96 — ¶ 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.