[1]"Broath is still us'd in some Farm Houses for Supper Meat, and Roast Meat look'd upon as very ill Husbandry."—T.R.
[1]"Broath is still us'd in some Farm Houses for Supper Meat, and Roast Meat look'd upon as very ill Husbandry."—T.R.
[2]looke not for foyzen. 1577. "Foyzonis Winter Food."—T.R.
[2]looke not for foyzen. 1577. "Foyzonis Winter Food."—T.R.
[3]"Pease boyling or not boyling is one of the Farmers occult Qualities; but fresh, and next to it, well dunged Grounds are observed to produce the best Boylers, perhaps because they retain most moisture."—T.R.
[3]"Pease boyling or not boyling is one of the Farmers occult Qualities; but fresh, and next to it, well dunged Grounds are observed to produce the best Boylers, perhaps because they retain most moisture."—T.R.
[4]"By Experience Garden Quicksets are found to be the best, ... because they are all of an age."—T.R.
[4]"By Experience Garden Quicksets are found to be the best, ... because they are all of an age."—T.R.
[5]"The common time of ending their Slaught (or Slaughter as the Warreners term it) isCandlemas."—T.R.
[5]"The common time of ending their Slaught (or Slaughter as the Warreners term it) isCandlemas."—T.R.
[6]"The most forward Pea is the Rogue, they are pick'd from the Hasting and Hotspur."—T.R.
[6]"The most forward Pea is the Rogue, they are pick'd from the Hasting and Hotspur."—T.R.
[7]"Since the use of Turneps Cattel need not be hard put to it in snowy weather as formerly."—T.R.
[7]"Since the use of Turneps Cattel need not be hard put to it in snowy weather as formerly."—T.R.
[8]"This is more proper in Underwood than Pollards, at least more in use at present; few Pollards perish for want of it, butRunt-woodwill."—T.R.
[8]"This is more proper in Underwood than Pollards, at least more in use at present; few Pollards perish for want of it, butRunt-woodwill."—T.R.
[9]St. 16 is not in 1577.
[9]St. 16 is not in 1577.
[10]"Prime Grass appears commonly in woody moist Grounds, on Hedge Banks, and is so called from its earliness; when Cattle have tasted this they begin to loath their dry food. It is often sprung beforeCandlemas."—T.R.
[10]"Prime Grass appears commonly in woody moist Grounds, on Hedge Banks, and is so called from its earliness; when Cattle have tasted this they begin to loath their dry food. It is often sprung beforeCandlemas."—T.R.
[11]full a hand. 1577.
[11]full a hand. 1577.
[12]"This remedy still is in Practice.... The first indication of corrupt blood is from the staring Hairs on the Tail near the Rump. Some instead of Soot and Garlick put a Dock Root, or the Root of a Bears Foot, which they call a Gargat Root, others flay the Dewlaps to the very Shoulders."—T.R.
[12]"This remedy still is in Practice.... The first indication of corrupt blood is from the staring Hairs on the Tail near the Rump. Some instead of Soot and Garlick put a Dock Root, or the Root of a Bears Foot, which they call a Gargat Root, others flay the Dewlaps to the very Shoulders."—T.R.
[13]"Large Ant-Hills is much the best shelter for Ewes and Lambs."—T.R.
[13]"Large Ant-Hills is much the best shelter for Ewes and Lambs."—T.R.
[14]"This is understood of Hedge Greens ... a space next the Hedge of a Rod or more in breadth."—T.R.
[14]"This is understood of Hedge Greens ... a space next the Hedge of a Rod or more in breadth."—T.R.
[15]make. 1577.
[15]make. 1577.
[16]"When you rid it of Bushes or Ant Hills."—T.R.
[16]"When you rid it of Bushes or Ant Hills."—T.R.
[17]with turnes so bye. 1577.
[17]with turnes so bye. 1577.
[18]"Hedge Greens."—T.R.
[18]"Hedge Greens."—T.R.
[19]"Likely, or thriving, such as will soon require more Milk than his old Dam can afford him."—T.R.
[19]"Likely, or thriving, such as will soon require more Milk than his old Dam can afford him."—T.R.
