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But again within doors there are degrees also: in a mans own family there are some nearer than others. A ^oson is nearer than a servant, and ^pa wife than a son. ^qIt is a sore cross to be troubled, and it be but with bad servants. It is no small vexation for a man to find untoward & unfaithful carriage toward him ^rin those that eat his bread, that feed at his board; much more to sustain it at the hands of her, that taketh up the same bed with him, ^sthat lieth in his bosom. No evil to a bad bed-fellow, ^*to a bosom evil, to that evil that lieth next the heart, either within or about the breast.

But againe within doores there are degrees also: in a mans owne familie there are some neerer than others. A ^osonne is neerer than a seruant, and ^pa wife than a sonne. ^qIt is a sore crosse to be troubled, and it be but with bad seruants. It is no small vexation for a man to find vntoward & vnfaithful cariage toward him ^rin those that eat his bread, that feed at his boord; much more to sustaine it at the hands of her, that taketh vp the same bed with him, ^sthat lieth in his bosome. No euill to a bad bed-fellow, ^*to a bosomeeuill, to that euill that lieth next the heart, either within or about the breast.