of siluer schulde be mad an ymage of God; and her sone, clepid Michas, ordeyned the same ymage to be mad. And thilk ymage is clepid there a graued thing, and a wellid to gidere thing, ȝhe, and a God, with feeling good ynouȝ that the ymage was not God; and ȝit he clepid it God, for that it was the ymage of God, as ymagis of othere thingis ben clepid vndir the names of the thingis of whiche thei ben the ymagis; and, for as miche as aftirward he made mo of hem, he clepid hem there in the xviije. capitulum. hise Goddis. This Michas made oon of hise sones to be a preest in officiyng to God bifore these ymagis, and aftirward he made a straunge deken comyng to his hous forto be a preest in his hous into the seid officiyng to God bifore the seid first mad princi|pal ymage and the othere aftir maad ymagis. Aftir al this, the sones of Dan tooken awey bi strengthe these same ymagis and the seid preest which was bifore a deken oonli, and vsiden tho same ymagis, and ordeyneden that the same preest schulde office to God bifore tho ymagis in her tribu or kinred as he dide bifore in the hous of Miche. And in this officicing [Probably a clerical error for officiyng.] the tribu of Dan contynued bi manye hundridis of ȝeeris, as it is open there in the eende of the xviije. capitulum. Now, Sir, to thee thus: Neither Miche, neither his modir, neither aftirward the tribu or kinred of Dan, was holde eny ydolatrers, neither it was holde as for reprouable gouernaunce here now bifore spokun gouernaunce in having and vsing ymagis of God and in officiyng to God bifore tho ymagis; but it was take for a deuout and a preiseable gouernaunce.
And as it was thanne there, that thilk riche and worthi man hadde in his hous such a chapel and such officiyng bifore ymagis of God, (which therfore
