19.

[2]St. 6 is not in 1577.

[3]furrowing. 1577.

[4]Sts. 8-30 do not occur here in 1577; but sts. 32-37 follow.

[5]Sts. 19 and 20 are in Septembers Abstract in 1577.

[6]In Septembers Abstract in 1577.

[7]strike. 1577.

[8]ground. 1577.

[9]In 1577, sts. 38 to the end are much transposed.

[10]graine. 1577.

[11]Cf.note 12, p. 33.

[12]First couplet of st. 50 not in 1577.

[13]Cf.note 12, p. 33.

October good blast,To blowe the hog mast.Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.Laie vp barlie land.1Now lay vp[E105]thy barley land, drie as ye canwhen euer ye sowe it so looke for it than:Get daily aforehand, be neuer behinde;least winter preuenting do alter thy minde.2Who laieth vp fallow[E106]too soone or too wet,with noiances many doth barley beset.For weede and the water sosokethand sucks,that goodnes from either it vtterly plucks.Wheat sowing.3Greene rie in September when timely thou hast,October for wheat sowing calleth as fast.If weather will suffer, this counsell I giue,Leaue sowing of wheat before Hallomas eue.Sowe edish betimes.4Where wheat vpon edish ye mind to bestowe,let that be the first of the wheat ye do sowe:He seemeth to hart it and comfort to bring,that giueth it comfort of Mihelmas spring.Best wheat first sowen.5White wheat vponpeaseetchdoth grow as he wold,but fallow is best, if we did as we shold:[1]Yet where, how, and when, ye entend to begin,let euer the finest be first sowen in.[2]6[3]Who soweth in raine, he shall reape it with teares,who soweth in harmes,[4]he is euer in feares,Who soweth ill seede or defraudeth his land,hath eie sore abroode, with a coresie at hand.7[5]Seede husbandly sowen,water furrow[6]thy ground,that raine when it commeth may run away round,Then stir about Nicoll, with arrow and bowe,take penie for killing of euerie crowe.

October good blast,To blowe the hog mast.

Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.

Laie vp barlie land.

1Now lay vp[E105]thy barley land, drie as ye canwhen euer ye sowe it so looke for it than:Get daily aforehand, be neuer behinde;least winter preuenting do alter thy minde.

2Who laieth vp fallow[E106]too soone or too wet,with noiances many doth barley beset.For weede and the water sosokethand sucks,that goodnes from either it vtterly plucks.

Wheat sowing.

3Greene rie in September when timely thou hast,October for wheat sowing calleth as fast.If weather will suffer, this counsell I giue,Leaue sowing of wheat before Hallomas eue.

Sowe edish betimes.

4Where wheat vpon edish ye mind to bestowe,let that be the first of the wheat ye do sowe:He seemeth to hart it and comfort to bring,that giueth it comfort of Mihelmas spring.

Best wheat first sowen.

5White wheat vponpeaseetchdoth grow as he wold,but fallow is best, if we did as we shold:[1]Yet where, how, and when, ye entend to begin,let euer the finest be first sowen in.[2]

6[3]Who soweth in raine, he shall reape it with teares,who soweth in harmes,[4]he is euer in feares,Who soweth ill seede or defraudeth his land,hath eie sore abroode, with a coresie at hand.

7[5]Seede husbandly sowen,water furrow[6]thy ground,that raine when it commeth may run away round,Then stir about Nicoll, with arrow and bowe,take penie for killing of euerie crowe.

