149. A lesson for tJte husband. lOi 



thy tedure, and ren r}'Ot at large, and knowe not other Jl^*,,^^ 

 mennes goodes frome thyne owne, than shall the pynder, tether. 



40 that is to saye, the sherjffe and the bayly, areste the, 

 and putte the in the pynfolde, that is to say, in prison, 

 there to abyde tyll the truth be knowen : and it is 

 meruayle, if thou scape with thy lyfe, and therfore eate 



44 within thy tedure. 



149. A shorte lesson for the Imsbande. 

 One thinge I wyl aduise the to remembre, and specially Do not 



waste 



in wynter-tjTne, wha« thou sytteste by the fyre, and hast candie-i;ght. 

 supped, to consyder in thy mjTide, whether the warkes, 

 4 that thou, thy wyfe, & thy seruauntes shall do, be more [Foi. 65*.] 

 auauntage to the than the fjTC, and candell-lyghte, meate 

 and drynke that they shall spende, and if it be more 

 auantage, than syt styll : and if it be not, than go to thy Rathergoto 



bed, and 



8 bedde and slepe, and be vppe betyme, and breake thy rfse early, 

 faste before day, that thou mayste be all the shorte 

 wynters day about thy busynes. At grammer-scole I 

 lemed a verse, that is this, Sanat, sancitficat, et ditat Early risinj 



makes a 



1 2 surgere mane. That is to sav, Erly rj'syng maketh a man man 



healthy, 



hole in body, holer in soule, and r\'cher in goodes. And ^oiy, and 



. . nch. 



this me semeth shuld be sufl5cie«t instruction for the 

 husbande to kepe measure. 



150. ^ How men of hye degree do kepe measnre. 



To me it is doubtefull, but yet me semeth, they be Men of high 

 rather to lyberall in expences, than to scarce, and too prodigal 



. and waste- 



specyally m three thynges. The fyrste is prodigalytie in fiJ. 

 4 outragious and costely aray, fer aboue measure ; the 

 seconde thynge is costely charge of delycyous meates and 

 drjnkes ; the thyrde is outragious playe and game, ferre 

 aboue measure. And nowe to the fyrste poynte. 



