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Make companie breake, Go cherish the weake. Afternoone workes. 1 When Dinner is ended, set seruants to wurke, and follow such fellowes[1] as loueth to lurke. 2 To seruant in sicknesse see nothing ye grutch, a thing of a trifle shall comfort him mutch. Who manie do feede, Saue much they had neede. 3 Put chippings[E447] in dippings, vse parings to saue, fat capons or chickens that lookest to haue. 4 Saue droppings and skimmings, how euer ye doo, for medcine for cattell, for cart and for shoo. Leane capon vnmeete, Deere fed is vnsweete. 5 Such ofcorne as commeth giue wife to hir fee, feede willingly such as do helpe to feede thee. 6 Though fat fed is daintie, yet this I thee warne, be cunning in fatting for robbing thy barne. Peece hole to defende. Things timely amende. 7 Good semsters be sowing of fine pretie knackes, good huswifes be mending and peecing their sackes. 8 Though making and mending be huswifely waies, yet mending in time is the huswife to praies. Buie newe as is meete, Marke blanket and sheete. 9 Though Ladies may rend and buie new ery day, good huswifes must mend and buie new as they may. 10 Call quarterly seruants to court and to leete,[E448] write euerie Couerlet, Blanket, and Sheete. Shift slouenly elfe, Be gayler thy selfe. 11 Though shifting too oft be a theefe in a house, yet shift slut and slouen for feare of a louse. 12 Graunt doubtfull no key of his chamber in purse, least chamber doore lockt be to theeuerie a nurse. Saue feathers for gest, These other rob chest. Saue feathers. 13 Saue wing for a thresher, when Gander doth die, saue feather of all thing, the softer to lie. 14 Much spice is a theefe, so is candle and fier, sweete sauce is as craftie as euer was frier. Wife make thine owne candle, Spare pennie to handle. Candle making. 15 Prouide for thy tallow, ere frost commeth in, and make thine owne candle, ere winter begin. 16 If pennie for all thing be suffred to trudge, trust long, not to pennie, to haue him thy drudge.