Xantip. She had nede be aswellerned woman, that would
do all this. Eu. Mary through suche demeanoure, we
shall sterre our husbandes vnto lyke gentylnesse.
Xan: There be some that cannot be amended with all the
gentyll handlynge in the worlde. Eula: In faith I
thyncke nay, but case there be, marke this wel the good
man must be for borne, howe soeuer the game goeth, then
is it better to haue him alwayes at one point or ells
more kinde and louing throw oure gentill handlinge,
then to haue him worse and worse throwe our
cursednesse, what wyll you say and I tell you of
husbandes that hath won theyr wiues by suche
curtesie, howe muche more are we bounde to use the
same towarde our husbandes. Xantip. Than shall you tell
of one farre vnlyke vnto thyne husband. Eula. I am
aquented with a certayne gentelman well lerned and a
veri honest man, he maried a yonge wyfe, a mayden of.
xvii. yeare olde brede and brought vp of a chylde in
the countre vnder her fathers and mother wing (as
gentilmen delite to dwel in the countre) to hunt &
hawke This yong gentilman would haue one that were
unbroken, because he might the soner breake her after
hys owne mind, he began to entre her in learning
syngynge, and playinge, and by lytle and lytle to vse
here to repete suche thynges as she harde at sermons,
and to instruct her with other things that myght haue
doone her more good in time to come.
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