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A20038	The bachelers banquet: or A banquet for bachelers vvherein is prepared sundry daintie dishes to furnish their tables, curiously drest, and seriously serued in. Pleasantly discoursing the variable humours of vvomen, their quicknesse of wittes, and vnsearchable deceits.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632, attributed name.; La Sale, Antoine de, b. 1388?, attributed name.; Tofte, Robert, 1561-1620, attributed name.	1604 (1604)	STC 6477; ESTC S115691	61,544	79

salute her telling her boldly your desire you may also offer her what you thinke good but I know she will take nothing marrie she will thinke the better of you knowing thereby your franke and bountifull nature Oh saith he I would she would gladly take that which I would gladly bestowe on her Nay answeres the maide I know she will not for you neuer knewe a more honest woman but I le tell ye how yee may doe it afterwards Looke what ye purpose to bestowe on her you shall deliuer vnto me I will doe my best to perswade her to take it but I cannot assure you that I shall preuaile Surely sister saith he this is very good counsell herewithall they part and she returnes home laughing to her selfe which ●…er mistresse seeing demaunds of her the cause thereof Marrie saith the maide this lustie Gentleman is all on fire to morrow he will be at Church purposing there to speake with you now must you demeane your selfe wisely and make very strange of it but stand not off too much least you dismay him cleane as you will not wholly graunt so must you féede him with some hope Shee hauing her lesson thus taught her by her maide gets her vp betimes the next morning and to the Church shee goes where this amorous gallant hath awaited for her comming euer since foure a clocke She being set in her pew makes shew as if she were deuoutly at her prayers when God wot her deuotion is bent to the seruice of another Saint it were worth the noting to sée how like an image she sits and yet for all her demurenes she applies all her fiue senses and that full zealously in this new humor of religion To be short he steales vnto her sneaking vnto her from the belfrey vnto her pew and being come gréetes her after the amorous order and from greeting he fals to courting whereto she doth in no wise yéeld consent neither will she take ought that he offers yet answeres him after such a sort that he doth thereby assuredly gather that she loues him and stickes onely for feare of discredit whereat he is not a little ioco●… and hauing spent his time to so good a purpose he takes his leaue and she hasting home to her counseller acquaints her what hath passed betwéene them who thereupon takes occasion to say thus Mistresse I know well that now he longs to speake with me but at our méeting I will tell him that you will yéeld to nothing for which I will faine my selfe very sorrie I will adde withall that my master is gone out of towne and will appoint him to come hither towards the Euening with promise that I will let him in and conuey him so secretly into your Chamber that you sh●…l know nothing thereof At what time you must séeme to b●…e highly offended and if you be wise you will make him buy his pleasure with some Cost which will cause him to esteeme the more of you tell him that you will crie out and then doe you call mee By handling him thus I can assure you that you shall get more of him then if you had yéelded at the first All this while I will haue in my keeping that which hee will giue you for he hath appointed to deliuer it me to morrow and I will make him belieue that you would by no meanes take it But when the matter is brought to this passe then will I make shewe to offer you his gift before him télling you that he is willing to bestowe it on you to buy you a Gowne-cloth withall Then must you chide and seeme to be angrie with mee for receiuing it charging mee to deliuer it backe againe to him but be sure I will lay it vp safe enough Well deuised wench saith the Mistres I am content it shall be so This plot being thus laid the crafty w●…nch goes presently to finde out this iolly Gallant whose first word is What newes Now in good faith Syr saith shee the matter is no further forwards then if it were yet to to beginne yet because I haue medled so farre in it I would be loth I should not bring it about for I feare that shee will complaine of mee to her Husband and Friends but if I could perswade her by any meanes to receiue your gifts then out of question the matter were dispatcht and in good faith I le trie once more I haue one good helpe and that is this my Maister as I tolde you before will not giue her a new●… Gowne at which vnkindenesse shee stormes mightilie The hotte Louer hearing this giues her presently twentie Crownes for her good will wherevpon shee speakes thus In good faith Syr I know not how it commeth to passe but sure I am I neuer did so much for any man before as I haue done heerein for you Yee sée Syr what da●…ger I haue put my selfe in for your sake For if my Maister should haue any inckling of it I were vtterly vndone yet for you I will hazard a little