[20]"The first three days after the new moon or change."—T.R.
[20]"The first three days after the new moon or change."—T.R.
[21]"At present we rarely wean under twelve weeks."—- T.R. 1710.
[21]"At present we rarely wean under twelve weeks."—- T.R. 1710.
[22]"The hay is given them stuck in cleft sticks."—T.R.
[22]"The hay is given them stuck in cleft sticks."—T.R.
[23]or. 1577.
[23]or. 1577.
[24]St. 42 is not in 1577.
[24]St. 42 is not in 1577.
[25]"In trenching, bury no Mallow, Nettle-dock, or Briony Roots."—T.R.
[25]"In trenching, bury no Mallow, Nettle-dock, or Briony Roots."—T.R.
[26]"Quick setted Arbors are now out of use, as agreeing very ill with the Ladies Muslins."—T.R. 1710.
[26]"Quick setted Arbors are now out of use, as agreeing very ill with the Ladies Muslins."—T.R. 1710.
[27]"Wattles are wood slit."—T.R.
[27]"Wattles are wood slit."—T.R.
[28]they cannot but feaw. 1577.
[28]they cannot but feaw. 1577.
[29]January. 1577.
[29]January. 1577.
[30]"lay them by thy wheate" in100 Good Points.
[30]"lay them by thy wheate" in100 Good Points.
[31]"Such early sown Oats it is likely may be clearer of weeds; and if I buy my Hay in May, that is, before my Chapman knows what Quantity he shall have, he is rul'd by his Necessity for some ready money in Hand."—T.R.
[31]"Such early sown Oats it is likely may be clearer of weeds; and if I buy my Hay in May, that is, before my Chapman knows what Quantity he shall have, he is rul'd by his Necessity for some ready money in Hand."—T.R.
[32]This tilth is a tilture, well forward doth bring. 1577.
[32]This tilth is a tilture, well forward doth bring. 1577.
[33]Sts. 49 and 50 are not in 1577.
[33]Sts. 49 and 50 are not in 1577.
[34]"Barley is now very rarely, if at all, sown on lay land. The fallow he speaks of I take to be the second ploughing for Barley."—T.R. 1710. Gervase Markham, in hisEnglish Husbandman, directs a digging in May, another, with manuring, in October, and "the last time of your digging and setting shall be at the beginning of April."
[34]"Barley is now very rarely, if at all, sown on lay land. The fallow he speaks of I take to be the second ploughing for Barley."—T.R. 1710. Gervase Markham, in hisEnglish Husbandman, directs a digging in May, another, with manuring, in October, and "the last time of your digging and setting shall be at the beginning of April."
[35]"Barley-Ground ought to be as fine as an Ash-heap."—T.R.
[35]"Barley-Ground ought to be as fine as an Ash-heap."—T.R.
[36]"Where the Ground is over rich, it fines and sweetens it."—T.R.
[36]"Where the Ground is over rich, it fines and sweetens it."—T.R.
[37]"It" inTusser Redivivus. "and." 1577.
[37]"It" inTusser Redivivus. "and." 1577.
* * * Februaries Abstract and Februaries Husbandry in the edition of 1577 differ much from that of 1580.
1Lay compas ynow,er euer ye plow.2Place doongheapes alowe,more barlie to growe.3Eatetcher ye plow,with hog, shéepe and cow.Sowe lintels ye may,and peason gray.Kéepe white vnsowne,till more be knowne.4Sow pease (goodtrull)the Moone past full.Fine séedes then sowe,whilst Moone doth growe.5Boy, follow the plough,and harrow inough.So harrow ye shall,till couerd be all.6Sowe pease not too thin,er plough ye set in.7Late sowen sore noieth,late ripe, hog stroieth.8Some prouender saue,for plowhorse to haue.To oxen that drawe,giue hay and not strawe.Tostéeresye maymixe strawe with hay.9Much carting, ill tillage,makes som to flie village.10Use cattle aright,to kéepe them in plight.11Good quickset bie,old gatherd will die.12[1]Stickbowsarowe,where runciuals growe.13Sowekirnelsandhawe,where ridge ye did drawe.14Sowe mustard séed,and helpe to kill wéed.Where sets doo growe,sée nothing ye sowe.15Cut vines and osier,plashhedge of enclosier.Féed highly thy swan,to loue hir good man.Nest high I aduise,least floud doe arise.16Land meadow spare,there doong is good ware.17Go strike off thenowlesofdeluingmowles.Such hillocks in vainelay leauelled plaine.18To wet the land,let mowle hill stand.19Poore cattle crauesome shift to haue.20Cow little giueththat hardly liueth.21Rid barlie al now,cleane out of thy mow.Choice séed out drawe,saue cattle the strawe.22Tocoast manrideLent stuffe to prouide.
