[Sidenote: =P. ii. 390=]
xiii. _Prodegus et parcus duo sunt extrema, que largus_[685]
_Est horum medius, plebis in ore bonus._
[Sidenote: Nota hic de virtute Largitatis, que ad oppositum
Auaricie inter duo extrema, videlicet Parcimoniam et
Prodegalitatem, specialiter consistit.]
Betwen the tuo extremites
Of vice stant the propretes
Of vertu, and to prove it so
Tak Avarice and tak also
The vice of Prodegalite;
Betwen hem Liberalite,
Which is the vertu of Largesse,
Stant and governeth his noblesse.
For tho tuo vices in discord
Stonde evere, as I finde of record; 7650
So that betwen here tuo debat
Largesse reuleth his astat.
For in such wise as Avarice,
As I tofore have told the vice,
Thurgh streit holdinge and thurgh skarsnesse
Stant in contraire to Largesse,
Riht so stant Prodegalite
Revers, bot noght in such degre.
For so as Avarice spareth,
And forto kepe his tresor careth, 7660
That other al his oghne and more
Ayein the wise mannes lore
Yifth and despendeth hiere and there,
So that him reccheth nevere where.
While he mai borwe, he wol despende,
Til ate laste he seith, ‘I wende’;
Bot that is spoken al to late,
For thanne is poverte ate gate
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 391=]
And takth him evene be the slieve,
For erst wol he no wisdom lieve. 7670
And riht as Avarice is Sinne,
That wolde his tresor kepe and winne, (7850*)
Riht so is Prodegalite:
Bot of Largesse in his degre,
Which evene stant betwen the tuo,
The hihe god and man also
The vertu ech of hem commendeth.
For he himselven ferst amendeth,
That overal his name spredeth,
And to alle othre, where it nedeth, 7680
He yifth his good in such a wise,
That he makth many a man arise,
Which elles scholde falle lowe.
Largesce mai noght ben unknowe;
For what lond that he regneth inne,
It mai noght faile forto winne
Thurgh his decerte love and grace,
Wher it schal faile in other place.
And thus betwen tomoche and lyte[686]
Largesce, which is noght to wyte, 7690
Halt evere forth the middel weie:
Bot who that torne wole aweie
Fro that to Prodegalite,
Anon he lest the proprete[687]
Of vertu and goth to the vice;
For in such wise as Avarice
Lest for scarsnesse his goode name,
Riht so that other is to blame,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 392=]
Which thurgh his wast mesure excedeth,
For noman wot what harm that bredeth.[688] 7700
Bot mochel joie ther betydeth,[689]
Wher that largesse an herte guydeth:
For his mesure is so governed,
That he to bothe partz is lerned,
To god and to the world also,
He doth reson to bothe tuo.
The povere folk of his almesse
Relieved ben in the destresse
Of thurst, of hunger and of cold;
The yifte of him was nevere sold, 7710
Bot frely yive, and natheles
The myhti god of his encress
Rewardeth him of double grace;
The hevene he doth him to pourchace
And yifth him ek the worldes good:
And thus the Cote for the hod
Largesse takth, and yit no Sinne
He doth, hou so that evere he winne.
[Sidenote: Lucas. Omni habenti dabitur.]
What man hath hors men yive him hors,
And who non hath of him no fors, 7720
For he mai thanne on fote go;
The world hath evere stonde so.
Bot forto loken of the tweie,
A man to go the siker weie,
[Sidenote: Beacius est dare quam accipere.[690]]
Betre is to yive than to take:
With yifte a man mai frendes make,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 393=]
Bot who that takth or gret or smal,
He takth a charge forth withal,
And stant noght fre til it be quit.
So forto deme in mannes wit, 7730
It helpeth more a man to have
His oghne good, than forto crave
Of othre men and make him bounde,
Wher elles he mai stonde unbounde.
[Sidenote: Seneca. Si res tue tibi non sufficiant, fac vt
rebus tuis sufficias.]
Senec conseileth in this wise,
And seith, ‘Bot if thi good suffise
Unto the liking of thi wille,
Withdrawh thi lust and hold the stille,
And be to thi good sufficant.’
[Sidenote: Apostolus.[691] Ordinata caritas incipit a seipsa.]
For that thing is appourtenant 7740
To trouthe and causeth to be fre
After the reule of charite,
Which ferst beginneth of himselve.
For if thou richest othre tuelve,
Wherof thou schalt thiself be povere,
I not what thonk thou miht recovere.
Whil that a man hath good to yive,
With grete routes he mai live
And hath his frendes overal,
And everich of him telle schal. 7750
Therwhile he hath his fulle packe,[692]
Thei seie, ‘A good felawe is Jacke’;
Bot whanne it faileth ate laste,
Anon his pris thei overcaste,
For thanne is ther non other lawe
Bot, ‘Jacke was a good felawe.’
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 394=]
Whan thei him povere and nedy se,
Thei lete him passe and farwel he;
Al that he wende of compainie
Is thanne torned to folie. 7760
[Sidenote: [PRODIGALITY OF LOVERS.]]
