Milke

O ſiſters three, come, come, to mee, With hands as pale as milke, Lay them in gore, ſince you haue ſhore With ſheeres, his threede of ſilke.

Alſo with it is made together with ſweet Milke, a kind of poſſets, which is called a poſſet of two Milkes, oꝛ a ſowꝛe milke poſſet, which is very temperate and cooling dꝛinke, and is vſed in hot diſeaſes with great ſucceſſe, and doth coole moꝛe than any other dꝛink, as is pꝛooued daily in Lankaſhire, where it is moſt vſuall.

Againe we haue hay in the barne, horſes in the ſtable, oxen in the ſtall, ſheepe in the pen, hogges in the ſtie, come in the garner, cheeſe in the loft, milke in the dairy, creame in the pot, butter in the dim, ale in the tub, and Aqua vitæ in the bottle, beefe in the brine, brawne in the ſowce, and bacon in the roofe, hearbs in the garden, and water at our doores, whole cloths to our backes, and ſome money in our cophers, and hauing all this, if we ſerue God withall, what in Gods name can we deſire to haue more ?

If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […]

Her vp they tooke, and with them home herled, With them as houſewife euer to abide, To milke their goates, and make them cheeſe & bred. And euery one as common good her haadeled ;

Good Lady ſhee did ſeldome vſe to milke, Or touch ſuch things as were not clad in ſilke.