Monk and usurer

Death to the monk

Dethe to the Monk

Dethe to the Monk
Harley, Bodley 686

Dethe to the Monk Mors ad Monachum
Trinity

Dethe to the Monk Death.
Vespasian

Dethe to the Monk Monialis
Lansdowne, Vossius

Dethe Death speaketh to the Monk
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Sire monke also / with ȝowre blake abite

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre ȝoure blake abite habite
Selden, Beinecke 493, Trinity

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre your blake abite
Harley

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre Though ye be clothed in clothes blake abite
Vespasian

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre Thouh ye be barbid/ & claad in clothis blake abite
Lansdowne, Vossius

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre Thogh ye be barbid and clothed in clothis blake abite
Bodley 686

Sire monke also/ with ȝowre blake abite your blacke habite,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Ȝe mai no lenger / holde here soioure

Ȝe mai no lenger/ lengor holde here soioure soiorne
Trinity

Ȝe mai no lenger/ holde here soioure And chastely reseved the mantill and þe ring;
Vespasian

Ȝe mai no lenger/ holde here soioure Chastly receyued/ the mantil & the ryng
Lansdowne

Ȝe mai no lenger/ holde here soioure Chastely receyued þe mantel and þe rynge
Bodley 686

Ȝe mai no lenger/ holde here soioure Chastly receyuid/ the mantil & the ryng
Vossius

Ȝe mai no lenger/ here holde here soioure
Dugdale-1718

Ther is no thinge / that mai ȝow here respite

Ther is no may thinge/ that mai ȝow here you respite
Harley

Ther is no thinge/ that Ye mai ȝow here respite the coursse of nature not foresake,
Vespasian

Ther is no thinge/ that Ye mai ȝow here respite nat the cours/ of nature for sake
Lansdowne

Ther is no thinge/ that Ye mai ȝow here respite not þe cours of nature forsake
Bodley 686

Ther is no thinge/ that Ye mai ȝow here respite nat the coursse of nature forsake
Vossius

Ther is no thinge/ that mai ȝow you here respite
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Aȝeyn my myght / ȝow for to do socoure

Aȝeyn my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure
Selden

Aȝeyn Aȝen my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure
Beinecke 493

Aȝeyn Ayenste my myght/ ȝow for you to do socoure
Harley

Aȝeyn Ageyne my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure
Trinity

Aȝeyn Come, daunce with other now at my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure commyng.
Vespasian

Aȝeyn To daunce with othir/ now at my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure comyng
Lansdowne, Vossius

Aȝeyn To daunce with other now at my myght/ ȝow for to do socoure komynge
Bodley 686

Aȝeyn Agein my myght/ ȝow you for to do socoure succour.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Ȝe mote accounte / towchyng ȝowre laboure

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre touching ȝoure laboure
Selden

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre touchyng ȝour laboure
Beinecke 493

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre muste accompte touchinge your laboure
Harley, Trinity

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre laboure In this world here is no abidinge,
Vespasian

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre laboure In this world/ is non abidyng
Lansdowne, Vossius

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre laboure In this worlde here is non abydynge
Bodley 686

Ȝe mote accounte/ towchyng ȝowre accompt touchyng your laboure
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

How ȝe haue spente hit / in dede worde & thowght

How ȝe haue spente hit/ it/ in dede worde & thowght þouȝt
Selden

How ȝe haue spente hit/ it in dede worde & thowght thoght
Beinecke 493

How ȝe haue spente hit/ spendid [it in worde dede worde & thowght thoght
Harley

How ȝe haue spente hit/ in worde dede worde & thowght þought
Trinity

How ȝe haue spente hit/ in dede worde & thowght Nether of mayden, widow, nor wiffe,
Vespasian

How ȝe haue spente hit/ in dede worde & thowght Nouthir of maide/ widewe nor wiff
Lansdowne

