An apology for Lollard doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe. Now first printed from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. With an introduction and notes by James Henthorn Todd.

dede trewly, or ellis nediþ not to beg. And ellis þe peple is redy to quit hem þer seruice. But of þis wil þei not be payid, but gredyly gon abowt to geyt al þat þey may, þan þei do uniustly, and silun God and þe peple. And þus may þei dred in þis, lest þei be childre of iudas gostly in maneris, and þe synful begging be despi|tously kast on hem, os is prayid in þe Salme, Wandring bi his sones borne, and beg þey, cast out of þer dwellingis. For dred of þis schuld þeis meny be aferd to beg as þei do, wyting wel þat Crist beggid not, but if he nediþ, ne seyntis noiþer. And if þei dede, þei repentid þer of and amendid; and so I rede þeis beggars do bi tyme, and come to Crist. Amen, Amen.