Page:New proverbs, on the pride of women, or The vanity of this world displayed.pdf/5

 3 Go to the birds, and be not blindfolded, who their neſt, lay their eggs before they hatch  young Be not ſo fooliſh, as to have a child,  you have a wife, nor a wife before you have  houſe to hold her in.

4. Stuff thy houſe with all manner of furniture for the family, marry thy wife in the pudding, and thou ſhalt have warmneſs all the winter.

5. Beware of running too faſt, leſt you come to fall, the fair ſex have ſhort heels, and often fall  when hearing of the voice of wedlock  away, for the joy of a relief long looked for;  them not when they turn up their ten toes,  thou fall into the trap from whence there is no  without committing great wickedneſs.

6. But when thou goeſt to chooſe a wife, wale her the mouth, as Mungo did his mare; for by her  you may know whether ſhe be a wiſe woman  a fool.

7 If ſhe be poor, proud, and prideful, turn the of your hand to her, and your face to another;  ſhe is the worſt pernyworth ever came into a  man's pack-ſheet yea happy is he that goes home  the toom halter without her.

8. But if you chance to admire the charms of one is black and lovely, decent and diſcreet, honeſt  virtuous, tho' never ſo poor; cleave thou unto her  all means, for ſuch a woman will hold thee as her d and huſband, then shalt thou reign as a king  thine own houſe, and all thy family ſhall be  unto thee

. For if thou marry one who thinks herſelf wiſer thyſelf, the will uſurp your authority, counterd thy orders, and hold thee more like her monkey  her huſband or maſter.

Keep not private company with a woman that great singer, nor a girl who is game-like, for  rolling of the eye and the ſweetneſs of the voice,  men to commit wickedneſs.

. Take not a wife that is tear-minded for ſuch