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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 12: XII. Upon over-much Niceness.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Tis much to see how over-Nice some are, About the Body and Household Affair: While what's of worth, they slightly pass it by, Not doing, or doing it slovenly.
TIs much to see how over-Nice some are, About the Body and Houshold Affair: While what's of worth, they slightly pass it by, Not doing, or doing it slovenly.
Their house must be well furnished, be in print; Mean while their Soul lies ley, has no good in't. Its outside also they must beautify, When in it there's scarce common Honesty.
Their house must be well furnisht, be in print; Mean while their Soul lies ley, has no good in't. Its outside also they must beautifie, When in it there's scarce common Honesty.
Their Bodies they must have tricked up, and trim▪ Their inside full of Filth up to the brim. Upon their cloths there must not be a spot, But is their lives more then one common Blot?
Their Bodies they must have trick'd up, and trim▪ Their inside full of Filth up to the brim. Upon their cloths there must not be a spot, But is their lives more then one common Blot?