Bot nou to speke in other kinde
Of love, a man mai suche finde,
That wher thei come in every route
Thei caste and waste her love aboute,
Til al here time is overgon,
And thanne have thei love non:[693]
For who that loveth overal,
It is no reson that he schal (7900*)
Of love have eny proprete.
Forthi, mi Sone, avise thee 7770
If thou of love hast be to large,
For such a man is noght to charge:
And if it so be that thou hast
Despended al thi time in wast
And set thi love in sondri place,
Though thou the substance of thi grace
Lese ate laste, it is no wonder;
For he that put himselven under,
As who seith, comun overal,
He lest the love special 7780
Of eny on, if sche be wys;
For love schal noght bere his pris
Be reson, whanne it passeth on.
So have I sen ful many on,[694]
That were of love wel at ese,
Whiche after felle in gret desese
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 395=]
Thurgh wast of love, that thei spente
In sondri places wher thei wente.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Riht so, mi Sone, I axe of thee
If thou with Prodegalite 7790
Hast hier and ther thi love wasted.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, nay; bot I have tasted
In many a place as I have go,
And yit love I nevere on of tho,
Bot forto drive forth the dai.
For lieveth wel, myn herte is ay
Withoute mo for everemore
Al upon on, for I nomore
Desire bot hire love al one:
So make I many a prive mone, 7800
For wel I fiele I have despended
Mi longe love and noght amended
Mi sped, for oght I finde yit.
If this be wast to youre wit[695]
Of love, and Prodegalite,
Nou, goode fader, demeth ye:
Bot of o thing I wol me schryve,
That I schal for no love thryve,
Bot if hirself me wol relieve.[696]
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, that I mai wel lieve: 7810
And natheles me semeth so,
For oght that thou hast yit misdo
Of time which thou hast despended,
It mai with grace ben amended.
For thing which mai be worth the cost
Per chaunce is nouther wast ne lost;
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 396=]
For what thing stant on aventure,[697]
That can no worldes creature (7950*)
Telle in certein hou it schal wende,[698]
Til he therof mai sen an ende. 7820
So that I not as yit therfore
If thou, mi Sone, hast wonne or lore:
For ofte time, as it is sene,[699]
Whan Somer hath lost al his grene
And is with Wynter wast and bare,
That him is left nothing to spare,
Al is recovered in a throwe;
The colde wyndes overblowe,
And stille be the scharpe schoures,[700]
And soudeinliche ayein his floures 7830
The Somer hapneth and is riche:
And so per cas thi graces liche,
Mi Sone, thogh thou be nou povere
Of love, yit thou miht recovere.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, certes grant merci:
Ye have me tawht so redeli,
That evere whil I live schal
The betre I mai be war withal
Of thing which ye have seid er this.
Bot overmore hou that it is,[701] 7840
Toward mi schrifte as it belongeth,
To wite of othre pointz me longeth;
Wherof that ye me wolden teche
With al myn herte I you beseche.
=Explicit Liber Quintus.=
FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Latin verses_ iii. 4 tibi AM ... B₂, AdBT
[2] 1973 his AM ... B₂
[3] 1976 _margin_ cupiditatis RCLB₂
[4] 1978 þauantage (þe auantage) E ... B₂, W þe vantages MH₁XG
[5] 1979 that _om._ RCLB₂
[6] 1981 That on _om._ B And that oon H₁
hald S, F halt A, B haltd J
[7] 1988 tofare S, F
[8] 1992 while] Mile AM
[9] 2002 he his wille wolde AMH₁E ... B₂
[10] 2020 ffor him E ... B₂
[11] 2030 thou schalt it] as þou schalt BT
[12] 2050 seeþ H₁XG seiþ AM
[13] 2057 knyhthod S knithod F knyhthode AJ in] on E ... B₂ vp on Δ
[14] 2059 non oþre AJ, S, F non oþer C, B
[15] 2068 tho] þat E ... B₂
[16] 2074 matier(e) to trete H₁L, AdBT, W
[17] 2079 cophres AC, F cofres (coffres) J, SB
[18] 2098 ech AJ, B eche F
[19] 2108 beleft F
[20] 2114 faste by A, F fasteby J, B
[21] 2150 unto] it to BT to Δ
[22] 2157 scholde (schuld &c.) M ... B₂, TΔ, W
[23] 2162 And þus A ... B₂, W Al þis S ... Δ
[24] 2177 a slepe B, F aslepe AJ
[25] 2202 goldringes JE, S, F gold ringes A, B
[26] 2208 Of þe comuns E ... B₂ (þo EC) Of þe bomeins (?) M Of Romayns W
[27] 2226 the] his XCB₂, Ad
[28] 2278 _margin_ eorum _om._ AMH₁
[29] 2288 and als so] anon als B and als (as) X, WH₃
[30] 2291 þe cas S ... Δ
[31] 2297 lich J, S, F liche A, B
[32] 2328 vnauanced (vn auanced) ȝe be E ... B₂
[33] 2350 faute E ... B₂
[34] 2352 his chois AM ... B₂, BT
[35] 2357 be falle] byfalle A
[36] 2405 _margin_ sorte _om._ A ... B₂
[37] 2411 He] And BT
[38] 2412 man] a man AMH₁ men WH₃
[39] 2417 seeþ B
[40] 2433 he richesse (_om._ hath) E ... B₂ richesse he haþ Ad
[41] 2453 ynowe] I trowe BT
[42] 2465 Bot] So BT
[43] 2477 Somon F
[44] 2482 to] of BT
[45] 2488 forsakeþ sche is b. BT forsaketh he shal be b. H₃
[46] 2500 My fader G ... B₂
[47] 2508 that] þan (þanne) XG, B þough E ... B₂
[48] 2513 al A, S, F alle J, B
[49] 2526 hem _om._ RCB₂ he L
[50] 2540 for J, FH₃ fro AM ... B₂, S ... Δ, WMagd.
