thoruȝ out al the iustifiyng of this present ije. gouer|naunce.
The iije. cause is this: If lordis and ladies and othere reuerend persoones dwelle nyȝ to religiose per|soones, tho persoones wolen be bi so miche the more waar and ferd forto [foto, MS.] trespace and do amys and forto be of eny bad reule, lest thei of so credible witnessers be aspied and of her so grete benefeters the rather forsakun; and certis this is a greet profit comyng to the persoones of the religioun, for it is a goostli profit ful greet.
The iiije. cause into the iustifiyng of this ije. gouer|naunce is this: If religiose persoones of the begging ordris receyue myche and grete almessis of lordis and ladies, tho persoones han the lasse neede for to spende tyme in going aboute forto begge of the poorer peple; and so as ther yn schal ese come bothe to the nedi religiose persones [persones is interlineated in a later hand. So also gatis and tho below.] and also to the poor comoun peple, of whiche ellis almessis schulden be the more askid. And sithen bi this, that lordis and ladies schulen be loggid in mansiouns bildid withinne the monasteries of the begging religiouns, tho lordis and ladies schulen be the redier forto ȝeue her almessis to the per|soones of thilk religiouns; it folewith that for this iiije. cause of aliȝting the poor men it is alloweable and profitable, that lordis and ladies haue mansiouns with inne the cloocis gatis [persones is interlineated in a later hand. So also gatis and tho below.] and monasteries of the begging religiouns; so that tho [persones is interlineated in a later hand. So also gatis and tho below.] mansiouns for lordis and ladies be ther mad and occupied for summe of these now here rehercid causis or summe othere like alloweable cause, and not for eny bad cause not worthi to be allowid.
If eny man wole knouleche weel here, that such now seid mansiouns or dwelling placis mowen ver|tuoseli
