Crossword-Solution: CUCKOLDS 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 17

Luna's Lazaro addresses the "dear reader" but hardly with flattering terms: he humorously suggests that we may all be cuckolds.

Mompesson repeated to his wondering neighbours, this infernal drummer "would beat 'Roundheads and Cuckolds,' the 'Tat-too,' and several other points of war, as cleverly as any soldier." When this had lasted long enough, he changed his tactics, and scratched with his iron talons under the children's bed.

But if in this reign The halberted train Or the constable should rebel, And should make their turbill’d militia to swell, And against the King’s party raise arms; Then the drawers, like yeomen Of the guards, with quart pots Shall fuddle the sots, While we make ’em both cuckolds and freemen; And on their wives beat up alarums.

But if in this reign a halberdly train, Or a constable, chance to revel, And would with his twyvels maliciously swell, And against the King’s party raise arms: Then the drawers, like yeomen o’ the guard, With quart-pots Shall fuddle the sots, Till they make ’um both cuckolds and freemen, And on their wives beat up alarms, Thus as the health passes, We’ll triple our glasses, And count it no sin To drink and be loyal in defence of our King.

But, heav'n be praised, this custom is confined Alone to th' offspring of the muses kind: Our Christian cuckolds are more bent to pity; I know not one Moor-husband in the city.