The Honest Man's Fortune: Set by Mr. Thomas Wroth.

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HE mighty state of Cuckoldom, by Matrimony thrives,

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It is a never failing Portion, paid us by our Wives; It was of Old,

As we are told,

The Charter of each Nation;
In Palestine it did subdue,

The Circumcis'd hard hearted Few,
And 'tis a Christian Dispensation.

Each jarring Kingdom of the World, in this one point agrees,

Thus Cuckoldom, may well be call'd th' united Provinces ;

It does invest,

With ample Crest,
Min-heer-van-pluchen-Hans;

CUCKOLDS are made Grandees of Spain,
And ev'n in Italy they reign,

And they are Alamode of France.

The Persian, Few, Mahometan, the Protestant, and Roman,

Owe what they are to the Intrigues and Kindness of a Woman;

What she's bestow'd,

They count no load,

Nor think their HORNS Oppression; For sure no Sot can be so blind,

As to esteem a Wife unkind,

That largely adds to his Possession.

Yet some will call poor Cuckolds Beasts, and range them in three Classes,

The Goat-Cuckolds, the Ram-Cuckolds, and we all know they're Asses;

The Goats ne'er mind,

Their Horns behind,

Large Crest the Ram adorns ;

Which on his Brow in Terror lies,

Hanging in Judgment o'er his Eyes,

And Asses take their Ears for HORNS.

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POOR

DOOR Cleonice thy Garlands tear,
From off thy Widow'd Brow;

And bind thy loose dishevel'd Hair,
With Ewe and Cypress now:
And Since the Gods decreed his Years,
Shou'd have so short a Date;

Let thy sad Eyes, pay Seas of Tears,
As Tribute to his Fate.

The Trees a duller Green have worn,
Since that dear Swain is gone;

The tender Flocks their Pasture mourn,

And bleat a sadder Moan :

The Birds that did frequent these Groves,
To happy Mansions fly;

And all that once smil'd on our Loves,
Now seem to bid me die.

VOL. IV.

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A SONG. Set by Mr. Leveridge, Sung by Mr. Wilks in the Comedy call'd the Recruiting Officer..

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OME Fair one be kind, you never shall find,
A Fellow so fit for a Lover;

Come Fair one be kind, you never shall find,

A Fellow so fit for a Lover :

The World shal! view my Passion for you,
The World shall view my Passion for you,
But never your Passion discover :

The World shall view, my Passions for you,