.) haued yrehersed this wordus [aaAx]
4,150 There nas man in the mote (.) more ne lasse [aaAx]
4,151 that ne held mekenesse a mayster ant mede (.) a muche wrech [aaaAx]
4,152 Ant sworen be seynt rycher (.) a schent the rewme [aaAx]
4,153 loue let of here lyʒte (.) lawghed here to scorne [aaAx]
4,154 ant seyde so lowde (.) that sothnese hit herde [axAx]
4,155 Ho so wylneth here to wyue (.) for welth of here godes [aaAx]
4,156 But he be cokewold ykald (.) kutte of my nose [aaAx]
4,157 Conscyence cryst wot (.) knewe wel the sothe [aaAx]
4,158 The kyng ant resoun aryse (.) ant reykes in to chaumbre [aaAx]
4,159 Ant busked to boure (.) y beheld hem no lengur [aaAx]
Passus quintus5,1 Wareyn wysdom (.) ant wytty ys fere [aaAx]
5,2 Cowthe nat warpen a word (.) to wythsegge resoun [aaAx]
5,3 but stared for studiyng (.) as a ston stylle [aaAa]
5,4 The kyng acorded by Cryst (.) to resoun sawes [aaaXx]
5,5 ant seyde that resoun (.) ryghtfullyche haued schewed [xaAx]
5,6 Ac hit ys ful hard by myn heued (.) herto to bryngen hit [aaAx]
5,7 Ant my lege ledus (.) to lede thus euene [aaAx]
5,8 By hym that rawʒte on the rode (.) quad resoun to the kyng [aaAx]
5,9 But y rewle thus thy rewme (.) rend of my heres [aaAx]
5,10 Yf ye bydde buxumesse (.) be of myn assente [aaAx]
5,11 Ant y assente quad the kyng (.) by seynt mary my lady [axAx]
5,12 Be my consayl ycome (.) of clerkus ant herles [aaAx]
5,13 Ac redely resoun (.) thow schalt nat ryde hennes [aaAx]
5,14 ffor as longe as y lyue (.) leue y the nelle [aaAx]

 

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5,15 I am aredy quad resoun (.) to reste wyth yow euere [aaAx]
5,16 So conscyence be of oure consayl (.) kepe y no bettre [aaAx]
5,17 Ant y graunte quad the kyng (.) godus forbode he fayle [aaAx]
5,18 As longe as y lyue (.) libbe togyderes [aaAx]
5,19 The kyng ant ys knytes (.) to the kyrke wente [aaAx]
5,20 Tho here matynes ant masse (.) ant to the mete aftur [aaAx]
5,21 Thenne waked y of my wynkyng (.) ant wo was wyth alle [aaAx]
5,22 That y ne haued slepe saddur (.) ant yseyn more [aaAx]
5,23 Ar y haued fare a forlong (.) feyntyse me hent [aaAx]
5,24 That y ne myʒte forthur a fot (.) for slep that me folwed [aaXa]
5,25 y sat softely adow (.) sayd y by my leue [aaAx]
5,26 Ant so y babled on my bedus (.) they browʒte me a slepe [aaAx]
5,27 ant say muche more (.) then fore telle [aaXx]
5,28 ffor y saw the feld ful of folk (.) that y afore tolde [aaAx]
5,29 ant conscience wyth a cros (.) com for to preche [aaAx]
5,30 Ant preyde the peple haue (.) pyte of hemsylue [aaAx]
5,31 Ant priued the pestilence (.) was for puyr synne [aaAx]
5,32 Ant sothewoste wynd (.) a saturday at eue [axAx]
5,33 Was pertlyche for pruyde (.) ant for no poynt elles [aaAx]
5,34 ffor word ys but wynd (.) ant so my wyt telleth [aaAx]
5,35 Ac wel y wot that holy wryt (.) wot muche bettre [aaaAx]
5,36 ant wytnesseth that godus word (.) ys worthyokest of alle [aaAx]
5,37 hit maketh the messe ant the masse (.) that men vnderfongeth [aaaAx]
5,38 for godus body ant ys blod (.) buyrnes to saue [aaAx]
5,39 helle yatus hit tobarst (.) ant hadde out adam [axAa]
5,40 wyth wynd of ys word (.) al this world made [aaAx]
5,41 Ant in ensaumple segges (.) that ye schal do the bettre [aaAx]
5,42 Bechus ant brod okes (.) weren blowe to the erthe [aaAx]
5,43 Al to warne vs weyes (.) wat thys werd menes [aaAx]
5,44 Peryes ant plomtres (.) were poste to the erthe [aaAx]
5,45 Assches ant helmes (.) ant okes ful heye [aaAa]
5,46 Turne vpward here tayl (.) yn toknyg of drede [aaAx]
5,47 That dedly synne ar domus day (.) fordo schal hem alle [aaAx]
5,48 Of thys matere y myʒte (.) mamele ful longe [aaAx]
5,49 Ac y schal seye as y say (.) so me god helpe [aa(A)xx]
5,50 How conscyence wyth ys cros (.) cumseth to preche [aaAx]
5,51 A bad wastor to wyrche (.) wat a beste couthe [aaAxx]
5,52 To wynnen here wastyng (.) wyth summe manere craft [aa(A)xx]
5,53 Ant preyd pernele here (.) porfyl to leue [aaAx]
5,54 to kepe hit in here cofre (.) conscyence bysowte [aaAx]
5,55 Thomme stoue a tauʒte (.) to take to staues [abaAb]
5,56 ant fette hom felice (.) from wyuen pyne [aa(A)xx]
5,57 Warned wat ys wyf (.) was to blame [aaaAx]
5,58 That here heued was at alfmark (.) ant ys hode at a grote [aaAx]
5,59 A bad bette to kytte (.) a bow or tweye [aaxAx]
5,60 ant bete beden theremyde (.) but yf he wold wyrche [aa(A)bb]
5,61 Charged chapmen (.) to chasten here chyldren [aaAa]
5,62 lat no wynnyng forwanyen hem (.) wyle they ben yonge [aa(A)xx]
5,63 preyed prelatus ant prestus yfere (.) that they prechyd the peple [aaaAa]
5,64 preue hit in hemsylf ant libben as they lere vs (.) we wyl leue hem the bettre [aaAx]
5,65

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5,66 Ant senes a radde religioun (.) here rewle to holde [aaAx]
5,67 last the kyng ant his consayl (.) youre comewnes apeyre [aaAx]
5,68 ant be styward of youre stedes (.) tyl ye be stywed bettre [aaAx]
5,69 Ant ye that sekut seyn Iames (.) ant seyntes of rome [aaAx]
5,70 Ierusalem ant ieryco (.) ant Iacobes welle [aaAx]
5,71 Sekut seynt trewthe (.) for he may saue yow alle [aaAx]
5,72 {qui cum patre & filij} (.) that fayre hem byfalle [{xa}Aa]
5,73 that doth as y dome (.) wyle here dayes lasten [aaAx]
5,74 The sone wyth the seynt spiryt (.) saue hem fro meschaunce [aaaAx]
5,75 that seweth my sarmon (.) ant thus secuth trewthe [aaAx]
5,76 Thanne ran repentaunce (.) rehersed ys teme [aaAx]
5,77 ant gerte wylle to wepe (.) watur wyth his eyes [aaAx]
5,78 Pernele prowd herte platte (.) here to the erthe [aaaBb]
5,79 ant lay longe ar a locud (.) ant lord mercy cryed [aaaAx]
5,80 Ant byhyght to hym (.) that vs alle made [aaAx]
5,81 a scholde vnsowen here serk (.) ant sette there an haire [aaAx]
5,82 for to afayten here flesch (.) that fers was to synne [aaAx]
5,83 Schal nere heye herte me hente (.) but holde one lowe [aaaAx]
5,84 ant suffre to be mysseyd (.) ant so dide y nere [aaAx]
5,85 But now wyl y meke me (.) ant mercy byseche [aaAx]
5,86 of alle hem that y haue had (.) enuye in myn herte [aaAa]
5,87 Lecherye seyde alas (.) ant oure ledy cryed [aaAx]
5,88 To make mercy for ys mysdede (.) bytwene god ant ys sowle [aaaXx]
5,89 Wyth a scholde the saturday (.) seuen yer thereaftur [aaAx]
5,90 Drynke but myt the doke (.) ant dyne bot ones [aaAx]
5,91 Enuye ant yre (.) ayther wep faste [aa(A)xx]
5,92 preyude furst to pouel (.) ant tho petur alse [aaAx]
5,93 to geten grace for here gult (.) of god that hem boughte [aaaAx]
5,94 that nere wyked wylle (.) ne wrath hem ouerecome [aaAx]
5,95 But sende hem grace to suffre (.) ant synne to lete [aaAx]
5,96 Ant for to louye ant be byloued (.) as charite wolde [aaXx]
5,97 Thenne com couetyse (.) knoked ys brest [aaAx]
5,98 A haued a northfolk nose (.) y noem ful god hede [aaAx]
5,99 Ant swor by so the yk (.) that synne scholde he lete [aaAx]
5,100 Ant nere wolle to wey (.) ne worstedes make [aaAx]
5,101 ne morgage manere (.) wyth monye that he haued [aaAx]
5,102 but wenden to walsingham (.) ant my wyf alse [aaAx]
5,103 Ant bydde the rode of bromholm (.) brynge vs out of dette [aaAx]
5,104 Thenne gan gloten to grete (.) ant gret sorwe made [aaAx]
5,105 al for ys luyther lyf (.) that a lyued hadde [aaAx]
5,106 ant a voued faste (.) for eny hungur or furste [aaXa]
5,107 Schal nere fysch vpon the fryday (.) defyen in my wombe [aaAx]
5,108 Ar abstinence myn aunte (.) haue yf me leue [aaAx]
5,109 Ant yut hath he hated me (.) al my lyf tyme [aaAx]
5,110 Slewthe for sorw (.) ful down y swowe [aaXa]
5,111 Tyl {vigilate} ant veyles (.) fette watur at ys eyus [{a}aAx]
(v:v:f)5,112 flatted hit on ys face (.) ant faste on hym cryed [aaAx]
5,113 ant seyde war the fro wanhope (.) wolde the to traye [aaAx]
5,114 ych am sory of my synnes (.) sey to thyselue [aaAa]
5,115 ant bete thysylf on thy brest (.) bydde hym of grace [aaAx]

