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Hadewijch - A fine exterior, fine garments And fine language adorn the knight
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Hadewijch – from Medieval writings on female spirituality
A fine exterior, fine garments
And fine language adorn the knight
To suffer everything for Love without turning hostile
Is a fine exterior for him who has such ability
His garments then are his acts
Performed with new ardour, not with self complacency
And with regard for all the needs of strangers
Rather than of his own friends
This is the coloured apparel, best adorned
With blazons of nobility, to the honour of high Love