¶ A lesson for dairie maid Cisley, of ten toppings gests.[E292]
(a)
As wife that will
good husband plese,
Must shun with skill
such gests as these.
(b)
So Cisse that serues
must marke this note,
What fault deserues
a [brushed cote].
¶ Ten toppings gests vnsent for.
(c)
Gehezie, Lots wife, and Argusses eies,[E293]
Tom piper, poore Cobler, and Lazarus [thies],
Rough Esau, with [Mawdlin], and [Gentils] that [scrall],
With Bishop that burneth, thus knowe ye them all.[1]
(d)
These [toppingly] gests be in number but ten,
As welcome in dairie as Beares among men.
Which being descried, take heede of[2] you shall,
For danger of [after claps], after that fall.
¶ White and drie.
1
Gehezie his sicknes was whitish and drie,
such cheeses, good Cisley, ye [floted][3] too nie.[E294]
Too salt.
2
Leaue Lot with her piller (good Cisley) alone,
much saltnes in whitemeat is ill for the stone.