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1[1] Some champions laie to fallow in Maie. 2 When tilth plows breake, poore cattle cries creake. 3 One daie er ye plow, spred compas ynow. 4 Some fodder buieth, in fen where it lieth. 5 Thou champion wight, haue cow meat for night. 6 Set hop his pole, make déepe the hole. 7 First, bark go and sell, er timber ye fell. 8 Fence copie in, er heawers begin. 9 The straightest ye knowe, for staddles let growe. 10 Crab trée preserue, for plough to serue. 11 Get timber out, er yéere go about. 12 Som cuntries lack plowmeat, and som doe want cowmeat. 13 Small commons and bare, yéelds cattell ill fare. 14 Som common with géese, and shéepe without fléese. Som tits thither bring, and hogs without ring. 15 Some champions agrée as waspe doth with bée. 16 Get swineherd for hog, but kill not with dog. Wher swineherd doth lack, corne goeth to wrack. 17 All goes to the Deuill, where shepherd is euill. 18 Come home from land, with stone in hand. 19 Man cow prouides, Wife dairie guides. 20 Slut Cisley vntaught hath whitemeat[E283] naught. 21 Some bringeth in gaines, some losse beside paines. 22 Run Cisse, fault known,[2] with more than thine own, Such Mistris, such Nan, such Maister, such Man.

Such Mistres such Nan, such master such man. By such ill gestes, poore Cis il restes. Such fautes as thease good dame will ease. These faultes all ten, abhorreth all men. A warning for Cysse for doing amysse.