69.

[1]yettie. 1557.

[2]minded. 1577.

[3]I. 1577.

1Now listen, good huswiues, what dooings are hereset foorth for a daie, as it should for a yere.Both easie to follow, and soone toatchiue,for such as by huswiferie looketh to thriue.[E426]2The forenoone affaires, till dinner (with some,)then after noone dooings, till supper time come.With breakfast and dinner time, sup, and to bed,standes orderlie placed, to quiet thine hed.3The meaning is this, for a daie what ye see,that monthlie and yeerlie continued must bee.And hereby to gather (as prooue I intend),that huswiuelie matters haue neuer an end.4I haue not, by heare say, nor reading in booke,set out (peraduenture) that some cannot brooke,Nor yet of a spite, to be dooing with enie,but such as haueskaredme many a penie.5If widow, both huswife and husband may be,what cause hath a widower lesser than she?Tis needfull that both of them looke well about:too careles within, and too lasie without.6Now therefore, if well ye consider of this,what losses and crosses comes dailie amis.Then beare with a widowers pen as ye may:though husband of huswiferie somewhat doth say.[E427]

1Now listen, good huswiues, what dooings are hereset foorth for a daie, as it should for a yere.Both easie to follow, and soone toatchiue,for such as by huswiferie looketh to thriue.[E426]

2The forenoone affaires, till dinner (with some,)then after noone dooings, till supper time come.With breakfast and dinner time, sup, and to bed,standes orderlie placed, to quiet thine hed.

3The meaning is this, for a daie what ye see,that monthlie and yeerlie continued must bee.And hereby to gather (as prooue I intend),that huswiuelie matters haue neuer an end.

4I haue not, by heare say, nor reading in booke,set out (peraduenture) that some cannot brooke,Nor yet of a spite, to be dooing with enie,but such as haueskaredme many a penie.

5If widow, both huswife and husband may be,what cause hath a widower lesser than she?Tis needfull that both of them looke well about:too careles within, and too lasie without.

6Now therefore, if well ye consider of this,what losses and crosses comes dailie amis.Then beare with a widowers pen as ye may:though husband of huswiferie somewhat doth say.[E427]

[1]"First introduced in the edition of 1580" (M.).

1Take weapon away, of what force is a man?Take huswife from husband, and what is he than?2As louers desireth together to dwell,So husbandrie loueth good huswiferie well.3Though husbandrie seemeth to bring in the gaines,Yet huswiferie labours seeme equall in paines.4Somerespitto husbands the weather may send,But huswiues affaires haue neuer an end.

1Take weapon away, of what force is a man?Take huswife from husband, and what is he than?

2As louers desireth together to dwell,So husbandrie loueth good huswiferie well.

3Though husbandrie seemeth to bring in the gaines,Yet huswiferie labours seeme equall in paines.

4Somerespitto husbands the weather may send,But huswiues affaires haue neuer an end.

The praise of huswiferie.I serve for a daie, for a weeke, for a yere,For life time, for euer, while man dwelleth here.For richer, for poorer, from North to the South,For honest, forhardhead, or daintie of mouth.For wed and vnwedded, in sicknes and health,For all that well liueth, in good Commonwealth.For citie, for countrie, for Court, and for cart,To quiet the head, and to comfort the hart.

The praise of huswiferie.

I serve for a daie, for a weeke, for a yere,For life time, for euer, while man dwelleth here.For richer, for poorer, from North to the South,For honest, forhardhead, or daintie of mouth.For wed and vnwedded, in sicknes and health,For all that well liueth, in good Commonwealth.For citie, for countrie, for Court, and for cart,To quiet the head, and to comfort the hart.

1Of huswife doth huswiferiechallengethat name,of huswiferie huswife doth likewise the same,Where husband and husbandrie ioineth with thease,there wealthines gotten is holden with ease.2The name of a huswife what is it to say?the wife of the house, to the husband a stay.If huswife doth that, as belongeth to hur:if husband be godlie,[1]there needeth no stur.3The huswife is she that to labour doth fall,the labour of hir I doo huswiferie call.If thrift by that labour be honestlie[2]got:then is it good huswiferie, else is it not.4The woman the name of a huswife doth win,by keeping hir house, and of dooings therein.And she that with husband will quietly dwell,must thinke on this lesson, and follow it well.

