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I. Angl. mod. endeavour

I 5o AN INTERLOCUCYON BETWYXT MAX AND WOMAN

The Woman.

Then loke : a caïudellyou do gyt.

And sooneye loke y ou a better norce \

For I harde say : God gave Man wyt 9 5

To knowe the better from the worse.

The Mak.

25. Women ii^yll speke and contrary say, They wyll nat shame a lye to tell ;

To scolde and brawle is ail theyr play :

Well happy is he that li^ith them doth not mell. loo

The Woman.

26. The commynge of our Larde Jhesu Many devout Woman dyd prophecye ; Sybellys they luere, that it best knewe,

Fol. Aiiij. For to dy spray se Women y e do noii» unuyslye.

The Man.

2j. One must them gyve that they desyre; io5

To bete or correcte them they waxen jporse ; They never wyll styntfor to requyre As longe as a peny is in one's purse.

The Woman.

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