A wife is keeper of thine husbandry: Well may the sickë man bewail and weep, There as there is no wife the house to keep. I warnë thee, if wisely thou wilt wirch, 2786 Love well thy wife, as Christ loveth his church: Thou lov’st thyself, if thou lovest thy wife. No man hateth his flesh, but in his life He fost’reth it; and therefore bid I thee Cherish thy wife, or thou shalt never thé. 2787 Husband and wife, what so men jape or play, 2788 Of worldly folk holdë the sicker 2789 way; They be so knit there may no harm betide, And namëly 2790 upon the wifë’s side.