"Þe fourþe synne ys more perylous, With man and womman relygyus; Ȝyf þey haue made professyoun Boþe vn-to relygyoun, Moche ys to chargë þat folye Ȝyf þey to-gedyr do leccherye. Relygyous man also ys to blame, Þat yn þe wurlde takeþ a foule fame, For he may kepe hym weyl þerfro, Alonë þar hym neuer go."

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Robert de Brunne, Handlyng Synne (c. 1303)

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