[6-text p 621] other is withoute / [410] off whiche sothely the for|seide thinges & mo than I haue seide apertynent to pride / that is in the herte of man / And therto other spices of pride ther ben withoute / [411] but natheles oon of these spices of pride is signe of that other ‖ Right as the gay levesel at the tauernes is signe of the wyne / that is in the seler ‖ [412] And this is in many thinges / as in speche / & in contenances / & in outrageous aray of clothinge / [413] ffor certes if it nadde be no synne / in clothinge / Criste wold nought so soone haue noted & spoke of the clothinge / of thilke riche man in the gospel ‖ [414] And as seint Gregorie seith That precious clothe is cou|pable [¶ Gregorie.] / for the derth of hit / & for his softenesse / & for his strangenesse / & for his disgisinesse / & for the super|fluyte / or for the inordynaunte scantnesse / . . . [415] . . . . . [no gap in the MS.]
[416] As to the first synne / that is in superfluyte of clothing whiche that makith hit so dere / to harme of the peple / [417] nat onely the coste of enbroudyng / the degise endentyng or barryng / owndyng / palyng / or bendynge / & semblable waste of clothynge / in vanite ‖ [418] But ther is also costlewe furrynge in here gownes / so meche pounsyng of cheseles to make hooles / so meche daggynge of sheres / [419] forth with the superfluyte in lengthe of the forseide gownes / trail|ing in the donge / & in the myre / on hors & eke on foote / as wel of man / as of womman / that al thilke trailynge is verrily as in effecte wasted & consumed / thred|bare & roten / with donge / rather than it is yoven to the pore / to grete damage of the forseide pore folke / [420] & that in sondry wise ‖ this is to seie / the more that clothe is wasted / the more mot hit coste to the peple / for the scarsenesse ‖ [421] [MS Arch. Seld. B. 14 folio 281a] And forther-ouer if it so be that thei wolde yeven suche pounsed &
