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Therefore as thou wouldest have thine own children entreated (if thou shouldest now die) so deal thou also with them that were hers & thy hus bands together. Or else look verily to have of god the same measure that thou hast given. Be sure also, that god will not hear thee, wham thou ⟨p. lxii⟩prayest thy Pater noster, for as much as thou wilt not hear the poor Orphans that cry unto thee. O dear mother. This I say, because experience lea•eth, that by the reason of steppe chill dren the love matrimonial is not only •inyshed, but even utterly excluded. Neither gendereth it unite, when a man intending to commend his first wife, doth it ether out of measure, or else first of all when he findeth fault in his new wife. For such praise doth she con •ter to be made to her dishonour a•d shame. Namely that her husband in commending his first wife, doth it to her reproach. I speak not this to the intent that a married man should speak evil of his ho nest wife which is departed, but that every man which is now married again, may commend his former wife in due season and with measure, yea & in such a sort, that his present new wife have none occasion to think, that it is done to her dispraise.

Therfore as thou woldest haue thine owne children intreated (yf thou shouldeste now dy) so deale thou also with thē that were hers & thy hus bandes tegether. Or els loke verelye to haue of god the same measure that thou hast gyuen. Be sure also, that god will not heare the, whā thou ⟨p. lxii⟩prayest thy Pater noster, for as muche as thou wylte not heare the poore Orphans that cry vn to the. O dere mother. This I saye, because expe rience lea•eth, that by the reason of steppe chyl dren the loue matrimoniall is not onely •inyshed, but euen vtterly excluded. Neyther gendreth it vnite, whan a man intendynge to commend his fyrst wyfe, doth it ether out of mesure, or els fyrst of all whan he fyndeth faulte in hys newe wyfe. For such prayse doth she cō •ter to be made to her dishonoure ad shame. Namely that her husbande in commendyng hys fyrst wyfe, dothe it to her reproche. I speake not this to the intnt that a maryed man shulde speake euell of hys ho nest wyfe whiche is departed, but that euery mā which is nowe maryed agayne, maye commend hys former wyfe in due season and wythe measure, yea & in suche a sorte, that hys present newe wy fe haue none occasion to thyncke, that it is done to her disprayse.