%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband / Or, The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter. / Bad Husbands they, oft run astray, / as being most Unkind: / But Good we see, will always be / of a far better mind. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/02/2011 31035

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R228717 6 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN My Life and my Death Bonny Sweet Robin; My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone My Life and My Death The Poor Man's Counsellor Bonny Sweet Robin; My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone The Poor Man's Counselor DEar Daughter, i'de have thee to take special care, / With whom thou dost Marry, for why, I declare, Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 532 The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband / Or, The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter. / Bad Husbands they, oft run astray, / as being most Unkind: / But Good we see, will always be / of a far better mind. The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband Or, The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter. Bad Husbands they, oft run astray, as being most Unkind: But Good we see, will always be of a far better mind. The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband Or, The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter. Bad Husbands they, oft run astray, as being most Unkind: But Good we see, will always be of a far better mind. 1685-1685

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DEar Daughter, ide have thee to take special care, With whom thou dost Marry, for why, I declare, Bad Husbands occasion much sorrow and grief, It seldom or never affords a Relief: Besides, in their Humours theyl ner be contrould, Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. Some Men are so wilful theyl spend all their store, And say when tis gone, they can Labour for more; This resolute humour will bring t[h]em to know, In time of affliction, much sorrow and woe: For Friendship is scarcy, and Charitys Cold, Good Husbands, etc.
That Maid that shall Wed an Extravagant Man, Altho she may Labour and do what she can, Yet all is in vain, for if he does Consume, Yet trouble and sorrow must needs be her doom: Dear Daughter I tell you, I know this of old, Good Husbands, etc. Some Women when Marryd, great Portion have brought Yet Riotous Husbands their Ruine hath wrought; For those that will lead an Extravagant Life, Regards not the tears of a sorrowful Wife: Their Houses are Mortgagd, and Livings are Sold, Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
TO Gaming, and Hawking, and Hunting theyl Ride, With drinking and feasting with Harlots beside; Full quickly will squander and waste their Estate, And they may be sorry when it is too late: Loose Living will bring them to want when theyre old, Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold. When ever a Spend-thrift is seen to pass by, There goes a Good-fellow, his Cronies will cry; An honest true heart too, this, this is their tone, Alas! he is no bodies Foe but his own: But yet Wife and Children much sorrow behold, Good Husbands, etc. Your Ale-wives they flourish in Silks and black Baggs, While poor men, their Clyents, are cloathed in Raggs; They laugh when they see an old Spend-thrift Carrouse, Because they do feed of the Sweat of his Brows: But yet they will slight him when ere he grows Old, Good Husbands, etc. To speak of their Vertues I now may at large, Theyl tender their Wives, and provide for their Charge; Nothing shall be wanting that they can provide, Both Meat, Drink, and Cloathing, with all things beside: Providing in Summer for Winter thats Cold, Good Husbands, etc. They, like the industrious Bee, will delight To Labour, and bring home their Profit at Night: If such a kind Husband you happen to have, Your duty, dear Daughter, will then be to save; And likewise be loving, not given to Scold, Good Husbands, etc. When Wives by their Husbands are dearly adord, No greater a Blessing the world can afford; In Troubles or Crosses, or what may befall, Good Husbands will still bear a share in them all; And in their kind Arms their sweet Wives will infold, Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
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