Ma.
In my God with great payne may I beleve that the goute myght
withholde
En mon Dieu, a grant paine puis je croire que la goute peult
retenir
a good husbande havyng some love to his wyfe, specially
ung bon mary aiant quelque amour a sa femme, especiallement
beyng so nygh of her, but he shulde more oftener to visyte her.
estant sy pres delle, qui ne la uinst plus souuent uisyter.
Le tre.
Without faulte it is an harde thyng and dyffuce to go to hym that
hath neither
Infailliblement cest chose ardue et difficile daller a qui
na ne
fote nor legges, nevertheles as your grace hath sayd, love
piedz ne jambes, nonobstant que comme uostre grace a dit, amour
dothe moche.
fait moult.
Ma.
I pray you, good syr, to declare me what it is of love. For ye
Je uous prie, beau sire, declares moy que cest que damour. Car uous
be a doctour and well lettred, with that that a good husbande ought
to teche
estes docteur et bien lettres, avec ce que ung bon mary doibt
endoctriner
his wyfe, wherfore I pray you to do your devour to teche
sa femme, pourquoy je uous prie de faire uostre debuoir dendoctriner
yours.
la uostre.
Le tre.
Infallibly, madame, the mater is to hyghe for my symplenesse,
but
Sans faulte, madame, la matiere est trop haulte pour ma simplesse,
mais,
for nat be wyllyng to disobey you, with my power I shall shewe you
pour non uous uoulloir desobair a mon pouoir je uous en
of it willyngly that I therof can.
diray uolentier ce que jen scay.
Ma.
I requyre you therof, my good husbande, for I knowe you suche that
Je vous en requier, mon bon mary, car je vous congnis tel que ne
ye cannat say ywell.
scariez mal dire.
Le tre.
Now than sith that it please you so, trew it is that I fynde
thre
Or sus doncques, puis quainsy vous agree, il est vray que je treuue
trois
maners of love, that is to say and the
manieres damour, cest a scavoir filialle, matrimonialle, et animalle: a