[51] 2546 Yaf] Of E ... B₂
[52] 2550 to Hector BT
[53] 2551 recousse F
[54] 2554 also] as AM ... B₂, Ad, W
[55] 2563 he] I (y) BT
[56] 2564 his] hir X ... B₂, T
[57] 2571 some] of some A ... B₂, B
[58] 2573 protectio_u_n (?) F
[59] 2574 and] of B
[60] 2579 þe gold is in her cofre AdBT her(e) gold is in her(e) E ...
B₂ ther ... her H₁
[61] 2587 schulde E ... B₂, W hire a pris BTΔ, F hir(e) apris (appris)
AJMXERLB₂, W here a pris C her(e) apris H₁, Ad, H₃
[62] 2591 of] to AJMXG vnto H₁E ... B₂ as Δ
[63] 2627 To take E ... B₂
[64] 2637 ensample AM ... B₂, W
[65] 2658 conseil upon] to conseil in AM ... B₂
[66] 2666 The B
[67] 2671 his maister E ... B₂
[68] 2682 the _om._ E ... B₂
[69] 2685 al the] alle (all) XE ... B₂
[70] 2690 hire] he hir(e) A ... B₂, S ... Δ
[71] 2694 f.
Whan þat sche was but of ȝong age
ffor good
E ... B₂ (was of L)
[72] 2696 And lucre E ... B₂
[73] 2714 Ther was RCLB₂, W Wher was E
[74] 2735 tolde J, S told A, B, F
[75] 2737 hath him preid] to him preide B with him p. T
[76] 2738 seyde BT
[77] 2740 bidde] didde AM
[78] 2752 a weie MC, T aweie AJ, B, F
[79] 2761 faste by AJ, B fasteby F
[80] 2771 nyh _om._ E ... B₂
[81] 2773 þis wise JR, BT, W
[82] 2776 The stiward BT Theward J seide no þing so B
[83] 2779 hire fette to] hire fette vnto C ȝou fette vnto B
[84] 2780 wold(e) H₁E ... B₂, W
[85] 2793 that _om._ AdB
[86] 2816 þe same E ... B₂, S ... Δ, WH₃
[87] 2836 outher] oþer (oþir) M ... B₂, AdBT, W eiþer Δ
[88] 2856 wold(e) RCLB₂, W
[89] _Latin Verses_ iv. 2 vere A ... CB₂ vero L verba W
[90] 4-7 _om._ B
[91] 7 laudando E ... B₂
[92] 2863 _margin_ super illis] semper de illis E ... B₂
[93] 2863 ferst J, S, F ferste A
[94] 2866 Periurie J, F Periure AC, B
[95] 2867 _margin_ tam cupiditatis EC c_aus_a cup. RLB₂ tam in
cupiditate H₁
[96] 2868 be wroth] wroth AMH₁
[97] 2872 hepe J, SB, F hipe T hupe C hup A
[98] 2878 and] of BT in XE, W
[99] 2900 _line om._ B
[100] 2904 suche J, SB such A, F
[101] 2906 hire AR, F procurous B, F
[102] 2932 saluely S, F sauely AJ, B
[103] 2937 euere BT
[104] 2940 bewreie C, SB be wreie J, F by wreie A
[105] 2942 of] for BT on W
[106] 2951 put AJ, S, F (?) putte C, BT
[107] 2964 as] and BT, H₃
[108] 2966 And AM ... B₂, W
[109] 2967 in] of BT
[110] 2975 this] his AMH₁X
[111] 2996 hir(e) lady H₁ ... B₂, B, W (here l. G)
[112] 3004 it] he S ... Δ
[113] 3026 he] sche E, BT
[114] 3032 hir B riht] ful E ... B₂
[115] 3045 put AJ, S, F putte C, B
[116] 3046 wiþ þat Dedamie RCLB₂
[117] 3054 the _om._ AMGRLB₂ alle (maner of man) H₁
[118] 3058 wolde EL, BT
[119] 3090 his werk E ... B₂, Δ the werke W
[120] 3110 burned as þe siluer E ... B₂ b. was with s. W b. was of s. H₃
[121] 3119 topseilcole ACL, SAd, FH₃ topseil cole (coole) MH₁XGERB₂, BT
top seile cole Δ to pseilcole J to Pheilcole W to pleiseil cole Λ
[122] 3145 Al (Alle) lusti wommen AMH₁ A lusty womman ECLB₂ Of women
lusti Ad þat route E ... B₂
[123] 3152 this] þe BT
[124] 3158 a contre] þe contre BTΔ
[125] 3169 the _om._ B
[126] 3192 in a Cronique AMH₁RCLB₂, AdΔ, H₃
[127] 3197 thei] he X, BT
[128] 3209 whos] which AMH₁XG
[129] 3210 now a day X, B, WH₃
