A vvife, not ready made, but bespoken by Dicus the Batchelor, and made up for him by his fellow Shepheard Tityrus. In four Pastorall Eglogues. The second Edition: Wherein are some things added but nothing amended [by Robert Aylett] |
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To the single Reader.
Lectori Cælibi.
Thou with this Wife in Bed maist lyeYet not commit Adulterye,
And though twice twelve empanneld men should finde
Thee guilty, and thy Judges be inclin'd
To hang or head thee, for a sinfull fact
Thou shalt avoid the fury of the Act:
In Curia rectus thou maist boldly stand
From dread of Whip or burning in the Hand;
Abandon Her, she will be well content
To wave her right and claim to Aliment;
Nor can the Remedies the Law affords
Gainst force and Rape or wresting from her words
She'l not Inflame the pimping Taylors score,
To make her such a wagtayl as Jane shore.
Like Act of Pardon pen'd with finest skill
She is a Wife and no Wife at thy will;
A Hochos Pocos tyde with such a noose
Thou at thy pleasure maist play fast and loose;
Behold her well, she favours at a glance
That specious Self-denying Ordinance.
J. H.
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