irate noli tu verba timere Nam lacrimis struit infidias dum femina ploratTHou oughtest not to doubte the wordes of thy wyf whan she is wrothe wyth the / for the wymmen been of suche condycion that the more that they
especyal the paynems yf they were not content and had souffisance of oon wyf they myght take moo wyth out reproche Whan saturne knewe that hys wyf was wyth chyld the second tyme. the deth of hys fyrst sone cam
in his hous certayn space. and sawe the day approche that his wyf shold be delyuerid of chylde ffor to execute hys sorowfull courage he callyd hys wyf and said / dame hit is so apparaūt that shortly thou shalt
abstayne hym self to paye his wyf the deu dette of maryage but as ther is no so∣row that ne ouer passeth. by space of tyme he forgate this sorow And lyyng with his wyf engendrid an other sone. Whiche
her to be his wyf Echee answerd that of her self she myghte not acorde to his demande / but she sayde. yf fortune gyue me so grete a grace that I myghte be your wyf / Ischold haue more
wole here hem vnto the ende of the world {etc}.¶How menelaus was sore troblid for the Rauys¦shyng of helayne his wyf / And how Castor and Polux brethern of her poursuyeden Parys in the see. And of theyr deth /
and his wyf tharasis also that loved hym as moche as Clitemestra her doughter that hadd no moo children but her / and was a fayr yonge mayde / Thus as Cetus had wryton to Clitemestra the wyf of Aga∣menon
the doughter of helayne that was wyf of horestes / He dide so moche that he rauysshid her by force / and brought her in to thesayll / and toke her to his wyf. Horestes was passing sorouful of this
as he chaunged water in to wyn / And he wyll that the husbond loue and kepe his wyf / And the wyf her hus∣bond wyth alle her power. as her propre body. For they ben but one flessh. and
be hanged The husbond to his wyf ne the wyf to hyr husbōd ougth not to refuse others cōpanye withoute grete cause They ought to absteyne them fro the werke of mariage whā the wyf lyeth a chyldebedde and in
woman to his wyf and herode louyd. her And helde her vndre his wyf. where Ihon repreuyd him and sayd Non licet tibi habere vxorem fratris. tui It is nat laufull to the to haue thy broders wyf And therfore
Soo whan he co∣me to Ierusalem he spake with Petyr and he hadde him be of gode comforte: though his wyf were dede for god my¦ghte restore her to lyf agayn Thenne r shewyd him the places there as oure
And if the man absteyne him fro hys wyf by suche wyfe withoute the wyll of his wyf & she gyue him noo leue. he is cause of her synne And the wyf is in the same case if she
of goddes purueaūceThis mayden taught the creaunceVnto this wyf soparfytelyVpon a day that fast byIn presence of her husbondWhere they go walkyng on the strondeA blynde man whiche cam ther ladVnto this wyf cryend he badWith both his hondes vp
speke of hym harme in noo wyse / In soo mo∣che that he blamed his wyf Lapa wyth softe wordes: and sayd suffre dere wyf / ye good day be to the for our lord shall she∣we hym therrour. &
the wyf may take of her lordes gode in whiche she hath dispēsa∣cion / as in mete drynk & clothes & yeue almesse mesurable to the nedy / & thynke yt her husbonde shulde be pleasyd with her yifte. if
/ for the behoueth to take her to thy wyf / therfor aske thou her of her fader / And he shal gyue her to the for to be thy wyf / Thenne thobye answerd & said / I haue
for ony prechyng that hys wyf myght doo / whyche was a a crysten woman vnto the tyme that a grete hoost of Alemās cam in to fraun¦ce / Thenne by thadmonestement of his wyf made a vowe / that
to me / I haue but one day be knowen of my wyf and of my chil¦dren / and may not be ioyeful wyth them / and his wyf and his chyldren wepte sore & tare theyr heer / &
audyence / But tofore he was byheded he prayed his good wyf that she sholde shewe hym Innocent & not gylty by the preef of hote yren / and thenne after came a day that the emperour shold do right