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<P>The pennile&s;&s;e PARLIAMENT of <HI>Threed-bare Poets:</HI> OR, <HI>The merry Fortune-teller,</HI> Wherein all per&s;ons of the four &s;everall Com|plexions may finde their FORTVNES.</P>
<P>COMPOSED <HI>By Doctor Merry-man:</HI> Not onely to purge Melancholy: but al&s;o to procure Tittering and Laughing.</P>
<P>Full of witty mirth, and delightfull recreation, for the content of the Reader.</P>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> printed for <HI>John Wright,</HI> a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Kings Head in the Old Bayley, 1649. <ADD><ABBR>7^b^e^r</ABBR> 20 1649</ADD> </P>
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<HEAD>Here beginneth the pennile&s;&s;e Parliament of Threed-bare Poets.</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;t of all, for the increa&s;e of every foole in his humour, we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary and convenient that all &s;uch as doe buy this Booke, and laugh not at it before they have read it over, &s;hall be condemned of melancholy, and be adjudged to walke over Moore-fields twice a weeke in a foule &s;hirt, and a paire of bootes, but no &s;tockings at all on.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o agreed upon, that long bearded men &s;hall &s;eldome prove the wi&s;e&s;t, and that a nig|gards pur&s;e &s;hall &s;carce bequeath his Ma&s;ter a good dinner: and becau&s;e water is like to prove &s;o weake an Element in the world, that men and women will want teares to bewaile their &s;ins; we charge and command all Gardiners to &s;ow more &s;tore of Onions, for feare widdows &s;hould want moy&s;ture to bewaile their Hus|bands funerals.</P>
<P>In like manner we thinke it &s;it that Red|wine &s;hould be drunk with Oy&s;ters, and that &s;ome maidens &s;hal blu&s;h more for &s;hame then for &s;hamefa&s;tne&s;&s;e: but men mu&s;t have care, le&s;t conver&s;ing too much with red Petticoats, they bani&s;h the haire from their heads, and by that meanes make the poore Barbers beggers for want of worke.</P>
<P><PB REF="3">
Furthermore, it is lawfull for tho&s;e women, that every morning take a pinte of Muskedine with egges, to chide as well as they that drink &s;mall beere all the winter: and tho&s;e that clip that they &s;hould not clip, &s;hall &s;have a hor&s;e-night-clap for their labour.</P>
<P>Eentiemen that &s;ell land for Paper, &s;hall buy penury with repentance: and tho&s;e that have mo&s;t gold, &s;hall have lea&s;t grace: &s;ome that meane well, &s;hall fare wor&s;e; and he that hath no credit, &s;hall have le&s;&s;e e commodity.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o ordered and agreed upon, that &s;uch as are cholericke, &s;hall never want woe and &s;or|row; and they that lacke money, may fa&s;t upon Fridayes by the Statute: and it &s;hall be law|full for them that want &s;hooes, to weare boots all the yeare: and he that hath never a cloake, may without offence, put on his be&s;t gowne at Mid-&s;ummer, witne&s;&s;e old <HI>Prime</HI> the keeper of <HI>Bedlem</HI> Dicinghou&s;e.</P>
<P>Furthermore we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary, and law|full, for the husband and wife to fall at &s;quare for &s;uperiority, in &s;uch &s;ort as the wife &s;hall &s;it playing above in the Camber, while the hus|band &s;tands panting below in the Kitching.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e we marke all Brokers to be knaves by letters pattents, and V&s;urers for five marks a peece &s;hall lawfully be buried in the Chancell, though they have bequeatheed their &s;oules and bodies to the Devill in hell.</P>
<P>In like manner it is thought good that it &s;hall be lawfull for Muskedines in Vinteners cellers, to indite their Ma&s;ters of commixtion, and Sargeants &s;hall be contented to arre&s;t any
