PERAUENTURE summe men wolen seie and knouleche here, as so nedis thei musten do, that it is leeful ynouȝ and expedient that ymagis be had and vsid in the chirche; but it is not leeful and expedient that men knele bifore hem, or preie bifore hem, or cense bifore hem, or sette liȝtis or laumpis bifore hem, or holde or bere eny suche rememoratijf signes bifore hem.
Aȝens which now rehercid holding y mai argue thus: It is leeful and expedient to do these now re|hercid deedis to God and to Seintis bifore a bare wal in a chirche, or in a corner of a chirche or of an other hous, or in the feeld. Forwhi into al this proceden bifore proued the vij. principal conclusiouns; but so it is, that what euer vertuose gouernaunce mai be do to God or to a Seint bifore a bare wal, mai be do to God or to a Seint bifore a wal peintid with the passioun of God or with the passioun of a Seint; and if this be trewe, bi lijk maner it mai be do to God or to a Seint, if the graued [graue, MS. (first hand).] ymage of God or the graued ymage of a Seint be sett vp in the same wal with picturis, schewing the passioun of Crist or the passioun or the holi lijf of the Seint. Wherfore bi lijk good skile alle suche other now rehercid deedis mowe be doon bifore ymagis.
Also into this same purpos y argue thus: It is lee|ful and expedient a man knele to God or to a Seint, (ȝhe, and ligge prostrate to God or to a Seint,) bifore an auter; and it is leeful him forto preie to God or to a Seint bifore an auter; wherfore it is bi lijk skil leeful to bere a liȝt in presence of God bifore the auter, and forto encense to God or to a Seint bifore an auter. And if this be trewe, what schal weerne to
