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A definition of a Good Wife Verified

A good wife should be like three things, with three Things one should not be Like ' Good wives to (snails?) should be akin "Always their (knees?) keep within. But not to carry (Fashion's Lacks) "All they are worth about their backs. Good wives like echoes still should do "Speak but when they are spoken to: But not like Echoes (most absurd) "To have for ever the last word. Good wives with (City?) clocks should rhyme, "Be regular and keep in time; But not like (City?) cloks, aloud "Be heard by all the vulgar (word?).

What Ice becomes in the heat of the Sun Is given to Soldiers by beat of the drum What all girls have and what no women had What if Paul comes behind and if Luke before and (Mala?) Colonel has will as much as a General What are the best Ships & what are the words [illegible] Lips.

[Transfer?] [hardship?]