麒麟小说

THE TALE（第4页）

withbutoneheartinwealandindistress。

awife?ah!saintmary，bendicite，

howmightamanhaveanyadversity

thathathawife?certesicannotsay

theblissthewhichthatisbetwixtthemtway，

theremaynotongueittell，orheartethink。

ifhebepoor，shehelpethhimtoswink;**labour

shekeepshisgood，andwastethneveradeal;**whit

allthatherhusbandlist，herliketh*well;*pleaseth

shesaithnotonesnay，whenhesaithyea;

"dothis，"saithhe;"allready，sir，"saithshe。

oblissfulorder，wedlockprecious!

thouartsomerry，andekesovirtuous，

andsomendedandapprovedeke，

thateverymanthatholdshimworthaleek

uponhisbarekneesoughtallhislife

tothankhisgod，thathimhathsentawife;

orellespraytogodhimfortosend

awife，tolastuntohislifesend。

forthenhislifeissetinsickerness，**security

hemaynotbedeceived，asiguess，

sothatheworkafterhiswifesrede;**counsel

thenmayheboldelybearuphishead，

theybesotrue，andtherewithalsowise。

forwhich，ifthouwiltworkenasthewise，

doalwaysoaswomenwilltheerede。**counsel

lohowthatjacob，astheseclerkesread，

boundethekiddesskinabouthisneck;

forwhichhisfathersbenison*hewan。*benediction

lojudith，asthestorytellecan，

bygoodcounselshegoddespeoplekept，