A good wife is a portion every day. Or A dialogue discovering a good wife from a bad. And happy is that man that hath such a one. The tune is, Pockingtons pound. / By J. Wade. Wade, John, fl. 1660-1680. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06552 of text R228235 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W165). 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. 7 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 B06552 Wing W165 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[191] 99887710 ocm99887710 183360 2240882109

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06552) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183360) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[151]) A good wife is a portion every day. Or A dialogue discovering a good wife from a bad. And happy is that man that hath such a one. The tune is, Pockingtons pound. / By J. Wade. Wade, John, fl. 1660-1680. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby at the golden Ball neer t[he] hospital gate in West Smithfield., [London] : [between 1670-1696] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "Come youngmen & listen to what I'le you show ..." Imperfect: trimmed, affecting text and imprint. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo A good wife is a portion every day. Or A dialogue discovering a good wife from a bad. And happy is that man that hath such a one. The tune is, Pocking Wade, John, fl. 1696 1 1132 11 0 0 0 0 0 97.17 D The rate of 97.17 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Good Wife is a Portion every day . OR A Dialogue discovering a good Wife from a bad . And happy is that man that hath such a one . The Tune is , Pockingtons pound . By J. Wade .

COme youngmen & listen to what I 'le you show then William , and Harry , and Robin , & John When as you are minded a wooing to go , for these Lines do concern you every one : And what I declare , I 'le make it appear , From Eve it sprang out , and has last till this year , For though she was Man's fall , mark what I say , A good Wife is a portion every day . For a good wife will be saving and fearful to waste , but keep all things together so near as she can , When that a Spend : thrift will let fly as fast , and séeks by all means to undo her good man : Though he carps and doth care , She 'l not pinch nor spare , But junket abroad , and must have her fine cheer , She thinkes what she brought will never decay , When a good Wife is a portion every day . A wife that is vertuous and civil beside will honour her Husband , his words she 'l obey , She 'l not strive to cross him what ever betide , but make all things well when there should be a With fair words she 'l him draw To submit to her Law , Though his Beard it be frozen , in time she 'l it thaw Although he be given to wander and stray . A good wife will lead him into the right way . But she that takes no care but only for Pride how Buckle and Thong together to hold , She will have her humour whatever betide , or else day and night at him she will scold , For let a man starve , As I am alive , First he must ask his wife is he shall thrive : And if she says no , his Estate will decay ; When a good Wife is a portion every day . If a youngman hath but little withal to begin , if he lights of a good wife his stock will increase , What he gets without doors she 'l save it within , and if he be froward she 'l strive to keep peace : When a cross-grained wife That 's given to strife , Will seek to make a man weary on 's life : What e're he says to her she 'l not him obey , When a good wife is a portion every day . Therefore young Batchellors wherever you be , let not this money your hearts so bewitch , For 't ' ant that which makes a good husband you sée nor Means altogether don't make a man rich : The reason i le show you why , You shan't say I lye , She that brings a great deal looks to be maintained high Her costly Attire an Estate will decay , When a good wife &c. I heard of two Brothers , the one was the Heir , the other had little at all to begin , He married a wife that was both rich and fair , then for his poor Brother ●e car'd not a pin : For he did live high , And his wife she let flye His means , till she brought him to poverty , Then to his poor brother he sigh'd and did say , A good wife &c. Thus you may see how some are made poor , and some that hath but little to fortune doth rise , then he that has a good wife make much of her therefore and do not against her no mischief devise : But some men cannot see When as they well be , But seeks for to ruin their Family : Then all the blame on the poor woman they lay , When a good &c. He that has a good wife , happy is that man , if he does his indeavour his Living to get , And not spend it abroad in Pot nor in Can , she 'l arive alwaies to keep him out of Debt ; Good Counsel she 'l him give , If he 'l it receive , And set him all times in a way for to live : But a wife that is froward his Estate will decay But a good &c. But youngmen you 'l say how should a man kno● how to choose a good wife from a bad , In few lines I here will you show , and teach you that will make your hearts glad Chuse one that is civil , And strives to shun evil , For some are too cunning I think for the Devil , But she that means honest will keep the right w●● When a good &c. Be sure don't take a wife that will swear and lye , nor one that is given to flout or to jeer , Though she has ne'r so much means , she 'l make all fl● & spend more in a week then thou 'lt get in a ye●● Nor do not take one That 's too fluent in tongue , She 'l always be tattling of that she knows none Though it be nonsence she will have her way , when a good &c. But if thou art minded for to have a Mate , chu●e one that is vertuous and civil beside , Although thou art poor she 'l live at the same rate . and with patience will wait till thou canst bet●● provid● For content is a thing , That comfort doth bring , It makes a poorman as well as a Lord to sing : Then let the red shank or Dane deny what I say If a good wife &c. Concluding my ditty of what I have told , make much of thy wife tho thou' rt never so poor And if thou 'st got children esteem them as gold , then thou 'lt find a Salve for to cure thy sore : To work do thou strive , To keep them alive , As thy charge grows up thy stock it will thrive : Then youngmen remember th●●e words that I s●● A good Wife is a Portion every day . FINIS .

Printed for P. Brooksby at the golden Ball neer t●● Hospital Gate in West Smithfield .