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¶ Religeous, be war, wiþ whom ȝe stonde,
Wiþ gentyles or folk þat worldly is,
Þat ȝe grype not hand in honde.
When ȝe take leue, loke not ȝe kys.
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Man to man hem thar not wonde,
Ne woman to woman no peryle ne is;
But man to woman myȝte breke þe bonde;
In towche is susspescioun of mys.
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¶ Suche towches not ȝe byde,
Wolde buffete þe soule, and wounde wiþ-ynne,
Ȝeue oþere cause, þat stonde bysyde,
To wene it were a bargayn of synne.
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Towches, in custom, þouȝtis hide;
Þan sclaundre and shame nyll not twynne.
With conscience, sclaundre and shame doþ chide;
To shewe opert he wol be-gynne. [Nota de religione, &c.]
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¶ With mekenesse ȝe may heuene gete.
Dispyse non in low degre.
Resceyue no worschip, ne hyȝe sete,
Þat pryde go bytwen god and þe,
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Wolde make to hem self forȝete,
For worldis ryches and vanyte.
War for dronkenesse of drynkes grete,
Fro glotry of metes of gret daynte.
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¶ To religeon mekely bende,
To serue god in loue and drede.
To herkene tydynges, not ȝe wende,
Ne bokes of vanyte, not ȝe rede.
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Resceyue no lettere, ne non out sende,
But hit be for ȝoure hous nede,
Oþer to kyn or certeyn frende,
In goodnes ȝoure erande for to spede.
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