51.

[36]From bull cow fasttillCrowchmas[6]be past.From heifer bul hid théetillLammas[7]doth bid thée.

* * * Sts. 14, 15, 19, are not in 1577.

[1]euer. 1577.

[2]now take out fine. 1577.

[3]New. 1577.

[4]yf. 1577.

[5]Bezell. 1577.

[6]Saint Helens daie (side note).

[7]August (side note).

Cold Maie and windie,Barne filleth vp finelie.Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.Essex and Suffolke.1AtPhilip and Jacob,[E305]away with thelamsthat thinkest to haue any milke of their dams.At Lammas leaue milking, for feare of a thing:least (requiem æternam) in winter they sing.Milking of eawes.2To milke and to fold them is much to require,except yee haue pasture to fil their desire.Yet manie by milking (such heede they doo take),not hurting their bodies much profit doo make.¶3Fiue eawes to a cow, make a proofe by a score,shall double thy dairie, else trust me no more.Yet may a good huswife that knoweth the skill,haue mixt and vnmixt at hir pleasure and will.4If sheepe or thy lambe fall a wrigling with taile,go by and by search it, whiles helpe may preuaile:Thatbarberliehandled[E306]I dare thee assure,cast dust in hisarse, thou hast finisht thy cure.5Where houses bereeded[1](as houses haue neede),now pare off the mosse, and go beat in the reed.The iuster ye driue it, the smoother and plaine,more handsome ye make it toshutoff the raine.Leaue off cropping.Destroie Iuie.6From Maie til October leaue cropping, for why?inwood sere, whatsoeuer thou croppest wil dy.Where Iuie imbraceth the tree verie sore,kill Iuie, or else tree wiladdleno more.[E307]7Keepe threshing for thresher, til Maie be come in,to haue to be suer fresh chaffe in the bin.And somewhat toscamble, for hog and for hen,and worke when it raineth for loitering men.[E308]Count store no sore.8Be sure of haie and of prouender some,for labouring cattel til pasture be come.And if ye doo mind to haue nothing to sterue,haue one thing or other, for all thing to serue.9Ground compassed wel and a following[2]yeare,(if wheat or thy barlie too ranke doo appeare)Now eat it with sheepe or else mowe it ye may,for ledging, and so, to the birds for a pray.¶ Wéeding.10In Maie get a weede hooke, acrotchand a gloue,[E309]and weed out such weedes as the corne doth not loue:For weeding of winter corne now it is best,but June is the better for weeding the rest.Ill wéeds.11The May weed doth burn[E310]and the thistle dothfreat,[E311]the fitchis[3]pul downward,[E312]both rie and the wheat.The brake and the cockle[E313]be noisome too much,yet like vntoboddle[E314]no weede there is such.¶12Slack neuer thy weeding, for dearth nor for cheape,the corne shall reward it er euer ye reape.And specially where ye doo trust for toseede,[4]let that be well vsed, the better to speede.Sowing of branke.13In Maie is good sowing, thy buck[E315]or thy branke,[E316]that black is as pepper, and smelleth so ranke.It is to thy land, as a comfort ormuck,and al thing it maketh as fat as a buck.14[5]Sowe buck after barlie, or after thy wheat,a peck to a roode (if the measure be great);Three earthes see ye giue it, and sowe it aboue,and harrow it finelie if buck ye doo loue.15Who pescods would gather, to haue with the last,to serue for his houshold till haruest be past,Must sowe them in Maie, in a corner ye shal,where through so late growing no hindrance may fal.[E317]¶ Sowing of flax and hempe.16Good flax and good hemp for to haue of hir owne,in Maie a good huswife will see it be sowne.And afterward trim it, to serue at a neede,the fimble to spin and the karl for hir seede.