blamed and reproued, sithen tho persoones ben blamed bi the seid text in that and for that, that thei techen and doon as her sect and religioun wole that thei teche and do.
And that tho persoones by strengthe and entent of her sectis and her religiouns forbeden to be weddid and forto abstene of metis whiche God made to take, thei ben aboute forto proue thus: Tho religiose men bi strengthe and entent of her religiouns dressyng hem therto bidden to her vndirlingis and her felawis and britheren being in the religiouns forto lyue chaast for euer; wherfore in so bidding thei musten needis forbede to the same vnderlingis and felawis forto be weddid; also summe of the same religiosis bi strengthe and reulis of her religiouns forbeden to her vndirlingis and felawis of religioun forto ete fleisch for euere, and summe bi strengthe of her religioun forbeden the eting of fleisch for sum cesoun and tyme of a monthe and of summe certeyn daies; wherfore, as it semeth to hem, tho [that tho, MS.] religiosis maken bi strengthe of her reli|giouns the same forbodis which Poul in his seide text blameth, that is to seie, forbeden to ete metis whiche God ordeynede to take. And if this be trewe, therof muste folewe that as Poul bi and in his seid text reproueth her now spokun forbedingis, [forbedindis, MS.] so bi and in his same text he reproueth her religiouns reuling tho persoones forto so forbede.
Answere to this arguyng schal be this: Poul in the ije. text of the seid noumbre, ie. Thim. iiije. capitulum., meeneth of suche forbeders whiche wolden forbede wedding and forbede eting of certein metis as deedis vnleeful in hem silf, or as being alwey contrarie to Goddis lawe; but so forbeden not oure religiose prelatis bi strengthe and entent of her religioun to her britheren in the
