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A nother reason is this. Whosoeuer beleueth in Christ
/ consenteth that gods lawe is good. The pope consenteth not
that gods lawe
is good. For he hath forboden lawfull wedlocke vn to
all his / ouer whom he raigneth as a temporall tirant with
lawes of his awne makynge and not as a brother exhortynge them
to kepe Christes. And
he hath graunted vnlaufull horedom vn to as many as
bringe money.
As thorow all doucheland / euery prest payenge a
gulden vn to the archedecon shall frely and quietly haue his
hore and put hir awaye at his pleasure & take a nother at
his awne luste. As they doo in
wales / in yerland / Scotland / Fraunce &
Spayne. And in Englond therto they be not few whych haue
licences to kepe hores / some of the pope and some of their
ordinaries. And when the parishes goo to law with them to put a
waye their hores / the bisshopes officers
mocke them / poll them and make them spend their
thryftes / and
the prestes kepe their hores still. How be it in very dede sens
they
were rebuked by the preachynge of wicleffe / oure
englesh spiritualtie haue layd their snares vn to mens wiues /
to couer their abhominacions / though they byde not all waye
secret.
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