The poor mans counsellor, or, The marryed mans guide. If God have blest thee with a careful wife take my directions how to lead thy life, tho riches thou dost want yet thou shalt find far greater wealth in a contented mind, thy honest labours shall thy charge maintain, being truly got, not by unlawful gain. Tune of, The poor man's comfort,. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06935 of text S118907 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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 B06935 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[266] 99887751 ocm99887751 183418 2248540063

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06935) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183418) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[209]) The poor mans counsellor, or, The marryed mans guide. If God have blest thee with a careful wife take my directions how to lead thy life, tho riches thou dost want yet thou shalt find far greater wealth in a contented mind, thy honest labours shall thy charge maintain, being truly got, not by unlawful gain. Tune of, The poor man's comfort,. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). s.n., [London : 1680?] Imprint suggested by Wing P2865A. Verse: "Come friend if thy leisure permit thee to stay ..." Cf. Wing P2865A, which has "councillor" in the title. Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng eebo The poor mans counsellor, or, The marryed mans guide. If God have blest thee with a careful wife take my directions how to lead thy life, tho riches t anon 1680 1 869 11 0 0 0 0 0 126.58 F The rate of 126.58 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The poor Mans Counsellor , OR , The marryed mans Guide . If God have blest thee with a careful wife Take my directions how to lead thy life , Tho Riches thou dost want yet thou shalt find Far greater wealth in a contented mind , Thy honest labour shall thy charge maintain , Being truly got , not by unlawful gain . Tune of , The Poor Man's Comfort ,

COme friend if thy leisure permit thée to stay , I le teach thee some precepts the same to obey , Now thou hast betaken thy self to a Wife How thou maist live happy all daies of thy life , Then take my directions tho thou art but poor I le learn thee to keep the wolf from the door . T is not all mens fortune great Riches to have And they that have little have most need to save , For Riches have wings and away they will fly And leave them forsaken that once were so high , A little is better with peace and content Then wealth in abundance in misery spent . The wealth of the world doth too many bewitch And they are too blame that make hast to be rich For goods ill gotten like snow-bals will wast And he that was rich shall be poor at the last . Therefore be content with a lowly degrée And God will provide in due time you shall sée . If thou hast a wife that is loving and kind Great comfort in her at all times thou wilt find Whatever betide thee she will bear a share And help to advize thee in woe or welfare , Then strive not her patience at all to provoke But freely submit to draw both in a yoak .

A wife that is froward I do not commend What thou dost take pains for she 'l lavishly spend And do what thou canst for to humor her still She 'l hold thée in scorn if she want of her will , Make much of thy wife that is loving and chast For she will be saving and fearful to wast . Each morning when thou dost thy labor begin Have God in thy mind 't will keep thee from sin A penny hard earned , since it is thy lot Will do thee more good than a pound that s ill got , Then labour to thrive by the sweat of thy brows For thats the best way all honest men knows . If God give a blessing that Children you have The more you must labour in time for to save And do not you murmure & count them a charge The better you 'l thrive , & your stock will inlarge T wil be a great comfort thy children to see If that they obedient and dutiful be . Let no man intice thee thy money to wast Be careful to spare and lay up what thou hast Whoever shall ask thee , he is not thy friend To go to the Alehouse thy money to spend , Avoid such bad courses as bring men to want And thou shalt have plenty when others have scant . Lewd houses and Gaming be sure that you shun Ther 's many frequent them and so are undone By such bad companions a man that 's misled May quickly be brought to a morsel of bread A cup of good liquor at home with thy wife Will chear up your hearts , & prevent farther strife . Be courteous and kind to thy neighbours abo●… And then they will love thee thou need not t● 〈◊〉 Avoid all contention with strife and debate For that will procure thee all honest mens h●●● Be civil to all men as they are to thee Then kindly respected thou surely shalt be , If times do prove hard and Money be scant , Then labour for little before you do want , And thankfully take whatsoever God sends As times do grow better it will make amends A dinner of Herbs with content serves as w●●● As all the rich dainties which far doth excel . When thou for thy labour some Money hast g●● Be sure do not spend it in tossing the pot , Make haste to thy wife and children small , And that will supply when they for bread do c●●● 'T would be a great grief to thee whilst thou d●… 〈◊〉 To hear thy Babes cry and have nothing to 〈◊〉 Whatever affliction befall thee or thine , Yet do not thou murmur or séem to repine , For God that hath given thee mean to subsist Can take it away whensoever he list , Therefore be contented whatever betide , Submit with all patience and God will provi●● Take care to remember what here I have told And value it dearer then silver or gold , When thou art inclined to wander astray Perhaps it may bring thee into the right way And by thy example all others may see , 'T is good to be careful and live honestly .