¶
The
preface
of
the
translatour
.
Capitulo
primo
.
¶
To
the
ryght
honorable
and
his
especiall
good
Lady
,
the
lady
Lust
of
Pawesforde
,
Olyuer
Oldwanton
,
your
Ladyships
bondeman
,
wyssheth
a
ioyfull
lyfe
and
contynuall
felicitie
.
GAllynge
to
mynde
the
oppinion
of
Aristippus
,
a
certeyne
Philosopher
of
th
epicuriens
secte
,
who
by
profounde
argumentes
and
sundry
authorities
vsed
to
maynteyne
,
that
it
was
lawefull
for
man
and
woman
at
vacante
tymes
to
exercise
them selues
with
kyssinge
and
imbrasynge
(
together
with
the
suites
and
cerymonies
thereunto
belongynge
)
rather
then
to
syt
styll
and
be
idle
.
The
same
my
ioly
good
Lady
hath
caused
me
so
greatly
to
detest
the
wicked
vice
of
Idlenes
,
that
in
eschewynge
therof
I
haue
had
sundry
deuyses
,
howe
I
myght
most
conueniently
be
occupyed
,
and
thereupon
fyndynge
my selfe
more
apte
then
able
,
for
th
excercise
aforesayde
.
And
moreouer
aswell
ignoraunte
in
euery
crafte
and
facultie
of
bodely
labour
as
destitute
both
of
lernynge
and
knowledge
,
wherby
to
inuente
or
set
forthe
any
worthy
matter
of
newe
.
I
determined
at
length
bicause
I
haue
vnderstandynge
in
sundrye
tounges
,
to
take
vpon
me
the
translation
of
some
worke
into
Englyshe
,
and
for
that
purpose
,
perusing
a
numbre
of
bookes
,
I
chaunced
to
fynde
a
lyttle
queare
intiteled
,
the
Image
of
Idlenesse
,
wrytten
many
yeres
past
in
the
Troyane
or
Cornyshe
speache
,
beinge
the
mother
tounge
of
this
noble
Realme
,
then
called
Bryttayne
,
which
made
me
the
more
wyllynge
to
take
the
same
in
hande
,
thynkynge
that
it
myght
drawe
ageyne
to
memory
the
valyaunt
people
of
Troy
,
wherof
for
my
parte
(
be
it
spoken
without
aduante
)
I
am
one
of
the
worthy
ofspringe
.
But
then
came
to
my
remembraunce
the
wordes
of
Plato
,
who
sayth
,
that
man
lyueth
not
chiefely
for
hym selfe
,
but
rather
for
his
contrey
,
meanyng
that
we
shulde
not
apply
our
trauel
or
study
to
our
priuate
plesure
or
commoditie
:
but
rather
to
th
aduauncement
of
our
common
wealth
:
which
this
purpose
semed
not
to
concerne
,
and
therefore
myght
chaunce
by
some
mens
opynion
ought
not
to
be
traueyled
on
.
Yet
neuerthelesse
lyke
as
commonly
most
men
be
not
sone
perswaded
to
gyue
ouer
the
thinge
that
they
are
affectionated
vnto
,
vppon
any
surmyse
or
report
,
that
the
doinge
therof
shulde
stande
ageynst
the
rule
of
good
order
:
But
rather
to
iustifie
theyr
cause
,
wyll
serche
for
some
colourable
argument
to
proue
that
the
same
maye
stande
within
the
compase
of
order
.
Euen
so
I
beinge
bent
to
this
translation
,
(
with
the
helpe
of
my
wyttes
which
in
this
case
fauoured
my
wil
)
haue
vnder
such
sort
wrested
common
reason
,
that
in
mine
opinion
(
being
inoughe
as
I
suppose
for
the
discharge
of
myne
owne
conscience
)
the
doynge
thereof
may
well
inough
stande
with
the
precept
of
Plato
.
If
not
indirectely
,
yet
at
the
leaste
way
by
a
meanes
which
I
proue
as
thus
.
To
be
a
studient
of
the
lawes
,
a
councellour
or
a
minister
in
the
common
welth
is
well
alowed
with
Plato
,
and
then
to
encorage
or
assist
such
person
in
his
studye
or
ministration
,
must
nedes
be
of
lyke
effecte
.
And
that
in
my
mynde
shal
be
accomplysshed
in
this
worke
.
For
it
is
apparant
vnto
vs
,
that
secious
and
sadde
studye
which
perteyneth
to
the
gouernaunce
and
ministration
in
a
comcom
wealth
is
so
contrary
to
most
mens
nature
,
that
if
the
mynd
be
not
recreated
with
some
pleasaunt
matter
,
the
wyttes
wyl
sone
appalle
,
and
the
lyuely
spirites
waxe
feble
or
dull
.
And
therefore
it
semeth
(
that
as
it
is
necessarie
)
to
haue
studentes
councellers
and
ministers
in
a
common
wealth
.
Euen
as
necessary
it
is
that
some
men
shulde
trauell
to
set
forth
such
matter
as
may
reuiue
theyr
spirites
,
beynge
mortyfyed
by
contynuall
graue
studye
,
which
otherwyse
as
accloyed
and
werye
,
shulde
of
force
be
dryuen
by
vnaptnes
,
to
cease
in
theyr
study
or
ministration
,
and
surely
Madame
,
the
iniquitie
of
tyme
is
nowe
suche
:
that
the
verye
graueste
and
moste
wyse
sorte
of
men
(
yea
and
euen
they
which
haue
ministration
in
the
common
wealth
)
wyll
sometyme
soonest
laughe
and
reioyce
to
here
and
rede
euyll
of
women
:
yet
not
as
thoughe
beinge
euyll
marched
theym selues
,
they
shulde
seme
gladde
to
perceaue
other
men
in
lyke
case
,
as
yf
the
euyll
were
as
common
as
women
are
great
in
numbre
,
or
that
they
thynke
that
they
maye
by
readynge
of
bookes
more
safely
reproue
theyr
wiues
faultes
then
by
expresse
wordes
.
But
rather
commeth
as
a
certeyne
plage
of
lightnes
or
franzie
by
th
operation
of
some
peruers
planet
,
or
euyll
humoure
that
causeth
them
indiscretly
to
condempne
them selues
,
by
defamynge
theyr
moste
naturall
and
best
knowen
parente
.
Lyke
as
yf
the
Tercell
wolde
saye
that
his
Ceryer
or
dame
were
a
Puttocke
or
Kyte
,
which
argueth
him selfe
neuer
likely
to
proue
good
hauke
:
And
euen
so
it
is
of
these
madde
men
that
delyght
to
speake
and
here
euyll
of
women
.
Howebeit
nowe
very
shortly
,
when
by
the
beneuolence
of
the
bodyes
aboue
,
there
shal
no
more
such
occasions
be
mynistred
.
I
doubte
not
but
that
men
wyl
amende
their
misreportes
and
gyue
ouer
such
vnsemely
delectations
.
But
yet
in
the
meane
season
it
shal
be
necessarye
to
serue
the
tyme
.
And
therefore
the
matter
of
this
translation
beinge
interlased
with
certeyne
surmysed
faultes
ageynste
women
,
semeth
to
be
as
an
ayde
to
the
ministers
in
a
common
wealth
,
to
refreshe
with
all
theyr
wyttes
,
beinge
as
I
sayde
before
,
appalled
with
graue
studye
.
So
that
whereas
suche
ministers
by
theyr
study
and
trauell
do
serue
the
common
wealth
indirectly
:
Euen
so
by
this
worke
,
which
tendeth
to
meinteine
and
continewe
theyr
wyttes
apte
for
studye
and
ministration
.
Me
thinketh
I
serue
the
common
wealth
by
a
meanes
,
so
that
my
traueyle
herein
maye
well
inoughe
stande
with
the
precepte
of
Plato
.
And
that
thereby
at
the
leaste
way
I
Hall
deserue
as
much
commendation
,
as
the
Smyth
which
maketh
a
wrest
to
tune
th
instrument
:
Who
although
he
be
ignorant
in
musicke
,
is
yet
worthy
of
some
thankes
for
t
harmony
,
by
reason
that
and
yf
his
traueyle
had
not
bin
,
the
stringes
coulde
not
haue
binne
brought
to
agree
in
tune
,
and
then
had
there
byn
no
melody
at
al.
But
alas
,
a
lamentable
case
to
remember
howe
the
folly
and
malyce
of
man
is
encreased
,
syth
the
dayes
of
Saynt
Iohn
the
Euangelist
,
who
for
his
recreation
after
longe
prayers
(
as
these
discrete
old
wiues
beare
in
hande
)
vsed
to
refreshe
hym selfe
in
playing
with
his
byrde
.
And
lykewyse
holy
Saynt
Anthony
in
teachynge
his
lyttle
Pygge
to
tumble
and
vaulte
,
and
dyd
not
delyght
to
here
or
vnderstande
of
womens
faultes
or
doublenes
,
as
men
do
nowe
a
dayes
,
which
alteration
by
th
oppinion
of
some
doctours
,
commeth
by
th
influence
of
some
disordered
planet
.
As
in
deede
Venus
of
late
to
aduaunce
her selfe
hasted
her
ordinarie
course
,
thinkynge
to
make
her
ascendaunte
aboue
the
heade
of
Iupiter
,
but
by
a
mischaunce
she
stumbled
on
Scorpio
,
and
vnder
suche
sorte
was
tangled
,
that
not
onely
she
fayled
th
aduantage
of
her
pretended
purpose
,
but
moreouer
lost
two
degrees
,
and
halfe
of
her
possessed
preemynence
,
the
reuolusyon
wherof
semeth
to
be
a
great
part
of
the
cause
that
maketh
many
women
nowe
adayes
to
straye
out
of
order
,
and
minister
much
occasion
of
euyll
reporte
,
as
couetynge
to
be
accoumpted
of
hygher
estate
and
abilitie
then
in
dede
they
are
,
or
in
makynge
theyr
bewtie
and
come●ynesse
seme
more
then
it
is
,
to
garnyshe
them selues
with
more
sumptuous
apparell
and
costely
Iewels
then
dothe
apperteyne
.
For
the
meyntenaunce
whereof
,
they
abuse
that
parte
of
theyr
bodies
where
as
the
signe
of
Scorpio
dothe
commonly
raigne
,
and
by
such
meanes
for
a
tyme
serneth
well
theyr
purpose
,
and
doth
increase
theyr
preferment
and
estimation
.
Howebeit
at
length
eyther
by
smellynge
or
suspicion
,
they
fall
into
defame
and
oblequy
of
the
people
,
and
be
lesse
estemed
or
set
by
then
when
they
fyrst
began
.
But
what
soeuer
the
cause
of
suche
alteration
be
.
Sythen
I
perceane
that
men
are
nowe
so
peruersly
bente
to
report
and
here
euyll
of
women
,
yet
for
the
reuerence
and
zeale
that
I
beare
vnto
all
women
,
I
haue
thought
best
,
bicause
they
may
be
the
redier
with
theyrs
answere
or
excuse
,
if
any
of
theym
shall
happen
to
be
charged
with
any
of
the
faultes
or
euyll
properties
mencioned
in
this
booke
.
For
to
make
them
fyrst
priuie
thereunto
,
by
directynge
of
this
my
simple
worke
vnto
your
Ladyshyppe
,
beinge
of
all
honorable
women
in
these
dayes
(
none
discommended
)
aswell
for
singuler
wyt
and
good
conueyghaunce
,
as
for
great
pollicie
and
longe
experience
coumpted
most
notable
,
not
doubtynge
but
that
all
women
by
your
Ladyshyppes
good
aduyse
and
instruction
,
wyll
be
well
able
to
defende
or
excuse
them selues
,
what
so
euer
shal
be
layde
to
theyr
charge
,
which
chiefely
hath
holdened
me
to
brynge
this
matter
into
our
vulgar
speche
,
accoumptynge
more
honour
for
then
to
haue
it
come
in
question
and
be
well
aunswered
,
then
by
scylence
to
let
it
alway
remayne
in
suspicion
or
doubtfull
.
In
the
furtheraunce
wherof
yf
it
may
lye
in
me
eyther
by
my
wordes
or
weapon
,
to
do
them
any
seruice
or
pleasure
:
be
theyr
cause
right
or
wronge
,
I
am
and
shal
be
both
theyr
aduocate
and
champion
tyll
my
lyues
ende
.
For
doubtlesse
Madame
,
I
hadde
rather
a
thousande
men
shulde
peryshe
by
the
felynge
of
theyr
faultes
(
yf
any
such
were
)
then
that
I
wolde
defame
or
condempne
the
very
simplist
woman
of
your
Ladyshyppes
trayne
,
by
confessynge
of
ought
that
might
make
ageynste
her
.
And
for
my
trauetyle
and
good
wyll
in
this
behalfe
do
requyre
nothynge
els
at
your
Ladyshyppes
handes
,
but
only
that
after
this
transytory
lyfe
,
when
your
good
Ladyshyppe
for
your
woorthy
workes
in
earth
,
shal
be
glorified
in
the
celestial
throne
of
the
goddesse
Venus
,
that
I
may
be
restored
ageine
to
youth
,
and
made
page
of
your
Ladyshyppes
Chamber
,
&
that
in
the
meane
tyme
it
may
please
your
Ladyshippe
notwithstandynge
the
debilitie
of
my
body
,
yet
for
the
myghtynesse
of
my
mynde
and
skylfull
practyse
,
to
admytte
me
Captayne
generall
of
your
bande
,
which
I
doubt
not
,
what
by
mine
owne
pollycies
,
and
what
by
the
diligence
and
secrete
shyftes
of
mine
expert
Herauldes
,
and
circumspecte
espialles
so
aduysedly
to
leade
and
gouerne
,
as
they
shall
escape
all
reproche
and
daunger
of
theyr
bodyes
.
And
as
for
the
safegarde
of
theyr
soules
,
bicause
it
concerneth
not
the
charge
of
that
office
,
I
wyl
referre
the
same
to
frier
Floysterar
,
your
Ladyshyppes
Penitence
,
who
for
a
small
portion
of
the
spoyle
(
as
some
folke
bere
in
hande
)
wyll
take
theyr
whole
peryll
on
hym selfe
,
as
best
knowethe
the
blacke
Prouinciall
,
who
longe
preserue
your
good
Ladyshyppe
,
and
prosper
your
proceadynges
for
euer
and
euer
Amen
.
The
Image
of
Idlenesse
.
¶
The
fyrste
parte
of
a
certeyne
Epistle
sent
by
Bawdyn
Bacheler
to
Walter
Wedlocke
,
wherin
doth
appeare
the
grounde
that
caused
the
settynge
forthe
of
this
Treatyse
.
Capitulo
.ii.
GOodman
Wedlocke
my
harty
commendations
layde
apart
,
wheras
I
perceaue
by
the
report
of
Thomas
Talker
your
Secretary
that
ye
saye
it
is
a
shame
for
me
to
be
so
longe
tyme
vnmaryed
,
affirmynge
that
I
despyse
and
eschewe
maryage
,
as
a
carefull
and
vnquiete
lyfe
,
beinge
good
for
nothynge
els
but
onely
to
brynge
sinfull
people
,
that
can
paciently
here
it
to
heauen
by
the
penaunce
therof
,
as
the
very
selfe
purgatory
that
many
lerned
men
haue
so
longe
time
contended
vpon
.
Doubtlesse
Walter
I
do
marueyle
muche
what
hath
moued
you
to
charge
me
with
so
great
an
iniquitie
,
as
that
I
shulde
dispraise
the
blessed
Sacrament
of
matrimonye
,
being
instituted
by
God
hym selfe
,
the
very
ground
and
somme
of
al
goodnes
,
yea
and
that
is
of
suche
perfection
,
that
if
any
mortal
man
had
inuented
the
same
,
he
shuld
thereby
haue
worthely
deserued
immortall
prayse
and
fame
,
the
groundes
therof
are
so
commendable
and
necessary
.
Nor
surely
I
neuer
hadde
other
then
very
good
and
reuerent
opinion
of
it
in
all
my
lyfe
,
and
yet
in
dede
Walter
I
dayly
se
and
haue
sayd
that
wedded
men
for
the
more
parte
haue
alway
woful
and
cumbrous
lyues
,
vpon
groundes
and
occation
ministred
by
theyr
wynes
.
But
for
very
trothe
by
the
defaulte
and
neglygence
of
them selues
,
that
commonly
lacketh
eyther
grace
or
discretion
to
order
and
vse
theyr
wyues
as
they
shuld
do
.
Which
neuerthelesse
is
not
to
be
marueyled
at
,
for
surely
the
ryght
feate
therof
is
a
secrete
that
God
reueleth
not
to
all
men
,
left
then
they
shulde
lyue
in
such
continuall
pleasauntnesse
and
felicitie
that
they
wolde
neuer
wyllyngly
departe
this
lyfe
:
whiche
by
th
opinion
of
the
Vtopyans
is
a
great
suspecte
of
perdicion
,
but
as
for
me
in
dede
I
haue
the
gyft
therof
.
And
therfore
I
ensure
you
,
haue
bin
very
desyrous
to
mary
.
Yet
not
so
muche
for
mine
owne
commoditie
,
as
for
that
I
wold
gyue
other
men
example
how
to
vse
and
gouerne
theyr
wyues
in
the
ryght
sort
,
wherby
to
expell
the
inconuenience
that
I
perceaue
doth
ensue
by
the
contrarye
,
but
my
chaunce
hath
not
bin
to
obteyne
.
For
the
deuyll
uyll
to
ēmpesshe
so
good
a
purpose
of
quietnes
in
the
worlde
by
one
meanes
or
other
,
hath
alwayes
hyndred
my
suite
,
whiche
is
the
very
cause
that
I
am
so
longe
tyme
vnmaryed
,
and
for
no
such
errour
or
euyll
opinion
as
ye
haue
vntruly
surmysed
of
me
,
for
the
more
playne
declaration
whereof
,
I
haue
herewithall
,
sent
you
a
note
or
copye
of
such
letters
as
with
careful
hart
I
wrote
before
this
vnto
dyuers
to
entreate
for
my selfe
vppon
maryage
,
whiche
when
ye
haue
perused
,
then
wyll
I
declare
vnto
you
further
of
my
mynde
in
this
behalfe
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
Bacheler
beinge
fuset
t●
a
certeyne
Gentlewoman
for
maryage
,
wryteth
to
a
frende
of
hers
for
to
haue
his
helpe
and
furtheraunce
therein
.
The
thyrde
Chapter
.
AFter
my
very
harty
commendation
,
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
partly
for
mine
owne
comforte
and
commoditie
,
knowynge
by
sundry
meanes
what
ioyes
and
felicitie
there
maye
be
in
maryage
:
and
partely
moued
of
compassion
,
perceauynge
a
number
of
men
ignorantly
abusynge
them selues
in
orderynge
of
theyr
wyues
(
whiche
by
my
good
ensample
myght
be
reformed
)
lyue
in
miserie
and
great
vnquietnesse
:
I
am
vtterly
determined
with
all
spede
to
be
a
maried
man
,
but
yet
not
myndynge
to
bestowe
my selfe
so
vnaduisedly
,
for
any
haste
,
as
to
choose
a
wyfe
for
couetise
of
goodes
or
land
whereas
my
harte
wyll
not
serue
me
to
loue
and
fauour
the
person
:
nor
for
dotyng
loue
or
fauour
,
where
as
there
is
not
some
conuenient
abilitie
in
substaunce
towarde
suche
charges
as
foloweth
maryage
:
nother
yet
for
both
where
as
the
age
shall
much
dyffer
from
mine
owne
.
Whiche
thynges
circumspectly
consydered
,
I
iudge
them
all
accordynge
to
my
hartes
desyre
,
with
a
number
of
good
conditions
to
be
ioyned
together
in
mystres
B.
your
kynswoman
,
to
whome
of
late
I
haue
bin
suter
in
that
behalfe
,
and
do
perceaue
by
sundry
meanes
,
that
she
wyl
folowe
your
aduyce
.