[E318]17Get into the hopyard, for now it is time,[6]to teach Robin hop on his pole how to clime:To follow the Sunne, as his propertie is,[E319]and weede him and trim him, if aught go amis.Ill neighbours to the hop.18Grasse, thistle and mustard seede, hemlock and bur,tine, mallow and nettle, that keepe such a stur.With peacock and turkie, that nibbles off top,are verie ill neighbors to seelie poore hop.19From wheat go and rake out the titters or tine,if eare be not foorth, it will rise againe fine.Use now in thy rie, little raking or none,breake tine[7]from his roote, and so let it alone.[E320]Wéeding of quickset.20Bankes newly quicksetted, some weeding doo craue,the kindlier nourishment thereby to haue.Then after a shower to weeding a snatch,more easilie weede with the roote to dispatch.Now draine ditches.21The fen and the quamire,[8][E321]so marrish be kind,and are to be drained, nowwineto thy mind:Which yeerelie vndrained and suffered vncut,annoieth the meadowes that thereon doo but.¶ Swarming of bées.22Take heede to thy bees, that are readie to swarme,the losse thereof now is a crownes worth of harme:[9]Let skilfull be readie and diligence seene,least being too careles, thou losest thybeene.Twifallowing.23In Maie at the furthest, twifallow thy land,much drout may else after cause plough for to stand:This tilth being done, ye haue passed the wurst,then after who ploweth, plow thou with the furst.Carie out compas.24Twifallow once ended, get tumbrell and man,and compas that fallow as soone as ye can.Let skilfull bestow it, where neede is vpon,more profit the sooner to follow[10]thereon.25Hide hedlonds with muck, if ye will to the knees,so dripped and shadowd with bushes and trees:[E322]Bare plots full of galles,[11]if ye plow ouerthwart,and compas it then, is a husbandlie part.26Let children be hired, to lay to their bones,from fallow as needeth to gather vp stones.What wisedome for profit aduiseth vnto,that husband and huswife must willingly do.Forth to grasse with thy calues.27To gras with thy calues in some medow plot nere,where neither their mothers may see them nor here.Where water is plentie and barth to sit warme,and looke well vnto them, for taking of harme.Let not cattel want water.28Pinch neuer thy wennels of water or meat,if euer ye hope for to haue them good neat:In Sommer time dailie, in Winter in frost,if cattel lack drinke, they be vtterly lost.Ouerlay not thy pastures.29For coueting much ouerlay not thy ground,and then shall thy cattel be lustie and sound.But pinch them of pasture, while Sommer doth last,and lift at their tailes er an Winter be past.[E323]Get home thy fewel.30Get home with thy fewell, made readie to fet,the sooner the easier carrege to get:Or otherwise linger the carrege thereon,till (where as ye left it) a quarter be gon.Husbandrie for Citizens.31His firing in Sommer, let Citizen buie,least buieng in Winter make purse for to crie.For carman and collier harps both on a string,in Winter they cast to be with thee to bring.[12]Sléeping time.[E324]32From Maie to mid August, an hower or two,letpatch[E325]sleepe a snatch, how soeuer ye do,Though sleeping one hower refresheth his song,yet trust not hob growthed[E326]for sleeping too long.¶ Stilling of herbes.33The knowledge of stilling is one pretie feat,The waters be holesome, the charges not great.[E327]What timelie thou gettest, while Sommer doth last,thinke Winter will helpe thee, to spend it as fast.¶34Fine bazell desireth it may be hir lot,to growe as the gilloflower, trim in a pot,That ladies and gentils, for whom she doth serue,may helpe hir as needeth, poore life to preserue.[13]35Keepe oxe fro thy cow that to profit would go,least cow be deceiued by oxe dooing so:And thou recompenced for suffering the same,with want of a calfe and a cow to wax lame.