<PB REF="3">man for his fees: Ale-wives &s;hal &s;el fle&s;h on Fri|dayes without licence, and &s;uch as &s;ell B&eacute;ere in halfe penny pots, &s;hall utter Bread and Ch&eacute;e&s;e for money throughout the whole yeare: and tho&s;e that are pa&s;t hone&s;ty and &s;hame, &s;hall &s;mile at &s;inne: and they that care not for God, prefer their money before any good con&s;cience.</P>
<P>Furthermore it &s;hall bee lawfull for Foot|&s;tooles (by the helpe of womens hands) to flye about without wings, and poore men &s;hall bee accounted knaves without occa&s;ions: and tho&s;e that flatter lea&s;t, &s;hall &s;peed wor&s;t: and Pigges by the &s;tatute &s;hall dance the Anticks with bels about their necks, to the wonder and amaze|men of all Swineherds.</P>
<P>In like manner it is convenient that many men &s;hall weare hoads that have little learning: and &s;ome &s;urfeit &s;o much upon wit, and &s;trive &s;o long again&s;t the &s;tream, as at la&s;t their necks &s;hall faile them: &s;ome &s;hall build faire hou&s;es by brides, and gather much wealth by conten|tion, and before they be aware heap up riches for another, and wretchedne&s;&s;e for them&s;elves.</P>
<P>Furthermore it &s;hall be e&s;tabli&s;hed, for the benefit of increa&s;e, that &s;ome &s;hall have a Lim|pany in their bellies, which will co&s;t them a Child bearing; and though the Father beare all the charges, it &s;hall be a wi&s;e Childe that &s;hall know his own Father.</P>
<P>It &s;hall be lawfull for &s;ome to have the pal&s;ie in their teeth, in &s;uch &s;ort, as they &s;hall eate more then ever they will be able to pay for.</P>
<P>Some &s;hall have &s;uch a Megram in their eyes, as they &s;hall hardly know another mans wife from their own.</P>
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Some &s;hall have &s;uch a &s;topping in their hearts, as they &s;hall be utterly ob&s;tinate to re|ceive grace.</P>
<P>Some &s;ort of people &s;hall have &s;uch a buzzing in their eares, as they &s;hall be enemies to good coun&s;ell.</P>
<P>Some &s;uch there be, that have a &s;ent or &s;mell in their no&s;es, as no fea&s;t &s;hall e&s;cape without their companies: and &s;ome &s;hall be &s;o needy, as neither young Heires &s;hall get their owne, nor poore Ophants their patrimony.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, it is enacted and decreed, that &s;ome &s;hall be &s;o humorous in their walkes, as they cannot &s;tep one foot from a foole.</P>
<P>Some &s;o di&s;gui&s;ed in pur&s;e, as they count it fatall to have one penny to buy their dinners on Sundayes: &s;ome &s;o burdened in con&s;cience, as they count wrongfull dealing the be&s;t badge of their occupation.</P>
<P>But among&s;t other Lawes and Statutes by us here e&s;tabli&s;hed we thinke it mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary and convenient that poulterers &s;hall kill more innocent Poultry by cu&s;tome, then their wives and maides can &s;ell without good con&s;cience.</P>
<P>Al&s;o it is ordered and agreed upon, that Ba|kers, Woodmongers, Butchers, Brewers, &s;hall fall to a mighty con&s;piracy, &s;o that no man &s;hall either have bread, fire, meate or drinke, with|out credit or ready money.</P>
<P>Sycophants by the Statute &s;hall have great gifts, and good and godly labours &s;hall &s;carce be worth thanks: it is al&s;o thought nece&s;&s;ary, that maides about mid-night &s;hall &s;ee won|drous vi&s;ions, to the great heart-grief of their mothers.</P>
<P><PB REF="4">
Furthermore it is marked and &s;et downe, that if Lawyers pleade poore mens cau&s;es without money, We&s;tmin&s;ter hall &s;hall grow out of cu&s;tome, to the great impoveri&s;hing of all Nim|mers, Lifters, and Cutpur&s;es.</P>
<P>Tho&s;e that &s;ing ba&s;es, &s;hall love good drinke by authority: and Trumpeters that &s;ound Treble, &s;hall &s;tarve by cu&s;tome.</P>
<P>Women that ware long Gownes may law|fully rai&s;e du&s;t in March: and they that keepe a temperate diet, &s;hall never dye on &s;urfets.</P>
<P>In like manner it &s;hall be lawfull for Say|lers and Souldiers, to &s;pend at their plea&s;ures what they can get by their Sword: and if the Trea&s;urer or pur&s;er of the &s;hip pay them any money beyond count and reckoning, if they build not an Ho&s;pitall therewith, they may be|&s;tow it on apparell by the Statute.</P>
