[1] 6 That such as contemptuouslie kept still their wiues, and presumed to say masse, if being called to satisfaction, they should neglect it, they should then be excommunicated.Archdeacons and canons. Within compasse of which sen|tence all archdeacons and prebendarie canons were comprised, both touching the forgoing of their wo|men, and auoiding of their companie, and also the punishment by the censures of the church, if they transgressed the ordinance.