19
Make fewe of thy counsell to change for the best,
least one that is trudging infecteth the rest.
20
The stone that is rolling can gather no mosse,[E437]
for maister and seruant, oft changing is losse.
Both liberall sticketh,
Some prouender [pricketh].
One liberall.
21
One dog for a hog, and one cat for a mouse,
one readie to giue is ynough in a house:
22
One gift ill accepted, keepe next in thy purse,
whom prouender pricketh are often the wurse.
[1] How daintie some be. 1573.
[2] "A wise man saith not, had I wist."—Uncertain Author in Tottel's Miscellany (p. 244, Arber's ed.).