[1247] 1805 knythode F
[1248] 1816 Namplus T (_and so afterwards_)
[1249] 1833 which] þat M ... B₂ feigned B₂, B
[1250] 1838 Namplus J, BT
[1251] 1850 The] This AJH₁ ... B₂ These M forþgon A, F forþ gon
JC, SB
[1252] 1872 which J, B, F whiche AC, S
[1253] 1875 toþe A, F to þe JC, B &c.
[1254] 1892 king C, B
[1255] 1893 lust AJ, SB luste F
[1256] 1901 Prothefelay H₁G ... B₂, B
[1257] 1916 the deth] þe day X ... B₂
[1258] 1922 hir] his H₁ CB₂ this L
[1259] 1928 the _om._ H₁XGE, B
[1260] 1940 axeþ him H₁ ... B₂, W
[1261] 1944 beslain F
[1262] 1975 _margin_ exagitaret SBΔΛ (_Latin om._ AdT)
[1263] _margin_ optauit A
[1264] 1966 hardiesse AH₁XGECB₂ hardiest L
[1265] 1978 and _om._ MXGL, B, W
[1266] 1996 make BTΛ
[1267] 2008 in honde MX ... B₂, W
[1268] 2010 mad (maad) AJC, T made B, F
[1269] 2012 to _om._ B
[1270] 2015 hardiesce AC, F hardinesse J, SB
[1271] 2020 Bot] That H₁ ... B₂
[1272] 2034 the] þy (thi) H₁, BTΛ _om._ Ad
[1273] 2039 begete FH₃
[1274] 2045 Cenes L, BΛ seues M
[1275] 2052 _margin_ propter _om._ H₁ ... B₂
[1276] 2055 _margin_ armorum] amorum RCLB₂
[1277] 2073 da̅n̅teþ F daunteþ C, B danteþ AJ, S
[1278] 2088 hardiesse A, F hardinesse J, SB
[1279] 2118 hem SBT
[1280] 2135 ouerþis A, F ouer þis J, SB
[1281] 2136 of] in A ... B₂
[1282] 2153 _margin_ Amozonie H₁ ... B₂ (_except_ G), B
[1283] 2165 þe king H₁ ... B₂
[1284] 2166 of Amozoine H₁ ... RLB₂ and Amozoine C
[1285] 2175 as for] for his BT
[1286] 2186 _margin_ Lavine] set vinc A se uine M
[1287] 2189 And gete] He gette (gete, get) X ... B₂ He gate H₁
And gat M, W
[1288] 2199 ff. _margin_ Hic dicit--dissoluit _om._ B
[1289] 2218 faileþ H₁GRCLB₂, Δ
[1290] 2224 þe which al was X ... B₂ the wiche was alle H₁
[1291] 2227 gouernacioun AM
[1292] 2234 the _om._ H₁XECLB₂, Ad, WH₃ (to _om._ R)
[1293] 2241 as of] ȝit of H₁ ... B₂ of W
[1294] 2251 Eldemoder (elde moder) AJH₁ &c., SAd, FH₃
eldirmodir (eldermoder) L, Δ oldmoder M olde moder BT alder
moder W
[1295] 2254 he B
[1296] 2259 wene best to H₁ ... B₂, W wene best for to M
[1297] 2278 aday J, F a day (a dai) AC, SB
[1298] 2295 ese] eek (ek) XG, BTΛ
[1299] 2300 the _om._ H₁E, BTΛ
[1300] 2307 thei] þough BT
[1301] 2311 areste] haue reste AM
[1302] 2324 awise F
[1303] 2325 as hier is ded BT
[1304] 2330 all the] alle (al) A ... CB₂
[1305] 2348 ff. _margin_ Apostolus--scripta sunt _om._ S ... Δ
[1306] 2351 S _has lost a leaf_ (ll. 2351-2530)
[1307] _Latin Verses_ vii. 1 in] de B
[1308] 2373 _margin_ et laboribus AM
[1309] 2377 al F aƚƚ J alle A, B
[1310] 2391 so] to BTΔ
[1311] 2397 lettre BT
[1312] 2407 Eldras H₁ ... B₂, Λ
[1313] 2414 and rime AJMX ... B₂
[1314] 2433 Herconius H₁XGECLB₂, BΛ Hercenius R Berconius T, H₃
[1315] 2477 Is] The B
[1316] 2501 as it is set H₁ ... B₂
[1317] 2512 lefte F
[1318] 2524 many on F
[1319] 2531 S _resumes_ The BT
[1320] 2539 _margin_ qui membra] que membra F sencibiles]
sanabiles H₁ ... B₂, Λ
[1321] 2534 ferste S ferst AJ, F