8Each soile hath no liking of euerie graine,nor barlie and wheat is for euerie vaine:Yet knowe I no countrie so barren of soilebut some kind of corne may be gotten with toile.9In Brantham,[E107]where rie but no barlie did growe,good barlie I had, as a meany did knowe:Five seame of an aker I truely was paid,for thirtie lode muck of each aker so laid.10In Suffolke againe, where as wheat neuer grew,good husbandrie vsed good wheat land I knew:This Prouerbe experience long ago gaue,that nothing who practiseth nothing shall haue.11As grauell and sand is for rie and not wheat,(or yeeldeth hir burden to tone the more great,)So peason and barlie delight not in sand,but rather in claie or in rottener land.12Wheat somtime issteelieor burnt as it growes,forpride[7]or for pouertie practise so knowes.Too lustie of courage for wheat doth not well,nor after sir peeler he looueth to dwell.[E108]13Much wetnes, hog rooting, and land out ofhart,makes thistles a number foorthwith to vpstart.If thistles so growing prooue lustie and long,it signifieth land to be hartie and strong.14As land full of tilth and in hartie good plight,yeeldsbladeto a length and encreaseth in might,So crop vpon crop, vpon whose courage we doubt,yeelds blade for abrag, but it holdeth not out.15The straw and the eare to haue bignes and length,betokeneth land to be good and in strength.If eare be but short, and the strawe be but small,it signifieth barenes and barren withall.16White wheat or else red, redriuetor whight,far passeth all other, for land that is light.Whitepollardor red, that so richly is set,for land that is heauie is best ye can get.17Mainewheat that is mixed with white and with redis next to the best in the market mans hed:So Turkey orPurkey wheat[E109]many doe loue,because it is flourie, as others aboue.18Graie wheat is thegrosest, yet good for the clay,though woorst for the market, asfermermay say.Much like vnto rie be his properties found,coorse flower, much bran, and a peeler of ground.19Otes, rie, or else barlie, and wheat that is gray,brings land out ofcomfort, and soone to decay:One after another, no comfort betweene,is crop vpon crop, as will quickly be seene.Crop vpon crop.20Still crop vpon crop many farmers do take,and reape little profit for greedines sake.Thoughbreadcorne& drinkcorn[E110]suchcroppersdo stand:count peason orbrank, as a comfort to land.21Good land that is seuerall, crops may haue three,in champion countrie it may not so bee:Ton taketh his season, as commoners may,the tother with reason may otherwise say.22Some vseth at first a good fallow to make,to sowe thereon barlie, the better to take.Next that to sowe pease, andofthat to sowe wheat,then fallow againe, or lie lay for thy neat.23First rie, and then barlie, the champion saies,or wheat before barlie be champion waies:But drinke before bread corne with Middlesex men,then lay on more compas, and fallow agen.24Where barlie ye sowe, after rie or else wheat,if land bevnlustie,[8]the crop is not great,So lose ye your cost, to yourcoresieand smart,and land (ouerburdened) is cleane out of hart.25Exceptionstake of the champion land,fromlieng alongefrom that at thy hand.(Just by) ye may comfort with compas at will,far off ye must comfort with fauor and skill.26Where rie or else wheat either barlie ye sowe,letcodwarebe next, therevpon for to growe:Thus hauing two crops, whereof codware is ton,thou hast the lesse neede, to lay cost therevpon.27Some far fro the market delight not in pease,for that erychapmanthey seeme not to please.Ifventof the market place serue thee not well,set hogs vp a fatting, to drouer to sell.28Two crops of a fallow enricheth the plough,though tone be of pease, it is land good ynough:One crop and a fallow some soile will abide,where if ye go furder lay profit aside.29Where peason ye had and a fallow thereon,sowe wheat ye may well withoutdoongtherevpon:New broken vpland, or with wateropprest,or ouer much doonged, for wheat is not best.30Where water all winter annoieth too much,bestowe not thy wheat vpon land that is such:But rather sowe otes, or elsebullimong[E111]there,gray peason, or runciuals, fitches, ortere.Sowing of acorns.31Sowe acornes ye owners, that timber doe looue,sowe hawe and rie with them the better to prooue;If cattel or cunnie may enter to crop,yongokeis in daunger of loosing his top.Sowing of Hastings or fullams.32Who pescods delighteth to haue with the furst,if now he do sowe them, I thinke it not wurst.The greener thy peason and warmer the roome,more lusty the layer, more plenty they come.33Go plow vp or delue vp, aduised with skill,the bredth of a ridge, and in length as you will.Where speedy quickset for a fence ye wil drawe,to sowe in the seede of the bremble and hawe.[E112]A disease in fat hogs.34Through plenty of acornes, theporklingto fat,not taken in season, may perish by that,Ifratlingor swelling get once to the throte,thou loosest thy porkling, a crowne to a grote.[E113]Not to fat for rearing.35What euer thing fat is, againe if it fall,thouventrestthe thing and the fatnes withall,The fatter the better, to sell or to kil,but not tocontinue, make proofe if ye wil.Burieng of dead cattell.36What euer thing dieth, go burie or burne,for tainting of ground, or a woorser il turne.Such pestilent smell of acarrenlything,to cattle and people great peril may bring.Measeled hogs.37Thy measeled bacon, hog, sow, or thy bore,shut vp for toheale, for infecting thy store:Or kill it for bacon, orsowceit to sell,for Flemming, that loues it sodeintilywell.[E114]Strawwisps and peasbolts.38Withstrawispand peasebolt, with ferne and the brake,for sparing of fewel, some brewe and do bake,And heateth their copper, for seething of graines:good seruant rewarded, refuseth no paines.[E115]Olde wheat better than new.39Good breadcorne and drinkcorne, full xx weekes kept,is better then new, that at harvest is rept:Butfoistythe breadcorne andbowdeaten malt,[E116]for health or for profit, find noysome thou shalt.40[9]Bythendof October, go gather vp sloes,haue thou in a readines plentie ofthoes,And keepe them inbedstraw, or still on the bow,tostaieboth the flixe of thyselfe and thy cow.A medicin for the cow flixe.41Seeithwater andplumptherein plenty of sloes,mix chalke[10]that is dried in powder with thoesWhich so, if ye giue, with the water and chalke,thou makest thelaxefro thy cow away walke.[E117]42[11]Be sure of vergis (agallondat least)so good for the kitchen, so needfull for beast,It helpeth thy cattel, so feeble and faint,if timely such cattle with it thou acquaint.