1Lay compas ynow,er euer ye plow.
2Place doongheapes alowe,more barlie to growe.
3Eatetcher ye plow,with hog, shéepe and cow.Sowe lintels ye may,and peason gray.Kéepe white vnsowne,till more be knowne.
4Sow pease (goodtrull)the Moone past full.Fine séedes then sowe,whilst Moone doth growe.
5Boy, follow the plough,and harrow inough.So harrow ye shall,till couerd be all.
6Sowe pease not too thin,er plough ye set in.
7Late sowen sore noieth,late ripe, hog stroieth.
8Some prouender saue,for plowhorse to haue.To oxen that drawe,giue hay and not strawe.Tostéeresye maymixe strawe with hay.
9Much carting, ill tillage,makes som to flie village.
10Use cattle aright,to kéepe them in plight.
11Good quickset bie,old gatherd will die.
12[1]Stickbowsarowe,where runciuals growe.
13Sowekirnelsandhawe,where ridge ye did drawe.
14Sowe mustard séed,and helpe to kill wéed.Where sets doo growe,sée nothing ye sowe.
15Cut vines and osier,plashhedge of enclosier.Féed highly thy swan,to loue hir good man.Nest high I aduise,least floud doe arise.
16Land meadow spare,there doong is good ware.
17Go strike off thenowlesofdeluingmowles.Such hillocks in vainelay leauelled plaine.
18To wet the land,let mowle hill stand.
19Poore cattle crauesome shift to haue.
20Cow little giueththat hardly liueth.
21Rid barlie al now,cleane out of thy mow.Choice séed out drawe,saue cattle the strawe.
22Tocoast manrideLent stuffe to prouide.
[23]Trench medow and redge,dike, quickset, and hedge.To plots not full,adbrembleandhull.[24]Let wheat and the riefor thresher still lie.Such strawe some saue,forthackerto haue.[25]Poorecunnie, so bagged,is soone ouerlagged.Plash burrow,setclapper,for dog is a snapper.[E184][26]Good flight who loues,must féed their doues.Bid hauking adew,cast hauke intomew.[E185][27]Kéepe shéepe out of briers,kéepe beast out of miers.Kéepe lambes from fox,else shepherd go box.[28]Good neighbour mine,now yoke thy swine.Now euerie day,set hops ye may.[29]Now set for thy pot,best herbes to be got.For flowers go set,all sorts ye can get.[30]As winter doth prooue,so may ye remooue.Now all things reare,for all the yeare.[31]Watch ponds, go looketowéelesand hooke.Knaues seld repentto steale in Lent.[32]Alls fish they getthat commeth to net.[E186]Who muck regardsmakes hillocks in yards.
[23]Trench medow and redge,dike, quickset, and hedge.To plots not full,adbrembleandhull.
[24]Let wheat and the riefor thresher still lie.Such strawe some saue,forthackerto haue.
[25]Poorecunnie, so bagged,is soone ouerlagged.Plash burrow,setclapper,for dog is a snapper.[E184]
[26]Good flight who loues,must féed their doues.Bid hauking adew,cast hauke intomew.[E185]
[27]Kéepe shéepe out of briers,kéepe beast out of miers.Kéepe lambes from fox,else shepherd go box.
[28]Good neighbour mine,now yoke thy swine.Now euerie day,set hops ye may.
[29]Now set for thy pot,best herbes to be got.For flowers go set,all sorts ye can get.
[30]As winter doth prooue,so may ye remooue.Now all things reare,for all the yeare.
[31]Watch ponds, go looketowéelesand hooke.Knaues seld repentto steale in Lent.
