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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

feeste or pleie; and namelich if y wolde seie to thee thus: "Where ben these bifore rehercid gouernauncis groundid in Holi Scripture, namelich in the Newe Testament?" loke how thou woldist in this case answere to me forto defende bi doom of resoun the making and vsing of ale, or the wering of womman|nys couercheefis to be a moral, vertuose deede of Goddis lawe; and how thou woldist grounde or bi witnessing fynde eny of hem in Holy Scripture bi eny of the maners bifore spoken in the thre reulis, or in eny other maner; and in the same or euen lijk wise y schal defende bi resoun ech of the xj. gouernauncis aftir to be iustified in the ije., iije., iiije., and ve. parties of this book, as there aftir schal be seen. And in the same or euen lijk wise y schal grounde or fynde bi witnessing ech of hem in Holi Scripture, as also thou schalt openli after in the ije. parti of this book se. Wolde God thilk men and wommen, (and namelich thilk wommen whiche maken hem silf so wise bi the Bible, that thei no deede wol|len allowe to be vertuose and to be doon in mannis vertuose conuersacioun, saue what thei kunnen fynde expresseli in the Bible, and ben ful coppid of speche anentis clerkis, and avaunten and profren hem silf whanne thei ben in her iolite and in her owne housis forto argue and dispute aȝens clerkis,) schulden not were couercheefis into tyme thei couthen [couthe, MS. (first hand).] schewe bi her Bible where it is expresseli bede, conseilid, or witnessid in her Bible to be doon; neither schulde sette hem silf for to sitte at priuey; neither schulden rise ther|fro, whanne thei were so set or sitting, into tyme thei hadden groundid expresseli in Holi Scripture that thei ouȝten alle tho deedis do, but if thei wolen leue her vnwijs and proud folie. And ȝit ech of tho deedis, whanne he is doon aftir doom of resoun and for God,
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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
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Recock, Reginald, bp. of Chichester, 1395?-1460?
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London,: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,
1860.
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Lollards
Great Britain -- Church history

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