Complete and absolute separation.
“Hanged hay never does cattle.”
Bought hay, hung and weighed in the scales, is not economical. It will not do (pronounced “doe”) cattle.
“To scold like a wych-waller.”
I.e., a “salt-boiler” at one of the wyches of Cheshire.
“To catch a person napping, as Moss caught his mare.”
“I’ll tell thee, quoth Wood,
If I can’t rule my daughter, I’ll rule my good.”
“But when? quoth Kettle to his mare.”
Of these three worthies history is silent.
“Like Goodyer’s pig, never well but when he is doing mischief.”