Nor make thee not to seem rich with other men’s store,
Therefore spend thou never a farthing more.
For though thou borrow fast,
It must home again at last,
My lief child.
And if thy children be rebel and will not bow them low,
If any of them misdo, neither curse them nor blow;[[108]]
But take a smart rod and beat them in a row,
Till they cry mercy and their guilt well know.
Dear child, by this lore