172 Fluswiferte. 
81. 
 Dazirie. 
Good dairie doth pleasure, 
Ill dairie spendes treasure. 
Dairie. I OOD huswife in dairie, that needes not be tolde, 
deserueth hir fee to be paid hir in golde. 
2 Ill seruant neglecting what huswiferie saies, 
deserueth hir fee to be paid hir with baies. 
Good droie woorth much.! 
Marke sluts and such. 
3 Good droie to serue hog, to helpe wash, and to milke, 
more needfull is truelie than some in their silke. 
4 Though homelie be milker, let cleanlie be cooke, 
for a slut and a slouen be knowne by their looke. 
In dairie no cat, 
Laie bane for a rat. 
Traps for 5 Though cat (a good mouser) doth dwell in a house, 
Tats. 
yet euer in dairie haue trap for a mouse. 
6 Take heede how thou laiest the bane for the rats, 
for poisoning seruant, thy selfe and thy brats. 
82. 
| Scouring. 
No scouring for pride, 
Spare kettle whole side. 
Scouring. I HOUGH scouring be needfull, yet scouring too mutch, 
is pride without profit, and robbeth® thine hutch. 
2 Keepe kettles from knocks, set tubs out of Sun, 
for mending is costlie, and crackt is soone dun. 
1 Though droy be, etc. 1577. 2 rubbeth. 1573, 1577: 
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