Fiue hundreth points of good husbandry vnited to as many of good huswiferie first deuised, & nowe lately augmented with diuerse approued lessons concerning hopps & gardening, and other needefull matters : together with an abstract before euery moneth, conteining the whole effect of the saide moneth : with a table & a preface in the beginning both necessary to be reade, for the better understandinge of the booke / set forth by Thomas Tusser ...

Fiue hundreth points of good husbandry vnited to as many of good huswiferie first deuised, & nowe lately augmented with diuerse approued lessons concerning hopps & gardening, and other needefull matters : together with an abstract before euery moneth, conteining the whole effect of the saide moneth : with a table & a preface in the beginning both necessary to be reade, for the better understandinge of the booke / set forth by Thomas Tusser ... Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580. 1573 Approx. 314 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 98 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A14064 STC 24375 ESTC S1388 19962778 ocm 19962778 23566

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Fiue hundreth points of good huſbandry vnited to as many of good huſwiferie, firſt deuiſed, & nowe lately augmented with diuerſe approued leſſons concerning hopps & gardening, and other needefull metters together with an abſtract before euery Moneth, conteining the whole effect of the ſaide moneth with a table & a preface in the beginning both neceſſary to be reade, for the better vnderſtandinge of the booke: Set forth by Thomas Tuſſer gentelman, ſeruant to the honorable Lord Paget of Beudeſert.

Imprinted at London in Flete ſtrete within Temple barre at the ſigne of the Hand & ſtarre, by Richard Tottill, anno. 1573.

Cum Priuilegio.

¶The Table contayning the contentes of thys booke wt a leſſon how to cōfer euery abſtract wt his moneth. 1 THe Epiſtle to the Lorde Thomas Paget ſecond ſonne & now heire to the late lorde William Paget his father. fol. 1. 2 The Epiſtle to the lorde William Paget deceaſed & ye occaſion firſt of this booke. fol. 3. 3 The Epiſtle to the reader. fol. 4. 4 The preface: fol. 5. 5 The commodity of huſbandry • ol. eodem 6 The prayſe of huſbandry by a • iddle. eodem 7 The deſcription of huſband & huſbandry. fol. 6. 8 The ladder of .xxxiiij. ſteps to thrift. eodem 9 Good huſbandly leſſons worthy to be 〈…〉 ſuche as will thriue. fol. 7. 10 An habitacion enforced aduiſedlye, 〈…〉 neuer made vpon theaſe wordes, ſit downe Ro •• n & 〈…〉 . fo. 11 11 Septembers abſtract. eodem 12 Septembers huſbandry with the 〈◊〉 furniture. 〈◊〉 the • arne, ſtable, ploughe, cart, 〈…〉 together with the maner of gathering hops, drying & keeping them. fol. 14. 13 Octobers abſtract. 20. 14 Octobers huſbandry. 21. 15 Nouembers abſtract 22. 16 Nouembers huſbandry. 23. 17 Decembers abſtract 24. 18 Decembers huſbandry 25. 19 A digreſſion directing to hoſpitality 27. 20 A deſcription of time & the yeare eodem 21 A deſcription of life & ryches. eodem 22 A deſcription of houſe keping fol. 28. 23 A deſcription of Chriſtmas eodem 24 A deſcription of apt time to ſpend eodem 25 Againſt fantaſticall ſcrupleneſſe fol. 29 26 Chriſtmas huſbandly fare eodem 27 A Chriſtmas Caroll eodem 28 Januaries abſtract & at the end therof diuers forts of trees & fruites to be their ſet or remoued folowing the order of the alphabet to croſſe rowe. fol. 30. 29 Ianuaries huſbandry fol. 32 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 30 Februaries abſtract fol. 36 31 Februaries huſbandry fol. 37 32 Marches abſtract & at the end thereof, the names of ſeedes, herbes, flowers and rootes than to be ſowen or ſett, onles the time be otherwiſe noted by expreſſe wordes, as well for kitchin herbes, ſtroweing herbs & flowers, as herbs to ſtill & for phiſick, ſet after ye order of ye alphabet or croſſe rowe. fol. 38 33 Marches huſbandry with the maner of ſetting hopps. fol. 42 34 Aprils abſtract fol. 44 35 Aprils huſbandry wt a leſſon for dayry maide Ciſſeley & of x. 36 Toppins geſts in her white meat, better loſt thē found. eod. 37 Mayes abſtract fol. 46 38 Mayes huſbandry fol. 47 39 Iunes abſtract fol. 49 40 Iunes huſbandry with a leſſon to chuſe a meete plotte for hops & how then to be doing with the ſame fol. 50 41 Iulies abſtract fol. 52 42 Iulies huſbandry & haye harueſt eodem 43 Auguſts abſtract fol. 53 44 Auguſts huſbandry & corne harueſt fol. 54 45 The concluſion of the whole boke ſet out in .12. verſes euery word beginning wt a T. ye firſt letter of the Authors name. fol. 56 46 Mans age deuided into .xij. prentiſhips eedem 47 A briefe deſcription of thenclinacion of mans age by the ſimilitude of the Ape, Lion, Foxe & the Aſſe fol. 57 48 A compariſon betwene woodland & Champion fol. 58 Thus endeth the table of huſbandry.

In euery month, er in aught be begonne, Read ouer ye month, what auailes to be dōne So neyther this trauel, ſhal ſeeme to be loſt: Nor thou to repent, of this trifeling coſt. The figure of abſtract, & month do agree, Which one to another, relations bee, The leſſons that after thoſe figures do ſtand: Be points of them ſelues, to be taken in hand.

To the ryght honorable & my ſpeciall good Lord & Maſter, the Lord Paget of Beudeſert. Chap. 1. MI Lord your father loued me, and you my lord, haue proued me, And both your loues haue moued me, to wright as here is donne: Synce God hath hence your father, ſuch flowers as I gather, I dedicate now rather, to you my Lorde his ſonne, Your father was my founder, till death became his wounder, no ſubiect euer ſounder, whom prynce auauncement gaue: As God did here defend him, and honour here did ſend him. ſo will I here commend him, as long as life I haue. His neighbours then did bliſſe him, his ſeruants now do miſſe him, the poore would gladly kiſſe him, aliue agayne to be: But God hath wraught his pleaſure, and bleſt him out of meaſure, with heauen & earthly treaſure, ſo good a god is he. His counſell had I vſed, and Ceres art refuſed, I nede not thus haue muſed, nor droope as now I do: But I muſt playe the farmer, and yet no whit the warmer, allthough I had his armer, and other comfort to. Aeſops fableThe fox doth make me minde him, whoſe glory ſo did blinde him, till taile cut of behinde him, no fare could him content: euen ſo, muſt I be prouing, ſuch glory I had in louinge, of things to plough behouinge, that makes me now repent. Loytrers I kept ſo meany, both philip hob & cheany, that that waye nothing geany, was thought to make me thriue: Saluſt.Like Iugurth Prince of Numid, my gold away conſumid, with loſſes ſo perfum'id, was neuer none aliue. Great fines, ſo nere did pare me, great rent, ſo much did ſkare me, great charge, ſo long did dare me, that made me at lēgth cry creak: Much more of all ſuch fleeſes, as oft I loſt by peeces, amonge ſuch wiely geeſes, I liſt no lenger ſpeake. Though countrey helth long ſtaied me, yet leaſe expiering fraied me, and (ictus ſapit) praied me, to ſeke more ſteady ſtaye: Newe leſſons than I noted, and ſome of olde I coted, leaſt ſome ſhould thinke I doted, by bringing naught awaye. Though Pallas hath denied me, her learned pen to guide me, for that ſhe dailie ſpide me, with countrey how I ſtood: yet Ceres, ſo did bolde me, with her good leſſons tolde me,Ceres the Goddeſſe of huſbandry. that rudenes cannot holde me, from doing countrye good. By practiſe & ill ſpeeding, theaſe leſſons had their breeding, and not by heare ſay or reeding, as ſome abrode haue blowne, who, will not thus belieue me, ſo much the more they greiue me, becauſe they grutch to geiue me, that is of right myne owne. At firſt for want of teaching, at firſt for trifles breaching, at firſt for ouer reaching, and lack of taking hid: was cauſe, that toile ſo toſt me, that practiſe ſo much coſt me, that raſhnes ſo much loſt me, or hindred as it did. Yet will I not diſpaire, through Gods good gift ſo faire, through frendſhip, golde & praier, in Countrey againe to dwell: Where rent ſo ſhall not paine me, but paine ſhall help to gaine me, and gaine ſhall help maintaine me, newe leſſons mo to tell. For Citie ſeemes a wringer, the peny for to finger, from ſuch as there do linger, or for their pleaſure lye: Though countrey be more painefull, and not ſo greedy gainefull, yet is it not ſo vainefull, in following fancies eye. I haue no labour wanted, to prune this tree I planted, whoſe fruit to none is ſcanted, in houſe nor yet in fyeld: Which fruite to ſaye (who haſte of) though nere ſo much they taſte of, yet can they make no waſte of, ſuch fruite this tree doth yelde. This tree or booke thus framed, with tytle already named, I truſt goes forth vnblamed, in your good Lordſhips name: As my good Lorde I take you, and neuer will forſake you, ſo now I craue to make you, defender of the ſame. Your moſt humble ſeruant Thomas Tuſſer.

The authors epiſtle to the late Lorde william Paget, wherein be doth diſcourſe of his owne bringing vp, and of the goodnes of the ſayd Lorde his Maſter vnto him, and the occaſion of this his booke, thus ſet forthe of his owne long practiſe. Chap. 2. T TYme tryth the trothe, in euerye thinge H How euer man, dothe blaſe his minde, O Of workes, which beſt way profit bring, M Men raſh to iudge, ſeme of ten blinde. A As therefore trothe, in time ſhall craue: S So let this booke, iuſt fauour haue. T Take yow my Lorde, & Maſter than, V Vnleſſe miſchance miſchanſith me: S Such homly gift, of me your man, S Since more in courte I may not be. A And let your praiſe, wonne heretofore: R Remaine abrode, for euer more. M My ſeruinge yow, thus vnderſtand, A And God his help and yours with all: D Dyd cauſe good lucke to take myne hand, E Erectinge one, moſte lyke to fall. M My ſeruing yow, I know it was, E Enforced this to come to paſſe. Since being once, at Cambridge taught, Of court ten yeres I made aſſaye: No muſick then, was left vnſaught, Such care I had, to ſerue that way. when ioy gan ſlake, then made I change, Expulſed mirth, for muſick ſtrange. My muſick ſince, hath ben the plough, Entangled with ſome care among, The gayne not great, the payne enough, Hath made me ſing, another ſong. which ſong, if well I may a vow, I craue, it iudged be by yow. Your ſeruant Thomas Tuſſer.

To the Reader Chap. 3. I Haue ben prayde to ſhew mine ayde, in taking payne not for the gayne, but for good will to ſhew ſuch ſkill as ſhew I coulde: That huſbandrye with huſwiferye, as cock & hen to countrey men, all ſtraungenes gone mought ioyne in one As louers ſhoulde. I truſt both this, perfourmed is, and how that here, it ſhall appere, with iudgement right to thy delight is brought to paſſe: That ſuche as wiue and faine would thriue, be playnly taught how good from naught, may trym be tryed and liuely ſpyed as in a glaſſe. What ſhould I wyn by wrighting in, my loſſes paſt that ranne as faſt, as running ſtreame from reame to reame, that flowes ſo ſwift: For that I coulde not get for goulde, to teache me how as this doth yow, through dayly gayne, the way ſo playne, to come by thrift. What is a grote or twaine to note, once in the life for man or wife, to ſaue a pounde in houſe or grounde eache other weeke: VVhat more for helth, what more for welth, what needeth leſſe runne Iack, help Beſſe, to ſtay a mys not hauing this farre of to ſeeke. I do not craue moe thanks to haue, then geuen to me al ready be, but this is all to ſuche as ſhall peruſe this booke: That for my ſake They gently take what ere they finde againſt their minde, when he or ſhe ſhall mynded be therein to loke. And graunte me nowe thow reader thowe, of termes to vſe ſuche choyce to chuſe, as maye delight the countrey wight & knowledge bring: For ſuch do praiſe the countrey phrayſe, the counttey actes the countrey factes, the countrey toyes before the ioyes of any thinge. Nor loke thowe here that euery ſhere, of euery verſe I thus reherſe, may profit take, or vantage make by leſſons ſuch: For here, we ſee things ſeuerall bee, and there, no dyke but champion lyke, and ſandye ſoyle and clayey toyle do differ much. This beinge waide be not afrayde, to buy to proue to reade with loue, to followe ſome and ſo to come by practiſe trew: My payne is paſt thowe warning haſt, thexperience myne the vantage thyne, may geue the choyſe to crye or reioyce, and thus adew. Finis. T. Tuſſer.

The Preface. Chap. 4. WHat lokeſt thow herein to haue, Fyne verſes thy fanſy to pleaſe? Of manye my betters that craue, Looke nothing but rudenes in theſe. VVhat other thinge lookeſt thou then? Graue ſentences manye to finde? Such poets haue twenty and ten Yea thouſandes contenting the minde. what loke ye (I pray you ſhew what?) Termes painted with rethorick fyne? Good huſbandry ſeeketh not that, Nor iſt any meanyng of myne. what lookeſt thou (ſpeake at the laſt) Good leſsons for thee and thy wyfe? Then keepe them in memory faſt, To helpe as a comfort to lyfe. VVhat looke ye for more in my booke? Poyntes needeful and meete to be knowne? Then dayly be ſuer to looke, To ſaue to be ſuer thine owne.

The commodities of Huſbandry. chap. 5. Let houſe haue to fill her, Let land haue to till her. No dwellers, what profiteth houſes to ſtand, what goodnes, vnoccupied bringeth the land. No labor no bread, No hoſt we be dead. No huſbandry vſed, how ſoone ſhall we ſterue, houſekeping neglected, what comfort to ſerue. Ill father no gift, No knowledge no thrift. The father an vnthrift, what hope to the ſonne, the ruler vnſkilful, how quickly vndonne.

The prayſe of Huſbandry. Chap 6. As true as thy fayth, this Riddle thus ſayth. I Seme but a drudge, yet I paſſe any king, to ſuch as can vſe me, great welth I do bring. Since Adam firſt liued, I neuer did die, when Noe was a ſhipman, there alſo was I. The earth is my ſtorehouſe, the ſea my fyſhponde, what good is in eyther, by me it is fonde, What hath any life, but I helpe to preſerue, what wight without me, but is ready to ſterue. In woodland, in Champion, City or towne, if long I be abſent, what falleth not downe. If long I be preſent, what goodnes can want, though things at my comming, were neuer ſo ſcāt. So many as loue me, & vſe me aright, with treaſure & pleaſure, I ritchly acquite. Great kings I do ſuccour, elſe wrōg would it go, the king of all kings, hath appointed it ſo.

The deſcription of huſbandry. Chap. 7. Of huſband, doth huſbandry challenge that name of huſbandry, huſband doth likewiſe the ſame. where huſwife & huſwifery, ioyneth with theaſe: there welth in abundance, is gotten with eaſe. The name of a huſband, what is it to ſaye, of wife & the houſhold, the band & the ſtaye. Some huſbandly thriueth, that neuer had wife, yet ſkarce a good huſband, in goodnes of life. The huſband is he, that to labour doth fall, the labour of him, I do huſbandry call. If thrift by that labour, be any way caught: then is it good huſbandry, elſe is it naught. So houſhold & houſholdry, I do define, for folke & the goods, that in houſe be of thine. Houſe keping to them, as a refuge is ſet: which like as it is, ſuche report it doth get. Be houſe or the furniture, neuer ſo rude, of huſband & huſbandry, (thus I conclude) with huſwife & huſwifery, if it be good, muſt pleaſure together, as coſins in blood.

The Ladder to thrift. chap. 8. 1 TO take chy calling thankfully, and ſhoonne the path to beggery. 2 To grudge in youth no drudgery, to come by knowledge perfectly. 3 To compt no trauell ſlauery, that brings in peny ſauerly. 4 To folow profit earneſtly, but medle not with pilfery. 5 To get by honeſt practiſy, and kepe thy gettings couertly. 6 To laſh not out too laſhingly, for feare of pynching penury. 7 To get good plot to occupy, and ſtore & vſe it huſbandly. 8 To ſhew to landlorde curteſy, and kepe thy couenants orderly. 9 To holde that thine is lawfully, for ſtoutnes, or for flatery. 10 To wed good wyfe for company, and liue in wedlocke honeſtly. 11 To furniſh houſe with houſholdry, and make prouiſion ſkilfully. 12 To ioyne to wyfe good famely, and none to keepe for brauery. 13 To ſuffer none liue idlely, for feare of idle knauery. 14 To courage wife in huſwifery, and vſe well doers gentely. 15 To keepe no more but needefully, and coumpt exceſſe vnſauery 16 To rayſe betimes vp readely, both ſnorting Hob & Margery. 17 To walke thy paſtures vſually, to ſpie ill neighbours ſuttlety. 18 To hate reuengement haſtely, for loeſing loue & amity. 19 To liue by neighbour neighbourly, and ſhew him no diſcurteſy. 20 To anſwer ſtranger ciuely, but ſhew him not thy ſecreſie. 21 To vſe no frynd diſceitfully, and offer no man villeny. 22 To learne how foe to pacifie, but truſt him not too truſtely. 23 To keepe thy touch ſubſtancially, and in thy worde vſe conſtancy. 24 To make thy bandes aduiſedly, and come not bond through ſuerty. 25 To hate to liue in infamy, through craft & liuing naughtely. 26 To baniſh houſe of blaſphemy, leaſt Croſſes croſſe vnluckely. 27 To ſtop miſchance, through polecy, for chanſyng too vnhappely. 28 To beare thy croſſes paciently, for worldly things are ſlippery. 29 To trayne thy childe vp vertuouſly, that vertue, vice may qualify. 30 To brydle wilde otes fantazye, to ſpend thee naught vnthriftely. 31 To pray to god continually, to ayde thee againſt thine enemy. 32 To ſpend the Saboth holyly, and help the poore in miſery. 33 To liue in conſcience quietly, and keepe thy ſelfe from malady. 34 To eaſe thy ſicknes ſpedely, er help be paſt recouery. Theaſe be the ſteppes vnfaynedly: to clyme to thrift by huſbandry. Theaſe ſteppes both reach The leſſon. and teache thee ſhall, to come by thrift, to ſhifte with all.

Good Huſbandly leſſons worthy to be followed of ſuche as will thriue. Chap. 9. GOd ſendeth & geueth, both mouth & the meate, and feedeth vs all, with his benefits great. Serue willingly god, that ſo richly doth geeue, ſhew leue to thy neighbour, & lay for to leeue. 2 True wedlock is beſt, for auoyding of ſinne, the bed vndefiled, much honour doth winne. Though loue be in chuſing, farre better then gold, let loue come with ſomwhat, the better to holde. 3 Where cooples agree not, is ranker & ſtrife, where ſuch be together, is ſeldome good life. where coopples in wedlock, do louely agree: there foyſon remayneth if wiſedome there bee. 4 Who loketh to marry, muſt lay to keepe houſe, for loue may not alway, be playing with douſe. If children encreaſe, & no ſtay of thine owne, what afterwards follows, is ſoone to be knowne. 5 Once charged with children, or likely to bee, geeue ouer to ſudgerne, that thinkeſt to thee. Leaſt grutching of hoſtis, & crauing of nurſe: be coſtly & noyſome, to thee & thy purſe. 6 Good huſbāds that loueth, good houſes to kepe are oftentimes carefull, when others do ſlepe.Thee for thriue. To ſpend as they may, or to ſtop at the furſte, for running in daunger, or feare of the wurſte. 7 Go coumpt with thy coefers, whē harueſt is in, which way for thy profit, to ſaue or to win. of tone of them both, if a ſauer we ſmell: houſe keeping is godly, where euer we dwell. 8 Sōne, think not thy money, purſe bottō to burn but kepe it for profit, to ſerue thine owne turne. a foole & his money, be ſoone at debate: which after with ſorow, repents him to late. 9 Good bargaine a doing, make priuie but fewe, in ſelling, refraine not abrode it to ſhewe. in making make haſte, & a way to thy pouche: in ſelling no haſte, if ye dare it auouche. 10 Good landlorde who fyndeth, is bleſſed of god, a cumberſome landlord, is huſband mans rod. he noyeth, deſtroyeth & al to this drift, to ſtrip his poore tenant, of ferme & of thrift. 11 4 beggers Once placed for profit, looke neuer for eaſe except ye beware of, ſuche mychers as theaſe. vnthriftnes, ſlouthfulnes, careles & raſhe, that thruſteth thee hedlong, to runne in the laſhe. 12 Thriftes officers. Make money thy drudg, for to folow thy wark make wiſedome controller, good order thy clarke. prouiſion Cater, & ſkill to be cooke: make ſteward of all, pen & inke & thy booke. 13 Make hunger thy ſauce, as a medcen for helth, make thyrſt to be buttler, as phiſick for welth. make eye to be vſſher, good vſage to haue: make bolt to be porter, to keepe out a knaue. 14 Make huſbandry bayly, abrode to prouide, make huſwifery dayly, at home for to guide make coefer faſt locked, thy treaſure to keepe: make houſe to be ſuer, the ſafer to ſleepe. 15 Make bandog thy ſcoutwach, to bark at a thief make currage for life, to be capitaine chief. make trapdore thy bulwark, make bell to begyn: make gunſtone & arow, ſhew who is within. 16 The credit of maſter, to brothel his man, and alſo of miſtris, to minnekin nan, be cauſers of opening, a number of gappes: that letteth in miſchief, & many miſhapps. 17 Good huſbād he trudgeth, to bring in ye gaines good huſwife ſhe drudgeth refuſing no paines, though huſbād at home be to coumpt ye wot what yet huſwife within, is as needefull as that. 18 What helpeth in ſtore, to haue neauer ſo much, halfe loſt by ill vſage, ill huſwiues & ſuch. ſo, twenty lode buſhes, cut downe at a clapp: ſuch heede may be taken, ſhall ſtop but a gapp. 19 A reacheleſſe ſeruant, a miſtris that ſkowles, a rauening maſtife, & hogges that eate fowles, a gyddy brayne maſter, & ſtroy all his knaue: brings rueling to ruwen, & thrift to her graue. 20 With ſome vpō Sundaies, their tables do reke and halfe the weeke after, their dinners to ſeke. not often exceading, but alway enough: is huſbandly fare, and the guiſe of the plough. 21 Eche day to be feaſted, what huſbandry wurſe, eche day for to feaſt, is as ill for the purſe, yet meaſurely feaſting, with neighbors among: ſhall make the beloued, & leiue the more lōg. 22 Things huſbādly hādſome, let workmā cōtriue but build not for glory, that thinkeſt to thriue. who fondly in doing, conſumeth his ſtock: in thend for his folly, doth get but but a mock. 23 Spend none but your own, how ſoeuer ye ſpēd for bribing & ſhifting, haue ſeldome good end. Tithe duely & truely, with harty good will: that god & his bleſſing, may dwell with thee ſtill. 24 Be ſuertie ſeldome, (but neuer for muche) for feare of purſe penyles, hanging by ſuche. Or ſkarborow warning, as ill I beleue, when (Sir I areſt ye) gets holde of thy ſleue. 25 Vſe (legem pone) to pay at thy daye, but vſe not Oremus, for often delaye. Yet (Preſta queſumus) out of a grate: of all other collets, the lender doth hate. 26 Who liuing but lends, & be lent to they muſt, elſe buying & ſelling, mought lye in the duſt. But ſhameles & craftie, that deſperat are: make many full honeſt, the worſer to fare. 27 At ſometime to borow, accoumpt it no ſhame, if iuſtly thou kepeſt, thy touch for the ſame. who quick be to borrow, & ſlow be to pay: their credit is naught, go they neuer ſo gay. 28 who breaketh his credit, or cracketh it twiſe, truſt ſuch with a ſuertie, if ye be wiſe. Or if he be angry, for aſking thy due: once euen, to him afterward, lend not a new. 29 Accoumpt it well ſold, that is iuſtly well payd, & coumpt it well bought, that is neuer denayde. But yet here is tone, here is to ther doth beſt: for buyer & ſeller, for quiet & reſt. 30 Leaue princes affaires, vntalked apon, & tend to ſuch doings, as ſtandeth thee on. In ſubſtance, although ye haue neuer ſo much, delight not in paraſites, harlots & ſuch. 31 As Intreſt or vſery, plaieth the dreuel, ſo, hilb ack & filbelly, byeteth as euell. Put dyeſing among them, & docking the dell, & all thy lyfe long, of a begger go ſmell. 32 Once weekely remember, thy charges to caſt, once monthly ſe how, thy expenſes may laſt. If quarter declareth, too much to be ſpent, for feare of ill yere, take aduiſe of thy rent. 33 who orderly entreth, his paiments in booke, may orderly finde them, againe if hee looke. And he that entendeth, but once for to paye: ſbal finde this in doing, the quieteſt waye. 34 In dealing vprightly, this councell I teache, firſt recken, then write, or to purſe ye do reache. then pay & diſpatch him, as ſone as ye can, for lingring is hindrance to many a man. 35 Haue waights I aduiſe thee, for ſiluer & golde for ſome be in knauery, now adayes bolde. and for to be ſuer, good money to pay: receiue that is currant, as nere as ye may. 36 Delight not for pleaſure, two houſes to keepe, leaſt charge without meaſure, vpon thee do creepe, and Iankin & Ienykin, coſen thee ſo: to make thee repent it, or yere about go. 37 The ſtone that is rowling, can gather no moſſe, who often remoueth, is ſure of loſſe. the riche it compelleth, to pay for his pride, the poore, it vndoeth on euery ſide. 38 The eye of the maſter, enritcheth the hutch, the eye of the miſtris, auayleth as much. which eye, if it gouerns with reaſon & ſkill: hath ſeruant & ſeruice, at pleaſure & will. 39 Who ſeketh reuengement, of euery wrong, in quyet nor ſafety, continueth long. ſo he that of wilfulnes, tryeth the lawe: ſhall ſtriue for a coxcombe, & thriue as a dawe. 40 To hūters & hawkers, take heede what ye ſay milde anſwer with curteſie, driues them away. ſo, where a mans better, will open a gapp: reſiſt not with rudenes, for feare of miſhapp. 41 A mā in this world, for a churle that is knowne ſhall hardly in quiet, keepe that is his owne. where lowly & ſuch as of curteſie ſmelles: findes fauor & frendſhip, where euer he dwells. 42 Keepe truely thy Saboth, the better to ſpeede, keepe ſeruant fro gadding, but when it is neede. keepe fyſhday & faſtingday, as they do fall: what cuſtome thou keepeſt, let others keepe all. 43 Pay wekely thy workmā, his houſhold to fede, pay quarterly ſeruāts, to buy as they neede. geue garment to ſuche, as deſerue & no mo: leaſt thou and thy wife, without garment do go. 44 Beware raſkabilia, ſlouthfull to worke, proloyners & filchers, that loueth to lurke. away wiih ſuch lubbers, ſo loth to take payne: that roules in expenſes, but neuer no gayne. 45 Good wife, & good childrē, are worthy to eate, good ſeruant, good laborer, earneth their meate. good frend & good neighbour, that fellowly geſt: with hartely welcome, ſhould haue of the beſt. 46 The greateſt preferment, that child we cā geue is learning & nurture, to trayne him to lyue. which who ſo it wanteth, though left as a ſquyer: conſumeth to nothing, as block in the fyer. 47 Theſe leſſons approued, if wiſely ye note, may ſaue & auantage ye, many a grote. which if ye can follow, occaſion founde, then euery leſſon may ſaue thee a pounde.