Cold Maie and windie,Barne filleth vp finelie.

Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.

Essex and Suffolke.

1AtPhilip and Jacob,[E305]away with thelamsthat thinkest to haue any milke of their dams.At Lammas leaue milking, for feare of a thing:least (requiem æternam) in winter they sing.

Milking of eawes.

2To milke and to fold them is much to require,except yee haue pasture to fil their desire.Yet manie by milking (such heede they doo take),not hurting their bodies much profit doo make.

3Fiue eawes to a cow, make a proofe by a score,shall double thy dairie, else trust me no more.Yet may a good huswife that knoweth the skill,haue mixt and vnmixt at hir pleasure and will.

4If sheepe or thy lambe fall a wrigling with taile,go by and by search it, whiles helpe may preuaile:Thatbarberliehandled[E306]I dare thee assure,cast dust in hisarse, thou hast finisht thy cure.

5Where houses bereeded[1](as houses haue neede),now pare off the mosse, and go beat in the reed.The iuster ye driue it, the smoother and plaine,more handsome ye make it toshutoff the raine.

Leaue off cropping.Destroie Iuie.

Leaue off cropping.

Destroie Iuie.

6From Maie til October leaue cropping, for why?inwood sere, whatsoeuer thou croppest wil dy.Where Iuie imbraceth the tree verie sore,kill Iuie, or else tree wiladdleno more.[E307]

7Keepe threshing for thresher, til Maie be come in,to haue to be suer fresh chaffe in the bin.And somewhat toscamble, for hog and for hen,and worke when it raineth for loitering men.[E308]

Count store no sore.

8Be sure of haie and of prouender some,for labouring cattel til pasture be come.And if ye doo mind to haue nothing to sterue,haue one thing or other, for all thing to serue.

9Ground compassed wel and a following[2]yeare,(if wheat or thy barlie too ranke doo appeare)Now eat it with sheepe or else mowe it ye may,for ledging, and so, to the birds for a pray.

¶ Wéeding.

10In Maie get a weede hooke, acrotchand a gloue,[E309]and weed out such weedes as the corne doth not loue:For weeding of winter corne now it is best,but June is the better for weeding the rest.

Ill wéeds.

11The May weed doth burn[E310]and the thistle dothfreat,[E311]the fitchis[3]pul downward,[E312]both rie and the wheat.The brake and the cockle[E313]be noisome too much,yet like vntoboddle[E314]no weede there is such.

12Slack neuer thy weeding, for dearth nor for cheape,the corne shall reward it er euer ye reape.And specially where ye doo trust for toseede,[4]let that be well vsed, the better to speede.

Sowing of branke.

13In Maie is good sowing, thy buck[E315]or thy branke,[E316]that black is as pepper, and smelleth so ranke.It is to thy land, as a comfort ormuck,and al thing it maketh as fat as a buck.

14[5]Sowe buck after barlie, or after thy wheat,a peck to a roode (if the measure be great);Three earthes see ye giue it, and sowe it aboue,and harrow it finelie if buck ye doo loue.

15Who pescods would gather, to haue with the last,to serue for his houshold till haruest be past,Must sowe them in Maie, in a corner ye shal,where through so late growing no hindrance may fal.[E317]

¶ Sowing of flax and hempe.

16Good flax and good hemp for to haue of hir owne,in Maie a good huswife will see it be sowne.And afterward trim it, to serue at a neede,the fimble to spin and the karl for hir seede.[E318]

17Get into the hopyard, for now it is time,[6]to teach Robin hop on his pole how to clime:To follow the Sunne, as his propertie is,[E319]and weede him and trim him, if aught go amis.

Ill neighbours to the hop.

18Grasse, thistle and mustard seede, hemlock and bur,tine, mallow and nettle, that keepe such a stur.With peacock and turkie, that nibbles off top,are verie ill neighbors to seelie poore hop.

19From wheat go and rake out the titters or tine,if eare be not foorth, it will rise againe fine.Use now in thy rie, little raking or none,breake tine[7]from his roote, and so let it alone.[E320]

Wéeding of quickset.

20Bankes newly quicksetted, some weeding doo craue,the kindlier nourishment thereby to haue.Then after a shower to weeding a snatch,more easilie weede with the roote to dispatch.

Now draine ditches.

21The fen and the quamire,[8][E321]so marrish be kind,and are to be drained, nowwineto thy mind:Which yeerelie vndrained and suffered vncut,annoieth the meadowes that thereon doo but.

¶ Swarming of bées.

22Take heede to thy bees, that are readie to swarme,the losse thereof now is a crownes worth of harme:[9]Let skilfull be readie and diligence seene,least being too careles, thou losest thybeene.

Twifallowing.

23In Maie at the furthest, twifallow thy land,much drout may else after cause plough for to stand:This tilth being done, ye haue passed the wurst,then after who ploweth, plow thou with the furst.

Carie out compas.

24Twifallow once ended, get tumbrell and man,and compas that fallow as soone as ye can.Let skilfull bestow it, where neede is vpon,more profit the sooner to follow[10]thereon.

25Hide hedlonds with muck, if ye will to the knees,so dripped and shadowd with bushes and trees:[E322]Bare plots full of galles,[11]if ye plow ouerthwart,and compas it then, is a husbandlie part.

26Let children be hired, to lay to their bones,from fallow as needeth to gather vp stones.What wisedome for profit aduiseth vnto,that husband and huswife must willingly do.

Forth to grasse with thy calues.

