Eula. It is none otherwyse, now it is beste that eyther of you one
beyng with an other, ye laboure to liue at reste and peace.
xantyppa. Why? can I forgeue him a new,
Eu. It lieth great parte in the womē, 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 & womā, 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 mā
hath his seueral aptite or mynde, and thinkes hys owne way best, & yf
we list not to lie there liueth no mā 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 knowē 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 cā find in your hart to do
it, nor yet no good time past for he is a yong mā, and you ar but
agirle of age, and I trowe it is not a yere ful sins ye wer maried.