ie. parti in this present book; which argument y wolde reders in this place forto thidir turne and it se, by cause thilk argument is vnsoilable. [See Part 1. c. xix.]
Also into the same purpos y may argue thus: What euer gouernaunce was brouȝt into the chirche the Apostlis therto consenting, or at the leest the Apostlis it witing and aȝens it not reclaymyng, is leeful and worthi be had and vsid. But so it is, that the iiije. and the ve. and the vje. principal gouernauncis of this book entriden into the chirche the Apostlis therto consenting, or at the leest the Apostlis it witing and it not weernyng and not for|beding. Wherfore the iiije., ve., and vje. seid gouer|nauncis be leeful and worthi to be had and vsid.
The firste premysse of this argument is openli ynouȝ trewe; and as for treuthe of the ije. premysse y make this proof: Neither Seint Dynys neither eny other worthi bischop and reuler, which was maad in the chirche of God bi eny Apostle, wolde haue mad or ordeyned, whilis the Apostlis lyueden, eny gouer|naunce to be had in the chirche of God, but if the Apostlis hadden therto consentid; neither aftir the deeth of the Apostlis, but if thilk makers and ordyners hadden bifore knowe that the Apostlis consentiden it in tyme aftir to be mad and ordeyned, [ordeynedē, MS., the stroke above being in a later (?) hand. The parti|ciple is manifestly required.] or that the Apostlis ȝauun sum wey or ground wherbi tho makers myȝten weel knowe and knewen, that forto so make and ordeyne it accordid weel [weel is added in the margin by a later hand.] with the Apostlis witt and wil. But so it is, that Dynys in his book of The Chirchis Ierarchie, [ierachie, MS.] the vje. [v e., MS.] chapiter, makith mensioun that the grete dukis of the chirche, whiche lyueden with the Apostlis, maden and ordeyneden the
