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 ſpeake her pleaſure by thee: and if thou marryeſt onely for faire lookes, yet thou mayeſt hap to goe without thē when thou lookeſt for them: and if thou marryeſt one that is fruitful in bearing of Children, then wil thy care be the more increaſed; for little doth the Father know what ſhall be the end of his Children: and if ſhe be barren, thou wilt loath her, and if honeſt, thou wilt feare her death; and if vnhoneſt, thou wilt be weary of thy life: for when thou haſt her, thou muſt ſupport her in all her bad actions; and that will be ſuch a perpetuall burthen vnto thee, that thou hadſt euen as good draw water continually to fill a bottomeleſſe Tub.

A Gentleman on a time ſaid to his friend, I can helpe you to a good marriage for your ſonne: his friend made him this anſwer, My ſonne (ſaid he) ſhall ſtay till he haue more wit: the Gentleman replyed againe, ſaying, If you marry him not before he hath wit, he will neuer marry ſo long as he liueth, For a marryed man is like vnto one arreſted; and I thinke that many a man would flye vp into Heauen, if this arreſt of Marriage kept them not backe.

It is ſaid of one named Domettæs, that he buried three Wiues, and yet neuer wet one Hand-kercher; no, nor ſhed ſo much as one teare: Alſo Vlyſſes, he had a Dogge which loued him well; and when that Dogge dyed, hee wept bitterly, but hee never ſhed one teare when his Wife dyed. Wherefore, if thou marryeſt without reſpect, but onely for bare loue, then thou wilt afterwards with ſorrow ſay, That there is more belongs to Houſe-keeping, then foure bare Legges in a Bed. A man cannot liue with his hands in his boſome, nor buy Meat in the Market for honeſty without Money: where there is