<P>It is furthermore e&s;tabli&s;hed and agreed up|on, that they that drinke too much Spani&s;h Sack<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, &s;hall about Iuly be &s;erved with a <HI>Fierie Facies:</HI> but Oh you Ale-knights, you that de|vour the marrow of the Mault, and drinke whole Ale tubs in con&s;umptions; and &s;uch that u&s;e to &s;ing Queen <HI>Dido</HI> over a Cup, and tell &s;trange newes over an Ale-pot, how unfor|tunate are you! who &s;hall pi&s;&s;e out that which you have &s;wallowed &s;o &s;weetly: you are under the law, and &s;hall be awarded with this puni&s;h|ment, that the rot &s;hall infect your pur&s;es, and eate out the bottomes ere you be aware.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o agreed upon, and thought nece&s;&s;ary, that &s;ome Womens lippes &s;hall &s;well &s;o big, as they &s;hall long to ki&s;&s;e other men be&s;ide their
<PB REF="5">husbands: others cheekes &s;hall be &s;o mon&s;trous out of frame, as they cannot &s;peake in a ju&s;t cau&s;e without large fees: &s;ome with long tongues &s;hall tell all things which they heare: &s;ome with no braines &s;hall meddle much, and know little: and tho&s;e that have no feet, may by the &s;tatute go on crutebes.</P>
<P>But now touching the benefit of private hou&s;es, by our rare and requi&s;ite Iudgement we thinke it very commodious, that tho&s;e married men which are of the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">eake&s;t wit and wor&s;e courage, &s;hould provide them&s;elves of good wea|p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">s to defend them&s;elves from a&s;&s;aults which &s;hal a&s;&s;aile them about midnight.</P>
<P>And it &s;hal be lawfull for all wives to have a ma&s;culine courage, in &s;uch &s;ort, that they who had their wils to this houre, &s;hall have the ma|&s;tery all the yeare after; and tho&s;e husbands which doe not valiantly re&s;i&s;t them, &s;hall be a|warded to pay a &s;heeps head to their next neigh|bour, in penance for their f<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">lly.</P>
<P>Al&s;o it i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> further e&s;tabli&s;hed and agreed upon, that E&s;&s;ex Calves &s;hall indite Butchers knives of wilfu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l murder. and wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;oever wil prove a partiall Iu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">yman in this ca&s;e, &s;hall have a hot &s;heepes skin for his labour.</P>
<P>Bow bel in Cheap&s;ide, if it breake not, &s;hall be warranted by letters pattents to ring well: and if the Conduit heads want no water, the Tankerd-bearer<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall have one cu&s;tard more to their &s;olemne dinner, then their u&s;ual cu|&s;tome is to have.</P>
<P>Moreover it is thought good, that it &s;hal be lawfull for all tripe wives to be exqui&s;ite phy|&s;itians,
<PB REF="5">for in one Offall they &s;hall finde more Simp<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">es, then ever <HI>Galen</HI> gathered, &s;ince he was fir&s;t borne,</P>
<P>Be&s;ides that, if Dancers keepe not tide and time in their mea&s;ures, they &s;hall forfeit a fat goo&s;e to their teachers for their &s;lender judge|ment.</P>
<P>In like manner we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary and convenient, that there &s;hall be great noy&s;e of warres in Taver<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">es, and wine &s;hall make &s;ome &s;o ventrous, as they will de&s;troy <HI>Tyrone</HI> and all his powder at one draught; al&s;o we thinke it meete, that there be craft in all occupations; and tho&s;e that are penitent in this world, &s;hall have co<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fort in a better.</P>