[32]Alls fish they getthat commeth to net.[E186]Who muck regardsmakes hillocks in yards.
[1]Stanza 12 is 4, and st. 22 is 1 in 1577.
[1]Stanza 12 is 4, and st. 22 is 1 in 1577.
Feb, fill the dike[E187]With what thou dost like.[1]Forgotten month pastDoe now at the last.1Who laieth on doong er he laieth on plow,such husbandrie vseth as thrift doth alow.One month er ye spred it, so still let it stand,er euer to plow it, ye take it in hand.2Place doong heape a low by the furrough along,where water all winter time did it such wrong.So make ye the land to be lustie and fat,and corne thereon sowen to be better for that.3Go plow in the stubble, for now is the season,for sowing of fitchis, of beanes, and of peason.Sowe runciuals timelie, and all that be gray,but sowe not the white till S. Gregories day.[2]4Sowe peason and beanes in the wane of the Moone,[3]who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soone.That they with the planet may rest and arise,and flourish with bearing most plentifull wise.5Friend, harrow in time, by some maner of meanes,not onely thy peason, but also thy beanes.Unharrowed die, being buried in clay,where harrowed florish, as flowers in May.6Both peason and beanes sowe afore ye doo plow,[4]the sooner ye harrow, the better for yow.[5]White peason so good for the purse and the pot:let them be well vsed else well doo ye not.7Haue eie vnto haruest what euer ye sowe,for feare of mischances, byripingtoo slowe.Least corne be destroied, contrarie to right,by hogs or by cattel, by day or by night.[6]8Good prouender labouring horses would haue,good haie and good plentie, plow oxen doo craue.To hale out the muck and to plow vp thy ground:or else it may hinder thee many a pound.9Who slacketh his tillage, a carter to bee,for grote got abrode, at home lose shall three.And so by his dooing he brings out of hartboth land for the corne and horse for the cart.10Who abuseth his cattle and sterues them for meat,by carting or plowing, his gaine is not great.Where he that with labour can vse them aright,hath gaine to his comfort, and cattle in plight.11Buie quickset at market, new gatherd and small,buie bushes or willow, to fence it withall.Set willowes to growe, in the steede of a stake,for cattel in sommer, a shadow to make.¶ Runciual peason.12Stick plentie of bows among runciuall pease[7]to climber thereon, and to branch at their ease.So dooing, more tender and greater they wex,if peacock[8]and turkey leaueiobbingtheirbex.[E188]13Now sowe and go harrow (where redge ye did draw[9])the seed of the bremble, with kernell and haw.Which couered ouerlie, soone toshutout,goe see it be ditched and fenced about.[E189]Sowe mustard séede.14Where banks be amended and newly vp cast,sow mustard seed,[10]after a shower be past.Where plots full of nettles be noisome to eie,sowe therevpon hempseed, and nettle will die.Cut or set vines.15The vines[11]and the osiers cut and go set,if grape be vnpleasant, a better go get.Feed swan, and go make hir vp strongly a nest,for feare of a floud, good and high is the best.Catching of mowls.16Land meadow that yeerly is spared for hay,now fence it and spare it, and doong it ye may.Get mowle catcher cunninglie mowle for to kill,and harrow and cast abrode euerie hill.[E190]17Where meadow or pasture to mowe ye doo laie,let mowle be dispatched some maner of waie.Then cast abrode mowlhill, as flat as ye can,for manycommoditiesfollowing than.18If pasture by nature is giuen to be wet,then bare with the mowlhill, though thick it be set.That lambe may sit on it, and so to sit drie,or else to lie by it, the warmer to lie.[E191]Looke well to thy fence.19Friend, alway let this be a part of thy care,for shift of good pasture, lay pasture to spare.So haue you good feeding, inbushetsand lease,[E192]and quickly safe finding of cattel at ease.20Where cattel may run about, rouing at wil,from pasture to pasture, poor bellie to fil,There pasture and cattel both hungrie and bare,for want of good husbandrie worser doo fare.21Now thresh out thy barlie, for malt or for seed,for bread corne (if need be) to serue as shall need.If worke for the thresher ye mind for to haue,of wheat and ofmestlen[E193]vnthreshed go saue.22Now timelie for Lent stuffe[12]thy monie disburse,the longer ye tarie for profit the wurse,If one penie vantage be therein to saue,of coast man orflemingbe sure to haue.[E194]
Feb, fill the dike[E187]With what thou dost like.[1]
Forgotten month pastDoe now at the last.
