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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="168" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 13 -->
<HEAD>Iohn and Ioan: <HI>OR,</HI> A mad couple well met.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of the Paratour.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>YOu nine Ca&s;talian Si&s;ters</L>
<L>that k&eacute;ep Parna&s;&s;us hill,</L>
<L>Come down to me,</L>
<L>and let me b&eacute;e</L>
<L>in&s;pired with your skill,</L>
<L>That well I may demon&s;trate,</L>
<L>a piece of hou&s;hold &s;tuffe,</L>
<L>you that are wed</L>
<L>mark what is &s;edd,</L>
<L>Beware of taking &s;nuffe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A mad phanta&s;tick couple,</L>
<L>a yong man and a La&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>with their content</L>
<L>and friends con&s;ent</L>
<L>re&s;olu'd their times to pa&s;&s;e</L>
<L>As man and wife together,</L>
<L>and &s;o they marry'd were,</L>
<L>of this mad match</L>
<L>I made this Catch,</L>
<L>which you that plea&s;e may hear.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They both had imperfections,</L>
<L>which might haue cau&s;ed &s;trife</L>
<L>the man would &s;weare,</L>
<L>and domin&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>&s;o al&s;o would his wife.</L>
<L>If Iohn went to one Alehou&s;e,</L>
<L>Ioan ran vnto the next,</L>
<L>betwixt them both</L>
<L>they made an oath,</L>
<L>That neither would be next.</L>
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<LG>
<L>What euer did the good man</L>
<L>his wife would doe the like,</L>
<L>if he was plea&s;'d</L>
<L>&s;he was appea&s;'d,</L>
<L>if he would kick, &s;h&eacute;e'd &s;trike.</L>
<L>If queane or &s;lut he cal'd her,</L>
<L>&s;h&eacute;e call'd him rogue and knaue,</L>
<L>if he would fight,</L>
<L>&s;h&eacute;e'd &s;cratch and bite,</L>
<L>He could no victory haue.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If Iohn his dog had beaten,</L>
<L>then Ioan would beat her cat,</L>
<L>If Iohn in &s;corne</L>
<L>his band would burn,</L>
<L>Ioan would haue burnt her hat.</L>
<L>If Iohn would breake a Pipkin,</L>
<L>then Ioan would break a pot,</L>
<L>thus he and &s;he</L>
<L>did both agr&eacute;e</L>
<L>To wa&s;te all that they got.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If Iohn would eate no victuals,</L>
<L>then Ioan would be as cro&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>they would not eat</L>
<L>but &s;au'd their meat,</L>
<L>In that there was no lo&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>If Iohn were bent to fea&s;ting.</L>
<L>then Ioan was of his mind,</L>
<L>in right or wrong</L>
<L>both &s;ung one &s;ong,</L>
<L>As Fortune them a&s;&s;ignd.</L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="169" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 13 -->
<HEAD>The &s;econd part</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>IN Tauerne or in Alehou&s;e,</L>
<L>if Iohn and Ioan did m&eacute;et,</L>
<L>who ere was by</L>
<L>in company,</L>
<L>might ta&s;t their humors &s;w&eacute;et:</L>
<L>What euer Iohn had cal'd for,</L>
<L>Ioan would not be out-dar'd,</L>
<L>tho&s;e that lack'd drink</L>
<L>through want of chink</L>
<L>For them the better far'd.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thus would they both &s;it drinking,</L>
<L>as long as coine did la&s;t,</L>
<L>nay more then this,</L>
<L>ere they would mi&s;&s;e</L>
<L>good liquor for their ta&s;te,</L>
<L>Io<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n would haue damm'd his dou|blet,</L>
<L>his cloak or any thing,</L>
<L>and Ioan would pawne</L>
<L>her coife of Lawne,</L>
<L>Her bodkin or her ring.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If Iohn were drunk, and reeled,</L>
<L>then Ioan would fall i'th fire,</L>
<L>if Iohn fell downe</L>
<L>i'th mid&s;t o'th towne,</L>
<L>bee wraid in dirt and mire,</L>
<L>Ioan like a kind co-partner,</L>
<L>&s;corn'd to &s;tand on her f&eacute;et,</L>
<L>but down &s;h&eacute;e'd fall</L>
<L>before them all,</L>
<L>And role about the &s;tr&eacute;et.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If Iohn had cal'd his Ho&s;t knaue,</L>
<L>Ioan cal'd her Ho&s;tis whore,</L>
<L>for &s;uch like crimes</L>
<L>they oftentimes</L>
<L>were both thru&s;t out of dore.</L>
<L>If Iohn abu&s;'d the Con&s;table,</L>
<L>Ioan would haue beat the Watch</L>
<L>thus man and wife,</L>
<L>in peace or &s;trife,</L>
<L>Each other &s;ought to match.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But mark now how it chanced.</L>
<L>after a yeare or more,</L>
<L>this couple mad</L>
<L>all wa&s;ted had,</L>
<L>and were grown very poore,</L>
<L>Iohn could no more get liquor,</L>
<L>nor Ioan could purcha&s;e drink,</L>
<L>then both the man</L>
<L>and wife began</L>
<L>Vpon their &s;tates to thinke.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus beat with their own wepons,</L>
<L>Iohn thus to Ioan did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Sw&eacute;et heart I &s;&eacute;e</L>
<L>we two agr&eacute;e</L>
<L>the cleane contrary way,</L>
<L>Henceforth let's doe in goodne&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>as we haue done in ill,</L>
<L>Ile doe my be&s;t,</L>
<L>doe thou the re&s;t:</L>
<L>A match quoth Ioan, I will.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So leauing tho&s;e mad humors</L>
<L>which them before po&s;&s;e&s;t,</L>
<L>both man and wife</L>
<L>doe lead a life</L>
<L>in plenty, peace, and re&s;t:</L>
<L>Now Iohn and Ioan both iointly,</L>
<L>doe &s;et hands to the Plough.</L>
<L>Let all doe &s;o</L>
<L>in weale or woe,</L>
<L>And they'l do well enough.</L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>M.P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>Finis.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed at London for <HI>Tho: Lambert.</HI></P>
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