How ȝe haue spente hit/ in dede worde & thowght Nether of maide wedowe ne wife
Bodley 686

How ȝe haue spente hit/ in dede worde & thowght Nouther of mayde/ widwe nor wyff
Vossius

How ȝe haue spente hit/ spend it, in dede worde & thowght thought
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

How ȝe you haue spente hit/ s pend in dede worde & thowght and
Dugdale-1718

To erthe and asshes / turneth eueri floure

To erthe and asshes/ turneth eueri floure flowre
Beinecke 493

To erthe and asshes/ turneth turnyth eueri floure
Trinity

To erthe and asshes/ turneth eueri floure As ye may se clerely by writing;
Vespasian

To erthe and asshes/ turneth eueri floure As ye may seen/ heer cleerly bi wrytyng
Lansdowne

To erthe and asshes/ turneth eueri floure As ye may see here clerkely be wrytynge
Bodley 686

To erthe and asshes/ turneth eueri floure As ye may seyn here/ clerly be wrytyng
Vossius

To erthe earth and asshes/ turneth eueri floure
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

The life of man / is but a thynge of nowght.

The life of man/ is but a thynge of nowght. nouȝt
Selden, Trinity, Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

The life of man/ is but a thynge of nowght. noȝt.
Beinecke 493, Harley

The life of man/ For against death is but a thynge of nowght. founde no preservitiffe.
Vespasian

The life of man/ That a geyns deth/ is but a thynge of nowght. founde no preseruatiff.
Lansdowne

The life of man/ That agayn deth is but a thynge of nowght. non preseruatife
Bodley 686

The life of man/ That ageyns deth is but a thynge of nowght. founde no preseruatiff
Vossius

The monk

The Monk answereth

The Monk answereth answerith
Selden, Beinecke 493

The Monk answereth
Harley

The Monk answereth Responsio Monachi
Trinity

The Monk answereth Chastitie virginitie.
Vespasian

The Monk answereth Responsum
Lansdowne, Vossius

The Monk answereth Woman sworne chaste
Bodley 686

The Monk answereth maketh aunswere.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

I had leuere / in [the] cloystre be

I had leuere/ in [the] my cloystre be
Ellesmere

I had leuere/ in [the] my cloystre to be
Harley

I had leuere/ in [the] cloystre cloyster be
Trinity, Dugdale-1718

I had leuere/ in [the] cloystre be It helps not to stryve against nature,
Vespasian

I had leuere/ in [the] cloystre be It helpith nat/ to stryve a geyn nature
Lansdowne

I had leuere/ in [the] cloystre be It helpeth not to stryuen agayns nature
Bodley 686

I had leuere/ in [the] cloystre be It helpith nat/ to stryve agayn nature
Vossius

I had leuere/ leauer in [the] cloystre cloyster be
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

Atte my boke / and studie my seruice

Atte my boke/ and studie stody my seruice
Beinecke 493

Atte my boke/ and studie my seruice seruyse
Harley

Atte my boke/ and studie my seruice Namely when death beginnith to assayle;
Vespasian

Atte my boke/ and studie my seruice Namely whan deth/ bi gynneth tassaile
Lansdowne

Atte my boke/ and studie my seruice Namely when deth begynneth tassayle
Bodley 686

Atte my boke/ and studie my seruice Namly whan deth/ begynneth to assayle
Vossius

Whiche is a place / contemplatif to se

Whiche Wiche is a place/ contemplatif to se
Selden

Whiche is a place/ contemplatif to se Wherefor I counsall every creature,
Vespasian

Whiche is a place/ contemplatif to se Wher fore I counseill euery creature
Lansdowne

Whiche is a place/ contemplatif to se Wherfor I consel euery creature
Bodley 686

Whiche is a place/ contemplatif to se Wherfore I consail/ euery creature
Vossius

But I haue spente / my life in many vise

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise vice
Selden, Beinecke 493

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise wyse
Trinity

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise To be redy against this fell battall.
Vespasian

