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If you +are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the +country where you are located before using this eBook. +</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Desiderius Erasmus</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Release Date: December 7, 2004 [eBook #14282]<br /> +[Most recently updated: March 28, 2021]</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: David Starner, Louise Hope, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger</div> +<div style='margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MERRY DIALOGUE ***</div> + + <p> + <a name="top" id="top"> </a> + </p> + <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;"> + <a href="images/title.png"><img width="70%" src="images/title.png" + alt="A mery Dialogue, declaringe the propertyes of shrowde shrewes, and honest wyues, not onelie verie pleasaunte, but also not a lytle profitable: made by ye famous clerke D. Erasmus. Roterodamus. Translated into Englyshe." /></a> + </div> + <p style="text-align: center;"> + A mery Dia-<br /> logue, declaringe the propertyes<br /> of shrowde shrewes, + and ho-<br /> nest wyues, not onelie verie<br /> pleasaunte, but also not a<br /> + lytle profitable: made<br /> by ye famous clerke<br /> D. Erasmus.<br /> + Roteroda-<br /> mus.<br /> <br /> Translated into<br /> Englyshe.<br /> <br /> + Anno. M.CCCCC.<br /> LVII. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + [Transcriber's Note: With the exception of hyphenation at the end of + lines, the text version preserves the line breaks of the original; the + html version has been treated similar to drama and starts a new paragraph + for each change of speaker. An illustration of the title page is included + to give an impression of the original.] + </p> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <table summary="" cellpadding="4" border="3"> + <tr> + <td> + <a href="#erasmus"><b>View HTML file with all the original page images (4.5mb)</b></a> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. God spede, & a thousand mine old acqueintāce. + xantippa. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. As many agayn, my dere hert. Eulalia. me semets ye ar warē + much faire now of late. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Saye you so? gyue you me a mocke at the first dash. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Nay veryly but I take you so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Happely mi new gown maketh me to loke fayrer then I sholde + doe. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Sothe you saye, I haue not sene a mynioner this many dayes, I + reken it Englishe cloth. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. It is english stuff and dyed in Venis. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. It is softer then sylke what an oriente purpel colore here is + who gaue you so rich a gift. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. How shoulde honeste women come by their gere? but by their + husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. Happy arte thou that hathe suche an husband, but I wolde + to god for his passyon, that I had maryed an husband of clowts, when I had + maried col my good mā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Why say ye so. I pray you, are you at oddes now. + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. I shal neuer be at one w<sup>t</sup> him ye se how + beggerly I go. I haue not an hole smock to put on my backe, and he is wel + contente with all: I praye god I neuer come in heuen & I be not + ashamed oftimes to shewe my head, when I se other wiues how net and trim + they go that ar matched with farre porer mē then he is. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. The apparell of honest wiues is not in the aray of the body, + nor in the tirements of their head as saynte Peter the apostle teacheth vs + (and that I learned a late at a sermon) but in good lyuynge and honest + conuersacion and in the ornamentes of the soule, the cōmon buenes ar + painted up, to please manye mennes eies we ar trime ynough yf we please + our husbands only. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. But yet my good man so euyll wylling to bestow ought vpon his + wyfe, maketh good chere, and lassheth out the dowrye that hee hadde with + mee no small pot of wine. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulaly</b>, where vpon? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantipha</b>, wheron hym lykethe beste, at the tauerne, at the stewes + and at the dyce. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b> Peace saye not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. wel yet thus it is, then when he cōmeth home to me at + midnight, longe watched for, he lyeth rowtyng lyke a sloyne all the leue + longe nyght, yea and now and thē he all bespeweth his bed, and worse + then I will say at this tyme. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Peace thou dyshonesteth thy self, when thou doest + dishonesteth thy husbād. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. The deuyl take me bodye and bones but I had leuer lye by a + sow with pigges, then with suche a bedfelowe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Doest thou not then take him vp, wel favoredly for stūbling. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. As he deserueth I spare no tonge. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. what doth he thē. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. At the first breake he toke me vp vengeably, trusting that + he shoulde haue shakē me of and put me to scilence with his crabid + wordes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> Came neuer your hote wordes vnto hādstrokes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. On a tyme we fel so farre at wordes y<sup>t</sup> we wer + almost by y<sup>e</sup> eares togither. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> what say you womā? + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. He toke vp a staffe wandryng at me, as the deuill had bene on + hym ready to laye me on the bones. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. were thou not redye to ron in at the bēch hole. + </p> + <p> + <b>xanti</b>. Nay mary I warrant the. I gat me a thre foted stole in hand, + & he had but ones layd his littell finger on me, he shulde not haue + founde me lame. I woulde haue holden his nose to the grindstōe + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. A newe found shelde, ye wanted but youre dystaffe to haue + made you a speare. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. And he shoulde not greatlye a laughed at his parte. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Ah my frynde. xantyppa. that way is neither good nor godly, + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b> what is neither good nor godly. yf he wyll not vse me, as + hys wyfe: I wil not take him for my husbande. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. But Paule sayeth that wyues shoulde bee boner and buxome + vnto their husbandes with all humylytye, and Peter also bryngethe vs an + example of Sara, that called her husbande Abrahame, Lorde. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. I know that as well as you thē y<sup>e</sup> same + paule say that men shoulde loue theyr wyues, as Christ loues his spouse + the churche let him do his duete I wil do myne. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But for all that, when the matter is so farre that the one + muste forber the other it is reason that the woman giue place vnto the + man, + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Is he meete to be called my husbāde that maketh me his + vnderlynge and his dryuel? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But tel me dame xātip. Would he neuer offre the stripes + after that + </p> + <p> + <b>xātip</b>. Not a stripe, and therin he was the wyser man for & + he had he should haue repented euery vayne in hys harte. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. But thou offered him foule wordes plentie, + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. And will do. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. What doth he y<sup>e</sup> meane seasō. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. What doth he sometyme cowcheth an hogeshed, somtime he doth + nothing but stande and laughe at me, other whyle takethe hys Lute wheron + is scarslie three strynges layenge on that as fast as he may dryue because + he would not here me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Doeth that greue thee? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. To beyonde home, manie a tyme I haue much a do to hold my + handes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Neighbour. xantip. wylt thou gyue me leaue to be playn with + the. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b> Good leaue haue you. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Be as bolde on me agayne our olde acquayntaunce and amite, + euen frō our chyldhode, would it should be so. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Trueth you saie, there was neuer woman kinde that I + fauoured more + </p> + <p> + <b>Elaly</b> Whatsoeuer thy husbād be, marke well this, chaunge thou + canst not, In the olde lawe, where the deuill hadde cast aboone betwene + the man and the wife, at the worste waye they myght be deuorsed, but now + that remedie is past, euē till death depart you he must nedes be thy + husbande, and thou hys wyfe, + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Il mote they thryue & thei that taken away that liberty + from vs + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Beware what thou sayest, it was christes act. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xā</b>. I can euil beleue that + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. It is none otherwyse, now it is beste that eyther of you one + beyng with an other, ye laboure to liue at reste and peace. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>typpa. Why? can I forgeue him a new, + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. It lieth great parte in the womē, for the orderinge of + theyr husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Leadest thou a mery life with thine. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> Now all is well. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Ergo ther was somwhat to do at your fyrste metying + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Neuer no greate busynes, but yet as it, happeneth now and + than betwene man & womā, there was foule cloudes a loft, that + might haue made a storme but that they were ouer blowen with good + humanitie and wyse handlynge. Euery man hath hys maner and euery mā + hath his seueral aptite or mynde, and thinkes hys owne way best, & yf + we list not to lie there liueth no mā without faulte, which yf anie + were elles, ywis in wedlocke they ought to know and not vtterly hated + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>, you say well, + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. It happeneth many times that loue dayes breketh betwene + man and wife, before y<sup>e</sup> one be perfitly knowē vnto the + other beware of that in any wife, for when malice is ones begon, loue is + but barely redressed agayne, namely, yf the mater grow furthe unto bytter + checkes, & shamfull raylinges such things as are fastened with glew, + yf a manne wyll all to shake them strayght waye whyle the glew is warme, + they soone fal in peces, but after y<sup>e</sup> glew is ones dried vp + they cleue togither so fast as anie thing, wherefore at the beginning a + meanes must be made, that loue mai encrease and be made sure betwene y<sup>e</sup> + man & the wife, & that is best brought aboute by gentilnesse and + fayre condycions, for the loue that beautie onelie causeth, is in a maner + but a cheri faire + </p> + <p> + Xan. But I praye you hartelye tell me, by what pollycy ye brought your + good man to folow your daunce. