ſtumble and laye thee flat on the ground vpon thy noſe. And the more thou groweſt in fauour with thy Maiſter, and that he giueth thee, and make thee fatte in purſe: ſo much more take thou heede to thy ſelfe, and looke about thee. Now marke well what followeth.
The vnthankfulneʃʃe of Maiʃters.
Buriaʃo (one of our corporation) was a certayne beaſt that if thou hadſt knowne him, thou wouldeſt rather haue taken him for a ſlouenly beaſt than a man. He brought vp a Soowe and made ſo much of hir that he himſelfe fedde hir with one hande, and with the other he clawed hir. And when this Soowe had often times brought him Pigges, and that good ſtore at a farrowe, he ſtyed her vp and fatted hir, and when ſhe was fat, (forgetting the loue he bare hir) he ſticked hir, and in time eate hir. There are ſuch like Maiſters that clawe thee with one hande, that is, they giue thee faire wordes: with the other they feede thee, to weete, they giue thee draffe. And when thou haſt ſerued them (which is vnderſtanded by the bringing foorth of Pigges) a time and ſpent thy youth: and if Fortune be thy friende, then they giue thee, and make thee riche: If thou die before thy good happe, farewell thou, ſ o much is ſaued.