An habitation enforced aduiſedly to be followed better late then neuer: made vpon theſe wordes, ſit downe Robin and reſt thee. Cap. 10. MY Friend if cauſe doth wreſt thee, (ere folly hath much oppreſt thee) Far from acquaintance keſt thee, where cuntrey may digeſt thee. Let wood & water requeſt thee, In good corne ſoile to neſt thee, where paſture and meade may breſt thee, And helthſom ayre inueſt thee. Though enuie ſhall deteſt thee, Let that no whit moleſt thee, thanke God that ſo hath bleſt thee, And ſit downe Robin and reſt thee.

Septembers abſtract. Cap. 11. September blow ſoft, Till fruite be in loſt. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 GOod ferme now take, Keepe ſtill or forſake. 2 What helpes reuiue, The thriuing to thriue. 3 Plow, fence, & ſtore, Aught els before. 4 By titts and ſuch, Few gaineth much. 5 Horſe ſtrong & light, ſoone charges quight. Light hed & purſe, what lightnes wurſe. 6 Fewe lends but fooles, their working tooles. 7 For ſtable & barne, what furniture larne. What more doth neede, heare mayſt thow reede. ¶Reade ſtill downe lower, till twenty & fower. 25 Take ſhipping or ryde, lent ſtuffe to prouide. 26 Let Haberden lye, in peaſe ſtrawe drye. 27 Lay muck out of hand, vpon Barlye land. 28 Some gayne ſpye out, by rydyng about. Marke now of yere, what cheape, what dere. 29 Some ſkyll doth well, to buy & ſell. Of thiefe who buyeth, in danger lyeth. 30 Commoditie knowne, abrode is blowne. 31 At firſt hand buy, at third let lye. 32 Haue money preſt, to buy at the beſt. 33 Some cattel home bring, for Mighelmas ſpring. By hawke & hound, ſmall profit is found. 34 Diſpatche looke home, to loytering mome. Prouide or repent, milch kow for lent. 35 Now crone thy ſheepe, fat thoſe ye keepe. Leaue milking olde kow, fat aged vp now. 36 Plow, burne or mowe, great ſtubble lowe. Eate etche er ye plow, with hog, ſheepe & kow. Mowne hame a patch, get home to thatch. 37 Where Barley did growe ſtrike, wheat to ſowe. Yet better I thinke, ſow peaſe after drinke. 38 Land telleth the plough, enough is enough. Each diuers ſoyle, hath diuers toyle. 39 Know plowing land, let plow els ſtand. Some countreys vſe, that ſome refuſe. 40 Few after crop much, but nodyes & ſuch. What croppers bee, here looke & ſee. Rye, Barly & Wheat, be croppers great. Though Otes do ſucke, yet peaſe do mucke. 41 Still carydg is good, for tymber & wood. No longer delayes, to mend the high wayes. 42 Home fewell fet, learne where to ſet. 43 In pyling of loggs, make houell for hoggs. 44 Get home with the brake to brew with & bake. To couer the ſhed, drye, ouer the hed. To lye vnder mow, to rot vnder Kow. 45 Grene Rye haue ſome, er Myhell come. 46 Graunt ſoyle her luſt, ſow Rye in the duſt. Such ſeede ye ſowe, ſuch reape or mowe. 47 See corne ſowne in, to thick nor to thin. For want of ſeede, lande bringeth weede. 48 Trench redge & forough, that water may thorough. With ſling or bowe, kepe corne fro crowe. 49 Sell butter & cheeſe, good fayres fewe leeſe. At fayres buy, home want to ſupply. 50 If hops looke browne, go gather them downe. But not in a deawe, nor pidling with feawe. 51 Of Hops this knack, put in thy packe. Hops had thy fyll, go couer his hyll. 52 Take Hop to thy dole, but breake not his pole 53. Learn here thow ſtranger to frame hop manger. 54 Hop pole preſerue, agayne to ſerue. Hop pole by & by, lay ſafe by & dry. Leaſt poles wer ſkant, lay new to plant. 55 The Hops kell dryde, wyll beſt abide. Hops dryde in loft, aſke tendance oft. 56 Hops dryed ſmall coſt, ill kept halfe loſt. Hops ſoone be ſpilt, take heede, if thou wilt. 57 Amend marſh wall, Crab holes & all. 58 Geld Bulls & Rammes, ſeaw ponds, mend dāmes. Sell webſter thy wull, fruites gather, grapes pull. For feare of drabbs, go gather thy crabbs. 59 Pluck fruite to laſt, when Mighel is paſt. 60 Forget it not. fruite bruſed will rot. Light ladder & long, doth tree leaſt wrong. Go gather with ſkill, and gather that will. 61 Driue hyue good coney, for wer & honey. No dryuing of hyue, till yeres paſt fyue. 62 Good dwelling geue bee, or hence goeth ſhee. 63 Put bore into ſtye, for Halllontyde nye. 64 With Bore good Syſſe, let naught be amiſſe. 65 Karle Hemp left grene, now pluck vp clene. Drowne hemp as ye nede once had out ſeede. I pray thee good Kyt, drowne hemp in pyt. 66 Of all the reſt, whight hemp is beſt. Let ſkilfull be gotten, leaſt hemp proue rotten. 67 Set Strawberies wife, I loue them for life. 68 Plant Reſp & Roſe, and ſuche as thoſe. 69 Go gather vp Maſt, er time be paſt. Maſt fatts vp ſwine, maſt kills vp kine. 70 Let hoggs be roung. both olde & young. 71 No maſt vpon Oke, no lenger vn yoke. If hogg do crye, geeue eare & eye. 72 Hoggs haunting corne, may not be borne. 73 Good neighbor thow, good cuſtome allow. No ſkaring with dog, while maſt is for hog. 74 Keepe ſafely thy fence, ſkare breake hedge thence. A drab & a knaue, will proule to haue. 75 Marke wynde & moone, at night & noone. Some riggs the plow, ſome milkes the Kow. Some pele ſome pilch, ſome linnen filch. 76 Red kur or black, few proulers lack. 77 Marke loſſe with griefe, through prouling thiefe. 78 To ſawe pit drawe, boorde long to ſawe. 79 Let log be hayle, leaſt profit quaile. Such boorde & pale, is ready ſale. 80 Sawne ſlab let lye, for ſtable & ſtye. Sawe duſt ſpred thick, makes alley trick. ¶Now as ye wiſh, go ſeuer thy fyſh. When frynd ſhall come, to be ſure of ſome. Thy ponds renew, put Geles in ſtew. To liue till lent, and then to be ſpent. Set priuie or prim, ſet bor like him. Set herbes ſome more, for wynter ſtore. Set gilly flowers all, that growes on the wall. Sowe ſeedes for the pot, for flowers ſowe not.

Chap. 12. PRouide agaīſt Mighelmas, bargeine to make For ferme to geiue ouer, to kepe or to take. In doinge of either, let wyt beare a ſtroke For buyinge or ſelling, of pig in the poke. 2 Good ferme & wel ſtoered, good howſing & drie Good corne & good dayrie, good market and nie. Good ſheppard, good tilmā, good Iack & good Iil Makes huſband and huſwyfe, their coefers to fil. 3 Let paſture be ſtoered, and fenced about And tillage ſet forward, as nedith with out, Before ye do open, your purſe to begin, with any thinge doing, for fanſie within. 4 No ſtoring of paſture, with baggedgly tyt, with ragged with aged, and euel athit. Let karren and barren, be ſhifted awaie, For beſt is the beſt, what ſo euer ye paie. 5 Horſe, oxen, plough, tumbrel, cart waggē & wain The lighter and ſtronger, the greater thy gaine. The ſoile & the ſede, with the ſheafe and the purſe, The lighter in ſubſtance, for profit the worſe. 6 To borrowe to daie, and to morrowe to miſſe For lender & borower, noyance it is. Thē haue of thine owne, with out lending vnſpilt Or borow with ſorow, as longe as thow wilt. 7 Barne locked, gofeladder, ſhort pitchfork & long Barne furniture.Flayle, ſtra •• ork & rake, with a fan that is ſtrōg wing, cartnaue & buſhel, peck, ſtrike ready hand: Brome, caſting ſholue, ſack that is cloſe with a bād 8 Stable furniture.A ſtable wel planked, with key and a lock walles ſtrongly wel liened, to beare of a knock A rack & a manger, good litter & haie Swete chaffe & ſome prouender euery daye. 9 A pytch fork a dong fork, ſeeue, ſkep & a bin A brome and a paile, to put water there in, A handbarowe, whelebarowe, ſholue & a ſpade, A currey combe, mainecombe, & whip for a Iade. 10 A buttrice & pinſers, a hamer & naile, an Apern & ſyſſers, for hed & for taile. Hole brydle & ſaddle, whyt leather & nall: with coller & harneis, for thyller and all. 11 A pannel & wantey, packſaddle & ped, a line to fetch litter, & halters for hed. with crotchis & pinns, to hang trinkets there on: And ſtable faſte chained, that nothing be gon. 12 Strong exeltred cartt, hat is clowted & ſhod, cart, ladder & wimble, with percer & pod. whele ladders for harueſt, light pitchfork & tough ſhaue, whyplaſh well knotted, & cart rope enough. 13 Ten ſacks, where of ery one holdeth a coome, a pulling hooke handſome, for buſhes & brome. Light Tumbrel, a dong trone, for eaſing ſir wagg: ſholue, pickax & mattock, with bottle & bagg. 14 A Grynſtone, a whetſtone, a hatchet & bill, with hamer & Ingliſh naile, ſorted with ſkill.Huſbandry fooles. A frower of Iron, for cleauing of lath, with roule for a ſawpyt, good huſbandry hath. 15 A ſhort ſaw, & long ſawe, to cut atoo loggs,Plough furniture. an ax & a nads, to make troffe, for thy hoggs. A Douer court betle, & wedges with ſtele: ſtrong leauer to rayſe vp, the block fro the whele. 16 Two plows & a plowchein, ii. culters, iii. ſhares wt ground clouts, & ſide clouts, for ſoile yt ſo tares. with oxbowes & oxyokes, & other things moe: for oxteme & horſeteme, in plough for to goe. 17 A plow betle, ploughſtaff, to furder the plough great clod to a ſunder, that breaketh ſo rough. A ſled for a plowgh, & another for blecks, for chimney in winter, to burne vp their dacks, 18. ſedge collers for plowhorſe, for lighnes of neck good ſeede & good ſower, & alſo ſede peck. Strong oxen & horſes, well ſhod & wel clad, well meated & vſed, for making thee ſad. 19 A barley rake toothed, with Iron & ſteele, like paier of harrowes, & rowler doth weele. A ſling for a moether, a bowe for a boye, a whip for a carter, is hoigh de la roye. 20 A bruſh ſythe, & graſſe ſyth, with rifle to ſtand, a cradle for barley, with rubſtone & ſand. Sharpe ſickle & weeding hooke, hayforke & rake, a meake for the peaſe, & to ſwinge vp the brake. 21 Rakes alſo for barley, long toothed in hed, and greater lyke toothed, for barley ſo ſhed. with ſkuttle or ſkreiue, to ryd ſoyle fro the corne, and ſharing ſheares ready, for ſheepe to be ſhorne. 22 Long Ladder to hang all along by the wall, to reach for a neede, to the top of the hall. Beame, ſkales wt the waights, yt are ſealed & true, ſharp mowl ſpare wt barbs, yt the mowle do ſo rue. 23 Hog yokes, & a twitcher, & rings for a hog. with tar in a pot, for the byeting of dog. A ſheepe marke, a tarre ketle, litle or mytch, two pottles of tarre, to a pottle of pytch. 24 A forke & a hoke, to be tampring in clay. a lath hamer, trowell, a hod or a tray. Strong fetters & ſhakkles, with horflock & pad, ſtrong ſoles & ſuch other things, meete to be had. 25 ¶When harueſt is ended, take ſhipping or ryde, lyng, ſaltfiſh & herring, for lent to prouide. To buy at the firſt, as it commeth to rode, ſhall pay for thy charges thou ſpendeſt abrode. 29 Chuſe ſkilfully ſaltfiſh, not burnt at the ſtone, buy ſuche as is good, or els let it alone. Get home that is bought, & go ſtack it vp drye, with peaſe ſtraw betwene it, the ſafer to lye. 27 Er euer ye iourney, cauſe ſeruant with ſpeede, to compas thy barley land, where it is neede. One acre well compaſſed, paſſeth ſome thre • : thy barne ſhall at harueſt, declare it to thee. 28 This leſſon is learned, by ryeding about, the prieſes of vitell, the yere thorough out. Both what to be ſelling, & what to refraine, & what to be buying, to bring in againe. 29 Though buying & ſelling, doth wunderful wel, to ſuch as haue ſkyll, how to buy & to ſel. yet chopping & changing I cannot commend, with knaue & his marrow, for feare of ill end. 30 The rich in his bargening, nedes not be tought, of buyer & ſeller, full farre is he ſought. Yet herein conſiſteth, a part of our text: who buyeth at firſt hand, at ſecond & next. 31 At firſt hand he buyeth, that payeth al downe, at ſecond, that hath not ſo much in the towne. at third hand he buyeth, that buyeth of truſt: at his hand who buyeth, ſhal pay for his luſt. 32 As oft as ye bargaine, for better or wurſe, to buy it the cheaper, haue thinks in thy purſe. Touch kept is commended, yet credit to keepe, is pay & diſpatch him, er euer ye ſleepe. 33 Be mindefull abrode of a Mighelmas ſpringe For there on dependith, a huſbandly thinge, Though ſome haue a pleaſure, with hawk vpō hād Good huſbands get treaſure, to purchas their lād. 34 Thy market diſpatched, 〈◊〉 home again roūd Leaſt gaping for penye, 〈…〉 feſt a pound, Prouide for thy wife, or elſe looke to be ſhent Good m •• ch kow for winter, another for lent. 35 In traueling homeward, 〈◊〉 good crones, And fat vp the bodies, of thoſe ſelybones, Leaue milking & drie vp, olde mulle thy kowe, The crooked & aged, to fattinge put nowe. 36 Some plowith, ſome burneth, ye wheat ſtubble lowe Some after their barelye, la • e wheat for to ſowe, which euer thow mindeſt, now time it is beſt, Or ſpare it for cattle, & ſo let it reſt. 37 Some vſith ye firſt yere, a fallow to make, The next to ſowe bareley, the better to take, Next that to ſowe peaſe, & the next to ſowe wheat, Then fallowe againe, or to paſture for neate. 38 Two cropps & a fallow, enrichith the plough, Though tone be of peaſe, it is land good enough, One crop & a fallow, ſome ſoile wil abide, where if ye ſaye ſurder, laye profet a ſide. 39 In Eſſex & Suffolke, ſuch land I do knowe, where excellent rye is, as any can growe, In fiue yere yet there of, a crop & awaye, If more ye do take, ye were better to playe. 40 Still crop vpon crop, many fermers do take And reape litle profet, for gredines ſake, Though wheat vpon barely, a cropper is fownde, No cropper is peaſe, but a confort to grownde. 41 Er winter preuentith, while weather is good For guttinge of paſture, get home with thy wood And carry out grauel, to fill vp a hole. Both timber & furzen, the turfe & the cole. 42 Howſe, charkole & ſedge, chip & turf of the lād, Pile, tallwood & billet, ſtack al that hath band Block rotes, pole & bough, ſet vpright to the thetch The nerer, more handſome, in winter to fetch. 43 In ſtacking of bauen, & pieling of loggs Make vnder thy bauen, a houell for hoggs, And warmely encloſe it, all ſauing the mouth And that to ſtande open, & full to the ſouth. 44 Get home with thy brakes, er an ſōmer be gon For teddered cattle, to ſit there vpon, To coouer thy houell, to brew & to bake To lye in the botom, where mow ye do make. 45 Threſh ſede & to fanning, Septēber doth crye get plough to the feeld, & be ſowing of rye Go harrowe the redgis, er euer ye ſtrike, This pointe of good huſbādrie, Suffolk doth like 46 Sowe wynter corne timely, to follow his luſt, ſowe wheate as ye may, & the rye in the duſt. Be carefull of ſeede, or els ſuche as ye ſowe, be ſuer at harueſt, to reape or to mowe. 47 Though beanes be in ſowing, but ſkatered in, yet wheate, rye & peaſon, I loue not to thyu. Sowe barley & dredge, with a plentiful hand: leaſt wede ſtead of ſeede, ouergroweth thy land. 48 Seede huſbādly ſown, water ſorow thy groūd that raine when it cōmeth, may run away round. Then ſtir about Nicholl, with arow & bowe, a peny for killing, of euery Crowe. 49 At Bartilmewtide, or at Sturberedge faire, buy that as is needefull, thy houſe to repaire. Then ſell to thy profit, both butter & cheeſe, who buyeth it ſooner, the more he ſhall leeſe. 50 Hops gathering.If Hops do loke browniſh, then are ye to ſlowe if longer ye ſuffer, thoſe hops for to growe. Nowe, ſooner ye gather, more profit is found, if weather be faire, & deaw of a ground. 51 Not break of but cut of, frō hop the hop ſtring, leaue growing a litle, againe for to ſpring. whoſe hill about pared, & therewith new clad, ſhal nurriſh more ſetts, againſt March to be had. 52 Hop hillock diſcharged, of euery let, ſe then without breaking, eache pole ye out get. whiche being vntangled, aboue in the tops: go carry to ſuch, as are plucking of hops. 53 Take ſout which or hayer (that couers the kell) ſet lyke to a manger, & faſtoued well. with pole vpon crotchis, as high as thy breſt: for ſauing & riddance, is huſbandry beſt. 54 Hops had, the hop poles, yt are likely prezerue, from rotting & breaking, againe for to ſerue. And plant ye with alders, or willows ſome plot, where yearely as nedeth, mo poles may be got. 55 Some ſkilfully dryeth, their hops on a kell,Hops drying. and ſome on a ſoller, oft turning them well. Kell dryde will abide, foule weather or faire, where drying & lying, in loft do deſpaire. 56 Some cloſe them vp drie, in a hogſhed or fatt,Keeping of Hops. yet canuas or ſowtage, is better then that. By drying & lying, they quickly be ſpilt, thus much haue I ſhewed, do now as thou wilt. 57 Saint Mihel doth bid thee, amēd ye marſh wall the breck & the crab hole, the foreland & all. one noble in ſeaſon, beſtowed thereon. may ſaue thee a hundred, er wynter be gon. 58 Now geld with the gelder, the ram & the bull, ſew ponds, amend dāmes, & ſell webſter thy wull. Out fruit, go & gather, but not in the deaw, with crab & the wall nutt, for feare of a ſhraew. 59 The Moone in ye wane, gather fruit for to laſt, but winter fruite gather, when Mighel is paſt. Though michers that loue not, to buy nor to craue make ſome gather ſooner, elſe few for to haue. 90 Fruite gathred to timely, wil taſte of the wood will ſhrink & be bitter, & ſeldome proue good. So fruit that is ſhaked, or beate of a tree: with bruſing in falling, ſoone fawty will bee. 61 Now burn vp the Bees, yt ye mynd for to driue at mydſomer driue them, & ſaue them aliue. Place hyue in good ayer, ſet ſouthly & warme: & take in due ſeaſon, wer, honey & ſwarme. 62 Set hyue on a plank (not to low by the groūd, where herb wt the flowers, may compas it round, And boordes to defend it, from north & north eaſt: from ſhowers & rubbiſh, from vermin & beaſt. 63 At Mighelmas ſafely, go ſtye vp thy bore, Leaſt ſtraying abrode, ye do ſe him no more. The ſooner, the better, for Hallontyde nye: and better he brawneth, if harde he do lye. 64 Shift ſtye (for ill ayer) as beſt ye do think, and twiſe a day geue him, freſh vytell & drynk. and diligent Cyſle, my dayry good wench: make clenly his cabben, for meaſling & ſtench. 65 Now pluck vp the hemp, & go beat out the ſede and afterward water it, as ye ſee nede. But not in the ryuer, where cattel ſhould drink, for poiſoning them, & the people with ſtink. 66 Hemp huſwifely vſed, lokes cherely & bright, and ſelleth it ſelf, by the colour ſo whight. Some vſeth to water it, ſome do it not, be ſkilfull in doing, for feare it doth rot. 67 Wife into thy garden, & ſet me a plot, with ſtrawbery rootes, of the beſt to be got. Such growing abrode, among thornes in ye wood wel choſen & pyeked, proue excellent good. 68 The Barbery, reſpis & gooſebery too, loke now to be planted, as other things doo. The gooſebery, Reſpis & Roſes al three: with ſtrawberies vnder them, trimly agree. 69 To gather ſome maſt, it ſhall ſtand thee vpon, with ſeruant & children, er maſt be all gon, Some left among buſhes, ſhal pleaſure thy ſwine: for feare of a miſchief, keepe akornes fro kyne. 70 For rooting of paſture, ring hog ye had neede, which being well ringled, the better do ſeede. Though yong wt their elders, wil lightly kepe beſt yet ſpare not to ringle, both great & the reſt. 71 Yoke neuer thy ſwine, while ye ſhacktime doth laſt, for diuers miſfortunes, that happen to faſt. Or if ye do fanſie, whole eare of the hog: geue eye to ill neighbour, & eare to his dog. 71 Kepe hog I aduiſe thee, from medow & corne, for out aloude crying, that ere he was borne. Such lawles ſo haunting, both often & long: if dog ſet him chanting, he doth thee no wrong. 73 wher loue amōg neighbors, do bere any ſtroke whiles ſhacktime endureth, men vſe not to yoke. yet ſurelie ringling, is nedefull & good: till froſt do enuite them, to brakes in the wood. 74 Kepe ſafely & warelie, thyne vttermoſt fence, with lope gap & breake hedge, do ſeldom diſpence. Such runabout proulers, by night & by day: ſe puniſhed iuſtly, for prouling away. 75 At noone if it bloweth, at night if it ſhine, out trudgeth hew make ſhift, with hooke & wt line. whiles Gillet his blouſe, is a milking thy kow: ſyr Hew is a rigging, thy gate or the plow. 76 Such walk with a black, or a red little cur, that open will quickly, if any thing ſtur. then ſkwattith the maſter, or trudgeth away: and after dog runneth, as faſt as he may. 78 Some prouleth for fewell, & ſome away rig, fat gooſe & the capon, duck, hen & the pig. Some prouleth for akornes, to fat vp their ſwine: for corne & for apples, & all that is thine. 79 Now ſaw out thy timber, for boorde & for pale to haue it vnſhaken, & ready to ſale. Beſtow it & ſtick it, & lay it aright, to finde it in Marche, for workmen in plight. 80 Saue ſlab of thy timber, for ſtable & ſtye, for horſe & for hog, the more clenly to lye. Saue ſaw duſt, & brick duſt, & aſhes ſo fine: for alley to walke in, with neighbour of thine.

Octobers abſtract. Chap. 13. October good blaſt, To blow the hog maſt. Forgotten month paſt, do now at the laſt. 1 Lay drie vp & round, for barley thy ground. 2 To late doth kyll, to ſoone is as ill. 3 Maydes little & great, pych cleene ſeede wheat. Good ground doth craue, choyce feede to haue, Flayles luſtely thwack, leaſt ploughſeede lack. 4 Plie ſowing a pace, in euery place. 5 Soyle perfectly knowe. er eddiſh ye ſowe. Seede firſt go fetch, for eddiſh or etch. Whight wheat if ye pleaſe now ſowe vpon peaſe. Sowe firſt the beſt, and then the reſt. Kepe Crows good ſonne, ſ • e furrowing donne. 6 Sowe Akornes to proue, that timber do loue. 7 Sowe haeſtings now, if ground it allow. 8 Learne ſoone to get, a good quick ſet, 9 For feare of the wurſt, make fatt away furſt. 10 Fat that no more, ye keepe for ſtore. 11 Hyde karen in graue, leſſe noyance to haue. 12 Hog meaſeled kyll, for ſlemming that wyll. Sys haue an eye, to Bore in the ſtye. 13 Keepe ſloe vpon bow, for ſlir of thy kow. 14 With peaſe bolt & brake, ſome brew & bake, ¶Frynd ringle thy hog, for feare of a dog. Rye ſtraw vp ſtack, leaſt thetcher lack. Wheat ſtraw drye ſaue, for cattle to haue. Wheat chaffe lay vp dry, in ſafetie to lye Make hanſome a bin, for chaffe to lye in. Seede threſht thou ſhalt, threſh barley for malt. Cut buſhes to hedge, fence meadow & redge. Stamp crabs that may, for rotting away. Make vergis & perye, ſowe kyrnell & berye. Now gather vp fruit, of euery ſuite. Marſh wall too ſlight, ſtrength now or god night Where ſoyle is of ſand, quick ſet out of hand. To plots not full, add bremble & hull. For ſet no bar, while month hath an R. Lyke note thou ſhalt, for making of malt. Brew now, to laſt, till wynter be paſt.

Octobers huſbandry. Chap. 14. NOw lay vp thy barley land, drye as ye can, when euer ye ſo we it, ſo looke for it than. Get alway aforehand, be neuer behinde: leaſt winter preuenting, do alter thy mynde. 2 Who layeth vp fallow, to ſoone or to wet, with noyances many, doth barley beſet. For weede & the water, ſo ſoeketh & ſucks: that goodnes from either, it vtterly plucks. 3 Greene rye in Septēber, when timely thou haſt, October for wheat ſowing, calleth as faſt. If weather will ſuffer, this councell I geeue: leaue ſowing of wheat, before Hallomas eue. 4 Where wheat vpon ediſh, ye minde to beſtowe, let that be the firſt, of the wheat ye do ſowe. He ſemeth to hart it, & comfort to bring: that geeueth it comfort, of Mihelmas ſpring. 5 whight wheat vpō peaſe etch, is willīg to growe though beſt vpon fallow, as many do knowe. But where, how or when, ye entend to begin: let euer the fineſt, be firſt ſowen in. 6 Sowe Akornes ye owners, that tymber do leue ſowe haw & rye with them, the better to proue. If cattle or Conney, may enter to crop: yong oke is in daunger, for loeſing his top. 7 who peſkods delighteth, to haue with the furſt, if now he do ſowe them, I think it not wurſt. the greener thy peaſon, & warmer the room, More luſtye the layer, more plentie they come. 8 Go plow vp or delue vp, aduiſed with ſkil the bredth of a redg, & in length as ye will, where ſpedye quick ſet, for a fence ye will drawe to ſowe in the ſede, of the bremble and hawe. 9 Through plentie of akornes, the porkling to fat, not taken in ſeaſon, may periſh by that, if rattling & ſwelling, get once to the throte, thow loeſiſt thy porkling, a crowne to a grote. 10 Vvhat euer thing fat is, againe if it fall, thow ventriſt the thing, & the fatnes with all, the fatter the better, to ſell or to kill. But not to continew, make profe if ye wil. 11 Vvhat euer thing dyeith, go burye or burne for tameting of grownd, or a worſer ill turne, ſuch pe ••• lent ſmel, of a karrenly thinge to cattle and people, great perill may bringe. 12 Thy meaſeled baken hog, ſow, or thy bore, ſhet vp for to heale, for infecting thy ſtore, Or kil it for baken, or ſowce it to ſell for flemming that loues it, ſo deintelye well. 13 Seith water, & plump there in plentie of ſloes, mix chawlk that is dryed, in powder with thoes. which ſo, if ye geue, with the water & chalke: thou makeſt the lax, fro thy kow away walke. 14 With ſtraw, whip & peaſe bolt, wt ſerne & yt brake for ſparing of fewell, ſome brew & do bake. and heateth their copper, for ſeething of graines, good ſeruant rewarded, refuſeth no paines.

