this foly ben many apostatas, both in will and dede, and many
ben apostatas in hir will during all hir lyfe, that wolde gladly be
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discharged if they wist how; and so, many ben apostatas that
shulden in other states have ben trewe men.
53. Frere, what charitè is this—to make so mony freres in
every countrey, to the charge of the people? Sith persounes
and vicares alone, ye, secular prestes alone, ye, monkes and
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chanons alone, with bishops above hem, were y-nough to the