11.

[1]Stanzas 2, 3, and 4 are wanting in 1573 and 1577.

[2]coefers. 1577.

[3]St. 14 is not in ed. of 1577.

[4]be ginne. 1577.

[5]compt. 1577.

[6]reachelesse. 1577.

[7]bringing. 1577.

[8]In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads:Tithe duely and truely with harty good will,that god and his blessing may dwell with thee still.

[8]In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads:

Tithe duely and truely with harty good will,that god and his blessing may dwell with thee still.

[9]Stanzas 30 and 31 are wanting in 1573 and 1577.

[10]Stanza 34 is not in 1577.

[11]Stanzas 35 and 36 are not in 1577.

[12]In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads—In substance, although yehave never so much,delight not in parasites, harlots, and such.

[12]In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads—

In substance, although yehave never so much,delight not in parasites, harlots, and such.

[13]and smell of a begger where ever ye dwell. 1577.

[14]or. 1577.

[15]gether. 1577.

[16]St. 52 is not in 1577; sts. 56, 58, 59 not in 1573 (M.); 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 not in 1577.

My friend, if cause dothwrestthee,Ere follie hath much opprest thee:Farre from acquaintancekestthee,Where countrie maydigestthee,Let wood and water request thee,In good corne soile tonestthee,Where pasture and meade maybrestthee,Andhealthsomaireinuestthee.Though enuie shall detest thee,Let that no whit molest thee,Thanke God, that so hath blest thee,And sit downe Robin & rest thee.

* * * The title in the edition of 1577 reads:An habitation enforced aduisedly to be followed better late than never, &c.

1Aplotset downe, for fermers quiet,as time requires, to frame his diet:With sometime fish, and sometime fast,that houshold store may longer last.[E58]Lent.2Let Lent well kept offend not thee,for March and Aprillbreedersbee:Spend herring first, saue saltfish last,for saltfish is good, when Lent is past.Easter.3When Easter comes, who knowes not than,that Veale and Bakon is the man:[E59]AndMartilmasbeefe[1][E60]doth beare goodtack,when countrie folke doe dainties lack.Midsommer.Mihelmas.4When Mackrell ceaseth from the seas,John Baptistbringsgrassebeefeand pease.Fresh herring plentie,Mihellbrings,with fattedCrones,[2]and such old things.[E61]Hallomas.Christmas.5All Saints doe laie for porke andsouse,for sprats andspurlingsfor their house.[E62]At Christmas play and make good cheere,for Christmas comes but once a yeere.A caueat.Fasting.6Though some then doe, as doe they would,let thriftie doe, as doe they should.For causes good, so many waies,keepeEmbrings[E63]wel, and fasting daies:Fish daies.A thing needful.7What lawe commands, we ought to obay,for Friday, Saturne, and Wednesday.[E64]The land doth will, the sea doth wish,spare sometime flesh, and feede of fish.The last remedie.Where fish is scant, and fruit of trees,Supplie that want with butter and cheese.T. Tusser.

1Aplotset downe, for fermers quiet,as time requires, to frame his diet:With sometime fish, and sometime fast,that houshold store may longer last.[E58]

Lent.

2Let Lent well kept offend not thee,for March and Aprillbreedersbee:Spend herring first, saue saltfish last,for saltfish is good, when Lent is past.

Easter.

3When Easter comes, who knowes not than,that Veale and Bakon is the man:[E59]AndMartilmasbeefe[1][E60]doth beare goodtack,when countrie folke doe dainties lack.

Midsommer.Mihelmas.

Midsommer.

Mihelmas.

4When Mackrell ceaseth from the seas,John Baptistbringsgrassebeefeand pease.Fresh herring plentie,Mihellbrings,with fattedCrones,[2]and such old things.[E61]

Hallomas.Christmas.

Hallomas.

Christmas.

5All Saints doe laie for porke andsouse,for sprats andspurlingsfor their house.[E62]At Christmas play and make good cheere,for Christmas comes but once a yeere.

A caueat.Fasting.

A caueat.

Fasting.

6Though some then doe, as doe they would,let thriftie doe, as doe they should.For causes good, so many waies,keepeEmbrings[E63]wel, and fasting daies:

Fish daies.A thing needful.

