Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
Behold of truth, with wife in youth,
For ioie at large, what daily charge,
Through childrens hap, what opened gap,
to more begun.
The childe at nurse, to rob the purse,
The same to wed, to trouble hed.
For pleasure rare, such endlesse care,
hath husband wun.
[Sidenote: West Diram Abbie.]
[Sidenote: Land-lordes at variance.]
21
Then did I dwell in Diram sell,[E501]
A place for wood, that trimlie stood,
With flesh and fish, as heart would wish:
but when I spide
That Lord with Lord could not accord,
But now pound he, and now pound we,
Then left I all, bicause such brall,
I list not bide.
[Sidenote: Sir Richard Soothwell.]
22
O Soothwell, what meanst thou by that,
Thou worthie wight, thou famous knight,
So me to craue, and to thy graue,
go by and by?
O death thou fo, why didst thou so
Ungently treat that Iewell great,
Which opte his doore to rich and poore,
so bounteously?
[Sidenote: His vij executors.]
23
There thus bestad, when leaue I had,
By death of him, to sinke or swim,
And rauens I saw togither draw,
in such a sort:
Then waies I saught, by wisdome taught,
To beare low saile, least stock should quaile,
Till ship mought finde, with prosperous winde,
some safer port.
[Sidenote: Norwich Citie.]
[Sidenote: Norwich qualities.]
24
At length by vew, to shore I drew,
Discharging straight both ship and fraight,
At Norwich fine, for me and mine,
a citie trim:
Where strangers wel may seeme to dwel,
That pitch and pay, or keepe their day,
But who that want, shall find it scant
so good for him.
[Sidenote: Maister Salisburie deane of Norwich.]
25
But Salisburie how were kept my vow,
If praise from thee were kept by mee,
Thou gentle deane, mine onely meane,
there then to liue?
Though churles such some to craue can come,
And pray once got, regard thee not,
Yet liue or die, so will not I,
example giue.
[Sidenote: In 138 houres I neuer made drop of
water.]
26
When learned men could there nor then,
Deuise to swage the stormie rage,
Nor yet the furie of my dissurie,
that long I had:
From Norwich aire, in great despaire,
Away to flie, or else to die,
To seeke more helth, to seeke more welth,
then was I glad.
[Sidenote: Faiersted parsonage in Essex.]
27
From thence so sent, away I went,
With sicknes worne, as one forlorne,
To house my hed, at Faiersted,[E502]
where whiles I dwelt:
The tithing life, the tithing strife,
Through tithing ill, of Jacke and Gill,
The dailie paies, the mierie waies,
too long I felt.
[Sidenote: Lease for parsons life.]
28
When charges grew, still new and new,
And that I spide, if parson dide,
(All hope in vaine) to hope for gaine,
I might go daunce:
Once rid my hand of parsonage land,
Thence by and by, away went I,
To London streight, to hope and waight,
for better chaunce.
[Sidenote: London commended.]
29
Well London well, that bearst the bell
Of praise about, England throughout,
And dost in deede, to such as neede,
much kindnes shew:
Who that with thee can hardly agree,
Nor can well prais thy friendly wais,
Shall friendship find, to please his mind,
in places few.
[Sidenote: Vnthrifts order.]
30
As for such mates, as vertue hates,
Or he or thay, that go so gay,
That needes he must take all of trust,
for him and his:
Though such for we by Lothburie go,
For being spide about Cheapeside,
Least Mercers bookes for monie lookes,
small matter it is.
[Sidenote: The plague at London [1574, 1575].[E503]]
[Sidenote: Trinitie College in Cambridge.]
31
When gaines was gon, and yeres grew on,
And death did crie, from London flie,
In Cambridge then, I found agen,
a resting plot:
In Colledge best of all the rest,
With thanks to thee, O Trinitee,[8]
Through thee and thine, for me and mine,
some stay I got.
[Sidenote: Youth ill spent makes age repent.]
