108 A lesson for dairie maid, etc. 
q 1 Gehezie his sicknes was whitish and drie, 
Wiite and such cheeses, good Cisley, ye floted' too nie. 
Too salt. 2 Leaue Lot with her piller (good Cisley) alone, 
much saltnes in whitemeat is ill for the stone. 
Full of eies. 3 If cheeses in dairie haue Argusses eies, 
tell Cisley the fault in hir huswiferie lies.? 
Houen. 4 Tom Piper hath houen and puffed vp cheekes, 
if cheese be so houen, make Cisse to seeke creekes. 
Tough. 5 Poore Cobler he tuggeth his leatherlie trash, 
if cheese abide tugging, tug Cisley a crash. 
Fullof spots. 6 If Lazer® so lothsome in cheese be espied, 
let baies amend Cisley, or shift hir aside. 
Full of 7 Rough Esau was hearie from top to the fut, 
if cheese so appeareth, call Cisley a slut. 
Full of whey. 8 As Mawdlin wept, so would Cisley be drest, 
for whey in hir cheeses, not halfe inough prest. 
Full of g If gentils be scrauling, call magget the py, 
ean if cheeses haue gentils, at Cisse by and by. 
pares 10 Blesse Cisley (good mistris) that Bishop doth ban 
for burning the milke of hir cheese to the pan. 
[11 ]Z/ thou (so oft beaten)* I will no more threaten, 
amendest by this: I promise thee Cis. 
[12 ]Thus dairie maid Cisley, rehearsed ye see, 
what faults with ill huswife, in dairie house bee. 
Of market abhorred, to houshold a griefe, 
to maister and mistris, as ill as a thiefe. 
Thus endeth Aprils husbandrie, 
1 «*Floting is taking off the Cream.”—T.R. 
2 “ Because she did not work the Curd well together.” —T.R. 
3 ** An inner corruption. . . . Chiefly occasioned from their using milk 
soon after calving.” —T.R. 
4 Amend so oft beaten 
for doing amisse. 1577- 
