MISERERE DOMINE
Reading edition
Three things a man can do without: Debtors, a scolding wife, and gout. First hates for what (he knows) they’ve got, Second for what (she knows) he’s not, The third of this unholy lot Hates him and all he hateth not, Brisk walking and the pewter pot, Sound sleep and jovial company. Who suffers these well may cry, God wot— Miserere Domine!