f a Wife her Kindness to impart,
Shou'd teaze her Husband as to break his Heart:
This is such Stuff as ne'er was heard before,
But hope the like again shall see no more.

_Answer to the Fifth Mock Comfort._

I here agree with this, my Rhiming Foe,
And own 'tis Folly when the Case is so;
For whatsoe'er the cunning Jilt pretend
To her Old Husband, yet she'll have Her Friend;
She'll coax the Dotard when his Bags are full,
Yet even then graft _Horns_ upon his Skull,
Makes him a Beggar to enrich her _Cull_:
She seems most fond, till she gets all the _Pence_,
And then with Bag and Baggage marches thence;
She leaves the Fool without one single _Cross_,
To sit, lamenting for his fatal _Loss_.

_Answer to the Sixth Mock Comfort._

But here I differ from the _Poet's_ Thought,
Who says, A _Scold as even good for nought_;
For, like _Job's_ Wife, she will Man's Patience try,
And bring Repentance too, before he die:
Then who'd live single, if a Scolding Wife
Works such great Wonders in a Husband's Life?

_Answer to the Seventh Mock Comfort._

No modest Woman will disdain her Spouse,
Because he seldom peeps into her House;
Since Age and Sickness doth the Sport prevent,
She'll exercise her Patience with Content:
For where all's gone, the _Queen_ must lose Her _Right_,
So must a Wife the Pleasure of the Night.
A Loving Woman, puts up those Defects,
And gives her Husband Honour and Respect;
Like Pious _Sarah_, serve him like a _Lord_;
Obeys in all things, which do's Peace afford:
Their Children too add Pleasure to their Lives!
Thus Men are Bless'd, who marry Virtuous Wives.

_Answer to the Eighth Mock Comfort._

Why should not Females under Wedlock tyes,
Participate with what the Man Enjoys?
Man's Second-self must have her share in Mirth
A Freedom, which is right to her by Birth:
If _Fortune's_ Bounty has encreased her Store,
Her _Husband's_ Love to her shou'd be the more;
No Cost or Care too much for such a Wife,
Whose Vertuous Charms adds Pleasure to the Life:
Such _Comforts_ on a married Life depend,
There's nothing like a Loving Bosom-Friend.
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