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FOr aſmuche as I ſe that moſt mē in theyr ſience be diligent and circumſpecte as craftes men in their occupacions dooe exquiſitly laboure and ſearche out the knowledge not onely of workemanſhippe and connynge: but as well of the order and preſeruinge of the ſtuffe and mater whereof they ſhall frame and faſſion theyr worke, ye and when it is wrought and finiſhed, to the perfection of theyr forecaſte or imagination: they do not lyghtly and negligently regard the ſame worke, But lyke as they dyd before ſtudye to bring to paſſe and to performe their workemanſhippe and take paynes in practiſynge thereof: Euen ſo wil they ſtudie and loke for the preſeruacion of the ſame that the thynge where wyth they haue ſo muche laboured & broken theyr witte ſhould not by ſlouth and recheleſſe lokeing to, be ſuffered to decaye in a ſhorte ſpace: I maruaile therfore that you who are of ye moſt high ſcience or artifice ye as ye ſay your ſelues are not workres only of worldli thiges. But alſo the workers of the great worke man & makers of the greate maker whom ye can make & faſſiō at your owne wyl and pleaſures: wil not regarde the workes ye ye make (which oughte moſte worthily to be preſerued from anye diſpayre or corruption (if it be as you ſaye) but let your gods whom ye haue made corrupt, molde, ſtinke, rotte, muſte, cleaue together bred wormes wt diuerſe other miſhappes, as ſome time to be eaten of a mouſe, ratte or munkay & to be borne away of robin redbreſt or philip Sparowe the whiche woulde greue any manes or womans hert (whoe beleuethe in the ſame greate God of youre makeinge) and cauſeth many to forſake ye fayth which they had in him and all thys is by youre owne foly and ſlender ouerſight. Wherefore yeare much worthy diſprayſe amonge al other craftes men. Men ſe dayly how the appothecaries and groſſers in theyr occupiynges haue waies and meanes to cōſerue and preſerue diuerſe thynges as fruites rotes & herbes.

Thei preſerue Damaſene prunes, cheres, Quinces, peachis, peares, Oliues, Cappars, Orenges walnuttes, melons, Citrones & manye other thynges wherin they be worthie to be cōmendid & ye cōtrariwiſe are worthy to be diſcōmendid, yea rather to be greately: puniſhed becauſe, ye be no more ſtudious in ye p̄ſeruing of youre God frō filthe and putrifactiō. The which god you ſay is not only ye creator of herbes fruites rotes & al other like? but aſwel of ye appoticaries & groſſers thē ſelues & all other, yea & ye creator & maker of you alſo. Though you make him whi do ye not therfore find ſōe wais how to kepe him ſwet, but let him periſhe ſo vilely howe wyll you haue men to beleue in hym as in a God when ye youre ſelues ſet ſo lyght by him that he wyll not take the paine to kepe hym ſwete and cleane from filthines.

And thoughe ye can make newe when the olde be rotten and burned or buried, yet I woulde not haue you ſo rechels and ſlouenly aboute them as ye be al the ſorte of you, but to be as net fyne and Ielous ouer them as ye maye be, leſte the people (ſeinge youre ſlouenly and ſowterly faction aboute them) regard nother youre goddes nor you that are the makers of them.

And becauſe ye ſhall the eaſlier and ſoner attayne the knowledge of the preſeruacion of them: I inted in thys lytell worke to preſcribe to you the order therof wherby ye may alſo auoide and put by the hanous infamy obloquie & ſlaunder whych both your godes & you the makers of thē do daiely ſuſtayne and heare, (I feare me) to youre vtter exinanicion, and derogation of all youre greate power of God makinge and to thentent that ye maye the rather find the waies to preuente the ſame I haue compoſed thys lytell boke for you to beare in youre handes or in your boſomes as a neceſſary vtenſile concerninge youre craft and occupacion, wherein be conteyned theſe rules folowinge.

