His age and myne cannot agrie,

Duhill that the warld fandis.

16 Macrell. Let that allane, he is not fa auld, Mor zit of curage half fa cald,

Bot gif ze war his wyfe,ze wald,

Be weill aneuch content.

With him mair treitment on ane day,
And get mair making off ze may,
Nog with ane Wamfler,fuith to say,
Duhen twentie zeiris ar spent.

17 Ze neyther mell with lad noz loun,
Bot with the beft in all this toun,
His wyfe may ay fit fozmeft doun,
At eyther burde og bink:

Gang fozmet in at dure oz zet,
And ay the first gude-day wald get,
With all men honourit and weill tzet,
As onie hart wald think.

18 Se quhat a womans mynde may meile
And heir quhat honour,wealth and eife,
Ze may get with him and ze pleife,

To do as I deuyle:

Zour fyre fall first be birnand cleft,
Zour Madynis than fail haue zour gefr,
Putin gude odour and effeic,

Jlk mozning oz zow ryle.

19 And fay,lo Maitres heir zour Muillis, Put on zour Wylicote fog it cuillis, Lo,heir ane of zour Ueluote Quillis,

Duhairon ze fall fit doun:

Than twafum cummis to cambe zour hair, Put on your heidgeir soft and fair,

Tak thair zour glaffe fie all be clair,
And la gais on zour Goun.

20 Than tak to flanche the mozning dzouth,
Ane cup of Mauefie foz zour mouth,
Foz fume caft sucker in at fouth,
Togidder with a Toift:

Thie Garden gowps tak of the Air,
And bid zour Page in haißt prepair,
Foz zour Diljone fum daintie fair,
And cair not fog na coiß.

21 Ane pair of Pleuaris pypping hait,
Ane Pertrick and ane Quailzie get,
Ane cup of Sack,sweit and weill fet,
May for ane bzeckfaßt gaine.

Zour Cater he may cair foz fyne,
Sum delicate agane ze dyne,
Zour Cuke to feafoun all sa fyne,
Than dois imploy his paine.

22 To lie zour feruantes may ze gang,
And luke zour Madynis all amang,
And gif thair onie wark be wang,

Than bitterlie them blame.

Than may ze haue baith Duaiffis and Kellis, hich Candie Ruffes and Barlet Bellis,

All foz zour weiring and not ellis,

Maid in zour hous at hame.

23 And now quhen all thie warks is done, Foz zour refrefching efternone,

Gar bring unto zour chalmer fone,

Sum daintie dische of meate;

Ane cup of twa with Mufcadall,
Sum vther licht thing thairwithall,

Foz Ralins oz fo2 Capers call,
Gif that ze please to eate.

24 Till fupper tyme then may ze chois,
Unto zour Garden to repois,

Di merelie to tak ane glois,

Dr tak ane buke and reid on:
Syne to zour fupper ar ze bzocht,
Till fair full far that hes bene focht,
And daintie disches deirlie bocht,
That Ladies loues to feid on.

25 The Deganes than into zour hall,
With Schalme and Tymbzell found thay fall,
The Uyole and the Lute with all,
To gar zour meate disgeßt:

The fupper done than vp ze ryfe,
To gang ane quhyle as is the gyse,
Be ze haue rowmit ane Alley thyse,
It is ane myle almaißt,

26 Than may ze to zour Chalmer gang,
Begyle the nicht gif it be lang,
With talk and merie mowes amang,
To eleuate the splene:

Foz zour Collation tak and taift,
Sum lytill licht thing till disgeft,
At nicht ufe Renfe wyne ay almaift,
Fog it is cauld and clene.

27 And fog zour back I dar be bould,
That ze fall weir euen as ze would,
With doubill Garnischings of gould,
And Craip aboue zour hair:
Zour Weluote hat,zour Hude of Stait,
Zour Myllell quhen ze gang to gait,

૧૭ મી

Fra Sone and wind baith air and lait,
To keip that face fa fair.

28 Of Pareis wark wzocht by the laif,
Zour fyne Hall-cheinzeis ze fall haue,
Fog to decoir ane Carkat craif

That cumlie Collour bane:

Zour greit gould Cheinzie fog zour neck,
Be bowlum to the Carle and beck,
Foz he hes gould aneuch,quhat reck?
It will not land on nane.

29 And for zour Gownes ay the new guyse,
Ze with zour Tailzeours may deuyle,
To haue them loufe with plets and plyis,
De clasped clois behind:

The fluffe my hart ze neid not haine,
Pan Ueluot,rayfde figurit og plaine,
Silk, Satyne,Damayle oz Grograine,
The fyneft ze can find.

30 Zour claithes on cullouris cuttit out,
And all Palmentit round about,

My blefling on that femelie fnout,

Sa weill I trow fall fet them:

Zour Schankis of filk zour veluot schone,
Zour bogderit Wylicote abone,

As ze deuyle all fall be done,

Uncraifit quhen ze get them.

31 Zour Tablet be zour hals that hinges Gould bzacelets and all vther things, And all zour fingers full of Rings,

With Pearle and precious ftanes: Ze fall haue ay quhill ze cry ho, Rickillis of gould and jewellis jo,

Duhat

Duhat reck to tak the Bogill-bo,
My bonte burd fog anis.

32 Sweit hart quhat farther wald ye haue?
Duhat greiter plefour wald ze craue,
Now be my faull zow will defaue,
Zour felf and ze fozfaik him:
Thairfoir fweit honie I zow pray,
Tak tent in tyme and nocht delay,
Sweit fucker, neck me not with nay,
Bot be content to tak him.

33 Plefant. The deuill cum lick that beied auld Now fie the trottibus and trowane, (rowan Sa bufilie as tho is wowane,

Sie as the carling craks:

Begyle the barne lho is bot zoung,
Foull fall thay lips, God nog that toung,
War doubill gilt with Nurisch doung,
And ill cheir on thay cheikis.

34 Emily. Gude-wyfe all is bot gude I heir,
Foz weill I lufe to mak gude cheir,
Foz honouris,gould,and vther geir,
Thay can not be refusit:

I grant indeid,my daylie fair,
Will be fufficient and mair,
Bot be it gude ze do not spair,
As royallie to ruse it.

35 Igrant all day to be weill tret,
Honours anew and hicht vplet,
Bot quhat intreatment fall I get,
I pray zow in my bed?

Bot with ane lairbair fog to ly,

Ane auld deid flock,baith cauld and diy,