the doing of pilgrimagis mowe be weel forborn. And it is no nede that thei be.
Confirmacioun herof mai be this: Whanne euer eny thing is not good saue for a certein fruyt and good which schulde come therbi, thanne if thilk same fruyt and good mai be gete and had lijk wel or better bi an other meene than bi this thing, the hauing and vsing of this thing is not necessarie, (that is to seie, is not needisly to be had,) but mai riȝt weel be for|born. But so it is in this present purpos, that the hauing and vsing of ymagis and the [the is interlineated by a later hand.] doing of pil|grimagis ben idil and waastful, inlasse than thei be meenys into the seid remembrancis and preiers to be mad bi occasion of hem. And ȝit so it is, that therto writingis mowe serue better than thei. Wher|fore thei ben not necessarie, but thei mowe be riȝt weel lackid and not had and doon.
And if eny man wole be aboute forto answere herto and seie, that not alle men and wommen mowe come into this, that thei schulen kunne rede writingis in bokis; and therfore for suche vnlettrid men and wommen ymagis musten be had as bokis to hem, and of hem pilgrimagis musten be doon, and ellis the seid remembrauncis myȝte not of hem be had: thanne the seid arguers wolen sette to and for|tofie her partie thus: It myȝte be ordeyned that alle men and wommen in her ȝongthe schulden leerne forto rede writingis in the langage in which thei schulden lyue and dwelle; and thanne therbi schulde come forth not oonli this seid good of remembrauncing, but myche othir good also ther with. And therfore thei setten litil bi the answere now maad.
The ije. argument is this: If bischopis, preestis, and clerkis foundun and endewid therto bi the lay