[130] 3217 Wher] þer BT
[131] 3225 Periurie J, B, F Periure AC
[132] 3237 hertes XL, S ... Δ
[133] 3241 vnto B of T
[134] 3246 Who þat wol rede it þer may wite E ... B₂
[135] 3261 _margin_ illam senectam E ... B₂, BT illa senecta MH₁
[136] 3281 þerto what þing A ... B₂
[137] 3290 that] þis B
[138] 3295 was ful AMH₁XG
[139] 3300 tok (took) AJ, SB, F toke C, Ad, H₃ (token leue H₁)
[140] 3304 have mad] to make BT
[141] 3306 But (Bot) of his lond E ... B₂
[142] 3311 this] þe B þese X
[143] 3311 f. gregeis (Gregeis): curteis J, S, F Gregois (gregois):
curtois (courtoys) AC, B
[144] 3321 which þanne (þan) was þe k. E ... B₂ which was the k. H₁, W
which was þ_er_ k. X
[145] 3340 tho] þe AM ... B₂
[146] 3365 thes] þis MXGEC
[147] 3376 speke(n) AM ... B₂, B, W
[148] 3393 made AJ, B mad S, F
[149] 3422 rise RCLB₂, T, W
[150] 3437 þe same day XE ... B₂, BTΔ
[151] 3440 he _om._ E ... B₂
[152] 3465 lost is l. AYEC, S
[153] 3472 And nought þer of haþ fro him hid E ... B₂ ben wel MH₁X
[154] 3481 aschamed A, SB a schamed J, F
[155] 3482 hire tale AJMXE
[156] 3484 sette BT
[157] 3490 departe AMXG
[158] 3517 the] þo ERC, SBT
[159] 3533 dethes] hasty E ... B₂
[160] 3534 leid] brought B
[161] 3545 and] of BT
[162] 3582 name RCLB₂, T which AJ, S, F whiche B
[163] 3599 enoynt J, S, F anoynt AC, B _So_ 3601
[164] 3619 such(e) wise XGE, B
[165] 3647 Of swoune RCLB₂, BT Inne swone W uppe nam] vp þo nam E ...
B₂ vpon name H₁
[166] 3665 he _om._ E ... B₂, BT, W
[167] 3668 of hem CL on him W
[168] 3669 vndern ERL, BT, H₃ vndorne X vndur CB₂, W
[169] 3671 abreide] he breide E ... B₂, BT, H₃
[170] 3678 was wonder wo] þan was ful wo YE ... B₂, BTΛ
[171] 3688 ore on] oore in RLB₂, Δ sore in EC, BT (And forþ w_ith_ all
his wey he fongeþ X)
[172] 3691 set AJ, S, F sette C, B
[173] 3705 ne] and BT, W
[174] 3706 þe serpent XB₂, BT, W
[175] 3720 his plough YE ... B₂, BT the plogh W
[176] 3742 whan (when) AJC, B whan_n_e F
[177] 3744 a (ha) lord al is y wonne (al is wonne) YE ... B₂, BTΛ ha
lord al now is w. MH₁XG
[178] 3747 on londe E ... B₂, BTΔ, W
[179] 3751 he _om._ AM
[180] 3765 cried (criede) RCLB₂, Δ
[181] 3772 to talen] talen B of talen M of tales H₁ to talkan W
[182] 3791 as tho] also AM ... B₂, BT
[183] 3796 sche] he H₁, BT
[184] 3798 al _om._ AMH₁, H₃W
[185] 3814 the] þo EC, B
[186] 3822 mad AJ, S, F made C, B
[187] 3823 seide ... seide AC, B seid ... seide S, F seid ... seid J
[188] 3847 of _om._ E ... B₂, BT
[189] 3851 ffor if it be E ... B₂, BT, But if hit be W
[190] 3879 slepte] slep (sleep) YE, B
[191] 3883 him AH₁XR
[192] 3888 in compaignie AM ... B₂, BT
[193] 3914 wolde (wold) M ... B₂, BTΔ, WH₃
[194] 3956 telle a gret partie B, W tellen it a parti Δ
[195] 3960 it wiste] wiste CLB₂, BTΔ ne wist(e) MH₁X
[196] 3962 in euery side E ... B₂, BT
[197] 3964 Hir heed BT
[198] 3966 and on] vpon BT
[199] 3975 dreechinge honde J drenching(e) onde YXGEC, BTΛ drenching(e)
hond(e) AH₁RLB₂ dremchinge honde M
[200] 3990 An F
[201] 3992 bothe] by þe E, BTΛ but H₃
[202] 4006 Spertheidos XECB₂, BT
[203] 4008 and of þe AM ... B₂, BTΔΛ, W
[204] 4020 To make wiþ þis medicine B _line om._ TΛ
