CCCI.
Elemosina que fit de re que, et-si in se non fuit
rapta, tamen si de re MS. se. rapta ortum habuerit, non
valet.
Cesarius tellis how som tyme þer was a riche man̛, and vndernethe þe colour of almos-dede, he made pure men̛ a feste. So emang þaim þer was one and he wold̛ not ete, nor a noder þat satt by hym̛ þat wold̛ hafe etyn̛, he wold̛ not latt hym̛, bod euer as he putt meatt vnto his mowtℏ, he tuke it fro hym̛. And þai att wer aboute hym̛ askid̛ hym̛ whi he wold̛ nott suffre þe man̛ to eatt; and he ansswerd̛ & said̛; "I wiƚƚ nott att he syn̛; ffor þis almos is done of stoltherie." And þai said̛ he leyid̛, ffor he þat did̛ þe almos was a gude man̛. And he ansswerd̛ agayn̛ & said̛; "Nay, I lee nott; ffor þis calfe þat is devidid̛ her̛ in almos emang pure men̛, in þe v generacion̛ fro hyne was of a cow þat he had stollen̛." And þai þat wer aboute had grete mervaƚƚ here-off.
- ...Elemosine vsurariorum eciam non sunt grate deo. Infra de vsuris.