THE BOKE OF THREE FOOLES,[759]
M. SKELTON, POETE LAUREATE, GAUE TO MY LORD CARDYNALL.
THE FYRST FOOLE.
The man that doth wed a wyfe
For her goodes and her rychesse,
And not for lygnage femynatyfe,
Procureth doloure and dystresse,
With infynyte payne and heuynesse;
For she wyll do hym moche sorowe,