<P>Al&s;o &s;ilke-weavers, by the &s;tatute &s;hall pro|&s;per well, if they wa&s;h their hands cleane on Fa&s;ting dayes: for otherwi&s;e in &s;oyling their worke, they &s;hall loo&s;e their worke-ma&s;ters: Dawes by authority &s;hall leave building in St&eacute;eples, and dwell in Cities: and &s;uch as are cunning in mu&s;icke, &s;hall know a Crotchet from a Quaver: but let &s;uch men as in&s;truct youth, be very circum&s;pect, for if they learne more then their Ma&s;ters can teach them, they &s;hall forfeit their wits to tho&s;e that bring them up.</P>
<P>Furthermore we thinke it mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary and convenient, that the generation of <HI>Judas</HI> &s;hould walk about the world in the&s;e our latter daies, and &s;ell his neighbour for commodity to any man: but the V&s;urers &s;hall be otherwi&s;e di&s;|po&s;ed; for having mouthly taken but a penny in the Shilling, ever &s;ince they began fir&s;t their occupation, &s;hall now with a good con&s;cience
<PB REF="6">venter upon three pence with the advantage: be&s;ides, many men &s;hall prove them&s;elves ap|parantly knavi&s;h, and yet in their owne opini|ons will not be &s;o: and many women &s;hall im|agine that there are none fairer then them|&s;elves.</P>
<P>Moreover, for the further increa&s;e of foo|li&s;h humors, we doe e&s;tabli&s;h and &s;et down, that fanta&s;ticke deui&s;es &s;hall prove mo&s;t excellent, and &s;ome &s;hall &s;o long devi&s;e for other men, that they will become barren them&s;elves: &s;ome &s;hall devi&s;e novelties to their owne &s;hames: and &s;ome &s;nares to intrap them&s;elves within.</P>
<P>In like manner we thinke it mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary that tho&s;e that be Fortune tellers, &s;hall &s;hut a knave in a circle, and looking obout for the Devill, &s;hall finde him lockt in their owne bo&s;omes: Achei&s;ts by the law, &s;hall be as odious as they are carele&s;&s;e: and tho&s;e that depend al|together upon de&s;tiny, and not upon God, may chance looke through a narrow lettice at Foot|mans Inne.</P>
<P>But my deare friends the Groeers are plen|tifully ble&s;&s;ed, for their Figges and Rey&s;ons may allure faire La&s;&s;es by authority: yea, ma|ny men by the &s;tatute &s;hall be &s;o kind-hearted, that a ki&s;&s;e and an Apple, and a pint of wine, &s;hal &s;erve to make them Innocents.</P>
<P>And we think it conventent that &s;ome &s;hall take their neighbours bed for their owne: &s;ome the &s;ervant for the Ma&s;ter: and (if Candles could tel tales) &s;ome wil thinke a familiar for a flea.</P>
<P>And we thinke it meet that there &s;hould be
<PB REF="6">many Fowlers, who in&s;tead of Larkes &s;hall catch Lobcockes: and many for want of wit &s;hall &s;el their Free-hold for Tobacco-pipes, and red Petricoates.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e we thinke it convenient that there &s;hould be many takers: for &s;ome would be ta|ken for wi&s;e men, who indeed are very fooles: for &s;ome will take crackt angels of poore dev|rors, and a quart of Malmene when they can|not get a pottle.</P>
<P>But &s;tay a while, whither are we carried: leaving the greate&s;t lawes unpuni&s;hed, and e&s;tabli&s;hing the le&s;&s;e? Therefore we enact and ordaine as a nece&s;&s;ary Statute, that there &s;hal great contention fall between Souldiers and Archers; and if the fray be not decided at at a pot of Ale, and a black Pudding, great blood|&s;hed is like to en&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e.</P>
<P>But O gentle fellow Souldiers, then leave your controveriies if you love a woman, for I will prove it, that a Mince pie is better then a Mu&s;ket, and he that dare gaine-&s;ay me, let him meete me <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t the dagger in Cheap, with a ca&s;e of pewter &s;poones, and I will an&s;wer it: and if I prove not a Mince pie the better weapon, let me dine twice a weeke at Duke <HI>Humphries</HI> table.</P>
<P>It is further more e&s;tabli&s;hed, that the foure knaves at the Cardes &s;hall &s;uddenly leap from out the bunch, and de&s;perately pranke about the new Play-hou&s;e, to &s;&eacute;eke out their old ma&s;ter Captaine Crop-eare.</P>
