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Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.

Robert Grosseteste

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Robert Grosseteste
Age: 85 †
Born: 1168
Born: January 1
Died: 1253
Died: October 10
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