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<P>_FOr a&s;muche as I &s;e that mo&s;t me~ in theyr &s;ience be diligent and circum&s;pecte as craftes men in their oc+cupacions dooe exqui&s;itly laboure and &s;earche out the knowledge not onely of workeman&s;hippe and con|nynge: but as well of the order and pre&s;eruinge of the &s;tuffe and mater whereof they &s;hall frame and fa&s;&s;i|on theyr worke, ye and when it is wrought and fini&s;hed, to the perfec|tion of theyr foreca&s;te or imagina|tion: they do not lyghtly and negli|gently regard the &s;ame worke, But lyke as they dyd before &s;tudye to bring to pa&s;&s;e and to performe their workeman&s;hippe and take paynes in practi&s;ynge thereof: Euen &s;o wil they &s;tudie and loke for the pre&s;er|uacion of the &s;ame that the thynge where wyth they haue &s;o muche la|boured &amp; broken theyr witte &s;hould not by &s;louth and rechele&s;&s;e lokeing to, be &s;uffered to decaye in a &s;horte
<PB REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 41 -->&s;pace: I maruaile therfore that you who are of y^e mo&s;t high &s;cience or ar|tifice y^e as ye &s;ay your &s;elues are not workres only of worldli thiges. But al&s;o the workers of the great worke man &amp; makers of the greate maker whom ye can make &amp; fa&s;&s;io~ at your owne wyl and plea&s;ures: wil not re|garde the workes y^e ye make (which oughte mo&s;te worthily to be pre&s;er|ued from anye di&s;payre or corrupti|on (if it be as you &s;aye) but let your gods whom ye haue made corrupt, molde, &s;tinke, rotte, mu&s;te, cleaue to|gether bred wormes w^t diuer&s;e other mi&s;happes, as &s;ome time to be eaten of a mou&s;e, ratte or munkay &amp; to be borne away of robin redbre&s;t or phi+lip Sparowe the whiche woulde greue any manes or womans hert (whoe beleuethe in the &s;ame greate God of youre makeinge) and cau|&s;eth many to for&s;ake y^e fayth which they had in him and all thys is by youre owne foly and &s;lender ouer|&s;ight.
<PB REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 41 -->Wherefore yeare much wor|thy di&s;pray&s;e amonge al other craf|tes men. Men &s;e dayly how the ap|pothecaries and gro&s;&s;ers in theyr occupiynges haue waies and mea|nes to co~&s;erue and pre&s;erue diuer&s;e thynges as fruites rotes &amp; herbes.</P>
<P>Thei pre&s;erue Dama&s;ene prunes, cheres, Quinces, peachis, peares, Oliues, Cappars, Orenges wal|nuttes, melons, Citrones &amp; manye other thynges wherin they be wor|thie to be co~mendid &amp; ye co~trariwi&s;e are worthy to be di&s;co~mendid, yea rather to be greately: puni&s;hed be|cau&s;e, ye be no more &s;tudious in y^e &abpre;&s;eruing of youre God fro~ filthe and putrifactio~. The which god you &s;ay is not only y^e creator of herbes frui|tes rotes &amp; al other like? but a&s;wel of y^e appoticaries &amp; gro&s;&s;ers the~ &s;elues &amp; all other, yea &amp; y^e creator &amp; maker of you al&s;o. Though you make him whi do ye not therfore find &s;o~e wais how to kepe him &s;wet, but let him pe|ri&s;he
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 42 -->&s;o vilely howe wyll you haue men to beleue in hym as in a God when ye youre &s;elues &s;et &s;o lyght by him that he wyll not take the paine to kepe hym &s;wete and cleane from filthines.</P>
<P>And thoughe ye can make newe when the olde be rotten and burned or buried, yet I woulde not haue you &s;o rechels and &s;louenly aboute them as ye be al the &s;orte of you, but to be as net fyne and Ielous ouer them as ye maye be, le&s;te the people (&s;einge youre &s;louenly and &s;owter|ly faction aboute them) regard no|ther youre goddes nor you that are the makers of them.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e ye &s;hall the ea&s;lier and &s;oner attayne the knowledge of the pre&s;eruacion of them: I inted in thys lytell worke to pre&s;cribe to you the order therof wherby ye may al&s;o auoide and put by the hanous infamy obloquie &amp; &s;launder whych both your godes &amp; you the makers
<PB REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 42 -->of the~ do daiely &s;u&s;tayne and heare, (I feare me) to youre vtter exinani|cion, and derogation of all youre greate power of God makinge and to thentent that ye maye the rather find the waies to preuente the &s;ame I haue compo&s;ed thys lytell boke for you to beare in youre handes or in your bo&s;omes as a nece&s;&s;ary v|ten&s;ile concerninge youre craft and occupacion, wherein be conteyned the&s;e rules folowinge.</P>
