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nomber that there were, passing the mesure of goddes ordinaunce,
the more were a man letted to worke: right so, as it semeth, it is
of these newe orders that ben added to the church, without grounde
of holy writ and goddes ordinaunce.
54. Frere, what charitè is this—to lye to the people, and saye
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that ye folowe Christ in povertè more than other men don?
And yet, in curious and costly howsinge, and fyne and precious
clothing, and delicious and lykinge fedinge, and in tresoure and