8Each soile hath no liking of euerie graine,nor barlie and wheat is for euerie vaine:Yet knowe I no countrie so barren of soilebut some kind of corne may be gotten with toile.

9In Brantham,[E107]where rie but no barlie did growe,good barlie I had, as a meany did knowe:Five seame of an aker I truely was paid,for thirtie lode muck of each aker so laid.

10In Suffolke againe, where as wheat neuer grew,good husbandrie vsed good wheat land I knew:This Prouerbe experience long ago gaue,that nothing who practiseth nothing shall haue.

11As grauell and sand is for rie and not wheat,(or yeeldeth hir burden to tone the more great,)So peason and barlie delight not in sand,but rather in claie or in rottener land.

12Wheat somtime issteelieor burnt as it growes,forpride[7]or for pouertie practise so knowes.Too lustie of courage for wheat doth not well,nor after sir peeler he looueth to dwell.[E108]

13Much wetnes, hog rooting, and land out ofhart,makes thistles a number foorthwith to vpstart.If thistles so growing prooue lustie and long,it signifieth land to be hartie and strong.

14As land full of tilth and in hartie good plight,yeeldsbladeto a length and encreaseth in might,So crop vpon crop, vpon whose courage we doubt,yeelds blade for abrag, but it holdeth not out.

15The straw and the eare to haue bignes and length,betokeneth land to be good and in strength.If eare be but short, and the strawe be but small,it signifieth barenes and barren withall.

16White wheat or else red, redriuetor whight,far passeth all other, for land that is light.Whitepollardor red, that so richly is set,for land that is heauie is best ye can get.

17Mainewheat that is mixed with white and with redis next to the best in the market mans hed:So Turkey orPurkey wheat[E109]many doe loue,because it is flourie, as others aboue.

18Graie wheat is thegrosest, yet good for the clay,though woorst for the market, asfermermay say.Much like vnto rie be his properties found,coorse flower, much bran, and a peeler of ground.

19Otes, rie, or else barlie, and wheat that is gray,brings land out ofcomfort, and soone to decay:One after another, no comfort betweene,is crop vpon crop, as will quickly be seene.

Crop vpon crop.

