and perpetual almes, so that the bischop or the abbot and her successouris receyuyng the seid good vndir this forme of ȝeuyng is free to do therwith what thei wolen, as for eny bound growun to hem bi the ȝifte so mad to hem; thouȝ it were so, that the seid lordis and ladies so ȝeuyng hadden so good opinioun upon bischopis and abbotis in tho daies, that thei trowiden algatis that bischopis and abbotis wolden not spende tho ȝiftis other wise than vertuoseli and weel. But ȝit what is al this for to make eny bond to the abbot or bischop and her successouris forto spende weel tho ȝiftis, more than if the same abbot or bischop and her successouris hadden the same ȝiftis bi heritage or bi biyng or bi wynnyng in waiouring or bi sum other fre maner of geting and receyuyng? And so thus miche more as is conteyned in this present xviije. chapiter hidir to y caste to ouer what is seid bifore in the xvje. and xvije. chapitris forto schewe the ij. opiniouns to be vntrewe, whiche ben bifore rehercid in the bigynnyng of the xvje. chapiter.
Forthermore, for more declaracioun to be had in this mater, it is to vndirstonde that a ȝift mad in the iiije. maner now bifore spokun muste needis be dyuers and othir than is the ȝifte mad in the ije. or iije. maner. Forwhi, whanne a ȝifte is mad in the iiije. maner, how euer soone the condicioun is not fulfillid, the ȝifte is voide and cesith, bi cause the condicioun is a parti of the forme of ȝeuyng; but whanne a ȝifte is maad vndir entent or hope, thilk entent or hope is not a condicion and a parti of the ȝeuyng, but it is a circumstaunce of the ȝeuyng, which is clepid eende or purpos of the ȝeuer. For|whi, sithen euery vertuose ȝift is doon for sum eende, (for no man mai eny deede do avisidli withoute sum eende and entent and purpos therto take, as y haue proued in othere placis,) it wolde ellis folewe needis, that euery ȝifte maad bi delyberacioun were a ȝifte
