case she askyd lycens, & pryuyly stole away a small porcyon of so greate riches, to sukkre her howshold, as and if the shold haue it of one that wold other leane, or gyue it to herre?  And whan he wold nat answere that kepyd the golden hedde, Gracyane, as he is som what hasty, I, saythe he, doo suppose playnly, that this holy man wold be gladde, yf that she, now beynge deade, myght sustayne the necestiye of pore people.  But there mayster parson begone to frowne, & byte hys lyppe, with hys holowe eyes lyke to Gorgone [A moster that hathe snakes for heares apon her hedde.] ye monstre to luke apo vs.  I doo not dowbte he wold haue || cast vs out of the temple, and spytte apo vs, but that he dyd knowe that we were comendyd of the archebsyhope.  But I dyd somwhat myttygate the manes ire, with my fayre wordes, saynge that Gratiane dyd nat speake as he thoghte, but that he gestyd as he was wontyd to doo, and stoppyd hys mouthe with a fewe pens. Mene. Treuly I do greatly alow your goodly fashion, but oftentymes ernestly I cosyder, by what meaynes they may be acopted without faute & blame, that bestow so moche substance in buyldyng churchys, in garnysshynge, and enrychynge them without all mesure.  I thynke as touchyng the holy vestmentes, & the syluer plate of the temple ther ought to be gyuyn, to the solempne seruys, hys dygnyte and comlynes, I wyll also that the buyldyng of the churche shall haue hys maiesty decent and || E.|| conuenyent.  But to what purpose seruyth so many holy water pottes, so many cadlestyckes, so many ymages of gold.  What nede there so many payre of organes (as thay call them) so costely & chargeable?  For one payre can not serue vs:  what profyteth ye musicall criynge out in the temples that is so derely bought and payed for, whan in the meaneseson our brothers and systers the lyuely temples of Christe liynge by the walles/dye for hungre & colde. Ogy. Ther is no vertuouse or wyse man, that wold nat desyre a meane to be hadde in thes thynges.  But in as moche as thys euyl is growen and spronge vp of superstityon beyond mesure, yet may it better be sufferde, specially when we consyder on the other syde the euyll conscience and behauyor of them that robb the churches of what so euer iuellys ther may be so founde, thes || ryches were gyuen in a maner great men, & of pryncys, the whiche they wold haue bestowede vpon a worse vse, that is to say other at the dyce or in the warres.  And if a man take any thynge from thense.  Fyrst of all it is taken sacrylege, then they hold ther handes that were accustomed to gyfe, besyde that morouer they be allured & mouyde to robbynge & vaynynge.  Therfore thes mene be rather the kepers of thys treasures the lordes.  And to speake a worde for all, me thynket it is a better syght to beholde a temple rychely adourned, as ther be some with bare wolles, fylthy and euyl fauorde, more mete for stables to put horses then churches for Chrysten people. Me. Yet we rede that Byshopes in tymes paste were praysede and comended