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and of he huſband's deſcent, who never came to h⟨o⟩nour and poverty till he came to her
4. He that weds for money is a miſer, and he fo⟨r⟩ beauty a fool; but he that for virtue and the other tw(illegible text) is wiſer than the weaver who took a wife and wou(illegible text) have nothing, becauſe he had nothing of his own.
5 And the reaſon was, becauſe his wife might ſay I made thee rich with my tocher, when thou had nothing but thy T———l.
6. He that marries a widow for her pelf, had bette⟨r⟩ marry a whore if ſhe be handſome and wholeſome, f⟨or⟩ the widow will be upbraiding him with the wealth an⟨d⟩ pleaſure ſhe had with her former huſband, who wa⟨s⟩ always the beſt, becauſe he is gone.
7. Whereas the whore will be aſhamed to ſpeak o⟨f⟩ her former pleaſures, becauſe they were ſtoln, ſmuggled and unlawful; but rather ſhe will rejoice, love and eſteem thee when ſhe enjoys the ſame without fear ſcandal, ſhame or reproach.
8. He that marries a widow, let it be one who had ⟨a⟩ huſband that gave her blows in every ſide of the breakfaſt, who was hanged for knocking out the brains of hi⟨s⟩ mother, and playing the whore with another woman that the may have to ſay ſhe had got the beſt huſband to her last, and if thou be not ſo thou art a poor wretch I'll warrent you.
CAAP. III.
IT is moſt natural for every ſex to have a deſire towards its fellow, and without the company of each other, they have no mutual happineſs
2. It is not neceſſary for thee, O man! who is reſolved to join thyſelf to a wife, that thou join thy houſe together firſt, by a mathematical order, the couples and the camſoiling thereof, cover it above and pleniſh it below.
3. Go to the birds, and be not blind folded, who build their neſts, lay their eggs before they batch their young,