[205] 4024 His AMRC, T
[206] 4029 þat wiþ þe air YE ... B₂, BT þ_at_ was w_ith_ þe air Δ þat
was of air XG
[207] 4043 puttes AJ, B, F pettes S
[208] 4049 and in such wise] in such a wise C in such(e) wise BT and
such(e) wise RLB₂
[209] 4067 And þan B And þat T
[210] 4072 þe cook H₁G, BT
[211] 4073 either] euery AM ... B₂
[212] 4088 put J, S, F putte AC, B
[213] 4106 fforþ A ... GC
[214] 4110 over] euery ERLB₂, W ony C oure X
[215] 4113 make] take ERCB₂
[216] 4129 his] hir C, B
[217] 4137 therafter] after E ... B₂ her (hir) after BT
[218] 4138 seefoul E, BTΛ sedewolf L
[219] 4140 that] which E ... B₂, W
[220] 4151 mede E ... B₂
[221] 4152 be sene (seene) AJ, B besene S, F
[222] 4160 and fieble] fieble E, B, W
[223] 4161 into (in to) AM ... B₂
[224] 4177 eny stede XGL, BΔ
[225] 4186 telleþ BT
[226] 4217 wold C, SB, F wolde AJ
[227] 4231 herde AJ, F herd C, B
[228] 4243 schepe felle B
[229] 4250 _margin_ mortua autem Philen SΔΛ mortua autem Hellen A ...
B₂, BT, FWH₃
[230] 4266 _margin_ cum solo vellere A ... B₂, B
[231] 4267 _margin_ canitur YGE, BTΔΛ canetur AMH₁XRCLB₂, S, FH₃
habetur W
[232] 4276 Anon sche bigan for to make E ... B₂ She kest anone howe she
myght make W
[233] 4278 schope AJ, S, F schop (schoop) C, B
[234] 4307 all S, F alle AJ, B
[235] 4309 seid AJ, B, F seide C
[236] 4311 hem haþ preid B hath hem preide W
[237] 4321 it is AMH₁
[238] 4330 Wherin J, F
[239] 4334 þo men H₁XGEC, B
[240] 4343 þe AMH₁XGB₂, Δ, W
[241] 4349 was lore H₁ ... B₂
[242] 4351 As] And AM ... B₂
[243] 4352 hirself adreynt B
[244] 4361 was spoke H₁XECLB₂
[245] 4367 To him þat BT, W
[246] 4369 you] þou H₁YB₂, BT, WH₃
[247] 4391 where þe biȝete sterte EC wher euere þei be ȝit stert(e)
H₁XRLB₂
[248] 4396 To] And H₁ ... B₂
[249] 4402 by so AMH₁XRCLB₂, B so W
[250] 4411 thei] sche B
[251] 4413 wolde he H₁XRCLB₂
[252] 4423 of continuance BT and contenance LB₂, WH₃
[253] 4425 his _om._ AM ... B₂
[254] 4427 wher it is A ... B₂, FWKH₃
[255] 4452 it were AM
[256] 4462 ther] þat BT
[257] 4468 My þought and al my loue BT Mi loue and al mi trewþe Δ
[258] 4485 sein (seie) MXCLB₂, W
[259] 4504 mihte S miht (might) AJ, B, F
[260] 4507 usure] mesure BT
[261] 4512 al þis BT
[262] 4518 als so] als (as) X, Ad, WH₃
[263] 4523 it _om._ B
[264] 4525 Thus beie I diere] I beye deere H₁ ... B₂
[265] 4526 noght _om._ H₁RCLB₂, W
[266] 4565 þe ende H₁ ... B₂
[267] 4568 riht wel paid] wel a payd (appaied) H₁ ... B₂
[268] 4571 of suche dede BT
[269] 4574 thogh] of ERCB₂ if H₁
[270] 4576 ffro whom AM
[271] 4579 hire AJM
[272] 4586 _margin_ decreuit, pro eo quod ipsa Eccho _om._ BT, H₃
[273] 4587 on _om._ BT
[274] 4595 that _om._ MH₁XRCLB₂, Δ, W
[275] 4612 was _om._ AM
[276] 4634 quite BT, W
[277] 4642 vice BT
[278] 4643 in the wodes] euere in wodes AM ... B₂
[279] 4651 herte XEC, BT, W
[280] 4652 places XGLB₂, B
[281] 4671 Blinde AJ, S, F Blind C, B
[282] 4680 wole A
[283] 4682 Whan EC
[284] 4701 By (Bi) so AM ... B₂, B (Be so G)
[285] 4717 why F which A ... B₂, S ... Δ, KH₃Magd thi W
[286] 4732 ffor wiþ SΔ
[287] 4738 By so AMX ... B₂, B
[288] 4739 I myhte] It m. AM ... B₂, S ... Δ
