146. General duties of a wife. 97 



aga)Ti. Thy female he/wpe must be pulled from the 

 churle hempe, for that beareth no sede, and thou must 

 do by it, as thou dydest by the flax. The churle hempe 

 60 beareth sede, and beware that byrdes eate it not, as it 

 groweth : the hezap therof is not soo good as the female 

 hempe, but yet it W}11 do good seruyce. May fortune Sometimes 

 somtime, that thou shalt haue so many thinges to do, that great deal 



to do. 



6+ thou shalt not well knowe where is best to begyn. Than 

 take hede, which thing shulde be the greattest losse, if 

 it were not done, and in what space it wold be done : 

 than thinke what is the greatest losse, & there begyn. 



68 But in case that thynge, that is of greateste losse, wyll i^™ that 

 be longe in doynge, and thou myghteste do thre or foure '^^ '^^^ 

 other thynges in the meane whyle, thanne loke well, if 

 all these thynges were sette together, whiche of them 



72 were the greattest losse ; and if all these thynges be of 



greater losse, and may be all done in as shorte space, as [FoL 62*.] 

 the other, than doo thy many thynges fyrste. 



\ It is conuenyente for a housbande to haue shepe of 



76 his owne, for many causes, and than maye his wife haue 



part of the woll, to make her husbande and her-selfe with some 



of the wool 



some clothes. And at the leaste wave, she may haue the "^ke 



^ ^ clothes. 



lockes of the shepe, e}'ther to make clothes or blankettes 

 80 & couerlettes, or bothe. And if she haue no woll of her 

 owne, she maye take wol to spynne of clothe-makers, and 

 by that meanes she maye haue a conuenyent l}-uynge, and 

 many tymes to do other warkes. It is a w}-ues occupation, 

 84 to wynowe all maner of comes, to make malte, to wasshe winnow 



com, brew, 



and wr)Tige, to make heye, shere come, and in tyme of wash, make 



hay, etc. 



nede to helpe her husbande to fyll the mucke-wayne or 

 dounge-carte, drjnie the ploughe, to loode hey, come, and 

 88 suche other. And to go or ride to the market, to sel butter, Sell the 



° ' ' butter, 



chese, mylke, egges, chekyns, capons, hennes, pygges, ^^^^ 

 gese, and all maner of comes. And also to bye all maner ^^ *^°™- 

 of necessar)'e thynges belongynge to houssholde, and to ^^^p 



<j^ u » accounts. 



