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<P> &para; The proude wyues Pater no&s;ter that wolde go gaye, and vn|dyd her hu&s;bonde and went her waye.</P>
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<P>&para; Anno Domini. M. D. L. X.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<LG>
<PB REF="2" MS="y">
<L>ON hye fee&s;t dayes whan wyues go gaye</L>
<L>To chyrche with grete deuocyon</L>
<L>Theyr prayers deuoutly for to &s;aye</L>
<L>Theyr thynkynge is on thys le&s;&s;on</L>
<L>Or they go forth them &s;elfe to trym</L>
<L>Both heed and bre&s;t on foote and hande</L>
<L>I &s;were to you by &s;wete &s;aynt &s;ym</L>
<L>The~ &s;elfe they thynke angels well to vnder&s;ta~de</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Theyr beautous be hauyour &amp; co~tenau~ce demure</L>
<L>They thynke full plea&s;aunt for to beholde</L>
<L>But for to go gay ye may be &s;ure</L>
<L>They mu&s;e full often and many folde</L>
<L>And how they myght be&s;t to pa&s;&s;e brynge</L>
<L>Eche as gorgyous as other to go</L>
<L>In theyr aparell gyrdell and rynge</L>
<L>And other trym knackes many mo.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To chyrche they be come this is no lye</L>
<L>Vnto theyr pewe there for to knele</L>
<L>Reuerence doynge to the otherby</L>
<L>with countenau~ce meke and becometh the~ wele</L>
<L>Than &s;yt they downe eche go&s;&s;ep other by</L>
<L>Beholdynge theyr aparell of eyther &s;yde</L>
<L>yf the one be gaier than the other that doth e&s;pie</L>
<L>Than &s;he thynketh her felowe &s;et all full of pryde</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet to her deuocyon &s;he dothe her &s;et</L>
<L>And Pater no&s;ter &s;he doth begyn</L>
<L>But to gay gere her hert doth fret</L>
<L>And thynketh how &s;he may &s;uch gay gere wyn&punc;</L>
<PB REF="3" MS="y">
<L> Sayenge to her &s;elfe what fortune haue I</L>
<L>That my felow &s;o gorgyous is in her gere</L>
<L>And I &s;yte here &s;o poorely her by</L>
<L>But it &s;halbe amended by god I &s;were</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Qui es in celis, and that within &s;horte whyle</L>
<L>Or elles my hu&s;bande full &s;ore it &s;hall repent</L>
<L>For I can nought gete of him by fete nor wyle</L>
<L>But all &s;hall be myne now that I in ha~de ca~ hent</L>
<L>From him alway what&s;oeuer betyde</L>
<L>Tyll I be arayde as other women be</L>
<L>I wolde not haue ought for no maner pryde</L>
<L>But only bycau&s;e it is a good &s;yght to &s;e</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Sanctificetur nomen tuum</L>
<L>Lorde halowed be thy name</L>
<L>yf to &s;uch gere I may come</L>
<L>Than &s;hall I bere bothe porte and fame</L>
<L>As other women in euery where</L>
<L>Do alwaye where as they do wende</L>
<L>Go feete and fre&s;&s;he and trymme in theyr gere</L>
<L>In the be&s;t maner as them doth to pretende</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Adueniat regnu~ tuu~, thy kingdom come to vs</L>
<L>After this lyfe whan we hens &s;hall wende</L>
<L>But whyle we be here now &s;wete Ie&s;us</L>
<L>As other woman haue &s;uche grace in me &s;ende</L>
<L>That I may haue lorde my heed into wrap</L>
<L>After the guy&s;e kerche&s;es that be fyne</L>
<L>And theron to &s;ette &s;ome lu&s;ty trymme cap</L>
<L>with &s;mockes wel wrought &s;oude w^t &s;ylke~ twyne</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="3" MS="y">
<L>&para; Fiat voluntas tua, thy wyll fulfylled be</L>
<L>Lorde god alway as thys tyme dothe requyre</L>
<L>And as my go&s;&s;ep that &s;ytteth here by me</L>
<L>So let me be trymmed nought elles I de&s;yre</L>
<L>Therfore yf it may be in any wy&s;e</L>
<L>For thou ha&s;t power therof to do thy wyll</L>
<L>To make me go gay after the be&s;t guy&s;e</L>
<L>For rea&s;on it is with ryght good &s;hyll</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Sicut in celo et in terra, in heuen as in erthe</L>
<L>It is alway &s;ene, go we neuer &s;o ferre</L>
<L>That women aboue all the beaute bereth</L>
