clatter And the names of good people with detraction to spyll Nowe for as moche as deedly detraction To all people is dampnable no state or degre Excepted at all therfore dredefull dampnacyon All men deserue that of theyr wyues sclaunderars be And it is cōmonly sayde that on the deuyll to lye Offence and synne it is is it nat than offence Agaynst crysten women with sclaundars out to crye Of whose gentyll nature man shulde speake in defence Paule sayth that man shuld loue his wedded wyfe As his owne body and cherysshe her alway Agaynst Paule they do playnly that loue to be in stryfe with theyr wyues whose names with sclaunder they decay Peace therfore Pye and this opynyon peuyshe That men may rayle theyr pleasure speake thou no more For sclaunder is a matter of all other moste theuyshe The offence therof doubtles deserueth sorowes sore And yf blynde affections thou woldest set asyde And eluyshe enuye from thy herte cleane expell Than woldest thou say that reason in men doth nat byde That with raylynge the fame of women hurte and quell For in case that any be founde lewde or lyght In so great a nombre of women as there is Thou mayst nat at theyr vyce geast or tayle by ryght But be heuye and sorye for suche as do amys And in this behalfe to say I dare be bolde That none the hole kynde of women doth sclaunder Excepte he be suche as was nought yonge and olde And blyndly by vyce lyueth in the deuylles daunger ¶ The Pye ¶ I graunt sayde the Pye that sclaunder is nought And lyghtnes in iudgement that causeth moche wo But yf mene lyues womens were to the bothom sought Of men than of women good thou shuldest fynde mo ¶ The Fawcon ¶ This doubte to dyscuse to no man it pertayneth Sayde the Fawcon for God this matter must trye But experyence and also scrypture me constrayneth The rather to women in this behalfe to wrye For scrypture me teacheth that all kyndes of synne More by man than woman had rote and begynnynge And practyse doth proue that contynuaunce therin Of men moste chefely hath eade and mayntaynynge The fyrste murdre by croked Cayn was cōmytted whan innocent Abell to death he dyd dryue Incontynent Lamech began admytted For agaynst stymulacyons he wolde nat stryue Noe fyrste dronkarde whose fylthynes his chylde Chain dyd dyscouer his bretherne it perceyuynge Abhorred that dede wylfull and wylde And couered the preuyties cause of theyr conceyuynge Fyrste tryan was Nemrath fyrste ydolater was he He set nought by God by his lyghtnynge nor his thondre The tower of Babell he buylded that all men myght se Than deuyded were the tongues that made men to wondre The synne agaynst nature both brute and bestyall Men fyrste dyd cōmyt as scrypture doth recorde Of .v. Cyties the people perysshed great and small In punysshement of that synne by the hyghe kynge lorde Pharao of Egypt that Tyran styfe and flowte Fyrst Innocentes dyd murdre and to death dyd them dresse For the murdre of those chyldren he dyed without doubte The red see hym swalowed with his people more and lesse And lyke as these offences had fyrste orygynall Begynnynge of men so contynuaunce they haue Of men moste chyfely whiche dayly to them fall From enormyties they labour nat theyr soules for to saue For who doth kyll and murdre in batteyll that is bolde who robbeth and spoleth both by see and by lande who Tyrāny doth vse that maketh hertes colde who Innocentes doth kyll with a bloddy hande who but man set on myschyfe this vyce doth cōmyt As lewdnes were lawfull all vyce he doth take In the snare he lyeth slepynge the knot is fast knyt No kynde of cryme croked he wyll forsake In Sessyons and in Lyes who is periured but he Great othes that be odyous no man refuseth And lecherye is laudable in euery degre Both symonye synfull and vsurye man vseth And althoughe some women to these synnes do fall Aboue rehersed yet in respect of men Theyr nombre is nothynge or els very small For agaynst one of them offendynge of y e tother there be ten ▪ ¶ The Pye ¶ I thynke sayde the Pye that thy sayinges nowe be Indyfferent agaynst men for practyes doth expresse That fewe of these vyces in women we may se whiche thou hast rehersed but in men they be doubtles For murdre and robrye that openly is done Symonye vsurye and treason vntrewe Brybrye that chaungeth that iudge as the mone Heresyes and scysmes that dyssencyon do renewe Periurye and rybawdrye with pollynge and oppressyon All these synnes sensuall that fowle and fylthy be Of man be moche vsed I must nedes make confessyon Moche more than of woman that from these semeth fre ¶ The Fawcon ¶ Yet man at his daunger as thoughe well he were Doth laughe sayde the fawcon so synne doth hym blynde If his synne he dyd se than chaunge wolde his chere Perceyuynge to his maker howe he is vnkynde His breast he wolde beate for mercye he wolde call For his dedes of dampnacyon he wolde knele on his kne And many salt teares from his chekes than shulde fall If he his workes wycked dyd ponder as they be ¶ The Pye ¶ As it ought to be sayde the Pye thou dost speake But as thou dost speake so shall it nat be whyse man is here lyuynge Goddes lawes he wyll breake Cease therfore thy sayinges by the counceyll of me ¶ The Fawcon ¶ Than shall I retourne to make repetycyon Of our matter fyrste moued sayd the Fawcon in this place Thou saydest that all women do lacke perfection Of body and theyr soules be voyde of all grace A pertlye I haue proued that as perfyte they be In body as man and theyr soules haue creacyon Vnto the ymage of the hyghe Trynyte Thuo perfyt they were create by dyuyne operacyon That depenes of wyt with reason profounde In women take place myne examples expresse For the .vii. Aries lyberall had theyr fyrste grounde And inuercyon by women this is doubtlesse Aptnes also and pronytie they haue Vnto all kyndes of vertue moste pure with dylygent endeuour they haue laboured to saue Theyr soules from all vyce and grace to procure And furthermore Pye I haue made declaracyon That women in lyuynge the men do excell Confounded I haue thy false accusacyon And reasones I haue vsed thy raylynges to repell Of scrypture somtyme the sayinges I haue sought Hystoryes profane and experyence moste sure The documentes of Doctours forth I haue brought For the femynyne sakes theyr ryght to recure ¶ The Pye ¶ By thy processe sayde the Pye as I can perceyue Thou concludest all women vertuous to be Because that a fewe vertues dyd receyue wherof examples thou dydes recyte to me At the length thou dost take for fynall conclusyon That women in theyr lyuynge far men do excell As thoughe they alonely of grace had infusyon This vtterly from men grace thou
suche raylynge to here Nothynge is trewe thou speakest here this day Thy fables be fayned and false this is clere A womans offyce as Arystotle tought In his Econymyckes is redy for to make Suche thynges for sustynaunce as to her be brought Her famylye to fede that paynes and labours take All rychesse procured by nyght or els by day Throughe the maÌ„nes trauayle in felde or in towne The wyfe with her wysdom must kepe from decay And suffer no proffyte in losse to fall downe By practes I proue in places as I passe The prudent polycye in suche gubernacyon Of women that wysely the worlde do compasse In moste honest maner to theyr coÌ„mendacyon what labour of bodye do they oft sustayne what breke of slepe whan they shulde rest take with honestye theyr husbandes and house to mayntayne These thynges to fulfyll no paynes they forsake Men dyuers I haue knowe to wast spyll and spende At drynkynges and games suche rychesse as they had whan women full busylye dyd labour to amende Theyr husbandes lewdnes that made them full sad wherfore sens women theyr dewtyes do fulfyll As I haue declared without fayned fable They rayle without reason and speake all at wyll That say vnto men they be nat profyttable Cryinge in his cradell at his fyrste begynnynge whan man doth lye rocked nat able to stande who doth hym than fede with meates nurrysshynge But woman that to helpe hym doth put to her hande who can women lacke in syckenes or in helth To wasshe and to wrynge and meates to prepare A comforte they be in pouertie and welth Vnto all men to whom they repare And therfore Scrypture doth woman call An helper to man in euery dystresse whan fortune fayleth and causeth hym to fall Chyfe remedye she is of all his heuynesse And thoughe thou Pye pratynge by vniust accusacyon All kyndes of vyce to women hast obiect Yet in all vertues they haue delectacyon And therefore of God I thynke them efect Humble they be and lowly in harte Pytefull and pacyent with sobre behauour And contynence from them doth neuer departe with dylygence for vertues they do euer labour ¶ The Pye ¶ Howe canst thou them vertuous and chast of lyfe call Sayde the Pye that men by subtyle prouocacyon Moue vnto vyce and cause them to fall No deuyll vnto woman is lyke in temptacyon