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Compare 1577 edition: 1 14 That abbats should not be made knights or men of war,Abbats. but should sléepe & eat within the pre|cinct of their owne houses, except some necessitie mooued them to the contrarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 15 That no moonks should inioyne penance to any man without licence of their abbat,Moonks. and that ab|bats might not grant licence, but for those of whose soules they had cure.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 16 That no moonks should be godfathers, nor nuns godmothers to any mans child.

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