The Cucking of a scould to the tune of, The merchant of [?] This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A19680 of text S1874 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 6100). 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 2018 A19680 STC 6100 ESTC S1874 22857128 ocm 22857128 25820 2240950116

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A19680) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 25820) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1790:12) The Cucking of a scould to the tune of, The merchant of [?] 1 broadside : ill. By G.P., Printed at London : [ca. 1630] Date of imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Without music. Imperfect: faded, with loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English. eebo The cucking of a scould. To the tune of, The merchant of Em[d]en. [no entry] 1630 1 963 46 0 0 0 0 0 477.67 F The rate of 477.67 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2002-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-01 Sampled and proofread 2003-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Cucking of a Scould . To the tune of , The Merchant of 〈◊〉 .

A Wedded wife there was , 〈…〉 of yeers but yong , 〈…〉 she wanted wit , 〈…〉 she lackt no tongue . 〈…〉 yeeres of age , 〈…〉 was no more , 〈…〉 would scold with any one , From twenty to threescore . The cucking of a Scold , The cucking of a Scold , Which i● you will but stay to heare , The cucking of a Scold . 〈…〉 〈…〉 tongue did wag , 〈…〉 haue it runne , 〈…〉 Nag . 〈…〉 wrong , 〈…〉 shew her skill . 〈…〉 moued once 〈…〉 not so ill . The ●uc●ing &c. 〈…〉 know 〈…〉 begun . 〈…〉 tell you for his life , 〈…〉 would have done . 〈…〉 a famous Scould , 〈…〉 Scould in graine , 〈…〉 Scould was neuer bred Nor borne in Turne-gaine Lane The cucking , &c. Upon a 〈◊〉 it chanc'd And she did thus alledge A neig●bours maid had taken halfe Her 〈◊〉 from the hedge : For 〈◊〉 great trespasse done , This wrong for to requite , She scolded very hansomely , 〈…〉 and one whole night . The cucking , &c. 〈…〉 did mol●st The neighbours round about : But this was nothing to the fits That she would thunder out . But once , the truth to tell , Worse scolding did she kéepe , For waking of her little Dog , That in the Sun did sléepe . The cucking , &c. Six winter dayes together , From morning eight a clocke , Untill the euening that each one Their doores began to lock : She scolded for this wrong . Which she accounted great . And vnto peace and quietnesse No man could her intreat . The cucking &c. So that this little Deuill , With her vnquiet tongue , Continually both far and néere , Molested old and yong . But yet soone after this , She made a greater brawle , Against the Constable , that did But pisse against her wall . The cucking , &c. She cal'd him beastly knau● , And filthy Iacke for this , And said that euery Cuckold now Against her wall must pisse : And in must raging sort , She rail'd at him so long . He made a ●ow he would reuenge This most outragious worng . The cucking , &c. And first of all behold , He clapt her in the Cage , Thinking thereby her deuillish tongue , He would full well asswage . But now worse then before , She did to brawling fall . The Constable and all the rest She vildly did miscall . The cucking , &c. Thus night and day she sent Such brawling from her drist . That 〈◊〉 neighbour in the towne Could take one houres rest . Which when the ●ustice knew , This ●udgement than gaue he , That she vpon a cucking stoole Should iustly punisht be . The cucking , &c. Upon three market dayes , This penance she should hide . And euery thing fit for the same . The Officers did prouide : An hundred Archers good , Did first before her goe , A hundred and fiue nimble shot Went next vnto the Roe . The cucking &c. An hundred armed men Did also follow there : The which did guard the gallant Scould With piercing Pikes and Speare : And trumptes sounding sweet● In order with them comes A company most orderly , With pleasant 〈…〉 The cucking , &c. And forty Parrats then . On sundry pearches hie , Were carried eke before the scould , Most fine and orderly And last of all a mighty wispe Was borne before her face . The perfect taken of a Scould Well browne in euery place . The cucking , &c. Then was the Scould her selfe . In a wheele-barrow brought . Stripped naked to the smocke , As in that case she ought : Neats tongues about her necke Were bung to open show ; And thus vnto the cucking stoole This famous Scould did goe , The cucking , &c. Then fast within the chaire She was most finely bound , Which made her scold excessiuely , And said she should be drown'd . But euery time that she Was in the 〈◊〉 , The drums & trumpets sounded , braue For 〈…〉 The cucking , &c. S●x 〈◊〉 when she was duckt Within the water cleare . That like vnto a drowned Rat , She did in sight appeare . The Iustice thinking then 〈◊〉 send her straight away . The Constable she called knaue . And knau'd him all the day . The cucking &c. Upon which words , I wot , They duckt her straight againe A dozen times ore head and eares : Yet she would not refraime , But still reuil'd them all . ●●en 〈◊〉 againe they goe , Till she at last held vp her hands , Saying , I le no more doe so . The cucking &c. Then was she brought away , And after for her life , She neuer 〈◊〉 begin to scould With either man or wife . And if that euery Scould Might haue so good a diet , Then should their neighbours euery day Be sure to liue in quiet , The cucking of a Scould , The cucking of a Scould Which if you will but stay to heare The cucking of a Scould . FINIS

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