1Who laieth on doong er he laieth on plow,such husbandrie vseth as thrift doth alow.One month er ye spred it, so still let it stand,er euer to plow it, ye take it in hand.
2Place doong heape a low by the furrough along,where water all winter time did it such wrong.So make ye the land to be lustie and fat,and corne thereon sowen to be better for that.
3Go plow in the stubble, for now is the season,for sowing of fitchis, of beanes, and of peason.Sowe runciuals timelie, and all that be gray,but sowe not the white till S. Gregories day.[2]
4Sowe peason and beanes in the wane of the Moone,[3]who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soone.That they with the planet may rest and arise,and flourish with bearing most plentifull wise.
5Friend, harrow in time, by some maner of meanes,not onely thy peason, but also thy beanes.Unharrowed die, being buried in clay,where harrowed florish, as flowers in May.
6Both peason and beanes sowe afore ye doo plow,[4]the sooner ye harrow, the better for yow.[5]White peason so good for the purse and the pot:let them be well vsed else well doo ye not.
7Haue eie vnto haruest what euer ye sowe,for feare of mischances, byripingtoo slowe.Least corne be destroied, contrarie to right,by hogs or by cattel, by day or by night.[6]
8Good prouender labouring horses would haue,good haie and good plentie, plow oxen doo craue.To hale out the muck and to plow vp thy ground:or else it may hinder thee many a pound.
9Who slacketh his tillage, a carter to bee,for grote got abrode, at home lose shall three.And so by his dooing he brings out of hartboth land for the corne and horse for the cart.
10Who abuseth his cattle and sterues them for meat,by carting or plowing, his gaine is not great.Where he that with labour can vse them aright,hath gaine to his comfort, and cattle in plight.
11Buie quickset at market, new gatherd and small,buie bushes or willow, to fence it withall.Set willowes to growe, in the steede of a stake,for cattel in sommer, a shadow to make.
¶ Runciual peason.
¶ Runciual peason.
12Stick plentie of bows among runciuall pease[7]to climber thereon, and to branch at their ease.So dooing, more tender and greater they wex,if peacock[8]and turkey leaueiobbingtheirbex.[E188]
13Now sowe and go harrow (where redge ye did draw[9])the seed of the bremble, with kernell and haw.Which couered ouerlie, soone toshutout,goe see it be ditched and fenced about.[E189]
Sowe mustard séede.
Sowe mustard séede.
14Where banks be amended and newly vp cast,sow mustard seed,[10]after a shower be past.Where plots full of nettles be noisome to eie,sowe therevpon hempseed, and nettle will die.
Cut or set vines.
Cut or set vines.
15The vines[11]and the osiers cut and go set,if grape be vnpleasant, a better go get.Feed swan, and go make hir vp strongly a nest,for feare of a floud, good and high is the best.
Catching of mowls.
Catching of mowls.
16Land meadow that yeerly is spared for hay,now fence it and spare it, and doong it ye may.Get mowle catcher cunninglie mowle for to kill,and harrow and cast abrode euerie hill.[E190]
17Where meadow or pasture to mowe ye doo laie,let mowle be dispatched some maner of waie.Then cast abrode mowlhill, as flat as ye can,for manycommoditiesfollowing than.
18If pasture by nature is giuen to be wet,then bare with the mowlhill, though thick it be set.That lambe may sit on it, and so to sit drie,or else to lie by it, the warmer to lie.[E191]
Looke well to thy fence.
Looke well to thy fence.
19Friend, alway let this be a part of thy care,for shift of good pasture, lay pasture to spare.So haue you good feeding, inbushetsand lease,[E192]and quickly safe finding of cattel at ease.
20Where cattel may run about, rouing at wil,from pasture to pasture, poor bellie to fil,There pasture and cattel both hungrie and bare,for want of good husbandrie worser doo fare.
