That ye be worthie favour of no living man,

To be abhorred of every honest man.

To be taken for a woman enclined to vice.

Nothing at all to Vertue gyving hir due price. 45

Wherfore concerning mariage, ye are thought

Suche a fine Paragon, as nere honest man bought.

And nowe by these presentes I do you advertise

That I am minded to marrie you in no wise.

For your goodes and substance, I coulde bee content 50

To take you as ye are. If ye mynde to bee my wyfe,