Nouembers abſtract. Chap. 15. Nouember take flayle, Let ſhip no more ſayle. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Let hog once fat, loſe nothing of that, When maſt is gon, hog falleth anon. Still fat vp ſome, till ſhrouetide come. Now pork & ſowſe, bares tack in houſe. 2 Lay flitches a ſalting, put barley to malting. Through folly to beaſtly, much bakon is reaſty. 3 In caſting prouide, for ſeede lay a ſide. 4 Threſh barley thou ſhalt, for chapman to malt. Elſe threſh no more, but for thy ſtore. 5 No chaffe in binne, makes horſe loke thinne. 6 Make Martilmas biefe, dere meate is a thiefe. 7 Set garlyke & peaſe, Saint Edmond to pleaſe. 8 When rayne takes place, to threſhing a pace. 9 Mad brayne to rough, marres all at plough. With flayle & whips, fat hen ſhort ſkips. 10 Some threſhing by taſk, will ſteale & not aſk. Suche threſſher at night, walkes ſeldom houre light Some corne away lag, in bottle & bag. Some ſteale for a ieſt, eggs out of the neſt. 11 Lay ſtooner vp drye, in order to lye. Poore kow doth craue, freſh ſtrawe to haue. 12 Make weekely vp flower, though threſher do lower. Lay grayne in loft, and turne it oft. 13 For muck regard, make clene foule yard, Lay ſtraw to rot, in watry plot. 14 Hedlong vp plow, for compas enow. 15 For herbes good ſtore, trenche garden more. 16 At midnight trye, foule pryuie to fye. 17 Ryd chimney of ſoote, from top to the foote. 18 In ſtable put now, thy horſes for plow. 19 Good horſekeper will, lay muck vpon hill. ¶Get pole boye mine, beat hawes to the ſwine. Driue hogs to the wood, brake rootes be good. For miſchief that falles, loke wel to marſh walles. Drye layer get neat, and ſerue them with meat. Kurſt cattle that nurteth, pore wennel ſoone hurteth Good neighbour mine, ryng well thy ſwine. Such winter may ſerue, hog ringd, wil ſterye. In froſt keepe dog, from hunting of hog.

Nouembers Huſbandry. Chap. 16. 1 AT hallontide, ſlawter time enterith in & then doth the huſbād mans, feaſtinge begin. from thence vnto ſhroftyde, kill now & thā ſome: their, off all for howſold, the better will come. 2 Thy dredg & thy bareley, go threſh out to malt, let malſter be cunning, elſe loſe it thow ſhalt. then creaſe of a ſeame, is a buſſhel for ſtore, bad elſe is the bareley, or huſwyfe much more. 3 Some vſith to winnew, ſome vſith to fan, ſome vſith to caſt it, ſo clene as they can. for ſede go & caſt it, for malting not for but get out the cockle, & then let it go. 4 Threſh bareley as yet, but as nede ſhall require, freſh threſſhed for ſtooner, thy cattle deſire. & therefore that threſſhing, forbare as ye maye: till candlemas cominge, for ſparinge of haye. 5 Saue chaff of the barely, of wheat & of rye from feathers & foiſtenes, where it doth lye. which mixed with corne, being ſifted of duſt, go geiue to thy cattle, when ſerue them ye muſt. 6 (For Eaſter, at Martilmas, hang vp a beife for ſtal fed & peaſe fed, play pickpurſe the theife. with that & the like, er an graſſe beife come in, thy, olk ſhall loke cherely, when others loke thin. 7 Set garlik & beanes, at S. Edmond the king, the moone in the wane, theron hangeth a thing. Thencreaſe of a pottle, well proued of ſome: ſhall pleaſure thy houſhold, er peſkod time come. 8 When raine is a let, to thy doings abrode, ſet threſſhers to threſſhing, & lay on good lode. Threſh clene, ye muſt byd them, though leſſer they yarue & loking to thriue, haue an eye to thy barne. 9 Take heede to thy man, in his furie & heate, wt ploughſtaffe & whipſtock, for manning thy neat. To threſſher for hurting, of kow with his flayle: or making thy hen, to play tapple vp tayle. 10 Some pilfering threſſher, wil walk wt a ſtaffe, will cary home corne, as it is in the chaffe. And ſome in his bottle of leather ſo great: will carye home dayly, both barley & wheat. 11 If houſeroome wil ſerue thee, lay ſtouer vp drie and euery ſort, by itſelfe for to lie. Or ſtack it for litter, if roome be to poore: and thatch out the reſidue, noying thy doore. 12 Cauſe wekely thy threſſher, to make vp his flower though ſloughful & puferer, therat do lower. Take tubb for a ſeaſon, take ſack for a ſhift: yet garne for grayue, is the better for thri • t. 13 All maner of ſtraw, that is ſcattred in yard, good huſbandly huſbands, haue dayly regard. In pyt full of water, the ſame to beſtowe, where lying to rot, thereof profit may growe. 14 Now plough vp thy hedlōd, or delue it wt 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. 15 If Garden require it, now trench it ye may, one trench not a yard, from another go lay. which being well filled, with muck by & by: go couer with mould, for a ſeaſon to ly. 16 Foule priuies are now, to be clenſed & fyed, let night be appointed, ſuch baggage to hide. which buryd in gardein, in trenches a lowe: ſhall make very many things, better to growe. 17 The chīney al ſooty, wold now be made cleene for feare of miſchances, to oftentimes ſeene. Olde chimney & ſootye, if fier once take, by burning & breaking, ſome miſchief may make. 18 when plowing is ended, & paſture not great, then ſtable thy horſes, & tend them with meat. Let ſeaſon be drye, when ye take them to houſe: for danger of nitts, or for feare of a louſe. 19 Lay compas vp handſomly, round on a hill, to walke in thy yard, at thy pleaſure & will. more compas it maketh, & handſome the plot, if horſekeper dayly, forgetteth it not.

Decembers abſtract. Chap. 17. O dirtie December For Crieſtmas remember. Forgotten month paſt, do now at the laſt. 1 No ſeaſon to hedge, get betle and wedge. Cleaue logs now all For kitchen & hall. 2 Make ſharp dull fooles or labor like fooles. 3 Leaue of tittle tattle & loke to thy cattle Serue yonge, poore, elues alone by them ſelues. 4 Warme barth to neate worth halfe their meate. The ellder that nurtrith the yonger ſoone hurtith. 5 Howſe kowe that is olde while winter doth holde. 6 Out once in a daye to drink & to playe. 7 Get truſty to ſerue leaſt cattle do ſterue. And ſuch as in dede may help at a nede. 8 Obſerue this lawe to ſerue out ſtrawe 9 In walking about good fork ſpie out. 10 At full & at change ſpringe tydes are ſtrange. If dout ye fraye Driue cattle awaye. 11 Dank linge forgot will quickly rot. 12 Here learne & trye to turne it and drye. 13 Now ſtocks remoue that orchards loue. 14 Set ſtock to growe to thick nor to lowe. Set now as they come both chearry & plome. 15 Winde North north eaſt bydds ſtock to ill feaſt. 16 At Cryſtmas is good to let thy horſe blood, 17 Marke here what rable of euils in ſtable. 18 Myx well (olde gaffe) horſe corne with chaffe. Let Iacke nor gill fetch corne at will. 19 Hyde ſtrawbories wife to ſaue their life. 20 Knot, border & all Now coouer ye ſhall. 21 Help bees ſwete conney with lickour and honney. Let Criſtmas ſpye yarde clene to lye. No labor no ſweat go labor for heat. Fode doues, but kill not if ſtroy them ye wil not. Fat hog, er ye kill it or els ye do ſpill it. Who ſethith her graines hath profit for paines. Set willow & ſallow rid garden of mallowe. Let bore lyfe render ſe brawne ſod tender. For wife fruite buye for Criſtmas pye. Ill breade & ill drinke makes many ill thinke. Both meate & coſt ill dreſſed is loſt. Who hath where with all may chere when he ſhall. But charged man muſt chere as he can.

December, Huſbandry. Chap. 18. 1 When froſt will not ſuffer, to dyke & to hedge then get the a heate, with thy beetle & wedge • nce hallomas come, & a fyer in hall, ſuch ſlyuers do wel, for to lye by thy wall. 2 Get grinſtone & whetſtone, to ſharpen thy toole, or elſe go & loyter, or let like a foole. A whelebarow alſo, be ſuer to haue: at hand of thy ſeruant, thy compas to ſaue. 3 Geeue cattle their fodder, in plot drie & warme, and counte them for myring, or other like harme. yong coltes with thy wennels, to gether go ſerue: leaſt lurched by others, they happen to ſterue. 4 The rack is commendid, for ſauing of dong, ſo ſet as the olde, cannot miſchief the yong. In tempeſt (the winde) being northely or eaſt warme harth vnder hedge, is a ſucker to beaſt. 5 The houſing of cattle, while winter doth holde, is good for all ſuch, as are feble & olde. It ſaueth much compas, & many a ſleepe: and trymlie refreſheth, the walke of thy ſheepe. 9 For charges ſo little, much quiet is wonne, if ſtrongly & handſomely, all thing be donne. but vſe to vntackle them, once in a day: to rub & to lick them, to drink & to play. 7 Get truſtie to tend them, not lubberly ſquire, that all the day long, hath his noſe at the fier. Nor truſt vnto children, poore cattle to feede: but ſuch as be able, to help at a neede. 8 ſerue rye ſtraw out firſt, thē wheat ſtraw & peaſe then oteſtraw & barley, then hay if ye pleaſe. But ſerue them with hay, while ye ſtraw ſtouer laſt then loue they no ſtraw, they had rather to faſt. 9 Yokes forkes & ſuch other, let bayly ſpie out, and gather the ſame, as he walketh about. and after at leyſure, let this be his hier, to beath them & trim them, at home by the fier. 10 As well at ye full of the moone, as the chaunge, ſea rages in winter, be ſuddenly ſtraunge. then looke to thy marſhes, if dout be to fray: for feare of (ne forte) haue cattle away. 11 Both ſaltfiſh & lingfiſh (if any ye haue,) through ſhifting & drying, from rotting go ſaue. Leaſt winter with moiſtnes, do make it relent: and put it in hazard, er ere it be ſpēt. 12 Broome fagot is beſt, to haberden on, lay boorde vpon ladder, if fagots be gon. For breking (in turning) haue very good eye, and blame not the winde, ſo the weather be drye. 13 Good fruit & good plentie, doth well in thy loft then make thee an orchard, & cheriſh it oft. For plant or for ſtock, lay afore hand to caſt: but ſet or remoue it, er Chriſtmas be paſt. 14 Set one for another, full fortie foote wide, to ſtand as he ſtoode, is a parte of his pride. more faire, more worthy, of coſt to remoue, more ſteady ye ſet it, more likely to proue. 15 To teach & vnteache, is vnmete in a ſkoole, to do & vndo, is the part of a foole. then orchard or hopyard, ſo trimmed with coſt, ſhoold not through follie, be ſpoiled & loſt. 16 Er Chriſtmas be paſſed, let horſe be let blood, for many a purpos, it doth them much good the daye of ſaint Stephan, olde fathers dyd vſe if that do miſlike the ſome other daye chuſe. 17 Loke well to thy horſes, in ſtable thow muſt, that haye be not foiſlie, nor chaffe ful of duſt, nor ſtone in their prouender, fether nor clotts: nor fed with grene peaſon, for breedinge of botts. 18 Some horſkeper, laſſhith out prouender ſo, ſome gillian ſpendall, ſo often doth go. for hogs meate & hennes meate, for that & for this: that corne is conſumed, er chapman hath his. 19 If froſt do continewe, take this for a lawe, the ſtrawberies looke, to be couerd with ſtraw. layde ouerly trim, vppon crotchis & bowes & after vncouerd, as weather alowes. 20 The gilleflower alſo, the ſkilful do knowe, do looke to be couerd, in froſt & in ſnowe: the knot & the border, & roſemarye gaye, do craue the like ſuckour, for dyeing awaye. Go loke to thy bees, if the hiue be to light ſeith water & honey, with roſemarye dight, which ſet in a diſh, full of ſtir •• in the hyue▪ from famen & daunger, ye ſaue them alyue.

A digreſſion to hoſpitalitie. Chap. 19. LEane huſbandrie ſleeping, a whiter ye muſt do: to learne of houſekeeping, a leſſon or two▪ What euer is ſent thee by trauell & payne▪ a tyme there is ſent thee to rendrit agayne. Although ye defend it vnſpent for to bee: another ſhall ſpend it no thank vnto thee. How euer we clyme to accompliſh the 〈◊〉 ▪ we haue but a time thereof profit to finde.

A diſcription of time and they are▪ Chap. 20. Of God in thy doings, a time there is • e •• e, which endeth with time, that in doing is ſpent, For time is it ſelfe, but a time for a time▪ forgotten full ſoone, as the time of a ch •• ſe▪ Spring. Sommer.In ſpring time we reare, we do ſowe & we plant, in Sommer get vittels, leaſt after we want. Harueſt. Winter.In harueſt, we cary in corne & the fruite: in Winter, to ſpend, as we neede of eche ſuite. Childhode. youth.The yeare I compare, as I finde for a trueth, the ſpring, vnto childhode, the Summer to youth. Manhode.The harueſt to manhode, the winter to age, Age.all quickly forgot, as a Play on a ſtage. Time paſt is forgotten, ere men be aware, time preſent is thought on, with wonderful care. Time comming is feared, & therefore we ſaue: yet oft ere it come, we be gon to the graue.

A deſcription of life & riches. Chap. 21. VVho liuing, but dayly diſcerne it he may, how life as a ſhadow, doth vaniſh away. And nothing to count on, ſo ſuer & iuſt: as ſuer of death, and to turne into duſt. The landes & the riches, that here we poſſeſſe, be none of our owne, if a God we profeſſe. But lent be of him, as his talent of Golde, which being demanded, who can it withholde. God maketh no writing, that iuſtly doth ſay, how long we ſhall haue it, a yere or a day. But leaue it we muſt (howſoeuer we leeue:) when Atrop ſhal pluck vs from hence by the ſleeue. To death we muſt ſtoupe, be we high, be we lowe, but how, & how ſodeinly, fewe be that knowe. what cary we then, but a ſheete to the graue: to couer this carkas, of all that we haue.

A deſcription of houſe keeping. Chap. 22. VVhat then of this talēt, while here we remaine but ſtudy to yelde it, to God with a gaine. And that ſhall we do, if we do it not hyd: but vſe and beſtow it, as Chriſt doth vs byd. What good to get ryches, by breaking of ſleepe, but (hauing the ſame) a good houſe for to keepe. Not only to bring, a good fame to thy doore: but alſo the praier, to winne of the poore. Of al other doings, houſe keping is chiefe, for dayly it helpeth, the poore with releife. The neighbor, the ſtranger, & al that haue neede, which cauſeth thy doings, the better to ſpeede. Though hearken to this, we ſhould euer among, yet chiefly at Chriſtmas, of all the yere long. Good cauſe of that vſe, may appere by the name, though nigerly nigards, do kick at the ſame.

A deſcription of Chriſtmas. Chap. 23. Of Chriſt cōmeth Chriſtmas, the name wt ye feaſt, a time full of ioy, to the greateſt & leaſt. At Chriſtmas was Chriſt (our ſauiour) borne the world thorough ſinne, al together forlorne. At Chriſtmas the day, doth begin to take length, of Chriſt our faith, do begin to take ſtrength. As Chriſtmas is onely, a figure or trope: ſo onely in Chriſt, is the ſtrength of our hope. At Chriſtmas we banket, the riche with the poore, who▪ then (but the miſer) but opeith his doore. At Chriſtmas of Chriſt, many Carols we ſing: and geue many gifts, in the ioy of that king. At Chriſtmas in Chriſt, we reioice and be glad, as onely of whom, our comfort is had. At Chriſtmas we ioy, altogether with mirth: for his ſake that ioyed vs al, with his birth.

A diſcription of apt time to ſpend. chap. 24. LEt ſuch (ſo fantaſtical) liking not this, nor any thing honeſt, that auncient is. Geue place to the time, that ſo meete we do ſee: appointed of God, as it ſeemeth to bee. At Chriſtmas, good huſbāds haue corn on ye groūd in barne & in ſell •• worth many a pound. Things plenty in houſe, (beſide Cattel & ſheepe) al ſent them (no doubt en) good houſes to keepe. At Chriſtmas, ſhe hardneſſe of winter doth rage, a grieper of al things, & ſpecially age. Then lightly poore people, the yong with the olde, be ſoreſt oppreſſed, with honger & colde. At Chriſtmas, by labour is little to get, that wanting the pooreiſh in daunger are ſet. what ſeaſon then better, of al the whole yere: thy nedy poore neighbour, to comfort & chere.

Againſt fantaſticall ſcrupleneſſe. chap. 25. At this thing & ye thing, ſom make a great matter, ſom help not, but hinder ye poore wt their clatter. Take cuſtome frō feaſting, what commeth thē laſt wher one hath a dinner, a hundred ſhal faſt. To dog in the maunger, ſome licken I coulde that hay will eate none, nor let other that woulde. ſome ſcarce in a yeare, geue a diner or two, nor wel can abide, any other to do. Play thou the good felow, ſeke none to miſdeme hate ner that be honeſt, though mery they ſeme. For often time ſene, no more very a knaue, than he that doth counterfait, moſt to be graue.

Chriſtmas husbandly fare. chap. 26. GOod huſband & huſwyfe, now chiefly be glad, things hādſom to haue, as they ought to be had They both do prouide, againſt Chriſtmas do come to welcom their neighbour, good chere to haue ſom Good bread & good drinke, a good fyer in the hall, brawne pudding & ſouſe & good muſtarde withal. Biefe, mutton, & porke, ſhred pyes of the beſt, pig, veale, gooſe & capon, & Turkey wel dreſt: Cheſe, apples & nuttes, iollie Caroles to here, as then, in the cuntrey, is counted good chere. What coſt to good huſbande, is any of this? good houſholde prouiſion, onely it is. Of other the like, I do leaue out a meny, that coſteth the huſbandman, neuer a peny.

A Chriſtmas Karrol of the byrth of Chriſt, vppon the tune of King Salomon. Chap. 27. WAs not Chriſt ower Sauiour, ſent vnto vs, from God aboue, not for ower good behauiour: but onely of his mercy & loue. if this be true, as true it is, truely in dede: Great thankes to God to yeld for this, then had we nede. 2 This did our God for a very trothe, to trayne to him, the ſoule of man, and iuſtly to performe his othe: to Sara & to Abraham than, that through his ſede, all nations ſhould bleſſed be: As in due time, performed he would, al fleſh ſhould ſee. 3 which wondrouſly is brought to paſſe, and in our ſight al ready donne, By ſending, as his promis was (to comfort vs) his onely ſonne, euē Chriſt (I meane) that virgins childe in bethelem borne. that lamb of God, that prophet milde, with crowned thorne. 4 Such was his loue to ſaue vs all, from danger of the curſe of God, that we ſtood in by Adams fall, & by our owne deſerued rod that through his blood & holy name, to ſuch as beleues, And flye from ſinne, & abors the ſame, free mercye he geues. 5 For theaſe glad newes, this feaſt doth bringe to God, the Sonne and holy Ghoſte, let man geue thankes reioyce & ſinge. from world to world, from coſte to coſte, for al other giftes ſo many wayes, that God doth ſend. Let vs in Chriſte, geue God the praiſe, while life ſhal end. T. Tuſſer. At Chriſtmas be merye, & thankfull withall, & feaſt thy poore neighbours, ye great with ye ſmall. yea al the yeare long▪ to the poore let vs geue: Gods bleſſing to follow vs, whiles we do leue.

Ianuaries abſtract. Chap. 28. A kindely good Ia ••• ere Freeſith pot by the feere. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Bid Chryſtmas adue, thy ſtock renewe. 2 Who killeth a neate, hath cheaper his meate. Fat, home fed ſowce is good in a howſe. 3 Who dainties loue, a begger will proue. Who all awaye ſells in hunger dwells. 4 Who nothing ſaue ſhall nothing haue. 5 Lay durt vpon heapes, ſome profit it reapes. When weather is hard, get murk out a yard. A fallow beſtowe, where peaſe ſhall growe. 6 Go gether quick ſet the yongiſt go get. To plotts not full ad bremble and hull. Dig garden ſtroy mallow ſet willow and ſallow. Grene ſet as a ſtake in banke they will take. 7 Let Doe go to buck wyſh conney good luck. Spare labor nor money ſtore borough with cōney. Get warriner bownde to vermyn thy grownd. Fede doues, but kill not, if loſe them ye will not. Doue howſe repaier make doue hole faier. For hop grownd tolde doue dong worth golde. 8 Good gardener mine make garden ••• e. Set garden peaſe and beanes if ye pleaſe. Set reſpis & roſe yonge roots of thoſe. 9 The timely buyer hath cheaper his fyer. 10 Some burnes without wit Some fierles ſit. 11 Now ſeaſ • n is good, to lop or fell wood. Prune tree, ſome alowes, for cattle to browes. 12 Geue ſhepe to their fees, the myſtle of trees. 13 Let lop be ſhorne, that hindrith corne. Saue edder & ſtake ſtronge hedge to make. 14 For ſay as ye knowe, let one bough growe. Next yere ye maye that bough cut awaye. 15 A leſſon good, to encreaſe more wood. 16 How euer ye ſkotch, ſaue pole and crotch. 17 From Chriſtmas to May, weake cattle decaye. 18 With vergis aquaynte, poore bullok ſo fainte. This medcine aproued, is for to be loued. 19 Let playſter lye, three dayes to trye. To longe yf ye ſtaye. taile rots awaye. 20 Eawes ready to yeane, craues grownd rid clean. 21 Keepe buſhes from bill, till hedge ye will. 22 No buſhes of mine▪ if fence be thine. 23 In ſtubbed plot, fill hole with clot. Take for thy turne, their roots go burne. 24 Rid graſſe of bones, of ſtickes & ſtones. 25 Warme barth geue lāmes good fode to their dāmes. Loke dayly wel to them, leaſt doggs vndo them. 26 Yonge lamb weld ſolde, fat lamb, worth golde. 27 Kepe twinnes for breede, as eawes haue feede. 28 One calfe if it pleaſe ye, now reered ſhall eaſe ye. Calues likely rere, at rieſing of yere. Calfe large & leane, is beſt to weane. 29 Calfe lickt take awaye, & howſe it ye maye. This poynt I alow, for ſeruant & kow. 30 Calues yōger then other, learne one of another. 31 No danger at all, to geld as they fall. Yet Myhell cryes, pleaſe butchers eyes. 32 Sow ready to fars, craues huſwiues care. 33 Leaue ſow but fyue, the better to thryue. 34 Weane ſuch for ſtore, as ſucks before. Weane onely but three, for breeders to bee. 35 Lamb, bulchin & pyg, geld vnder the byg. 36 Learne wit ſir dolt, in gelding of colt. 37 Geld yong thy fylly, elſe periſh will gynny, Let gelding alone, of large of bone. By brethely titts, feaw profit hitts. 38 Breede euer the beſt, and do of the reſt. Of long & large, take huſwife a charge. 39 Good milch • ow & ſound, yeldes yerely a pound. Good faryng ſow, holdes profit with kow. 40 Who kepes, both twaine the more may gaine. 41 Thy garden twyfallow, ſtroy hemblock & mallow. 42 Like practiſe they proue, that hops do loue. 43 Now make & wandin, tryin bower to ſtand in. Leaue waddling about. tyll arbor be out. 44 Who now ſowes otes, gets golde & grotes▪ Who ſowes in Maye. gets little that waye. 45 Goe breake vp land, get mattock in hand. Stub roote ſo tough, for breaking of plough. 46 What greater cryme, then loſſe of tyme. 47 Small profit is found, by peeling of ground. 48 Land paſt the beſt, caſt vp to reſt. Get pull •• g hooke (ſirs,) for brome & firs. Pluck brome, brome ſtil, Cut brome, brome kill. Brome pluct by & bye, breake vp for rye. Frende ringle thy hog, or loke for a dog. For ſet, no barr, while month hath an r. So marke thow ſhalt, for making of malt. In caſting prouide, for ſeede lay a ſide. Get dong frende mine, for ſtock & vine. If earth be not ſoft, Go digg it a loft. For quamier get bootes, ſtub alders & rootes. Hop poles wax ſkant, for poles mo plant. Set cheſt nut & wallnut, ſet filberd & ſmallnut. peach plumtree & chery, yong baye & his bearye. Or ſet there ſtone, vnſet leaue out none. Sowe kirnels to beare, of apple & peare. All trees that beare gome, ſet now as they come. And ſet or remoue, what fruite ye loue. ¶Of trees & fruits· 1 Apple trees, of al ſorts. 2 Apricockes. 3 Barberies. 4 Boolleſſe black & whight. 5 Cherries, red & black. 6 Cheſtnuts. 7 Cornet plums. 8 Damiſcus, whight & black 9 Filberds, red & white. 10 Gooſe beries. 11 Grapes whight & red. 12 Grene or gras plums. 13 Hurtilberies. 14 Meddlers or marles. 15 Mulbery. 16 Peaches, whight & red, 17 Peares of al ſortes, 18 Peareplōs, black & yelow 19 quince trees. 20 Reſpis. 21 Reiſons. 22 Small nuts. 23 Strawberies red & white. 24 Seruice trees. 25 Wall nuts, 26 Wardens white & red, 27 Wheat plums. Now ſet ye may, the box & baye. haythorne & prim, For clothes trim.