21Now thresh out thy barlie, for malt or for seed,for bread corne (if need be) to serue as shall need.If worke for the thresher ye mind for to haue,of wheat and ofmestlen[E193]vnthreshed go saue.
22Now timelie for Lent stuffe[12]thy monie disburse,the longer ye tarie for profit the wurse,If one penie vantage be therein to saue,of coast man orflemingbe sure to haue.[E194]
[1]with what ye like. 1577.
[1]with what ye like. 1577.
[2]12th of March.
[2]12th of March.
[3]"Pease and Beans sown during the Increase do run more to Hawm or Straw, and during the Declension more to Cod, according to the common consent of country men. And I must own I have experienced it; but I will not aver it so as that it is not lyable to exceptions."—T.R.
[3]"Pease and Beans sown during the Increase do run more to Hawm or Straw, and during the Declension more to Cod, according to the common consent of country men. And I must own I have experienced it; but I will not aver it so as that it is not lyable to exceptions."—T.R.
[4]"This is called sowing under furrow, just before the second ploughing, which if neatly done lays them in rows."—T.R.
[4]"This is called sowing under furrow, just before the second ploughing, which if neatly done lays them in rows."—T.R.
[5]"Because if they lye until they are swell'd the horse-footing is apt to endanger them."—T.R.
[5]"Because if they lye until they are swell'd the horse-footing is apt to endanger them."—T.R.
[6]"This regards Field Land; for in our Author's time Enclosures were not so frequent as now."—T.R. 1710.
[6]"This regards Field Land; for in our Author's time Enclosures were not so frequent as now."—T.R. 1710.
[7]"Runcival pease find now very little Entertainment in Gentlemen's Gardens.... In their room are got the Egg pea, the Sugar pea, Dutch admirals, etc."—T.R., 1710.
[7]"Runcival pease find now very little Entertainment in Gentlemen's Gardens.... In their room are got the Egg pea, the Sugar pea, Dutch admirals, etc."—T.R., 1710.
[8]"A Peacock, altho' a lovely Fowl to look on, ... is a very ill-natured Bird."—T.R.
[8]"A Peacock, altho' a lovely Fowl to look on, ... is a very ill-natured Bird."—T.R.
[9]"A way of quicksetting or fencing Enclosures out of the common Field they had in the days of our Author."—T.R.
[9]"A way of quicksetting or fencing Enclosures out of the common Field they had in the days of our Author."—T.R.
[10]"This is most in practice in Marshy Countreys."—T.R.
[10]"This is most in practice in Marshy Countreys."—T.R.
[11]"Those that thrive best with us are the small black Grape, the white Muscadine, and the Parsley grape."—T.R.
[11]"Those that thrive best with us are the small black Grape, the white Muscadine, and the Parsley grape."—T.R.
[12]"This Article is very much unregarded by Farmers at present, for fear, I suppose, of falling into Popery and Superstition; but lay that quite aside, and let us consult our Interest, Health, and Gratitude."—T.R. The writer ofTusser Redivivushere enlarges on the advantages, personal and national, of fish diet. Under Marches Husbandry, stanza 3, he mentions "Salt Fish, Furmity, Gruel, Wigs, Milk, Parsnips, Hasty-pudding, Pancakes, and twice a week Eggs," as the Farmer's Lenten Diet.
[12]"This Article is very much unregarded by Farmers at present, for fear, I suppose, of falling into Popery and Superstition; but lay that quite aside, and let us consult our Interest, Health, and Gratitude."—T.R. The writer ofTusser Redivivushere enlarges on the advantages, personal and national, of fish diet. Under Marches Husbandry, stanza 3, he mentions "Salt Fish, Furmity, Gruel, Wigs, Milk, Parsnips, Hasty-pudding, Pancakes, and twice a week Eggs," as the Farmer's Lenten Diet.
