But yet er I begynne to shewe the wyfe, what warkes [Sidenote: A lesson of Solomon.] she shall do, I wyll firste teche her a lesson of Salomon, as I did to her husbande a lesson of the philosopher, and that is, that she shulde not be ydle at noo tyme: 4 for Salomon saythe, _Ociosus non gaudebit cum electis in cælo: sed lugebit in æternum cum reprobis in inferno_: That [Sidenote: [Fol. 60.]] is to say, The ydle folke shall not ioye with the chosen folkes in heuen, but they shall sorowe with the reproued 8 [Sidenote: A lesson of Jerome.] and forsaken folkes in hell. And saynt Iherom saythe: _Semper boni operis aliquid facito, vt te diabolus inueniat occupatum: Quia sicut in aqua stante generantur vermes: sic in homine ocioso generantur malæ cogitationes_: That is to say, 12 Alwaye be doinge of some good werkes, that the dyuell may fynde the euer occupied: for as in standynge water are engendred wormes, ryghte soo in an ydle body are engendred ydle thoughtes. Here mayste thou se, that 16 of ydelnes commeth damnation, and of good warkes and labour cometh saluation. Nowe arte thou at thy lyberty, [Sidenote: Choose either idleness or labour.] to chose whether waye thou wylt, wherin is a great diuersitie. And he is an vnhappy man or woman, that 20 god hath giuen bothe wyt and reason, and putteth hym in chose, and woll chose the worst parte. Nowe thou wyfe, I trust to shewe to the dyuers occupations, warkes, and laboures, that thou shalt not nede to be ydle no tyme 24 of the yere. 145. ¶ What thynges the wyfe is bounden of ryght to do. [Sidenote: Let the wife love her husband.] First and prynycypally the wyfe is bounde of ryghte to loue her housbande, aboue father and mother, and aboue [Sidenote: [Fol. 60_b_.]] all other men. For our lorde saythe in his gospell; [Sidenote: Matt. xix. 5.] [Sidenote: Mark x. 7.] _Relinquet patrem et matrem, et adherebit[31] vxori suæ_: A man 4 shulde leue father and mother, and drawe to his wyfe: and the same wyse a wyfe shulde do to her husbande. And are made by the vertue of the sacrament of holy [Sidenote: One body, and two souls.] scripture one fleshe, one bloude, one body, and two 8 soules. Wherfore theyr hartes, theyr myndes, theyr warkes, and occupations, shulde be all one, neuer to seuer nor chaunge durynge theyr natural lyues, by any mannes acte or dede, as it is sayde in the same gospel: 12 [Sidenote: Matt. xix. 9.] [Sidenote: Mark x. 9.] _Quod deus coniunxit, homo non separet_: That thynge that god hath ioyned to-gether, noo man maye seuer nor departe. Wherfore it is conuenyente that they loue eche other as effectually as they wolde doo theyr owne 16 selfe, &c. 146. ¶ What warkes a wyfe shulde do in generall.