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variety_n of_o delightful_a history_n to_o that_o purpose_n 192_o chap._n x._o pleasant_a discourse_n betwixt_o a_o noble_a man_n and_o a_o merchant_n lecture_n read_v by_o country_n gentlewoman_n and_o lady_n to_o their_o esquireâ—_n and_o knight_n by_o the_o soldier_n wife_n to_o her_o captain_n or_o lieutenant_n and_o of_o court_n lady_n to_o their_o lord_n 218_o chap._n xi_o twelve_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v the_o author_n of_o much_o mischief_n of_o the_o famous_a and_o notorious_a scold_n xantippe_n the_o wife_n of_o socrates_n and_o of_o a_o curtain_n lecture_n read_v by_o a_o queen_n to_o her_o husband_n worthy_a all_o good_a and_o virtuous_a woman_n imitation_n 241_o finis_fw-la a_o curtain_n lecture_n chap._n i._n rare_a thing_n in_o woman_n nature_n teach_v they_o modesty_n of_o those_o that_o inveigh_v against_o their_o sex_n many_o illustrious_a woman_n remember_v as_o precedent_n for_o other_o to_o imitate_v it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n that_o a_o 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