<L>And without gay gere our beaute we marre</L>
<L>Therfore good lorde let thys be a mended</L>
<L>And gay gere to were that I may haue</L>
<L>Or elles my lyfe wyll haue an ende</L>
<L>For very pure thought, nought can me &s;aue</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Panem no&s;trum cotidianum</L>
<L>Our dayly brede lorde wyll al&s;o do wel</L>
<L>But of dyuers cornes I haue many a come</L>
<L>At home in my barne for to &s;ell</L>
<L>But ther with lorde I dare not mell</L>
<L>For feare of my hu&s;bande that kepeth me &s;o hard</L>
<L>A bu&s;&s;hell therof I dare not &s;ell</L>
<L>For yf he wy&s;te the game ware marde</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Da nobis hodye, gyue vs thys daye</L>
<L>And &s;pecially me my lorde that am heuy at hert</L>
<L>Tyll I haue my wyll lorde a parte I &s;aye</L>
<L>Of my de&s;yre lorde, or elles I mu&s;t lyue in &s;marte</L>
<PB REF="4" MS="y">
<L> With that full maruaylou&s;&s;y can &s;he &s;yght</L>
<L>And in a &s;wone halfe gan &s;he fall</L>
<L>Her felowe beholdynge that wofull wyght</L>
<L>And wondred full &s;ore than here with all</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Et dimitte nobis debita no&s;tra, now</L>
<L>Mercy good lorde and forgyuenes what is thys</L>
<L>I was neuer thys a frayde I make god a vow</L>
<L>Good lorde &s;ayd &s;he than what meaneth thys</L>
<L>And her lyttell fynger than wronge &s;he fa&s;t</L>
<L>Her to reuyue and gaue her &s;wete &s;pyce</L>
<L>So &s;he vp &s;terte than at the la&s;te</L>
<L>Lyke a trym go&s;&s;yp that fayne wolde be nyce</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Sicut et nos dimittimus debytoribus no&s;tris</L>
<L>As we do forgyue lorde &s;o let vs be forgyuen</L>
<L>And than to her &s;he dyd &s;aye without mys</L>
<L>ye had a &s;hrode fyt by &s;wete &s;aynt &s;teuen</L>
<L>Go&s;&s;yp myn, how is it wyth you nowe</L>
<L>what is your grefe, now I you pray</L>
<L>yf I can ea&s;e you by god anowe</L>
<L>I wyll be redy both nyght and daye</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Et ne nos in ducas in temptacionem</L>
<L>Let vs fall into no temptacyon now</L>
<L>with that, the other reuyued then</L>
<L>Ryght &s;ore dy&s;mayde ye me trow</L>
<L>And to eche other they gan &s;ay</L>
<L>Why be ye thus &s;ad my go&s;&s;ep dere</L>
<L>Tell me the cau&s;e, now I you praye</L>
<L>For yf it lay in me now I wil amende your chere</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="4" MS="y">
<L>&para; Sed lybera nos a malo, delyuer vs from all yll</L>
<L>Raggis and iaggis this wyfe gan to reher&s;e</L>
<L>yf I may not go gay I &s;hall my &s;elfe &s;pyll</L>
<L>I pray you go&s;&s;ep dere, vnder&s;ta~d well this ver&s;e</L>
<L>My hu&s;bonde is harde to me bothe day &amp; nyght</L>
<L>And doth me not regarde but let me go eue~ thus</L>
<L>Not as other do but as a wretched wyght</L>
<L>But yet it &s;halbe me~ded I hope by &s;wete Ie&s;us</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Amen, &s;ayd the other I pray god it be &s;o</L>
<L>For ye haue good ynought this I do know well</L>
<L>Of good marchaundi&s;e &s;o mote I the</L>
<L>As any is here in this countre to &s;ell</L>
<L>For his degre but he is a frayde</L>
<L>That he &s;holde pa&s;&s;e his &s;tate or loke on hawt</L>
<L>Than behynde your backes it &s;hulde be &s;ayd</L>
<L>yf he fore amys, that it were all your fawt</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But co~petenly take the thyrde peny of his gayne</L>
<L>And bye therwith both kyrtell and gowne</L>
<L>Than yet &s;hall ye leaue hym alway twayne</L>
<L>So do we mo&s;t parte throughout the towe</L>
<L>Or elles we &s;hold neuer haue halfe our gayes</L>
<L>That we haue ywys ye may be &s;ure</L>
<L>But properly thus we fynde the wayes</L>
<L>with ringes and beedes to go full demure</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Rybandes of &s;ylke that be full longe and large</L>
<L>with tryangles trymly made poynt deuy&s;e</L>
