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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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.
This ought to be the mind of husbands to their wives.
This ought to be the minde of husbands to their wiues.
1. Though they be no way worthy of love, yet they must love them.
1. Though they be no way worthie of loue, yet they must loue them.
2. They must endeavour with all the wit and wisdom they have, to make them worthy of love. I say endeavour because it is not simply in the husbands power to do the deed. Yet his faithful endeavour shall on his part be accepted for the deed.
2. They must endeuour with all the wit and wisdome they haue, to make them worthie of loue. I say endeuour because it is not simply in the husbands power to doe the deed. Yet his faithfull endeuour shall on his part be accepted for the deed.