•• Day Week Month Year q. Farthing. j. d. ob. q. viij. d. vij. s. vij. d. q. • HIS. Farthing a day in full expence, is in the year, ſeven ſhillings ſeven pence: a Farthing which ſome need to regard, • or for them to thrive it will be hard.   Come view this glaſs well, and look thereupon: For it paſſeth all others, of Cryſtal or Stone.   ob. a half-penny. iij. d. ob. xiiij. d. xv. s. ij. d. ob. 〈◊〉 Half-penny a day, is in the year found 〈…〉 e fifteen ſhillings and two pence half-penny round: • he which if good husbandry would hap, 〈◊〉 would find a Child both with milk and pap,   If with ſparing at firſt thou do begin: Both thou, wife and children ſhall thereby profit win.   i. d. a penny. vij. d. ij. s. iiij. d. xxx. s. v. d. 〈◊〉 this Penny a day, ſee thou take good heed, 〈…〉 e it will empty thy purſe with ſpeed: ••… rty ſhillings five pence in the year it doth contain: Beware that the Ale-wife hath not the gain.   From Alehouſe and Tavern, thy penny keep warm: At home a Groat ſpent ſhall do thee leſs harm.   ij d. two pence. xiiij. d. iiij. s. viij. d. iij. li. x. • . • his Two pence a day, is three pound a year, •• d full ten pence; take heed my dear: 〈…〉 t, Oatmeal, S •• e, it would well diſcharge, • nd Candles alſo, if thou ſpend not two large.   If having but ſmall, being godly and this well obſerve: Relieve thou maiſt ſometime the poor that do ſtarve.   q. iij. d. Three pence. xxi. d. v j s. iiij. xi. s. iij. d. • his three pence a day, the whole year about. • is four pound eleven ſhillings and three pence full out. Diſhes, Spoons, Trenchers, Ladle, and Scummer, it will buy thee, and a Hat for Summer.   In houſhold-ſtuff ſomewhat ſpent ſometime muſt be: For borrowing is hatefull, thine own uſe boldly.   ii j. d. Four pence ij. s. iiij. d. ix s. iiij. d. vi. l. xx. d. • his Four pence a day, who ſo abroad doth ſpend, • ometh to ſix pound twenty pence at the years end. • oots, Hoſe, and Shooes, it would buy thee and thine, • f thou and thy wife draw both the right line.   Vain expence is well ſeen, by being tattered and torn: Work then and fly expence, for this thou waſt born.   v. d. Five pence. ij s. xi. d. xi. s. viij. d. vii. l. xii. s. i d. This Five pence a day doth fully ariſe, to ſeven pound twelve ſhillings & a penny, wherefore be wiſe, With many implements thy houſe it will ſtore now ſpend as thou mayeſt, but ſpend no more.   On thy back, and in houſe as need craves, beſtow, Elſe Neighbours will ſay, good drink keeps thee low.   vi. d. Six pence. ij. s. vj. d. xiii. s. ix l. ii s. vi d. This Six pence a day, doth mount very high, to Nine pound a year, two ſhillings and ſix pence truly. Which would for all kind of linnen well pay: a •• keep thee and thine in honeſt array.   In Common-wealth ſhew th • e no drone for to be: But labour with others the burthen to carry.   vij d. Seven pence. iij s. j d. xvi s. iiij d. x l. xii s. xi d. This Seven pence a day, in the year doth increaſe to ten pound twelve ſhillings and eleven pence no leſs: Which with Braſs and Pewter, thy houſe would ſo deck, th • t for an ill hu • band none ſhould thee ſuſpect .   To ſlander and anger, this expence would bring: But kept well, it will help thee when ſickneſs doth ſting.   viij. d. Eight pence. iiij s. viij d. xviii s. viij • d. xii l. i j s. iiij d. •• is Eight pence a day ſpent all the year long, twelve pound three ſhillings four pence, mark well this ſong will furniſh thy houſe like an honeſt man, 〈◊〉 make chear for thy neighbours now and than.   For honeſt good neighbour hood ſometime thou muſt ſpare: A nigard is hated, to love him none care.   ix d. Nine pence. v s. iij d. xxi s. xiii l. xiij s. ix d. •• is Nine pence a day, in the year cometh juſt, thirteen pound thirteen ſhillings & nine pence, well it truſt: • his would be well kept in thy Cheſt and Houſe, • o welcome thy friends right courteous.   For friends, as Prince, Father, and other, ſomething keep, To maintain theſe eſtates, without which thoud'ſt weep.   x d. Ten pence. v s x d. x • iij s. iiij. d. xv l. iij s. ij d. This Ten pence a day, in the year out quite, is fifteen pound four ſhillings and two pence now right: It would buy Wood Cole, and other things fit, yea Bread-corn, and Ale-corn, if thou haſt wit.   The Scripture him counteth an Infidel ſure: That thinks not on houſhold, nor cares for his cure.   xi d. Eleven pence. vi s. v d. xxv s. viij d. xvi l. xiiij s. vii d. This Eleven pence a day, the year who it uſe is xvi pound xiv ſhillings vii pence, which makes me to muſe: For this will pay ſervants wages, and thy houſe rent: wherefore meaſure thy expence, and be content.   To ſave thee and thine this great expence flee: For ſervant to help thee, by this paid will be.   xij d. Twelve pence. vij s. xxviii s. xviij l. v d. This Twelve pence a day the whole year doth amount, to eighte • n pound five ſhillings, mark this laſt account: Ten pounds yearly of this prodigal ſpending, would purchaſe for thee a Houſe to thy lives ending.   Beware of this ryot, it ſpues thee out quite: From houſe here on earth, and from place in Gods ſight.  

