Of aduerse crosses, woemen not conceiue,
To find vs honny, they doe meete with gall,
Their toyle for vs, doe their owne ioyes bereaue:
Great shame it were, that we should ad their woe,
That doe maintaine, and keepe, and loue vs so.

If that a hasty word sometime be spoke,
Let vs not censure therefore they are foes,
Say tis infirmitie that doth prouoke,
Their hearts are sorry for their tongues God knowes:
Since we by proofe each day and hower finde,
For one harsh word, they giue ten thousand kind

The seuenth dutie that she must endeauour,
Is to obserue her husbands disposition,
And thereunto conforme her selfe for euer,
In all obedient sort, with meeke submission:
Resoluing that as his conditions are,
Her rules of life she must according square.

His vertues and good parts which she doth finde,
shee must endeauor for to imitate,
The vices whereunto he is enclin'd,
Shee must in patience beare in milde estate:
So that the meekenesse of her louing carriage,
May be peace-maker, of all strife in marriage.

She must not doe as foolish woemen vse,
When they are met about the gossippes chat,
Their absent husbands with their tongues abuse,