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,