96.
Reading edition
¶ The description of a womans age by vi. times xiiij yeeres prentiship, with a lesson to the same.
14. Two first seuen yeeres, for a rod they doe whine,
28. Two next, as a perle in the world they doe shine,
42. Two next, trim beautie beginneth to swerue,
56. Two next, for matrones or drudges they serue,
70. Two next, doth craue a staffe for a stay,
84. Two next, a beere to fetch them away.
A Lesson
Then purchase some pelfe, by fiftie and thrée: or buckle thy selfe, a drudge for to bée.