Rent corn[E32] who so paieth, (as worldlings wold haue,
so much for an aker) must liue as a slaue:
Rent corne to be paid, for a reasnable rent,
at reasnable prises is not to lament.
[Sidenote: Foure beggers.]
15
Once placed for profit, looke neuer for ease,
except ye beware of such michers[E33] as thease:
Unthriftines, Slouthfulnes, Careles and Rash,
that thrusteth thee headlong to run in the lash.
[Sidenote: Thrifts officers.]
16
Make monie thy drudge, for to follow thy warke,
Make wisedome controler, good order thy clarke:
Prouision Cater, and skil to be cooke,
make steward of all, pen, inke, and thy booke.
[Sidenote: Thrifts phisicke.]
17
Make hunger thy sauce,[E34] as a medcine for helth,
make thirst to be butler, as physick for welth:
Make eie to be vsher, good vsage to haue,
make bolt to be porter, to keepe out a knaue.
[Sidenote: Thrifts bailie.]
18
Make husbandrie bailie, abrode to prouide,
make huswiferie dailie at home for to guide:
Make cofer fast locked, thy treasure to keepe,
make house to be sure, the safer to sleepe.
[Sidenote: Husbandly armors.]
19
Make bandog[E35] thy scoutwatch, to barke at a theefe,
make courage for life to be capitaine cheefe:
Make trapdore thy bulwarke, make bell to be gin,[4]
make gunstone and arrow shew who is within.
[Sidenote: Théeves to thrift.]
20
The credite of maister, to brothell his man,
and also of mistresse, to minnekin Nan,
Be causers of opening a number of gaps,
That letteth in mischiefe and many mishaps.[E36]
[Sidenote: Friends to thrift.]
21
Good husband he trudgeth, to bring in the gaines,
good huswife she drudgeth, refusing no paines:
Though husband at home be to count[5] ye wote what,[E37]
yet huswife within is as needfull as that.
[Sidenote: Enimie to thrift.]
22
What helpeth in store to haue neuer so much,
halfe lost by ill vsage, ill huswiues, and such:
So, twentie lode bushes, cut downe at a clap,
such heede may be taken, shall stop but a gap.[E38]
[Sidenote: Sixe noiances to thrift.]
23
A retcheles[6] seruant, a mistres that scowles,
a rauening mastife, and hogs that eate fowles:
A giddie braine maister, and stroyal his knaue,
brings ruling to ruine, and thrift to hir graue.
[Sidenote: Inough is a praise.]
24
With some vpon Sundaies, their tables doe reeke,
and halfe the weeke after, their dinners to seeke:[E39]
Not often exceeding, but alwaie inough,
is husbandlie fare, and the guise of the plough.
25
Ech daie to be feasted, what husbandrie wurse,
ech daie for to feast, is as ill for the purse:
Yet measurely feasting with neighbors among,
shal make thee beloued, and liue the more long.
[Sidenote: Thrifts aduises.]
26
Things husbandly handsom let workman contriue,
but build not for glorie, that thinkest to thriue:
Who fondlie in dooing consumeth his stock,
in the end for his follie doth get but a mock.
[Sidenote: Spoilers to thrift.]
27
Spend none but your owne, howsoeuer ye spend,
for bribing[7] and shifting, haue seldom good end:
In substance although ye haue neuer so much,
delight not in parasites, harlots, and such.[8]
28
Be suretie seldome, (but neuer for much)
for feare of purse penniles hanging by such:
Or Skarborow warning,[E40] as ill I beleeue,
when (sir I arest yee[E41]) gets hold of thy sleeue.
29
Use (_legem pone_[E42]) to paie at thy daie,
but vse not (_Oremus_[E43]) for often delaie:
Yet (_Præsta quæsumus_[E44]) out of a grate,
Of al other collects,[E45] the lender doth hate.
30[9]
Be pinched by lending, for kiffe nor for kin,
nor also by spending, by such as come in;
Nor put to thy hand betwixt bark and the tree,
least through thy owne follie so pinched thou bee.[E46]
31
As lending to neighbour, in time of his neede,
winnes love of thy neighbour, and credit doth breede,
So neuer to craue, but to liue of thine owne,
brings comforts a thousand, to many vnknowne.
