The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…

They covered themselves with leaves, and God derided them, but now they cover themselves with pride, like Satan which is fallen down before them like lightning,¹ ruff upon ruff, lace upon lace, cut upon cut, four & twenty orders, until the woman be not so precious as her apparel: that if any man would picture Vanity, he must take a pattern of women, or else he cannot draw her likeness.² As Herodias was worse for her fine dancing: so a woman may have too many ornaments, frizzled locks, naked breasts, painting, perfume, & especially a rolling eye are the forerunners of adultery, and he which hath such a wife, hath a fine plague. Once women were married without dowries, because they were well nurtured, but now if they weighed not more in gold then in godliness, many should sit like Nuns ⟨p. 56⟩without husbands. Thus we have shadowed the mans duties to his wife, and the woman's to her husband.

They couered themselues with leaues, and God derided them, but now they couer themselues with pride, like Sathan which is fallen down before them like lightning,¹ ruffe vpon ruffe, lace vpon lace, cut vpon cut, four & twentie orders, vntil the woman be not so precious as her apparell: that if any man would picture Vanitie, he must take a pattern of women, or else he cannot draw her likenes.² As Herodias was worse for her fine dauncing: so a woman may haue too many ornaments, frisled locks, naked brests, painting, perfume, & especially a rolling eye are the forerunners of adulterie, and hee which hath such a wife, hath a fine plague. Once women were maried without dowries, because they were well nurtured, but now if they weighed not more in golde then in godlinesse, many should sitte like Nunnes ⟨p. 56⟩without husbands. Thus we haue shadowed the mans dueties to his wife, and the womans to her husband.