2 Two wives I say thou art to wed.
Both which are lawful to thy bed;
Sons by the first thou shalt have store,
And by the last have many more.
3 Thou art to have thy neighbour's wife,
And be a cuckold all thy life;
For when her husband's dead and gone,
Thou'lt wear the horns thyself put on.
4 Wives thou art allotted three.
More than are good I promise thee;
The first is like to be the best,
But wish the de'il take all the rest.
5. Two wives thou art design'd to wed.
But one will hornify thy head;
The other won't be worth a groat,
Yet she will drub thy cuckold's coat,
6 As many moles as you may see.
Betwixt the navel and the knee;
So many girls thou art to meet.
Betwixt the top and under sheet.
What Portion shall a Man have with his Wife?
B.
HAVE no regard to worldly pelf,
She'll have a portion of herself,
A chatte, a sweet, and comely dame,
With virtues more than I can name.
2. With a good wife thou wilt be blest,
That portion is worth all the rest;
She shall have gold and silver store.
What can thou then desire more.
3. Thou'lt have her belly to her chin.
But of thy neighbour's laying in,
With a tongue that sounds as well.
And loud as the high steeple bell.
4. An hundred pounds in beaten gold,
Thou at thy marriage shalt behold;