32
Who liuing but lends? and be lent to they must;
else buieng and selling might lie in the dust;
But shameles and craftie, that desperate are,
make many ful honest the woorser to fare.[E47]
33
At some time to borow, account it no shame,
if iustlie thou keepest thy touch for the same:
Who quick be to borow, and slow be to paie,
their credit is naught, go they neuer so gaie.
34[10]
By shifting and borrowing, who so as liues,
not well to be thought on, occasion giues:
Then lay to liue warily, and wisely to spend,
for prodigall liuers haue seldom good end.
35[11]
Some spareth too late, and a number with him,
the foole at the bottom, the wise at the brim:[E48]
Who careth nor spareth, till spent he hath all,
Of bobbing, not robbing, be fearefull he shall.
36
Where welthines floweth, no friendship can lack,
whom pouertie pincheth, hath friendship as slack:
Then happie is he by example that can
take heede by the fall of a mischieued man.[E49]
37
Who breaketh his credit, or cracketh it twise,
trust such with a suretie, if ye be wise:
Or if he be angrie, for asking thy due,
once euen, to him afterward, lend not anue.
38
Account it wel sold that is iustlie well paid,
and count it wel bought that is neuer denaid:
But yet here is tone, here is tother doth best,
for buier and seller, for quiet and rest.
39
Leaue Princes affaires undeskanted on,
and tend to such dooings as stands thee vpon:[E50]
Feare God, and offend not the Prince nor his lawes,
and keepe thyselfe out of the Magistrates clawes.[12]
40
As interest or vsurie plaieth the dreuil,
so hilback and filbellie biteth as euil:
Put dicing among them, and docking the dell:
and by and by after, of beggerie smell.[13]
[Sidenote: Thrifts Auditor.]
41
Once weekelie remember thy charges to cast,
once monthlie see how thy expences may last:
If quarter declareth too much to be spent,
for feare of ill yeere take aduise of thy rent.
42
Who orderlie entreth his paiment in booke,
may orderlie find them againe (if he looke.)
And he that intendeth but once for to paie:
shall find this in dooing the quietest waie.
43
In dealing vprightlie this counsel I teach,
first recken, then write, er[14] to purse yee doe reach,
Then paie and dispatch him, as soone as ye can:
for lingring is hinderance to many a man.
44
Haue waights, I aduise thee, for siluer & gold,
for some be in knauerie now a daies bold:
And for to be sure good monie to pay:
receiue that is currant, as neere as ye may.
45
Delight not for pleasure two houses to keepe,
least charge without measure vpon thee doe creepe.
And Jankin and Jenikin[E51] coosen thee so
to make thee repent it, er yeere about go.
46
The stone that is rouling can gather[15] no mosse,[E52]
who often remooueth is sure of losse.
The rich it compelleth to paie for his pride;
the poore it vndooeth on euerie side.
47
The eie of the maister enricheth the hutch,
the eie of the mistresse auaileth as mutch.
Which eie, if it gouerne, with reason and skil,
hath seruant and seruice, at pleasure and wil.
48
Who seeketh reuengement of euerie wrong,
in quiet nor safetie continueth long.
So he that of wilfulnes trieth the law,
shall striue for a coxcome, and thriue as a daw.[E53]
49
To hunters and haukers, take heede what ye saie,
milde answere with curtesie driues them awaie:
So, where a mans better wil open a gap,
resist not with rudenes, for feare of mishap.[E54]
50
A man in this world for a churle that is knowne,
shall hardlie in quiet keepe that is his owne:
Where lowlie and such as of curtesie smels,
finds fauor and friendship where euer he dwels.
51
Keepe truelie thy Saboth, the better to speed,
Keepe seruant from gadding, but when it is need.
Keepe fishdaie and fasting daie, as they doe fal:[E55]
what custome thou keepest, let others keepe al.
52[16]
Though some in their tithing be slack or too bold,
be thou vnto Godward not that waie too cold:
Euill conscience grudgeth, and yet we doe see
ill tithers ill thriuers most commonlie bee.
53
Paie weekelie thy workman, his houshold to feed,
paie quarterlie seruants, to buie as they need:
Giue garment to such as deserue and no mo,
least thou and thy wife without garment doe go.
54
Beware raskabilia, slothfull to wurke,
purloiners and filchers, that loueth to lurke.
Away with such lubbers, so loth to take paine,
that roules in expences, but neuer no gaine.
55
Good wife, and good children, are worthie to eate,
good seruant, good laborer, earneth their meate:
Good friend, and good neighbor, that fellowlie gest,
with hartilie welcome, should haue of the best.
56
Depart not with al that thou hast to thy childe,
much lesse vnto other, for being beguilde:
Least, if thou wouldst gladlie possesse it agen,
looke for to come by it thou wottest not when.
57
The greatest preferment that childe we can giue,
is learning and nurture, to traine him to liue:
Which who so it wanteth, though left as a squier,
consumeth to nothing, as block in the fier.
58
When God hath so blest thee, as able to liue,
and thou hast to rest thee, and able to giue,
Lament thy offences, serue God for amends,
make soule to be readie when God for it sends.
59
Send fruites of thy faith to heauen aforehand,
for mercie here dooing, God blesseth thy land:
He maketh thy store with his blessing to swim,
and after, thy soule to be blessed with him.
60
Some lay to get riches by sea and by land,
and ventreth his life in his enimies hand:
And setteth his soule vpon sixe or on seauen,[E56]
not fearing nor caring for hell nor for heauen.
61
Some pincheth, and spareth, and pineth his life,
to cofer vp bags for to leaue to his wife:
And she (when he dieth) sets open the chest,
for such as can sooth hir and all away wrest.
62
Good husband, preuenting the frailnes of some,
takes part of Gods benefits, as they doo come,
And leaueth to wife and his children the rest,
each one his owne part, as he thinketh it best.
63
These lessons approoued, if wiselie ye note,
may saue and auantage ye many a grote.
Which if ye can follow, occasion found,
then euerie lesson may saue ye a pound.
[1] Stanzas 2, 3, and 4 are wanting in 1573 and 1577.
[2] coefers. 1577.
[3] St. 14 is not in ed. of 1577.
[4] be ginne. 1577.
[5] compt. 1577.
[6] reachelesse. 1577.
[7] bringing. 1577.
[8] In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads:
Tithe duely and truely with harty good will,
that god and his blessing may dwell with thee still.
[9] Stanzas 30 and 31 are wanting in 1573 and 1577.
[10] Stanza 34 is not in 1577.
[11] Stanzas 35 and 36 are not in 1577.
[12] In lieu of last two lines, the edition of 1577 reads--
In substance, although ye have never so much,
delight not in parasites, harlots, and such.
[13] and smell of a begger where ever ye dwell. 1577.
[14] or. 1577.
[15] gether. 1577.
[16] St. 52 is not in 1577; sts. 56, 58, 59 not in 1573 (M.); 56, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62 not in 1577.
11.
¶ _An habitation inforced better late than neuer, vpon these words Sit
downe Robin and rest thee.[E57]
Chap._ 11.
_My friend, if cause doth wrest thee,
Ere follie hath much opprest thee:
Farre from acquaintance kest thee,
Where countrie may digest thee,
Let wood and water request thee,
In good corne soile to nest thee,
Where pasture and meade may brest thee,
And healthsom aire inuest thee.
Though enuie shall detest thee,
Let that no whit molest thee,
Thanke God, that so hath blest thee,
And sit downe Robin & rest thee._
* * * The title in the edition of 1577 reads:
An habitation enforced aduisedly to be followed better late than
never, &c.
12.
[Not in 1577.]
¶ _The fermers dailie diet.
Chap._ 12.
1
A plot set downe, for fermers quiet,
as time requires, to frame his diet:
With sometime fish, and sometime fast,
that houshold store may longer last.[E58]
[Sidenote: Lent.]
2
Let Lent well kept offend not thee,
for March and Aprill breeders bee:
Spend herring first, saue saltfish last,
for saltfish is good, when Lent is past.
[Sidenote: Easter.]
3
When Easter comes, who knowes not than,
that Veale and Bakon is the man:[E59]
And Martilmas beefe[1][E60] doth beare good tack,
when countrie folke doe dainties lack.
