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will_v be_v well_o look_v vopon_n and_o he_o that_o have_v two_o true_a servant_n a_o man_n servant_n and_o a_o other_o a_o woman_n servant_n he_o have_v a_o great_a treasure_n for_o a_o true_a servant_n will_v do_v just_o himself_o and_o if_o he_o see_v his_o fellow_n do_v amiss_o he_o will_v bid_v they_o do_v no_o more_o so_o for_o if_o they_o do_v he_o will_v show_v his_o master_n thereof_o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o this_o he_o be_v not_o a_o true_a servant_n ¶_o a_o lesson_n make_v in_o english_a verse_n to_o teach_v a_o gentylmans_n servant_n to_o say_v at_o every_o time_n when_o he_o take_v his_o horse_n for_o his_o remembrance_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o forget_v his_o gere_n in_o his_o inn_n behind_o he_o pvrse_n dagger_n cloak_n night_n cap_n kerchef_n sho_v horn_n boget_v and_o shoe_n spear_n male_a hod_z halter_n sadelclothe_v spur_n hat_n with_o thy_o horse_n comb_n bow_n arrow_n sword_n bukler_n horn_n leisshe_v glove_n string_n and_o thy_o bracer_n pen_n paper_n ink_n 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i_o have_v not_o the_o experience_n of_o all_o their_o occupation_n and_o work_v as_o i_o have_v of_o husbandry_n yet_o a_o little_a will_n i_o speak_v what_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v though_o i_o tell_v they_o not_o how_o they_o shall_v do_v and_o exercise_v their_o labour_n and_o occupation_n ¶_o a_o lesson_n for_o the_o wife_n but_o yet_o ere_fw-we i_o begin_v to_o show_v the_o wife_n what_o work_v she_o shall_v do_v i_o will_v first_o teach_v she_o a_o lesson_n of_o solomon_n as_o i_o do_v to_o her_o husband_n a_o lesson_n of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o that_o be_v that_o she_o shall_v not_o be_v idle_a at_o no_o time_n for_o solomon_n say_v ociosus_n non_fw-la gaudebit_fw-la cum_fw-la electis_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la sed_fw-la lugebit_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la cum_fw-la reprobis_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o idle_a folk_n shall_v not_o joy_n with_o the_o choose_a folk_n in_o heaven_n but_o they_o shall_v sorrow_n with_o the_o reprove_v and_o forsake_v folk_n in_o hell_n and_o saint_n iherom_n say_v semper_fw-la boni_fw-la operis_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facito_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la diabolus_fw-la inveniar_fw-la occupatum_fw-la quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la stante_fw-la generantur_fw-la vermis_n sic_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ocioso_fw-la generantur_fw-la malae_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v always_o be_v do_v of_o some_o good_a werke_n that_o the_o dyvell_n may_v find_v the_o ever_o occupy_v for_o as_o in_o stand_v water_n be_v engender_v worm_n right_n so_o in_o a_o idle_a body_n be_v engender_v idle_a thought_n here_o may_v thou_o see_v that_o of_o ydelnes_n come_v damnation_n and_o of_o good_a work_v and_o labour_n come_v salvation_n now_o be_v thou_o at_o thy_o liberty_n to_o choose_v whether_o way_n thou_o will_v wherein_o be_v a_o great_a diversity_n and_o he_o be_v a_o unhappy_a man_n or_o woman_n that_o god_n have_v give_v both_o wit_n and_o reason_n and_o put_v he_o in_o choose_v and_o will_v choose_v the_o worst_a part_n now_o thou_o wife_n i_o trust_v to_o show_v to_o the_o dyvers_a occupation_n work_v and_o labour_n that_o thou_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o be_v idle_a no_o time_n of_o the_o year_n ¶_o what_o thing_n the_o wife_n be_v bind_v of_o right_a to_o do_v first_o and_o pryncypal_o