Fish daies.

A thing needful.

7What lawe commands, we ought to obay,for Friday, Saturne, and Wednesday.[E64]The land doth will, the sea doth wish,spare sometime flesh, and feede of fish.

The last remedie.

Where fish is scant, and fruit of trees,Supplie that want with butter and cheese.

T. Tusser.

[1]"Dry'd in the Chimney as Bacon, and is so called because it was usual to kill the Beef for this Provision about the Feast of St. Martin, Nov. 11th."—T.R.(= Tusser Redivivus, here and elsewhere)

[2]"A Crone is a Ewe, whose teeth are so worne down that she can no longer keep her sheep-walk."—T.R.

In winter.1North winds send haile, South winds bring raine,East winds we bewail, West winds blow amaine:North east is too cold, South east not too warme,North west is too bold, South west doth no harme.At the spring.Sommer.2The north is anoyerto grasse of all suites,The east a destroyer to herbe and all fruites:The south with his showers refresheth the corne,The west to all flowers may not beforborne.Autumne.3The West, as a father, all goodnes doth bring,The East, aforbearer, no manner of thing:The South, as vnkind, draweth sicknesse too neere,The North, as a friend, maketh all againe cleere.God is the gouerner of winde and weather.4With temperate winde we be blessed of God,With tempest we finde we are beat with his rod:All power we knowe to remaine in his hand,How euer winde blowe, by sea or by land.5Though windes doe rage, as windes werewood,And cause spring tydes to raise great flood,And loftie ships leaueankerin mud,[E65]Bereafing many of life and of blud;Yet true it is, as cow chawes cud,And trees at spring doe yeeld forth bud,Except winde stands as neuer it stood,It is an ill winde turnes none to good.[E66]

In winter.

1North winds send haile, South winds bring raine,East winds we bewail, West winds blow amaine:North east is too cold, South east not too warme,North west is too bold, South west doth no harme.

At the spring.Sommer.

At the spring.

Sommer.

2The north is anoyerto grasse of all suites,The east a destroyer to herbe and all fruites:The south with his showers refresheth the corne,The west to all flowers may not beforborne.

Autumne.

3The West, as a father, all goodnes doth bring,The East, aforbearer, no manner of thing:The South, as vnkind, draweth sicknesse too neere,The North, as a friend, maketh all againe cleere.

God is the gouerner of winde and weather.

4With temperate winde we be blessed of God,With tempest we finde we are beat with his rod:All power we knowe to remaine in his hand,How euer winde blowe, by sea or by land.

5Though windes doe rage, as windes werewood,And cause spring tydes to raise great flood,And loftie ships leaueankerin mud,[E65]Bereafing many of life and of blud;Yet true it is, as cow chawes cud,And trees at spring doe yeeld forth bud,Except winde stands as neuer it stood,It is an ill winde turnes none to good.[E66]

1As huswiues are teached, in stead of a clock,how winter nights passeth, by crowing of cock;So here by the Planets, as far as I dare,some lessons I leaue for the husbandmans share.Of the rising and going down of the sun.2If day star appeareth, day comfort is ny,If sunne be at south, it is noone by and by:If sunne be at westward, it setteth anon,If sunne be at setting, the day is soone gon.Of the Moone changing.3Moone changed, keepesclosetthree daies as a Queene,er she in hirprimewill of any be seene:If great she appereth, itshowreth out,If small she appereth, it signifiethdrout.[E67]At change or at full, come it late or else soone,maine seais at highest, at midnight and noone:But yet in the creekes it is later high flood,throughfarnesseof running, by reason as good.Of flowing and ebbing to such as be verie sick.4Tyde flowing is feared, for many a thing,great danger to such as be sick it doth bring:Seaebby long ebbing some respit doth giue,and sendeth good comfort to such as shal liue.[E68]

1As huswiues are teached, in stead of a clock,how winter nights passeth, by crowing of cock;So here by the Planets, as far as I dare,some lessons I leaue for the husbandmans share.

Of the rising and going down of the sun.

2If day star appeareth, day comfort is ny,If sunne be at south, it is noone by and by:If sunne be at westward, it setteth anon,If sunne be at setting, the day is soone gon.

Of the Moone changing.

3Moone changed, keepesclosetthree daies as a Queene,er she in hirprimewill of any be seene:If great she appereth, itshowreth out,If small she appereth, it signifiethdrout.[E67]At change or at full, come it late or else soone,maine seais at highest, at midnight and noone:But yet in the creekes it is later high flood,throughfarnesseof running, by reason as good.

Of flowing and ebbing to such as be verie sick.

4Tyde flowing is feared, for many a thing,great danger to such as be sick it doth bring:Seaebby long ebbing some respit doth giue,and sendeth good comfort to such as shal liue.[E68]

1[1]Now enter John,old fermer is gon.2What champion vseth,that woodland refuseth.3Good ferme now take,kéepe still, or forsake.4What helpes to reuiuethe thriuing to thriue.5Plough, fence, & storeaught else before.6Bytitsand suchfew gaineth much.7Horse strong and lightsoone chargesquite.[2]Light head and purse,what lightnes wurse.8Who goeth[3]a borrowing,goeth a sorrowing.[E69]Few lends (but fooles)their working tooles.[4]9Gréene rie haue some,er Mihelmas come.10Grant soile hirlust,sowe rie in the dust.11Cleane rie that sowes,the better crop mowes.12Mix rie aright,with wheat that iswhight.13Sée corne sowen in,too thick nor too thin.For want of séede,land yéeldeth wéede.14With sling or bowe,kéepe corne from Crowe.15Trench hedge and forrow,that water maythorow.Déepe dike saues much,from drouers and such.16Amend marsh wall,Crab holes and all.17Geldbulles and rams,seweponds, amend dams.Sellwebsterthy wull,fruite gather, grapes pull.For fear of drabs,go gather thycrabs.18Plucke fruite to last,when Mihell[5]is past.19Forget it not,fruit brused will rot.Light ladder and longdoth trée least wrong.Go gather with skill,and gather that will.20Driue hiue, goodconie,for waxe and for honie.No driuing of hiue,till yéeres past[6]fiue.21Good dwelling giue bée,or hence goes[7]shée.22Put bore in stie,for Hallontide nie.23With bore (good Cisse)let naught be amisse.24Karle hempe, left gréene,now pluck vp cléene.Drowne hemp as ye néed,once had out his séed.I pray thee (good Kit)drowne hempe in pit.25Of al the rest,white hempe is best.Let skilfull be gottenleast hempe prooue rotten.26Set strawberies, wife,I loue them for life.27PlantRespeand rose,and such as those.28Goe gather vp mast,er[8]time be past.Mastfats vpswine,Mast kils vp kine.29Let hogs beroong,both old and yoong.30No mast vpon oke,no longer[9]vnyoke.If hog doe crie,giue eare and eie.31Hogs haunting cornemay not be borne.32Good neighbour thowgood customealow,No scaring with dog,whilst mast is for hog.33Get home with thebrake,tobruewith and bake,To couer the sheddrie ouer the hed,To lie vnder cow,to rot vnder mow,[10]To serue to burne,for many a turne.34To sawpit draweboord log, to sawe.Let timber behaile,least profit doequaile.Such boord and paleis readie sale.35Sawneslablet lie,for stable and stie,sawe dust spred thick,makesalleytrick.36Kéepe safe thy fence,scarebreakhedgethence.A drab and a knauewill prowle to haue.37Marke winde and moone,at midnight and noone.Somerigsthy plow,some milks thy cow.38Red cur or black,few prowlers lack.39Some steale, somepilch,some all away filch,Mark losses with gréefe,through prowling théefe.

1[1]Now enter John,old fermer is gon.

2What champion vseth,that woodland refuseth.

3Good ferme now take,kéepe still, or forsake.

4What helpes to reuiuethe thriuing to thriue.

5Plough, fence, & storeaught else before.

6Bytitsand suchfew gaineth much.

7Horse strong and lightsoone chargesquite.[2]Light head and purse,what lightnes wurse.

8Who goeth[3]a borrowing,goeth a sorrowing.[E69]Few lends (but fooles)their working tooles.[4]

9Gréene rie haue some,er Mihelmas come.