27To gras with thy calues in some medow plot nere,where neither their mothers may see them nor here.Where water is plentie and barth to sit warme,and looke well vnto them, for taking of harme.

Let not cattel want water.

28Pinch neuer thy wennels of water or meat,if euer ye hope for to haue them good neat:In Sommer time dailie, in Winter in frost,if cattel lack drinke, they be vtterly lost.

Ouerlay not thy pastures.

29For coueting much ouerlay not thy ground,and then shall thy cattel be lustie and sound.But pinch them of pasture, while Sommer doth last,and lift at their tailes er an Winter be past.[E323]

Get home thy fewel.

30Get home with thy fewell, made readie to fet,the sooner the easier carrege to get:Or otherwise linger the carrege thereon,till (where as ye left it) a quarter be gon.

Husbandrie for Citizens.

31His firing in Sommer, let Citizen buie,least buieng in Winter make purse for to crie.For carman and collier harps both on a string,in Winter they cast to be with thee to bring.[12]

Sléeping time.[E324]

32From Maie to mid August, an hower or two,letpatch[E325]sleepe a snatch, how soeuer ye do,Though sleeping one hower refresheth his song,yet trust not hob growthed[E326]for sleeping too long.

¶ Stilling of herbes.

33The knowledge of stilling is one pretie feat,The waters be holesome, the charges not great.[E327]What timelie thou gettest, while Sommer doth last,thinke Winter will helpe thee, to spend it as fast.

34Fine bazell desireth it may be hir lot,to growe as the gilloflower, trim in a pot,That ladies and gentils, for whom she doth serue,may helpe hir as needeth, poore life to preserue.[13]

35Keepe oxe fro thy cow that to profit would go,least cow be deceiued by oxe dooing so:And thou recompenced for suffering the same,with want of a calfe and a cow to wax lame.

[1]"Reeding is no where so well done as in Norfolk and Suffolk.... It will bear a better slope than any other thatch."—T.R.

[2]Seefootnote 10, below.

[3]"or, as some call it, the Tine-tare."—T.R.

[4]to for seed. 1577.

[5]Sts. 14 and 15 are not in 1577.

[6]"I am told that 20s.an acre is the common Price for looking after a hop ground."—T.R.

[7]Misprinted "time."

[8]quamer. 1577.

[9]"The Proverb says, 'A Swarm in May is worth a Load of Hay.'"—T.R. 1710. Mavor says a swarm might fetch 15s.in his time (1812).

[10]The author ofTusser Redivivusand Mavor preferfallow; though M. says that all standard editions readfollow. Cf.st. 9, above.

[11]gales. 1577.

[12]"In our Author's time, and not long since, the Yarmouth and Ipswich Colliers were laid up in the Winter, and then the Spring Market was always dearest."—T.R.

[13]"Most people stroak Garden Basil, which leaves a grateful Smell on the Hand; and he will have it, that such stroaking from a fair lady preserves the life of the Basil."—T.R.

1Wash shéep for toshare,that shéepe may go bare.2Though fléese ye take,no patches make.3Share lambes no whit,or share not yit.4If meadow be growne,let meadow be mowne.5Plough early ye may,and then carrie hay.6Tis good to be knowne,to haue all of thine owne.Who goeth a borrowing,goeth a sorrowing.[E328]7Sée cart in plight,and all things right.8Make drie ouer hed,bothhouelland shed.9Of houell make stack,for pease on his back.10[1]In champion some,wants elbow rome.11Let wheat and rie,in house lie drie.12Buieturfeand sedge,or else breake hedge.13Good store howse néedfullwell ordredspéedfull.14Thy barnes repaire,makeflower[2]faire.15Such shrubs asnoie,in sommer destroie.16Swingebrembles & brakes,[E329]get forkes and rakes.17Sparehedlonds[3]some,till haruest come.18Cast ditch and pond,to lay vpon lond.

1Wash shéep for toshare,that shéepe may go bare.

2Though fléese ye take,no patches make.

3Share lambes no whit,or share not yit.

4If meadow be growne,let meadow be mowne.

5Plough early ye may,and then carrie hay.

6Tis good to be knowne,to haue all of thine owne.Who goeth a borrowing,goeth a sorrowing.[E328]

7Sée cart in plight,and all things right.

8Make drie ouer hed,bothhouelland shed.

9Of houell make stack,for pease on his back.

