They will love thee ever more,
My lief child.
And look to thy daughters that none of them be lorn;
From the very time that they are of thee born,
Busy thyself and gather fast for their marriage,
And give them to spousing as soon as they be of age.
Maidens be fair and amiable,
But in their love full unstable,
My lief child.
Now have I taught thee, daughter, as my mother did me;