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

,seid54V- REGINALD PECOCK.45 certis if he schulde be aboute forto remembre him vpon sucheseid )?ingis, & |7at bi calling in-to mynde what he ha]? bifore})ilk day red or herd red in ]>e book, or herd prechid, or seenpeinted, itschal be to him miche gretter labour for to laboureso in his brayn bi taking mynde, & forto wi}?innefor)? callegc into mynde, without si3t of fje i^e wijjoutefor]? vpon ymagis,what he bifore knewe & J^ou^te vpon, |)an it schulde be tohim if he biholde bi i5e-si3t upon ymagis or oj?er peintingaccording to his labour. & a5enward, bi biholding uponymagis or upon such peinting, his witt schal be dressid &55 lad for]? euener & more stabili & wi}? myche lasse peyne &labour, ]?an forto wrastle wi])innefor]? in his owne ymaginaciouns,wi}?oute leding wi]70utefor]; had, bi biholding uponymagis; as experience vndoutabili wole schewe, & as menwoned forto haunte daili contemplacioun wolen bere witnes(o herto upon perel of her soule : wherfore, Jjou^ for noonojjer commodite ])an for ])is now seid, ]?e vce of ymageswere so profitable, certis ]>e vce of hem were weel wor}?i tobe meyntened.Also here-wi]?-al into ]?e open si5t of ymagis in open65 chirchis alle peple, men & wommen & children, mowecome whanne euere ]?ei wolen in ecH tyme of ]>e day, butso mowe J^ei not come in-to }?e vce of bokis to be delyueredto hem neijjer to be red bifore hem ; & J^erfore as forto soone& ofte come into remembraunce of a long mater bi ech oon7c persoon, and also as forto make ]?at ]>e mo persoones comeinto remembraunce of a mater, ymagis & picturis seruen ina specialer maner }?an bokis doon, ])0U5 inan o]?er maner fulsubstanciali bokis seruen bettir into remembrauncing of ]>osame materis ))an ymagis & picturis doon ; & }?er-fore, ]70U375writingis seruen weel into remembrauncing upon ]>e bifore]?ingis, ^it not at J>e ful : Forwhi ]>e bokis han not ]je availof remembrauncing now seid whiche ymagis han.