Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses

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Title
Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
Publication
London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1640.
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English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15606.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

Pages

62 On a Shrew.

A froward shrew being blam'd because she show'd, Not so much reverence as by right she ow'd Unto her husband, she reply'd he might Forbeare complaint of me, I do him right▪

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His will is mine, he would beare rule, and I Desire the like, onely in sympathy.
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