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A man may liue

Against women either good or badde.

A Man may liue thrise Nestors life,
Thrise wander out Vlisses race:

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Yet neuer finde Vlisses wife.
Such chaunge hath chanced in this case.
Lesse age will serue than Paris had,
Small peyn (if none be small inough)
To finde good store of Helenes trade.
Such sap the rote dothe yelde the bough.
For one good wife Vlisses slew
A worthy knot of gentle blood:
For one yll wife Grece ouerthrew
The towne of Troy. Sith bad and good
Bring mischiefe: Lord, let be thy will,
To kepe me free from either yll.