¶The .lvii. chapiter treath of the artificers of the monastery.

IF there be any artificers in the monasterye / they shall doo their occupacion with all humilite / so that they haue firste the cōmaundement or leue of the abbasse / And if any of theym be prowde for the conninge of the crafte that she hath byfore a nother / bycause she semith to doo soom {pro}∣fyte to the monastery aboue other / suche oon must be with∣drawen and sequestred from that crafte / & shall not goo to it agayne / except thabbasse cōmaunde hir after that she ha∣the meked & submitted hir selfe / If any thinges of the war∣bes of thartificers be to be solde: they that shal haue the sale / must se wysely / and beware that there be no fraude / nether in the worker / nor in the seller / nor no fraude doo to the mo∣nastery. And let theym all way remembre Ananie and Sa∣phire / lesse perauenture they and all other / which do any de∣ceyte in the good{is} of the monastery / suffre lyke deth in their sowles / as the forsayd Ananie and Saphire suffred in their bodies / that is to say sodeyne deth. In the prices of all suche stuffe / the synne of courtouse muste vtterly be exchued / and therfore let it be solde somwhat better chepe / than it sholde haue be of secular persons / to thentent that god may be glo∣rified in all thynges.