Wherfore folewith that he vnresonabili and reprouabili askith, which askith where a treuthe of moral phil|sophi is groundid in pure divynyte or in Holi Scrip|ture, and wole not ellis trowe it to be trewe; lijk as he schulde vnresonabili and reprouabili aske, if he askid of a treuthe in masonry, where it is groundid in carpentrie; and wolde not ellis trowe it be trewe, but if it were groundid in carpentrie.
No man obiecte here aȝens me [The MS. originally had to me, but the to is scraped out.] to be aboute forto falsifie this present xiije. conclusioun; and that, foras|miche as sporiers in Londoun gilden her sporis whiche thei maken, and cutelers in Londoun gilden her knyfis whiche thei maken, as thouȝ therfore sporiorie and cutellerie entermeeneden and enterfereden with gold|smyth craft, and that these craftis kepten not to hem silf her propre and seuerel to hem silf boundis and markis. For certis thouȝ the sporier and the cuteler be leerned in thilk point of goldsmyth craft which is gilding, and therefore thei vsen thilk point and deede and trouthe of goldsmyth craft, ȝit thilk point of gilding is not of her craft, but oonli of goldsmyth craft: and so the craftis ben vnmedlid, thouȝ oon werkman be leerned in hem bothe and vse hem bothe, riȝt as if oon man had lernid [lernid interlineated in a later (?) hand.] the al hool craft of goldsmythi and the al hool craft of cutleri, and wolde holde schoppis of bothe, and wirche sumwhile the oon craft and sumwhile the other craft. Ȝit herfore tho craftis in thilk man ben not the lasse dyuerse, ne neuer the lasse kepen her seueralte in boundis and markis as in hem silf, thouȝ oon man be leerned in hem bothe and can wirche hem bothe and hath hem bothe. Ȝit it is impossible the oon of tho craftis forto entre and entermete with the trouthis of the othere, thouȝ oon man can wirche in hem bothe: for
