Housewifly loke þin house / ‡ alle þin meynes To bitter ne to boner / withe hem ne schalt þou, bez c And sette hem þer to / bothe rathe, z sonen: Nedy is at nede aforne done dede my leue childe And if þin lorde be fro home / lete hem noght goen ydelle Loke pt you wete wele / ho do mekylle or lytelle He hathe wele done / zelde hym wele his whyle A dede wele done herte it whemyth my dear childe Faany handys make light werke my leue childe Loke wele what þi meny dothe / abowte hem þou^ wende Wilke dede þ* schalle be done / be at þe tone ende þei haue swiche for hem / þ1 may hem defende Mykelle note hom be-houethe to don p house schall holden [my leue childe] Loke þat alle þing be wele / when þei her werke letyne Take þe keyzes to þe warde / pt þei be nought for getyne Loke pat pinge be wele / lette for none feyntyse Leue none better pan þi selfe my leue childe Housewife-like look to thine house and all thy meynè Too bitter nor too free with them, shalt thou be ; Look what work is most needful for to [be] done And set them there-to, both early and soon Needy is at need before-done-deed, my dear child. And if thy lord be from home let them not go idle, Look that thou know well who do much or little; He that hath well done yield him well his while, Hedothan other time the better but he be a vile (person). A deed well done it pleaseth heart, my dear child. And if thy need be great and thy time strait Go thyself there-to and make an housewife's turn, All they shall do the better for that thou by them standest, The work is the sooner done that hath many hands. Many hands make light work, my dear child. Look well what thy household doth, about them thou wend [go], Whatsoever deed shall be done be at the one end [thereof] If thou find default soon do thou amend it they have such for them that may defend them. Much work behoveth him to do that house shall hold..my dear child. Look that all things be well when they leave their work, Take the keys to the warden that they be not forgotten, Look that things be well, stay not for any idleness, Daughter if thou doest so then doest thou as the wise. Believe none better than thyself my dear child. Sitte pou nought to longe / on nygthis by þe cuppe And sey wasseile z drynkeheil / oure sires thrifte is vppe Go to þi bedde be tyme / on morowe reps vppe be lyue And so þou schalt my dere childe / hasteliche thryue. Ail his ese may be nought haue pi thrpue schalle mp Tere childe Zif it so betyde / þin frendes fro þe falle And god sendde pe childryn / þt aftir brede wille calle And þou haste mekylle nede / z_counseylle haste þou none But as bare as þou come / from þe harde ston Chonge pt may be tyde is for to dowie my leue childe Doughter I þe praye / Þ Þou þe so be thengke What men þe honouren / † sette þe on þe bengke Of aventurys þt may be tyde / boþe zonge + olde þat now ben fulle pouere / pt sum tyme were fulle bolde Many for folye hem self for-doothe my dere childe Take ensaumple by hem / † lette alle folie pt pou haue none defawte / ne they or ze dyen Zif god þe sende children / Þou hast þe more to done þei askyn grete dispens/ here warisone þei wille haue sone Care he hathe p childryn schalle tepe my leue childe And if you be a ryche wiffe / be pou nought to harde Welkome fayre pin neyboures/ pt comen to pe tomarde Sit thou not too long a-nights by the cup. And say "Wassail!" and "drink hail!" "our sires thrift is up"; Go to thy bed betimes, on the morrow rise up belive [early, soon] So thou shalt my dear child, hastily thrive All his pleasure may he not have that shall thrive, my dear child. If it so betide, that friends fall from thee And God send thee children, that after bread will call And thou hast much need, and counsel hast thou none But art as bare as if thou camest from the hard stone Think that what may betide is to be feared, my dear child. Daughter I pray thee, that thou so bethink thee (Whatever men honour thee, and set thee on the bench [daïs] Of adventures that may betide both young and old That now are full poor, that some time were full bold, Many for folly ruin themselves, my dear child. Take example by them, and leave all folly Care he hath that shall keep children, my dear And if thou be a rich wife, be thou not too hard Welcome kindly thy neighbours, that come toward thee, Mete 4 drynke withe faire semblaunte / þe more schalle be þi mede. Alke a man after his state / ‡ zeue pe pouere atte nede For barre F' may be tite Toute Fineysourgže he be site my leue childe Loke to pin doughters so wele / þat þei bethe nought for lorne Fro þat tyme Þ, þei ben / of þin body borne Gader Þou muste faste / to here mariage And zeue hem sone to man / when þei ben of age Sagoraps Len lonelice no ping schir my Icue childe And zif you loue þin childryn / loke þou holde hem lowe Borow nought blethely / ne take nought frest Zeue þi meyne here hire / at here terme day pi pi frendes haue jope of pe / bothe zonge z olde |