<P>Al&s;o it is thought meet, that &s;ome men (in the&s;e dayes) all be politick beyond rea&s;on, and
<PB REF="7">write more in one line, then they can prove in an age if all be lawfull for &s;ome to &s;tudy which way they may wa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">e to get them a &s;tomacke to their meate, whil&s;t others are as carefull to get meat to put in their bellies: likewi&s;e there &s;hall bee great per&s;ecution in the Common wealth of Kitching fees, &s;o that &s;ome de&s;perate woman &s;hall boyle, try and &s;eeth poore Tallow, to the generall commodity of all the whole company of Tallow-chandlers.</P>
<P>Alas, alas, how are we troubled to thinke on the&s;e dangerous times? for Taylors, by act of Parliament may lawfully invent new fa&s;hi|ons: and he that takes Iri&s;h <HI>Aqua-vitae</HI> by the pinte, may by the law &s;tumble without of|fence, and breake his face.</P>
<P>Many men &s;hall be &s;o venterou&s;ly given, as they &s;hall goe into Petticote-lane, and yet come out againe as hone&s;tly as they went fir&s;t in.</P>
<P>In like manner it &s;hall be lawfull for Tems water to clen&s;e as much as ever it did in rimes pa&s;t: and if the Brewers of <HI>London</HI> buy &s;tore of good Malt, poore barge-men at Queen-hive &s;hall have a whole quart for a penny: Saint Thomas Onions &s;hall be &s;old by the rope at Billin&s;gate by the &s;tatue: and Semp&s;ters in the exchange &s;hall become &s;o con&s;cionable, that a man without offence, may buy a falling band for twelve pence</P>
<P>It &s;hall be lawfull for Smiths to love good Ale: and if it be po&s;&s;ible to have a fro&s;t of thr&eacute;e weekes long in Iuly, men &s;hall not be afraid of a good fire at Mid-&s;ummer.</P>
<P>Al&s;o Porters Baskets &s;hall have authority
<PB REF="7">to hold more then they can hone&s;tly carry away: and &s;uch a drought &s;hall come among Cannes at Bartholmew faire in Smith-field, that they &s;hall never continue long filled.</P>
<P>And Millers by cu&s;tome &s;hall have &s;mall mindes to morning Prayer (if the wind &s;erve them) in any corner on Sundayes: Tho&s;e that goe to the warres and get nothing, may come home poore by authority: and tho&s;e that play fa&s;t and loo&s;e with womens Apron-&s;trings, may cha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ce make a journey for a Winche&s;ter Pige|on: for prevention thereof, drinke every mor|ning a draught of <HI>Nolime tangere,</HI> and by that meanes thou &s;halt be &s;ure to e&s;cape Phi&s;itians purgatory.</P>
<P>But among&s;t all other decrees and &s;tatutes by us here &s;et downe, we ordaine and command, that three things (if they be not parted) ever to continue in perpetuall amity; that is, a Lou&s;e in an old Doubiet, a painted Cloath in a painters &s;top, and a foole and his bable.</P>
<P>Furthermore, it &s;hall be lawfull for Bakers to thrive by two things: that is, Scores well paid, and Millers that are hone&s;t.</P>
<P>Phy&s;itians by other mens harmes, &amp; Church|men and Church yards by often Burials.</P>
<P>Al&s;o we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary for the Common|wealth, that a Sammon &s;hall be better &s;old in fi&s;h&s;treet, then the Beere &s;hall be &s;old at Bil|lin&s;gate.</P>
<P>And hearts-ea&s;e among&s;t the company of Hearb-wives, &s;hall be worth-as much money as they can get for it.</P>
<P>And &s;uch as are inclined to the Drop&s;ie, may
<PB REF="8">be lawfully cured, if the Phy&s;itians know how.</P>
<P>Al&s;o wee ordaine and appoint, that (if there be no great &s;tore of Tempe&s;ts) two Halfe-pen|ny loaves &s;hall be &s;old for a penny in white Chappel.</P>
<P>O what a dete&s;table trouble &s;hall be among women about foure&s;core and ten yeares old, for &s;uch as have more Teeth about them then they can well u&s;e, &s;hall dye for age, if they live not by miracle.</P>