Meandre the flude that maketh men to muse And laboryous labyrynth that Dedalus deuysed Suche wyndynges and tournynges neuer dyd vse As women in temptacyon for men haue contryued All gyftes of nature they inclyne to prouoke Man vnto pleasure and his reason to blynde And with Cupydes darte to gyue hym a stroke Thus cleane and fresshe men in bondage they bynde Theyr countenaunce smylynge as the messenger of loue Theyr eyes moste wantonly euer roll and turne Vpon syghtes semely and all thynges aboue Because loue them burneth they desyre to burne Theyr handes and fyngers for this they kepe whyte Dasshed full of rynges with many a precyous stone To shewe theyr prety fete they haue great delyte On theyr toes howe they tryppe to se it is alone They laught they speake they synge they daunce The lustes of loue in youth to inflame Theyr garmentê be garnysshed after the guyse of Fraunce And to vse paynted wordes theyr tongues be nat lame They brestes they lay forth as a Boucher doth his flesshe To be solde in the shambles and ouer them they lay A fyne lase of sylke with an owche that is fresshe Or els a small chayne that was gotten in theyr play And as an horse mayster that to a fayre doth brynge His Horses all platted the mane and the tayle So women theyr hear as golde wyre shynynge They wrappe plete and plat yonge louers to assayle But Paule vnto Tymothe a document doth gyue Vnto all women suche fyghtnes to despyse And so doth Peter whiche sayth they shulde lyue Nat in wanton apparell but in sad and sobre wyse I dare nat nowe speake howe some do counterfet The colours of theyr faces as they were naturall Straunge hear also for theyr heades they do get Of their muskes posyes poÌ„manders I make no rehersall All these prety tryckes these prety dames do vse In to Venus daunce yonge Rufflers to assure Howe canst thou Fawcon say but theyr gyftes they abuse Defende them in this matter thou canst nat I am sure ¶ The Fawcon ¶ Stop there sayde the Fawcon and harke to me a season For thy braggynge bostes lyghtly I shall make base And declare vnto the by inuyncyble reason That delyberate dyscrecyon in the doth take no place Shameles thou arte surely thus shamefully to speake That man to vyce is moued by womans prouocacyon For women of cleane lyuynge be oft moued to breake Theyr chastytie by churles that chafe them by temptacyon what paynted wordes womans loue to allure what tokens that be trycke do these men vse what rynges what hertes of golde fyne and pure whiche women do vtterly contemne and refuse And whan by suche tokens men can nat obtayne Theyr purpose and wyll than they do inuent Letters of loue expressynge theyr payne And preuely by messengers they be forth sent If letters be contemned yf wrytynges take no place Than labours do louers in theyr owne persons take They ryde and they ronne many myles in small space And moue honest women chast lyfe to forsake with syghes semynge sorowfull theyr foly they expresse with wepynges theyr wordes be myxed for to moue Pytefully complaynynge of deadly dystresse Thus women to deceyue all wyles they do proue But yf all theyr glosynges theyr matters can nat spede If theyr tokens with theyr trynkettes letters be despysed Than oft constant women they brynge in great drede whan by vyolent oppressyon they haue them defylled Dyna that to Iacob the Patryarke was doughter By Sychem was oppressed as scrypture doth tell In punyshmeÌ„t of his vyoleÌ„ce there folowed great slaughter Amonge all the people that in his cytie dyd dwell In the cytie of Gabaa what abhomynacyon Dyd men coÌ„myt agaynst the Leuytes wyfe The wyde worlde may wondre of theyr bestyall fasshyon For amonge them by oppressyon the woman lost her lyfe Dyd nat Annon that sone was to Dauyd the kynge Chast Thamar oppresse his syster naturall After whiche acte he had nat longe lykynge For absolon his brother gaue hym woundes mortall Lucrecya the Romayne a matrone ryght famous Defyled by oppressyon of Tarquimus sone After the dede both shamefull and vyldynous On a swerde that was sharpe and kene she dyd rone Suche dolour deadly his herte dyd oppresse Throughe the dede moste detestable by vyolence commytted That death moste dredefull to ende her dystresse Before lyfe in efection she thought to be admytted Many thousandes mo of maydes wedowes and wyues Moste tyraÌ„nous tourmentes as wryters do tell Haue suffred and also haue lost theyr lyues Theyr chastyte to saue and TyraÌ„nes to repell They be receyued ergo I may