1Of huswife doth huswiferiechallengethat name,of huswiferie huswife doth likewise the same,Where husband and husbandrie ioineth with thease,there wealthines gotten is holden with ease.

2The name of a huswife what is it to say?the wife of the house, to the husband a stay.If huswife doth that, as belongeth to hur:if husband be godlie,[1]there needeth no stur.

3The huswife is she that to labour doth fall,the labour of hir I doo huswiferie call.If thrift by that labour be honestlie[2]got:then is it good huswiferie, else is it not.

4The woman the name of a huswife doth win,by keeping hir house, and of dooings therein.And she that with husband will quietly dwell,must thinke on this lesson, and follow it well.

[1]wittie. 1577. Cf.post,ch. 100, st. 6.

[2]be sued or got. 1577.

Serue God is the furst,True loue is not wurst.1A dailie good lesson, of huswife in deede,is God to remember, the better to speede.2An other good lesson, of huswiferie thought,is huswife with husband to liue as she ought.Wife comely no griefe,Man out, huswife chiefe.3Thoughtricklyto see to, be gallant to wiue,yet comely and wise is the huswife to thriue.4When husband is absent, let huswife be chiefe,and looke to their labour that eateth hir biefe.Both out not allow,Keepe house huswife thow.5Where husband and huswife be both out of place,there seruants doo loiter, and reason their cace.[E430]6The huswife so named (of keeping the house,)must tend on hir profit, as cat on the mouse.Seeke home for rest,For home is best.7As huswiues keepe home, and be stirrers about,so speedeth their winnings, the yeere thorow out.8Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught,that home hath no fellow to such as haue aught.[E431]¶ Vse all with skill,Aske what ye will.9Good vsage with knowledge, and quiet withall,make huswife to shine, as the sunne on the wall.10What husband refuseth all comely to haue,that hath a good huswife, all willing to saue.Be readie at neede,All thine to feede.11The case of good huswiues, thus daily doth stand,what euer shall chance, to be readie at hand.12This care hath a huswife all daie in hir hed,that all thing in season be huswifelie fed.By practise go muse,How houshold to vse.13Damepractiseis she that to huswife doth tell,which way for to gouerne hir familie[E432]well.14Vse labourers gently, keepe this as a lawe,make childe to be ciuill, keepe seruant in awe.Who careles doe liue,Occasion doe giue.15Haue euerie where a respect to thy waies,that none of thy life any slander may raies.16What many doo knowe, though a time it be hid,at length will abrode, when a mischiefe shall bid.No neighbour reprooue,Doe so to haue looue.17The loue of thy neighbour shall stand thee in steede,the poorer, the gladder, to helpe at a neede.18Vse friendly thy neighbour, else trust him in this,as he hath thy friendship, so trust vnto his.¶ Strike nothing vnknowne,Take heede to thine owne.19Reuenge not thy wrath vpon any mans beast,least thine by like malice be bid to like feast.20What husband prouideth with monie his drudge,the huswife must looke to, which waie it dothtrudge.

Serue God is the furst,True loue is not wurst.

1A dailie good lesson, of huswife in deede,is God to remember, the better to speede.

2An other good lesson, of huswiferie thought,is huswife with husband to liue as she ought.

Wife comely no griefe,Man out, huswife chiefe.

3Thoughtricklyto see to, be gallant to wiue,yet comely and wise is the huswife to thriue.

4When husband is absent, let huswife be chiefe,and looke to their labour that eateth hir biefe.

Both out not allow,Keepe house huswife thow.

5Where husband and huswife be both out of place,there seruants doo loiter, and reason their cace.[E430]

6The huswife so named (of keeping the house,)must tend on hir profit, as cat on the mouse.

Seeke home for rest,For home is best.

7As huswiues keepe home, and be stirrers about,so speedeth their winnings, the yeere thorow out.

8Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught,that home hath no fellow to such as haue aught.[E431]

¶ Vse all with skill,Aske what ye will.

9Good vsage with knowledge, and quiet withall,make huswife to shine, as the sunne on the wall.

10What husband refuseth all comely to haue,that hath a good huswife, all willing to saue.

Be readie at neede,All thine to feede.

11The case of good huswiues, thus daily doth stand,what euer shall chance, to be readie at hand.

12This care hath a huswife all daie in hir hed,that all thing in season be huswifelie fed.