 

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5,116 for his no gult here so gret (.) that his godnesse ne his more [aaAx]
5,117 Thenne sat slewthe vp (.) seyned hym faste [aaAx]
5,118 ant mada a vow tofore god (.) for ys foule synne [axAx]
5,119 Schal no sonenday be thys seuen yer (.) but syknesse yt make [aaAx]
5,120 that y ne schal do me ar day (.) to the dere chirche [aaAx]
5,121 To here masse ant matynes (.) as y a monek were [aaAx]
5,122 Schal non alle aftur mete (.) halde me thennes [axAx]
5,123 Tyl y haue hensong yherd (.) y byhote wyle y lybbe [aaAx]
5,124 Quod ye nan yelde ayeyn (.) yf y so myche haue [aaaXx]
5,125 Al that y wykedely wan (.) senes y wyt haued [aaAx]
5,126 Thowʒ me lyflode lake (.) leten y nelle [aaAx]
5,127 Than vch man schal haue hys (.) ar y hennes wende [aaaAx]
5,128 ant wyth the residue (.) ant the remenaunt [aaAx]
5,129 By the rode of chestre / seken seynt trewth therewyth . or y se rome [xaaAx]
5,130 or Iames or Ierusalem (.) by Iesus of euene [aaAx]
5,131 Robert the robbere (.) on {reddite} locut [aa{A}x]
5,132 ac for he haued nat werewyth (.) a wep swythe sore [xaAx]
5,133 ac yut the synful schrewe (.) seyde to hymsylfe [aaAa]
5,134 Cryst that vpon caluary (.) vpon the cros deydest [aaAx]
5,135 Tho dismas my brother (.) bysowʒthe of grace [xxXx]
5,136 ant hauedest mercy for his mysdedes (.) for {memento} ones [aa{A}x]
5,137 So rewe on me robert (.) that {reddere} ne habbe [aa{A}x]
5,138 ne nere wene to wynne (.) wyth craft that y knowe [aa(A)bb]
5,139 Thy wille worth vpon me (.) as y wel disserued [aaAx]
5,140 To haue helle for euere (.) nere hope a that y haue [aaAa]
5,141 for youre muchyl mercy (.) mytygacion y byseche [aaAx]
5,142 for {fodere non valeo} (.) so feble ar my bones [{aa}Ax]
(f:v:f)5,143 caucyon ant y couthe (.) caute wolde y make [aaAx]
5,144 That y ne begged ne borwed (.) ne in despeyr deyde [aaBb]
5,145 Ac wat byful of thys felown (.) y can nat fayre schewe [xaAx]
5,146 Wel y wot a wep faste (.) water wyth ys eyes [aaaAx]
5,147 ant knowleched ys coupe (.) ＂yut eftsones ＂to cryst [aaXa]
5,148 that {penitencia} ys pyk (.) a wolde polsche newe [{a}aAx]
5,149 ant lepe wyth hym oure lond (.) al ys lyf days [aaAx]
5,150 for that he lay by {latro} (.) luciferes aunte [a{a}Ax]
5,151 A thowsend of men (.) to throngen togydyres [axAx]
5,152 Wepyng ant waylyng (.) for here mysdedes [aaXx]
5,153 Cryend vpward to cryst (.) an to ys clene modur [aaAx]
5,154 grace to go to trewthe (.) god leue that a mote [aaxAx]
5,155 Ac there was weye so wys (.) that the way thydur couthe [aaAx]
5,156 But blostred forth as bestes (.) ouer baches ant hilles [aaAx]
5,157 Tyl late ant longe (.) that they a lede mette [aaAx]
5,158 yparayled as a paynym (.) in palmeres wyse [aaAx]
5,159 A bar a bordoun ybounde (.) wyth a brode lyste [aaaAx]
5,160 In a wethewyse (.) ywowden aboute [aaAx]
5,161 a bagge ant a bolle (.) he bar be ys syde [aaAx]
5,162 An hendret of haumpelles (.) on ys hatte setun [aaAx]
5,163 Sygnes of syse (.) ant schelles of galis [aaAx]
5,164 ant many a crowche on ys clok (.) ant keyes of rome [aaAx]
5,165 Ant the vernycle afore (.) for men scholde yknowe & se be ys signes wam [aa(A)bb]
5,166 a sowght adde Passus Sextus

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6,1 THis folk frayned hym furst (.) fro wannes a come [aaa(A)xx]
6,2 fram synay a sayde (.) ant fro the sepulcre of oure lord [aaAx]
6,3 Bedlehom ant babelonye (.) y haue ysougwth bothe [aaXa]
6,4 In Ermonye in alisaundre (.) in many othur plases [aaAx]
6,5 ye mowen se by my sygnes (.) that sitteh on my hatte [aaAx]
6,6 that y haue walked ful wyde (.) in wete ant in drye [aaAx]
6,7 ant sought gode seyntus (.) for my sowle hele [aaAx]
6,8 Ac knowest thow hauʒt a corseynt (.) that men calleth trewthe [aaAx]
6,9 Cowthest wissen vs the wey there (.) the weye dwelleth [aaAx]
6,10 Nay so me god helpe (.) seyth the gome thenne [axAx]
6,11 Y say nere palmare (.) myt pyk ne wyth scrippe [axAx]
6,12 Axen aftur hym (.) ar now in this place [aa(A)xx]
6,13 Petur quad a ploweman (.) ant potte forth his heued [aaAx]
6,14 y knowe hym as kyndely (.) as clerk doth ys bocus [aaAx]
6,15 Conscyence kened me (.) to his place [aaXx]
6,16 Ant senes y suyred hym (.) to serue hym for euere [aaAx]
6,17 Bothe to sowe ant to sette (.) wyle y swynke myghte [aaAx]
6,18 I haue ben ys folwaere (.) al this fourty wyntur [xaAx]
6,19 Bothe ysowen ys seed (.) sewed his bestus [aaAx]
6,20 ant eke ykept ys corn (.) ycaryed hit to howse [aaAx]
6,21 ydyked ant ydolue (.) do that a highte [aaAx]
6,22 Bothe wythinne ant wythouten (.) ywayted ys profit [aaAx]
6,23 there ys no laborer in this lordschepe (.) that a loueth bettre [aaAx]
6,24 ffor thow y sey hit mysilf (.) y serue hym to paye [aaAx]
6,25 y haue myn huyre of hym wel (.) ant othurwyle more [aaAx]
6,26 he ys the prestest payere (.) that pore men yknoweth [aaAx]
6,27 he wythhalt noen hew ys huyre (.) that he ne hath hit at eue [aaaAa]
6,28 he ys as low as a lomb (.) ant loueliche of speche [aaAx]
6,29 yf ye wilneth to wyte (.) were this weye dwelleth [aaAx]
6,30 y schal wisse yow the way (.) wel ryght to ys place [aaAx]
6,31 ye leue peres quad the pilegrimes (.) ant profred hym huyre [aaAx]
6,32 Nay quad pkyn the plowman (.) by the perel of my sowle [aaAx]
6,33 I nolde nat fong a ferthyng (.) for seynt thomas schryne [aa(A)bb]
6,34 Trewthe wold loue me the wers (.) a long tyme aftur [axAx]
6,35 Ac ye wilne to wende (.) this ys the wey thedure [aaAx]
6,36 ye moten go thorw mekenesse (.) bothe men ant wyues [aaAx]
6,37 Tyl come into conscyencie (.) cryst wot the sothe [aaAx]
6,38 That loueyen hym leuere (.) than youre oune hertus [aaXx]
6,39 Ant youre neyhebores nexst (.) in none wyse apeyre [aaAx]
6,40 othur wyse than thow wost (.) a wroughte to thysilf [aaAx]
6,41 Ant so boweth by a brok (.) beth buxum ys called [aaAx]
6,42 forto ye fynden a ford (.) youre faderes anhoureth [aaAx]
6,43 Wadeth in at that watur (.) ant wassche yow wel there [aaAa]
6,44 Ant ye schal lyue the lengur (.) by a long tyme [aaAx]
6,45 So schalt thow se (.) swere nat but yf yt be for nede [aaAx]
6,46 Ant namlyche an ydel (.) the name of oure lorde [aaAx]
(n:n-y:n)6,47 ant holde so the alyday (.) heye tyl Eue [aaAa]
6,48 Thenne schat þow come by a croft (.) but come þow nat thereinne [aaAx]
6,49 The croft hatteth coueyte (.) nat mennes catel ne wyues [aaAx]
6,50 brek nat a bow therof (.) but yf hit be thyn oune [aaAx]

