A Looking-Glass for a Bad Husband: Or,
A Caveat for a Spend-thrift.
You that are guilty of that sinful Crime
Of Drunkenness, strive for to leave it off in time:
Lay up your Money, do not it vainly spend;
For in your greatest need, it will be your best Friend.
Endeavour in your Youth, lest in old Age you want;
For when that Poverty doth come, Friends will be scant.
To the Tune of, The Poor Man's Comfort: Or, Digby.
By T. L.
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YOu that are bad Husbands
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I pray you draw near,
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Good Counsel here's for you,
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if you will give ear:
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Then observe it rightly,
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and bear it in mind,
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A great deal of Benefit
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in it you'l find.
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Here you may lea[rn] how
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to live gallant and brave,
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If you will endeavour
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for to get and save.
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Then take care how in idle
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your mony you spend,
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For in time of need
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it will be your best Friend.
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You see that the times
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are very hard grown,
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Trading it is dead both
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in Country and Town:
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If a Man he han't where withal
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him to maintain,
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To make his complaint
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it is all but in vain.
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For money is scarce,
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and Charity's cold:
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Then save some-thing in youth
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against you are old.
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Then take care, etc.
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Now you that intend
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good Husbands to be,
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Observe well this Rule
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in every degree:
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If you do get money
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don't spend it in wast,
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For when it is gone,
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you will want it at last.
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To be careful and saving,
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you must alwayes strive,
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O that is the right ready
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way for to thrive.
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Then take care how in wast
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thou dost thy money spend,
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For in time of need
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it will be thy best Friend.
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