Which thy wife shall unto thee bring.
And many other needful thing.
5. The grand designers of thy match.
Will for their own advantage watch,
They talk of more than thou wilt find.
Therefore leave off and change your mind.
6. 'Tis true her portion is but small,
But thou deservest none at all;
If she had ne'er a petticoat,
She's richer than thee by a groat.
What kind of Woman one's Wife will be?
C.
COME be not of thy dame so proud,
The little woman will be lewd;
Then go to some convenient pool,
Wherein there stands a ducking-stool.
2 Thy wedding-day is like to be
a prologue of felicity;
For she that is to be thy love,
Will be as chaste as any dove.
3. Thy wife will be an honest dame,
and M begins her Christian name:
Then let not fears possess thy head,
For she will ne'er defile thy bed.
4 Thy wife will be an arrant scold,
⟨Ill⟩-na'ur'd, ugly poor and old;
⟨a⟩ whore, a slut, and ugly too,
and yet she'll always brawl at you.
5 A homely puss, of nature base,
With crooked looks and crabbed face,
Both poor and basely born and bred,
⟨Rich⟩ is the girl thou art to wed
6 A girl of middle age and stature,
⟨Yet⟩ lofty in her mind and nature;
⟨And⟩ when thou com'st into her yoke,
⟨Put⟩ up thy horns into thy poke.
