ye toke or ye colde
teache your paret to speake. xantippa. Exceadynge much.
Eu. And thinke you much to labour a lytel in reforming
your husband with whom you may liue merely all the
dayes of your lyfe. What busines doe men put them
self to be wel & easly horsed & shal we think our
selues to good to take paines that we mai haue our
husbandes gentil & curteise vnto vs. xantip. What
shal I do. Eu. 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 reuerence the wife oweth vnto her husband. Be
neyther in your dumpes, nor alwayes on your mery
pinnes go nether to homely nor to nycely. Let your meat
be cleane dressed, you know yourhusbandes diet. What
he loueth best that dresse. Moreouer shewe your selfe
louinge and fayre spoken vnto them where he loueth,
call them now and then vnto your table. At meate, se
that al thinges be well sauored, and make good there,
And when 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 xantip. Beleuest
thou that it will take and I put it into a profe.
Eulali. Looke on me. I warrante it or ought longe I
wyll in hande with thyne husbande, & I will tell hym
his part. xantippa. 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.
Eulalia. 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.
xantippa. Chryst spede vs and bringe our pupose well
aboute. Eulalia. He will not fayle the so thou do thy
good wyll.
There was a man that maried a woman whiche hadde great
riches and beawtye. Howe bee it she hadde suche an
impedy