10Grant soile hirlust,sowe rie in the dust.

11Cleane rie that sowes,the better crop mowes.

12Mix rie aright,with wheat that iswhight.

13Sée corne sowen in,too thick nor too thin.For want of séede,land yéeldeth wéede.

14With sling or bowe,kéepe corne from Crowe.

15Trench hedge and forrow,that water maythorow.Déepe dike saues much,from drouers and such.

16Amend marsh wall,Crab holes and all.

17Geldbulles and rams,seweponds, amend dams.Sellwebsterthy wull,fruite gather, grapes pull.For fear of drabs,go gather thycrabs.

18Plucke fruite to last,when Mihell[5]is past.

19Forget it not,fruit brused will rot.Light ladder and longdoth trée least wrong.Go gather with skill,and gather that will.

20Driue hiue, goodconie,for waxe and for honie.No driuing of hiue,till yéeres past[6]fiue.

21Good dwelling giue bée,or hence goes[7]shée.

22Put bore in stie,for Hallontide nie.

23With bore (good Cisse)let naught be amisse.

24Karle hempe, left gréene,now pluck vp cléene.Drowne hemp as ye néed,once had out his séed.I pray thee (good Kit)drowne hempe in pit.

25Of al the rest,white hempe is best.Let skilfull be gottenleast hempe prooue rotten.

26Set strawberies, wife,I loue them for life.

27PlantRespeand rose,and such as those.

28Goe gather vp mast,er[8]time be past.Mastfats vpswine,Mast kils vp kine.

29Let hogs beroong,both old and yoong.

30No mast vpon oke,no longer[9]vnyoke.If hog doe crie,giue eare and eie.

31Hogs haunting cornemay not be borne.

32Good neighbour thowgood customealow,No scaring with dog,whilst mast is for hog.

33Get home with thebrake,tobruewith and bake,To couer the sheddrie ouer the hed,To lie vnder cow,to rot vnder mow,[10]To serue to burne,for many a turne.

34To sawpit draweboord log, to sawe.Let timber behaile,least profit doequaile.Such boord and paleis readie sale.

35Sawneslablet lie,for stable and stie,sawe dust spred thick,makesalleytrick.

36Kéepe safe thy fence,scarebreakhedgethence.A drab and a knauewill prowle to haue.

37Marke winde and moone,at midnight and noone.Somerigsthy plow,some milks thy cow.

38Red cur or black,few prowlers lack.

39Some steale, somepilch,some all away filch,Mark losses with gréefe,through prowling théefe.

[40]Now friend, as ye wish,goeseuerthy fish:When friend shall come,to be sure of some.[41]Thy ponds renew,put éeles in stew,To léeue[13]till Lent,and then to bespent.[42]Setpriuieorprim,set boxe like him.SetGiloflowers[14]all,that growes on the wall.[43]Set herbes some more,for winter store.Sowe séedes forpot,for flowers sowe not.

[40]Now friend, as ye wish,goeseuerthy fish:When friend shall come,to be sure of some.

[41]Thy ponds renew,put éeles in stew,To léeue[13]till Lent,and then to bespent.

[42]Setpriuieorprim,set boxe like him.SetGiloflowers[14]all,that growes on the wall.

[43]Set herbes some more,for winter store.Sowe séedes forpot,for flowers sowe not.

[1]Stanzas 1 and 2 not in 1577.

[2]quight. 1577.

[3]goes. 1577.

[4]After st. 8, in 1577, follow sts. 36, 37, of August's Abstract. Many stanzas of Sept. Abst., 1577, occur as Aug. Works after harvest in 1580.

[5]Migchel. 1577.

[6]nere. 1577.

[7]goeth. 1577.

[8]nere. 1577.

[9]lenger. 1577.

[10]To lie under mow,to rot under kow. 1577.

[11]This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.

[12]This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.

[13]liue. 1577.

[14]Gelliflowers. 1577.

[15]This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.

September blowe soft,Till fruite be in loft.Forgotten, month past,Doe now at the last.[1]1[2]At Mihelmas lightly new fermer comes in,new husbandrie forceth him new to begin:Old fermer, still taking the time to him giuen,makes August to last vntill Mihelmas euen.[E70]2New fermer may enter (aschampionssay)on all that is fallow, at Lent ladie day:In woodland, old fermer to that will not yeeld,for loosing of pasture, and feede of his feeld.[E71]Ferme take or giue over.3Prouide against Mihelmas,[3]bargaineto make,for ferme to giue ouer, to keepe or to take:In dooing of either, letwitbeare a stroke,for buieng or selling of pig in apoke.[E72]Twelue good properties.4Good ferme and well stored, good housing and drie,good corne and good dairie, good market andnie:Good shepheard, goodtilman, good Jack and good Gil,makes husband and huswife theircofers[4]to fil.Haue euer a good fence.5Let pasture be stored, and fenced about,and tillage set forward, as needeth without:Before ye doe open your purse to begin,with anything dooing for fancie within.Best cattle most profit.6No storing of pasture withbaggedglie tit,with ragged,[5]with aged, and euilathit:[6]Let carren and barren be shifted awaie,for best is the best, whatsoeuer ye paie.Strong and light.7Horse, Oxen, plough,tumbrel, cart, waggon, &waine,the lighter and stronger, the greater thy gaine.The soile and the seede, with the sheafe and the purse,the lighter in substance, for profite the wurse.Hate borowing.8To borow to daie and to-morrow tomis,for lender and borower,noianceit is:Then haue of thine owne, without lendingvnspilt,what followeth needfull, here learne if thou wilt.[7]

September blowe soft,Till fruite be in loft.

Forgotten, month past,Doe now at the last.[1]

1[2]At Mihelmas lightly new fermer comes in,new husbandrie forceth him new to begin:Old fermer, still taking the time to him giuen,makes August to last vntill Mihelmas euen.[E70]

2New fermer may enter (aschampionssay)on all that is fallow, at Lent ladie day:In woodland, old fermer to that will not yeeld,for loosing of pasture, and feede of his feeld.[E71]

Ferme take or giue over.

3Prouide against Mihelmas,[3]bargaineto make,for ferme to giue ouer, to keepe or to take:In dooing of either, letwitbeare a stroke,for buieng or selling of pig in apoke.[E72]

Twelue good properties.

4Good ferme and well stored, good housing and drie,good corne and good dairie, good market andnie:Good shepheard, goodtilman, good Jack and good Gil,makes husband and huswife theircofers[4]to fil.

Haue euer a good fence.

5Let pasture be stored, and fenced about,and tillage set forward, as needeth without:Before ye doe open your purse to begin,with anything dooing for fancie within.

Best cattle most profit.

6No storing of pasture withbaggedglie tit,with ragged,[5]with aged, and euilathit:[6]Let carren and barren be shifted awaie,for best is the best, whatsoeuer ye paie.

Strong and light.

7Horse, Oxen, plough,tumbrel, cart, waggon, &waine,the lighter and stronger, the greater thy gaine.The soile and the seede, with the sheafe and the purse,the lighter in substance, for profite the wurse.

Hate borowing.

8To borow to daie and to-morrow tomis,for lender and borower,noianceit is:Then haue of thine owne, without lendingvnspilt,what followeth needfull, here learne if thou wilt.[7]

* * * The stanzas of No. 16 are continued after the following Digression.