<P>&leaf; Fir&s;te it is requi&s;ite that ye &s;houlde knowe whether the wafer maker be an hone&s;t man, &amp; of good con&s;cience, and co~nyng in the feate, or no, for by his vnco~ninge or coue|tou&s;nes he maye be a great cau&s;e of the decaye of the~. As if he make the~ of mu&s;ty wheate, or make hys bat|ter to thynne for couetuou&s;nes. Or if by rechele&s;nes take not head whe+ther hys Irons be hote inoughe or to coulde, for &s;o by &s;lackenes of ba|kynge maye they be the &s;ouer mu|&s;tys
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 43 -->and hore mouldyd.</P>
<P>Item ye &s;hal haue a clo&s;e boxe to put them in and that &s;hal ye &s;ette in youre chimneis ende to kepe them drye til ye &s;hall co~&s;ecrate them. And this is to be done in y^e winter quar|ter, or rainy and foggy whether.</P>
<P>Item ye mu&s;t cho&s;e of the faire&s;t rounde&s;t and whighte&s;te, or elles if neade be ye maye clip them rounde with a payer of &s;heres, or pare them with a &s;harpe knife. The clippinge or paringes whereof, maye paruen|ture be a refre&s;hing to youre clarke or to the boye that healpeth you to &s;aye Ma&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Item it &s;halbe neadefull for you when ye be in con&s;ecratyng, to blow or breath as nicely and featly as ye may deui&s;e, le&s;te by youre much bre+thinge and anhelation ye myght ir|roate &amp; enmy&s;t them&s;o much, y^e they &s;hall neuer be &s;wete or good after.</P>
<P>Item it behoueth not hym that hath a &s;tinkinge breath or pthi&s;ike
<PB REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 43 -->or apo&s;teme in hys longes or &s;to|make, or hath the pokkes to blowe or breath &s;o much on the~ as he that hath not, for by &s;uch &s;tinkinge exha+lacions and out breathinges youre goddes are &s;o corrupte and infecte, that they be corrupted and infectu|ous both to body and &s;oule of them that eate them as their God.</P>
<P>Ite~ ye ought (as neare as ye may) to con&s;ecreate on a fayre cleare &amp; &s;u~+ny day for if the aire be moi&s;t darke or mi&s;ty they will become the &s;oner fautie. And what by corrupte brea|thynge and whether together, they may be &s;o muche danke and &s;oddy, that they wyll neuer be broughte to good, and &s;o your laboure conning &s;tuffe and all is but lo&s;te.</P>
<P>Item it will become you to loke to them often, lea&s;te they ron to far into putrificacion. Prouided alway that ye do it in cleare whether.</P>
<P>Item reme~ber y^e ye torne the~ &amp; re|moue them; for cleauyng together</P>
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<P>Item if it be &s;o y^e they be molde of any thing cla~my (as ofte times they be) ye &s;hal carie the~ into the churche yard or into &s;ome garde~ or vpon the leades of the church, and laye the~ a|brode one by one vpon a fayre cloth to take the &s;un and then be&s;towe the~ vp agayne.</P>
<P>Ite~ ye mu&s;t prouide a net of &s;ilke or fine threde to leye on them in the time of driynge and al&s;o to wache warely for feare that birdes &s;hould take any of them awaie.</P>
<P>Item ye mu&s;t con&s;ider the wind whither it be great or in what quar+ter it bloweth. For &s;ome wyndes be infectuous more then &s;ome, as the &s;outhe, &s;outh we&s;te, or &s;outhe&s;t &amp; to take heade y^e none of them be blowe~ awaie with the wind, for they be but light and of &s;male &s;ub&s;taunce.</P>
<P>Item ye mu&s;t marke wel y^e nu~bre of the~, y^e ye may put into the pixt as many as ye take out, and &s;o &s;hall ye be &s;ure that ye haue lo&s;t none of the~
<PB REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 44 -->Item you &s;hal remember y^e ye mu&s;t all wayes haue an od God, for they maye not be euen in numbre.</P>
<P>Item if they be mold or mu&s;ty or grene or euil coloured, ye &s;hal wype the~ w^t a fine cloth vpo~ a fram made of four &s;tickes &amp; ley the~ on it one by one eche one by him &s;elfe &amp; hold the &s;ame frame ouer a chafingedi&s;he of coles into y^e which coles ye &s;hal ca&s;t the pouder of brim&s;tone which wyll make the~ white againe but ye mu&s;t remember to torne them oft.</P>
<P>Item it &s;halbe co~uement for you to know how to pre&s;erue the~ fro~ mi+tes or wormes which thing ye may wel do if it be po&s;&s;ible on this wi&s;e. Ye &s;hal anoint or rub the inner &s;ide of y^e pixt or cup wherein, ye kepe the~ w^t a lytel wormwode, tan&s;ey or rue, in time of yere whe~ ye may haue the herbes. And when ye can not cume by the herbes conueniently, the~ &s;hal ye take a litel of the pouder of min|tes and &s;trewe amonge them, or the