<L>For &s;ome folke it were full grete charge</L>
<L>Therfore all thynge by me&s;ure by myn aduy&s;e</L>
<PB REF="5" MS="y">
<L> But as for you ye may be bolde</L>
<L>To do &s;om what more than other maye</L>
<L>yet it wold make your hu&s;bondes herte full colde</L>
<L>If he &s;o harde be and wretched as ye &s;aye</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That he may not &s;e you go as other do</L>
<L>And haue it &s;o well as he hath in &s;tore</L>
<L>I wolde haue my &s;yne hoo&s;e and eke my trym &s;ho</L>
<L>with other knackes many a &s;core</L>
<L>yf I were as you be, I fayth I &s;were</L>
<L>Somwhat &s;holde be &s;olde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> he &s;hold not knowe</L>
<L>ye haue to &s;ell &s;o dyuers gere</L>
<L>He can not know all by god I trowe</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Yet may I reioyce alway ywys</L>
<L>For my hu&s;bonde is glad whan I go trym</L>
<L>He wolde thynke I dyd full &s;ore a mys</L>
<L>yf I wente not fre&s;&s;he by &s;wete &s;aynt &s;ym</L>
<L>He doth reioyce in my gay gere</L>
<L>whan he do &s;e me put it on</L>
<L>And wolde I &s;hulde it often were</L>
<L>For I &s;hall haue newe whan myn is done</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O good lorde, happy be ye</L>
<L>That haue &s;o good a hu&s;bonde by god in throne</L>
<L>Among a hundreth ye &s;hall not fynde thre</L>
<L>Of all our neyghbours that hath &s;uch a one</L>
<L>yf god wolde that myne were as your is</L>
<L>I wolde be as mery as byrde on brere</L>
<L>But hys herte is &s;o &s;et on couety&s;e ywys</L>
<L>That he can neuer be of good chere</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="5" MS="y">
<L>And than cau&s;eth me often for to wepe</L>
<L>whan I thynke on hys vnkyndenes &s;o grete</L>
<L>I can not ete nor drynke nor &s;tepe</L>
<L>For grete heuynes my herte dothe bete</L>
<L>But throught your coun&s;ayle my go&s;&s;ep dere</L>
<L>I hoppe the better for to &s;pede</L>
<L>And for to go gayer another yere</L>
<L>with myrth and ioye my lyfe to lede</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That I may be accepted with euery man</L>
<L>Whiche me beholdeth bothe ferre and nere</L>
<L>Without your helps no rede I can</L>
<L>But by your good coun&s;ayle amende is my chere</L>
<L>Thys hole in you my hope I &s;ete</L>
<L>And without you I am but dede</L>
<L>Lu&s;ty fre&s;&s;he gere how I may gete</L>
<L>And to go trym in lu&s;ty were</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Well go&s;&s;ep than do after me</L>
<L>And ye &s;hall neuer repente ywys</L>
<L>I &s;were to you by Mary &s;o fre</L>
<L>All &s;halbe well; that nowe is amys</L>
<L>beware of one thinge, your to~gue go not to large</L>
<L>And forbere your hu&s;bonde whan he is grame</L>
<L>Speke neuer to hym of &s;uch charge</L>
<L>with euyll mode, for that were &s;hame</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yf ye of hym wyll &s;uche thynge haue</L>
<L>As ye de&s;yre for to go gay</L>
<L>with louynge countenaunce ye mu&s;t it craue</L>
<L>And with fayre wordes to hym &s;ay</L>
<PB REF="6" MS="y">
<L> My hu&s;bonde dere I you requyre</L>
<L>Take no di&s;plea&s;ure with my worde</L>
<L>What &s;oeuer of you I do de&s;yre</L>
<L>But this mu&s;t be done in bed or at borde</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; My louely hu&s;bonde my &s;pou&s;e mo&s;t dere</L>
<L>To you I mu&s;t nedes talke my mone</L>
<L>As rea&s;on requyreth ye he my fere</L>
<L>And no body elles but you alone</L>
<L>Thus I mu&s;t de&s;yre you with all my herte</L>
<L>Take no dy&s;plea&s;ure what euer I &s;aye</L>
<L>For yf ye do, it wyll me &s;marte</L>
<L>And for thought I &s;hall dye this is no nay</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Whan he this hereh than he wyll mu&s;e</L>
<L>And meruell what your reque&s;t wyll be</L>
<L>Yf he be gentyll he wyll not refu&s;e</L>
<L>No rea&s;onable thynge I hope perde</L>
<L>ye &s;hall than &s;ay, ye lacke that or this</L>
