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Whenye ofony Man knowe the intencyon

Whiche coulde be secrète, y e publysshe it by and by; Untoyour gosseppysye make therof mencyon 1 1 5

As soone as ye togyther byb 1 , chatryng lyke a pye.

The Woman.

3b. Chryste after his dethfor our consolacyon Fyrst shewèd unto Woman personally, To Mary Magdaleyn after his resurreccyon, Whiche for his deth bewayled grevously. 1 20

The Man.

3i. A wyfe ofher husbande wyll hâve the audyence As chyef maystres her taie to tell ; She wyll crye and wepe except she hâve the premynence : x Wyll happy is he thatrvith them doth notmell.

The Woman.

32. That a Man shold a Woman or his wyfe byleve ^5 By Abraham is sygnyfyed playne f

For. God unto Sara fyrst knowlege dyd gyve

That a chyld shold be procréât bytwyxt them twayne.

The Man.

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