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3. Why be ye wedded faster to your habits than a man is to his
wyfe? For a man may leve his wyf for a yere or two, as many
men do; and if †ye leve your habit a quarter of a yere, ye shuld
be holden apostatas.
4. Maketh youre habit you men of religion, or no? If it
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do, than, ever as it wereth, your religion wereth; and, after that
the habit is better, is you[r] religion better. And whan ye liggen
it besyde you, than lig ye youre religion besyde you, and ben