THE ensaumpling of the pouerte chosun bi hem, of whom it is writen Acts ije. capitulum. in the eende and Acts iiije. capitulum. in the eende, was an ensaumpling of counseil and not of comaundement; and it was doon bi the multitude of the lay peple, as weel as of clerkis; and therfore her deede ensaumplith to lay peple now being, as weel as to clerkis. And so open it is, that if thilk ensaumpling schulde be comaunde|ment to hem to whom it was ensaumplid, thanne comaundement were that alle lay folkis schulden [schulde, MS. (first hand).] lyue in the same pouerte in which thei lyueden, and and no layman vndir peyne of dampnable synne schulde haue eny good in propre lordschip, and that whether thilk good were movable or vnmouable. And therfore thilk ensaumpling was vndir counseil oonli; and to al the lay peple, as weel as to clerkis; and so thilk ensaumpling gooth no thing forto weerne bi maundement the seid endewing of preestis; neither bi counceil, but if the preestis were now in lijk caas and condicioun and alle circumstancis, in whiche thei at thilk tyme and in thilk place weren. [wer, MS. (first hand) appa|rently.]
For the more cleering that the ensampling of thilk Cristen multitude in the tyme of the Apostlis at Ierusalem, of which multitude it is spokun bifore in the bigynnyng of the vje. chapiter, makith no boond or comaundement that preestis or clerkis of the newe lawe lyue withoute endewing of vnmovable posses|siouns, y procede thus: Thilk seid Cristen multitude lyuede thanne so in her pouerte as bi comaundement