Ianuaries Huſbandry. Chap. 29. VVhen Chriſtmas is endid, bid feaſting adue, go play the good huſbād, thy ſtock to renewe. be mindeful of rearinge, in hope of a gaine: daine profit ſhall geue the, reward for thy paine. 2 Who, both by his calfe, & his lāb wil be knowne may wel kil a neate, & a ſhepe of his owne. & he that will reare vp, a pig in his howſe: hath cheaper his bakon, & ſweter his ſowſe. 3 who eatith his veale, pig & lamb being froth, ſhall twyſe in a weke, go to bed without broth. vnſkilfull, that pas not, but ſell awaye ſell: ſhall neauer haue plenty, where euer they dwell. 4 Be gredye in ſpending, & careles to ſaue, & ſhortly be nedy, & ready to craue. be wilfull to kill, & vnſkilfull to ſtore, & neauer loke long, to kepe howſe any more. 5 Laye dyrt vpon heapes, fayer yarde to be ſeene, yf froſt wil abyde it, to filde with it cleene. in winter a fallowe, ſome loue to beſtowe, where peaſe for the pot, they entend for to ſowe. 6 In making or mending, as nedith thy ditch, get ſet to quick ſet it, learne cunningly whitch. in hedging (where claye is) get ſtake as ye knowe of popeler & willowe, for fewell to growe. 7 Leau • 〈…〉 Cunney, let doe go to buck, and ve ••••• e thy burrow, for feare of ill luck. Fede Doue (no more killīg) old doue houſe repaire ſaue doue doung, for • hep • ard, whē houſe ye make faire. 8 Dig garden, ſtroy mallow, now may ye areaſe, and ſet (as a deintie) thy rantifall • eaſe. Go cut & ſet roſes, thuſe aptly the plot: the rootes of the yongeſt, are beſt to be got. 9 In tune go & bargaine, leaſt worſe • do fall, for fewell, for making, for cariage & all. to buy at the ſtub, is the beſt for the buyer: more timely prouiſion, cheaper the fyer. 10 Some burneth a lode, at a time in his hall, ſome neuer leue burning, till burnt they haue all. Some making of hauock, without any wit: make many poore ſoules, without fier to ſit. 11 If froſt do continue, this leſſon doth well, for comfort of cattle, the fewell to fell From euery tree, the ſuperſluous bowes: now prune for thy neate, thereupon to go browes. 12 In pruning & trumming, all maner of trees, reſerue to eache cattle, their properly fees. If ſnowe do continue, ſhepe hardly that fare: craue miſtle & Iuye, for them for to ſpare. 13 Now lop for thy fewell, olde pollenger growen that hinders the corne, or the graſſe to be mowen. In lopping & felling, ſaue edder & 〈◊〉 thine hedgis as nedith, to mend or to make. 14 In loppinge olde Jocha • , for feare of miſhap, one bough ſtaye vnloyned, to cheriſh the ſap. the ſecond yeare after, then boldly ye maye: For dripping 〈◊〉 fellows, that bough cut awaye. 15 Lop poppler & ſalow, elme, maple & prye, Wel ſaued from cattle, till ſommer to lye. ſo far as in lopping, ther tops ye do flinge: ſo far without plantinge, yonge copye wil ſpringe. 16 If hopyard or orchard, ye minde for to haue, for hoppoles & crotchis, in lopping go ſaue. which huſbandly ſpared, maye ſerue at a puſh: & ſtop, by ſo hauinge, two gapps with a buſh. 17 From Chriſtmas till May, be wel entered in, ſome cattle wex fainte, & loke poorely & thin, and cheifly, when prime graſſe at firſt doth apere: then moeſt is the daunger, of al the whole yere. 18 Take vergis & heat it, (a pinte for a kow) bay ſalt full a hand, to rub tong ye wote how. That dōne, with the ſalt, let her drink of the reſt: this many tunes rayſeth, the feeble vp beſt. 19 Poore bullock with browſing, & naughtely fed, ſkarſe feedith, her teeth be ſo loſe in her hed. then ſlyſe ye the taile, where ye fele it ſo ſoft: with ſoote & with garelyck, bound to it a loft. 20 By bre •• bles & buſhes, in paſture to full, poore ſheepe be in danger, & loſeth their wull. Now therefore thine eawe, vpon lāming ſo neere: deſireth in paſture, that all may be cleere. 21 Leaue grubbing or pullīg, of buſhes (my ſonne) till timely thy fenſes, require to be donne. then take of the beſt, for to furniſh thy turne, & home with the reſt, for the fyer to burne. 22 In euery greene, if the fence be not thine, now ſtub vp the buſhes, the graſſe to be fine. Leaſt neighbour do daylie, ſo hack them beliue: that neither thy buſhes, nor paſture can thriue. 23 In ridding of paſture, with turues ſo bye, fill euery hole vp, as cloſe as a dye. The labor is litle, the profit is gaye: what euer, the loytering laborers ſaye. 24 The ſticks & the ſtones, go & gather vp cleene, for hurting of ſieth, or for harming of greene. For feare of Hew prouler, get home with the reſt, when froſt is at hardiſt, then carrige is beſt. 25 yōg brome or good paſture, thy ewes do require warme barth & in ſafetie, their lambs do deſire. looke often well to them, for foxes & dogs: for pitts & for brembles, for ve •• in & hogs. 26 More deintie yt lāb, the more worth to be ſolde, the ſooner the better, for eawe that is olde. But if ye do minde, to haue milke of th • dame: till May do not ſea • er, the lamb fro the ſame. 27 Eaws yerely by twining, rich maſters do make the lamb of ſuch twynners, for breeders go take. For twinlings be twiggers, encreaſe for to bring: though ſome for their twigging, peccantē may ſing 28 Calues likely, yt come betwene Chriſtmas & lēt, take huſwife to rere, or elſe after repent. Of ſuch as do fall, betwene change & the prime: no rering, but ſell, or go kill them in time. 29 Houſe calfe, & go ſockle it twiſe in a daye, and after a while, ſet it water & haye. Stake ragged to rub on, no ſuch as will bend: then weane it well tended, at fiftie daies end. 30 The ſenior weaned, his yonger ſhall teache, both how to drink water, & hay for to reache. More ſtroeken & made of whē ought it do aile more gentle ye make it, for yoke or the paile. 31 Geld bull calfe, & ramlamb, as ſone as they fall, for therein is lightly, no daunger at all. Some ſpareth the ton, for to pleaſure the eye: to haue him ſhew greater, when butcher ſhal buye. 32 Soowes ready to farrow, this time of ye yere, are for to be made of, & counted full dere. For now is the loſſe of a fare of the ſoow: more great thē the loſſe, of two calues of thy koow 33 Of on • ſow together, rere fewe aboue fiue, and thoſe of the faireſt, & likeſt to thriue. Vngelt of the beſt, kepe a coople for ſtore: one bore pig & ſow pyg, that ſucketh before. 34 Who hath a deſire, to haue ſtore very large, at whyſontide, let him geeue huſwife a charge. To rere of a ſow at once, onely but three: and one of them alſo, a boare let it bee. 35 Geld vnder the damme, wtin ſortnight at leaſt, and ſaue both thy mony. & life of the beaſt. Geld later with gelders, as many one do: and looke of a dozen, to geld away two. 36 Thy coltes for the ſaddle, geld yong to be light, for cart do not ſo, if thou iudgeſt aright. Nor geld not, but when they be luſty and fat: for there is a point, to be learned in that. 37 Geld fillies (but titts) er an ix. daies of age, they die elſe of gelding, or gelders do rage. yong fillies ſo likelie, of bulk & of bone: kepe ſuch to be breeders, let gelding alone. 38 For gayning a trifle, ſell neuer thy ſtore, what ioye to acquaintance, what pleaſureth more. the larger of body, the better for breede: more forward of growing, the better they ſpeede. 39 Good milchkow well fed, that is faier & ſound, is yerely for profit, as good as a pound. and yet by the yere, haue I proued er now: as good to the purſe, is a ſow as a kow. 40 Keepe one & kepe both, with as litle a coſt, then all ſhall be ſaued, & nothing be loſt. Both hauing to gether, what profit is caught: good huſwiues (I warrāt ye) nede not be taught. 41 Thy garden plot lately, wel trenched & muckt: would now be twyfalowd, ye mallows out pluckt well clenſed & purged, of roote & of ſtone: that faut therein afterward, found may be none. 42 Remember thy hop yard, if ſeaſon be drye, now dig it & weede it, & ſo let it lye. More fenny the layer, the better his luſt: moſt apt to beare hops, whē it crumbles like duſt. 43 To arbor begunne, & quick ſetted about, no poeling nor waddling, till ſet be far out. For Rotten & aged, may ſtand for a ſheaw: but holde to their tackling, they cannot but feaw. 44 In Ianiuere, huſband that poucheth ye grotes will breake vp his laye, or be ſowing of otes. Otes ſowen in Ianiuere, laye by thy wheate: in Maye, by thy haye, for thy cattle to eate. 45 Let ſeruant be ready, with mattock in hand, to ſtubb out the buſhes, that noyeth the land. And cumberſome rootes, ſo annoying the plough turne vpward their arſes, with ſorow enough. Who breaketh vp timely, his fallow or laye, ſets forward his huſbandry, many awaye. this tilth in a tilture, well forward doth bring: not onely thy tillage, but all other thing. 47 Some breaking vp laye, ſoweth otes to begin, to ſuck out the moiſture, ſo ſower therin. yet otes with her ſucking, a peeler is found: and ill to the maſter, & worſe to ſome ground. 48 Land arable dreuen, or worne to the proofe, and craueth ſome reſt, for thy profits behoofe. with otes ye may ſowe it, the ſooner to graſſe: and ſo to good profit, to bring it to paſſe.

Februaries abſtract. Chap. 30. Febb. ſill the dyke, with what ye lyke. Forgotten month paſt, do now at the laſt. 1 To coſteman ryde, lent ſtuffe to prouyde. 2 Sowe now ye maye, beanes, peaſon graye. Kepe whight vnſowne, til more be knowne. 3 Where clods great fall, there harrow ye ſhall. Stick boowes arowe, wher rounciualls growe. 5 Sowe kirnels & hawe. where ridge ye did drawe. 6 Sowe hemp to kil weede, ſowe muſtard ſeede. Where ſetts do growe, ſee nothing ye ſowe. 7 Cut vynes & oſier, plaſh hedge of encloſier. Feede highly thy ſwan, to loue her good man. Neſt high I aduiſe, leaſt flood do ariſe. 8 Land medowe ſpare, there dong is good ware. 9 Poore cattle craue, ſome ſhift to haue. 10 Kow little geeueth, that hardly leeueth. Go ſtrike at the noewles, of deluing moewles. Such hillocks in vayne, laye leueled playne. ¶Trench meadow & redge, dike, quickſet & hedge. To plots not full, ad bremble & hull. Poore Cunney ſo bagged is ſoone ouer lagged. Plaſh borow ſet clapper, for dog is a ſnapper. Good flyght who loues, muſt feede their doues. Byd hawking adewe, caſt hawke into mewe. Kepe ſheepe out of briers, kepe beaſt out of miers. Kepe lambs from fox, elſe ſheapard go box. Good neighbour mine, now yoke thy ſwine. Now euery daye, ſet hops ye maye. Now ſet for the pot, beſt herbs to be got. For ſlowers go ſet, all ſorts ye can get. As winter doth proue, ſo maye ye remoue. For all the yere, now all thing rere, Watch ponds go looke, to weeles & hooke. Knaues neuer repent, to ſteale in lent. All fiſh they get, that commeth to net.

Februaries Huſbandry. Chap. 31. NOw timely for lent ſtuff, thy money diſburſe, the longer ye tarye, for profit the wurſe. if one penye vantage, be there in to ſaue: of coſteman or Flemming, be ſure it to haue. Go plow in the ſtubble, take timely this ſeaſon, be ſoweing of fitchis, of beanes & of peaſon. Now, ſooner ye ſowe them, the ſooner they coom: & better for how ſold, they fill vp a room. 3 Go harrow the peaſon, ye buried ſo depe, leaſt clod do compel them, for euer to ſlepe, or thyſtles ſo meaney (that cumberſom wede.) where clay hath the maſtrie, come vp in their ſtede 4 Styck plentie of boows, among runcifall peaſe, to climber there on, & to branch at their eaſe. ſo doing more tender, & greater they wex, if peacocke & turkie, leaue iobbing their becks. 5 Now ſow & go harow (wher redge ye did draw) the ſede of the bremble, with kurnel & hawe. which couered ouerlye, ſoone to ſhut out: go ſe it be diched, & fenſed about. 6 Where banks be amended, & newly vp caſt, ſowe muſtard ſeede, after a ſhower be paſt. where plots ful a netles, be noyſom to eye: ſowe thervpon hempſeede, & nettles will dye. 7 The vines & the oſiers, cut & go ſet, if grape be vnpleaſant, a better go get. Fede ſwan, & go make her vp, ſtrongly a neſt: for feare of a floode, good & high is the beſt. 8 Land meadow, that yearely is ſpared for hay, now fence it & ſpare it, & dong it ye may. get mouleketcher, conningly mowle for to kill: & harow & caſt abrode, euery hill. 9 Frend, alwaye let this, be a part of thy care, for ſhift of good paſture, laye paſture to ſpare. ſo haue ye good feeding, in buſhets & leaze: & quickly ſafe finedinge, of cattle at eaſe. 10 where cattle maye run about, roeuing at will, from paſture to paſture, pore bellye to fill. there paſture & cattle, bothe hungry & bare: for want of good huſbandrye, worſer do fare.

Marches abſtract. Chap. 32. Marche duſt to be ſolde, Worth raūſomes of golde. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Whight peaſon ſowe, Skare hungry crowe. 2 ſpare meadow for hay, ſpare marſhes at May. 3 What champion vſith, woodland refuſith. Kepe ſhepe from dog, Kepe lamb from hog. If foxes mowſe them, then, nightly howſe them. 4 March drye or wet, hop grownde go ſet. yonge rootes well dreſt, proue euer the beſt. Hop gut or ſtring, is a naughty thing. 5 Here learne the waye, hop rootes to laye 6 Rootes beſt to proue, thus ſet I loue. 7 Leaue ſpace & rome, to hillock to come. 8 Of hedge & willow, hop makes her pillow. Good bearing hop, climes vp to the top. Kepe hop from ſonne, & hop is vndonne. 9 Hop tooles procure, that may endure. Iron crowe, lyke a ſtake, depe hole to make. A ſcraper to pare, the earth about bare. A hone to raiſe roote, lyke ſole of a boote. Sharpe knife to cut, ſuperfluous gut. 10 Who graffing loues, now graffing proues. Of euery ſuite, moſte deintie fruite. Graff good fruit all, or graff not all. Sowe euen the land, with plentifull hand. Sowe ouer & vnder, in clay is no wonder. 13 Straight follow ye plough, & harrow enough. With ſling or bowe, go ſkare awaye crowe. 14 Rowle after a deawe, when bareley doth ſheawe More handſom to make it, to mowe & to rake it. 15 Learne here ye maye, beſt harrowing waye. 16 Make ready a plot, for ſeedes for the pot. 17 Beſt ſearching mindes, the beſt waye findes. 18 For garden beſt, is South ſouthweſt. 19 Good tilth brings ſeedes, ill tilture weedes. 20 For ſommer ſowe nowe, for winter ſee howe. 21 To ſet or ſowe, learne time to knowe. 22 yonge plants ſone dye, that growe to drye. 23 In countrey doth reſt, what ſeaſon is beſt. 24 Good poore mans fare, is poore mans care. And not to boſte, of ſod & roſte. 25 Cauſe rooke & rauen, to ſeke a newe hauen. ¶Geld lambs now all, ſtreight as they fall. Looke twiſe a daye, leaſt lambs decaye. Kepe corne from crowe, with arrow & bowe. Where horſe did harrow put ſtones in barrow. Or laye them bye, in heapes on hye. Let oxen fat, loſe nothing of that. Now hunt with dog, vnyoked hog. Wiſh doues good luck, hen, gooſe, & duck. To ſpare a right, ſpare March his flight. Saue chickins poore buttocks, from pye, crowe & puttocks. Some loue now beſt, yong rabbets neſt. Now knaues will ſteale, pyg, lamb & veale. Here learne to knowe, what ſeedes to ſowe. And ſuche to plant, whoſe ſeedes do want. ¶Seedes & herbes for the kichen. 1 AVens. 2 Bleetes or beetes, white or yellow. 3 Blood woort. 4 Buglas 5 Burnet. 6 Burrage. 7 Cabage remoue in Iune. 8 Clarye. 9 Coleworts 10 Creſſes 11 Dyttanye or garden ginger. 12 Endiue 13 Fenell 14 French Malowes. 15 French Saffron. Set in Auguſt. 16 Harſttong. no ſeede. 17 Lang debiefe. 18 Leekes. remoue in Iune 19 Lettis remoue in May 20 Long wort 21 Lyuer wort 22 Marygoldes often cut. 23 Mercury 24 Myntes at all times. 25 Nep 26 Oyneons from December to Marche. 27 Orach or arach, red & whight. 28 Patience. 29 Percelye. 30 Penetall, 31 Primeroſe, 32 Poret. 33 Roſemarye, in the Springtime, 34 Sage, red & whight. 35 Saffron. ſet in Auguſt. 36 Sommer ſauery. 37 Sorrell. 38 Spinnage. 39 Suckerye. 40 Siethees. 41 Tanzye. 42 Time. 43 Violettes, of al ſortes 44 winter ſauory. ¶Herbs & rootes for ſallets & ſawce. 1 Alexanders, at al times. 2 Artichocks. 3 Bleſſed thyſtle, or Carduus Benedictus. 4 Cucumbers, in Aprill & Maye. 5 Creſſis, ſowe with lettice in the Springe. 6 Cudiue 7 Muſtarde ſede, ſowe in ye ſpring & at Mighelmas. 8 Muſk myllions, in Aprill & May. 9 Mintes. 10 Purſlane, 11 Rediſh. 12 Rampions. 13 Rockat. in April. 14 Sage. 15 Sorrell. 16 Spinage, for ye ſōmer 17 Sea helye. 18 Sperage, let growe two yeares & then remoue, 19 Skirrets. ſet their plants in Marche. 20 Suckerye. 21 Tarragon. April. 22 Violets. ¶Theaſe buy with the peny, or loke not for eny. 1 Capers. 2 Lemmans. 3 Oliues. 4 Orrengis. 5 Riſe. 6 Sampire. ¶Herbes & rootes to boyle or to butter. 1 Beanes, ſet in winter. 2 Cabbegis, ſowe in Marche, & after remoue, 3 Carrets. 4 Cytrons. ſowe in May. 5 Goordes, in Maye. 6 Nauews, ſowe in Iune. 7 Pompiones, in May. 8 Parceneps in winter. 9 Roncifall peaſe. ſet in winter. 10 Rapes. ſowe in Iune. 11 Turnepes, in March & April. ¶Strowing herbes of al ſorts. 1 Baſell, fine & buſht, ſowe in May. 2 Bawlme. ſet in March. 3 Camamel. 4 Coſtemarye. 5 Cowſleps, & paggles. 6 Dayſles, of al ſorts. 7 Swete fonnell. 8 Germander, 9 Iſop, ſet in Februarie. 10 Lauender. 11 Lauender ſpike, 12 Lauender • otten. 13 Margerom knotted, ſowe or ſet at the Spring. 14 Mawdelin. 15 Peny ryall. 16 Roſes, of al ſortes in Ian. & Sept. 17 Red myntes. 18 Sage. 19 Tanzey. 20 Violetts. 21 Winter ſauery. ¶Herbes, branchis & flowers for windowes & potts. 1 Bayes, ſowe or ſet in plants in Ianuarie. 2 Batchelers buttens, 3 Botles, blewe, red & tauney, 4 Collembines. 5 Campions. 6 Daffadondillies. 7 Eglantine, or ſwete bryer. 8 Fetherfewe. 9 Flower armour, ſowe in Maye. 10 Flower deluce, 11 Flower gentil, whight & red. 12 Flower nyce. 13 Gelyflowers, red, whight & carnacions, ſet in Spring, & Herueſt in potts, payles or tubs, or for ſommer in bedds. 14 Holiokes, red, whight & carnacions. 15 Indian eye, ſowe in Maye, or ſet in ſlips in March. 16 Lauender, of al ſorts. 17 Larkes foot. 18 Laus tibi. 19 Lillium cum valium. 20 Lilies, red & whight, ſowe or ſet in Marche, & September 21 Marigoldes double. 22 Nigella romana. 23 Pauncies, or hartſeaſe. 24 Pagells, grene & yellowe. 25 Pinkes, of al ſorts. 26 Quenegeliflowers. 27 Roſe mary. 28 Roſes of al ſorts. 29 Snap dragons. 30 Sopps in wine. 31 Swete williams. 32 Swete Ihons. 33 Star of Bethelem. 34 Star of Ieruſalem. 35 Stock geliflowers of al ſortes. 36 Tuft gelyflowers. 37 Velvet floures, or frēchmarigold 38 Violets yelow & whight. 39 Wall geliflowers of al ſorts. Herbs to ſtill in ſommer. 1 Bleſſed thiſtle. 2 Betonye. 3 Dill. 4 Endiue. 5 Eye bright. 6 Fennel. 7 Fumetorie. 8 Iſop. 9 Mints. 10 Plantine. 11 Roſes, red & damaſk. 12 Reſpies. 14 Strawberies. 15 Sorrell. 16 Suckerie 17 Woodrofe, for ſwete waters & cakes ¶Neceſſarie herbes to growe in the garden for Phiſick & bathes not reherſt before. 1 ANnys 2 Archangell 3 Betany 4 Charuyle 5 Cinqfile 6 Cummin. 7 Dragonnes. 8 Detanye 9 Gromell ſeede for the ſtone 10 Horehounde 11 Louage for the ſtone. 12 Lycoras 13 Mandrake 14 Moogworth 15 Pyonees 16 Poppye ſowe in Marche. 17 Rewe. 18 Rubarb 19 Smalache 20 Sarefrage. for the ſtone. 21 Sauin for the botts. 22 Stitchwort 23 Valerian Woodbine Thus endes in briefe, of herbes the chiefe. To get more ſkyll, reade whom ye wyll.

Marches Huſbandry. Chap. 33. VVhight peaſon both good, for the pot & the purſe by ſowing to timely, proue often the wurſe. becauſe they be tender, & hateth the colde: proue Marche er ye ſowe them, for being to bolde. 2 Spare medowe at Gregory, marſhes at Paſk, for feare of drie ſommer, no longer time aſk. Then hedge them & ditch them, beſtow therō pēce, for meadow & paſture, craue euer good fence. 3 Of Maſtiues & mungrils, that many we ſee, a number of thouzands, to many there bee. watch therefore in lent, to thy ſhepe go & loke: for dogs will haue vitels, by hooke or by croke. ¶The maner of ſetting of hops. 4 In Marche at the furdeſt, drie ſeaſon or wet, hop rootes ſo well choeſen, let ſkilfull go ſet. The goeler & yonger, the better I loue: well gutted & pared, the better they proue. 5 Some layeth thē croſwiſe, along in the ground, as high as thy knee, they do couer vp round. Some prick vp a ſtick, in the midds of the ſame: that litle round hillock, the better to frame. Some maketh a hollownes, halfe a foote deepe, with fower ſets in it, ſet ſlant wiſe a ſteepe. one foote from another, in order to lye: and thereon a hillock, as round as a pye. 7 Fiue foote from another, ech hillock wold ſtand, as ſtraight, as a leaueled line with the hand. Let euery hillock, be fower foote wide: the better to come to, on euery ſyde. 8 By willowes yt groweth, thy hop yard wt out, and alſo by hedges, thy meadowes about. Good hop hath a pleaſure, to clime & to ſpred: if ſonne may haue paſſage, to comfort her hed. 9 Get crowe made of Iron, depe hole for to make, Hopfooles.with croſſe ouerthwart it, as ſharp as a ſtake. A hone & a parer, like ſole of a boote: to pare away graſſe, & to rayſe vp the roote. 10 In March is good graffing, yt ſkilful do know, ſo long as the winde, in the eaſt do not blowe. From moone being changed, till paſt be the prime: for graffing & cropping, is very good time. 11 Things graffed or planted, the greateſt & leaſt, defend againſt tempeſt, the bird & the beaſt. Defended ſhal proſper, the tother is loſt: the thing with the labor, the time & the coſt. 12 Sowe bareley in Marche, & in Aprill & Maye, the later in ſand, & the ſooner in claye. What worſer for barley, then wetnes & colde: what better with ſkilful, then time to be bolde. 13 Let barley be harrowed, finely as duſt, and workmanly trench it, & fence it ye muſt. This ſeason wel plyed, ſet ſowinge an end, & praiſe & praye God, a good haruiſt to ſend. 14 Som roewlith their barley, ſtraight after a rain when firſt it aperith, to leauel it plaine, the bareley ſo vſed, the better doth growe: & hamſome ye make it, at haruiſt to mowe, 15 Otes, bareley & peaſe, harow after ye ſowe, for rye harow firſt, as already ye knowe. leaue wheat litle clod, or to coouer the hed: that after a froſt, it may out & go ſpred. 16 In March, May & Aprill, frō morning to night in ſoweing & ſetting, good huſwiues delight. to haue in a garden, or other like plot: to trim vp their howſe, & to furniſh their pot. 17 The nature of flowers, dame phiſick doth ſheaw ſhe teachith them, all to be knowne to a feawe. to ſet or to ſowe, or els fowne, to remoue: how that ſhold be practiſed, learne if ye loue. 18 Land falling or lyeng, ful South or ſouth weſt, for profit by tillage, is lightly the beſt. ſo garden, & orchard, & hopyard I finde: that want the like benefite, growe out a kinde. 19 If fild to bearne corne, a good tillage doth craue what think ye of garden, what garden wold haue. in filde without coſt, be aſſured of weedes: in garden be ſuer, thow loeſiſt thy ſeedes. 20 At ſpring (for ye ſommer) ſowe garden ye ſhall, at harueſt (for winter,) or ſowe not at all. oft digging, remouing, or weding (I ſe) makes herbe the more holeſome, & greater to be. 21 Time fayer, to ſowe or to gather be bolde, but ſet or remoue, when the weather is colde, cut al thing or gather, the moone in the wane: but ſowe in encreaſing, or geue it his bane. 22 Newe ſet do aſk watring, with pot or with diſh newe ſowne do not ſo, if ye do as I wiſh. through cunning wt dybble, rake, mattock & ſpade: by line & be leauel, trim garden is made. 23 who ſoweith to late ward, hath ſeldō good ſeede who ſoweith to ſoone, litle better ſhall ſpeede. apt time & the ſeaſon, ſo diuerſe to hit: this booke may enſtruct him, that hath any wit. 24 Good peaſon, & leekes, to make porredge in lent & peſcods in Iuly, ſaue fiſh to be ſpent. thoſe hauing with other things, plentifull than: thow winneſt the hart, of the laboring man. 25 Kill crowe, pye & cadow, rooke buzard & rauen, or elſe go deſire them, to ſeke a newe hauen. in ſkaling the yongiſt, to pluck of his beck: beware how ye climber, for breaking your neck.

Aprills abſtract. Chap. 34. Swete Aprill ſhowers do ſpring May flowers. Forgotten month paſt, do now at the laſt. 1 Set hop his pole, make deepe the hole. 2 Firſt bark go ſell, or tymber ye ſell. 3 Fence copye in, er heawers begin. 4 The beſt ye knowe, for ſtaddles let growe. 5 Crab tree prezerue, for plow to ſerue. 6 Get tymber out, er yere go about. 7 Man, cow prouides, wife dayrye guides. 8 Slut Ciſley vntaught, hath whitemeat naught. 9 Some bringeth in gaines, ſome loſſe beſide paines. Runne Cys, faut knowne with more thē thine owne 10 Such myſtris ſuch nan, ſuch maſter ſuch man. 11 By ſuch ill geſtes, poore Cys, ill reſtes▪ Such fautes as theaſe, good dame will eaſe. Theaſe fautes all ten, aborreth all men. 12 A warning for Cyſſe, for doing amyſſe.

Aprills Huſbandrie. chap. 35. GEt in to thy hopyard, with plenty of poeles, among thoſe ſame hillocks, deuide thē by doeles three poeles to a hillock (I pas not how long) ſhall yelde thee more profit, ſet deepely & ſtrong. 2 Sell bark to the Tanner, er timber ye fell, cut lowe by the ground, or elſe do ye not well. In breaking, ſaue crooked, • or mill & for ſhipps: and euer in heawing, ſaue carpenters chipps. 3 Firſt ſee it well fenſed, or heawers begin, then ſe it well ſtaddled, without & within. thus being preſerued, & huſbandly donne: ſhall ſooner raiſe profit, to thee or thy ſonne. 4 Leaue growing for ſtaddles, the likeiſt & beſt, though ſeller & buyer, diſpatcheth the reſt. In buſhet, in hedgerowe, in groue & in wood: this leſſon obſerued, is needefull & good. 5 Saue elme, aſhe & crabtre, for cart & for plough, ſaue ſtep for a ſtile, of the crotch of the bough. Saue hazell for forkes, ſaue ſallow for rake: ſaue huluer & thorne, there of flayle for to make. 6 Make riddance of carryge, er yere go about, for ſpoyling of plant, that is newely come out. To carter (with oxen) this meſſage I bring: leaue oxen abrode, for annoying the ſpring. 7 From Aprill beginning, til Andrew be paſt, ſo long with good huſwife, her dayry doth laſt. Good beaſt & good paſture, good huſbāds prouide ye reſdue, good huſwiues, know beſt how to guide 8 Ill huſwife vnſkilful, to make her owne cheeſe, through truſting of others, haue this for her • eeſe. Her milk pan & creame pot, ſo ſlabberd & ſoft: that butter is wanting, & cheeſe is halfe loſt. 9 Where ſome of a kow, do rayſe yerely a pound, with ſuch ſely huſwiues, no deny is found. Then dayry maide (Ciſle) her faut being knowne: awaye apace trudgeth, with more then her owne. 10 Then neighbour for gods ſake, if any you ſee, good ſeruant for dayry houſe, wayne her to mee. Such maſter ſuch man, & ſuch miſtris ſuch mayde: ſuch huſband & huſwife, ſuch houſe is arayde.