[289] 4742 That it schal H₁ ... B₂
[290] 4770 I schal BT
[291] 4788 That man H₁ ... B₂
[292] 4789 _margin_ Babilonem A ... B₂
[293] 4792 yifte _om._ H₁RCLB₂
[294] 4808 Rabio A ... B₂
[295] 4814 such _om._ AMRCL
[296] 4817 Spondeus H₁ ... B₂ Spo_n_dius T
[297] 4818 in _om._ RCB₂
[298] 4851 Rabio A ... B₂
[299] 4856 the] he AM
[300] 4862 schette (schet) JXERCB₂
[301] 4868 I] it BT þou H₁ ... B₂
[302] 4872 wold B
[303] 4877 thi] þis H₁E ... B₂
[304] _Latin Verses_ vii. 2 dicta que SBT dictaque AJM, FW dictique
(dicti que) H₁E ... B₂
[305] 3 alonge AJ, F a longe SB
[306] 4920 Dampnen þe vnkinde creature H₁ ... B₂ (Dampneth H₁B₂)
lifissh S, F liuissh BT liuynge AJM, Δ liflich (livelich) WH₃
[307] 4921 who that it kan] þat it can AM by þat I can H₁ ... B₂
[308] 4935 olde AJ, S, F old C, B
[309] 4942 at] þat XECLB₂ þat at H₁R
[310] 4944 the _om._ H₁ ... B₂, BΔ
[311] 4959 _margin_ ipsum] insuper ipsum AM
[312] 4981 the] þo B _om._ T
[313] 4984 all S, F alle AJ, B
[314] 4989 f. put: knvt AMC pit: knit H₁XRLB₂, Ad, W
[315] 4994 þe pit (put &c.) H₁ ... B₂, Ad, W
[316] 5003 sore] for AM he W
[317] 5011 fantosme, bot yit] fantasme (fantome) þat BTΛ fantasme and
ȝit L fantasie but he ȝit W
[318] 5021 him hath adresced] þo him haþ dresced H₁XRCLB₂
[319] 5025 al softe] alofte B softe W
[320] 5034 If it so be þat he vpbreyde (vmbreide) BT
[321] 5035 speke F _rest_ spoke
[322] 5045 o word H₁C, BT one word Δ, W
[323] 5051 the _om._ AM
[324] 5054 aroute F
[325] 5064 a _om._ H₁RCLB₂
[326] 5071 Thonkende] Touchynge AH₁R (Tho_n_kinge _in ras._ C)
[327] 5102 That to] Vnto B
[328] 5105 bot it be grace] but it be bi grace AM but be goddis grace Δ
[329] 5111 the _om._ AM
[330] 5114 so he dede AdBTΔ, W
[331] 5125 al aboute H₁XRCL
[332] 5128 þat man H₁ ... B₂
[333] 5130 him _om._ BT
[334] 5131 ek (eek) AJC, BT eke F
[335] 5134 a mannes] mannes XE, B
[336] 5145 And in þe AM And tho the H₁
[337] 5157 the] in AM ... B₂
[338] 5158 eny AM
[339] 5159 hem AMGRLB₂
[340] 5180 eny _om._ AM
[341] 5199 bot] by (be) BT for W
[342] 5204 Wherof AM ... B₂
[343] 5210 þy þought BT
[344] 5215 standt S, F stant AC, B standeþ J thi] þe H₁ ... B₂
[345] 5225 ffor loue H₁ ... B₂
[346] 5236 bar AJC, BT bare S, F
[347] 5237 _margin_ suffultus] fultus BT
[348] 5239 _margin_ vincit H₁ ... B₂
[349] 5242 vsed AM ... B₂, W
[350] 5248 dighte F dihte AJ _and so also in_ l. 5352
[351] 5252 cite H₁ ... B₂, T
[352] 5277 And] Of B
[353] 5281 of Troie XC, S ... Δ, W
[354] 5282 lost hath] lost(e) H₁ ... B₂ hath lost W
[355] 5288 world] lord BT
[356] 5299 therinne] euer inne H₁ ... B₂
[357] 5302 many AC, B manye (manie) S, F monie J
[358] 5308 As] And X ... B₂
[359] 5316 this] his L, BT
[360] 5321 the king] to king E ... B₂, kynge (_om._ the) X
[361] 5326 put AJ, S, F putte C, BT
[362] 5341 sche schold B, W sche wolde T
[363] 5346 ayeinward] aȝein H₁ ... B₂
[364] 5349 tok (took) AJC, SB toke F
[365] 5357 Hou he] How þat he AH₁RCLB₂ How þat M
[366] 5359 þe maide AM ... B₂
[367] 5364 So was B gret _om._ AM wonder AC, BT wondre J, S, F
[368] 5372 þis ground S ... Δ
[369] 5387 wold(e) BT
[370] 5411 f.