<L>And begyn with that thynge y^t ye haue mo&s;t nede</L>
<L>I dare &s;ay than withouten mys</L>
<L>The &s;ooner of hym than ye &s;hall &s;pede</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With &s;mall tryfels ye mu&s;t begyn</L>
<L>Of hym to get gay gere in &s;tore</L>
<L>Or elles of hym ye &s;hall nought wym</L>
<L>And thus may ye dayly encrea&s;e more and more</L>
<L>Of gorgyous gere grete plence to haue</L>
<L>And all with his good wyll for that is be&s;t</L>
<L>yf ye it &s;o get &s;o god me &s;aue</L>
<L>Than may ye were it with peas and re&s;t</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="6" MS="y">
<L>&para; Yf he do not gyue you than good comforte</L>
<L>Speke ye no more but than be &s;tyll</L>
<L>But &s;treyght to his wares re&s;orte</L>
<L>And therof take ye what ye wyll</L>
<L>yf he play the chorle playe ye the &s;ame</L>
<L>And let hym not know no more of your mynde</L>
<L>God gyue all chorles mekyll &s;hame</L>
<L>That to theyr wyues be vnkynde.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; yf he be gentyll take noughe hym fro</L>
<L>Ly tell nor moch what&s;oeuer betyde</L>
<L>For yf ye do it wyll tourne you to wo</L>
<L>Than folke wyll &s;ay that it cometh of pride</L>
<L>Se what debate this folke haue nowe</L>
<L>And all bycau&s;e the wyfe wolde go gay</L>
<L>I &s;were to you by god auowe</L>
<L>ye were better byde &s;tyll in your olde aray<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Therfore beware be not rat&s;he</L>
<L>To do or &s;aye that &s;hulde hym dy&s;plea&s;e</L>
<L>But yf he be churly&s;&s;he gyue hym a da&s;&s;he</L>
<L>Thoughe euer after it &s;hulde hym dy&s;ea&s;e</L>
<L>Amonge his wares &s;pare not at all</L>
<L>For halfe is yours as well as his</L>
<L>Therfore as nowe coun&s;eyll I &s;hall</L>
<L>Gyue vnto you by heuyns bly&s;&s;e</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To do euen &s;o and be not a frayde</L>
<L>For lefe nor loche why chulde ye not</L>
<L>The faute wyll all to hym be layde</L>
<L>Of any one that hereth that</L>
<PB REF="7" MS="y">
<L> That he &s;o chorly&s;he to you is ay</L>
<L>And wyll not be frendly as other be</L>
<L>Grete &s;hame of him than wyll they &s;ay</L>
<L>So to be &s;erued well worthy is he</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And wor&s;e be god withouten fable</L>
<L>yf wor&s;e may be by any meane</L>
<L>Con&s;ydrynge that he is not vnable</L>
<L>It ought on you for to be &s;ene</L>
<L>Somwhat better for very pure &s;hame</L>
<L>Than it is now by rea&s;on and ryght</L>
<L>For he is worthy to haue the blame</L>
<L>yf he wyll be &s;uche a wretched wyght</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He can not haue to moch di&s;plea&s;ure</L>
<L>That hath a yonge wyfe and wyll not her trym</L>
<L>I wy&s;&s;he them care and &s;orow out of mea&s;ure</L>
<L>And &s;pecially them that be lyke vnto hym</L>
<L>Myrrours of my&s;chefe we may them call</L>
<L>That kepe theyr wyues &s;o bare and poore</L>
<L>To many one it dothe befall</L>
<L>Thrugh &s;uch menes to make a good wyfe a hore</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>An hore? ye may it &s;were by god aboue</L>
<L>They may be wretches that &s;o do</L>
<L>Which cau&s;eth theyr wyues to cho&s;e new loue</L>
<L>Thought it &s;holde tourne them to great wo</L>
<L>So vylaynus they be in euery where</L>
<L>Vnto theyr wyues in euery houre and tyde</L>
<L>yf theyr wyues do go, ought trym in they, gere</L>
<L>They &s;ay they do it than for gret pryd</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="7" MS="y">
<L>And all this is but ialou&s;y god wote</L>
<L>That thys doth cau&s;e I know it well</L>
<L>Hangeth be &s;uch hu&s;bondes by the throte</L>
<L>Or elles the deuyll cary thew away to hel</L>
<L>That ialous be eyther erly or late</L>
<L>Vpon theyr good wyues that be &s;o meke</L>
<L>God &s;e~de the~ &s;tryfe and euer debate</L>
