XV. 75 Then man is able to endure.

Quic. O Lord sir, they are the sorowfulst creatures

That euer liued: specially mistresse Ford,

Her husband hath beaten her that she is all

Blacke and blew poore soule.

80 Fal. What tellest me of blacke and blew,

I haue [bene] beaten all the colours in the Rainbow,

And in my escape like to a bene apprehended

For a witch of Brainford, and set in the stockes.

Quic. Well sir, she is a sorrowfull woman,