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise To been redy/ a geyn this fel batayle
Lansdowne

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise To be redy agayns þis felle batayle
Bodley 686

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise To byn redy/ ageyns this fel bataile
Vossius

But I haue spente/ my life in many vise mony wyse,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Liche as a fole / dissolute and nyce

Liche as a fole/ dissolute dissolate and nyce
Beinecke 493

Liche Lyke as a fole/ dissolute and nyce nyse
Trinity

Liche as a fole/ dissolute and nyce Vertu ys surer then other plaite or mayle,
Vespasian

Liche as a fole/ dissolute and nyce Vertu is sewrer/ than othir plate or maile
Lansdowne

Liche as a fole/ dissolute and nyce Vertew is surer þan plate oþer maile
Bodley 686

Liche as a fole/ dissolute and nyce Vertu is siwer than othir plate or mayle
Vossius

Liche Like as a fole/ dissolute and nyce
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

God of his merci / graunte me repentaunce

God of his merci/ graunte me repentaunce Nothing may help more at such a nede;
Vespasian

God of his merci/ graunte me repentaunce Also no thyng/ may helpe [more] at sich a nede
Lansdowne

God of his merci/ graunte me repentaunce Eke no þyng may helpe more at suche a nede
Bodley 686

God of his merci/ graunte me repentaunce Also nothyng/ may help at such ned
Vossius

Be chere owtewarde / harde to deuyce

Be By chere owtewarde/ outwarde/ harde [is] to deuyce deuise
Selden, Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Be chere owtewarde/ outward harde is to deuyce devise
Beinecke 493

Be By chere owtewarde/ outewarde harde to deuyce dyvise
Harley

Be By chere owtewarde/ outward harde to deuyce deuyse
Trinity

Then to Be chere owtewarde/ harde to deuyce proved by diligent acquitaille,
Vespasian

Be chere owtewarde/ harde Than to deuyce provide/ a sur acquytaile
Lansdowne, Vossius

Be chere owtewarde/ harde Than to deuyce provide bediligent and aquytaile
Bodley 686

Al ben not meri / whiche that men seen daunce.

Al ben be not meri/ whiche wich that men seen se daunce.
Selden

Al ben be not meri/ whiche that men seen so daunce.
Beinecke 493

Al ben not be no meri/ whiche that men seen see daunce.
Harley

Al ben not be nat meri/ whiche that men seen daunce.
Trinity

Al ben not meri/ whiche that men seen daunce. With hand of almes to love god & drede.
Vespasian

Al ben not meri/ whiche that men seen daunce. With the hand of almesse/ to love god & drede.
Lansdowne

Al ben not meri/ whiche that men seen daunce. With honde of almes to loue god and drede
Bodley 686

Al ben not meri/ whiche that men seen daunce. With the hand of almasse/ to loue god & drede
Vossius

Al ben be not meri/ whiche that men seen daunce.
Tottel

Al ben be not meri/ whiche that men seen see daunce.
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Death to the usurer

Dethe to the Vsurere

Dethe to the Vsurere
Harley

Dethe to the Vsurere Mors ad Usurarium
Trinity

Dethe Death speaketh to the Vsurere
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Thow vserere loke vp & be-holde

Thow vserere Thou vsurer/ loke vp & be holde biholde
Selden

Thow vserere Thou vsurer loke vp & be by holde
Beinecke 493

Thow Thou vserere loke vp & be holde
Harley

Thow vserere vsurer loke vp & be holde
Trinity

Thow vserere THou vsurer, loke vp & be holde
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Un to wynnynge / thow settest al thi peyne

Un to wynnynge/ thow settest þou settist al thi peyne
Selden, Beinecke 493, Trinity

Un to wynnynge/ thow that settest al thi peyne
Harley

Un to thy wynnynge/ thow thou settest al aye thi peyne payne,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Whose couetise / wexeth neuer colde