Wherfore
syr
I
shal
very
hartely
desyre
you
to
haue
your
helpe
and
furtheraunce
therin
.
Whiche
to
recompence
(
yf
my
sute
take
place
)
I
dare
be
bolde
to
promyse
you
a
thousande
thankes
of
her
part
,
for
the
spedynge
of
her
to
so
good
a
husbande
,
as
by
my
demeanoure
towardes
her
I
entende
to
shewe
my selfe
.
And
yet
for
all
that
,
I
haue
such
dispayre
and
mistructe
in
the
matter
,
that
do
the
best
ye
can
,
I
wyl
wage
with
you
forty
pounde
that
I
get
her
not
,
and
on
my
fidelitie
pay
you
truly
yf
I
lese
.
I
learned
this
wager
of
a
crafty
priest
that
by
such
meanes
with
losynge
of
a
lyttle
money
,
wan
a
good
bynefice
.
Lyke
as
for
my
parte
I
trust
in
this
case
to
lese
and
yet
be
a
geyner
,
as
knowethe
the
maker
of
matrimonie
,
whom
I
wolde
gladly
had
somwhat
enterlased
the
pleasaunce
therof
with
some
coller
or
bytternesse
,
for
feare
lest
the
continuall
case
and
quietnesse
that
I
shall
fynde
therin
,
shulde
happen
to
cause
me
desist
and
forget
to
wyshe
and
worke
for
heauen
.
&c.
❧
Wheras
Bawdyn
had
byn
suter
to
a
certeyne
Gentlewoman
for
maryage
,
and
was
in
good
hope
to
obteyne
,
he
receaued
knowledge
to
the
contrary
by
letter
from
a
Gentleman
,
that
hadde
partly
bin
a
meane
for
hym
,
&
therupon
wrote
backe
as
foloweth
.
The
fourth
Chapter
.
AFter
my
ryght
harty
commendations
,
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
I
haue
receaued
your
letter
conteynynge
a
determinate
nay
in
my
sute
to
the
Gentlewoman
ye
wote
of
,
whiche
with
a
forced
pacience
I
am
contented
to
accepte
accordyngely
.
And
in
perswadyng
my selfe
the
easelyer
to
bere
the
same
,
do
consider
that
and
if
my
desyre
had
byn
graunted
,
the
one
of
vs
shulde
of
necessitie
(
beinge
borne
so
farre
a sunder
)
haue
bin
constrayned
to
abandon
and
forsake
our
countrey
and
kynrede
,
whereby
myght
ensue
to
vs
both
more
vnquietnesse
,
then
any
commoditie
therof
growynge
wolde
be
able
to
counteruayle
.
With
this
and
lyke
coniectures
,
I
am
nowe
faine
to
feade
my
phantasie
of
entent
to
make
lyght
what
lyeth
at
my
hart
moste
heauye
.
The
deuyll
I
thynke
,
for
despyte
caused
me
nowe
(
contrarye
to
my
common
wont
)
to
tender
such
sute
so
earnestly
:
other
els
God
hath
appoynted
it
as
my
penaunce
for
that
I
haue
oftentymes
treated
much
of
lyke
matter
,
whereas
in
harte
I
mente
nothyng
lesse
,
which
requireth
by
consequence
of
equitie
to
mynd
much
and
be
lyttle
regarded
▪
as
nowe
it
foloweth
.
And
yet
to
accumpt
indifferently
,
me
thinketh
I
can
not
well
ascrybe
it
to
neyther
of
them
both
,
but
all
wholy
to
my selfe
,
that
entendynge
by
pollycie
to
expel
(
as
it
were
)
a
smarte
,
haue
conceaued
a
continuall
ache
.
As
thus
,
lamentynge
the
losse
of
my
verye
frende
hee
late
husbande
,
whiche
to
my
harte
was
〈◊〉
lesse
sorowful
,
then
yf
mine
owne
lyfe
shuld
immediatly
haue
folowed
,
I
thought
that
yet
yf
I
myght
get
some
commoditie
by
his
death
,
that
dyrynge
his
lyfe
tyme
,
coulde
not
be
obteyned
:
the
comforte
of
the
one
wolde
so
quallifie
the
griefe
of
the
other
,
that
it
shulde
the
more
easely
and
sooner
be
disgested
.
And
thereupon
dyd
consyder
that
the
moste
soueraygne
iewell
in
this
worlde
(
which
many
men
mysseth
)
is
to
haue
a
wife
of
commendable
qualities
and
conuersation
.
Wherof
she
(
as
I
had
knowen
by
the
report
of
hym
,
whose
iudgement
beinge
grounded
on
experience
,
was
not
to
be
doubted
)
dyd
appeare
to
be
one
.
And
therfore
to
recoue●
her
as
my
recompence
,
was
the
original
and
onely
cause
of
my
sute
at
the
fyrst
vnto
her
.
Whiche
sythens
by
circumstaunces
dyd
encrease
to
such
presumpcion
of
spede
(
in
mine
opinion
)
that
I
accompted
her
as
obteined
.
And
therewithall
pacyfyenge
my
former
torment
,
as
counterpoysed
with
the
same
,
dyd
reuyue
my
mortyfyed
spirites
with
the
blossomes
,
wherof
fewe
men
fyndeth
the
fruite
,
&
accepted
her
in
harte
none
other
but
as
a
member
or
parcell
of
my selfe
.
Which
nowe
beinge
concluded
contrary
,
can
to
me
be
no
lesse
peynefull
,
then
the
losse
of
mine
hands
or
any
other
lymme
of
mine
owne
body
,
the
langour
wherof
is
incredible
to
be
wrytten
.
Thus
doth
it
nowe
apeare
what
it
is
to
contende
ageynst
the
deuine
purueyaunce
,
as
in
murmurynge
ageynste
the
hande
of
Godde
,
(
whiche
we
lyttle
knowe
for
what
well
or
wo
it
is
mente
)
to
go
aboute
the
alteration
therof
by
worldely
pollicie
,
whiche
for
the
more
parte
turneth
to
our
owne
harme
.
As
ensample
by
my selfe
that
entended
to
anoyde
the
smarte
that
I
haue
doubled
.
Wherefore
from
henceforth
my
councell
and
practise
shal
be
in
felicitie
not
to
presume
,
nor
in
aduersitie
to
dispayze
,
neyther
yet
to
employ
our
wyttes
for
to
seke
the
alteration
of
neyther
,
but
with
humble
spirite
suffer
the
gouernour
to
proceade
,
trustynge
all
to
be
for
the
best
,
as
in
dede
for
my
parte
nowe
in
this
extremitie
and
peruersenesse
of
fortune
,
I
fynd
the
same
by
experience
,
for
by
the
myssynge
of
my
mynde
,
mine
affection
is
altered
into
meditacion
,
whereby
I
do
consider
both
his
power
and
mine
owne
wekenesse
,
more
then
before
tyme
I
dyd
.
And
therewithall
as
the
best
thynge
that
I
may
perceaue
to
haue
obteyned
by
this
my
sute
and
enterpryse
,
I
satyffie
my selfe
not
thinkynge
my
trauell
and
good
wyll
to
be
spent
all
in
vayne
,
&c.
Of
Idlenesse
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
wryteth
to
the
Gentlewoman
mencioned
of
in
the
last
letter
.
The
fyfth
Chapter
.
Bycause
I
am
loth
to
bestowe
more
kindnes
on
you
,
then
of
your
parte
shall
thankefully
be
accepted
,
I
haue
me
commended
euen
as
hartely
and
as
often
as
best
can
content
your
mynde
and
none
other
wyse
.
Lo
nowe
may
ye
perceaue
what
a
profitable
and
louyng
husbande
ye
myght
haue
of
me
,
if
ye
had
bin
happy
,
for
hereby
doth
apeare
that
I
loue
not
to
bestowe
any
thing
in
wast
,
and
yet
the
same
notwithstanding
,
to
satisfye
your
phantasie
,
can
be
contented
to
giue
you
libertie
ouer
the
threasure
of
my
harte
,
to
spende
therof
at
your
owne
wyll
and
pleasure
.
Further
you
shall
vnderstande
that
I
haue
receaued
your
refuse
concernynge
my
late
sute
vnto
you
,
whiche
on
the
one
pa●te
bicause
it
doth
so
much
contraty
my
desyze
,
ought
not
in
reason
to
be
a
lyttle
mine
vnquietnes
of
mynd
.
But
yet
on
the
other
syde
,
considerynge
that
suche
is
your
wyll
and
pleasure
,
whiche
I
haue
alwayes
determined
to
preferre
and
folowe
a
boue
mine
owne
,
I
can
but
accept
it
in
good
parte
,
and
be
contented
therewith
,
and
for
the
tyme
wyl
no
more
trouble
you
with
any
further
request
in
that
behalfe
,
as
in
deede
there
is
good
cause
why
,
for
as
I
vnderstande
ye
are
alredy
els
where
promysed
,
wherof
God
sende
you
ioy
.
And
as
for
my
parte
if
reason
in
me
do
not
the
rather
subdue
affection
,
I
entende
to
practise
the
common
prouerbe
,
which
sayth
that
newe
loue
dryueth
away
olde
sorowes
.
But
surely
it
shal
be
done
all
by
protestation
,
that
ye
fall
not
wydowe
ageyne
,
for
and
if
ye
do
,
I
wil
ones
more
attempt
you
,
what
so
euer
promyse
shall
happen
to
passe
me
in
the
meane
tyme
,
trustynge
to
spede
neuer
the
worse
at
your
handes
,
though
nowe
for
certeyne
considerations
I
seme
to
take
the
missinge
of
your
good
mynde
lyghter
then
inwardely
I
feele
it
.
Further
concernynge
my
deare
frende
your
notable
late
husbande
,
lyke
as
it
is
not
possible
to
recouer
ageyne
his
body
,
so
were
it
iniury
to
suffer
his
deserued
good
fame
peryshe
.
For
the
preseruation
wherof
I
haue
here
Sithall
sent
certeyne
verses
in
maner
of
an
Epytaph
,
which
I
pray
you
cause
to
be
grauen
and
fixed
on
his
sepulture
,
and
thus
hartely
fare
ye
well
.
¶
The
Epytaph
.
Lewes
lyeth
here
,
so
fell
his
fatall
houre
Blethin
surnamed
,
of
south
wales
the
floure
In
knowledge
of
the
lawe
,
worthy
eternal
fame
.
In
wysedome
and
temperaunce
,
coequall
to
the
same
.
With
all
good
qualities
,
shortly
to
conelude
And
honeste
trade
of
lyfe
moste
plenteously
endude
,
Whom
cruel
death
alas
,
in
his
.xxxv.
yeare
Wastynge
of
this
worlde
,
hath
layde
alonge
on
beare
.
Wayle
his
want
Welchmen
,
to
rathe
ebbed
was
his
tyde
.
God
sende
you
many
suche
,
and
lenger
to
abyde
.
¶
Where
as
a
certeyne
Gentlewoman
bare
in
hande
,
that
she
was
determined
neuer
to
mary
,
and
was
neuerthelesse
lykely
to
be
muche
sued
vnto
for
maryage
,
here
Bawdyn
informeth
her
by
his
letter
,
vnder
what
sort
she
were
beste
to
vse
and
gyue
ouer
her
suters
.
The
syxt
Chapter
.
GOod
mystres
N.
I
commende
me
vnto
you
,
beinge
ryght
sory
that
I
can
not
season
my
commendations
with
some
hartinesse
,
howe
be
it
I
assure
you
it
is
not
lefte
vndone
for
any
lacke
of
good
mynde
,
but
onely
for
that
I
am
not
as
nowe
master
of
mine
owne
harte
,
and
can
therfore
in
nothynge
vtter
any
perfecte
hartinesse
,
yet
neuerthelesse
yf
it
may
do
you
any
pleasure
to
haue
my
harty
commendations
,
ye
maye
be
therin
as
it
were
your
owne
caruer
.
For
doubtlesse
my
harte
is
with
you
,
so
that
ye
maye
vse
the
office
thereof
euen
as
ye
lyste
your selfe
.
And
then
hauinge
the
hart
after
suche
sort
,
it
maye
not
be
forborne
but
that
the
body
must
nedes
be
at
your
commaundement
.
And
if
ye
doubt
the
contrary
on
my
behalfe
,
I
praye
you
commaunde
me
to
do
what
lately
ye
denyed
me
of
,
and
then
the
trueth
wyll
apeare
.
Further
,
where
as
ye
refuse
to
accept
me
in
mariage
:
yet
not
for
any
mislykinge
as
ye
say
,
but
onely
for
that
ye
are
vtterly
determyned
neuer
to
mary
:
Surely
I
accompte
my selfe
more
bounden
vnto
you
,
for
that
gentle
answere
with
your
frendely
enterteynemente
besydes
,
then
I
shulde
be
to
some
other
for
the
grauntynge
my
whole
request
,
&
therfore
if
in
any
thyng
I
may
do
you
seruice
or
pleasure
,
ye
shal
be
well
assured
therof
.
And
as
a
proofe
or
ernest
peny
of
the
same
,
I
wyll
at
this
tyme
be
so
bolde
as
somewhat
to
councell
you
concernynge
such
matter
as
,
I
suppose
ye
haue
presently
moste
nede
to
be
well
aduysed
of
which
is
(
syth
as
ye
saye
ye
are
determined
neuer
to
mary
)
somewhat
to
shewe
you
vnder
what
maner
is
shal
be
best
for
you
to
vse
,
and
giue
ouer
such
as
may
happen
to
sue
vnto
you
for
mariage
.
Which
kynde
of
suters
ye
shall
vnderstande
are
deuided
in
three
sundry
sortes
.
The
one
sueth
for
loue
of
the
person
,
another
for
loue
of
her
lyuynge
,
and
the
thyrde
are
they
that
make
of
wooynge
theyr
pastyme
or
recreation
:
practysynge
by
sutes
at
large
done
in
sport
,
howe
to
fashion
them selues
and
place
theyr
wordes
ageynst
such
tyme
as
they
shall
happen
to
be
earnest
suters
in
dede
,
and
not
meanynge
to
marry
although
theyr
request
were
graunted
,
but
rather
scoffyngly
to
retreate
,
and
dishonestly
make
theyr
aduaunte
of
that
they
myght
haue
had
.
The
diuersitie
and
dispositions
of
which
persons
it
shal
be
necessary
for
you
to
endeuer
your selfe
with
all
the
sleyghtes
and
pollicie
that
possible
ye
maye
deuyse
to
perceaue
and
knowe
,
and
thereafter
to
giue
them
enterteynement
and
answere
.
For
as
to
any
of
the
fyrst
sort
,
a
sodayne
refuse
is
death
without
redemption
,
and
therfore
vnto
such
you
may
not
gyue
the
repulse
at
fyrste
,
but
rather
with
an
answere
of
double
vnderstandyng
,
by
lyttle
and
lyttle
quayle
theyr
hope
of
spede
:
Or
otherwyse
by
counterfaytinge
your selfe
to
be
fro
warde
or
entangled
with
some
other
euyll
tatche
,
to
make
them
thinke
you
better
lost
then
founde
,
so
that
they
maye
rather
seme
to
gyue
ouer
then
to
be
refused
.
But
as
for
the
seconde
meyny
(
whereof
God
wote
there
are
so
many
)
ye
can
not
vse
them
to
euyll
.
For
surely
vnto
suche
wretches
,
the
very
torment
and
payne
of
hel
(
so
that
the
poore
soule
were
saued
)
is
scarsly
sufficient
punishement
.
And
therfore
besides
an
vtter
nay
at
the
fyrst
,
to
shewe
them
as
much
sullayne
strangenesse
as
ye
can
deuise
,
whereby
the
rather
to
brynge
them
in
dispayre
of
spede
,
shal
be
but
wel
done
:
Respect
yet
somewhat
to
be
had
that
ye
seme
not
to
take
vnthankefully
that
whiche
is
offered
vnder
a
frendly
pretence
,
and
beware
that
in
such
case
ye
gyue
no
credyte
to
any
creature
that
speaketh
in
theyr
fauoure
or
furtheraunce
.
For
no
doubt
it
is
often
sene
that
such
sutes
grounded
on
couertise
be
so
compassed
with
golde
and
gyftes
,
that
manye
tymes
one
frende
selleth
another
,
whereby
bothe
the
byer
and
seller
are
geytners
.
But
woe
may
be
the
poore
wyfe
that
payeth
for
all
,
and
yet
is
neuer
the
rather
maryed
,
for
in
such
case
the
goodes
be
maryed
,
and
not
the
woman
,
and
as
we
may
se
by
experience
eyther
of
them
cheryshed
and
set
by
accordyngly
.
But
nowe
to
the
thyrde
sort
of
suters
,
these
eluyshe
dissemblers
that
I
spake
of
before
,
when
ye
haue
a
lyttle
denyed
them
,
whiche
I
wolde
wyshe
were
doone
vnder
a
mylde
indifferente
sorte
,
onely
to
eschewe
that
ye
minister
them
none
occasion
to
boast
of
any
thynge
graunted
,
and
not
to
brynge
them
in
vtter
dispayre
of
spede
,
wherby
to
gyue
ouer
theyr
sute
and
lese
no
more
but
theyr
laboure
▪
For
that
were
to
lyttle
penaunce
,
and
therefore
ye
muste
in
suche
case
when
ye
haue
sayde
them
nay
,
counteruayle
your
worde
with
a
louynge
lyppe
or
frendly
eye
,
as
though
,
not
perceauynge
theyr
dissimulation
,
ye
ment
them
muche
better
then
ye
spake
,
and
therwithall
to
encrease
theyr
affection
,
ye
must
enterteyne
them
with
port
and
fashyon
,
as
ye
shall
thynke
most
to
theyr
contentation
,
which
neuerthelesse
muste
be
done
with
suche
demure
simplicitie
,
as
it
seme
not
to
passe
the
bowndes
of
womanhed
and
honest
estimation
,
and
vnder
so
good
awayte
,
that
ye
seme
not
in
the
same
presence
to
shewe
the
lyke
grace
and
familiaritie
to
any
other
:
assayinge
by
suche
meanes
to
make
of
such
counterfeytes
ryght
venerians
,
and
then
smylynge
at
theyr
smarte
,
scornefully
to
gyue
them
ouer
,
on
my
fayth
I
thinke
in
conscience
were
none
offence
at
al.
I
wryte
you
these
thinges
as
a
warning
that
ye
recompence
not
the
fayner
with
the
faythfulles
rewarde
,
nor
marry
away
your
lyuynge
,
and
remayne
wydowe
your selfe
for
feare
of
repentaunce
,
as
in
dayes
paste
,
and
not
thynkynge
thereby
the
rather
to
allure
you
(
although
I
be
one
of
the
first
sort
)
to
shewe
me
any
grace
or
fauour
.
Yet
neuerthelesse
if
any
such
good
chaunce
happen
me
being
for
truth
in
my
behalfe
not
loked
for
,
and
yet
much
trusted
vpon
,
I
assure
you
,
ye
shall
gratifie
your selfe
with
suche
a
good
turne
,
as
vpon
the
profe
ye
wyll
be
sory
to
haue
so
longe
tyme
forborne
,
and
so
fare
ye
well
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
wryteth
to
a
certeyne
Gentlewoman
that
was
daungerous
to
be
sene
or
spoken
withall
by
her
suters
.
The
seuenth
Chapter
.
MYstres
B.
after
my
harty
commendations
,
whereas
ye
vse
to
absente
your selfe
and
wyll
not
be
spoken
withall
at
suche
tyme
as
I
and
other
good
felowes
come
to
treate
with
you
vppon
maryage
,
I
can
do
no
lesse
for
good
mynde
that
I
beare
you
,
but
to
wyshe
that
ye
wolde
leaue
suche
demeanoure
.
For
I
assure
you
there
are
many
men
that
gather
euyl
opinion
therof
,
and
thinke
the
cause
to
be
that
doubtynge
your selfe
to
go
with
chylde
,
ye
abashe
to
be
sene
in
any
presence
of
skilfull
iudgement
.