further I know she loues you well and as good happe is my Maister is not now in towne if you therefore will be about the doores towards sixe of the Clocke at night I will let you in and so conney you secretly into my Mistres chamber who doth sleepe very soundly for you know she is but young being there I could with you goe to bed so her and for the rest you néede not I trust any tutor I protest that I know no other meanes for the compassing of this matter perhaps it will fadge For it is a great matter when a Louer and his Mistres are both together naked and in the darke which doth helpe forward a Womans conceit to that which in the day time perhaps she would hardly graunt O my swéet friend qd he for this kindnes my Purse shall be at thy command To be short night comes he is there according to promise whom she straight conueyes into her Mistresse chamber then he presently vnclothes himselfe and steps softly into her Bedde and being once in hée begins to embrace her hereat she that séemes till then asléepe starts vp on a sudden and with a fearfull voyce asks who is there It is I swéet Mistres saith he feare nothing Ah qd she thinke you to preuaile thus No no and with that she makes as thogh she would rise and call her maide who answeres not a word but alas for pittie like an vndutifull seruant leaues her at her greatest néed She therefore good woman séeing that shee is forsaken sayes with a sigh Ah me I am betraid then begin they a stout battell He vrging his aduantage shee faintly resisting but alas what can a naked woman doo against a resolute Louer there is therefore no other remedie but that at length poore soule being on t of breath with striuing she must néedes yeelde to the stronger shee would faine haue cried out God wot had it not beene for

taried with him till then had bene lamed foreuer Before God quoth she I had rather you should restore her againe to mee then beate her thus without cause for I knowe that you suspect her wrongfully and that shee hath neuer offended you I wis I haue straitly examined her about it but if s●… would haue bene naught you did enough to prouoke her By Gods passion I thinke few women could haue born●… it Well it may be that vpon these or the like terms he takes her again it may bee also that they are both desi●…ous to be diuorced each accusing other and seeking to winde themselues againe out of Lobs-Pound but in vaine For either the causes that they alleadge are not thought sufficient by the Iudge how hard so euer they pleade but must of force continue still together are laughed to scorne of all that heares the cause or if they be separated yet will not all this set them frée but rather plunge them in déeper then before but neither of them can marrie whiles the other liues and their Chastitie so brittle especially hers that ●…olde it cannot nor long endure Shee who was woont to be so frollicke must needes continue so still Nay peraduenture being now without controlment followes her euill and leaud life more fréely then before and whereas she was but ear●… a priuate Queane shee is now common in the way of Good-fellowshippe or else some lustie Gallant takes her into his house and shelters her by his nose which must needes be vnto him an exceeding inward griefe and an open disgrace and shame in the eyes of the world and which is worse hee knowes not how in the world to remedie it but must perforce endure both while this miserable life doth last CHAP. IX ¶ The humour of a Woman to gether Daughter a Husband hauing made a little Wanton escape THe next humor that a Woman is addicted vnto is when a lustie young Gallant Riding at pleasure vp and downe the Countrey but especially to those places of sportes and pleasure where the finest Dames and dainty Gyrles méete who can finely mince their Measures hauing their Tongues trained vp to all kinde of Amorous chat in which delightfull exercises this Yonker both by reason of his youth his loose bringing vp and naturall Inclination takes a great felicitie in such vaine companie and so much the rather because he findes himselfe alwayes welcommed and kindely entertained to such places and the reason is the comelinesse of his person his amiable countenance and quainte behauiour for who so euer hath these good helpes shall want no fauour at Womens handes It may bee also that his Parents are still liuing and hee their onely ioy they hauing perhaps no Childe but him so that all their most delight is in maintaining him brauely It may bee also that he is newly come to his Landes and loues to see fashions though it cost his purse neuer so largely If any Gentle-woman offer any kindenesse hee is ready to requite it and at length through long prauncing to many places h●… lights on one that both exceedingly please his eye and 〈◊〉 his heart shee is perhaps Daughter to some Gentle-man some Citizen or some worthy Farmer She hath a cleane comple●…ion a ●…e proportion and wanton eye a dainty ●…oong and a sharpe wit by reason of all which good gifts shee is gr●… very famous She hath bene wooed sued and courted by the brauest Galla●…is in that countrey of whome pehaps some one being more forward and couragious then