 The bishops, who were divided, satisfied themselves with forbidding him to speak further on the controversy.Wycliffe then wrote his "De incarcerandis fedelibus", in which he demanded that it should be legal for the excommunicated to appeal to the king and his council against the excommunication; in this writing he laid open the entire case, in such a way that it was understood by the laity.He wrote his 33 conclusions in Latin and English.