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The Scourge of Folly

Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies]

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[Hee that will thriue must aske leaue of his wife.]

Hee that will thriue must aske leaue of his wife.
That's true if he lackes an Halter or Knife:
I am not so cruell to wiues for all that:
But, if Husbands aske leaue, they be I wot what.