Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

hem no synne cometh in the first seid maner, but in the ije. seid maner oonli; and therfore thei deseruen not to be kutt awey, namelich sithen thei ben meenis into greet goostly goodis:)—ȝit more therto forto ex|cuse mai be sett thus: that gretter synne wolde come fro, bi, and out of the kuttingis awey of tho reli|giouns than cometh now fro, bi, and out of the hau|yngis and holdingis of the same religiouns, and gretter synne is lettid bi the being and holding of tho reli|giouns than is al the synne bi hem comyng; and therfore thei ouȝten miche rather be menteyned than be leid asyde. That this is trewe, what is now seid, y proue thus: [That is trewe what y proue thus. MS. (first hand).] Take me alle the [alle religiose, MS. (first hand).] religiose men of Englond, whiche ben now and han ben in religioun in Englond this thritti ȝeeris and mo now eendid, in whiche xxxti. ȝeeris hath be contynuel greet werre bi|twixe Englond and Fraunce; and lete se what schulde haue worthe of the men in these ȝeeris, if thei had|den not be mad religiose. Lete se how thei schulden haue lyued, and what maner men thei schulden haue be. Whether not thei schulden haue be, as weelnyȝ alle othere men ben and han be in this xxxiiije. wyn|ter in Englond; and therfore thei schulden haue be or gileful artificers, or vnpiteful questmongers and for|sworen iurers, or sowdiers wagid into Fraunce forto make miche morther of blood, ȝhe, and of soulis, bothe in her owne side and in the Frensch side? Who can seie nay herto, but that riȝt likeli and as it were vnscapabili these yuelis and many mo schulden haue bifalle to tho persoones, if thei hadden not be religiose? And noman can fynde aȝenward that tho persoones, whilis thei han lyued in religioun, han be gilti of so miche synne, how miche synne is now re|hercid; and of which thei schulden haue be gilti, if
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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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