The discontented married man. Or, A merry new song that was pend in foule weather, of a scould that could not keep her lips together To the tune of, Shee cannot keepe her &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A06795 of text S120066 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 17232). 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 A06795 STC 17232 ESTC S120066 99855266 99855266 20751 2240924043

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A06795) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 20751) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 812:02) The discontented married man. Or, A merry new song that was pend in foule weather, of a scould that could not keep her lips together To the tune of, Shee cannot keepe her &c. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield, London : [ca. 1640] Estimated publication date from STC. Verse - "A yong man lately wedded was". In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. A06795 S120066 (STC 17232). civilwar no The discontented married man. Or, A merry new song that was pend in foule weather, of a scould that could not keep her lips together. To the [no entry] 1640 2 770 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2002-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-07 Sampled and proofread 2002-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-08 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The discontened married Man . OR , A merry new Song that was pend in foule weather , Of a Scould that could not keep her lips together .
To the tune of , Shee cannot keepe her &c.

A Yong man lately wedded was To a faire and comely creature ; She was a blithe and bonny Lasse As ere was fram'd by Nature . With rolling eye , And forehead high , And all good parts Nature could give her : But she had learned such a note , She could not kéep her l. together . A lusty youth of Cupids straine , That might the Quéen of Love contented : Came unto her , her love to gain , And fréely she her love consented . But to be short , In Cupids Court , He usde her well when he came thither : And plaid his part in such an art , She could not , &c. When her Husband he heard tell Of her tricks with true relation , He complained to himselfe Very sadly in this fashion . Quoth he , I would give twenty pound , That s ten more then I had with her , Her mother would take her home againe . And make her kéepe her , &c. Sonne be thou of patient mind , Let not thoughts thy fancies trouble : For I to thée will still prove kind . And her portion I will double . Time and age Will asswage , And the fairest flower will wither , And I such counsell will her give , Shall make her kéepe her l. together . Henceforth therefore I lle forsake her , And her mother shall her take : And for shame let her better make her . Or I againe will never take her . Pure modeshy she doth defile , Besides she 's fickle as the weather : And her scoulding plainly shews , She cannot kéepe her l. together . Then I le leave off to find another , Though 't may adde unto my lustre , For brave spacious England wide I am sure affords a cluster . Good and bad , Are to be had , Iove spéed me well though long I tarry For ere that I le have such a Mate , I never more intend to marry .
The second part to the same tune .

SHée is gone a wandring forth , Wanton wenches will be ranging With two gallants of great worth : Such as they affect a changing . She is bent To consent For to go she knowes not whether They will teach her such a trick , She will not kéep her l. together . To the Dancing-schoole she goes , There she spends her hosbands treasure , On each Shoo she weares a Rose , For to shew she 's fit for pleasure . And resort , To Cupids Court , And no sooner she comes thither , She learns so much of that same sport She cannot kéep her l. together . To the Tavern she repaires , Whilst her husband sits and muses , There she dominéeres and sweares , T is a thing she often uses . And being fine She for wine , Will both pawne her hat and feather , Which doth shew that it is true , She cannot kéep her l. together . He 's a Coxcombe that doth grieve And knows not how to court this creature , For he may pin her to his sléeue , She is of so kind a nature . She will play Every way . And is as nimble as a feather But she will often go astray , She cannot kéep her l. together . Thou that hast a wife that s civill , Love her well and make much of her , For a woman that is evill All the town thou séest will scoffe her . Love thy wife As thy life Let her not go thou know'st not whither , For you will alwayes live in strife , If she kéep not her l. together . Maidens faire have a care , Whom you love , and whom you marry , Love not those that iealous are Longer you had better tarry . For offence . Springs from hence , You will go you know not whether , Till you lose both wit and sence , And cannot kéep your l. together .

LONDON , Printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield .