The wonderful Praise of a Good Husband
Or, The Kind and Careful Mothers Counsel to her Daughter.
Bad Husbands they, oft run astray,
as being most Unkind:
But Good we see, will always be
of a far better mind.
To the Tune of, My Life and my Death; Or, The Poor-Mans Counsellor.
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DEar Daughter, ide have thee to take special care,
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With whom thou dost Marry, for why, I declare,
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Bad Husbands occasion much sorrow and grief,
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It seldom or never affords a Relief:
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Besides, in their Humours theyl ner be contrould,
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Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
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Some Men are so wilful theyl spend all their store,
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And say when tis gone, they can Labour for more;
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This resolute humour will bring t[h]em to know,
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In time of affliction, much sorrow and woe:
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For Friendship is scarcy, and Charitys Cold,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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That Maid that shall Wed an Extravagant Man,
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Altho she may Labour and do what she can,
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Yet all is in vain, for if he does Consume,
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Yet trouble and sorrow must needs be her doom:
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Dear Daughter I tell you, I know this of old,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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Some Women when Marryd, great Portion have brought
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Yet Riotous Husbands their Ruine hath wrought;
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For those that will lead an Extravagant Life,
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Regards not the tears of a sorrowful Wife:
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Their Houses are Mortgagd, and Livings are Sold,
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Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
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TO Gaming, and Hawking, and Hunting theyl Ride,
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With drinking and feasting with Harlots beside;
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Full quickly will squander and waste their Estate,
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And they may be sorry when it is too late:
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Loose Living will bring them to want when theyre old,
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Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
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When ever a Spend-thrift is seen to pass by,
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There goes a Good-fellow, his Cronies will cry;
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An honest true heart too, this, this is their tone,
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Alas! he is no bodies Foe but his own:
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But yet Wife and Children much sorrow behold,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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Your Ale-wives they flourish in Silks and black Baggs,
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While poor men, their Clyents, are cloathed in Raggs;
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They laugh when they see an old Spend-thrift Carrouse,
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Because they do feed of the Sweat of his Brows:
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But yet they will slight him when ere he grows Old,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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To speak of their Vertues I now may at large,
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Theyl tender their Wives, and provide for their Charge;
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Nothing shall be wanting that they can provide,
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Both Meat, Drink, and Cloathing, with all things beside:
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Providing in Summer for Winter thats Cold,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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They, like the industrious Bee, will delight
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To Labour, and bring home their Profit at Night:
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If such a kind Husband you happen to have,
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Your duty, dear Daughter, will then be to save;
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And likewise be loving, not given to Scold,
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Good Husbands, etc.
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When Wives by their Husbands are dearly adord,
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No greater a Blessing the world can afford;
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In Troubles or Crosses, or what may befall,
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Good Husbands will still bear a share in them all;
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And in their kind Arms their sweet Wives will infold,
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Good Husbands are Jewels far better then Gold.
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