<P>Moreover, we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary, that tho&s;e that have two eyes in their head. &s;hall &s;ome|times &s;tumble: and they that can neither write nor read, may as boldly for&s;weare them&s;elves, as they that can.</P>
<P>And it &s;hall be lawfull for Almanacke makers, to tell more lies then true tales.</P>
<P>And they that goe to Sea without viduals, may &s;uffer penury by the &s;tatute.</P>
<P>In like manner it &s;hall be lawfull for any man to carry about him more gold then Iron, if be can get it.</P>
<P>But they that are given to &s;ullen complexion, if they be Females, mu&s;t be more circum&s;pect: for if they repent their hidden &s;innes too much, they may chance catch Heaven for their labour.</P>
<P>Therefore let maidens take heed how they fall on their backes, lea&s;t they catch a forty weekes favour.</P>
<P>And he that hath once married a &s;hrew, and by good chance bury her, beware how he come into the &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">s againe.</P>
<P>Further, it &s;hall be lawfull for tho&s;e that be
<PB REF="8">Rich, to have many friends: And they that be Poore, may by authority keepe money, if they can get it hone&s;tly.</P>
<P>Al&s;o we command and charge all &s;uch as have no con&s;cience, to doe their wor&s;t, lea&s;t they dye in the Divels debt: As for the re&s;t, they that have have more money then they neede, may helpe their poore Neighbours, if they will.</P>
<P>In like manner, it &s;hal be lawful for &s;uch as are &s;ubject to hot Rheumes, to drinke cold drinke: And tho&s;e that have a minde to enrich Phy&s;itians, to be never without di&s;ea&s;es.</P>
<P>Al&s;o Souldiers that have no meanes to thrive by plaine dealing, may by the &s;tatute &s;wallow downe an ounce of the &s;irrop of &s;ubtility every morning: And if they cannot thrive that wayes, we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary, that foure times in the yeare they goe a fi&s;hing on Salisbury plaine.</P>
<P>But as for you deare friends and &s;chollars, thus much we favour you; for you &s;hal dine up|on wit by authority: and if you pay your ho&s;te&s;&s;e wel, it is no matter though you &s;core it up til it come to a good round &s;umme.</P>
<P>Such as are &s;icke in the &s;pring, may take Phy&s;ick by the Statute; and tho&s;e that are cold may weare cloathes without offence.</P>
<P>Further, it &s;hal be lawful for &s;ome to bee leane, becau&s;e they cannot be fat.</P>
<P>Some by the &s;tatute &s;hal love Beefe pa&s;&s;ing wel, becau&s;e they can come by no better meate: and other&s;ome &s;imper it with an egge at dinner, that dare manfully &s;et upon a &s;houlder of Veale in the afternoone.</P>
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Some &s;hal be &s;ad when they want money: and in love with Widdowes rather for their wealth, then their hone&s;ties.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o thought nece&s;&s;ary, that &s;ome &s;hall &s;u&s;pect their wives at home, becau&s;e they them|&s;elves play fal&s;e abroad.</P>
<P>And &s;ome love Bowling-Allies better then a Sermon.</P>
<P>Furthermore, it &s;hall be lawfull for him that marries without Money, to finde foure bare legs in his Bed: And he that is too prodigal in &s;pending, &s;hal dye a begger by the &s;tatute.</P>
<P>In like manner, we thinke it nece&s;&s;ary, that he that is plagued with a cur&s;t wife, to have his pate broke quarterly, as he payes his rent.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, he that delights in &s;ustility, may play the knave by cu&s;tome: and he that hath his complexion and courage &s;pent, may eate Mut|on on fa&s;ting dayes by the Law.</P>
<P>And to conclude, &s;ince there are ten Precepts to be ob&s;erved in the Art of Scowlding, wee humbly take our leave of <HI>Duke Humphries</HI> Or|dinary, and betake us to the Chappel of <HI>Ill Coun&s;ell;</HI> where a quart or two of fine <HI>Trini|dado,</HI> &s;hall arme us again&s;t the Gun-&s;hot of Longue-mettle, and keepe us from the a&s;|&s;aults of Sir <HI>John Find fault. Vale</HI> my deare Friends, till my next returne.</P>
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