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. I wyll tell you on this condicyon, that ye will folowe me. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I can. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, It is as easy as water if ye cā find in your hart to do + it, nor yet no good time past for he is a yong mā, and you ar but + agirle of age, and I trowe it is not a yere ful sins ye wer maried. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xā</b> All thys is true + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. I wyll shew you then. But you must kepe it secret + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. with a ryght good wyl. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. This was my chyefe care, to kepe me alwayes in my housbandes + fauoure, that there shulde nothyng angre him I obserued his appetite and + pleasure I marked the tymes bothe whan he woulde be pleased and when he + wold be all byshrwed, as they tameth the Elephantes and Lyons or suche + beastes that can not be wonne by strēgth + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>typpa. Suche a beaste haue I at home. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Thei that goth vnto the Elephantes weare no white garmentes, + nor they that tame wylde bulles, weare no blasynge reedes, for experience + teacheth, that suche beastes bee madde with those colours, like as the + Tygers by the sound of tumbrels be made so wode, that thei plucke + theymself in peces. Also thei y<sup>t</sup> breake horses haue their + termes and theyr soundes theyr hadlynges, and other knackes to breake + their wyldnes, wyth all. Howe much more then is it oure duetyes that y<sup>e</sup> + wyues to use suche craftes toward our husbandes with whō all our lyfe + tyme wil we, nyl we is one house, and one bed. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. furthwith your tale. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, whē I had ones marked there thynges. I applied my selfe + unto hym, well ware not to displease him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. How could thou do that. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Fyrste in the ouerseynge my householde, which is the very + charge and cure of wyues, I wayted euer, not onely gyuynge hede that + nothing shoulde be forgotten or undoone, but that althynges should be as + he woulde haue it, wer it euer so small a trifle. + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. wherin. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. As thus. Yf mi good man had a fantasye to this thynge, or + to that thyng, or if he would haue his meate dressed on this fashion, or + that fashion. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. But howe couldest thou fashyon thye selfe after hys wyll and + mynde, that eyther woulde not be at home or elles be as freshe as a saulte + heryng. + </p> + <p> + <b>Elali</b>. Abyde a while. I come not at that yet, yf my husband wer + very sad at anye tyme, no time to speake to him. I laughed not nor tryfled + him as many a woman doth but I looked rufully and heauyly, for as a glasse + (if it be a true stone) representeth euer y<sup>e</sup> physnamy of hym + that loketh in it, so lykewyse it becommeth a wedded woman alway to agre + vnto the appetite of her husbande, that she be not mery whē he + murneth, nor dysposed to play whē he is sad. And if that at any time + he be waiward shrewshaken, either I pacyfye hym with faire wordes, or I + let hym alone, vntyll the wynd be ouerblowen gyuing him neuer a word at + al, vntil the time come that I may eyther excuse my faute, or tell hym of + hys. In lyke wyse when he commeth home wel whitled, I gyue hym gentyll and + fayre woordes, so with fayre entreatynge I gette hym to bed. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>, O careful state of wyues, whē they muste be gladde + and fayne to followe their husbandes mindes, be thei eluyshe, dronken, or + doying what myschiefe they liste. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. As whoe saieth this gentill dealynge serueth not for bothe + partyes, for they spyte of theyr berdes muste suffre many thynges in our + demeanor, yet a time ther is, whē in a weighty matter it is laufull + that the wyfe tell the good mā his faute, if that it be matter of + substaunce, for at lyght trifles, it is best to play byll under wynge. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyp</b>. what tune is that + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. when he is ydle, neither angry, pensife, nor ouersen, then + betwixt you two secretly he must be told his faute gētly, or rather + intreated, that in this thynge or that he play the better husbande to loke + better to his good name and fame and to his helth and this tellyng must be + myxt with mery conceites and pleasaunt wordes many times I make a meane to + tel my tale after this fashyon, that he shall promise me, he shal take no + displeasure wyth my thynge, that I a foolyshe woman shall breake vnto hym, + that pertayneth eyther to hys helthe worshyppe or welth. When I haue sayde + that I woulde, I chop cleane from that communication and falle into some + other pastime, for this is all our fautes, neyghbour Xantippa, that whē + we begyn ones to chat our tounges neuer lie. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. So men say + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Thus was I well ware on, that I neuer tell my husbād + his fautes before companie, nor I neuer caried any cōplaynte furthe a + dores: the mendes is soner made whē none knoweth it but two, and + there were anie suche faute that myght not be wel borne nor amēded by + y<sup>e</sup> wyues tellige, it is more laudable that the wife make + complaynte vnto the Parentes and kynsfolke of her husband, then vnto her + own, and so to moderate her complaynte that she seme not to hate hym but + hys vice nor let her play all the blabbe, that in some poynt vnutered, he + may know & loue his wiues curteysy. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. She had nede be aswellerned womā, that would do all + this. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Mary through suche demeanoure, we shall sterre our husbādes + vnto lyke gentylnesse. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>: There be some that cannot be amended with all the gentyll + handlynge in the worlde. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>: In faith I thyncke nay, but case there be, marke this wel the + good man must be for borne, howe soeuer the game goeth, then is it better + to haue him alwayes at one point or ells more kinde and louing throw oure + gentill handlinge, then to haue him worse and worse throwe our + cursednesse, what wyll you say and I tell you of husbādes that hath + won theyr wiues by suche curtesie, howe muche more are we boūde to + use the same towarde our husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. Than shall you tell of one farre vnlyke vnto thyne husband. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. I am aquented with a certayne gentelman well lerned and a + veri honest man, he maried a yonge wyfe, a mayden of. xvii. yeare olde + brede and brought vp of a chylde in the countre vnder her fathers and + mother wing (as gentilmen delite to dwel in the countre) to hunt & + hawke This yong gētilman would haue one that were unbrokē, + because he might the soner breake her after hys owne mind, he begā to + entre her in learning syngynge, and playinge, and by lytle and lytle to + vse here to repete suche thynges as she harde at sermons, and to instruct + her with other things that myght haue doone her more good in time to come. + This gere, because it was straūge vnto this young womā which at + home was brought vp in all ydelnesse, and with the light communication of + her fathers seruantes, and other pastimes, begā to waxe greuouse + & paynfull, vnto her. She withdrew her good mynde and dylygence and whē + her husband called vpon her she put y<sup>e</sup> finger in the eye, and + wepte and many times she would fal downe on the grounde, beatynge her head + agaynst the floure, as one that woulde be out of thys worlde. When there + was no healpe for this gere, the good man as though he hadde bene wel + asked his wyfe yf she woulde ryde into the countre with him a sporting + vnto her fathers house, so that she graunted anone. When they were cōmē + thyther, the gentilman left his wyfe with her mother & her sisters he + wēt furth an huntynge with his father in lawe, there betwene theym + two, he shewed al together, how that he hadde hoped to haue had a louynge + companion to lead his lyfe withall, now he hath one that is alwaies + blubberynge and pyninge her selfe awaye withoute anye remedie, he prayeth + him to lay to hys hande in amendinge his doughters fautes her father + answered y<sup>t</sup> he had ones giuen hym his doughter, and yf that she + woulde not be rewled by wordes (a goddes name take Stafforde lawe) she was + his owne. Then the gētylman sayd agayne, I know that I may do but I + had leuer haue her amēded eyther by youre good counsell or + commaundement, then to come vnto that extreme waies, her father promised + that he would fynde a remedye. After a dai or two, he espied time and + place whē he might be alone with his doughter. Then he loked soureli + vpō his doughter, as though he had bene horne woode with her, he + began to reherse how foule a beaste she was, how he feared many tymes that + she neuer haue bestowed her. And yet sayde he much a doe, vnto my great + coste and charg, I haue gottē the one that moughte lye by any Ladyes + syde, and she were a quene and yet thou not perceiuying what I haue done + for the nor knowynge that thou hast suche a man whiche but of his goodnes + myghte thynke thee to euill to be stoye in his kytchen, thou contrariest + al his mind to make a short tale he spake so sharpely to her, that she + feared that he wold haue beaten her. It is a man of asubtyll and wylye + wytte, whyche wythout a vysarde is ready to playe anye maner of parte. Thē + this yonge wife what for feare, and for trouthe of the matter, cleane + stryken oute of countenaunce, fell downe at her fathers fete desyryng hym + that he wolde forgette and forgiue her all that was past and euer after + she woulde doe her duetye Her father forgaue her, and promised that she + shoulde finde him a kynd and a louynge father, yf so be that she + perfourmed her promyse. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. How dyd she afterwarde? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>, whē she was departed frō her father she came + backe into a chaumber, and there by chaunce found her husband alone she + fel on her knees to hym and said. Mā in tymes paste, I neyther knewe + you nor my selfe, from this daye froward ye shall se me cleane chaunged, + onelye pardon that is past, with that her husbande toke her in his armes + & kyssed her sayinge she should lacke nothyng yf she woulde holde her + in that mind. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Why did she cōtinue so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Euen tyll her endynge daye, nor there was none so vyle a + thynge but that she woulde laye handes on it redely with all her herte, if + her husband wolde let her, so great loue was begō and assured betwene + them and many a daye after, shee thanked god y<sup>t</sup> euer she met + with such a mā. For yf she had not she sayd she had ben cleane caste + awaye. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. We haue as greate plentie of suche housbandes, as of white + crowes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Now, but for werieng you? I coulde tell you a thynge that + chaunced a late in this same citye. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>. I haue litell to doe, and I lyke your communicacyon very + well. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. There was a certaine gentilmā he as suche sort of men + do, vsed much huntyng in the cuntre, where he happened on a younge + damoysell, a very pore womās child on whō he doted a man well + stryken in age, and for her sake he lay oftē out of his owne house + his excuse was hūtîg. This mās wife an exceding honest womā, + halfe deale suspecte the mater, tried out her husbandes falshed, on a tyme + whē he had taken his iourney fourth of the town vnto some other + waies, she wente vnto that poore cotage and boulted out all the hoole + matter, where he laye on nights, wheron he drāke, what thyng thei had + to welcō him withall. There was neither one thyng nor other, but bare + walles. This good womā returned home, and sone after came againe + brynginge w<sup>t</sup> her a good soft bed, and al therto belongyng and + certain plate besydes that she gaue them moneye, chargynge them that if + the Gentilmā came agayne, they shold entreate him better not beyng + knowē al this while that she was his wyfe, but fayued her to be her + sister. Not long after her husband stale thether againe, he sawe the howse + otherwyse decked, and better fare then he was wounte to haue. He asked, + frome whence commeth al this goodly gere? They sayde that an honeste + matrone, a kynsewoman of hys hadde broughte it thyther and commaunded + thenm that he should be well cherished when so euer he came, by and by his + hart gaue him that it was hys wiues dede, whan he came home he demaūded + of her yf she hadde bene there or nay, she sayd yea. Then he asked her for + what purpose she sente all that housholde stuffe thyther. Man (said she) + ye haue bē tenderly brought vp. I perceiued that ye were but corslie + handled there, me thought that it was my part, seing it was your wyll and + pleasure to be there ye shoulde be better loked to. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. She was one of goddes fooles. I woulde rather for a bed + haue layd vnder him a bundel of nettels: or a burden of thistels. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But here the end her husbande perceyuyng the honeste of her + great pacience neuer after laye from her, but made good cheare at home + with his owne. I am sure ye knowe Gilberte the holāder. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>. Very well. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. He (as it is not vnknowē maried an old wife in his florishîg + youth. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xā</b>. Per aduēture he maried the good and notthe woman. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. There sayde ye well, setting lytell stoore by hys olde + wife, hunted a callette, with whom he kept much companie abrode, he dined + or supped litell at home. What wouldest thou haue sayd to y<sup>e</sup> + gere. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. What woulde I a said? I wolde haue flowē to the hores + toppe and I wolde haue crowned myne husbande at hys oute goinge to her + with a pysbowle,that he so ēbawlmed might haue gon vnto his souerayne + ladie. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But how much wiselier dyd this woman? She desyred that yonge + woman home vnto her, and made her good chere, so by that meanes she + brought home also her husband without ani witchraft or sorserie, and yf + that at anye season he supped abrode with her she would sende vnto them + some good dayntie morsel, and byd him make good chere + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. I had leuer be slayne then I woulde be bawde vnto myne + owne husbande. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Yea, but consyder all thynges well, was not that muche + better, then she shoulde be her shrewyshnesse, haue putte her husbandes + minde cleane of from her, and so haue ledde all her life in trouble and + heuynesse. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. I graunte you well, that it was better so but I coulde + not abyde it. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. I wyll tell you a prety story more, and so make an ende + One of oure neyghboures, a well disposed and a goddes man, but that he is + some what testie, on a day pomeld his wife well and thriftely aboute the + pate and so good a woman as euer was borne, she picked her into an inner + parler, and there weepynge and sobbynge, eased her heuye harte, anone + after, by chaunce her husbande came into the same place, and founde hys + wyfe wepyng. What sitest thou heare sayth he seighing & sobbîg + like a child Thē she like a wise woman sayde. Is it not more honesty + for me to lamente my dolours here in a secret place, thē to make + wondering and on oute crye in the strete, as other womē do. At so + wyfely and womanly a saing his hart melted, promysynge her faythfullye and + truelie that he woulde neuer laye stroke on her afterwarde, nor neuer did. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. No more wil mine god thanke my selfe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. But then ye are alwaies one at a nother, agreinge lyke + dogges and cattes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>. What wouldest thou that I should do? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Fyrst & formest, whatsoeuer thy husbande doeth sayde thou + nothinge, for his harte must be wonne by lytell and litel by fayre meanes, + gentilnesse and forbearing at the last thou shalte eyther wynne him or at + the least waie thou shalt leade a better life thē thou doest now. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. He his beyonde goddes forbode, he wil neuer amende. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Eye saye not so, there is no beest so wild but by fayre + handling be tamed, neuer mistrust man thē. Assay a moneth or two, + blame me and thou findest not that my counsell dooeth ease. There be some + fautes wyth you thoughe thou se them, be wyse of this especyall that thou + neuer gyue hym foule wordes in the chambre, or inbed but be sure that all + thynges there bee full of pastyme and pleasure. For yf that place which is + ordeined to make amēdes for all fautes and so to renew loue, be + polluted, eyther with strife or grugynges, then fayre wel al hope of loue + daies, or atonementes, yet there be some beastes so wayward and + mischeuous, that when theyr husbandes hath them in their arms a bed, they + scholde & chyde making y<sup>t</sup> same plesure their lewd + condicions (that expelseth all displeasures oute of their husbandes mynde + unpleasaunt and lytell set bi corrupting the medecine that shuld haue + cured al deadly greifes, & odible offēces. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. That is no newes to me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Though the woman shulde be well ware and wyse that she shulde + neuer be disobedient vnto her husbād yet she ought to be most circūspect + that at meting she shew her selfe redy and pleasaunt unto him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>. Yea vnto a man, holde well withall but I am combred with + a beast. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. No more of those wordes, most commonly our husbādes ar + euyll through our owne faute, but to returne againe vnto our taile they + that ar sene in the olde fables of Poetes sai that Venus whome they make + chiefe lady of wedlocke (hath a girdle made by the handy worke of Vulcan + her Lorde, and in that is thrust al that enforceth love and with that she + girdeth her whan so ever she lyeth wyth her housbande + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. A tale of a tubbe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. A tayle it is, but herkē what the taile meaneth. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Tell me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b> That techeth us that the wyfe ought to dyspose her selfe + all the she maye that lieng by her husbād she shew him al the plesure + that she cā; Wherby the honest love of matrimony may reuiue and be + renewed, & that there with be clene dispatched al grudges & malice + </p> + <p> + <b>xant</b>. But how shall we come by the thys gyrdle? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. We nede neyther wytchraft nor enchauntment, ther is non of + them al, so sure as honest condiciōs accompayned with good feloshyp. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I can not fauoure suche an husbande as myne is. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, It is moste thy profyt that he be no longer suche. If thou + couldest by thy Circes craft chaunge thin husband into an hogge, or a bore + wouldest thou do it? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. God knoweth. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Art thou in dout? haddest thou leauer marye an hogge than a mā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. Mary I had leauer haue a manne. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. wel, what and thou coudest by sorcery make him of a drōkarde + a soober man, of a vnthrifte a good housbande of an ydell losell a towarde + body, woldest thou not doe it? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. yes, hardely, woulde I doe it. But where shoulde I learne + the cunnyng? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. For soth that cōning hast thou in the if thou wouldest + vtter it, thyn must he be, mauger thy head, the towarde y<sup>e</sup> + makest him, the better it is for the, thou lokest on nothing but on his + leude cōdicions, and thei make the half mad, thou wouldest amende hym + and thou puttest hym farther oute of frame, loke rather on his good + condicions, and so shalt thou make him better. It is to late calagayne + yesterdaie before thou were maryed unto hym. It was tyme to cōsyder + what his fautes were for a women shold not only take her husbande by the + eyes but by the eares. Now it is more tyme to redresse fautes thē to + fynd fautes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantt</b>. What woman euer toke her gusband by the eares. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. She taketh her husbande by the eyes that loketh on nothyng, + but on the beautye and pulcritude of the body. She taketh him by the + eares, that harkeneth diligētly what the common voice sayth by him + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Thy counsaile is good, but it commeth a day after the + faire. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Yet it commeth time ynough to bringe thyne husbande to a + greate furtheraunce to that shall bee yf God sende you anie frute + togither. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. We are spede alredy of that. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulaly</b>. How long ago. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. A good whyle ago + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. How many monethes old is it. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. It lacketh lytle of. vii. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> What a tale is this, ye reken the monethes by nightes and + dayes double. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. Not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. It can not be none other wyse, yf ye reken from the mariage + day. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. yea, but what thē, I spake with him before we were + maried. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Be children gotten by speakinge. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. It befell so that he mette me alone and begon to ticke at + me, and tickled me vnder the arme holes and sydes to make me laugh. I + might not awaie with ticklynge, but fell downe backewarde vpon a bedde and + he a lofte, neuer leuinge kyssynge on me, what he did els I can not saye, + but by sayncte Marie within a while after my bely beganne to swell. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Go now and disprayse thine husbāde whiche yf he gette + children by playe, what wyll he do whē he goeth to it in good ernest. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>, I fere me I am payed agayin. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Good locke God hath sent a fruitfull grounde, a good tylmā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. In that thing he might haue lesse laboure and more thanke. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Few wyues finde at theyr husbandes in that behalf but were ye + thē sure togither. + </p> + <p> + <b>xanti</b>. yea that we were + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. The offence is the lesse. Is it a man chylde. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. yea. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. He shal make you at one so that ye wil bow & forbere. + What saieth other mē by thin husband, they that be his cōpanions, + they delite with him abrode + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>, They say that he is meruelous gentyl, redy to do euery man + pleasure, liberal and sure to his frende. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. And that putteth me in good cōfort that he wyll be ruled + after our counsayll. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. But I fynde him not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Order thy selfe to him as I haue tolde thee, and cal me no + more true sayer but a lier, if he be not so good vnto the as to anie + creature liuinge Again cōsidre this he is yet but a childe, I thinke + he passethe not. xxiiij. the blacke oxe neuer trode on hys fote, nowe it + is but loste laboure to recken vpon anye deuorse. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Yet manye a tyme and ofte I haue troubled my braynes + withal + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. As for that fantasye whensoeuer it commeth into your mynd + first of all counte how naked a thynge woman is, deuorsed from man. It is + the hyghest dignitie that longethe to the wyfe to obsequyous vnto her + spouse. So hath natyre ordeined so god hath appoynted, that the woman + shoulde be ruled al by the man loke onely vppon this whiche is trouth, + thine husbande he is, other canste thou none haue. Againe forgette not + that swete babe be gotten of both your bodies what thin beste thou to do + with that, wilte thou take it awaye with thee? Thou shalte bereue thyne + husband his ryght wylt thou leue it with hym? thou shalt spoile thy self + of thy chefeste Jewell thou haste. Beside all this tell me trueth hast + thou none euyll wyllers, Besyde all thys tell me trueth, hast thou none + euyll wyllers. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother + euen such another. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Do they hate the so deadly. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. They woulde se me hanged. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Thē forget not thē what greater plesure couldest + thou shew them then to se the deuorsed from thine husband and to led a + wydowes lyfe. Yea and worse thē a wydow, for wydowes be at their + choise. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. I holde well with youre coūsell, but I can not awaye + with the paynes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. yet recken what paines ye toke or ye colde teache your + paret to speake. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Exceadynge much. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. And thinke you much to labour a lytel in reforming your husbād + with whō you may liue merely all the dayes of your lyfe. What busines + doe mē put thē self to be wel & easly horsed & shal we + think our selues to good to take paines that we mai haue our husbādes + gētil & curteise vnto vs. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. What shal I do. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. I haue told you al redy, se that al thing be clene & trim + at home, that no sluttysh or vnclenlye syghtes dryue hym oute a dores. Be + your selfe alwayes redy at a becke, berynge continuali in minde what reuerēce + the wife oweth vnto her husbād. Be neyther in your dūpes, nor + alwayes on your mery pinnes go nether to homely nor to nycely. Let your + meat be cleane dressed, you know yourhusbādes diet. What he loueth + best that dresse. Moreouer shewe your selfe louinge and fayre spokē + vnto thē where he loueth, call them now and thē vnto your table. + At meate, se that al thinges be well sauored, and make good there, And whē + that he is toppe heuy playing on his lute, sytte thou by and singe to him + so shalte thou make hym keepe home, and lessen hys expences This shall he + thynke at length, in faythe I am a fonde felowe that maketh suche chere + with a strumpet abroode with greate lossee bothe of substance and name, + seyng that I haue a wyfe at home bothe muche fayrer, and one that loueth + me ten times better, with whome I may be both clenlyer receiued and + dayntelier cherisshed + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Beleuest thou that it will take and I put it into a profe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Looke on me. I warrante it or ought longe I wyll in hande + with thyne husbande, & I will tell hym his part. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. ye marie that is well sayde. But be wyse that he espie + not our casle, he would plaie his fages, all the house should be to lytle + for hym. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Take no thoughte. I shall so conuey my matters, that he + shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you, that + done I wyll handell him pretelie as I thinke beste, and I truste to make + him a new man for the and when I se my time I wyl make a lie for thee, how + louinge thou hast spoken of him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Chryst spede vs and bringe our pupose well aboute. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. He will not fayle the so thou do thy good wyll. + </p> + <hr /> + <p style="text-align: justify;"> + There was a man that maried a woman whiche hadde great riches and beawtye. + Howe bee it she hadde suche an impedyment of nature that she was domme and + coulde not speake, whiche thynge made him ryghte pensyfe, and sayd, + wherfore vpon a daye as he walked alone ryght heuye in hearte thynkynge + vpon his wyfe. There came one to hym and asked him what was the cause of + his heuynesse whiche answered that it was onely bycause his wife was borne + dōme. To whome this other said I shal shewe the soone a remedy and a + medicyne (therfore that is thus) go tak an aspen leafe and lay it vnder + her tōge this night shee beinge a sleape, and I warrant the that shee + shall speake on the morowe whiche man beyng glad of thys medycyne prepared + therfore and gathered aspen leaues, wherfore he layd thre of them vnder + her tonge whan shee was a sleape. And on the morow when he him selfe + awaked he Desyrous to know how hys medicine wrought being in bed with her, + he demaunded of her how she did, and sodēly she answered and sayd, I + beshrewe thy harte for waking me so early, and so by the vertue of that + medycyne she was restored to her speche. But in cōclusion her spech + encresed day by day and she was so curst of cōdycyon that euery daie + she brauled and chyd with her husbande, so muche at the laste he was more + weped, and had much more trouble and disease wyth her shrewed wordes then + he hadde before whē she was dumme, wherfore as he walked another time + alone he happened to mete agayne with the same personne that taught hym + the sayde medycine and sayde to hym thys wyse. Syr ye taught me a medicin + but late to make my domme wyfe to speake, byddynge me lay an aspen leafe + vnder her toūg when she sleapte, and I layde three Aspen leaves + there. Wherfore nowe she speaketh. But yet she speaketh soo much & so + shrewdlye that I am more werier of her now, then I was when she was dōme: + Wherfore I praie you teache me a medycine to modyfye her that she speake + not so muche. This other answered and sayd thus. Sir I am a deuyl of hel + but I am one of thē that haue least power there. Al be yet I haue + power to make a womā to speake, but and yf a woman begin ones to + speake, I nor al the deuyls in hel that haue the mooste power be not able + to make a woman to be styll, nor to cause her to leue speakyng. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + The end of this pleasant dialogue declaryng the seueral properties of y<sup>e</sup> + two contrary disposers of the wyues aforesayde. + </p> + <p style="text-align: center;"> + Imprinted at London in Paules<br /> church yearde, at the sygne of<br /> the + Sunne, by Antony<br /> Kytson. + </p> + <p> + <a name="erasmus" id="erasmus"> [This section produced by David Widger] + <br /> <br /> </a> + </p> + <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;"> + <a href="images/title.png"><img width="70%" src="images/title.png" + alt="A mery Dialogue, declaringe the propertyes of shrowde shrewes, and honest wyues, not onelie verie pleasaunte, but also not a lytle profitable: made by ye famous clerke D. Erasmus. Roterodamus. Translated into Englyshe." /></a> + </div> + <p style="text-align: center;"> + A mery Dia-<br /> logue, declaringe the propertyes<br /> of shrowde shrewes, + and ho-<br /> nest wyues, not onelie verie<br /> pleasaunte, but also not a<br /> + lytle profitable: made<br /> by ye famous clerke<br /> D. Erasmus.<br /> + Roteroda-<br /> mus.<br /> <br /> Translated into<br /> Englyshe.<br /> <br /> + Anno. M.CCCCC.<br /> LVII. + </p> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <table summary="" cellpadding="4" border="3"> + <tr> + <td> + <a href="#top"><b>Return to the first section without the original page images</b></a> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="002 (118K)" src="images/002.jpg" height="677" width="404" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. God spede, & a thousand mine old acqueintāce. + xantippa. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. As many agayn, my dere hert. Eulalia. me semets ye ar + warē much faire now of late. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Saye you so? gyue you me a mocke at the first dash. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Nay veryly but I take you so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Happely mi new gown maketh me to loke fayrer then I + sholde doe. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Sothe you saye, I haue not sene a mynioner this many + dayes, I reken it Englishe cloth. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. It is english stuff and dyed in Venis. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. It is softer then sylke what an oriente purpel colore + here is who gaue you so rich a gift. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. How shoulde honeste women come by their gere? but by + their husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. Happy arte thou that hathe suche an husband, but I + wolde to god for his passyon, that I had maryed an husband of + clowts, when I had maried col my good mā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Why say ye so. I pray you, are you at oddes now. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="003 (116K)" src="images/003.jpg" height="672" width="408" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. I shal neuer be at one w<sup>t</sup> him ye se how + beggerly I go. I haue not an hole smock to put on my backe, and he + is wel contente with all: I praye god I neuer come in heuen & I + be not ashamed oftimes to shewe my head, when I se other wiues how + net and trim they go that ar matched with farre porer mē then + he is. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. The apparell of honest wiues is not in the aray of the + body, nor in the tirements of their head as saynte Peter the apostle + teacheth vs (and that I learned a late at a sermon) but in good + lyuynge and honest conuersacion and in the ornamentes of the soule, + the cōmon buenes ar painted up, to please manye mennes eies we + ar trime ynough yf we please our husbands only. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. But yet my good man so euyll wylling to bestow ought + vpon his wyfe, maketh good chere, and lassheth out the dowrye that + hee hadde with mee no small pot of wine. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulaly</b>, where vpon? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantipha</b>, wheron hym lykethe beste, at the tauerne, at the + stewes and at the dyce. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="004 (117K)" src="images/004.jpg" height="680" width="383" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b> Peace saye not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. wel yet thus it is, then when he cōmeth home to me + at midnight, longe watched for, he lyeth rowtyng lyke a sloyne all + the leue longe nyght, yea and now and thē he all bespeweth his + bed, and worse then I will say at this tyme. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Peace thou dyshonesteth thy self, when thou doest + dishonesteth thy husbād. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. The deuyl take me bodye and bones but I had leuer lye + by a sow with pigges, then with suche a bedfelowe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Doest thou not then take him vp, wel favoredly for stūbling. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. As he deserueth I spare no tonge. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. what doth he thē. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. At the first breake he toke me vp vengeably, trusting + that he shoulde haue shakē me of and put me to scilence with + his crabid wordes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> Came neuer your hote wordes vnto hādstrokes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. On a tyme we fel so farre at wordes y<sup>t</sup> we + wer almost by y<sup>e</sup> eares togither. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> what say you womā? + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. He toke vp a staffe wandryng at me, as the deuill had + bene on hym ready to laye me on the bones. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="005 (116K)" src="images/005.jpg" height="678" width="393" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. were thou not redye to ron in at the bēch hole. + </p> + <p> + <b>xanti</b>. Nay mary I warrant the. I gat me a thre foted stole in + hand, & he had but ones layd his littell finger on me, he shulde + not haue founde me lame. I woulde haue holden his nose to the + grindstōe + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. A newe found shelde, ye wanted but youre dystaffe to + haue made you a speare. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. And he shoulde not greatlye a laughed at his parte. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Ah my frynde. xantyppa. that way is neither good nor + godly, + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b> what is neither good nor godly. yf he wyll not vse + me, as hys wyfe: I wil not take him for my husbande. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. But Paule sayeth that wyues shoulde bee boner and + buxome vnto their husbandes with all humylytye, and Peter also + bryngethe vs an example of Sara, that called her husbande Abrahame, + Lorde. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="006 (118K)" src="images/006.jpg" height="670" width="380" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. I know that as well as you thē y<sup>e</sup> + same paule say that men shoulde loue theyr wyues, as Christ loues + his spouse the churche let him do his duete I wil do myne. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But for all that, when the matter is so farre that the + one muste forber the other it is reason that the woman giue place + vnto the man, + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Is he meete to be called my husbāde that maketh me + his vnderlynge and his dryuel? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But tel me dame xātip. Would he neuer offre the + stripes after that + </p> + <p> + <b>xātip</b>. Not a stripe, and therin he was the wyser man for + & he had he should haue repented euery vayne in hys harte. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. But thou offered him foule wordes plentie, + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. And will do. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. What doth he y<sup>e</sup> meane seasō. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. What doth he sometyme cowcheth an hogeshed, somtime + he doth nothing but stande and laughe at me, other whyle takethe hys + Lute wheron is scarslie three strynges layenge on that as fast as he + may dryue because he would not here me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Doeth that greue thee? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. To beyonde home, manie a tyme I haue much a do to + hold my handes. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="007 (117K)" src="images/007.jpg" height="666" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Neighbour. xantip. wylt thou gyue me leaue to be playn + with the. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b> Good leaue haue you. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Be as bolde on me agayne our olde acquayntaunce and + amite, euen frō our chyldhode, would it should be so. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Trueth you saie, there was neuer woman kinde that I + fauoured more + </p> + <p> + <b>Elaly</b> Whatsoeuer thy husbād be, marke well this, chaunge + thou canst not, In the olde lawe, where the deuill hadde cast aboone + betwene the man and the wife, at the worste waye they myght be + deuorsed, but now that remedie is past, euē till death depart + you he must nedes be thy husbande, and thou hys wyfe, + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Il mote they thryue & thei that taken away that + liberty from vs + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Beware what thou sayest, it was christes act. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xā</b>. I can euil beleue that + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. It is none otherwyse, now it is beste that eyther of + you one beyng with an other, ye laboure to liue at reste and peace. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="008 (118K)" src="images/008.jpg" height="668" width="388" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xan</b>typpa. Why? can I forgeue him a new, + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. It lieth great parte in the womē, for the orderinge + of theyr husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Leadest thou a mery life with thine. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> Now all is well. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. Ergo ther was somwhat to do at your fyrste metying + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Neuer no greate busynes, but yet as it, happeneth now + and than betwene man & womā, there was foule cloudes a + loft, that might haue made a storme but that they were ouer blowen + with good humanitie and wyse handlynge. Euery man hath hys maner and + euery mā hath his seueral aptite or mynde, and thinkes hys owne + way best, & yf we list not to lie there liueth no mā + without faulte, which yf anie were elles, ywis in wedlocke they + ought to know and not vtterly hated + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>, you say well, + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. It happeneth many times that loue dayes breketh + betwene man and wife, before y<sup>e</sup> one be perfitly knowē + vnto the other beware of that in any wife, for when malice is ones + begon, loue is but barely redressed agayne, + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="009 (117K)" src="images/009.jpg" height="664" width="393" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + namely, yf the mater grow furthe unto bytter checkes, & shamfull + raylinges such things as are fastened with glew, yf a manne wyll all + to shake them strayght waye whyle the glew is warme, they soone fal + in peces, but after y<sup>e</sup> glew is ones dried vp they cleue + togither so fast as anie thing, wherefore at the beginning a meanes + must be made, that loue mai encrease and be made sure betwene y<sup>e</sup> + man & the wife, & that is best brought aboute by gentilnesse + and fayre condycions, for the loue that beautie onelie causeth, is + in a maner but a cheri faire. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan.</b> But I praye you hartelye tell me, by what pollycy ye + brought your good man to folow your daunce. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. I wyll tell you on this condicyon, that ye will folowe + me. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I can. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, It is as easy as water if ye cā find in your hart + to do it, nor yet no good time past for he is a yong mā, and + you ar but agirle of age, and I trowe it is not a yere ful sins ye + wer maried. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="010 (117K)" src="images/010.jpg" height="665" width="387" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Xā</b> All thys is true + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. I wyll shew you then. But you must kepe it secret + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. with a ryght good wyl. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. This was my chyefe care, to kepe me alwayes in my + housbandes fauoure, that there shulde nothyng angre him I obserued + his appetite and pleasure I marked the tymes bothe whan he woulde be + pleased and when he wold be all byshrwed, as they tameth the + Elephantes and Lyons or suche beastes that can not be wonne by strēgth + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>typpa. Suche a beaste haue I at home. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Thei that goth vnto the Elephantes weare no white + garmentes, nor they that tame wylde bulles, weare no blasynge + reedes, for experience teacheth, that suche beastes bee madde with + those colours, like as the Tygers by the sound of tumbrels be made + so wode, that thei plucke theymself in peces. Also thei y<sup>t</sup> + breake horses haue their termes and theyr soundes theyr hadlynges, + and other knackes to breake their wyldnes, wyth all. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="011 (118K)" src="images/011.jpg" height="660" width="398" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + Howe much more then is it oure duetyes that y<sup>e</sup> wyues to + use suche craftes toward our husbandes with whō all our lyfe + tyme wil we, nyl we is one house, and one bed. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. furthwith your tale. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, whē I had ones marked there thynges. I applied my + selfe unto hym, well ware not to displease him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. How could thou do that. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Fyrste in the ouerseynge my householde, which is the + very charge and cure of wyues, I wayted euer, not onely gyuynge hede + that nothing shoulde be forgotten or undoone, but that althynges + should be as he woulde haue it, wer it euer so small a trifle. + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>. wherin. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. As thus. Yf mi good man had a fantasye to this + thynge, or to that thyng, or if he would haue his meate dressed on + this fashion, or that fashion. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. But howe couldest thou fashyon thye selfe after hys wyll + and mynde, that eyther woulde not be at home or elles be as freshe + as a saulte heryng. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="012 (118K)" src="images/012.jpg" height="670" width="391" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Elali</b>. Abyde a while. I come not at that yet, yf my husband + wer very sad at anye tyme, no time to speake to him. I laughed not + nor tryfled him as many a woman doth but I looked rufully and + heauyly, for as a glasse (if it be a true stone) representeth euer y<sup>e</sup> + physnamy of hym that loketh in it, so lykewyse it becommeth a wedded + woman alway to agre vnto the appetite of her husbande, that she be + not mery whē he murneth, nor dysposed to play whē he is + sad. And if that at any time he be waiward shrewshaken, either I + pacyfye hym with faire wordes, or I let hym alone, vntyll the wynd + be ouerblowen gyuing him neuer a word at al, vntil the time come + that I may eyther excuse my faute, or tell hym of hys. In lyke wyse + when he commeth home wel whitled, I gyue hym gentyll and fayre + woordes, so with fayre entreatynge I gette hym to bed. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>, O careful state of wyues, whē they muste be + gladde and fayne to followe their husbandes mindes, be thei eluyshe, + dronken, or doying what myschiefe they liste. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="013 (116K)" src="images/013.jpg" height="666" width="386" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. As whoe saieth this gentill dealynge serueth not for + bothe partyes, for they spyte of theyr berdes muste suffre many + thynges in our demeanor, yet a time ther is, whē in a weighty + matter it is laufull that the wyfe tell the good mā his faute, + if that it be matter of substaunce, for at lyght trifles, it is best + to play byll under wynge. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyp</b>. what tune is that + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. when he is ydle, neither angry, pensife, nor ouersen, + then betwixt you two secretly he must be told his faute gētly, + or rather intreated, that in this thynge or that he play the better + husbande to loke better to his good name and fame and to his helth + and this tellyng must be myxt with mery conceites and pleasaunt + wordes many times I make a meane to tel my tale after this fashyon, + that he shall promise me, he shal take no displeasure wyth my + thynge, that I a foolyshe woman shall breake vnto hym, that + pertayneth eyther to hys helthe worshyppe or welth. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="014 (119K)" src="images/014.jpg" height="665" width="388" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + When I haue sayde that I woulde, I chop cleane from that + communication and falle into some other pastime, for this is all our + fautes, neyghbour Xantippa, that whē we begyn ones to chat our + tounges neuer lie. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. So men say + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Thus was I well ware on, that I neuer tell my husbād + his fautes before companie, nor I neuer caried any cōplaynte + furthe a dores: the mendes is soner made whē none knoweth it + but two, and there were anie suche faute that myght not be wel borne + nor amēded by y<sup>e</sup> wyues tellige, it is more laudable + that the wife make complaynte vnto the Parentes and kynsfolke of her + husband, then vnto her own, and so to moderate her complaynte that + she seme not to hate hym but hys vice nor let her play all the + blabbe, that in some poynt vnutered, he may know & loue his + wiues curteysy. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. She had nede be aswellerned womā, that would do + all this. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="015 (120K)" src="images/015.jpg" height="670" width="389" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Mary through suche demeanoure, we shall sterre our husbādes + vnto lyke gentylnesse. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>: There be some that cannot be amended with all the + gentyll handlynge in the worlde. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>: In faith I thyncke nay, but case there be, marke this + wel the good man must be for borne, howe soeuer the game goeth, then + is it better to haue him alwayes at one point or ells more kinde and + louing throw oure gentill handlinge, then to haue him worse and + worse throwe our cursednesse, what wyll you say and I tell you of + husbādes that hath won theyr wiues by suche curtesie, howe + muche more are we boūde to use the same towarde our husbandes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. Than shall you tell of one farre vnlyke vnto thyne + husband. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. I am aquented with a certayne gentelman well lerned and + a veri honest man, he maried a yonge wyfe, a mayden of. xvii. yeare + olde brede and brought vp of a chylde in the countre vnder her + fathers and mother wing + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="016 (117K)" src="images/016.jpg" height="671" width="387" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + (as gentilmen delite to dwel in the countre) to hunt & hawke + This yong gētilman would haue one that were unbrokē, + because he might the soner breake her after hys owne mind, he begā + to entre her in learning syngynge, and playinge, and by lytle and + lytle to vse here to repete suche thynges as she harde at sermons, + and to instruct her with other things that myght haue doone her more + good in time to come. This gere, because it was straūge vnto + this young womā which at home was brought vp in all ydelnesse, + and with the light communication of her fathers seruantes, and other + pastimes, begā to waxe greuouse & paynfull, vnto her. She + withdrew her good mynde and dylygence and whē her husband + called vpon her she put y<sup>e</sup> finger in the eye, and wepte + and many times she would fal downe on the grounde, beatynge her head + agaynst the floure, as one that woulde be out of thys worlde. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="017 (119K)" src="images/017.jpg" height="663" width="387" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + When there was no healpe for this gere, the good man as though he + hadde bene wel asked his wyfe yf she woulde ryde into the countre + with him a sporting vnto her fathers house, so that she graunted + anone. When they were cōmē thyther, the gentilman left his + wyfe with her mother & her sisters he wēt furth an huntynge + with his father in lawe, there betwene theym two, he shewed al + together, how that he hadde hoped to haue had a louynge companion to + lead his lyfe withall, now he hath one that is alwaies blubberynge + and pyninge her selfe awaye withoute anye remedie, he prayeth him to + lay to hys hande in amendinge his doughters fautes her father + answered y<sup>t</sup> he had ones giuen hym his doughter, and yf + that she woulde not be rewled by wordes (a goddes name take + Stafforde lawe) she was his owne. Then the gētylman sayd + agayne, I know that I may do but I had leuer haue her amēded + eyther by youre good counsell or commaundement, + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="018 (118K)" src="images/018.jpg" height="667" width="386" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + then to come vnto that extreme waies, her father promised that he + would fynde a remedye. After a dai or two, he espied time and place + whē he might be alone with his doughter. Then he loked soureli + vpō his doughter, as though he had bene horne woode with her, + he began to reherse how foule a beaste she was, how he feared many + tymes that she neuer haue bestowed her. And yet sayde he much a doe, + vnto my great coste and charg, I haue gottē the one that + moughte lye by any Ladyes syde, and she were a quene and yet thou + not perceiuying what I haue done for the nor knowynge that thou hast + suche a man whiche but of his goodnes myghte thynke thee to euill to + be stoye in his kytchen, thou contrariest al his mind to make a + short tale he spake so sharpely to her, that she feared that he wold + haue beaten her. It is a man of asubtyll and wylye wytte, whyche + wythout a vysarde is ready to playe anye maner of parte. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="019 (117K)" src="images/019.jpg" height="658" width="387" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + Thē this yonge wife what for feare, and for trouthe of the + matter, cleane stryken oute of countenaunce, fell downe at her + fathers fete desyryng hym that he wolde forgette and forgiue her all + that was past and euer after she woulde doe her duetye Her father + forgaue her, and promised that she shoulde finde him a kynd and a + louynge father, yf so be that she perfourmed her promyse. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. How dyd she afterwarde? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>, whē she was departed frō her father she + came backe into a chaumber, and there by chaunce found her husband + alone she fel on her knees to hym and said. Mā in tymes paste, + I neyther knewe you nor my selfe, from this daye froward ye shall se + me cleane chaunged, onelye pardon that is past, with that her + husbande toke her in his armes & kyssed her sayinge she should + lacke nothyng yf she woulde holde her in that mind. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Why did she cōtinue so. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="020 (118K)" src="images/020.jpg" height="663" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Euen tyll her endynge daye, nor there was none so + vyle a thynge but that she woulde laye handes on it redely with all + her herte, if her husband wolde let her, so great loue was begō + and assured betwene them and many a daye after, shee thanked god y<sup>t</sup> + euer she met with such a mā. For yf she had not she sayd she + had ben cleane caste awaye. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. We haue as greate plentie of suche housbandes, as of + white crowes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. Now, but for werieng you? I coulde tell you a thynge + that chaunced a late in this same citye. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>. I haue litell to doe, and I lyke your communicacyon + very well. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. There was a certaine gentilmā he as suche sort + of men do, vsed much huntyng in the cuntre, where he happened on a + younge damoysell, a very pore womās child on whō he doted + a man well stryken in age, and for her sake he lay oftē out of + his owne house his excuse was hūtîg. This mās wife + an exceding honest womā, halfe deale suspecte the mater, tried + out her husbandes falshed, + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="021 (117K)" src="images/021.jpg" height="659" width="383" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + on a tyme whē he had taken his iourney fourth of the town vnto + some other waies, she wente vnto that poore cotage and boulted out + all the hoole matter, where he laye on nights, wheron he drāke, + what thyng thei had to welcō him withall. There was neither one + thyng nor other, but bare walles. This good womā returned home, + and sone after came againe brynginge w<sup>t</sup> her a good soft + bed, and al therto belongyng and certain plate besydes that she gaue + them moneye, chargynge them that if the Gentilmā came agayne, + they shold entreate him better not beyng knowē al this while + that she was his wyfe, but fayued her to be her sister. Not long + after her husband stale thether againe, he sawe the howse otherwyse + decked, and better fare then he was wounte to haue. He asked, frome + whence commeth al this goodly gere? They sayde that an honeste + matrone, a kynsewoman of hys hadde broughte it thyther and + commaunded + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="022 (118K)" src="images/022.jpg" height="664" width="388" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + thenm that he should be well cherished when so euer he came, by and + by his hart gaue him that it was hys wiues dede, whan he came home + he demaūded of her yf she hadde bene there or nay, she sayd + yea. Then he asked her for what purpose she sente all that housholde + stuffe thyther. Man (said she) ye haue bē tenderly brought vp. + I perceiued that ye were but corslie handled there, me thought that + it was my part, seing it was your wyll and pleasure to be there ye + shoulde be better loked to. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. She was one of goddes fooles. I woulde rather for a + bed haue layd vnder him a bundel of nettels: or a burden of + thistels. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But here the end her husbande perceyuyng the honeste of + her great pacience neuer after laye from her, but made good cheare + at home with his owne. I am sure ye knowe Gilberte the holāder. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>. Very well. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. He (as it is not vnknowē maried an old wife in his + florishîg youth. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="023 (116K)" src="images/023.jpg" height="657" width="385" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Xā</b>. Per aduēture he maried the good and notthe + woman. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. There sayde ye well, setting lytell stoore by hys + olde wife, hunted a callette, with whom he kept much companie + abrode, he dined or supped litell at home. What wouldest thou haue + sayd to y<sup>e</sup> gere. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. What woulde I a said? I wolde haue flowē to the + hores toppe and I wolde haue crowned myne husbande at hys oute + goinge to her with a pysbowle,that he so ēbawlmed might haue + gon vnto his souerayne ladie. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. But how much wiselier dyd this woman? She desyred that + yonge woman home vnto her, and made her good chere, so by that + meanes she brought home also her husband without ani witchraft or + sorserie, and yf that at anye season he supped abrode with her she + would sende vnto them some good dayntie morsel, and byd him make + good chere + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. I had leuer be slayne then I woulde be bawde vnto + myne owne husbande. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="024 (117K)" src="images/024.jpg" height="667" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Yea, but consyder all thynges well, was not that + muche better, then she shoulde be her shrewyshnesse, haue putte her + husbandes minde cleane of from her, and so haue ledde all her life + in trouble and heuynesse. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. I graunte you well, that it was better so but I + coulde not abyde it. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. I wyll tell you a prety story more, and so make an + ende One of oure neyghboures, a well disposed and a goddes man, but + that he is some what testie, on a day pomeld his wife well and + thriftely aboute the pate and so good a woman as euer was borne, she + picked her into an inner parler, and there weepynge and sobbynge, + eased her heuye harte, anone after, by chaunce her husbande came + into the same place, and founde hys wyfe wepyng. What sitest thou + heare sayth he seighing & sobbîg like a child Thē she + like a wise woman sayde. Is it not more honesty for me to lamente my + dolours here in a secret place, thē to make wondering and on + oute crye in the strete, + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="025 (116K)" src="images/025.jpg" height="667" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + as other womē do. At so wyfely and womanly a saing his hart + melted, promysynge her faythfullye and truelie that he woulde neuer + laye stroke on her afterwarde, nor neuer did. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. No more wil mine god thanke my selfe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. But then ye are alwaies one at a nother, agreinge + lyke dogges and cattes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xan</b>. What wouldest thou that I should do? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Fyrst & formest, whatsoeuer thy husbande doeth sayde + thou nothinge, for his harte must be wonne by lytell and litel by + fayre meanes, gentilnesse and forbearing at the last thou shalte + eyther wynne him or at the least waie thou shalt leade a better life + thē thou doest now. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. He his beyonde goddes forbode, he wil neuer amende. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Eye saye not so, there is no beest so wild but by + fayre handling be tamed, neuer mistrust man thē. Assay a moneth + or two, blame me and thou findest not that my counsell dooeth ease. + There be some fautes wyth you thoughe + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="026 (113K)" src="images/026.jpg" height="637" width="385" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + thou se them, be wyse of this especyall that thou neuer gyue hym + foule wordes in the chambre, or inbed but be sure that all thynges + there bee full of pastyme and pleasure. For yf that place which is + ordeined to make amēdes for all fautes and so to renew loue, be + polluted, eyther with strife or grugynges, then fayre wel al hope of + loue daies, or atonementes, yet there be some beastes so wayward and + mischeuous, that when theyr husbandes hath them in their arms a bed, + they scholde & chyde making y<sup>t</sup> same plesure their + lewd condicions (that expelseth all displeasures oute of their + husbandes mynde unpleasaunt and lytell set bi corrupting the + medecine that shuld haue cured al deadly greifes, & odible offēces. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. That is no newes to me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Though the woman shulde be well ware and wyse that she + shulde neuer be disobedient vnto her husbād yet she ought to be + most circūspect + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="027 (116K)" src="images/027.jpg" height="666" width="381" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + that at meting she shew her selfe redy and pleasaunt unto him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantyppa</b>. Yea vnto a man, holde well withall but I am combred + with a beast. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. No more of those wordes, most commonly our husbādes + ar euyll through our owne faute, but to returne againe vnto our + taile they that ar sene in the olde fables of Poetes sai that Venus + whome they make chiefe lady of wedlocke (hath a girdle made by the + handy worke of Vulcan her Lorde, and in that is thrust al that + enforceth love and with that she girdeth her whan so ever she lyeth + wyth her housbande + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. A tale of a tubbe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalya</b>. A tayle it is, but herkē what the taile + meaneth. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Tell me. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b> That techeth us that the wyfe ought to dyspose her + selfe all the she maye that lieng by her husbād she shew him al + the plesure that she cā; Wherby the honest love of matrimony + may reuiue and be renewed, & that there with be clene dispatched + al grudges & malice + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="028 (117K)" src="images/028.jpg" height="671" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xant</b>. But how shall we come by the thys gyrdle? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. We nede neyther wytchraft nor enchauntment, ther is non + of them al, so sure as honest condiciōs accompayned with good + feloshyp. + </p> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I can not fauoure suche an husbande as myne is. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>, It is moste thy profyt that he be no longer suche. If + thou couldest by thy Circes craft chaunge thin husband into an + hogge, or a bore wouldest thou do it? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. God knoweth. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. Art thou in dout? haddest thou leauer marye an hogge than + a mā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. Mary I had leauer haue a manne. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. wel, what and thou coudest by sorcery make him of a + drōkarde a soober man, of a vnthrifte a good housbande of an + ydell losell a towarde body, woldest thou not doe it? + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. yes, hardely, woulde I doe it. But where shoulde I + learne the cunnyng? + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. For soth that cōning hast thou in the if thou + wouldest vtter it, thyn must he be, mauger thy head, the towarde y<sup>e</sup> + makest him, the better it is for the, + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="029 (114K)" src="images/029.jpg" height="657" width="376" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + thou lokest on nothing but on his leude cōdicions, and thei + make the half mad, thou wouldest amende hym and thou puttest hym + farther oute of frame, loke rather on his good condicions, and so + shalt thou make him better. It is to late calagayne yesterdaie + before thou were maryed unto hym. It was tyme to cōsyder what + his fautes were for a women shold not only take her husbande by the + eyes but by the eares. Now it is more tyme to redresse fautes thē + to fynd fautes. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantt</b>. What woman euer toke her gusband by the eares. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. She taketh her husbande by the eyes that loketh on + nothyng, but on the beautye and pulcritude of the body. She taketh + him by the eares, that harkeneth diligētly what the common + voice sayth by him + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Thy counsaile is good, but it commeth a day after the + faire. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Yet it commeth time ynough to bringe thyne husbande to + a greate furtheraunce to that shall bee yf God sende you anie frute + togither. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="030 (115K)" src="images/030.jpg" height="670" width="376" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. We are spede alredy of that. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulaly</b>. How long ago. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. A good whyle ago + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. How many monethes old is it. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. It lacketh lytle of. vii. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b> What a tale is this, ye reken the monethes by nightes + and dayes double. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantippa</b>. Not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. It can not be none other wyse, yf ye reken from the + mariage day. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. yea, but what thē, I spake with him before we + were maried. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Be children gotten by speakinge. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. It befell so that he mette me alone and begon to + ticke at me, and tickled me vnder the arme holes and sydes to make + me laugh. I might not awaie with ticklynge, but fell downe + backewarde vpon a bedde and he a lofte, neuer leuinge kyssynge on + me, what he did els I can not saye, but by sayncte Marie within a + while after my bely beganne to swell. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Go now and disprayse thine husbāde whiche yf he + gette children by playe, what wyll he do whē he goeth to it in + good ernest. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="031 (118K)" src="images/031.jpg" height="664" width="384" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>, I fere me I am payed agayin. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Good locke God hath sent a fruitfull grounde, a good + tylmā. + </p> + <p> + <b>Xantip</b>. In that thing he might haue lesse laboure and more + thanke. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Few wyues finde at theyr husbandes in that behalf but + were ye thē sure togither. + </p> + <p> + <b>xanti</b>. yea that we were + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. The offence is the lesse. Is it a man chylde. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. yea. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. He shal make you at one so that ye wil bow & + forbere. What saieth other mē by thin husband, they that be his + cōpanions, they delite with him abrode + </p> + <p> + <b>xā</b>, They say that he is meruelous gentyl, redy to do + euery man pleasure, liberal and sure to his frende. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. And that putteth me in good cōfort that he wyll be + ruled after our counsayll. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. But I fynde him not so. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Order thy selfe to him as I haue tolde thee, and cal me + no more true sayer but a lier, if he be not so good vnto the as to + anie creature liuinge Again cōsidre this he is yet but a + childe, I thinke he passethe not. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="032 (121K)" src="images/032.jpg" height="659" width="388" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + xxiiij. the blacke oxe neuer trode on hys fote, nowe it is but loste + laboure to recken vpon anye deuorse. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Yet manye a tyme and ofte I haue troubled my + braynes withal + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. As for that fantasye whensoeuer it commeth into your + mynd first of all counte how naked a thynge woman is, deuorsed from + man. It is the hyghest dignitie that longethe to the wyfe to + obsequyous vnto her spouse. So hath natyre ordeined so god hath + appoynted, that the woman shoulde be ruled al by the man loke onely + vppon this whiche is trouth, thine husbande he is, other canste thou + none haue. Againe forgette not that swete babe be gotten of both + your bodies what thin beste thou to do with that, wilte thou take it + awaye with thee? Thou shalte bereue thyne husband his ryght wylt + thou leue it with hym? thou shalt spoile thy self of thy chefeste + Jewell thou haste. Beside all this tell me trueth hast thou none + euyll wyllers, Besyde all thys tell me trueth, hast thou none euyll + wyllers. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="033 (117K)" src="images/033.jpg" height="660" width="386" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>xan</b>. I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes + mother euen such another. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Do they hate the so deadly. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. They woulde se me hanged. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eula</b>. Thē forget not thē what greater plesure + couldest thou shew them then to se the deuorsed from thine husband + and to led a wydowes lyfe. Yea and worse thē a wydow, for + wydowes be at their choise. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. I holde well with youre coūsell, but I can not + awaye with the paynes. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. yet recken what paines ye toke or ye colde teache + your paret to speake. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Exceadynge much. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. And thinke you much to labour a lytel in reforming your + husbād with whō you may liue merely all the dayes of your + lyfe. What busines doe mē put thē self to be wel & + easly horsed & shal we think our selues to good to take paines + that we mai haue our husbādes gētil & curteise vnto + vs. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. What shal I do. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="034 (118K)" src="images/034.jpg" height="661" width="382" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + <b>Eu</b>. I haue told you al redy, se that al thing be clene & + trim at home, that no sluttysh or vnclenlye syghtes dryue hym oute a + dores. Be your selfe alwayes redy at a becke, berynge continuali in + minde what reuerēce the wife oweth vnto her husbād. Be + neyther in your dūpes, nor alwayes on your mery pinnes go + nether to homely nor to nycely. Let your meat be cleane dressed, you + know yourhusbādes diet. What he loueth best that dresse. + Moreouer shewe your selfe louinge and fayre spokē vnto thē + where he loueth, call them now and thē vnto your table. At + meate, se that al thinges be well sauored, and make good there, And + whē that he is toppe heuy playing on his lute, sytte thou by + and singe to him so shalte thou make hym keepe home, and lessen hys + expences This shall he thynke at length, in faythe I am a fonde + felowe that maketh suche chere with a strumpet abroode with greate + lossee bothe of substance and name, seyng that I haue a wyfe + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="035 (116K)" src="images/035.jpg" height="663" width="384" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + at home bothe muche fayrer, and one that loueth me ten times better, + with whome I may be both clenlyer receiued and dayntelier cherisshed + </p> + <p> + <b>xantip</b>. Beleuest thou that it will take and I put it into a + profe. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulali</b>. Looke on me. I warrante it or ought longe I wyll in + hande with thyne husbande, & I will tell hym his part. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. ye marie that is well sayde. But be wyse that he + espie not our casle, he would plaie his fages, all the house should + be to lytle for hym. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. Take no thoughte. I shall so conuey my matters, that + he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene + you, that done I wyll handell him pretelie as I thinke beste, and I + truste to make him a new man for the and when I se my time I wyl + make a lie for thee, how louinge thou hast spoken of him. + </p> + <p> + <b>xantippa</b>. Chryst spede vs and bringe our pupose well aboute. + </p> + <p> + <b>Eulalia</b>. He will not fayle the so thou do thy good wyll. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="036 (116K)" src="images/036.jpg" height="653" width="384" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + There was a man that maried a woman whiche hadde great riches and + beawtye. Howe bee it she hadde suche an impedyment of nature that + she was domme and coulde not speake, whiche thynge made him ryghte + pensyfe, and sayd, wherfore vpon a daye as he walked alone ryght + heuye in hearte thynkynge vpon his wyfe. There came one to hym and + asked him what was the cause of his heuynesse whiche answered that + it was onely bycause his wife was borne dōme. To whome this + other said I shal shewe the soone a remedy and a medicyne (therfore + that is thus) go tak an aspen leafe and lay it vnder her tōge + this night shee beinge a sleape, and I warrant the that shee shall + speake on the morowe whiche man beyng glad of thys medycyne prepared + therfore and gathered aspen leaues, wherfore he layd thre of them + vnder her tonge whan shee was a sleape. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="037 (119K)" src="images/037.jpg" height="662" width="376" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + And on the morow when he him selfe awaked he Desyrous to know how + hys medicine wrought being in bed with her, he demaunded of her how + she did, and sodēly she answered and sayd, I beshrewe thy harte + for waking me so early, and so by the vertue of that medycyne she + was restored to her speche. But in cōclusion her spech encresed + day by day and she was so curst of cōdycyon that euery daie she + brauled and chyd with her husbande, so muche at the laste he was + more weped, and had much more trouble and disease wyth her shrewed + wordes then he hadde before whē she was dumme, wherfore as he + walked another time alone he happened to mete agayne with the same + personne that taught hym the sayde medycine and sayde to hym thys + wyse. Syr ye taught me a medicin but late to make my domme wyfe to + speake, byddynge me lay an aspen leafe vnder her toūg when she + sleapte, and I layde three Aspen leaves there. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <img alt="038 (97K)" src="images/038.jpg" height="643" width="379" /> + </td> + <td> + + </td> + <td> + <p> + Wherfore nowe she speaketh. 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