Whose couetise/ wexeth wexiþ neuer colde
Selden, Beinecke 493, Harley

Whose couetise/ wexeth waxeth neuer colde
Tottel

Whose couetise/ wexeth neuer waxeth colde
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Thi gredi thruste / so sore the dothe constreyne

Thi gredi thruste/ thurste so sore the dothe constreyne
Beinecke 493

Thi gredi thruste/ thyrste so sore the dothe constreyne constrayne
Harley

Thi gredi thruste/ so sore the dothe constreyne constraine,
Tottel

Thi gredi thruste/ so sore doth the dothe constreyne
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

But thow shalt neuer / thi desire atteyne

But thow þou shalt neuer/ thi desire atteyne
Selden, Beinecke 493

But thow thou shalt neuer/ thi desire atteyne attayne
Harley

But thow þou shalt neuer/ to thi desire atteyne
Trinity

But thow thou shalt neuer/ to thi desire atteyne attayne.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Suche an etik / thyn herte frete shal

Suche an etik/ thyn herte harte frete shal
Harley

Suche an etik/ thyn þy herte frete shal
Trinity

Suche an etik/ thyn herte frete heart freten shal
Tottel

Suche an etik/ thyn herte frete Etick thy heart freten shal
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

That but of pite / God his honde refreyne

That but of pite/ God his honde hande refreyne
Selden

That but of pite/ pete God his honde hand refreyne
Beinecke 493

That but of pite/ petie God his honde hand refreyne
Harley

But That but of pite/ God his honde hande refreyne
Trinity

But That but of pite/ pitie God his honde refreyne refraine,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Oo parilous stroke / shal make the lese al.

Oo parilous perillous stroke/ shal make the lese al.
Selden, Beinecke 493

Oo parilous perlyous stroke/ shal make the lese al.
Harley

Oo parilous One perylous stroke/ shal make the lese al.
Trinity

Oo parilous One perilous stroke/ shal make the lese losen al.
Tottel

Oo parilous One perilous stroke/ shal will make the lese losen al.
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

The usurer

The Vsurere answereth

The Vsurere answereth answerith
Selden, Beinecke 493

The Vsurere answereth vserere
Harley

The Vsurere answereth Responsio Usurarii
Trinity

The Vsurere answereth maketh aunswere.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Now me behoueth / sodeynly to dey

Now me behoueth/ bihoueth/ sodeynly to dey
Selden

Now me behoueth/ sodeynly be hovith sodenly to dey dye
Beinecke 493

Now me behoueth/ sodeynly sodenly to dey dye
Harley, Trinity

Now me behoueth/ sodeynly to dey dye,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Whiche is to me / grete peyne & grete greuaunce

Whiche Wiche is to me/ grete peyne & grete greuaunce
Selden

Whiche is to me/ grete peyne payne & grete greuaunce
Harley

Whiche is to me/ grete peyne & grete greuaunce
Trinity

Whiche is to me/ grete peyne great paine & grete eke greuaunce
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Socowre to fynde / I see no maner weie

Socowre Socour to fynde/ I see no maner weie
Selden, Trinity

Socowre Socour to fynde/ I see no maner weie way
Beinecke 493, Harley

Socowre Succour to fynde/ I see no maner weie way
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Of golde ne siluer / be no cheuisshaunce

Of golde ne siluer/ be by no cheuisshaunce chevesaunce
Selden, Beinecke 493

Of golde ne nor siluer/ be by no cheuisshaunce chevisance
Harley, Trinity

Of golde ne nor siluer/ be no cheuisshaunce by none cheuisance,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Dethe thrugh his haste / a-bitte no puruiaunce

Dethe thrugh þoruȝ his haste/ a bitte no puruiaunce purveaunce
Selden

Dethe thrugh thrught his haste/ a bitte habit no puruiaunce purveaunce
Beinecke 493

