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<DATE>2009-04-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081113.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="S">19283.5</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">56572903</BIBNO>
<VID>181003</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Woman to the PLOVV; And the Man to the HEN-ROOST; OR, <HI>A</HI> fine way to cure a Cot-quean.</HEAD>
<OPENER>The Tune is, <HI>I have for all good Wives a Song,</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>BOth Men and Women li&s;ten well</L>
<L>a merry Ie&s;t I will you tell,</L>
<L>Betwixt a Good-man and a Wife,</L>
<L>Who fell the other day at &s;trife,</L>
<L>He chid her for her Huswivery,</L>
<L>And &s;he found fault as well as he.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With him for's work without the doors,</L>
<L>Quoth he, a pox on all &s;uch whors,</L>
<L>Sith you and I cannot agr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Let's change our work content quoth &s;he</L>
<L>My wh&eacute;el and Di&s;taff here take thou,</L>
<L>And I will drive the Cart and Plow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This was concluded twixt them both,</L>
<L>To Cart and Plow y^e good-wife go'th,</L>
<L>The good-man he at home doth tarry,</L>
<L>To &s;&eacute;e that nothing doth miscarry,</L>
<L>An apron he before him put.</L>
<L>Iudge, was not this a han&s;ome Slut,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He fl&eacute;ets the Milk he makes the Ch&eacute;e&s;e</L>
<L>He gropes y^e Hens, the Turks &amp; Gee&s;,</L>
<L>He Brews &amp; Bakes as wel as he can,</L>
<L>But not as it &s;hould be done, poor man,</L>
<L>As he did make his Ch&eacute;e&s;e one day,</L>
<L>Two pigs their belys brake with whay</L>
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<LG>
<L>Nothing that he in hand did take.</L>
<L>Did come to good, once he did Bake,</L>
<L>And burn,d the Bread as black as a &s;tock</L>
<L>Another time he went to rock</L>
<L>The Cradle, and threw y^e Child o'th floor,</L>
<L>And brok his No&s;e, and hurt it &s;ore.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He went to Milk one evening tide,</L>
<L>A skitti&s;h Cow on the wrong &s;ide,</L>
<L>His pail was full of Milk, God wot,</L>
<L>She kickt and &s;pilt it every jot,</L>
<L>Be&s;ides &s;he hit him a blow o'th face,</L>
<L>Which was &s;cant whol in &s;ix w&eacute;eks &s;pace</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thus was he &s;erv'd, and yet too well.</L>
<L>And more mischances yet befell,</L>
<L>Before his Apron he'd leave off,</L>
<L>Though all his Neighbors did him &s;coff,</L>
<L>Now li&s;t and mark one pretty je&s;t,</L>
<L>'Twill make you laugh above all the re&s;t.</L>
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<LG>
<L>As he to Churn his Butter went,</L>
<L>One morning with a good intent,</L>
<L>The Cot-quean fool did &s;urely dream,</L>
<L>For he had quite forgot the Cream,</L>
<L>He churn'd all day, with all his might.</L>
<L>And yet he could get no Butter at night,</L>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>TWere &s;trange ind&eacute;ed for me to utter</L>
<L>that without Cream he &s;hould make buter</L>
<L>Now having &s;hewd his Huswivery,</L>
<L>Who did all things thus oukwardly,</L>
<L>Vnto the Good-wife jle turn my Rime.</L>
<L>And tell you how &s;he &s;pent her time.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She daily us'd to drive the Plow,</L>
<L>But to do't well &s;he knew not how,</L>
<L>She made &s;o many bank i'th ground'</L>
<L>He had b&eacute;en better have given five pound</L>
<L>That &s;he had never tan't in hand,</L>
<L>So &s;orely &s;he had &s;poild his Land.</L>
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<LG>
<L>As &s;he did &s;ow the &s;&eacute;ed likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>She made a fea&s;t for Crows and Pies,</L>
<L>She threw a handful at a place,</L>
<L>And left all bare another &s;pace,</L>
<L>At th'Harrow &s;he could not rule her Mare</L>
<L>But hid one Land and left two bare.</L>
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<LG>
<L>And &s;hortly after on a day,</L>
<L>As &s;he came home with a load of Hay,</L>
<L>She overthrew it, nay and wor&s;e.</L>
<L>She broke the Cart, and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">kild a Hor&s;e,</L>
<L>The good-man the &s;ame time had ill luck,</L>
<L>He let in the Sow, and &s;he kil'd a Duck.</L>
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<LG>
<L>And being grieved at his heart,</L>
<L>For lo&s;&s;e on's Duck his Hor&s;e and Cart.</L>
<L>And many hurts on both &s;ides done,</L>
<L>His eyes did with &s;alt water run,</L>
<L>O now, quoth he, full well I &s;&eacute;e,</L>
<L>The Wh&eacute;el's for her, the Plow for me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I th&eacute;e intreat quoth he good Wife,</L>
<L>To take thy charge, and all my life,</L>
<L>Ile never meddle with Huswivery more,</L>
<L>Nor find &s;uch faults as I did before,</L>
<L>Give me the Car-whip and the Flaile,</L>
<L>Take thou the Chyrn and Milking-pail</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good-Wife &s;he was well content,</L>
<L>And about her Huswivery &s;he went,</L>
<L>He to Hedging and to Ditching,</L>
<L>Reaping, Mowing, Lading, Pitching,</L>
<L>He would be twatling &s;till before,</L>
<L>But after he nere twailed more.</L>
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<LG>
<L>I wi&s;h all Wives that troubled be.</L>
<L>With Ho&s;e and Dublet, Huswivery,</L>
<L>To &s;erve them as this Woman did,</L>
<L>Then may they work and nere be chid,</L>
<L>Though &s;he i'th interim had &s;ome lo&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Thereby &s;he was ea&s;'d of a cro&s;&s;e,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Take h&eacute;ed of this you Husbandmen,</L>
<L>Let Wives alone to grope the Hen,</L>
<L>And meddle you with the Hor&s;e and Oxe</L>
<L>And k&eacute;ep your Lambs from Wolfe &amp; Fox</L>
<L>So &s;hall you live contented lives,</L>
<L>And take &s;w&eacute;et plea&s;ure in your wives</L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>M.P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>F. Grove</HI> dwelling on <HI>Snow-hill.</HI></P>
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