she be not mery when he murneth, nor dysposed to play
when he is sad. And if that at any time he be waiward
shrewshaken, either I pacyfye hym with faire wordes, or
I let hym alone, vntyll the wynd be ouerblowen gyuing
him neuer a word at al, vntil the time come that I may
eyther excuse my faute, or tell hym of hys. In lyke
wyse when he commeth home wel whitled, I gyue hym
gentyll and fayre woordes, so with fayre entreatynge I
gette hym to bed. xantyppa, O careful state of wyues,
when they muste be gladde and fayne to followe their
husbandes mindes, be thei eluyshe, dronken, or doying
what myschiefe they liste. Eula. As whoe saieth this
gentill dealynge serueth not for bothe partyes, for
they spyte of theyr berdes muste suffre many thynges in
our demeanor, yet a time ther is, when in a weighty
matter it is laufull that the wyfe tell the good man
his faute, if that it be matter of substaunce, for at
lyght trifles, it is best to play byll under wynge.
xantyp. what tune is that Eula. when he is ydle,
neither angry, pensife, nor ouersen, then betwixt you
two secretly he must be told his faute gently, or
rather intreated, that in this thynge or that he play
the better husbande to loke better to his good name and
fame and to his helth and this tellyng must be myxt
with mery conceites and pleasaunt wordes many times I
make a meane to tel my tale after this fashyon, that he
shall promise me, he shal take no displeasure wyth my
thynge, that I a foolyshe woman shall breake vnto hym,
that pertayneth eyther to hys helthe worshyppe or
welth. When I haue sayde that I woulde, I chop cleane