Caplm .xxi.
DIues. Yf the bysshop byd a clerke gyue his boke to his ne¦ce or neuewe or resygne his chirche & his benefyce yt the bysshop may gyue it to his nece or neuewe / or to some of his kynne / is y• clerke boū∣de to obeye yt byddynge of the bysshop ¶Pau{per}. Nay forsoth For it longeth not to the bysshop to byd suche thyn∣ges. Netheles yf the clerke haue good bokes & is vnable to profyte in boke / & the bysshop byd hym leue the boke to an other clerke that is able to pro∣fyte in the boke & to helpe holy chir∣che he is bounde to obeye. Yf he gate tho bokes of holy chirche goodes / or by cause of holy chirche / as yf it were gyuen or byquethed hym to profyt of holy chirche. But yf the bokes be pu¦rely his owne / he is not boūde to obey that byddynge. ¶Diues What yf the husbonde byd his wyfe breke auowe that she hath made to god / as of fas∣tynge / of pylgremage / cōtynence / wol warde goynge / and suche other / is she boūde to obey his byddyng. ¶Pau{per} Ye forsoth. And but she obeyeth his byddynge in that ellys she synneth / & yf she do his byddynge only for obe∣dyence she wynneth moche mede / for in yt she obeyeth to god which byddeth her obey to her husbonde / & so in y• she doth the wyll of god / though y• she be sory that she may not perfourme her vowe .xxxiij.q̄.v. noluit. More ouer le∣ue frende ye shall vnderstande yt as saynt Bernarde sayth in Epl'a ade¦monacho Some thynges be purely good of themself / & to suche we be boū¦de by goddes lawe / as ten cōmaūde∣mēt. Some be ful wycked of thēself / & tho we be bounde to flee by goddes lawe without ony byddynge of ony souerayne vnder god. And therfore in suche thynges standeth not proprely the vertue ne mede of obedyence to man or woman. Other thynges ther be that may be good & they may be