¶
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Where some of a cow doo raise yeerelie a pound,
with such [seelie] huswiues no penie is found.
Then dairie maid (Cisley) hir fault being knowne,
away apace trudgeth, with more than hir owne.
¶ Ill huswiues saiengs.
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Then neighbour, for Gods sake, if any you see,
good seruant for dairie house, [waine][13] her to mee.[E290]
Such maister such man,[E291] and such mistris such maid,
such husband and huswife, such houses [araid].[14]
[1] Sts. 1-5 are not in 1577.
[2] "Now ye may see what medows are well laid up, and what not, and accordingly chuse your ground."—T.R.
[3] "I suppose in our Author's time they made the Hills less than they do now."—T.R. 1710.
[4] "Overpoling (especially in height) is worse than underpoling."—T.R.
[5] "Six inches at the but may be more worth than two foot in another part."—T.R.
[6] "Sawing out; it being called breaking-up by workmen in those parts near where our Author lived."—T.R.