This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...hauour, if thei take ther of eny thing vntreuli fro him; and elhs thei kunnen not haue of thilk trespas foreuenes of God. And sithen restitucioun of fame to be doon to a man aens diffame is ful hard, and myche hardir than is restitucioun of worldli good, it folewith that a perilose thing is it forto1 appeire vntreuly a mannys name, and namelich a prelatis name, thoruJ suche now seid vnwijs and hasti deemyng. xix. Chapiter. of!£2evproof Thou, fro the bigynnyng of the firste chapiter in oniinMices of the this book hidir to, y haue thus laborid forto distroie clergy, which are '» complained of, which schulde and wolde ellis ful miche lette my may be set clown J ruira 1special PurPos entent forto turne many of the comoun themhaiTchf Peple fro mJs holding aens xj. gouernauncis, whiche follow. afth-in this present book schulen be proued for leeful and gode and profitable to Cristen men; yit, eer y schal come doun into the special profis of tho xj. gouernauncis, y schal proue hem alle to gidere vnder general profis, and that bi setting2 forth of iij. suppo siciouns or iij. reulis, and with taking out of hem iiij. cmr. xix. conclusiouns. And thanne, aftir it is so doon, y schal descende into special profis of tho xj. gouernauncis, of whiche gouernauncis the oon is the hauyng and vsing of ymagis in chirchis; an othir is pilgrimage in going into memorialis or into mynde placis of Seintis. The ie. supposicioun or reule is this: Who euere a"f/TM ho(whether he be God, man, aungel, or Scripture) bid-jTM£ "Tort" dith bi word or bi ensampling of deede expresseli eny Jvj0." gouernaunce to be doun, he theryn1 and therbi biddith £Sn„ includingli or closingli al it to be doon, which folewith "lTM1 in formal argument of resoun ...
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