96. ¶ The description of a womans age by vi. times xiiij yeeres prentiship, with a lesson to the same

14. Two first seuen yeeres, for a rod they doe whine,

28. Two next, as a perle in the world they doe shine,

42. Two next, trim beautie beginneth to swerue,

56. Two next, for matrones or drudges they serue,

70. Two next, doth craue a staffe for a stay,

84. Two next, a beere to fetch them away.

A Lesson

Then purchase some pelfe,
by fiftie and thrée:
or buckle thy selfe,
a drudge for to bée.