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

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52 V. REGINALD PECGCK.long, & lenger }ian ]>ei doon now, & in lasse iolite & cherte<strong>of</strong> herte for<strong>to</strong> bringe hem in<strong>to</strong> horrible grete synnes. &3it |>ou woke seie j)at for<strong>to</strong> make ale & beer & for<strong>to</strong> drinkehem is j>e seruice <strong>of</strong> god, & is mery<strong>to</strong>rie, & J>erfore is jje lawe9; <strong>of</strong> god; for bi no deede a man schal plese god, & hauemerit & meede, saue bi deede <strong>of</strong> his seruice; & ech deedewhich is his seruice is a deede <strong>of</strong> his lawe.pat in holi scripture is noon <strong>of</strong> jjese now rehercid gouernauncisgroundid or witnessid or ensaumplid bi eny persoon100 expresseli, lo, y proue |)us : noj)ing is expresseli spoken <strong>of</strong>in scripture, which is not ]>ere in special openli named ; butso it is, ])at nei|)er breche <strong>of</strong> lay-man, nei]?er gown, nei]?ercloke, neijjer wommannis lynnen or silken couercheef, neijjerclock, nei])er englisch tunge or langage^, neijjer ale, nei|)er105 here is spokun <strong>of</strong> jjere in special & bi name ; wherfore ]?evce <strong>of</strong> ]>ese l^ingis, as <strong>to</strong> be doon bi ]?o |>ingis, is not |?ereexpressid.[B. A defence <strong>of</strong> images andpictures. From ^ T7ie Repressor,'pt. ii. c. xi.]pAT ri^t synguler avauntagis <strong>of</strong> remembring comen biymagis & pilgrimagis which not comen or not so weel &so soone comen bi writingis, I proue jjus : If a man wolde beremembrid on \q passioun <strong>of</strong> seint petir or <strong>of</strong> seint poul or5 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> holi lijf <strong>of</strong> seint nicolas, certis j)0U3 he cou|?e rede ina book jje s<strong>to</strong>rie Jier<strong>of</strong>, 5it he schulde rede .vj. or .vij. or moleevis in |>ebook, ere he schulde bringe in<strong>to</strong> knowing or in<strong>to</strong>remembraunce so myche as he may knowe & remembre|?er<strong>of</strong> in a litil «fc myche lasse while bi si3t <strong>of</strong> })e i^e in10 biholding an ymage coruen wi)> purtenancis sett aboute him,or in beholding a s<strong>to</strong>rie openli J)er<strong>of</strong> purtreied or peinted in* Here follow <strong>the</strong> words, • neij^er lat}Ti tunge or langage,' with a strokedrawn through <strong>the</strong>m.

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