8
Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught,
that home hath no fellow to such as haue aught.[E431]
¶ Vse all with skill,
Aske what ye will.
9
Good vsage with knowledge, and quiet withall,
make huswife to shine, as the sunne on the wall.
10
What husband refuseth all comely to haue,
that hath a good huswife, all willing to saue.
Be readie at neede,
All thine to feede.
11
The case of good huswiues, thus daily doth stand,
what euer shall chance, to be readie at hand.
12
This care hath a huswife all daie in hir hed,
that all thing in season be huswifelie fed.
By practise go muse,
How houshold to vse.
13
Dame [practise] is she that to huswife doth tell,
which way for to gouerne hir familie[E432] well.
14
Vse labourers gently, keepe this as a lawe,
make childe to be ciuill, keepe seruant in awe.