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 his company, now he heath that he ſought for, hee giueth me nothing elſe but froward anſwers, and foule vſage, and yet, God knowes, of pure loue I marryed him with nothing, but now his ill husbandry is like to bring to ruine both me and my children: but now all this while ſhee doth not forget to tell of her owne good huſwifry, ſaying, I ſit working all day at my needle, or at my diſtaffe, and he like an vnthrift, and a whore monger, runneth at random: thus they are alwayes ſtretching their debate vpon the racke of vengeance.

Loe here is a life, but it is as weariſome as hell: for if they kiſſe in the morning, being friends, yet ere noone ready to throw the houſe out at a window. The Papiſts affirme, that Heauen is wonne by Purgatory, but in my minde a man ſhall neuer come into a worſe Purgatorie, then to bee matched with a froward Widdow. Hee that matcheth himſelfe to a Widdow and three children, matcheth himſelfe to foure theeues. One hauing married with a Widdow, it was his lucke to bury her, but not before he was ſore vexed with her, for afterwards hee lying on his death-bed, his friends exhorted him to pray vnto God that his ſoule might reſt in heauen: and hee asked them this queſtion, whither (ſayd hee) doe you thinke my wife is gone? and they ſayd vnto him, no doubt but that your wife is gone to heauen before you: he replyed, I care not whither I goe, ſo I goe not where my wife is, for feare I meete with her, and bee vexed with her as I haue beene heretofore.

Another hauing married with a Widdow, being one day at a Sermon, heard the Preacher ſay, whoſoeuer will bee ſaued, let him take vp his croſſe and follow mee; this mad