141. ¶ A shorte information for a yonge gentyl-man, that entendeth to thryue.
Get a copy of this book, and read it from beginning to end.
[Fol. 57b.]
Cf. Ovid, ex Ponto Epist. IV. x. 5.
Read a chapter to your servants now and then.
Practice is better than theory.
[Fol. 58.]
Keep a pair of tables, and make notes of all that seems amiss.
Look to the corn, cattle, ditches, etc.
Look to the gates.
[Fol. 58b.]
Tell your bailiff of all that needs to be done.
If you cannot write, make nicks on a stick.
Keep an eye on the servants, and on all who come to your house.
[Fol. 59.]