The Pope had confessed them, it was said, and had prescribed to them as penance to roam through the world for seven years, without sleeping in a bed; and so they were called penancers, and smelt horribly.
Le pape les avait confessés, à ce qu’on disait, et leur avait donné pour pénitence d’aller sept ans de suite par le monde, sans coucher dans des lits. Aussi ils s’appelaient Penanciers et puaient.