And also, moreouer, me þynkeþ, syre Reson, 55
Men sholde constreyne no clerke to knauene werkes;
For by lawe of Leuitici, þat oure Lord ordeynede,
Clerkes þat aren crouned, of kynde vnderstondyng,
Sholde noþer swynke, ne swete, ne swere at enquestes,
Ne fyghte in no vauntwarde, ne hus fo greue:— 60
Non reddas malum pro malo.
For it ben aires of heuene [alle] þat ben crounede,
And in queer [in churches] Cristes owene mynestres:—
Dominus pars hereditatis mee; & alibi: Clementia non constringit.