CHASTITEE.
IF thyne eye be simple or cleane, al thy body shalbe bright.
Chastitee is the beauty of the soule, or of the kinges doughter, whiche is frō withi•• .
Where necessitee is laide vnto chasti∣tie, authoritie is geuē to lechery, for nei∣ther she is chaste, which by feare is com∣pelled, nor she is honest, whiche with mede is obteined.
Chastitie without charitie is as a lāpe without oyle, take the oyle awaye, the lampe geueth no light, take away chari∣tie, than pleaseth not chastitie.
Ther be sire thinges, that doe preserue charitie, soberne•• se in diete, occupacion, sharpenes of the inner apparell refreig∣ning of the sences, that is to say, the fiue wittes. Also selde communication, and that with honestie, and eschewing opor∣tunitie