not plainë 1869 thee. Thou say’st also, if that we make us gay With clothing and with precious array, That it is peril of our chastity. And yet⁠—with sorrow!⁠—thou enforcest thee, And say’st these words in the apostle’s name: ‘In habit made with chastity and shame 1870 Ye women shall apparel you,’ quoth he, ‘And not in tressed hair and gay perrie, 1871 As pearlës, nor with gold, nor clothës rich.’ After thy text nor after thy rubrich I will not work as muchel as a gnat. Thou say’st also, I walk out like a cat; For whoso wouldë singe the cattë’s skin Then will the cattë well dwell in her inn; 1872 And if the cattë’s skin be sleek and gay, She will not dwell in housë half a day, But forth she will, ere any day be daw’d, To shew her skin, and go a caterwaw’d.