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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.

þe kyngis statute be visely [?bisily; or, perhaps, for avisely=carefully.] enquyred, & þe goodis turned in helpe of þe rewme in sparynge of þe pore comons of taxes. ¶ Þat þe almes of lordis ȝouen to prelatis & religious, vp certeyn condicions to fede certeyn pore men & oþer hospitalite & certeyn noumber of good prestis, be wisly amendid bi þe kyng & lordis whanne þes goodis beþ turned in-to pompe, glotonye & lecherie & meyntenynge false purchases; for þe kyng & lordis ben patrons & meyntenours of many synnes to dis|truction of þe lond. ¶ Þat þe pore comons be not chargid wiþ taxis, þe while clerkis, & namely religiouse, han superfluyte of riches of gold & siluer & riche vesselis & oþere iewelis; siþ alle þes goodis ben pore mennus goodis, & clerkis ben not lordis of hem but proctours, to spende hem trewely in pore mennus nedis, as goddis lawe & mannys witnessen. ¶ Þat þe wast tresour hanged on stockis & stones be wisly spendid in defence of þe rewme, & releuynge of þe pore comouns; þat þe peple of oure lond be not brouȝt to maumetrie, ne þefte, ne lecherie meyntened vnder siche pilgrimage, ne almes drawen fro pore nedy men bouȝt wiþ cristis precious blood. ¶ Þat þe clergie of oure londe be refreyned fro pride, glorious array & worldly occupacion, & namely oure prelatis & curatis; arn [?and] chargid bi þe kyng & lordis to teche wel here sugetis bi ensaumple of good lif & opyn & trewe prechynge of þe gospel, as bisily & redily as þei asken here tiþes. ¶ Þat non of þe clergie be lettid to kepe trewely & frely þe gospel of ihū crist in good lyuynge & trewe techynge, for no feyned priuelegie or tradicions founden vp of synful wrecchis. ¶ Þat no prest or religious in oure lond be prisoned wiþ-oten opyn dom & trewe cause, fully knowen to oure kyng or his trewe conseil; for ellis worldly prestis & feyned religious may stoppe trewe men from prechynge of holy writt & magnyfyng of þe kyngis regalie, & murþere þe kyngis lege men wiþ-outen answere. ¶ Þat þe obedience of children to fader & to modir & of seruauntis & tenauntis to here lordis & maistris, þe whiche
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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.
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Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by Trübner & co.,
1880.

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