83.

[1]rubbeth. 1573, 1577.

[1]rubbeth. 1573, 1577.

Take heede when ye wash,Else run in the lash.Washing.1Maids, wash well and wring well, but beat ye wot how,if any lack beating, I feare it be yow.2In washing by hand, haue an eie to thyboll,forlaundersand millers, be quick of their toll.Drie sunne, drie winde,Safe binde, safe finde.3Go wash well, saith Sommer, with sunne I shall drie,go wring well, saith Winter, with winde so shall I.4To trust without heede is toventera ioint,giuetaleand take count, is a huswifelie point.Where many be packing,Are manie things lacking.5Where hens fall a cackling, take heede to their nest,where drabs fall a whispring, take heede to the rest.6Through negligent huswifes, are many things lacking,and Gillet suspected will quickly be packing.

Take heede when ye wash,Else run in the lash.

Washing.

Washing.

1Maids, wash well and wring well, but beat ye wot how,if any lack beating, I feare it be yow.

2In washing by hand, haue an eie to thyboll,forlaundersand millers, be quick of their toll.

Drie sunne, drie winde,Safe binde, safe finde.

3Go wash well, saith Sommer, with sunne I shall drie,go wring well, saith Winter, with winde so shall I.

4To trust without heede is toventera ioint,giuetaleand take count, is a huswifelie point.

Where many be packing,Are manie things lacking.

5Where hens fall a cackling, take heede to their nest,where drabs fall a whispring, take heede to the rest.

6Through negligent huswifes, are many things lacking,and Gillet suspected will quickly be packing.

Ill malting is theft,Wood dride hath a weft.Malting.1House may be so handsome, and skilfulnes such,to make thy owne malt, it shall profit thee much.2Som drieth with strawe, and some drieth with wood,wood asketh morecharge, and nothing so good.[E442]Take heede to the kell,Sing out as a bell.3Besuerno chances to fier can drawe,the wood, or the furzen, the brake or the strawe.4Let Gillet be singing, it doth verie well,to keepe hir from sleeping and burning the kell.Best dride best speedes,Ill kept, bowd breedes.5Malt being wellspeered, the more it will cast,malt being well dried, the longer will last.6Long kept in ill soller, (vndoubted thou shalt,)through bowds without number loose quickly thy malt.[E443]

Ill malting is theft,Wood dride hath a weft.

Malting.

Malting.

1House may be so handsome, and skilfulnes such,to make thy owne malt, it shall profit thee much.

2Som drieth with strawe, and some drieth with wood,wood asketh morecharge, and nothing so good.[E442]

Take heede to the kell,Sing out as a bell.

3Besuerno chances to fier can drawe,the wood, or the furzen, the brake or the strawe.

4Let Gillet be singing, it doth verie well,to keepe hir from sleeping and burning the kell.

Best dride best speedes,Ill kept, bowd breedes.

5Malt being wellspeered, the more it will cast,malt being well dried, the longer will last.

6Long kept in ill soller, (vndoubted thou shalt,)through bowds without number loose quickly thy malt.[E443]

For hunger or thirst,Serue cattle well first.Dinner time.1By noone[E444]see your dinner, be readie and neate,let meatetarrieseruant, not seruant his meate.2Plough cattle abaiting, call seruant to dinner,the thicker togither, the charges the thinner.Togither is best,For hostis and gest.3[1]Due season is best, altogither is gay,dispatch hath no fellow, make short and away.4Beware of Gilllaggoose, disordring thy house,mo dainties who catcheth, than craftie fed mouse!Let such haue ynough,That follow the plough.5Giue seruant no dainties, but giue him ynough,too many chaps walking,[E445]do begger the plough.6Pooreseggonshalfe starued worke faintly and dull,and lubbers doo loiter, their bellies too full.Giue neuer too much,To lazie and such.7Feede lazie that thresheth aflapand a tap,like slothfull, that all day be stopping a gap.8Somelitherlylubber more eateth than twoo,yet leaueth vndone that another will doo.Where nothing will last,Spare such as thou hast.9Some cutteth thy linnen, some spoileth[2]their broth,bare table to some doth as well as a cloth.10Treenedishes be homely, and yet not to lack,where stone is nolastertake tankard andiack.Knapboy on the thums,And saue him his crums.11Thatpewteris neuer formanerlyfeastes,that daily doth serue so vnmanerly beastes.12Some gnaweth and leaueth, some crusts and some crums,eat such their own leuings, or gnaw their own thums.Serue God euer furst,Take nothing at wurst.Grace before and after meate.13At Dinner, at Supper, at morning, at night,giue thankes vnto God, for his gifts so in[3]sight.14Good husband and huswife, will sometime alone,make shift with a morsell and picke of a bone.Inough thou art tolde,Too much will not holde.15Three dishes well dressed, and welcome withall,both pleaseth thy friend and becommeth thine hall.16Enough is a plentie,[E446]too much is a pride,the plough with ill holding, goes quicklie aside.

