The housholders new-yeeres gift containing a pleasant dialogue betwixt the husband and his wife, pleasant to be regarded. To the tune of, where is my true-love. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A03730 of text S116218 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 13852). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A03730 STC 13852 ESTC S116218 99851435 99851435 16707 2264194291

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A03730) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 16707) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1603:17) The housholders new-yeeres gift containing a pleasant dialogue betwixt the husband and his wife, pleasant to be regarded. To the tune of, where is my true-love. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed [by E. Purslowe] for F. Coules, dwelling in the Old-Bayly, London : [ca. 1640] Printer's name from STC; publication date estimated by STC. Verse - "Grieve no more, sweet husband,". Printed on same sheet with STC 1331. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. A03730 S116218 (STC 13852). civilwar no The housholders new-yeeres gift, containing a pleasant dialogue betwixt the husband and his wife, pleasant to be regarded. To the tune of, w [no entry] 1640 1 759 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 C The rate of 13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-08 Sampled and proofread 2002-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Housholders New-yeeres Gift , containing a pleasant Dialogue betwixt the Husband and his Wife , pleasant to be regarded . To the tune of , where is my true-love . GRieve no more , sweet Husband , to grieve it is in vaine , Little it availeth to grieve or else complaine : Then shew thy need to no man , for it doth breed disdaine : Now comes a good new yeare . H. Alacke and alas for woe , how can I chuse , The world is growne so cruell , that friendship few doe vse : Flattery gets credit , plaine troth is overthrowne : O Lord send a good new yeere . W. The world it is deceitfull , then trust it not , my deare : But take this comfort to thee thy saddest thoughts to cheare : The Lord will never leave them , where true love doth appeare : And God send a merry new yeare . H. What comfort can I take , Wife , when sorrow is so great : Misery on all sides doth us alwayes threat : When labour is too little to finde us bread and meat : O Lord send a good new yeare . Scarcitie is planted in Uillage and in towne , We see our neighbours children goe begging up and downe , Few persons doe relieve them ; but all at them doe frowne : O Lord send a good new yeare . W. Greedinesse is causer , good husband , of this ill , Pride that madding monster , kind charitie doth kill : Lord Iesus soone amend it , according to thy will : And send us a merry new yeare . H. Corne in every Market so deare we dayly see : Wee pay more for a bushell , then wee were wont for three : This cuts the hearts of poore men , and this undoeth me : O Lord send a good new yeare . W. Why husband , this hath caused so many at this day , To pinch their pretty bellies within their garments gay : And all they thinke too little , upon themselves to lay : Good Lord send a merry new yeere . H. Sweet wife , a thousand sorrowes doe yet torment my minde , To thinke for all my labour how I am still behinde : And for the same no remedy alacke , that I can finde : Good Lord send a merry new yeere . W. Take courage , gentle Husband , and hearken what I say , After freezing Ianuary commeth pleasant May : There is no storme so cruell , but comes as faire a day : Good Lord send a merry new yeere . H. Gentle Wife , I tell thee , my very heart is done The worlds great calamitie , no way can I shunne : For still in debt and danger , more and more I runne : Good Lord send a merry new yeere . W. Be content , sweet Husband , and hearken unto mee : The Lord is still as mercifull as he was wont to bee . Goe thou and ply thy labour , and I will worke with thee : God Lord send a merry new yeere . I will not be idle , but I will Card and Spin : I will save together that thou bringest in : No man for debt is hanged , then passe thou not a pin : And God send a merry new yeere . H. Deare Wife , thy gentle speeches revive me at the heart , To see thee take my poverty in such a gentle part : If God doe ever raise me , thou shalt h●ve thy desert : And God send a merry new yeere . W. Poverty ( sweet Husband ) oft time hath been blamed : But poverty with honesty never yet was shamed : The rich man discontented , may bee a poore man call'd : But God send a merry new yeere . What thou want'st in riches , I will supply in love , Thou shalt be my honey , and I thy Turtle Dove : Thou art my beloved , no sorrow shall remove : And God send a merry new yeere . FINIS .

London , Printed for F. Coules , dwelling in the Old-Bayly .