<L>And a bengeau~ce vpon them both day and weke</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As for my hu&s;bonde I nede not to craue</L>
<L>But fy&s;tes and &s;taues yf I wyll optayne</L>
<L>ynoughe of them I may &s;oone haue</L>
<L>Thus dare I not &s;peake for feare of payne</L>
<L>For no &s;uch thynges but I knowe another</L>
<L>I &s;hall from hym &s;tele both day and nyght</L>
<L>I &s;were to you by goddes dere mother</L>
<L>His bagges I hope to make full lyght</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>yf he may not &s;e me than go gay</L>
<L>I thynke not longe to tary here</L>
<L>But pryuele togather what I may</L>
<L>And cho&s;e me than another fere</L>
<L>For I can not lyue this in wretchednes</L>
<L>I wyll leue hym bare y now</L>
<L>It is to me great heuynes</L>
<L>To lede this lyfe I make god auowe</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With that all &s;eruyce in the chyrch was done</L>
<L>The&s;e wyues homewarde dyd take the waye</L>
<L>For &s;a&s;t it drewe than towarde none</L>
<L>And &s;o they departed and adewe gan &s;ay</L>
<PB REF="8" MS="y">
<L> whan &s;he came home thys &s;ory wyfe</L>
<L>Her hu&s;bonde full mery there dyd &s;he fynde</L>
<L>She coulde no lenger abyde for her lyfe</L>
<L>But nedes vnto hym &s;he mu&s;t breke her mynde</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To proue whether he wolde be to her kynde</L>
<L>She gan him flatter after the newe guy&s;e</L>
<L>And &s;oone her hert &s;he gan vnbynde</L>
<L>Sayenge to hym that in this wy&s;e</L>
<L>My &s;pou&s;e moo&s;t worthy, my hu&s;bonde dere</L>
<L>I pray you take it for no grefe</L>
<L>what&s;oeuer of you I do de&s;yre</L>
<L>But gyue my herte now &s;ome relefe</L>
<L>As I hope ye wyll, and therto be glad</L>
<L>And &s;ay me not nay what&s;oeuer befall</L>
<L>And than for euer I mu&s;t be &s;ad</L>
<L>Thus in your hande it doth lay all</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My tru&s;te is hole in you &s;et</L>
<L>So many wyues in thys pary&s;&s;he de</L>
<L>That go full lu&s;tly and trym &s;et</L>
<L>A plea&s;ure for theyr hu&s;dondes it is to &s;e</L>
<L>And now me thynke ye be well moued</L>
<L>wherfore the bolder I to you &s;peke</L>
<L>As to myne herte moo&s;t be&s;t beloued</L>
<L>Or elles a &s;onder myne herte wolde breke</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>De&s;yrynge you with mynde and wyll</L>
<L>To gyue me now &s;ome goodly gay gere</L>
<L>Some &s;u&s;ty newes my backe to hyll</L>
<L>with gyrdelles and rynge for your loue to were</L>
<PB REF="8" MS="y">
<L> As other women do for theyr hu&s;bondes loue</L>
<L>So let me do for yours I pray</L>
<L>Than wyll ye bynde me my &s;elfe to moue</L>
<L>Grete good of you alway to faye</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; I am not able to performe your wyll</L>
<L>In gyuynge to you that I not haue</L>
<L>It is neyther rea&s;on nor yet good &s;kyll</L>
<L>Suche thynges of me now for to craue</L>
<L>ye &s;e your &s;elfe that I do &s;pare</L>
<L>And with &s;ymple clothes that I do go</L>
<L>Hone&s;ty wolde ye &s;holde helpe me care</L>
<L>And lyke in parell that we &s;holde go</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let vs lyue as we haue done ere</L>
<L>And pa&s;&s;e not our bow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">s in no degre</L>
<L>To put our &s;elfe in great daungere</L>
<L>For your &s;mall plea&s;ure it were great pite</L>
<L>How tometh now &s;uch thynges in your mynde</L>
<L>That ye de&s;yre me to do &s;uch co&s;t</L>
<L>ye &s;pende your labour and wynde</L>
<L>And all your wordes be but lo&s;t</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A lacke good wyfe were thys your wyll</L>
<L>For to go gay aboue your e&s;tate</L>
<L>And wolde be glad to fulfyll</L>
<L>All your de&s;yre yf it were not to late</L>
<L>But I am ferre behynde the hande</L>
<L>As now dere wyfe more than I &s;ay</L>
<L>An hundred pounde ye &s;hall vnder&s;tande</L>
<L>with in this moneth I mu&s;t nedes pay</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="9" MS="y">
