worldlihode, was oonli vndir counseil; and ȝit to alle tho oonli whiche were nedid, or ellis weel disposid for|to lyue in thilk maner. And so thilk ensaumpling of tho persoones weerneth not the endewing of preestis in these daies doon and had bi vnmouable godis. And here y make an eende of Scripture storial en|saumpling, which is the iije. soort of Scripture in the particioun of Scripture bifore sett in the iiije. chapiter.
That mannys lawe forbedith not and weerneth not the seid endewing nedith not to proue; for open it is ynouȝ to ech leerned man, that mannys lawe graunt|ith and meynteneth suche endewingis at fulle. And therfore no more of this membre for to sette it in this book.
Writingis of Doctouris in greet plente and noumbre myȝten be brouȝt into witnessing of this present purpos, and greet multitude of her writingis myȝten be brouȝte sownyng into the contrarie [into contrarie, MS. (first hand).] ; but for as miche as her feelingis and her writingis neither binden neither vnbinden in eny mater more or ferther or other wise than thei taken [Probably we should read ben taken.] out of lawe of kinde or of Holi Scripture or of mannis lawe, neither to hem it is to trowe ferther or more than thei kunne hem grounde in eny of these now spoken groundis or fun|damentis, (as is proued in the book clepid Iust ap|prising of Doctouris;) therfore forto bringe forth here the writingis of Doctouris for this present purpos or aȝens it, y forbere. Ech of hem seide and wroot, as he trowid for the tyme to be trewe; thouȝ ful ofte thei seemen among hem to discorde, and ful ofte re|dili thei discorden. Thus miche, fro the bigynnyng of the iiije. chapiter in this present iije. partie hidir to, is ynouȝ for proof of the firste principal conclu|sioun
