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¶ The xvi fable is of the huſbond and of his two wyves
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Oo thynge is werſe to the man than
the woman / As it appereth by
this fable / of a man of a meane
age / whiche tooke two wyues /
that is to wete an old / & one
yong / whiche were both dwellyng in his hows /
& by cauſe that the old deſyred to haue his
loue / ſhe plucked the blak herys fro his hede
and his berde / by cauſe he ſhold the more be lyke
her / And the yonge woman at the other ſyde
plucked