By practise go muse,How houshold to vse.

13Damepractiseis she that to huswife doth tell,which way for to gouerne hir familie[E432]well.

14Vse labourers gently, keepe this as a lawe,make childe to be ciuill, keepe seruant in awe.

Who careles doe liue,Occasion doe giue.

15Haue euerie where a respect to thy waies,that none of thy life any slander may raies.

16What many doo knowe, though a time it be hid,at length will abrode, when a mischiefe shall bid.

No neighbour reprooue,Doe so to haue looue.

17The loue of thy neighbour shall stand thee in steede,the poorer, the gladder, to helpe at a neede.

18Vse friendly thy neighbour, else trust him in this,as he hath thy friendship, so trust vnto his.

¶ Strike nothing vnknowne,Take heede to thine owne.

19Reuenge not thy wrath vpon any mans beast,least thine by like malice be bid to like feast.

20What husband prouideth with monie his drudge,the huswife must looke to, which waie it dothtrudge.

[1]Now, out of the matter, this lesson I ad,concerning cock crowing, what profit is had.Experience teacheth, as true as a clock:how winter night passeth, by marking the cock.[2]Cock croweth at midnight, times few aboue six,with pause to his neighbour, to answerebetwix.At three a clockthicker, and then as ye knowe,like all in to Mattens, neere daie they doo crowe.Cocke crowing.[3]At midnight, at three, and an hower ere day,they vtter their language, as well as they may.Which who so regardeth what counsell they giue,will better loue crowing, as long as they liue.For being afraid,Take heede good maid:Marke crowing of cock,For feare of a knock.[4]¶The first cock croweth.Ho, Dame it is midnight: what rumbling is that?The next cock croweth.[1]Take heede to falseharlots, and more, ye wot what.If noise ye heare,Looke all be cleare:Least drabs doe noie thee,And theeues destroie thee.[5]¶The first cock croweth.Maides, three a clock,[E433]knede, lay yourbucks,[E434]or go brew,The next cock croweth.Andcobbleandbotch, ye that cannot buie new.Till cock crow agen,Both maidens and men:Amend now with speede,That mending doth neede.[2][6]¶The first cock croweth.Past fiue a clock, Holla: maid, sleeping beware,The next cock croweth.Least quickly your Mistres vncouer yourbare.Maides, vp I beseech yee,Least Mistres doe breech yee:To worke and away,As fast as ye may.

[1]Now, out of the matter, this lesson I ad,concerning cock crowing, what profit is had.Experience teacheth, as true as a clock:how winter night passeth, by marking the cock.

[2]Cock croweth at midnight, times few aboue six,with pause to his neighbour, to answerebetwix.At three a clockthicker, and then as ye knowe,like all in to Mattens, neere daie they doo crowe.

Cocke crowing.

[3]At midnight, at three, and an hower ere day,they vtter their language, as well as they may.Which who so regardeth what counsell they giue,will better loue crowing, as long as they liue.

For being afraid,Take heede good maid:Marke crowing of cock,For feare of a knock.

[4]¶The first cock croweth.Ho, Dame it is midnight: what rumbling is that?The next cock croweth.[1]Take heede to falseharlots, and more, ye wot what.

If noise ye heare,Looke all be cleare:Least drabs doe noie thee,And theeues destroie thee.

[5]¶The first cock croweth.Maides, three a clock,[E433]knede, lay yourbucks,[E434]or go brew,The next cock croweth.Andcobbleandbotch, ye that cannot buie new.

Till cock crow agen,Both maidens and men:Amend now with speede,That mending doth neede.[2]

[6]¶The first cock croweth.Past fiue a clock, Holla: maid, sleeping beware,The next cock croweth.Least quickly your Mistres vncouer yourbare.

Maides, vp I beseech yee,Least Mistres doe breech yee:To worke and away,As fast as ye may.

[1]showeth, here and in stanzas 5 and 6. 1577.

[2]Both mayden and manmend now what ye can.Leave gibber gabbermend slibber slabber. 1577.

[2]

Both mayden and manmend now what ye can.Leave gibber gabbermend slibber slabber. 1577.

[Now listen, good huswiues, what doings are hereset out for a day as it should for a yere. 1577.]

