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BVt after whan perfection beganne to decay: some persones wyllynge ye same maner to continue: dyd precribe and or∣deyne certeyne rules / and firme statu∣tes / which many dyd receyue / and wyl¦fully dyd bynde them selfe perpetually to kepe / and fourme the same / of the which rules:* 1.1 thre were fyrst receiued and approued by the churche / and so incor∣porate in the lawe. That is to say: the rules of saynt
Bastle / saynt Augustyne / and saynt Benedicte / and after them was also the rule of saynt Franciske re∣ceyued / & approued of the churche ī like maner. So that nowe all persones that done wylfully professe the essēcialles after any of the sayd rules: ben vnder payne of deedly synne: boūde to obserue / & kepe the same / at the leest as vnto the said essēcialles / that is to say / these thre vowes obedience / wylful pouerte / & chastite. Syth than for the garde / & sure kepynge of this secōde vowe of wylfull pouerte: al this sayd rules haue ordened the disciples of the same: to liue all in cōmune / excludynge vtterly al maner of pro∣priete / singuler / priuate / & certen vse of any thynge temporal: the same disciples thā {pro}fessyng the same rules: muste nedes / & as theyr duete kepe theyr bōde and promyse: vnder the sayd paine of deedly sinne. And that the sayd fathers haue so ordened: doth ap∣pere ī theyr rules.* 1.2 Saynt Basyle sayth in ye fourth Chapitre of his rule. In multis vtile esse video uitā cōmunem ducere. &c. That is. I do perceyue (sayth he) that to lyue all in cōmune amonge suche {per}sones as haue taken that way of lyuing: is for many thyn¦ges: {pro}fitable. And ī the nexte chapitre after he doth exclude propriete.* 1.3 And saynt Augustyne in the first chapitre of his rule: sayth. Hec ••gitur sunt. &c. We therfore (saythe he) done cōmaunde and charge all you that ben constituted / set / & ordred in the monas∣terie: that ye obserue / & kepe these thyng{is} yt done fo∣lowe. Fyrst that ye abyde / & dwell in your house qie¦tely / restfully / & agreable to gether in all thynges.* 1.4 For thervnto ben you gadred to gether ī one couēt. And yt you haue in our lorde: one herte / one wyll / & one mynde. And yt ye nother name ne call any thing
properly your owne / but that all thynges be vnto you cōmune.* 1.5 And that all thynges that ye haue / as meate drynke / and clothynge: be distributed / diui∣ded / assigned / or appoynted vnto eueryche of you / by your souereyne. And the same thynge in sentēce: haue both the other rules. For saynt Benedicte in the .xxxiii. Chapitre of his rule: sayth. Precipue hoc vicium radicitus amputetur. &c.* 1.6 Let this vice of pro¦priete (sayth he) be kytte awaye / & plucked vp clene by the rotes / so that no persones in the monasterie: do presume any thynge to gyue or receiue: without the licence of the souereyne. Nor yet to haue any thynge proper / no I say / no maner of thyng / nother boke / nor tables / nor yet a pencyl to wryte with / nor yet (I say vtterly) no maner of thynge. For nother theyr bodies nor theyr wylles be in theyr owne pro¦per power / but all thynges cōmune.* 1.7 And saynt Frā¦ciske in his rule the .vi. Chapitre: dothe also prohi∣bite all maner of propriete.
18. q. 2. {per}ni ciosam.
Basilius.
Augu. ca. 1. regule.
Basili. ca. regule. 2.
Ibidem. Ca. 5.
Benedict{us} in regula. ca. 13.
Francisc{us} in regula. ca. 6.