THonkyd be god
|
[Fol. 4]
|
our glorious
|
|
ffadir and
fo|un|
|
|
der and former of heuen
|
|
and of erthe and of all
|
|
thygis that in hym is
|
|
that he wolde
foche|s|aue
of
|
|
his glorius god hed for to
|
|
make
|s|o
mony thyngis of d
|
|
uers vertu for mankynd.
|
[10]
|
ffor he mader all thyngis for
|
|
to be abedient &
|s|oget
to man
|
|
ffor all thyngis that ben
come|s|
|
|
tible of
hol|s|ome
nature he
|
|
ordeyned hit for manys
|s|usty
|
[Fol.4 b.]
|
na|n|s.
And all to be hath yif
|
|
to man wittys and
cony|n|g
|
|
of
dy|ver|s
thyngys and craft
|
|
tys by the whiche we may
|
|
trauayle in this worlde to [20]
|
|
gete
|wit|
our lyuyg to make
|
|
diuers thingys to goddis ple
|
|
|s|ans
and also for our
e|s|e
and
|
|
profyt. The whiche thingis
|
|
if I
|s|cholde
reher|s|e
hem hit
|
|
wre to longe to telle and to
|
|
wryte. Wherfor I woll leue.
|
|
but I
|s|chall
|s|chew
you
|s|ome
|
|
that is to
|s|ey
ho and in what
|
[Fol. 5]
|
wyse the
|s|ciens
of Gemetry
|
[30]
|
fir|s|te
be ganne and who
|wer|
|
|
the founders therof and of
|
|
othur craftis mo as hit is no
|
|
tid in
|the|
bybill and in othur
|
|
|s|tories.
|
|
HOw and in what ma
|
|
ner
|th|at
this worthy
|
|
|s|ciens
of Gemetry be gan I
|
|
wole tell you as I sayde bi
|
|
fore. ye
|s|chall
undirstonde
|
[40]
|
|that|
|ther|
ben
vi|i|
|liberall
|s|ciens
|
|
by the whiche
vi|i|
all
|s|ciens
|
|
and craftis in the world were
|
[Fol. 5 b.]
|
fyr|s|te
founde. and in especiall
|
|
for he is causer of all.
|that|
is to
|
|
sey
|the|
|s|ciens
of Gemetry of all
|
|
other that be. the whiche
v|i|i
sci
|
|
ens ben called thus. as for the
|
|
fir|s|t
|that|
is called fundament
|
|
of sciens his name is
gra|mmer|
|
[50]
|
he techith a man
ry|g|thfully
to
|
|
|s|peke
and to write truly. The
|
|
|s|econde
is rethorik. and he te
|
|
chith a man to
|s|peke
formabe
|
|
ly and fayre. The thrid is
|
|
dioletic|us|.
and
|that|
|s|ciens
techith
|
|
a man to discerne the trowthe
|
[Fol. 6]
|
fro
|the|
fals and comenly it is
|
|
tellid art or
|s|oph'stry.
The fourth
|
|
ys callid
ar|s|metryk
|the|
whiche
|
[60]
|
techeth a man the crafte of
|
|
nowmbers for to rekyn and
|
|
to make a
coun|t|
of all
th|y|ge
|
|
The ffte Gemetry the which
|
|
techith a man all the
met|t|
|
|
and
me|s|u|r|s
and
ponderat|o|n
|
|
of
wy|g|htis
of all mans
craf|t|
|
|
The. vi. is
musi|k|
that techith
|
|
a man the crafte of
|s|ong
in
|
|
notys of voys and organ &
|
[70]
|
trompe and harp and of all
|
[Fol. 6 b.]
|
othur
|p|teynyng
to hem. The
|
|
vi|i|
is
a|s|tronomy
that techith
|
|
man
|the|
cours of the
|s|onne
|
|
and of
|the|
moune and of
ot|her|
|
|
|s|terrys
& planetys of heuen.
|
|
OWr entent is princi
|
|
pally to trete of fyrst
|
|
fundacion of
|the|
worthe
|s|cy|en|s
|
|
of Gemetry and we were
|
[80]
|
|the|
founders
|ther|
of as I seyde
|
|
by fore there ben
vi|i|
liberall
|
|
|s|cyens
|that|
is to
|s|ay
vi|i|
|s|ciens
or
|
|
craftys that ben fre in hem
|
|
selfe the whiche
vi|i|.
lyuen
|
[Fol. 7.]
|
only by Gemetry. And Ge
|
|
metry is as moche to
|s|ey
|
|
as the
me|s|ure
of the erth
|
|
Et sic
dici|t|
a geo
|ge|
q|ui|n
|R|
ter
|
|
a latine &
metro|n|
quod
|e|
|
[90]
|
men|s|ura.
U|na|
Gemetria. i,
|
|
mens|u|r
terre uel
terra|rum|.
|
|
that is to
|s|ay
in englische that
|
|
Gemetria is I
|s|eyd
of geo
|that|
is
|
|
in gru. erthe, and
metro|n|
|that|
is
|
|
to
|s|ey
me|s|ure.
And thus is
|this|
|
|
nam of Gemetria
c|om|pounyd
|
|
as
is|s|eyd
the
me|s|ur
of
|the|
erthe.
|
|
MErvile ye not that I
|
|
|s|eyd
that all
|s|ciens
lyu|e|
|
[100]
|
all only by the
|s|ciens
of Geme
|
|
try. ffor there is none
artifici|-|
|
|
all ne honcrafte that is
wro|g|th
|
|
by manys hond bot hit is
|
|
wrou|g|ght
by Gemetry. and a
|
|
notabull
cau|s|e.
for if a man
|
|
worche
|wit|
his hondis he wor
|
|
chyth
|wit|
so|m|e
ma|nner|
tole and
|
|
|ther|
is none
in|s|trument
of
ma|-|
|
|
teriall thingis in this worlde
|
[110]
|
but hit come of
|the|
kynde of
|
|
erthe and to erthe hit wole
|
|
turne a yen. and ther is
n|one|
|
[Fol. 8.]
|
in|s|trument
|that|
is to
|s|ay
a tole
|
|
to wirche
|wit|
but hit hath
|
|
some
p|ro|op|r|orcion
more or
la|s||s|e
|
|
And some proporcion is
me|s|ure
|
|
the tole er the
in|s|trment
|
|
is erthe. And Gemetry is
|
|
|s|aid
the
me|s|ure
of
erth|e|
Whe|re|
|
|
fore I may
|s|ey
|that|
men lyuen
|
|
all by Gemetry. ffor all
|
|
men here in this worlde lyue
|
|
by
|the|
labour of her hondys.
|
|
MOny mo pbacions I
|
|
wole telle yow why
|that|
|
|
Gemetry is the
|s|ciens
|that|
all re
|
[Fol. 8 b.]
|
sonable
m|e|n
lyue by. but I
|
|
leue hit at
|this|
tyme for
|the|
l|o|ge
|
|
|pro|ce|s||s|e
of wrytyng. And now
|
[130]
|
I
woll|prp|cede
forthe|r|
on me ma
|
|
ter. ye
|s|chall
under|s|tonde
|that|
|
|
amonge all
|the|
craftys of
|the|
|
|
worlde of mannes crafte
|
|
ma|s|onry
hath the
mo|s|te
no
|
|
tabilite and
mo|s|te
|par|te
of
|this|
|
|
|s|ciens
Gemetry as hit is
|
|
notid and
|s|eyd
in
|s|toriall
|
|
as in the bybyll and in the
|
|
ma|s||ter|
of
|s|tories.
