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¶ The xvi fable is of the huſbond and of his two wyves
Oo thynge is werſe to the man than the woman / As it appereth by this fable / of a man of a meane age / whiche tooke two wyues / that is to wete an old / & one yong / whiche were both dwellyng in his hows / & by cauſe that the old deſyred to haue his loue / ſhe plucked the blak herys fro his hede and his berde / by cauſe he ſhold the more be lyke her / And the yonge woman at the other ſyde
plucked