[6-text p 671] for to accomplise þilke brennynge delyt þay rekke neuer how ofte. soþely it is dedly synne and ȝit wiþ sorwe some folk wole more peyne hem for to doon þan to her appetit suffiseþ.
[944] the secounde maner of chastite is to ben a clene wydewe and to eschiew þe embrasynges of men and desiren þe enbrasynges of ihū crist [945] þese ben þo þat han ben wyues and han forgon here hous|bondes and eek wommen þat han doon leccherie and be relieued by penitence / [946] and certis if þat a wyf couþe kepe hir al chast by licence of hir housebonde so þat sche ȝeue non occasioun þat he agilt it were to hir a gret merit [947] ¶ Thise maner wymmen þat obseruen chastite moste be clene in herte as wel as in body and in þought and mesurable in cloþing & in countenaunce. abstinent in etyng and drynkyng in speche and in dede. and þanne is sche þe vessel or þe boyst of the blessed Magdaleyne þat fulfillith holy chirche ful of good odour. [948] ¶ The þridde maner of chastite is virginite. and it/ bihoueþ þat sche be holy in herte and clene of body. and þanne is sche spouse of ihū crist and sche is þe lif of aungels. [949] sche is þe preysyng of þis world. and sche is as þese martires in egalite. sche haþ in hir þat tonge þat tonge may nouȝt telle. [950] virginite bar oure lord ihū crist and virgine was himselue
[951] ¶ Anoþer remedy agayns leccherie is specially to wiþdrawe suche þinges as ȝiuen occasioun to þilke vilonye as is ease and etyng and drynkyng For certes whan þe pot boylith strongely. þe beste remedye is to wiþ|drawe þe fuyr [952] sleping eek in gret quiete is eek a greet/ norice vnto leccherie
[953] ¶ Anoþer remedy agayns leccherie [folio 281b] is þat a man or a womman eschiewe þe companye of hem by whiche he doutith to be tempted. for al be it so þat þe dede be wiþstonde; ȝit is þer gret temptacioun
