from our chyldhode, would it should be so. xantippa.
Trueth you saie, there was neuer woman kinde that
I fauoured more Elaly Whatsoeuer thy husband be, marke
well this, chaunge thou canst not, In the olde lawe,
where the deuill hadde cast aboone betwene the man
and the wife, at the worste waye they myght be deuorsed,
but now that remedie is past, euen till death depart
you he must nedes be thy husbande, and thou hys
wyfe, xan. Il mote they thryue & thei that taken
away that liberty from vs Eulalia. Beware what
thou sayest, it was christes act. Xan.
I can euil beleue that Eula. It is none otherwyse,
now it is beste that eyther of you one beyng with
an other, ye laboure to liue at reste and peace.
xantyppa. Why? can I forgeue him a new, Eu.
It lieth great parte in the women, for the orderinge
of theyr husbandes. xan. Leadest thou a mery
life with thine. Eula Now all is well. xan.
Ergo ther was somwhat to do at your fyrste metying
Eula. Neuer no greate busynes, but yet as it,
happeneth now and than betwene man & woman, there
was foule cloudes a loft, that might haue made a
storme but that they were ouer blowen with good
humanitie and wyse handlynge. Euery man hath
hys maner and euery man hath his seueral aptite
or mynde, and thinkes hys owne way best, & yf we
list not to lie there liueth no man without faulte,
which yf anie were elles, ywis in wedlocke they
ought to know and not vtterly hated xan, you say
well, Eulalya. It happeneth many times that loue
dayes breketh betwene man and wife, before ye one
be perfitly knowen vnto the other beware of that in
any wife, for when malice is ones begon, loue is but
barely redressed agayne, namely, yf the mater grow
furthe unto bytter checkes, & shamfull raylinges
such things as are fastened with glew, yf a manne
wyll all to shake them strayght waye whyle the glew
is warme, they soone fal in peces, but after ye
glew is ones dried vp they cleue togither so fast
as anie thing, wherefore at the beginning a meanes
must be made, that loue mai encrease and be made
sure betwene ye man & the wife, & that is best brought
aboute by gentilnesse and fayre condycions, for
the loue that beautie onelie causeth, is in a maner
but a cheri faire Xan. But I praye you hartelye
tell me, by what pollycy ye brought your good man
to folow your daunce. Eula. I wyll tell
you on this condicyon, that ye will folowe me. xan.
I can. Eula, It is as easy as water if ye can
find in your hart to do it, nor yet no good time
past for he is a yong man, and you ar but agirle
of age, and I trowe it is not a yere ful sins ye
wer maried. Xan All thys is true Eulalia.
I wyll shew you then. But you must kepe it
secret xantip. with a ryght good wyl. Eula.
This was my chyefe care, to kepe me alwayes in my
housbandes fauoure, that there shulde nothyng angre
him I obserued his appetite and pleasure I marked
the tymes bothe whan he woulde be pleased and when
he wold be all byshrwed, as they tameth the Elephantes
and Lyons or suche beastes that can not be wonne