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It behooueth the married man alwayes to ſhew himſelfe in ſpeech and countenance both gentle and amiable; for if a woman of modeſt behauiour ſeeth any groſſe inciuillitie in her husband, ſhe doth not onely abhorre it, but alſo thinketh with her ſelfe, that other men are more diſcreet, and better brought vp: therefore it ſtandeth him vpon to bee ciuill and modeſt in his doings, leſt he offend the chaſte thoughts of his wife, to whoſe liking hee ought to confirme himſelfe in all honeſt and reaſonable things, and to take heede of euery thing which may diſlike her.
Why ſome women loue their Louers better then their Husbands; the reaſon is, the Louer in the preſence of his Lady is very curious of his behauiour, that hee vſeth no vnſeemely geſtures, whereby there may be no ſuſpition of iealouſie, or any exception bee taken by any thing hee doth: it behooueth euery woman to haue a great regard to her behauiour, and to keepe her ſelfe out of the fire, knowing, that a woman of ſuſpected chaſtitie liueth but in a miſerable caſe, for there is but ſmall difference by being naught, and being thought naught, and when ſhee heareth another woman ſpoken ill of, let her thinke in her minde what may bee ſpoken of her; for when a woman hath gotten an ill name, whether it bee deſeruedly or without cauſe, yet ſhe will haue much adoe to recouer againe the honour and credite thereof: let a woman auoyde ſo much as may bee the company of a woman which hath an ill name, for many of them endeauour by their euill faſhions and diſhoneſt ſpeech, to bring others to doe as they doe, and many of them wiſh in their hearts that all women were like vnto themſelues. It may be ſaid
