[Sidenote: First, at rising, bless thyself.] First in a mornyng whan thou arte waked, and purposeste to ryse, lyfte vp thy hande, and blesse the, and make a sygne of the holy crosse, _In nomine patris, et filii, et spiritus sancti. Amen._ In the name of the father, the 4 [Sidenote: [Fol. 61.]] sonne, and the holy gooste. And if thou saye a _Pater noster_, an _Aue_, and a _Crede_, and remember thy maker, thou shalte spede moche the better. And whan thou arte [Sidenote: Sweep the house,] vp and redy, than first swepe thy house, dresse vp thy 8 dyssheborde, and sette all thynges in good order within [Sidenote: milk the cows, dress the children.] thy house: milke thy kye, socle[32] thy calues, sye vp thy mylke, take vppe thy chyldren and araye theym, and prouyde for thy husbandes brekefaste, dynner, souper, 12 and for thy chyldren and seruauntes, and take thy parte [Sidenote: Send corn to the mill, and measure it before it goes.] with theym. And to ordeyne corne and malte to the myll, to bake and brue withall whanne nede is. And meete it to the myll, and fro the myll, and se that thou 16 haue thy measure agayne besyde the tolle, or elles the myller dealeth not truely with the, or els thy corne is not [Sidenote: Make butter and cheese.] drye as it shoulde be. Thou must make butter, and chese whan thou maist, serue thy swyne bothe mornyng and 20 euenynge, and gyue thy poleyn meate in the mornynge; and whan tyme of the yere cometh, thou must take hede [Sidenote: Gather the eggs.] howe thy hennes, duckes, and geese do ley, and to gather vp theyr egges, and whan they waxe brodye, to sette 24 them there as noo beastes, swyne, nor other vermyn hurte them. And thou muste knowe, that all hole-footed fowles wyll sytte a moneth, and all clouen-footed fowles [Sidenote: [Fol. 61_b_.]] wyll sytte but three wekes, excepte a peyhenne, and greatte 28 fowles, as cranes, bustardes, and suche other. And whan they haue broughte forthe theyr byrdes, to see that they be well kepte from the gleyd, crowes, fullymartes, and [Sidenote: Put in order the garden.] other vermynne. And in the begynnynge of Marche, or 32 a lyttell afore, is tyme for a wyfe to make her garden, and to gette as many good sedes and herbes as she canne, and specially suche as be good for the potte, and to eate: and as ofte as nede shall requyre, it muste be weded, for 36 els the wedes wyl ouergrowe the herbes. And also in Marche is tyme to sowe flaxe and hempe, for I haue [Sidenote: Better are March hards than April flax.] harde olde houswyues saye, that better is Marche hurdes than Apryll flaxe, the reason appereth: but howe it 40 shulde be sowen, weded, pulled, repeyled, watred, wasshen, dryed, beaten, braked, tawed, hecheled, spon,