man mai by this ouer baarli taken meene proue that the seid iiije. gouernaunce is vnleeful bi this cause oonli, that fro and bi it cometh yuel in the ije. seid maner oonli.
Not withstonding that aftir the trewe speche which in proprist wise ouȝte be here in this mater spokun, that is to seie, in the firste maner, no synne or yuel cometh fro and bi the seid politik iiije. gouernaunce, but fro and bi mennys freelnessis, as is now bifore sumwhat declarid; and ful myche good cometh fro and bi the seid politik gouernaunce in trewist and proprist maner of speche bi these wordis "comyng fro and bi:" certis if out, fro, and bi eny gouernaunce cometh nedis synne in the firste maner, that is to seie, if thilk gouernaunce schal needis be cause of synne whanne he is had and vsid, sotheli y can not se but that thilk gouernaunce is vnleeful and not to be had and vsid, how euer miche goostli or worldli good schal come in the first or ije. maner bi the same gouernaunce. Forwhi more is ech synne to be fled that it bi his verry cause be not doon, than eny good goostli or worldli is to be souȝt aftir that it bi his cause or occasioun [accasioun, MS.] be doon or bifalle, [bi falle MS., (without hyphen).] as it is in othere placis of my writingis cleerli schewid. More declaracioun longing to this mater is sett bifore in the iije. partie of this present book, the vije. chapiter.
An other doom of reson is, bi which myȝte to manie seme that the seid iiije. principal gouernaunce ouȝte not be had in the clergie. Forwhi, if the seid iiije. principal gouernaunce hade [This word is written in a later hand on an erasure: hadde is the usual orthography of the MS.] be profitable to the clergie and to al the hool chirche of God, Crist him silf bi his owne persoon immediatli and at the next hadde putt in hise daies this iiije. gouernaunce into the clergie,