And in poli/cronico
|
[140]
|
a cronycle
|pri|nyd
and in the
|
[Fol. 9.]
|
|s|tories
|that|
is named Beda
|
|
De Imagine
m|un|di
&
Isodo|rus|
|
|
ethomologia|rum|.
Methodius
|
|
epus &
marti|rus|.
And
ot|her|
|
|
meny mo
|s|eyd
|that|
ma|s|on|r|y
is
|
|
principall of Gemetry as
|
|
me thenkyth hit may well
|
|
be
|s|ayd
for hit was
|the|
first
|
|
that was foundon as hit is
|
[150]
|
notid in the bybull in
|the|
first
|
|
boke of Genesis in the
iii|i|
|
|
chap|ter|.
And
al|s|o
all the doc
|
|
tours
afor|s|ayde
acordeth
|ther|
to
|
|
And
|s||u|me
of hem
|s|eythe
hit
|
[Fol. 9. b.]
|
more openly and playnly
|
|
ry|g|t
as his
|s|eithe
in the by
|
|
bull
Gene|s|is
|
|
ADam is line linyalle
|
|
|s|one
de|s|cendyng
doun|e|
|
[160]
|
the
vi|i|
age of adam byfore
|
|
noes flode
|ther|
was a
ma|n|
|that|
|
|
was clepyd lameth the
|
|
whiche hadde
i|i|
wyffes
|the|
|
|
on hyght ada & a nother
|
|
|s|ella
by the
fyr|s|t
wyffe
|th|at
|
|
hyght ada
|he|
be gate
i|i|
|s|onys
|
|
|that|
one hyght Jobel and the
o|ther|
|
|
height juball. The elder
|s|one
|
[Fol 10.]
|
Jobell he was the fists
ma|n|
[170]
|
|
|that|
e|ver|
found gemetry and
|
|
ma|s|onry.
and he made how
|
|
|s|is
& namyd in
|the|
bybull
|
|
Pa|ter|
habitantci|um|
in
tento|-|
|
|
ris
atq|ue|
pasto|rum|
That is to
|
|
|s|ay
fader of men dwellyng
|
|
in tentis
|that|
is dwellyng
|
|
how|s|is.
A. he was Cayin is
|
|
ma|s||ter|
ma|s|on
and
go|ver|nor
|
|
of all his werkys whan
|
[180]
|
he made
|the|
Cite of Enoch
|
|
that was the
fir|s|te
Cite
|
|
that was the
fir|s|t
Cite
|th|at
|
[Fol. 10 b.]
|
e|ver|
was made and
|that|
made
|
|
Kayme Adam is
|s|one.
|an|d
|
|
yaf to his owne
|s|one.
Enoch
|
|
and yaff the Cyte the
n|am|e
|
|
of his
|s|one
and kallyd hit
|
|
Enoch. and now hit is
|
|
callyd Effraym and
|ther|
wa|s|
|
[190]
|
|s|ciens
of Gemetry and ma
|
|
|s|onri
fyr|s|t
occupied and
|
|
c|on|trenyd
for a
|s|ciens
and
|
|
for a crafte and
|s|o
we may
|
|
|s|ey
|that|
hit was
cav|s|e
&
f|un|
|
|
dacion of all craftys and
|
|
|s|ciens.
And
al|s|o
|this|
ma|n|
|
[Fol. 11.]
|
Jobell was called
Pa|ter|
|
|
Pasto|rum|
|
|
THe
mas|ter|
of
|s|tories
|
[200]
|
|s|eith
and beda de yma
|
|
gyna
m|un|di
policronicon &
|
|
other mo
|s|eyn
that he
wa|s|
|
|
|th|e
first that made
de|per|ce|s|on
|
|
of lond
|that|
e|ver|y
man myght
|
|
knowe his owne grounde
|
|
and
labou|re|
the|re|
on as for
|
|
his owne. And also he de
|
|
|par|tid
flockes of
|s|chepe
|that|
|
|
e|ver|y
man myght know
hi|s|
|
[210]
|
owne
|s|chepe
and
|s|o
we may
|
[Fol. 11 b.]
|
|s|ey
that he was the
fir|s|t
|
|
founder of
|that|
|sciens. And his
|
|
brother Juball. or tuball
|
|
was founder of
my|s|yke
&
|
|
|s|ong
as pictogoras
|s|eyth
|
|
in policronycon and the
|
|
|s|ame
|s|eythe
ylodou|re|
in his
|
|
ethemologi|i|
in the
v|i|
boke
|
|
there he
|s|eythe
that he was
|
[220]
|
|the|
fir|s|t
foundere of
my|s|yke
|
|
and
|s|ong
and of organ &
|
|
trompe and he founde
|th|at
|
|
|s|ciens
by the
|s|oune
of pon/deracion
|
|
of his brotheris hamers
|that|
|
[Fol. 12.]
|
was tubalcaym.
|
|
SOthely as
|the|
bybull
|
|
|s|eyth
in the chapitre
|
|
|that|
is to
|s|ey
the
iii|i|
of
Gene|s|'
|
|
|that|
he
|s|eyth
lameth gate apon
|
[230]
|
his other wiffe
|that|
height
|s|ella
|
|
a
|s|one
& a
do|ou|c|ter|
|the|
names of
|
|
th|em|
were clepid tubalcaym
|
|
|that|
was
|the|
|s|one.
