146. General duties of a wife. 95 



And are made by the vertue of the sacrament of holy 

 8 scripture one fleshe, one bloude, one body, and two One body, 

 soules. Wherfore theyr hartes, theyr myndes, theyr so"'*- 

 warkes, and occupations, shulde be all one, neuer to 

 seuer nor chaunge durynge theyr natural lyues, by any 

 12 mannes acte or dede, as it is sayde in the same gospel: 



Quod deus coniunxit, homo non separet: That thynge that Matt. xix. 9. 



Mark x. 9. 



god hath ioyned to-gether, noo man maye seuer nor 

 departe. Wherfore it is conuenyente that they loue 

 1 6 eche other as effectually as they wolde doo theyr owne 

 selfe, &c. 



146. ^ What warkes a wyfe shulde do in generall. 

 First in a momyng whan thou arte waked, and pur- First, at 



rising', bless 



poseste to rj-se, lyfte vp thy hande, and blesse the, and thyself, 

 make a sygne of the holy crosse. In nomine pain's, et filit, 



4 ei spiritus sancti. Amen. In the name of the father, the 



Sonne, and the holy gooste. And if thou saye a Pater \^o\.f>^..-\ 

 nosier, an Aue, and a Crede, and remember thy maker, 

 thou shalte spede moche the better. And whan thou arte 



8 vp and redy, than first swepe thy house, dresse vp thy Sweep the 



house, 



dyssheborde, and sette all th}'nges in good order within 



thy house : milke thy kye, socle * thy calues, sye vp thy «»>"' ^^^ 



^ ^ J cows, dress 



mylke, take vppe thy chyldren and araye theym, and the children. 



12 prouyde for thy husbandes brekefaste, dynner, souper, 

 and for thy chyldren and seruauntes, and take thy parte 

 with theym. And to ordeyne come and malte to the Send com to 

 myll, to bake and brue withall whanne nede is. And mLTure u°'^ 



1 6 meete it to the myll, and fro the myll, and se that thou g^? '' 

 haue thy measure agayne besyde the tolle, or elles the 

 myller dealeth not truely with the, or els thy come is not 

 drye as it shoulde be. Thou must make butter, and chese Makebntter 



20 whan thou maist, serue thy swyne bothe momyng and *" *^ ****' 

 euenynge, and gyue thy poleyn meate in the moraynge ; 

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