Eula Monologue from A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives

From A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives by Desiderius Erasmus

female · philosophical · 1:10 min

Thei that goth vnto the Elephantes weare no white garmentes, nor they that tame wylde bulles, weare no blasynge reedes, for experience teacheth, that suche beastes bee madde with those colours, like as the Tygers by the sound of tumbrels be made so wode, that thei plucke theymself in peces. Also thei yt breake horses haue their termes and theyr soundes theyr hadlynges, and other knackes to breake their wyldnes, wyth all. (Illustration) Howe much more then is it oure duetyes that ye wyues to use suche craftes toward our husbandes with whō all our lyfe tyme wil we, nyl we is one house, and one bed. xantip. furthwith your tale. Eula, whē I had ones marked there thynges. I applied my selfe unto hym, well ware not to displease him. xantip. How could thou do that.

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