How
be
it
as
for
my
parte
,
on
my
fayth
I
suspect
no
such
thinge
,
but
recken
surely
that
ye
do
it
onely
of
entent
thereby
to
auoyde
suters
,
whose
presence
and
wordes
myght
els
happen
to
win
you
vnto
wedding
,
by
the
which
ye
shulde
leaue
your
chast
wyddowyshe
lyfe
,
and
lese
the
merite
that
in
heauen
is
for
the
same
ordeyned
.
Howe
be
it
,
and
if
your
meanynge
be
none
other
then
so
,
then
sithe
ye
are
so
well
assured
in
refusynge
of
suche
requestes
,
as
before
this
I
haue
harde
you
bere
in
hande
,
better
were
in
my
mynd
that
ye
common
therof
with
as
many
as
lyst
sue
vnto
you
,
for
the
more
temptacion
ye
withstande
,
the
greater
shal
be
your
mede
.
And
yet
bicause
my
lernyng
in
scripture
doth
not
extende
to
discusse
what
blysfull
rewarde
may
be
due
for
such
vnnaturall
and
frutles
penaunce
,
the
best
and
surest
way
for
you
in
my
iudgemente
were
to
accepte
suche
one
of
your
suters
to
your
husbande
or
familiar
frende
,
as
ye
may
thynke
loueth
you
moste
hartely
,
and
in
no
wyse
to
refuse
them
all
least
hereafter
ye
repent
as
other
haue
done
.
For
what
merite
God
gyueth
to
the
chaste
sowles
I
knowe
not
,
but
it
is
very
certeine
that
the
Goddesse
Venus
punisheth
ryght
sharpely
the
bodyes
that
are
repugnaunt
to
her
louynge
lawes
,
as
partely
doth
apeare
by
the
hystories
folowyng
,
which
I
tel
you
are
not
fayned
,
but
wrytten
by
good
aucthoritie
in
the
boke
of
Cupides
sayntes
,
and
be
thus
.
There
was
sometyme
a
knyght
named
Permalides
that
loued
most
hartely
the
Lady
Agglarose
,
who
for
no
sute
that
possible
myght
be
made
,
wolde
ascent
to
his
desyre
.
The
importunate
sorowes
whereof
shulde
shortely
haue
ended
his
wofull
lyfe
dayes
,
hadde
not
bin
the
greate
mercy
of
Venus
,
who
by
playne
miracle
,
pyteinge
to
se
her
faythfull
seruaunt
so
tormented
with
the
crueltie
of
a
mercilesse
Lady
,
made
an
exchaunge
of
both
theyr
desyres
,
so
that
this
Lady
loued
this
knyght
aboue
al
creatures
,
and
he
to
the
contrary
hated
her
beyonde
al
reason
,
whereupon
when
she
had
longe
time
folowed
him
with
many
lamentable
and
piteous
complayntes
requyrynge
his
fauoure
and
myght
not
obteyne
,
dyed
euen
of
loue
.
Lo
thus
ye
maye
se
Venus
can
wounde
her
disobedient
subiects
with
their
owne
wepon
.
There
was
also
before
this
one
Narcissus
,
of
suche
bewtie
and
semelines
,
that
dyuers
women
came
out
of
farre
countreys
onely
to
beholde
hym
,
wherof
many
peryshed
by
his
defaulte
,
for
he
wolde
in
no
wyse
encline
to
loue
,
whiche
caused
Venus
to
take
displeasure
and
to
punyshe
hym
as
ye
shall
here
.
On
a
tyme
this
Narcissus
,
to
go
in
a
disguising
with
other
companye
,
happened
to
attyre
hym selfe
in
the
apparell
and
garmentes
of
a
woman
,
and
passynge
ouer
a
brydge
,
perceaued
in
the
water
the
shadow
of
his
owne
comely
person
and
straunge
attyre
,
whiche
hym
thought
to
be
wonderfull
semely
,
and
thereupon
for
lacke
of
discretion
to
knowe
hym selfe
,
whiche
Venus
withdrewe
from
hym
,
had
no
mynde
on
his
disguysed
apparell
,
but
iudged
verely
the
same
to
be
one
of
Dyanas
Nymphes
,
who
in
suche
lyke
places
vsed
oftentimes
for
recreation
in
the
sommer
season
to
make
her
abode
,
and
theruppon
waxed
so
amorous
of
his
owne
shadowe
,
that
after
many
humble
requestes
of
loue
,
and
instaunt
desyres
of
speche
,
spedelesse
he
determined
to
refer
hym selfe
to
her
grace
and
mercy
,
saying
that
in
so
goodly
a
creature
loue
nor
pitie
coulde
not
be
absent
,
and
then
with
armes
displayed
lepte
into
the
ryuer
,
thynkinge
to
embrace
his
Lady
,
(
who
also
helde
her
armes
abrode
of
entē●t
to
his
fonde
opinion
,
onely
for
to
receaue
hym
)
and
was
there
drowned
.
Thus
was
his
crueltie
rewarded
with
folly
.
There
was
also
not
longe
agone
in
Genoa
,
both
a
knight
and
a
Lady
,
who
for
the
excellencie
of
theyr
persons
and
qualities
,
were
of
such
fortune
,
that
dyuers
sued
vnto
them
for
loue
,
and
coulde
by
no
meanes
obteyne
.
For
not
regardynge
faythfull
harte
and
good
mynde
,
they
couered
so
much
high
parentage
&
great
abilitie
,
that
they
thought
none
of
theyr
suters
worthy
to
be
accepted
.
The
knyghtes
name
was
Malmtrophus
,
and
the
Ladyes
Syllera
,
who
at
length
by
th
appoyntment
of
Venus
fell
both
in
loue
,
and
were
amorous
eche
of
other
.
Then
eyther
of
them
called
to
remembraunce
howe
many
suters
they
had
suffered
to
peryshe
by
theyr
obstinacy
in
loue
before
tyme
.
And
thereuppon
fell
into
despayre
by
remorce
of
conscience
,
thinkyng
verely
that
in
so
much
as
they
had
so
misused
Venus
lawes
,
Venus
from
whom
all
grace
to
obteyne
in
loue
doth
preceade
,
wolde
graunt
them
none
,
although
it
were
required
and
deuoutly
prayed
for
.
In
so
much
that
the
one
of
them
neuer
durste
motion
thother
of
loue
,
but
alwayes
tormented
them selues
with
inward
desyre
and
desperate
thoughtes
,
tyll
at
lengthe
this
Lady
Syllera
in
folowyng
the
feminine
nature
,
which
of
necessitie
must
by
some
meanes
disclose
theyr
secrete
thoughtes
,
wrought
all
her
mynde
and
opynyon
with
sylke
in
her
sampler
,
and
sone
after
dyed
only
of
loue
longing
,
wherof
when
Mal
merophus
had
knowledge
,
and
wyst
of
he●
sampler
,
as
enraged
for
sorow
,
he
strangled
hym selfe
therwith
and
so
miserably
ended
.
Thus
for
lacke
of
audacitie
to
disclose
theyr
myndes
eche
to
other
(
which
grace
for
their
stubburne
boldenes
in
refusynge
of
trewe
louers
before
tyme
,
Venus
withhelde
from
them
,
they
dyed
all
bothe
at
mischiefe
,
whiche
if
it
be
well
noted
,
is
a
greate
ensample
for
other
to
eschewe
lyke
offence
in
auoydynge
the
lyke
or
worse
punyshement
.
Wherfore
I
wyll
aduyse
you
to
accepte
some
one
of
your
suters
vnto
your
fauoure
,
and
to
leue
this
hardnes
of
hart
in
scorning
theyr
paynefull
lyues
.
For
doutles
Venus
is
nowe
of
as
great
a
power
as
euer
she
was
and
as
able
to
punishe
her
rebelles
.
yea
and
althoughe
by
her
godly
pacience
she
space
you
a
season
vpon
profe
of
amendement
,
yet
maye
you
be
ryght
sure
,
she
wyll
at
lengthe
punishe
you
with
some
displeasure
if
ye
thus
continu●
.
Wherfore
at
your
parell
do
as
ye
lyst
nowe
that
ye
are
warned
,
&
thynken
not
that
I
wryte
you
these
examples
of
intent
to
ferre
my selfe
vnto
your
fauour
,
albeit
that
to
my
iudgement
I
am
he
that
moste
loueth
you
.
For
ye
haue
so
often
denyed
me
that
I
am
vtterly
desperate
therein
:
as
shortely
wyll
apeare
by
the
ende
of
my
wofull
lyfe
days
for
sorowe
of
the
same
,
which
chaunce
of
all
creatures
ye
shall
haue
moste
cause
to
lament
.
For
thereby
shall
ye
be
sure
both
to
lese
a
frende
in
earth
,
and
to
haue
a
shrewde
Sollycitour
in
heauen
.
For
when
Venus
shall
enquire
the
cause
of
my
sodayne
commynge
thyther
,
then
muste
I
nedes
disclose
your
obstinate
demeanour
in
loue
,
which
no
doubte
wyll
be
extremely
punyshed
,
vnlesse
your
amendement
may
apeare
vpon
some
other
in
the
meane
tyme
.
Or
els
and
if
your
cruell
hart
be
so
stout
that
it
wyll
not
alter
for
feare
of
her
displeasure
and
punishment
,
yet
then
let
it
alter
in
hope
of
her
grace
and
fauour
.
For
doubtlesse
she
is
not
so
rigorous
in
punyshynge
her
rebelles
,
but
that
she
is
more
benigne
and
gentle
in
cherishynge
her
faythful
and
obedient
seruauntes
.
And
ther fore
in
all
holy
scripture
this
is
taken
for
her
posey
or
prouerbe
,
loue
and
lacke
not
,
and
if
that
be
not
inough
to
brynge
her
bountie
in
your
credence
,
ye
shall
to
affirme
the
same
,
here
of
a
myracle
whiche
in
the
olde
dayes
she
wrought
,
and
was
thus
.
One
Pigmalion
,
(
a
verye
connynge
grauer
or
workeman
in
stone
and
mettall
)
made
in
Alabaster
the
image
of
a
woman
whiche
was
of
so
goodly
proportion
,
fauour
,
and
countenaunce
,
that
on
a
tyme
as
he
behelde
her
he
was
sodaynely
taken
with
her
loue
,
and
that
so
feruently
that
he
could
not
suffer
to
haue
her
out
of
his
fyght
.
Whereuppon
he
bought
her
costely
and
ryche
apparell
,
and
dayly
wold
set
hee
at
his
table
,
carue
to
her
of
his
best
meates
,
at
after
none
reade
before
her
storyes
of
loue
,
shewe
her
all
his
mynde
in
secrete
causes
,
and
at
nyght
take
of
her
clothes
and
lay
her
by
hym
in
naked
bedde
,
greatly
bewaylynge
her
deadly
dombnesse
,
and
so
continued
a
longe
season
,
notwithstandynge
the
contrary
councell
of
all
his
frendes
.
Which
demeanoure
the
blessed
Venus
from
aboue
ryght
well
behelde
,
greatly
commendynge
his
stedfast
louynge
courage
,
and
to
recompence
the
same
,
on
a
wynter
nyght
as
he
lay
in
his
bedde
,
well
nere
frosen
with
embrasynge
this
colde
image
,
she
gaue
her
naturall
heate
,
lyfe
,
and
quyckenesse
,
so
that
they
were
afterwardes
maried
together
,
and
lyued
longe
tyme
in
blysfull
loue
,
and
much
ioy
,
tyll
at
length
this
Pigmalyon
dyed
,
and
then
was
his
wife
turned
ageyne
into
an
image
of
Alabaster
,
whiche
to
this
day
so
remayneth
,
and
is
accomp●ed
through
out
all
Greece
theyr
beste
and
chiefest
pylgremage
for
to
remoue
or
expell
the
passions
and
peynes
of
ielousy
,
whiche
for
truth
came
fyrst
to
knowledge
and
credence
by
this
miracle
.
The
princes
of
Tarent
,
but
after
some
bookes
of
Ottronto
,
fyndynge
her
Lorde
and
hushande
in
bedde
with
one
of
her
Chamberers
,
fell
into
suche
a
maylyncoly
and
pensifenesse
,
that
in
maner
she
was
at
the
very
poynt
of
death
,
and
then
beinge
warned
by
a
vision
to
repayre
vnto
this
blessed
image
for
helpe
,
dyd
auowe
her
pylgrymage
thyther
,
and
receaued
this
oracle
,
(
Marsoyse
thees
duan
Guisea
ancorne
●og
hatre
arta
)
being
expounded
by
the
prestes
of
that
temple
to
this
effecte
in
Englyshe
.
If
to
weare
the
horne
thou
fynde
thy selfe
agreu●d
.
Gyue
hym
backe
agaynt
,
and
thou
shalt
sone
be
eased
.
Whereby
bothe
she
and
sythens
that
tyme
a
great
nomber
of
other
beinge
in
lyke
case
haue
byn
wonderfully
comforted
and
holpen
.
Wheras
before
the
disease
was
in
maner
vtterly
incurable
.
And
surely
all
this
is
done
by
grace
deryued
from
Venus
.
What
creature
then
trowe
ye
may
better
spende
theyr
tyme
then
in
the
seruice
of
her
that
so
benygnely
rewardeth
her
faythfull
seruauntes
,
doubtlesse
none
.
Wherfore
yet
ones
ageyne
,
as
he
that
for
al
your
vnkyndnes
shewed
,
can
bu●
wyshe
youwel
,
I
wyll
exhort
you
to
enter
and
spende
your
lyfe
in
blysfull
loue
,
which
vnfeyled
amonge
worldly
felicities
is
the
very
greateste
ioye
.
Howbeit
I
sp●ke
it
not
as
he
that
hath
had
any
experience
therof
,
for
alway
it
hath
bin
my
chaunce
to
loue
vnbeloued
,
whiche
for
truthe
is
the
greatest
payne
in
earth
,
but
yet
the
same
maketh
me
perceaue
in
reason
the
blysfulnes
which
may
be
in
your
loue
,
that
are
beloued
:
for
of
this
I
am
certeyne
,
contrary
circumstaunce
wyll
haue
contrary
effecte
,
so
that
lyke
as
my
loue
is
paynefull
,
bycause
I
am
not
beloued
,
euen
so
muste
yours
nedes
be
pleasaunt
bicause
ye
are
loued
,
wherefore
enter
into
it
hardely
with
a
gladde
harte
,
and
that
ye
may
well
perseuer
in
the
same
,
ye
shal
be
assured
of
my
daylye
prayer
,
that
sometyme
trusted
to
be
of
lyke
religion
,
and
nowe
an
abiecte
al
desperate
,
but
yet
not
by
mine
owne
defaulte
or
deseruinge
.
Wherefore
my
truste
is
that
Venus
wyll
take
at
me
no
displeasure
,
but
at
least
way
recompence
my
well
meanyng
with
the
name
of
a
Vencrian
,
whiche
shal
be
a
suffici●nt
tytle
for
me
after
this
lyfe
,
to
chalenge
a
tabernacle
in
her
eternall
throne
.
And
nowe
to
conclude
if
ye
shall
thynke
me
worthy
to
be
imputed
of
folly
,
for
that
I
delare
so
much
with
such
paynted
proces
vppon
so
weake
a
grounde
or
matter
,
I
pray
you
consider
therewithall
that
the
newe
wyne
or
other
troubled
lycour
,
beinge
in
a
close
vessel
wyll
for
lacke
of
ayer
(
if
it
be
not
vented
)
swell
and
bruste
his
caske
.
For
euen
so
in
lykewyse
my
poore
harte
beinge
replenished
with
the
anguyshe
of
affection
and
desyre
,
yf
it
shulde
not
thus
by
vtteringe
of
my
mynde
be
suffred
to
asswage
and
ease
it selfe
,
wold
ouer
swell
with
deadly
sighes
,
and
shortely
seuer
in
funder
.
And
if
ye
be
so
harde
of
credence
that
ye
wyl
not
thinke
al
these
things
to
be
trewe
,
yet
then
I
shall
desyre
you
at
least
way
to
take
them
for
your
pastyme
in
the
readynge
,
as
I
haue
done
in
the
wrytynge
.
And
so
hartely
fare
ye
well
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
wryteth
to
a
certeyne
gentlewoman
at
whose
handes
he
had
bin
disdeynefully
refused
vpon
treaty
of
maryage
.
The
.viii.
Chapter
.
Mystres
G●after
my
harty
commendation
,
whereas
by
your
sundry
nayes
vpon
the
sute
that
before
this
I
made
vnto
you
for
mariage
,
I
was
minded
to
giue
vnto
the
same
.
Yet
your
gentle
interteynemente
at
our
last
being
together
,
when
as
ye
graunted
to
common
with
me
further
therein
at
conuenient
season
,
&
after
appoynted
with
my
seruaunt
both
tyme
and
place
of
metyng
for
such
purpose
,
made
me
somewhat
to
renewe
my
former
intent
,
and
to
attende
for
you
accordyngly
,
howe
be
it
ye
came
not
,
which
caused
me
(
beinge
then
bownde
towardes
Troynouant
)
to
sende
a
certeyne
frende
of
myne
to
knowe
the
cause
of
your
stay
,
vnto
whom
(
not
aunswering
the
same
)
ye
vnder
a
disdeynefull
sorte
vtterly
refused
me
,
which
was
more
then
neded
to
be
spoken
of
at
that
tyme
,
albeit
that
and
if
your
fantasy
had
serued
you
nedes
so
to
do
,
yet
me
thynketh
ye
myght
haue
doone
it
with
more
temperaunce
and
lesse
wordes
,
lyke
as
it
is
possible
inough
I
shulde
haue
done
towardes
you
,
yf
ye
had
graunted
my
request
,
in
which
case
(
on
my
faith
)
I
am
vncerteine
whether
I
wolde
haue
taken
or
lefte
,
for
I
neuer
vse
thorowely
to
examine
my selfe
therin
,
tyll
tyme
it
apeare
I
maye
be
at
the
choyse
,
and
that
neuer
founde
I
at
your
handes
.
But
and
yf
I
had
a
gentle
retreate
with
thankes
for
your
confirmable
good
mynd
,
had
bin
the
least
of
your
recompence
,
and
surely
no
lesse
I
loked
for
on
your
behalfe
,
specially
consyderynge
that
women
are
or
shulde
be
of
a
myld
and
gentle
nature
.
And
yet
maye
chaunce
that
your
meanynge
〈◊〉
,
was
better
then
to
some
mens
iudge
ment
it
sounded
,
as
thus
.
Perceauyng
that
myne
affection
towardes
you
was
grounded
on
speciall
good
opinion
,
which
I
had
conceaued
of
you
,
ye
doubted
leaste
I
shulde
(
euen
to
the
death
)
lament
the
losse
of
suche
a
fautelesse
wyfe
,
so
greately
desyred
,
and
therfore
of
intent
to
qualifie
my
griefe
with
the
portion
of
my
harme
,
ye
haue
ryght
gentelly
aggrauased
the
one
to
mollyfie
the
other
,
and
contrary
to
your
conuersation
forced
your
tonge
to
declare
you
both
stubborne
of
harte
,
suspicious
of
imagination
,
and
inconstance
of
mynde
,
that
lyke
as
then
all
thinges
considered
,
my
losse
was
not
great
,
my
sorowes
ought
not
to
be
muche
.
And
yf
ye
ment
me
so
frindly
,
I
am
the
more
bounden
to
thanke
you
,
howe
be
it
on
my
fayth
to
say
trothe
,
I
neded
nothynge
at
all
of
any
such
confortatyues
.