Barne furniture.1Barne locked,gofe ladder, short pitchforke and long,flaile,strawforkeand rake, with a fan that is strong:Wing, cartnaue and bushel, peck,strikereadie hand,get castingsholue,[E73]broome, and a sack with a band.Stable furniture.2A stable welplanked, with key and a lock,walles stronglie wel lyned,[8]tobeare offa knock:A rack and a manger, good litter and haie,swéete chaffe and some prouender euerie daie.3A pitchfork, a doongfork,seeue,skep[E74]and a bin,a broome and a paile to put water therein:A handbarow, wheelebarow, sholue and a spade,a currie combe,mainecombe, and whip for aJade.4Abuttrice[9]and pincers, a hammer and naile,anaperne[E75]andsiszersfor head and for taile:Hole bridle and saddle,whit lether[E76]andnall,with collers and harneis, forthillerand all.5Apanelandwantey, packsaddle andped,[E77]Alineto fetch litter, and halters for hed.With crotchis and pinnes, to hangtrinketstheron,and stable fast chained, that nothing be gon.Cart furniture.6Strongexeltredcart, that isclouted[10]andshod,[11][E78]cart ladder andwimble, withpercerandpod:Wheele ladderfor haruest, light pitchfork and tough,shaue, whiplash[12]wel knotted, and cartrope ynough.ACoemeis halfe a quarter.7Ten sacks, whereof euerie one holdeth a coome,[E79]a pulling hooke[E80]handsome, for bushes and broome:Light tumbrel anddoong crone, for easing sir wag,sholue, pickax, and mattock, with bottle and bag.Husbandry tooles.8Agrinstone, a whetstone, a hatchet andbil,with hamer and englishnaile, sorted with skil:Afrowerof iron, for cleaning of lath,withroulefor a sawpit, good husbandrie hath.9A short saw and long saw, to cuta toologs,an ax and anads,[E81]to maketroffefor thy hogs:A Douercourt beetle,[E82]and wedges with steele,strong leuer to raise vp the block fro the wheele.Plough furniture.10Two ploughs and a ploughchein, ijculters, iijshares,with ground cloutes & sidecloutsfor soile that so tares:Withox bowesandoxyokes, and other things mo,foroxteemeandhorseteeme, in plough for to go.[E83]11A plough beetle,ploughstaff,[E84]to further the plough,great clod toa sunderthat breaketh so rough;Asledfor a plough, and another forblocks,for chimney in winter, to burne vp theirdocks.12Sedge collers[13]for ploughhorse, for lightnes of neck,good seede and good sower, and also seedepeck:Strong oxen and horses, wel shod and wel clad,welmeatedand vsed, for making theesad.13A barlie rake toothed, with yron and steele,likepaierof harrowes, and roler doth weele:A sling for amoether,[E85]abowefor a boy.a whip for a carter, is hoigh de la roy.[E86]14Abrushsitheand grasse sithe, withrifleto stand,acradle[E87]for barlie, withrubstoneand sand:Sharpe sikle and weeding hooke, haie fork and rake,ameakefor the pease, and to swinge vp the brake.Haruest tooles.15[14]Short rakes for to gather vp barlie to binde,and greater to rake vp such leauings behinde:A rake for to hale vp the fitchis that lie,apikefor to pike them vp handsom to drie.16[15]Askuttleorskreine, to rid soile fro the corne,andsharingsheares readie for sheepe to be shorne:A fork and a hooke, to betampringin claie,[16]a lath hammer, trowel, a hod, or atraie.17Strong yoke for a hog, with atwicherand rings,with tar in a tarpot,[E88]for dangerous things:[17]A sheepemarke, a tar kettle, little ormitch,two pottles of tar to a pottle of pitch.18Long ladder to hang al along by the wal,to reach for a neede to the top of thy hal:Beame, scales, with the weights, that besealedand true,[E89]sharpmoulsparewith barbs, that the mowles do so rue.19[18]Sharpe cutting spade, for the deuiding ofmow,withskuppatandskauel, thatmarsh menalow:A sickle to cut with, adidallandcromefor draining of ditches, that noies thee at home.20[19]Aclauestockandrabetstock, carpenters craue,and seasoned timber, forpinwoodto haue:AJackfor to saw vpon fewell for fier,for sparing of firewood, and sticks fro the mier.21Soles,fetters, andshackles, withhorselockandpad,a cow house for winter, so meete to be had:A stie for a bore, and ahogscotefor hog,a roost for thy hennes, and a couch for thy dog.

Barne furniture.

1Barne locked,gofe ladder, short pitchforke and long,flaile,strawforkeand rake, with a fan that is strong:Wing, cartnaue and bushel, peck,strikereadie hand,get castingsholue,[E73]broome, and a sack with a band.

Stable furniture.

2A stable welplanked, with key and a lock,walles stronglie wel lyned,[8]tobeare offa knock:A rack and a manger, good litter and haie,swéete chaffe and some prouender euerie daie.

