to liue at reste and peace. xantyppa. Why? can I
forgeue him a new, Eu. It lieth great parte in the
women, for the orderinge of theyr husbandes. xan.
Leadest thou a mery life with thine. Eula Now all is
well. xan. Ergo ther was somwhat to do at your fyrste
metying Eula. Neuer no greate busynes, but yet as it,
happeneth now and than betwene man & woman, there was
foule cloudes a loft, that might haue made a storme but
that they were ouer blowen with good humanitie and wyse
handlynge. Euery man hath hys maner and euery man
hath his seueral aptite or mynde, and thinkes hys owne
way best, & yf we list not to lie there liueth no man
without faulte, which yf anie were elles, ywis in
wedlocke they ought to know and not vtterly hated xan,
you say well, Eulalya. It happeneth many times that
loue dayes breketh betwene man and wife, before ye
one be perfitly knowen vnto the other beware of that
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