and aftirward biseching ben parties: and therfore these same wordis speking oonli of correpcioun, so bi Seint Poul dressid to Thimothe bischop, to whom longith [it longith, MS.; but it is can|celled by a later hand.] bothe to correpte and correcte, mowe weel ynow [y now, MS.; but elsewhere con|junctim; similarly y clepid, &c. elsewhere, but not constantly; in such cases here printed uniformly conjunctim.] be take and dressid ferthir to ech lay persoon, forto ther yn ȝeue to him instruccioun, how he schulde reule him, whanne euer he takith vpon him for to in neiȝbourli or brotherli maner correpte his Cristen neiȝ|bour or brother, namelich being in other wise to him his ouerer. In which wordis (as it is open ynouȝ for to se) ech man, which takith vpon him the deedis of brotherli correpcioun, is enformed, that the parties of thilk correpcioun (whiche ben vndirnymyng, biseching, and blamyng) he do "in pacience and in doctrine"; that is to seie, ouer this that for the while of his correpting he hath pacience, that he haue also ther with such doctrine, knowing, or kunnyng, wherbi he canne schewe and proue it to be a defaute for which he vndirnymeth and blameth, and the persoon so vn|dirnome and blamed to be gilti in the same defaut and synne.
And for as miche as after it what is write, Rom. Xe. capitulum., manie han zeel of good wille, but not aftir kunnyng, and han ther with take upon hem forto vndirnyme and blame openli and scherpli bothe in speche and [bothe in speche and added in the margin by a different hand.] in writing the clergie of Goddis hool chirche in erthe and forto bere an hond upon the seid clergie that he is gilti in summe gouernauncis as in defautis, [indefautis, MS.] whiche gouernauncis tho blamers kunnen not schewe, teche, and proue to be defautis and synnes; and han therbi maad ful miche indignacioun, distur|blaunce,