No sooner some vp,But nose is in cup.1Get vp in the morning as soone as thou wilt,with ouerlongslugginggood seruant is spilt.2Some slouens from sleeping no sooner get vp,but hand is inaumbrie, and nose in the cup.That early is donne,Count huswifelywonne.Morning workes.3Some worke in the morning may trimly be donne,that all the day after can hardly be wonne.4Good husband without it is needfull there be,good huswife within as needfull as he.Cast dust into yard,And spin and go card.5Slutscorners auoided shall further thy health,much time about trifles shall hinder thy wealth.6Set some topeelehempe or elserishesto twine,to spin and to card, or to seething of brine.Grind mault for drinke,See meate do not stinke.7Set some about cattle, some pasture tovewe,some mault to be grinding against ye do brewe.8Somecorneth, somebrineth, some will not be taught,where meate isattainted, there cookrie is naught.

No sooner some vp,But nose is in cup.

1Get vp in the morning as soone as thou wilt,with ouerlongslugginggood seruant is spilt.

2Some slouens from sleeping no sooner get vp,but hand is inaumbrie, and nose in the cup.

That early is donne,Count huswifelywonne.

Morning workes.

3Some worke in the morning may trimly be donne,that all the day after can hardly be wonne.

4Good husband without it is needfull there be,good huswife within as needfull as he.

Cast dust into yard,And spin and go card.

5Slutscorners auoided shall further thy health,much time about trifles shall hinder thy wealth.

6Set some topeelehempe or elserishesto twine,to spin and to card, or to seething of brine.

Grind mault for drinke,See meate do not stinke.

7Set some about cattle, some pasture tovewe,some mault to be grinding against ye do brewe.

8Somecorneth, somebrineth, some will not be taught,where meate isattainted, there cookrie is naught.

[1]This and other sub-titles are not in 1577.

To breakefast that come,Giue erie one some.Breakefast.1Call seruants to breakefast by day starre appere,[E435]a snatch and to worke, fellowes tarrie not here.2Let huswife be caruer, let[1]pottagebeheate,a messe to eche one, with a morsell of meate.No more tittle tattle,Go serue your cattle.3Whattackein a pudding, saith greedie gut wringer,giue such ye wote what, ere a pudding he finger.4Let seruants once serued, thy cattle go serue,least often ill seruing make cattle to sterue.

To breakefast that come,Giue erie one some.

Breakefast.

1Call seruants to breakefast by day starre appere,[E435]a snatch and to worke, fellowes tarrie not here.

2Let huswife be caruer, let[1]pottagebeheate,a messe to eche one, with a morsell of meate.

No more tittle tattle,Go serue your cattle.

3Whattackein a pudding, saith greedie gut wringer,giue such ye wote what, ere a pudding he finger.

4Let seruants once serued, thy cattle go serue,least often ill seruing make cattle to sterue.

[1]see. 1577.

Thée for thriue.Learne you that will thee,This lesson of mee.[1]1No breakefast ofcustomeprouide for to saue,but onely for such as deserueth to haue.2No shewing of seruant what vittles in store,shew seruant his labour, and shew him no more.Of hauocke beware,Cat nothing will spare.3Where all thing is common, what needeth a hutch?where wanteth asauer, therehauockeis mutch.4Where window is open, cat maketh afray,yet wilde cat with two legs is worse by myfay.Looke well vnto thine,Slut slouthfull must whine.5An eie in a corner who vseth to haue,reuealeth adrab, and preuenteth a knaue.6Make maide to be clenly, or make hir crie creake,and teach hir tostirre, when hir mistresse doth speake.Let hollie wand threate,Let fisgig be beate.7A wand in thy hand, though ye fight not at all,makes youth to their businesse better to fall.8For feare of foolehad I wist[2][E436]cause thee to waile,letfisgigbe taught to shut doore aftertaile.Too easie thewicket,Will still appeaseclicket.9With hir that will clicket make daunger to cope,least quickly hir wicket seeme easie to ope.10As rod little mendeth where maners be spilt,so naught will be naught say and do what thou wilt.Fight seldome ye shallBut vse not tobrall.11Much bralling with seruant, what man can abide?payhome when thou fightest, but loue not to chide.12As order is heauenly where quiet is had,so error is hell, or a mischiefe as bad.What better a laweThan subjects in awe?13Such awe as a warning will cause to beware,doth make the whole houshold the better to fare.14The lesse of thy counsell thy seruants doe knowe,Their dutie the better such seruants shall showe.Good musicke regard,Good seruants reward.15Such seruants are oftenestpainfulland good,that sing in their labour, as birdes in the wood.16Good seruants hope iustly some friendship to feele,and looke to haue fauour what time they do weele.By once or twiseTis time to be wise.17TakerunagateRobin, to pitie his neede,and looke to be filched, as sure as thy creede.18Take warning by once, that a worse do not hap,foresight is the stopper of many a gap.Some change for a shift,Oft change, small thrift.19Make fewe of thy counsell to change for the best,least one that is trudging infecteth the rest.20The stone that is rolling can gather no mosse,[E437]for maister and seruant, oft changing is losse.Both liberall sticketh,Some prouenderpricketh.One liberall.21One dog for a hog, and one cat for a mouse,one readie to giue is ynough in a house:22One gift ill accepted, keepe next in thy purse,whom prouender pricketh are often the wurse.

