CAP. VIII.
Also freris feynen hom, as ypocritis, to kepe straytly þo gospel [Pretending to follow Christ strictly, they are the most covetous of men.] and povert of Crist and his apostils; and ȝitt þei moste con∣trarien to Crist and his apostils in ypocrisie, pride, and coveitise. Ffor þei schewen more holynesse in bodily habite and oþer signes þen did Crist and his apostils; and for hor synguler habite or holynesse þei presumen to be even wiþ prelatis and lordis, and more worthy þen oþer clerkis; and in covetise þei con nevere make an ende, bot by beggynge, byqueethyng [queþinge, X.] , by birying, by salaries and trentals, and by schryvyngis, by absolu∣ciouns, and oþer fals meenes, cryen evere after worldly godis, where Crist usid none of alle þese. And þus for þis stynkynge covetise þei worschippen þo fend as hor God.