76 — ¶ Breakefast Doings
To breakefast that come,
Giue erie one some.
Breakefast.
1
Call seruants to breakefast by day starre appere,E435
a snatch and to worke, fellowes tarrie not here.
2
Let huswife be caruer, let1 pottage be heate,
a messe to eche one, with a morsell of meate.
No more tittle tattle,
Go serue your cattle.
3
What tacke in a pudding, saith greedie gut wringer,
giue such ye wote what, ere a pudding he finger.
4
Let seruants once serued, thy cattle go serue,
least often ill seruing make cattle to sterue.
Notes
1 see. 1577.