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Mothers must also teach their daughters to work, to love their husbands and children. And let them lay ⟨image 98⟩their hands to spin, sew, weave. etc, For ¹the noblest women, both among the Heathen Romans and Greeks & Hebrews had great commendations for their housewifely working with their hands, as ye may read of Solomon, saying: He that findeth an honest faithful ²woman, she is more worth then precious pearls. The heart of her husband may safely trust to her. All the days of her life will she seek his profit. She occupieth wool and flax, and laboureth gladly with her hands, She is like a marchauntes shippe. et ce. It is expedient that a man handfast not his daughter before he hath good experience of her housewifery, & go uerning of an house. For it becometh her better to have a payer of rough and hard hands, then to be fair & soft glistering with rings ³or covered continually with smooth gloves. And let the parents be ware that they bring them not up to tenderly wantonly and delicately or to nicely. And at dew time let them be provided for so that they may govern their own houses with their own husbands.

Mothers must also teache theyr doughters to worcke, to loue theyr husbandes and chyldren. And lette them laye ⟨image 98⟩their handes to spynne, sewe, weaue. etc, For ¹the noblest wemen, bothe amonge the Heathen Romans and Grekes & Hebrewes had greate commendacyons for theyr houswyfly working wyth theyr handes, as ye maye reade of Salomon, sayenge: He that fyndeth an honest faythfull ²woman, she is more worth then precious perles. The herte of her husband maye safelye trust to her. All the dayes of hyr lyfe wyll she seke hys profit. She occupieth woll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly wyth her handes, She is lyke a marchauntes shippe. et ce. It is expedient that a man handfast not his daughter before he hath good experience of hyr housewyfrye, & go uerning of an house. For it becometh hir better to haue a payer of roughe and harde handes, then tobe fayer & softe glisteryng with rynges