Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
THough Wastfulnesse and wantonnesse, Some men haue vs two named: Yet pleasauntnesse and plyauntnesse, Our names we haue now framed. For as I one is pleasaunt, to kisse and to cully, The other is plyaunt as euer was holly. As youth would it haue, So will we be braue. ¶To liue in blisse, we will not misse, What care we for mens ayings: What ioy is this, to sporte and kisse, But hurte comes in delayings. The one is full ready to the others becking, Betwéene vs there is neither chiding, nor checking. As youth will it haue, &c. ¶Full braue and full fyne, we passe the time, Take time while time is byding: What ioy is thine, the same is mine, My mind shall not be slyding. Our goods are our owne, why should we spare, Or for time to come, why should we care. As youth would it haue. &c. Now friends adieu for we must depart, Farewell my gentle friends with all my heart. Well husband now I will home repair, To see that your dinner dressed be. Do so wife, and see we have good fare, I mean not long to tarry after thee. Whose joy may be compared to mine, I have a wife beautiful and gay: She is young, pleasant, proper and fine, And pliant to please me both night and day. For whom should I pinch, for whom should I spare, Why should I not be liberal and free, however the world go I do not care. I have enough for my wife and me, And if my substance chance to decay: I know my credit is not so ill, But that I can borrow twenty pound always. To serve me at my pleasure and will, For repayment thereof, no care I will take: No matter it is if the same I may get, While it lasteth, therewith I will merry make. What skills it though that I come in debt. While young I am, youthful I will be, And pass my time in youthful sort: For as my wife here said unto me. Age doth delight in no pleasant sport, Wherefore since pleasure I do love: In youth it behooves to take the same, Nothing there from my heart shall move. But I thereto my heart will frame. I fear me that I tarry to long, My wife do look for me before this: Therefore homeward I will be gone, For there is joy and heavenly bliss. What infidelity in him doth rest, Who no time forbeareth to take his prey: Most like the greedy or savage beast, Who in cruelty rageth both night and day. Might he not the space of one Sermon stay, What care or mind gave he to God's word, Who at preaching thereof did me so disturb. Is the Sabbath day, and Paul's Cross, A time and place to vex thy debtor? Or hast thou Greediness by me had any loss? Nay by me thou art a hundredth pound the better, I speak of the least and not of the greater. Yet I never denied, my debt for to pay, But in deed I required a longer day.
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THough Wastfulnesse and wantonnesse, Some men haue vs two named: Yet pleasauntnesse and plyauntnesse, Our names we haue now framed. For as I one is pleasaunt, to kisse and to cully, The other is plyaunt as euer was holly. As youth would it haue, So will we be braue. ¶To liue in blisse, we will not misse, What care we for mens ayings: What ioy is this, to sporte and kisse, But hurte comes in delayings. The one is full ready to the others becking, Betwéene vs there is neither chiding, nor checking. As youth will it haue, &c. ¶Full braue and full fyne, we passe the time, Take time while time is byding: What ioy is thine, the same is mine, My mind shall not be slyding. Our goods are our owne, why should we spare, Or for time to come, why should we care. As youth would it haue. &c. ¶Now friendes adue for we must depart, ¶Farewell my gentle friendes withall my hart. ¶Well husband now I will home repayre, To sée that your dinner dressed be. ¶Doe so wife, and sée we haue good fare, I meane not long to tarry after thée. Whose ioy may be compared to mine, I haue a wife bewtifull and gay: She is yong, pleasaunt, proper and fyne, And plyaunt to please me both night and day. For whome should I pinch, for whome should I spare, Why should I not be liberall and frée, How euer the world goe I doe not care. I haue ynough for my wife and me, And if my substaunce chaunce to decay: I know my credite is not so ill, But that I can borrow twenty pound alway. To serue me at my pleasure and will, For repayment thereof, no care I will take: No matter it is if the same I may get, While it lasteth, therewith I will merry make. What skils it though that I come in debt. While yong I am, youthfull I will be, And passe my time in youthfull sorte: For as my wife here sayd vnto me. Age doth delight in no pleasaunt sport, Wherefore since pleasure I doe loue: In youth it behooues to take the same, Nothing there from my heart shall moue. But I thereto my heart will frame. I feare me that I tarry to long, My wife doe looke for me before this: Therefore homeward I will be gone, For there is ioy and heauenly blisse. ¶What infidelity in him doth rest, Who no time forbeareth to take his pray: Most like the gréedy or sauadge beast, Who in creuelty rageth both night and day. Might he not the space of one Sermon stay, What care or minde gaue he to Gods word, Who at preaching thereof did me so disturbe. Is the Sabboth day, and Paules Crosse, A time and place to vex thy debtor? Or hast thou Greedinesse by me had any losse? Nay by me thou arte a hundereth pound the better, I speake of the least and not of the greatter. Yet I neuer denyed, my debt for to pay, But in déede I requyred a longer day.