say_v and_o for_o fear_n as_o aristotle_n say_v lest_o provoke_v her_o desire_n too_o wanton_o the_o pleasure_n thereof_o make_v she_o to_o exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o care_n of_o health_n for_o too_o hot_a and_o too_o frequent_a a_o pleasure_n alter_v the_o seed_n and_o hinder_v generation_n on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o the_o end_n she_o be_v not_o over-languishing_a barren_a and_o subject_a to_o other_o disease_n he_o must_v offer_v himself_o unto_o she_o though_o seldom_o solon_n say_v thrice_o in_o a_o month_n but_o there_o can_v no_o certain_a law_n or_o rule_n be_v give_v hereof_o solone_a plutar._n in_o solone_a the_o doctrine_n of_o household_n husbandry_n do_v willing_o follow_v and_o be_v annex_v unto_o marriage_n chap._n xiii_o household_n husbandry_n 1_o household_n husbandry_n be_v a_o excellent_a just_a and_o profitable_a occupation_n it_o be_v a_o happy_a thing_n say_v plato_n for_o a_o man_n to_o go_v through_o his_o private_a affair_n without_o injustice_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o beautiful_a than_o a_o household_n well_o and_o peaceable_o govern_v 2_o it_o be_v a_o profession_n which_o be_v not_o difficult_a for_o he_o that_o be_v capable_a of_o any_o thing_n else_o be_v not_o uncapable_a of_o this_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v careful_a and_o painful_a and_o troublesome_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o multitude_n of_o affair_n which_o though_o they_o be_v small_a and_o of_o no_o great_a importance_n yet_o forasmuch_o as_o they_o be_v common_a &_o frequent_a and_o never_o at_o a_o end_n they_o do_v much_o annoy_n and_o weary_a a_o man_n domestical_a thorn_n prick_v because_o they_o be_v ordinary_a but_o if_o they_o come_v from_o the_o principal_a person_n of_o the_o family_n they_o gall_v and_o exulcerate_v and_o grow_v remediless_a 3_o it_o be_v a_o great_a happiness_n and_o a_o fit_a mean_a to_o live_v at_o ease_n to_o have_v one_o who_o a_o man_n may_v trust_v and_o upon_o who_o he_o may_v repose_v himself_o which_o that_o he_o may_v the_o better_a do_v he_o must_v choose_v one_o that_o be_v true_a and_o loyal_a and_o afterward_o bound_v he_o to_o do_v well_o by_o that_o trust_n and_o confidence_n he_o put_v in_o he_o habita_fw-la fides_fw-la ipsam_fw-la obligat_fw-la fidem_fw-la multi_fw-la fallere_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la dum_fw-la timent_fw-la falli_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la ius_fw-la peccandi_fw-la suspicando_fw-la dederunt_fw-la 4_o the_o principal_a precept_n and_o counsel_n that_o belong_v to_o frugality_n or_o good_a husbandry_n be_v these_o 1._o to_o buy_v and_o sell_v all_o thing_n at_o the_o best_a time_n and_o season_n that_o be_v when_o they_o be_v best_a and_o best_a cheap_a 2._o to_o take_v good_a heed_n lest_o the_o good_n in_o the_o house_n be_v spoil_v or_o miscarry_v be_v either_o lose_v or_o carry_v away_o this_o do_v especial_o belong_v to_o the_o woman_n to_o who_o aristotle_n give_v this_o authority_n and_o care_n 3._o to_o provide_v first_o and_o principal_o for_o these_o three_o necessity_n 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