 

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6,51 To stokkus there standeth (.) ac stinte þow nat there [aaAx]
6,52 They hatte stele nat ne sle nat (.) stryk forth by bothe [aaAx]
6,53 lef hem on thy lift hond (.) ant loke nat thereaftur [aaAx]
6,54 Thenne schalt thow blenche at a berew (.) bere no false wytnesse [aaAx]
6,55 ys frethyd in wyth florynes (.) ant other feus monye [aaAx]
6,56 ploke thow plonte there (.) for perel of thy soule [aaAx]
6,57 Thenne schalt thow se sey (.) soth so it be to done [aaAx]
6,58 ac in no manere elles nat (.) for no mannes bydding [axAx]
6,59 Thenne schalt þow come to a court (.) as clere as the sonne [aaAx]
6,60 The mote ys of mercy (.) the manere aboute [aaAx]
6,61 Ant alle the walles of wyt (.) to holden wel throute [aaAx]
6,62 The carneles ben of confort (.) crystenmen to saue [aaAx]
6,63 ant boturased wyth baptewme (.) to brynge men to heuene [aaAx]
6,64 Alle the hous ben yheled (.) halles ant chaumbres [aaAx]
6,65 Wyth no led but wyth loue (.) that longeth to the place [aaAx]
6,66 The toure there trwthe ys hymsylf (.) tyleth vp to the sonne [aaAx]
6,67 a doth wyth the day sterre (.) that hym dere licuth [aaAx]
6,68 A may se in the mone (.) wat alle men thenketh [aaAx]
6,69 Wyth the lest word that a wil (.) the wynd ys aredy [aaAx]
6,70 To blowe or to be stille (.) or to brethy softe [axAx]
6,71 Ant alle the water of thys world (.) wolde in his gloue [aaAx]
6,72 he hath fuyr wythouten flint (.) ys foes to brenne [aaAx]
6,73 Deth dar nat do thyng (.) that he defendeth [aaaAx]
6,74 The forst for fere ys fayn (.) to folwen ys wille [aaaAx]
6,75 Dar no stere steren hym (.) ne steme ayeyn ys defense [aaAx]
6,76 I haue no tome to telle (.) how the tour ys ymaked [aaAx]
6,77 Alle the wryghtus at wyndelesore (.) couthe wirche such an othur [aaAx]
6,78 ne alle the masounes of this lound (.) make there a spanne [axAx]
6,79 The bryge hatte byde wel (.) the bet may the spede [aaAx]
6,80 Vch piler ys of penaunse (.) ypolsched ful smethe [aaAx]
6,81 Grace hatte the gateward (.) a god man for sethe [aaAx]
6,82 His man hatted amende yow (.) many man hym knoweth [aaAx]
6,83 Telleth hym this tokene (.) trewthe wot the sothe [aaAx]
6,84 Y parformed the penawnce (.) the preste me enioynd [aaAx]
6,85 Am ful sory of my synnes (.) ant so schal y euere [aaAx]
6,86 Wen y thenke thereon (.) thowʒ y were a pope [aa(A)xx]
6,87 Byddeth amende yow meken hym (.) to ys mayster [aaAx]
6,88 onus to wayuen vp the wycat (.) that the wenche schutte [aaAx]
6,89 Tho Adam ant Eue (.) heten ere bane [aaAx]
6,90 ffor he hath the keye ant the clycat (.) thow the kyng slepe [aaAx]
6,91 ant hif grace graunte the (.) to go in this wyse [aaAx]
6,92 thou schalt yse trewthe hymsylf (.) wolle sitten in thyn herte [aaAx]
6,93 ant leren the for to loue (.) ant ys lawe holde [aaAx]
6,94 Ac be ywar thenne of wrath the nat (.) that wyked schrewe [aaAx]
6,95 ffor he hath enuye tho hym (.) that in thyn herte sitteth [aaAx]
6,96 Ant poketh forth pruyde (.) to preyse thyselue [aaAx]
6,97 The boldenesse of thy benfetus (.) maketh the blynd thenne [aaAx]
6,98 Ant so woost thow dryue out as deugh (.) ant dore yclosed [aaAx]
6,99 ykayed ant yclecaked (.) to kepe the wythouten [aaAx]
6,100 ant happely an hundret wyntur (.) ar the efft entre [aaAa]

 

