13. How much better still is it where a youth at
his father’s banquet is bidden not to betray by coarse gestures
his unchaste loves. And do you, holy virgin, abstain from groans,
cries, coughing, and laughter at the Mystery. Can you not at the
Mystery do what he did at a banquet? Let virginity be first
marked by the voice, let modesty close the mouth, let religion remove
weakness, and habit instruct nature. Let her gravity first
announce a virgin to me, a modest approach, a sober gait, a bashful
countenance, and let the march of virtue be preceded by the evidence of
integrity. That virgin is not sufficiently worthy of approval who
has to be enquired about when she is seen.