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1 Of huswife doth huswiferie challenge that name, of huswiferie huswife doth likewise the same, Where husband and husbandrie ioineth with thease, there wealthines gotten is holden with ease. 2 The name of a huswife what is it to say? the wife of the house, to the husband a stay. If huswife doth that, as belongeth to hur: if husband be godlie,[1] there needeth no stur. 3 The huswife is she that to labour doth fall, the labour of hir I doo huswiferie call. If thrift by that labour be honestlie[2] got: then is it good huswiferie, else is it not. 4 The woman the name of a huswife doth win, by keeping hir house, and of dooings therein. And she that with husband will quietly dwell, must thinke on this lesson, and follow it well.