[Sidenote: Midsommer.]
[Sidenote: Mihelmas.]
4
When Mackrell ceaseth from the seas,
John Baptist brings grassebeefe and pease.
Fresh herring plentie, Mihell brings,
with fatted Crones,[2] and such old things.[E61]
[Sidenote: Hallomas.]
[Sidenote: Christmas.]
5
All Saints doe laie for porke and souse,
for sprats and spurlings for their house.[E62]
At Christmas play and make good cheere,
for Christmas comes but once a yeere.
[Sidenote: A caueat.]
[Sidenote: Fasting.]
6
Though some then doe, as doe they would,
let thriftie doe, as doe they should.
For causes good, so many waies,
keepe Embrings[E63] wel, and fasting daies:
[Sidenote: Fish daies.]
[Sidenote: A thing needful.]
7
What lawe commands, we ought to obay,
for Friday, Saturne, and Wednesday.[E64]
The land doth will, the sea doth wish,
spare sometime flesh, and feede of fish.
[Sidenote: The last remedie.]
Where fish is scant, and fruit of trees,
Supplie that want with butter and cheese.
T. Tusser.
[1] "Dry'd in the Chimney as Bacon, and is so called because it was
usual to kill the Beef for this Provision about the Feast of St.
Martin, Nov. 11th."--T.R.(= Tusser Redivivus, here and elsewhere)
[2] "A Crone is a Ewe, whose teeth are so worne down that she can no
longer keep her sheep-walk."--T.R.
13.
[Not in 1577.]
_A description of the properties of windes all the times of the yeere.
Chap._ 13.
[Sidenote: In winter.]
1
North winds send haile, South winds bring raine,
East winds we bewail, West winds blow amaine:
North east is too cold, South east not too warme,
North west is too bold, South west doth no harme.
[Sidenote: At the spring.]
[Sidenote: Sommer.]
2
The north is a noyer to grasse of all suites,
The east a destroyer to herbe and all fruites:
The south with his showers refresheth the corne,
The west to all flowers may not be forborne.
[Sidenote: Autumne.]
3
The West, as a father, all goodnes doth bring,
The East, a forbearer, no manner of thing:
The South, as vnkind, draweth sicknesse too neere,
The North, as a friend, maketh all againe cleere.
[Sidenote: God is the gouerner of winde and weather.]
4
With temperate winde we be blessed of God,
With tempest we finde we are beat with his rod:
All power we knowe to remaine in his hand,
How euer winde blowe, by sea or by land.
5
Though windes doe rage, as windes were wood,
And cause spring tydes to raise great flood,
And loftie ships leaue anker in mud,[E65]
Bereafing many of life and of blud;
Yet true it is, as cow chawes cud,
And trees at spring doe yeeld forth bud,
Except winde stands as neuer it stood,
It is an ill winde turnes none to good.[E66]
14.
[Not in 1577.]
¶ _Of the Planets.
Chap._ 14.
1
As huswiues are teached, in stead of a clock,
how winter nights passeth, by crowing of cock;
So here by the Planets, as far as I dare,
some lessons I leaue for the husbandmans share.
[Sidenote: Of the rising and going down of the sun.]
2
If day star appeareth, day comfort is ny,
If sunne be at south, it is noone by and by:
If sunne be at westward, it setteth anon,
If sunne be at setting, the day is soone gon.
[Sidenote: Of the Moone changing.]
3
Moone changed, keepes closet three daies as a Queene,
er she in hir prime will of any be seene:
If great she appereth, it showreth out,
If small she appereth, it signifieth drout.[E67]
At change or at full, come it late or else soone,
maine sea is at highest, at midnight and noone:
But yet in the creekes it is later high flood,
through farnesse of running, by reason as good.
[Sidenote: Of flowing and ebbing to such as be verie sick.]
4
Tyde flowing is feared, for many a thing,
great danger to such as be sick it doth bring:
Sea eb by long ebbing some respit doth giue,
and sendeth good comfort to such as shal liue.[E68]
15.
¶ _Septembers Abstract.
Chap._ 15.
1[1]
Now enter John,
old fermer is gon.
2
What champion vseth,
that woodland refuseth.
