The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.

¶ Here after foloweth a table wher by thou shalte fynde, in what leafe euery Chapter begynneth, what is cōtayned in y^e same chap∣ter, & also al other princi pall thīges cōtayned in this boke.

¶ The fyrst Chapter.

• WHo instituted wedlocke, where & whan, for what ende, &c. in the fyrst leafe.
• The creacion of woman or of mā. ii.
• Adam and Eue were marryed the leaf iii.
• The occasions of loue & consent into mariage. The leaf iii.
• The knot and couenaunt in mariage iii.

The second Chapter.

• Wedlocke what it is. iiii.

The thyrd Chapter.

• Contaynyng the declaracion of wedlok. v.
• No man maye separate that God coupleth. v.

The fourth Chapter.

• The iust couplyng togyther of man and wyfe The leaf vii.
• Religion and fayth must be consydred. vii

The fyfte Chapter.

• Chyldren must haue the consent of theyr paren tes or els the mariage is not right x.
• Chyldren must honour theyr parentes xi.
• Chyldren maye not vow nor promyse without theyr parentes consent. xii.
• Menstealers and women stealers. xii.
• Themistocles desyred a wyse wyfe rather then a rytche. xiii.

¶ The syxe Chapter.

• The parentes maye not compell theyr chyldren

• to mary agaynst theyr wyl nor before theyr iust tyme. xiiii.

The seuenth Chapter.

• Of the iust cōsent of both the parties into wed lock, and howe mariage ought to be fre and not compelled therto. xv.
• The consent what it is. xv.
• The wyll of maryage cometh of God. xvi.
• The inordinate affecciō of yong folkes. xvii.
• The inordinate affeccion of parentes xviii.

The. viii. Chapter.

• Wherfore wedlocke should be cōtracted. xviii.
• To brynge forth chyldren and to auoyd whore∣dome. xviii.
• The worke of wedlocke is no synne. xx.
• Deflouryng of virgyns. xx.
• Measure and shamefastnes. xxi.
• To auoyd solenes of lyuyng, to helpe and con∣forte one another. xxii.

The. ix. Chapter.

• The ende, frute & comendaciō in wedlok. xxii.
• How blyssed and honorable it is. xxii.
• The operacion and ende of wedlok. xxii.
• Wedlok is holy and honorable. xxii.

The. x. Chapter.

• Howe shamefull and abhominable whoredome is. xxiiii.
• Whoredom defylethe the members of Christe

• which are thyne owne body. xxliii.
• Whordome robbeth God of his owne. xxv.
• Whordome defyleth the temple of God, xxv.
• Whordome shutteth men out of heauen. xxv.
• Whordome spoyleth a man of his honeste, body and goodes. xxvi.
• Whoremongers haue no rest. xxvi.
• Stewes vpholders and mayntayners shall be punished greuously of God. xxvii.
• Godly to mary maketh no beggers. xxix.
• Whordome, wanton counsayle. xxix.

The. xi. Chapter.

• Contayneth, howe shamefull & wycked a thyng is aduoutry, and how it hath of old tyme ben pu nyshed hitherto. xxx.
• How god plaged aduoutry before y^e law writtē. The punyshment of aduoutrye in the lawe of God. xxxi.
• Howe aduouiry was punyshed among the He∣then. xxxi.
• How the Lepreanes, Locrenses and Germans punyshed it. xxxi.
• Howe the Romans punyshed aduoutry. xxxii.
• The lawes imperiall punysh it. xxxii.
• Why aduoutry was so sore punyshed. xxxii.
• Aduoutry compared with thefte. xxxiii.
• Aduoutry alienate heretages. xxxiiii.
• The defence that aduoutrers vse. xxxiiii.
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• Aduoutry punyshed wyth death. xxxv.
• The aduoutry of Dauid was not punyshed w^t death. xxxv.
• The aduoutresse broght before Christ why she was not stoned to death. Repentaunce. xxxvi.

The. xii. Chapter.