the_o wife_n be_v bind_v of_o right_n to_o love_v her_o husband_n above_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o above_o all_o other_o man_n for_o our_o lord_n say_v in_o his_o gospel_n relinquet_fw-la patrem_fw-la et_fw-la matrem_fw-la et_fw-la abhaerebit_fw-la uxori_fw-la svae_fw-la a_o man_n shall_v leave_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o draw_v to_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o same_o wise_n a_o wife_n shall_v do_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o be_v make_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o holy_a scripture_n one_o flesh_n one_o blood_n one_o body_n and_o two_o soul_n wherefore_o their_o heart_n their_o mind_n their_o work_v and_o occupation_n shall_v be_v all_o one_o never_o to_o sever_v nor_o change_v during_o their_o natural_a lyve_n by_o any_o man_n act_n or_o deed_n as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o same_o gospel_n quod_fw-la deus_fw-la coniunxit_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la separet_fw-la that_o thing_n that_o god_n have_v join_v to_o gether_o no_o man_n may_v sever_v nor_o depart_v wherefore_o it_o be_v convenyente_v that_o they_o love_v each_o other_o as_o effectual_o as_o they_o will_v do_v their_o own_o self_n etc._n etc._n ¶_o what_o work_v a_o wife_n shall_v do_v in_o general_n first_o in_o a_o morning_n when_o thou_o be_v wake_v and_o purposeste_v to_o rise_v lyfte_v up_o thy_o hand_n and_o bless_v the_o and_o make_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la et_fw-la silij_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la amen_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a gooste_n and_o if_o thou_o say_v a_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la a_o aue_fw-la and_o a_o crede_fw-la and_o remember_v thy_o maker_n thou_o shall_v speed_n moche_v the_o better_a and_o when_o thou_o be_v up_o and_o ready_a than_o first_o sweep_v thy_o house_n dress_v up_o thy_o dyssheborde_n and_o set_v all_o thing_n in_o good_a order_n within_o thy_o house_n milk_n thy_o kine_n secle_fw-mi thy_o calf_n sye_a up_o thy_o milk_n take_v uppe_o thy_o child_n and_o array_n theym_a and_o provyde_v for_o thy_o be_v brekefaste_v dinner_n souper_n and_o for_o thy_o child_n and_o servant_n and_o take_v thy_o part_n with_o theym_n and_o to_o ordain_v corn_n and_o malt_n to_o the_o mill_n to_o bake_v and_o brew_v withal_o whanne_v need_n be_v and_o meet_v it_o to_o the_o mill_n and_o fro_o the_o mill_n and_o see_v that_o thou_o have_v thy_o measure_n again_o beside_o the_o tolle_fw-la or_o else_o the_o myller_n deal_v not_o true_o with_o the_o or_o else_o thy_o corn_n be_v not_o dry_a as_o it_o shall_v be_v thou_o must_v make_v butter_n and_o cheese_n when_o thou_o may_v serve_v thy_o swine_n both_o morning_n and_o evening_a and_o gyve_v thy_o poleyn_n meat_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o when_o time_n of_o the_o year_n come_v thou_o must_v take_v heed_n how_o thy_o hen_n duck_v and_o goose_n do_v ley_z and_o to_o gather_v up_o their_o egg_n and_o when_o they_o wax_v brodye_n to_o set_v they_o there_o as_o no_o beast_n swine_n nor_o other_o vermyn_v hurt_v they_o and_o thou_o must_v know_v that_o all_o hole_n footed_a fowl_n will_v sytte_n a_o month_n and_o all_o cleave_a footed_a fowl_n will_v sytte_n but_o three_o weke_n except_o a_o peyhenne_n and_o greatte_a fowl_n as_o crane_n bustardâ—s_n and_o such_o other_o and_o when_o they_o have_v bring_v forth_o their_o bird_n to_o see_v that_o they_o be_v well_o keep_v from_o the_o gleyd_a crow_n fullymarte_n and_o other_o vermynne_n and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o march_n or_o a_o