92 141. How to thrive. 



endes, or sydes, and howe he wolde haue his landes 

 Look to the plowcd, dongcd, sturred, or sowen. And his corne weded 

 ditches, etc. qj- shornc Or his cattell shifted out of one pasture into 

 44 an other, and to loke what dychyng, quicsettyng, or plash- 

 ing, is necessary to be had, and to ouer-se his shepeherd, 

 how he handleth and ordreth his shepe, and his seruantes 

 Look to the howe they plowe and do theyr warkes, or if any gate 

 48 be broken down, or want any staues, and go not lyghtly 

 to open and tyne, and that it do not traile, and that the 

 windes blowe it not open, with many mo necessary 

 [Foi. 583,] thynges that are to be loked vpon. For a man alwaye 



52 wanderynge or goinge aboute somewhat, fyndeth or seeth 

 that is a-mysse, and wolde be amended. And as soone 

 as he seeth any suche defautes, than let hym take oute his 

 tables, and wryte the defautes. And whan he commeth 

 56 home to diner, supper, or at nyght, than let hym call his 

 T^'^yo^F „ bayly, or his heed-seruaunte, and soo shewe hym the 



baililt of all •' •' ■" 



toWdonI defautes, that they may be shortly amended. And whan 



it is amended, than let him put it out of his tables. For 



60 this vsed I to doo .x. or .xii. yeres and more. And thus 



let hym vse dayely, and in shorte space he shall sette 



moche thynges in good order, but dayely it wyll haue 



ifyou mendynge. And yf he canne not wryte, let hym nycke 



write, make 64 the defautes vppon a stycke, and to shewe his bayely, as 



nicks ona^ ^ ^ ^ 



•tick. I sayde before. Also take hede bothe erly and late, at 



all tymes, what maner of people resorte and comme to thy 



house, and the cause of theyr commynge, and specially 



68 if they brynge with them pytchers, cannes, tancardes, 



^ifthe*"^^^ bottelles, bagges, wallettes, or busshell-pokes. For if thy 



Inlo"' all seruauntes be not true, they maye doo the great hurte, 



Tou" We? ^"^ them-selfe lyttel auauntage. Wherfore they wolde be 



72 well loked vppon. And he that hath .ii. true seruauntes, 



a man-seruaunte, and an-other a woman-seruaunt, he hath 



[Foi. 59] a great treasure, for a trewe seruaunte wyl do iustly hym- 



selfe, and if he se his felowes do amysse, he wyl byd them 