And so fell þat vpon an ile
Thei were wind driue wiþinne a while
H₁ ... B₂ (driuen in a while L)
[371] 5427 his] alle B
[372] 5430 schipman H₁ ... B₂, W
[373] 5438 afriht (a fright &c.) A ... B₂ (_except_ E), W
[374] 5449 it at nede H₁XRCLB₂
[375] 5456 is] was H₁E ... B₂
[376] 5457 into] to S ... Δ
[377] 5464 tresces AC tresses BT trescess J, S, F
[378] 5465 wiþ hir selue (self) took a strif H₁ ... B₂ wiþ hirself sche
took such a s. B
[379] 5466 betwen(e) deþ H₁ ... B₂
[380] 5467 lay] weepe (wep) BT
[381] 5480 after þat S ... Δ
[382] 5500 as for BT
[383] 5507 it _om._ AM ... B₂ (_except_ E)
[384] 5510 seruant H₁ ... B₂
[385] 5520 þei failen H₁ ... B₂ he faileth W
[386] 5522 what] al þat B
[387] 5524 thee schal] schal M ... B₂ schal þe Δ, W
[388] 5527 seline BT
[389] 5532 ladi love] loue desire H₁ ... B₂
[390] 5533 That] ffor BT was _om._ H₁ ... B₂
[391] 5539 wolde H₁ ... B₂
[392] 5546 lust AMCL listne Δ
[393] 5557 _margin_ duas filias _om._ B
[394] 5559 _margin_ Terco A ... B₂
[395] 5561 _margin_ cum _om._ A ... B₂
[396] 5563 _margin_ sororis A ... B₂, B, W
[397] 5560 wel _om._ H₁E ... B
[398] 5590 sche lay XGB₂, S ... Δ, W
[399] 5592 kist SB, F kyste (kiste) AJ
[400] 5597 to] by (be) A ... B₂
[401] 5600 Vnto B
[402] 5610 noght _om._ AM
[403] 5611 Of þat þey preyde T And þat þei preyde B
[404] 5621 he _om._ BT
[405] 5622 a fyre XC, B
[406] 5627 that] þe BT
[407] 5633 which] that H₁, BT _om._ M, W
[408] 5646 þi A this] þe M
[409] 5667 þo stones EC
[410] 5670 tale] al BT
[411] 5671 f.
And crie it to briddes al aboute
How þou hast do to me þurghoute H₁ ... B₂
(to þe briddes R)
[412] 5678 How schalt AM ... B₂ Euel has W
[413] 5684 a _om._ A
[414] 5719 Of] And BT
[415] 5737 wele vnto E, B welþe into MH₁C grete A, S, F gret JC, B
[416] 5740 and þus C
[417] 5743 wrongful þing X ... B₂ wonderfull thyng H₁
[418] 5748 hadde I S ... Δ
[419] 5765 wold(e) H₁ECB₂, W
[420] 5769 tyt (tit) AC, SB tyd J, F
[421] 5773 hadde (had) do H₁ ... B₂
[422] 5774 lappeþ B
[423] 5802 riht _om._ H₁ ... B₂
[424] 5807 ther] wher H₁ ... B₂
[425] 5810 sihe AJ, S, F sih C, B
[426] 5816 a vov (a vou) J, S, F avow AC, B
[427] 5837 ladis (ladyes) H₁ ... B₂
[428] 5859 noght] neuer H₁ ... B₂
[429] 5873 chambre H₁XELB₂, AdBTΔ, W
[430] 5878 herkne (herken) LB₂, BTΔ, W
[431] 5880 The AJMH₁XRLB₂ Tho EC
[432] 5889 To ... grieue H₁ ... B₂
[433] 5890 þat was so lieue H₁ ... B₂
[434] 5918 hier ben nou we] here be we now J nowe we her be W here ben
we M hier (here) ben now (_om._ we) H₁ ... B₂
[435] 5925 remenbrance F
[436] 5929 in to H₁ECLB₂, BTΔ, H₃
[437] 5936 Al sodeinly þat men it syhe H₁ ... B₂
[438] 5944 þe nightingale XECLB₂
[439] 5958 Sche thenkth] Sche was H₁ ... B₂
[440] 5962 larchesse F
[441] 5966 al] and AM ... L _om._ B₂
[442] 5971 sih (sigh &c.) E, AdBT, WH₃ saw Δ (seþ S)
[443] 5974] þe Philomene H₁ ... B₂
[444] 5977 openly] priuely H₁ ... B₂
[445] 5979 O why] Why BT
[446] 5981 Which AJ, S, F Whiche B
[447] 6008 world] woode B word T
[448] 6011 chatreþ (chatereth) AMH₁ chater (chateren) YXG ... B₂
[449] 6012 falshod A, S, F falshode JC, B
[450] 6016 wol C, B
[451] 6019 to vnderstonde H₁E ... B₂
[452] 6020 falshod A, F falshode J, SB falshede C hire] here (her)