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6,101 Thus myght thow lesen ys loue (.) in loking of a wenche [aaAx]
6,102 Ac geten hit ayeyn thorw grace (.) ac thorw no gyft elles [aaAx]
Passus Septimus7,1 THys were a wel wyked wey (.) but wo haued a gyde [aaaAx]
7,2 that myght folew vs vch foet (.) forto we were there [aa(A)xx]
7,3 quad perkyn the plowman (.) be seynt poule of rome [aaAx]
7,4 Y haue an halue aker to Ere (.) by the heye way [aaaAx]
7,5 Haued y hered that haluacur (.) ant ysowed hit aftur [aaXa]
7,6 ant schal wende wyth yow (.) tyl the heye weye [axXa]
7,7 This were a long lettyng (.) quad a lady in a sclayre [aaAx]
7,8 Wat scholde we wymmen (.) wirche the wyle [aaAa]
7,9 Somme schal sowen the sak (.) for schedyng of the wete [aaAx]
7,10 ant wyues that han wollen (.) wirchen hit faste [aaAx]
7,11 ant spynneth hit spedlych (.) sparet nat youre fingres [aaAx]
7,12 but yf be eny halyday (.) or eny holy Eue [aaAa]
7,13 loketh forth youre lynnen (.) ant laboreth thereon faste [aaAx]
7,14 The nedy ant the naked (.) nymeth hede how he ligeth [aaAx]
7,15 casteth hem clothes for cold (.) for so comawndeth trewthe [aaaAx]
7,16 for y schal lene hem liflode (.) but yf the lond fayle [aaAx]
7,17 as longe as y liue (.) for oure lordus loue of heuene [aaAx]
7,18 Ant ye louelyche ladius (.) wyth youre longe fingres [aaAx]
7,19 That ye haue selk ant sendel (.) to sewen wan tyme ys [aaAx]
7,20 Chesibles for chapeleynes (.) chirches to honoure [aaAx]
7,21 Ant al manere men (.) that by the mete libbeth [aaAx]
7,22 Helpeth hym wirche wytliche (.) that wynneth youre fode [aaAx]
7,23 By crist quad a knyght tho / thow kennest vs the best [aaAx]
7,24 Ac on the teme trewly (.) taught was y nere [aaAx]
7,25 Ac kenne me quad the knyght (.) ant be cryst y wyl lere [aaAx]
7,26 By seynt Petur quad perkyn (.) an for thow profrest the so lowe [aaAx]
7,27 Y schal swynken ant swete (.) ant sowe for vs bothe [aaAx]
7,28 ant eke laboure for youre loue (.) al my lif tyme [aaAx]
7,29 In couenaunt that ye kepe (.) holy kyrke ant mysylf [aaAx]
7,30 fro wastors ant wyked men (.) that wolden me destruye [aaAx]
7,31 Meyntene me yf þow myght (.) fro al manere schrewes [aaAx]
7,32 Ant go hunte hardely (.) the hares ant the foxus [aaAx]
7,33 the bukkes ant bores (.) that breken myn egges [aaAx]
7,34 Ant feteth hom faukones (.) fowles to kulle [aaAx]
7,35 for these cometh croft (.) ant croppeth my wete [aaAx]
7,36 Cortesliche the knyghte thenne (.) comseth thes wordes [aaAx]
7,37 By my pouer peres (.) y plyʒte the my trewthe [aaAx]
7,38 To fulfelle this forward (.) for euere more hereaftur [aa(A)xx]
7,39 ye ant yut a poynt quad perkyn (.) y prey the more [aaAx]
7,40 loke thow tene no tenaunt (.) but yf trewthe wyl assente [aaAx]
7,41 Ant thouʒ pore men profre yow (.) presauntus ant yftus [aaAx]
7,42 nyme nat an awntre thow mow (.) hit nat desserue [aaAx]
(n:n-a:n)7,43 thenne schalt thow yelden hit ayeyen (.) at one yeres ende [aaAx]
7,44 In a ful perilouse place (.) that purgatorie hette [aaAx]
7,45 Amys bed nat thy bondmen (.) the bet schat thow spede [aaAx]
7,46 loke thow be trewe of thy tunge (.) ant tales that thow hate [aaAx]

 

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7,47 But yf yt be of wysdom or wyt (.) thy werkmen to chaste [aaAx]
7,48 yf none harlotes thyn hode (.) ne thyn holde clothys [aaAx]
7,49 but hit be mynstrales or messageres (.) that gode murthes cunne [aaAx]
7,50 I assente by seynt Iame (.) quad the knyght thenne [aaXx]
7,51 for to wyrche by thy word (.) wyle my lyf duyreth [aa(A)xx]
7,52 Perkyn aparayled hym (.) in pylgrimes wyse [aaAx]
7,53 a caste on his clothes (.) yclouted for the colde [aaAa]
7,54 Ys cokeres ant ys coffus (.) for clumse of ys fyngres [aaAx]
7,55 Ant myn hatte on myn heued (.) y haue no bettre scrippe [aaAx]
7,56 a boschel of bred corn (.) bryng me thereinne [aaAx]
7,57 for y wil sowe hit mysilf (.) ant senes wil y wend [aaAx]
7,58 ant ho so helpeth me to holde (.) or eggen hit myt the harwe [aaAa]
7,59 Or wit awey the fowles (.) wyle the sed grouth [aa(A)xx]
7,60 Schal haue leue by oure lord (.) to lese here in heruest [aaAx]
7,61 ant beren hit forth to his bern (.) as baldely as mysilf [aaAx]
7,62 Dame Wyrche wen tyme ys (.) pers wyf highte [axAx]
7,63 Ant ys dowghtur hyght do ryt so (.) or thy dame schal the bete [aaAx]
7,64 Ys sone hyght sewe myn ourf fors (.) slewth nat the leste [aaAx]
7,65 kepe vch mannes corn (.) as thow kepest myn oune [aaAx]
7,66 Bothe here gras ant here god (.) or by god thow schalt abegge [aaAx]
7,67 lat nat thyne handus be yhoked (.) harneys to pyke [aaAx]
7,68 ne ly nat to do me lawghe (.) for y louede hit nere [aaAx]
7,69 for now y am hold ant hor (.) ant haue of myn owne [aaAa]
7,70 To penaunce as a pylgrime (.) y wyl passe wyth this other [aaAx]
7,71 therefor y wyl or y wend (.) do wryte my byqueste [aaAx]
7,72 {In dei nomine amen} (.) y make hit mysylf [aaAx]
7,73 he schal haue my sowle (.) tha beste hath deserued [xxXx]
7,74 ant defenden hit fro the fend (.) for so y byleue [aa(A)xx]
7,75 Tyl he come ant acounte (.) as my crede telleth [aaAx]
7,76 at domus day to do me dwelle (.) wyth my sowle in his blisse [aaaXx]
7,77 for that y labored in ys lawe (.) al my lyf tyme [aaAx]
7,78 The kyrke schal haue my caroyne (.) ant kepe my bones [aaAx]
7,79 for of my catel ant my corn (.) a craued my tyth [aaAx]
7,80 Y payed hit hym prestly (.) for perel of my sowle [aaAx]
7,81 ant he his holdyng y hope (.) to haue me in his masse [aaAx]
7,82 ant menege in his memorie (.) among gode sowles [aa(A)xx]
7,83 My wyf schal haue that y wan (.) wyth trewthe ant no more [aa(A)xx]
7,84 ant dele among my dowtres (.) ant my dere chyldren [aaAx]
7,85 for thow y deye today (.) my dette ys yquited [aaAx]
7,86 I bar hom that y borwed (.) ar y to bedde yede [aaAx]
7,87 ant wyth the residewe ant the remanaunt (.) that ryghtfullyche y wonne [aaAx]
7,88 y wil wirschepe therewyth trewthe (.) as long as y leue [aaBb]
7,89 ant be ys pilegrym at the plow (.) for pore mens sake [aaAx]
7,90 My plowpote schal be my pik (.) to pich ato the rotus [aaAx]
7,91 That acumbren my colter (.) as cammokes ant wedus [aaAx]
7,92 Now ys perkyn ant the pylegrimes (.) to the plow faren [aaAx]
7,93 To heryen this haluacur (.) holpen hym monye [aaAx]
7,94 Dicares ant deluares (.) diged vp the balcus [aaAx]
7,95 Therewyth was perkyn apayd (.) ant preysed hem faste [aaAx]
7,96 Othur workmen there were (.) that wrought ful yerne [aaAx]

 

