46. Why wil ye not touche no coined money with the crosse, 225 ne with the kinges heed, as ye don other jewels both of golde and silver? Certes, if ye despyse the crosse or the kinges heed, than ye be worthy to be despysed of god and the kinge. And sith ye will receyve money in your hertes and not with youre handes, it seemeth that ye holde more holinesse in your hondes than in your 230 hertes; and than be ye false to god. 47. Why have ye exempt you fro our kinges lawes and visitinge of our bishoppes more than other Christen men that liven in this realme, if ye be not gilty of traitory to our realme, or trespassers to oure bishoppes? But ye will have the kinges lawes for trespas 235 don to you; and ye wil have power of other bishops more than other prestes; and also have leave to prison youre brethren as lordes in youre courtes, more than other folkes han that ben the kinges lege men. 48. Why shal some secte of you freres paye eche yere a certaine 240 to hir generall provinciall or minister, or els to hir soverains, but-if he stele a certain number of children, as some men sayn? And certes, if this be soth, than be ye constrayned, upon certaine payne, to do thefte, agaynst goddes commaundement, _non furtum facies_. 245 49. Why be ye so hardy, to graunte, by letters of fraternitè, to men and women, that they shall have part and merit of all your good dedes; and ye witen never whether god be apayed with youre dedes because of youre sinne? Also ye witen never whether that man or woman be in state to be saved or damned; than shall 250 he have no merit in heven for his owne dedes, ne for none other mans. And all were it so, that he shuld have part of youre good dedes; yet shulde he have no more than god would geve him, after that he were worthy; and so much shall eche man have of goddes yefte, withoute youre limitacion. But if ye will saye that 255 ye ben goddes felowes, and that he may not do without youre assent, than be ye blasphemers to god. 50. What betokeneth that ye have ordeined, that when such oon as ye have mad youre brother or sister, and hath a letter of your sele, that letter +mot be brought in youre holy chapter and 260 there be red; or els ye will not praye for him? But and ye willen not praye specially for all other that weren not mad youre brethren or sistren, than were ye not in right charitè; for that ought to be commune, and namely in goostly thinges. 51. Frere, what charitè is this--to overcharge the people by 265 mighty begginge, under colour of prechinge or praying or masses singing? Sith holy writ biddeth not thus, but even the contrary; for al such goostly dedes shulde be don freely, as god yeveth hem freely.