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[bunnyjadwiga]

The Dirt on Clean, p. 75.
Ashenburg quotes the Ancrene Wisse, a guide for anchoresses: circa 1225-1240 (see http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/awintro.htm )
this is from part 8, plines 179-180:

Wesscheth ow, hwer-se neod is, as ofte as ye wulleth, ant ower othre thinges:
nes neaver fulthe Godd leof, thah poverte ant unorneschipe beon him lic-wurthe.

Which she translates:

Wash yourself whenever there is need as often as you want, and your things, too. Filth was never dear to God, though poverty and plainness are pleasing.

Also, she gives a different translation of the quote from Erasmus' "On Good Manners for Boys":

Care of the Teeth
To brush them with urine is a custom of the Spaniards. Food particles should be removed from the teeth, not with a knife or the nails, in the manner of dogs or cats, and not with a napkin, but with a toothpick of mastic wood, or with a feather, or with small bones taken from the drumsticks of cocks or hens.