1. Adam at first was formed of dust, As we find on record; And did receive a wife cal'd Eve, By a creative word. 2. From Adam's side a crooked bride, We find complete in form; Ordained that they in bed might lay And keep each other warm. 3. To court indeed they had no need, She was his wife at first, And she was made to be his aid, Whose origin was dust. 4. This new made pair full happy were, And happy might remained, If his help meet had never eat The fruit that was restrained. 5. Tho' Adam's wife destroyed his life In manner that is awfull; Yet marriage now we all allow [To] Be both just and lawfull. 6. And now a days there is two ways, Which of the two is write To lie between sheets sweet and clean Or sit up all the night. 7. But some suppose bundling in clothes The good and wise doth vex; Then let me know which way to go To court the fairer sex. 8. Whether they must be hug'd and buss'd When setting up all night; Or whether [they] in bed may lay, Which doth reason invite? 9. Nature's request is, give me rest, Our bodies seek repose; Night is the time, and 'tis no crime To bundle in our cloaths. 10. Since in a bed, a man and maid May bundle and be chaste: It doth no good to burn up wood It is a needless waste. 11. Let coat and shift be turned adrift, And breeches take their flight, An honest man and virgin can Lie quiet all the night. 12. But if there be dishonesty Implanted in the mind, Breeches nor smocks, nor scarce padlocks The rage of lust can bind. 13. Cate, Nance and Sue proved just and true, Tho' bundling did practise; But Ruth beguil'd and proved with child, Who bundling did despise. 14. Whores will be whores, and on the floor Where many has been laid, To set and smoke and ashes poke, Wont keep awake a maid. 15. Bastards are not at all times got In feather beds we know; The strumpet's oath convinces both Oft times it is not so. 16. One whorish dame, I fear to name Lest I should give offence, But in this town she was took down Not more than eight months sence. 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.