experte the Latyne and the Greke In Rethorycke and Poetrye excellent they be And with pen to endyte they be nat to seke If women in youth had suche educacyon In knowledge and lernynge as men vse to haue Theyr workes of theyr wyttes wolde make full probacyon And that of men counceyll they nede nat to craue ¶ The Pye ¶ These Examples excell yf they be vnfayned Sayde the Pye for women to the starres they extoll In naturall knowledge nowe am I constrayned To graunt that woman hath moche in her noll ¶ The Fawcon ¶ I shall proue sayde the Fawcon that supernaturall Knowledge in woman may well take place Prophecye I meane the gyfte celestyall In to the soule infused by especyall grace Cassandra doughter to Pryamus the kynge A lady moste fayre dyd shewe the destruction Of noble Troye whan it was moste florysshynge That by Parys actes it shulde come to confusyon The .x. Maydens gentylles that Varro doth call The Sybylles this gyfte of Prophecye receyued Of meruayles they dyd speake before they dyd fall Suche as trusted theyr sayinges were nat deceyued Sybylla Tyburtyna dyd wryte in her boke That Messyas in Betheleem of a mayde shulde be borne And that in Nazareth mānes nature he toke Man to redeme that by synne was forlorne Sybylla Erythrca as Lactancyus doth recorde The processe of the Passyon moste playnly doth expresse Howe the Iewes vniustly theyr soueraygne Lorde Oppressed with paynes and deadly dystresse His buffyttes his scourgynge with whyppes that dyd cut His crowne of throne with pryckes sharpe and longe The eysell and gall that to his mouth were put These thynges she descrybed and all his other wronge The Eclypse of the Sōne that made men to quake with workes that were wonderfull sene at that season His dolorous death that amendeds dyd make For mānes mysdede and for his hyghe treason All these she descrybed by dyuyne reuelacyon Longe tyme before they came to effect And as saynt Austayne maketh recytacyon Of domes day the fearfull sygnes she dyd detect In the actes of the Apostles Luke doth recyte Howe Phylyp the Euangelyst had dowghters foure All virgyns cleane with whom was the spryte Of Prophecye as they Sybylles had before wherfore sens women suche knowledge haue had Both naturall pure and nature excedynge who doubteth in this except he be mad whyther they haue reason with y e power of vnderstandynge But these two powers set man in perfection And from brute beastes they do hym exclude women haue the same as I haue made induction Ergo they be perfyt I may well conclude ¶ The Pye ¶ Althoughe I must graunt that they of nature be Perfyt sayde the Pye made by Goddes creacyon So is the Deuyll yet in Hell lyeth he By dyuyne sentence in endles dampnacyon ¶ The Fawcon ¶ What meanest thou that murderer to mynde Sayde the Fawcon that man dyd take in his snare Our dysputacyon is of woman kynde whiche vnto the Deuyll thou mayst nat compare ¶ The Pye ¶ Betwene two extremes that in qualytyes agre Comparyson may be made than sayde the Pye The Deuyll and woman be lyke in degre Theyr ende is to haue an euyll destenye ¶ The Fawcon ¶ why women sayde the Fawcon make me relacyon More than men suche fortune shulde haue Sens man and woman be of Goddes creacyon He denyeth no mercye to them that do it craue ¶ The Pye ¶ where vyce is raygnynge than sayde the Pye Punysshement must folowe thou knowest ryght well All vyce raygneth in women this is no lye Therfore in paynes they must nedes dwell ¶ The Fawcon ¶ The Fawcon than answered mylde in his mode Sayinge Pye from thy raylynge thy selfe remoue Chryste that suffered death racked on a rode Forbyd that euer thou shulde this proue ¶ The Pye ¶ Proue sayde the Pye what maystry is this who put man I pray the in his fyrste creacyon From Paradyse that place of pleasure and blys But woman throughe the Deuylles temptacyon And therfore doubtles I may her well call The fontayne and welsprynge of all calamytie For throughe her pryde synne orygynall Dyd ysshewe with death to all her posterytie And lyke as the fyrste woman Eue I do meane Dyd sowe the sede of all iniquytie So syth her tyme women maynteyne All synne and vyce in moste enormytie wauerynge they be and lyght as the wynde Crewellas Tygres than Lucyfer more prowde And trust in them no man can fynde She is no woman that can lye lowde Of carnall pleasures they be insacyable In battyll bluddy bolde Barones for them dye woman to man was neuer profyttable But