[53] And the customes that thei folwen therto ben thise. If so be that ony of hem seeth a dede man, he cometh not in to the temple that day; but on the nexte daye, aftre that he hath pured him, thanne he entreth. And tho that ben of the dede mannes kyn wayten for the space of
30 dayes and lette schaven here hedes or thei entren; but before that this hath ben don, it is not leful for to entren.
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De Syria dea. Lucian of Samosata. Austin Morris Harmon (Translator). United States. Perseus 5.0.
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