the rest hath offered her such kindenes as stickes by her Ribs a good while after and would needes inforce this courtesie with such importunitie that shee had not the power to resist it for a woman that hath her fiue wittes if she be withall of a cheerfull Sanguine complexion cannot be so vnkinde or so hard-harted as to denie or repulse the petition of an amorous Friend if he doe any thing earnestly prosecute the same And to be plaine be shee of what Complexion soeuer shee will be nothing slacke to graunt such a sute But to returne to our purpose by reason of her tender compassion and kinde acceptance of this proffered seruice it so falls out she hath plaide false then is there no other shift but to keepe it both secret and close and to take such order as they best can for smoothing vp of the matter he that hath done the déede being a poore young man though proper of bodie and perhaps can daunce very well by which good qualitie he wonne her fauour and within a while after croyt the flower of her Maidenhead hee I say after a checke or two and no farther matter least this priuy scape should be openly knowne is warned from comming any more to the house or frequenting her company whatsoeuer But now you must note that shee being but a simple Gyrle betwéene fourtéene and fiftéene yeares of Age nothing expert but rather a nouice in such matters and hauing bene but lately deceiued knowes not her selfe how it is with her But her mother which by long experience hath gotten great Iudgement doth by her colour her complaining of paine at her hart and stomack with other like tokens perceiues it well enough and hauing as before I saide eassierde the author of the action Then takes she her Daughter aside and schooles her so that in the end shee con●…esseth that hee hath beene dallying with her but shee knowes not whether to any purpose or not Yes saith her Met●…er it is to such purpose as by these signes I know very well t●…t you haue therby both shamed yourselfe and all our friends and spoyled your Marriage quite and cleane To be short ha●…ng somewhat chid her after the common order for hauing no more respect nor care of her honestie yet not chiding very extreamely because shee knowes the frailtie of Youth by her owne former experience she concludes thus comfortably sith it is done and cannot be altogether remedied she will seeke both to hide and salue the matter as well as shee can charging her Daughter to set a good countenance on it least it should be suspected and to follow her counsell and commaundement in all things whereunto the poore Wench willingly consenteth then the Mother proceedes thus You knowe Maister T. A that commeth hither so often hee is you see a proper Gentleman and a rich Heire to morrowe hee hath appointed to be here againe Looke that you giue him good entertainment and shewe him good countenance When you sée mée and the rest of our Guests talking and discoursing together euer and anon cast your Eye on him in the kindest and louingest manner that you can If hee séeme desirous to speake with you bee not coy but heare him willingly answere him courteously If hee intreate Loue of you tell him that you know not what it meanes and that you haue no desire at all to know it yet thanke him for his good will for that woman is too

inforst for her owne quietnes to graunt his request She repeates withall how kindly and intirely he loues her how much he hath bestowed on her how many soule iournies he hath had for her sake in raine and snow as well by night as day in danger of théeues in perrill of his life and how narrowly he escaped her husband the last time so that for very pittie and compassion she was moued to fauour him and no woman could be so hard harted as to suffer so true and kind a yong man to languish for her loue and die vnregarded for on my life mother saith she if I had not yéelded he would haue dyed for thought The Mother hearing her Daughter to say thus accepts her answere for currant and thinkes that shee hath sufficiently iustified her selfe but to preuent further scandale and to appease her angry sonne in Law and reconcile her Daughter vnto him by casting a mist before his eyes she takes this course she sends for her s●…eciall Gossips and Companions whose counsels in like cases shee doth vse They comming at the first call and being all assembled either before a good fire if it be Winter or in a gréene Arbor if it be Sommer one of them noting her daughters heauy countenance demaunds the cause thereof Marie saith she she hath had a mischaunce about which I haue made bolde to trouble you and craue your aduice With that shee recounts the whole matter vnto them but shewing the true cause of her Husbands anger To be short she hath ready two or thrée pottles of Wine and a few Iunkets which they prosently fall aboord on that they may the better giue their seuerall verdit●… afterwards meane while they comfort the yong woman bidding her assure her selfe that her Husband is more perplexed then she and that I know by mine owne experience for my husband and I were once at variance but he could neuer be quiet til we were made friends In good faith Gossip saith