CCCCLXXXIII.
Mendacium aliquibus temporaliter nocet.
Ex 'Legenda Lombardica' we rede how þat a grete aduocatt of þe Ceustus ordur was made a monk̘, & he went oft sithis for to defend cawsis of þe abbott, & euer he was casten̛ & had þe war. And þe abbott & þe monkis wax wrathe with hym̛ & said̛ vnto hym̛; "How is it at þou fallis alway in our cawsis, and whils þou was in þe werld̛ þou prevaylid̛ alway in oþer mens cawsis?" And he ansswerd̛ þaim agayn̛ & said̛; "While I was secular I was not ferd̛ to lie, ffor oft sythes be my fraudis & be my lesyngis I ouercome myne aduersaries. And now becauce I dar say no þing bod treutℏ, it happens me þe contrarie." And so he was commawndid̛ vnto his cloystur.
- ...Mentiri non debet religiosus. Infra de religione.
- ...Mendacium eciam punitur in presenti. Infra de periurio et de paupertate.