A leſſon for dayrie mayde Cyſley of ten Toppins geſts. As wife that will, good huſband pleaſe, muſt ſhonne with ſkill ſuch geſts as theaſe: So Cyſſe that ſerues muſt mark this note, what faute deſerues a bruſhed rote. Gehezy Lots huſwife, & Arguſſes eyes, Tom Pyeper, poore Cobler & Lazarus thyes. Rough Eſaw & Mawdlin, wt gentles that ſkrall, with Byſhop that turneth, & burneth vp all. Theaſe toppingly geſts, be in number but ten, as welcome in dayry, as beares among men. which being deſcryed, take hede of you ſhall, for danger of after claps, after that fall. Whight & drie.Gehezy, his ſicknes was whightiſh & drie, ſuch cheeſes good Ciſley, ye floted to nie. To ſalt.Leaue Lot with her piller, (good Ciſley) alone, much ſaltnes in whitemeat, is ill for the ſtone. 3 Ful of eiesIf cheeſes in dayrie, haue Arguſſes eies, tell Ciſley the fault, in her huſwiferie lies. 4 HouenTom Pyeper, hath houen & puffed vp cheekes, if cheeſe be ſo houen, make Cis to ſeke creekes. 5 ToughPoore Cobler he toggeth his leatherly traſh, if cheeſe abide togging, at Ciſley a craſh. 6 full of ſpotsIf Lazer ſo lothſome, in cheeſe he eſpied, let bayes amend Ciſley, or ſet her aſyde. 7 ful of hearsRough Eſaw was hearie, from top to the foot, if cheeſe ſo appeareth, call Ciſley a ſlut. 8 ful of whayAs Mawdelin wept, ſo would Ciſley be dreſt, for whay in her cheeſes, not halfe enough preſt. 9 If gentills be ſkrauling, call magget the pye, ful of gētilsif cheeſes haue gentills, at Cis by & by. 10 Burnt to the panneBleſſe Ciſley (good miſtris) yt biſhop doth banne for burning the milk of her cheeſe to the panne. Amende ſo oft beaten, for doing amiſſe, I will no more threaten: I promis thee Cyſſe. Tus dayrie mayde Ciſley, reherſed ye ſee. what fautes with il huſwife, in dairie houſe bee. Of market abhorred, to houſholde a griefe: to maſter & miſtres, as ill as a thiefe.

Mayes abſtract. Chap. 36. Colde Maye & a winedye, Barne filleth vp finelye. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Put lamb from eawe, to milk a feawe. 2 Be not to bolde, to milke & ſolde. 3 Fiue eawes alow, to euery kow. 4 Sheepe wrigling tayle, hath madds without faile. 5 Beate in the reede, as houſe hath neede. 6 Leaue cropping from may till Mikelmas day. Let Iuye be killed, or tree will be ſpilled. 7 Now threſſhers warne, to ryd the barne. 8 Be ſuer of haye, till thend of Maye. 9 Let ſheepe fill flank, where corne is to rank. 8 In woodland euer, in champion neuer. 10 To weeding awaye, as ſone as ye maye. 11 For corne here reede, what naughty weede. 12 Who weding ſlackith, good huſbandrie lackith. 13 Sowe buck or branck, that ſmels ſo rank. 14 Sowe hemp & flax, that linnen lacks. 15 Teache hop to clime, for now it is time. 16 Through fowles & wedes, poore hop ill ſpedes. Cut of, or crop, Superfluous hop. 17 The tytters or tyne, now rake out fyne. 18 Newe ſetts do craue, ſome weding to haue. 19 Now damne as ye lyke, both fenne & dike. 20 Watch bees in May, for ſwarming awaye. Both now & in Iune, mark maſter bees time. 21 Twy fallow thy land, leaſt plough els ſtand. 22 No longer tarye, out compas to carye. 23 Where nede doth pray it, there ſe ye laye it. 24 Set Iack & Ihone, to gather vp ſtone. 25 To graſſe with calues, take nothing to halues. 26 Be ſuer thy neate, haue water & meate. 27 By taineting of grounde deſtruction is founde. 28 Now carridg get, Home fuewell to fet. Tell fagot & billet, for filching gillet. 29 In ſommer for fiering, let citie be buying. Mark colliers packing, leaſt coeles be lacking. Se opened ſack, for two in a pack, 30 Let nodding patch, go ſleepe a ſnatch. 31 Wife if ye will, now plie your ſtill. 32 〈◊〉 ••• ell ſowes▪ in a pot to growe. Fine ſer •• s ſowe nowe, (before ye ſawe howe.) From 〈…〉 ,S. Hellens daye. till Chriſtmas •••• ſt. From he •• ar 〈…〉 thee, till Lammas as both by • the • .

Mayes Huſbandrie. Chap. 37. AT Phillip & Iacob, away with the lambs, that thinkeſt to haue, any milk of their dāmes. At Lammas leaue 〈◊〉 , for fea • e of a thing: leaſt (requiem eternam) in winter they ſing. 2 To milk & to • olde them, is much to require, except ye haue paſture, to fill their deſire. yet many by making (ſuch heede they do take) not hurting their bodies, much profit to make. 3 Fiue Eawes to a kow, make a proofe by a ſhore, ſhall double thy dairie, elſe truſt me no more. yet maye a good huſwife, that knoweth the ſkill: haue mixt or vnmixt, at her pleaſure & will. 4 If ſheepe or thy lamb, fall a wrigling with taile, go by & by ſearche it, whiles help may preuaile. That barberlye handled, I dare thee aſſure: caſt duſt in his arſe, thou haſt finiſht thy cure. 5 Wher houſes be reeded (as houſes haue neede) now pare of the moſſe, & go beat in the reede. The iuſter ye driue it, the ſmoother & plaine: more handſome ye make it, to ſhut of the raine. 6 From May till October, leaue cropping for why in woodſere, what euer thou croppiſt will die. where Iuye embraſeth, the tree very ſore: kill Iuye, or tree elſe, will addle no more. 7 Kepe threſſhing for threſſher, til May be come in to haue to be ſuer, freſh chaff in the binne. and ſomewhat to ſkamble, for hog & for hen: & worke when it rayneth, for loytering men. 8 Be ſuer of haye, & of prouender ſome, for laboring cattle, till paſture be come. And if ye do minde, to haue nothing to ſterne: haue one thing or other, for all thing to ſerue. 9 Ground compaſſed well, & a following yere, (if wheate or thy barley, to rank doth appere) Now eate it with ſheepe, or els mowe it ye maye: for ledging & ſo, to the birds for a praye. 10 In Maye get a wede hoke, a crotch & a gloue. and wede out ſuch wedes, as the corne do not loue For weding of winter corne, now it is beſt: but Iune is the better for weding the reſt. 11 Ill weedes.the May wede doth burn, & ye thiſtle doth freate the fytches pul downward, both rye & the wheate. The brake & the cockle, be noyſome to muche: yet like vnto boddie, no weede there is ſuch. 12 Slack neuer thy wedīg for derth nor for cheape the corne ſhall reward it, er euer ye reape. and ſpecially where ye do truſt to for ſeede: let that be well weeded, the ve ••• er to ſpeede. 13 In Maye is good ſoweing, thy buck or thy brāk that black is as peper, & ſmelleth ſo rank. It is to thy land, as a comfort or muck: and al thing it maketh, as fat as a bu • k. 14 Good flax & good hēp, for to haue of her owne, in May, a good huſwife will ſee it be ſowne. And afterward trim it, to ſerue at a neede: the • ymble to ſpinne, & the karſe for her ſeede. 15 Get in to thy hop yard, for now it is time, to teach Roben hop, on his pole how to clyme. To folow the Sunne, as his propertie is: and weede him & trim him, if ought go amis. 16 Graſſe, thiſtle & muſtard ſeede, hemblock & bur, tine, mallowes & nettles, that kepe ſuch a ſtur, with pecock & turkye, that nibbles of top: are verie ill neighbors, to ſeely poore hop. 17 From wheat go & rake out, the titters or tine, if eare be not forth, it will riſe againe fine. vſe now in thy rye, little raking or none: breake tine from his roote, & ſo let it alone. 18 Bāks newly quickſettid, ſom weding do craue, the kindlyer nurriſhment, there by to haue. then after a ſhower, to weding a ſnatch: more eaſelye wede, with the roote to diſpatch. 19 The Fen & the quamere, ſo marriſh be kinde, & are to be drayned, nowe win to thy minde. which yerely vndrayned, & ſuffred vncut: annoyeth the meddowes, that there on do but. 20 Take heede to thy bees, yt are ready to ſwarme the loſſe there of now, is a • r • unes worth of harme let ſkilfull be ready, & diligence ſeene: leaſt being to careles, thow loeſiſt thy beene. 21 In May at ye furdiſt, twy fallow thy land, much •• owt may elſe after, cauſe plough for to ſtād this tilth being donne, ye haue paſſed the wurſt: then after who plowith, plow thow with the furſt. 22 Twye fallow once endid, get tumbrell & man, & compas that fallowe, as ſone as ye can. Let ſkillfull beſtowe it, where neede is vpon: more profit the ſooner, to follow there on. 23 Hyde hedlonds wt muck, if ye will to the knees, ſo dripped & ſhadowd, with buſſhes & trees. bare plotts full of galles, yf ye plow ouerthwart, & compas it then, is a huſbandly part. 24 Let children be hyered, to laye to their bones, from fallow as nedith, to gather vp ſtones. what wiſdom, for profit aduiſith vnto: that huſband & huſwife, muſt willingly do. 25 to graſſe wt thy calues, in ſom meadow plot nere where neither their moothers, may ſee thē nor here where water is plentye, & barth to ſet warme: and loke wel vnto them, for taking of harme. 26 Pinch neuer thy wennels, of water or meate, if euer ye hope, for to ſee them good neate. in ſommer tune daylie, in winter in froſt: if cattle lack drink, they be vtterly loſt. 27 for coueting much, ouer laye not thy ground, & then ſhall thy cattle, be luſty & ſound. but pinch them of paſture, while ſommer doth laſt, & lifte at their tailes, er an winter be paſt. 28 Get home with thy fewel, made ready to fet, the ſooner, the eaſier, caridg to get. or otherwiſe lynger, the carridge there on: till (where as ye left it) a quarter be gon. 29 His fyering in ſommer, let citezen buye, leaſt buynge in winter, make purſe for to crye. For carman & collier, harps on a ſtringe. in winter they caſt, to be with the to bringe. 30 From May till mid Auguſt, an hower or two, let patch ſleape a ſnatch, how ſomeuer ye do. though ſleaping one hower, refreſhith his ſong: yet truſt not hob growthed, for ſleaping to long. 31 The knowledge of ſtilling, is one preaty feate, the waters be holeſome, the chargis not greate. what timely thow gettiſt, while ſommer doth laſt: thinke winter will help the, to ſpend it as faſt. 32 Fine hazel deſyrith, it may be her lot, to grow as the geliflower, trim in a pot. that ladies & gentles, for whom ſhe doth ſerue: maye help her as nedith, pure life to prezerue.

Iunes abſtract. Chap. 38. Calme weather in Iune. corne ſetts in iune. Forgoten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 waſh ſhepe for to ſhare, that ſhepe may go bare. 2 Though fleeſe ye take, no patches make. 3 Share lambs no whit, or ſhare not yet. 4 If meadow be growen, let medowe bee mowne. 5 Plowe early ye maye. and then carry haye. 6 Tis good to be knowne, to haue of thine owne. 7 who goith a borrowing, goith a ſorrowing. 8 Se cart in plight, and al things right. 9 Make drie ouer hed, Both houell & ſhed. 10 Of houell make ſtack, with peaſe on his back. 11 good ſtore howſe nedefull, in order, ſpeedefull. 12 Thy barne repayer, make flower fayer. 13 Such ſhrubbs as noye, in ſommer deſtroye. 14 Swinge brimbles & brakes get forkes & rakes. 15 Spare hedlond ſome. till harueſt come. 16 Caſt dytche & pond, to laye apon lond. 17 Where hops will growe, here learne to knowe. hops many wil come, in a roode of rome. 18 Hop hates the land, with grauel & ſand. 19 Drye rotten moolde, for hop is worth goolde. 20 The ſonne ſouth weſt, for hop yard beſt. 21 Hop plot once fownde, Now digg the grownde. 22 Hops fauorith malt. hops, thrift doth exalt. Of hops more rede, as time doth nede.

Iunes husbandrie. Chap. 39, Waſh ſhepe (for the better) where water doth rū & let him go clenly, & drye in the ſun. then ſhare him & ſpare not, at two dayes an end: the ſooner the better, his corps will amend. 2 Reward not thy ſhepe (when ye take of his cote) with twitchis & patchis, as brode as a grote. let no ſuch vngentlenes, happen to thine: leaſt flye with her gentils, do make it to pine. 3 Let lambs go vnclipped, till June be half worne, the better their fleeſes, will growe to be ſhorne. the Pye will diſcharge thee, for pulling the reſt: the lighter the ſheepe is, then ſeedeth it beſt. 4 If meadow be forward, be moweing of ſome, but mowe as the makers, may well ouer come. take heede to the weather, the winde & the ſkye: if danger approcheth, then cock apace crye. 5 Plough earely till ten a clock, then to ſhy haye, in plowing & carting, ſo profit ye maye. by little & little, was doing ye win: that plough ſhal not hinder, when harueſt tōes in. 6 Prouide of thine owne, to haue all thing at hād, leaſt work & the workman, vnoccupyed ſtand. Loue ſeldome to borow, that thinkeſt to ſaue: for he that once lendeth, twice looketh to haue. 7 To borow to daye, & to morow to myſſe, to lender & borrower, noyance it is. then haue of thine owne, wt out lending vnſpilt: or borowe with ſorowe, as long as thou wilt. 8 Let Cart be well ſearched, wtout & within, well clowted & greaſed, er hay • • ime begin. Thy haye being carrid, though carter had ſworne: carts bottom well boerded, is ſauing of corne. 9 Good huſbāds yt lay, to ſaue, althing vpright, for tumbrells & cart, haue a ſhed redy dight. where vnder the hog, may in winter lye warme, to ſtand ſo encloſed, as winde do no harme. 10 So likewiſe a houell, will ſerue for a room, to ſtack on thy peaſon, when harueſt ſhall coom. and ſerue thee in winter, more ouer then that: to ſhut vp the porklings, thou mindeſt to fat. 11 What huſbandly huſbāds, except they be fooles but hādſom haue ſtore houſe, for trinkets & tooles. And all in good order, faſt locked to lye: what euer is needefull, to finde by & by. 12 Thy houſes & barnes, would be looked vpon, and all thing amended, er harueſt come on. Things thus ſet in order, in quiet & reſt: ſhall furder thy harueſt, & pleaſure thee beſt. 13 The buſhes & thorne, wt the ſhrubbs that do noy in woodſere or ſommer, cut downe to deſtroy. But whereas decay, to the tree ye will none: for danger in woodſere, let hacking alone. 14 At midſommer, downe wt the brimbles & brakes and after, abrode with thy forkes & thy rakes. ſet mowers a moweing, wher meadow is growen the lōger (now ſtanding) the wurſe to be mowen. 15 Now down with ye graſſe, vpon hedlōds about, that groweth in ſhadow, ſo rank & ſo ſtout. But graſſe vpon hedlond, of barley & peaſe: when harueſt is ended, go mowe if ye pleaſe. 16 Suche muddy deepe dieches, & pitts in ye field, that all a drie ſummer, no water will yield. By fieing & caſting, that mudde vpon heapes: commodities many, the huſband man reapes. A leſſon where and when to plant good hopyarde. 17 whom fanſy perſwadeth, among other cropps, to haue for his ſpending, ſufficient of hops. muſt willingly folow, of choiſes to chuſe: ſuche leſſons approued, as ſkilful do vſe. 18 Ground, grauely, ſandy, & mixed with clay▪ is naughty for hops, any maner of way. Or if it be mingled, with rubbiſh & ſtone: for drienes & barrennes, let it alone. 19 Chuſe ſoile for the hop, of the rotteneſt moulde, well dounged & wrought, as a garden plot ſhoulde not far fro the water (but not ouerflowne) this leſſon well noeted, is meete to be knowne. 20 The Sūne in the South, or els ſouthly & weſt, is ioye to the hop, as a welcomed geſt. But winde in the north, or elſe northely & eaſt: to hop is as ill, as a fraye in a feaſt. 21 Meete plot for a hopyard, once found as is tolde make thereof accompt, as of Iewell of golde. Now dig it, & leaue it the Sunne for to burne: and afterward fence it, to ſerue for that turne. 22 The hop for his profit, I thus do exalt, it ſtrengtheneth drink, & it fauoreth malt. And being wel brewed, long kept it will laſt: and drawing abide, if ye drawe not to faſt.

Iulies abſtract. Chap. 40. No tempeſt good Iulie, Leaſt all, looke ruelie. Forgotten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Gowe ſirs & awaye, to led & make haye. If ſtorme drawes nye, then • o • kapace •• ye. 2 Let hay ſtill bide, till wel it be dride. Haye made, away carrye, no longer carry. 3 Who beſt way tyetheth, he beſt way thryueth. 4 Two good hay makers, worth twenty crakers. 5 Let dalops about, be mowen & had out. Se hay do looke greene, ſe field ye rake cleene. 6 Thry fallow I praythee, leaſt thiſtles bewraythee. 7 Cut of good wife, rype beane with a knife. 8 Rype hemp out kull, from karle to pull. Let ſeede hemp growe, till more ye knowe. 9 Some woormewood ſaue, for March to haue. 10 Get grieſt to the mill, for wanting at will. Go reape or pluck, thy brank or buck. Dryde flax get in, for mayde to ſpin.

Iulies husbandry. Cap. 41. hay harueſtGO muſter thy ſeruants, be captain thy ſelfe, prouiding them weapon, & other like pelfe. get bottels & wallets, keepe filde in the heate: the feare is as much, as the daunger is great. 2 With toſſing & raking, & ſetting on cocks, graſſe lately in ſwathes, is hay for an ox: that donne, go & cart it, & haue it awaye: the battell is fought, ye haue gotten the daye. 3 Pay iuſtly thy tiethes, what euer thow be, that God maye in bleſſing, ſend foizen to the. though curat be had, or the parſon as euell: go not for thy tiething, thy ſelfe to the deuell. 4 Let haye be well made, or auiſe elſe auous, for moulding in goef, or of fiering the houſe. laye courſiſt aſyde, for the ox & the cow: the fineſt for ſhepe, & thy gelding alow. 5 Then down with thy hedlond, ye growith about leaue neauer a dalop, vnmowen & had out. though gras be but thin, about barely & peaſe. yet picked vp cleane, ye ſhall finde therein eaſe. 6 Thrye fallow betime, for deſtroinge of wede, leaſt thiſtle & dock, fall a blooming & ſede. ſuch ſeaſon may chance, it ſhall ſtand the apon: to till it againe, er an ſommer begon. 7 Not rend of, but cut of, rype beane with a knyfe, for hinderinge ſtalk, of her vegetiue life: ſo gather the loweiſt, & leauinge the top: ſhall teach the a trick, for to dubble thy crop. 8 Wife pluck fro thy ſeede hēp, ye fimble hēp clene this lokith more yealow, the other more grene. vſe ton for thy ſpinninge, leaue Mihell the tother: for ſhoothrede & halter, for rope & ſuch other. 9 while woormwoode hath ſeede, get a bundle or twayne, to ſaue againſt March, to make flea to refraine. where chāber is ſwept, & ye wormwood is ſtrowne no flea for his life, dare abyde to be knowne. 10 Get gryſt to the mill, to haue plenty in ſtore, leaſt miller lack water, as meany do more. the meale the more yeldith, if ſeruant be true: & miller that towleth, take none but his due.

Auguſt abſtract. Chap. 42, Drye Auguſt & warme, Doth harueſt no harme. Forgoten month paſt, Do now at the laſt. 1 Thry fallowing wonne, get compaſſing donne. 2 In Iune & in Aw, ſwinge brakes for a lawe. 3 Pare ſaffron plot, forget it not. His dwelling made trim loke ſhortly for him. When harueſt is gonne, their ſaffron comes on. 4 A Litle of grownde, brings ſaffron a pownde. Kepe culler in dryeng, (well vſed) worth buying. The pleaſure fine, the profet thyne. 5 Now ſtrike vp droom, now harueſt man coom. Take paine for a gaine, one knaue marrith twain Get reapers by daye, Leaſt corne do decaye. By great is the cheaper, if truſtie were reaper. 7 Geue gloues to reapers, blowe horne for ſleapers. 8 Wel doings who louith, theaſe harueſt points ꝓuith. 9 Paye God his part furſt, and not of the wurſt. That perſon maye, tythe carry awaye. 10 Kepe cart gap weele, kepe hog from wheele. 11 Mowne barley les coſt, ill mowne, much loſt. 12 Mowe bareley, with hand, that wil not ſtand. 12 Let greneſt ſtand for making of band. Bādes made, without deaw will hold but a feaw. 13 Two rakes to a binder, laye bande, to finde her. 14 Rake after ſieth, & paye thy tieth. Corne carryd all, then rake it ye ſhall. 15 Let ſhock take ſweate, leaſt goefe take heate. yet is it beſt reaſon, to take it in ſeaſon. 16 More often ye turne, more peaſe ye out ſpurne. yet winnow them in, er carridg begin. 17 thy carrige plye, while weather is drye. 18 Bid goouing clim, goue iuſt & trim. 19 Laye peaſe vpon ſtack, yf houel ye lack. And couer it ſtraight, from doues that waight. 20 Let gleaners gleane, the poore I meane. Which euer ye ſowe, that firſt eat lowe. The other forbare, for rowen to ſpare. 21 Come home lord ſinging, come cart, corne bringing. Be mery in hall, Let be • des wag all. 22 Once had thy deſire, paye workman his hire. Let none be begilde, man, woman nor childe. 23 Thank God ſo ye ſhall, & adue for all.

Auguſt husbandrie. Chap. 43. Thry fallow once endid, go ſtryke by & by, both wheat land, & bareley, & ſo let it ly: & as ye haue leyſor, go compas the ſame: when vp ye do laye it, more fertful to frame. 2 Get downe wt thy brakes, er an ſhowers do com that cattle the better, maye paſture haue ſom. In Iune & in Auguſt, as well doth appere: is beſt to mowe brakes, of al times in the yere. 3 Pare ſaffron, betwene the two S. Mary daies, or ſet or go ſhift it, that knoweſt the waies. What yere ſhall I do it, (more profit to yeld?) the fowerth in garden, the third in the field, 4 In hauing but fortie foote, cunningly dight, take ſaffron enough, for a lorde & a knight. All winter time after, as practiſe doth teache: what plot haue ye better, for linnen to bleache. 5 Corne harueſtMake ſuer of reapers, get harueſt in hand, the corne that is ripe, do but ſhed as it ſtand. Be thankfull to God, for his benefits ſent: and willing to ſaue it, with earneſt entent. 6 To let out thy harueſt, by great or by daye, let this by experience, leade thee awaye. By great will deceiue thee, with lingring it out: by day will diſpatch, & put all out of dout. 7 Grant harueſt lorde more, by a peny or two, to call on his fellowes, the better to do. Geue glooues to thy reapers, a larges to crye: and dayly to loyterers, haue a good eye. 8 Good harueſt points.Reape well, ſcatter not, gather cleane yt is ſhorne binde faſt, ſhock apace, haue an eye to thy corne. Lode ſafe cary home, follow time being faire: gone iuſt, in the barne it is out of diſpaire. 9 Corne tythed (Sir parſon) together go get, and cauſe it on ſtocks, to be by & by ſet. Not leauing it ſkattering, abrode on the ground: nor long in the field, but away with it round. 10 To cart gap & barne, ſet a guide to looke weele, and hoy out (ſir carter) the hog fro the wheele. Leaſt gredy of feeding, in following cart: it noyeth or periſheth, ſpight of thy hart. 11 The moweing of barley, if barley do ſtand, is cheapeſt & beſt, for to ryd out a hand.Mowing of bareley. Some mowe it & rake it, & ſets it on cocks: ſome mowe it & bindes it, & ſets it on ſhocks, 12 Of barley the longeſt, & greneſt ye finde, leaue ſtanding by dalops, till time ye do binde. Then earely in morning (while deawe is thereon) to making of bands, till the deaw be all gon. 14 One ſpreadeth thoſe bands, ſo in order to lye, as barley (in ſwathes,) may fill it thereby. which gathered vp, with the rake & the hand: the follower after hym, bindeth in band. 14 Where barley is raked, (if dealing be true) the tenth of ſuch raeking, to perſon is due. where ſcattring of barley, is ſeene to bee much: ther cuſtome nor conſciēce, tyething ſhould grutch. 15 Corne being had downe, any way ye alow, ſhould wither as nedeth, for burning in mow. ſuch ſkill aperteinith, to harueſt mannes arte: & taken in time, is a huſ bandly parte. 16 No turning of peaſon, till carrige ye make, nor turne in no more, then ye minde for to take. leaſt beaton with ſhowers, ſo turned to drye: by turning & toſſing, they ſhed as they lye. 17 If weather be fayer, & tyedy thy graine, make ſpedely carrige, for feare of a rayne. for tempeſt & ſhowers, deceiuith a meny: & lingring lubbers, loſe meany a peny. 18 In goeuing at harueſt, learne ſkilfully how, each graine for to laye, by it ſelfe on amow: ſede bareley the puriſt, goue out of the waye: all other nigh hand, goue as iuſt as ye maye. 19 Stack peaſe vpon houel, abrode in the yarde, to couer it quickly, let owner regarde. leaſt doue & the cadow, there finedinge a ſmack: with ſtormy ill weather, do periſh thy ſtack. 20 Corne carryd, let ſuch as be poore go & gleane, & after thy cattle, to mowthit vp cleane. then ſpare it or rowen, till Mihel be paſt: to lenghthen thy dayrie, no better thow haſt. 21 In harueſt time, harueſt folk, ſeruants & all, ſhould make all to gyther, good there in thy hall, & fill out the blackboll, of bleith to their ſong: and let them be merye, all harueſt time longe. 22 Once ended thy harueſt, let none be begylde, pleaſe ſuch as did helpe thee, man, womā & chylde. Thus doing, with all way, ſuch help as they can: thou, winneſt the prayſe, of the laboring man. 23 Now loke vp to Godward, let tong neuer ceaſe in thanking of him, for his mighty encreaſe. Accept my good will, for a profe go & trye: the better thou thriueſt, the gladder am I.

A brief concluſion where yow maye ſee, eache worde in the verſe to begin with a T. Cap. 44. THe thriftie, that teacheth the thriuing to thriue. Teach timely to trauerſe, the th • g that thou triue.Triue for contriue. Tranſferring thy toyling, to timelines tought, This teacheth thee tēprance, to tēper thy thought. Take truſtie (to truſt to) that thinkeſt to thee,Thee for thriue. That truſtelie thriftines, trowleth to the. Then temper thy trauell, to tary the tyde, This teacheth the thriftines, twenty times tryde. Take thankfull thy talent, thank thanfully thoſe, That thriftely teacheth, thy time to tranſpoſe. Troth, twiſe to thee teached, teach twenty times ten This trade thou that takeſt, take thrift to the then. Thomas Tuſſer.

Mans age deuided, here ye haue, By prentiſhips, from birth to his graue. Chap. 45. 7 The firſt vii. yeres, bring vp as a childe. 14 The next, to learninge, for wexing to wilde. 21 The next, kepe vnder ſir hobber de hoye. 28 The next, a man, no longer a boye. 35 The next, let luſty, laye wyſely to wiue. 42 The next, lay now or elſe neuer to thriue. 49 The next, make ſuer for terme of thy life. 56 The next, ſaue ſomwhat for children and wife. 63 The next, be ſtaied geue ouer thy luſt. 70 The next, think howerly whyther thow muſt. 77 The next, get chayer & crotchis to ſtaye. 84 The next to heauen, god ſend the the awaye. Who looſith their yewth, ſhall rue it in age. who hatith the trewth, in ſorrow ſhall rage.

