11. Ill huswifery bringeth,
A shilling to naught:
Good huswifery singeth-
Her coffers full fraught.

12. Ill huswifery rendeth,
And casteth aside:

Good huswifery mendeth,
Else would it go wide.

13. 1ll huswifery sweepeth,
Her linen to gage:
Good huswifery keepeth,

To serve her in age.

14. Ill huswifery craveth,
In secret to borrow;
Good huswifery saveth
To-day, for to-morrow.

15. Ill huswifery pineth,
(Not having to eat)
Good huswifery dineth,
With plenty of meat.

16. Ill huswifery letteth

The devil take all :

Good huswifery setteth

Good brag of a small.

Good huswife good fame hath, of best in the town; Ill huswife ill name hath, of every clown.

For Men a perfect Warning,
What Child shall come by Learning.

1. ALL you that fain would learn the perfect way,
To have your child, in music something seen ';
Ask Nature first, what thereto she doth say,
Ere further suit ye make to such a queen:
For doubtless (grossum caput) is not he,
Of whom the learned Muses, seen will be.

2. Once tried, that Nature, trim, hath done her part,
And lady Music, far in love withall,

Be wise, who first doth teach thy child that art,
Lest homely breaker mar fine ambling Ball.
Not rode in mad brains hand, is that can help,
But gentle skill doth make the proper whelp.

It is natural for men to fix a high value on what has cost them time and trouble. As a practical musician himself, Tusser seems to consider music, for such as have an ear, as a proper branch of education. For boys, it certainly would be degrading, except as a profession; and even for girls, however fashionable it may be, it is generally worse than useless, as it occupies that time which ought to be devoted to much more important purposes.

The observations, however, on the art of teaching, generally, are most excellent, "Skill mixed with will,

is he that teacheth best," in the third stanza, and the following lines in the fifth,

"Yet cocking dams, and shifting
dads from schools,
Make pregnant wits to prove nn.
learned fools,"

deserve to be deeply impressed on the minds of fathers and mothers. The foolishly fond indulgence of the one, and the caprice of the other, in removing their children from one school to another, make or confirm many a dunce.

3. Where choice is hard, count good for well a fine,
Skill, mixt with will, is he that teacheth best;
Let this suffice for teaching child of thine,

Chuse quickly well, for all the lingering rest.
Mistaught at first, how seldom proveth well?
Trim taught (O God) how shortly doth excell?

4. Although as ships, must tarry wind and tide,
And perfect hours, abide their stinted time:
So likewise, though of learning daily tri'd,

Space, must be had, ere wit may thereto climb;
Yet easy steps and perfect way to trust,
Doth cause good speed, confess of force we must.

5. Thus in the child, though wit enough we find,

And teacher good, near hand, or other where ;
And time as apt, as may be thought with mind,

Nor cause in such thing much to doubt or fear:
Yet cocking Mams, and shifting Dads from schools,
Make pregnant wits, to prove unlearned fools.

6. Ere learning come, to have, first art thou taught,
Apt learning child, apt time that thing to frame;
Apt cunning man to teach, else all is naught,
Apt parents, glad to bring to pass the same.
On such apt ground, the Muses love to build,
This lesson learn:-adieu else, learned child (a).

VARIATION.

(a) The Sonnet to Lady Paget, which follows the Posies,

is placed before the Description, &c.

Y