Note 4. Ecclesiasticus nineteen 1, and thirty-two 21. The Waldensian Church regarded the Apocrypha as the Church of England does—not as inspired Scripture, but as a good book to be read “for example of life and instruction of manners.”
Chapter Three.
The Jewish Maiden’s Vow.
“To thine own self be true!
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
Shakespeare.
“There’s the Mayor sent orders for the streets to be swept clean, and all the mud carted out of the way. You’d best sweep afore your own door, and then maybe you’ll have less rate to pay, Aunt Isel.”
It was Stephen the Watchdog who looked in over the half-door to give this piece of information.
“What’s that for?” asked Isel, stopping in the work of mopping the brick floor.
“The Lady Queen comes through on her way to Woodstock.”