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be & take good hede to yo z bayle ffor it is often tymis 

 seyne y he encresithe som off soyche J>yngs as he byethe & 

 selithe fro his maystur & f for yeff the bergan be not good 

 let hym kepe it to hym selfe & answere off J>e very vallue 

 )> of bothe in pryse & in approumentf yeff he by & sell by 

 be weyght & be ware off hym y holdithe J?e balaunce for he 

 may do you grete fraude it is to wite J>at a j d. englyshe 

 withovt tonchoure oweth to wey xxx graynes off whehete 

 in J>e mydist off ]>e ere & xx d. englishe owen to wey anowce 

 & xij owncf is in a pound & viij pound makithe a galon 

 & viij galons makithe a bushell & viij bushelis makithe a 

 quarter. 



The xvj chapitur. 



Nowe off accompte loke y it be made onys in ]?e yere 

 for it was firste ordeyned to wite & to knowe ]?e value & 

 state off your maneris & to haue knowlege off all maner off 

 issues in byinge & sellyng & dispensis as welle off howsold 

 as off all oJ?er J?yng£ & yeff ye haue eny rente or money 

 loke ye take it ovt off yo~ offeceris hondis onys a yere ffor 

 it is often seyne y ]?e bayle & off J>e lordis offecers make f 

 marchandise withe \ lordis syl8 to \ owne avayle & grete 

 hurt to J?e lorde & yeff ]? be eny arrerage loke ye geder ]?em 

 withe ovten delay & lok ye take J?e namys off J?em y owe J?e 

 reragf for it is often seyne y |?e bayle is seyvere hym selfe 

 & by y he makithe o\ reseyvours vnder hym & so one 

 sparithe another so y J>e arreragf ben often tymis forgeten 

 & loke y ye viset your }>yngf wisely & often & J>en ye shall 

 see yeff J?ey take eny harm & amende )>en also loke you 

 visite often tymis yo z servauntf & what shall cause ]>em to 

 be more ware off doinge amys & to be more besye abovte 

 f werke & youris. 



Explicit J?e teetyce off hosbandkye. 



