[669] Th. Cantimprat. Bonum Universale, Lib. II. c. 2.—Humb. de Roman. Tract. in Concil. Lugdun. P. III. c. 8. (Martene Ampl. Coll. VII. 197). Cf. Opusc. Tripart. P. III. c. viii. (Fascic. Rer. Expetend. et Fugiend. II. 227).
William Langland sets forth the popular appreciation of the Quæstuarii with sufficient distinctness—
“Here preched a Pardonere as he a prest were,
Broughte forth a bulle with bishopes seles,
And seide that hym-selfe myghte asoilen hem alle
Of falshed of fastyng of vowes ybroken.
Lewed men leued hym well and lyked his wordes ...
...Were the bischop yblissed and worth bothe his eares
His seel shulde not be sent to deceyue the peple.”
Piers Plowman, Prologue, 68-79.
[670] C. xi. § 2 Sexto v. ii.—Bern. Guidon. Practica P. v. (Ed. Douais, p. 199).—Eymeric. pp. 107, 564.—Coll. Doat, XXVI. 314.
[671] 2 Clement, v. ix.—Concil. Senonens. ann. 1485, Art. II. c. 8 (D’Achery, I. 758).—C. Trident. Sess. xxi. De Reform. c. 9.
[672] Bertholdi a Ratispona Sermones, Monachii, 1882, p. 93.
[673] Carmina Burana, Breslau, 1883, pp. 22-3.—This was a favorite theme with the poetasters of the time—
| “Cardinales ut prædixi novo jure crucifixi vendunt patrimoniam. | Petrus foris, intus Nero, intus lupus, foris vero sicut agni ovium” (Ib. p. 18), |
and this pervaded the whole Church—
“Veneunt altaria,
venit eucharistia
cum sit nugatoria
gratia venalis.”—(Ib. p. 41).