full of cost who can this denye ¶ The Fawcon ¶ A prouerbe proued sayde the Fawcon I fynde The barkynge of a Curre no Kynge can restrayne So no man can cause the malycyous mynde Of the pratynge Pye from raylynge to refrayne ¶ The Pye ¶ A prater I am called because I hyt the nayle Euen vpon the heade than sayde the Pye whan I say the trouth thou sayst I rayle Yet my trewe sayinges thou cānest nat denye ¶ The Fawcon ¶ Nothynge sayde the Fawcon is more repugnant Vnto the trouth than thy sayinges all And that may be proued by reasones abundant Deduced of pryncyples Theologycall From Parydyse pleasaunt as thou dost say Adam was expulsed with his posterytie That Eue was full cause I do say nay whom thou dost call the mother of myserie As Eue Goddes cōmaundement there dyd transgresse So dyd Adam as the storye doth tell The Sone of a mayde theyr offence dyd redresse whose death dyd breake the brasones durres of hell Nowe for as moche as dysobedyence Of both our fyrste parentes Goddes rat dyd prouoke It was nat all onely the womans offence wherby mankynde dyd suffer Goddes stroke And as Dyuynes make declaracyon If Adam had neuer consented to synne In Paradyse mankynde shulde haue had habytacyon Althoughe Eue before to offende dyd begynne wherfore thou Ianglar nowe mayst thou well se Agaynst our fyrste mother thy vniust accusacyon Seynge that man is proued cause for to be As well as the woman of all trybulacyon ¶ The Pye ¶ Than chattered the Pye and sayde with hyghe voyce Thoughe it be so as thou tellest to me Beware yet in women lest thou reioyce They wyll deceyue the by mutabylytye ¶ The Fawcon ¶ who is sayde the Fawcon all tymes at one stay Throughe this worlde wyde and neuer mutable Man is subiecte to passyons alway His lyfe in this worlde must nedes be varyable ¶ The Pye ¶ I graunt sayde the Pye but this is my mynde All women of promysse be euer vnstable Theyr fantasyes chaunge and tourne as the wynde And dowble be theyr dedes this is no fable ¶ The Fawcon ¶ In reuoluynge of storyes sayde the Fawcon then Of women stedfastnes moche mayst thou rede On the contrary parte thou shaft fynde of men That they haue ben false in worde and in dede what kyngdomes noble what Cyties of
pryce By treason haue perysshed as Cronycles tell Contryued throughe the false deuyce Of cowharde Captaynes that there dyd dwell who betrayde the hyghe kynge our sauyour Iesu Paynes for to suffre with extreme passyon But Iudas vniust and treatour vntrewe whiche hanged hym selfe throughe desperacyon Aeneas with Anthenor Troye dyd betray And gaue it to the Grekes that were voyde of compassyon Than perysshed that Cytie as the storye doth say The treason of those Traytours caused great lamentacyon Fewe feldes be foughten without treason I dare say Of one parte or other fewe kyngdomes be wonne without preuy packynge for treason doth decay Mo cyties and countryes than battyll axe or gonne If stedfastnes were stablysshed substancyally in men And grauytie were groued in rulers that be lyght If promys were performed yf the cōmaundementes ten Of man were well obserued both by day and nyght Then constant I myght call hym but synce y e fayth fayleth And treason with all vyce in hym hath taken place Therfore hym to prayse syttell it auayleth For mutable he is and tourneth in small space That women be constant and trewe as fyne stele Examples we rede of Penoclope And Lucrecya that sorowes dyd felt Both matrones noble as storyes do say Hester the quene fayre Iudyth moste chast As scrypture doth say theyr people dyd saue From crewell death whan all hope was past Amonge the men suche grace God them gaue who can descrybe with pen or with tonge The constant vertue of Susan moste kynde Vnto her husbande the storye is longe In Danyell the Prophet thou mayst it fynde The mother of the Machabeis that .vii. were in nombre Exhorted her chyldren marterdom to take Her stedfastnes caused all men to wondre No payne coulde cause her the fayth to forsake The woman of Chananee of Chryst was cōmended For her fayth vnfayned and stedfast belefe By her prayer deuoute her doughter was amended That by vexacyon of a Deuyll suffered moche grefe Of virgynes moste chaste what nede I to speke As Katheryne Margaret and many thousandes mo No Tyrayne coulde cause them theyr vowes to breke Theyr thastyte to saue they suffred moche wo At Chrystes death whan the Apostles all Theyr mayster dyd leaue throughe mutabylytie Men were founde lyght