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A14538 The office and duetie of an husband, made by the excelle[n]t philosopher Lodouicus Viues, and translated into English by Thomas Paynell Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Paynell, Thomas. 1555 (1555) STC 24855; ESTC S101795 103,854 424

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with manye women nor that the woman shoulde submitte her selfe to many men Therfore he bownde them together in lawfull mariage and deliuered her vnto the man not only for generations sake but also for the societie and fellowshippe of life And this is it y e Moses doth saye in Genesis that the prudent and wise maker of the worlde sayde It is not good that man shoulde be alone let vs make him a helpe lyke vnto him selfe And how manye vtilities and profites do spryng and yssue of matrimony First as all controuersies debates are remoued and do cease amōg men whē lādes be occupied possessed by the power of y e law graū ted stablished euē so when y e womā is lawfully maried al such cōtentiōs do cease which certaynly wold haue growen among men yf women were cōmon For some woulde desire those that were beautiful and fayre suche as were moost mighty and mooste in powre wold iugde al thinges to be as a reward of their fortitude and strength in theyr powre and dominion And he that assayde her woulde as though he had taken possession strongly resist and fyghte for her as for his owne wife wherevpon shuld arise enuy hatred and debate And man the which yf he folow his natural affection and appetite is a prowd a fearce and a desi rous beast to be reuēged shal finde manye wayes to accomplishe his luste and to ensue reuenge that he interpreteth to be an iniury and shall associate and gather manye vnto him eyther for feare or by some benefite inticed wherby parttakings sactions shuld fyrst aryse and afterwardes warre and cruell battayle both at home and abroad as olde auctours do reporte to haue chaunced for women ra uished as for Helen Lacona Tindarus and Ledas doughter and for Lucrecia and Virginia Romaynes And through Caua Iulians doughter we lost Spayne In Englande king Henry y t second was dri uen out of his realme by hys sonne for after y t he had bene longe in loue with Philippes the Frenche kinges sister and that she was sente into England maried vnto him his father being in loue with his fayre doughter in lawe hys sonne making warre in Scot lād defloured her The yong woman at the firste cōmynge home of her husband opened vnto him what had chaunced and being moued therewith draue out his father occupi ed the kingdome I let passe those thinges that Plutarke doth write in hys booke of lo uely narratiōs Woulde god there were not so many exāples as geue occasions to eue ry man to write both of princes priuate persons howe great contention and debate letcherye hath caused Thys was to manye a man y e waye occasion to ouerturne king domes families of greate and bitter perils and calamities among all nations But god the inuenter of matrimo ny moste prouident father hauing pitie cōpassion vpon mankind hath put a measure to this immoderate luxuriousnes printinge the lawe of matrimony not in paper onely but in euery mans hearte In the whiche matrimony he hath geuen to al nations not onely to those the which thorough humanitie good letters are instructed with rites and ciuile customes but also to fearce and barbarous nations beyng farre from all good educatiō and customs so greate beneuolence charitie y t they which are maried iduced through loue will not leaue nor chaūge their mates whē there is no loue shamfastnes doth take place so y e there is no man so farre frō y e vnderstanding of mā y e is ignoraūt y t to bea thynge moste scelerate worthy to be hated punished to seake or to embrace any other as lōg as matrimonye indureth And what a cōmoditie is the wife vnto y e husbād in ordering of hys house in gouerning of hys familie housholde by this cities are edified buylded And she cometh euen as god sayth into her husbādes house as an helper lyke vnto him self as a sure cōpanion continuinge vnto the ende of her life a partetaker of mirth heauines y e mother of their common children the whiche kepeth hys goodes as her owne thinkinge none other goodes to be hers but those kepeth thē to leaue them to her children the which she loueth as her selfe It can not be spoken from how great a burden molestiousnes the mind of man is lightned ther by the which for the worthines dignitie thereof shulde not be molested with such inferioure cures But yet I knowe not whether all these thiges may be cōpared with the education bringyng vp of children for surely by certayn true matrimony they are receaued taken for oure owne childrē wherby they be vnto vs the more dearely beloued And charitie willeth them to be nourished and fashioned vnto al kind of humanitie and vertue not only w t diligence and cure but wyth al sollicitude and anxietie Al other beastes after that the dame hath nourished them and that they are once come to a certayne bygnesse be of nature so instructed taught that they leaue theyr dame for euer beynge sufficiente ynough of them selues to shift for theyr lyuynge and to defende theyr lyues y t one naturally not beyng better nor worse then the other nor thē y t yōg do knowledge y t dame no more nor y t dame y e yong But as man hath of his maker that by a certayne singuler benefite most excellent reason and figure of mynde euē so he hath througe sinne corrupted y e seede of vertue obserued the lyghte of hys wyt vnderstandynge And if he do stande and folow the wayes of his affectiōs he shal so abace him selfe that he shal become seruante vnto synne now receaued beyng geuen there vnto how great a beast of a man a cruell thyng to be spoken shal he be made then what obscuritie darckenes shal grow in him how vnlike how farre of shal he be then frō his originall beginning This obscuritie of mynd and darckenes through doctrine learnynge maye be cast of and clarified and the euyll inclination thereof by good maners customes amēded But this our corrupte defiled nature hath nead of sollicitude tyme labour diligence yea and occasions must be taried for vntyll it grow vntill it may better perceaue and vnderstand his admonisher and vntyll it wyll heare and be admonished And now and then we muste delay and dissemble such vices fawtes reserue them vntil another tyme that they may be taken a waye and remoued withoute any daunger or peryll Nor it is not sufficiēt to warne hym once or twyce but often nowe then he must be reprehended corrected sometimes flattered mynglynge y e were with y e sower And what ende shall there be at laste of reformynge thys beast so euill so brutishe the which doth so oftētimes euē of it selfe returne