The wonderful praise of a good husband or, The kind and careful mothers counsel to her daughter. Bad husbands they, oft run astray, as being most unkind: but good we see, will always be of a far better mind. To the tune of, My life and my death; or, The poor man's counsellor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06699 of text R234875 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W3372). 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 B06699 Wing W3372 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[532] 99887959 ocm99887959 183622 2240895163

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06699) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183622) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[413]) The wonderful praise of a good husband or, The kind and careful mothers counsel to her daughter. Bad husbands they, oft run astray, as being most unkind: but good we see, will always be of a far better mind. To the tune of, My life and my death; or, The poor man's counsellor. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J. Deacon, [London : between 1685-1688] Imprint suggested by Wing. Verse: "Dear daughter, i'de have thee to take special care ..." Imperfect: trimmed affecting imprint. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The wonderful praise of a good husband, or, The kind and careful mothers counsel to her daughter. Bad husbands they, oft run astray, as being most unk anon 1688 1 662 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.11 C The rate of 15.11 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband Or , The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter . Bad Husbands they , oft run astray , as being most Unkind : But Good we see , will always be of a far better mind . To the Tune of , My Life and my Death ; Or , The Poor Man's Counsellor .

DEar Daughter , i 'de have thee to take special care , With whom thou dost Marry , for why , I declare , Bad Husbands occasion much sorrow and grief , It seldom or never affords a Relief : Besides , in their Humours they 'l ne'r be controul'd , Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. Some Men are so wilful they 'l spend all their store , And say when 't is gone , they can Labour for more ; This resolute humour , will bring t●em to know , In time of affliction , much sorrow and woe : For Friendship is scarcy , and Charity 's Cold , Good Husbands , &c. That Maid that shall Wed an Extravagant Man , Altho' she may Labour and do what she can , Yet all is in vain , for if he does Consume , Yet trouble and sorrow must needs be her doom : Dear Daughter I tell you , I know this of old , Good Husbands , &c. Some Women when Marry'd , great Portion have brought Yet Riotons Husbands their Ruine hath wrought ; For those that will lead an Extravagant Life , Regards not the tears of a sorrowful Wife : Their Houses are Mortgag'd , and Livings are Sold , Good Husband ; are Jewels far better then Gold. TO Gaming , and Hawking , and Hunting they 'l Ride , With drinking and feasting with Harlots beside ; Full quickly will squander and waste their Estate , And they may be sorry when it is too late : Loose Living will bring them to want when they 're old , Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. When ever a Spend-thrift is seen to pass by , There goes a Good-fellow , his Cronies will cry ; An honest true heart too , this , this is their tone , Alas ! he is no bodies Foe but his own : But yet Wife and Children much sorrow behold , Good Husbands , &c. Your Ale-wives they flourish in Silks and black Baggs , While poor men , their Clyents , are cloathed in Raggs ; They laugh when they see an old Spends thrift Carrouse , Because they do feed of the Sweat of his Brows : But yet they , will slight him when e're he grows Old , Good Husbands , &c. To speak of their Dertues I now may at large , They 'l tender their Wives , and provide for their Charges Nothing shall be wanting that they can provide , Both Meat , Drink , and Cloathing , with all things beside : Providing in Summer for Winter that 's Cold , Good Husbands , &c. They , like the industrious Bee , will delight To Labour , and bring home their Profit at Night . If such a kind Husband you happen to have , Your duty , dear Daughter , will then be to save ; And likewise be loving , not given to Scold , Good Husbands , &c. When Wives by their Husbands are dearly ador'd , No greater a Blessing the world can afford ; In Troubles or Crosses , or what may befall , Good Husbands will still bear a share in them all ; And in their kind Arms their sweet Wives will infold , Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. FINIS .

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