The Patient Hushand, and the scolding Wife, showing how he doth complain of hard fortune he had to mary such a across grain'd Q●●an as she was and he wishes all young men to be advised to look before they l●●p. You bachelors where ere you be This Counse●l here now take of me Chu●e not a wife that ●● too pe●cise For fear she should p●uck ou● your eyes. To the Tune of, Bonny bonny bide. a man a woman ALl you gallants in City or Town▪ come listen a while to my song To you Ile relate with seeking a mats how that I myself a done wrong brave boys how that I myself a done wrong. When as I was single as some of you be ● I was beloved like other young men, I lived at my ease and I did what I pleass and the world it went well with me then brave boys and the world it went well with me then ● could kiss a young M●sd●an● she'd never seem coy ● and sometimes she w●uld ki●s me again, ●id perhaps at the last I c●●ld not her a boy ●● the world it went well with me then, &c. Thus bravely I lived without any contr●●● and had ●lver good store lying by, I could sing& be merry drink White wine& sherry▪ then who but sweet William and I, &c. Yet I could not be con●ent but a w●●ing i'd go to get me a Wife of my own, I get one at the l●st but she ●r●ves a shrow and sets horns where there never was none brave boys and &c. I married in hast but at lea●ure repent I would be s● fooled by a ●if●; She'l pout and s●e'l l●●er she'l frown and look sour then I dare not stir for my life b●ave boys then, &c. WH●n I went to Church I was lead by two M●ids and the M●sick did play galla●tly, My Wife she did dance and her 〈…〉 and she skipped up and down like a fly, brave boys and the, &c. But e're we'● been married one mo●th to an ●nd to se●●●h my Pockets she st 〈…〉 w●●s be an, Sh● took men by ●he ear●, and she 〈…〉 nt 〈…〉 s oh the world it went ill with me then, &c. She turned me about and she gave me a ro●t such a on● as I 〈…〉 had b●for●, Her hands wer● so quick my s●●e● she did lick and did bear me till I did roar, &c. The more I did pray t storms they might cease the lon●er I think ●hey did ●ife, The mor● I did pray that we might live in peace the more mischief she sti●l did device, &c. If that in an Ale-house I chanse for to pay then presently comes all my fea●s. I'a● sure to have blo●s also bitter Oaths, If I be not wrung by the ears, &c. One day weed about, and I held h●r too't till with the Lad●e she broken all my ●ose, Nay worse then all this, m s●l● I be●ist, and in truth I befowl'd both my hose, &c. Surely the●'s no man that liveth on earth that hath such a across wife as she, Which makes me to swear, young men haven care for the case it is altered with me, &c. Thrice ha●●y i● he that hath a good wife but far better's that young man Th●t settel● himself to live a si●gle life then would I was unmarried again, &c. For these ●ai●s are so false a man can't them trust and so much they are given to lies, If a man he don't please them at every turn then they're ready to pluck out his eyes, &c. They'l kick fling& throw, they'l fret& they'l ●own as i● the● was going mad you woned sw●ar And some Girls on their bellies more means will consume in one week than they'l get in a year, &c. The afore honest young men had need to beware for my part my own ruin i'be brought, And of flattering Damsels to have a grea● care▪ for wits never good till 'tis bought, &c. For● why experience I plainly do find what troubles some men do uph●●r'd That hath a across wife he's ne're sure of his life▪ to live quiet in bed nor at board, &c. I● she haunt her humour in every thing then his head with the Lad●e she'l g●●et, And at night I suppose if he dont loss● close then she▪ l kick him out at the beds feet, &c. So bachelors all now my leave Ile take this counsel is good for all honest young men If I was shut of this q●ean you know what I mean oh the world wou▪ d go well with me than, brave boys oh the world would go well with me then. Printed for W. Thackeray at the Golden Sugar-Loaf in Duck-Lane.