A Monstrous Regiment of Women

TWENTY-ONE

Sunday, 6 February

[Thy husband] craves no other tribute at thy hands

But love, fair looks, and true obedience—

Too little payment for so great a debt…

Even such a woman oweth to her husband;

And when she’s froward, peevish, sullen, sour,

And not obedient to his honest will,

What is she but a foul contending rebel,

And graceless traitor to her loving lord?

—William Shakespeare

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