For
lyke
as
some
men
delyght
for
to
trace
the
hare
,
more
to
perceaue
the
wylynes
of
her
doublynge
and
subtyll
skyppes
,
then
for
any
ioye
to
recouer
or
brynge
home
the
game
:
Ryght
so
in
lykewise
for
my
parte
,
haue
I
vsed
such
kynde
of
sutes
,
more
for
my
solace
and
recreation
,
and
●o
vnderstande
the
dealinge
and
demeanour
of
some
folkes
,
then
for
any
hope
or
intent
to
obteyne
the
thynge
that
I
semed
to
seke
for
,
as
he
that
hath
alwass
thought
the
pastyme
of
wooynge
to
be
muche
better
then
the
penaunce
of
weddynge
,
or
and
if
it
myshappen
me
at
any
tyme
to
be
ouer
desirous
of
spede
therin
,
and
in
conclusion
be
denayed
,
whereby
for
lacke
of
good
aduysement
I
chaunce
a
season
somwhat
to
lament
my
repulse
,
then
in
makynge
consolation
to
my selfe
.
I
call
to
remembraunce
a
number
of
mine
acquayntaunce
,
that
vppon
●hteynynge
in
lyke
sutes
,
whereas
they
sought
and
loked
for
all
suche
commed●●es
as
I
haue
iudged
to
be
in
you
,
when
it
came
to
the
profe
they
had
not
onely
myst
the
same
,
but
moreouer
in
the
steade
therof
,
found
the
clene
contrary
,
with
wonderful
vnqu●e●nes
and
displeasure
,
repentynge
theyr
spede
al
they
lyfe
dayes
after
,
and
tehn
streyght
wayes
do
reioyce
myne
owne
hap
,
and
bewayle
theyrs
,
lyke
as
a
man
that
hath
escaped
from
a
shypwracke
,
where
many
of
his
frendes
peryshed
,
and
●herwithall
am
clene
out
of
hand
delyuered
from
al
such
thought
and
care
as
though
I
hadde
neuer
knowen
the
partie
,
nor
mynded
suche
matter
.
But
yet
for
all
these
bragge
,
yf
it
shall
seme
vnto
you
by
the
maner
of
my
wrytynge
,
that
I
take
ouer
lyght
the
myssing
of
your
good
mynde
,
yet
wolde
I
be
ryght
sory
that
ye
shulde
by
the
occasion
therof
,
eyther
set
the
lesse
by
your selfe
(
as
to
beleue
that
in
dede
the
thing
is
no
better
worth
)
or
yet
to
accumpt
me
so
ignoraunte
,
that
I
can
not
esteem
thynges
somewhat
accordynge
as
they
are
.
But
rather
thynke
I
pray
you
,
the
troth
to
be
playne
contrary
on
both
partes
,
and
that
I
wryte
vnder
suche
sorte
eyther
as
a
common
pollicie
,
to
set
lyttle
by
the
thinge
that
can
not
be
had
,
or
els
for
that
I
doubte
it
myght
disteyne
the
grauitie
which
shulde
be
longe
to
the
number
of
mine
yeares
,
for
to
be
acknowen
any
thinge
intangled
with
the
afflictions
of
loue
,
although
that
in
dede
it
toucheth
my
very
nere
,
or
otherwyse
that
I
do
it
bycause
I
serue
in
Barrison
and
place
of
warre
,
and
wolde
by
the
bolde
bearynge
out
of
suche
a
losse
,
shewe
my selfe
to
be
of
such
hygh
spirite
and
inuinsible
harte
,
that
I
wyll
not
seme
to
be
ouercommen
with
the
thynge
,
whereunto
bothe
the
myghtye
and
wise
haue
sundry
rymes
giuen
place
,
whereby
the
outward
apparaunce
of
my
weke
and
simple
person
,
by
counterfaytynge
the
inwarde
vertue
,
after
the
opinion
of
some
men
called
magnanimitie
(
temperately
bearynge
bothe
felicitie
and
aduers
fortune
)
I
maye
seme
better
worthy
to
supply
the
same
,
or
better
come
,
and
so
to
assay
whether
by
the
spendynge
of
my
good
mynde
vnrewarded
,
I
may
fynde
meanes
to
obteyne
better
estimation
then
I
haue
deserued
,
or
at
leaste
way
if
I
mysse
of
them
bothe
,
yet
thento
quyet
my selfe
with
the
hope
of
the
one
,
although
in
vayne
.
For
doubtlesse
this
transitory
life
is
intangled
with
so
many
kindes
of
miserie
,
prouokynge
pensiuenes
,
that
vnlesse
a
man
sometyme
wyll
flatter
him selfe
with
some
kynde
of
vayne
glory
,
or
contrary
to
the
lyuely
eye
of
his
reason
,
delyght
or
reioyce
in
some
one
tryfle
or
other
,
the
calamitie
and
vnquietnesse
therof
,
wyll
so
frette
nature
,
that
none
shal
be
able
to
lyue
out
half
theyr
naturall
course
,
and
therfore
although
it
shall
seme
vnto
you
,
that
I
might
better
haue
spente
the
tyme
then
so
to
make
su●e
,
or
thus
to
declare
my selfe
,
yet
bere
so
muche
in
my
fauoure
I
beseche
you
,
as
to
thynke
that
it
is
dome
to
some
purpose
of
effecdte
,
and
not
all
of
folly
,
as
in
dede
it
may
happen
ye
shal
hereafter
so
pereaue
at
large
,
and
in
the
meane
time
I
pray
you
accept
the
simple
verses
folowynge
,
as
my
frendely
token
,
and
so
wyshynge
you
as
to
myselfe
bothe
in
lodgynge
and
otherwyse
,
hartely
face
ye
well
.
The
wise
fathers
of
old
haue
alwais
tought
That
we
shulde
not
shewe
vnto
our
foo
The
pen●●uenes
of
our
secrete
thought
Though
in
our
hart
,
we
suffer
deadly
woo
But
here
it
forth
as
if
it
were
not
foo
For
our
dicomfor
▪
shal
cause
him
to
be
glad
Where
as
our
wyl
is
,
for
to
make
hym
sad
.
But
reason
alas
,
in
me
is
so
appalled
That
I
can
not
vnto
such
councell
fall
Thogh
in
my
letter
I
haue
righ●
now
assaid
And
falsely
my selfe
a
dissembler
did
call
Bicause
that
you
my
deadlyest
foo
of
all
Shulde
not
peeceaue
mine
woful
heuinesse
For
well
I
wot
ye
ioy
at
my
dystesse
.
Yet
folly
nowe
forceth
me
,
the
truthe
for
to
expresse
.
What
so
euer
my
letter
doth
conteyne
Wherfore
with
woful
hart
I
openly
confesse
Howe
that
your
loue
hath
put
me
to
such
peine
That
with
the
lyfe
I
may
no
more
susteyne
And
if
there
be
no
grace
but
that
I
shal
be
ded
Yet
this
shal
be
my
last
,
God
send
you
well
to
wed
.
Of
Idlenesse
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
wrytynge
to
a
certeyne
Gentleman
(
his
frende
)
amonge
other
thynges
,
bewayleth
hym selfe
of
his
euyll
spede
in
wooynge
and
treatie
of
mariage
.
The
.ix.
Chapter
.
MAster
D.
After
my
very
har●ye
commendations
,
trustynge
that
ye
are
past
the
danger
of
this
late
vniuersal
sickenesse
,
the
newe
sweare
,
these
shal
be
to
aduertise
you
,
that
euen
so
am
I
,
and
that
with
as
much
peryll
of
lyfe
as
euer
man
escaped
,
howe
be
it
all
for
the
beste
as
it
hath
chaunced
,
for
wheras
before
tyme
,
by
reason
of
my
age
and
euyll
dyete
,
my
complexion
was
playne
malynedlyke
,
mixed
with
ouer
muche
coller
,
nowe
by
this
meanes
the
vnkyndly
heates
are
subprest
,
and
all
euyll
humours
so
expelled
,
that
(
the
blud
tempetately
alayed
with
steume
hauynge
mastry
)
I
am
turned
to
as
goodly
a
Sanguyne
as
euer
ye
sawe
,
and
therewithall
growen
as
full
of
loue
,
as
any
noppy
newe
alt
is
ful
of
barme
,
the
croppe
wherof
,
muche
after
the
selfe
same
sorte
(
sauynge
not
altogether
so
hygh
a
lof●e
)
worketh
,
couetynge
vent
and
●t●eraunce
,
neuerthelesse
I
am
determined
not
to
d●part
therwith
,
but
onely
vnder
the
blylfull
bande
of
matrymony
,
whiche
holy
and
pleasaunt
sacrament
,
bycause
I
wyl
no
ther
rashely
enter
into
,
nor
yet
bashefully
(
for
any
refuse
at
a
fewe
handes
)
gyue
ouer
.
I
haue
with
good
aduysement
made
a
kalender
of
all
such
maydens
,
and
wydowes
(
in
these
partes
)
as
can
content
me
that
waye
,
whiche
in
the
whole
together
with
an
olde
fellowes
wyfe
,
that
I
dare
saye
wyll
not
lyue
out
this
next
Marche
,
are
to
the
number
of
.xi.
Vpon
which
appointment
I
haue
not
shewed
my selfe
to
be
so
nyce
or
daungetous
to
please
,
as
to
alowe
,
none
other
but
onely
such
as
are
cleane
without
any
faulte
,
for
feare
least
then
I
shulde
not
haue
so
●iberall
a
choyse
in
so
small
a
circuite
,
and
therfore
conferrynge
theyr
euyll
tatches
with
theyr
good
qualities
,
I
haue
accepted
or
reiected
,
accordyng
to
the
more
parte
or
greater
number
,
hauynge
respecte
therewithall
for
myne
owne
aduauncement
,
that
one
profytable
commoditie
shal
counteruayle
to
euyl
properties
,
vnlesse
they
be
of
certeyne
notable
fortes
,
which
are
not
to
be
borne
withal
.
And
more
ouer
preuentynge
leste
my
tender
simple
hart
myght
happen
to
brusie
for
sorowe
of
a
repulse
,
if
I
shulde
laye
all
my
whole
loue
and
good
mynde
in
one
of
them
●t
once
,
and
then
be
refused
,
I
haue
taken
this
order
in
my
sute
.
When
I
am
somwhat
well
entered
in
communication
of
maryage
,
with
the
fyrst
,
then
after
two
or
three
meetynges
,
and
before
I
demaunde
to
haue
any
directe
aunswere
there
,
I
begyn
to
enterteyne
the
seconde
,
and
when
I
haue
noted
in
her
some
one
thynge
or
other
to
my
contentacion
that
the
other
hathe
not
,
then
streyght
wayes
I
returne
to
knowe
her
determinate
mynde
,
which
although
it
be
not
agreable
to
mine
,
I
greately
force
not
,
for
then
I
stande
in
hope
to
be
aswell
spedde
or
better
of
the
seconde
,
and
so
proceadynge
in
lyke
maner
with
her
,
I
go
to
the
thyrde
,
alwayes
reteynynge
one
within
possibilitie
of
spede
,
vnder
this
fort
I
haue
alredy
perused
.vii.
of
my
number
,
and
yet
fedyng
my
fantasy
with
hope
that
the
best
is
behynde
,
my
hart
remayneth
as
freshe
and
whole
as
when
I
fyrst
began
.
But
yet
by
saynt
Mary
lyke
as
it
shal
be
wyse
dome
to
cast
the
worst
before
it
fall
,
so
I
consider
that
and
yf
my
fortune
be
so
euyll
,
that
for
lacke
of
skylfull
interteynement
I
shulde
chaunce
to
fayle
also
of
the
reste
,
I
doubte
it
wolde
brynge
me
into
such
perplexitie
and
sorowe
,
as
I
shall
then
be
neuer
able
to
expell
,
for
daungers
once
growen
to
th
extremitie
,
are
seldome
or
neuer
reconered
,
and
therfore
syr
I
shal
de●yre
you
so
muche
to
assiste
me
herein
,
as
to
●certeyne
me
by
your
letter
,
vnder
what
sort
ye
vsyd
your selfe
,
vppon
obteynynge
in
lyke
sute
,
that
I
may
somewhat
practise
the
same
,
wherein
for
lacke
of
power
to
recompence
you
otherwyse
,
of
this
ye
maye
be
assuryd
,
myne
gotten
by
your
meanes
(
as
reson
is
)
shal
be
at
your
commaundement
,
and
so
hartely
fare
ye
well
.
¶
Where
as
Bawdyn
serued
in
Garryson
,
and
had
compounded
with
a
certeyne
Gentleman
,
his
frende
,
to
repayre
thyther
at
all
tymes
of
daunger
,
the
same
being
so
sireighted
in
a
tyme
of
commotion
,
that
he
was
forced
for
his
safegarde
to
take
another
howlde
,
where
as
were
many
Gentle
women
,
whiche
kynde
of
furnyture
the
other
greatly
wanted
,
here
Bawdin
maketh
him
request
to
haue
some
fruition
of
that
necessarye
commoditie
.
The
.x.
Chapter
.
The
rather
to
allure
you
for
to
satysfye
my
necessitie
,
hauynge
presentely
a
certeyne
kynde
of
lacke
,
I
haue
thought
good
that
ye
shulde
fyrst
be
aduertysed
how
well
I
intended
towardes
you
,
yf
so
were
that
for
your
part
ye
had
neded
of
men
,
whiche
is
none
other
,
but
that
my
lodgyng
was
prepared
to
receue
you
,
and
my
force
in
redines
for
your
defence
,
yf
ye
had
listed
to
haue
drawen
hyther
nowe
in
this
daungerous
tyme
,
accordynge
to
the
tenure
of
our
composition
and
olde
bande
of
amitie
.
My
well
meanynge
wherein
,
I
craue
not
to
be
recompensed
with
any
golde
or
costly
iewell
.
But
(
by
your
mediation
)
with
the
presence
and
fauour
of
some
one
of
your
fayre
Gentlewomen
(
whereof
as
I
here
saye
,
ye
haue
plentie
and
spare
)
of
intent
that
being
nowe
forced
to
be
a
man
of
warre
,
in
very
dede
,
wheras
heretofore
,
I
haue
bin
but
as
it
were
a
shadowe
therof
,
I
may
wax
in
loue
,
and
be
valiaunt
,
wherby
the
rather
not
onely
to
with
stande
,
but
also
to
subdue
these
vnruly
and
disobedient
people
that
manase
to
assaulte
this
Garryson
,
beinge
a
place
I
assure
you
,
not
onely
pleasaunt
and
of
greate
strengthe
both
by
buyldynge
and
situation
,
but
also
plentuously
furnished
with
men
,
munitions
,
and
al
other
thynges
requisite
for
the
wars
,
that
grace
of
amoures
only
excepted
,
which
beinge
had
kyndely
of
it selfe
,
and
not
delayed
nor
peruerted
with
the
bande
of
wedlocke
,
is
to
a
man
of
warre
as
a
spurre
to
a
dull
or
slowe
horse
.
Or
to
expresse
more
lyuely
,
well
nere
as
greate
an
increase
of
holde
and
forwarde
harte
,
couetynge
hyghe
enterpryse
,
to
obteyne
honest
estimation
and
fauour
at
his
mystres
handes
,
as
drery
wed
locke
appallynge
the
lyuely
spirites
prouoketh
cowardry
.
And
yet
to
say
trothe
I
haue
sometyme
knowen
wedded
men
in
warlyke
affayres
do
ryght
boldely
and
well
,
but
that
hath
byn
by
waye
of
desperation
,
chosynge
rather
to
dye
,
yf
Fortune
wolde
ascent
,
then
longer
to
liue
vnder
such
yoke
of
seruytude
,
from
the
which
our
Lorde
delyuer
you
,
and
preserue
me
.
¶
The
aunswere
made
to
the
sayde
leter
.
The
.xi.
Chapter
.
AFter
my
very
harty
commendations
,
these
shal
be
to
aduertyse
you
that
I
haue
receaued
your
letter
,
and
by
the
same
do
playnely
perceaue
your
faythfull
frendeshyppe
ment
towardes
me
,
greatly
to
my
comforte
and
reioysyng
,
but
not
as
who
wolde
saye
,
for
that
nowe
in
extremitie
and
iust
tyme
of
tryall
,
I
shulde
haue
consolation
to
fynde
my selfe
in
your
behalfe
,
assured
of
that
which
before
tyme
I
stode
in
doubte
of
,
but
rather
for
that
it
doth
nowe
expresly
apeare
,
that
my
wyttes
and
iudgement
,
wherof
before
tyme
I
doubted
hath
serue●●
me
a
ryght
,
in
chosynge
suche
an
carnest●
frende
as
ye
are
coniecturynge
of
you
afore
hande
,
as
iustly
hath
folowed
.
Which
to
recompence
with
the
beste
of
my
lyttle
power
,
ye
shall
at
al
tymes
be
assured
of
.
Neuerthelesse
as
to
satisfye
your
requeste
in
that
ye
wryte
,
concernynge
my
Gentlewomen
,
whereof
in
dede
I
haue
plentie
,
and
spare
,
(
as
cause
reasonable
shall
requyre
)
I
can
do
you
no
pleasure
therein
,
for
as
ye
knowe
it
must
nedes
be
done
by
theyr
owne
consente
,
and
resteth
not
in
me
to
apoynte
,
hauyng
no
further
charge
,
but
to
the
defence
of
theyr
persons
.
Howe
be
it
for
trothe
I
haue
in
your
behalfe
had
communication
with
sundry
of
them
,
aswell
Ladyes
as
other
,
of
whom
I
haue
receaued
sundry
aunsweres
,
for
some
of
them
say
that
if
your
demeanour
were
good
,
it
is
lykely
that
ye
myght
be
accepted
nere
home
,
whereas
ye
are
better
knowen
,
and
not
forced
thus
to
sue
in
forreyne
partes
,
and
some
say
that
they
are
vncerteyne
whether
of
bothe
may
be
most
myslykte
,
your
crabbed
face
or
your
croked
conditions
,
and
some
of
them
saye
,
that
they
disdayne
to
take
the
refuse
of
so
many
,
as
heretofore
ye
haue
bin
suter
vnto
,
and
some
also
sayth
,
that
ye
are
so
spente
with
age
and
trauayle
,
that
to
th
effect
of
theyr
most
nede
,
they
thynke
that
they
shulde
be
but
deceaued
with
you
.
This
is
as
much
as
I
can
hytherto
get
at
theyr
handes
,
but
that
they
acquyte
your
gentle
request
,
with
theyr
harty
thankes
,
faythfully
promysynge
to
do
theyr
best
for
your
spede
elswhere
,
so
it
be
not
on
any
of
theyr
frends
,
and
in
affirming
the
same
,
haue
hereunto
euery
of
them
set
theyr
handes
,
and
so
ryght
hartely
fare
ye
well
,
wyshynge
that
the
lawes
were
of
such
lybertie
that
euery
man
myght
bestowe
his
owne
as
hym selfe
lysteth
,
for
then
I
know
where
ye
shulde
for
a
tyme
be
well
pleased
,
and
your
very
frende
thereby
much
eased
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
replyeth
to
the
same
,
and
perceauynge
his
continual
euyll
spede
,
determineth
to
gyue
ouer
al
such
kynde
of
sutes
.
The
.xii.
Chapter
.