& his doghter
|
|
hight neema & as the poli
|
|
cronycon
|s|eyth
|that|
|s|ome
men
|
|
|s|ey
|that|
|s|che
was noes wyffe
|
|
we|ther|
h|it|
be
|s|o
o|ther|
no we afferme/ hit nott
|
YE
|s|chul|le|
under|s|tonde
|
|
|that|
|th|is
|s|one
tubalcaym
|
[240]
|
was founder of
|s|mythis
|
|
craft and
o|ther|
craft of
|
|
meteil
|that|
is to
|s|ey
of eyron
|
|
of braffe of golde & of
|s|il|ver|
|
|
as
|s|ome
docturs
|s|eyn
& his
|
|
|s|ys|ter|
neema was fynder of
|
|
we|ver|scraft.
for by fore
|that|
time
|
|
was no cloth weuyn but
|
|
they did spynne yerne and
|
|
knytte hit & made
h|em|
|s|uch|e|
|
[250]
|
clothyng as they couthe
|
|
but as
|the|
woman neema
|
|
founde
|the|
craft of weuyng
|
[Fol. 13.]
|
&
|ther|fore
hit was kalled wo
|
|
menys craft. and
|th|es
ii|i|
|
|
brotheryn
afore|s|ayd
had know
|
|
lyche
|that|
god wold take ven
|
|
gans for
|s|ynne
o|ther|
by fyre
|
|
or watir and they had
gre|ter|
|
|
care how they
my|s|t
do to
|
[260]
|
|s|aue
|the|
|s|ciens
that
|th|ey
fo|un|de
|
|
and
|th|ey
toke her
con|s|el|le|
|
|
to gedyr & by all her
wit|ts
|
|
|th|ey
|s|eyde
|that|
were.
i|i|
ma|ner|
of
|
|
|s|tonn
of
|s|uche
|ver|tu
|that|
|the|
one
|
|
wolde
ne|ver|
brenne &
|that|
|s|to|ne|
|
|
is callyd marbyll. &
|that|
o|ther|
sto|ne|
|
|
|that|
woll not
|s|ynke
in
wa|ter|.
&
|
|
|that|
stone is named
la|tr|us.
and
|
|
|s|o
|th|ey
deuy|s|yed
to wryte all
|
[270]
|
|the|
|s|ciens
|that|
|th|ey
had ffounde in
|
|
this
i|i|
|s|tonys
if
|that|
god
wol|de|
|
|
take vengns by fyre
|that|
|the|
|
|
marbyll
|s|cholde
not
bren|ne|
|
|
And yf god
|s|ende
vengans
|
|
by
wa|ter||that|
|th|e
o|ther|
|s|cholde
not
|
|
droune. & so
|th|ey
prayed
|ther|
|
|
elder brother jobell
|that|
wold
|
|
make
i|i|.
pillers of
|th|es.
i|i|
|
|
|s|tones
|that|
is to
|s|ey
of
marb|yll|
|
[280]
|
and of
la|tr|us
and
|that|
he wold
|
[Fol. 14.]
|
write in the
i|i|.
pylers
al|l|
|
|
|the|
|s|ciens
&
craf|ts|
|that|
al|l|
|th|ey
|
|
had founde. and
|s|o
he did
|
|
and
|ther|for
we may
|s|ey
|that|
|
|
he was
mo|s|t
co|nn|yng
in
|
|
|s|ciens
for he
fyr|s|t
bygan
|
|
&
|per|formed
the end by for
|
|
noes flode.
|
|
KYndly knowyng of
|
[290]
|
|that|
venganns
|that|
god
|
|
wolde
|s|end
whether hit
|
|
|s|cholde
be bi fyre or by
wa|ter|
|
|
the bretherne hadde hit
n|ot|
|
|
by a
ma|ner|
of a
|pro|phecy
they
|
[Fol. 14 b.]
|
wi|s|t
|that|
god wold
|s|end
one
|ther|
|
|
of. and
|ther|
for thei writen
|
|
he|re|
|s|ciens
in
|the|.
i|i|.
pilers
|
|
of
|s|tone.
And
|s||u|me
men
|s|ey
|
|
|that|
|th|ey
writen in
|the|.
|s|tonis
|
[300]
|
all
|th|e.
vi|i|
|s|ciens.
but as
|
|
|th|ey
in here mynde
|that|
a ven
|
|
ganns
|s|cholde
come. And
|
|
to hit was
|that|
god
|s|entd
ven
|
|
ganns
|s|o
|that|
|ther|
come
|s|uche
|
|
a flode
|th|at
al|le|
|the|
worl was
|
|
drowned. and
al|le|
men
w|er|
|
|
dede
|ther|
in
|s|aue.
vii|i|.
|per|sonis
|
|
And
|that|
was noe and his
|
[Fol. 15.]
|
wyffe. and his
ii|i|.
sonys &
|
[310]
|
here wyffes. of whiche.
ii|i|
|
|
sones
a|ll|
|the|
world cam of.
|
|
and here namys were na
|
|
myd in this
ma|ner|.
Sem. Cam.
|
|
& Japhet. And
|this|
flode was
|
|
kalled noes flode ffor he &
|
|
his children were
|s|auyed
|ther|
|
|
in. And
af|ter|
this flode many
|
|
yeres as
|the|
cronycle telleth
|
|
thes.
i|i|
pillers were founde
|
[320]
|
& as
|the|
polycronicon
|s|eyth
|that|
|
|
a grete clerke
|that|
callede
puto|-|/goras
|
|
|f|onde
|that|
one and hermes
|the|
|
|
philisophre fonde
|that|
other. &
|
|
thei tought forthe
|the|
|s|ciens
|that|
|
|
thei fonde
|ther|
y wryten.
|
|
Every cronycle and
|s|to
|
|
riall and meny other
|
|
clerkys and the bybull in
|pri|nci
|
|
pall wittenes of the
makyn|ge|
|
[330]
|
of the toure of babilon and hit
|
|
is writen in
|the|
bibull Gene|sis
|
|
Cap|ter|
|x|
wo
|that|
Cam noes
|
|
|s|one
gate nembrothe and he
|
|
war a myghty man apon
|the|
|
|
erthe and he war a
stron|ge|
|
|
man like a Gyant and he
w|as|
|
[Fol. 16.]
|
a grete Kyng. and the bygyn
|
|
yn|ge|
of his kyngdom was
|
|
trew
kyngd|om|
of babilon and
|
[340]
|
arach. and archad. & talan &
|
|
the lond if
|s|ennare.
And this
|
|
same CamNemroth be gan
|the|
towre
|
|
of babilon and he taught and
|
|
he taught to his werkemwn
|the|
|
|
crafte of
ma|s|uri
and he had
|
|
|wit|
h|ym|
mony
ma|s|onys
mo
|th||an|
|
|
|x|l
|th|ou|s|and.
and he louyd &
|
|
chere|s|ched
them well. and hit
|
|
is wryten in policronicon and
|
[350]
|
in
|the|
mas|ter|
of
|s|tories
and in
|
|
other
|s|tories
mo. and
|this|
a part
|
|
wytnes bybull in the
|s|ame
|
|
|x|.
chap|ter|
he
|s|eyth
|that|
a
|
|
|s|ure
|that|
was nye kynne to
|
|
CamNembrothe yede owt of
|the|
londe of
|
|
|s|enare
and he bylled the Cie
|
|
Nunyve and plateas and
o|ther|
|
|
mo
|th|us
he
|s|eyth.