For hunger or thirst,Serue cattle well first.

Dinner time.

Dinner time.

1By noone[E444]see your dinner, be readie and neate,let meatetarrieseruant, not seruant his meate.

2Plough cattle abaiting, call seruant to dinner,the thicker togither, the charges the thinner.

Togither is best,For hostis and gest.

3[1]Due season is best, altogither is gay,dispatch hath no fellow, make short and away.

4Beware of Gilllaggoose, disordring thy house,mo dainties who catcheth, than craftie fed mouse!

Let such haue ynough,That follow the plough.

5Giue seruant no dainties, but giue him ynough,too many chaps walking,[E445]do begger the plough.

6Pooreseggonshalfe starued worke faintly and dull,and lubbers doo loiter, their bellies too full.

Giue neuer too much,To lazie and such.

7Feede lazie that thresheth aflapand a tap,like slothfull, that all day be stopping a gap.

8Somelitherlylubber more eateth than twoo,yet leaueth vndone that another will doo.

Where nothing will last,Spare such as thou hast.

9Some cutteth thy linnen, some spoileth[2]their broth,bare table to some doth as well as a cloth.

10Treenedishes be homely, and yet not to lack,where stone is nolastertake tankard andiack.

Knapboy on the thums,And saue him his crums.

11Thatpewteris neuer formanerlyfeastes,that daily doth serue so vnmanerly beastes.

12Some gnaweth and leaueth, some crusts and some crums,eat such their own leuings, or gnaw their own thums.

Serue God euer furst,Take nothing at wurst.

Grace before and after meate.

Grace before and after meate.

13At Dinner, at Supper, at morning, at night,giue thankes vnto God, for his gifts so in[3]sight.

14Good husband and huswife, will sometime alone,make shift with a morsell and picke of a bone.

Inough thou art tolde,Too much will not holde.

15Three dishes well dressed, and welcome withall,both pleaseth thy friend and becommeth thine hall.

16Enough is a plentie,[E446]too much is a pride,the plough with ill holding, goes quicklie aside.

[1]Stanzas 3-12 are not in 1577.

[1]Stanzas 3-12 are not in 1577.

[2]spilleth. 1577.

[2]spilleth. 1577.

[3]in thy. 1577.

[3]in thy. 1577.

Make companie breake,Go cherish the weake.Afternoone workes.1When Dinner is ended, set seruants to wurke,and follow such fellowes[1]as loueth tolurke.2To seruant in sicknesse see nothing yegrutch,a thing of a trifle shall comfort him mutch.Who manie do feede,Saue much they had neede.3Putchippings[E447]indippings, vse parings to saue,fat capons or chickens that lookest to haue.4Saue droppings and skimmings, how euer ye doo,for medcine for cattell, for cart and for shoo.Leane capon vnmeete,Deere fed is vnsweete.5Suchofcorneas commeth giue wife to hir fee,feede willingly such as do helpe to feede thee.6Though fat fed is daintie, yet this I thee warne,be cunning in fatting for robbing thy barne.Peece hole todefende.Things timely amende.7Goodsemstersbe sowing of finepretieknackes,good huswifes be mending and peecing their sackes.8Though making and mending be huswifely waies,yet mending in time is the huswife to praies.Buie newe as is meete,Marke blanket and sheete.9Though Ladies may rend and buie new ery day,good huswifes must mend and buie new as they may.10Call quarterly seruants tocourtand toleete,[E448]writeeuerie Couerlet, Blanket, and Sheete.Shift slouenlyelfe,Begaylerthy selfe.11Though shifting too oft be a theefe in a house,yet shift slut and slouen for feare of a louse.12Graunt doubtfull no key of his chamber in purse,least chamber doore lockt be totheeueriea nurse.Saue feathers for gest,These other rob chest.Saue feathers.13Saue wing for athresher, when Gander doth die,saue feather of all thing, the softer to lie.14Much spice is a theefe, so is candle and fier,sweete sauce is as craftie as euer wasfrier.Wife make thine owne candle,Spare pennie to handle.Candle making.15Prouide for thy tallow, ere frost commeth in,and make thine owne candle, ere winter begin.16If pennie for all thing be suffred to trudge,trust long, not to pennie, to haue him thy drudge.

