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"Lat nat this wrechched wo thyn herte gnawe, But manly set the world on sexe and seuene."
'Six and seven' is probably a corruption of 'cinque and six', French for the numerals five and six. Some may feel that this is a step too far, and the theory does set the folk-etymology antennae twitching. The OED supports the idea though, which will be good enough authority for most people.