81. ¶ Dairie

Good dairie doth pleasure,
Ill dairie spendes treasure.

1
Good huswife in dairie, that needes not be tolde,
deserueth hir fee to be paid hir in golde.

2
Ill seruant neglecting what huswiferie saies,
deserueth hir fee to be paid hir with baies.

Good droie woorth much.
Marke sluts and such.

3
Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke,
more needfull is truelie than some in their silke.

4
Though homelie be milker, let cleanlie be cooke,
for a slut and a slouen be knowne by their looke.

In dairie no cat,
Laie bane for a rat.

5
Though cat (a good mouser) doth dwell in a house,
yet euer in dairie haue trap for a mouse.

6
Take heede how thou laiest the bane for the rats,
for poisoning seruant, thy selfe and thy brats.