❧ Firſte it is requiſite that ye ſhoulde knowe whether the wafer maker be an honeſt man, & of good conſcience, and cōnyng in the feate, or no, for by his vncōninge or couetouſnes he maye be a great cauſe of the decaye of thē. As if he make thē of muſty wheate, or make hys batter to thynne for couetuouſnes. Or if by recheleſnes take not head whether hys Irons be hote inoughe or to coulde, for ſo by ſlackenes of bakynge maye they be the ſouer muſtys and hore mouldyd.

Item ye ſhal haue a cloſe boxe to put them in and that ſhal ye ſette in youre chimneis ende to kepe them drye til ye ſhall cōſecrate them. And this is to be done in ye winter quarter, or rainy and foggy whether.

Item ye muſt choſe of the faireſt roundeſt and whighteſte, or elles if neade be ye maye clip them rounde with a payer of ſheres, or pare them with a ſharpe knife. The clippinge or paringes whereof, maye paruenture be a refreſhing to youre clarke or to the boye that healpeth you to ſaye Maſſe.

Item it ſhalbe neadefull for you when ye be in conſecratyng, to blow or breath as nicely and featly as ye may deuiſe, leſte by youre much brethinge and anhelation ye myght irroate & enmyſt themſo much, ye they ſhall neuer be ſwete or good after.

Item it behoueth not hym that hath a ſtinkinge breath or pthiſike or apoſteme in hys longes or ſtomake, or hath the pokkes to blowe or breath ſo much on thē as he that hath not, for by ſuch ſtinkinge exhalacions and out breathinges youre goddes are ſo corrupte and infecte, that they be corrupted and infectuous both to body and ſoule of them that eate them as their God.

Itē ye ought (as neare as ye may) to conſecreate on a fayre cleare & ſū ny day for if the aire be moiſt darke or miſty they will become the ſoner fautie. And what by corrupte breathynge and whether together, they may be ſo muche danke and ſoddy, that they wyll neuer be broughte to good, and ſo your laboure conning ſtuffe and all is but loſte.

Item it will become you to loke to them often, leaſte they ron to far into putrificacion. Prouided alway that ye do it in cleare whether.

Item remēber ye ye torne thē & remoue them; for cleauyng together

Item if it be ſo ye they be molde of any thing clāmy (as ofte times they be) ye ſhal carie thē into the churche yard or into ſome gardē or vpon the leades of the church, and laye thē abrode one by one vpon a fayre cloth to take the ſun and then beſtowe thē vp agayne.

Itē ye muſt prouide a net of ſilke or fine threde to leye on them in the time of driynge and alſo to wache warely for feare that birdes ſhould take any of them awaie.

Item ye muſt conſider the wind whither it be great or in what quarter it bloweth. For ſome wyndes be infectuous more then ſome, as the ſouthe, ſouth weſte, or ſoutheſt & to take heade ye none of them be blowē awaie with the wind, for they be but light and of ſmale ſubſtaunce.

Item ye muſt marke wel ye nūbre of thē, ye ye may put into the pixt as many as ye take out, and ſo ſhall ye be ſure that ye haue loſt none of thē Item you ſhal remember ye ye muſt all wayes haue an od God, for they maye not be euen in numbre.

Item if they be mold or muſty or grene or euil coloured, ye ſhal wype thē wt a fine cloth vpō a fram made of four ſtickes & ley thē on it one by one eche one by him ſelfe & hold the ſame frame ouer a chafingediſhe of coles into ye which coles ye ſhal caſt the pouder of brimſtone which wyll make thē white againe but ye muſt remember to torne them oft.

Item it ſhalbe cōuement for you to know how to preſerue thē frō mites or wormes which thing ye may wel do if it be poſſible on this wiſe. Ye ſhal anoint or rub the inner ſide of ye pixt or cup wherein, ye kepe thē wt a lytel wormwode, tanſey or rue, in time of yere whē ye may haue the herbes. And when ye can not cume by the herbes conueniently, thē ſhal ye take a litel of the pouder of mintes and ſtrewe amonge them, or the pouder of coloquintida whyche is white & wil agre wel wt the colour of thē & wyl not ſuffer anye wormes to breade where it is, by the meanes of the bitternes thereof.

