Scolding Wives Vindication:
OR, An ANSWER to the
CUCKOLDS COMPLAINT.
Wherein she shows what just Reasons she had to exercise Severity over
her insufficient Husband.
To the Tune of, The Cuckolds Complaint. Licensed according to Order.
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I Have been abusd of late,
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by some of the Poets Crew,
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Who says, I broke my Husbands Pate,
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but this I did never do.
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Tis true I his Ears did cuff,
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and gave him a Kick or two;
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For this I had just Cause enough,
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because he would nothing do.
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Hes lain like a Log of Wood,
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in Bed, for a year or two,
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And wont afford me any good,
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he nothing at all would do.
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I am in my blooming Prime,
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dear Neighbours I tell you true,
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I am lost to loose my Teeming Time,
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yet nothing at all hell do.
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He says that I keep a Friend,
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but what if I did keep two,
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Theres no one can me discommend,
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for nothing, etc.
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I make it full well appear,
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to be both just and true,
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I kept my Maiden-head Two Year,
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for nothing at all hed do.
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Sometimes hed give me a Kiss,
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and I woud return him two,
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But when he comes to farther Bliss
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he nothing at all woud do.
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I am a young Buxome Dame,
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and fain would my Joys renew,
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But my poor Cuckold is to blame,
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he nothing, etc.
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He says I have him abusd,
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but what if this same be true?
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For this I may be well excusd,
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since nothing, etc.
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Sure never was Wife so foold
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as I, for a year or two;
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I did for him whateer I could,
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yet nothing, etc.
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I feasted him eery day,
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with Lamb-stones, and Cock-broths too,
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Yet all this Cost was thrown away,
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he nothing, etc.
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I feed him with Jelly of Chicks,
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and curious Egg-Candles too,
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Ise good feed him with Faggot-sticks,
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for nothing, etc.
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He lyes like a lump of Clay,
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such Husbands there is but few,
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Twould make a Woman run astray,
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when nothing, etc.
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Now now let him take his ease,
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and sleep while the Skye looks blue,
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I have a Friend my mind to please,
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since nothing, etc.
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Long, long, have I livd at strife,
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I kickd, and I cuffd him too,
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Hes like to live no better Life,
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since nothing at all hell do.
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I solemnly do declare,
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believe me this is true,
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He shall dig Gravel next Horn-Fair,
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and that he is like to do.
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