And when that he is toppe heuy playing on his lute,
sytte thou by and singe to him so shalte thou make hym
keepe home, and lessen hys expences This shall he
thynke at length, in faythe I am a fonde felowe that
maketh suche chere with a strumpet abroode with greate
lossee bothe of substance and name, seyng that I haue a
wyfe at home bothe muche fayrer, and one that loueth me
ten times better, with whome I may be both clenlyer
receiued and dayntelier cherisshed xantip. Beleuest
thou that it will take and I put it into a profe.
Eulali. Looke on me. I warrante it or ought longe I
wyll in hande with thyne husbande, & I will tell hym
his part. xantippa. ye marie that is well sayde. But be
wyse that he espie not our casle, he would plaie his
fages, all the house should be to lytle for hym.
Eulalia. Take no thoughte. I shall so conuey my
matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe,
what busynesse is betwene you, that done I wyll handell
him pretelie as I thinke beste, and I truste to make
him a new man for the and when I se my time I wyl make
a lie for thee, how louinge thou hast spoken of him.
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