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( 7 ) Therefore I do think there is nothing a-wanting, Could I but enjoy that happy day; And now I think it is time to be granting, And oh to be married, if this be the way.

O fooliſh young girl, you talk to your knowledge, But little you know the danger you run; Before you are married, you think you have all things. And then you want every thing e’le but a man. Your husband will chide you and ſay you are laſy, And ſwear that the tea takes the money away: Perhaps the next morning the landlord will crave you, You would ne’er like to marry if you knew the way.

And next, to your comfort, your apron's a riſing, And you muſt provide for the crying out; Blankets, and pins, and tapes muſt be wanting, Your clothes muſt be broken to make baby clouts; And nurſing and ſpinning is all your employment, And twenty things more to do all the day; This the fruit of your wedlock enjoyment, You would ne er like to marry if you knew the way.

Says Moll to her miſtreſſ, I pray vou give over, For I am reſolved for to take a man;