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4.75 R188133 1 March Boys March, Boys March Boys KInd Husband, the Comfort of my life,/ in whom I have plac'd my chiefest joy, O let it be thy true Endeavour,/ Now to Reclaim, and forsake e'ery Game,/ 'tis better, Husband, now than never. [with variations] Pepys 4.75 Wing G1084[A] Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 4: 75 THE/ Good VVives Humble Petition;/ Or, The/ Extravegant Spend-thrift's/ Thorough reformation, by the prevailing Arguments of/ his kind and loving wife. THE Good Wives Humble Petition; Or, The Extravegant Spend-thrift's Thorough reformation, by the prevailing Arguments of his kind and loving wife. The Good Wife's Humble Petition; Or, the Extravagant Spendthrift's Thorough Reformation, by the Prevailing Arguments of His Kind and Loving Wife. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 337 creased surface, uneven inking cast fleurons 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, I. Deacon, I. Blare, and I. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back Simpson; PBA

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KInd Husband, the Comfort of my life, in whom I have plac'd my chiefest joy, Be rul'd by thy kind and loving Wife, then shall we our Sorrows soon destroy. The World upon us begins to frown, since thou hast consum'd thy Stock of treasure
With Revelling Gamesters up and down, which grieves, which grieves me out of measure, Good man, good man, labour to be wiser, O let it be thy true Endeavour, Now to Reclaim, and forsake e'ery Game, 'tis better, Husband, now than never.
Five Hundred Pounds, thou know'st, I brought, which thou did'st receive on my Wedding day, By Riotous iiving e'ery Groat is wasted, and consum'd away; My glorious state is blasted quite, with sorrow and grief, I am surrounded; My Eyes they have water'd day and night, to see my substance thus confounded: Sweet love, dear love, be no longer cruel, but let it be thy true Endeavour, Now to Reclaim, and forsake e'ery Game, 'tis better, Husband, now than never. My sorrows I can no longer hide, my Dearest don't thus to Ruine run, O pity thy little Lambs, she cry'd, thy Daughter and sweet Smiling Son; Our sorrows, Alas! are most severe, a sad bitter cup thou hast been brewing, Ah! what will become of us, my Dear, if you should prove our utter Ruine: Sweet love, dear love, let me now intreat thee, to make it now thy true endeavour, For to reclaim, and forsake e'ery Game, 'tis better, Husband, now than never. If thou will't amend thy life at last, tho' Treasure be spent, and Lands be sold, I freely can pardon what is past, thy lave it is more to me than gold; What tho' I was Genteel bred and born, and was many Hundred Pounds possessing,
To labour with thee, I will not scorn, so I may but enjoy the blessing: Dear love, sweet love, now no longer grieve me, but make it still thy true Endeavour, Now to Reclaim, and forsake e'ery Game, 'tis better, Husband, now than never. Instead of my Robes and Rich Array, which formerly I was wont to wear, Now give me a modest Gown of gray, and that shall content me, I declare; My Grandeur I never more will mind, farewel to my Jemms, and Rich Attire, Do thou be but loving, good and kind, and that is all I do desire: Sweet love, dear love, now no longer grieve me, but let it be thy true Endeavour, To love thy Wife, and reform thy loose life, 'tis berter, Husband, now than never. My love, I have heard thy mournful crys, which causes my very heart to bleed, O dry up thy melting, melting Eyes, for I will reform my life with speed; This promise I solemnly do make, that now for my future days ensuing, Bad Company I will quite forsake, for they have almost prov'd my Ruine, Taverns, Gaming, never will I practice, but make it always my Endeavour, To love my wife, and my Lambs as my life, my dear, 'tis better now than never.
Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back.