[1322] 2535 _lapis_] cleped BT
[1323] 2538 As] And H₁ ... B₂, Λ
[1324] 2555 aweie F
[1325] 2556 vice goth] filþe be H₁ ... B₂, Λ (_line om._ W)
[1326] 2562 to _om._ BT
[1327] 2565 thextremetes] extremites X ... B₂, B
[1328] 2569 ffor AM þe ston H₁ ... B₂
[1329] 2576 He] It S ... Δ
[1330] 2578 as] which A ... B₂
[1331] 2587 all weies (alweies) XGRCLB₂
[1332] 2609 Orcalan H₁ ... B₂
[1333] 2615 put AJ, S, F putte C, B
[1334] 2620 faile of þe beȝete H₁ ... B₂ fallen of b, T but þei
faile ȝit of b. Δ
[1335] 2627 of _om._ M, BT, H₃
[1336] 2629 out] out of AMH₁
[1337] 2641 ffor B
[1338] 2642 as SBTΔ is Ad and A ... B₂, Λ, FWH₃
[1339] 2650 schal the wordes] schal þe worde S shal wordes W
scholde þe wordes Ad scholde her wordes B
[1340] 2662 and þilke time so H₁ ... RLB₂ and þilke time also C
at thilke t. also W at þilke tyme þo M
[1341] 2674 take AJ, S, F tak C, BT
[1342] 2676 hise A
[1343] 2681 take B
[1344] 2704 _margin_ Accidia H₁E ... B₂, W
[1345] 2707 _margin_ sopori fero MH₁ERL, Λ, WH₃ sopori sero
XGCB₂, B
[1346] 2710 a doun C, B, F adoun AJ, S
[1347] 2711 S _has lost two leaves_ (ll. 2711-3078)
[1348] 2743 shal F
[1349] 2744 wolde A
[1350] 2760 I am now H₁ ... B₂, Λ
[1351] 2773 times BT
[1352] 2788 mow F mowe AJ, B
[1353] 2792 a chaunce H₁ ... RLB₂, BT his chaunce C
[1354] 2796 wole or so] wolde so BT
[1355] 2802 bidt A, F bit J bid C, B
[1356] 2822 doun _om._ AM
[1357] 2826 to the] atte M, B
[1358] 2833 Departen] Depart(e) and H₁ ... B₂, BΛ
[1359] 2846 go now (gon now) M ... B₂
[1360] 2860 mai] might (miȝte) H₁ ... B₂ doth W
[1361] 2867 him A ... B₂ hem AdBTΔ, FWH₃
[1362] 2937 _margin_ demersus AM
[1363] 2942 _margin_ Quo facto _om._ A ... B₂
[1364] 2945 _margin_ mortuus _om._ A ... B₂
[1365] 2954 thoghte] wolde H₁ ... B₂ wol L thought to W
[1366] 2955 monþes H₁ ... B₂, H₃
[1367] 2973 she Λ, Magd he A ... B₂, AdBTΔ, FWKH₃
[1368] 2984 so _om._ AM
[1369] 2992 the _om._ AM
[1370] 2994 betwen the] betwene A ... B₂, T (bitwen) betwen
bothe H₃
[1371] 2997 Wherfor(e) AJMG ... B₂
[1372] 3023 many a XGL, AdBTΔ, WH₃
[1373] 3027 þe wise þat M ... CB₂ þis wise as BT, H₃
[1374] 3033 schulde BT, W
[1375] 3056 was AdBTΔ
[1376] 3058 vnto JH₁ ... B₂, Δ, WH₃
[1377] 3074 falsen AM
[1378] 3079 S _resumes_
[1379] 3082 hir BT
[1380] 3086 forth lepte] lepte forþ AM lepte L
[1381] 3129 Aman F
[1382] 3132 þe couenant BTΛ
[1383] 3138 For] And BTΛ
[1384] 3140 it] in H₁ ... B₂
[1385] 3141 that _om._ AM
[1386] 3142 walkyng H₁RCB₂ _line om._ T
[1387] 3153 ne _om._ H₁ ... B₂
[1388] 3154 Ha _om._ A ... B₂
[1389] 3159 mi F myn AJ, B
[1390] 3165 all S, F alle AJ, B
[1391] 3199 _margin_ sua _om._ BT
[1392] 3202 _margin_ ita quod AM
[1393] 3204 _margin_ illa _om._ SBTΔ (_Latin om._ Ad)
[1394] 3206 _margin_ dignaretur A ... B₂, Λ
[1395] 3190 þe AM
[1396] 3206 cilence S, F silence AJ, B
[1397] 3221 ben unborn] be vp (vppe) AM
[1398] 3233 Thi (Thy) A ... B₂, S ... Δ This FWKH₃
[1399] 3244 all] at S ... Δ
