[6-text p 621] othir is with oute / [410] of whiche sothtly these for|seyde thyngis & mo than I haue seyd / apertenyn to pryde / that is in the herte of man / And that othere spicis of pryde. been with-oute / [411] but neuere the les that on of these spicis / of pride; is sygne of that othir riȝt as the gay ¶ Leuesel at the tauerne; is signe of the wyn / that is in the seler / [412] & this is in manye thyngis / as in speche & cuntenaunce / & in outrageous aray / of clothynge / [413] For certis ȝif there hadde be no synne in clothynge; Crist wolde not so soone haue notid / & spokyn of the clothynge of the riche man in the gospel [414] & as seyth seynt Gregory / that precious clothynge is cou|pable / for the derthe of it / & for his softenesse / & for his strangenesse & degisynesse / & for the super|fluyte or for the inordinat skarsenesse of it [415] ¶ Allas may man nat seen as in oure dayis the synful costelewe aray of clothynge / & namely in to meche superfleuyte / or ellis in disordenat skarsenesse
[416] ¶ As to the ferste synne in superfluyte of clothynge / whiche that makith it so deere to harm of the peple / [417] nat only the cost of the enbroudynge / the degyse endentynge / or barrynge / owndynge . palynge / wyndynge or bendynge [folio 413b] & semblable wast/ of clothynge in vanyte / [418] But there is also the costelewe furrynge in hire gounnys / so meche pounsounnynge / of chesellis to make holys / so meche daggynge of scheris / [419] forth-with / the superfluite in lenthe / of the forseide gounys / trayl|ynge in the dunge / & in the myre / on horse & ek on foote as weel of man as of woman / that al thilke traylyng is verrayly as in effect wastid consumyd thred|bare & rotyn with donge / rathere than it is ȝeue to the poore / to greet damage of the forseyde poore / folk [420] & that in sundery wise / this is to seyne / that the more the cloth is wastid; the more mote it coste / to the peple for the skarsenesse [421] And ferthere ouyr ȝif so be that they wolde ȝeue swiche pounsonede / &