<L>&para; Towarde the &s;ame wyfe I ne haue</L>
<L>Twenty pounde in &s;yluer nor golde</L>
<L>which doth make &s;o god me &s;aue</L>
<L>whan I theron thynke myn herte full colde</L>
<L>Therfore good wyfe take therof no grefe</L>
<L>For I am not able as the tyme requyre</L>
<L>Excepte I &s;holde therof be a thefe</L>
<L>And that I thynke ye wyll not de&s;yre</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For that were a &s;hame I tell you playne</L>
<L>As well for you as it for me</L>
<L>With &s;hame for my tre&s;pas I &s;hode be &s;layne</L>
<L>And hanged full hye vpon a tre</L>
<L>Than men wolde &s;ay there hangeth a thefe</L>
<L>Which wolde than full &s;ore greue your herte</L>
<L>It is no nede for to a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 chunk">.</L>
<L>A &s;hamfull name that wolde vs cau&s;e to &s;marte</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Thus an&s;were &s;he had this good wyfe</L>
<L>That her herte &s;onne into her ho&s;e</L>
<L>And wery &s;he was ryght &s;ore of her lyfe</L>
<L>But with her bu&s;bonde &s;he dyd no more glo&s;e</L>
<L>Sodeynly &s;he &s;et her handes on her &s;yde</L>
<L>And &s;ayd than caytyfe god gyue the wo</L>
<L>I tell the playne it is for no pryde</L>
<L>But onely with other wyfes for to go</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>That was mynentent and nothynge elles</L>
<L>But &s;eynge it wyll no otherwy&s;e be</L>
<L>I &s;hall make the a hode and &s;et it full of belles</L>
<L>which &s;halbe marked in all this countre</L>
<PB REF="9" MS="y">
<L> Though euery man knew it I &s;et not a flye</L>
<L>And what I do, now I ne care</L>
<L>Within &s;horte whyle thou &s;halte well &s;pye</L>
<L>That I &s;hall make thy bagges full bare</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; With that from the borde thys wyfe gan go</L>
<L>And bad hym beware of her euyll wyll</L>
<L>She &s;ayd for euer &s;he wolde be his fo</L>
<L>And do her be&s;t hym for to &s;pyll</L>
<L>Therto &s;he wolde laboure bothe day and nyght</L>
<L>With all the helpe that &s;he coude make</L>
<L>And that &s;he coude get with mayne and myght</L>
<L>Another &s;holde &s;pende it for his &s;ake</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; The man was wroth here with ywys</L>
<L>And wandred full &s;ore what his wyfe ayled</L>
<L>He toke vp hys hande and hym dyd blys</L>
<L>wenynge to hym that her wyttes had fayled</L>
<L>But it was not &s;o on my&s;chefe &s;he was &s;et</L>
<L>The deuyll hym &s;elfe coude not her tourne</L>
<L>Though he with &s;taues her &s;holde haue bet</L>
<L>which made full &s;ore his hert to mourne</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Than was he bewayled all in wo</L>
<L>Ryght pyteou&s;ly he dyd complayne</L>
<L>Thynkynge alway what hys wyfe myght do</L>
<L>Hym thought for &s;orow his herte was &s;layne</L>
<L>Bycau&s;e hys wyfe was &s;et on rage</L>
<L>what be&s;t was to do he hym be thought</L>
<L>Her furyous anger to a &s;wage</L>
<L>Her mynde he perceyued was &s;et to nought</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="10" MS="y">
<L>&para; Fayne he wolde her let, this good hone&s;t man</L>
<L>And hepe her in goodnes as he had done ere</L>
<L>Alas he &s;ayd no rede I can</L>
<L>Of myne vndoynge I &s;tande in feare</L>
<L>That &s;he wyll me robbe by day and nyght</L>
<L>Than fare well my ioye and my &s;olas</L>
<L>Many a man hath wronge and moch vnright</L>
<L>Thrugh theyr fal&s;e wyues, alas, alas</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; And &s;o am I lyke me doth thynke</L>
<L>For &s;uch one is able a man to marre</L>
<L>For thought I can neyther ete nor drynke</L>
<L>So &s;ore is my hert &s;et now in care</L>
<L>Yet wyll I not my &s;elfe ca&s;te awaye</L>
<L>Thought &s;he wyll be lewde and al&s;o bad</L>
<L>With co&s;tly garmentes I wyll not ray</L>
<L>For my de&s;truction to make her glad</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; I thynke &s;he hath founde &s;ome vilaine knawe</L>
<L>That wyll helpe her to cary away my &s;tore</L>
<L>Yet I tru&s;te that god wyll me &s;aue</L>
<L>And pre&s;erue me from her daunger for euer more</L>
<L>For a cur&s;ed wyfe is wor&s;e than a fende</L>
<L>Yf I me ble&s;&s;e he can me not dere</L>
<L>But this cur&s;ed wyfe where euer I wende</L>
<L>Putteth me in doubte and great fere</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wherfore I dare not go out of the dore</L>
<L>Le&s;t &s;he me begyle and go her waye</L>
<L>with &s;ome lewde knaue to play the hore</L>
<L>And me vnto for euer and aye</L>
<PB REF="10" MS="y">
<L> Yet to my curate I wyll hye</L>
<L>And &s;hewe hym of my grefe what I do ayle</L>
<L>To knowe yf he remedy</L>
<L>Me of my wo or ought me auayle</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; In this meane whyle hys wyfe was gone</L>
<L>Vnto her go&s;&s;ep to &s;hewe her grefe</L>
<L>The good man founde hym &s;elfe alone</L>
<L>Withouten comforte or relefe</L>
<L>Than &s;treyght to the chyrche he gan hym dre&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Vnto the curate which he there founde</L>
<L>All redy reue&s;t goynge to me&s;&s;e</L>
<L>And towarde the aulter he was bounde</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; This man abode tyll ma&s;&s;e was done</L>
<L>For to take coun&s;ayle of hys curate dere</L>
<L>Whan he hym met ryght &s;oone anone</L>
<L>He made his mone with heuy chere</L>
<L>After all gretynges to hym thus he &s;ayd</L>
<L>Syr I you requyre of coun&s;ayle nowe</L>
<L>My wyfe doth make me &s;o &s;ore dy&s;mayde</L>
<L>That I am lyke to dye I make god auowe</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; With &s;horte conclu&s;yon his mater he tolde</L>
<L>How it began and how it befell</L>
<L>Twene hym and his wyfe y^t made his herte colde</L>
<L>But euer the pree&s;t bad hym do well</L>
<L>And god &s;holde helpe hym euer at his nede</L>
<L>yf he dyd tru&s;t vnto his grace</L>
<L>Alway the better &s;holde he &s;pede</L>
<L>And heuen at the la&s;t he &s;holde purcha&s;e</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="11" MS="y">
<L>Yf &s;he wyll be nought and not amende</L>
<L>And thou entende euer well to do</L>
<L>Good grace god &s;hall vnto the &s;ende</L>
<L>whan &s;he &s;hall lyue in care and wo</L>
<L>Go thy way home and take no thought</L>
<L>But euer take hede what &s;o befall</L>
<L>For &s;uch one as doth &s;et her to nought</L>
<L>To vndo a man &s;he careth not at all</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This man dyd after the curates rede</L>
<L>And home full &s;oone he dyd hym ha&s;t</L>
<L>But whan he came there his herte dyd blede</L>
<L>He &s;pyed that his labour was all in wa&s;t</L>
<L>And that his wyfe had ben there before</L>
<L>And &s;poyled all that &s;he myght cary</L>
<L>Of &s;horte endes and money that he had in &s;tore</L>
<L>No legger with him that &s;he wolde vary</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus was the good man vndone for euer</L>
<L>God gyue all &s;uch wyues care</L>
<L>For after that day he &s;aw her neuer</L>
<L>But of his welth &s;he made hym bare</L>
<L>Now Ie&s;u that is heuen kynge</L>
<L>Grau~te all good wyues that fayne wolde do well</L>
<L>The ioyes of heuen at theyr endynge</L>
<L>And to be pre&s;erued fro the paynes of hell</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Such Pater no&s;ter &s;ome wyues do &s;ay</L>
<L>Another were better for theyr &s;oule helth</L>
<L>As here doth felow &s;o &s;holde ye pray</L>
<L>And than ye &s;holde euer lyue in welth</L>
</LG>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<PB REF="11" MS="y">
<HEAD>&para; Here after foloweth the golden Pater no&s;ter of deuo|cyon.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>THe father of heuen omnipotent</L>
<L>Of nought all this worlde dyd create</L>
<L>In parady&s;e he made Adam a pure innocent</L>
<L>And for his comforte Eue to hym was a&s;&s;acyate</L>