A briefe declaration, of mannes inclination. Chap. 46. The Ape, the Lyon, the Fox, the Aſſe: Thus ſetts forthe man, as in a glaſſe. Ape, Like Apes we be toyinge, till twenty & one. Lyon, Then haſtie as Lions, till xl be gone. Fox, then wilye as Foxis, til xl. & three: Aſſe, then after, for Aſſes accoumpted we be. Who playes with his better, this leſſon muſt knowe, what humblenes, fox to the lyon doth owe. for ape with his toyenge, & rudenes of aſſe: brings (out of good hower) diſpleaſure to paſſe.

¶Comparing good huſbād, with vnthrift his brother the better decernith, the tone from the tother. Chap. 47. IL huſbandry braggeth, to go with the beſt. good huſbandrye baggith: vp golde in his cheſt. Ill huſbandry trudgeth, with vnthriftes about. good huſbandry ſnudgith, for feare of a dout. 3 Ill huſbandrye ſpendith abrode like a mome, good huſbandrye tendith, his chargis at home. 4 Ill huſbandrye ſellith, his corne on the grownde, good huſbandrye ſmellith no gaine that waye fownde. 5 Ill huſbandrye loeſith for lack of good fence, good huſbandrie cloeſith, & gainith the pence. 6 Ill huſbandrye truſtith to him & to hur, good huſbandrye luſtith him ſelfe for to ſtur. 7 Ill huſbandrye eatith him ſelfe out a doore, good huſbandrye meatith, him ſelfe & the poore. 8 Ill huſbandrye dayeth or lettith it lye, good huſbandrye payeth the cheaper to buye. 9 Ill huſbandrye lurkith, & ſtealith a ſlepe, good huſbandry workith his howſold to kepe. 10 Ill huſbandrye leiuith by that & by this, good huſbandrye geiuith to ery man his. 11 Ill huſbandrye taketh & ſpendith vp all, good huſbandrye maketh good ſhift with a ſmall. 12 Ill huſbandrye prayeth his wife to make ſhift, good huſbandrye ſaieth take this of my gift. 13 Ill huſbandrye drowſith at fortune ſo awke, good huſbandrye rowſith him ſelfe, as a hawke. 14 Ill huſbandrye lyeth in priſon for det, good huſbandrye ſpieth where profet to get. 15 Ill huſbandrye wayes hath to frawde what he can, Good huſbandrie, prayſe hath of euerie man. 19 Ill huſbandrie neuer hath wealth to keepe touche, good huſbandrie euer. hath peny in pouche. Good huſband his boone or requeſt hath a farr: Ill huſband, as ſoone hath a tode with an R.

A Compariſon betweene Champion & Seueral. Chap. 48. THe countrey encloſed I prayſe, the tother delyteth not me, For nothing the welth it doth rayſe to ſuche as inferior be. Becauſe of them both I do knowe: I minde thereof ſomewhat to ſhowe. 2 There, ſwineheard that kepeth the hog there, neatheard with curre & his horne, There, ſhepeheard with whiſtle & dog be fence, to the meadowe and corne. There, horſe being tayed on a balke, is ready with theefe for to walke. 3 where al thing in common doth reſt, corne fielde with the paſture and meade: Though common ye do for the beſt, yet what doth it ſtand ye in ſteade. There commune as communers do, as good elſe to cobble a ſhoo. 4 What layer much better then there? or cheaper (thereon to do well) What drudgery more any where, leſſe good thereof, where can ye tell? what gotten by Sommer is ſeene: that winter, there eateth vp cleene. 5 Example by Leyceſter ſhire, what ſoile can be better then that, For any thing hart can deſire. and yet doth it want ye ſee what, Maſt, couert, cloſe paſture, & wood. and other things needefull as good. 6 All theaſe doth encloſure bring, experience teacheth no leſſe, I ſpeake not to boaſt of the thing. but onely a trothe to confeſſe. Example (if doubt ye do make) by Suffolk & Eſſex go take. 7 More plentie of Mutton & biefe, corne, butter & cheeſe of the beſt, More wealthe any where (to be briefe) more people, more handſome & preſt. where finde ye? (go ſearche any coeſt, than there, where encloſure is moeſt. 8 More worke, for the laboring man, as well in the towne as the fielde. Or thereof (deuiſe if ye can) more profit, what countreis do yelde? More ſeldome, where ſe ye the poore, go begging from doore vnto doore. 9 In Norfolke, beholde the diſpaire, of tillage, to much to bee borne, By droeuers from faier to faire: and others deſtroying the corne. By cuſtome & couetous pates, by gapps & by opeing of gates. 10 what ſpeake I of commoners bye, with drawing all after a lyne, So noying the corne, as it lye, with cattle, with ſheepe & with ſwine. when all is beſtowed the coſt, looke halfe of the ſame to be loſt. 11 The flocks, of the lordes of the ſoyle, do yerely the winter corne wrong, The ſame in a manner they ſpoyle. with feeding ſo lowe & ſo long. And therefore, that champion fielde: doth ſeldome good winter corne yelde. 12 More profit is quieter found, (where paſtures in ſeuerall bee) Of one ſilly acre of ground, Then Champion maketh of three. Againe what a ioy is it knowen, when men may be bolde of their owne. 13 The tone, is commended for graine, yet bread made of beanes they do eate: The tother, for one loafe haue twaine, of maſtlin, of rye, or of wheate. The Champion liueth full bare, when woodland full merie doth fare. 14 Tone, geueth his corne in a darth, to horſe, ſheepe & hog ery day, The tother, geue cattel warme barth, and feede them with ſtrawe & with hay. Corne ſpent of the tone, ſo in vaine, the tother, doth ſell to his gaine. 15 Tone, barefoore & ragged doth go, and ready in winter to ſterue, when tother, ye ſee do not ſo, but hath that is needefull to ſerue. Tone, paine in a cottage cottage doth take, whē tother, trim boowers do make. 16 Tone, layeth for turffe & for ſedge, and hath it with wonderfull ſuite, when thother, in euery hedge, hath plentie of fewell & fruite. Euils twenty times worſer then theaſe, encloſure full quickly would eaſe. 17 In woodland the poore men yt haue, ſcarce fully two acres of lande, 14 More merily liue, & do ſaue. than tother, with twenty in hand, yet pay they as much for the two, as tother for twenty muſt do. 15 The laborer comming from thence, in woodland to woorke any where, (I warant you) goeth not hence, to worke any more againe there. If this ſame be true (as it is) why gather they nothing of this? 26 The poore, at encloſing do grutch, becauſe of abuſes that fall, Leaſt ſom mā ſhould haue but to much, and ſome againe nothing at all. If order mought there in be founde, what were to the ſeuerall grounde. Thus endid huſbandrie, here folowith huſwifrie.

Man, minedid for to thryue, muſt wiſely lay to wiue, what had may thereby fall: here argued finde ye ſhall. The dialog betweene two batchelers, of wiuing and thriuing by Affirmation and Obiection. Affirmation. FRende, where we mette this other day, We heard one make his mone and ſay, Good Lorde, how might I thriue: We heard an other anſwere him, Then make the handſome trick & trym: & laye in time to wiue. Obiection. And what of that, ſaye yow to me, Do you your ſelfe thinke that to be? The belt waye for to thryue: If trouth were truely hulted out, As touching thrift, I ſtand in doubt, If men were beſt to wiue. Affirmation. There is no doubt, for proue I can, I haue but ſeldome ſeene that man, which coulde the waye to thryuet Vntill it was his happye lot, To ſtaye him ſelfe in ſome good plot: & wiſely then to wiue. Obiection. And I am of an other minde, For by no reaſon can I finde, Howe that waye I ſhoulde thriue: For where as now I ſpende a penny, I ſhould not then be quit with menny, In bondage for to wiue. Affirmation. Not ſo, for now where thou doeſt ſpend Of this & that, to no good ende, which hindreth thee to thriue: Such vaine expēſis thou ſhouldſt ſaue, and dayly then laye more to haue, as others do that wiue. Obiection. why then do folke, this prouerbe putt, the blacke oxe neare troade on thy foot, If that waye were to thriue: Here out a man may ſoone pike foorthe, Feawe feeleth what, a pomp is woorth Till ſuche time as they wi • e. Affirmation. It may ſo chaunce as thou doſte ſaye, This leſſon therefore beate a waye, If thereby thow wilt thriue Loke ere thow leape, ſee ere thou go, It may be for thy profite ſo, For the to laye to wiue. Obiection. It is to muche wee dayly here, To wiue and thriue both in a yere. As touching now to thriue: I know not here in what to ſpie, But that there doth ſmal profite lye, to fanſie for to wiue. Affirmation. In dede the firſt yeare oft is ſuche That fondly ſomme beſtoweth muche, A lette to them to thriue: Yet other moe, may ſoone be fownde▪ whiche getteth many a faire pownde▪ The ſame day that they wiue. Obiection. I graunte, ſome getteth more that daye Than they can eaſely beare a waye: Nowe nedes the • muſt they thriue: what gaineth ſuche thinke you by that▪ A littel burdein you wote what, through fondnes for to wiue. Affirmation. Thou ſeemeſt blinde, us moe haue been It is not beautie bringeth in, The thinge to make the thriue: In womankind, ſee that ye doo Require of her, no gifte but two, when ere ye minde to wiue. Obiection. But twoo ſaye you? I pray you than, Sheaw thoſe as briefely as you can, If that may help • • o thriue: I weene we muſt 〈…〉 anon, Of thoſe ſame • waine, to want the ton, When ere wee chance to wiue. Affirmation, Honeſtie & HuſwiferieAn honeſt huſwi • e, truſt to mee, bee thoſe ſame • wayne I ſay to thee, That helpe ſo muche to thriue: As honeſtie 〈◊〉 paſſeth 〈◊〉 , ſo huſwiferie 〈…〉 , do pleaſure ſuche as 〈◊〉 . Obiection. The honeſtie for bothe I graunt, Is one good point a wife ſhould haunt. To make her huſbande thriue: But now falſie wold I haue you ſhowe, How ſhould a man good huſwife knowe If once he hap to wiue. Affirmacion. A huſwife good betime 〈◊〉 , And order things in comely wiſe. Her minde is ſet to thriue: Vpon her diſtaffe, ſhee will ſpin, And with her needle ſhee will win, If ſuche ye hap to wiue. Obiection. It is not idle going about, nor all day pricking on a clout Can make a man to thriue: If elſe there be none other winning, but that the wife gets, by her ſpinning. Small thrift it is to wiue. Affirmacion. Some more then this, yet do they ſhall, Although thy ſtock be verie ſmall. yet will ſhe help thee thriue: Lay you to ſaue as well as ſhee, and then yow ſhall enriched bee. when ſuch you hap to wiue. Obiection. If ſhee were mine, I tell thee trothe, To muche to troubleher I were lothe, For greedines to thriue: Leaſt ſome ſhould talke, as is the ſpeeche ye good wiues huſbād weares no breech, If ſuche I hap to wiue. Affirmation. What hurts it thee, what ſome do ſay, If honeſtly ſhe take the way To help thee for to thriue: For honeſtie will make her preſt, To do the thing that ſhall be beſt. If ſuch ye hap to wiue. Obiection. Why did Diogenes ſaye than, To one that aſkt of him time whan, were beſt to wiue to thriue: Not yet (quod he) if thou be yong, If thou wex olde, then holde thy tong, It is to late to wiue. Affirmation. Belike he knewe ſome ſhreawiſhe wife, which with her huſbād, made ſuch ſtrife, That hindred him to thriue: who then may blame him for that clauſe, though thē he ſpake, as ſome had cauſe. as touching for to wiue. Obiection. Why then I ſee, to take a ſhreawe, (as ſeldome other there be feawe), Is not the way to thriue: So hard a thing I ſpie it is, The good to chuſe the ſhreawe to miſſe, that feareth me to wiue. Affirmation. She may in ſome thing, ſeeme a ſhreaw, Yet ſuche a huſwife as but feawe, To helpe thee for to thriue: This prouerbe, looke in minde ye kepe. As good a ſhreawe is, as a ſheepe, for you to take to wiue. Obiection. Nowe be ſhe lambe or be ſhe eawe, Geue me the ſheepe, take thou the ſhreaw Se whiche of vs ſhall thriue: If ſhe be ſhreawiſhe thinke for trothe, For all her thrift, I would be lothe, to matche with ſuche to wiue. Affirmation, Tuſſhe, farewell then I leaue you of, Suche fooles as you, that loue to ſcof, Shall ſeldome wiue to thriue: Contrarie her as you do mee, And then ye ſhall I warrant ye, Repent ye, if ye wiue. Obiection. Frinde, let vs both geue iuſtly place, To wedded man to iudge this caſe, whiche beſt way is to thriue: For both our talke, as ſeemeth plaine, Is but as hapneth in our braine, To will or not to wiue.

VVedded mans iudgement, vpon the former argument. AS Cock, that wants his mate, Moderator. goes rouing all about, with croewing earely & late: to finde his louer out: And as poore ſeely hen Longe wantinge Cock to guide, ſoone droopes, & ſhortly then beginnes to peake a ſide: euen ſo it is with man & wife, (where gouerment is ſownde) the want of thou, the tothers life doth ſhortly ſoone confownde. IN ieſt & in earneſt, here argued ye finde, that huſband with huſwife, in wedlock muſt dwell, and therto the iudgement of weddid mans mynde that huſbandry otherwyſe ſpeedith not well. ſoe, ſomwhat more now, I entend for to tell, of huſwifrie like as of huſbandrie tolde: how huſwyſly huſwife, helps bringe in the golde.

FINIS.

The pointes of huſwifrie, vnited to the comfort of huſbandrie, newely corrected & amplified with diuers good leſſons for houſholders to recreat the reader, as by the table at the end here of more plainely maye apere. Set forth by Thomas Tuſſer gentleman. 1573.

To the right honorable and my eſpecial good Lady and Miſtris the Lady Paget. THough daūger he mickle & fauour ſo fickle: yet dutie doth tickle, my fanſie to wright: concerning how prettie, how fine & how nettie good huſwife ſhould yettie from morening to night. 2 Not mynedid by wrighting, to kindle a ſpighting, but ſheaw by endighting, as afterwarde tolde: how huſbandrye eaſith ſo huſwifrie pleaſith, & many purſe greaſith with ſiluer & golde. 3 For huſbandrye weepith where huſwifrie ſleepith, and hardly he creepith vp ladder to thrift: that wantith to bolde him thriftes ladder to holde him before it be tolde him, be falles with out ſhifte. 4 Leaſt meany ſhold feare me, and others forſweareme, of troth I do beare me vpright as ye ſe: ful mine did to loue all, & not to reproue all, but onely to moue all, good huſwifes to be. 5 For if I ſhold minde ſom, or deſkant behinde ſom, & miſſing to finde ſom, diſpleaſe ſo I mought: or if I ſhould blend them, & ſo to offend them, what ſtir I ſhould ſend them I ſtand in a dout. 6 Though harmles I make it, and ſome do wel take it, if others forſake it what pleaſure were that: naught elſe but to paine me. & nothing to gaine me, but make them diſdaine me, I wot ner for what. 7 Leaſt ſom make a triall, as clock by the dyall, ſom ſtand to denyall, ſom murmure & grudge: geue iudgement I pray you, for iuſtly ſo may you ſo fanſie ſo ſay you, I make you my iudge. 8 In time, ye ſhall trye me, by trouth, ye ſhall ſpie me, ſo finde, ſo ſet by me, according to ſkill: how eauer tree growith the fruit, the tree ſhowith, your ladiſhip knowith, my hart and good will. 9 though fortune doth meaſure, and I do lack treaſure, yet if I may pleaſure your honour with this: then wil me to mend it, or mend er ye ſend it, or any where lend it, if ought be amiſſe. your Ladiſhips ſeruant Thomas Tuſſer.

The preface of the booke of Huſwifrie. TAke weapon awaye, of what force is a man? take huſwife from huſbād, & what is he than? 2 As louers deſireth to gether to dwell, ſo huſbandry loueth, good huſwifrie well. 3 Though huſbandry ſemeth, to bring in ye gaines yet huſwiferie labours, ſeeme equal in paines. 4 Some reſpit to huſbāds, the weather maye ſend but huſwiues affaires, hath neuer none ende.

¶As true as thy faith, Thus huſwifrie ſaith. I Serue for a day, for a weeke for a yeare, for life time, for euer, while man dwelleth here. The praiſe of huſwifry For richer, for porer, from North to the South. for honeſt, for hardhed, or daintie of mouth. For wed, and vnwedded, in ſicknes and health, for all that well liueth, in good common wealth. For Citie, for countrey, for Court and for cart, to quiet the head, and to cōfort the hart.

A deſcription of huſwife and Huſwiferye. OF huſwife, doth huſwiferie challenge ye name, of Huſwiferie, huſwife doth likewiſe the ſame. where huſband & Huſbandry, ioyneth with theaſe, there welthines gotten, is holden with eaſe. The name of a Huſwife, what is it to ſay? the wife of the houſe, to the huſband a ſtay. If huſwife doth that, as belongeth to hir: if huſband be wittye, there needeth no ſtir. The Huſwife is ſhee, that to labour doth fall, the labour of her, I do huſwiferie call. If thrift by that labour, be ſaued or got: then is it good huſwiferie, elſe is it not. The woman, the name of a Huſwife doth win, by keeping her houſe, and of doings therein. And ſhee that with huſband, will quietly dwell: muſt think on this leſſon, and follow it well. FINIS.

Enſtructions to Huſwiferie. ¶Serue God is the furſt, True loue is not wurſt. A Dayly good leſſon, of huſwife in deede, is God to remember, the better to ſpeede. 2 Another good leſſon, of huſwiferie thought, is huſwife with huſband, to lieue as ſhe ought. ¶Wife comely no griefe, Man out, huſwife chiefe. 3 Though trickſy to ſee to, be gallant to wiue, yet comely & wiſe, is the huſwife to thriue. 4 When huſband is abſent, let huſwife be chiefe, and looke to their labour, that eateth her biefe. ¶Both out, not alow, Keepe houſe, huſwife thow. 5 Where huſband & huſwife, be both out of place, there ſeruants do loyter, and reaſon their caſe. 6 The huſwife ſo named (of keping the houſe) muſt tend on her profit, as cat on the mouſe. ¶Seeke home for reſt, For home is beſt. 7 As huſwiues keepe home, & be ſtirrers about, ſo ſpeedeth their winnings, the yere thorough out. 8 though home be but homly, yet huſwif is taught that home hath no fellow, to ſuch as haue aught. ¶Vſe all with ſkill, aſke what ye will. 9 Good vſage with knowledge, & quiet with all, Makes huſwife to ſhine, as the ſun on the wall. 10 what huſband refuſeth, all comely to haue, that hath a good huſwife, al willing to ſaue. ¶Be ready at neede, all thine to feede. 11 The caſe of god huſwiues, thus daily doth ſtād, what euer ſhall chaunce, to be ready at hand. 12 This care hath a huſwife all daye in her hed, that all thing in ſeaſon be huſwifely fed. ¶By practiſe go muſe, how howſhold to vſe. 13 Dame practiſe is ſhe, that to huſwife muſt tell, which waye for to gouerne, her family well. 14 Vſe labourers gently, keepe this as a lawe, make childe to be ciuill, keepe ſeruant in awe. ¶who careleſſe do leiue, occaſion do geiue. 15 Haue euery where, a reſpect to thy wayes, that none of thy life, any ſiaunder may raiſe. 16 what many do knowe, though a time it be hid, at length wil abrode, when a miſchiefe ſhal bid. ¶No neighbour reproue, do ſo, to haue loue. 17 the loue of thy neighbour, ſhal ſtād thee in ſtede, the poorer, the gladder, to helpe at a nede. 18 Vſe frēdly thy neighbour, elſe truſt him in this as he hath thy frendſhip, ſo truſt vnto his. ¶Strike nothing vnknowen. take hid to thine owne. 19 Reuenge not thy wrath, vpon any mans beaſt, leaſt thine be like malice, be bid to like feaſt. 20 what huſband prouideth, wt money his drudge, yt huſwife muſt loke to, which waye it doth trudge.

A Digreſsion. NOw out of the matter, this leſſon I add, cōcerning cock croweing, what profet is had experience teathith, as true as a clock: how winter nightes paſſith, by marking the cock. Cock croweith at midnight, times feaw aboue ſix, wt pauſe to his neighbour, to anſwer betwix, at three a clock thicker, & then as ye knowe: like all in to mattens, nere day they do crowe. At midnight, at three, & an hower ere daye, they vtter their language, as wel as they maye. which who ſo regardith, what counſell they geue. will better loue croweing, as longe as they leue. For beinge frayde, take hid good mayde: Marke crowing of cock for feare of your dock, At midnight. ¶The firſt cock croweith, Howe, dame it is midnight what rumbling is that The next cock ſhoweith. Take hide to falſe harlots, & more ye wot what. If noyſe ye do heare. loke all thing be cleare. Leaſt drabbs do noy the. and theues deſtroy the. At iii. a clok ¶The firſt cock croweith, Maydes three a clock, kned, lay your bucks, or go brewe, The next cock ſhowith. And cobble & botch, ye that cannot buy newe. Both mayden and man, Mend now what ye can. Leaue gibber gabber, mend ſlibber ſlabber. At ye breake of daye. ¶The firſt cock croweith, Paſt fiue a clock, holla: mayde ſleeping beware, The next cock ſhoweith, Leaſt quickly your myſtris, vncouer your bare. Mayde vp I beſeche you, Leaſt myſtris do breche you. To worke and away, As faſt as ye may.

