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Epig. XIX. In Procos.

VVho woes a wife, thinks wedded men do know
The only true content, I thinke not so,
If woe in woers be that women court,
As the word woe, in woers doth import
And woe in women too, that courted bee,
As the word woe, in women we doe see,
I thinke 'tis better lead a single life;
Then with this double woe, to woe a wife.