The chirche wolbe suspended and thou slayn withoute thou flee away and gette thee oute of his sighte.
And in example of late daies yn king Johan of Fraunce tyme suche chieveteins as was in his armee before he was take at the bataile of Peitiers, as it is saide, avaunted hym silfe to stabille her hors in the cathedralle chirche of Salisbury.
And after he was take and had sighte of the saide chirche [they[171]] had gret repentaunce of.
Within the chirche and euery other place These folys use theyr lewde condicions Some starynge some cryeng some haue great solace In rybawde wordes, some in deuysyons Some them delyte in scornes and derysons Some pryde ensueth and some glotony.
Of talkers and makers of noyse in the Chirche of god.
In this yere was graunted to the kyng of every persone, man and woman, above the age of xiiij yere, iiij d; and of every man of holy chirche avaunced xij d; and of every man nought avaunced iiij d.
Also the same John Tanner chalangyd the chircheof the Frere Cannes at Oxenford, whiche was somtyme the kynges halle, and kyng Edward hadde yeve it to them to make thereof there chirche.
And thei are not obedyent to the Chirche of Rome, ne to the Pope.
And zee schulle undirstonde, that before the Chirche of the Sepulcre, is the cytee more feble than in ony othere partie, for the grete playn that is betwene the chirche and the cytee.
And there is the most fayr chirche and the most noble of alle the world: and it is of Seynt Sophie.
At Babyloyne there is a faire chirche of oure lady, where sche dwelled 7 zeer, whan sche fleyghe out of the lond of Judee, for drede of Kyng Heroude.
And this chirche is fulle richely wroughte, and alle over gylt with inne.
And fro the chircheof the sepulcre, toward the est, at 160 paas, is Templum Domini.
Also furthermore, in the cytee, is the Chirche of Seynt Savyour; and there is the left arm of John Crisostom, and the more partye of the hed of Seynt Stevene.
There is the Chirche of Seynt Kateryne, in the whiche ben manye lampes brennynge.
And nyghe besyde that temple, upon the right syde, is a chirche covered with leed, that is clept Salomones Scole.
And anen that Vale of Josaphathe, out of the cytee, is the Chirche of Seynt Stevene, where he was stoned to dethe.
Also in the myddel place of the vale of Josaphathe, is the chirche of oure lady: and it is of 43 degrees, undre the erthe, unto the sepulchre oure lady.
Item, to remembre how suttely the seyd Chirche was, be his owyn assent, led to my Lord of Norffolk be his owyn felashep to the entent to accuse and defame seche as they lovyd not.
Chirche and his menys, and after the tyme of that they conseyvid itt was do to no good intent, thei never medillid forther in the mater.
They been the vessel or the boyste of the blissed Magdelene, that fulfilleth holy chirche of good odour.
But soothly, the pilours and destroyours of goddes holy chirche ne do nat so; for they ne stinte nevere to pile.
Thilke penance that is solempne, is in two maneres; as to be put out of holy chirche in lente, for slaughtre of children, and swich maner thing.
Now was ther of thatchirche a parish-clerk, The which that was y-cleped Absolon.
And therfore repentant folk, that stinte for to sinne, and forlete sinne er that sinne forlete hem, holy chirche holdeth hem siker of hir savacioun.
Eke if he tale vanitees at chirche or at goddes service, or that he be a talker ot ydel wordes of folye or of vileinye; for he shal yelden acountes of it at the day of dome.
And he that sinneth, and verraily repenteth him in his laste ende, holy chirche yet hopeth his savacioun, by the grete mercy of oure lord Iesu Crist, for his repentaunce; but tak the siker wey.
And so it happed that on a Sunday the knight sent unto the chirche that thei shulde abide hym.
The other story is of "a ladi that dwelled faste by the chirche, that toke every day so long time to make her redy that it made every Sunday the person of the chirche and the parisshenes to abide after her.
For sith charite hath ben chapman, And chief to shryve lordes, Manye ferlies han fallen In a fewe yeres; 130 But holy chirche and hii Holde bettre togidres, The mooste meschief on molde Is mountynge wel faste.
On holi chirche I thoughte, That under-fonged me atte font For oon of Goddes chosene.
For in charnel at chirche Cherles ben yvel to knowe, Or a knyght from a knave there, Knowe this in thyn herte.
Maistres that of Goddes mercy Techen men and prechen, Of hir wordes thei wissen us For wisest as in hir tyme, And al holy chirche Holdeth hem bothe y-dampned.
And in that chirche is a welle, in manere of a cisterne, that is clept Probatica Piscina, that hath 5 entreez.
And before that chirche is a gret tree, that began to growe the same nyght.
Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Wood Dalling, iijs.
Chirche as of the said nobles and subjects of this Realm, against his said enmys and rebels.
Item, to the Hey Awter of the chirche of Sharington, vjs.
Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Woolterton, ijs.
Item, to the Heigh Awter of the chirche of Little Baningham, iijs.
But though the heed of holy chirche above 225 Ne do nat al his hole businesse Among the men to sette pees and love, These kinges oughten, of hir rightwysnesse, Hir owne cause among hem-self redresse.
Of holy chirche we ben children alle, And every child is holde for to bowe 240 Unto the moder, how that ever it falle, Or elles he mot reson disalowe.
The werre is moder of the wronges alle; It sleeth the preest in holy chirche at masse, Forlyth the mayde, and doth her flour to falle.
Womman forsook him noght; for al the feyth Of holy chirche in womman lefte only.
The righte fayth to kepe of holy chirche The firste poynt is named of knighthode; And every man is holde for to wirche Upon the poynt that stant to his manhode.
And with the sentence of the popes bulle As for to doon the folk payen obeye, The chirche is tourned al another weye.
And, for that cause, a knight shal first avowe The right of holy chirche to defende, That no man shal the privilege offende.
And xx mark for the soule of Stevyn York to the werkys of the chircheand to other werkys doon before.
Nicholas Chircheof Yarmouth, merchant, literatus, of free condition, forty years old and more.
This exaltacion of the hooly crosse is solempnysed and halowed solempnly of the Chirche / For the faythe is in hit moche enhaunced /.
Semones of a doctor, and also to haue a dirige at home, or I be borne to the Chirche summa j li.
Item, to the reparacons of the Chirch and bells and for my lying in the Chirche summa c.
And so it happed that the knight sent unto the chirche that thei shulde abide hym.
The other story is of a ladi that dwelled faste by the chirche, that toke every day so long time to make her redy, that it made every Sunday the parson of the chirche and the parisseners to abide after her.
And yit ful many a monk laboureth, That god in holychirche honoureth; For whan hir swinking is agoon, They rede and singe in chirche anoon.
And if the prest wol him refuse, I am ful redy him to accuse, And him punisshe and hampre so, 6445 That he his chirche shal forgo.
Their dwelling is under the eaves of a church, they are ‘under chirche iancred’ (M.
The Officium Mortuorum and masses of requiem (‘chirche gong,’ l.
They lete make in a Chirche As swithe feire g{ra}ue wyrche.
But wolde God [th]at euery parische chirche in [th]is lond hadde a good Bible!
Off alle werkys in this worlde that ever were wrought, Holy Chircheis chefe, there children been chersid.
In cristes feith{e} he stant so hol vpriht, Off hooli chirche defence and [c]hampion To chastise alle that do therto treson.
And with his prudence & wit his manheed Trouthe to susteyne he fauour set a side; And hooli chirche meyntenyng in dede, That in this land no lollard dar abide.
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