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 and lost her eye. And thus her husbond had her in suche hate that he tooke his herte fro her and set it in another, in suche wyse that her houshold and menage wente all to nought and to perdicion. This happed by the euyl gouernaunce of his wyf, whiche was acustommed to lyue dyssolutely and disordynately bothe on mornynges and on euenynges, whereof the grete part of the harme was heres by cause she lost her eye, and the loue of her husbond. Thenne was she in an euyll astate & moche lassed and lesse sette by of al men that knewe her. And therfor it is goode to saye their houres and here al the masses fastyng, and accustomme them to lyue sobyrly and honnestly, for al cometh by accustommaunce and vsage, as it happed to her suster. She vsyd fro her youthe to serue god and to goo to the chirche as for to save her matyns and houres deuoutely and here alle the masses fastyng, and therfore it happed that god rewarded and gafe to her a knyght ryche and puyssaunt, and she lyued with hym well and honestly, and in good and grete pees. And thenne it happed that theyr fader, whiche was a wyse man, wente for to see his two doughters, and fonde with tholder grete honours and grete rychesse, and was receyued there moche honourably. And of that other whiche had her eye oute, he fond her all oute of arraye, & howe she had gouerned her nycely and wantonly. Thenne it happed that when he was comen home ageyne he recounted to his wyf, and moche cruelly repreued her, by cause she had lost her doughter by cause she had kokered and norysshed tendyrly, and that she had gyuen her the reyne ouerlong in suffryng her to do all her wylle, wherfore she was in an hard caas. And by this ensample it is good to serue god & here all the masses that maye be herd fastyng, and to take on her honeste, and sobrenes of mete and drynke in due tyme, as aboute the houre of tyerce, at myd day, at souper, at houre couenable after the tyme. For suche lyfe as ye haue vsed & mayntened in your youthe, ye wold mayntene and vse in your old age.