De tra illa
|
|
& de
|s|ennare
egreffus est
a|s|u|re|
|
[360]
|
& edificauit Nunyven &
pla|-|
|
|
teas
ciuiya|te|
& cale & Jesu
q|o|q|z|
|
|
in|ter|
nunyven & hec
|est|
Ciuita|s|
|
|
magna.
|
|
RE|s|on
wolde
|that|
we
|s|chold
|
[Fol. 17.]
|
tell opunly how & in
|
|
what
ma|ner|
that
|the|
charges
|
|
of
ma|s|oncraft
was
fyr|s|t
fo|un|
|
|
dyd & ho yaf
fir|s|t
|the|
name
|
|
to hit of
ma|s|onri
and ye
|
[370]
|
|s|chyll
knaw well
|that|
hit told
|
|
and writen in policronicon &
|
|
in methodus
ep|iscopu|s
and
mar|ter|
|
|
|that|
a|s|ur
|that|
was a worthy lord
|
|
of
|s|ennare
|s|ende
to nembroth
|
|
|the|
kynge to
|s|ende
h|ym|
ma|s|ons
|
|
and workemen of craft
|that|
myght
|
|
helpe hym to make his Cite
|
|
|that|
he was in wyll to make.
|
[Fol. 17 b.]
|
And nembroth
|s|ende
h|ym|
|xxx|
|
[380]
|
C. of masons. And whan
|th|ey
|
|
|s|cholde
go &
|s|ende
h|em|
forth. he
|
|
callyd hem by for
h|ym|
and
|s|eyd
|
|
to hem ye
mo|s|t
go to my co
|
|
|s|yn
a|s|ure
to helpe
h|ym|
to bilde
|
|
a cyte but loke
|that|
ye be well
|
|
go|uer|nyd
and I
|s|chall
yeue
|
|
yov a charge
|pro|fitable
for
|
|
you & me.
|
|
WHen ye come to
|that|
lord
|
[390]
|
loke
|that|
ye be trewe to
|
|
hym lyke as ye wolde be to
|
|
me. and truly do your labour
|
[Fol. 18.]
|
and craft and takyt
re|s|on|-|
|
|
abull your mede
|ther|for
as ye
|
|
may
de|s|erue
and
al|s|o
|that|
ye
|
|
loue to gedyr as ye were
|
|
bre|th|eryn
and holde to gedyr
|
|
truly. & he
|that|
hath most
c|on||yn|g
|
|
teche hit to hys felaw and
|
[400]
|
louke ye
go|uer|ne
you
ayen|s|t
|
|
yowr lord and a monge
|
|
yowr selfe.
|that|
I may haue
|
|
worchyppe and thonke for
|
|
me
|s|endyng
and techyng
|
|
you the crafte. and
|th|ey
re|s|/ceyuyd
|
|
the charge of
h|ym|
|that|
was here
|
[Fol. 18 b.]
|
mai|s||ter|
and here lorde. and
|
|
wente forthe to
a|s|ure.
&
|
|
bilde the cite of nunyve in
|
[410]
|
|the|
count|r|e
of plateas and
o|ther|
|
|
Cites mo
|that|
men call cale
|
|
and Jesen
|that|
is a gret Cite
|
|
bi twene Cale and nunyve
|
|
And in this
ma|ner|
|the|
craft
|
|
of
ma|s|onry
was
fyr|s|t
|pre|fer
|
|
ryd & chargyd hit for a
|s|ci|en|s.
|
|
ELders
|that|
we|re|
bi for us
|
|
of
ma|s|ons
had
te|s|e
|
|
charges wryten to hem as
|
[420]
|
we haue now in owr char
|
[Fol. 19.]
|
gys of
|the|
|s|tory
of Enclidnis
|
|
as we have
|s|eyn
hem
writ|en|
|
|
in latyn & in
Fre|s|nche
bothe
|
|
but ho
|that|
Enclyd come to
ge|-|
|
|
metry
re|s|on
wolde we
|
|
|s|cholde
telle yow as hit is
|
|
notid in the hybull & in other
|
|
|s|tories.
In
|xii|
Capitl|or|
Gene|sis|
|
|
he tellith how
|that|
abrah|am|
com to
|
[430]
|
the lond of Canan and owre
|
|
lord aperyd to
h|ym|
and
|s|eyd
I
|
|
|s|chall
geue this lond to
|th|i
|
|
|s|eed.
but
|ther|
|s|yll
a grete
hun|ger|
|
|
in
|that|
lond. And abraham toke
|
[Fol. 19 b.]
|
|s|ara
his wiff
|wit|
him and
|
|
yed in to Egypte in
pylgre|-|
|
|
mage whyle
|the|
hunger du
|
|
red he wolde hyde
|ther|.
And A
|
|
brah|am|
as
|the|
cronycull
|s|eyth
|
[440]
|
he was a
wy|s|e
man and a
|
|
grete clerk. And covthe all
|
|
|the|vi|i|
|s|ciens.
and taughte
|
|
the egypeyans
|the|
|sciens of
|
|
Gemetry. And this worthy
|
|
clerk Enclidnis was his
|
|
clerke and lerned of hym.
|
|
And he yaue
|the|
fir|s|te
name
|
|
of Gemetry all be
|that|
hit
|
[Fol. 20.]
|
was ocupied bifor hit had
|
[450]
|
no name of gemetry. But
|
|
hit is
|s|eyd
of ylodour Ethe
|
|
mologia|rum|
in
|the|
v. boke. Ethe
|
|
mologia|rum|
Cap|itolo|
p'mo.
|s|eyth
|
|
|that|
Enclyde was on of
|the|
fir|s|t
|
|
founders of Gemetry &
|
|
he yaue hit name. ffor
|in|
|
|
his tyme ther was a wa
|
|
ter in
|that|
lond of Egypt
|that|
|
|
is callyd Nilo and hit flowid
|
[460]
|
|so|
ferre in to
|the|
londe
|that|
men
|
|
myght not dwelle
|ther|in
|
|
THen this worthi
|
|
clerke Enclide taught
|
|
hem to make grete wallys
|
|
and diches to holde owt
|the|
|
|
watyr. and he by Gemet'
|
|
me|s|ured
|the|
londe and
de|par|
|
|
tyd hit in
dy|ver|s
|par|tys.
