Else farewell hys good days, and farewell his life,

Maister Raufe Royster Doyster is but dead and gon

Excepte she on hym take some compassion,

Then chiefe of counsell, must be Mathew Merygreeke, 45

What if I for mariage to suche an one seeke?

Then must I sooth it, what ever it is:

For what he sayth or doth can not be amisse,

Holde up his yea and nay, be his nowne[346] white[347] sonne,

Prayse and rouse him well, and ye have his heart wonne, 50

For so well liketh he his owne fonde fashions