• Howe one should chose hym an apte, honest and vertuous mate. xxxvi.
• Ther lyeth great wayght in the chosyng of thy mate, what the chosyng is. xxxvii.
• The maner of riches in man or of mā. xxxviii.
• The rytches of the mynde. xxxviii.
• Language and the feare of God. xxxviii.
• Reputacion, rayment, company, the bryngynge vp of chyldren. xxxix
• Froward wicked qualities of the mynd. xxxix.
• The dispysyng of Gods worde. xl.
• Unshamefastnes, lyeng. xl.
• Pryde, The rytches of the body, beauty. xl.
• Temporall rytches, Nobilite. xli.
• Wynnyng and occupyeng. xlii.
• The effecte of the eleccion. xlii. Prayer. xliii.
• A noble ensample of the eleccion and earande in the cause of matrimony. xliii.
• A fourme of the earand in mariage. xlv.
• Trueth in contractyng of mariage. xlv.

The. xiii. Chapter.

• Of the weddyng. rlvi.
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• They must go to churche before they go to bed. The leafe. xlvi.
• The cōmodities y^• come of this ordināce. xlvii.
• The abuse at weddynges. xlviii.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ynne & excesse cōmitted at weddynges. xlviii.

The. xiiii. Chapter.

• Of the fyrst cohabitacion. l.
• Daunger in the first cohabitacion. l.
• How they must behaue them selues at first. li.
• The duty of the maryed one to y^e tother. lii.
• The duty and obedience of wyues. liii.
• The husband is the head of the wyfe. liii.
• Howe he is the head. liiii.
• How y^• wiues must obay & behaue thē selues. liiii
• The duty and loue of husbandes. lv.
• Howe men shulde loue theyr wyues. lv.
• Howe holy a thyng loue matrimonial is. lv.
• A man must loue his wyfe as his owne bodye. The leafe lvi.

The. xv. Chapter.

• Howe the loue, faythfulnes and duty of the ma∣ryed persons must be kepte. lvi.
• One maye not cast another in the tethe. lvii.
• Obsequtousnes and felawshyp. lvii.
• Humanite and ientylnes, kepe no secret grudge. The lefe lviii.
• Chyldren are the pledges of loue. lix.
• To be frutefull was once y^e blessyng of god. lx.
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• Chyldren are womens Iewels. lx.
• Steppe children and step mothers. lxi.
• Trouth and fayth must be kepte, clenlines. lxii.
• Good conuersacyon, auoydynge gelousy lxiii.
• Bostīg or praysyng of wyues or husbādes. l•…•…iii
• How ye shuld behaue you agaynst your seruaū tes. lxiiii.

The. xvi. Chapter.

• Of cōuenient care and iust keping of the house. The lefe, lxiiii.
• Ordinate care for our lyuynge. l•…•…v.
• Phidias dyd set the good houswyfe vnder ashel. The lefe. lxvi.
• Comon sentences for the kepyng of thy house. The lefe. lxvi

The. xvii. Chapter.

• How the maried must be mercyful & pacyent in aduersyte, & behaue them to theyr seruauntes. Affliccion techeth vs to knowe god. Tribulaciō is fyer and salt. lxviii
• How seruantes must be entreted. lxviii.
• The dewtye of seruauntes. lxix.

The. xviii. Chapter.

• H•…•…w children shuld be well brought vp. lxix.
• Catus and Tyberius, why they were so elo∣quent. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Correction dew and discrete. lxxii.

The. xix. Chapter.

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• Children must be set to that science and crafte where vnto they be most apte. lxxii.
• Why men now set not their chyldrē to scole as thyck, as they were wont. lxxii
• Trauellyng among straungers. lxxiiii.

The. xx. Chapter.

• Of yonge wemens apparell, lxxv.
• Whether ientle women maye go so rychelye a∣rayed. lxxv.

The. xxi. Chapter.

• How daughters and maydens muste be kepte. The leafe. lxxvii.

The ende of the Table.