&
|
|
mad
e|ver|y
man to
clo|s|e
his
|
[470]
|
awne
|par|te
|wit|
walles and
|
|
diches an
|the|en
hit be
c|am|e
|
|
a plentuos
c|on|untre
of all
|
|
ma|ner|
of freute and of
yon|ge|
|
|
peple of men and women
|
|
that
|ther|
was
|s|o
myche pepull
|
|
of yonge frute
|that|
they couth'
|
|
not well lyue. And
|the|
lordys
|
|
of the countre drew hem to
|
|
gedyr and made a councell
|
[480]
|
how they myght helpe her
|
|
childeryn
|that|
had no lyflode
|
|
c|om|potente
& abull for to
fyn|de|
|
|
hem selfe and here childron
|
|
for
|th|ey
had
|s|o
many. and
|
|
a mong hem all in councell
|
|
was
|this|
worthy clerke Encli
|
|
dnis and when he
|s|a|we|
|th|at
|
|
all they
cou|th|e
not btynge
|
|
a bout this mater. he
|s|eyd
|
[490]
|
to hem woll ye take
y|our|
|s|on|ys|
|
[Fol. 21 b.]
|
in
go|uer|nanns
& I
|s|chall
tec|he|
|
|
hen
|s|uche
a sciens
|that|
they
|
|
|s|chall
iyue ther by
|j|entel
|
|
manly vnder condicion
|that|
|
|
ye wyll be
|s|wore
to me to
|
|
|per|fourme
the
go|uer|na|nn|s
|that|
|
|
I
|s|chall
|s|ette
you too and
|
|
hem bothe and the kyng
|
|
of
|the|
londe and all
|the|
lordys
|
[500]
|
by one
a|ss|ent
gra|un|tyd
|ther|
too.
|
|
REson wolde
|that|
e|uer|y
m|an|
|
|
woulde graunte to
|that|
|
|
thyng
|that|
were
|pro|fetable
to
h|im|
|
|
|s|elf.
and they toke here
|s|o
|
[Fol 22.]
|
nys to enclide to
go|uer|ne
|
|
hem at his owne wylle &
|
|
he taught to hem the craft
|
|
masonry and yaf hit
|th|e
|
|
name of Gemetry by
cav|s|e
|
[510]
|
of
|the|
|par|tyng
of
|the|
grounde
|that|
|
|
he had taught to
|the|
peple
|
|
in the time of
|the|
makyng
|
|
of
|the|
wallys and diches a
|
|
for
|s|ayd
to
claw|s|e
out
|the|
|
|
watyr. &
I|s|odor
|s|eyth
in his
|
|
Ethemolegies
|that|
Enclide
|
|
callith the craft Gemetrya
|
|
And
|ther|
this worthye clerke
|
[Fol. 22 b.]
|
yaf hit name and taught
|
[520]
|
hitt the lordis
|s|onys
of
|the|
|
|
londe
|that|
he had in his
tech|in|g
|
|
And he yaf
h|em|
a charge
|that|
|
|
they scholde calle here eche
|
|
other ffelowe & no nother
|
|
wise by
cav|s|e
|that|
they were
|
|
all of one crafte & of one
|
|
gentyll berthe bore &
lor|ds'|
|
|
|s|onys.
And also he
|that|
we|re|
|
|
most of
c|on|nyng
scholde be
|
[530]
|
go|uer|nour
of
|the|
werke and
|
|
scholde be callyd
mais|ter|
&
|
|
other charges mo
|that|
ben
|
[Fol. 23.]
|
wryten in
|the|
boke of char
|
|
gys. And
|s|o
they wrought
|
|
|with|
lordys of
|the|
lond & made
|
|
cities and tounys
ca|s|telis
|
|
& templis and lordis placis.
|
|
WHat tyme
|that
|the|
chil
|
|
dren of
i|s|rl
dwellid
|
[540]
|
|in|
egypte they lernyd
|the|
|
|
craft of masonry. And
|
|
afturward
|th|ey
were
|
|
dryuen ont of Egypte
|th|ey
|
|
come in to
|th|e
lond of bihest
|
|
and is now callyd
ierl|e|m
|
|
and hit was ocupied & char
|
[Fol. 23 b.]
|
gys y holde. And
|the|
mak|yn|g
|
|
of
|s|alomonis
tempull
|that|
|
|
Kyng Dauid be gan.
k|yn|g
|
[550]
|
dauid louyd well
ma|s|ons
|
|
and he yaf hem
ry|g|t
nye
|
|
as
|th|ey
be nowe. And at
|the|
|
|
makyng of
|the|
temple in
|
|
|s|alomonis
tyme as hit
|
|
is seyd in
|the|
bibull in
|the|
|
|
ii|i|
boke of Regu in
|ter|cio
|
|
Reg|um|
Cap|itolo|
quinto. That
|
|
Salomon had
iii|i|.
score
|
|
thow|s|and
masons at
|
[560]
|
his werke. And
|the|
kyngi|s|
|
[Fol 24.]
|
|s|one
of Tyry was
|his|
ma|s||ter|
|
|
ma|s|en.
And other crony
|
|
clos hit is
|s|eyd
& in olde
|
|
bokys of
ma|s|onry
that
|
|
Salomon
c|on|firmed
|the|
char
|
|
gys
|that|
dauid has fadir had
|
|
yeue to
ma|s|ons.
And
|s|alo
|
|
mon hym
|s|elf
taught
h|em|
|
|
here maners byt lityll
|
[570]
|
differans fro the maners
|
|
that now ben
u|s|yd.
And fro
|
|
thens
|this|
worthy
|s|ciens
|
|
was brought |in
to fraunce
|
|
And in to many
o|ther|
regi|on|s
|
[Fol. 24 b.]
|
SUmtyme ther
w|as|
|
|
a worthye kyng in
|
|
ffrauns
|that|
was clepyd Ca
|
|
rolus
|s|'c|undu|s
|that|
ys to
|s|ey
|
|
Charlys
|the|
|s|ecunde.
And
|this|
|
[580]
|
Charlys was elyte kyng
|
|
of ffrauns by the grace of
|
|
god & by lynage also. And
|
|
|s|u|mm|e
men
|s|ey
|that|
he was
|
|
elite by fortune
||the|
whiche
|
|
is fals as by cronycle he
|
|
was of
|the|
kynges blode
|
|
Royal. And
|this|
|s|ame
kyng
|
|
Charlys was a
ma|s|on
|
[Fol. 25.]
|
bi for
|that|
he was kyng. And
|
[590]
|
af|ter|
|that|
he was kyng he louyd
|
|
ma|s|ons
&
cher|s|chid
them
|
|
and yaf hem chargys and
|
|
ma|ner|ys
at his
deui|s|e
|the|
which|e|
|
|
|s||um|
ben yet
u|s|ed
in fraunce
|
|
and he ordeynyd that
|th|ey
|
|
|s|cholde
haue a
|s|emly
onys
|
|
in
|the|
yere and come and
|
|
|s|peke
to gedyr and for to be
|
|
reuled by
ma|s|ters
& felows
|
[600]
|
of thynges a
my|ss|e.
|
|
ANd
|s||oo|ne
af|ter|
|that|
come
|
|
|s|eynt
ad habell in to Englond
|
[Fol. 25 b.]
|
and he
c|on||uer|tyd
|s|eynt
Albon
|
|
to cristendome. And
|s|eynt
|
|
Albon lovyd well
ma|s|ons
|
|
and he yaf hem
fyr|s|t
he|re|
|
|
charges & maners
fyr|s|t
|
|
in Englond. And he or
|
|
deyned
c|on|uenyent
to pay
|
[610]
|
for
|the|
trauayle. And
af|ter|
|
|
|theat|
was a worthy
kyn|ge|
|
|
in Englond
|that|
was callyd
|
|
Athelstone and his yong
|
|
est
|s|one
lovyd well the
|
|
|s|ciens
of Gemetry. and
|
|
he
wy|s|t
well|that|
hand craft
|
[Fol. 26.]
|
had the practyke of
|the
|s|ci
|
|
ens of Gemetry to well
|
|
as masons wherefore he
|
[620]
|
drewe hym
|to|
c|on|sell
and ler
|
|
nyd practyke of
|that|
|s|ciens
|
|
to his
|s|peculatyf.
