Virgidemiarum - Book 2, Satire 6, discomforts of a private Chaplain
SAT. VI.
A Gentle Squire woulde gladly intertayne
Into his house, some Trencher-Chapplaine:
Some willing man that might instruct his sons,
And that would stand to good conditions.
First that he lie vpon the Truckle-bed,
Whiles his yong maister lieth ore his hed.
Secondly, that he doe, on no default,
Euer presume to sit aboue the salt.
Third, that he neuer change his Trencher twise.
Fourth, that he vse all cumely courtesies:
Sit bare at meales, and one haulfe rise and waite.
Last, that he neuer his young master beate,
But he must aske his mother to define,
How many ierkes, she would his breech should line.
All those obseru'd, he could contented bee,
To giue fiue markes, and winter liuery.
A Gentle Squire woulde gladly intertayne
Into his house, some Trencher-Chapplaine:
Some willing man that might instruct his sons,
And that would stand to good conditions.
First that he lie vpon the Truckle-bed,
Whiles his yong maister lieth ore his hed.
Secondly, that he doe, on no default,
Euer presume to sit aboue the salt.
Third, that he neuer change his Trencher twise.
Fourth, that he vse all cumely courtesies:
Sit bare at meales, and one haulfe rise and waite.
Last, that he neuer his young master beate,
But he must aske his mother to define,
How many ierkes, she would his breech should line.
All those obseru'd, he could contented bee,
To giue fiue markes, and winter liuery.
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