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Otherwise if thou beest found failing herein, her goodness to thee shall one day witness against thee. And the better •he is to thee now, the worse it shall go with thee then. Better it were for thee to have no Wife, or one as good as none, if thou be not an Husband to her, as well as she is a Wife to thee; if thou beest not an instrument of good unto her, as well as she is unto thee. For look ⁿwhat is required on her part toward thee, is required the same on thy part toward her: which unless thou answer her with, thou art no more an Husband to her, than she, if she should fail therein, were a Wife unto thee.

Otherwise if thou beest found failing herein, her goodnesse to thee shall one day witnesse against thee. And the better •he is to thee now, the worse it shall goe with thee then. Better it were for thee to haue no Wife, or one as good as none, if thou be not an Husband to her, as well as shee is a Wife to thee; if thou beest not an instrument of good vnto her, as well as shee is vnto thee. For looke ⁿwhat is required on her part toward thee, is required the same on thy part toward her: which vnlesse thou answer her with, thou art no more an Husband to her, than shee, if shee should faile therein, were a Wife vnto thee.

1. nSunt partes mariti, sunt & uxoris-Invicem parem ista desiderant regulam. Sen. de ben. l. 2. c. 19. [Greek or Hebrew]. Isidor. Pelus. lib. 3. ep. 12. Branch 3. Question.Sunt partes mariti, sunt & vxoris-Invicem parem ista desiderant regulam. Sen. de ben. l. 2. c. 19. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Isidor. Pelus. lib. 3. ep. 12. Branch 3. Question.

But how may a man come by such a Wife, as is here spoken of? may some say: such a one as shall be a means of so much good to him that hath her?