Seldome cleanely, or, A merry new ditty, wherein you may see, the tricke of a huswife, in every degree ... : to the tune of, Vpon a summers time. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A10071 of text S1646 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 20322). 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. 6 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 A10071 STC 20322 ESTC S1646 20243677 ocm 20243677 23917 2240937452

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A10071) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 23917) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1712:14) Seldome cleanely, or, A merry new ditty, wherein you may see, the tricke of a huswife, in every degree ... : to the tune of, Vpon a summers time. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1 broadside : ill. Printed for Iohn Wright junior, dwelling at the upper end of the Old Baily, London : [1635?] Signed at end: L.P. Date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Without music. Reproduction of original in the University of Glasgow. Library. eng Ballads, English. eebo Seldome cleanely, or, A merry new ditty, wherein you may see, the tricke of a huswife, in every degree: then lend your attention while I doe unfold, a L. P. 1635 2 953 15 0 0 0 0 0 157.4 F The rate of 157.4 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Seldome cleanely OR , A merry new Ditty , wherein you may see , The tricke of a Huswife , in every degree : Then lend your attention while I doe unfold , As pleasant a story as you have heard told , To the tune of , Vpon a Summers time .

DRaw néere you Countrey Girles , and ●●ssen unto me , I le tell you here a new conceit concerning Huswifery , concerning Huswifery , Thrée Aunts I had of late , good Huswifes all were they : But cruell death hath taken the best of them away , O the best of them away . O this was one of my Aunts , the best of all the three : And surely though I say it my selfe A cleanly woman was she , A cleanly woman was she . My Vncle carelesse was , in wasting of his store : Which made my Aunt to have a care To looke about the more , To looke , &c. ●hen Winter time drew on , nee●e to ●lthollon day : My Aunt did cash her wits about To save her Straw and Hay , To save , &c. And like a provident woman , As plainely did apeare : She starv'd her Bullockes to save her Hay , Vntill another yeare , O this was one of my Aunts , the best of all the three , And surely though I say 't my selfe a provident woman was shee . But as shée went to fée her cattell in the fields : When shee comes home two pound of durt , Hang d●ngling at her heeles , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. And there shée let it hang from Candlemas till May : And then shée tooke a hatchet in hand , And chopt it cleane away , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. In making of a chéese my Aunt shewed her cunning : Such perfit skill shée had at will , Shée never used running , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. For having strained her milke . in turning once about , Shée had the best curd that ever you saw , By the sent of the strayning clout , O this was one of my Aunts , the , &c.
The second part , To the same tune .

SHée was the choysest Nurse , that lived in all the West : Her face was white as the charcoale flower So was her neck and brest , O this was one of my Aunts , the best of all the three And surely though I say 't my selfe , a cleanly good Nurse was she . The garments which she did weare , did shine like the br●zen Crock ▪ And where shée went she bore such a sent , That ●he flyes b●ew in her frock , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. My Aunt so cu●ious was , as I to you may tell ▪ Shee u●ed to make ●at puddings , In markets for to sell O this was one of my Aunts , &c. The smallest candles end , my Aunt would never loose : It would helpe to make her puddings fat , With the droppings of her nose , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. Another trick she had , as I shall ●ow declare , Shée never swept the house , About some times a yeare , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. And when shée swept the Hall , the Parlor or the Spence : The dust was worth to her at least , A shilling or 14. pence O this was one of my Aunts , the , &c. One day my Aunt was set by the fier si●e a spi●ning : As she knew well what was to doe , To wollen or to linnen , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. A change came in her minde , her worke being in great hast : She burn'd her Tow her Whéele and all , Because she would make no wast , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. My Aunt so patient was , of this I dare be bold That with her neighbours shée Was never knowne to scold , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. Her lips with lothsome words , shee seldome would defile : But sometimes she would whisper so loud , You might heare her halfe a mile , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. Yet one condition more , unto you I will thow : Shee washt her dishes once a moneth , And set them on a row , O this was one of my Aunts , &c. If other wise she had , but of a dishclout faile , She would set them to the Dog to lick . and wipe 〈◊〉 with his tayle . O this was one of my Aunts , &c , But to conclude in hast , I hold it not amisse : I love a cleanly huswife well , As may appeare by this , O this was one of my Aunts , the best of all the three And surely though I say 't my selfe , a cleanely woman was she .
L. P. FINIS .

London Printed for Iohn Wright junior , dwelling at the upper end of the Old Baily .