for to seke and enquyre for good wyns and good vitayll
for to gyue and selle to the byers/ And to them that
they herberowe/ And hit apperteyneth to them well to
kepe their herberowes and Innes/ and alle tho thyngis
that they brynge in to their loggynge and for to putte
hyt in seure and sauf warde and kepynge/ And the firste
of them Is signefyed by the lyfte hande in whiche he
bereth brede and wyn/ and the seconde is signefied
by the right hande whiche Is stracched oute to calle
men/ And the thirde is representid by the keyes hangynge
on y’e gurdell And thyse maner of peple ought
teschewethe synne of glotonye/ For moche peple comen
in to theyr howses for to drynke and to ete for whyche
cause they ought resonably to rewle them self and
to refrayne them from to moche mete and drynke/ to
thende that they myght the more honestly delyuere
thyngis nedefull vnto the peple that come vnto them/
And no thynge by oultrage that myght noye the body/
For hit happeth ofte tymes that ther cometh of glotonye
tencyons. stryfs. ryottes. wronges. and molestacyons/
by whiche men lese other while their handes. theyr
eyen. and other of their membres/ And somtyme ben
slayn or hurt vnto the deth/ As it is wreton In vitas
patrum As on a tyme an heremyte wente for to visite
his gossibs/ And the deuyll apperyd to hym on the
waye in lykenes of an other heremyte for to tempte
hym/ and saide thou hast lefte thyn heremitage And
goost to visyte thy gossibs/ The behoueth by force
to doo one of y’e thre thynges that I shall
saye to the/ thou shalt chese whether thou wylt be
dronke/ or ellys haue to do flessly wyth thy gossib
or ellys thou shalt sle her husbond whiche is thy
gossip also/ And the hermyte that thought for to chese
the leste euyll chace for to be dronke/ and whan he
cam vnto them he dranke so moche that he was veray
dronke And whan he was dronke and eschaussed wyth
the wyn/ he wold haue a doo wyth hys gossib/ And her
husbonde withstode hym. And than the hermyte slewe
hym/ And after that laye by his gossib and knewe her
flessly/ And thus by this synne of dronkenship he
accomplisshid the two other synnes/ By whyche thynge
y’e may vnderstande and knowe y’t whan
the deuyll wyll take one of the castellis of Ihesu
cryst/ that is to wete the body of a man or of a woman/
he doth as a prynce that setteth a siege to fore a
castell that he wold wynne/ whiche ent[=e]deth to
wynne the gate/ For he knoweth well whan he hath wonne
the gate/ he may sone doo hys wylle wyth the castell.
And in lyke wyse doth the deuyll wyth euery man and
woman For whan he hathe wonne the gate/ that is to
wete the gate of y’e mouth by glotonye or by
other synne He may doo wyth the offices of the body
alle his wylle as y’e haue herd to fore/ And
therfore ought euery man ete and drynke sobrely in
suche wyse as he may lyue. And not lyue to ete
glotonsly & for to drynke dronke. y’e see comunly
that a grete bole is suffisid wyth right a lityll
pasture/ And that a wode suffiseth to many olefauntes
And hit behoueth a man to be fedde by the erthe or