Note 669 — Chapter IX · CONCLUSION.
Reading edition
Th. Cantimprat. Bonum Universale, Lib. II. c. 2.—Humb. de Roman. Tract. in Concil. Lugdun. P. III. c. 8. (Martene Ampl. Coll. VII. 197). Cf. Opusc. Tripart. P. III. c. viii. (Fascic. Rer. Expetend. et Fugiend. II. 227).
William Langland sets forth the popular appreciation of the Quæstuarii with sufficient distinctness—
“Here preched a Pardonere as he a prest were, Broughte forth a bulle with bishopes seles, And seide that hym-selfe myghte asoilen hem alle Of falshed of fastyng of vowes ybroken. Lewed men leued hym well and lyked his wordes ... ...Were the bischop yblissed and worth bothe his eares His seel shulde not be sent to deceyue the peple.” Piers Plowman, Prologue, 68-79.