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Reading edition
Comparing good husband with vnthrift his brother, The better discerneth the tone from the tother.[E380]
Chap. 51
1 Ill husbandrie braggeth, to go with the best: Good husbandrie baggeth vp gold in his chest. 2 Ill husbandry trudgeth, with vnthrifts about: Good husbandry snudgeth, for fear of a dout. 3 Ill husbandrie spendeth abrode like a mome: Good husbandrie tendeth his charges at home. 4 Ill husbandrie selleth his corne on the ground: Good husbandrie smelleth no gain that way found. 5 Ill husbandrie loseth, for lack of good fence: Good husbandrie closeth, and gaineth the pence. 6 Ill husbandrie trusteth to him and to hur:[E381] Good husbandrie lusteth himselfe for to stur. 7 Ill husbandrie eateth himselfe out a doore: Good husbandrie meateth his friend and the poore. 8 Ill husbandrie daieth,[E382] or letteth it lie: Good husbandrie paieth, the cheaper to bie. 9 Ill husbandrie lurketh, and stealeth a sleepe: Good husbandrie worketh, his houshold to kéepe. 10 Ill husbandrie liueth, by that and by this:[E383] Good husbandrie giueth to erie man his. 11 Ill husbandrie taketh, and spendeth vp all: Good husbandrie maketh good shift with a small. 12 Ill husbandry praieth his wife to make shift: Good husbandrie saieth take this of my gift. 13 Ill husbandry drowseth at fortune so auke: Good husbandrie rowseth himselfe as a hauke. 14 Ill husbandrie lieth in prison for debt: Good husbandrie spieth where profit to get. 15 Ill husbandrie waies has to fraud what he can Good husbandrie praies hath of euerie man. 16 Ill husbandrie neuer hath welth to keep touch Good husbandrie euer hath penie in pouch. [17] Good husband his boone, Or request hath a far. Ill husband assoone Hath a tode with an R.[E384]