87 — ¶ Euening Workes
Time drawing to night,
See all things go right.
Euening workes.
1
When hennes go to roost go in hand to dresse meate,
serue hogs and to milking and some to serue neate.
2
Where twaine be ynow, be not serued with three,
more knaues in a companie worser they bee.
Make lackey to trudge,
Make seruant thy drudge.
3
For euerie trifle leaue ianting thy nag,
but rather make lackey of Jack boie thy wag.
4
Make seruant at night lug in wood or a log,
let none come in emptie but slut and thy dog.
False knaue readie prest,
All safe is the best.
5
Where pullen vse nightly to pearch in the yard,
there two legged foxes keepe watches and ward.
6
See cattle well serued, without and within,
and all thing at quiet ere supper begin.
Take heede it is needeful,
True pittie is meedeful.
7
No clothes in garden, no trinkets without,
no doore leaue vnbolted, for feare of a dout.
8
Thou woman whom pitie becommeth the best,
graunt all that hath laboured time to take rest.