IF
I
were
ignorant
of
myne
owne
impedidimentes
,
and
euyll
fortune
,
or
forgetful
of
that
I
dayely
haue
in
remembraunce
,
(
which
for
trothe
,
more
then
the
number
of
mine
yeres
,
hasteth
me
to
my
graue
)
ye
shuld
haue
done
but
well
,
vppon
the
aunswere
of
my
late
letter
,
to
expresse
my
faultes
,
and
sufficient
cause
of
refuse
,
at
your
Gentlewoman
handes
,
as
ye
haue
done
,
and
yet
consyderynge
as
the
tyme
nowe
requyreth
,
that
we
are
of
all
sydes
forced
to
prepare
and
fashyon
our selues
for
the
warres
,
wherin
bolde
and
aduenturous
harte
(
who
neuer
sheweth
so
wel
,
as
where
there
is
a
plesaunt
and
amorous
mynde
)
resteth
for
a
principall
parte
,
it
shulde
haue
byn
good
pollicie
for
al
men
(
in
mine
opinion
)
not
onely
to
dissemble
and
beare
eche
one
with
the
folly
and
faultes
of
other
,
lest
contrary
might
happen
to
engender
eyther
frowarde
controuersie
,
or
feble
pensiuents
,
but
moreouer
euery
man
for
his
owne
parte
to
fede
and
startes
them selues
with
some
kynde
of
vanitie
or
vainglory
,
without
hauing
any
respect
to
desert
,
or
not
deseruing
,
which
in
dede
dependeth
much
vpon
the
vaine
tryffles
and
toys
of
women
,
beinge
a
kynde
of
creatures
,
although
scarce
worthy
to
be
accompted
as
resonable
,
&
rather
an
impediment
vnto
man
,
vpon
matters
of
grauitie
or
importaunce
,
then
any
furtherer
,
yet
to
encorage
battel
&
like
mischiefe
,
a
very
handsome
&
wouderful
necessary
instrument
,
which
was
the
onely
cause
(
the
tyme
thereunto
nowe
so
requisite
)
that
I
made
request
to
haue
some
one
of
yours
,
for
to
reuine
my
dull
spirites
,
beinge
mortis
●yed
with
contemplation
,
to
styrre
vp
,
and
make
the
same
more
apt
for
feates
of
armes
and
chyualry
,
alterynge
euery
vertues
qualitie
of
the
mynde
,
into
some
boldly
excercise
of
actiuitie
or
pollicie
of
warre
.
But
nowe
sythe
I
perceaue
my
felfe
by
your
wrytynge
to
be
thus
euyll
accepted
,
at
so
many
dyscrete
Gentlewomens
handes
,
and
for
so
sundry
faultes
and
impedimentes
as
by
them
is
alleaged
,
I
am
become
vtterly
desperate
to
obteyne
in
any
like
sutes
hereafter
,
and
therfore
do
determine
no
more
to
attempte
the
same
,
but
rather
yf
I
may
chaunce
to
escape
the
hasarde
and
daunger
of
these
warres
,
to
be
professed
an
Armyre
,
and
to
lyue
alone
in
wyldernesse
,
but
yet
for
mine
owne
consolation
in
the
meane
tyme
,
consyderyng
that
the
thynge
whiche
can
not
be
hadde
,
ought
wysely
to
be
forborne
,
I
thought
it
good
pollicie
to
perswade
my selfe
that
theyr
company
is
more
comberous
then
comfortable
,
and
for
that
purpose
dyd
delyght
to
se
and
rede
suche
bookes
as
spake
or
treated
any
thynge
to
the
dispreyse
or
blame
of
women
,
wheras
I
founde
wrytten
aswell
by
sundry
Phylosophers
,
that
knowe
by
learnynge
and
natural
causes
,
as
also
by
other
Sagies
that
wyste
by
practise
and
experience
in
maner
and
forme
folowynge
.
Fyrst
one
of
them
sayth
that
they
are
crafty
conueyers
,
of
all
maner
shrewdnes
,
and
ignorant
innocentes
in
all
kynde
of
goodnes
.
Another
saythe
:
Blame
not
all
women
though
one
haue
offended
,
Say
well
by
the
worst
,
the
best
may
be
amended
.
Another
sayth
:
Of
that
they
may
haue
,
they
set
lyttle
store
,
And
what
they
can
not
get
,
they
longe
for
euermore
.
Another
sayth
:
Lybertie
they
couet
,
to
do
what
they
wyl
,
yet
what
they
take
in
hand
commenly
they
spyll
.
Another
sayth
:
What
they
be
desyred
,
they
vtterly
refuse
,
And
what
they
ye
denayed
,
moste
gredely
wyll
they
vse
.
Another
sayth
:
Abyde
by
them
,
and
they
are
sone
cought
,
But
out
of
sight
,
and
out
of
thought
.
Another
sayth
:
For
to
know
diuers
they
alwayes
loue
,
Iudgynge
hym
to
be
best
,
which
they
neuer
dyd
proue
.
Another
sayth
:
They
are
discryuers
of
councels
,
and
fayners
of
fables
,
Not
reckynge
who
rolleth
his
dyce
on
theyr
tables
.
Another
sayth
:
Wery
may
they
be
,
but
satisfied
neuer
,
Theyr
box
is
inclosed
in
such
a
kynd
of
lether
.
Whiche
sayinges
soundeth
moste
blyffull
and
comfortable
to
me
,
and
as
I
trust
wyll
shortly
so
crepe
into
my
credence
,
and
temper
my
desyre
towardes
all
women
,
that
I
shall
thynke
the
beste
of
them
to
be
better
lost
then
founde
.
For
surely
all
olde
writers
do
thorowly
agree
as
a
very
ground
or
principle
,
not
to
be
denayed
or
doubted
of
,
that
the
greatest
felicitie
and
moste
pleafaunt
parte
of
matrymonie
on
the
mans
be
halfe
,
resteth
onely
in
the
woynge
and
intreatie
of
maryage
,
wherof
the
Goddes
be
thanked
,
I
haue
ryght
largely
had
my
part
and
yet
was
always
refused
,
which
maketh
me
to
thynke
my selfe
more
happy
then
wise
that
vnder
suche
sorte
inioyinge
as
it
were
the
grayne
and
leauynge
the
chaffe
,
I
escaped
the
harme
that
so
busely
I
sought
for
.
¶
The
seconde
parte
of
the
Epistle
sente
by
Bawdyn
Bacheler
to
Waltex
Wedlocke
.
The
.xiii.
Chapter
.
LO
Walter
,
nowe
may
ye
perceaue
howe
desyrous
I
haue
byn
,
and
what
meanes
I
haue
made
to
marry
.
For
although
by
some
parte
of
my
wrytynge
I
semed
to
reproue
or
scorne
suche
as
I
was
suter
vnto
,
yet
for
trothe
I
mente
to
entreate
or
flatter
them
,
consyderynge
that
women
wyll
often
tymes
accept
thynges
cleane
contrary
,
and
therfore
I
thought
besi
to
proue
both
ways
,
but
al
wold
not
auayle
me
,
for
I
was
styll
refused
,
which
brought
me
into
suche
a
perplexitis
and
pensyuenes
of
mynde
,
that
I
was
well
nere
faulne
into
a
consumption
by
playne
dispayre
and
malyncoly
,
accumpting
my selfe
the
moste
vnfortunate
of
all
men
,
thus
to
lose
with
much
traueyle
,
what
commonly
other
folkes
get
with
ease
,
and
to
lament
the
lesynge
,
of
that
other
men
repent
the
wynnynge
.
But
such
is
the
frowardnes
of
Fortune
,
that
to
comber
all
men
,
disposeth
peruerdy
all
thynges
,
as
a
wyfe
to
him
that
lacketh
skyll
howe
to
guyde
her
,
and
none
at
all
to
the
doctours
of
that
scyence
.
Yet
at
length
searching
for
mine
owne
case
,
howe
best
to
quyet
my selfe
,
I
dyd
consider
howe
God
myndeth
to
furnyshe
heauen
,
aswell
of
wyrgyns
as
of
martyrs
and
other
saynctes
,
iudgynge
that
he
intendeth
to
reserue
me
in
this
estate
,
onely
for
that
purpose
,
wherby
to
incrense
my
felicitie
in
the
worlde
to
come
.
For
I
remember
where
as
Paule
doth
but
barely
alowe
matrimonie
,
he
commendeth
virginite
,
and
therefore
for
mine
owne
parte
,
syth
this
is
mine
appointed
talent
,
I
am
contented
to
slande
thereto
,
and
frome
hence
forthe
wyll
seke
for
no
change
.
The
moste
that
greueth
me
is
,
that
wedded
men
can
not
now
learne
at
my
hand
as
I
entended
they
shulde
do
,
for
doubtlesse
the
mystery
of
that
doctrine
can
neyther
be
disclosed
nor
perceaued
by
wordes
or
wryetynge
,
so
well
as
it
may
by
syght
of
the
doinge
,
lyke
vnto
the
common
experience
of
holdynge
the
ploughe
,
which
is
not
so
sone
lerned
by
reporce
,
as
by
seynge
the
thynge
done
.
But
yet
sythen
that
nowe
it
maye
be
none
otherwyse
,
I
wyl
therein
wryte
partly
mine
opinion
,
trustynge
that
it
shall
take
some
effecte
,
although
not
so
much
as
I
intended
,
yf
my
sute
for
maryage
had
taken
place
.
There
is
a
common
opinion
(
and
in
dede
experience
oftentymes
approuethe
the
same
)
that
the
thynge
whiche
is
not
well
come
by
,
prospereth
not
with
the
owner
,
I
meane
to
this
effecte
,
men
commonly
nowe
a
dayes
come
not
by
theyr
wyues
as
they
ought
to
do
,
whiche
causeth
them
to
agree
the
worse
when
they
be
together
.
For
wher
as
they
shulde
marry
for
affection
to
the
wo
man
and
in
hope
of
chyldren
to
be
broughe
vp
in
the
feare
and
honour
of
God
,
surely
Walter
the
more
parte
of
your
secte
neglectynge
all
both
,
doth
make
of
marryage
as
it
were
a
for
huntynge
,
which
as
you
knowe
is
not
medled
withall
,
but
when
the
case
is
somwhat
worth
.
And
then
the
hunter
,
after
knowlege
had
where
the
game
is
,
besetteth
the
couert
with
hewers
to
course
at
aduan●●ge
,
yf
he
maye
preuentynge
before
hando
vpon
diligente
inquyry
made
,
what
tochet
or
borowe
it
vseth
to
resorte
vnto
,
as
his
chefe
refuge
,
and
there
at
th
entry
taketh
it
with
a
pursenet
,
when
it
thinketh
to
be
most
out
of
daunger
,
and
so
beinge
with
muche
crafty
pollycie
and
trauell
gotten
,
is
caryed
home
with
gladnes
,
by
common
presumption
to
playne
meanyng
people
for
loue
of
the
fleshe
,
but
contrarywyse
within
a
very
short
whyle
the
case
is
pulled
of
,
and
the
carcas
not
estemed
.
And
euen
so
it
is
of
these
gredy
men
that
marryeth
for
the
loue
of
ryches
,
without
respect
to
the
woman
,
or
her
qualities
,
who
not
only
suborneth
her
familiers
for
money
,
in
stede
of
hewers
to
be
playne
lyers
,
exaltynge
the
suter
about
all
other
men
in
such
quallities
or
habilitie
,
as
they
shall
perceane
the
simple
woman
moste
to
delyte
,
or
otherwyse
perswadeth
her
vnder
collour
of
religion
,
as
in
safegarde
of
the
dissemblers
lyfe
,
that
els
wolde
dye
for
loue
,
wher
as
in
dede
he
neuer
loued
other
then
her
lyuynge
,
but
moreouer
preuenteth
her
at
such
handes
,
as
she
is
most
lykely
to
resort
vnto
for
councell
,
whiche
crafty
counceller
,
although
he
minde
to
further
the
purpose
,
yet
wyll
he
not
speke
therein
for
doubte
to
be
suspected
of
corruption
,
but
when
she
commeth
to
sike
his
aduyce
,
he
is
then
lyke
a
pursenet
,
and
knytteh
vp
the
matter
which
sone
after
is
repented
.
For
the
good
man
regardynge
none
other
but
onely
the
thynge
that
he
chefely
sought
(
which
was
the
good
and
lande
)
estemeth
not
the
wyfe
,
and
then
she
fyndynge
her selfe
disceaued
of
the
loue
and
good
mynde
that
she
loked
for
,
castethe
to
shorten
his
days
by
anger
and
displesure
,
trustyng
to
spede
better
next
.
And
so
maryages
disorderly
begon
,
haue
commonly
combrous
continuance
,
and
an
euyll
ende
,
I
make
this
lyttle
dygression
Walter
to
put
you
in
remembraunce
,
ageynst
your
next
maryage
,
if
you
come
therto
,
for
surely
by
that
ye
surmyse
that
I
haue
an
euyll
opinion
of
maryage
,
I
suspecte
that
eyther
you
feele
the
same
discommodities
your selfe
,
&
that
you
wolde
gladly
haue
me
to
be
in
like
case
,
or
els
you
are
lyke
to
the
greedy
ryche
man
,
that
is
lothe
to
haue
any
poore
neyghbours
,
yet
not
for
any
charitie
that
is
in
hym
,
but
rather
for
feare
least
they
wolde
be
borrowers
.
What
I
meane
hereby
I
doubt
not
ye
knowe
well
inough
.
And
nowe
to
th
effect
of
my
promes
which
was
to
instruct
you
howe
men
myght
lyue
moste
quyetely
with
theyr
wyues
.
You
must
fyrst
vnderstande
(
Walter
)
that
notwithstandynge
▪
all
the
euyll
properties
and
shrewde
tatches
that
euer
were
written
of
women
,
yea
or
that
is
in
them
,
in
very
dede
(
whiche
for
trewth
is
muche
more
then
conueniently
may
be
expressed
)
yet
are
they
not
therefore
to
be
blamed
or
founde
faulte
withall
,
by
reason
the
same
is
gyuen
them
euen
of
very
nature
,
whose
gyftes
beinge
in
maner
forced
of
necessitie
(
be
they
good
or
euyll
)
deserue
neyther
prayse
nor
blame
.
For
sythe
the
tyme
that
the
serpente
tempted
Adam
and
Eue
,
in
the
similitude
&
lykenes
of
a
woman
,
doubtlesse
the
fraude
and
mallyce
of
that
spirite
,
hathe
alwayes
bin
most
incident
to
the
same
sects
,
&
maketh
them
naturally
inclyned
to
dissimulation
,
in
constancy
,
and
frowardnes
,
with
a
number
of
other
vyces
.
But
what
of
that
,
shuld
we
exclude
them
from
our
company
as
vnworthy
,
or
shulde
we
disdeynefully
accept
them
(
accordynge
to
the
common
terme
)
as
euyll
necessaries
,
or
shulde
we
(
beinge
worst
of
al
)
as
mystrustyng
that
the
Gods
were
not
able
to
worke
therein
sufficientely
them selues
,
take
on
vs
to
alter
them
by
arte
.
As
before
this
Virgyl
(
whose
presumption
was
preuented
by
death
)
For
he
after
such
tyme
as
he
hadde
atchened
many
strange
and
defuse
conclusions
,
enterprysed
to
make
glasse
abyde
the
hammer
,
determyuynge
sone
after
to
make
all
women
constant
in
lone
,
and
conformable
to
the
wyll
and
pleasues
of
theyr
husbandes
,
and
al
by
arte
magyke
and
sorcery
,
nay
nay
gods
forbyd
.
And
what
then
,
mary
let
vs
consider
,
that
lyke
as
there
is
nothynge
in
earth
so
thorowly
good
,
but
that
to
some
purpose
,
and
after
some
sorte
vsed
,
it
may
be
euyll
.
That
euen
so
there
is
nothynge
of
his
owne
nature
so
euyll
,
but
that
to
some
purpose
,
and
after
some
sorte
vsed
,
it
may
be
good
,
and
yet
this
hope
we
haue
of
women
aboue
all
other
thinges
.
The
great
god
hym selfe
vpon
the
creation
of
Adam
(
as
apeareth
in
Genesis
)
sayde
,
let
vs
make
man
an
helper
,
and
then
made
Eue
,
of
whom
al
other
women
are
descended
,
which
proueth
that
being
skylfully
vsed
,
they
must
nedes
be
helpynge
and
comfortable
to
man
,
for
God
neuer
lyeth
,
and
then
me
thynketh
consyderynge
that
the
matter
toucheth
the
quyet
of
mans
person
so
hyghly
as
it
dothe
,
it
is
moste
necessarye
that
men
shulde
applye
theyr
wyrtes
to
serche
out
the
ryght
vse
of
them
,
so
as
they
maye
iustely
serue
the
purpose
that
God
promised
,
as
in
dede
(
Walter
)
for
my
parte
I
haue
done
euen
so
,
and
that
with
a
contemplatiue
spirite
,
myndynge
to
lyue
with
them
in
maryage
accordingly
,
and
do
perceaue
the
hole
state
and
mystery
therof
,
beinge
disclosed
vnto
me
by
reuelation
in
my
slepe
,
which
in
effect
is
thus
.
Ne●m●nedes
the
God
of
matrymony
,
for
the
consolation
of
maryed
men
,
vpon
lamentable
complaynt
of
theyr
miserable
estate
(
by
reason
of
theyr
wyues
crabbednesse
)
graunted
by
a
certeyne
braunche
of
heauen●y
influence
to
dystyll
into
the
harte
of
the
bryde
at
euery
weddynge
,
a
certeyne
kynde
of
●umour
,
called
by
the
Bretians
Spurfalxe
,
beinge
as
muche
to
saye
as
the
iuyce
or
vapour
of
the
rynge
,
and
in
Englyshe
named
a
wyues
to
the
,
a
terme
of
longe
tyme
knowen
,
and
yet
but
lately
and
to
fewe
men
perceaued
.
The
nature
whereof
is
vehemently
to
inforce
her
sp●ites
to
couer
preheminence
in
certeine
poyntes
,
which
being
obteyned
and
alowed
her
,
it
dissolueth
the
malyce
of
all
her
former
euyll
qualities
,
much
after
the
common
opinion
,
that
one
poyson
expelleth
another
.
Hetherto
(
Walter
)
I
suppose
ye
fynde
lyttle
comfort
in
my
wordes
,
for
that
it
semeth
they
are
not
by
this
miracle
any
thynge
amended
,
but
rather
altered
from
one
euyil
into
another
,
which
may
chaunce
is
worse
,
Neuerthelesse
yf
you
note
me
well
,
ye
haue
ryght
good
cause
to
reioyce
,
for
hereby
theis
e●abbedues
that
by
longe
continuance
in
many
discentes
was
growen
to
be
in
manes
naturall
,
and
therefore
vn●●rable
,
maye
be
taken
away
,
and
in
stede
therof
other
things
placed
,
that
ye
maye
casely
expell
if
ye
lyste
your selfe
.
I
dare
say
you
maruell
what
I
meane
by
this
circumstaunce
,
and
do
longe
to
knowe
the
effect
therof
.
Well
,
I
am
content
that
you
shall
so
.
Surely
the
preheminence
that
the
wyues
doth
couette
at
theyr
husbands
handes
by
vertue
of
that
humour
,
is
none
other
,
but
onele
to
haue
lybertie
in
three
kynde
of
thynges
,
whiche
is
,
to
saye
what
they
wyll
,
to
haue
what
they
wyll
,
and
to
do
what
they
wyl
,
wherin
you
know
the
husbande
maye
easely
bere
with
them
,
and
surely
doyng
so
,
they
are
the
most
quyet
and
comfortablest
creatures
,
that
euer
were
ordeyned
for
man
.
But
restraynynge
them
therof
,
they
are
so
crabbed
and
so
comberous
,
as
that
there
is
nothynge
so
displeasaunt
as
theyr
company
,
which
the
discrete
husbande
muste
by
:
his
wysedome
consyder
,
and
for
his
more
ease
vse
them
thereafter
.
For
seinge
that
by
the
lawe
they
are
al
both
but
one
body
,
and
muste
remayne
at
one
bed
and
bourde
,
it
is
not
in
mauer
possible
that
he
may
longe
lyue
in
quyet
,
when
she
is
thorowly
offended
.
Wherefore
it
shal
be
necessary
for
him
to
vse
her
,
lyke
as
he
vseth
other
bryttle
thynges
,
as
for
example
,
If
ye
haue
a
very
fayre
drynkynge
glasse
,
it
is
both
necessary
in
vse
and
pleasaunte
to
the
syght
,
and
wyll
so
continue
longe
ynough
yf
it
be
ordred
accordyngly
,
but
and
if
by
rashenes
or
lacke
of
consideration
,
you
force
it
more
then
the
tender
nature
therof
may
suffer
,
you
sodenly
destroy
your
owne
commoditie
,
for
then
wyll
it
breake
and
be
worth
nothynge
at
all
.