For of
|s|pec
|
|
culatyfe he was a
ma|s||ter|
|
|
and he lovyd well ma
|
|
|s|onry
and
ma|s|ons.
And
|
|
he bicome a mason hym
|
|
|s|elfe.
And he yaf hem
charg|es|
|
|
and names as hit is now
|
|
vsyd id Englond. and in
|
[630]
|
othere countries. And he
|
[Fol. 26 b.]
|
ordyned
|that|
|th|ey
|s|chulde
haue
|
|
re|s|onabull
pay. And pur
|
|
cha|s|ed
a fre patent of
|the|
k|y|ng
|
|
that they
|s|choulde
make a
|
|
|s|embly
whan thei
|s|awe
re|-|
|
|
|s|onably
tyme a
c|u|
to gedir to
|
|
he|re|
counsel|le|
of
|the|
whiche
|
|
Charges manors &
|s|emble
|
|
as is write and taught
|in|
|th|e
|
[640]
|
boke of our charges wher
|
|
for I leue hit at this tyme.
|
|
GOod men for this
|
|
cau|s|e
and
|this|
man|er|
|
|
ma|s|onry
toke
fir|s|te
begyn|-|
|
[Fol 27.]
|
nyng. hit befyll
|s||um|tyme
|
|
|that|
grete lordis had not
|s|o
|
|
grete
po|s||s|
e|s||s|ions
|that|
they
|
|
myghte not a vaunce here
|
|
fre bigeton childeryn for
|
[650]
|
|th|ey
had so many. Therefore
|
|
they toke
coun|s|ell
howe
|th|ey
|
|
my|g|t
here childeryn
ava|n|ce
|
|
and ordeyn hem
one|s|tly
to
|
|
lyue. And
|s|ende
af|ter|
wy|s|e
|
|
mai|s|ters
of
|the|
worthy
|s|ci
|
|
ens of Gemetry
|that|
|they|
thorou
|
|
here
wy|s|dome
|s|chold
ordey/ne
|
|
hem
|s||um|
hone|s|t
lyuyng
|
[Fol. 27 b.]
|
Then on of them
|that|
had
|the|
|
[660]
|
name whiche was callyd
|
|
Englet
|that|
was most
|s|otell
|
|
&
wi|s|e
founder ordeyned
|
|
and art and callyd hit ma
|
|
|s|onry.
and so
|with|
his art ho
|
|
nestly he
tho|g|t
|the|
childeren
|
|
of get lordis bi
|the|
pray
|
|
er of
|the|
fathers and
|the|
fre
|
|
will of here children.
|the|
|
|
wiche when thei
tau|g|t
|with|
|
[670]
|
hie Cure bi a
|s|erteyn
ty|me|
|
|
|th|ey
were not all ilyke ab/ull
|
|
for to take of
|the|
for|s|eyde
art
|
[Fol. 28.]
|
Wherefore
|the|
for|s|ayde
mai|s||ter|
|
|
Englet ordeynet thei were
|
|
pa|s||s|ing
of conyng
|s|chold
|
|
be
pa|s||s|ing
honoured. And
|
|
ded to call
|the|
c|on|nyn|ger|
mai|s|ter|
|
|
for to enforme
|the|
la|s||s|e
of
c|on|
|
|
nyng
ma|s|ters
of
|the|
wiche
|
[680]
|
were callyd
ma|s|ters
of no
|
|
bilite of witte and
c|on|nyng
|
|
of
|that|
art.
Ne|ver||th|ele|s||s|e
|th|ei
c|om|
|
maundid
|that|
thei
|that|
were
la|s||s|e
|
|
of witte
|s|chold
not be callyd
|
|
|s|eruan|ter|
ner
|s|ogett
but felau
|
|
ffor nobilite of here gentyll
|
[Fol. 28 b.]
|
nlode. In this
ma|n|e|r|
was
|the|
|
|
for|s|ayde
art begunne
|i|n
|the|
|
|
lond of Egypte by
|the|
for|s|ayde
|
[690]
|
mai|s||ter|
Englat & so hit went
|
|
fro lond to londe and fro
k|yn|g
|
|
dome to kyngdome
af|ter|
|that|
ma|-|
|
|
ny yeris in
|the|
tyme of kyng
|
|
adhel|s|tone
wiche was
|s|um
|
|
tyme kynge of Englonde bi
|
|
his
co|un|n|s|el|ler|
and other
gre|ter|
|
|
lordys of
|the|
lond bi
c|om|yn
|
|
a|s||s|ent
for grete defavt y
|
|
fennde
amon|ger|
ma|s|ons
|th|ei
|
[700]
|
ordeyned a certayne reule
|
[Fol 29.]
|
a mongys hom on tyme of
|
|
|the|
yere or in
ii|i|
yere as nede
|
|
were to
|the|
kyn|g|
and gret
|
|
lordys of
|the|
londe and all
|the|
|
|
comente fro
|pr|oynce
to
|pr|o|yn|ce
|
|
and fro
co|u|ntre
to
co|u|ntre
|
|
c|on|gregacions
|s|cholde
be made
|
|
by
mai|s|ters
of all
mai|s||ter|s
|
|
ma|s|ons
and felaus in the
|
[710]
|
for|s|ayd
art. And
|s|o
at
|s|uche
|
|
c|on|gregac|o|ns
they
|that|
be mad
|
|
ma|s|ters
|s|chold
be examined
|
|
of
|the|
articuls
af|ter|
writen. &
|
|
be
ran|s|akyd
whether thei be
|
[Fol. 29 b.]