10[1]In champion some,wants elbow rome.

11Let wheat and rie,in house lie drie.

12Buieturfeand sedge,or else breake hedge.

13Good store howse néedfullwell ordredspéedfull.

14Thy barnes repaire,makeflower[2]faire.

15Such shrubs asnoie,in sommer destroie.

16Swingebrembles & brakes,[E329]get forkes and rakes.

17Sparehedlonds[3]some,till haruest come.

18Cast ditch and pond,to lay vpon lond.

19Where hops will growe,here learne to knowe.Hops many will coome,in a roode of roome.20Hops hate the land,with grauell and sand.21The rotten moldfor hop is worth gold.22The sunne southwestfor hopyard is best.23Hop plot once found,now dig the ground.24Hopsfauorethmalt,hops thrift doth exalt:Of hops more réede,as time shall néede.

19Where hops will growe,here learne to knowe.Hops many will coome,in a roode of roome.

20Hops hate the land,with grauell and sand.

21The rotten moldfor hop is worth gold.

22The sunne southwestfor hopyard is best.

23Hop plot once found,now dig the ground.

24Hopsfauorethmalt,hops thrift doth exalt:Of hops more réede,as time shall néede.

[1]Sts. 10-12 are omitted in 1577.

[2]Query, floor.

[3]hedlong. 1577.

Calme weather in JuneCorne sets in time.Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.Shéepe sharing.1Wash sheepe (for the better) where water doth run,and let him go cleanly and drie in the sun.Then share him and spare not, at two daies an end,The sooner the better hiscorpswill amend.[E330]Beware of euill shéepe shearers.2Reward not thy sheepe (when ye take off his cote)withtwitchisandpatches, as brode as a grote.[E331]Let not such vngentlenesse happen to thine,least flie with hir gentils doo make it to pine.Sheare lambes in Julie.3Let lambes go vnclipped, till June be halfe worne,the better the fleeses will growe to be shorne.ThePiewilldischargethee for pulling the rest:[E332]the lighter the sheepe is, then feedeth it best.Mowing time.4If meadow be forward, be mowing of some;but mowe as the makers may wellouercome:[E333]Take heede to the weather, the wind and the skie,if danger approcheth, thencockapace[E334]crie.5Plough earlie till ten a clock, then to thy hay,in plowing and carting, so profit ye may.By little and little, thus dooing ye win:that plough shall not hinder when haruest comes in.[E335]6Prouide of thine owne to haue all things at hand,least worke and the workman vnoccupide stand.Loue seldome to borowe that thinkest to saue,for he that once lendeth twise looketh to haue.[E336]Trim well thy carts.7Let cart be well searched without and within,well clouted and greased, er hay time begin.Thy hay being carried, though carter had sworne,carts bottome well boorded is sauing of corne.8Good husbands that laie to saue all things vpright,for tumbrels and cart, haue a shed readie dight.Where vnder the hog may in winter lie warme:to stand so enclosed, as wind doo no harme.A houell is set vpon crotches[1]and couered with poles and strawe.9So likewise a houell will serue for a roome,to stack on thepeason, when haruest shall coome.And serue thee in winter, more ouer than that,to shut vp thy porklings thou mindest to fat.10[2]Some barnroome haue little, and yardroome as much,yet corne in the field appertaineth to such:Then houels andrikesthey are forced to make,abrode or at home for necessities sake.11Make sure of breadcorne (of all other graine),lie drie and well looked to, for mouse and for raine.Thoughfitchisand pease, and such other as they,(forpestringtoo much) on a houell ye ley.12Withwhinnesor with furzes thy houell renew,for turfe or for sedge, for to bake and to brew:For charcole and sea cole, as also forthacke,fortallwoodandbillet, as yeerlie ye lacke.The husbandlie storhouse.13What husbandlie husbands, except they be fooles,but handsome haue storehouse, for trinkets and tooles:And all in good order, fast locked to ly,what euer is needfull, to find by and by.14Thy houses and barnes would be looked vpon,and all things amended er haruest come on.Things thus set in order, in quiet and rest,shall further thy haruest and pleasure thee best.15The bushes and thorne with the shrubs that donoy,inwoodsere[3][E337]or sommer cut downe to destroy:But where as decay to the tree ye will none,for danger in woodsere, lethackingalone.Mowe downe brakes and meadow.16At Midsommer, downe with the brembles and brakes,and after, abrode with thy forks and thy rakes:Set mowers a mowing, where meadow is growne,the longer now standing the worse to be mowne.Mowe hedlonds at haruest or after in the seueral fields.17Now downe with the grasse vpon hedlonds about,that groweth in shadow, sorankeand so stout.But grasse vpon hedlond of barlie and pease,when haruest is ended, go mowe if ye please.18Such muddie deepe ditches, and pits in the feeld,that all a drie sommer no water will yeeld,Byfieing[E338]and casting that mud vpon heapes,commodities many the husbandman reapes.