32[E504]
Since hap haps so, let toiling go,
Let seruing paines yeeld forth hir gaines,
Let courtly giftes, with wedding shiftes,
helpe now to liue:
Let Musicke win, let stocke come in,
Let wisedome kerue, let reason serue,
For here I craue such end to haue,
as God shall giue.
[Sidenote: A lesson for yonger brothers.]
33
Thus friends, by me perceiue may ye,
That gentrie standes, not all by landes,[E505]
Nor all so feft, or plentie left
by parents gift:
But now and then, of gentlemen,
The yonger sonne is driuen to ronne,
And glad to seeke from creeke to creeke,
to come by thrift.
[Sidenote: A true lesson.]
34
And more by this, to conster is,
In world is set, ynough to get,
But where and whan, that scarsely can,
the wisest tell:
By learning some to riches come,
By ship and plough some get ynough,
And some so wiue that trim they thriue,
and speede full well.
[Sidenote: Hardnes in youth not the worst.]
[Sidenote: Cocking of youth not the best.]
35
To this before, adde one thing more,
Youth hardnes taught, with knowledge wraught,
Most apt do prooue, to shift and shooue,
among the best:
Where cocking Dads[E506] make sawsie lads,
In youth so rage, to beg in age,
Or else to fetch a Tibourne stretch,
among the rest.
[Sidenote: Not pride in youth, but welth in age
needfull.]
36
Not rampish toie, of girle and boie,
Nor garment trim, of hir or him,[E507]
In childhoode spent, to fond intent,
good end doth frame:
If marke we shall, the summe of all,
The end it is, that noted is,
Which if it bide, with vertue tride,
deserueth fame.
[Sidenote: Man doth labour and God doth blesse.]
37
When all is done, lerne this my sonne,
Not friend, nor skill, nor wit at will,
Nor ship nor clod, but onelie God,
doth all in all:
Man taketh paine, God giueth gaine,
Man doth his best, God doth the rest,
Man well intendes, God foizon sendes,
else want he shall.[E508]
[Sidenote: A contented minde is worth all.]
38
Some seeke for welth, I seeke my helth,
Some seeke to please, I seeke mine ease,
Some seeke to saue, I seeke to haue
to liue vpright:
More than to ride, with pompe and pride,
Or for to iet,[9][E509] in others det,
Such is my skill, and shall be still,
for any wight.
39
Too fond were I, here thus to lie,
Unles that welth mought further helth,
And profit some should thereby come,
to helpe withall:
This causeth mee well pleasde to bee,
Such drift to make, such life to take,
Enforsing minde remorse to finde,
as neede neede shall.
[Sidenote: Happie that liues well, vnhappie
dies euill.]
40
Friend, al thing waid, that here is said,
And being got, that paies the shot,
Me thinke of right haue leaue I might,
(death drawing neere:)
To seeke some waies, my God to praies,
And mercy craue, in time to haue,
And for the rest, what he thinkes best,
to suffer heere.
[1] First added to the 1573 edition.--M.
[2] "The author means London; but though it is believed he died there,
it is evident from the sequel, that he left it on account of the
plague."--M.
[3] Cf. Shakespere's Twelfth Night, ii. 3.
[4] "Till it was repaired, between 1740 and 1750, it is said to have
been but a poor-looking place; and which is reported to have been
characterized by Dr. Mar, the Vice-Chancellor, when speaking of it to
the King of Denmark, as _le petit coigne._"--M.
[5] While. 1577.
[6] carp. 1573.
[7] His second wife.
[8] Founded in 1546.
[9] set. 1573.
FINIS.
[Of edition of 1580, but see over.]
[115.]
_Of Fortune._
The following poem is not to be found after the edition of 1573 and its
reprint of 1577.--M.
_Fortuna non est semper amica,
Superbiam igitur semper devita._
1
Though Fortune smiles, and fawnes vpon thy side,
Thyself extol for that no whit the more;
Though Fortune frownes and wresteth al thing wide,
Let fancy stay, keepe courage still in store;
For chance may change as chance hath don before:
Thus shalt thou holde more safe then honour got,
Or lose the losse,[1] though Fortune will or not.
