With that the shepheard would break his sleep,
And send out Lowder (for so his dog hote)
To range the fields with wide open throat.
Then, when as Lowder was far away,
This wolvish sheep would catchen his prey,
A lamb, or a kid, or a weanel wast;
With that to the wood would he speed him fast.
Long time he used this slippery prank,
Ere Roffy could for his labour him thank.
At end, the shepheard his practice spied,