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A17112 Prognostycacion, and almanacke of two shepherdes necessarye for all housholders, 1556 (1556) STC 399.7; ESTC S110516 4,384 18

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¶ Prognostycacion and Almanacke of two Shepherdes necessarye for all Housholders ¶ For exspences AS for Exspences here and take ryght good hede that yf in thy house thyne exspēces thyne receytes be equall than a sodeyne chaunce of losse by infortune may soone dystroye the state of it ¶ Neclygence ¶ The state of a necligent man mareth a ruynous house For necligence of a man gouernynge a howse is as a great fyre kyndled in the same serche therfore wysely dylygently the purpose of them that mynyster thy gooddes for a man redy to fal and not yet fallen may soone be holpen for it is lesse shame to abstayne than to fall often to ouer se thy gooddes in what maner they stande is great prudence ¶ Thy beastes ¶ Than remembre the meate and the drīke of thy beastꝭ for though they hunger and thurste they cannot aske what they lacke or nede ¶ The costes ¶ To ouer sumptuous weddinges yeldeth hurte without worship cost done to resyste malyce is worshypfull Cost done to refresshe thy frendes is resonable coste done to sustayne wastfull spenders is alwayes but loste ¶ Meate and drynke ¶ To norysshe thy meyne in a measure honestly not delycatly he that is a gloton vnyeth otherwyse than by deth shall chaunge his maners Glotonye of a vyle neclygent persone is but corruption The welfare of a dylygent persone is but a solace yf there be a strife betwene glotony and thy purse be thou thy self aduocat betwene them and let the sentence or the moste parte be with thy purse for whan he bryngeth in his two wytnesses with hym that is to say the cheste the selier voyde or els nygh voyde I trow thou wylt holde with the purse yf the purse be bounde with Couetousnes thā the sentence goth agaynst glotony Be not desyrous of costly deyntes for than thou wylte gyue sentence wi●h glotony agaynst the purse to his hurte ¶ The couetyce Couetyce doth nothynge rightful but whan he lyeth what is a couetouse man he that hath suffycyent rychesse and euer dredeth pouerte yet he besyeth hym selfe a way to lyue in pouerte A●l that is kept for other mē he thynketh it wel that thynge that is spended vpon hym selfe be thynketh it but losse ¶ The seller of corne If thou be a corne seller lone thou no derth yf thou do thou sleest the poore men sell thy corne whan it is at a reasonable pryce and not whan the poore men maye not bye it not onely to thy neyghboure but also to thy enemyes sell at an easye pryce for not alwaye with swerde but oft tymes by meate and drynke thy enemye is ouercome ¶ The enemyes And yf thou haue an enemy be not to conuersaūt with vnknowen men but alwayes agaynst hym and all agaynst vnknowen persones lett● thyne iyen be thy guyde for a subtyl●… enemye intendeth at somtyme to be auenged The febl●nes of thyne enemye is not a perpetuell peace but truse for a tyme yf thou wene that thou be sure of thyne enemye thou puttest thy selfe in peryll ¶ The gyftes Receyue gladly the small gyftes of thy poore neyghboure or frende for oft tymes he is more trustye frende that gyueth with his herte than he that offeryth hymselfe onely for in wordes there is great plenty of frendes call not hym thy frende that oft prayseth the in thy presence yf thou counceyll thy frende desyre not to please him but to please reasō Say t● thy frende in counceyllinge thus semyth me not precisely thus is to be done for yf thy counceyll come to euyll profe there foloweth some re●rese than yf it come to good effect ●han it is praysynge ¶ The women Of thy womē suspect what they do rather pretende ygnoraunce thanne knowledge for whan thou knowest the cryme of thyne euyll wyfe of no Phesycian thou shalt be cured The ●●rowe taken of thyne euyll wyfe ●hou maye abate whan thou hereth lyke thinges of other menēs wyues 〈◊〉 noble and a gentyl herte serchyth not the warkes of a woman thou shalt sooner chastyce thyne euyl wyfe with smylynge than with a staffe a yonge woman a strompet shal consume away ryches an olde woman a strumpet yf the lawe wolde suffer i● she were worthy to be brent quycke ¶ The clothynge Sumptuous Clothynge outragyously a preyfe of lytell wyt ouer shynynge coloures in thy clothing gendreth disoa●ne to thy neyghboures study to please with vertue and not with clothynge The petycion of a woman askynge clothes and is sufficiently clothed she with her vnstedfastnes steryth dysdayne ¶ The Iogelars A man cherysshyng Iogelars shal soone haue a wyfe whose name i● pouerte but who shall be her sone● forsoth derysion yf if happen the to here the wordes of a iogelar fayne thyself not to here them but to thicke on other thynges Iogelars that hurte any man eyther ī his goodes or in his body be worthy to be hanged what is a iogelar but a distroyer or els deth of a mānes soule the instrumentꝭ of a Iogelar please not our lorde God ¶ The seruauntes A seruaunte of hyghe harte put a waye from the as after to be thyne enemye A seruaunt glosynge in his maners and condycions remeue fro th● a seruaunt nyghe vnto the and ●ft tymes praysyng the withstande a seruaunt lyghtly shamefaste loue as thyne owne sone Also and thou haue a seruaunte that is a lyer or a swerer put hym or her awaye for they shall do the neuer profyte ¶ Of buyldynge And yf thou wylte buylde let nede moue the and not thyne owne voluptuousnes for the apetite of a buylder is neuer in buyldynge satyate Inordynate and ouer moche desyre of buyldynge causeth and abydeth the sellynge of thynges buylded toure buylded and the cheste euacuat maketh a man after wyse ¶ The sellynge of herytage And yf thou wylte selle beware that thou selle not a parte of thyne herytage to them that ben greatter than thy self but rather for lesse pryce sell al to hym that offereth most it is better to suffre great hungr● than the sellynge of thy patrimony but it is better to sell than to do vsurye and worse ¶ Of felawshyp And yf thou wylte haue a felawe rather felawshyppe the with hym that accordeth to the in maners thā in goods and suffre hym pacyeutly all in lawfull thynges let not here of wrath be felawshypped vnto the. ¶ Dronkennes He that in dyuer syte and a boundaunce of wyne is sobre is an erthly God droukennesse doth nothynge ryght but whan she falleth into the myre whan thou arte dystempred with wyne fle conuersacyon seke slepe The dronken excusynge hym selfe openly accuseth his dronkenes it semyth not well a yonge man or a yonge woman to knowe wynes fle a dronken phesycian fle also a phesycyan wyllynge to proue in the howe ●rom a lyke syckenes he shall cure other folkes ¶ Of dogges Lyttel dogges leue them to clarkꝭ and ladyes dogges that can kepe thy howse be profytable houndes for to hunte