<L>The &s;erpent by fraude made them ob&s;tynate</L>
<L>Wherby they lo&s;te their man&s;yon ioye and bly&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Tyll by thy mercy they were regenerate</L>
<L>Pater no&s;ter quies in celis</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; O ble&s;&s;ed lorde of thy grete bou~tye &amp; goodne&s;&s;e</L>
<L>That &s;ent thyne owne &s;onne to be incarnate</L>
<L>The orygynall &s;ynne of Adam to redre&s;&s;e</L>
<L>By vertue of deth of Chry&s;t immaculate</L>
<L>Which is our brother by proue cartyfycate</L>
<L>And thou our-father throughout chry&s;tendome</L>
<L>wherfore let vs merely without debate</L>
<L>Synge, Sanctificetur nomen tuum</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Chry&s;t Ie&s;u our kynge and his mother dere</L>
<L>Be in our nede our &s;ocour and comforte</L>
<L>Oure &s;oules from &s;ynne to pre&s;erue clere</L>
<L>That the flame of charyte in vs reporte</L>
<L>To whom that we may re&s;orte</L>
<L>with bly&s;ful armony bothe all and &s;umme</L>
<L>Swete Ie&s;us for vs exhorte</L>
<L>That vnto vs, Adueniat regnum tuum</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="12" MS="y">
<L>&para; Infu&s;e vs with grace lorde in contynaunce</L>
<L>In euery malady, pouerty and tribulacyon</L>
<L>Perfite pacyence to kepe thy per&s;eueraunce</L>
<L>For any wrongfull trouble or vexacyon</L>
<L>That we without grudge or exclamacyon</L>
<L>Say and pray, Fiat voluntas tuas</L>
<L>Hygh and low thy myght operacyon</L>
<L>So be it, &s;icut in celo et in terra</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Vpon &s;here thur&s;day thy dy&s;cyples thou fedde</L>
<L>In fourme of brede wyth thyne owne deite</L>
<L>By vertue of the wordes of thy godhed</L>
<L>Bade them thyne owne body accipite</L>
<L>And eate, which for you berrayed &s;halbe</L>
<L>A pre&s;eruat yf agayn&s;t deth moo&s;t hol&s;ome</L>
<L>Our peticyon good lorde, da nobis hodye</L>
<L>That &s;ame, panem no&s;trum cotidianum</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; Whan mortall &s;inne had vs deuoured</L>
<L>And haue forgoten thy holy conuer&s;acyon</L>
<L>yet let vs not vtterly be confounded</L>
<L>whom thou demyd by thy byter pa&s;&s;ion</L>
<L>But wa&s;&s;he vs with penaunce by full contrycyo~</L>
<L>Thou one and thre trinitas &s;ancta</L>
<L>whan we requyre the by proclamacyon</L>
<L>Et dimitte nobis debita no&s;tra.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>yf any creature hath vs offended</L>
<L>And tre&s;pa&s;&s;et forgyue we all tho&s;e</L>
<L>That theyr offence may be ame~ded</L>
<L>Our mercy and pyte to them dy&s;clo&s;e</L>
<PB REF="12" MS="y">
<L> That whan to god our pa&s;&s;age purpo&s;e</L>
<L>That of his mercy habounde y^t we may not mys</L>
<L>Forgyue vs good lorde, &s;icut et nos</L>
<L>Dimittimus debitoribus no&s;tris</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Another peticion we a&s;ke our father</L>
<L>That we be not ouercome by temptacion</L>
<L>But we to Chry&s;t our owne broder</L>
<L>Call for ayde and obtayne remi&s;&s;yon</L>
<L>And of our &s;ynnes clene to haue ab&s;olucyon</L>
<L>By meryte of the brygpt &s;terre of Betheleem</L>
<L>To whom we pray with humble deuocyon</L>
<L>Et ne nos inducas in temptacionem</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>&para; The father, the &s;onne, and the holy gho&s;t</L>
<L>Thre per&s;ones vndeuyded, and one in e&s;&s;ence</L>
<L>Make in vs trynyte by thy power moo&s;t</L>
<L>Thy body, thy &s;oule, thy godhed in pre&s;ence</L>
<L>So con&s;erue vs here in thy ab&s;ence</L>
<L>To v&s;e well fyue and ob&s;erue tenne</L>
<L>That deedly &s;ynne combre not our con&s;cyence</L>
<L>Sed libera nos a malo. Amen</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>&para; Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P>&leaf; Imprinted at London, in Paules Churche yearde at the Sygne of the Swane by Iohn Kynge.</P>
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