My lief child.
And if thou be in any place where good ale is aloft,[[95]]
Whether that thou serve thereof or that thou sit soft,
Measurably thou take thereof, that thou fall in no blame,
For if thou be often drunk, it falleth to thy shame.
For those that be often drunk—
Thrift is from them sunk,
My lief child.
Go not to the wrestling or shooting at the cock,[[96]]
As it were a strumpet or a gigggelot[[97]];