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<HEAD><HI>The Cooper of Norfolk: OR, A</HI> True Ie&s;t o'th' Brewer &amp; Cooper's Wife, <HI>AND How the Cooper &s;erved the Brewer in his kind.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><HI>To the Tune of,</HI> The Wiving Age, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of a man</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>woodcut of a man</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L><HI>A</HI> Trend my Ma&s;ters, and li&s;ten well,</L>
<L>Vnto this Ditty, which briefly doth tell,</L>
<L>Of a fine merry Ie&s;t in Norfolk befel,</L>
<L>A brave lu&s;ty Cooper in that Country did dwell;</L>
<L>And there he cry'd, Work for a Cooper,</L>
<L>Maids, ha'ye any work for a Cooper?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Cooper he had a fair Creature to's Wife,</L>
<L>Which a Brewer i'th' Town lov'd as dear as his life;</L>
<L>But &s;he had a trick which in &s;ome Wives are rife,</L>
<L>She &s;till kept a &s;heath to another Man's knife,</L>
<L>And often cornuted the Cooper,</L>
<L>While he cry'd, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It happen'd one morning the Cooper out went,</L>
<L>To work for his living it was his intent,</L>
<L>He tru&s;ted at home to his Wife's government,</L>
<L>And left her a bed to hee own heart's content;</L>
<L>While he cry'd, Work for a Cooper,</L>
<L>Maids, ha'ye, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And as the Cooper was pa&s;&s;ing along,</L>
<L>Still crying and calling his old wonted &s;ong,</L>
<L>The Brewer, his Rival, both lu&s;ty and young,</L>
<L>Did think now or never to do him &s;ome wrong,</L>
<L>And lye with the Wife of the Cooper,</L>
<L>Who better &s;ov'd him, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He called the Cooper, and to him did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Go home to my hou&s;e and make no delay,</L>
<L>I have as much work as thou can&s;t do to day,</L>
<L>What&s;oever thou earne&s;t i'll bountifully pay:</L>
<L>The&s;e tydings well plea&s;ed the Cooper,</L>
<L>O this was brave news, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Away went the Cooper to the hou&s;e of the Brewer,</L>
<L>Who &s;eeing him hard at his labour to endure,</L>
<L>Thought he, now for this day the Cooper is &s;ure,</L>
<L>I'll go to his Wife the green-&s;ickne&s;s to cure,</L>
<L>Take heed of thy forehead good Cooper,</L>
<L>For now I mu&s;t work, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then &s;traightways he went to the Cooper's dwelling,</L>
<L>The good Wife to give entertainment was willing;</L>
<L>The Brewer and &s;he like two pidgeons was billing,</L>
<L>And what they did el&s;e they bound me from telling;</L>
<L>He plea&s;ed the Wife of the Cooper,</L>
<L>Who better lov'd, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But mark how it happened at la&s;t,</L>
<L>Their &s;un-&s;hine of plea&s;ure was &s;oon overca&s;t,</L>
<L>The Cooper did lack one of's tools in ha&s;te,</L>
<L>He ran home to fetch it, and &s;ound the door fa&s;t;</L>
<L>Wife open the door (quoth the Cooper)</L>
<L>And let in thy Husband, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>Now when the good Wife and the Brewer did hear</L>
<L>The Cooper at door, affrighted they were,</L>
<L>The Brewer was in &s;uch a bodily fear,</L>
<L>That for to hide him he knew not where,</L>
<L>To &s;hun the fierce rage of the Cooper,</L>
<L>He thought he &s;hould dye, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The good Wife perceiving his woful e&s;tate,</L>
<L>She having a &s;ubtil and politique pate,</L>
<L>She &s;uddenly whelmed a great brewing-fat,</L>
<L>And clo&s;ely covered the Brewer with that;</L>
<L>Then after &s;he let in the Cooper,</L>
<L>What's under this tub? &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She hearing her Husband that que&s;tion demand,</L>
<L>She thought it was time to her tackling to &s;tand;</L>
<L>Take heed how you move it, quoth &s;he, with your hand,</L>
<L>For there's a live pig was left by a Friend;</L>
<L>O let it alone Iohn Cooper:</L>
<L>Thus &s;he thought to couzen, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Is it a o&s;w-pig? the Cooper did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Let me ha't to my &s;upper; the good Wife &s;aid, Nay;</L>
<L>It is a boar-pig, quoth &s;he, by my fay,</L>
<L>'Tis for my own diet, 'twas given me to day;</L>
<L>It is not for you, Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>Then let it alone, &amp;c</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I would it were in thy body, quoth Iohn,</L>
<L>Indeed (quoth the good Wife) &s;o it &s;hall be anon;</L>