another so serued I mine Another makes a motion to send for the young Gallant that is so true a louer to her Gossips daughter that his presence may chéere her and rid away her melancholly This motion doth her Mother faintly contradict but in the end most voyces preuailes he is sent for and comes with a trice then there is much good chat manie a reproach and kinde scoffe giuen the poore Husband And to mend the matter comes in the Chamber-maide who was priuie to all the former close packing betwéene her Mistresse and her swéete heart and for her ●…lence and imployment in furthering both their contents shee hath gotten a good new Gowne and somewhat else It may bée her Maister hath sent her abroad about some businesse or perhappes she coynes an excuse of her selfe thereby onely to make a steppe ab●…oade to sée her Mistresse and to bring her some newes how all things goes at home Shee hath no sooner set her foote within the roome where they are then one of them askes how her maister doth My maister saith she I neuer saw a man in that taking I dare say that since yesterday morning when this misfortune happened he hath not eaten one crum dranke one drop or slept one winke all yesternight To day he sat downe to dinner and put one bit in his mouth but could not swallow it for he spit it out presently and sat a good while after in a dumpe In the end striking his knife on the table he rose hastily and went into the garden and immediately came in againe To be short he is altogether out of temper and can rest no where he doth nothing but sigh and sob and he lookes like a dead man hereat they laugh apace and to be short they determine that two of the chiefe of them shall goe and speake with him the next morning and that when they are in the midst of their talke the rest shall come in afterward The mother with her two Gossips according to this plot doe procéede in the matter And next morning finding him in his dumpes one of them gentilly askes him what he ayles hereto he answeres onely with a sigh whereupon she takes occasion thus to speake In good faith gossip I must chide you my gossip your wiues mother told me I know not what of a disagréement betwéene your wife and you and a certaine fond humor that you are fallen into I wis I am sorry to heare it And before God you are not so wise as I had thought you had bene to wrong your wife thus without a cause for I durst lay my life there is no such matter By this good day saith another I haue knowne her euer since she was a little one both maide and wife and I neuer saw but well by the woman And in good sooth it gréeues me to the very heart that her name should now come in question without caus●… Before God you haue done the poore woman that disgrace and so stained her good name that you will neuer be able to make her amends Then ●…teppes in the chamber-maid with her fiue egges In good faith saith she I know not what my maister hath séene or whereon he doth ground his suspition but I take God to my witnes that I neuer saw any such matter by my mistresse and yet I am sure that if there were any such thing I should sée it assoon●… as an other Gods body D●…b saith hee all inraged wilt th●… face me downe of that which my selfe saw Oh Gossip quoth one of the Dames God forbid that euery man woman which is alone together should doe euill I denie not saith the Chambermaide that the villainous Knaue hath long sued vnto my Mistresse for such a matter but by my honesty Maister I know that there is neuer a man aliue whom she hates most and rather then she would commit any such follie with him she would see him hangd and be burned her selfe I maruell how the Diuill hée got into the house Here the other Gossips come in one after another and each giues her verdit In good faith Gossip saith one I thinke that next your wife there is neuer a woman in the world that loues you better then I doe and if I knew or thought any such matter I would not let to tell you of it Surely saith another this is but the Diuels work to set them at variance for he cānot abide that Husband Wife should liue well together In good faith saith the third the poore woman doth nothing but weepe By Christ qd the fourth I feare it will cost her her life she grieues and takes on in such sort Then comes the Mother wéeping and crying out making as though shee would scratch out his eyes with her nailes exclaiming in this sort Ah cursed Caitiffe woe worth the houre that euer my Daughter matcht with thée to be thus shamed and slandered and haue her name spotted without cause But shee is well enough serued that would take such a base Churle when she might haue had sundry good Gentlemen Ah good Gossip saith another be not out of patience Ah Gossip saith shee if my Daughter were in fault by our good Lord I would kill her my selfe But thinke yée I haue no cause to be moued when I sée my childe being guiltles thus vsed With that shee flings out of doores in a rage and all the Gossips come vppon him thicke and thréefolde who is so full of sundrie thoughts and so grieued and troubled that hee knowes not whereon to resolue nor what to say In the ende they growing somewhat calmer promise if hee