A12367:73
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Phidias when he should paint a Woman, painted her sitting under a Snails shell; signifying that she should go like a Snail, which carrieth his house upon his back. Solomon bad Shimei: Go not beyond 1the river: so a Wife should teach her feet, go not beyond the door; she must count the walls ⟨p. 61⟩of her house like the banks of the 2River which Shimei might not pass, if he would please the King. For when 3Adam was away, Eve was made a pray: if her Husband be from her, until he return again, she must think her self a Widow, that is, separate from man: for Vidua doth signify a viro divisa, that is, Widow doth signify divided from man: therefore now she must have no fellowship, no company with men, because she is divided from man.
Phidias when he should paint a Woman, painted her sitting vnder a Snailes shell; signifying that she should goe like a Snaile, which carrieth his house vpon his back. Salomon bad Shimei: Goe not beyond 1the riuer: so a Wife should teach her feete, go not beyond the doore; she must count the walles ⟨p. 61⟩of her house like the bankes of the 2Riuer which Shimei might not passe, if he would please the King. For when 3Adam was away, Eue was made a pray: if her Husband bee from her, vntill hee returne againe, she must thinke her selfe a Widdowe, that is, seperate from man: for Vidua doth signifie a viro diuisa, that is, Widdowe doth signifie diuided from man: therefore now she must haue no fellowship, no companie with men, because she is diuided from man.
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