And
surely
euen
so
is
it
of
a
fayre
plesaunt
and
louynge
wyfe
,
which
is
the
greatest
treasure
and
comfort
that
man
may
haue
in
earth
,
whilest
she
remayneth
in
that
estate
and
that
wyll
she
tyll
her
dyinge
daye
,
yf
she
be
gentelly
vsed
,
and
left
to
haue
her
libertie
in
these
three
thynges
.
For
althoughs
they
vse
of
theyr
owne
accorde
to
submitte
them selues
inough
,
yet
theyr
noble
hartes
maye
in
no
wyse
suffer
to
be
forced
nor
brought
into
subiection
by
violence
,
muchs
lyke
for
that
purpose
to
the
hawke
,
whose
nature
of
all
lyuynge
thynges
they
drawe
nerest
vnto
,
for
the
female
kynde
of
them
is
alway
most
stubborne
,
most
eger
,
and
moste
apte
to
euyll
,
and
yet
by
gentle
meanes
may
be
recleymed
and
brought
to
do
much
pleasure
,
but
the
Fawkener
muste
beware
that
althought
she
chaunce
to
checke
,
or
to
sore
awry
and
range
,
he
may
not
therfure
at
her
returne
misintreate
her
with
any
rygoure
,
but
skilfully
consideryng
the
cause
,
as
lacks
of
bathynge
,
or
otherwyse
,
must
preuent
to
eschewe
the
lyke
,
and
so
paciently
suffering
for
the
tyme
,
maye
reforme
and
wynne
her
from
her
wylde
and
rammishe
nature
,
by
polycie
and
gentlenesse
.
Much
more
reasonable
is
it
then
,
that
the
husbande
shuld
bere
,
and
by
suche
gentle
sufferaunce
qualifie
the
crabbednes
of
his
wyfe
.
For
wheras
th
one
purpose
serueth
but
only
to
meyneteyne
his
wayne
pleasure
,
thother
toucheth
hym
most
hyghly
,
both
in
the
quyet
of
his
person
,
and
estimation
of
his
name
,
whiche
aboue
all
other
the●●es
is
chefely
to
be
consydered
,
yea
and
〈◊〉
(
Walter
)
geuynge
them
a
face
of
lybertie
to
haue
theyr
owne
wyll
in
these
three
poyntes
,
they
may
by
pollycy
be
trayned
to
do
youre
,
and
in
dede
some
of
them
wyll
so
euen
of
theyr
owne
mynde
and
free
wyll
:
Lyke
as
the
hawke
when
she
flyeth
well
and
sleeth
her
fowle
,
serueth
her
masters
purpose
and
doth
hym
singuler
pleasure
,
and
yet
meaneth
none
other
then
her
owne
commoditie
,
howe
be
it
,
both
theyr
delyghtes
beinge
bent
to
one
effect
,
are
serued
vnder
one
Euen
so
some
wyues
are
wholy
of
lyke
inclination
as
theyr
husbandes
,
and
then
leseth
he
nothynge
at
all
by
graunting
them
suche
lybertie
,
for
then
:
doynge
the
thynge
that
pleaseth
her selfe
,
she
in
lykewyse
contenteth
hym
.
And
some
of
them
also
are
of
such
worthy
and
honorable
qualines
,
that
they
wyll
shewe
them
selu●s
in
theyr
beneuolence
,
as
it
were
able
to
compare
with
the
greate
Alerander
,
who
after
such
tyme
as
he
had
in
a
daungerous
battell
with
great
peryll
of
his
person
,
and
losse
of
many
men
,
ouercome
the
myghty
kynge
Porus
,
a
certeyne
prince
of
the
Indians
,
couetynge
nought
els
but
only
the
glory
of
victory
,
and
power
to
take
what
he
lyst
.
Receaued
hym
afterwardes
into
anutie
,
and
inlarged
his
dominion
with
an
other
kyngdome
of
his
owne
.
And
euen
so
it
suffyseth
suche
worthy
wyues
onely
to
obteyne
the
preheminence
at
theyr
husbandes
handes
without
settynge
the
same
in
vet
,
but
wyl
rather
of
theyr
mere
and
gentle
nature
inclyne
them selues
to
the
wyll
and
pleasure
of
theyr
husbandes
.
But
in
dede
some
ageyne
are
so
presyse
in
kepynge
theyr
prerogatyue
,
that
thynke
yf
they
do
any
thynge
wyttyngely
to
theyr
husbandes
contentacions
,
they
less
theyr
liberties
and
shame
them selues
for
euer
Such
wynes
theyr
husbandes
may
neyther
manace
,
nor
yet
intreate
,
but
must
compasse
them
by
pollycie
,
as
thus
.
Loke
what
he
wolde
haue
them
to
do
,
let
hym
seme
to
●uette
the
contrary
,
for
then
thinkinge
to
serue
her
owne
turne
,
she
wyll
serue
his
,
or
els
let
hym
get
some
gestes
to
his
table
,
that
by
way
of
talke
shall
surmyse
some
other
mans
wyfe
,
which
dwelleth
a
farre
of
,
to
vse
her selfe
towardes
her
husbande
,
vnder
such
sort
as
the
goodman
wolde
wyshe
that
his
wyfe
shulde
do
,
geuynge
her
much
praise
and
commendations
for
the
same
,
and
then
wyll
she
for
very
vayneglory
,
to
purchase
lyke
report
,
do
in
lykewyse
,
or
els
let
hym
cause
some
of
her
gossyppes
,
whom
she
hath
in
displeasure
(
as
commonly
they
are
neuer
without
some
suche
)
to
reioyce
and
lawghe
her
to
scorne
,
for
the
misusynge
of
her
husbande
,
for
then
wyll
she
amende
onely
to
spyte
her
enemy
withall
.
But
(
Walter
)
like
as
a
crabbed
Toulte
muste
be
rydden
with
a
toughe
byt
,
euen
so
yf
the
wyfe
be
to
outragious
she
muste
be
vsed
after
a
more
sharper
sorte
,
as
thus
.
Let
the
husbande
fayne
him selfe
to
be
sicke
,
complaynynge
altogether
in
his
hedde
,
and
thereupon
sende
for
the
physition
,
with
whom
he
must
be
at
a
point
before
hande
,
who
at
his
commyng
,
shal
in
open
presence
make
the
matter
lyght
and
put
hym
in
comforte
to
do
well
,
and
then
takynge
her
a
parte
,
shewe
her
in
secrete
that
he
is
wonderfully
inclyned
to
a
Franzie
,
●serybynge
hym
a
speciall
dycie
for
the
defence
therof
,
which
aswell
for
deynty
feeding
,
vnder
pretence
to
ingender
good
blud
as
also
for
gentle
interteynment
for
dout
to
styrre
vp
the
collericke
humours
,
shal
be
euen
as
the
goodman
him selfe
had
before
hande
deuysed
,
&
yf
afterwardes
he
shall
perceaue
her
to
breake
any
parte
of
the
same
,
then
must
he
streyght
wayes
seme
to
be
starke
starynge
madde
,
and
amonge
other
lyght
and
vnwonted
partes
be
sure
to
beate
her
well
,
and
to
inforce
the
matter
,
make
as
thoughe
he
wold
leape
out
at
the
chamber
wyndow
,
but
let
not
her
be
to
nere
at
hande
leste
she
happen
to
helpe
him
onward
,
&
when
he
hath
a
whyle
stormed
in
his
rage
,
then
let
the
phisition
come
ageyne
,
and
blamynge
the
wife
for
breakynge
his
order
,
seme
to
pacyfy
him
by
medicine
,
yet
fyrst
hardly
let
hym
be
well
bounde
,
euen
after
the
ryght
Bedlem
fashyon
,
but
let
it
not
be
to
streyght
,
least
finding
hym
at
such
aduantage
,
she
happen
to
be
euen
with
hym
,
and
afterwardes
when
he
is
well
come
to
hym selfe
,
and
informed
vnder
what
maner
he
misintreated
his
wyfe
,
let
hym
vtterlydenay
it
,
as
though
he
knew
not
what
he
had
done
in
his
woodnes
,
swerynge
and
starynge
that
and
yf
he
wolde
be
so
lewde
it
were
pyttie
of
his
lyfe
,
affirming
that
in
al
the
worlde
,
there
is
not
so
beninge
and
louynge
a
woman
to
her
husbande
,
no●
that
so
lyttle
doth
de●erue
to
be
vnder
such
sort
vsed
,
but
at
length
when
by
his
wyues
teares
,
her
broken
eye
,
her
blacke
sydes
,
and
sore
bones
,
he
must
nedes
be
perswaded
that
it
was
trewe
,
then
muste
he
counterfeyte
such
woful
repentaunce
,
as
though
he
shulde
streyght
wayes
out
of
his
wyt
ageine
for
pure
sorowe
,
wyshynge
rather
to
dye
a
thousande
solde
,
then
to
be
vexed
ageyne
with
the
lyke
passion
.
Let
him
vse
her
two
or
three
tymes
after
this
forte
(
Walter
)
and
I
dare
waraunt
she
wyll
for
her
owne
case
obserue
the
phisitions
order
,
albeit
she
wold
disdayne
to
do
the
same
at
her
husbandes
appoyntment
,
but
the
husbande
nereth
to
beware
and
handle
hym selfe
wysely
in
those
poyntes
,
for
and
if
she
chaunce
to
espye
his
fetche
,
she
is
incurable
for
euer
,
lyke
vnto
the
For
,
which
being
once
tangled
in
a
trap
and
escapeth
,
wyll
be
so
e●rcumspiete
,
that
he
is
neuer
taken
by
any
kynde
of
engine
afterwardes
.
Sundrye
other
meanes
and
sleigh●es
there
is
to
qualifie
t●e
rygoure
of
theyr
lyb●rtie
,
whiche
yf
the
husbande
do
consyder
and
wyttely
prouyde
for
,
theyr
company
(
be
they
neuer
so
euyll
)
is
tollerarable
ynough
.
But
Walter
in
any
wyse
,
and
as
you
inte●de
to
eschewe
the
danger
of
all
theyr
whole
naturall
malyet
,
looke
yest
swarue
not
from
your
principle
,
as
to
su●●●
them
to
haue
theyr
wyl
in
tho●e
thre
thinges
,
or
els
at
least
waye
,
so
to
vse
them
,
as
they
maye
thynke
they
haue
it
,
for
surely
the
same
is
so
incident
vnto
them
that
tyll
tyme
they
haue
obteyned
it
,
they
are
neuer
contented
,
nor
in
maner
of
ryght
mynde
or
tractable
,
and
that
once
alowed
them
,
they
are
quyete
ynoughe
,
and
framable
to
manye
good
purposes
.
Thus
Walter
I
haue
performed
my
promesse
,
which
was
to
instruct
you
howe
the
husbande
maye
beste
vse
hym selfe
to
lyue
quyet
with
his
wyfe
,
I
praye
God
all
your
sect
may
perceaue
and
folowe
it
wel
,
which
I
thynke
they
shulde
do
much
the
better
,
yf
I
confirmed
my
doctryne
by
some
lyuely
example
of
experience
,
but
that
can
I
not
do
in
ought
that
chaunced
vnder
the
yoke
of
matrymonye
,
by
reason
I
haue
had
no
practyse
that
way
,
neuerthelesse
to
make
you
vnderstand
,
that
by
gentle
meanes
and
good
pollicie
,
there
is
commoditie
to
be
had
at
womens
handes
,
whiche
rygoure
or
violence
shal
neuer
obteyne
.
I
wyl
shewe
you
an
example
,
whereunto
I
was
somewhat
pryuie
,
that
happened
of
late
betwene
a
certeyne
Gentleman
and
Genglewoman
,
both
beinge
of
myne
acquantaunce
,
&
was
thus
.
¶
Here
Bawdyn
to
proue
that
women
are
neuer
so
muche
addicte
or
bente
to
theyr
owne
wyll
and
opinion
,
but
that
by
wysedome
and
good
pollycie
,
they
maye
easely
be
broken
thereof
.
Sheweth
a
lyuely
example
of
late
experience
.
The
.xiiii.
Chapter
.
ON
a
tyme
a
Gentleman
of
the
Weshe
partes
(
who
shal
be
namelesse
)
at
Charynge
Crosse
in
his
waye
home
wardes
from
London
(
then
called
Troynouant
)
ouer
toke
a
certeyne
fayre
Mystres
,
whom
when
he
had
saluted
,
and
by
communication
dyd
perceaue
that
she
shulde
ryde
foure
or
fyue
dayes
in
his
company
,
he
was
wonderfull
gladde
therof
.
For
beinge
hym selfe
a
cocke
of
the
game
,
he
thought
her
to
be
a
henne
of
the
same
sorte
,
and
trusted
well
to
haue
some
iolly
good
treadynge
by
the
way
.
And
therefore
after
a
lyttle
acquayntaunce
,
demaunded
her
whether
she
coulde
be
contented
to
auowe
and
vse
her selfe
as
his
wyfe
in
that
iourney
or
not
(
which
wordes
neuerthelesse
,
were
vttered
vnder
such
sort
,
that
and
if
his
motion
were
not
well
taken
,
all
was
spoken
but
in
sport
)
whereunto
she
dissemblyng
as
though
she
misunderstode
him
,
(
and
the
rather
by
some
pensiuenes
appearynge
in
her
person
,
to
perswade
hym
that
she
was
not
apt
to
receaue
suche
in●erteynement
)
sayde
,
that
in
dede
she
had
byn
a
wife
but
as
then
was
none
,
nor
neuer
wolde
be
.
And
thereupon
takinge
occasion
to
speke
of
her
deade
husbande
,
semed
as
thought
she
wolde
shortly
haue
folowed
hym
for
pure
sorowe
,
which
when
this
gentleman
by
good
exhortacion
had
somwhat
appesed
,
&
then
after
a
lyttle
pawse
resited
ageyne
th
effect
of
his
former
wordes
,
promysyng
that
&
yf
she
wolde
shewe
hym
so
muche
gentlenesse
,
he
wolde
not
onely
beare
her
expense
,
but
moreouer
be
glad
to
shewe
her
any
kynde
of
pleasure
that
shulde
apperteyne
to
the
dewty
of
an
husbande
for
the
tyme
.
Whereunto
she
beinge
then
in
maner
forced
to
make
dyrecte
aunswere
,
with
sober
countenaunce
sayde
.
Alas
howe
haue
I
reioysed
without
cause
,
for
wheras
beinge
a
stranget
in
these
partes
,
I
thought
it
a
comfort
to
mete
with
company
,
the
same
to
haue
so
euyll
opinion
of
me
,
as
to
demaunde
such
question
,
is
most
to
my
discomfort
,
and
therwithal
protested
before
Godde
that
she
neuer
was
woman
of
that
conuersation
,
nor
neuer
wold
be
.
Then
the
Gentleman
leauynge
to
his
fyrst
aduantage
,
sware
that
he
durst
depose
the
same
in
her
behalfe
,
and
that
he
spake
but
in
borde
to
passe
away
the
tyme
,
desyrynge
her
not
to
be
offended
therwith
.
Howe
be
it
for
al
that
,
he
intended
not
so
to
gyue
ouer
his
enterpryse
,
but
determined
to
prosecute
the
same
by
another
meanes
,
and
thereuppon
thought
good
to
do
as
men
commonly
vse
to
do
with
sicke
folkes
,
that
(
for
lacke
of
appetite
)
when
they
are
axed
whether
they
wyll
haue
this
meate
or
that
made
redy
for
them
,
they
vtterly
refuse
it
,
wheras
beinge
a
cawdell
or
other
good
morsell
,
if
without
such
questioninge
it
be
made
redy
&
brought
them
,
the
pleasaunt
sauour
or
syght
thereof
,
wyll
prouoke
theyr
stomakes
to
receaue
it
,
therfore
although
beinge
after
this
maner
refused
,
yet
he
thought
yf
he
myght
mete
her
in
conuenient
place
with
his
thinges
in
redynesse
,
he
had
good
trust
to
be
accepted
,
for
the
common
prouerbe
sayth
,
that
women
loue
better
to
haue
it
,
then
to
heare
sp●ke
of
it
,
and
therupon
determined
by
sum
one
pollycie
or
other
to
mete
her
warme
a
bed
,
and
then
to
profer
it
without
makinge
of
any
question
or
demaunde
.
But
fyrste
as
the
phisitions
vse
to
gyue
preparatyues
before
they
minister
the
substaunce
of
theyr
medicine
.
Euen
so
bycause
he
wolde
the
better
be
alowed
when
he
came
,
he
enterteined
her
before
hande
with
all
kynde
of
gentlenesse
,
for
at
her
Inne
she
lacked
not
wyne
,
spyce
,
nor
no
other
thynge
that
he
might
perceaue
she
coueted
to
haue
,
nor
no
gellyes
,
or
other
confections
that
were
good
to
make
her
cockyshe
hote
or
apt
to
receaue
what
he
mente
towardes
her
,
and
by
the
way
to
helpe
her
vp
and
downe
,
or
to
amende
any
thyng
that
was
amysse
about
her
,
her
owne
seruaunte
was
not
so
attendaunt
as
he
,
so
when
he
had
by
such
expenses
and
diligence
,
brought
him selfe
in
some
credite
and
fauour
,
then
to
gyue
hee
some
warnynge
before
hande
,
leste
she
shulde
abashe
to
much
at
his
commynge
.
Amonge
other
pleasaunte
talke
,
he
shewed
her
howe
he
doubted
that
he
was
not
well
chrystened
,
for
as
he
sayde
,
he
vsed
oftentymes
to
ryse
out
of
his
bedde
in
his
stepe
,
and
goynge
aboute
the
house
,
shulde
do
he
wyst
not
what
hym selfe
,
and
that
when
he
were
in
suche
case
,
he
myght
go
whyther
so
euer
he
wolde
,
for
there
was
nother
locke
nor
barre
but
wolde
open
ageynste
hym
,
exhorstynge
her
therfore
,
that
and
if
he
shulde
happen
to
be
vexed
with
that
passion
in
her
companye
,
and
come
into
her
chamber
by
nyght
,
that
she
shulde
not
be
afrayde
therof
,
nor
make
none
outcry
,
for
he
vsed
not
to
do
●ny
harme
at
all
,
At
whiche
woordes
she
laughed
and
sayd
,
that
and
if
he
came
ther●
she
wolde
so
scorge
hym
with
her
rod
,
that
he
shulde
repent
his
commynge
.
The
nyght
folowyng
(
beinge
in
the
Sommer
tyme
)
they
came
to
Salisbury
,
where
as
this
Gentleman
determined
to
set
in
vre
th
effecte
of
his
deuyse
,
and
after
supper
,
perceauynge
the
Gentlewoman
gone
into
the
garden
with
the
wyfe
of
the
house
,
and
her
seruaunte
in
the
stable
,
leauing
her
chamber
dore
abrode
,
he
made
his
seruaunt
pryuie
of
his
mynde
,
and
bad
him
locke
fast
his
chamber
dore
,
as
though
he
had
byn
gone
to
bedde
,
and
then
secretely
gettynge
into
the
Gentlewomans
chamber
,
hyd
hym selfe
vnder
her
bedde
,
intendynge
when
she
were
a
stepe
,
to
get
in
by
her
.
And
so
deuysynge
in
his
mynde
what
a
busye
nyght
he
shulde
haue
,
thought
it
good
somewhat
to
refreshe
hym selfe
before
hande
,
and
so
fell
a
stepe
,
durynge
whiche
tyme
there
came
into
the
same
Inne
one
of
syr
Ogter
Penkeyls
seruauntes
,
who
when
he
was
alyghted
,
perceauynge
the
doore
abrode
,
came
sireyght
into
the
same
chamber
and
leauynge
his
capease
there
,
locked
the
chamber
dore
,
and
toke
the
key
with
hym
,
which
when
the
Chamberlayne
perceaued
,
he
made
request
to
haue
it
ageyne
,
saying●
that
he
coulde
not
lye
there
,
for
that
the
come
was
otherwyse
appoynted
,
whereunto
the
tother
aunswered
that
the
same
had
alwayes
wont
to
be
his
chamber
,
and
there
wolde
he
lye
who
so
euer
sayde
nay
,
vnlesse
he
were
fet
out
by
the
eares
.
