in any wife, for when malice is ones begon, loue is but
barely redressed agayne, namely, yf the mater grow
furthe unto bytter checkes, & shamfull raylinges such
things as are fastened with glew, yf a manne wyll all
to shake them strayght waye whyle the glew is warme,
they soone fal in peces, but after ye glew is ones
dried vp they cleue togither so fast as anie thing,
wherefore at the beginning a meanes must be made, that
loue mai encrease and be made sure betwene ye man &
the wife, & that is best brought aboute by gentilnesse
and fayre condycions, for the loue that beautie onelie
causeth, is in a maner but a cheri faire Xan. But I
praye you hartelye tell me, by what pollycy ye brought
your good man to folow your daunce. Eula. I wyll tell
you on this condicyon, that ye will folowe me. xan. I
can. Eula, It is as easy as water if ye can find in
your hart to do it, nor yet no good time past for he is
a yong man, and you ar but agirle of age, and I trowe
it is not a yere ful sins ye wer maried. Xan All thys
is true Eulalia. I wyll shew you then. But you must
kepe it secret xantip. with a ryght good wyl. Eula.
This was my chyefe care, to kepe me alwayes in my
housbandes fauoure, that there shulde nothyng angre him
I obserued his appetite and pleasure I marked the tymes
bothe whan he woulde be pleased and when he wold be all
byshrwed, as they tameth the Elephantes and Lyons or
suche beastes that can not be wonne by strength
xantyppa. Suche a beaste haue I at home. Eula. Thei
that goth vnto the Elephantes weare no white garmentes,
nor they that tame wylde bulles, weare no blasynge