Merchants Tale

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Marriage- Devil
"I have a wife, the worst that can be, for though if the devil married her, she would outmatch him"
1 of 7
Marriage- Griselda
"Between Griselda's great patience, and the extre cruelty of my wife"
2 of 7
Marriage- Pike
"Better is, said he a pike than a pickeral (young pike)"
3 of 7
Marriage- Meat
"And better than old beef is the tender veal"
4 of 7
Marriage- Warm wax
"Just as one can mould warm wax with hands"
5 of 7
Money- Mercantile transaction
"If i told you of every legal document and bond, by which she was endowed with land"
6 of 7
Anti-Feminine- Foot
"If my foot might set upon your back"
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Card 2

Front

"Between Griselda's great patience, and the extre cruelty of my wife"

Back

Marriage- Griselda

Card 3

Front

"Better is, said he a pike than a pickeral (young pike)"

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

"And better than old beef is the tender veal"

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

"Just as one can mould warm wax with hands"

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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