Lumner wer set yn hys stede, for me thynkyth it wer ryght necessere that ther were such a man in that county that oght you gode wyll, and I knowe verely he owyth you ryght gode wyll; he was with me at Caster but late.
I canne not have no knowlych that Haydon mellyth in the mater of Drayton; yf he do oght therin, he doyth it closely, as he ys wont to doo, and wayshyth hys hondys ther of as Pylate dyde.
Bot finaly to speke oght more Unto this lord he dradde him sore.
And then hir Ioye, for oght I can espye, Ne lasteth not the twinkeling of an ye, And somme han never Ioye til they be dede.
Now mercy, swete, if I misseye, Have I seyd oght amis, I preye?
Or have yeoght [y-]doon amis, That she hath left yow?
Can he oght telle a mery tale or tweye, With which he glade may this companye?
She frayneth and she preyeth pitously 1790 To every Iew that dwelte in thilke place, To telle hir, if hir child wente oght for-by.
Bot overmore, if that ye wolde Oght elles to my schrifte seie Touchende Envie, I wolde preie.
Forthi, my Sone, if thou art oght Coupable as touchende of this Slowthe, Schrif thee therof and tell me trowthe.
For lieveth wel, myn herte is ay Withoute mo for everemore Al upon on, for I nomore Desire bot hire love al one: So make I many a prive mone, 7800 For wel I fiele I have despended Mi longe love and noght amended Mi sped, for oght I finde yit.
For man is lord of thilke feire, So mai the womman bot empeire, If sche speke oght ayein his wille; And thus sche berth hir peine stille.
For oght that I you telle can, Min holi fader, as of the dede I am withouten eny drede Al gulteles; bot of my thoght Mi conscience excuse I noght.
Secondarilie if any presume to defende that impietie, they oght not to feare, first to pronounce, and then after to execute against them the sentence of deathe.
First they oght to remoue frome honor and authoritie, that monstre in nature.
And man was not created for the cause of the woman, but the woman for the cause of man, and therfore oght the woman to haue a power vpon her head (that is a couerture in signe of subiection).
The naturall man, ennemy to God shall fynd, I knowe, many causes why no suche doctrine oght to be published in these our dangerous dayes.
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