This Expression is illustrated by the Preamble of the _Statute of Provisors_, (25 Edw. III.)[73]: “Whereas late in the Parliament of good Memory of _Edward_ King of _England_, Grandfather to our Lord the King that now is, the xxv. [_leg._ xxxv.] Year of his Reign, holden at _Carlisle_, the Petition heard, put before the said Grandfather and his Council, in his said Parliament, by the Communalty of the said Realm, containing: That whereas the Holy Church of _England_ was founden in the Estate of Prelacy, within the Realm of _England_, &c.”[74] Ibid. line 13. þe whiche may wel be clepid collibiste. _Collybiste_, from the Greek Word κολλύβιστης, which is used St. _Matt._ xxi. 12, where St. _Jerome_ remarks: _Sed quia erat lege præceptum, ut nemo usuras acciperet, et prodesse non poterat pecunia fœnerata, quæ commodi nihil haberet, et interdum sortem perderet, excogitaverunt et aliam technam, ut pro nummulariis, ~Collybistas~ facerent, cujus verbi proprietatem Latina lingua non exprimit. ~Collyba~ dicuntur apud eos, quæ nos appellamus ~tragemata~, vel vilia munuscula. Verbi gratia, frixi ciceris, uvarumque passarum, et poma diversi generis._[75] See also _Du Cange_, Glossarium, vv. _Collibium_, _Collybista_. PAGE xxxii. line 1. schal be seyd in a manere of careyne. _Careyne_, from the old French, _carogne_, _carrion_; “seyd in a manere of careyne,” perhaps may mean, “they shall be spoken of as a Sort of Carrion,” unless there be here some Mistake of the Transcriber, which is not improbable. The next Clause, “thei schal be cast out as dogge in myddis places,” is possibly an Allusion to _Is._ v. 25. _Et facta sunt morticinia eorum, quasi stercus in medio platearum_; the Word _dogge_ being a Mistake for _donge_; and, “in myddis places” the Author’s Version of _in medio platearum_; although it is highly probable that _myddis_ is corrupt. Ibid. line 3. her wiþ acordiþ Carnosencis. _John of Salisbury_, called _Carnotensis_, because he was Bishop of _Chartres_. The Passage referred to occurs in his _Polycraticus, sive De Nugis Curialium_, _Lib._ vii. _cap._ 20.[76] _Si dicas quia ignis per septuaginta annos ~Babylonicæ~ captivitatis sub aqua vixerat, demum extinctus est, ~Antiocho~ vendente ~Jasoni~ sacerdotium; aut quod Beatus ~Gregorius~ testatur, quia pestilentia et fames, concussiones gentium, collisiones regnorum, et quamplurima adversa terris proveniunt, ex eo quod honores ecclesiastici ad pretium vel humanam gratiam conferuntur personis non meritis._ The other Reference (Line 11) is to _Lib._ viii. _cap._ 18.[77] _Nam et peccata populi faciunt regnare hypocritam, et sicut Regum testatur historia, defectus sacerdotum, in populo Dei, tyrannos induxit._ Ibid. line 10. beþ ȝeue. A Mistake probably for _ben geve_, i. e. _been given_. Ibid. line 16. alle children boren siþþen þe first pestylence, &c.