In
so
muche
that
the
Chamberleyne
knowynge
hym
to
be
a
common
geste
of
the
house
,
and
a
frowarde
felowe
,
was
loth
much
to
stryue
with
hym
,
and
therefore
shewed
the
matter
to
the
Gentlewoman
(
somewhat
blamyng
her
seruaunte
for
leauynge
the
dore
open
)
and
desyred
her
to
take
another
chamber
,
wherin
she
was
sone
intreated
and
dyd
so
.
And
when
tyme
came
gate
her
to
her
bedde
,
as
in
lyke
wyse
the
seruynge
man
to
his
,
all
this
whyle
the
Gentleman
lyinge
vnder
the
bedde
fast
a
slepe
,
and
knewe
nothynge
of
this
alteration
.
About
midnyght
he
awaked
and
harkenynge
whether
he
coulde
here
any
folke
sterrynge
about
the
house
,
hard
no
thynge
saue
one
softely
drawynge
breathe
within
the
bedde
,
which
he
supposed
verely
to
be
the
Gentlewoman
,
wherwithal
his
hart
tyckled
for
ioye
,
which
streyght
wayes
was
turned
to
hygh
displeasure
.
For
as
he
came
forth
from
vnder
the
bedde
,
thinkyng
to
vnray
him selfe
,
he
stumbled
on
the
chamber
potte
,
and
made
suche
a
noyse
that
the
●erurynge
man
sodenly
awaked
,
and
vnder
a
●ough
sorte
asked
who
was
there
,
when
the
Gentleman
contrary
to
his
expectacion
hard
a
mans
voyce
,
he
was
wonderfully
abashed
,
but
yet
(
coniecturinge
that
it
was
the
Gentlewomans
seruaunt
abedde
with
his
mysteres
)
he
boldely
answered
and
sayde
,
it
is
I
the
good
felowe
that
haue
rydden
so
longe
in
your
company
(
Mystres
I
speke
to
you
,
although
it
be
your
seruaunte
that
asketh
me
the
question
)
&
nowe
to
shewe
you
the
cause
of
my
commynge
hyther
,
the
troth
is
,
I
suspected
that
ye
were
not
so
clere
in
your
lyuynge
,
as
you
wolde
seme
to
be
accompted
by
your
wordes
,
for
the
profe
whereof
I
haue
purposely
watched
you
,
and
nowe
do
perceaue
what
ye
are
.
When
the
seruingeman
harde
this
straunge
aunswere
,
not
knowing
what
the
matter
ment
,
he
thought
it
was
some
naughty
felowe
that
came
to
pycke
his
purse
when
he
were
a
slepe
,
and
that
nowe
perceauynge
hym
to
be
awaked
,
wolde
counterfepte
hym selfe
to
be
a
foole
,
the
rather
to
haue
his
misdemeanour
borne
withall
,
and
thereupon
leapynge
out
of
his
bedde
to
his
weapon
,
cryed
out
,
theues
,
theues
,
and
made
such
a
noyse
,
that
within
a
whyle
the
goodman
of
the
house
,
and
all
thother
gestes
,
brake
open
the
chamber
dore
,
and
with
torche
lyght
and
clubbes
came
into
theym
and
asked
what
was
the
matter
,
wherof
beinge
aduertised
by
the
declaration
of
the
seruyngeman
(
who
mystakynge
the
purpose
that
was
ment
,
made
the
act
very
heynous
)
Gogges
body
master
Bacheler
sayde
the
good
man
,
lyttle
nede
had
you
to
vse
your selfe
so
in
this
house
,
for
by
the
holy
mast
I
wolde
rather
haue
layde
al
the
plate
in
my
house
at
gage
for
you
,
then
that
ye
shulde
lacke
money
if
I
had
knowne
it
.
Gramarcy
myne
Hoste
sayd
the
Gentleman
,
but
to
make
you
perceaue
that
I
had
no
suche
nede
(
the
rather
thereby
to
iudge
that
I
ment
no
such
thynge
)
ye
shal
be
pryuie
with
my
purse
,
and
therewithall
openynge
the
same
,
shewed
forth
in
money
and
iewels
,
to
the
value
of
.xx.
or
,
xxx
.
pounde
,
and
then
sayde
,
syth
the
matter
is
come
to
this
poynt
,
I
wyll
nowe
out
of
hande
shew
you
the
thynge
that
I
thought
not
to
speke
of
tyll
that
lent
were
come
,
that
I
shulde
meete
with
my
goostly
father
,
and
therupon
(
geuynge
money
to
the
residue
of
the
company
to
depart
,
and
drynke
a
gallon
of
wyne
for
theyr
paynes
)
he
toke
the
good
man
of
the
house
and
the
seruyngeman
asyde
,
and
shewed
them
the
whole
circumstaunce
of
his
purpose
and
intent
,
wherat
when
they
had
a
whyle
well
laughed
(
exhortynge
hym
to
vse
more
circumspection
in
the
matter
at
his
next
lodgynge
)
they
departed
,
euery
man
promysynge
to
kepe
councell
.
Howebeit
accordynge
to
the
common
prouerbe
,
whiche
sayth
that
two
maye
chaunce
to
kepe
counsell
,
but
three
neuer
.
Euen
so
this
matter
was
so
longe
talked
of
in
councell
from
one
to
another
,
that
before
fyue
of
the
clocke
in
the
mornyng
it
came
to
the
Gentlewomans
eares
,
who
although
she
were
nothynge
in
defaulte
,
was
neuerthelesse
wonderful
sory
to
haue
it
reported
that
suche
thynge
was
ment
towardes
her
,
accomptynge
that
there
might
enter
into
the
hearers
therof
some
suspect
of
her
euyll
,
which
by
any
honeste
woman
shulde
be
eschewed
,
in
maner
as
muche
as
the
very
euyl
it selfe
.
And
therefore
perceauynge
that
she
coulde
not
remedye
what
was
past
,
she
thought
yet
to
preuente
what
was
to
come
,
so
that
in
the
morninge
when
this
Gentleman
sente
to
knowe
when
she
wold
ryde
,
she
fayned
her selfe
sicke
,
and
so
forsoke
his
company
,
wherwith
he
was
not
a
lyttle
offended
,
and
therupon
imagininge
the
cause
of
her
stay
,
determyned
to
remaine
all
nyght
at
the
nexte
bayte
,
whiche
was
Shaftesbery
,
thinkynge
that
when
she
had
once
perceaued
hym
past
and
gone
,
it
shulde
not
be
longe
or
she
wold
come
after
,
and
euen
as
he
thought
so
it
chaunced
,
for
in
deede
the
same
nyght
she
came
to
Shaftesbery
,
wherof
although
the
Gentleman
were
wonderfull
gladde
,
yet
wolde
he
not
be
acknowen
to
her
vntyll
the
mornynge
that
she
were
a
horsebacke
,
for
feare
lesse
she
shulde
fayne
lyke
excuse
,
to
eschewe
his
companye
as
she
had
done
before
tyme
.
But
in
the
morninge
as
sone
as
she
was
gone
,
he
came
dasshynge
after
,
and
bad
her
good
morowe
,
wherwith
the
Gentlewoman
being
abashed
,
made
aunswere
and
sayde
,
yea
,
are
you
there
,
had
I
knowne
ye
were
no
further
paste
,
I
wolde
not
haue
byn
thus
farre
forthe
,
that
wolde
God
I
had
neuer
sene
you
:
Why
so
mystres
sayde
the
Gentleman
,
haue
I
shewed
you
any
such
vnkyndenesse
,
that
ye
shulde
haue
cause
thus
to
lothe
my
company
:
Nay
said
she
ye
haue
shewed
me
none
,
but
rather
the
contrary
what
so
euer
ye
ment
towardes
me
But
as
th
intent
of
euery
acte
deserueth
the
thanke
or
blame
,
so
the
pretence
of
your
gentlenesse
tendrynge
to
my
slaunder
(
as
nowe
I
knowe
it
dyd
)
deserueth
no
thankes
at
all
.
As
to
shewe
you
what
I
meane
by
these
wordes
,
it
shall
not
nede
,
for
I
am
sure
ye
knowe
it
well
inough
your selfe
,
and
in
like
wyse
doth
all
the
countrey
.
What
rumoure
for
shame
haue
ye
caused
to
be
made
of
me
the
other
night
in
the
towne
behynde
,
thence
is
no
other
talke
amonge
the
people
but
of
you
and
me
,
wherin
although
for
my
parte
I
dyd
nor
ment
any
euyll
at
all
,
yet
am
I
assured
by
your
meanes
not
to
escape
slaunder
,
and
therwithal
gan
piteously
to
wepe
.
When
the
Gentleman
perceaued
the
matter
taken
in
so
euyll
parte
,
he
was
ryght
so
ty
,
but
yet
somewhat
recomforted
ageyne
bycause
she
wepte
(
for
commonly
the
spyte
and
displeasure
of
a
woman
wereth
awaye
with
her
teares
,
so
that
when
th
one
is
spent
thother
is
past
,
and
she
then
much
more
tractable
to
any
frendely
purpose
then
afore
)
whertupon
after
a
lyttle
counterfeyte
e●ghynge
to
be
aduysed
how
to
excuse
him selfe
,
he
thought
beste
,
sythe
his
doynges
in
the
matter
were
so
apparaunt
that
it
coulde
not
be
denayed
,
that
yet
he
wolde
denaye
any
euyll
of
his
parte
mente
thereby
,
or
of
hers
receaned
.
And
then
sayde
,
I
wysse
mystres
whereas
ye
saye
that
I
haue
caused
you
to
to
be
slaundered
,
yf
ye
vnderstode
aryght
,
there
coulde
neuer
thinge
chaunce
better
for
the
declaration
of
your
honesty
,
then
for
me
to
come
into
your
chamber
vnder
such
sorte
as
I
dyd
,
for
wheras
it
myght
be
suspected
that
there
was
some
misdemeanour
vsed
betwene
vs
(
rydynge
together
as
we
haue
done
)
nowe
that
it
is
perceaued
home
I
durst
not
profer
to
come
vnto
your
bed
,
but
by
stelth
and
vnknowen
vnto
you
,
the
same
suffiseth
for
your
declaration
in
that
behalfe
,
for
all
men
may
iudge
that
and
yf
ye
had
byn
pryuie
,
or
assentynge
therunto
,
I
wolde
haue
come
in
more
boldely
,
so
that
in
my
mynde
,
there
coulde
neuer
thynge
haue
happened
better
for
your
purpose
,
then
for
me
to
do
as
I
dyd
,
and
as
to
thynke
that
I
entended
you
any
euyll
by
my
commynge
,
by
the
blessed
Godde
I
mente
you
no
more
harme
,
then
to
mine
owne
body
,
wherefore
good
mystres
I
pray
you
quyete
your selfe
,
and
be
not
thus
offended
without
cause
,
no
more
harme
then
to
your
owne
bodye
sayde
she
?
no
,
I
thynke
wel
that
,
howebeit
what
so
euer
ye
wolde
to
your
owne
body
,
I
am
sure
ye
ment
thereby
none
honesty
towardes
me
.
As
I
be
saued
sayde
he
,
I
ment
you
no
dishonesty
at
all
,
and
nowe
to
shewe
you
my
mynde
further
,
sythe
the
matter
is
come
to
this
passe
,
on
my
fayth
mistres
I
neuer
in
al
my
life
knew
what
loue
ment
tyl
time
I
met
with
you
,
why
and
do
ye
knowe
now
what
it
meaneth
?
sayde
she
,
yes
mystres
yes
,
much
more
to
my
payne
,
then
I
haue
as
yet
byn
acknowne
of
sayde
the
Gentleman
.
For
doubtlesse
your
comely
person
and
discrete
demeanour
hath
so
drawen
myne
affection
towardes
you
,
that
without
your
presence
and
fauour
,
it
is
not
possible
for
my
lyfe
any
whyle
to
endure
,
and
surely
to
shewe
you
therof
in
secret●
,
and
somewhat
to
be
satysfyed
therin
,
was
the
onely
cause
that
made
me
attempt
the
commynge
to
your
bed
,
and
for
no
dishonesty
at
all
as
Godde
shal
be
my
iudge
.
A
well
sayde
she
,
nowe
I
perceaue
it
shal
be
an
easy
thynge
to
proue
you
eyther
a
dissembler
or
a
lyer
,
or
els
bothe
.
For
and
yf
ye
say
ye
loue
me
,
and
do
not
,
then
are
ye
a
dissembler
,
and
on
thother
syde
,
yf
ye
do
loue
me
and
wolde
come
to
my
bedde
(
as
ye
say
your selfe
,
to
be
saryffyed
in
loue
)
the
same
doth
imply
as
much
as
to
dishouest
me
,
and
therfore
to
say
ye
ment
me
no
dishonesty
though
the
terme
be
rude
ye
are
therin
but
a
lyer
.
Alas
mystres
were
it
then
your
dyshonesty
that
I
shulde
imbrase
and
kysse
you
abedde
sayde
the
Gentleman
,
yea
but
ment
you
none
other
thynge
saue
onely
so
,
sayde
she
?
Why
no
by
the
blessed
sacralente
sayde
he
,
and
yf
I
dyd
or
do
intende
,
otherwyse
towardes
you
,
God
let
me
neuer
light
from
this
horse
in
my
ryght
wyttes
.
So
that
in
conclusion
,
with
swerynge
and
staryng
that
he
mente
her
but
all
well
,
and
partely
in
recompence
of
the
Gentlenesse
and
liberalitie
shewed
in
that
iorney
towardes
her
,
she
was
contented
the
nexte
nyght
folowynge
to
leaue
her
chamber
dore
open
,
and
to
gyue
hym
libertie
with
kyssynge
and
enbrasynge
to
do
his
hart
an
ease
.
This
thynge
so
concluded
,
then
brake
they
into
other
talke
that
all
theyr
folkes
myght
here
to
dryue
away
suspicion
,
&
so
with
pleasant
thoughtes
passynge
the
daye
,
came
the
nexte
nyght
to
Charde
,
where
as
she
was
lodged
at
th
one
ende
of
a
longe
Gallery
,
and
he
at
the
other
,
and
in
an
other
chamber
,
whiche
stode
betwene
bothe
,
there
lay
another
gest
,
whiche
was
bownde
towardes
London
,
and
came
in
a
lyttle
before
them
(
one
master
Iewegur
a
Gentleman
of
Deuonshyre
)
who
beinge
of
the
other
Gentlemans
acquayntaunce
,
supped
with
hym
in
the
Gentlewomans
chamber
,
and
after
supper
walked
for
recreation
altogether
into
the
garden
,
wheras
after
a
lyttle
talke
,
this
master
Iewegur
(
beinge
a
suspicious
and
wyly
fellowe
)
perceaued
by
countenances
that
his
companyans
coueted
to
haue
some
secrete
talke
,
wherein
to
gyue
them
scope
vnder
coloure
to
loke
in
a
lyttle
boke
that
was
in
his
bosome
,
he
slaked
his
pace
,
but
neuerthelesse
had
his
cares
attentyfe
to
theyr
talke
,
and
harde
the
Gentleman
with
a
softe
voyce
saye
,
loke
ye
kepe
your
promes
for
els
ye
sle
me
,
and
she
to
him
yes
yes
,
but
for
Goddes
sake
loke
ye
come
secretely
.
Yea
thought
the
other
:
then
I
knowe
what
ye
meane
.
Well
?
though
I
be
not
bydden
to
the
banket
,
yet
may
I
chaunce
to
haue
some
parte
of
the
chere
,
and
thereupon
repayrynge
to
them
ageyne
,
fell
into
sundry
deuyses
,
tyll
at
length
a
damosell
of
the
house
came
to
the
Gentlewoman
,
saying
her
chamber
was
redy
,
and
that
yf
it
pleased
her
to
go
to
it
,
she
wolde
brynge
her
to
bedde
,
whereupon
the
Gentlewoman
departed
,
but
the
Gentlemen
remayned
there
as
longe
as
the
day
lyght
wolde
serue
them
to
walke
,
and
when
nyght
came
drewe
eyther
of
them
to
his
chamber
,
seuerally
watching
of
a
conuenient
tyme
for
one
purpose
,
Howe beit
the
smell
feast
had
aduauntage
of
the
bydden
gest
(
for
by
that
names
wyl
I
from
henceforth
call
them
)
bycause
he
stode
so
in
the
way
,
that
as
longe
as
any
steryng
was
in
his
chamber
,
the
other
had
no
safe
passage
.
At
length
when
the
smel
feast
perceaued
the
householde
abedde
,
and
al
thinges
in
quyete
,
sauynge
in
the
bydden
gestes
chamber
(
for
whom
he
was
determined
how
to
prouyde
)
he
vnrayed
hym selfe
to
his
bare
shyrte
,
and
then
takynge
occasion
to
loke
on
his
swerde
,
founde
faulte
that
the
same
was
cankered
,
and
then
deuysynge
a
meete
place
for
such
a
purpose
(
in
the
Gallery
not
farre
from
the
bydden
gestes
chamber
dore
)
he
sette
his
seruaunt
aworke
with
scourynge
thereof
,
and
in
the
meane
tyme
went
hym selfe
to
the
Gentlewomans
chamber
,
whereas
he
founde
the
dore
open
,
and
was
frendely
interteyned
,
but
yet
whether
he
were
satysfyed
with
kyssinge
and
enbrasynge
as
was
promysed
,
or
not
,
I
somewhat
doubt
bicause
it
was
not
he
that
made
the
promesse
.
And
surely
the
selfe
loue
of
our
vnhappy
tyme
is
such
(
God
amende
it
)
that
we
shall
seldome
se
any
body
forbeare
his
owne
commoditie
,
for
the
obseruynge
of
another
mans
promes
,
and
ageyne
yf
she
thynkyng
hym
to
be
the
same
that
made
the
promes
,
shulde
perceaue
hym
to
profer
further
then
was
promysed
,
yet
were
she
better
to
suffer
in
scilence
,
then
to
make
any
great
noyse
in
the
rescue
,
lest
it
shulde
sownde
in
the
eares
of
some
(
as
in
dede
there
lay
strangers
nere
at
hande
)
that
not
knowynge
her
simple
meanynge
,
wolde
thynke
her
in
defaulte
to
suffer
hym
come
so
nere
.
But
what
so
euer
was
done
in
the
meane
tyme
,
in
conclusion
,
secretely
as
he
came
,
so
he
departed
,
and
she
for
her
parte
supposinge
that
she
had
honestely
acquyted
her selfe
of
her
promes
,
determined
for
the
residue
of
the
nyght
to
take
her
rest
,
and
therfore
rose
vp
and
softly
locked
the
dore
after
hym
.
So
by
this
we
maye
se
that
it
is
not
to
be
marueyled
at
,
though
some
men
laboure
sore
,
and
can
not
thryne
,
and
that
some
other
doyng
nothing
at
all
waxeth
ryche
,
for
oft
rymes
Fortune
gyueth
one
man
the
fruyte
of
anothers
trauell
.
When
the
bydden
geste
who
had
longe
tyme
walked
vp
and
downe
in
his
chamber
,
Harkenynge
here
and
there
in
abydynge
his
good
houre
,
vnderstode
all
thynges
hushe
and
styll
,
and
that
there
was
no
blynche
of
candell
lyght
in
any
where
apearynge
,
then
he
thought
tyme
to
set
forwardes
,
and
with
tremblynge
fote
and
hande
,
as
thoughe
his
lyfe
and
death
lay
in
balaunce
,
dyd
euen
so
,
but
when
he
came
to
the
Gentlewomans
chamber
,
and
founde
her
dore
fast
(
thinking
then
that
she
ment
onely
to
scorne
hym
)
all
his
hotte
loue
or
luste
(
whether
of
bothe
I
may
best
call
it
)
was
sodeynely
turned
into
rage
and
fury
,
so
that
with
a
swollen
harte
he
returned
backe
ageyne
to
his
owne
chamber
,
and
there
tumblynge
on
his
bedde
,
passed
the
residue
of
the
nyght
in
great
malyncoly
and
displeasure
.