20Still crop vpon crop many farmers do take,and reape little profit for greedines sake.Thoughbreadcorne& drinkcorn[E110]suchcroppersdo stand:count peason orbrank, as a comfort to land.

21Good land that is seuerall, crops may haue three,in champion countrie it may not so bee:Ton taketh his season, as commoners may,the tother with reason may otherwise say.

22Some vseth at first a good fallow to make,to sowe thereon barlie, the better to take.Next that to sowe pease, andofthat to sowe wheat,then fallow againe, or lie lay for thy neat.

23First rie, and then barlie, the champion saies,or wheat before barlie be champion waies:But drinke before bread corne with Middlesex men,then lay on more compas, and fallow agen.

24Where barlie ye sowe, after rie or else wheat,if land bevnlustie,[8]the crop is not great,So lose ye your cost, to yourcoresieand smart,and land (ouerburdened) is cleane out of hart.

25Exceptionstake of the champion land,fromlieng alongefrom that at thy hand.(Just by) ye may comfort with compas at will,far off ye must comfort with fauor and skill.

26Where rie or else wheat either barlie ye sowe,letcodwarebe next, therevpon for to growe:Thus hauing two crops, whereof codware is ton,thou hast the lesse neede, to lay cost therevpon.

27Some far fro the market delight not in pease,for that erychapmanthey seeme not to please.Ifventof the market place serue thee not well,set hogs vp a fatting, to drouer to sell.

28Two crops of a fallow enricheth the plough,though tone be of pease, it is land good ynough:One crop and a fallow some soile will abide,where if ye go furder lay profit aside.

29Where peason ye had and a fallow thereon,sowe wheat ye may well withoutdoongtherevpon:New broken vpland, or with wateropprest,or ouer much doonged, for wheat is not best.

30Where water all winter annoieth too much,bestowe not thy wheat vpon land that is such:But rather sowe otes, or elsebullimong[E111]there,gray peason, or runciuals, fitches, ortere.

Sowing of acorns.

31Sowe acornes ye owners, that timber doe looue,sowe hawe and rie with them the better to prooue;If cattel or cunnie may enter to crop,yongokeis in daunger of loosing his top.

Sowing of Hastings or fullams.

32Who pescods delighteth to haue with the furst,if now he do sowe them, I thinke it not wurst.The greener thy peason and warmer the roome,more lusty the layer, more plenty they come.

33Go plow vp or delue vp, aduised with skill,the bredth of a ridge, and in length as you will.Where speedy quickset for a fence ye wil drawe,to sowe in the seede of the bremble and hawe.[E112]

A disease in fat hogs.

34Through plenty of acornes, theporklingto fat,not taken in season, may perish by that,Ifratlingor swelling get once to the throte,thou loosest thy porkling, a crowne to a grote.[E113]

Not to fat for rearing.

35What euer thing fat is, againe if it fall,thouventrestthe thing and the fatnes withall,The fatter the better, to sell or to kil,but not tocontinue, make proofe if ye wil.

Burieng of dead cattell.

36What euer thing dieth, go burie or burne,for tainting of ground, or a woorser il turne.Such pestilent smell of acarrenlything,to cattle and people great peril may bring.

Measeled hogs.

37Thy measeled bacon, hog, sow, or thy bore,shut vp for toheale, for infecting thy store:Or kill it for bacon, orsowceit to sell,for Flemming, that loues it sodeintilywell.[E114]

Strawwisps and peasbolts.

38Withstrawispand peasebolt, with ferne and the brake,for sparing of fewel, some brewe and do bake,And heateth their copper, for seething of graines:good seruant rewarded, refuseth no paines.[E115]

Olde wheat better than new.

39Good breadcorne and drinkcorne, full xx weekes kept,is better then new, that at harvest is rept:Butfoistythe breadcorne andbowdeaten malt,[E116]for health or for profit, find noysome thou shalt.

40[9]Bythendof October, go gather vp sloes,haue thou in a readines plentie ofthoes,And keepe them inbedstraw, or still on the bow,tostaieboth the flixe of thyselfe and thy cow.

