Well, well, proceed; with stays and sleeves away;

That's better still; now petticoats lay by;

How nicely with my orders you comply.

WHEN Magdalene was to the linen come,

Some marks of shame around her senses swum;

A wife to live and die was her desire,

Much rather than be seen in Eve's attire;

She vowed that, spite of what the priest disclosed;

She never would consent to be exposed.