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Of the chastyte of a kynge.

Soverayne Emperour enclyne not to lechery of women, for it is a swynysshe lyfe. And no glory shall be to the yf thou governe the after the lyvynge of bestes without reason. Dere sone beleve me, for without doubt lechery is destruccyon of the body, the abregement, & corrupcyon of all vertues, the deth of a man self, and maketh the man feminyne. And at the last bryngeth hym to all evylles.



tashid 2001-09-09