Dethe thrugh thurghe his haste/ a bitte abydith no puruiaunce
Harley

Dethe thrugh þorough his haste/ a bitte abydeþ no puruiaunce
Trinity

Dethe thrugh Death through his haste/ a bitte abideth no puruiaunce purueiance
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Of folkes blynde / that can not loke welle

Of folkes folkys blynde/ that can not loke se welle
Harley

Of folkes folke blynde/ that can not cannat loke welle
Trinity

Of folkes blynde/ that can not nought loke welle
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Ful ofte happeth / be kynde or fatal chaunce

Ful ofte happeth/ be happith/ by kynde or fatal chaunce
Selden, Beinecke 493

Ful ofte happeth/ be happith by kynde or fatal chaunce change
Harley

Ful ofte happeth/ be by kynde or & fatal chaunce chaunse
Trinity

Ful ofte happeth/ be by kynde or of fatal chaunce
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Somme haue feyre yȝen / that seen neuer a dele.

Somme haue feyre yȝen/ faire eyȝen/ that seen see neuer a dele.
Selden, Beinecke 493, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Somme haue feyre yȝen/ faire eyyn that seen se neuer a dele.
Harley

Somme haue feyre yȝen/ fayre eyen that seen neuer a dele.
Trinity, Tottel

The poor man

The pore man to þe vsurere
Selden

Deth to þe poor man
Beinecke 493

The poore man boroweth of the Usurer.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

Usure to god / is ful grete offence

And Usure to god/ is ful grete offence offense
Trinity

Usure VSurer to god/ is ful grete great offence
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

And in his sight / a grete abusioun

And in his sight/ a grete abusioun abusion
Trinity

And in his sight/ a grete abusioun great abusion,
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

The pore borweth / par cas for Indigence

The pore borweth/ borwith/ par cas for Indigence
Selden

The pore borweth/ borowith par cas for Indigence
Beinecke 493

The pore borweth/ par brougth per cas for Indigence
Trinity

The pore borweth/ par cas boroweth percase for Indigence
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

The pore borweth/ par borroweth per cas for of Indigence
Dugdale-1718

The riche lent / be fals collucioun

The riche lent/ be by fals collucioun
Selden

The riche lent/ be by fals collucioun collusyoun
Beinecke 493

The riche lent/ be by fals collucioun collusion
Trinity, Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon

The riche lent/ be for fals collucioun collusion;
Dugdale-1718

The riche lent/ be lend by fals collucioun collusion,
Dugdale-1818

Onli for lucre / in his entencioun

Onli for lucre/ in his entencioun intencion
Trinity, Dugdale-1718

Onli Onely for lucre/ in his entencioun entencion.
Tottel

Onli Onely for lucre/ in his entencioun intencion.
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

Dethe shal hem bothe / to accomptes fette

Dethe shal hem bothe/ to accomptes acountes fette
Selden

Dethe shal hem bothe/ to accomptes a countes fette
Beinecke 493

Dethe Death shal hem bothe/ to accomptes accoumptes fette
Tottel

Dethe Death shal hem bothe/ to accomptes fette
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

Dethe Death shal hem bothe/ to accomptes fette set,
Dugdale-1718

To make rekennynge / be computacioun

To make rekennynge/ be by computacioun
Selden, Beinecke 493

To make rekennynge/ be computacioun by computacion
Trinity

To make rekennynge/ be computacioun reconing by computacion,
Tottel

To make rekennynge/ be computacioun reckoning by computacion,
Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1718, Dugdale-1818

No man is quytte / that is be-hynde of dette.

No man is quytte/ that is be hynde bihinde of dette.
Selden

No man <man> is quytte/ qwytt that is be hynde of dette.
Beinecke 493

No No man is quytte/ that is be hynde of dette.
Tottel, Dugdale-1658, Dugdale-monasticon, Dugdale-1818

No, No man is quytte/ that is be hynde of dette. debte.
Dugdale-1718