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<HEAD><HI>The Batchelour's G&V;IDE,</HI> And the married Man's Comfort.</HEAD>
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<L>A good Wife &s;he is the comfort of a Man,</L>
<L>If a Man be carefull to comfort her again;</L>
<L>For Love is &s;o rare a thing to &s;ee,</L>
<L>Betwixt Man and Wife, if they do well agree:</L>
<L>But where Man and Wife do's live at the Debate,</L>
<L>They &s;ay the Cur&s;e of God do's lye at the Gate,</L>
<L>Therefore hone&s;t young Men and Maids have a care</L>
<L>I de&s;ire when you are married to live in God's fear:</L>
<L>And tho&s;e that are Married and has been long wed,</L>
<L>To make much of there Wives both at Board &amp; at Bed;</L>
<L>And let them be carefull they do not offend</L>
<L>But be true to their Husband to the latter end.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>The Sorrowfull Dam&s;els Lamentation for want of a Husband.</HI></OPENER>
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<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R.P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<L>ALl Batchelors now, come hearken to me,</L>
<L>Both <HI>Richard</HI> and <HI>Robert</HI> and <HI>Harry</HI> truly,</L>
<L>When you are minded a wooing to goe,</L>
<L>Ob&s;erve but the&s;e words, is the be&s;t way to do &s;o;</L>
<L>I'll make it appear in what I declare,</L>
<L>In Country and City it is every where,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A Wife that is loving, we may &s;ay it again,</HI></L>
<L><HI>You cannot love her too much, &s;he de&s;erves a good Man.</HI></L>
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<L>A good Wife that is &s;aving every way,</L>
<L>Will ne'er wrong her Husband, nor let things goe a&s;tray</L>
<L>When a Wife that is given to drink and to &s;ot,</L>
<L>Will then let flye all that her Husband hath got,</L>
<L>Tho' he do take pains, &s;he will &s;pend all the gains,</L>
<L>And junket about with other foul Queans:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A Wife that is loving,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But a Wife that is vertuous, and one that fears God,</L>
<L>Will honour her Husband in deed and in word,</L>
<L><UNCLEAR>She</UNCLEAR> never will cro&s;s him not in the lea&s;t thing,</L>
<L>But will make all things well, if any anger begin,</L>
<L>With fair Words &s;he will labour his love for to win,</L>
<L>She will be &s;o obedient I &s;ay unto him:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A Wife that is loving,</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>But A Wife that's for Pride and a lazy life,</L>
<L>She'<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l weary her Husband all the days of his Life;</L>
<L>That Man that has her has &s;omething to doe,</L>
<L>He needs go no further to find out a Foe:</L>
<L>If a Man gets never &s;o much, and might and &s;trive,</L>
<L>His Wife mu&s;t give leave if ever he thrive:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A Wife that is &s;aving, we may &s;ay it again,</HI></L>
<L><HI>You cannot love her too much, &s;he de&s;erves a good man.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If a young couple have but little withal to begin</L>
<L>if they love one another their Goods will increa&s;e,</L>
<L>What he gets out of doors &s;he will &s;ave within:</L>
<L>if he be a angry Man, &s;he will &s;trive to make peace,</L>
<L>When a carele&s;s Wife that is given to &s;trife,</L>
<L>Will weary her Husband quite out of his life:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But a Wife of mild nature, may &s;ay it again,</HI></L>
<L><HI>You cannot love her too much &s;he de&s;erves a good Man.</HI></L>
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<L>Therefore hone&s;t young men take coun&s;el by me,</L>
<L>let not great Portions your hearts bewitch,</L>
<L>For that will never make a good Hou&s;ewife you &s;ee,</L>
<L>it is not money altogether will make a Man rich;</L>
<L>The rea&s;on for why, I'll tell you truly,</L>
<L>a Girl with a great Portion looks to be maintain'd high:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A good condition'd Wife let us &s;ay it again,</HI></L>
<L><HI>De&s;erves a great prai&s;e, and a right hone&s;t Man.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>But he that has a good Wife is happy I &s;ay,</L>
<L>if he takes pains to labour his Living to get,</L>
<L>She'll not &s;pend it abroad in an idle way,</L>
<L>&s;he'll work the Skin off her fingers to keep him out of debt</L>
<L>She'll give him good coun&s;ell, if he will it receive,</L>
<L>And &s;et him at all times in a way for to live:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That Woman is a Trea&s;ure and the life of a Man</HI></L>
<L><HI>He cannot love her too much let him do what he can.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But young men you'll &s;ay, how &s;hould a Man know</L>
<L>which way for to choo&s;e a good Wife from a bad?</L>
<L>Now I am re&s;olved to lay out to your &s;how,</L>
<L>and give you directions to make your hearts glad.</L>
<L>Take one of good carriage and one that is civil,</L>
<L>for &s;ome are too cunning I think for the Devil:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Then if you meet with an hone&s;t good Woman I &s;wear</HI></L>
<L><HI>You cannot love her too much nor think nothing too dear.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do not take a great Lyer, nor one that will &s;wear,</L>
<L>Nor one that will be Drunk, &s;he'll never take care,</L>
<L>Take one that is civil and mode&s;t withall,</L>
<L>That gives no offence to great nor to &s;mall.</L>
<L>There is difference in Women, young men you may &s;ee</L>
<L>If you marry a good one be ruled by me:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That will be loving and &s;aving every way,</HI></L>
<L><HI>She'll make much of her Husband by night &amp; by day.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If a Man he be minded to chu&s;e him a Wife,</L>
<L>Chu&s;e one of good carriage to avoid evil &s;trife,</L>
<L>And let him be carefull of chu&s;ing a &s;lut,</L>
<L>In dre&s;&s;ing his Dyet &s;he may poy&s;on his Gut;</L>
<L>But a cleanly good Women that goes civil and neat</L>
<L>A Man needs not fear any bad thing in his Meat:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>That Man that do's meet with &s;o vertuous a Wife,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Let him love her as dear as he loves his own life.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Concluding my Ditty let all Men be wi&s;e,</L>
<L>To make much of your Wives I do you advize,</L>
<L>And let not your Children and them live in want,</L>
<L>But work and take pains the &s;ame to prevent,</L>
<L>That Man that does marry a good Woman indeed,</L>
<L>She de&s;erves have his love, then the better he'll &s;peed:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For where love is wanting betwixt Man and Wife,</HI></L>
<L><HI>It ne'er comes to good, but great &s;orrow and grief.</HI></L>
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<P>Printed for P. Brooskby at the Golden Ball in Pye-corner.</P>
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