[De horis canonicis]

so that he is bound to the office. See the question that begins: "I ask whether an archbishop or bishop, etc."

It is asked: what if a cleric in minor orders who holds a benefice has a meager benefice, such that he cannot be sustained by it; is he bound to read the hours and to serve him in divine and temporal matters and to support his burdens? Also, is it lawful for a poor cleric to seek his food and necessities through a trade? And what of a man who has a wife who is useless, or from whom he has received a dowry insufficient to support the burdens of marriage; is he bound to feed them? See the question that begins: "I ask what if a cleric in minor orders who holds a benefice..."

I ask: suppose that a cleric in minor orders who holds a benefice is absent from his benefice; can he be excused from the hours themselves, especially where he has the benefice served by another? And by what law is he who is in holy orders and holds a benefice bound to the hours, and for what cause can he be excused, and does this labor consist in a personal act, and does custom prevail in this, and does this term "beneficiary" include one constituted in subdiaconate and diaconate? See the question that begins: "I ask, suppose that a cleric..."

I ask: to whom is it lawful to enter the choir when the divine offices are being said, and does a statute have the power to repel outsiders from the choir, and who are called outsiders? And what of the family members of the beneficiaries of that same church? And does custom permit extension, and what of prescription? And the same regarding a privilege granted to a person so that it is lawful for him to hear divine offices during a time of interdict; does it extend to family members, and what of the laity, and can they say "The Lord be with you"? See the question that begins: "I ask further to whom it is lawful, etc."

It is asked next whether it is lawful for Templars and other religious converts to enter the choir and to sing or chant with the other officiating clerics, and whether they take precedence over the laity and in what matters? And what of princes; is it lawful for them to have such chapels to the prejudice of the parish church? See the question that begins: "I ask next, etc."

It is asked what of a beneficiary cleric and anyone else promoted...