The contented cuckold, or patience upon force is a medcine for a mad man. You batchellors both young and old give ear unto this ditty, a story here I will unfold in mirth I hope it will fit ye, a batchellor of threescore years a damsel young did marry now he complains she doth him wrong and basely doth miscarry: near Worksworth town in Darby-shire this couple they do dwell, with patience pray this ditty hear and then I bid farewell. to the tune, She cannot hold her legs together.
University of California, Santa Barbara.Early Modern Center.
London, England : Passinger, Thomas,
c. 1664-1688.
Title from English Broadside Ballad Archive Catalogue
ESTC
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
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National Library of Scotland.
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