3A pitchfork, a doongfork,seeue,skep[E74]and a bin,a broome and a paile to put water therein:A handbarow, wheelebarow, sholue and a spade,a currie combe,mainecombe, and whip for aJade.

4Abuttrice[9]and pincers, a hammer and naile,anaperne[E75]andsiszersfor head and for taile:Hole bridle and saddle,whit lether[E76]andnall,with collers and harneis, forthillerand all.

5Apanelandwantey, packsaddle andped,[E77]Alineto fetch litter, and halters for hed.With crotchis and pinnes, to hangtrinketstheron,and stable fast chained, that nothing be gon.

Cart furniture.

6Strongexeltredcart, that isclouted[10]andshod,[11][E78]cart ladder andwimble, withpercerandpod:Wheele ladderfor haruest, light pitchfork and tough,shaue, whiplash[12]wel knotted, and cartrope ynough.

ACoemeis halfe a quarter.

7Ten sacks, whereof euerie one holdeth a coome,[E79]a pulling hooke[E80]handsome, for bushes and broome:Light tumbrel anddoong crone, for easing sir wag,sholue, pickax, and mattock, with bottle and bag.

Husbandry tooles.

8Agrinstone, a whetstone, a hatchet andbil,with hamer and englishnaile, sorted with skil:Afrowerof iron, for cleaning of lath,withroulefor a sawpit, good husbandrie hath.

9A short saw and long saw, to cuta toologs,an ax and anads,[E81]to maketroffefor thy hogs:A Douercourt beetle,[E82]and wedges with steele,strong leuer to raise vp the block fro the wheele.

Plough furniture.

10Two ploughs and a ploughchein, ijculters, iijshares,with ground cloutes & sidecloutsfor soile that so tares:Withox bowesandoxyokes, and other things mo,foroxteemeandhorseteeme, in plough for to go.[E83]

11A plough beetle,ploughstaff,[E84]to further the plough,great clod toa sunderthat breaketh so rough;Asledfor a plough, and another forblocks,for chimney in winter, to burne vp theirdocks.

12Sedge collers[13]for ploughhorse, for lightnes of neck,good seede and good sower, and also seedepeck:Strong oxen and horses, wel shod and wel clad,welmeatedand vsed, for making theesad.

13A barlie rake toothed, with yron and steele,likepaierof harrowes, and roler doth weele:A sling for amoether,[E85]abowefor a boy.a whip for a carter, is hoigh de la roy.[E86]

14Abrushsitheand grasse sithe, withrifleto stand,acradle[E87]for barlie, withrubstoneand sand:Sharpe sikle and weeding hooke, haie fork and rake,ameakefor the pease, and to swinge vp the brake.

Haruest tooles.

15[14]Short rakes for to gather vp barlie to binde,and greater to rake vp such leauings behinde:A rake for to hale vp the fitchis that lie,apikefor to pike them vp handsom to drie.

16[15]Askuttleorskreine, to rid soile fro the corne,andsharingsheares readie for sheepe to be shorne:A fork and a hooke, to betampringin claie,[16]a lath hammer, trowel, a hod, or atraie.

17Strong yoke for a hog, with atwicherand rings,with tar in a tarpot,[E88]for dangerous things:[17]A sheepemarke, a tar kettle, little ormitch,two pottles of tar to a pottle of pitch.

18Long ladder to hang al along by the wal,to reach for a neede to the top of thy hal:Beame, scales, with the weights, that besealedand true,[E89]sharpmoulsparewith barbs, that the mowles do so rue.

19[18]Sharpe cutting spade, for the deuiding ofmow,withskuppatandskauel, thatmarsh menalow:A sickle to cut with, adidallandcromefor draining of ditches, that noies thee at home.

20[19]Aclauestockandrabetstock, carpenters craue,and seasoned timber, forpinwoodto haue:AJackfor to saw vpon fewell for fier,for sparing of firewood, and sticks fro the mier.

21Soles,fetters, andshackles, withhorselockandpad,a cow house for winter, so meete to be had:A stie for a bore, and ahogscotefor hog,a roost for thy hennes, and a couch for thy dog.

* * * In the edition of 1577 stanzas 31-46 of Augusts Husbandrie (post) are found here.

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