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7,97 Vche man in his manere (.) made hymsilf to done [aaAx]
7,98 for to plese perkyn (.) peynd ful monye [aaAx]
7,99 At heye pryme peres (.) let the plowe stande [aaAx]
7,100 ant ouresey hem hymsilf (.) ho so best wrought [aaAx]
7,101 Scholde ben huyred thereaftur (.) wen heruest tyme come [aaAx]
7,102 Thenne setten summe (.) ant songen at the nale [aaAx]
7,103 ant holpen erye the haluacur (.) wyth hey trolylolly [aaaAx]
7,104 By the prynse of paradis (.) quad peres in his wrath [aaAx]
7,105 but ye aryse the rather (.) ant rapen yow to wirch [aaAx]
7,106 Schal no grayn that here grouth (.) gladyen yow at nede [aaAx]
7,107 ne y nel lene yow no lyflode (.) noythur loef ne cake [aaAx]
7,108 ne no skines corn by cryst (.) that in my croft groueth [aaAx]
7,109 ant thow ye deye for deul (.) the deuel haue that reche [aaAx]
7,110 Thenne were faytores aferd (.) fayned hem blynde [aaAx]
7,111 Summe leyde here leggus alyry (.) as such loseles conneth [aaaAx]
7,112 ant pleyneden to peres (.) wyth suche pitouse wordes [aaAx]
7,113 We han no limus to labore wyth (.) lord ygraced be the [aaAx]
7,114 Ac we preyen for yow peres (.) ant for youre plow alse [aaAx]
7,115 That god for ys grace (.) youre grayn multeplye [aaAx]
7,116 Ant yelde yow oure almesse (.) that ye yeuen vs here [axAx]
7,117 ffor we mowe neythur swinke ne swete (.) such sikenesse vs eyleth [aaAx]
7,118 ʒyf hit be soth that ye seyen (.) y schal sone aspye [aaAx]
7,119 ye ben wastores y wot wyl (.) trewthe wot the sothe [aaaAx]
7,120 ant y am his holde hyne (.) ant houghte hym to warne [aaAx]
7,121 Wiche wastores in world (.) ys werkmen distruyeth [aaAx]
7,122 ye eten that they scholde ete (.) that Eryeth for vs alle [aaAa]
7,123 Ac trewthe schal thechen yow (.) ys teme for to dryue [aaAx]
7,124 Bothe to sette ant to sowe (.) ant to sauen ys tylthe [aaAx]
7,125 cach koes fro ys corn (.) kepen ys bestus [aaaAx]
7,126 Or ye schal eten barly bred (.) ant of the brok drynke [aaAx]
7,127 But yf he blynd or broke schanked (.) or bedreden ligge [aaAx]
7,128 They schal ete as gode as y (.) so me god helpe [abBa]
7,129 tyl god of ys grace (.) gere hem to ryse [aaAx]
7,130 hancres ant hermytus (.) that holdeth hem in here selles [aaAx]
7,131 Schal haue of myn almesse (.) al the wyle y libbe [aa(A)xx]
7,132 ynow vch day at noen (.) ant no more aftur [aa(A)xx]
7,133 laste his flesch ant the feend (.) fouled ys sowle [aaAx]
7,134 Ones at noen ys ynow (.) that no werk ne haunteth [aa(A)xx]
7,135 A byt wel the bettre (.) that bummeth nat ofte [aaAx]
7,136 Thenne gan wastor to wrathen hym (.) ant wolde haue yfoughte [aaAx]
7,137 ant to perus the plowman (.) profred ys gloue [aaAx]
7,138 A bretoner a bragger (.) a bosted hym alse [aaAx]
7,139 ant bad hym go pysse myd ys plowe (.) pyuysche schrewe [aaAx]
7,140 Wolle þow nelle þow (.) we wille han oure wille [axAa]
7,141 ant bothe thy flour ant thy flesch (.) fech wen vs licuth [aaAx]
7,142 ant maken vs merye theremyt (.) mawgre thy checus [aaAx]
7,143 Thenne peres the plowman (.) pleyned hym to the knyghte [aaAx]

 

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7,144 To kepen hym as couenaunt was (.) fro cursed schrewes [aaAx]
7,145 fro wastores that wayten (.) wynnares to schende [aaAx]
7,146 Corteslyche the knyghte thenne (.) as ys kynde wolde [aaAx]
7,147 Warned wastor (.) ant wyssed hym bettre [aaAx]
7,148 Or thow schalt abigge by the lawe (.) by the ordre thay y welde [xxXx]
7,149 I was nat woned to wirche (.) now wil y nat bygynne [aaAx]
7,150 ant let lighte of the lawe (.) ant lasse of the knyght [aaAx]
7,151 ant counted peres at a pese (.) ant ys plow bothe [aaAx]
7,152 ant manesed hym ant ys men (.) to mysdon hym eftsones [aaAx]
7,153 Now by the perel of my sowle (.) y schal apeyre yow alle [axAx]
7,154 ant houped aftur hungur (.) that herd hym at the furste [aaAx]
7,155 awrek me of thys wastores quad perus (.) that this world schenden [aaxAx]
7,156 Hungur in haste thenne (.) hente wastor by the mawe [aaAx]
7,157 ant wrong hym so by the wombe (.) that al watred his eyeus [aaAx]
7,158 ant buffated the bretoner (.) aboute the checus [aaAx]
7,159 that a loked lik a lanterne (.) al ys lyf aftur [aaAx]
7,160 he bete hem so bothe (.) that he barst nere here guttus [aaAx]
7,161 ne hadde perus wyth a pese lof (.) preyed hym byleue [aaAx]
7,162 ant wyth a beneen botte (.) a yede hem bytwene [aaXx]
7,163 ant hitte hungur theremyde (.) that alle ys gottes swolle [aaAx]
7,164 ant bledde into the bodyward (.) a bolle ful of growel [aaAx]
7,165 ne hadde sire furst the fycyan (.) yfet watur the sannure [aaAx]
7,166 To abate the barly bred (.) ant benes that they eten [aaaAx]
7,167 they haued be ded be thys day (.) ant doluen al warme [aaAx]
7,168 ffaytores for fere tho (.) flowen into bernus [aaAx]
7,169 ant flapten on wyth fleyles (.) fro morwen tyl euen [aa(A)xx]
7,170 betynge barly (.) benus ant wete [aaAx]
7,171 that hungur was nat hardy (.) on hem for to loke [aaAx]
7,172 for a potteful of pesus (.) that perus had ymaked [aaAx]
7,173 an hep of hermytus (.) henten hem spadus [aaAx]
7,174 ant doluen dryt ant dunge (.) to dutten out hungur [aaaAx]
7,175 blynde ant bedreden (.) were botned a thowsond [aaAx]
7,176 That hadde be blynde ant broke legged (.) be the heye weye [aa(A)xx]
7,177 hungur hem heled (.) myt an ote cake [aaAx]
7,178 ant lame men lymes (.) were lythed that tyme [aaAx]
7,179 ant becomen knaues (.) to kepe menne bestus [aaAx]
7,180 ant preyd {por charite} (.) wyth peres for to dwelle [a{a}Ax]
7,181 al for couetyse of ys corn (.) to cach awey hungur [aaAx]
7,182 ant perus was prowd thereof (.) ant pulte hem in offisus [aaAx]
7,183 ant yaf hem mete ant mone (.) as they myghte disserue [aaAx]
7,184 Thenne haued perus pite (.) a preyd hungur to wende [aaAx]
7,185 Hom into ys oune erd (.) ant halde there euere [aaAa]
7,186 ac yut y prey the quad perus (.) ar thow passe forthur [aaAx]
7,187 Of beggares ant byddares (.) wat best be to done [aaAx]
7,188 for y wot wel be þow went (.) they wyl wyrche ful ylle [aaaAx]
7,189 Meschyf hit makuth (.) they ben so meke nowthe [aaAx]

 

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7,190 ant for defaute of fode thus (.) faste they wirchen [aaAx]
7,191 ant hit ben my blody brethurne (.) for god bought us [aaAx]
7,192 alle trewthe taughte me onus (.) to louey hem vch one [aa(A)xx]
7,193 To helpe hem of alle thing (.) as they han nede [aaAx]
7,194 now wold y wytte yf thow wistus (.) wat were the beste [aaaAx]
7,195 how y myghte amaystren hem (.) ant maken hem to wyrche [aaAx]
7,196 Tho that ben staleword ant stronge (.) ant struyores beth holden [aaAx]
7,197 ffor bedreden ant blynde (.) ant broke legged wreches [aaAx]
7,198 That ben syke ant sory (.) y schal yse mysilf [aaAa]
7,199 That they haue bred ant brede (.) beddyng ant clotus [aaAx]
7,200 ant kepe hem fro colde (.) so me cryst helpe [aaAx]
7,201 ant eke fro hungur ant harme (.) as myn owne chyldren [aaAx]
7,202 herke now quad hungur (.) ant holde hit for a wysdom [aaAx]
7,203 Bolde beggares ant bygge (.) that mow here bred byswynke [aaaAx]
7,204 Wyth howndus bred ant horse bred (.) holde vp here hertus [aaAa]
7,205 Abaue hem wyth benus (.) for bollyng of here wombe [aaAx]
7,206 ant yf tho gromus gruch (.) bide hem go ant swynke [aaAx]
7,207 Ant he schal soupe swetture (.) wen he yt hath disserued [aaXa]
7,208 But yf yt be eny freke (.) fortune haue apeyred [xaAx]
7,209 Wyth fuyr or wyth fals men (.) fonde such to knowe [aaAx]
7,210 Conforte hym wyth thy catel (.) for crystys loue of heuene [aaAx]
7,211 loue hem ant lene hem (.) ant so lawe of kynde wolde [aaAx]
7,212 I wolde nat greue god quad perus (.) for al the god that y welde [aaxAx]
7,213 Myght y synneles do as thow seyst (.) seyde perus thenne [aaAx]
7,214 ye y byhote god quad hungur (.) or elles the bible lyes [aaAx]
7,215 go to genesis the geaunt (.) engendrour of vs alle [aaAx]
7,216 {In sudore} ant swynk (.) þow schalt thy mete telye [{a}aAx]
7,217 ant laborey for thy lyflode (.) ant so oure lord hyghte [aaAx]
7,218 ant sapience seth the same (.) y sey hit in the byble [aaaAx]
7,219 {Piger propter frigus} (.) no fode nolde tylye [{aab}Bx]
7,220 a schal go begged ant byd (.) ant no man bete ys hungur [aaAx]
7,221 Mathew wyth the mannes face (.) mowtheth these wordus [aaAx]
7,222 that {seruus nequam} haued a pnam (.) ant for a nolde hit vse [a{a}Ax]
7,223 he haued maugre of ys mayster (.) for eueremore aftur [aaAx]
7,224 ant bynom hym ys pnam (.) for a nolde wirche [aaAx]
7,225 Ant yaf yt hym in haste (.) that hadde ten there byfore [aaAx]
7,226 ant senes he seyde (.) that ys seruauns hit herde [aaAx]
7,227 he that hath schal haue (.) to helpe there hym licuth [aaAx]
7,228 ant he that nawght hath schal nawght (.) haue ne no man hym helpe [aaAx]
7,229 ant that he weneth wel to haue (.) y wyl hit hym byreue [aaAx]
7,230 Of thys matere y myght (.) make a longe tale [aaAx]
7,231 ac ht fallet nat for me (.) for y am no dekne [ax(A)xx]
7,232 To preche the peple (.) wat that poynt menes [aaAx]
7,233 kynde wyt wolde (.) that euery wyght wroughte [aaAa]
7,234 Or to teche or to telle (.) or trauayle wyth handus [aaAx]
7,235 Contemplatyf lyf or attyf lyf (.) cryst wolde hit alse [axAx]
7,236 The sawter seyt (.) in salme in {beati omnes} [aaAx]
7,237 {labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis} [Latin]

