By this ye may se, it is gret foly for a man that is suspectyd with any person to praise or to name the same parson openly, lest it bryng hym in forther sclaunder. FOOTNOTES: [66] nonce. + _Of the good man that sayde to his wyfe he had euyll fare._ xxxiv. + A frere Lymytour[67] come into a pore mannys howse in the countrey, and because thys pore man thought thys frere myght do hym some good, he therefore thought to make hym good chere. But bycause hys wyfe wold dresse hym no good mete for coste, he therfore at dyner tyme sayd thus: by God! wyfe, bycause thou dyddest dresse me no good mete to my dyner, were it not for mayster frere, thou shouldest haue halfe a dosyn strypes. Nay, syr, quod the frere, I pray you spare not for me; wherwyth the wyfe was angry, and therfore at souper she caused them to fare wors. + _Of the frere that had hys chylde make a laten_ xxxv. _But very few words remain of this Tale._ FOOTNOTES: [67] Mendicant friar. + _Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer._ xxxvi. + _In the terme_ tyme a good old gentylman, beyng a lawyer, cam to Lon_don to the_ terme; and as he cam he hapenyd to ouertake a frere, which _was an un_thrift and went alone wythout hys beuer: wherfore this _gentylman asked_ thys frere, where was hys beuer that shold kepe hym compa_ny, and sayd it was_ contrary to his relygyon to go alone, and it wolde cause people to suppose hym to be som apostata or som vnthryft. By God, syr, quod the _frere! my beuer_ commaundeth hym unto your master-shyp. Why, quod the gentylman, I knowe hym not. Than (quod the frere to the gentylman), ye are the more fole to aske for hym. By thys tale ye may se, that he that geueth counsell to any vnthryft, and _tech_eth hym hys dutye, shall haue oftymes but a mock for his labour. + _Of the thre men that chose the woman._ xxxvii.