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Sithen ymagerye is but a token & a boke of the lewde peple / teche me yit a li¦tel bettre to knowe this boke & to rede therin
Imagery sūwhat betokneth in special. sū¦what in comen & general In spe¦cial token the ymage of oure la¦dy is paynted wt a childe in her lefte arme / in tokē yt she is modre of god / & with a lylie or elles wt a rose in her right honde / in tokē yt she is mayden withouten ende & floure of alle wymen And soo
of other seyntes / whose ymages haue diuerse signes in their hon¦des and other places / for diuerse vertues & martirdomes yt tho seī¦tes suffrydde & hadde in their lyf
The ymage of seint petyr is paynted with keyes in his hond in token yt criste betoke seint pe∣tyr the keyes of holy churche / & of the kingdome of heuene But yit afterwarde / Criste yaue tho keyes to al the apostles / as the gospelles wytnesse. Mt .xviii. & io .xx.c. Seynt poule is peyn¦ted with a swerde in his honde / ī tokē yt he was heded wt a swerd for cristes sake / & also in token / yt sūtyme he pursued holy church with the swerde / Seynt Iohn / the euangeliste is peynted with a coupe in his honde / & an edder therin / in token yt he dranke ded¦ly venym / & through the vertue of the crosse it loste his molice. and dyd him none harme. And ī his other honde he be••eth a pal∣me. in token that he was a mar¦tyr / & hadde the palme of martir¦dome / alle though he were natt slayne for his wylle was to dye for goddes sake Seynt Iohn baptist is peynted in a camelys skynne at the peintoures wylle in token that his clothyng was fulle harde and sharpe / made of camelys ••ere He ••erith a lombe wt a crosse in his left honde: and his fyngere of the righte honde. ther towarde / in token yt he she∣wyd goddes lōbe goddes sonne yt dyed for vs on the crosse whan he seyd to the people. Ecce ag∣nus dei / ecce qui tollit pctā mū∣di. Se goddes lombe / se hym yt doth awey the sīnes of the world Seynt Kateryne is peynted wt a whele in the one honde / in to∣ken of the orrible wheles which the tyraunt maxence. ordeyned to rente her lith from lithe But the aungel distroyed them & ma¦ny thousandes of hethen peple. And so they dyd her noo harme. She hathe a swerde in the other honde / in token yt her hede was smyten of with a swerde for cri∣stes sake / Seynt margarete is paynted wt a dragon vnder her feet / & with a crosse in her honde in token that whāne the dragon deuoured her / she blessid her and by the vtue of the crosse / the dra¦gon brast and she came oute of him in helth & hole And so forth of diuerse ymages of other seyn¦tes / whiche ymages be made to represente to man the vertuous lyuyng of seintes / & the holy en¦dynge of their temporal lyf.