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4.135 R186554 1 Marry and thank you too Aye, Marry, and Thank You Too Marry and Thank You Too MY Cuckold tells Tales of me, / a Changeling I think he'll grow; I'll make him his Duty show. [stanzas 1-9; with variations]; Il'e teach him a Lesson new. [stanzas 10-16; with variations] see also Pepys 4.129, verso pasted down. Pepys 4.135 Wing W2094A 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: 135 The WIFES Answer / TO THE / Hen=peckt Cuckolds Complaint. / Shewing the Reasons she had to Chastize him, and her Resolu- / tion to continue her Discipline over him till he mend. The WIFES Answer TO THE Hen-peckt Cuckolds Complaint. Shewing the Reasons she had to Chastize him, and her Resolu- tion to continue her Discipline over him till he mend. The Wife's Answer to the Hen-pecked Cuckold's Complaint. Shewing the Reasons She Had to Chastise Him, and Her Resolution to Continue her Discipline Over Him Till He Mend. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?205 x 305 cropped left and bottom edges, verso from set-off shows through cast fleurons 1682-1692 Printed for I. Millet, next door to the Flower=de luce, in Little=Brittain. J. Millet PBA

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MY Cuckold tells Tales of me, a Changeling I think he'll grow; But if he won't his Error see, I'll make him his Duty show. I'll teach him to prate about, and all our Secrets to show; Next time I lay my hand o'th' Lout, I'll make him his Duty know.
'Tis true, I Chastize the Fool, good Manners in him to show; Yet tho' I him do often School, He'll never his Duty know. I'll make him to Worship me, he promis'd it once at Bow; If he won't down upon his Knee, I'll make him his Duty know.
I'le him at a distance keep, He shall not Familiar grow: When I do frown, he's best to creep, I'll make him his Duty know. A Husbands a Rampant thing, unless you do keep him low; He'l like a Mad-Man fret and fling, and never his Duty know. One time a silk Cushion he took, and at me in jest did throw; But I could not his kindness brook, I made him his Duty know. Come Sirrah, you Rogue, said I, how durst you to serve me so? Your Soveraign Lady to defie, I'll make you your Duty know. I up with my valiant Fist, and gave him a thumping blow; He look'd as though he were bepist, I made him his Duty know. When Marry'd we were at first, he wou'd neither Bake nor Brew: I bid him say so if he durst, Il'e teach him a Lesson new.
He mutter'd and pouted then, The Widgeon look'd wondrous blew: I made him feel my Paws agen, And taught him a Lesson new. Sometimes about House he'd sneak, his peeping I made him rue; I was resolv'd this trick to break, and teach him a Lesson new. I catch'd him i'th Dairy one day and at him I briskly flew; I turn'd his Cream to Curds and Whey And taught him a Lesson new. In short I reform'd my Spark, and him to my Bow I drew; For I did Bite as well as Bark, which taught him a Lesson new. I hope no more Tales he'l tell, if he does I declare for true; I'll make him wish himself in Hell, I'le teach him a Lesson new. For, I'll get a lusty Rod, my words they shall be but few, But I will Jerk, and Firk his Cod, and make the Rogues Buttocks blew.
Printed for J. Millet, next door to the Flower-deluce, in Little-Brittain.