will to vndertake the reconciling of him and his W●…s which hee most earnestly desireth them to doe They accordingly performe it so that all controuerties are ended all strife ceased the matter hushed vp and his Wife taken home againe who taking greater courage by the successe hereof and being now cleane past shame will growe farre bolder in her villainy then before And hée poore Meacocke on the other side hauing his courage thus quailed will neuer afterwards fall at oddes with her for feare of the like storme but will suffer her to haue her owne saying in all things and bée in a manner subiect to her spending the remnant of his life in care feare discontent and griefe his Goods wasting hée knowes not how and himselfe become a laughing stocke to all that knowes him FINIS Not she for twentie pound good woman Alas poore soule The Fox will cate no grapes No more like the woman I was then an apple is like an oyster Being tyred with scolding as a hackney Iade with trauell A maid sit for such a mistres Better then two yeares wages and soone got Iust as Jarmans lippes Oh fetch the aqua vitae bottle quickly Oh lyer lyer Oh braue dissembler Almost as bad as Iudas kisses The Diuell take the Lyer Thus is he board throgh the nose vvith a cush●…n As kind as a S●…a-crab seazing on a dead ca●…on Amen reason

lesson taught them well enough knowing by custome how to behaue themselues to wearie their maister well he comes home to his aforesaid friends calls presently for some of his seruants but one of the maides make answere of whom he demaunds whether all things be readie In good faith sit my mistresse is very sicke and here is no body else can doe any thing with that he being angry ●…des his friends into the hall or some other place according to his estate where he findes neither fire made nor cloath laide Iudge then in what a taking he is although it may be that his friends perceiued by the sending of his man that his commaundements were not of such force as an act of parliament The good man being ashamed calls and gapes first for one man then for an other and yet for all this there comes none except it be the scullion or some chare woman that both vse his house whom his wife hath left there of purpose because shée knew they could serue to doe nothing Being herewith not a little mooued vp he goes into his wiues chamber and thus speakes vnto her Gods precious woman why haue ye not done as I wild ye Why saith she you appoint so many things to be done that I know not what to doe Before God saith he and with that scratches his head you haue done me a greater displeasure then you thinke these are the dearest friends that I haue and now here is nothing to set before them Why quoth she what would you haue me to doe I wis if you cast your cards well you shall finde that we haue no néede to make banquets I would to God you were wiser but sith you will needes be so lustie euen goe through with it your selfe on Gods name for I le not meddle with it But what the diuellment ye saith he to send all the seruants abroad Why quoth she what did I know that you should néede them now yet did she kn●…w it will enough and had of purpose sent them forth on ●…eeuelesse arrands the more to anger and despight him who seeing that he can preuaile nothing giues ouer talking to her and gets him downe in a bitter chafe for it may be that his guestes be of such account and he so much beholding vnto them that he had rather haue spent a hundred crownes then it should so haue fallen out But she cares not a whit being well assured that howsoeuer she thwarts him he will hold his hands and in scolding she knowes her selfe to be the better To be short the poore man being vexed with shame and anger runnes vp and downe the house gets as many of his seruants together as he can If his prouision be but slender at ho●… he sendes presently abroad in the meane while he calles for a cleane towell the best table cloath and wrought napkins But the maide answeres him that he can haue none Then vp to his wife goes he againe and tels her that his friends doe intreate her to come downe and bare them companie shewing her what a shame it is and how discourteously they will take it if she come not And finally he vseth all the fairest speeches that he can to haue her come and to welcome and entertaine them for his credites sake Nay in faith quoth she I will not come they are too great states for my companie and no doubt they would scorne a poore woman as I am It may be shée will goe but in such sort and with such a countenance that it had bene better for him she had not come at all for his friends will somewhat perceiue by her lookes and gesture that howsoeuer they be welcome to the good man she had rather haue their roome then their company But if she refuse to come as it is the more likely then will he aske her for the best to well table-cloth and napkins Napkins quoth she as though those that be abroad alreadie be not good enough for greater and better men then they are when my brother or any of my kinsmen come which are I wis their equals in euery respect they can be content to be serued with them but were these your guestes neuer