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the
MISFORTUNES
of
SIMPLE SIMON.
CHAP. I.
An Account of Simon's Wedding, and his Wife's behaviour the day after their Marriage.
SIMON, the subject of our ensuing discourse, was a man very unfortunate many years after marriage not only by crosses, but by the cruelty of Margery his severe wife; his wedding day being the best he saw in seven years after, for then he had all his friends about him; Rough Ralph the fidler, and Will the piper, were appointed to make him and his guests merry.
Singing, dancing and feasting attended the day, which being ended, this loving couple were put to bed, where all their friends left them.
How he pleased her that night I cannot tell, but the morning was ushered in with ⟨a⟩
