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¶ Posies for the gests chamber.
1 The slouen and the careles man, the roinish[E477] nothing nice, To lodge in chamber comely deckt, are seldome suffred twice. 2 With curteine som make scaberd clene, with couerlet their shoo, All dirt and mire some wallow bed, as spanniels vse to doo. 3 Though bootes and spurs be nere so foule, what passeth some thereon? What place they foule, what thing they teare, by tumbling thervpon. 4 Foule male some cast on faire boord, be carpet nere so cléene, what maners careles maister hath, by knaue his man is séene. 5 Some make the chimnie chamber pot to smell like filthie sink, Yet who so bold, so soone to say, fough, how these houses stink? 6 They therefore such as make no force what comly thing they spil, Must haue a cabben like themselues, although against their wil. 7 But gentlemen will gently doe where gentlenes is sheawd, Obseruing this, with loue abide, or else hence all beshreawd.