Make companie breake,Go cherish the weake.

Afternoone workes.

Afternoone workes.

1When Dinner is ended, set seruants to wurke,and follow such fellowes[1]as loueth tolurke.

2To seruant in sicknesse see nothing yegrutch,a thing of a trifle shall comfort him mutch.

Who manie do feede,Saue much they had neede.

3Putchippings[E447]indippings, vse parings to saue,fat capons or chickens that lookest to haue.

4Saue droppings and skimmings, how euer ye doo,for medcine for cattell, for cart and for shoo.

Leane capon vnmeete,Deere fed is vnsweete.

5Suchofcorneas commeth giue wife to hir fee,feede willingly such as do helpe to feede thee.

6Though fat fed is daintie, yet this I thee warne,be cunning in fatting for robbing thy barne.

Peece hole todefende.Things timely amende.

7Goodsemstersbe sowing of finepretieknackes,good huswifes be mending and peecing their sackes.

8Though making and mending be huswifely waies,yet mending in time is the huswife to praies.

Buie newe as is meete,Marke blanket and sheete.

9Though Ladies may rend and buie new ery day,good huswifes must mend and buie new as they may.

10Call quarterly seruants tocourtand toleete,[E448]writeeuerie Couerlet, Blanket, and Sheete.

Shift slouenlyelfe,Begaylerthy selfe.

11Though shifting too oft be a theefe in a house,yet shift slut and slouen for feare of a louse.

12Graunt doubtfull no key of his chamber in purse,least chamber doore lockt be totheeueriea nurse.

Saue feathers for gest,These other rob chest.

Saue feathers.

Saue feathers.

13Saue wing for athresher, when Gander doth die,saue feather of all thing, the softer to lie.

14Much spice is a theefe, so is candle and fier,sweete sauce is as craftie as euer wasfrier.

Wife make thine owne candle,Spare pennie to handle.

Candle making.

Candle making.

15Prouide for thy tallow, ere frost commeth in,and make thine owne candle, ere winter begin.

16If pennie for all thing be suffred to trudge,trust long, not to pennie, to haue him thy drudge.

[1]marchants. 1577.

[1]marchants. 1577.

Time drawing to night,See all things go right.Euening workes.1When hennes go to roost go in hand to dresse meate,serue hogs and to milking and some to serue neate.2Where twaine be ynow, be not serued with three,more knaues in a companie worser they bee.Make lackey to trudge,Make seruant thy drudge.3For euerie trifle leaueiantingthy nag,but rather makelackeyof Jack boie thywag.4Make seruant at nightlugin wood or a log,let none come in emptie but slut and thy dog.False knaue readie prest,All safe is the best.5Wherepullenvse nightly topearchin the yard,there two legged foxes keepe watches and ward.6See cattle well serued, without and within,and all thing at quiet ere supper begin.Take heede it is needeful,True pittie ismeedeful.7No clothes in garden, no trinkets without,no doore leaue vnbolted, for feare of adout.8Thou woman whom pitie becommeth the best,graunt all that hath laboured time to take rest.

Time drawing to night,See all things go right.

Euening workes.

Euening workes.

1When hennes go to roost go in hand to dresse meate,serue hogs and to milking and some to serue neate.

2Where twaine be ynow, be not serued with three,more knaues in a companie worser they bee.

Make lackey to trudge,Make seruant thy drudge.

3For euerie trifle leaueiantingthy nag,but rather makelackeyof Jack boie thywag.

4Make seruant at nightlugin wood or a log,let none come in emptie but slut and thy dog.

False knaue readie prest,All safe is the best.

5Wherepullenvse nightly topearchin the yard,there two legged foxes keepe watches and ward.

6See cattle well serued, without and within,and all thing at quiet ere supper begin.

Take heede it is needeful,True pittie ismeedeful.

7No clothes in garden, no trinkets without,no doore leaue vnbolted, for feare of adout.

8Thou woman whom pitie becommeth the best,graunt all that hath laboured time to take rest.