Item ye ſhal take good hede and remēber vnto whom and what perſons theſe that be ſo trimmed ought to be miniſtred for if ye ſhall miniſter them to heal they and well taſting perſons it wil be eaſily eſpied, and may peraduentre cauſe thē to ſpit them out agayne whereof may ariſe diuerſe in conueniences wherfore ye ſhall all waye kepe them for ſicke folke and ſuche as can not ſauoure thinges wel in ther mouthes (for they wyl impute it to their euyl taſt) ye & it may ſo proue that they maye the ſoner recouer theyr health for by ye bitternes & proprietie therof they beynge prouoked to laxe or vomite may eiecte and caſt out ſuch humors as be the cauſe of their ſicknes & ſo become hole whcihe thinge the comon people wyll repute as a greate miracle and giue much glory to your goddes therefore.

Item to auoyde the miſhappes that might betide them by vermyne as mouſe, rat, weſel, munkay or ſpaniel ye muſt be circūſpecte and take hede on euery hand eſpecially when ye take them out or put them in the boxe and loke that ye leaue none abrode, for ofte tymes it hath be ſene that they haue benne deuoured by ſuche meane and wyth ſuche kynde of vermine.

Item ye oughte to caſte an eye toward your God when ye be in your biſy memento & after the leuation, for whilſe ye wincke and hold your handes before youre noſe and eies, it may chaunce ſome robin redbreſt (whiche amonge all other birdes is moſt hardy, ſauce, pert and homely) to ſeaſon vpon it & flie away cleane therewith whiche done ye knowe in what perilous and daungerous caſe ye ſtande in. Wherefore it ſtandeth in youre hande to be well ware and wiſe therof.

Itē if ye haue any tame ſparowe or other thinge which is familier with you, take good hede to them or eles leaue them at home for the time, for ſtraunge things hath happened by ſuche, to the diſworſhippe of youre goddes.

Item haue in minde that whyle he lieth on the altare, ye ſet the fote of the chalice vpon the edg of your God, leſt the wind by whipynge ſodenly get vnder him & blowe him a way or about the chauncel to youre ſhame & diſhonour of your goddes which he defēd that dwelleth in the pixt aboue, dayly ſenſing in & out bi a ſtryng betwene the altare and the roffe, to whom be honoure worſhip and prayſe worthye Amen.

If any or al of theſe wil not healpe: then ye muſt vſe your olde order of burning, or buriyng of them, wherin I know wel ye be expert inough and ſo well practiſed ye I nede not to inſtruct you ther in, or ſhewe you any thyng therto belonginge.

☞ Theſe haue I wryttē to you vndeſired to thend that ye ſhoulde auoyde ſlannder and infamy. More ſhal ye haue ſhortly God willinge, the whiche I thinke wilbe very neceſſary for you. And be you aſſured that as long as I am able to wryte ſay or do: ye ſhal not fayle of healp or ayde after the blout ſorte as ye ſe I haue ſhewed in this litel treatiſe, the which I doubt not ye wil acept none other wiſe thē I iudge in you to do, for ſure I am that ye forget me not in your prayers and beneditions, wherein ye be more beſy and deuout then I woulde ye ſhould be for my parte. Neuertheleſſe I truſt I ſpede not the worſſe for them but the better, by defēce and goodnes of the Lord Ieſus Chriſte, who ſitteth on the right hand of God the father with the holy goſt and from thence ſhall come a very man vnite wythe his godhead, to iudge all the world in whoſe ſight al vile falſe and ſtinkyng godes and Idoles with their worſhippers and makers ſhalbe cō founded, And vnto him with the father and the holy ſpirite be honoure and praiſe for euer and euer and to all that beleue only in hym eternal ioye thorowe the ſame Lorde Ieſus Chriſte. Amen.