A Letter of Advice to His Grandchildren, Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, And Frances Hale
A Letter of Advice to His Grandchildren, Matthew, Gabriel, Anne, Mary, And Frances Hale
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watch-making, carpentry, joinery works of all sorts. These and the like innocent diver- sions give these ad vantages : — I . they improve a man's knowledge and understanding ; — 2. they render him fit for many employments of use;— & they take off the tediousness of oneemployment ; — 4. they prevent diversions of worse kinds, as going to taverns, or games, and the like ; — 5. they rob no time from your constant calling, but only spend with useful* ness and delight, that time that can be well spa...red. Digitized by VjOOQ IC 429 CHAPTER XVI. Concerning the Employment of Young Gentlewomen. In former times the education and em- ployment of young gentlewomen was reli- gious, sober, and serious, their carriage mo- dest, and creditable was their habit and dress. When they were young they learned to read and to sew ; as they grew up they learned to spin, to knit, to make up their own gar- ments ; they learned what belonged to house- wifery, the prices of provisions, and how they were to be ordered, and thought it no disparagement to put their hands to 'the business of the dairy, or sorting of wool, id look to the stores and provisions of their parent's house, and to order them to the best advantage ; to know what belonged to brewing and baking, and winnowing, and to see corn well ordered in the barn, in the moulting, and in the cistern.
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