Now must wee needs be braue, tho wee spend all wee haue;
For of new garments wee haue great need.
Of horsses and serving-men wee must haue store,
With bridles and sadles and twentye things more.
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‘Tushe, Sir Iohn,’ quoth his wiffe, ‘neither doe frett nor frowne,
You shall bee att noe more charges for mee;
For I will turne and trim vp my old russett gowne,
With euerye thing else as fine as may bee;
And on our mill-horsses full swift wee will ryd,