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forbids the monks to receive letters or gifts without the abbot's leave.
*Chapter 55 says clothing is to be adequate and suited to the climate and locality, at the discretion of the abbot. It must be as plain and cheap as is consistent with due economy. Each monk is to have a change of clothes to allow for washing, and when travelling is to have clothes of better quality. Old clothes are to be given to the poor.
*Chapter 56 directs the abbot to eat with the guests.
*Chapter 57 enjoins humility on the craftsmen of

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