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4 Behold he goeth with his garters unbound, and his ⟨b⟩oſom bare, and both his hands holding his breecees.
5 Up gets Maggy in the morning againſt the hour of (illegible text)ine, weither it be day light or not, but not without ⟨t⟩he power of a piercer, for ſhe covers herſelf with her petticoat, and runs to the dung hill as a ſoldier to his arms, when alarmed by the drum.
6 This is the character of two, which may be multiplied into millions, two by two, that fall into miſery by matrimony, and are deadly wounded by the plague of poverty, for want of virtous proceedings in them⟨ſ⟩elves.
7 Their great care is once to be firmly married, and ⟨w⟩hen all their care is drowned in the ſleep of luſt, and when they awake, the low of a calf love is quite out; (illegible text)hen they look up, when their eyes are opened, and ſeeing themſelves ſhocked with wordly cares, almoſt naked, and next to noihing.
8 Now muſt they work or want, their belly wages war againſt them, their back and bed muſt be clothed; their children alſo come upon them thick thick, if not threefold
9 Then ſays the huſband, What have I done? I work hard all the day to myſelf, and gets no wages, my belly is never filled with bread; but O my heart is always like to break with ſorrow.
10. O had I ſtill been the ſervant of another man then had I got my daily bread and weekly wages; but now I have loſt good bread and great pleaſure, and O but her beef be a weighty burden on me
11 Letnever man wale his his wife at the kirk door nor pick up a painted image in a marked as I have done, to my deadly danger
12 Her buſks are turned into miſerable brats, in ſtead of painting on her face, a ſlugh of dung which is the ſign of a ſapleſs carcaſe, occaſion'd by the ſcarcety of ſcouds and ſcantneſs of pottage
13 O miſerable and wicked alteration! occaſioned through fond love and foreward kindneſs.