|
abull and
kunnyn|g|
to
|the|
|pr|
|
|
fyte of
|the|
lordys hem to serue
|
|
and to
|the|
honour of
|the|
for|s|aid
|
|
art and more
o|uer|
they
|s|chulde
|
|
receyue here charge
|that|
they
|
[720]
|
|s|chuld
well and trewly
di|s|
|
|
pende
|the|
goodys of here lordis
|
|
and as well
|the|
lowi|s|t
as
|the|
|
|
hie|s|t
for they ben her lordys
|
|
for
|the|
tyme of whom
|h|ei
take
|
|
here pay for here cervyce
|
|
and for here trauayle. The
|
|
fir|s|te
article ys this
|that|
e|uer|y
|
|
mai|s||ter|
of
|th|is
art
|s|chulde
be
|
|
wy|s||s|e
and trewe to
|the|
lord
|that|
he
|
[730]
|
|s|eruyth
di|s|pendyng
his godis
|
|
trule as he wolde his awne
|
|
were
di|s|pendyd.
and not yefe
|
|
more pay to no
ma|s|on
than
|
|
he wot he may
di|s|erue
af|ter|
|the|
|
|
derthe of korne & vytayl in
|the|
|
|
c|o|ntry
no fauour
|with|
stond|y|g
|
|
for
e|uer|y
ma|n|
to be rewardyd
|
|
af|ter|
his trauayle. The
se|c|nd
|
|
article is this
|that|
e|uer|y
ma|s||ter|
|
[740]
|
of
|this|
art
|s|cholde
be warned
|
|
by fore to cum to his
cogrega|t|
|
|
|that|
thei com dewly but yf thei
|
[Fol. 30 b.]
|
may
a|s||s|cu|s|yd
by
|s|ume
ma|ner|
|
|
cause. But
ne|uer|le|s||s|e
if
|th|ey
|
|
be founde rebell at
|s|uche
c|on|
|
|
gregacions or fauty in eny
|
|
ma|ner|
harme of here lordys
|
|
and reprene of this art thei
|
|
|s|chulde
not be
excu|s|yd
in no
|
[750]
|
ma|ner|e
out take
|per|ell
of dethe
|
|
and thow they be in
|per|yll
of
|
|
dethe they
|s|call
warne
|the|
|
|
mai|s||ter|
|that|
is pryncipall of
|the|
|
|
gederyng of his
de|s||s|e|s|e.
|the|
|
|
article is this
|that|
no
ma|s||ter|
|
|
take noprentes for
la|s||s|e
terme
|
[Fol. 31.]
|
than
vi|i|
yer at
|the|
le|s|t.
by
|
|
caus|e|
whi
|s|uche
as ben
|with|
|i|
|
|
la|s||s|e
terme may not
|pro|fitely
|
[760]
|
come to his art. nor abull
|
|
to serue truly his lorde to
|
|
take as a mason
|s|chulde
|
|
take. The
iii|i|
article is
|this|
|
|
|that|
no
ma|s||ter|
for no
|pro|fyte
take
|
|
no prentis for to be lernyd
|
|
that is bore of bonde blode
|
|
fore bi
cau|s|e
of his lorde to
|
|
whom he is bonde woll
tak|e|
|
|
hym as he well may fro
|
[770]
|
his art & lede hym
|with|
h|ym|
out
|
|
of his logge or out of his
|
|
place
|that|
he worchyth in for
|
|
his felaus
|per|auen|ter|
wold help
|
|
hym and debte for
h|ym|.
and
|
|
thereoff
man|s|laughter
my|g|t
|
|
ry|s|e
hit is forbede. And also
|
|
for a nother
cau|s|e
of his art
|
|
hit toke begynnyng of grete
|
|
lordis children frely
beget|yn|
|
[780]
|
as hit is
|i|seyd
bi for. The
|
|
v. article is thys
|that|
no
ma|s|ter|
|
|
yef more to his prentis in
|
|
tyme of his
prenti|s|hode
for
|
|
no
|pro|phite
to be take than he
|
[Fol 32.]
|
note well he may
di|s||s|erue
|
|
of
|the|
lorde
|that|
he
|s|eruith
|nor|
not
|
|
|s|o
moche
|that|
|the|
lorde of
|the|
place
|
|
|that|
he is taught
|i|nne
may
|
|
haue
|s|um
|pro|fyte
bi his
te|-|
|
[790]
|
chyng. The
v|i|.
article is
|
|
this
|that|
no
ma|s||ter|
for no coue
|
|
ty|s|e
ne|r|
|pro|fite
take no
p|re|n
|
|
tis to teche
|that|
is
un|per|fyte
|that|
|
|
is to
|s|ey
havyng eny
ma|ym|
|
|
for
|the|
whiche he may not
|
|
trewely worche as hym
|
|
ought for to do. The
vi|i|.
|
|
article is this
|that|
np
mai|s||ter|
be
|
[Fol. 32 b.]
|
y founde wittyngly or help
|
[800]
|
or
|pro|cure
to be
maynte|ner|
&
|
|
|s|u|s|tey|ner|
any comyn
ny|g|twal
|
|
ker to robbe bi the whiche
|
|
ma|ner|
of
ny|g|twalkin|g|
|
|
thei may not fulfyll
|ther|
day|s|
|
|
werke and traueyell thorow
|
|
|the|c|on|dicion
he|r|
felaus
my|g|t
|
|
be made wrowthe. The
vii|i|
|
|
article is this
|that|
yf hit befall
|
|
|that|
any
ma|s|on
|that|
be
|per|fyte
and
|
[810]
|
c|on|nyng
come for to
|s|eche
|
|
werke and fynde any
vn|per|fit
|
|
and vnkunnyng worchyng
|
[Fol. 33.]
|
|the|
ma|s||ter|
of
|the|
place
|s|chall
re
|
|
ceyue
|the|
|per|fite
and do a wey
|the|
|
|
vn|per|fite
to
|the|
|pro|fite
of his lord
|
|
The ix. article is this
|th|at
|
|
no
mai|s||ter|
|s|chall
supplant
|
|
a nother for hit is
|s|eyd
in
|the|
|
|
art of
ma|s|onry
|that|
no man
|
[820]
|
|s|cholde
make ende
|s|o
well
|
|
of werke bigonne bi a no
|
|
ther to
|the|
|pro|fite
of his lorde
|
|
as he bigan hit for to end
|
|
hit bi his maters or to
wh|om|e
|
|
he
|s|cheweth
his maters.
|
|
This councell ys made bi dy
|
[Fol. 33 b.]
|
uers lordis &
mai|s|ters
of
|
|
dyvers
|pro|vynces
and
di|uer|s
|
|
c|on|gregacions
of
ma|s|onry
|
[830]
|
and hit is to wyte
|that|
who
|that|
|
|
covetyth for to come to the
|
|
|s|tate
of
|that|
for|s|eyd
art hit be
|
|
hoveth hem fyrst
|pri|ncypally
|
|
to god and holy chyrche &
|
|
all halowis and his
mas|ter|
|
|
and his felowis as his
a|wn|e
|
|
brotheryn. The
|s|econde
poynt
|
|
he
mo|s|t
fulfylle his dayes
|
|
werke truly
|that|
he takyth for
|
[840]
|
his pay. The.