In
the
mornynge
the
smell
feaste
departed
very
early
without
takynge
of
his
leaue
(
as
commonly
all
men
knowynge
them selues
gylty
,
wyll
be
lothē
to
tary
longe
nere
theyr
faulte
for
doubte
of
espymge
,
but
the
bydden
gest
rode
not
tyl
it
was
nere
.viii.
of
the
clocke
,
whome
when
he
was
a
lyttle
in
his
way
,
the
Gentlewoman
with
a
fayned
frownynge
countenance
began
to
chalenge
and
sayde
.
A
syr
,
I
can
you
thanke
,
ye
kepte
well
your
promesse
to
nyght
,
a
woman
is
well
at
case
to
set
her
honesty
in
your
handes
vppon
any
othe
(
as
who
wolde
say
he
hadde
gone
further
then
was
promysed
)
What
so
euer
thanke
ye
can
me
for
kepynge
of
my
promesse
(
sayde
the
Gentleman
)
I
can
you
none
at
all
for
the
breakinge
of
yours
,
and
surely
I
am
not
contented
with
you
,
for
ye
vsed
me
verye
noughtely
therein
,
(
very
noghtely
sayd
she
)
I
pray
you
why
so
?
Mary
layde
the
Gentleman
,
bycause
ye
made
me
watche
a
great
parte
of
the
nyght
,
and
to
proule
aboute
in
the
darke
,
promysynge
to
leaue
your
chamber
dore
abrode
and
dyd
not
so
.
Then
wyste
she
well
that
she
had
bin
deceaued
,
and
serchynge
for
a
womans
shyfte
howe
to
saue
al
thynges
vpryght
,
sodeynly
founde
one
,
and
sayde
:
Why
syr
and
were
ye
there
in
dede
?
and
I
ment
to
chalenge
you
bicause
ye
came
not
.
Yea
that
was
I
by
the
good
Lord
(
sayd
the
Gentleman
)
euen
at
mydnyght
,
and
founde
it
falste
locked
.
Nowe
by
out
blessed
Lady
sayde
the
Gentlewoman
,
then
ye
deceaued
your selfe
,
for
my
dore
was
left
open
purposely
for
you
,
mary
there
was
another
dore
faste
by
it
whiche
in
dede
was
locked
,
and
of
lykelyhod
for
lacke
of
lyght
ye
toke
the
one
for
the
other
.
Nowe
on
my
fayth
,
sayde
the
Gentleman
,
it
was
euen
so
sure
ynough
,
and
thereupon
laughynge
at
the
matter
,
helde
her
excused
,
determynynge
to
vse
hym selfe
more
circumspecrely
the
nexte
nyght
folowynge
,
but
in
the
meane
tyme
as
the
deuyll
wolde
,
there
came
ageynste
them
a
kynseman
of
the
Gentlewomans
(
to
gyde
her
thyther
as
she
was
bounden
)
who
conneyed
her
out
of
his
company
.
And
so
by
the
crafty
dealynge
of
the
subtyll
smell
feaste
,
the
bydden
gest
was
disapoynted
of
his
purpose
,
whiche
by
the
peruersenes
of
Fortune
without
any
default
in
the
woman
,
he
could
neuer
recouer
afterwardes
.
¶
The
thyrde
and
last
parte
of
the
Epistle
sente
by
Bawdyn
Bacheler
to
Walter
Wedlocke
.
The
.xv.
Chapter
.
By
this
experiment
Walter
we
maye
(
amonge
other
thynges
)
perceaue
th
instabilitie
of
womens
determinations
,
and
how
by
discrete
diligence
and
pollicie
,
they
may
be
allured
whereunto
men
lyst
,
be
it
good
or
euyll
,
so
that
Fortune
be
not
vtterly
bent
to
the
contrary
,
as
it
semeth
she
was
ageynste
the
bydden
gestes
enterpryse
.
For
in
deede
then
there
is
no
remedy
,
as
before
this
,
the
wyfe
in
excusynge
her selfe
,
when
she
was
blamed
for
geuynge
her
husbande
the
lothesome
lyuery
,
sayde
that
she
coulde
nat
do
therwith
,
by
reason
that
it
was
his
fortune
to
haue
it
,
and
was
thereby
very
well
alowed
both
of
Iustice
Mynos
hym selfe
,
and
of
all
the
whole
courte
.
But
Lorde
God
Walter
howe
rashe
wytted
am
I
become
of
late
,
for
had
I
not
chaunced
to
fall
ageyne
into
like
matter
,
I
shuld
haue
omytted
one
of
the
chefest
thynges
that
concerneth
the
purpose
I
treate
vppon
,
whiche
is
to
preserue
the
quyete
betwene
man
and
wyfe
.
For
surely
by
ought
that
I
can
perceaue
,
the
greateste
breache
therof
,
is
when
she
chaunceth
to
lye
with
some
other
man
,
whiche
thynge
the
husbande
in
some
countreys
vseth
to
take
wonderfull
greuously
,
and
yet
let
the
matter
rest
there
,
as
in
dede
it
might
wel
inough
yf
he
were
discrete
,
and
then
were
there
no
harme
done
at
all
,
for
I
haue
knowen
a
number
of
men
so
vsed
,
and
yet
remayne
as
holsome
in
theyr
bodyes
,
as
quyete
in
theyr
myndes
,
and
as
sufficiently
furny
shed
to
all
purposes
,
as
yf
it
had
neuer
so
chaunced
.
What
is
it
then
thynke
ye
that
causeth
their
torment
and
distemperaunce
,
mary
the
knowledge
therof
:
Why
and
whose
defaulte
I
pray
you
is
that
,
is
it
the
wyues
:
Nay
nay
God
wot
,
but
his
owne
that
pryeth
to
perceaue
it
,
much
lyke
the
mad
man
that
seketh
for
a
knyfe
to
●le
hym selfe
.
Oh
vphappye
plage
,
that
commeth
onely
by
Sathan
,
for
nature
wolde
haue
it
kepte
pryuie
,
and
therfore
prouoketh
to
haue
it
done
in
secrete
,
nor
God
wolde
not
haue
it
disclosed
,
and
therfore
setteth
in
the
peoples
hartes
neuer
to
shewe
the
husband
therof
,
though
it
were
so
that
al
the
rest
of
his
paryshe
shulde
happen
to
knowe
it
,
and
wyl
he
then
hym selfe
seke
his
owne
harme
,
and
make
earneste
of
game
.
Well
and
if
he
wyll
nedes
be
so
foolyshe
,
let
hym
languyshe
with
the
frute
therof
,
and
I
shrewe
all
such
as
wyl
mone
him
,
it
is
me
thinketh
muche
lyke
the
eatynge
of
a
flye
blowe
(
beinge
a
certeyne
kynde
of
small
wormes
that
is
oftentymes
founde
in
colde
mutton
,
and
such
lyke
meates
,
in
the
sommer
tyme
)
wherof
although
a
man
eate
a
thousande
(
as
commonly
men
do
when
they
feede
hungerly
,
and
lokethe
not
for
them
,
yet
doth
it
no
harme
at
al.
But
and
if
afterwardes
serchynge
more
narowly
,
he
perceaneth
by
them
that
are
lefte
,
that
in
dede
he
〈◊〉
eaten
some
.
Then
streyght
wayes
he
〈◊〉
his
gorge
,
and
maketh
ado
as
yf
he
〈◊〉
poysoned
,
which
for
erothe
is
not
for
any
●uyll
that
is
in
the
thyng
,
but
commeth
onely
of
a
certeine
squeymyshenes
and
imperfection
of
the
stomake
.
And
surely
Walter
,
euen
so
is
it
in
the
other
matter
,
yea
and
in
all
bothe
cases
to
thynke
that
it
be
so
,
is
as
great
displeasure
and
vnquietnesse
of
mind
,
as
if
it
were
so
in
dede
,
which
declareth
the
inhicilitie
of
mans
nature
in
that
behalfe
,
and
prouethe
playnelye
that
it
is
rather
a
vayne
quarrel
of
the
mynde
grounded
on
no
necessitie
,
then
any
sufficiente
or
effectuall
cause
of
displeasure
.
But
yet
Walter
for
all
that
,
yf
ye
be
one
of
these
that
can
not
paciently
beare
it
(
yf
it
so
chaunced
)
then
myne
aduyce
shal
be
that
ye
neuer
mystruste
it
,
nor
yet
make
meanes
to
knowe
it
,
for
then
I
dare
warrance
ye
shal
neuer
be
greued
therwith
.
Or
cast
the
worst
,
as
that
ye
chaunce
to
espye
it
your selfe
vnloked for
,
yet
then
beware
that
in
no
wyse
ye
make
any
noyse
or
wordes
therof
,
but
kepe
it
as
secrete
from
all
other
mens
knowledge
as
ye
can
.
For
well
wyst
the
wytty
Duyde
what
discommodities
growethe
by
the
contrarye
,
when
he
wrote
the
parable
howe
Vulcanus
fynding
his
wyfe
in
bedde
with
Marse
,
transformed
the
shetes
that
they
laye
betwene
,
by
a
certeyne
magytycall
meanes
,
into
a
cage
or
net
of
wyer
,
and
brought
al
the
Gods
to
wonder
at
them
,
who
neuerthelesse
dyd
but
laugh
hym
to
scorne
for
hys
folly
shewed
therein
,
and
estemed
his
discretion
the
lesse
euer
after
.
Doubtlesse
a
worthy
example
for
vs
to
eschewe
the
lyke
mysdemeanoure
,
yf
wee
chaunce
to
come
within
the
daunger
therof
,
for
it
appereth
that
by
so
doyng
,
we
get
nothynge
els
but
rebuke
and
shame
.
No
Walter
,
not
so
much
as
to
let
your
wife
her selfe
perceaue
that
ye
do
knowe
it
,
for
then
eyther
wyll
she
be
abhominable
bolde
,
seynge
you
contented
to
beare
therewith
.
Or
els
must
ye
thinkyng
to
breke
her
from
it
,
make
such
a
styre
and
busines
,
as
all
the
worlde
shall
wonder
at
you
bothe
,
and
surely
much
better
it
is
to
dissemble
at
the
matter
for
a
tyme
and
abyde
the
commynge
of
age
,
who
is
the
common
amender
of
all
suche
faultes
,
to
whiche
effecte
I
wyl
shewe
you
a
notable
experience
that
chaunced
of
late
,
and
was
thus
.
In
the
towne
of
Penborgh
a
certeine
Smyth
on
a
tyme
came
to
the
Prouest
of
the
colledge
there
,
and
told
him
that
syr
Henry
Polmarghe
a
priest
of
the
same
colledge
resortynge
muche
to
his
house
vnder
pretence
of
cosynage
,
vsed
his
wyfe
ouer
boldely
.
Whereunto
the
Proueste
aunswered
,
peace
Iohn
Iohn
,
for
I
dare
say
it
is
not
so
:
or
and
yf
it
be
,
I
promesse
thee
I
wyll
cause
hym
to
leaue
it
.
Nay
master
sayd
the
Smyth
I
neyther
doubte
of
the
one
nor
hope
of
the
other
,
but
my
desyre
shal
be
,
that
your
master
shyppe
for
my
poore
honesty
,
wyll
cause
him
to
vse
hym selfe
more
circumspectly
therein
then
he
hath
done
,
for
yesterdaye
as
he
and
I
sat
together
at
brekefast
,
master
Saghers
man
called
me
forthe
to
shooe
a
horse
,
and
when
I
came
to
the
clinshing
of
the
nayles
,
I
myst
my
pyncers
(
beinge
in
my
hall
wyndowe
)
which
when
I
came
to
fetch
,
I
found
my
wife
and
him
interlased
vpon
my
bench
,
vnder
suche
an
homely
sorte
,
that
on
my
sayth
I
was
ashamed
to
loke
on
them
,
and
thereupon
wente
backe
ageyne
before
they
espyed
me
,
and
borowed
a
payre
of
pyncers
of
my
neyghbour
.
And
syr
,
aswell
myght
there
a
straunger
haue
come
in
,
and
shamed
me
for
euer
,
as
by
my
trothe
,
yf
I
had
byn
certeyne
where
the
pyncers
hadde
lyen
,
I
wolde
haue
sent
master
Saghers
man
in
for
them
.
And
syr
bycause
the
matter
toucheth
me
so
nets
as
it
doth
,
I
thynke
it
not
beste
for
me
to
speke
vnto
them
therein
my selfe
,
aswell
for
doubt
I
shall
not
kepe
due
temperaunce
in
my
wordes
,
or
for
sundrye
other
considerations
,
nor
in
dede
I
wolde
not
they
shulde
perceaue
that
I
knowe
so
much
therein
as
I
do
,
and
therefore
good
master
Prouest
make
no
notherwyse
vnto
hym
,
but
that
ye
suspect
it
of
your selfe
vpon
reporte
at
large
,
for
that
shall
suffyce
to
make
hym
more
ware
and
circumspecte
,
whiche
is
as
much
as
I
loke
for
as
yet
.
Nor
syr
I
tel
it
not
you
,
but
as
it
were
vnder
confession
,
trustynge
that
ye
wyll
kept
it
secrete
.
If
this
rude
man
this
Smyth
that
neuer
redde
Ouyde
,
nor
no
other
good
aucthor
,
coulde
after
suche
discrete
sorte
temper
his
cause
,
muche
rather
shulde
they
do
so
that
art
of
more
knowledge
and
better
learned
.
And
to
you
ye
Venerian
wyues
,
though
ye
chaunce
to
be
narowly
taken
,
and
charged
therwith
,
yet
be
well
ware
ye
neuer
confesse
it
to
the
death
,
but
speke
and
prate
in
your
excuse
to
the
vttermoste
,
as
thoughe
ye
were
innocent
in
the
matter
.
For
what
so
euer
the
presumption
or
lykelynes
thereof
be
,
yet
of
this
ye
maye
be
certeyne
,
the
very
effecte
resteth
on
so
defuse
and
secrete
a
poynte
,
that
in
manner
it
is
not
possyble
to
be
playnely
knowen
,
without
ye
wyll
be
so
madde
as
to
condempne
your selues
,
and
then
farewell
your
good
dayes
all
your
lyfe
after
.
Whereas
by
a
lyttle
stoute
standynge
at
your
defence
,
with
a
sober
or
circumspecte
lyfe
folowynge
,
ye
shall
sone
growe
out
of
suspicion
,
for
this
ye
muste
vnderstande
,
men
are
easely
perswaded
to
beleue
the
thynge
,
such
as
in
theyr
hart
they
couet
it
shulde
be
.
And
for
your
partes
ye
Cupydyan
knyghtes
,
ye
must
ieme
to
delyght
in
such
pastyme
and
recreation
,
as
ye
shall
perceaue
the
good
man
to
do
,
whether
it
be
huntynge
,
hawkyng
,
gamynge
,
or
otherwyse
,
for
so
may
ye
beste
growe
into
familiaritie
with
hym
,
and
colour
your
repayre
to
the
house
to
be
onely
for
his
company
.
But
then
beware
that
your
open
lyght
demeanour
,
disclose
not
your
secrete
intent
,
as
the
wenche
that
pretended
heroften
goynge
to
the
Churche
to
be
all
for
deuotion
,
but
when
it
came
to
th●
purpose
,
her
affection
so
muche
ouerpaste
h●●
reason
,
that
she
set
asyde
the
Paxe
,
and
kyst
the
paryshe
Clarke
,
wherby
her
mynde
that
before
tyme
was
pryuate
to
her selfe
,
was
made
common
to
the
whole
paryshe
,
therfore
take
hede
that
ye
do
not
in
lykewyse
,
&
when
ye
lift
to
reward
your
mystres
with
some
iewel
or
garment
,
loke
ye
make
no
gyft
therof
,
but
lese
it
vnto
her
vpon
some
wager
,
made
in
the
husbandes
presence
.
And
what
so
euer
the
vchemency
or
ouerboldnes
of
her
affection
shal
happen
to
be
,
yet
be
you
wel
ware
that
ye
neyther
disapoynte
or
interrupte
hym
at
any
such
tyme
,
as
he
shal
mynde
to
haue
her
attendaunt
him selfe
,
for
that
is
odible
,
and
wyll
sone
engender
suspicion
,
and
besydes
that
in
dede
it
is
ageynst
all
good
curtesye
,
wherein
the
people
of
this
Realme
haue
bin
accompted
to
excede
all
other
.
And
surely
a
chiefe
part
therof
,
is
to
suffer
the
good
man
(
be
he
neuer
so
simple
)
to
haue
preheminence
and
chiefe
attendaunce
of
his
owne
wyfe
,
notwithstandynge
her
frendely
familiaritie
mente
towardes
any
other
,
beinge
of
better
abilitie
or
more
estimation
.
Yet
for
my
part
not
meanynge
hereby
to
excyte
or
intyce
you
to
any
dissolute
maners
or
incontinent
trade
of
lyfe
,
but
onely
your selues
beinge
bente
thereunto
,
that
then
it
may
be
so
conneyed
,
as
least
rumour
and
inconuenience
may
ther
of
followe
,
in
preseruynge
the
●uyernesse
that
I
wyshe
to
haue
contynewed
betwene
man
and
wyfe
,
which
I
chiefely
do
for
the
reuerence
I
bere
to
the
pleasaunt
sacrament
of
matrymony
,
bicause
my
poore
father
was
sometyme
accompted
to
be
one
of
that
band
.
No
syrs
,
nor
by
saynte
Mary
I
wyll
not
knowen
that
suche
enterpryses
of
yours
is
lawful
,
for
what
so
euer
hath
bin
permitted
vppon
considerations
in
the
former
ages
,
or
wrytten
by
the
Phylosophers
or
Po●tes
of
that
time
,
yet
I
remember
wel
we
haue
this
famylier
prouerbe
,
of
aucthoritie
.
(
Newe
Lordes
,
newe
lawes
)
and
therefore
maye
chaunce
that
by
the
commynge
of
Chryste
,
such
olde
rytes
and
customes
are
abrogated
and
then
is
there
peryll
in
the
vse
thereof
.
And
also
it
semeth
that
the
gyft
claymed
by
these
wyues
from
Neomenius
,
maketh
not
so
much
for
theyr
purpose
as
they
thynke
it
doth
,
for
in
dede
it
is
none
other
,
but
onely
to
make
them
cou●t
lybertie
,
for
to
say
,
do
,
and
haue
what
they
wyll
,
not
expressynge
that
the
same
shal
be
lawfull
for
them
,
nor
yet
doth
not
dispence
with
th
iniquitie
therof
yf
it
be
otherwyse
.
And
surely
Paule
to
the
contrarye
saythe
,
that
the
husbande
is
the
wyues
hedde
,
and
that
she
shulde
holde
her selfe
to
hym
onely
,
and
be
confirmable
to
his
wyll
,
and
therfore
aduise
them
at
theyr
owne
peryll
,
for
if
they
chose
the
wronge
way
,
I
wyll
not
bere
the
wyte
thereof
by
abettynge
them
thereunto
.
And
nowe
Walter
to
conclude
with
you
,
wheras
ye
haue
vniustly
accused
me
,
that
I
shulde
dispyse
maryage
,
I
trust
I
haue
bothe
sufficiently
declared
my selfe
therein
,
and
also
gyuen
you
ensample
of
a
Chrystian
charitie
,
aswell
in
exhortynge
you
(
notwithstanding
your
raylynge
rage
shewed
towardes
me
)
howe
paciently
to
suffer
the
harme
that
can
not
be
eschewed
,
as
also
in
counsaylynge
how
the
same
may
best
be
kept
from
the
knowledge
and
wondrynge
of
the
worlde
,
which
for
troth
in
such
case
is
more
payne
and
rebuke
then
the
very
euyll
it selfe
,
requyrynge
no
more
at
your
handes
for
all
my
traueyle
and
good
wyll
herein
,
but
from
hence
forth
,
to
haue
your
good
worde
,
and
ye
shal
be
sure
of
myne
.
FINIS
.