CHAPTER VI
OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEPORTMENT

Whereas the Brothers and Sisters of this fraternity are called "Of Penance", it behoveth them to abstain from all luxury, as well in vesture as in other things whatsoever, and according to the salutary counsel of the Prince of the Apostles, St. Peter, having laid aside certain vain ornaments of this world, they ought to carry no corporal ornament, but only a humble and necessary tegument of their body. They ought to avoid by all means access to the courts of Princes, Lords or Ladies, where the luxuries of this world are found, as the Lord doth testify: nor should they ever be present at dances, plays or other vanities of actors. They ought also be sparing in words and in conversations, which seldom are multiplied without sin. And above all they must abstain from every lie, and avoid every oath whatsoever, according to the commandment of our Lord, unless it be for the sake of peace or faith, for refuting a calumny or for giving testimony. And every day, at evening, they ought to examine themselves whether they have told a lie or taken an oath; and for each one they must say three times " Pater Noster ."