 

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7,238 Tow best yblessed of god (.) ant the bet schat thow spede [aaxAx]
7,239 yut y preye the quad perus (.) {por charite} ant thow cunne [aa{(A)}xx]
7,240 eny lef of leche craft (.) lere hit me y bydde [aaAx]
7,241 for y haue summe seruauns (.) ben sike otherwyle [aaAx]
7,242 Of al the woke they wyrche nat (.) so here wombe acuth [aaAx]
7,243 I wot wel quad hungur (.) wat sykenesse hem ayleth [aax(A)xx]
7,244 They han manged ouer muche (.) that maketh hem to grone [aaAx]
7,245 ant eke ydronke to depe (.) that doth hem harme ofte [aaAx]
7,246 ac y hote the quad hungur (.) as thow thyn hele wilnest [aaAx]
7,247 That thow drynke no day (.) ar thow dyne sumwat [aaAx]
7,248 Ette nat y hote (.) ar hungur the bydde [aaAx]
7,249 ant sende of ys sauce (.) to sauere wyth thy lyppus [aaAx]
7,250 ant kep sum forto sopertyme (.) ant site nat to longe [aaAx]
7,251 Arys vp ar thyn appetyd (.) haue ete ys fulle [aaAx]
7,252 lat nat sire sorfet (.) sitte at thy borde [aaAx]
7,253 lef nat that liare (.) for he ys licores of tunge [aaAx]
7,254 ant aftur many manere metus (.) ys mawe ys afyngred [aaAx]
7,255 Ant yf thow diete the thus (.) y dar legge myn eyes [ax(A)xx]
7,256 That fisik schal ys furred hodus (.) for ys fode sille [aaAx]
7,257 ant eke ys cloke of calabre (.) wyth the cnappus of golde [aaAx]
7,258 ant be fayn by my fayth (.) ys fysyk to lete [aaAx]
7,259 ant lerne to labory wyth land (.) for liflode ys swete [aaaAx]
7,260 I defame nat fysyk (.) for the science ys trewe [aa(A)xx]
7,261 ac vncunynge kaytyues (.) that kannen nat rede a lettere [aa(A)xx]
7,262 macuth hem maystres (.) men for to hele [aaAx]
7,263 ac hit ar maystres morthrares (.) men for to quelle [aaAx]
7,264 ant none leches but lyares (.) lord hem amende [aaAx]
7,265 In ecclesiasticis the clerc (.) that can rede [aaAx]
7,266 May se hit there hymsilf (.) ant senes teche other [aaAx]
7,267 {honora medicum} he seyt (.) for {necessitatem} [xxXx]
7,268 ffor helthe from heuene (.) y hope doth out springe [aaAx]
7,269 ant therefor the byble bit (.) ant in ys bok techet [aaAx]
7,270 that leches of lordus (.) scholde here lower haue [aaAx]
7,271 {a regibus & principibus erit merces eorum} [Latin]
7,272 Of princes ant prelatus (.) here pencyoun schal aryse [aaAx]
7,273 ant of no pore peple (.) no peneworth gode take [aaAx]
7,274 Ac lewed lumbardes (.) londona han aspyed [aaAx]
7,275 that gloten ys a god there (.) ant greueth men ful ofte [aaAx]
7,276 ant macuht hem maystres (.) ant medecynes schapeth [aaAx]
7,277 ant casteth men of the cardyacle (.) into the kyrke yerdus [aaAx]
7,278 fflemmynges ant frenche men (.) ant fele of this englysch [aaAx]
7,279 Be seynt Purnele quad perus (.) me payeth wel youre wordus [aaAx]
7,280 Thys ys a louely lesson (.) lord hit the foryelde [aaAx]
7,281 Wende now wen thy wille ys (.) that wyl the bytyde [aaAx]
7,282 I behote the quad hungur (.) that hennes nell y wende [aaAx]
7,283 tyl y haue dyned by thys day (.) ant ydrunke bothe [aaAx]
7,284 Thenne haued perus no peny (.) pulletus to bigge [aaAx]
7,285 noythur ges ne grys (.) but to grene chesus [aaAx]
7,286 a wel a potteful of wey (.) ant welled croddes [aaAx]
7,287 a lof of benus ant brant (.) to breke among myn hens [aaAx]

 

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7,288 ant sethe a swor by ys sowle (.) he ne had no salt bakoun [aaAx]
7,289 ne no kokenay by cryst (.) coloppus to make [aaAx]
7,290 I haue persile ant poret (.) ant many plant koules [aaAx]
7,291 ant eke a kow ant a calf (.) ant a cart mare [aaAx]
7,292 To draw a feld dunge (.) wyle the druye lastus [aaAx]
7,293 Ant by thys lyflode y mot liue (.) til lowmasse tyme [aaAx]
7,294 Ant by that y hope to haue (.) heruest in my crofte [aaAx]
7,295 Thenne may y dyghte thy dyner (.) as me dere licuth [aaAx]
7,296 alle the pore peple thenne (.) pese coddus fette [aaAx]
7,297 benus ant bake apples they (.) broughten in here lappe [aaAx]
7,298 Chibolles ant chireuilles (.) ant chiries ful ripe [aaAx]
7,299 ant profredon thys present (.) to plese myd hungur [aaAx]
7,300 Hungur Ett this in haste (.) ant axed aftur more [aaaAx]
7,301 Thenne the folk for fere (.) fetten hym monye [aaAx]
7,302 grene poret ant pesus (.) to peyse hym for euere [aaAx]
7,303 By that yt neyghled nere heruest (.) that newe corn cam to chepinge [aaAx]
7,304 Thenne was folk fayn (.) ant fedde hungur myt the beste [aaAx]
7,305 Wyth gode ale ant glotonye (.) gerten hym to slepe [aaAx]
7,306 Ant tho nolde wastor nat wirche (.) but wandren aboute [aaAx]
7,307 ne no beggare heten bred (.) that benes in come [aaAx]
7,308 but yt were koket or clerematyn (.) or of clene wete [aaAx]
7,309 ne none halpeny ale (.) in eny wyse drynke [aaAx]
7,310 But of the best ant the brownest (.) that in borw ys to sillen [aaAx]
7,311 laborerys that han no land (.) bot liue on here handus [aaAx]
7,312 deyneden to day / of nyght olde wortus [aaXx]
7,313 May no peny ale hem plese (.) ne no pese of bakoun [aaAx]
7,314 But yt be fresch flesch (.) or fysch fryed other bake [aaaAx]
7,315 Ant that {chaut} or {pleus chaut} (.) for chillyng of ys mawe [{a}{a}Ax]
7,316 Ant thow he be fed wyth fresch mete (.) ant of the fynest drynke [aaAx]
7,317 but he be heyliche yhuyred (.) elles wol he gruche [aaAx]
7,318 That he was werkman ywrought (.) waryen the tyme [aaAx]
7,319 ant thenne corsen the kyng (.) ant al the consayl aftur [aaAx]
7,320 such lawes to loke (.) laboreres to chaste [aaAx]
7,321 Ac wyle hungur was here mayster (.) wolde non gruch [xxXx]
7,322 ne stryue ayeyen ys statut (.) so sturnelyche a locud [aaAx]
7,323 ac war ye wel werkmen (.) wynneth wile ye mow [aaaAx]
7,324 ffor hungur hydurward (.) hasteth hym faste [aaAx]
7,325 he schal awake wyth water (.) werkmen to gaste [aaAx]
7,326 ar fyf yer be fulfult (.) such feym schal aryse [aaAx]
7,327 Torw flod ant thorw foul wedur (.) fruytes schulle fayle [aaAa]
7,328 ant so seyth saturne (.) ant sent yow to warne [aaAx]
Passus Octauus8,1 TRewthte herde telle hereof (.) ant to perus sente [aa(A)xx]
8,2 to taken ys teme (.) ant telyen erthe [aaAx]
8,3 ant purchased hym a pardoun (.) {a pena & a culpa} [aa{Ax}]
8,4 ffor hym ant for hys ayres (.) for eremore aftur [aaAa]
8,5 ant bad hym halden hym at hom (.) ant heryen ys leyes [aaAx]
8,6 ant alle that hym hulpe (.) to herye or to sowe [aaAx]