A medicin for the cow flixe.

41Seeithwater andplumptherein plenty of sloes,mix chalke[10]that is dried in powder with thoesWhich so, if ye giue, with the water and chalke,thou makest thelaxefro thy cow away walke.[E117]

42[11]Be sure of vergis (agallondat least)so good for the kitchen, so needfull for beast,It helpeth thy cattel, so feeble and faint,if timely such cattle with it thou acquaint.

[1]White wheat upon pease etch is willing to growthough best upon fallow as many do knowe. 1577.

[2]After st. 5, 1577 has st. 31post.

[3]St. 6 not in 1577.

[4]"In harms or harms way, whether of Roads, ill Neighbours, Torrents of Water, Conies, or other Vermin."—T.R. Cf.ante,ch. 16, st. 15.

[5]In Septembers Husbandry, 1577.

[6]"Furrows drawn cross the Ridges in the lowest part of the Ground."—T.R.

[7]"or too much Dung."—T.R.

[8]"There is a sort of Barley, called Sprat Barley, or Battledore Barley, that will grow very well on lusty land. "—T.R.

[9]Stanza 40 is not in 1577.

[10]chawlk. 1577.

[11]Stanza 42 is not in 1577.

1Let hog once fat,loose nothing of that.When mast is gon,hogfallethanon,Still fat vp some,till Shroftide come.Now porke and souse,bearestack in house.2Put barlie to malting,lay flitches a salting.Through follie toobeastlie[E118]much bacon isreastie.[1]3Some winnow, some fan,somecastthat can.[2]In casting prouide,for séede lay aside.4Thresh barlie thou shalt,for chapman to malt.Else thresh no morebut for thy store.5[3]Till March thresh wheat,but as ye doo eat,Least baker forsake itiffoystinestake it.6No chaffe in bin,makes horse looke thin.7[4]Sowe hastings now,that hastings alow.8They buie it full déere,in winter that réere.9Few fowles, lesse swine,rere now, friend mine.10What losse, what sturs,through rauening curs.11Make Martilmas béefe,déere meate is a théefe.12Set garlike and pease,saintEdmondto please.13When raine takes place,to threshing apace.14Mad braine, too rough,marresall at plough.With flaile and whips,fat hen short skips.15Some threshing by taske,will steale and not aske:Such thresher at nightwalkes seldom home light.Some corne awaylagin bottle and bag.Some steales, for a iest,egges out of the nest.16Laystouer[E119]vp driein order to lie.Poore bullock[5]doth crauefresh straw to haue.17Make wéekly vp flower,though threshers dolower:Lay graine in loftand turne it oft.18For muck, regard,make cleane foule yard.Lay straw to rot,in watrie plot.19Hedlond vp plow,for compas ynow.20For herbes good store,trench garden more.21At midnight triefoule priuies tofie.22Rid chimney of soot,from top to the foot.23In stable, put nowthy horses for plow.24Good horsekeeper willlaie muck vpon hill.25[6]Cut molehils that standso thick vpon land.

1Let hog once fat,loose nothing of that.When mast is gon,hogfallethanon,Still fat vp some,till Shroftide come.Now porke and souse,bearestack in house.

2Put barlie to malting,lay flitches a salting.Through follie toobeastlie[E118]much bacon isreastie.[1]

3Some winnow, some fan,somecastthat can.[2]In casting prouide,for séede lay aside.

4Thresh barlie thou shalt,for chapman to malt.Else thresh no morebut for thy store.

5[3]Till March thresh wheat,but as ye doo eat,Least baker forsake itiffoystinestake it.

6No chaffe in bin,makes horse looke thin.

7[4]Sowe hastings now,that hastings alow.

8They buie it full déere,in winter that réere.

9Few fowles, lesse swine,rere now, friend mine.

10What losse, what sturs,through rauening curs.

11Make Martilmas béefe,déere meate is a théefe.

12Set garlike and pease,saintEdmondto please.

13When raine takes place,to threshing apace.

14Mad braine, too rough,marresall at plough.With flaile and whips,fat hen short skips.

