Chapter X Some Aspects of the Convent in England During the Later Middle Ages
‘All that wons in religioun
aw to haue sum ocupacioun,
outher in kirk or hali bedes,
or stodying in oder stedes;
ffor ydilnes, os sais sant paul
es grete enmy unto the soul.’
Rule of St Benedict translated into English for the use of women,
1400-1425 (ll. 1887 ff.).