1White peason sowe,scare hungry crow.2Spare meadow for hay,spare marshes at May.3[1]Kéepe shéepe from dog,kéepe lambes from hog.If foxesmowse[2]them,then watch or howse them.4March drie or wet,hop ground go set.Yoong rootes well drestprooue euer[3]best.Grant hop great hillto growe at will.From hop long gutaway go cut.5Here learne the wayhop rootes to lay.6Rootes best to prooue,thus set I looue.7Leaue space and roome,to hillock to coome.8Of hedge and willowhop makes his[4]pillow.Good bearing hopclimes vp to the top.Kéepe hop from sunne,and hop is vndunne.9Hop tooles procurethat may endure.Iron crowe like a stake,déepe hole to make.A scraper to parethe earth about bare.A hone to raise roote,like sole of a boote.Sharpe knife to cutsuperfluous gut.10Who graffing looues,now graffing prooues.Of euerie suite,graffe daintie fruite.Graffe good fruite all,or graffe not at all.11Graffe soone may be lost,both grafting and cost.Learne here[5]take héedwhat counsell doth béed.[6]12Sowe barlie that can,too soone ye shall ban.Let horse kéepe his owne,till barlie be sowne.Sowe euen thy land,with plentifull hand.Sowe ouer and vnder,in claie is no woonder.13[7]By sowing in wet,is little to get.14Straight folow the plough,and harrow inough.With sling go throwe,[8]to scare away crowe.15Rowle after a deaw,when barlie doth sheaw.More handsom to make it,to mowe and to rake it.16Learne here ye maybest harrowing way.17[9]Now rowle thy wheat,where clods be too great.18Make readie a plot,for séeds for the pot.19Best searching mindsthe best waie finds.20For garden bestis south southwest.21Good tilth brings séedes,euilltilture, wéedes.22For sommer sowe now,for winter sée how.23Learne time to knowe,to set or sowe.[10]24Yoong plants soone die,that growes too drie.25In countrie doth rest,what season is best.26Good peason and léekesmakes pottage forcréekes.27Haue spoone meat inough,for cart and the plough.Good poore mans fare,is poore mans care.And not to boast,of sod and roast.28Cause rooke and rauento séeke a new hauen.
1White peason sowe,scare hungry crow.
2Spare meadow for hay,spare marshes at May.
3[1]Kéepe shéepe from dog,kéepe lambes from hog.If foxesmowse[2]them,then watch or howse them.
4March drie or wet,hop ground go set.Yoong rootes well drestprooue euer[3]best.Grant hop great hillto growe at will.From hop long gutaway go cut.
5Here learne the wayhop rootes to lay.
6Rootes best to prooue,thus set I looue.
7Leaue space and roome,to hillock to coome.
8Of hedge and willowhop makes his[4]pillow.Good bearing hopclimes vp to the top.Kéepe hop from sunne,and hop is vndunne.
9Hop tooles procurethat may endure.Iron crowe like a stake,déepe hole to make.A scraper to parethe earth about bare.A hone to raise roote,like sole of a boote.Sharpe knife to cutsuperfluous gut.
10Who graffing looues,now graffing prooues.Of euerie suite,graffe daintie fruite.Graffe good fruite all,or graffe not at all.
11Graffe soone may be lost,both grafting and cost.Learne here[5]take héedwhat counsell doth béed.[6]
12Sowe barlie that can,too soone ye shall ban.Let horse kéepe his owne,till barlie be sowne.Sowe euen thy land,with plentifull hand.Sowe ouer and vnder,in claie is no woonder.
13[7]By sowing in wet,is little to get.
14Straight folow the plough,and harrow inough.With sling go throwe,[8]to scare away crowe.
15Rowle after a deaw,when barlie doth sheaw.More handsom to make it,to mowe and to rake it.
16Learne here ye maybest harrowing way.
17[9]Now rowle thy wheat,where clods be too great.
18Make readie a plot,for séeds for the pot.
19Best searching mindsthe best waie finds.
20For garden bestis south southwest.
21Good tilth brings séedes,euilltilture, wéedes.
22For sommer sowe now,for winter sée how.
23Learne time to knowe,to set or sowe.[10]
24Yoong plants soone die,that growes too drie.
25In countrie doth rest,what season is best.
26Good peason and léekesmakes pottage forcréekes.
27Haue spoone meat inough,for cart and the plough.Good poore mans fare,is poore mans care.And not to boast,of sod and roast.
28Cause rooke and rauento séeke a new hauen.