Two-penny-worth of wit for a penny. Or, The bad husband turn'd thrifty this man that wrought his own decay, and spent his money night and day; is turn'd to saving I do swear, there's few that with him can compare: and lves so civil in his ways, that all his neighbours give him praise, and does repent his wicked crime, and desires good fellows to turn in time; there's many a man runs himself clear out, when ale's in his head, then wit is out. To the tune of, Packingtons pound. 1685 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06319 Wing T3494 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[482] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.10[66] 99887935 ocm99887935 183588

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06319) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183588) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[379]; A6:2[66]) Two-penny-worth of wit for a penny. Or, The bad husband turn'd thrifty this man that wrought his own decay, and spent his money night and day; is turn'd to saving I do swear, there's few that with him can compare: and lves so civil in his ways, that all his neighbours give him praise, and does repent his wicked crime, and desires good fellows to turn in time; there's many a man runs himself clear out, when ale's in his head, then wit is out. To the tune of, Packingtons pound. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street., [London] : [1685?] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "All company-keepers come hear what I say ..." Two settings for the British Library. At A5:2 the final word of the first line is 'wit'; the 'y' in 'penny' in under the 'o' of 'worth'; the text is in 3 columns, with 3 woodcuts above the first 2. The setting at A6:2 differs in print size and title setting from A5:2. Cf. Wing. Trimmed; item at A6:2 also stained. Reproduction of original in the British Library.

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Drinking customs in literature -- Early works to 1800. Compulsive behavior -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Two-penny-worth of Wit For a PENNY. OR, The bad Husband turn'd Thriſty This Man that wrought his own decay, And ſpent his Money night and day; Is turn'd ſo ſaving I do ſwear, There's few that with him can compare: And lives ſo civil in his ways That all his neighbours give him Praiſe, And does repent his wicked Crime, And deſires good Fellows to turn in time; There's many a Man Runs himſelf clear out, When Ale's in his Head, then Wit is out. To the Tune of Packingtons Pound.

ALL Company-Keepers come hear what i ſay Here's a Notable song If you please for to ſtay, It will Learn you good councel, he ru'ld by a friend, If you got to an alehouſe your money to ſpend: For four-pence or Sirpence, you may ſpend I do ſay, If you call any higher it's all thrown away; Then Barnaby will begin to work in your head, There's many does forget that their Children want Bread Obſerve a good hour and looſe not your time, If you meet with a friend that you needs muſt to drink I deſire you to make this councel of mine, Keep wit in your Roddle, and your Pockets ſome Think: Then your wife will pleaſed, your Children glad, And grear deal of comfort there will to be had: But if you ſpend all your money and make your ſeif poor, Then your rent will be manting you'l he turn'd out of door. To ſee ſome men when they are full of drink, What a Beaſtly condition it is we may think, That they hardly can know one man from another, They abuſe their beſt friend it it be their own Brother. They'l tumble it'h dirt, and they'l if ſtagger i'th ſtreet, And affcont e'ry man and woman they meet, That when they are ſober will Scorn to do ſo, For they hardly can know their friend from their foe For I my own ſelf have been in the ſame way, And walked my money by night and by day, And never did think how my Children was ſerve'd Till Neighbours did ſay that 〈◊〉 moſt were ſrar • If mywife chance to ſay that any thing ſhe did fac • I would call her baſe whoſe and beſure pay her cack: That was the beſt comfort I could her afford, Then I out to the Ale-houſe, and ſpent like a Lord. I ſold all my gods, and I waſted my ſtore, And at the Long run I was grown very poor, A hundred and fifty good pounds I have ſpent, As long as any was left I could not be content: My hoſteſs ſhe would he ſo merry with me, When I call'd for Liquor and paid for't too free; And with llabering and kining ſhe pleaſed me tot'hl • Thus I like a villian did wrong my poor wife. At laſt I conſider's and did think in my mind, Now to my own family I had been too unkind; Which troubles my conſcience to think on the ſame, That with drinking and ſwilling I was much to blame, My Children was bare, and hard they did fare, And I of their miſery never took care, But now i'le begin for to live a new life, and take pains to maintain both my Children and wife. For I to the Ale-houſe have been too kind, Which to my undoing I plainly do find, My poor little Children are fallen into want, Which grieces me to ſee them full fore I repent, That I had ſuch fortune for to ſo led, With Drunken companions which caul'd me he had, But he runs along Race, that ne'r has an end, I make much of my money that God does me ſend. I'le be carefull of my Children and make much of my wife And provide meat and drink for to preſerve their life, That little that's left I hope to make it more, With rakeing of pains, and with working full ſore: And ale-wifes go hang themſelves with what they have got, No more of my money ſhall fail to their lot; I have fow'd my wild Dats and I will have a care, Of drunken companions that made me ſo bare. It is a brave thing when a Winter comes cold, To have ſomething in ſtore, with that a man may be hold, Either Land men of Sea-men what evr they he, All Young-men conſider he ruled by me, For Hoſteſſes and tap houſes will fill you no beer, No longer then your money holds out you may ſweat, For I my own ſelf now do find it too true, Which makes me to ſpeak, for what I ſpent I do rue. Since I took a good courſe and for ſaken the had, With my wife and my Children there is enough to be had, But while I kept drinking and looſing my time, All my whole houſhould was ready to pine: But it is a long day that ne'r has an end, Therefore all good-fellows he rul'd by a Friend, Keep many in your pockets and good Cloths to your back, Drink to do your ſelves good, but take head of a Track, Now in the concluſion that man is well bleſt, That lives ſaver, and quietly, and forgoes Drunkeneſs, He never will be out of reaſon with his wife, If God give him a bleſſing he's free from all Ariſe, It is a brave thing if a man do take pains, Of he work ne'r ſo hard if he bring home the gains; Therefore take this councel I pray you of mine, It's a penny well beſtow'd, he that takes up in tine. F • NIS

Printed for J. Deacon. at the Angelin Guiltpur-ſtreet!