Diues [et] pauper

Caplm .x.

WHerfore my frende ye shal vn¦derstonde that in .vi. maners a man is forsworen. Fyrste yf he swere ayenst his cōscyence / as whā he swereth false wyttyngly though he do it for drede. Also yf he swere ony thynge vnlefull & ayenst charyte / as yf he swere to slee a man or defoule a woman with his bodye / or y^t he shall neuer do almesse to poore men / ne co∣me in his neyghbours house. Also yf man do ayenst his othe whiche is le∣full though he do it for drede of deth yf the othe tourne to none euyll ende Also yf he swere treuth for dysceyte & gyle as I sayd now late. Also yf he swere vnwysely / as sayth Durandus in sūma sua. Extra. de iureiurando c.^• Sicut. et c.^• tua. And yf he do it with auysement or vsaūtly it is dedely syn¦ne. And he sayth there that euery othe made vnwysely is periurye. Also yf he compelle an other to swere wyttyn¦ge well that he wyll forswere hym. As the lawe sheweth well .xxij.q̄.iiij.

Inter cetera. And saynt Austyn also 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sermon that he maketh of the de¦collacyon of saynt Iohan baptyste / where he t••••leth. That on a tyme a good symple true man hadde lente a certayne moneye to a false man / whi¦che forsoke it and sayd that he lente hym none / wherfore the true man pro¦uoked hym to swere / knowynge well that he wolde forswere hym and soo he dyde / & the true man loste his mo∣neye. And the nyght folowynge the true man thought that he stode byfo¦re a grete Iuge / whiche sayd to hym in this wyse. Why dydeste y^u that man swere sythen thou wyste well that he sholde forswere hym. Lorde sayd he for he denyed me my good. Than the Iuge sayd to hym. It had be bet∣ter to the for to haue loste thy good / than to slee his soule that god bough¦te soo dere with his precyous blood. And anone he dyde hym bete full har¦de & sore / in soo moche that whan he awoke his backe appyred ful of woū¦des & all to beten full blacke & blew. But whan he repented hym & axed mercy / his synne was forgyuen hym.