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, ſhe will ſay thou art merry, becauſe thou haſt gotten a wife that is able to maintaine thee, where before thou waſt a begger; and hadſt nothing: and if thou ſhew thy ſelfe ſad, ſhe will ſay, thou art ſad becauſe thou canſt not bury her, thereby to enioy that which ſhee hath: if thou make prouiſion to fare well in thy houſe, ſhee will bid thee ſpend that which thou broughteſt thy ſelfe.

If thou ſhew thy ſelfe ſparing, ſhee will ſay thou ſhalt not pinch her of that which is her owne; and if thou doe any thing contrary to her minde, ſhee will ſay, her other husband was more kinde: if thou chance to dine from home, ſhee will bid thee goe ſup with thy harlots abroad: if thou goe abroad and ſpend any thing before thou commeſt home, ſhe will ſay, a begger I found thee, and a begger thou meaneſt to leaue mee: if thou ſtay alwayes at home, ſhe will ſay thou art happy that haſt gotten a wife that is able to maintaine thee idle: if thou carue her the beſt morſell on the table, though ſhee take it, yet ſhe will take it ſcornefully, and ſay, ſhe had a husband that would let her cut where ſhe liked her ſelfe.

And if thou come in well-diſpoſed, thinking to be merry, and intreating her with faire words, ſhee will call thee diſſembling hypocrite, ſaying, thou ſpeakeſt me faire with thy tongue, but thy heart is on thy minions abroad. Loe theſe are the franticke trickes of froward widdowes, they are neither well full nor faſting, they will neither goe to Church nor ſtay at home, I meane in regard of their impatient mindes: for a man ſhall neuer bee quiet in her ſight, nor out of her ſight: for if thou be in her ſight, ſhee will vexe thee as before ſaid; and out of her ſight thy owne conſcience will torment and trouble thy minde to thinke on