Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

V. (a) the repressor, I. xix. 49the Cambridge University Library.For further information, seeMr. Babington's edition, and Morley's ' English Writers,' vol. ii.p. 401. The following extracts are taken from Mr. Babington'sedition, but the thorn-letters Q>) of the MS. have been preserved,and the proof-sheets twice compared with the MS.[A.Manv fkings are allowable that are not prescribed by theScriptures. From ' The Repressor^ pt. i. c. xix.]pat |)0U maist not seie & holde ech gouernance & deedeof goddis lawe & seruice to be expressid in holi scripture,& jjat ellis it is not goddis seruice & a deede of goddislawe, lo ! \om maist se herbi. In al holi scripture it is notexpressid bi bidding, counseiling, or witnessing, or bi eniensaumpling of persoon, jjat a lay man not preest schuldewere a breche, or |?at he schulde were a cloke, or ]>at heschulde were a gowne, or }>at he schulde die wollen cloo)?into ojjer colour jjan is ]je colour of scheep, or \2X menschulde bake eny fleisch or fisch in an ovyn, or ]?at menschulde make & vse clockis forto knowe ])e houris of jje dai& ny5t ; for jjou^ in eeldist daies, & |)0U5 in scripture mensiounis maad of orologis, schewing |)e houris of ]je dai bi[jje] schadew maad bi \^ sunne in a cercle, certis neueresaue in late daies was eny clok telHng Jje houris of ]?e dai &ny3t bi peise & bi stroke ; and open it is \2X nou^where inholi scripture is expresse mensioun mad of eny suche.Also,nou3where in holi scripture is mensioun mad or eny ensaumphngdoon, |>ata womman schulde were upon her heer &heed eny couercheef of lynnen J^rede or of silk. Forwhi Jjecoueryng wij? which a wommannys heed ou5te be couered,wherof holi scripture speki]> in \q pistlis of poul, was oonh jjeheer of wommennys heed vnschorn, & of noon ojjer coueryngto wommennys heedis speki]? holi scripture.And here-a^ensholi scripture wole Jjat men schulden lacke [-e coueryng