... I cownsell also warne and exhorte my bretherne in oure Lorde Jhesu Criste that they bralle nat, nor strive in ther wordis or communication, nor that they juge norre deme[13] none other men; but that thei be meke, peasible, softe, gentille and curteis, and lowly, honestly spekynge and answerynge to euery manne as vntoo them accordith and belongith. And they shalnot ride, but yf they be constrayned by evident necessitee or ellis by sekeness. In to what house or place someuer they enter they shalle saye firste, "pece be vnto this howse." And, accordynge too the holy gospelle, they may ete of all maner of mettis whiche be sette before them. IV. That the bretherne may not resceive any coyne or money: I commande stedfastly and straitly too all the bretherne that in no wise they resceive any maner of coyne or money, nother by them self nor by none other meane person. Neuertheles for the necessite of the seke bretherne, and for the other bretherne to be clothid or nedynge clothinge, by goostly and spiritualle frendis, the mynysters oonly and the custodyes or wardens shalle haue diligent cure and charge accordyng to the placis, too the tymes or seasons, and to the colde cowntreis and regions; lyke as yt shall seme them expedient too ther necessite or nede. Savyng this alwaies that lyke as yt is before saide they may nat resceive ony maner of coyne or money. V. The maner how the bretherne shall use and occupie them self in bodily labour. The bretherne too whom God hath gyven grace and strengthe to labowr shall laboure truly and deuoutly, so and in suche wise that Idlenes, the enemy of the soule, excluded and put awey, they quenche not the inward feruour and sprite of holy prayer and devoycoun whereunto alle transetory and temporalle thyngis oughte deserne[14] and geve place. As of the hier and availe for ther laboure, they may resceive for them self and for ther bretherne, those thinggis that be necessary and nedefulle to ther bodies, except coyne or money. And that louly and mekely, as appartainith and belongith the saruauntis of God and the trewe folouaris of most parfyte and holy pouerte. VI. Howe that the bretherne may not appropre to them ony thinge in any maner of wyse: The bretherne shall nothynge appropre to them, nother in howsing nor in londis, nor in rent nor in any maner of thynge, but lyke pilgrimis and strangers in this world, in pouerte and mekenes, saruyng Almyghty God. They shalle feithefully, boldly, and surely and mekely goo for almys. Nor they shalnot nor owghte not to be ashamed, for our Lord made hym self poor in this worlde. [11] Property. [12] Fit for. [13] Condemn. [14] Yield. PAPAL DEMANDS FOR PREBENDS (1226). +Source.+--_Roger of Wendover_, vol. ii., pp. 466-468. (Bohn's Libraries.)