Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

schulde be yuel, y proue thus: These wordis which y schal now seie ben trewe. Alwey and euer, sithen the brigge of Londoun was endewid with temperal rentis, the same brigge hath be febler and febler, and euer schal so be into tyme he be at his laste cast. What folewith here of? Schulen men seie her of to folewe, that thilk temperal endewing so ȝouun into the mentenance of the brigge is harmeful or yuel to the brigge? Alle men witen weel that it not so folewith. But thanne whi folewith it not? Certis for [Probably we should read for that.] the brigge and ech hous is of such nature and kinde, that aftir a certein of ȝeeris next to his first making he biganne to appeire, and he euer sithen appeirith, and schal appeire needis: euen [euen is added in the margin by a later hand.] as a man aftir a cer|tein of hise ȝeeris spend schal appeire, how euer miche cost be sett into the mentenaunce of his bodili weel|fare. In lijk maner al the hool chirche of God is of such kinde that, namelich after a certeyn tyme of his age, he appeirid, and schal appeire contynueli; as Crist ther of prophecied, Math. xxiiije. capitulum., and Mark xiije. capitulum., and Poul, first Thim. iiije. capitulum., and ije. Thym. iije. capitulum. Weel thanne, sithen this is the cause whi out of the briggis contynuel appeiring sithen he was en|dewid folewith not thilk endewing forto be to him yuel, bi the same or lijk skile, thouȝ the chirche bothe in the laife and in the clergie kepe his nature of contynuel appeiring aftir the tyme in which riche en|dewing was ȝeuun therto into his supporting, therof folewith not that the endewing mad to the clergie is vnprofitable to the chirche and is synful and vnleeful; no more than that the endewing ȝouun to the brigge of Londoun into the supporting of his contynuel ap|peiring is to the same brigge harmeful. The seid Fadir In vitas Patrum schulde therfore haue seid more
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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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