and ȝeuynge of opyn [omitted X.] ensaumple of synne. for haue þei here myrþe and iolite, nowarde to hem hou faste þe woluys of helle wirien cristen soulis & beren hem to helle; for þei han maad priuyly couenaunt with þe deuyl þat hou many beneficis þat [omitted X.] þei may gete bi lesynges & symonye þe deuyl schal strangle þe soulis at his wille as for hem, so þat þei han here lustis of grete statis and worschipe of þe world and plente of richessis and glotonye and lecherie and meynteneris þer|inne. & þis is luciferis pride, stynkynge ypocrisie and anti|cristis blasphemye, to crie and meyntene þat suche ben able curatis and grete men of holy chirche.
Capitulum 9m.
Also lordis fallen foule in ypocrisie and in defaute of charite, for þei ben redi to holde vp here worldly name, lordschipe and meyntene here courtis wiþ gret cost, sendynge of men boþe of lawe and of armes, & prikynge bi here owen persones for to plede, for to fiȝtte and for to lyue & dye þer-fore, and to be vengid on men þat don aȝenst here wille, worschipe, or profit; but for to meyntene goddis lawe and stond for his worschipe, þat þei ben holden to vp peyne of lesynge of here lordischipe & anemtis god, and lesynge of bodi and soule and helle wiþ-outen hende, who is þat lord þat wolle treuli speke, coste, traueile, and suffre mekely dispit, pursuynge and deþ in tyme of nede. þes lordis owen to quake aȝenst domes day and tyme of here deþ, þat more bisili traueilen to meyntenen here litil worldely lordshipe [worschipe X.] and to seke here owen worschipe & drit of þis world þanne þei traueile [page 20] to meyntene þe most riȝtful lawe & ordenaunce of ihū crist in his chirche, & to procure, norische & meyntene cristen soulis in good gouernaile and holy lif. certis ȝif þei don þus and coueiten þer-bi to be holden goode cristen lordis, here pride, ypocrisie and false coueitise wole brynge hem to euere-lastynge peyne in helle. ¶ Also marchauntis and riche men of þis wikked world fallen in
