Farewell, Rewards and Faeries, Good Housewives now may say,… - Richard Corbet

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Farewell, Rewards and Faeries, Good Housewives now may say,
For now foule Slutts in Dairies Doe fare as well as they;
And though they sweepe theyr Hearths no less Than Maydes were wont to doe,
Yet who of late for Cleaneliness Finds sixe-pence in her Shoe?

Richard Corbet

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About Richard Corbet

(or Corbett; 1582 – 28 July 1635) was an English clergyman who rose to be (1628) and then (1632) in the Church of England. He is also remembered as a humourist and as a poet, although his work was not published until after his death.

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But, since of late, Elizabeth, And later James, came in,
They never daunc’d on any heath As when the Time hath bin.By which wee note the Faries Were of the old Profession;
Theyre Songs were Ave Maryes, Theyre Daunces were Procession.

Let others write for glory or reward,
Truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.

Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rotchets:
Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets.

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