CxxxixHow Cathonet after that he had done ageynst the two commaundements of his fader / essayed the thyrd on his wyf capitulo CxlHow Cathonet shold haue ben hanged / capitulo CxljHow themperours sone came to saue his mayster Cathonet /
And fyrst of all I saugh there of cartageDido the quene so goodly of vysageThat gan complayne hyr auenture and caasHow she deceyued was of EneasFor all his hestes and his othes sworneAnd sayd alas that euer she was
vale of Ebron that lasteth nere to Ieru∣salem / and the angell badde Adam that he sholde dwelle with his wyf / and there they engendred Seth of the whiche kynred Ihesu cryst was borne. And in that vale is
angell / for he had done treason whan he dy de slee ryas a good knyght for to haue his wyf. And therfore all that he hadr ordeyned for to ma∣ke the Temple he betoke it vnto Salomon his sone
Yet of other maners of this coūtree. ca. lxxvi.THis Emperour the grete Chane hath thre wyues / & the pryncypall wyf was preester Iohans doughter. And the people of this coūtree begynne to do all theyr thynges in the newe
angryd my wyf / See that thou appease her / And Esope said / It is not a lyght thyng tappease the yre of a woman / but it is a greuous thynge Exanctus sayd to Esope / Speke no
hows / sayenge to the hound my lord hath sente to the this me∣te whiche is precious / & the wyf of Exantus wente in to her chambre / & began to wepe / & after Esope returned to exantus
that hr buttokes had eyen / Esope wente and took vp her clothes / so that men myght see her / And thus he lefte hr slepynge / ¶ This Historye conteyneth how Exantus found his wyf a discouered /
haue borne hym in to his graue / whiche was withoute the toune there to be bu ryed / his wyf made grete sorowe and wepte pyteously / And whanne he was buryed / she wold abyde stylle vpon the
ageyne / For to them is better to be vnwedded / than to be euer in trouble with an euyl wyf / for the tyme in whiche they shold reste them / they put it to payne and to grete
yow grete thanke / And thus the yonge amerous wente his waye surely by the subtylyte of the moder / of his wyf / to the whiche truste thy self not / and thow shalt doo as sage and wyse
not my sone ysaac to take no wyf of ye dough¦tres of Canaan emonge whom I dwelle but goo in to the contre where my kynre∣de is / and take of them a wyf to my so∣ne / And the
I am wery of my lyf by cause of the doughters of heth / yf Iacob take to hym a wyf of that kyn¦rede I wyll no lenger lyue / ¶ Ysaac thenne callid Iacob and blessyd hym & comanded
her / and she rood vpon an asse and folowed the messagers and was made wyf to dauid / and Dauid also toke another wyf called Achyno∣em of Iesrahel / And bothe two we∣re hys wyues / After this Saul
fro thy hows world withoute en∣de / For as moche as thou hast despysed and hast taken vryes wyf vnto thy wyf / This said our lord / I shal rey∣se euyl ayenst the / And shal take thy wyues
them bothe wyth his swerd / ¶And after wente out and sawe his wyf comyng fro chyrche Thenne he was moche abasshed / and demanded of his wyf who they were that laye in his bedde / thenne she said
seruyce and loue of our lord for the loue of theyr chyldren / They were bothe olde he and his wyf Elysabeth / It happed at a solempnyte that the Iewes had after august / that the bys∣shop dyd holy
lyue / for ther was none to norisshe hym / Alas what shal thys pylgrym doo / that sceth his wyf dede / and hys sone cryeng after the brest of his moder / And the pyl¦grym wept strongly and
ordynaunce of god by the roche where the body of hys wyf was lefte and his sone / Thenne by prayers and yeftes he dyd so moche that they ary¦ued theron / And the lytil chyld whom marie magdelene had
/ And thou hast brought the mo∣der of god / I wold haue thy wyf / and thou hast brought to me Marye / For thy wyf hath done to me many iniury∣es / wherfor I wold take on her