A bagpype[42] without blowynge standeth in no sted:
Some run to far before, some run to far behynde,
Some be to churlysshe, and some be to kynde.
Ic dien serueth for the[43] erstrych[44] fether, 80
Ic dien is the language of the land of Beme;
In Affryc tongue byrsa is a thonge of lether;
In Palestina there is Ierusalem.
Colostrum now for Parot, whyte bred and swete creme!
Our Thomasen[45] she doth trip, our Ienet she doth shayle:
Parrot hath a blacke beard and a fayre grene tayle.