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[29 What hap had I to marry a throw]

1

What hap had to marry a throw
for she hath giuen me many blow,
and how to please her alacke I doe not know.

2

From morne to euen her tongue neere lies,
Sometime she braules, sometime she cries,
Yet I can scarse keepe her tallants from my eyes.

3

If I goe abroad, and late come in,
Sir knaue (saith she) where haue you beene,
And doe I well or ill, she claps me on the skin,