Calme weather in JuneCorne sets in time.

Forgotten month past,Doe now at the last.

Shéepe sharing.

1Wash sheepe (for the better) where water doth run,and let him go cleanly and drie in the sun.Then share him and spare not, at two daies an end,The sooner the better hiscorpswill amend.[E330]

Beware of euill shéepe shearers.

2Reward not thy sheepe (when ye take off his cote)withtwitchisandpatches, as brode as a grote.[E331]Let not such vngentlenesse happen to thine,least flie with hir gentils doo make it to pine.

Sheare lambes in Julie.

3Let lambes go vnclipped, till June be halfe worne,the better the fleeses will growe to be shorne.ThePiewilldischargethee for pulling the rest:[E332]the lighter the sheepe is, then feedeth it best.

Mowing time.

4If meadow be forward, be mowing of some;but mowe as the makers may wellouercome:[E333]Take heede to the weather, the wind and the skie,if danger approcheth, thencockapace[E334]crie.

5Plough earlie till ten a clock, then to thy hay,in plowing and carting, so profit ye may.By little and little, thus dooing ye win:that plough shall not hinder when haruest comes in.[E335]

6Prouide of thine owne to haue all things at hand,least worke and the workman vnoccupide stand.Loue seldome to borowe that thinkest to saue,for he that once lendeth twise looketh to haue.[E336]

Trim well thy carts.

7Let cart be well searched without and within,well clouted and greased, er hay time begin.Thy hay being carried, though carter had sworne,carts bottome well boorded is sauing of corne.

8Good husbands that laie to saue all things vpright,for tumbrels and cart, haue a shed readie dight.Where vnder the hog may in winter lie warme:to stand so enclosed, as wind doo no harme.

A houell is set vpon crotches[1]and couered with poles and strawe.

9So likewise a houell will serue for a roome,to stack on thepeason, when haruest shall coome.And serue thee in winter, more ouer than that,to shut vp thy porklings thou mindest to fat.

10[2]Some barnroome haue little, and yardroome as much,yet corne in the field appertaineth to such:Then houels andrikesthey are forced to make,abrode or at home for necessities sake.

11Make sure of breadcorne (of all other graine),lie drie and well looked to, for mouse and for raine.Thoughfitchisand pease, and such other as they,(forpestringtoo much) on a houell ye ley.

12Withwhinnesor with furzes thy houell renew,for turfe or for sedge, for to bake and to brew:For charcole and sea cole, as also forthacke,fortallwoodandbillet, as yeerlie ye lacke.

The husbandlie storhouse.

13What husbandlie husbands, except they be fooles,but handsome haue storehouse, for trinkets and tooles:And all in good order, fast locked to ly,what euer is needfull, to find by and by.

14Thy houses and barnes would be looked vpon,and all things amended er haruest come on.Things thus set in order, in quiet and rest,shall further thy haruest and pleasure thee best.

15The bushes and thorne with the shrubs that donoy,inwoodsere[3][E337]or sommer cut downe to destroy:But where as decay to the tree ye will none,for danger in woodsere, lethackingalone.

Mowe downe brakes and meadow.

16At Midsommer, downe with the brembles and brakes,and after, abrode with thy forks and thy rakes:Set mowers a mowing, where meadow is growne,the longer now standing the worse to be mowne.

Mowe hedlonds at haruest or after in the seueral fields.

17Now downe with the grasse vpon hedlonds about,that groweth in shadow, sorankeand so stout.But grasse vpon hedlond of barlie and pease,when haruest is ended, go mowe if ye please.

18Such muddie deepe ditches, and pits in the feeld,that all a drie sommer no water will yeeld,Byfieing[E338]and casting that mud vpon heapes,commodities many the husbandman reapes.

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