by the Tayloure, that shoulde shutte hym in: for by my trou••he quod she, if the doore shoulde be shutte v∣pon me, I would weene it would stoppe vp my breath. At that worde of hers•• the pryeson••r la••ghed in hys mynde, but he durste not laughe a loude, nor saye nothynge to her, for some what in dede he stoode in awe of her, and hadde hys fyndynge there muche parte of her Charytye, for almose, but he coulde not but laughe inwardelye, whyle he wyste well ynoughe that she vsed on the insyde to shutte euerye nyghte full surelye her owne chaumber to her, bo••he doore and wyndowes too, and vsed not to open them, of all the longe nyghte.
And what diff••rence then as to the stoppinge of the breathe, whyther they were shutte vp within or wyth∣oute. And so surelye Cosin these two thinges that you speake of, are neyther nother of so greate weyghte, that in Christes cause oughte to moue a Chrystyan manne, and the tone of the twayne is so v••rye a chyldy she fantasye, that in a matter almoste of three Chyppes: but if it were in chaunce of fyre, neyther shoulde moue anye manne as muche as thynke thereof.
As for those other accidentes of hard handling therein, so madde am I not, to saye they bee no gryefe, but I saye that oure feare maye yma∣gyne them, muche grea••er griefe than they be.
And I saye that suche as they bee, many a manne endureth them, yea, and manye a woman too, that after fare full well. And than woulde I wyt what determinacion we take, whyther for oure