Vse mirth and good woorde,At bed and atboorde.Supper time huswiferie.1Provide for thy husband, to make him good cheere,make merrie togither, while time ye be heere.2At bed and at boord, howsoeuer befall,what euer God sendeth be merrie withall.No brawling make,No ielousie take.3No taunts before seruants, forhindringof fame,noiarringtoo loude for auoyding of shame.4Asfransieand heresie roueth togither,so iealousie leadeth a foole ye wot whither.Tend such as ye haue,Stop talkatiue knaue.5Yong children and chickens would euer be eating,good seruants looke dulie for gentleintreating.6No seruant at table vse sausly to talke,least tongue set at large out of measure do walke.No snatching at all,Sirs, hearken now all.7Nolurching,[E449]no snatching, no striuing at all,least one go without and another haue all.8Declare after Supper, take heede therevnto,what worke in the morning ech seruant shall do.

Vse mirth and good woorde,At bed and atboorde.

Supper time huswiferie.

Supper time huswiferie.

1Provide for thy husband, to make him good cheere,make merrie togither, while time ye be heere.

2At bed and at boord, howsoeuer befall,what euer God sendeth be merrie withall.

No brawling make,No ielousie take.

3No taunts before seruants, forhindringof fame,noiarringtoo loude for auoyding of shame.

4Asfransieand heresie roueth togither,so iealousie leadeth a foole ye wot whither.

Tend such as ye haue,Stop talkatiue knaue.

5Yong children and chickens would euer be eating,good seruants looke dulie for gentleintreating.

6No seruant at table vse sausly to talke,least tongue set at large out of measure do walke.

No snatching at all,Sirs, hearken now all.

7Nolurching,[E449]no snatching, no striuing at all,least one go without and another haue all.

8Declare after Supper, take heede therevnto,what worke in the morning ech seruant shall do.

Thy soule hath aclog,Forget not thy dog.Workes after supper.1Remember those children whose parents be poore,which hunger, yet dare not craue[1]at thy doore.2Thy Bandog[E450]that serueth for diuerse mishaps,forget not to giue him thy bones and thy scraps.Makekeiesto be keepers,To bed ye sleepers.3Where mouthes be many, to spend that thou hast,set keies to be keepers, for spending too fast.4To bed after supper letdrousiego sleepe,least knaue in the darke to his marrow do creepe.Keepe keies as thy life,Feare candle good wife.5Such keies lay vp safe, ere ye take ye to rest,of dairie, ofbuttrie, ofcubboordand chest.6Feare candle inhailoft, in barne, and in shed,feare flea smocke andmendbreech, for burning their bed.See doore lockt fast,Two keies make wast.7A doore without locke is a baite for a knaue,a locke without key is a foole that will haue.8One key to two locks, if it breake is agreefe,two keies to one locke in the ende is a theefe.Night workes troubleshed,Locke doores and to bed.9The day willeth done whatsoeuer ye bid,the night is a theefe, if ye take not good hid.10Wash dishes, layleauens, saue fire and away,locke doores and to bed, a good huswife will say.To bed know thy guise,To rise do likewise.Bed time.11In winter at nine, and in sommer at ten,to bed after supper both maidens and men.Time to rise.12In winter at fiue a clocke, seruant arise,in sommer at foure is verie goodguise.[E451]Loue so as ye mayLoue many a day.13Be lowly notsollen, if ought goamisse,whatwrestingmay loose thee, that winne with a kisse.14Both beare and forebeare now and then as ye may,then, wench God a mercie, thy husband will say.

Thy soule hath aclog,Forget not thy dog.

Workes after supper.

Workes after supper.

1Remember those children whose parents be poore,which hunger, yet dare not craue[1]at thy doore.

2Thy Bandog[E450]that serueth for diuerse mishaps,forget not to giue him thy bones and thy scraps.

Makekeiesto be keepers,To bed ye sleepers.

3Where mouthes be many, to spend that thou hast,set keies to be keepers, for spending too fast.

4To bed after supper letdrousiego sleepe,least knaue in the darke to his marrow do creepe.

Keepe keies as thy life,Feare candle good wife.

5Such keies lay vp safe, ere ye take ye to rest,of dairie, ofbuttrie, ofcubboordand chest.

6Feare candle inhailoft, in barne, and in shed,feare flea smocke andmendbreech, for burning their bed.

See doore lockt fast,Two keies make wast.

7A doore without locke is a baite for a knaue,a locke without key is a foole that will haue.

8One key to two locks, if it breake is agreefe,two keies to one locke in the ende is a theefe.

Night workes troubleshed,Locke doores and to bed.

9The day willeth done whatsoeuer ye bid,the night is a theefe, if ye take not good hid.

10Wash dishes, layleauens, saue fire and away,locke doores and to bed, a good huswife will say.

