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 vnquietneſſe and ſtrife thereby will ariſe but (ſaid ſhe) it were better that one woman might haue two husbands, that if the one were on buſineſſe abroad, the other might be at home. Now when the Gouernours heard this ſpeech, they maruelled whereupon it ſhould ariſe: then young Papirius requeſted that he might ſpeake, who preſently reſolued them the cauſe of the womens comming; ſo they greatly commended the Boy, and laughed the women to ſcorne.

Here thou maiſt perceiue by a taſte, what Wine is in the But: if the Dragons head be full of poyſon, what venome then (thinkeſt thou) lurketh in the taile? All this is but to tell thee of the doubts and dangers that come by marriage; yet I would not haue all to feare to lye in the graſſe, becauſe a Snake lyeth there; nor all men feare to goe to Sea, becauſe ſome men are drowned at Sea; neither doe I warne all men to feare to goe to their beds, becauſe many die in their beds: then marry a Gods name, but againe, and againe take heed to the choyce of thy wife.

Marry not for beauty without vertue, nor chuſe for riches without good conditions. Salomon amongſt many other notable ſentences fit for this purpoſe, ſaith, that a faire woman without diſcreet manners, is like a gold ring in a Swines ſnowt. And if thou marrieſt for wealth, then thy wife many times will caſt it in thy diſh, ſaying, that of a begger ſhee made thee a man. Againe, if thou marryeſt for beauty, and aboue chy calling, thou muſt not onely beare with thy wiues folly, but with many vnhappy words; for ſhe will ſay, ſhe was blinded in fancying thee: for ſhee might haue had Captaine ſuch a one, or this Gentleman, or that, ſo that thou ſhalt neuer neede to craue a foule