Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

V. (a) the repressor, I. xix. 51))ei ou5ten so lete, & namelich si|)en it is founde in holi scripturejjat men leten her berdis growe wijjoute sobering orscbaiiyng, & also si}?en it was ]>e oolde vsage jjoru^ al |>e 60world in cristendom ? wbere is it in boli scripture groundidbi wey of comendyng or of allowaunce |?atmen schulden ormi5ten lau^we ? For to ]?e contrarie is euydence in holiscripture, Mat. v^. c, where it is seid ]?us : Blessid ben peipatmoornen or weilen, for pei schulen he counfortid ; & also, 6=gen. [xviije.] c, sara }?e wijf of abraham was punyschid, for\2X sche lau5ed bihinde |?e dore of J?e tabernacle, where is italso groundid in holi scripture j^at men my5ten alloweabli orschulden pleiein word bi bourding, or in deede by rennyngor leping or schuting, or bi sitting at |)eof coitis .? &merels, or bi casting 7c5it ech of J)ese deedis mowe be doon & bendoon ful vertuoseli & merytorili.Also where in holi scripture is it grondid j^at men my^tenor schulden singe, saue oonli where-yn \€\ preisiden god, asaungelis diden in erjje whanne crist was born & so for .? 7-esement of a man him-silf, & for esement of hisnei3bour, itis not expressid in holi scripture Jjat a man schulde singe.& 5it goddis forbode, but ]?at, into esement of him-silf &also of his nei5bour, a man mai singe, pleie, & lau3e vertuoseli,& ])erfore merytorili ; & if he mai do it merytorili, 8 it is trewe ]?at wi]?out ale & bere, &wi]7-out sidir & wijn & meej), men & wommen myjte lyue ful 9'E 2