Eula. Go now and disprayse thine husbande
whiche yf he gette children by playe, what wyll he do
when he goeth to it in good ernest. xantippa, I fere
me I am payed agayin. Eula. Good locke God hath sent a
fruitfull grounde, a good tylman. Xantip. In that
thing he might haue lesse laboure and more thanke.
Eula. Few wyues finde at theyr husbandes in that behalf
but were ye then sure togither. xanti. yea that we
were Eula. The offence is the lesse. Is it a man
chylde. xantip. yea. Eula. He shal make you at one so
that ye wil bow & forbere. What saieth other men by
thin husband, they that be his companions, they
delite with him abrode xan, They say that he is
meruelous gentyl, redy to do euery man pleasure,
liberal and sure to his frende. Eula. And that putteth
me in good comfort that he wyll be ruled after our
counsayll. xantip. But I fynde him not so. Eula. =Order
thy selfe to him as I haue tolde thee, and cal me no
more true sayer but a lier, if he be not so good vnto
the as to anie creature liuinge Again considre this
he is yet but a childe, I thinke he passethe not.
xxiiij. the blacke oxe neuer trode on hys fote, nowe it
is but loste laboure to recken vpon anye deuorse.
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