ii|i|.
|point|
he can
|
[Fol. 34.]
|
hele the councell of his
felo|ws|
|
|
in logge and in chambere
|
|
and in
e|uer|y
place
|ther|
as
ma|s||on|s
|
|
beth. The
iii|i|.
poynt
|that|
he be
|
|
no
di|s||s|eyver
of
|the|
for|s|eyd
art
|
|
ne do no
|pre|iudice
ne
|s|u|s|teyne
|
|
none articles
ayen|s|t
|the|
art
|
|
ne a
yen|s|t
none of
|the|
art
|
|
but he
|s|chall
|s|u|s|teyne
hit
|
[850]
|
in all honovre in as moche
|
|
as he may. The. v. poynt
|
|
whan he schall take his
|
|
pay
|that|
he take hit mekely
|
|
as the tyme ys ordeynyd bi
|
[Fol. 34 b.]
|
the
mai|s||ter|
to be done and
|that|
|
|
he fulfylle the accepcions
|
|
of trauayle and of his
re|s|t
|
|
y ordeyned and
|s|ette
by
|the|
|
|
mai|s||ter|.
The.
v|i|.
poynt yf
|
[860]
|
eny
di|s|corde
|s|chall
be bitwe
|
|
ne hym & his felows he
|
|
|s|chall
a bey hym mekely &
|
|
be stylle at
|the|
byddyng of
|
|
his
ma|s||ter|
or of
|the|
wardeyne
|
|
of his
ma|s||ter|
in his
ma|s||ter|s
|
|
absens to
|the|
holy day
fo|-|
|
|
lowyng and
|that|
he accorde
|
|
then at
|the|
di|s|pocion
of his
|
|
felaus and not upon
|the|
wer
|
[870]
|
keday for lettyng of here
|
|
werke and
|pro|fyte
of his lord
|
|
The.
vi|i|.
poynt
|that|
he covet
|
|
not
|the|
wyfe ne
|the|
doughter
|
|
of his
ma|s|ters
no|ther|
of his
|
|
felaws but yf hit be in
ma|-\
|
|
tuge nor holde
c|on|cubines
|
|
for
dy|s|cord
|that|
my|g|t
fall a
|
|
monges them. The.
vii|i|
|
|
poynt yf hit befalle hym
|
[880]
|
ffor to be wardeyne vndyr
|
|
his
ma|s||ter|
|that|
he be trewe mene
|
|
bitwene his
ma|s||ter|
& his
|
[Fol. 35 b.]
|
felaws and
|that|
he be
be|s|y
in
|
|
the
ab|s|ence
of his
ma|s||ter|
to
|
|
|the|
honor of his
ma|s||ter|
and
|pro||-|
|
|
fit to
|the|
lorde |that he
|s|erueth
|
|
The. iX. poynt yf he be
wy|s|er
|
|
and
|s|otellere
|th|an
his felawe
|
|
worchyng
|with|
hym in his
|
[890]
|
logge or in eny other place
|
|
and he
|per||s|eyue
hit
|that|
he
|s|chold
|
|
lefe the stone
|that|
he worchyt
a|-|
|
|
pon for defawte of
c|on|nyng
|
|
and can teche hym and a
|
|
mende
|the|
|s|tone
he
|s|chall
en/forme
|
|
hym and helpe
h|im|
|that|
the more
|
|
loue may
encre|s|e
among
h|em|
|
|
and
|that|
|the|
werke of
|the|
lorde be not
|
[900]
|
lo|s|t.
Whan the
ma|s||ter|
and
|the|
fe
|
|
lawes be for warned ben y
|
|
come to
|s|uche
c|on|gregac|on|ns
|
|
if nede be
|the|
Schereffe of
|the|
|
|
countre or the mayer of
|the|
|
|
Cyte or alderman of
|the|
town|e|
|
|
in wyche the
c|on|gregac|on|s
ys
|
|
hold|en|
|s|chall
be felaw and so
|
|
ciat to
|the|
ma|s||ter|
of the
c|on|gre
|
|
gacion in helpe of
h|ym|
ayenst re
|
[910]
|
belles and vpberyng
|the|
ry|g|t
|
|
of the reme. At
|the|
fyrst
beg|yn|
|
[Fol. 36 b.]
|
nyng new men
|that|
ne|uer|
we|re|
|
|
chargyd bi fore beth charged
|
|
in
|th|is
manere that
|s|chold
|
|
neuer be theuys nor
|th|euys
|
|
meynteners and
|that|
|s|chuld
|
|
tryuly fulfyll
he|re|
dayes
|
|
werke and truayle for
he|re|
|
|
pay that
|th|ey
|s|chull
take of
|
[920]
|
here lord and trewe a
coun|t|
|
|
yeue to here felaus in
th|yn|
|
|
gys
|that|
be to be a countyd of
|
|
hem and to here and hem
|
|
loue as hem
|s|elfe
and they
|
|
|s|chall
be trew to the kynge
|
|
of englond and to the reme
|
|
and that they kepe
|with|
all
|ther|
|
|
my|g|t
and all the articles
|
|
a for
|s|ayd.
Af|ter|
that hit
|s|chall
|
[930]
|
be enqueryd if ony
ma|s||ter|
or
|
|
felaw that is y warnyd haue
|
|
y broke ony article be
for|s|ayd
|
|
the whiche if they haue done
|
|
hit schall be de termyned
|ther|.
|
|
Therefore hit is to wyte if
|
|
eny
ma|s||ter|
or felawe that is
|
|
warnyd bifore to come to
|
|
|s|uche
c|on|gregac|on|ns
and be
|
|
rebell and woll not come or
|
[Fol. 37 b.]
|
els haue
tre|s|pa|s||s|ed
a
yen|s|t
|
|
any article
befor|s|ayd
if hit
|
|
may be
|pro|uyd
he
|s|chall
for|-|
|
|
|s|were
his
ma|s|onri
and
|s|chal
|
|
no more
v|s|e
his craft. The
|
|
whiche if he
|pre||s|ume
for to do
|
|
|the|
Sc|her|efe
of
|the|
countre
|in|
|the|
which
|
he may be founde
worchyn|ge|
|
|
he
|s|chall
|pri||s|on
h|im|
& take all
|
|
his godys
|in|
to
|the|
kynges hond
|
[950]
|
tyll his
|gra|ce
be
|gra|ntyd
h|im|
& y
|s|che
|
|
wed for
|this|
cau|s|e
|pri|ncipally
w|her|
|
|
|th|es
c|on|gregat|on|ns
ben y ordeyned
|
|
that as well the lowist as
|
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as the
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be well
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and trewely y
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in
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his art
bifore|s|ayd
thorow
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owt all the kyngdom of
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Englond. Amen
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mote
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hit be
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