94 — ¶ A Comparison Betweene Good Huswiferie and EuillE461
Comparing togither, good huswife with bad,
The knowledge of either, the better is had.
1
Ill huswiferie lieth
till nine of the clock.
Good huswiferie trieth
to rise with the cock.
2
Ill huswiferie tooteth,
to make hir selfe braue.E462
Good huswiferie looketh
what houshold must haue.
3
Ill huswiferie trusteth
to him and to hir.
Good huswiferie lusteth
hir selfe for to stir.
4
Ill huswiferie careth
for this nor for that.
Good huswiferie spareth
for feare ye wot what.
5
Ill huswiferie pricketh
hir selfe vp in pride.
Good huswiferie tricketh
hir house as a bride.
6
Ill huswiferie othing
or other must craue.
Good huswiferie nothing,
but needfull will haue.
7
Ill huswiferie mooueth
with gossep to spend.
Good huswiferie loueth
hir houshold to tend.
8
Ill huswiferie wanteth
with spending too fast.
Good huswiferie canteth1E463
the lenger to last.
9
Ill huswiferie easeth
hir selfe with vnknowne.
Good huswiferie pleaseth
hir selfe with hir owne.
10
Ill huswiferie brooketh
mad toies in hir hed.
Good huswiferie looketh
that all things be fed.
11
Ill huswiferie bringeth
a shilling to naught.
Good huswiferie singeth,
hir cofers full fraught.
12
Ill huswiferie rendeth,
and casteth aside.
Good huswiferie mendeth,
else would it go wide.
13
Ill huswiferie sweepeth
her linnen to gage.
Good huswiferie keepeth,
to serue hir in age.
14
Ill huswiferie craueth
in secret to borow.
Good huswiferie saueth
to day for to morow.
15
Ill huswiferie pineth,
not hauing to eate.
Good huswiferie dineth,
with plentie of meate.
16
Ill huswiferie letteth
the Diuell take all.
Good huswiferie setteth
good brag of a small.
Good huswife good fame hath of best in the towne,
Ill huswife ill name hath of euerie clowne.
1 scanteth. 1577.