148. Eat within thy tether. 99 



your diligence and cure, accordynge to the fyrste artycle 

 of the philosopher, that is to saye : Adhibe curam. And 



4 also haue well remembred the sayeng of wyse Salomon : 

 Quod octostis non gaudebit cum electis in ccelo : sed lugebit in 

 (Eternum cum reprobis in inferno : Thanne ye must remem- 

 bre, obserue, and kepe in mind, the seconde article of 



8 the sayinge of the philosopher, that is to saye, Tene 

 mensuram : That is to saye in englysshe, holde and kepe Keep 



T 1 J measure. 



measure. And accordynge to that sayenge, I lemed two 



verses at grammer-schole, and they be these, Qui plus ex- Spendthrifts 



12 pendit, quam rerum copia rendit : Non admireiur, si pauper- poverty. 

 tate graueiur: he that dothe more expende, thanne his 

 goodes wyll extende, meruayle it shall not be, thoughe 

 he be greued with pouertee. And also accordynge to [FoI. 64.] 



16 that sayenge speketh sayncte Paul and saythe, luxta 

 facuUates faciendi sunt sumptus, ne longi temporis vicium, 

 breuis hora consumat : That is to saye, Aff Iter thy faculty Spend 



'- -" according 



or thy honoure, make thyne expences, leste thou spende 50 your 



^ ^ ' income; 



20 in shorte space ■ that thynge, that thou shouldest hoie 

 by longe. This texte toucheth euery manne, from the 

 hyest degree to the loweste ; wherfore it is necessary to 

 euer}'e manne and womanne to remembre and take good 



24 hede there-vnto, for to obserue, kepe, and folowe the 

 same ; but bycause this texte of sayncte Paule is in latyn, 

 and husbandes commonely can but lyttell laten, I fere 

 leaste they can-not vnderstande it. And thoughe it or, in plain 



■^ ° English, 



28 were declared ones or twyse to theym, that they wolde 

 forgette it : Wherfore I shall shewe to theym a texte 

 in englysshe, and that they maye well vnderstande, and 

 that is this, Eate within thy tedure. eat within 



your tether. 



148. \ To eate within the tedure. 



Thou husbande and huswife, that intend to folowe 

 the sayinge of the philosopher, that is to saye, kepe 