To bed know thy guise,To rise do likewise.

Bed time.

Bed time.

11In winter at nine, and in sommer at ten,to bed after supper both maidens and men.

Time to rise.

Time to rise.

12In winter at fiue a clocke, seruant arise,in sommer at foure is verie goodguise.[E451]

Loue so as ye mayLoue many a day.

13Be lowly notsollen, if ought goamisse,whatwrestingmay loose thee, that winne with a kisse.

14Both beare and forebeare now and then as ye may,then, wench God a mercie, thy husband will say.

[1]to. 1577.

[1]to. 1577.

This would not beslept,Old guise must be kept.1Good huswiues, whom God hath enriched ynough,forget not the feastes that belong to the plough.The meaning is onelie to ioie and be glad,for comfort with labour is fit to be had.Leicestershire.Plough Monday.[E452]2Plough Monday, next after thatTwelftideis past,bids out with the plough, the woorst husband is last.If ploughman get hatchet or whip to theskreene,maidesloseth their cock if no water be seene.[E453]Essex and Suffolke.Shroftide.[E454]3At Shroftide toshrouing, gothreshthe fat hen,ifblindfildcan kill hir, then giue it thy men.Maides,frittersand pancakes ynow see ye make:let slut haue one pancake, for companie sake.Northamptonshire.Sheepe shearing.4Wife make vs a dinner, spare flesh neither corne,make wafers and cakes, for our sheepe must be shorne.At sheepe shearing neighbours none other thing craue,but good cheere and welcome like neighbours to haue.Leicestershire.Thewake day.[E455]5Fill ouen full offlawnes,[E456]Ginniepasse not for sleepe,to morow thy father his wake day will keepe.Then eueriewantonmay daunce at hir will,both Tomkin with Tomlin, and Jankin with Gill.Haruest home.6For all this good feasting, yet art thou not loose,till ploughman thou giuest his haruest home goose.[E457]Though goose go in stubble, I passe not for that,let goose haue a goose, be she leane, be she fat.Essex and Suffolke.Seede cake.7Wife, some time this weeke, if thewetherhold cleere,an end of wheat sowing we make for this yeere.Remember you therefore though I doo it not:theseede Cake, thePasties, andFurmentie pot.[E458]Twise a week roast.8Good ploughmen looke weekly, of custome and right,for roast meat on Sundaies and Thursdaies at night.This dooing and keeping such custome and guise,they call thee good huswife, they loue thee likewise.

This would not beslept,Old guise must be kept.

1Good huswiues, whom God hath enriched ynough,forget not the feastes that belong to the plough.The meaning is onelie to ioie and be glad,for comfort with labour is fit to be had.

Leicestershire.

Leicestershire.

Plough Monday.[E452]2Plough Monday, next after thatTwelftideis past,bids out with the plough, the woorst husband is last.If ploughman get hatchet or whip to theskreene,maidesloseth their cock if no water be seene.[E453]

Essex and Suffolke.

Essex and Suffolke.

Shroftide.[E454]3At Shroftide toshrouing, gothreshthe fat hen,ifblindfildcan kill hir, then giue it thy men.Maides,frittersand pancakes ynow see ye make:let slut haue one pancake, for companie sake.

Northamptonshire.

Northamptonshire.

Sheepe shearing.4Wife make vs a dinner, spare flesh neither corne,make wafers and cakes, for our sheepe must be shorne.At sheepe shearing neighbours none other thing craue,but good cheere and welcome like neighbours to haue.

Leicestershire.

Leicestershire.

Thewake day.[E455]5Fill ouen full offlawnes,[E456]Ginniepasse not for sleepe,to morow thy father his wake day will keepe.Then eueriewantonmay daunce at hir will,both Tomkin with Tomlin, and Jankin with Gill.

Haruest home.6For all this good feasting, yet art thou not loose,till ploughman thou giuest his haruest home goose.[E457]Though goose go in stubble, I passe not for that,let goose haue a goose, be she leane, be she fat.

Essex and Suffolke.

Essex and Suffolke.

Seede cake.7Wife, some time this weeke, if thewetherhold cleere,an end of wheat sowing we make for this yeere.Remember you therefore though I doo it not:theseede Cake, thePasties, andFurmentie pot.[E458]

Twise a week roast.8Good ploughmen looke weekly, of custome and right,for roast meat on Sundaies and Thursdaies at night.This dooing and keeping such custome and guise,they call thee good huswife, they loue thee likewise.

