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Monks' Rules (Author: Columbanus Hibernus)
Rule 13
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If any eats before the ninth hour on the fourth and sixth day, unless he be sick, let him live two days on bread and water. If any has told a lie unwittingly, fifty lashes; if he speaks wittingly and presumptuously, two days on bread and water. If his lie is contradicted and he
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affirms it, seven days on bread and water. If any monk has slept in the same house as a woman, two days on bread and water; if he did not know that he ought not, one day. If any does not shut the church, twelve psalms. If any spits and touches the altar, twenty-four psalms; if he touches a wall, six. If he forgets chanting or reading, three psalms.