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plucked and drewe oute alle the whyte herys / to the ende / that he ſhold ſeme the yonger / more gay and fayrer in her ſyghte / And thus the good man abode withoute ony here on his hede  And therfore hit is grete folye to the auncyent to wedde them ſelf ageyne / For to them is better to be vnwedded / than to be euer in trouble with an euyl wyf / for the tyme in whiche they ſhold reſte them / they put it to payne and to grete labour.