so great yet could I not now fulfill your request though my life should lie on it for since morning I haue lost my keyes of the great chest where all the linnen lies I pray you bid the maide looke for them for in good truth I know not what I haue done with them and no maruell for I haue so much to doe that I know not how to bestir my selfe well I wotte I haue spoyled my selfe with continuall care and trouble Now in good faith quoth he you haue drest me fairely but it is no matter Before God ●…le breake open the chest Now surely then quoth she you shall doe a great act I would faine see you doe it I would for my part you would breake all the chestes in the house The poore man hearing her in these termes knowes not well what to doe but takes that which he next lightes on and therefore shifts as well as he can he causeth his guestes to sit downe at the table and because the beere then a broach is on tilt and therefore not very good he bids one of the seruants broach a new barrell and fill some fresh drinke but then there is neither tap nor spigget to be found for his wife of purpose hath hidden them out of the way Towards the end of the dinner he cals for cheese and fruite but there is none in the house so that he is faine to send to the neighbours for the same or else be vtterly destitute meane while his boy being at the table with the guestes at last tels them how his mistresse faines her selfe sicke because she is not pleased with their maisters comming Well when bed time comes he can get no cleane sheetes nor pillowbeeres because forsooth the keyes are lost so that they must be content to lie in those that be foule and haue bene long laine in The next morning they get them gone betimes séeing by the good wiues countenance that they are nothing welcome By the way their Lackies tell them what the Gentlemans boy reported whereat they laught hartily yet finde themselues agréeued vowing neuer to be his guest any more The husband also getting him vp betimes in the morning goes presently to his wife and thus begins By Iesus wife I muse what you meane to vse me thus I know not how to liue with you Then she replies saying Now God for his mercy am I so trouble some God wot I am euery day poore soule troubled with kéeping your hogs your geese your chickens I must card I must spin continually kéepe the house looke to the seruants and neuer sit still but toyling vp and downe to shorten my daies and make me die before my time and yet I cannot haue one houres rest or quietnes with you

vncourteous and vnciuill which will not vouchsafe the hearing or gentlie answering to those that loue her and wish her well If hee offer you Money take none in any case if a Ring or a Gyrdle or any such thing at the first refuse it yet kindely and with great thankes but if hee vrge it on you twise or thrise take it telling him sith that hee will néedes bestowe it on you you will weare it for his sake Lastly when hee takes his leaue aske him when hee will come againe These Instructions being thus giuen and the Plot laide for the fetching in of this kinde foole into L●… Pound The next day he commeth and is on all hands more kindely welcome and entertained after dinner hauing had great cheare the Mother falles in talke with the other Guests and this frollicke Nouice gets him as neere to her Daughter as hee can and while the others are hard in ●…hat he takes her by the hand and thus begins to co●…rt her Gentlewoman I would to God you knewe my thoughts Your thoughts Sir saith she how should I know them except you tell them mee If may be you thinke some thing that you are loth to tell Not so saith he yet I would you knew it without telling But that saith she smiling is vnpossible Then qd he if I might doe it without offence I would aduenture to tell you them Syr saith she you may fréely speake your pleasure for I doe so much assure mee of your honestie that I know you will speake nothing that may procure offence Then thus saith he I acknowledge without faining that I am farre vnworthy of so great a fauour as to bee accepted for your Seruant Friend and Louer which art so fai●… so gentle and euery way so gratious that I may truely say you are replenished with all the good gifts that Nature can plant in any mortall creature But if you would vouchsafe me this vndeserued grace my good will diligence and continuall forwardnesse to serue and please you should neuer faile but I would therein equall the most loyall Louer that euer liued I would est●…me you more then any thing else and tender more your good name and credit then mine owne God Syr quoth shee I heartily thanke you for your kinde offer but I pray you speake no more of such matters for I neither knowe what Loue is nor yet care for knowing it This is not the lesson that my Mother teacheth me now adayes Why saith hee if it please you she shall know nothing of it yet the other day I heard her talke of preferring you in marriage to one Maister G. R. How say you to that quoth shee Marie thus answeres the Gentleman If you would vouchsafe to entertaine me for your Seruant I would ●…uer marry but onely relie vpon your fauour But that saith she should be no