MEaſurable expence, with thy like is much worth But with thy Betters thou maieſt not compare: If Rake-hells call thee, with them go not forth, Leaſt thy purſe and honeſty, they do make bare. Chooſe thou honeſt and quiet company, With ſuch a penny, is much better ſpent: Then that which is ſpared with living too nigardly, As ſome mizers do, and yet are not content. At the Dice play not with one or other, Above thy quart, or pint of Wine: Vnleſs ſome make thee a cozened brothe • : Never for money to them do incline. Neither at Cards for money, look that thou play Nor do thou accuſtom • bly them frequent and uſe: But for recreation at Eeven, or in day, Other wiſe to uſe them. ſome may thee abuſe. At Tables a • ſo at Iriſh or Ticktack, Play not but for ſport, or for Bear or Ale: A ſpurt and away, leaſt that thy work ſlack, By ſitting to hear each Ianglers tale. The Tenice and Bowles, take heed of them two, Vſe neither of them for Silver nor Gold: But only for paſtime, as ſome neighbours do For Apples and Nuts, thou maiſt ſo be bold. Remember this well, now herein expreſt, Young men of Sciences, and Crafts-men all, Let loſs of time, in you be redreſſ, And to your Vocation diligently fall. Time paſt and ill ſpent, is a great offence: Time loſt will hardly again be found, Except thou giveſt great diligence, To follow that, whereto thou art bound. Ye rich of the World, take here cke a Leſſon, As Stewards and not Lords, Gods gifts you do hold: Vain expence and exceſs, you muſt abandon, Eſpecially when poor Chriſt dyeth with cold. For Prince, Realm, and poor theſe things are lent, Dame pleaſure may not, as hers them enjoy: Theſe goods therefore muſt of thee be ſo ſpent. As yield account rightly, thou muſt with great joy. J. Gilbert. FINIS.

FOr the underſtanding of this Table following, know ye, th • t in the firſt two ſpaces is contained, from the upper end unto the lower end, the prices of a quarter of Wheat from twenty ſhillings, unto eleven ſhillings. In the next three Spaces, be contained the number how many ſhillings, pence and grains, the penny white Loaf (by the Statute, ſhall weigh) according to the price of a quarter of Wheat.

And in the laſt three ſpaces are contained the number of ſhillings, pence, and grains, corrected according to juſt Aſſize; for the which grains, a Wheat corn is counted for a grain; And here is to be noted, that thirty two Wheat corns (white wheat in the midſt of the eare) are counted for a penny weight, and twelve of thoſe pence make a ſhilling, and twenty of thoſe ſhillings make an ounce, and twelve of thoſe ounces make a pound of Troy-weight, and ſo doth twenty ſhillings, after that reckoning make juſt the ſame pound where, with Bread ought to be weighed. And the penny wheaten Loaf ſhall we • gh three half penny white Loaves.

The Quarter of Wheat. The weight of th • peny white Loaf. The correction by juſt Aſſize. Shil. Pence Shil. Pence Grain Shil. Pence Grain 20 00 22 00 00 27 20 12 20 06 21 05 16 26 06 12 21 00 20 11 12 25 0 • 10 21 06 20 64 16 25 03 20 22 00 20 01 10 24 08 16 22 06 19 05 20 24 02 04 23 0 • 19 05 20 23 05 28 23 0 • 18 10 20 23 01 24 24 00 18 07 04 22 08 00 24 06 18 0 • • 0 22 02 12 25 00 17 •• 00 21 09 00 25 06 17 •• 04 21 04 02 26 00 17 11 06 20 11 00 26 06 16 04 08 20 06 08 27 00 16 01 08 20 01 24 27 06 16 00 00 19 09 11 28 00 15 10 24 19 05 04 28 06 15 05 00 19 00 24 29 00 15 01 16 18 09 00 29 06 14 11 16 18 05 00 30 00 14 08 00 18 00 08 30 06 14 04 24 17 10 00 31 00 14 02 04 17 06 19 31 06 13 11 12 17 03 04 32 00 13 08 24 17 00 00 32 06 13 06 12 16 08 24 33 00 13 00 00 16 05 24 33 06 13 01 16 16 02 24 34 00 12 11 08 16 00 00 34 06 12 08 24 15 08 14 35 00 12 06 14 15 06 16 35 06 12 04 10 15 03 28 36 00 12 02 12 15 01 08 36 06 12 00 20 14 10 24 37 00 1 • 10 20 • 4 08 12 37 06 11 08 28 14 06 00 38 00 11 06 28 14 03 25 38 06 11 05 04 13 01 16 39 00 11 03 12 13 11 12 39 06 11 01 20 13 09 08 40 00 11 00 08 13 07 04

The old Rule of Sages by good Experience. He that earneth a Groat, and in like time it ſpendeth, May live, but not thrive, whatſoever he pretendeth. He that ſpendeth two pence, and earneth dayly a Groat; Shall both live and thrive, and in time gather ſomewhat. But he that ſpendeth a Groat, and earneth but two pence, Shall neither live nor thrive, Wherefore fly ſuch expence.