 

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8,7 or eny manere mestere (.) that myght perus helpe [aaAx]
8,8 part of that pardoun (.) the pope hath ygraunted [aaAx]
8,9 kingus and knyghtus (.) that kepen holy kyrke [aaAa]
8,10 ant ryghtfulliche in rewmes (.) reuleth the peple [aaAx]
8,11 han pardoun thorw purgatorye (.) to passe ful sone [aaAx]
8,12 In paradys wyth patriarchus (.) to pleyen thereaftur [aaAx]
8,13 Bischopus yblessed (.) that bothe lawes conuthe [aa(A)xx]
8,14 locun on that one lawe (.) leren men that othur [aaAx]
8,15 ant bereth hem bothe on here bak (.) as here baner scheweth [aaaAx]
8,16 Prechen here parsonus (.) the perelus of synne [aaAx]
8,17 how that schabbed schep (.) schal here wolle saue [aaAx]
8,18 han pardoun myt the apostlus (.) wen they passe hennes [aaAx]
8,19 ant at the day of dome (.) at hey deys sytte [aaAx]
8,20 Marchauns in the margyne (.) haued mony yerus [aaAx]
8,21 but no {pena & a culpa} (.) the pope nolde hem graunte [{ax}Ax]
8,22 for they helde nat here halydayus (.) as holy chyrche wolde [aaAx]
8,23 Ant for they swore by here sowle (.) ac so most god hem helpe [aa(A)xx]
8,24 Ayeynes clene conscience (.) here catel to selle [aaAx]
8,25 ac vnder ys secrete sel trewthe (.) sente hem a lettre [aaAx]
8,26 that they scholde bygge baldely (.) wat hem beste licud [aaAx]
8,27 Ant sillen hit sennus ayeyn (.) ant sauen here wynnygus [aaAx]
8,28 ant maken mesoun deux theremyt (.) myseyse men to help [aaAx]
8,29 Wyked weyus (.) wyghtliche to amende [aaAx]
8,30 ant beten brugus aboute (.) that tobroke were [aaAx]
8,31 Maryen maydones (.) or maken hem nonnus [aaAx]
8,32 pore wydewus that wylned (.) be wedded no more [aaAx]
8,33 fynden hem fode (.) for lordus loue of heuene [aaBb]
8,34 Sette scoleres to scole (.) or to som skynus crafte [aaAx]
8,35 releuen religioun (.) ant renten hem bettre [aaAx]
8,36 y schal sende yow mysilf (.) seynt Miel myn angel [aaAx]
8,37 That no deuel schal yow dere (.) deye wan ye schulle [aaAx]
8,38 that he ne schal sende youre soule (.) saf into heuene [aaAx]
8,39 ant byfor the face of my fadur (.) fourme youre sete [aaAx]
8,40 huserye ant auarice (.) ant hothus y defende [aaAx]
8,41 ant that no gyle go wyth yow (.) but the graythe trewthe [aaAx]
8,42 Thenne were marchauns mery (.) mony wopen for ioye [aaAx]
8,43 ant yeuen wylle for thys wrytyng (.) wollen clothus [aaAx]
8,44 ffor he coped thus here clause (.) couth hym gret mede [aaAx]
8,45 Men of lawe haued lest (.) for letred they ben alle [aaAx]
8,46 ant so seyth the sawter (.) ant sapience bothe [aaAx]
8,47 {Super innocentem munera non accipies a regibus & principibus erit merces eorum} [Latin]
8,48 of prynces ant prelatus (.) youre pencyoun schal aryse [aaAx]
8,49 ac of no pore peple (.) no peneworth schal ye take [aaAx]
8,50 ac that speneth ys speche (.) ant speketh for the pore [aaAx]
8,51 that ys innocent ant nedy (.) ant no man apeyreth [aa(A)xx]
8,52 conforteth hym in that cas (.) coueyteth nat ys godus [aaAx]
8,53 But for oure lordus loue (.) lawe for hym schewith [aaAx]
8,54 Schal no deul at ys deth day (.) dere hym a myte [aaAx]
8,55 that he ne worth sicurly saf (.) ant so the sawter wyttnesseth [aaAx]
8,56 ac to bygge water ne wynde (.) ne wyt ys the thridde [aaAx]

 

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8,57 Wolde nere holy writ (.) god wot the sothe [aaAx]
8,58 thise thre for thralles (.) ben throw among vs alle [aaAx]
8,59 To waxen ant to wanyen (.) were that god licuth [aa(A)xx]
8,60 his pardoun in purgatorye (.) ful petit ys y trowe [aaAx]
8,61 That {mercedem} for ys motyng (.) of mene men resseyueth [{a}aAx]
8,62 ye legystres ant lawyares (.) lye yc now trow ye [aaAx]
8,63 ye sennes ye seth thus yowsylf (.) seweth ye the beste [aaAx]
8,64 Alle lybbeynge laborerus (.) that lyueden by here handus [aaAx]
8,65 That trewlyche token (.) ant trewlyche wonnen [aaAx]
8,66 ant lyueden in loue in lawe (.) for here lowe hert [aaaAx]
8,67 hadden the same absolucioun (.) that sent was perus [aaAx]
8,68 Beggaueres ne byddares (.) ne but nat in the bulle [aaAa]
8,69 but yt be in the bak half (.) wythouten by hemsilue [axAx]
8,70 But yf here suggestioun be soth (.) wen they schal begge [aaAx]
8,71 ffor at that begget or byt (.) but yf he nede haue [aa(A)xx]
8,72 he ys fals wyth the fend (.) ant defrauduth the nedy [aaAx]
8,73 Ant eke gyleth the gyuer (.) ageynes ys wille [aaAx]
8,74 thus they leuen nat (.) ne no lawe kepen [axAx]
8,75 Were they haue haly watur or haly bred (.) habbeth they no ward [aaAx]
8,76 Ant eke vnschryuen schrewus (.) thyl schyrthorsday at eue [aaAx]
8,77 They wedde none wommen (.) that they wyth dele [aaAx]
8,78 But as wilde bestus wyth wehe (.) worthen vp togyderes [aaAx]
8,79 ant bryngeth forth barnes (.) that bastardus ben holde [aaAx]
8,80 Or ys bak or ys boon (.) a brekth in ys youthe [aaAx]
8,81 ant goth ant fayteth thenne wyth here fauntus (.) for eueremore aftur [aa(A)xx]
8,82 There ar mo mysschape amongus hem (.) ho so tacuth hede [aaaBb]
8,83 Thenne of alle othur manere men (.) that on thys molde wandreth [aaAx]
8,84 Tho that leden thus here lyf (.) mowen lothy the tyme [aaAx]
8,85 That euere war they men wroʒt (.) wen they schulle hennes fare [aa(A)xx]
8,86 Ac holde men ant hore (.) that helples ben of strengthe [aaAx]
8,87 Ant wommen wyth childe (.) that wyrche ne mowe [axAx]
8,88 blynde men ant bedereden (.) ant broken in here membris [aaAx]
8,89 That tacut this mischef meklyche (.) han as myche pardoun ; [aaAx]
8,90 As perkyn the plowman (.) ant yut a poynt more [aaAx]
8,91 fful loue of here lownesse (.) oure lord hem hath graunted [aaAx]
8,92 here penaunce ant here purgatorye (.) vpon thys puyr Erthe [aaAx]
Hand Q8,93 Pers quad a prest tho ; þi pardoun most I rede [aaAx]
8,94 ffor I wil construe eche clause ; & kennyt the on englysche [aaAx]
8,95 And pers at his preyʒer ; the pardoun vnfoldede [aaAx]
8,96 {Et qui bona egerunt in vitam eternam qui vero mala in ingnem eternum} [Latin]
8,97 In to lynis it lay ; & not a letter more [aaAx]
8,98 And was wretyn rith thus ; in wyttenesse of trewthe [axAx]
8,99 Peter quad the prest tho ; I can no pardoun fynde [aaAx]
8,100 But do wyl & haue wyl ; & god schal haue þi soule [aaXx]
8,101 And do euyl & haue euyl ; hope thow non oder [aaAx]

 

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8,102 That after thi deth day ; to helle schalt thow wende [aaXx]
8,103 And pers for pure tene ; pulled yt asunder and seyde [aaaBb]
8,104 {Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis non timebo mala quoniam tu mecum es} [Latin]
8,105 I schal sesin of my sowyng ; and swynke not so harde [aaAx]
8,106 Ne aboutyn my lyflode ; so besi be no more [axAx]
8,107 Off preyʒerys and penauns ; my plow schal ben hereafter [aaAx]
8,108 And belouryn þat I below ; or my lyflode fayle [aaAx]
8,109 Þe prophete his payn ehte ; in penaunce and wepyng [aaAx]
8,110 Be þat the sawter vs seyth ; so dede many othir [aaAx]
8,111 {ffuerunt michi lacrime mee panes die ac nocte} [Latin]
8,112 That louyth god lely ; his liflode is wel mete [aaAx]
8,113 And but if luk lye he lernyt vs anothir ; be foulys þat we ne scholde [aaaXx]
8,114 To besy be aboute ; to make the wombe ioye [aaXx]
8,115 {Ne solliciti sitis} ; he seyth in his gospel [{aa}Ax]
8,116 And schewyth be exsaunple (.) vsself for to wysse [aaAx]
8,117 The foulys in the firmament ; who fynt hem in wynter [aaAx]
8,118 qwan the frost fresyth ; fode hem behouyth [aaAx]
8,119 Haue þei no fode to go to ; but god fynth hem alle [abBa]
8,120 qwat quad þe prest to perkyn ; petyr so me thynkyt [aaAx]
8,121 Thow art lettryth a lytil ; Who lernede the on boke [aaAx]
8,122 Abstinence the abysse ; myn a.b.c me tawthe [aaAx]
8,123 And concience cam afterward ; and kennyd me bettyr [aaAx]
8,124 Were þou a prest quad he ; thow mytist preche wan þe lykede [axAx]
8,125 {Quoniam literaturam non cognoui} ; þat myth be thi teme [xxXx]
8,126 Lewyd lorel quad he ; lytil lokyst þou the bybil [aaAx]
8,127 {Ecce derisores & iurgia cum eis ne crescant} [Latin]
8,128 On salaman sawis ; lityl þou beholdyst [aaXx]
8,129 The prest and perkyn ; eythir aposid othir [aaAx]
8,130 And thorow here wordist ; I wok and waytede aboute [xaAa]
8,131 And saw þe sonne euen south ; syttyn þat tyme [aaaAx]
8,132 Meteles and moneles ; on maluerne hillys [aaAx]
8,133 Musyng on þis mater ; a meyle wey I ʒede [aaAx]
8,134 Many tyme þis metelis ; hath mad me to stodye [aaAx]
8,135 And for pers lif plowman ; petowsly in herte [aaAx]

 

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8,136 ffor þat I say slepyng ; if it so be myth [aaAx]
8,137 Ac catoun construith nay ; and canonystris bothe [aaAx]
8,138 And seyn be hemself ; {sompnia ne cures} [aa{Ax}]
8,139 Ac for þe bible berith wyttens ; wan danyel þe prophete [aaXx]
8,140 Demyd the dremys ; of a kyng onys [aaXx]
8,141 That nabugodonosor ; nemyn þis clerkys [aaAx]
8,142 Danyel seyde sere kyng ; thi sweuene is to mene [aaAx]
8,143 That vnkouþe kyngis schul come ; þi kyngdome to cleyme [aaaAa]
8,144 Among lowere lordis ; thi londis schul be departid [aaAx]
8,145 As danyel demyd in dede ; fel it after [aaAx]
8,146 Þe kyng lees his lordschepe ; and lasse men it hadde [aaAx]
8,147 And iosep met merueylously ; how þe mone & þe sonne [aaAx]
8,148 And the eleuene sterris ; halsede him alle [axAa]
8,149 Beau filx quad his fader ; for defaut we schulle [aaAx]
8,150 I myself and my sonys ; seke þe for nede [aaAx]
8,151 It befel as his fader seyde ; in pharaoes tyme [aaAx]
8,152 Þat iosep was Iustise ; Egipt to kepe [aaAx]
8,153 Al þis makyt me mychil ; on metels to þinke [aaAx]
8,154 Many tymis at mydnyth ; wan I scholde slepe [aaXx]
8,155 On pers the plowman ; and qweche a pardoun he hadde [aaAx]
8,156 And how þe prest inproued it ; al be pure resoun [aaAx]
8,157 And demyd þat dowel ; indulgense passyd [aaAx]
8,158 Byenalys & trionalys ; and bischopis letteris [axAx]
8,159 Dowel at þe day of doom ; ys dyngneleche vnderfongid [aaaAx]
8,160 He passith al þe pardoun . of seynt peteris schirche [aaAx]
8,161 Now hat þe pope power ; pardoun to graunt [aaAx]
8,162 The peple wythouten penaunce ; to passe to ioy [aaAx]
8,163 This is a leef of beleue ; as letterid men techith [aaAx]
8,164 {Quodcumque ligaueris super terram &c} [Latin]
8,165 And I beleue lely ; oure lord forbede ellys [aaAx]
8,166 Þat pardoun and penaunce ; & preyeris togydere [aaAx]
8,167 Mow saue soulys þat haue synnyd ; seuene sethis dedly [aaAx]
8,168 Ac to trostyn on trionalys ; trewly me thinkyth [aaAx]

 

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8,169 Is not so seker for þe soule ; sertys as is dowel [aaAx]
8,170 Therefore I rede ʒou lordis ; þat riche ben on erthe [axAx]
8,171 Vpon trust on ʒoure tresour ; trionalis to haue [aaAx]
8,172 Be ʒe neuer þe balder ; to breke þe ten hestis [aaAx]
8,173 And namely ʒe maystris ; meyris & Iugis [xaAx]
8,174 That haue þe welthe of þis werd ; for wise men be holden [aaAx]
8,175 fforto purchase pardoun ; & þe popis bullys [aaAx]
8,176 At þe dredful day of doom ; wan dede schul arisyn [aaAx]
8,177 And comyn alle tofore crist ; acountis to ʒelde [aaAx]
8,178 how þou laddist þi lif ; and his lawis keptest [aaAx]
8,179 qwat þou dost day be day ; þe doom wil reherse [aaAx]
8,180 Of a pokeful of pardoun ; ne no prouincialis letteris [aaAx]
8,181 Thow þou be fondyn in fraternite ; among þe foure ordres [aaAx]
8,182 And haue indulgence dobblefold ; but dowel helpe [aaAx]
8,183 I nolde ʒif for ʒoure pardoun ; o pies hele [xaAx]
8,184 Þerfor I counsel al cristin ; to crien god mercy [aaAx]
8,185 And mary his moder ; be mene betwene [aaAx]
8,186 Þat god ʒif vs grace ; or we gon hennys [aaAx]
8,187 Swech werkys to werke ; wil we ben here [aa(A)xx]
8,188 And after oure deth day ; dowel reherse [aaAx]
8,189 At þe doom þat we deden ; al as he vs bad & tawthe [aaXx]
8,190 And þat it so mote be ; to god preye we alle [xxXx]
8,191 To vs & alle cristin ; god leue it so beffalle Amen [xxXx]
Explicit vita & visio Petir plowman