[1400] 3250 if that I] if I H₁ ... B₂
[1401] 3252 vigilie B
[1402] 3255 nyht (night) AC, B nyhte (nihte) J, S, F
[1403] 3259 of] or X ... B₂, W
[1404] 3263 S _has lost a leaf_ (ll. 3263-3442)
[1405] 3288 in] at XGEC, BT
[1406] 3308 he] it H₁ ... B₂
[1407] 3322 Of þo turneþ (torneþ) M, Ad Of hem þat turneþ X Of
hem þat turnen H₁G ... B₂
[1408] 3337 haþ AdBTΔ
[1409] 3341 Wiþ þo which(e) E ... B₂, AdT Wiþ þo þe whiche B
[1410] 3349 the _om._ H₁ ... B₂, AdTΔ, WH₃
[1411] 3355 Whan] ffor whan H₁E ... B₂
[1412] 3361 as] and BT he] it AM
[1413] 3366 telle H₁ ... B₂, W
[1414] 3370 no M, F _the rest_ non (none)
[1415] _Latin Verses_ ix. 1 Nil fortuna valet (_rest of line
blank_) AM
[1416] 3397 _margin_ poterit _om._ BT
[1417] 3401 tymes E, BT
[1418] 3427 gret JC, B grete A, F
[1419] 3437 no _om._ AM
[1420] 3443 S _resumes_ folweth] falleþ SAdBΔ faileth TΛ
[1421] 3449 more þan is B, H₃ more þan hit L
[1422] 3459 o point BT, W
[1423] 3479 eny] my AM
[1424] 3484 my] me H₁RCLB₂, W (me bidde)
[1425] 3489 I dar AM
[1426] 3502 if þat H₁ ... B₂, W
[1427] 3529 _margin_ Ciuitatem _om._ BT
[1428] 3531 hert sche BΛ sche (_om._ herte) T
[1429] 3535 king (kyng) JL, BT
[1430] 3560 manes F
[1431] 3576 sleplest F
[1432] 3586 Ȝit schal ... many a place J, S, FH₃ Ȝit schalt ...
many a place AM Ȝit schal ... many place Ad, W Ȝit schal it
... mani place TΔ It (Hit) schal ... many a place H₁XGRCLB₂ It
schal ... many place E, B
[1433] 3587 and] of H₁ ... B₂, B
[1434] 3596 syhe (sihe) AJ, SB syh F
[1435] 3612 wold(e) BT, W
[1436] 3622 O god þou wost þat it B O god þou wost it TΛ
(wotest)
[1437] 3627 S _has lost two leaves_ (ll. 3627--v. 274)
[1438] 3632 astounde AMR, T, W
[1439] 3638 and of] and eke of AM
[1440] 3656 Hir B be begrave] begraue A, Δ be graue MH₁ERLB₂, W
[1441] 3666 ek _om._ C, BTΛ
[1442] 3667 this] þat AdBTΛ
[1443] 3676 tho] þe JH₁ ... B₂, BΛ, W
[1444] 3678 aman F
[1445] 3687 despeir JMH₁XRLB₂, AdBTΔ, W vespeir H₃
Incipit Liber Quintus.
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 127=]
[Sidenote: [AVARICE.]]
i. _Obstat auaricia nature legibus, et que_
_Largus amor poscit, striccius illa vetat._
_Omne quod est nimium viciosum dicitur aurum,_
_Vellera sicut oues, seruat auarus opes._
_Non decet vt soli seruabitur es, set amori_[1446]
_Debet homo solam solus habere suam._
Ferst whan the hyhe god began
This world, and that the kinde of man
Was falle into no gret encress,
For worldes good tho was no press,[1447]
Bot al was set to the comune.
Thei spieken thanne of no fortune
Or forto lese or forto winne,
[Sidenote: Hic in quinto libro intendit Confessor tractare
de Auaricia, que omnium malorum radix dicitur, necnon et de
eiusdem vicii speciebus: set primo ipsius Auaricie naturam
describens Amanti quatenus amorem concernit super hoc
specialius opponit.]
Til Avarice broghte it inne;
And that was whan the world was woxe
Of man, of hors, of Schep, of Oxe, 10
And that men knewen the moneie.
