Capitulum 4m.
Þe fourþe errour; þat þei chargen more statutis of synful men þan þe moste resonable lawe of god almyȝtty; for þei dreden more þe popis lawe & statutis maad of bischopis & 5of oþere5 [5_5 her AA.] officeris þan þe noble lawe of the gospel, & herefore þei han many grete bokis & costy of mannus lawe & studien hem faste. But fewe curatis han þe bible & exposiciouns [expositours X.] of þe gospelis, 7& litel studien on hem [7_7 omitted AA.] & lesse donne after hem. But wolde god þat euery parische chirche in þis [AA. inserts werld.] lond hadde a good bible & good expositouris on þe gospellis, & þat þe prestis studiende [studien AA.] hem wel & tauȝten trewely þe [page 125] gospel & goddis hestis to þe peple; for þanne schulde good lif regne, & reste & pees & charite; & synne & falsnesse putt a bak. god brynge þis ende to his peple. amen. [omitted X.]