CHAPTER VII.

The Mendicant Friars--Their Disorders and Popular Indignation-- Wickliffe--His Success--Speeches of the Peers against the Papal Tribute--Agreement of Bruges--Courtenay and Lancaster--Wickliffe before the Convocation--Altercation between Lancaster and Courtenay--Riot--Three Briefs against Wickliffe--Wickliffe at Lambeth--Mission of the _Poor Priests_--Their Preachings and Persecutions--Wickliffe and the Four Regents, page 77