The xx. chapter.
IF a man or woman / yeue money to be resceiued īto house of religion / and so in religi¦on in couenaunt yt he or she shall yeue a certeyn money to ye hous it is symonie though it be comen custome so to yeue Nathelesse if he be resceyued frely as the lawe wole / he dothe no symonie. Ex∣tra e. sicut {pro} certo et c. in tantum co veniens. co. audiuimus c. Ia¦cobus. Nathelesse if the house be pore & ouircharged wt ye {per}sone so cladde / they may afterward pray the frēdes of that {per}sone / of sūme almesse in releuynge of the hous and of that charge. If a man or a woman yeue money to prestes riche or pore / for trental / for ānu¦el / for yerday / or for to say messe of the holy goost or other masses or to yeue money to clerkes / for saynge of psalters or of diriges. or to pore men in couenaunte of certein prayers / with intencion so to bye their prayers he doth sy¦monye. scdm̄ glosam Willī / et vt habetur in sū. con. li.i. ti. i. q̄ xlii. And yit as he saith there / it is le∣fulle to take and to yeue money and other temporel thinges / for suche spirituel thing / and for p̄y¦er by wey of deuocion and of fre yift / so to excite deuocion and lo¦ue of {per}sones the more to pray for them. And in this maner men may yeue to colleges certein mo¦ney to kepe their yereday / nat by wey of couenaunt of biyng / and of sellynge / but so to stirre theim frely to graunt them their axing by wey of more charite and mor̄ beuocion. For suche spirituel thing may nat be solde And ther¦fore men shuld yeue their goode