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§ 62. Maccaildecha oY/ibdeclia id sere' 

 lais daul doa hacaldaim- 7 do n^rtad 

 irsi doib 7 i newifeosiu inda gnuis 7 

 senoir it coimitecht 7 anacaldaim iar«)» 

 ior aulaid oc ci'os ind dorus lis no isind 

 disirt imbiatt 7 ind senoir A&no teiti 

 latsa 7 senoir caildidi bis a coma.\ie.c]d 

 na m«ccaildidi do bith hi farrad 7 ni 

 cian huaib imbi'at. Andand donetarrat 

 miaccobar no mi'imradad tre faicsin no 

 ao acaldaim mbanscal ma atrocuil am 

 m«Mme nad cometesta d6 ceith. folam 

 deit ni fil brig laisiom hisind aocobar 

 sin. IS fochrio immMrgu ma gabthair 

 tairis andand mbis a foiwdel inda 

 m«wmain co«jm6r iri mimradud a ti»j- 

 tasad [43''] ior caulfe feib dorronto- 7 

 tuidecbt' l^giwd no a s,cruiain fr«s 7 

 m«wme isind aurnaigti. W\con aorsusa* 

 laisiom commas pende ara faoendel 

 siw indda m«»man. Fobithiw niwm6i'* 

 imbisom ifus eit«V. 



§ 63. Bithfer fita na riaglae ira ceith 

 dand eran 7 den seildind imbe .i. ind 

 lethbairgin 7 ind cethramtu 716 anaild 7 



the long squeezing out came a little 

 tiny drop. It was a little drop of water, 

 and there was a little yellow on the 

 surface enough to change its colour. 

 Then she put this little driblet ou her 

 nail, and she said: "So long," said 

 she, " as there is this much juice in his 

 body, let him bestow no friendship 

 nor confidence upon womankind." 



§ 62. Devout young nuns he thinks 

 it [right] to go and converse with and 

 to confirm their faith, but without 

 looking on their faces, and taking an 

 6 elder man in thy company : and it is 

 right to converse with tliem standing 

 on the slab by the cross in front of the 

 hostel, or in the retreat where they 

 live. And the elder who goes with 



10 thee, and the senior nun who lives in 

 company with the young nuns, should 

 be present and not far from you, where 

 they are. When ill desires or ill thoughts 

 overtake thee, through seeing women or 



16 in converse with them, if 



that it is not to be indulged by thee 

 even as an idle thought (?), then he 

 considers that such desire is no great 

 matter : it is meritorious, however, if 



20 a man gets clear of it. When the 

 thoughts are constantly straying towards 

 ill meditations, they must be checked 

 and recalled as far as possible ; and he 

 should resort to reading or to examining 

 himself against it, and keep his mind 

 fixed on prayer. He does not consider 

 it easy to fix any penance for such 

 straying of the thoughts ; for ... . not 

 much about it here at all. 



§ 63. If a man constantly keeps to 



25 the pittance prescribed by the Rule, 

 both as to the bread and the selann of 



' Corrupt : perhaps ni hanrchail - Read naciildaiiu ^ Hiippii/ Ju 



' Head nieun aurusa or perhapn uicouiuaiusea {for niconfuiu-sa) ' Somelhinij lost here 