<L>What e'er become of it, faith thou &s;halt have none,</L>
<L>Why &s;tand'&s;t thou here prating? I prithee be gone,</L>
<L>Make ha&s;te to thy work good Cooper,</L>
<L>Wor&s;e meat's good enough, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Cannot a good Wife have a bit now and then,</L>
<L>But there mu&s;t be notice taken by the good Man?</L>
<L>I'll ha't to my dinner, Sir, do what you can,</L>
<L>It may be I long to have all or none;</L>
<L>Then prithee content take good Cooper,</L>
<L>O go to thy work, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Cooper mi&s;tru&s;ted &s;ome knavery to be</L>
<L>Hid under the brewing-fat; and therefore he,</L>
<L>Was fully re&s;olved for his mind-&s;ake to &s;ee;</L>
<L>Alas! &s;aid the Brewer, then woe be to me;</L>
<L>O what &s;hall I &s;ay to the Cooper?</L>
<L>O would I were gone, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You Whore, quoth the Cooper, is this your boar-pig,</L>
<L>He has been well fed, for he's grown very big,</L>
<L>I'll either have of him an arm or a leg,</L>
<L>I'll make him unable his tail for to wag,</L>
<L>Before he gets hence from Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>I'll make him remember, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O pardon me, Neighbour, the Brewer did &s;ay,</L>
<L>And for the offence I have done thee to day,</L>
<L>I am well contented thy wrath to ally,</L>
<L>And make re&s;titution for this my foul play;</L>
<L>O prithee forgive me Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>And i'll be a Friend, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If for this offence thou wilt &s;et me clear,</L>
<L>My bounty and love to thee &s;hall appear,</L>
<L>I'll freely allow thee and thine all the year,</L>
<L>As much as ye'll drink, either &s;trong ale or beer:</L>
<L>O prithee forgive me Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>And i'll be a Friend, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh no, (quoth the Cooper) i'll have you to think,</L>
<L>That I with my labour can buy my&s;elf drink;</L>
<L>I'll geld thee or lame thee e'er from me thou &s;hrink:</L>
<L>The&s;e words made the Brewer with for fear to &s;tink,</L>
<L>He feared the rage of the Cooper,</L>
<L>Yet &s;till he intreated, &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>This Cooper by no means would &s;et go his hold,</L>
<L>The Brewer cry'd out to the Cooper, and told</L>
<L>Him, there was the key of his &s;ilver and gold,</L>
<L>And gave him free leave to take what he would;</L>
<L>O then be contented the Cooper,</L>
<L>The&s;e tydings well plea&s;ed, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If thou, quoth the Cooper, wilt &s;wear by an oath,</L>
<L>To do all thou telle&s;t me, though I am loath,</L>
<L>I will be content to pardon you both.</L>
<L>Content, quoth the Brewer, I will by my troth,</L>
<L>Here take you my keys, Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>Yea, with a good will, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>On this condition they both went away,</L>
<L>Both Iohn and the Brewer they both went I &s;ay,</L>
<L>Which opened the coffer where more mony lay,</L>
<L>Then Iohn the Cooper had &s;een many a day;</L>
<L>This is a brave &s;ight, thought the Cooper,</L>
<L>I'll furni&s;h my&s;elf, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Iohn was &s;o far in affection with that,</L>
<L>That he took up handfuls and filled his hat;</L>
<L>I will have my bargain, quoth Iohn, that is flat,</L>
<L>The Brewer &s;hall pay well for u&s;ing my fat;</L>
<L>I'll cry no more, Work for a Cooper;</L>
<L>Farewel to the trade, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus mony can pacifie the greate&s;t &s;trife,</L>
<L>For Iohn never after found fault with his Wife,</L>
<L>He left off his adz, his &s;aw, and his knife,</L>
<L>And after liv'd richly all days of his life:</L>
<L>He cry'd no more, Work for a Cooper;</L>
<L>O what a good Wife, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And in this mercy mood oft-times he would &s;ay,</L>
<L>If I had hooped twenty tubs in one day,</L>
<L>I &s;hould not have had &s;o much wealth by my fay,</L>
<L>Gra-mercy kind Wife, for thy wit found the way,</L>
<L>To make a rich Man of Iohn Cooper,</L>
<L>O what a good Wife, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let no married Couple that hear this Tale told,</L>
<L>Be of this opinion this Couple did hold,</L>
<L>To &s;ell reputation for &s;ilver or gold,</L>
<L>For credit and hone&s;ty &s;hould not be &s;old:</L>
<L>Thus endeth the Song of the Cooper,</L>
<L>That cry'd, Ha'ye any work for the Cooper?</L>
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