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tiorem aliis sibi in hujus di perp'ara apparatu'. Alij privatum 

 secessum, singulares cornmessacoes, seu aliam lasciviam in- 

 discrete nimium afFectantes, ad refectiouem in refectorio, 

 prout exposcit monachalis professio, non accedunt. Alij 

 solivagi p' itinera campos & rura equitant & discurrunt. 



" Item extitit in n'ra visitac'oe detectu', q'd viri seculares, 

 sine delectu, ac mulieres ac puelle septa claustri & refec- 

 torij v'ri mon. sepius & impudenter subintrant. 



" Prohibemus &c. Dat. apud Banewell, 6 Id. Jul. 1335."* 



Translated it is as follows : 



" Injunctions of tbe Lord Pishop in bis Visitation, to tbe 

 Abbat and Convent of Mucbelney. 



" We bave lately discovered tbat certain monks of your 

 House, who, according to canonical rule, ougbt to be con- 

 tent with cheap Utensils, acting unlike tbe rest of tbe 

 bretbren in tbe refectory, presurne to use costly and rieb 

 vessels in their repasts. Otbers, whom, by the rule of 

 tbeir order, srnall cots rnigbt and ougbt to suffice, cause 

 to be made for tbemselves couebes or lücds in the com- 

 mon dormitory, after tbe similitude of a tent or porch, 

 and tbe like silly furniture more ornamental tban tbe rest. 

 Otbers, without discretion, too mueb affecting private re- 

 tirement, separate meals, or otber wantonness, do not come 

 to repast in tbe refectory, as the profession of a monk 

 demands. Others, wandering alone, ride about and disport 

 tbemselves through the highways, plains, and fields. 



" It has been also clearly laid open in our Visitation that 

 secular men, without discrimination, and women and girls 

 too frequently and without shame enter surreptitiously 

 the precinets of the cloister and refectory of your mon- 

 astery. 



" We forbid, &c. Dated at Banwell, July 10, 1335." 



* MSS. Marl. 6965, pp. 87, 88. 