2
Thy friend at this shall dayly comfort haue,
When warely thus, thou bearest thy selfe vpright,
Thy foes at this shall gladly friendship craue,
When hope so small is left to wrecke their spight,
For lowly liefe withstandeth enuy quight:
As floeting ship, by bearing sayl alowe,
Withstandeth stormes when boistrous winds do blowe.
3
Thy vsage thus in time shall win the gole,
Though doughtful haps, dame fortune sendes betweene,
And thou shalt see thine enemies blow the cole,
To ease thine hart much more then thou dost weene,
Ye though a change most strangely should be seene,
Yet friend at neede shall secret friendship make,
When foe in deede shal want his part to take.
[1] lesse. M.
_A Table of the points of Huswiferie mentioned in this Booke._
The Authors Epistle to the Ladie Paget.
The Authors Epistle to the Reader.
The Authors Preface to his booke of huswiferie.
The praise of huswiferie.
A description of huswife and huswiferie.
Instructions to huswiferie.
A digression to cockcrowing.
Huswiferie morning workes.
Huswifelie breakefast workes.
Huswifelie admonitions or lessons.
Brewing.
Baking.
Cookerie.
Dairie.
Scouring.
Washing.
Malting.
Dinner time huswiferie.
Huswifelie afternoone workes.
Huswifelie Euening workes.
Supper time huswiferie.
After Supper workes of huswiferie.
Of bedtime in winter and sommer.
The times to rise in winter and sommer.
Of bearing and forbearing.
The Ploughmans feasting daies.
The good huswifelie physicke.
The good motherlie nurserie.
A precept of thinking on the poore.
A comparison betwéene good huswiferie and bad.
The meanes for children to attaine to learning.
A description of womans age from fourtéene to fourescore and foure.
The Inholders posie.
Certaine table lessons.
Lessons for waiting seruantes.
Husbandly posies for ye hal.
Posies for the Parler.
Posies for the gestes chamber.
Posies for thine own bed chamber.
A Sonet to the Ladie Paget.
Principall pointes of Religion.
The Authors beliefe.
Of the omnipotencie of God and debilitie of man.
Of almesdéedes.
Of _malus homo_.
Of two sortes of people.
Of what force the deuill is if he be resisted.
Eight of Saint Barnards verses in Latine and English, to be soong both
by one note.
Of the Authors departing from the Court.
The Authors life of his owne penning.
[Of Fortune.]
FINIS.
¶ Imprinted at London, by Henrie Denham, dwelling at Paternoster Row,
at the figure of the Starre, being the assigne of William Seres.
Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis.
¶ A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie.
A hundreth good pointes, of good husbandry,
maintaineth good household, with huswifry.
Housekeping and husbandry, if it be good:
must loue one another, as cousinnes in blood.
The wife to, must husband as well as the man:
or farewel thy husbandry, doe what thou can.
¶ _To the right honorable and my speciall good lord and maister, the
lord Paget, Lord priuie seale._
T The trouth doth teache, that tyme must serue.
H (How euer man, doth blase hys mynde)
O (Of thynges most lyke, to thryue or sterue:)
M Much apt to iudge, is often blynde.
A And therfore, tyme it doth behoofe:
S Shall make of trouth, a perfit proofe.
T Take you my lord, and mayster than,
U (Unlesse mischaunce mischaunseth me:)
S Such homely gyft, of your own man,
S Synce more in court, I may not be:
E and let your praise, wonne here tofore,
R Remayne abrode, for euermore.
M My seruyng you, thus vnderstande,
A And god his helpe, and yours withall:
D Dyd cause good lucke, to take myne hande
E Erecting one, most lyke to fall:
M My seruing you, I know it was,
E Enforced this, to come to passe.
S So synce I was, at Cambridge tought,