Thus to conclude and made an ende of these my Verses rude, I pray all wives for to amende, and with peace to be endude: Take warning all men by the life that I sustained long, Be carefull how you chuse a Wife, and so Ile ende my Song. FINIS. _Arthur Halliarg._[F. 158] London. Printed by _M. P._ for _Henry Gosson_[F. 159] on London Bridge neere the Gate. [Footnote 155: For tune, see Appendix.] [Footnote 156: Ceases, or leaves off.] [Footnote 157: Drinking.] [Footnote 158: This ballad is supposed to be unique, and is the only known work of Halliarg, who is not mentioned by Hazlitt.] [Footnote 159: The date of this ballad in the Museum Catalogue is 1610 (?).] [91.] A Bishop on a time examining one that sought to be admitted into the ministery, asked him how many Sacraments there were; to which question, he, after long pause, answered there were 9; Nine, quoth he, how prove you that? Why, quoth hee, there are 7 beyond sea, and two in _England_; at which the B. laughing at his ignorance, yet grieved for his folly, sent him away as worthily frustrate of his expectation. [4.] A Man being ask'd whether his friend _Tom_, that was lately dead, had left him any Legacy? No, faith, says he, Not a Tester to drink his health. [26.] In the Wars in _Germany_, between the _Swedes_ and them, there was so great a Frost one Winter, that Two Men desiring to talk with one another, and one was on one side of the River, and t'other on the other, and as they spoke one to another, the Frost was so great, that it froze[F. 160] up their words, which was not audible then, nor indeed (upon my reputation) could not be heard till Nine days after, when it chanc'd to thaw: which one of the company hearing said 'twas a brave Country to speak Treason in; for whatsoever a Man said, a Man could not be heard; Nay, the very lowings of the Bulls and Cows were froz'n up also, that the owners had much ado to find them to fodder them, for want of hearing them as formerly. Nay, by your favour, says another, there is another Country, which had as great a Conveniency to speak Treason in as that had, from 1648 to 1660, and there one might speak any sort of Treason, and was never call'd to an account for it: Nay, the more Treason they spoke, they were the better esteem'd; so that there was no need of a frost at that time in _England_. [Footnote 160: A somewhat similar story may be found previously, in _Rabelais_, and some sixty years subsequently, in _Baron Munchausen_.]