speedful the clergie for to make othere politik lawis and ordinauncis, and forto sette hem to the comoun pleyn lawe of God maad of lawe of kinde and of hise posityue sacramentis.
Also it is leeful to princis with hir comounalte forto make politik and cyuyl lawis and ordinauncis for the better reule of the peple in temporal and cyuyl gouer|nauncis, longing into worldli pees and prosperite and worldli welthe, to be the better therbi kept and con|tynued. Forwhi ful weel this purpos witnessith open resoun and experience, and therto ful weel consentith Poul, ie. Thim. ie. capitulum., where he blameth men whiche maden hem curiose forto holde that suche lawis mad bi worldli princis schulde not be leeful; and the same he muste needis meene, as ofte as he weel approueth and wole in dyuerse placis of hise epistlis that boonde men schulden obeie to her temporal lordis, sithen boundage cometh yn bi mennys ordynauncis. Wher|fore, bi lijk skile, it is leeful and expedient to the greet congregacioun of preestis and clerkis in the other side of the layfe lyuyng, that to the preestis and clerkis be mad bi her ouerers and with the consent of the netherers summe politik ordinauncis and lawis, for to pointe in the better and in the clerer maner to hem what and how and whanne thei schulen do this or that thing or deede; and forto pointe and lymyte and thretene peynes, but if tho deedis in the as|signed maner, place, and tyme, and persoones be doon; and forto ordeyne that tho peynes be [ben, MS. (first hand).] ȝouun to the trespacers. And therfore vtterli it is plein ynouȝ bi strengthe of al the processe going aȝens the blamyng of the iiije. gouernaunce sett bifore in this present iiije. partie and bi al the processe mad for iustifiyng of the vje. principal gouernaunce aftir in the ve. prin|cipal partie, that no man may iustli blame mennys
