xantippa. Chryst spede vs and bringe our pupose well
aboute. Eulalia. He will not fayle the so thou do thy
good wyll.
There was a man that maried a woman whiche hadde great
riches and beawtye. Howe bee it she hadde suche an
impedyment of nature that she was domme and coulde not
speake, whiche thynge made him ryghte pensyfe, and
sayd, wherfore vpon a daye as he walked alone ryght
heuye in hearte thynkynge vpon his wyfe. There came one
to hym and asked him what was the cause of his
heuynesse whiche answered that it was onely bycause his
wife was borne domme. To whome this other said I shal
shewe the soone a remedy and a medicyne (therfore that
is thus) go tak an aspen leafe and lay it vnder her
tonge this night shee beinge a sleape, and I warrant
the that shee shall speake on the morowe whiche man
beyng glad of thys medycyne prepared therfore and
gathered aspen leaues, wherfore he layd thre of them
vnder her tonge whan shee was a sleape. And on the
morow when he him selfe awaked he Desyrous to know how
hys medicine wrought being in bed with her, he
demaunded of her how she did, and sodenly she
answered and sayd, I beshrewe thy harte for waking me
so early, and so by the vertue of that medycyne she was
restored to her speche.
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