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82 tumble and laye thee flat on the ground vpon thy noe. And the more thou growet in fauour with thy Maiter, and that he giueth thee, and make thee fatte in pure: o much more take thou heede to thy elfe, and looke about thee. Now marke well what followeth.

Buriao (one of our corporation) was a certayne beat that if thou hadt knowne him, thou wouldet rather haue taken him for a louenly beat than a man. He brought vp a Soowe and made o much of hir that he himelfe fedde hir with one hande, and with the other he clawed hir. And when this Soowe had often times brought him Pigges, and that good tore at a farrowe, he tyed her vp and fatted hir, and when he was fat, (forgetting the loue he bare hir) he ticked hir, and in time eate hir. There are uch like Maiters that clawe thee with one hande, that is, they giue thee faire wordes: with the other they feede thee, to weete, they giue thee draffe. And when thou hat erued them (which is vndertanded by the bringing foorth of Pigges) a time and pent thy youth: and if Fortune be thy friende, then they giue thee, and make thee riche: If thou die before thy good happe, farewell thou, o much is aued.