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<DATE>2008-05-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080413.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The wonderful Prai&s;e of a Good Hu&s;band Or, <HI>The Kind and Careful</HI> Mothers <HI>Coun&s;el to her</HI> Daughter.</HEAD>
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<L>Bad Husbands they, oft run a&s;tray,</L>
<L>as being mo&s;t Unkind:</L>
<L>But Good we &s;ee, will always be</L>
<L>of a far better mind.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>My Life and my Death;</HI> Or, <HI>The Poor Man's Coun&s;ellor.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>DEar Daughter, i'de have thee to take &s;pecial care,</L>
<L>With whom thou do&s;t Marry, for why, I declare,</L>
<L>Bad Husbands occa&s;ion much &s;orrow and grief,</L>
<L>It &s;eldom or never affords a Relief:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Be&s;ides, in their Humours they'l ne'r be controul'd,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.</HI></L>
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<L>Some Men are &s;o wilful they'l &s;pend all their &s;tore,</L>
<L>And &s;ay when 'tis gone, they can Labour for more;</L>
<L>This re&s;olute humour, will bring t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">em to know,</L>
<L>In time of affliction, much &s;orrow and woe:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For Friend&s;hip is &s;carcy, and Charity's Cold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<L>That Maid that &s;hall Wed an Extravagant Man,</L>
<L>Altho' &s;he may Labour and do what &s;he can,</L>
<L>Yet all is in vain, for if he does Con&s;ume,</L>
<L>Yet trouble and &s;orrow mu&s;t needs be her doom:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Dear Daughter I tell you, I know this of old,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Some Women when Marry'd, great Portion have brought</L>
<L>Yet Riotons Husbands their Ruine hath wrought;</L>
<L>For tho&s;e that will lead an Extravagant Life,</L>
<L>Regards not the tears of a &s;orrowful Wife:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Their Hou&s;es are Mortgag'd, and Livings are Sold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husband; are Jewels far better then Gold.</HI></L>
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<L>TO Gaming, and Hawking, and Hunting they'l Ride,</L>
<L>With drinking and fea&s;ting with Harlots be&s;ide;</L>
<L>Full quickly will &s;quander and wa&s;te their E&s;tate,</L>
<L>And they may be &s;orry when it is too late:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Loo&s;e Living will bring them to want when they're old,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.</HI></L>
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<L>When ever a Spend-thrift is &s;een to pa&s;s by,</L>
<L>There goes a Good-fellow, his Cronies will cry;</L>
<L>An hone&s;t true heart too, this, this is their tone,</L>
<L>Alas! he is no bodies Foe but his own:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But yet Wife and Children much &s;orrow behold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Your Ale-wives they flouri&s;h in Silks and black Baggs,</L>
<L>While poor men, their Clyents, are cloathed in Raggs;</L>
<L>They laugh when they &s;ee an old Spends thrift Carrou&s;e,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e they do feed of the Sweat of his Brows:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But yet they, will &s;light him when e're he grows Old,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<L>To &s;peak of their Dertues I now may at large,</L>
<L>They'l tender their Wives, and provide for their Charges</L>
<L>Nothing &s;hall be wanting that they can provide,</L>
<L>Both Meat, Drink, and Cloathing, with all things be&s;ide:</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Providing in Summer for Winter that's Cold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<L>They, like the indu&s;trious Bee, will delight</L>
<L>To Labour, and bring home their Profit at Night.</L>
<L>If &s;uch a kind Husband you happen to have,</L>
<L>Your duty, dear Daughter, will then be to &s;ave;</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And likewi&s;e be loving, not given to Scold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<L>When Wives by their Husbands are dearly ador'd,</L>
<L>No greater a Ble&s;&s;ing the world can afford;</L>
<L>In Troubles or Cro&s;&s;es, or what may befall,</L>
<L>Good Husbands will &s;till bear a &s;hare in them all;</L>
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<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And in their kind Arms their &s;weet Wives will infold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.</HI></L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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