15Some threshing by taske,will steale and not aske:Such thresher at nightwalkes seldom home light.Some corne awaylagin bottle and bag.Some steales, for a iest,egges out of the nest.

16Laystouer[E119]vp driein order to lie.Poore bullock[5]doth crauefresh straw to haue.

17Make wéekly vp flower,though threshers dolower:Lay graine in loftand turne it oft.

18For muck, regard,make cleane foule yard.Lay straw to rot,in watrie plot.

19Hedlond vp plow,for compas ynow.

20For herbes good store,trench garden more.

21At midnight triefoule priuies tofie.

22Rid chimney of soot,from top to the foot.

23In stable, put nowthy horses for plow.

24Good horsekeeper willlaie muck vpon hill.

25[6]Cut molehils that standso thick vpon land.

26Get pole, boy mine,beate hawes to swine.Driue hog to the wood,brake rootes be good.27For mischiefe that falles,looke well to marsh walles.Drielaierget neate,and plentie of meate.28Curst cattel thatnurteth,poorewennelsoon hurteth.Good neighbour mine,ring well thy swine.29Such winter may serue,hog ringled[7]will sterue.In frost kéepe dogfrom hunting of hog.

26Get pole, boy mine,beate hawes to swine.Driue hog to the wood,brake rootes be good.

27For mischiefe that falles,looke well to marsh walles.Drielaierget neate,and plentie of meate.

28Curst cattel thatnurteth,poorewennelsoon hurteth.Good neighbour mine,ring well thy swine.

29Such winter may serue,hog ringled[7]will sterue.In frost kéepe dogfrom hunting of hog.

[1]resty. 1577

[2]1577 reads—Let husbandly manmake clene as he can.

[2]1577 reads—

Let husbandly manmake clene as he can.

[3]Not in 1577.

[4]Stanzas 7-10 are not in 1577.

[5]kow.

[6]St. 25 is not in 1577.

[7]ringd. 1577.