profite to either of vs both and beside it would be to my reproch which I had not thought you would seeke Nay qd he I had rather die then séeke your discredit Well sir saith she speake no more hereof for if my Mother should perceiue it I were vtterly vndono And it may be her Mother makes her a signe to giue ouer fearing that shee doth not play her part well At the breaking vp of their amorous Parley hee conueyes into her hand a gold Ring or some such toy desiring her to take it and keepe it for his sake which at the 〈◊〉 according to her Mothers precepts shee doth refuse but vpon his more earnest vrging of it she is content to take it in the way of honestie and not on any promise or condition of any farther matter when it was brought to this passe the mother makes motion of a iourney to be made the next morning some ten or twelue miles off to visite or feast with some Friend or to some Faire or whatsoeuer other occasion presents it selfe To this motion they all agree and afterwards sit downe to supper where hee is placed next the Daughter who caries her selfe so toward him with her piercing glaunces that the young Heire is set on fire therewith Well morning comes they mount on Horse-backe and by the opinion of them all there is neuer a Horse in the company that can carry double but his So the Gull is appointed to haue the Maiden ride behinde him whereof he is not a little proude and when he feeles her holde fast by the middle which shee doth to stay her selfe the better he is euen rauished with ioy After their returning home which perhaps will be the same night the Mother taking her Daughter aside questions with her touching all that had passed betm●…ne the amorous gallant and her which when her Daughter hath rehearsed then procéedes the wilie Gran-dame thus If he Court thée any more as I knowe hee will then make him answere that thou hast hearde thy Father and mée talke of matching thee with Maister G. R. but that thou hast no desire as yet to bee married If he then offers to make thée his Wife and vse any comparisons of his worth and wealth as though hee were euery way as good as he thanke him for his good will and kindnes and tell him that thou wilt speake with mee about it and that for thy owne part thou couldst find in thy hart to haue him to thy Husband rather then any man else vpon this lesson the Daughter sleepes reuoluing it all night in her minde The next morning shee walkes into the Garden and this lusty Yonker followes when hauing giuen her the time of the day he falls to his former sute Shee willes him to giue ouer such talke or she will leaue his companie Is this the Loue you beare me qd shee to seeke my dishonestie You knowe well enough that my Father and Mother are minded to bestowe mee otherwise Ah my sweete Mistresse saith hee I would they did so farre fauour me herein as they do him I dare boldly say and sweare it and without vaine glory vtter it that I am euery way his equall Oh sir answeres thee I would hee were like you Ah sweete Mi●tres saith he you deigne to thinke better of mee then I deserue but if you would farther vouchsafe me the other fauour I should esteeme my selfe most happie In troth Syr saith she it is a thing that I may not doe of my selfe without the counsell and consent of my Parents to whom I would gladly moue it if I thought they would not bee offended But it would be so much the better if you breake the matter vnto them and be sure if they referre the matter to mee you shall speede so soone as anie Hee being rauisht with these words and yeelding her infinite thankes trots presently to the Mother to get her good will To be short with some little adoo the matter is brought about euen in such sort as he would desire they are straight way Contracted and immediately Wedded both because that her Friends feare

that the least delay will preuent all and because he is so hot on the spurre that he thinks euery houre a year till it be done Well the Wedding night comes wherein shee behaues her selfe so by her Mothers counsel that he dares sweare on the Bible that hee had her Maidenhead Within a while after it comes to his Friends eares without whose knowledge he hath marryed himselfe who are exce●ding sory knowing shee was no meete match for him and it may be they haue heard withall of his Wiues hum●…r but now there is no reme●…y the knot is knit and cannot be vndone they m●…st therefore haue patience perforce Well hee brings his faire Bride home to his owne house where God wo●…e he hath but a small time of pleasure for within three or foure moneths after their Mariage she is brought to Bed Iudge then in what taking the poore man is If he put her away his shame will be publike shee growes common and hée not be permitted to marrie againe while hee liues and if he kéepe her still loue her he cannot suspect her he will and she both hate him and perhaps séeke his ende Finally all the ioyes pleasures and delights which before time they had are all turned to brawles banning cursing and fighting Thus is hee hampered in Lobs-Pound where he must 〈◊〉 force remaine till death ende his liues miseries CHAP. XII ¶ The humour of a Woman being matched