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[Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be]
Who
doth desire that chaste his wife should be,
First be he true, for truth doth truth deserve:
Then such be he, as she his worth may see,
And one man still credit with her preserve.
First be he true, for truth doth truth deserve:
Then such be he, as she his worth may see,
And one man still credit with her preserve.
Not toying kinde, nor causlesly unkinde,
Not sturring thoughts, nor yet denying right
Not spying faults, nor in plaine errors blinde,
Never hard hand, nor ever raines too light.
Not sturring thoughts, nor yet denying right
Not spying faults, nor in plaine errors blinde,
Never hard hand, nor ever raines too light.
As farre from want, as farre from vaine expence,
(The one doth force, the later doth entise)
Allow good company, but kepe from thence
Al filthy mouth's that glory in their vice.
This done, thou hast no more, but leave the rest
To vertue, fortune, time & womans brest.
(The one doth force, the later doth entise)
Allow good company, but kepe from thence
Al filthy mouth's that glory in their vice.
This done, thou hast no more, but leave the rest
To vertue, fortune, time & womans brest.
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