Any thing for a quiet life, or, The Married mans bondage to a curst wife to the tune of Oh no, no, no, not yet, or, Ile neuer loue thee more. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A20572 of text S4120 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 698.5). 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 A20572 STC 698.5 ESTC S4120 23208293 ocm 23208293 26393 2248540382

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A20572) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 26393) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1806:7) Any thing for a quiet life, or, The Married mans bondage to a curst wife to the tune of Oh no, no, no, not yet, or, Ile neuer loue thee more. [2] p. : ill. Printed by G.P., At London : [ca. 1620] In two parts. Imprint taken from colophon. Date of imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.). In double columns. Without music. Reproduction of original in the Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English. Marriage. eebo Any thing for a quiet life; or the Married mans bondage to a curst wife. To the tune of Oh no, no, no, not yet; or Ile neuer loue thee more. [no entry] 1620 2 896 3 0 0 0 0 0 33.48 C The rate of 33.48 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-09 Sampled and proofread 2002-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Any thing for a quiet life ; Or the Married mans bondage to a curst Wife . To the tune of Oh no , no , no , not yet ; or I le neuer loue thee more .

ANy thing for a quiet life a Yong man faine would 〈◊〉 : To serue his Master out his time , and please his Mistris too : His bondage wisht for liberty , that he might haue a wife At his owne will , for to doe still any thing for a quiet life . In haste he chose himselfe then one , and quickly was he wed : But crooked cares of houshold charge , molested much his head . His wedding shooes no sooner off , but his commanding wife Did make him pray , and often say , Any thing for a quiet life . His wife ( yong ●asse ) grew wanton sick , within a day or two : And long'd , she knew not well for what , as many women doe . The daintiest things that could be got , he gaue vnto his wife , And for her sake , did vndertake any thing for a quiet life . With Plums , and Peares , & Cherries ripe , of twenty shillings a pound , With Pescods newly from the bloome , if any might be found . All which he must goe seeke forthwith , to please his longing wife : Thus married men doe now and then , to haue a quiet life . Seurn Holydayes in one weeke , she still desired to make , And euery day to lye till noone , for feare her head should ake . For want of sleepe would trouble sore this his yong teeming wife . That would haue dyed , if he denyed any thing for a quiet life . For breakefast in her bed she had a Cawdle of Muskadine : And then with Woodcocks and with Larks , she must rise vp and dine : Where ●e kind-hearted married man , giues welcome to his wife : For doe but craue , quoth he , and haue , any thing for a quiet life . At last her Child-bed time drew on , where money must be spent : In dainty Lawnes & Cambricks fine , or else no way content . Her house must be as well set out , as any Citie wife : Thus fill'd with care , he must not spare , any thing for a quiet life . Her Nurses weekely charge likewise , with many a Gossips feast : He well perceiu'd , when purse grew light , and emptied was his Chest. The Sugar Plums , & sweet Conserues to please his Child-bed wife : Both night and day , gréeu'd him to say , Any thing for a quiet life .
The second part . To the same tune .

THese Christning charges ouer-past , the Churching day came on : Against which time , her Taylor must her garded Gowne bring home . Her Petti-coat of Stammell red , new giuen vnto his wife : Which charges paid , this Yong-man said , any thing for a quiet life . Thus after many a braue Carowse , vpon her Churching day , Her tattling Gossips her perswade , in this her rich array , To take the comforts of the ayre , and pleasures of a wife : While he at home , sayes like a mome , any thing for a quiet life . Unto her Nurse-child then must she , in iollity and ioy , Some ten miles distance for to see , the vsage of her Boy . Well mounted on an ambling Nagge , with some kinde neighbours wife , Whilst hee poore soule must sing in dole , any thing for a quiet life . Not any meeting in seuen miles , where Gallants doe repayre : But she will braue it with the best , and for no charges spare . If fault her Husband finde therewith , she proues a frowning wife , And tyres him so , till he bestow ; any thing for a quiet life . His old acquaintance must he not at any time goe see : Except she grant , and giue him leaue , or there in presence be . And then his purse he must yeeld vp to his commanding wife : While he must say , Good woman pay any thing for a quiet life . Thus yeere by yéere , he spent his dayes , in troubles and in cares : A warning fit for him which thus , himselfe to marriage snares . The onely hell vpon this earth , to haue an angry wife : To make vs say both night and day , any thing for a quiet lise . Let Yong-men all take heed by this , how they doe match and marry : He leads a life of libertie , that doth the longest tarry . It is the formost step to woe , to wed vnto a wife , That will haue still , at her owne will , any thing for a quiet life . FINIS .

At London printed by G. P.