The gospelles of dystaues

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The gospelles of dystaues
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[[London] :: Enprynted at London in Flete strete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde,
[ca. 1510]]
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Women -- Humor.
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"The gospelles of dystaues." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01945.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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¶ The fyrst chapytre.

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¶Now quod she my good neighboures and frendes in cō¦tynewynge our purpose of the last nyght I pray you that scylence be made / and I shall tell you for also true as the gospell that yf a woman or a mayden wyll be welbeloued of her louer / let her make hym to ete the herbe of a catte / & he shall loue her so feruently that he shall neuer haue reste but yf he be with her. Glose. This thynge is true sayd Bur¦ge fauuele / for I dyde euen so to my husbande & made hȳ a salade / but that loue endured but syxe wekes / wherfore I thynke that it must be renewed.

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