Now liſten good huſwiues, what huſwifrie here, ſet out for a daye, as it ſhould for a yere. ¶No ſooner ſome vp, But noſe is in cup. GEt vp in the morening, as ſoone as thow wilt, with ouer long ſlugging, good ſeruant is ſpilt. 2 Some ſlouens from ſleeping, no ſooner be vp, But hand is in aumbrie, & noſe in the cup. ¶That earely is donne, Counte huſwifely wonne. 3 Som works in ye morning, may trimly be donne that all the day after, can hardly be wonne. 4 Good huſband without, is it nedefull there be? good huſwife within, is as nedefull as he. Caſt duſt into yarde, & ſpin and go carde. 5 Slutts corners auoidid, ſhall further thy helth, much time about triefles, ſhall hinder thy welth. 6 Set ſome to peele hemp, or elſe reſſhis to twine, to ſpin & to carde, or to ſeething of brine. ¶Grinde malt for drinke, ſee meat do not ſtinke. 7 Set ſom about cattle, ſome paſture to vewe, Some, malt to be grineding, againſt ye do brewe. Some, corneth, ſom brineth, ſom wil not betaught where meate is atainetid, ther cookery is naught. ¶To breakfaſt that come, geue erye one ſome. 9 Breakfaſt. Call ſeruants to breakfaſt, by day ſtar appere, a ſnatch & to worke fellowes, tarry not here. 10 Let huſwife be caruer, ſee pottage be heate, a meſſe to eache one, with a morſell of meate. ¶No more tittle tattle, Go ſerue your cattle. 11 what tack in a pudding, ſayes gredy gut wrīger geue ſuch ye wot what, er a pudding he finger. 12 Let ſeruant once ſerued, thy cattle go ſerue, leaſt often it ſeruing, make cattle to ſterue. ¶Learne you that will thee, How deintie ſome bee. 13 No breakfaſt of cuſtome, prouide for to ſaue, but onely for ſuche, as deſerueth to haue. 14 No ſhewing to ſeruant, what vitailes in ſtore, ſheaw ſeruant his labour, & ſheaw him no more. ¶Of hauock beware, Cat nothing will ſpare. 15 Where all thing is cōmon, what nedeth a hutch where wanteth a ſauer, there hauock is much. 16 Where windowe is open, cat maketh a fray, yet wilde cat with two legs, is wurſe by my fay. ¶Looke well vnto thine, Slut ſlothfull, muſt whine. 17 An eye in a corner who vſeth to haue, reuealeth a drab, & preuenteth a knaue. 18 Make maide to be clenly, or make her cry creake and teach her to ſtir, when her miſtris doth ſpeake ¶Let holly wand threate, Let fyſgyg be beate. 19 A wand in thy hand, though ye fight not all, make youth to their buſineſſe, better to fall. 20 For feare of foole had I wiſt, cauſe the to waile let fyſgig be taught, to ſhut doore after tayle. ¶To eaſy the wicket, VVill ſtill a peace clicket. 21 with her that will clicket, make danger to cope, leaſt quickly her wicket, ſeeme eaſy to ope. 22 As rod little mendeth, where maners be ſpilt, ſo naught will be naught, ſay & do what thou wilt. ¶Fight ſeldome ye ſhall, But vſe not to brall. 23 Much brauling wt ſeruant, what man can abide pay home whē thou fighteſt, but loue not to chide. 24 As order is heauenly, where quiet is had, ſo error is hell, or a miſchiefe as bad. ¶What better a lawe, Then ſubiect in awe. 25 Such awe as a warning, will cauſe to beware doth make the whole houſhold, the better to fare. 26 The leſſe of thy counſell, thy ſeruants do knowe their duetie the better, ſuche ſeruantes ſhall ſhowe. ¶Good muſicke regarde, Good ſeruant rewarde. 27 Such ſeruants are ofteneſt, painfull & good, that ſing in their labour, as birdes in the wood. 28 Good ſeruāts hope iuſtly, ſome frēdſhip to feele and loke to haue fauour, what time they do weele. ¶By once or twiſe, Tis good to be wiſe. 29 Take runnagate Robbin, to pittie his neede, and looke to be filched, as true as thy Creede. 30 Take warning by once, that a wurſe do not hap foreſight is the ſtopper, of many a gap. ¶Some change for a ſhift, Oft change, ſmall thrift. 31 Make feaw of thy councell, to change for ye beſt, leaſt one that is trudging, infecteth the reſt. 32 The ſtone that is roweling, cā gather no Moſſe, for maſter & ſeruant, oft chaunging is loſſe. ¶Both liberall ſticketh, Some, prouender pricketh. 33 One Dog for a Hog, & one Cat for a Mouſe, one ready to geeue, is inough in a houſe. 34 One gift ill accepted, keepe next in thy purſe, whom prouender pricketh, are often the wurſe. ¶Brewe ſomewhat for thine, elſe keepe no ſwine. 35 Where brewing is needefull,Brewing. be brewer thy ſelfe what filleth the roofe, will helpe furniſh the ſhelfe. 36 In buying of drink, by the firkin or pot, ſcore quickly aryſeth, hog profiteth not. ¶Well brewed, worth coſt. Ill vſed, halfe loſt. 37 One buſſhel wel brewed, outlaſteth ſom twaine two troubles for nothing, is coſt to no gaine. 38 To newe is no profite, to ſtale is as bad, drink dead or elſe ſower, makes laborer ſad. ¶Remember good Gyll, Take paine with thy ſwyll. 39 ſeith grains in more water, while graines be yet hot and ſtir thē in copper, as porredge in pot. 40 Such heating wt ſtraw,Seithing of graines. to haue offal good ſtore both pleaſeth & eaſeth, what would ye haue more. ¶Newe bread is a dreuill, Muche cruſt is as euill. 41 Baking.New bread is a waeſter, but mouldy is wurſe, what dog catcheth that way, that loſeth the purſe. 42 Much dowbake I praiſe not, much cruſt is as il the meane is the huſwife, ſay nay if ye will. ¶Good cookery craueth, Cookery. Good turne broche ſaueth. 43 Good cooke to dreſſe dinner, to bake & to brew, deſerues a rewarde, being honeſt & true. 44 Good diligent turne brotche, & truſty with all, is ſometime as needefull, as ſome in the hall. Good dayrie, doth pleaſure, Dayrye. Ill dayrie, ſpends treaſure. 45 Good huſwife in dayry, that nedes not be tolde, deſerueth her fee, to be payde her in golde. 46 Ill ſeruant neglecting, what huſwiferie ſayes, deſerueth her fee, to be payde her in bayes. Though droy be worth muche, Marke ſlutts & ſuche. 47 Good droy to ſerue hog, to help waſh & to milk, more needeful is truely, then ſome in their ſilk. 48 Though homely be milker, let clenly be cooke, for ſlutt & a ſlouen, be knowen by their looke. ¶In dairy no catt, Lay bane for a ratt. 49 though cat (a good mouſer) doth wel in a houſe yet euer in dairy, haue trap for a mouſe. 50 Take hede how thou layeſt, the bane for ye ratts for poyſoning ſeruant, thy ſelf & thy bratts. ¶No ſcouring for pride, Spare kottle whole ſyde. 51 though ſcouring be nedeful, yet ſcourīg to much is pride without profit, & robbeth thine huch.Scouring. 52 Keepe kettles frō knocks, & ſet tubs out of ſūne, for mending is coſtly, & crackt is ſoone dunne. ¶Take heede when ye waſh, Elſe runne in the laſh. 53 Maides waſh wel & wrīg wel, but beat ye wot how,waſſhing. if any lack beating, I feare it be yow. 54 In waſhing by hand, haue an eye to thy boll, for Launders & Millers, be quick of their toll. ¶Drye Sunne & drie winde, Safe binde & ſafe finde. 55 Go waſh wel ſayth Sōmer, wt Sūne I ſhal dry go wring wel ſayth winter, with winde ſo ſhall I. 56 To truſt without heede, is to venter a ioint, geue tale & take count, is a Huſwifely point. ¶where meany be packing, are meany things lacking. 57 whē hēnes fal a cackling, take hide to their neſt, when drabbes fall a whiſtring, take hid to the reſt. 58 what huſband refuſeth, things comely to haue that hath a good huſwife, ſo willing to ſaue. ¶Ill malting is theft. wood dride hath a weft. 59 Howſe may be ſo handſome, & ſkilfulnes ſuch, to make thy owne malt, it ſhall profet the much. 60 ſome drieth with ſtraw, & ſome drieth wt woode woode aſketh more charge, & yet nothing ſo good. ¶Take hid to the kell, ſing out as a bell. 61 Be ſuer no chances, to fyer can drawe, the wood or the furzen, the brake or the ſtrawe. 62 Let gillet be ſinging, it doth very well, to kepe her fro ſleeping & burning the kell. ¶Beſt dride, beſt ſpedes, ill kept, bowd bredes. 63 Malt being well ſpeerid, the more it will caſt, malt being well dryed, the longer will laſt. 64 Long kept in ill ſoller (vndoubted thow ſhalt,) through bowds wtout nūber, loſe quickly thy malt ¶For hunger or thirſt, dreſſe cattell wel firſt. 65 By Noone ſe your dinner be ready & neate,dinnertime let meate tarry ſeruant, not ſeruant his meate. 66 Plough cattle a bayting, cal ſeruant to dinner: the thicker, ſo much be the charges the thinner. ¶Togither is beſt, for hoſtis and geſt. 67 Dew ſeaſon is beſt, altogether is gay, diſpatch hath no fellow, make ſhort and away. 68 Beware of Gill laggoſe, diſordring thy houſe, moe dainties who catcheth, thā craftie fed Mouſe? ¶Let ſuch haue inough, that folow the plough. 69 Geue ſeruant no dainties, but geue him inough to many chappes walking, do begger the plough. 70 Poore ſeggōs half ſterned, work faintly & dull: and lubbers do loyter their bellies to full. ¶Geue neuer to much. to lubbers and ſuch. 71 Feede lazie, that threſheth a flap & a tap, like ſlouthfull, thal all day be ſtopping a gap. 72 Some litherly lubber, more eateth then two, yet leaueth vndone, that a ſtranger will doe. ¶Where nothing will laſt, Spare ſuche as thou haſt. 33 ſome cutteth thy linnē, ſome ſpilleth their broth, bare table to ſome, doth as well as a cloth. 74 Treene diſhes be homely, & yet not to lack, where ſtone is no laſter, take tankard & iack. ¶Knap boy on the thumbs, And ſaue him his crumbs. 75 That pewter is neuer, for manerly feaſt, that dayly doth ſerue, an vnmanerly beaſt. 76 Som gnaweth & leueth, ſōe cruſts & ſom crūbs eat ſuch ther own leuīgs, or gnaw their own thūbs ¶Serue God euer furſt, Take nothing at wurſt. 77 At Dinner, at Supper, at Morning, at night, geue thankes vnto God, for his gifts in thy ſight. 78 Good huſband & huſwife, wil ſometime alone, make ſhift with a morſell, & ſuppe with a bone. ¶Enough thou art tolde, To muche will not holde. 79 Three diſhes wel dreſſed, & welcome with all, both pleaſeth thy frende, & becommeth thine hall. 80 Enough is a plenty, to muche is a pride, the plough with ill holding, goes often aſyde. ¶Make company breake, Go cheriſhe the weake. 81 When Dinner is ended, ſet ſeruants to worke,Afternoone workes. and follow ſuch marchants, as loueth to lurke. 82 To ſeruant in ſicknes, ſee nothing ye grutch, a thing of a trifle, ſhall comfort him mutch. ¶Who many do feede, Saue muche they had neede. 83 Put chippings in dippings, vſe parings to ſaue fat Capons or chickins, that lookeſt to haue. 84 Saue drippīgs & ſkimmings, how euer ye doo for medcine, for cattle, for cart, & for ſhoo. ¶Leane Capon, vnmeete, Deare fedde is vnſweete. 85 Such of corne as cōmeth, geue wife to her fee, feede willingly ſuch, as do help to feede thee. 86 Though fat fed is daintie, of this I thee warne be cunning in fatting, for robbing thy barne. ¶Peece hole to defend, Things timely amend. 87 good ſemeſters be ſoewing of fine prety knacks goed huſwiues be mēding, & peecing their ſacks. 88 Though making & mēding, be huſwifly waies yet mending in time, is the huſwife to praiſe. ¶Buy newe as is meete, Mark blanket & ſheete. 89 Though Ladies may rend, & buy new ery day, good huſwiues muſt mēd, & buy new as they may. 90 Call quarterly ſeruants, to court & to leete, write euery Couerlet, Blanket & ſheete. ¶Shift ſlouenly elfe, Be gayler thy ſelfe. 91 Though ſhifting to oft, be a thiefe in a houſe, yet ſhift ſlut & ſlouen, for feare of a louſe. 92 Graūt doubtful no key, of his chāber in purſe, leaſt chamber doore lockt, be to thiefery a nurſe. ¶Saue feathers for geſt, Theaſe other rob cheſt. 93 Saue wing for a threſſher, when Gāder doth dye, ſaue feather of all thing, the ſofter to lye. 94 Much ſpice is a thiefe, ſo is candle and fyer, ſwete ſauſe is as craftie, as euer was fryer. ¶Wife make thy owne candle, Spare, peny to handle. 95 Prouide for thy tallow, ere froſt commeth in, and make thine owne Candle, ere winter begin. 96 If peny for all thing, be ſuffred to trudge, truſt long not to peny, to haue him thy drudge. ¶Time drawing to night, See all thing go right. 97 whē hēnes go to rooſt,Euening workes. go in hād to dreſſe meat ſerue hogs & to milking, & ſome to ſerue neat. 98 Where twaine be inough, be not ſerued wt three more knaues in a company, worſer they bee. ¶Make lacky to trudge, Make ſeruant thy drudge. 99 For euery trifle, leaue iauncing thy Nagg, but rather make lacky, of Iack boy thy wagg. 100 Make ſeruant at night, lug in wood or a log, let none come in emptie, but ſlutt & thy dog. ¶Falſe knaue ready preſt, All ſafe is the beſt. 101 Where pullein vſe nightly, to pearch in ye yard there two legged Foxes, kepe watches & ward. 102 See cattle well ſerued, without & within, and all thing at quiet, ere ſupper begin. ¶Take heede is nedefull, True pitie is medefull. 103 No clothes in gardein, no trinkets without, no doore leaue vnboulted, for feare of a doubt. 104 Thou woman whō pity, becommeth the beſt, graunt all that hath laboured, time to take reſt. ¶Vſe mirth & good woord, At bed & at boorde. 105 Supper time.Prouide for thy huſbād, to make hi good there make mery together, while time ye be here. 106 At bed and at borde, how ſoeuer be fall, what euer God ſendeth, be mery withall. ¶No brawlings make, No ielouſie take. 107 No taūts before ſeruāts, for hindring thy fame no iarring too loude, for auoiding of ſhame, 108 As franſy & hereſy roueth togyther, ſo ielouſie leadeth, a foole ye wot whyther. ¶Tend ſuch as ye haue, Stop talkatiue knaue. 109 Yong childrē & chickins, would euer be eating good ſeruants loke duely, for gentle entreating. 110 No ſeruant at table, vſe ſauſſy to talke. leaſt tong ſet at large, out of meaſure do walke. ¶No ſnatching at all, Sirs harken now all. 111 No lurching, no ſnatching, no ſtriuing at all, leaſt one go without, and another haue all. 112 After ſupper woorksDeclare after Supper, take heede thereunto, what worke in the morning, eche ſeruant ſhall do. ¶Thy ſoule hath a clog, forget not thy dog. 113 Remēber thoſe childrē, whoſe parents be poore which hunger, yet dare not to craue at thy doore. 114 Thy bādog that ſerueth, for diuers miſhappes, forget not to geue him, thy bones and thy ſcrappes. ¶Make keyes to be kepers, To bed ye ſleepers. 115 Where mouthes be many, to ſpend yt thou haſt ſet keyes to be kepers, for ſpending to faſt. 116 To bed after ſupper, let drouſie go ſleepe, leaſt knaue in the darke, to his marrow do creepe. ¶Kepe keyes as thy life. feare candle good wife. 117 Such keyes lay vp ſafe, ere ye take ye to reſt, of dayry, of buttrye, of cupborde an cheſt. 118 Feare candle in hay loft, in Barne & in Shed, feare flea ſmock, & mēd breech, for burning their bed ¶See dore lockt faſte, two keyes make waſte. 119 A dore without lock is a baight for a knaue, a lock without key, is a foole that will haue. 120 One key to two locks, if it breake is a greife, two keyes to one locke in the ende is a theife. ¶Night workes trouble hed, Lock doores & to bed. 120 The day willeth done, what ſo euer ye bid, the night is a thiefe, if ye take not good hid. 121 waſh diſſhes, lay leauens, ſaue fyer & away, lock doores & to bed, a good huſwife will ſay. Bed time. ¶To bed knowe thy guiſe, To riſe ſo do likewiſe. 122 In winter at nine, & in Sommer at tenne, to bed after Supper, both maydens & menne. 123 time to riſeIn winter at fiue a clock, ſeruant ariſe, in Sommer at fower, is euer the guiſe. ¶Loue ſo, as ye may, Lieue many a day. Be lowly not ſoollen, if aught go amiſſe, what wreſting may loſe thee, that win with a kiſſe. Both beare & forbeare, now & then as ye may, then wenche God a mercy, thy huſband will ſay.

The plowmans feaſting daies. ¶This would not be ſlept. Olde guiſe muſt be kept. Feaſting daies.GOod huſwiues whō God, hath ēriched enough forget not the feaſts, that belong to the plough. The meaning is onely, to ioy & be glad, for comfort with labour, is fit to be had. ¶Plough Munday. 2 Plough Munday,at Twelftide. next after ye Twelftide is paſt bids out wt the plough, the wurſt huſband is laſt. If ploughman get hatchet, or whip to the ſkreene, maydes loſeth their Cocke, if no water be ſeene. ¶Shroftide. 3 At ſhroftide to ſhrouing, go threſh the fat Henne,At Shroftide. if blindefilde can kill her, then geue it thy menne. Maides fritters & pancakes, inough ſee ye make. let ſlut haue one pancake, for company ſake. ¶Sheepe ſhearing. 4 wyfe make vs a dinner, ſpare fleſh neither corne,At Midſomer. make wafers & cakes, for our ſhepe muſt be ſhorne. At ſhepe ſhearing neighbors, no other thing craue: but good cheare & welcom, like neighbors to haue. ¶The wake day. 5 Fil ouen ful of Flawns, Ginney pas not for ſlepe,The wake daye. to morow thy father, his wake day will kepe. Then euery wanton, may dawnce at her will, both Tomkin with Tomlin, & Iankin with Gill. ¶Harueſt home. 6 For all this good feaſting, yet art thou not looſe till ploughmā thou geueſt, his harueſt home gooſe.In Auguſt. Though gooſe go in ſtubble, I paſſe not for that, let gooſe haue a gooſe be ſhee leaue be ſhee fat. ¶Seede cake. 7 At Hallontyde.Wife ſōtime this weeke, if ye weather hold cleare an ende of wheat ſoweing, we make for this yeare Remember you therefore, though I do it not: the ſeede Cake, the Paſties, & Furmenty pot. ¶Twiſe a weeke roeſt. 8 Twyſe a weke roeſt.good Ploughmē loke wekely, of cuſtome & right for roeſtmeat on Sūdaies, & Thurſdaies at night Thus doing & keping, ſuch cuſtome and guiſe? they call thee good huſwife, they loue the likewiſe.

The good Huſwifelye Phiſicke. GGod huſwiues prouide, ere an ſicknes do come, of ſūdry good things, in her houſe to haue ſome. Good Aqua compoſita, Vineger tart, Roſe water & Treacle, to comfort the hart. Colde herbes in her gardein, for Agues that burne that ouer ſtrong heat, to good temper may turne. whight Endiue & Suckrye, wt Spinage inough, al ſuch wt good pot herbes, ſhould follow ye plough▪ Get water of Fumetory, Lyuer to coole, and others the like, or els go like a foole. Conſerue of the Barbery, Quinces & ſuch, with Sirops that eaſeth, the ſickly ſo much. Phiſicion.Aſk Medicus councel, ere medeen ye make, and honour that man, for neceſſities ſake. Though thouſāds hate phiſick, becauſe of the coſt, yet thouſands it helpeth, that elſe ſhould be loſt. Good broth & good keping,Good dyet. doth much now & than good diet with wiſedome, beſt comforteth man. In health to be ſturring, ſhall profit thee beſt, in ſicknes hate trouble, ſeeke quiet & reſt.Thinck on thy ſoule. Haue a good hope. Remember thy ſoule, let no fanſy preuaile, make ready to Godward, let faith neuer quaile. The ſooner thy ſelfe, thou ſubmitteſt to God, the ſooner he ceaſeth, to ſcourge with his rod.

The good motherly Nurſerye. Good huſwiues take paine, & do coūt it good luck to make ther own breſt, their own child to giue ſuk Though wrauling & rocking, be noyſome ſo nere, yet loſt by ill nurſing, is worſer to here. But one thing I warne the, let huſwife be nurſe, leaſt huſband doth find the, to frank wt his purſe. What hilbacke & fill belly, maketh away, that help to make good, or elſe looke for a fray. Geue childe that is fitly, geue baby the big, geue hardnes to youth, & geue roperipe a twig. we finde it not ſpoken, ſo often for naught, that children were better, vnborne than vntaught Som cockneis with coekig, are made very fooles, fit neither for prentice, for plough nor for ſchooles. Teach child to aſk bleſſing, ſerue God & to church, then bleſſe as a mother: elſe bleſſe him with burch. Thou huſwife thus doing, what further ſhal nede, but al men to call thee, good mother in dede.

¶Thinke on the poore. REmember the poore, yt for Gods ſake do call, for God both rewardeth, & bleſſeth with all. Take this in good part, what ſoeuer thou be, and wiſh me no wurſe, then I wiſhe vnto the. For men a perfect warning, what childe ſhall come by learning. AL you that faine would learne, ye perfect way, to haue your childe, in muſik ſome thing ſeene aſke Nature firſt, what thereto ſhe doth ſay. ere further ſute, ye make to ſuch a Queene. For doubtleſſe (Groſſum caput) is not he, of whom the learned Muſes, ſeene will be. Once tried that nature, trim hath done her part, and Lady Muſicke, farre in loue withall: Be wiſe who firſt, doth teach thy childe that art, leaſt homely breaker, marre fine ambling Ball. Not rod in madbraines hand, is that can helpe, but gentle ſkill, doth make the proper whelpe. where choiſe is harde, count good for well a fine, ſkill mixt with will, is he that teacheth beſt, Let this ſuffiſe▪ for teaching childe of thine: chuſe quickly well, for all the lingering reſt. Miſtaught at firſt, how ſeldome proueth well? trim taught (O God) how ſhortly doth excell? Although as ſhippes, muſt tarry winde & tide, and perfect howers, abide their ſtinted time, So likewiſe, though of learning (dayly tride) ſpace muſt be had, ere wilte may there to clime: Yet eaſy ſteps, and perfect way to truſt, doth cauſe good ſpeede, confeſſe of force we muſt. Thus in the childe, though wit inough we finde, and teacher good, neare han • , or other where: And time as apt, as may be thought with minde, nor cauſe, in ſuch thing, much to doubt or feare: Yet coeking Māms, & ſhifting Dads frō ſchooles, make pregnant wittes, to proue vnlearned fooles. Ere learning come, to haue firſt art thou taught, apt learning childe, apt time that thing to frame, Apt cunning man to teache, elſe all is naught, apt parents glad, to bring to paſſe the ſame. On ſuch apt ground, the Muſks loue to builde, this leſſon learne: adewe elſe learned childe.

A Sonet to the Lady Paget. SOme pleaſures take, and can not geue, but onely make, poore thanks their ſhift: Some meaning well, in det do leue, and cannot tell, How elſe to ſhift. Some knock & faine, would ope the doore, to learne the vaine, good turne to prayſe: Some ſhew good face, and be but poore, yet haue a grace, good fame to rayſe. Some owe and geue, yet ſtill in det, and ſo muſte leiue, for ought I knowe: Some wiſhe to pay, and cannot get, but night and day, ſtill more muſt owe. Euen ſo muſt I, for pleaſures paſt ſtill wiſh you good, while life doth laſt

A Compariſon betweene good Huſwiferie & euill. Comparing together, good Huſwifery & bad, The knowledge of eyther, the better is bad. 1 ILl huſwiferie lyeth, till nine of the clocke, good huſwiferie tryeth, to riſe with the Cocke. 2 Ill huſwiferie tooteth, to make her ſelfe braue, good huſwiferie looketh, what houſhold muſt haue. 3 Ill huſwifery truſteth, to him & to hir, good huſwiferie luſteth, her ſelfe for to ſtir. 4 Ill huſwiferie careth, for this not for that, good huſwiferie ſpareth, for feare ye wot what. 5 Ill huſwiferie pricketh, her ſelfe vp in pride, good huſwiferie tricketh, her houſe as a bride. 6 Ill huſwiferie o thing, or other muſt craue, good huſwiferie nothing, but nedefull will haue. 7 Ill huſwiferie moueth, with goſſep to ſpend, good huſwiferie loueth, her houſhold to tend. 8 Ill huſwiferie wanteth, with ſpending to faſt, good huſwiferie ſcanteth, the lenger to laſt. 6 Ill huſwiferie eaſeth, her ſelfe with vnknowne, good huſwiferie pleaſeth, her ſelfe with her owne. 10 Ill huſwiferie brooketh, mad toies in her hed, good huſwiferie looketh, that al thing be fed. 11 Ill huſwiferie bringeth, a ſhilling to naught, good huſwiferie ſingeth, her cofers full fraught. 12 Ill huſwiferie rendeth, and caſteth aſyde, good huſwiferie mendeth, elſe would it go wide. 13 Ill huſwiferie ſwepeth, her linnen to gage, good huſwiferie kepeth, to ſerue her in age. 14 Ill huſwiferie craueth, in ſecret to borow, good huſwiferie ſaueth, to day for to morow. 15 Ill huſwiferie pineth, (not hauing to eate) good huſwiferie dineth, with plentie of meate. 16 Ill huſwiferie letteth, the deiuell take all, good huſwiferie ſetteth, good brag of a ſmall. 17 Good huſwif good fame hath of beſt in the towne, ill huſwife ill name hath, of euery Clowne.

The deſcription of womans age by .vi times xiiii. yeres prentiſhip, with a leſſon to the ſame. 14 Two firſt vij̄. yeres, for a rodd they do whine, 28 Two next, as a Perle, in the world they do ſhine 42 Two next, trim beauty beginneth to ſwerue, 56 Two next, for matrons, or drudge is they ſerue, 70 Two next doth craue, a ſtaffe for a ſtaye: 84 Two next, a beere, to fetche them awaye. A Leſſon. Then purchas ſome pelfe, by fyftye & • h • e • : Or buckle thy ſelfe, a drudge for to bee.

Huſbandly Poeſies for the hall. Frend here I dwell, and here I haue, a little worldly pelfe: which on my frend, I kepe to ſpend, as well as on my ſelfe. 2 What euer fare you had to finde, take welcome for the beſt: that hauing then, diſdaine thou not, for wanting of the reſt. 3 Bacbyting talke, ye flattering blabs, know wily how to blēge the wiſe doth note, the frende doth hate, the enmye will reuenge. 4 The wiſe will ſpēd, or geue & lend, yet kepe to haue in ſtore, if fooles may haue, from hand to mouth, they pas vpon no more 5 Where eaſe is ſought, at lēgth we ſee there plenty waxeth ſcāt who careleſſe liue, go borow muſt, or elſe full often want. 6 The world doth think, yt wealthy mā, is he that leaſt ſhall nede but true it is the godly man, is he that beſt ſhall ſpede.

Poeſies for the Parler. AS hatred, is the ſerpents noyſome rod, ſo frendſhip, is the louing gift of God. 2 The dronken frend, is frendſhip very euill▪ the frantike frend, is frendſhip for the Deuill. 3 The quiet frend, al one in worde & dede, Great comfort is, like ready golde at neede. 4 With brauling fooles, that wrall for euery wrōg firme frendſhip, neuer can continue long. 5 In time that man, ſhall ſeldome frendſhip miſſe, that wayeth what thing, touch kept in frendſhip is. 6 Oft times a frend, is got with eaſie coſt, which vſed euill, is oft as quickly loſt. 7 Haſt thou a frend, as hart may wiſh at will? then vſe him ſo, to haue his frendſhip ſtill. 8 Wouldeſt haue a frend? wouldſt know what frend is beſt? haue God thy frende, who paſſeth al the reſt.

Poſies for the geſts Chamber. THe ſlouen & the careleſſe man, the royniſh nothing nice, to lodge in chamber comly deckt, are ſeldome ſuffred twice. 2 With curteine ſome make ſcaberd clene, wt couerlet their ſhoe all dirt & mire, ſome wallow bed, as ſpanels vſe to doe. 3 though bootes & ſpurs be nere ſo foule, what paſſeth ſom therō what place they foile, what thing they teare, by tūbling therupō. 4 Foule male ſome caſt on faier borde, be carpet nere ſo cleene, what maners careleſſe maſter hath, by knaue his man is ſeene. 5 Some make the Chimney chamber pot, to ſmel like filthy ſink yet who ſo bolde, ſo ſoone to ſay, fough how theſe howſes ſtink. 6 They therfore ſuch, as make no force, what clēly thīg they ſpill muſt haue a kabben like them ſelues, although againſt their will 7 But gentlemen, wil gently do where gentleneſſe is ſheawd, obſeruing this, with loue abide, or elſe hence al be ſhreawd.

Poſies for thine owne bed Chamber. WHat wiſedō more, what better life, thā pleaſeth God to ſēd what worldly goods, what lōger vſe, thā pleſeth god to lēd 2 What better fare, then wel cōtent, what mirth to godly welth what better geſt then truſty frend, in ſicknes & in helth. 3 What better bed, then quiet reſt, to paſſe the night with ſleepe, what better worke, then dayly care, fro ſinne thy ſelfe to keepe. 4 What better thought, then think on God, & daily him to ſerue what better gift, than to the poore, that ready be to ſterue? 5 What greater praiſe of God and man, than hatred to forſake, what mercyleſſe, ſhall mercy get, that mercy none will take. 6 What worſe diſpaire, than loth to die, for feare to go to Hell, what greter faith, thā truſt in god, through chriſt in heuē to dwel

Certaine table leſſons. FRende, eateles or drinkles, & buy the a knife, elſe looke for a caruer, not alwaye to rife, Some kniueles, their daggers for brauery weare, that often for ſurfeting, nede not to feare. 2 At dinner & ſupper, the table doth craue, good felowly neighbour, good maner to haue, aduiſe the well therfore, er tong be to free, or ſlapſauce be noted, to ſawcy to be. 3 If eany thing wantith or ſeemith amiſſe, to call for or ſhew it, good maner it is. But buſye fawt fynder, & ſawcye withall: is roiſter like ruffen, no maner attall. 4 Some cuttith the napkin, ſome trencher wil nick ſom ſheawith like folly, in meany a trick. Let apiſhly bodye, ſo toying at meate: goe toy with his nody, with ape in the ſtreate. 5 Some cōmeth vnſent for, not for thy good there but bent as a ſpyall, to lyſten & here. which being once knowne, for a knaue let him go, for knaue wilbe knauiſh, his nature is ſo.

¶Table leſſons for wayting ſeruants. ONe diligent ſeruiture, ſkilfull to wayght. more comelyth thy table, then other ſome eight, That ſtand for to liſten, or gaſing about: not minding their duetie, within nor without. 2 Such wayter is fauty, that ſtandeth ſo bye, vnmindefull of ſeruice, forgetting his eye. If maſter to ſuch, geue a bone for to gnawe: he doth but his office, to teach ſuch a dawe. 3 Such ſeruiture alſo, deſerueth a check, that runneth out fiſking, with meat in his beck. Such rauening puttocks, for vitels ſo trim: would haue a good maſter, to puttock with him· 4 Who dayly can ſuffer, or elſe can afoord, his meat ſo vp ſnatched, that comes from his boord So toeſed with carmarants, here & there ſome: and others to want it, that orderly come? 5 Good ſeruiture wayeth, (once dinner begonne,) what aſketh attendance & what to be donne. So purchaſing maſter, a prayſe with the beſt: gets prayſe to him ſelfe, both of maſter & geſt.

Principall pointes of Religion. 1 TO pray to God continually, 2 To learne to know him rightfully 3 To honour God in Trinitie, The Trinitie in vnitie, The Father in his Maieſtie, The Sonne in his humanitie, The Holy Ghoſtes benignitie, three perſonnes one in Deitie, 4 To ſerue him alway holily, 5 To aſke him all thing nedefully, 6 To prayſe him alway worthely, 7 To loue him alway ſtedfaſtly, 8 To dread him alway fearefully, 9 To aske him mercy hartely, 10 To truſt him alway faithfully, 11 To obey him alway willingly, 12 To abide him alway paciently, 13 To thank him alway thankfully, 14 To liue here alway vertuoſly, 15 To vſe thy neighbour honeſtly, 16 To looke for death ſtill preſently, 17 To helpe the poore in miſery, 18 To hope for heauens felicitye, 19 To haue faith, hope, & charitie, 20 To count this life but vanitie: be pointes of Chriſtianitie.

