Sentence:  Item my fader was no <WSD>legist</WSD> ne never knew the lawes / ne also man of Justyce / and to gyve sentence of a plee / I wold entremete me / and fayned my self grete Justycer / but I knewe neyther / a / ne / b 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One skilled in the law.