Capitulum 19m.
Clerkis possessioners ben foule out of charite & blynden foule þe peple; for þouȝ þei han many grete houses, costlewe & wasty, & alle þat þei han ouer here strecte [streyte AA.] liflode is pore mennys, as here owen seyntis & lawis seyn, ȝit pore men may not be herbwerid amongis hem in here grete castelis or paleis, but lordis, & ladies namely, schullen soiouren [soiornen AA.] amongis hem many ȝeris. lord, hou schulde þes traitours ben excused at domesday, siþ crist seiþ þo men þat not herberwid suche pore herberweles schullen be dampnyd. where ypocrisie & worldli pride & [page 116] coueitise & lecherie schullen make him exempt fro dedis of mercy & comaundement of god; for a bayli, stiward & riche men of lawe schullen haue festis & robis & mynystralis, riche cloþis & huge ȝiftis, but pore men schullen stonde with oute & goo dailes but ȝif þei geten knockis & reprouynge & wrong extorsions & euyl paynge of here hire; & ȝit þes mendynauntis passen alle oþere posses|sioners in þis ypocrisie & defaute of pite for to gete worldly þank & grete wynnynge.