Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	keep_v	let_v	silence_n	1,652	5	9.6134	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08990	Well met neighbour, or, A dainty discourse betwixt Nell and Sisse, of men that doe use their wives amisse, then all you good women their cases pitty, the cause you shall heare if you list to this ditty to the tune of Ragged and torne / M.P.	M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?	1640 (1640)	STC 19281; ESTC S1616	1,788	2

VVell met Neighbour OR A dainty discourse betwixt Nell and Sisse of men that doe use their wives amisse Then all you good women their cases pitty the cause you shall heare if you list to this ditty To the tune of Ragged and Torne VVHither away good neighbour what makes you to trudge so fast I 'm going to Margeryes Labour I 'm sent for in very great hast Yet for all this your spéed I pray you goe softly a while For I haue a thing in my head that will hold us talking a mile Heard you not lately of Hugh how soundly his wife he bangd He beat her black and blew O such a Rogue would be hangd I st possible neighbour Sisse that they doe no better agrée Nay I haue more newes then this of others as bad as he And séeing wée both goe one way wée'l giue to our hast some scope Though you from the labour doe stay shée l doe well enough I hope Know you not Laurence the Miller O he is as good as ere twangd His wife sayes he threatens to kill her O such a Rogue would be hangd O fye on these dastardly Knaues for those that will beate their wiues They dare not with swords or staues méet men in the field for their liues But if that my husband should not vse mée so well as he ought My hands I should hardly hold for I de giue him as good as he brought But know you not Kett the Baker o he is as good as ere twangd Hée threatens his wife to forsake her O such a Rogue would be hangd Why what is his reason for that in troth neighbour I doe not know But when hée s drunke as a Rat then shée l act the part of a shrow Tush that 's such a catching disease few women their silence can kéepe Let euery one say what they please but a shrew 's better then a shéepe But know you not Ralph the plummer I hée is as good as ere twangd He walkes with a wench euery summer O such a Rogue would be hangd What does his poore wife the meane while at home she doth sadly remaine And at his returne she will smile and louingly him entertaine In troth then he serues her but right but if that it were my case The wench that hée kept but one night should goe with no nose on her face But know you not Sam the Turner o hée is as good as ere twangd He throws his wife i' th fire to burn her O such a Rogue would be hangd The second part To the same tune I Pray you how happened that what should be the cause of this strife A man brought a new Beauer hat vnto his next neighbours wife And she spoke vnto her good man to buy such another for her Which made him to curse and to ban and thus began all the stir But know you not Franke the Glouer o he is as good as ere twangd His wife sayes he doth not loue her O such a Rogue would be hangd But what doe you thinke's the occasion that separates them in affection Hée s led by a queanes perswasion to bring his poore wife in subiection Should my good man vse me thus I 'de feritt both him and his minion To loue them that loue not us is folly in my opinion But know you not Ned the painter o he is as good as ere twangd Hée s turnd a great Tauern haunter O such a Rogue would be hangd This séemes a great wonder to mée and a thing which I hardly can think For lately so strict was he that you hardly could get him to drink Tush that 's a thing commonly séene there 's many that séeme so ciuill In a place conuenient haue béene as bad as who 's most euill But know you not Stephen the weauer o he is as good as ere twangd Has deceiu'd my maide now héel leaue her O such a Rogue would be hangd Why neighbour I hope you but iest has he your maid Nan beguild T is true neighbour Nell I protest and I doubt now she will run wild T is pitty that maids are so kind to trust them that are so fickle For now you may well vnderstand she is left in a very bad pickle But know you not George the felmonger o he is as good as ere twangd He let his first wife dye for hunger O such a Rogue would be hangd In sadnesse neighbour Sisse you haue made me my time oreslip If Margery should doe amisse 't would make mée to bite my lip And therefore in hast farewell o Margery now I come Adiew swéet neighbour Nell hush say no more but mum For staying from Madge t is true I confesse I deserue to be bangd And this is all long of Hugh O such a Rogue would be hangd M. P. FINIS Printed at London for Thomas Lambert