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as much as poflible, all Perfons from receiving any In- 
jury there; left the Frequency of fuch Misfortunes 
fiiould deter others from frequenting them, and fo the 
original Defign of their Inftitution ceafe ; from the en- 
tire finking of the Revenues. Now I find that, as ear- 
ly as the Year ii6z, divers Conftitutions relating to 
the Lordlhip of Winchefler, f being alfo confirmed by 
the King were to be kept for ever, according to the 
old Cuftoms that had been time out of mind. Among 
which thefe were fome, v:z. No Stew-holder to take 
more fora Woman’s Chamber in the Week than ir^d. 
Not to keep open his Doors upon Holy Days. No Tin- 
gle Woman to be kept againfl: her Will, that would 
leave her Sin. No Tingle Woman to take Money to 
lie with any Man, except Ihe lie with him all Night 
till the Morning. No Stew holder to keep any Wo* 
man that hath the perilous Infirmity of 'BUtninQi. 
Thefe and many more Orders were to be ftridly ob- 
ferved, or the Offenders to be (everely punifhed. Now 
we are affured there is no other Difeafe that can be 
communicated by carnal Converfation with Women, 
but that which is Venereal, by reafon that only is con- 
tagious ; and it’s evident the 05Utnin3 'vas certainly 
fo : For, had it been nothing elfe but lome Timple Ul- 
ceration, Heat, or Inflammation, there would have 
been no Contagion ; and that affeding only the Wo- 
man, could not be communicated by any Venereal Con- 
grefs, and lo not inferr a Neceffity of her being com- 
prehended under the reftraining Article. Thefe Orders 
likewife prove the Difeafe was much more ancient than 
the Date above-mentioned ; becaufe they were only a 
Renewal of fuch as had been before eflablifiied time out 
of mind. 
But to confirm this farther, I find that in the Cu- 
ftody of the Bifiiop of Winchefler, whofe Palace was 
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