The Auctors beliefe. God the father.THis is my ſtedfaſt Creede, my fayth & all my truſt, That in the heauēs, there is a God, moſt mighty, mild & iuſt. A God aboue all Gods, a king aboue all kynges, The lorde of lordes, chief gouernor, of heauen & earthly things. 2 Maker of heauenThat power hath of life, of death, of heauen & hell, That all thing made (as pleaſeth him) ſo wonderfull to tell. That made the hanging Skies, ſo deckt with diuers lightes, of darknes made the cherefull daies, & all our reſtfull nightes. 3 The earth.That clad this earth with herbe, with trees of ſundry fruites, with beaſt, wt bird, both wilde & fame, of ſtrange & ſundry fruites, That intermixt the ſame, with mynes (like veines of Ore), of ſiluer, golde, or precious ſtones, & treaſures many more. 4 That ioyned brookes to Dales, to hills freſh water ſprings, with Ryuers ſweete, along the Meades, to profit many things. That made the hoary Froſtes, the flaky Snowes ſo trim, the hony Deaws, the bluſtring windes, to ſerue as pleaſeth him. 5 The Seas.That made the ſurging Seas, in courſe to ebbe & floe, That ſkilfull man, with ſayling ſhippe, mought trauel to & froe. And ſtored ſo the ſame, for mannes vnthankfull ſake, that euery nation vnder heauen, mought thereby profit take. 6 That gaue to man a ſoule, with reaſon how to lieue, That doth to him, & althing elſe, his bleſſing dayly geeue. That is not ſeene yet ſeeth, how man doth runne his race, whoſe dayly works, both good & bad ſtād known before his face 7 That ſendeth thundring clapps, like terrors out of hell, That mā may know, a God ther is, yt in the heauens doth dwel. That ſendeth threatning plagues, to kepe our lieues in awe, His benefites if we forget, or do contempne his lawe. 8 That dayly hateth ſinne, that loueth vertue well, And is the God of Abraham, Iſacke & Iſraell. That doth diſpleaſure take, when we his lawes offend, And yet amyds his heauy wrath, his mercy doth extend. 9 This, is that Lorde of hoſtes, the father of vs all, the maker of what ere was made, my God on whom I call. Which for the loue of man, ſent downe his onely Sonne, Begot of him before the worldes were any whit begonne. 10 This, entred Maries wombe, as faith affirmeth ſure,Chriſtes birth. Chriſt God & man. conceyued by the Holy Ghoſt, borne of that virgin pure. This, was both God & man, of Iewes the hoped king, and liued here, ſaue onely ſinne, like man in euery thing. 11 This, is that virgins childe, that ſame moſt holy Prieſt,Chriſt our Meſſias the lamb of God, ye Prophet great, whom ſcripture calleth chriſt. This, that Meſſias was, of whom the Prophet ſpake, that ſhould tread down ye Serpents hed, & our attonemēt make. 12 This, Iudas did betray, to falſe diſſembling Iewes,Chriſtes paſſion. Which vnto Pilate being Iudge, did falſly him accuſe. Who (through that wicked Iudge) and of thoſe Iewes deſpight condempned & tormented was, with all the force they might. 13 To liuing wight more euill, what could ſuch wretches do? more pearcing woūds, more bitter pains, thā they did put hī to. They crowned him with thorne, that was the king of kings, that ſought to ſaue the ſoule of man, aboue all worldly things. 14 This, was the Paſcall lambe, whoſe loue for vs ſo ſtoode,Chriſtes death. that on the mount of Caluerine, did ſhed for vs his blood. Where • anging on the Creſſe, no ſhame he did forſake, till death geuen him, by pearcing ſpeare, an end of life did make. 15 This, Ioſeph ſeing dead, the body thence did craue, and tooke it foorthwith from the Croſſe, & layd it in his graue.Chriſtes buriall. His deſcention.Downe thence he went to hell, in vſing there his will, his ſoule I meane, his ſlayned corps, in Tombe remainyng ſtill. 16 His reſurrection. His AſcentionFrom death to life againe, the thirde day this did riſe, and ſeene on earth to his elect, times oft in ſundry wiſe. And after into heauen, aſcende he did in ſight, and ſitteth on the right hand there, of God the father of might. 17 Where for vs wretches all, his father he doth pray, to haue reſpect vnto his death, and put our ſinnes away, Chriſt ſhall be our iudgeFrom thence wt ſounded trump, which noyſe all fleſh ſhal dread, he ſhall returne with glory againe, to iudge the quick & dead. 18 Then ſhall that voice be heard, come come ye good to mee, hence hence to hell you workers euill, where paine ſhal euer bee. This is that louing Chriſt, which I my Sauiour call, and onely put my truſt in him, & in none elſe at all. 19 God the Holy ghoſtIn God the holy Ghoſt, I firmely do beleue, which from the father & the Sonne proceding, life doth geue. Which by the Prophets ſpake, which doth all comfort ſend, whiche I do truſt, ſhall be my guide, when this my life ſhal end. 20 The Catholike churcheA holy catholik Church on earth I graunt there is, & thoſe which frame their liues by that, ſhall neuer ſpede amiſſe. The head whereof is Chriſt, his word the chiefeſt poſt: preſeruer of this Temple great, is God the holy Ghoſt. 21 The cōmunion of SaintsI do not doubt there is, a multitude of Saintes, more good is don, reſembling thē, then ſhewing thē our plaints. Their faith and works in Chriſt, that glory them did geue: which glory we ſhall likewiſe haue, if likewiſe we do lieue. 22 forgeuenes of ſinnesAt God of heauen there is, forgiuenes of our ſinnes, through Chriſts death, through faith in it, & through none other ginnes. Yf we repentant here, his mercy dayly craue: through ſtedfaſt hope & faith in Chriſt, forgeuenes we ſhall haue 23 I hope & truſt vpon, the riſing of the fleſhe, this corps of mine (that furſt muſt dye) ſhall riſe againe afreſhe.Mans reſurrection The bodye & ſoule euen then, in one ſhall ioyned be: as Chriſt did riſe, frō death to life, euē ſo through Chriſt ſhal we 24 As Chriſt is glorified, & neuer more ſhall dye, as Chriſt aſcended is to heauen, through Chriſt euen ſo ſhall I.Life euerlaſting. As Chriſt I count my hed, & I a member of his, ſo God I truſt, for Chriſtes ſake, ſhall ſettle me in bliſſe, THus here we learne of God, that there be perſons three, the Father, Sonne, the holy Ghoſt, one God in trinitie. In ſubſtance all like one, one God, one lord, one might, whoſe perſons yet we do deuide, & ſo we may by right. As God the father is, the maker of vs all, ſo God the Sonne redemer is, to whom for helpe we call, And God the holy Ghoſt, the ſoule of man doth winne, by mouing her to waile for grace, aſhamed of her ſinne. This is that God of Gods, whom euery ſoule ſhould loue, whō al mēs hearts, ſhould quake for feare, his wrath on them to moue That this ſame mightie God, aboue al other chiefe: ſhall ſaue my ſoule, from dolefull Hell, is all my whole beliefe.

Of the omnipotentie of God, and debilitie of man. O God thou glorious God, what God is like to the. what life, what ſtrength, is like to thine, as al ye world may ſee▪ Thy heauens, thine earth, thy Seas, & al thy workes therein, do ſhew (to whō thou wouldeſt to know) what yu haſt euer ben: 2 But all the thoughts of man, are bent to wretched euil, man doth commit Idolatry, bewitched of the Deuill. What euill is left vndone, where man may haue his will: man euer was an hipocrite, & euer will be ſtill. 3 What dayly watch is made, the ſoule of man to ſlea, What theſe 4. principall deuels do ſignifie.by Lucifer, by Belſabub, Mammon, & Aſmode. In diueliſh pride, in wratch, in coueting too much, in fleſhly luſt the time is ſpent, the life of man is ſuch. 4 The ioy that here he hath, is as a ſparke of fier, his acts be like, the ſmoldring ſmoke, him ſelfe but dirt & mier: His ſtrength euen as a Reede, his age much like the flower, his breath or life is but a puffe, vncertein euery hower. 5 But for the holy Ghoſt, & for his giftes of grace, the death of Chriſt, thy mercy great, man were in wofull caſe. O graunt vs therefore lorde, to amend that is amiſſe, & when from hence, we do depart, to reſt with thee in bliſſe.

Eleemoſina prodeſt homini in vita, in morte & poſt mortem. FOr onely loue to God, more Chriſtian like to leue, Of almes deedes.and for a zeale, to help the poore, thine allmes dayly geue. Let gift no glorie looke, nor euell poſſeſſe thy minde: and for a trothe, theaſe profets thre, through almes ſhalt yu finde. 1 Firſt, here the holy Ghoſt, ſhall dayly through his grace, Prouoke thee to repentant life, Gods mercy to embrace. 2 Of goods & frends (by death) when thou thy leaue muſt take thine almes dedes, ſhall claſp thy ſoule, & neauer it for ſake. 3 When God ſhall (after death) call ſoone for thine account, Thine almes then, (through faith in Chriſt) ſhal al thīg els ſurmount But yet for any deede, put thou no truſt therein, But put thy truſt in God (through Chriſt) to pardon thee thy ſin. For elſe as cacklyng Henne, with noyſe bewrayes her neſt, Euen ſo go thou & blaſe thy deedes, & loſe thou all the reſt.

Malus homo. Of naughty man I reade, two ſundry things are ment, The tone is mā, the tother naught, which ought him to repēt The man we ought to loue, becauſe of muche therein, the euill in him, we ought to hate, becauſe it is a ſin. So doth thy dayly ſinnes, thy heauenly lorde offend: but when thou doſt, repent the ſame, his wrath is at an end.

Of two ſortes of men, tone good, and tother bad. ¶Synce firſt the world began, there was & ſhalbe ſtill, Of humaine kinde; two ſundry ſortes, thone good, & thother ill. which till the Iudgement day, ſhal here to gether dwell, But then the good ſhall vp to heauen, the bad ſhal down to hell

Diabolo cum reſiſtitur, eſt vt formica, Cū vero eius ſuggeſtio recipitur, fortis eſt vt Leo ¶When Satan we reſiſt, a Pyſmer ſhall he be, But when we ſeeme, to geue him place, a Lyon then is he.

The deſcription of an enuious & naughty neighbour. AN enuious neighbour is eaſy to fynde, His comberſome tetches, are ſeldom behinde. His hatred procureth, from naughty to wurſe His frendſhip, like Judas, that carrid ye purſe His head as a ſtorehouſe, with quarels full fraught. His braine, is vnquyet, till all come to naught. His memory preignant, olde euils to recyte, His minde euer fyred, each euel to requyte. His mouth full of venym, his lypps out of frame. His tong a falſe witneſſe, his frend to defame. His eyes be promoters, ſome treſpas to ſpye, His eares be as ſpyalls, a larum to crye. His hands be as tyrants, reuengyng each thing, His feete at thine elbow, as Serpent to ſting. His breſt full of rancor, like Coprus to freat, His hart, like a Lion, his neighbour to eat. His gate like a ſheepebyter, flearing aſyde, His looke like a coxcomb, vp puffed with pryde. His face made of braſſe, like a vice in a game, His ieſture like Dauus, whom Terence doth name His brag as Therſytes, with elbowes abrode, His cheekes in his fury, ſhall ſwell like a Tode. His culler like aſhes, his cap in his eyes, His noeſe in the ayer, his ſnout in the ſkyes. His promis to truſt to, as ſlipper as Iſe. His credyt much like, to the chance of the dyce. His knowledge or ſkill, is in praeting ſo muche, His company ſhonned, & ſo be all ſuche. His frendſhip is counterfet, ſeldome to truſt, His doings vnlucky, & euer vniuſt. His fetch is to flatter, to get what he can, His purpoſe once gotten, a pynne for the than.

Fortuna non eſt ſemper amica, Superbiam igitur ſemper deuita. Though Fortune ſmiles, & fawnes vpon thy ſide Thy ſelfe ertoll for that, no whitt the more, Though fortune frownes, & wreſteth al thing wide: Let fanſy ſtay, keepe courage ſtill in ſtore. For chance may change, as chance hath done before. Thus ſhall thou holde, more ſafe thine honour gott, Or loſe the leſſe, though Fortune will or not. Thy frende at this, ſhall dayly pleaſure haue, whē warely thus, thou beareſt thy ſelf vpright, Thy foes at thys, ſhall gladly frendſhip craue. When hope ſo ſmall is left, to wreck their ſpight, For lowely life withſtandeth enuy quight. As floetyng Shyp, by bearing ſayle alowe: Withſtādeth ſtorms, whē boiſtrous winds do blow. Thyne vſage thus, in time ſhall win the gole, though doubtful haps, dame Fortune ſēds betwene And thou ſhalt ſee, thine enmyes blowe the cole: To eaſe thine hart, much more thē thou doſt weene, Yea though a chāge, moſte ſtrangely ſhold be ſeene. Yet frend at nede, ſhall ſecret frendſhip make, When foe in dede, ſhall want, his parte to take.

Of thauthors departing from court to the Countrey. MVſe not my freende, to finde me bore Contented with, this poore eſtate, And ſeme to do, with willing chere, That courtier doth, ſo deadly hate: For fortunes looke, Hath changed hewe, And I my booke, muſt learne a newe. 2 And yet of force, to learne a new Would much abaſh, the dulled brayne, I craue to iudge, if this be true, the truant child, that knowth the paine, But where a ſpight, Of force muſt be, What is that wight, may diſagree. No, no, god wot, to diſagree, Is ventring all to make or marre, If fortune frowne, we daily ſee, It is not beſt, to ſtriue to farre. For lordly bent, Muſt learne to ſpare, And be content With country fare. 4 From daintie court, to countrey fare. To daintly fed, is diet ſtrange, From cities ioy, ſo countrey care, to ſkilles folke, is homely change. Where nede yet can, none other ſkill, ſomtime poore man muſt breake his will. 5 If courtly change, ſo breaketh will, that countrey life, muſt ſerue the turne, what profite then, in ſtriuing ſtill, againſt the prick to ſeme to ſpurne. If court with cart, muſt be content: what eaſe to hart, though mynd repent. 6 What gayne I, though I do repent. my crotches al, are broke and gone, My woonted friendes, are careles bent, they feare no chance, I chance vpon. As nede doth make olde age to trot, So muſt I take, in worth my lot. 7 Now, if I take in worth my lot, that fatall chance doth force me to, If ye be friendes, embraid me not, but vſe a friend, as friendes ſhould do. Behold the horſe muſt trudge for pelſe: And yet of force content it ſelfe.

The Auctours life. NOwe gentle freende, yf thou be keende, Diſdaine thou not, although the lot, will nowe with me, no better be, Then doth apers: Nor let it greue, that thus I leiue, But rather geſſe, for quietnes, As others do, ſo do I to, Content me here. 2 By leaue & loue, of God aboue, I minde to ſheawe, in verſis feawe, How through ye breers, my yeuthful yeres, haue ronne their race: And furder ſaye, why thus I ſtaye, & minde to leiue, as bee in heiue, Full bent to ſpend, my life to anend, in this ſame place. 3 Borne at Ryuenhall in EſſexYf came to pas, that borne I was, Of linnage good, of gentle blood, In Eſſex layer, in village fayer, that Riuenhall hight: Which village lide, by bancktre ſide, There ſpend did I, mine infancy, There then my name, in honeſt ſame, remainde in ſight. 4 I, yet but yonge, no ſpeche of tonge, Nor teares withall, that often fall, Fro mothers eyes, when childe out cryes, to part her fro: Could pyttie make, good father take, Set to ſong ſchoole.But out I muſt, to ſonge be thruſt, Saye what I woulde, do what I coulde, his mynde was ſo. 5 O paineful time, for euery crime,Queriſters Myſery. What toeſed eares, like bayted beares, What bobbed lipps, what Ierks, what nipps, what helliſh toyes: What roebes how bare, what colledge fare, What bread how ſtale, what peany ale, Then Wallingford, how wart thow aborde,Wallingford college of ſeely boyes. 6 Then for my voyce, I muſt (no choyce) Awaye of force, like poeſting horſe, For ſundry men, had plagards then,Singyng mens commiſſions. ſuch childe to take: The better breſt, the leſſer reſt, To ſerue the Queere, now there now here, For time ſo ſpent, I maye repent. and ſorrowe make. 7 But marke the chance, my ſelfe to vance, By freendſhips lot, to Powels I got, So fownde I grace, a certeyn ſpace, ſtil to remayne: With Redford there, the like no where,Ihon Redford an excellent muſition. For cunning ſuch, & vertue muche, By whom ſome parte, of Muſick arte, ſo did I gaine. 8 From Powels I went, to Aeton ſent, To learne ſtraight wayes, the Latine phrayes, Where fyfty three, ſtrippes geuen to me, at once I had: For fawt but ſmall, or none at all, yt cam to pas, thus beat I was, Se Wdall ſe, the mercy of the,Nicholas Vdal ſchole maſter at Eton. to me poore lad. 9 Trinitye hall in Cā bridge.To London hence, to Camebridge thence, With thanks to thee, o Trinitee, That to thy hall, ſo paſſing all I got at laſt: There ioy I felt, there trim I dwelt, There heauen from hell, I ſhifted well, With learned men, a number then, The tyme I paſt. 10 Long ſycknes had, then was I glad, To leaue my booke, to proue & looke, In Court what gaine, by takyng payne, Mought well be founde: Lord Paget good to his ſeruants.Lorde Paget than, that Noeble man, Whoſe ſoule I truſt, is with the iuſt, That ſame was he, enrycked me, With many a pounde. 11 Whyle this betyed, good parents dyed, One after one, till both were gone, Whoſe petygree, who lyſt may ſee, The Hope we haue of the deadThe Harrolds booke: Whoſe ſoules in blyſſe, be long er thys, For hope we muſt, as God is iuſt, So here that craue, ſhall mercy haue, That mercy looke. 12 The bytes of ye Court.By Court I ſpyed, & ten yeres tryed, That cardes & dyce, with Venus vyce, And peuiſh pride, frō vertue wyde, With ſome ſo wraught: That Tyburne playe, made them awaye, Or beggers ſtate, as euill to hate, By ſuch like euills, I ſawe ſuch dreuils, To come to naught. 13 Yet is it not, to be forgot, In Court that ſome, to worſhip come,The Court commendid And ſome in time, to honour clime, And ſpeede full well: Some haue ſuch gift, that trym they ſhift, Some profit make, by paynes they take, In perill much, though oft are ſuch, In Court that dwell. 14 whē Court gan frown,The nobilitie at variance. & ſtrife in town And lordes & knights, ſawe heauy ſights, Then tooke I wife, & led my life, In Suffolke ſoyle: There was I fayne, my ſelfe to trayne, To learne to long, the fermours ſong, For hope of pelfe, lyke wordly elſe, To moyle & toyle. 15 As in this booke, who lyſt to looke, Of huſbandrye, and huſwiferye, There maye he finde, more of my minde, Concerning this: To carpe & care, & euer bare, with loſſe & payne, to lyttle gayne, All this to haue, to cram ſir knaue, What life it is. 16 whē wife cold not, through ſycknes got, more toyle abyde, ſo nigh Sea ſyde, Then thought I beſt, from toyle to reſt, And Ipſwich trye: A Towne of price, lyke paradyſe, For quiet then, & honeſt men, There was I glad, much frendſhip had, A tyme to lye. 17 There left good wife, this preſent life, And there left I, houſe charges lye, For glad was he, mought ſend for me, Good luck ſo ſtoode: In Suffolke there, were euery where, Euen of the beſt, beſydes the reſt, That neuer dyd, their frendſhip hyd, To do me good. 18 Suffolke cōmendidO Suffolke thow, content the now, That hadſt the prayſe, in thoſe ſame daies, For Squyers & knyghtes, that wel delyghts. Good houſe to keepe: For Norfolke wyles, ſo full of guyles, Haue caught my toe, by wyuing ſo. That out to thee, I ſee for mee, No way to creepe. 19 Miſtres Amy Moone.For lo, through guile, what happs ye while, Through Venus toyes, in hope of ioyes, I chanced ſoone, to fynde a moone, of cherefull hew: Which well a fyne, me thought did ſhyne, Did neuer change (a thing moſt ſtrange) yet kept in ſight, her courſe aright, And compas trew. 20 The charges folowīg a yōg wife.Beholde of trueth, with wife in youth, For ioy at large, what dayly charge, Through childrens happ, what opened gapp, To more begonne: The childe at nurſe, to robb the purſe, The ſame to wedd, to trouble hed, For pleaſure rare, ſuch endles care, Hath huſband wonne. 21 Then did I dwell, In Dyrram ſell,Weſt Dyrram Abbey. A place for wood, that trymly ſtood, With fleſh & ſiſhe, as hart would wiſh, But when I ſpyed: That lorde with lorde, coulde not acorde, But now pounde be, & now pounde we, Then left I all, becauſe ſuche brall, I lyſt not byde. 22 O Soothwell what, meanſt thou by that.ſir Richard Soothwell a good houſkeper. Thou worthy wight, thou famous Knight, So me to craue, & to thy graue, Go by & by: O death thou for, why dydſt thou ſo, Vngently treat, that Jewell great, Which dept his doore, to riche & poore, So bounteouſly. 23 There thus beſtad, when leaue I had, By death of him, to ſink or ſwim, And Rauens I ſawe, together drawe, In ſuch a ſorte: Then wayes I ſought, by wiſdome tought, To beare lowe ſayle, leaſt ſtock ſhould quayle, Till ſhip mought finde, with proſperous winde Some ſafer porre. 24 At length by velve, to ſhore I drewe,Norwich Cyty. Diſcharging ſtraight, both ſhip & fraight, At Norwich fyne, for me & mine, A Citty trym: Where ſtraungers well, may ſeeme to dwell, That pytch & pay, or keepe their day, But who that want, ſhall fynde it ſcant, So good for hym. 25 Maſter Salibury deane of NorwichBut Saliberye how, were kept my bowe, If prayſe from the, were kept by me, Thou gentle deane, my onely meane, there then to leiue: Though churles ſuch ſomme, to craue can come And praye once got, regard the not, yet leiue or dye, ſo will not I, example geiue. 26 When learned men, could there nor then, Deuiſe to aſwage, the ſtoeny rage, Nor yet the furie of my diſſurie, that long I had: From Norwich ayer, in great diſpayer, Away to flye, or elſe to dye, To ſeeke more helth, to ſeeke more weith, Then was I glad. 27 Fayerſted perſonage in Eſſex.From thence ſo ſent, away I went, With ſicknes worne, as one forlorne, To houſe my bed, at Faierſted, Where whiles I dwelt: The tyething life, the tyething ſtrife, Through tyething ill, of Iack & Gyll, The dayly payes, the myery wayes, To long I felt. 25 When charges grewe, ſtill new & newe, And that I ſpied, if perſon died, (All hope in vayne) to hope for gayne, I might go daunce: Once • yo my hand, of perſonage land, Thence by & by, away went I, To London ſtraight, to hope & waight, For better chance. 29 Well London well, that bearſt the bell,London cō mendid Of praiſe about, England through out, And doſt in deede, to ſuche as neede, Muche kindnes ſheaw: Who that with thee, can hardly agree, Nor can well praiſe, thy frendly wayes, Shall frendſhip finde, to pleaſe his minde, In places ſheaw. 30 As for ſuch mates, as learning hates, Or he or they, as go ſo gey, That needes he muſt, take all of truſt, For him & his: Though ſuch for wo, by Lothberye go, For being ſpide, about Cheapeſide, Leaſt Mercers bookes, for money lookes, Small matter it is. 33 ¶Thus frendes by me, perceiue may ye,A leſſon for yonger brothers That Gentry ſtandes, not all by landes, Nor all ſo feſt, or plenty left, By parents gift: But now & then, of gentle men, The yonger ſonne, is dreuen to ronne, And glad to ſeeke, from creeke to creeke, To come by thrift. 32 And more by this, to conſter is, In world is ſet, enough to get, But where & whan, that ſcarſly can, The wiſeſt toll: By learning ſome, to riches come, By ſhypp & plough, ſome get inough, And ſome ſo wiue, that trim they thriue, And ſpede full well. 33 Hardnes in youth not ye worſt.To this before, add one thing more, Youth hardnes tought, wc knowledge wrought Moſte apt do proue, to ſhift & ſhoue, Among the beſt: Coeking of youth not ye beſt.Where coeking Dads, make ſawey lads, In youth ſo rage, to begg in age, Or elſe to fetch, a Tyburne ſtretch, Among the reſt. 34 Not pryde in youth, but welth ī age nedefulNot rampiſhe toys, of gyrle or boye, Nor garment trym, of hir or hym, In childehode ſpent, to fond entent, Good end doth frame: If marke we ſhall, the ſomme of all, The end it is, that noted is, Which if it hide, with vertue tride, deſerueth fame. 35 Man doth labor & god doth bleſſeWhen all is donne, learne this my ſonne, Not frend nor ſkyll, nor wyt at wyll, Nor ſhyp nor clod, but onely God, Doth all in all, Man taketh payne, God geueth gayne, Man doth his beſt, God doth the reſt, Man well entends, God foyzen ſends, Elſe want he ſhall. 36 Some ſeeke for welth, I ſeeke my helth, Some ſeeke to pleaſe, I ſeeke myne eaſe, Some ſeeke to ſaue, I ſeeke to haue, To liue vpright: More then to ryde, with pompe or pryde, Or for to ſet, in others det, Such is my ſkill, & ſhalbe ſtill, For any wight. 37 To fond weare I, here thus to lye, vnles that welth, mought furder helth. and profet ſome, ſhould thereby come, to help withall: This cauſeth me, wel pleaſed be, ſuch drift to make, ſuch life to take, on for ſinge minde, remorſe to finde, as nede, nede ſhall. 38 Frende (al thing wayed, that here is ſayed, and beinge got, that payes the ſhot) me thinke of right, haue leaue I might, death drawinge nere: To ſeke ſome wayes, my god to prayes, and mercye craue, in time to haue, and for the reſt, what he thinks beſt, to ſuffer here. 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Folio 17. figure 45, for (go harrowe) reade to harrow. fol. 19. fig. 47. for (lope) reade ope. fo. 22. fig. 14. for (whip) read wiſp. fo. 24. fi. 12. for (garne) read garnar, fo. 25. fig. 4. for (nurtrith) rede nurtith. fo. eod. fig. 10. for (ſull) read full. fo. 26. fig. 12. for (to harbenden) reade to drye habberden. fo. cod. fig. 14. for (for) reade fro. fo. 27. lin. vlt for (tume) read tune. fo. 30. fig. 6. for (bremlile read bremble fo. 31. fig. 34. for (for) read large. fo 38. fig. 34. for (not all) read not atall fo. 39. fig. 11. for (dittany) reade Bittanye, and Dittany or garden gynger, ſhould ſtande among philīck herbes. fol. eodem. fig. 16. leaue out harts tonge fo. 46 pag. 1. lin. 5. for (tus) read thus fo. 7 pag. 1. li. 16. for (Cryſtmas) reade crowtchinas, fo. 49. fig. 32. for (pure) read poore fo. 55. fig. 9 for ſtocks) read ſhocks. fo. eo fig. • 1. for (there) reade there. fo. 57. pa. 1. lui. 7. for (xl) reade lx.

The table to the booke of Huſwifery▪ A Dialog betwene two Bachelers of wiuing & thryuing. fol. 61. The Epiſtle to the Lady Page: fol. 69 The preface fol. 66 The praiſe of Huſwifery. eodem A deſcription of huſwife & huſwifery eodem Enſtructions of huſwifery fol. 67 A Digreſſion of cockcroweing fol. 68 The points of huſwifery fol. 69 The Plowmans feaſting daies fol. 76 The good huſwifely phiſick fol. 77 The good motherly nurſery fol. 78 A warning to be good to the poore eodem By what way children may attain to muſick eodem A Sonet to the Lady Paget fol. 79 A Compariſon betwene good huſwifery & euill fol. 80 The deſcription of womans age by .vi. times xiiij. yeares prentiſhips with a leſſon to the ſame fol. 81 Huſbandly poſies for the hall eodem Poſies for the parler fol. 82 Poſies for the geſts chamber eodem Poſies for thine owne bed chamber eodem Certaine table leſſons fol. 83 Table leſſons for wayting ſeruants eodem Principall points of Religion fol. 84 The Auctors beliefe eodem Of the omnipotency of God fol. 86 A Sonet of almes deedes eodem A Sonet of Malus homo fol. 87 Of two ſortes of men, thone good & thother bad eodem Of the power & weaknes of the Deuill eodem The deſcription of an enuious & naughty neighbor. eodem A Sonet of the vnconſtancy of Fortune fol. 88 Of the Authors departing from court to the countrey. eod The Authors life fol. 89 FINIS.