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 Wherefore my dear be not offended,

but tak your charge and I’ll tak mine;

I wiſh that I had quite miſken’d it,

for now I drie both ſhame and pain.

Quoth ſhe, good man, the fault was thine,

ye took my trade againſt my will;

Now after this do not repine,

but occupy your own with ſkill;

Since of my place you have your fill:

then do not boaſt I live at eaſe,

When forth you walk the pleugh until,

for now you know what drinkers dries.

Gae fetch me butter, milk and cheeſe,

and let us eat and drink and gree.

Indeed good-wife, If it you pleaſe,

the ne’er a crumb the ſow left me.

Good-man, quoth ſhe, How may this be,

that ev’ry thing is gone arear

Good-wife, walk out and in, and fee,

and then you will have cauſe to ſpear.

Quoth ſhe, good-man, Indeed I fear,

if you ſhould occupy this trade,

Within a quarter of a year,

our houſe will come to a ſmall ſtead.

Now when ye have thir lines all read,

and of the writer would have ſkill,

From the highway ye need not ſpeed,

but ſpear for Lady Ann’s new miln.