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their minds, fearing the rigour and diſpleaſure of their Parents, they often promiſe with their mouthes, that which they refuſe with their hearts.
Alſo, if a Man marry a Wife for faire lookes without dowry, then their loue will ſoone waxe cold, inſomuch that they vſe them not like Wiues, bur rather like kitchinſtuffe, whereas thoſe which marry rich Wiues, they haue alwaies ſomthing to be in loue with all. It is a common thing now a dayes, that faire Women without riches, find more Louers then Husbands.
Chuſe not a Wife too faire, nor too foule, nor too rich: for if ſhe be faire, euerie one will be catching at her, and if ſhee bee too foule, a Man will haue no minde to loue her, which no Man likes, and if too rich thou thinkeſt to marry with one which thou meaneſt to make thy companion, thou ſhalt find her a commanding Miſtreſſe, ſo that riches cauſeth a Woman to be proud, beauty makes her to be ſuſpected, and hard-fauour maketh her to be hated. Therefore chuſe a Wife young, well borne, and well brought vp, reaſonebly rich, and indifferent beautifull, and of a good wit and capacity: Alſo, in choyſe of a Wife, a Man ſhould note the honeſty of the Parents, for it is a likelyhood, that thoſe Children, which are vertuouſly brought vp, will follow the ſteps of their Parents; bur yet many a Tree is ſpoyled in the hewing: There are ſome which haue but one onely Daughter, and they are ſo blinded with the extreame loue they beare her, that they will not haue her hindred of her will, whatſoeuer ſhe deſireth, but ſuffer her to liue in all wanton pleaſure and delicacie, which afterwards turneth to bee the cauſe of many inconueniences.
