%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The DYER Deceiv'd;/ OR, The Crafty WIVES Policy./ She with her Friend some time did spend,/ yet by her Husband crost;/ Yet I admit, the Womans Wit/ did bring her off at last. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675-1703 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/14/2007 21790

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4.126 R233024 1 The Two English Travellers The Two English Travelers ALL you that to merriment now are inclind,/ Attend to this story and here you shall find, Pepys 4.126 Wing D2948[B] 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: 126 The DYER Deceiv'd;/ OR, The Crafty WIVES Policy./ She with her Friend some time did spend,/ yet by her Husband crost;/ Yet I admit, the Womans Wit/ did bring her off at last. The DYER Deceiv'd; OR, The Crafty WIVES Policy. She with her Friend some time did spend, yet by her Husband crost; Yet I admit, the Womans Wit did bring her off at last. The Dyer Deceived; Or, the Crafty Wife's Policy. She with Her Friend Some Time Did Spend, yet by Her Husband Thwarted; Yet I Admit, the Woman's Wit Did Bring Her Off at Last. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 194 x 290 torn bottom left corner, uneven inking 1675-1703 Printed for I. Back, at the Black-Boy, on Lon=/ don=Bridge. J. Back BBTI, PBA

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ALL you that to merriment now are inclind, Attend to this story and here you shall find, A fancy that seldom is known in an Age, And yet it will please you, I dare to ingage. There was an old Dyar that had a young Wife, Together they lived a quarelsome life, Because he was Jealous, yet not without cause, For why a young Hatter had gain'd her applause. Her Husband he chanced to drink with a friend, Mean while his kind Wife for her gallant did send, Before half an hour in pleasure had past, Her Husband returned and found the door fast. He knockt at the door and a racket he made, Alas, quoth the good Wife we both are betray'd,
Quoth she here's my Husband [t]he case it is bad, For if he should see thee he would be Horn-mad. The wit of a Woman did [strait]-ways invent, A place for to hide him to her hearts content, 'Twas in a Press Cupboard she bid him lye still, For he was as safe as a [?]f in a Mill. She let in her Husband and gave him a kiss, But yet he mistrusting som[e]thing was amiss, He to the old Cupboard an a[?]ent did make, And see him, but yet he no notice would take. He locked the Cupboard securing the Key, And vowed the Hatter confined should be, Then going a Ramble with two or three men, Quoth he, I will make thee to starve in thy Den,
He told his companions then what he had done, And vowed to thrash him as sure as a Gun, They laugh'd at the humour yet little they said, And now you shall here what a project she play'd. Alas, now he meeting with a very hard hap, Was ever poor Hatter so catch'd in a trap, For tho' he was Youthful both gallant and stout, Yet he's in the Cupboard and cannot get out. None ever so close was in Prison for debt, Alas, he was then in a pittiful fret, The thoughts of confinement did grieve him so sore If he could get out he would come there no more. And she was likewise in a pittiful touse; Then try'd all the Keys that she had in the house, At length she found one that did open the door, And thus he obtained his freedom once more. Now this being done to her crony she said, I have a new project come into my head, In order to hide her expected disgrace, She lock'd up a great Mastiff-Dog in his place. Her Husband came home with his Neighbours at night, And faithfully promis'd to show them a sight, It was his Wives Gallant he vow'd by his fay, Which he had lock'd up in the Cupboard all day. Away to the Cupboard he went most devout, And when he unlock'd it the Mastiff leapt out: His Neighbours in laughing and jokeing went an, And told him he knew not a Dog from a Man, Sweet Wife I would have thee to pardon me now, This great over-sight, and I solemnly vow Who e're shall offend thee, I'll make them to quake, Dear Wife, thou mayst see how a Man may mistake Quoth she, thou hast caused much trouble and strife, By raising a Scandal upon thy sweet Wife; But if you'l be wiser, I'll pardon you this, With that he embrac'd her, and gave her a Kiss.
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Printed for J. Back at the Black-Boy, on Lon- don-Bridge.