Sixteenth century

Reason is making out with a random woman while your wife sleeps beside you.

From: Pierre Gringore, Here begynneth the castell of laboure
Printed: London: Richard Pynson, 1505?
Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 12380)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 7 May 2014: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Here begynneth the castell of laboure (London: Richard Pynson, 1505?), the work of Pierre Gringore and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 12380). Copied into this book the ſeventh day of May, 2014. Finis.

Cite the original
Gringore, Pierre.
Here begynneth the castell of laboure.
London: Richard Pynson, 1505?.
Early English Books Online (STC 12380).

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