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The industrious smith : wherin is showne, how plain dealing is overthrown, that let a man do the best that he may, an idle huswife will work his decay, yet art is no burthen, though ill we may speed, our labour will help us in time of our need; to the tune of Yong man remember delights are but vain.

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Main Author:	Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, : Printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield., [1635?]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Ballads, English > 17th century.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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