Thée for thriue.

Learne you that will thee,This lesson of mee.[1]

1No breakefast ofcustomeprouide for to saue,but onely for such as deserueth to haue.

2No shewing of seruant what vittles in store,shew seruant his labour, and shew him no more.

Of hauocke beware,Cat nothing will spare.

3Where all thing is common, what needeth a hutch?where wanteth asauer, therehauockeis mutch.

4Where window is open, cat maketh afray,yet wilde cat with two legs is worse by myfay.

Looke well vnto thine,Slut slouthfull must whine.

5An eie in a corner who vseth to haue,reuealeth adrab, and preuenteth a knaue.

6Make maide to be clenly, or make hir crie creake,and teach hir tostirre, when hir mistresse doth speake.

Let hollie wand threate,Let fisgig be beate.

7A wand in thy hand, though ye fight not at all,makes youth to their businesse better to fall.

8For feare of foolehad I wist[2][E436]cause thee to waile,letfisgigbe taught to shut doore aftertaile.

Too easie thewicket,Will still appeaseclicket.

9With hir that will clicket make daunger to cope,least quickly hir wicket seeme easie to ope.

10As rod little mendeth where maners be spilt,so naught will be naught say and do what thou wilt.

Fight seldome ye shallBut vse not tobrall.

11Much bralling with seruant, what man can abide?payhome when thou fightest, but loue not to chide.

12As order is heauenly where quiet is had,so error is hell, or a mischiefe as bad.

What better a laweThan subjects in awe?

13Such awe as a warning will cause to beware,doth make the whole houshold the better to fare.

14The lesse of thy counsell thy seruants doe knowe,Their dutie the better such seruants shall showe.

Good musicke regard,Good seruants reward.

15Such seruants are oftenestpainfulland good,that sing in their labour, as birdes in the wood.

16Good seruants hope iustly some friendship to feele,and looke to haue fauour what time they do weele.

By once or twiseTis time to be wise.

17TakerunagateRobin, to pitie his neede,and looke to be filched, as sure as thy creede.

18Take warning by once, that a worse do not hap,foresight is the stopper of many a gap.

Some change for a shift,Oft change, small thrift.

19Make fewe of thy counsell to change for the best,least one that is trudging infecteth the rest.

20The stone that is rolling can gather no mosse,[E437]for maister and seruant, oft changing is losse.

Both liberall sticketh,Some prouenderpricketh.

One liberall.

21One dog for a hog, and one cat for a mouse,one readie to giue is ynough in a house:

22One gift ill accepted, keepe next in thy purse,whom prouender pricketh are often the wurse.

[1]How daintie some be. 1573.

[2]"A wise man saith not, had I wist."—Uncertain Author inTottel's Miscellany(p. 244, Arber's ed.).

Brew somewhat for thine,Else bring vp no swine.Brewing.1Where brewing is needfull, be brewer thy selfe,what filleth the roofe will helpe furnish the shelfe:2In buieng of drinke, by the firkin or pot,thetallieariseth, but hog amendes not.[1]Well brewed, worth cost,Ill vsed, halfe lost.3One bushell well brewed, outlasteth some twaine,and saueth both mault, and expences in vaine.[2]4Too new is no profite, too stale is as bad,drinkedeador else sower makes laborer sad.[E438]Remember good Gill,Take paine with thyswill.Séething of graines.5Seethgrains in more water, while grains be yet hot,and stirre them in copper, as poredge in pot.6Such heating with straw, to haue offall good store,both pleaseth and easeth, what would ye haue more?

