(3) Document 1	Francisco Barbaro, On Wifely Duties, The Earthly Republic ed. Benjamin Kohl and Ronald G. Witt, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press,1978)
	Francisco Barbaro lived from 1390 to 1454. He was a Venetian nobleman and humanist. He wrote On Wifely Duties as a wedding gift for Lorenzo de' Medici and his wife.
	Therefore, there are three things that, if they are diligently observed by a wife, will make a marriage praiseworthy and admirable: love for her husband, modesty of life, and diligent and complete care in domestic matters. We shall discuss the first of these, but before this I want to say something about the faculty of obedience, which is her master and companion, because nothing more important, nothing greater can be demanded of a wife than this.
	lf a husband, excited to anger, should scold you more than your ears are accustomed to hear, tolerate his wrath silently. But if he has been struck silent by a fit of depression, you should address him with sweet and suitable words, encourage, console, amuse, and humor him.
	Therefore, let the husband give the orders, and let the wife carry them out with an even temper.