Woodward Dct.

Rowlandht Sed.

THE MAID OF ALL-WORK'S PRAYER!!

O All ye HOUSEHOLD GODS who prefide over cleanlinefs and good management, aid me
in my arduous undertaking. Scrub away from me, I befeech ye, all falfe pride, and vain
consequence, and brush me up to laudable exertion. Let the smoothing iron of good nature,
give a polish to my countenance, and lather within me the soap-fuds of innocence, so shall I
appear white as a new washed shirt in the eyes of my mafter. Mop from him, O cleanly
Deities, the foul water of wickednefs, when he comes home late from the tavern, and cleanfe
him with the brick-duft of reformation, so shall I remain as chafte as the children in the Nursery;
but if he is permitted to bear about him the roaring fire of iniquity, the pure flame of my
virtue, may be obliged to give warning, and quit its place for ever!

Ereft in my bosom, I befeech ye, a register-office for all good actions, so shall I boil-over
with gratitude for the numerous favors you have cooked up for my acceptance: And should
a handsome fellow servant gain the heart of your humble worSHIPper, may he be diligent,
fober, and honeft; SHAke us then together in the frying-pan of matrimony, that we may become
fritters of purity, free from broils and diffensions, and fit to wait at the tables of the good
and virtuous, and be as it were warming-pans to each other.

Let thefe be my wages, and I fhall fubmit cheerfully to my labours, nor fhall I breathe
a figh for greater liberty, but make my bed in peace and fleep contented.

SPRAGG, PRINTER, 27, BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN.

O All ye HOUSEHOLD GODS who prefide over cleanlinefs and good management, aid me in my arduous undertaking. Scrub away from me, I befeech ye, all falfe pride, and vain confequence, and brush me up to laudable exertion. Let the smoothing iron of good nature, give a polish to my countenance, and lather within me the soap-fuds of innocence, so fhall I appear white as a new wafhed fhirt in the eyes of my mafter. Mop from him, O cleanly Deities, the foul water of wickednefs, when he comes home late from the tavern, and cleanfe him with the brick-duft of reformation, so fhall I remain as chafte as the children in the Nurfery; but if he is permitted to bear about him the roaring fire of iniquity, the pure flame of my virtue, may be obliged to give warning, and quit its place for ever!

Ereft in my bosom, I befeech ye, a registler-office for all good actions, so fhall I boil-over with gratitude for the numerous favors you have cooked up for my acceptance: And fhould a handfome fellow servant gain the heart of your humble worfhipper, may he be diligent, fober, and honesl; fhake us then together in the frying-pan of matrimony, that we may become fritters of purity, free from broils and diffenfions, and fit to wait at the tables of the good and virtuous, and be as it were warming-pans to each other.

Let thefe be my wages, and I fhall fubmit cheerfully to my labours, nor fhall I breathe a fight for greater liberty, but make my bed in peace and fleep contented.

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Yale Center for British Art, 2013