The crafty country woman: or, the pillory baker out-witted by his neighbour's buxome wife, who made him pay severely for the use of her merry water-mill. Tune of, The beating of the drum, &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B20790 of text R221414 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB 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 B20790 Wing C6771 99832724

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The crafty country woman: or, the pillory baker out-witted : by his neighbour's buxome wife, who made him pay severely for the use of her merry water- n/a 1695 2 647 15 0 0 0 0 0 231.84 F The rate of 231.84 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-10 Sampled and proofread 2014-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Crafty Country Woman : OR , The Pillory Baker Out-witted By his Neighbour's Buxome Wife , who made him pay severely for the use of her merry Water-mill . Tune of , The beating of the Drum , &c.
depiction of man and woman sitting on bed and kissing
A Baker lives in Edmonton , that dearly loves the Poor ; In e'ry Peck of Wheaten-bread , he wants a Pound Note , If any Baker makes Bread that wants but one Ounce in thirty six of its due Weight , 〈◇〉 the first , second and third Fault he may be Amerced , but for the fourth he is to stand in the ●… ry without Redemption . Wherefore let our Country Baker beware how he fetches up his ●… oss by unlawful Gain , lest he pertakes of the aforesaid just Punishment , according to Law . or more ; Besides his Barly-meal , he mingles at his Mill ; But the Baker ground his Co●… 〈…〉 in a Woman's Water-mill . In South-street lives a Husband-man , but I 'll forbear his name ; He has a brisk and jovial Wife is counted of the Game : The Baker was resolved that she should 〈◇〉 her skill ; And he carried her his Corn to grind in her Water-mill . He kept this Woman comp●… ny , full half a Year or more ; Till he for Bread had trusted her twelve Shillings on the Score But wanting of his Mony , he carry'd her a Bill ; And then she turn'd the flash off from her Water-mill . If you ask me for Mony , you sorry Rogue , said she , I 'll go unto a Iustice , and swear you ravish'd me , For I will have my Tole ; now you have ground your fill ; You might have ground at home , in your Wive's Water-mill Her talking so rashly , put him into a fear ; He seem'd to yield unto her , saying , ' Hold your tongue my Dear ; ' If ever I do ask you more , ' then use me as you will : ' But now I 'll grind at home , ' In my Wive's Water-mill . But in a short time after . this simple foolish Ape Arrested her Husband , and then she swore a Rape ; Which made him for to stamp and swear , to see the biter Pill ; That the Woman would be paid , for his grinding in her Mill . Then he through perswasions , did yield for to agree ; A Mark he gave the Bailiffs , which is their usual fee ; The debt he did forgive , though sore against his will , And he gave her twenty Shilli●… for his grinding in her Mill . And so to end the Quarrel , they both did give release : But now the Baker's Wife we fi●… let 's him enjoy no Peace ; Nor will not be contented , let him do what he will ; But bids him grind his Corn , in his Neighbour's Water-mil● Quoth he , Sweet Wife be quiet , and do not thus complain ; Tho' I have been at charges , I 'll fetch it up again : In every Loaf of Bread I make , I 'll use my wonted skill : Besides w'll grind at home , my 〈◇〉 in thy own Water-mill . Now , now , you lusty Bakers , that hears my song this day , Be warned by your Brother , and do not run astray , Lest in a trap they catch you , when you ●… ve had your will ; For they will have satisfaction , for grinding in their Mill .

Licens'd and 〈◇〉

LONDON : Printed for J. Sho●… 〈…〉