My vvife will be my master. Or, The married-mans complaint against his unruly wife, being a warning for all unmarried persons, to have a special care in choosing their maite, lest they meet with such a myre-thype [sic], as this poor man did. To the tune of, A taylour is no man.

My vvife will be my master. Or, The married-mans complaint against his unruly wife, being a warning for all unmarried persons, to have a special care in choosing their maite, lest they meet with such a myre-thype [sic], as this poor man did. To the tune of, A taylour is no man.

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My VVife will be my master.

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My VVife will be my master.

OR, The Married-Mans Complaint [...]ainst his Unruly Wife, being a warning for all Unmarried persons, to have a special care in choosing their Maike, lest they meet with such a Myre- [...]hype, as this poor-man did

To the Tune of A Taylour is no Man. ⟨Tune [...]gis [...] most love thee⟩

AS I was walking forth of late,

I heard a Man complaining,

With that I drew me near to him,

to know the cause and meaning

Of this his Sorrow, Pain and Grief,

which bred him such disaster;

Alace, quoth he, what shall I do

my Wife will be my Master.

If I should give her fourty pound

within her Apron folding,

No longer then she telling on't

her tongue leaves never scolding:

As Aesop's Dog barkt at the Moon,

thinking for to distate her,

So doth my Wife scold without cause,

and strives to be my Master.

Were I so strong as Hercules,

or wiser then Apollo;

Or had I Icarus wings to flee,

my Wife would after follow:

[...]r should I live as many Years

as never did king Nector,

[...]t do I greatly stand in fear,

my Wife would be my Master.

[...] know no cause nor reason why

that she with me should jangle,

[...] never gave her cause at all

to make her with me wrangle:

[...] please her still in what I may,

and do no jot distate her;

[...]et she doth strive both night and day

alwayes to be my Master.

[...] every Morning make a fire.

all which is done to ease her,

I get a Nutmug, make a Tost,

in hope therewith to please her:

With a cup of nappy Ale and Spice,

of which she is first taster,

And yet this cross-grain'd quean wil scold[?]

and strive to be my Master.

I wash the dishes, sweeps the house,

I dress the wholesome dyet;

I humour her in every thing;

because I would be quyet:

O [...] [...]ery several dish of meat

[...] [...]ly be first taster,

[...] I am glade to pick the bones.

she is so much my Master,

Sometimes she'l sit while day be light,

in company with good fellowes,

In Taverns and in bowsing[?] Tents,

or in some pimping Ale-house,

And when she comes home drunk at night,

though I do not distate her,

She'l fling, she'l throw, she'l scratch[?], she'l bite[?],

and strive to be my Master.

Her bed I made both soft and fine

and put on shooes compleatly;

Her shooes and stockings I pul off,

and lay her down most neatly;

I cover her and keep her warm,

for fear I should offend her,

I hug her kindly in my Armes,

yet still she'l be my Master.

And when I am with her in Bed,

she doth not use me well Sir.

She'l wring my Nose and pull my Ears,

a pittifull tale to tell Sir:

And when I am with her in Bed,

not meaning to molest her,

She'l kick me out at her Beds-feet

and so become my Master.

And thus you hear how cruelly

my Wife doth still abuse me,

At Bed, at Board, at Noon, at Night,

she alwayes doth misuse me:

But if I were a lusty man,

and able for to baste her.

Then would I surely use a means,

that she should not be my Master.

You Batchelours that sweet hearts have,

when as you are a wooving,

Be sure you look before you leap,

for fear of your undoing:

The after Wit is not the best,

and he that weds in haste Sir,

May like to me bewaile his case,

if his Wife do prove his Master.

You married Men that have good wives,

I pray you make much of them,

For they more precious are then gold,

if once you come to try them:

A good Wife makes a Husband glade,

then let him not offend her;

But a Scold will make a man run mad.

if once she prove his Master.

FINIS.

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My vvife will be my master. Or, The married-mans complaint against his unruly wife, being a warning for all unmarried persons, to have a special care in choosing their maite, lest they meet with such a myre-thype [sic], as this poor man did. To the tune of, A taylour is no man.

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1690

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B04446

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Wing M3172A

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Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[576]

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99887982

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ocm99887982

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183655

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— My vvife will be my master. Or, The married-mans complaint against his unruly wife, being a warning for all unmarried persons, to have a special care in choosing their maite, lest they meet with such a myre-thype [sic], as this poor man did. To the tune of, A taylour is no man.,

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1 sheet ([1] p.).

s.n.,. [S.l. :: 1690?]. (Imprint suggested by Wing.) (Verse: "As I was walking forth of late ...") (Imperfect: mutilated and stained.) (Reproduction of original in the British Library.)

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