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Epig. 38. The Housband, and the Cuck-old-Maker
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Epig. 38. The Housband, and the Cuck-old-Maker .
Housband.
Fye on this Life, I tooke a Wife,
Her Loue Another got;
So, you poore Bees with Hony-knees,
Your paines are others Lot.
Her Loue Another got;
So, you poore Bees with Hony-knees,
Your paines are others Lot.
Cuck old-Maker.
O, this is braue, I Sonnes should haue,
Yet Others take my Due;
So, you poore Birds doe hatch yong Broods,
For others, not for you.
Yet Others take my Due;
So, you poore Birds doe hatch yong Broods,
For others, not for you.
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