and trundlynge as a ball In them was no fayth but infydelytye In one woman than all fayth dyd remayne when men dyd shrynke and tourne as the wynde Mary Chrystes mother it is that I meane No sorowe coulde cause her fayth to vntwynde Examples for this matter almoste innumerable I coulde here recyte yf tyme wolde permyt That women of dede and worde be ryght stable But here be ynowe for them that haue wyt ¶ The Pye ¶ Yet women sayde the Pye be great confusyon Vnto all men for in batteyll bolde Of blode they haue caused oft great effusyon Of theyr myschyfe moche in storyes is tolde ¶ The Fawcon ¶ Thy fables fayned make small probacyon Vnto thy purpose the Fawcon dyd say whan dyddest thou rede in trewe declaracyon That women cause batteyll by nyght or by day ¶ The Pye ¶ Dyd nat fayre Helene than sayde the Pye Of Troye the cytie cause the destruction when the stronge walles with towers and towrrettes hye By the Grekes dyd fall and had there subuersyon ¶ The Fawcon ¶ where malyce is raygnynge there false accusacyon Doth folowe sayde the Fawcon in felde and in towne Therfore of Troy thou sayst the desolacyon was caused by Helene the woman of renowne Dyd nat Alyxaunder his lust to fulfyll Sone to kynge Pryame by strength steale away Fayre Helene from the Grekes agaynst her owne wyll whan she her handes wronge howe cānest thou say nay If wepynge teares yf sygtes sore and sad If lamentacyon myght then haue preuayled Fayre Helene had escaped Parys moste mad From Grecye in to Troye with her whan he feased And thoughe battyll bloddye with murder moste myserable Betwene these two nacyons enshewed to theyr payne The adulterat it caused by dede detestable whiche coulde not from lust his body restrayne what mountayne myghty what sees roughe and depe Haue men passed throughe as beastes without wyt Theyr raygynge hath caused good women to wepe with vyolence constrayned theyr lust to admyt Suche myschyfes many men oft haue precured And yet they cesse nat the same to support As to wchynge this matter I am full assured All theyr madnes fully I can nat report ¶ The Pye ¶ I can report than sayde the Pye That women be crewell and loue to be in stryfe Cursed no Cayn thou canst nat denye Angry as the waspe wedowe mayde and wyfe ¶ The Fawcon ¶ The fayre Fawcon answered with wordes y t were wyse Sayinge Pye thou arte peuysshe and blynde as a blocke No man with reason may the suffyse Thy malyce is meruaylous and styffe as a stocke Thou raylest agaynst reason whan thou dost impute Yar vnto women with crewell condycyon For vnto the contrarye I shall dyspute Theyr pacyence and pytye in perfyt dyleccyon Heate causeth yar in man and in beaste Of yarfull herte crewelnes doth sprynge where crewelty doth dwell compassyon hath no rest For contraryes togyther can haue no bydynge what causeth fearsnes in Lyon wolfe and beare In Bores that be brym and mastyffes moche of myght whiche all in theyr raygynge in peces rent and teare Theyr prayse that they take by day or els by nyght what moueth man so fearse for to be And crewell of dede as beast wod and wylde But heat causynge yar whan he without pytie In war doth destroy the mother with the chylde And lyke as heate feruent yar doth inflame In man and in beaste and crewell them doth make So colones contrary crewelnes doth tame Causynge man and beast to shyuer and to quake women in theyr nature be colde as a kay In respect of men wherfore inclynacyon To be yarfull or crewell from them is a way And petye moste tendre in them hath habytacyon who is so sad of crewelnes to here In spoylynge or murdre as these women be For frayes and for feyghtynges they make heuy chere Vpon euery mānes hynderaunce they take great petye what wepynge teares what sore lamentacyon Dyd women make in Hierusalem Vyon the lambes death takynge compassyon That borne was of mother and mayde in Bethleem But men at that tyme as beastes raygynge mad Theyr hyghe kynge and maker dyd nayle to a tre At that season tell me whyther men had Lyke vnto women compassyon and petie ¶ The Pye ¶ Admyt that thy reasones dyd fully conclude For women sayde the Pye as thou dost infer Yet profyte from them thou must nedes exclude Theyr husbandes they brynge in det and daunger Ease they loue all to labour they dysdayne wafters they be of money meate and cloth And from the blacke boll they can nat refrayne To speake all I knowe by them I am loth ¶ The Fawcon ¶ I am full loth the Fawcon dyd say Vnto the Pye