Mans felicity and misery which is, a good wife and a bad: or the best and the worst, discoursed in a dialogue betweene Edmund and Dauid. To the tune of I haue for all good wives a song. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A08969 of text S103582 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 19253.3). 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. 8 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 2018 A08969 STC 19253.3 ESTC S103582 99839333 99839333 3742 2248565785

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A08969) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 3742) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1607:19) Mans felicity and misery which is, a good wife and a bad: or the best and the worst, discoursed in a dialogue betweene Edmund and Dauid. To the tune of I haue for all good wives a song. M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. For Francis Grove, Printed at London : [ca. 1635] Signed: M. P., i.e. Martin Parker. Publication date from STC. Verse - "Kind couzen Dauid prithée stay,". In two parts; woodcut illustrations at head of each part. Another edition of STC 19253, published in 1632. Identified as STC 19253 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 2123. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo Mans felicity and misery: which is, a good wife and a bad: or the best and the worst, discoursed in a dialogue betweene Edmund and Dauid. To the tune M. P. 1635 2 1175 5 0 0 0 0 0 42.55 D The rate of 42.55 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Mans Felicity and Misery : Which is , a good Wife and a bad : or the best and the worst , discoursed in a Dialogue betweene Edmund and Dauid . To the tune of I haue for all good wiues a song .

Edmund . KInd Couzen Dauid prethée stay . Good newes to thée I will bewray , Since last I saw thée I am married , Now things with me are better carryed , I dare say that which few men can , I haue the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . I am right ioyfull Couzen Ned , To heare that thou so well art sped : As thou mayst thy good fortune blesse , I may curse my vnhappinesse ; My torments none on earth can scan , I haue the worst Wife that euer had man . Edmund . My wife for beautie beares the name . From all i' th towne from whence she came , For shape she might a Lady be , And so all say that doe her sée : Her middle I can easily span , O shee 's the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . My wife so l●thsome is to view , She euery morning makes me spew , For person shée 's scarce good enough To try , maids ha' ye auy Kitchin-stuffe : She 〈…〉 Dripping pan , O she 's the worst Wife that euer had man . Edmund . My wife is affable and méeke , To please my fancy she doth seeke . My humour she will neuer th'wart , But d●t my will with all her heart , We vse no words but Ned and Nan , She is the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . My wise is obstinate and froward , Shée 's sullen , péeuish , and vntoward ; Shée 's glad at heart when she can finde , Occasion to molest my minde : Shée 'l I haue her will doe what I can , O she 's the worst Wife that euer had man . Edmund . My wife is carefull of her charge , She neuer romes abroad at large , Her businesse she will ne're neglect , But brings all things to good effect : Shée 's to her Babes a Pelican , O shee 's the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . My wife among her Gossips doth gad , As though nothing to doe she had , The children goe vndrest all day , Unlesse I put on their array : I ●ot faint to make what shift I can , For she 's the worst wife that euer had man . Edmund . My wife's 〈◊〉 constan chastity , Like Lucrece or Penelope : She is so wary in her carriage , That if a kisse would wrong her marriage , No one should get that fauour than , For shee 's the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . My wife is full of merry tricks , She hath béene naught with fiue or sixe , If she can get me out o' th doore , Ere I returne shee le play the whore , Shée 'l say though I can't others can , O shee 's the worst Wife that euer had man .
The second part , To the same tune .

Edmund . My wife so cleanely is and neate , She adds a goodnesse to my meate , I eate when I no stomacke haue , Because 't is done as I doe craue , In sicknesse she is my Physician , For she 's the best Wife that euer had man . Dauid . My wife is such a beastly Slut , Unlesse it be an Egge or a Nut , I in the house dare nothing eat , For feare there 's poyson in the meate , The Dogs doe licke both Dish and Pan , O she 's the worst Wife , &c. Edmund . My wife will weare no yellow hose , No wench can make her swell ith'nose , She knowes that I to her am iust , And in my faith she puts her trust ; Shée le not be vext say what I can , For she 's the best , &c. Dauid . If I vpon a woman looke , My wife will sweare vpon a booke , That she is certainely a Whore , Though I ne're saw the Woman before , Shee le claw her eyes out if she can , O she 's the worst , &c. Edmund . My wife will neuer follow me , Goe where I will , at home stayes she , Though I from morne till night doe rome , She smiling bids me welcome home . This makes me haste home to my Nan , For she 's the best , &c. Dauid . If I vnto the Ale-house goe , To drinke a Iugge of béere or so , Though ne're so fast I thither hye , My wife is there as soone as I : At me and my friends she 'le curse and ban , For she 's the worst , &c. Edmund . If any friends come home to me , My wife giues entertainment frée , But out o th' doores she will not stirre Unlesse I goe along with her , She scrapes and saues what ere she can , O she 's the best , &c. Dauid . My wife will at the Ale-house sit , And waste away both money and wit , Nay rather then shée le liquor lacks , Shée 'l sell the smocke from off her backe , Shée 'l steale from me all that she can , O she 's the worst Edmund . Kind Cousen Dauid I am very sorry , To heare thée tell so sad a story , Marriage and hanging now I see , Goe as they say by destiny I would thou couldst say as I can , I haue the best wife , &c. Dauid . I thanke you Cousen for your good will , Long may your blessing continue still , My crosse I must with patience beare , Till God or the Deuill end my care , And thus I end as I began , I haue the worst Wife that euer had man . Author . You wiues who haue heard this discourse Now shew who 's better and who 's worse . The best will freely buy this Song , The worst will shew she hath a tongue . The head 's soone broken that is scald , And Iades will kicke if they be gall'd .
FINIS . M. P.

Printed at London for Francis Groue .