Tho wente pes out of the weie
And werre cam on every side,
Which alle love leide aside
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 128=]
And of comun his propre made,
So that in stede of schovele and spade
The scharpe swerd was take on honde;
And in this wise it cam to londe,
Wherof men maden dyches depe
And hyhe walles forto kepe 20
The gold which Avarice encloseth.
Bot al to lytel him supposeth,
Thogh he mihte al the world pourchace;
For what thing that he may embrace
Of gold, of catel or of lond,
He let it nevere out of his hond,
Bot get him more and halt it faste,
As thogh the world scholde evere laste.
So is he lych unto the helle;
For as these olde bokes telle,[1448] 30
What comth therinne, lasse or more,
It schal departe neveremore:
Thus whanne he hath his cofre loken,
It schal noght after ben unstoken,
Bot whanne him list to have a syhte[1449]
Of gold, hou that it schyneth brihte,
That he ther on mai loke and muse;
For otherwise he dar noght use
To take his part, or lasse or more.
So is he povere, and everemore[1450] 40
Him lacketh that he hath ynowh:
An Oxe draweth in the plowh,
Of that himself hath no profit;
A Schep riht in the same plit
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 129=]
His wolle berth, bot on a day
An other takth the flees away:
Thus hath he, that he noght ne hath,[1451]
For he therof his part ne tath.
To seie hou such a man hath good,
Who so that reson understod, 50
It is impropreliche seid,
For good hath him and halt him teid,
That he ne gladeth noght withal,
Bot is unto his good a thral,
And as soubgit thus serveth he,
Wher that he scholde maister be:
Such is the kinde of thaverous.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, as thou art amerous,
Tell if thou farst of love so.[1452]
[Sidenote: Confessio Amantis.]
Mi fader, as it semeth, no; 60
That averous yit nevere I was,
So as ye setten me the cas:
For as ye tolden here above,
In full possession of love
Yit was I nevere hier tofore,
So that me thenketh wel therfore,
I mai excuse wel my dede.
Bot of mi will withoute drede,
If I that tresor mihte gete,
It scholde nevere be foryete, 70
That I ne wolde it faste holde,
Til god of love himselve wolde
That deth ous scholde parte atuo.[1453]
For lieveth wel, I love hire so,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 130=]
That evene with min oghne lif,
If I that swete lusti wif
Mihte ones welden at my wille,
For evere I wolde hire holde stille:
And in this wise, taketh kepe,
If I hire hadde, I wolde hire kepe, 80
And yit no friday wolde I faste,
Thogh I hire kepte and hielde faste.[1454]
Fy on the bagges in the kiste!
I hadde ynogh, if I hire kiste.
For certes, if sche were myn,
I hadde hir levere than a Myn
Of Gold; for al this worldesriche
Ne mihte make me so riche
As sche, that is so inly good.
I sette noght of other good; 90
For mihte I gete such a thing,
I hadde a tresor for a king;
And thogh I wolde it faste holde,
I were thanne wel beholde.
Bot I mot pipe nou with lasse,
And suffre that it overpasse,
Noght with mi will, for thus I wolde
Ben averous, if that I scholde.
Bot, fader, I you herde seie
Hou thaverous hath yit som weie, 100
Wherof he mai be glad; for he
Mai whanne him list his tresor se,[1455]
And grope and fiele it al aboute,[1456]
Bot I fulofte am schet theroute,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 131=]
Ther as my worthi tresor is.
So is mi lif lich unto this,
That ye me tolden hier tofore,
Hou that an Oxe his yock hath bore
For thing that scholde him noght availe:
And in this wise I me travaile;[1457] 110
For who that evere hath the welfare,
I wot wel that I have the care,
For I am hadd and noght ne have,
And am, as who seith, loves knave.
Nou demeth in youre oghne thoght,
If this be Avarice or noght.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, I have of thee no wonder,
Thogh thou to serve be put under
With love, which to kinde acordeth:
Bot, so as every bok recordeth,[1458] 120
It is to kinde no plesance
That man above his sustienance
Unto the gold schal serve and bowe,
For that mai no reson avowe.
Bot Avarice natheles,
If he mai geten his encress
Of gold, that wole he serve and kepe,
For he takth of noght elles kepe,
Bot forto fille hise bagges large;[1459]
And al is to him bot a charge, 130
For he ne parteth noght withal,
Bot kepth it, as a servant schal:
And thus, thogh that he multeplie[1460]
His gold, withoute tresorie
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 132=]
He is, for man is noght amended[1461]
With gold, bot if it be despended
To mannes us; wherof I rede
A tale, and tak therof good hiede,
Of that befell be olde tyde,
As telleth ous the clerk Ovide. 140