H₁ERL, SAdΔ, FH₃
[453] 6026 no _om._ AM, Ad þe X, W
[454] 6042 in H₁E ... B₂
[455] 6044 he was] of a BT
[456] 6046 The l. A ... B₂, SAdΔ, WH₃
[457] 6048 Bewar F Be war AJC, SB
[458] 6052 to Tereus BT
[459] 6053 goddes forebode] nay god it forbede X ... B₂ nay god for
bede H₁ (goddes forbode AJM, AdT, WH₃)
[460] 6054 be fortrede (for trede) H₁XECLB₂ to be trede R
[461] 6059 louer(e) AM ... B₂
[462] 6076 himseluen (himself) in d. H₁ ... B₂
[463] 6084 water AC, B watre J, S, F
[464] 6101 pourchas S ... Δ
[465] 6103 as] or AMRCL heere H₁ _om._ E
[466] 6110 wyldee F wher] þer AM
[467] 6114 hir(e) chaffare H₁ ... B₂ þi ch. M
[468] _margin_ cum _om._ B
[469] 6151 þis AM þe H₁XGRB₂ þo EC
[470] 6162 Neptimus AH₁R, BT, H₃
[471] 6167 so sod.] al sod. H₁ ... B₂
[472] 6178 Wherfor(e) to AB₂, Δ Wherof to H₁ Where to BT, W
[473] 6190 and] ad F lete it be AM
[474] 6215 Maide] may H₁ ... B₂ him hath] is him S ... Δ hath him W
[475] 6234 wol B
[476] 6239 _margin_ quendam] quem B
[477] 6256 in to A ... B₂, W
[478] 6257 al a] alle AM al þe (alle the) H₁E ... B₂
[479] 6267 byde AM
[480] 6289 he AdBT
[481] 6293 vngoodlich JC, SB, F vngoodliche A
[482] 6296 of micherye B
[483] 6302 chastie EC
[484] 6304 that _om._ AM, Ad
[485] 6313 in honde X, SAdBTΔ
[486] 6317 happeþ E, AdBTΔ happed W
[487] 6318 he YEC, AdBT
[488] 6319 a bough H₁ ... B₂, Δ
[489] 6324 wodesschawe AJ, F woode schawe C, BT
[490] 6336 so] tuo E, B too W
[491] 6341 a weie F
[492] 6351 olde ensamples AdBT, W
[493] _Latin Verses_ x. _om. here and ins. later_ S ... Δ (_ins. here_
Λ)
[494] 6361 That whilom was an emp. H₁E That whilom þer was emp. XRCLB₂
þ_at_ what man was þo emp. Δ
[495] 6363 and in] and AMR in LB₂
[496] 6364 _margin_ sedebant H₁RCLB₂
[497] 6366 of] a AdBT
[498] 6367 womman H₁ ... B₂, W
[499] 6372 Phirus AM
[500] 6378 be _om._ AM
[501] 6381 threste] put B
[502] 6382 him] it B
[503] 6387 f.
That maidenhode is forto preise
Who þat þe vertus wolde peise
S ... ΔΛ
[504] 6390 _margin_ Hii secuntur agnum quocunque ierit SΔ
[505] 6395*-6438* _Only in_ SAdBTΔΛ _The text here follows_ S
[506] 6396* ff. _margin_ In carne--est _om._ B
[507] 6398* Lich BT Liche S
[508] _Latin Verses_ x. _inserted after_ 6412* SAdBT _after_ 6413* Δ
[509] _margin_ Milicia--terram BΛ _om._ SΔ
[510] 6413* book BT boke S
[511] 6427* dedly BT dedely S
[512] 6429* stood BT stode S
[513] 6430* is ȝit SΔ it is AdBTΛ
[514] _margin_ contra sue _om._ B
[515] 6439* _margin_ castissime B
[516] 6436* stood BT stode S
[517] 6408 and] of AdBT
[518] 6409 put AJ, S, F putte B
[519] 6418 My fader H₁ ... B₂, Ad mai wel AMEC, S ... ΔΛ
[520] 6429 take AJ, F tak SB
[521] 6444 Criseid(e) þe doughter AdBTΔ (Criseide dowhter S)
[522] 6452 grete AJ, S, F gret C, BT
[523] 6461 in] hem AXG ... B₂ hym MH₁
[524] 6463 he founde RCLB₂ be f. E
[525] 6465 apposed AM ... B₂ (_except_ E)
[526] 6471 maide and] mayden (maide) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, W
[527] 6472 ȝaf AM ... B₂, T, W (gave)
[528] 6486 f.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
My fader so I wole I wis
But now [wiþ] ȝour ensamplerie H₁ ... B₂
(wiþ _om. all except_ E)
[529] _Latin Verses_ xi. 1 ad horam E, B