<PB REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 45 -->pouder of coloquintida whyche is white &amp; wil agre wel w^t the colour of the~ &amp; wyl not &s;uffer anye wormes to breade where it is, by the meanes of the bitternes thereof.</P>
<P>Item ye &s;hal take good hede and reme~ber vnto whom and what per|&s;ons the&s;e that be &s;o trimmed ought to be mini&s;tred for if ye &s;hall mini|&s;ter them to heal they and well ta|&s;ting per&s;ons it wil be ea&s;ily e&s;pied, and may peraduentre cau&s;e the~ to &s;pit them out agayne whereof may ari&s;e diuer&s;e in conueniences wher|fore ye &s;hall all waye kepe them for &s;icke folke and &s;uche as can not &s;a|uoure thinges wel in ther mouthes (for they wyl impute it to their euyl ta&s;t) ye &amp; it may &s;o proue that they maye the &s;oner recouer theyr health for by y^e bitternes &amp; proprietie ther|of they beynge prouoked to laxe or vomite may eiecte and ca&s;t out &s;uch humors as be the cau&s;e of their &s;ick+nes &amp; &s;o become hole whcihe thinge
<PB REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 45 -->the comon people wyll repute as a greate miracle and giue much glo|ry to your goddes therefore.</P>
<P>Item to auoyde the mi&s;happes that might betide them by vermyne as mou&s;e, rat, we&s;el, munkay or &s;pa+niel ye mu&s;t be circu~&s;pecte and take hede on euery hand e&s;pecially when ye take them out or put them in the boxe and loke that ye leaue none a|brode, for ofte tymes it hath be &s;ene that they haue benne deuoured by &s;uche meane and wyth &s;uche kynde of vermine.</P>
<P>Item ye oughte to ca&s;te an eye to|ward your God when ye be in your bi&s;y memento &amp; after the leuation, for whil&s;e ye wincke and hold your handes before youre no&s;e and eies, it may chaunce &s;ome robin redbre&s;t (whiche amonge all other birdes is mo&s;t hardy, &s;auce, pert and homely) to &s;ea&s;on vpon it &amp; flie away cleane therewith whiche done ye knowe in what perilous and daungerous ca&s;e
<PB REF="7"><!-- PDF PAGE 46 -->ye &s;tande in. Wherefore it &s;tandeth in youre hande to be well ware and wi&s;e therof.</P>
<P>Ite~ if ye haue any tame &s;parowe or other thinge which is familier with you, take good hede to them or eles leaue them at home for the time, for &s;traunge things hath happened by &s;uche, to the di&s;wor&s;hippe of youre goddes.</P>
<P>Item haue in minde that whyle he lieth on the altare, ye &s;et the fote of the chalice vpon the edg of your God, le&s;t the wind by whipynge &s;o|denly get vnder him &amp; blowe him a way or about the chauncel to youre &s;hame &amp; di&s;honour of your goddes which he defe~d that dwelleth in the pixt aboue, dayly &s;en&s;ing in &amp; out bi a &s;tryng betwene the altare and the roffe, to whom be honoure wor&s;hip and pray&s;e worthye Amen.</P>
<P>If any or al of the&s;e wil not healpe: then ye mu&s;t v&s;e your olde order of burning, or buriyng of them, wher|in
<PB REF="7"><!-- PDF PAGE 46 -->I know wel ye be expert inough and &s;o well practi&s;ed y^e I nede not to in&s;truct you ther in, or &s;hewe you any thyng therto belonginge.</P>
<P>&rindx; The&s;e haue I wrytte~ to you vn|de&s;ired to thend that ye &s;houlde a|uoyde &s;lannder and infamy. More &s;hal ye haue &s;hortly God willinge, the whiche I thinke wilbe very ne|ce&s;&s;ary for you. And be you a&s;&s;ured that as long as I am able to wryte &s;ay or do: ye &s;hal not fayle of healp or ayde after the blout &s;orte as ye &s;e I haue &s;hewed in this litel treati&s;e, the which I doubt not ye wil acept none other wi&s;e the~ I iudge in you to do, for &s;ure I am that ye forget me not in your prayers and benedi|tions, wherein ye be more be&s;y and deuout then I woulde ye &s;hould be for my parte. Neuerthele&s;&s;e I tru&s;t I &s;pede not the wor&s;&s;e for them but the better, by defe~ce and goodnes of the Lord Ie&s;us Chri&s;te, who &s;itteth on the right hand of God the father
<PB REF="8" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 47 -->with the holy go&s;t and from thence &s;hall come a very man vnite wythe his godhead, to iudge all the world in who&s;e &s;ight al vile fal&s;e and &s;tin+kyng godes and Idoles with their wor&s;hippers and makers &s;halbe co~ founded, And vnto him with the father and the holy &s;pirite be ho|noure and prai&s;e for euer and euer and to all that beleue only in hym eternal ioye thorowe the &s;ame Lorde Ie&s;us Chri&s;te. A|men.</P>
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