with an oucrkinde Husband THere is another humor incident to a Woman which is when a Young man hath turmoyled and tossed himselfe so long that w much ad●… he hath gotten into Lobs-pound and hath perhaps met with a Wife according to his owne desire and perchaunce such a one that it had beene better for him to haue lighted on an other yet hee likes her so well that he would not haue mist her for any golde for in his opinion there is no Woman aliue like vnto her hee hath a great delight to heare her speake is proude of his match and peraduenture is withall of so shèepish a nature that hee hath purposed whollie to gouerne himselfe by her counsell and direction So that if any one speake to him about a bargaine or whatsoeu●… other businesse he telles them that he will haue his Wiues opinion in it and if she he content hee will goe through with it if not then will he giue it ouer Thus is he as same and pliable as a Iack an-Apes to his kéeper If the Prince set forth an Arn●…e and she be vnwilling that he should goe who you may thinke wil aske her leaue then must he stay at home fight who will for the Countrey But if shee be at any time desirous to haue his roome which many times she likes better then his company she wants no iourneyes to imploy him in and hee is as ready as a Page to vndertake them If she chide he answers not a word generally whatsoeuer shee doeth or how souer hee thinkes it it well done Iudge now in what a case this sillie Calfe is in Is not hee thinke you finely drest that is in such subiecion The honestest Woman and most modest of that Sere if shee weare the Bréeches shee is so out of reason in taunting and controlling her Husband for this is their common fault and be shee neuer so wise yet because a Woman scarceable to gouerne her selfe much lesse her Husband and all his affaires for were it not so doubtles GOD would haue made her the head which sith it is otherwise what can be more preposterous then that the Head should be gouerned by the Foote If then a wise and honest Womans superioritie be vnseemely and bréede great inconueniences c how is he drest thinke you if hee light on a fond wanton and malicious Dame Then doubtles hee is soundly sped she will not stick to kéepe a swéet heart vnder his nose yet is hee so blinde that hee can perceiue nothing but for more securitie shee will many times send him packing beyond-Sea about some odde errand which she will buzze in his eares and he will performe it at her pleasure albeit she send him foorth at midnight in Raine Haile or snowe for he must be a man fit for all weathers Their Children if they haue any must néeds be brought vp apparelled fedde and taught onely according to her pleasure and one speciall point of their learning is alwaies to make no account of their Father If anie of their Children be Daughters she wil marry them according to her minde to whome she list when she list and giue with them what dowrie shee list without acquainting him therewith till shee haue concluded the match and then shee telles him not to haue his consent but as a Maister may tell his Seruant to giue him di●…ien how to behaue himselfe to deale therein Finally thee orders all things as shee thinkes best her selfe making no more account of him especially if hée bee in yeares then men doe of an olde Horse which is past labour Thus is he mewed vp in Lobs-Pound plunged in a Sea of cares and Cor●…slues yet hee kinde Foole deemes himselfe most happie in his vnhappines where he must now perforce remaine while his life doth last and great pitti●… it were hee should want it sith he likes it so well CHAP. XIII The humour of a Woman whose Husband is gone beyond the Seas vpon some businesse ANother humor of a Woman is when the Husband hath bene married some seuen or eight yeeres more or lesse a●… as hee thinkes he hath met with a good Wife as any man can haue with whome hee hath continued all the aforesaide time with great delights and pleasures But ad●…t hee bee a Gentleman and that hee is desirous to purchase honour by following Armes and in this humour bee is resolued to make a steppe abroade and not to tarry alwayes like a cowardly Drone by the smoke of his owne chimney but when he is ready to depart she hauing her chéekes blubbered with teares falles about his necke colles kisseth and embraceth him then wéeping sighing and sobbing she thus begins to him Ah sweete Husband will you now leaue mee Will you thus depart from mee and from your louing Children which knowes not when we shall see you againe or whether you shall euer come home againe or no Alas sweete Husband goe not Tarry with vs still if you leaue vs wee are vtterly vndone Ah swéete Wife saith hee disswade me not from this enterprise which concernes my credite and alléageance for it is our Princes commaundement and I must obey but bée you well assured I will not be long from you if it please God Thus doth hee co●…rt and quiet her in the best so it that he can and be she neuer so importunate be her teares ●…uer so manie her intreaty neuer so forcible yet goe hee will essoeming his renowne and duty to his Prince and countrey more then wife and Children though next to it hee