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ꝓ ip̄is pugnāt ⁊ pericul̓ ſe exponūt: et eiscōiugali qͣſi tm̄ federe ſe ꝯiūgūt: ⁊ fetꝰ abip̄is ꝓcreatos ſolūmō paſcūt. Ex qͥbꝰ qͥdēcolligit̉ ꝙ circa cōiugalē ſtatum nos auesqͥnqꝫ modis inſtruūt. ¶ Prīo enī exemploauiū debēt viri qͥ vxorari volūt femīas bonas ſollicite q̄rere in vxores: qꝛ ſcriptū eſtProu̓. .xviij. Beatꝰ ē qͥ inuenit mulierē bonā. quā ſcꝫ cū qͥs vult inuenire dꝫ eā q̄ rere nō ſicut laſciuꝰ ⁊ vanꝰ qͥ nō q̄rit ī vxoreniſi pulchritudinē. Eſt enī pulchritudo inmuliere ſi ſit ſine prudētia ⁊ bonitate: plusꝯtēnēda qͣꝫ appetēda. Quia vt d̓r Prou̓.xj. Circulus aureꝰ ī naribꝰ ſuis ml̓ier pulchra ⁊ fatua: ⁊ iō in hoībꝰ qͣꝫuis vtrūqꝫ ſitoneroſum ſcꝫ pulchraꝫ ẜuare ⁊ turpē hr̄e:tn̄ magꝭ ē tolerabile turpē hr̄e qͣꝫ pulchrāferuare. Nā ſic̄ dixit Aureolꝰ ph̓s: Pulchra cito adamat̉: turpiſ facile ꝯtēnit. Difficile eſt cuſtodire quā oēs amāt: moleſtuꝫeſt poſſidere quā nemo dignat̉ hr̄e. Minori tn̄ miſeria deformis habetur qͣꝫ formoſaſeruet̉ ¶ Itē qͥ vult inuenire bona: dꝫ eā q̄rere nō ſicut auarꝰ qͥ nō q̄rit niſi diuitias īvxorē. Ꝙͣuis dicat Theophraſtus ꝙ pauperē vxorē alere difficile ē: diuitē ꝟo ferreeſt tormētū. Un̄ Salomon dicit ꝙ meliꝰ eſtducere vxorē pauꝑem ⁊ pacificā qͣꝫ diuitē⁊ litigioſam: Prou̓. xxj. Meliꝰ ē ſedere inangulo domatꝭ qͣꝫ cū muliere litigioſa ⁊ īdomo cōi. Un̄ etiā Chryẜ. dicit ſuꝑ Mat.Tu iuuenis quādo vxoreꝫ ducere vis: noli q̄rere diuite: ſed bn̄ morigeratā: qꝛ bonimores diuitias ſꝑ acqͥrūt. Diuitie autē bonos mores nūqͣꝫ fecerūt: glorioſior ē pauꝑtas fideliū qͣꝫ diuitie pcōꝝ. vn̄ cū int̓rogaſſet qͥdā Themiſtidē ph̓m: Cui nā filiā ſuādaret in vxorē: an pauꝑi ſed ſcīa ⁊ moribꝰornato: an locupleti paꝝ probato? Rn̄ditmalo hoīem indigētē pecunia: qͣꝫ pecuniāhn̄tē indigentē dare. Debet igit qͥ bonamvxorē cupit inuenire q̄rere eā ſicut prudēs⁊ diſcretꝰ ſcꝫ attēdendo ad mulieris bonitatē: Eccī. .xxvj. Mulieris bone beatꝰ vir.nō dixit mulieris pulchre vel diuitis: ſꝫ bone ¶ Item attendēdo ad mulieris prudentiā ⁊ diſcretionē: Prouer. xix. Domꝰ ⁊ diuitie dant̉ a parentibꝰ: a dn̄o autem ꝓprievxor prudens. ¶ Itē attēdendo ad mulieris progeniē: dicit Chryſo. ſuper Matth̓.ꝙ illē qui vult vxorē acciꝑe debet ꝯſiderare ſi habet ambos parentes bonos vl̓ am
bos malos: vel vnū bonū vel aliū malum.Si ambo ſunt boni ſecure eam accipiat: ſiambo mali: oīno eā dimittat. Si vero alterbonus ⁊ alter malus: qͦd facturꝰ ſit timeat. Veruntū ſi pater eiꝰ ſit bonꝰ ⁊ mr̄ malamagis cōuenit timere. Si vero econuerſo:minus. ꝓpter ea qꝛ pueri magis conſueuerūt ꝯuerſari cū matribꝰ qͣꝫ cū patribꝰ: et ꝑꝯſequens magis imitari mores maternosqͣꝫ paternos. ¶ Scd̓o docent aues ꝯiugeshoneſte diligere: ſicut ip̄e aues comparesmutuo ſe diligūt: ſed cauendū eſt in coniugibꝰ ne ſit amor nimius vl̓ inhoneſtꝰ. Nāſicut dixit Sextꝰ in ſentētijs: Adulter quidē eſt in ſus vxore amator ardētior: in aliena quippe vxore oīs amator turpis: ⁊ ī ſuanimius: nihil turpius qͣꝫ amare vxoreꝫ qͣſiadulterā ¶ Item ne ſit amor nimius celotypus: Ecci. ix. Ne c̨eles ml̓ierē ſinus tui.Et eiuſdē. xxvj. Dolor cordis ⁊ luctꝰ mulier c̨elotypa. Debet igit̉ eſſe amor honeſtꝰ ⁊ordinatus: Eph̓. v. Viri diligite vxores ſicut chriſtꝰ eccleſiā ¶ Tertio inſtruūt auescōiuges tueri ⁊ defendere. Nā aues ꝓ eispugnant ⁊ periculis ſe exponūt. Debet autē ſe mutuo defendere cōiuges: nō ſolū abiniurijs corporalibꝰ: ſed etiā a vitijs et inhoneſtatibꝰ: quod fit qn̄ vnus cōiugū alium male viuentē corripit ⁊ caſtigat. Si enīvxor ſit male morigerata ſicut dicit Chryfoſto. ſuꝑ Matth̓. tribus modis a viro caſtigari debet. primo docendo ip̄am ẜm deum. Si autē timorē dei nō ſentit improperando vt vel hoīem erubeſcat. Si aūt necpudorē ſentit frequēter confuſa faciat illiqd̓ precipit Salomon: Cor duꝝ in baculopercute. Quia igit̉ dicit Chryſo. Sepe ꝓficit doctrina iuſticie. Primo admone: deinde cōfunde: quoniā frequēter pudor eſtfrenum vitiorū. tertio iuſtū eſt vt caſtiget̉tanqͣꝫ ancilla que erubeſcere neſcit vt libera. Si autē vir male ſe habeat: tunc vt docet Augꝰ. in libro. l. Homel̓. vxor ſua debet eū quattuor modis coercere. Prīo admonendo. Scd̓o obiurgādo: vt ſi nō proſint charitatiue admonitiōes: facit durasobiurgationes. Tertio ſi hoc non valereteccleſiam interpellando: ſcꝫ prelati vel epiſcopi auxiliū requirēdo: maxime ſi peccatum ip̄m notoriū eſt. Quarto ad deum recurrendo ꝑ viros ſpirituales ⁊ orationes:quia ſaluabitur vir infidelis per muliereꝫ