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A55785 The five strange wonders of the world, or, A new merry book of all fives which was written and printed on purpose to make all the people of England merry, if they have no cause to be sad / written by L.P. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1674 (1674) Wing P3364A; ESTC R6610 4,414 16

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THE FIVE Strange WONDERS OF THE WORLD OR A new merry Book of all FIVES Which was written and Printed on purpose to make all the people of England merry if they have no cause to be sad Here are such rare conceits and merryment Which well may give the Readers heart content And serve it will to lengthen some folks Lives If they observe the several sorts of Fives Let them that buy it read it at their leisure 'T will be as well for profit as for pleasure Written by L. P. And Licensed according to Order London Printed for William Whitwood at the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane 1674. There are Five strange Wonders in the World TO hear a Lawyer tell truth To see a Prodigal turn thrifty To see an Informer refuse a Bribe To see an Usurer throw away money And to see a Whore turn honest Five Excellent gifts belonging to all sorts of people To be faithful in promise To be true in performance To be humble in prosperity To be patient in Adversity And to remember our later end Five points of good Husbandry To avoid all manner of gaming To shun Whoring and Drunkenness To be careful of your business To be saving in expences And to get wealth with a good conscience Five chief Vpholders in a Common-wealth The Sea-man The Merchant The Farmer The Shepherd And the Plow-man Five sorts of Tradsmen we cannot be without The Carpenter The Weaver The Blacksmith The Taylor And the Shoomaker Five sorts of merry companions when they mees in an Ale-house A Pedler A Tinker A Broom-man A Cobler And a Chimny swe●per Five things commendable in a youth To be reverend in company To make haste in an Errand To imploy his business closely To be true to him that put him in trust And to be obedient to his Parents Five extremities all men are subject unto Subject unto vain delights Subject to sinful actions Subject to many misfortunes Subject to slavery of sin And subject to death Five things are not agreable with the other A queasie stomach and bad fare A thirsty man and a little pot A weak horse and a heavy load A lusty souldier and a fearful coward A scolding wife and a fighting husband Five things will hardly be hidden Poverty in pride Wantonness in lust A wart in the face or fore-head A Glow-worm in the dark And a painted whore in an open window Five dangerous Exercises Wras●ling in the Ring Swimming in deep Rivers Fighting with mad men Dicing with cheaters And dancing in Bawdy-houses Five sorts of men very necessary in an Army A Couragious General Bold-hearted Captains Valiant Lieutenants Able Sergeants And stout Souldiers Five noble Vertues belong to a Souldier To be valiant in his proceedings To be honest in all his actions To be wise in his carriage To be true to his trust And to keep honest company Five good properties in a Maid To be seen and not heard To be civil and not coy To be loving and not wanton To answer when she is spoken to And to go handsome and not proud Five Lessons fit for young Scholars to Learn To give honour to Age To be courteous in behaviour To be humble in condition To be excellent in knowledge And to be charitable to the poor Five things too common in use Hateful pride in married women Wanton Lust in wilful Maids Deadly drunkenness in sinful women Griping greediness in covetous persons And dissimulation among fawning people There are five sorts of nimble pickers which deserve to be punished A Pick-thank for telling false tales A Pick quarrel for making mischief A Pick-look for robing his neighbour A Pick-window to let in Rogues And they that pick-pockets to purchase the Halter There are five sorts of people ill to trust Trust not a Parasite with thy dinner Trust not a thief with thy money Trust not a drunkard in thy Cellar Trust not a Ranter with thy wife Nor trust not a Whore with thy secrets Five sorts of labourers ought to be kickt They that go to a feast without bidding They that breed disturbance among neighbours They that breed debate between man and wife And they that carry false tales from one to another These five things offend the Eyes Taking too much Tobacco Standing too long in the cold Gazing too much upon painted drabs To see others flourish with thy goods And to see thy friends want and cannot help them Five sorts of people not to be pitied They that will want meat rather than work to get it They that will lie still while a Cart runs over them They that will not be ruled by their friends They that spend their means wastfully And they that fall into a pit that they dig'd for others Five sorts of people ill spoken of without desert He that is rich is said to be covetous He that is poor is counted idle He that is liberal is counted prodigal He that is valiant is counted a quarreller He that is fearful is said to be a Coward Five sorts of Creatures most busie in hot weather A Bee in the Hony-pot A Duck in a Fish-pond A Mole in a Park A Lowse in a bosome And a Fox among Geese Five special good things in a winter season Wholesome diet for the belly Warm cloathing for the back Ale and Spice for the stomach A good fire to fit by And a soft bed to lie upon Five cunning Watchers The Cat will watch the Mouse The Kite will catch the Chickins The Fox will watch the Geese The Woolf will watch the Lambs And the thief will watch the true man There are five sorts of cunning cheaters The Owle will cheat the Mouse The Fowler will catch the Kite The Shepherd will catch the Wooll The trap will catch the Fox And the Gallows will catch the thief Five good commodities to be sold in a Market Corn if it be not too dear Meat if it be not tainted Cheese if it be not rotten Eggs if they be not addle And Fish if it do not stink Five sorts of men are beholding to the Horn. The Ink-horn-maker for a lively-hood The Shoomaker to draw on their customers shoots The Farriers to drench sick horses with The Huntsman to call his hounds together And Tom of Bedlam to call the boys together Five things to be hated of honest men The person of a wicked Bawd The company of cursed Whor●s The temptations of a flattering hypocrite The presence of a hateful thief And the conditions of a drunken woman These five deserve to be coupled together A kind husband and a loving wife A cross gram'd scold and a cudgels end A cheating knave and the pillory A painted whore and old Bridewell A brazen fac'd Bawd and the Cart. Five couple well met A young man and a handsome maid Hot meat and a good stomach A wanton child and a dainty Rod A drunken man and a fair pair of stocks A lusty thief and a strong pair of Gallows These five ought not to be despised