7 When thy man cometh back from the wars, pry not too deeply into his carryings on during the time that he was away.
8 For he is a man that hath done very much for thee. Therefore it is meet that he should also have done a little for himself.
9 ¶ When thou choosest a young man for to husband thee, mark him with great circumspection, and regard him closely, how he behaveth against thy lures.
10 There is one that carrieth upon his arm a coat of burr berri. He walketh with thee through the meadows. And when thy footsteps falter, lo, he spreadeth it out upon the ground for to be a couch unto you.
11 That man, he hath the makings of a safe husband, for he foreseeth things.
12 Yea, verily, such an one as this, he shall turn him neither to the right hand nor to the left hand; but when the time that thou hast appointed, it be come, then shall he kiss thee full upon the lips.
13 And he shall place his two arms around thee also, and he shall say in a manner befitting thy lord all those things that thou hast willed him to say, so that thou shalt verily believe for the instant that thou hast not worked him.
14 ¶ Whensoever thou goest forth with intent, then shalt thou avail thyself of the whole might of thine armoury. Moreover, if there be anything lacking in thee, scruple not to visit the bazaar for to equip thyself more fully.
15 Yea, if thy chest offend thee, fill it out; and thy nose also, if it cometh unto a blue colour by the blast of the wind, a morsel of fine powder, it shall suffice to restore thy comeliness.
16 Lips of scarlet and the pink cheek; lashes to veil thine eyes in night, and twilight shadows for the underneath;