¶ Huswifely admonitions.
Thée for thriue.
Learne you that will thee,
This lesson of mee.[1]
1
No breakefast of [custome] prouide for to saue,
but onely for such as deserueth to haue.
2
No shewing of seruant what vittles in store,
shew seruant his labour, and shew him no more.
Of hauocke beware,
Cat nothing will spare.
3
Where all thing is common, what needeth a hutch?
where wanteth a [sauer], there [hauocke] is mutch.
4
Where window is open, cat maketh a [fray],
yet wilde cat with two legs is worse by my [fay].
Looke well vnto thine,
Slut slouthfull must whine.
5
An eie in a corner who vseth to haue,
reuealeth a [drab], and preuenteth a knaue.