[1]Good huswiues prouides, ere an sicknes doo come,of sundrie good things in hir house to haue some.GoodAqua composita,[E459]Vineger tart,Rose water and treakle, to comfort the hart.[2]Coldherbes in hir garden for agues that burne,that ouer strong heat to goodtempermay turne.WhileEndiueandSuckerie, with Spinnage ynough,all such with good pot herbes should follow the plough.[3]Get water ofFumentorie, Liuer to coole,and others the like, or els lie like a foole.Conserueof the Barberie, Quinces and such,withSiropsthat easeth the sickly so much.Physition.[4]AskeMedicuscounsell, ere medcine ye make,and honour that man, for necessities sake.Though thousands hate physick, because of the cost,yet thousands it helpeth, that else should be lost.Good diet.[5]Good broth and good kéeping do much now and than,good diet with wisedome best comforteth man.In health to be stirring shall profit thée best,in sicknes hate trouble, séeke quiet and rest.Thinke on thy soule and haue a good hope.[6]Remember thy soule, let no fansie preuaile,make readie to Godward, let faith neuerquaile.The sooner thy selfe thou submittest to God,the sooner he ceaseth to scourge with his rod.

[1]Good huswiues prouides, ere an sicknes doo come,of sundrie good things in hir house to haue some.GoodAqua composita,[E459]Vineger tart,Rose water and treakle, to comfort the hart.

[2]Coldherbes in hir garden for agues that burne,that ouer strong heat to goodtempermay turne.WhileEndiueandSuckerie, with Spinnage ynough,all such with good pot herbes should follow the plough.

[3]Get water ofFumentorie, Liuer to coole,and others the like, or els lie like a foole.Conserueof the Barberie, Quinces and such,withSiropsthat easeth the sickly so much.

Physition.

Physition.

[4]AskeMedicuscounsell, ere medcine ye make,and honour that man, for necessities sake.Though thousands hate physick, because of the cost,yet thousands it helpeth, that else should be lost.

Good diet.

Good diet.

[5]Good broth and good kéeping do much now and than,good diet with wisedome best comforteth man.In health to be stirring shall profit thée best,in sicknes hate trouble, séeke quiet and rest.

Thinke on thy soule and haue a good hope.

Thinke on thy soule and haue a good hope.

[6]Remember thy soule, let no fansie preuaile,make readie to Godward, let faith neuerquaile.The sooner thy selfe thou submittest to God,the sooner he ceaseth to scourge with his rod.

[1]Good huswiues take paine, and doo count it good luck,to make their owne brest their owne childe to giue suck.Thoughwraulingand rocking be noisome so neare,yet lost by ill nursing is woorser to heare.[2]But one thing I warne thee, let huswife be nurse,least husband doo find thée too franke with his purse.What hilback and filbellie maketh away,that helpe to make good, or else looke for a fraie.[3]Giue childe that isfitly, giue babie the big,giue hardnes to youth and toroperipea twig.Wee find it not spoken so often for naught,that children were better vnborne than vntaught,[4]Somecockneies[E460]with cocking are madeveriefooles,fit neither forprentise, for plough, nor for schooles.Teach childe to aske blessing, serue God, and to church,then blesse as a mother, else blesse him withburch.Thou huswife thus dooing, what further shall néede?but all men to call thée good mother in déede.

[1]Good huswiues take paine, and doo count it good luck,to make their owne brest their owne childe to giue suck.Thoughwraulingand rocking be noisome so neare,yet lost by ill nursing is woorser to heare.

[2]But one thing I warne thee, let huswife be nurse,least husband doo find thée too franke with his purse.What hilback and filbellie maketh away,that helpe to make good, or else looke for a fraie.

[3]Giue childe that isfitly, giue babie the big,giue hardnes to youth and toroperipea twig.Wee find it not spoken so often for naught,that children were better vnborne than vntaught,

[4]Somecockneies[E460]with cocking are madeveriefooles,fit neither forprentise, for plough, nor for schooles.Teach childe to aske blessing, serue God, and to church,then blesse as a mother, else blesse him withburch.Thou huswife thus dooing, what further shall néede?but all men to call thée good mother in déede.

Remember the poore, that for Gods sake doo call,for God both rewardeth and blesseth withall.Take this in good part, whatsoeuer thou bee:and wish me no woorse than I wish vnto thee.

Remember the poore, that for Gods sake doo call,for God both rewardeth and blesseth withall.Take this in good part, whatsoeuer thou bee:and wish me no woorse than I wish vnto thee.


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