God will give it of his might. I wot well that th’ apostle was a maid, But natheless, although he wrote and said, He would that every wight were such as he, All is but counsel to virginitý. And, since to be a wife he gave me leave Of indulgence, so is it no repreve 1774 To weddë me, if that my make 1775 should die, Without exceptión 1776 of bigamy; All were it 1777 good no woman for to touch (He meant as in his bed or in his couch), For peril is both fire and tow t’ assemble; Ye know what this example may resemble. This is all and some, he held virginity More profit than wedding in fraïlty: 1778 (Frailty clepe I, but if
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