othere persoones [of] housis and feeldis, namelich vttirli so ferforth that neither lasse neither more preestis haue eny such lordschip. Wherfore folewith, that preestis to [to is interlineated in a later hand.] haue lordschip of housis and feeldis, name|lich in sum mesure and quantite, is leeful ynouȝ.
The firste premysse or membre of this argument muste nedis be grauntid. Forwhi ech gouernaunce is leeful which is not forbode, sithen ech yuel gouer|naunce is forbode, and no forbode is mad saue bi lawe of Scripture, lawe of kinde, (which is doom of resoun,) and lawe of man: and therfore ech gouernaunce of eny men, which is not forbodun bi Holi Scripture, or bi doom of resoun, or bi mannis lawe is needisli leeful. The ije. premisse of this same argument is suffi|cientli proued to be trewe bi the hool processe bigunne bifore in this iij. partie soone aftir the bigynnyng of the first chapiter, and streiȝt along hidir to. Wher|fore the conclusioun of this argument muste needis be trewe.
Forwhi the kinde of euery good argument of ij. pre|missis or ij. proposiciouns dryuyng out from hem and concluding fro hem the iije. proposicioun, is this; that if euereither of the ij. premissis ben trewe, the iije. proposicioun concludid bi hem and out of hem muste needis be trewe. Ensaumplis herof ben these. For that this argument is good and formal: "Ech man is now at the chirche; mi fader is a man; eke thanne mi fader is now at the chirche:"—therfore if the first premysse or proposicioun of this argument be trewe, which is this, that "ech man is now at the chirche," and if therwith also the ije. premysse be trewe, that "mi fadir is a man," sotheli needis cost, who wole or wole [who wole, MS. (first hand).] not, the conclusioun of the same argument
