husbande by the eyes that loketh on nothyng, but on the
beautye and pulcritude of the body. She taketh him by
the eares, that harkeneth diligently what the common
voice sayth by him xantip. Thy counsaile is good, but
it commeth a day after the faire. Eula. Yet it commeth
time ynough to bringe thyne husbande to a greate
furtheraunce to that shall bee yf God sende you anie
frute togither. xantippa. We are spede alredy of that.
Eulaly. How long ago. Xantip. A good whyle ago Eulalia.
How many monethes old is it. Xantip. It lacketh lytle
of. vii. Eula What a tale is this, ye reken the
monethes by nightes and dayes double. Xantippa. Not so.
Eula. It can not be none other wyse, yf ye reken from
the mariage day. xantippa. yea, but what then, I
spake with him before we were maried. Eulalia. Be
children gotten by speakinge. xantip. It befell so that
he mette me alone and begon to ticke at me, and tickled
me vnder the arme holes and sydes to make me laugh. I
might not awaie with ticklynge, but fell downe
backewarde vpon a bedde and he a lofte, neuer leuinge
kyssynge on me, what he did els I can not saye, but by
sayncte Marie within a while after my bely beganne to
swell. 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