And  the  archbishop  said  to  me:  Thinkest  thou  this  wholesom  learning-  for
to  sow  openly,  or  yet  priuilie  among  the  people  ?  Certain,  this  doctrine  con-
trarieth  plainly  the  ordinance  of  holy  fathers^  which  haue  ordained,  granted,
and  licenced  priests  to  be  in  diners  degrees,  and  to  Hue  by  tithes  and  ofirings  of
the  people,  and  by  other  dueties.
And  I  said :  Sir,  if  priestes  were  now  in  measurable  measure  and  number,
and  lined  vertuouslie,  and  taught  busilie  and  truly  the  word  of  God  by  example
of  Christ  and  of  his  apostles,  without  tithes,  offerings,  and  other  duties  that
priests  now  chalenge  and  take,  the  people  would  giue  them  freely  sufficient
liuelode.*

(1)  This  rule,  with  the  rule  of  begging  friars,  can  not  stand  together.
(2)  Wholesome  enough,  my  lord,  if  your  taste  were  to  savour  it.
(3)  But  it  contrarieth  not  the  ordinance  neither  of  God  nor  of  his  word.
(4)  If  priests  would  not  slack  in  their  duty,  they  should  not  lack  in  having  suiEcient.
