ment 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
to hym and asked him what was the cause of his
heuynesse whiche answered that it was onely bycause his
wife was borne domme. To whome this other said I shal
shewe the soone a remedy and a medicyne (therfore that
is thus) go tak an aspen leafe and lay it vnder her
tonge this night shee beinge a sleape, and I warrant
the that shee shall speake on the morowe whiche man
beyng glad of thys medycyne prepared therfore and
gathered aspen leaues, wherfore he layd thre of them
vnder her tonge whan shee was a sleape. And on the
morow when he him selfe awaked he Desyrous to know how
hys medicine wrought being in bed with her, he
demaunded of her how she did, and sodenly she
answered and sayd, I beshrewe thy harte for waking me
so early, and so by the vertue of that medycyne she was
restored to her speche. But in conclusion her spech
encresed day by day and she was so curst of condycyon
that euery daie she brauled and chyd with her husbande,
so muche at the laste he was more weped, and had much
more trouble and disease wyth her shrewed wordes then
he hadde before when she was dumme, wherfore as he
walked another time alone he happened to mete agayne
with the same personne that taught hym the sayde
medycine and sayde to hym thys wyse. Syr ye taught me a
medicin but late to make my domme wyfe to speake,
byddynge me lay an aspen leafe vnder her toung when
she sleapte, and I layde three Aspen leaves there.
Wherfore nowe she speaketh. But yet she speaketh soo
much & so shrewdlye that I am more werier of her now,
then I was when she was domme: Wherfore I praie you
teache me a medycine to modyfye her that she speake not
so muche. This other answered and sayd thus. Sir I am a
deuyl of hel but I am one of them that haue least
power there. Al be yet I haue power to make a woman
to speake, but and yf a woman begin ones to speake, I
nor al the deuyls in hel that haue the mooste power be
not able to make a woman to be styll, nor to cause her
to leue speakyng.

The end of this pleasant dialogue declaryng the seueral
properties of ye two contrary disposers of the wyues
aforesayde.

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