Beside a wellë Jesus, God and man, Spake in reproof of the Samaritan: “Thou hast y-had five husbandës,” said he; “And thilkë 1749 man, that now hath wedded thee, Is not thine husband:” 1750 thus said he certáin; What that he meant thereby, I cannot sayn. But that I askë, why the fifthë man Was not husband to the Samaritan? How many might she have in marriáge? Yet heard I never tellen in mine age 1751 Upon this number definitioún. Men may divine, and glosen 1752 up and down; But well I wot, express without a lie, God bade us for to wax and multiply; That gentle text can I well understand. Eke well I wot, he said, that mine husbánd Should leave father and mother, and take to me;