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Ye• an Help, as fit, so rea•ie at hand at all times, upon all occasions at all assays. ^xFriends that dwell a far off, saith the Greek Proverb, are as good as no Friends: because they are out of the way when a man standeth in need of them, when he hath occasion to make use of them; so that a man cannot have their help, when he would. But here is ^yan Help ever at hand; as ready at all times to attend thee, as the Hand is to help the Head, or any other part of the Body is to do service unto it. And certainly ^zas there are offices not a few, that none can in many cases so fitly perform about a Man, as a Wife may: So there is no help that he hath, or ordinarily can have, so ready at hand at all times as this help, because none so continually conversant with him as She.

Ye• an Help, as fit, so rea•ie at hand at all times, vpon all occasions at all assayes. ^xFriends that dwell a farre off, saith the Greeke Prouerbe, are as good as no Friends: because they are out of the way when a man standeth in need of them, when he hath occasion to make vse of them; so that a man cannot haue their helpe, when he would. But here is ^yan Helpe euer at hand; as readie at all times to attend thee, as the Hand is to helpe the Head, or any other part of the Bodie is to doe seruice vnto it. And certainly ^zas there are offices not a few, that none can in many cases so fitly performe about a Man, as a Wife may: So there is no helpe that he hath, or ordinarily can haue, so readie at hand at all times as this helpe, because none so continually conuersant with him as Shee.

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