Nouember take flaile,Let ship no more saile.Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.Slaughter time.1AtHallontide, slaughter time entereth in,and then doth the husbandmans feasting beginFrom thence vnto shroftide kill now and then some,their offal for houshold the better wil come.[E120]Dredge is otes and barlie.2Thy dredge and thy barley go thresh out to malt,let malster be cunning, else lose it thou shalt:Thencreaseof aseameis a bushel for store,bad else is the barley, or huswife much more.Winnowing, fanning, and casting.3Some vseth to winnow,[1]some vseth to fan,some vseth to cast it as cleane as they can:For seede goe and cast it, for malting not so,but get out the cockle,[2]and then let it go.[E121]Threshing of barlie.4Thresh barlie as yet but as neede shal require,fresh threshed for stoouer thy cattel desire:And therefore that threshing forbeare as ye may,till Candelmas comming, for sparing of hay.5Such wheat as ye keepe for the baker to buie,vnthreshed till March in the sheafe let it lie,Leastfoistnestake it if sooner yee thresh it,although by oft turning ye seeme to refresh it.[E122]Chaffe of corne.6Saue chaffe of the barlie, of wheate, and of rie,from feathers and foistines, where it doth lie,Which mixed with corne, being sifted of dust,go giue to thy cattel, when serue them ye must.7[3]Greene peason or hastings at Hallontide sowe,in hartie good soile he requireth to growe:Graie peason or runciuals cheerely to stand,at Candlemas sowe, with a plentifull hand.8Leaue latewardly rering, keepe now no more swine,but such as thou maist, with the offal of thine:Except ye haue wherewith to fat them away,the fewer thou keepest, keepe better yee may.9To rere vp muchpultrie, and want the barne doore,is naught for thepulterand woorse for the poore.So, now to keepe hogs and to sterue them for meate,is as to keepe dogs for to bawle in the streate.10As cat a good mouser is needfull in house,because for hir commons she killeth the mouse,So rauening curres, as a meany doo keepe,makes master want meat, and his dog to kill sheepe.[E123]Martilmas beefe.11(For Easter) at Martilmas hang vp a beefe,forstalfedand pease fed plaie pickpurse the theefe:With that and the like, er an grassebiefecome in,thy folke shal looke cheerelie when others looke thin.¶ Set garlike and beanes.12Setgarlikeand beanes, at S. Edmond[4]the king,the moone in the wane, thereon hangeth a thing:[E124]Thencrease of apottle(well prooued of some)shal pleasure thy houshold er peskod time come.Threshing.13When raine is a let to thy dooings abrode,set threshers a threshing to laie on good lode:Thresh cleane ye must bid them, though lesser theyyarn,and looking to thriue, haue an eie to thy barne.Cattle beaters.14Take heede to thy man in his furie and heate,with ploughstaff andwhipstock, for maiming thy neate:To thresher for hurting of cow with his flaile,or making thy hen to plaietapple vp taile.[E125]Corne stealers.15Some pilfering thresher will walke with a staffe,will carrie home corne as it is in the chaffe,And some in hisbottleof leather so great[E126]will carry home daily both barlie and wheat.Kéepe dry thy straw.16If houseroome will serue thee, lay stouer vp drie,and euerie sort by it selfe for to lie.Or stack it for litter, if roome be too poore,and thatch out the residue noieng thy doore.[5]Euery wéeke rid thy barne flower.17Cause weekly thy thresher to make vp his flower,though slothfull and pilferer thereat doo lower:Take tub for a season, take sack for a shift,yet garner for graine is the better for thrift.18All maner of strawe that is scattered in yard,good husbandlie husbands haue daily regard,In pit full of water the same to bestowe,where lieng to rot, thereof profit may growe.Digging of hedlonds.19Now plough vp thy hedlond,[6]ordelueit with spade,where otherwise profit but little is made:And cast it vp high, vpon hillocks to stand,that winter may rot it, to compas thy land.Trenching of garden.20If garden requier it, now trench it ye may,one trench not a yard from another go lay:Which being well filled with muck by and by,go couer with mould for a season to ly.Clensing of priuies.21Foule priuies are now to be clensed andfide,let night be appointed suchbaggageto hide:Which buried in garden, in trenches alowe,shall make very many things better to growe.Sootie chimneyes.22The chimney all sootie would now be made cleene,for feare of mischances, too oftentimes seene:Old chimney and sootie, if fier once take,by burning and breaking, soone mischeefe may make.[E127]Put horse into stable.23When ploughing is ended, and pasture not great,then stable thy horses, and tend them with meat:Let season be drie when ye take them to house,for danger ofnittes, or for feare of a louse.[E128]Sauing of doong.24Lay compas vphandsomly, round on a hill,to walke in thy yard at thy pleasure and will,More compas it maketh and handsom the plot,if horsekeeper daily forgetteth it not.25[7]Make hillocks of molehils, in field thorough out,and so to remaine, till the yeere go about.Make also the likewhereasplots be too hie,all winter a rotting for compas to lie.

Nouember take flaile,Let ship no more saile.

Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.

Slaughter time.

1AtHallontide, slaughter time entereth in,and then doth the husbandmans feasting beginFrom thence vnto shroftide kill now and then some,their offal for houshold the better wil come.[E120]

Dredge is otes and barlie.

2Thy dredge and thy barley go thresh out to malt,let malster be cunning, else lose it thou shalt:Thencreaseof aseameis a bushel for store,bad else is the barley, or huswife much more.

Winnowing, fanning, and casting.

3Some vseth to winnow,[1]some vseth to fan,some vseth to cast it as cleane as they can:For seede goe and cast it, for malting not so,but get out the cockle,[2]and then let it go.[E121]

Threshing of barlie.

4Thresh barlie as yet but as neede shal require,fresh threshed for stoouer thy cattel desire:And therefore that threshing forbeare as ye may,till Candelmas comming, for sparing of hay.

5Such wheat as ye keepe for the baker to buie,vnthreshed till March in the sheafe let it lie,Leastfoistnestake it if sooner yee thresh it,although by oft turning ye seeme to refresh it.[E122]

Chaffe of corne.

