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| And thenne is she vessel of the boxe of the blissyd Maw- | |||
| deleyn that fulfilled holy chirche ful of good odour . / 874 The | |||
| thirde maner of chastyte is virginite / and hit behouyth that | |||
| she be holy in herte and clene of body / thenne is she the spouse | |||
| to Ihesu Crist / and she is the lyf of aungellis / 875 she is the | |||
| preysing of this world and she is as thyse martirs in | |||
| Regalye / She hath in her that tonge may not telle / 876 virgi- | |||
| nyte bare our lord Ihesu Crist / and virginite was hym self | |||
| 877 Another remedye ayenst lecherye is specially to withdrawe | |||
| suche thyngis as yeuyn occasion to that vilony as etyng | |||
| and drynkyng . For certes whan the pot boyleth strongly | |||
| The beste remedy is to withdrawe the fyre / 878 Slepyng longe | |||
| in grete quyete is eke a grete norice to lecherye / 879 Another | |||
| remedye agaynst lecherye is that a woman or a man eschewe | |||
| companye of hem by whiche he demyth to be temptid for al | |||
| be it so that the dede be withstande yet is ther grete tempta- | |||
| cion / 880 Sothly a whyte wal al though it brenne not fully | |||
| by the stynkyng of a candel / yet is the wal black of the | |||
| light / In lyke wyse ofte tymes suche persones haue euyl na | |||
| me be cause they drawe in vicyous company / 881 wel ofte tyme | |||
| haue I red that noman truste in his owen perfection / but | |||
| he be strenger than Sampson / holyer than Dauid / wiser | |||
| than Salamon / 882 Now after as I haue declared you as I | |||
| can of the . vij . dedely synnys and some of her braunches | |||
| and her remedyes / Sothly yf I coude I wolde telle you the | |||
| ten comandements / 883 but so highe a doctryne I lete to diuines | |||
| But natheles I trust to god they be touchid in this tre- | |||
| tyse euerich of hem alle . | |||