Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
First Line:
Good wives to snails shoud be akin Always their houses keep within
Author (Last name, First):
Anonymous
Title:
A witty definition of a good wife: 'A good wife shoud be like three things which 3 things she shoud not be like.'
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But not like city-clocks aloud "Be heard by all the vulgar croud"
Library:
U. Leeds, Brotherton
Shelfmark:
Lt 99
Folio:
f. 86r
Ref Nbr:
6299
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