Angl. mod. endeavour

I 50 AN INTERLOCUCYON BETWYXT MAN AND WOMAN

The Woman.

Then loke : a cawdellyou do gyt,

And sooneye lokeyou a better norce \

For I harde say : God gave Man nyt 95

To knowe the better front the worse.

The Man.

25. Women wyll 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 jpith them doth not mell. îoo

The Woman.

26. The commynge of our Lorde Jhesu Many devout Woman dyd prophecye ; Sybellys they were> that it best knerve,

Foi. Aîiij. For to dy spray se Women y e do non> unuyslye.

The Man.

27. One must them gyve that they desyre; îo5 To bete or correcte them they waxen worse;

They never wyll styntfor to requyre As longe as apeny is in one'spurse.

The Woman.