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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
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2. They ill repay the care and pains which their husbands take for their good. Many such wives recompense evil for good, which is a devilish quality.
2. They ill repay the care and paines which their husbands take for their good. Many such wiues recompence euill for good, which is a deuillish qualitie.
3. They are oft a means to impair and impoverish their husbands estate.
3. They are oft a meanes to impaire and impouerish their husbands estate.
4. They show themselves no better then apilfering thieves thereby. All that can be justly and truly said for their right in the common goods, cannot defend them from the guilt of theft: they are the more dangerous by how much the more they are trusted, and less suspected: and their fact is so much the more heinous by how much the more deer their husbands ought to be unto them.
4. They shew themselues no better then apilfring theeues thereby. All that can be iustly and truly said for their right in the common goods, cannot defend them from the guilt of theft: they are the more dangerous by how much the more they are trusted, and lesse suspected: and their fact is so much the more hainous by how much the more deere their husbands ought to be vnto them.