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4.132 R174417 1 I marry and thank ye too Aye, Marry, and Thank You Too I Marry and Thank You Too I Marry'd a UUife of late, / which sinks my heart full low, a curse of a cruel Shrow. [stanzas 1-11]; the world is turn'd upside down. [stanzas 12-16] see also Pepys 4.137 Pepys 4.132 Wing C7453B 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: 132 The Cuckold's Complaint: / OR, / The Turbulent WIVES severe Cruelty. The Cuckold's Complaint: OR, The Turbulent WIVES severe Cruelty. The Cuckold's Complaint: Or, the Turbulent Wife's Severe Cruelty. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 320 cropped top, left and right edges, uneven inking vertical rules 1675-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby. J. Deacon. J. Blare. J. Back. P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back. PBA

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I Marry'd a Wife of late, which sinks my heart full low, She laid a Ladle o'er my Pate. a curse of a cruel Shrow. Before I'd been Wed a Week her Cruelty she did show, And would not suffer me to speak, a Curse, etc. I am forced to clean her Shoes before she abroad doth goe, Or else my person she'll abuse, a Curse of a cruel Shrow.
I am forced to wash her Smock, and the Child's shitten Clouts also, Though I sit up till Twelve a Clock, a Curse of etc. Her Gallant comes every day, and they to the Tavern goe, But I poor heart must nothing say, a Curse of, etc. Choice Dainties is all her Fare, while I with a hard Crust goe; With this and ten times more I bear, a Curse of a cruel Shrow.
One night as I went to Bed, I happen'd to touch her Toe, She with the Piss-pot broke my head, a Curse of a cruel Shrow. My Money she spends in Pride, while I in Rags do go, She Cudgels me if once I chide, curse of a cruel Shrow. Sometimes I would her embrace, then straitway she'll fling and throw, And call me Cuckold to my Face, a Curse, etc. My Gullet she often tares, and luggs my Ears also, [A]nd kicks me headlong down the Stairs, a Curse, etc. [I] wish I had ne'er bin Wed, [s]uch Sorrows I undergo, [All?] comfort now is from me fled, [a] Curse of a cruel Shrow.
When I led a Single Life, I revell'd from Town to Town, But since I am married to this cross wif[e] the world is turn'd upside down. I formerly with a Friend, could merrily melt a Crown, But now one Groat I dare not spend, the World, etc. Rich Robes I was us'd to wear, but Fortune hath sent a frown, My head and heart is filled with care, the World is turn'd up side down. I formerly lived at ease, and kept both my Hawk and Hound, But now I have a Wife I cannot ple[ase] the World, etc. There's nothing like Liberty, but here I am ty'd and bound Fast to the sowre Apple-Tree, the World is turn'd upside down.
Printed for P. Brooksby. J. Deacon. J. Blare. J. Back.