Of wiuing and thriuing. 
Obzection. 
[4] And I am of an other minde, 
For by no reason can I finde, 
How that way I should thriue: 
For where as now I spend a pennie, 
I should not then be quit with mennie, 
Through bondage for to wiue. 
Affirmation, 
[5] Not so, for now where thou dost spend, 
Of this and that, to no good end, 
Which hindereth thee to thriue: 
Such vaine expences thou shouldst saue, 
And daily then lay more to haue, 
As others do that wiue. 
Obvection. 
[6] Why then do folke this prouerbe put, 
The blacke oxe neare trod on thy fut, 
If that way were to thriue ? 
Hereout a man may soone picke forth, 
Few feeleth what a pennie is worth, 
Till such time as they wiue. 
Affirmation. 
[7] It may so chaunce as thou doest say, 
This lesson therefore beare away, 
If thereby thou wilt thriue: 
Looke ere thou leape, see ere thou go, 
It may be for thy profite so, 
For thee to lay to wiue. 
Obiection. 
[8] It is too much we dailie heare, 
To wiue and thriue both in a yeare, 
As touching now to thriue: 
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