Sub specie formae, incauto se saepe marito
Nequam animus vendit,———
[6071]Nevisanus, lib. 4. num. 72, will have barrenness to be a main cause of jealousy. If her husband cannot play the man, some other shall, they will leave no remedies unessayed, and thereupon the good man grows jealous; I could give an instance, but be it as it is.
I find this reason given by some men, because they have been formerly naught themselves, they think they may be so served by others, they turned up trump before the cards were shuffled; they shall have therefore legem talionis, like for like.
[6072]Ipse miser docui, quo posset ludere pacto
Custodes, eheu nunc premor arte mea.
Wretch as I was, I taught her bad to be,
And now mine own sly tricks are put upon me.
[6073]There is none jealous, I durst pawn my life,
But he that hath defiled another's wife,