17. She was the first, that on snow crust,
I ever knew to gender
I'll hint no more about this whore
For fear I should offend her.
18. 'Twas on the snow when Sol was low,
And was in Capricorn,
A child was got, and it will not
Be long ere it is born.
19. Now unto those that do oppose
The bundling traid, I say
Perhaps there's more got on the floor,
Than any other way.
20. In ancient books no knowledge is
Of these things to be got;
Whether young men did bundle then,
Or whether they did not.
21. Sence ancient book says wife they took,
It dont say how they courted;
Whether young men did bundle then,
Or by the fire sported.
[But some do hold in times of old,
That those about to wed,
Spent not the night, nor yet the light,
By fire, or in the bed.]
22. They only meant to say they sent
A man to choose a bride;
Isaac was so, but let me know,
If any one beside.
23. Men don't pretend to trust a friend
To choose him sheep or cows;
Much more a wife whom all his life
He does expect to house.
24. Sence it doth stand each one in hand
To happyfy his life;
I would advise each to be wise,
And choose a prudent wife.
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