6Saue chaffe of the barlie, of wheate, and of rie,from feathers and foistines, where it doth lie,Which mixed with corne, being sifted of dust,go giue to thy cattel, when serue them ye must.

7[3]Greene peason or hastings at Hallontide sowe,in hartie good soile he requireth to growe:Graie peason or runciuals cheerely to stand,at Candlemas sowe, with a plentifull hand.

8Leaue latewardly rering, keepe now no more swine,but such as thou maist, with the offal of thine:Except ye haue wherewith to fat them away,the fewer thou keepest, keepe better yee may.

9To rere vp muchpultrie, and want the barne doore,is naught for thepulterand woorse for the poore.So, now to keepe hogs and to sterue them for meate,is as to keepe dogs for to bawle in the streate.

10As cat a good mouser is needfull in house,because for hir commons she killeth the mouse,So rauening curres, as a meany doo keepe,makes master want meat, and his dog to kill sheepe.[E123]

Martilmas beefe.

11(For Easter) at Martilmas hang vp a beefe,forstalfedand pease fed plaie pickpurse the theefe:With that and the like, er an grassebiefecome in,thy folke shal looke cheerelie when others looke thin.

¶ Set garlike and beanes.

12Setgarlikeand beanes, at S. Edmond[4]the king,the moone in the wane, thereon hangeth a thing:[E124]Thencrease of apottle(well prooued of some)shal pleasure thy houshold er peskod time come.

Threshing.

13When raine is a let to thy dooings abrode,set threshers a threshing to laie on good lode:Thresh cleane ye must bid them, though lesser theyyarn,and looking to thriue, haue an eie to thy barne.

Cattle beaters.

14Take heede to thy man in his furie and heate,with ploughstaff andwhipstock, for maiming thy neate:To thresher for hurting of cow with his flaile,or making thy hen to plaietapple vp taile.[E125]

Corne stealers.

15Some pilfering thresher will walke with a staffe,will carrie home corne as it is in the chaffe,And some in hisbottleof leather so great[E126]will carry home daily both barlie and wheat.

Kéepe dry thy straw.

16If houseroome will serue thee, lay stouer vp drie,and euerie sort by it selfe for to lie.Or stack it for litter, if roome be too poore,and thatch out the residue noieng thy doore.[5]

Euery wéeke rid thy barne flower.

17Cause weekly thy thresher to make vp his flower,though slothfull and pilferer thereat doo lower:Take tub for a season, take sack for a shift,yet garner for graine is the better for thrift.

18All maner of strawe that is scattered in yard,good husbandlie husbands haue daily regard,In pit full of water the same to bestowe,where lieng to rot, thereof profit may growe.

Digging of hedlonds.

19Now plough vp thy hedlond,[6]ordelueit with spade,where otherwise profit but little is made:And cast it vp high, vpon hillocks to stand,that winter may rot it, to compas thy land.

Trenching of garden.20If garden requier it, now trench it ye may,one trench not a yard from another go lay:Which being well filled with muck by and by,go couer with mould for a season to ly.

Trenching of garden.

Clensing of priuies.

21Foule priuies are now to be clensed andfide,let night be appointed suchbaggageto hide:Which buried in garden, in trenches alowe,shall make very many things better to growe.

Sootie chimneyes.

22The chimney all sootie would now be made cleene,for feare of mischances, too oftentimes seene:Old chimney and sootie, if fier once take,by burning and breaking, soone mischeefe may make.[E127]

Put horse into stable.

23When ploughing is ended, and pasture not great,then stable thy horses, and tend them with meat:Let season be drie when ye take them to house,for danger ofnittes, or for feare of a louse.[E128]

Sauing of doong.

24Lay compas vphandsomly, round on a hill,to walke in thy yard at thy pleasure and will,More compas it maketh and handsom the plot,if horsekeeper daily forgetteth it not.

25[7]Make hillocks of molehils, in field thorough out,and so to remaine, till the yeere go about.Make also the likewhereasplots be too hie,all winter a rotting for compas to lie.

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