Brew somewhat for thine,Else bring vp no swine.

Brewing.

1Where brewing is needfull, be brewer thy selfe,what filleth the roofe will helpe furnish the shelfe:

2In buieng of drinke, by the firkin or pot,thetallieariseth, but hog amendes not.[1]

Well brewed, worth cost,Ill vsed, halfe lost.

3One bushell well brewed, outlasteth some twaine,and saueth both mault, and expences in vaine.[2]

4Too new is no profite, too stale is as bad,drinkedeador else sower makes laborer sad.[E438]

Remember good Gill,Take paine with thyswill.

Séething of graines.

5Seethgrains in more water, while grains be yet hot,and stirre them in copper, as poredge in pot.

6Such heating with straw, to haue offall good store,both pleaseth and easeth, what would ye haue more?

[1]Score quickely ariseth, hog profiteth not. 1577.

[2]Two troubles for nothing, is cost to no gaine. 1577.

Newe bread is adriuell.Much crust is as euill.Baking.1New bread is awaster, but mouldie is wurse,what that way dog catcheth, that loseth the purse.2MuchdowebakeI praise not, much crust is as ill,the meane is the Huswife, say nay if ye will.

Newe bread is adriuell.Much crust is as euill.

Baking.

1New bread is awaster, but mouldie is wurse,what that way dog catcheth, that loseth the purse.

2MuchdowebakeI praise not, much crust is as ill,the meane is the Huswife, say nay if ye will.

Good cookerie craueth,Goodturnebrochsaueth.Cookerie.1Good cooke to dresse dinner, to bake and to brewe,deserues a rewarde, being honest and trewe.2Good diligent turnebroch and trustie withall,is sometime as needfull as some in the hall.

Good cookerie craueth,Goodturnebrochsaueth.

Cookerie.

1Good cooke to dresse dinner, to bake and to brewe,deserues a rewarde, being honest and trewe.

2Good diligent turnebroch and trustie withall,is sometime as needfull as some in the hall.

Good dairie doth pleasure,Ill dairie spendes treasure.Dairie.1Good huswife in dairie, that needes not be tolde,deserueth hir fee to be paid hir in golde.2Ill seruant neglecting what huswiferie saies,deserueth hir fee to be paid hir withbaies.[E440]Gooddroie[E441]woorth much.[1]Marke sluts and such.3Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke,more needfull is truelie than some in their silke.4Though homelie be milker, let cleanlie be cooke,for a slut and a slouen be knowne by their looke.In dairie no cat,Laiebanefor a rat.Traps for rats.5Though cat (a good mouser) doth dwell in a house,yet euer in dairie haue trap for a mouse.6Take heede how thou laiest the bane for the rats,for poisoning seruant, thy selfe and thybrats.

Good dairie doth pleasure,Ill dairie spendes treasure.

Dairie.

1Good huswife in dairie, that needes not be tolde,deserueth hir fee to be paid hir in golde.

2Ill seruant neglecting what huswiferie saies,deserueth hir fee to be paid hir withbaies.[E440]

Gooddroie[E441]woorth much.[1]Marke sluts and such.

3Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke,more needfull is truelie than some in their silke.

4Though homelie be milker, let cleanlie be cooke,for a slut and a slouen be knowne by their looke.

In dairie no cat,Laiebanefor a rat.

Traps for rats.

5Though cat (a good mouser) doth dwell in a house,yet euer in dairie haue trap for a mouse.

6Take heede how thou laiest the bane for the rats,for poisoning seruant, thy selfe and thybrats.

[1]Though droy be, etc. 1577.

No scouring for pride,Spare kettle whole side.Scouring.1Though scouring be needfull, yet scouring too mutch,is pride without profit, and robbeth[1]thine hutch.2Keepe kettles from knocks, set tubs out of Sun,for mending is costlie, and crackt is soonedun.

No scouring for pride,Spare kettle whole side.

Scouring.

1Though scouring be needfull, yet scouring too mutch,is pride without profit, and robbeth[1]thine hutch.

2Keepe kettles from knocks, set tubs out of Sun,for mending is costlie, and crackt is soonedun.

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