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with_o a_o lock_n and_o two_o key_n and_o that_o day_n and_o night_n it_o be_v careful_o keep_v lock_v unless_o the_o portress_n be_v actual_o there_o which_o neither_o of_o they_o shall_v presume_v to_o enter_v without_o all_o three_o be_v joint_o meet_v the_o one_o key_n shall_v be_v always_o keep_v by_o the_o chief_a portress_n and_o the_o other_o by_o the_o abbess_n in_o the_o night_n time_n and_o in_o the_o day_n time_n by_o the_o three_o sister_n who_o be_v weekly_o depute_v to_o assist_v 6._o we_o declare_v that_o no_o man_n of_o what_o condition_n or_o state_n soever_o he_o may_v happen_v to_o be_v whither_o secular_a or_o regular_a be_v ever_o permit_v to_o enter_v the_o monastery_n moreover_o we_o strict_o command_v both_o abbess_n and_o sister_n never_o to_o give_v way_n unto_o it_o without_o leave_n first_o obtain_v by_o such_o as_o can_v give_v it_o from_o this_o law_n be_v except_v physician_n and_o surgeon_n permit_v to_o enter_v for_o the_o relief_n and_o attendance_n 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bigness_n that_o they_o can_v not_o commodious_o pass_v the_o turn_v we_o will_v that_o the_o abbess_n or_o portress_n or_o her_o assistant_n take_v care_n lest_o the_o gate_n be_v leave_v open_o long_o than_o necessity_n require_v neither_o shall_v they_o permit_v the_o porter_n or_o such_o like_a workman_n to_o enter_v more_o in_o number_n to_o pass_v further_o into_o the_o monastery_n or_o make_v long_o stay_v then_o shall_v be_v precise_o necessary_a for_o the_o present_a occasion_n those_o sister_n only_o who_o be_v depute_v by_o the_o abbess_n or_o uicaress_n may_v speak_v unto_o they_o with_o their_o face_n decent_o cover_v and_o let_v their_o word_n be_v brief_a and_o of_o thing_n only_o necessary_a 9_o and_o to_o the_o end_n none_o of_o the_o other_o sister_n may_v be_v see_v by_o those_o who_o for_o carriage_n or_o other_o work_n be_v be_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o monastery_n let_v this_o follow_a practice_n be_v observe_v the_o portress_n have_v open_v the_o inward_a gate_n shall_v unbarr_v and_o unlock_v with_o two_o key_n but_o not_o unlatch_n the_o outward_a or_o chief_a gate_n which_o be_v call_v the_o gate_n of_o the_o monastery_n then_o withdraw_v herself_o and_o have_v shut_v the_o inward_a gate_n with_o the_o two_o key_n the_o workman_n draw_v the_o latch_n of_o the_o other_o may_v enter_v and_o lay_v down_o their_o burden_n between_o these_o two_o gate_n and_o depart_v then_o the_o portress_n return_v shall_v bar_v and_o doublelock_a the_o outward_a or_o principal_a gate_n and_o dispose_v of_o thing_n bring_v in_o according_a to_o order_n 10._o it_o be_v also_o contain_v in_o the_o form_n of_o life_n that_o the_o abbess_n be_v to_o appoint_v two_o sister_n at_o the_o gate_n to_o let_v in_o those_o who_o for_o necessary_a occasion_n be_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o monastery_n we_o declare_v that_o the_o say_a portress_n suppose_a in_o the_o form_n of_o life_n to_o be_v modest_a and_o prudent_a shall_v with_o one_o of_o her_o companion_n suffice_v to_o open_v the_o gate_n leave_v be_v obtain_v of_o the_o abbess_n and_o to_o let_v in_o those_o person_n aforemention_v and_o conduct_v they_o with_o modesty_n gravity_n and_o silence_n to_o the_o place_n or_o work_v intend_v 11._o no_o sister_n of_o what_o condition_n soever_o shall_v out_o of_o curiosity_n go_v to_o see_v the_o workman_n at_o work_n but_o if_o any_o be_v depute_v by_o the_o abbess_n for_o just_a reason_n to_o oversee_v or_o be_v with_o they_o she_o shall_v always_o have_v a_o companion_n assign_v she_o and_o they_o shall_v both_o remain_v in_o a_o public_a and_o open_a place_n till_o the_o work_n be_v end_v after_o which_o they_o shall_v retire_v themselves_o 12._o let_v the_o abbess_n and_o sister_n take_v care_n that_o no_o thing_n be_v do_v within_a by_o extern_n which_o may_v without_o inconvenience_n be_v perform_v by_o themselves_o nor_o permit_v workman_n or_o any_o other_o person_n whatsoever_o to_o eat_v within_o the_o monastery_n without_o just_a and_o 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