3
Good ferme now take,
kéepe still, or forsake.
4
What helpes to reuiue
the thriuing to thriue.
5
Plough, fence, & store
aught else before.
6
By tits and such
few gaineth much.
7
Horse strong and light
soone charges quite.[2]
Light head and purse,
what lightnes wurse.
8
Who goeth[3] a borrowing,
goeth a sorrowing.[E69]
Few lends (but fooles)
their working tooles.[4]
9
Gréene rie haue some,
er Mihelmas come.
10
Grant soile hir lust,
sowe rie in the dust.
11
Cleane rie that sowes,
the better crop mowes.
12
Mix rie aright,
with wheat that is whight.
13
Sée corne sowen in,
too thick nor too thin.
For want of séede,
land yéeldeth wéede.
14
With sling or bowe,
kéepe corne from Crowe.
15
Trench hedge and forrow,
that water may thorow.
Déepe dike saues much,
from drouers and such.
16
Amend marsh wall,
Crab holes and all.
17
Geld bulles and rams,
sewe ponds, amend dams.
Sell webster thy wull,
fruite gather, grapes pull.
For fear of drabs,
go gather thy crabs.
18
Plucke fruite to last,
when Mihell[5] is past.
19
Forget it not,
fruit brused will rot.
Light ladder and long
doth trée least wrong.
Go gather with skill,
and gather that will.
20
Driue hiue, good conie,
for waxe and for honie.
No driuing of hiue,
till yéeres past[6] fiue.
21
Good dwelling giue bée,
or hence goes[7] shée.
22
Put bore in stie,
for Hallontide nie.
23
With bore (good Cisse)
let naught be amisse.
24
Karle hempe, left gréene,
now pluck vp cléene.
Drowne hemp as ye néed,
once had out his séed.
I pray thee (good Kit)
drowne hempe in pit.
25
Of al the rest,
white hempe is best.
Let skilfull be gotten
least hempe prooue rotten.
26
Set strawberies, wife,
I loue them for life.
27
Plant Respe and rose,
and such as those.
28
Goe gather vp mast,
er[8] time be past.
Mast fats vp swine,
Mast kils vp kine.
29
Let hogs be roong,
both old and yoong.
30
No mast vpon oke,
no longer[9] vnyoke.
If hog doe crie,
giue eare and eie.
31
Hogs haunting corne
may not be borne.
32
Good neighbour thow
good custome alow,
No scaring with dog,
whilst mast is for hog.
33
Get home with the brake,
to brue with and bake,
To couer the shed
drie ouer the hed,
To lie vnder cow,
to rot vnder mow,[10]
To serue to burne,
for many a turne.
34
To sawpit drawe
boord log, to sawe.
Let timber be haile,
least profit doe quaile.
Such boord and pale
is readie sale.
35
Sawne slab let lie,
for stable and stie,
sawe dust spred thick,
makes alley trick.
36
Kéepe safe thy fence,
scare breakhedge thence.
A drab and a knaue
will prowle to haue.
37
Marke winde and moone,
at midnight and noone.
Some rigs thy plow,
some milks thy cow.
38
Red cur or black,
few prowlers lack.
39
Some steale, some pilch,
some all away filch,
Mark losses with gréefe,
through prowling théefe.
Thus endeth Septembers abstract, agréeing with Septembers
husbandrie.[11]
¶ Other short remembrances.[12]
[40]
Now friend, as ye wish,
goe seuer thy fish:
When friend shall come,
to be sure of some.
[41]
Thy ponds renew,
put éeles in stew,
To léeue[13] till Lent,
and then to be spent.
[42]
Set priuie or prim,
set boxe like him.
Set Giloflowers[14] all,
that growes on the wall.
[43]
Set herbes some more,
for winter store.
Sowe séedes for pot,
for flowers sowe not.
Here ends Septembers short remembrances.[15]
[1] Stanzas 1 and 2 not in 1577.
[2] quight. 1577.
[3] goes. 1577.
[4] After st. 8, in 1577, follow sts. 36, 37, of August's Abstract.
Many stanzas of Sept. Abst., 1577, occur as Aug. Works after harvest in
1580.
[5] Migchel. 1577.
[6] nere. 1577.
[7] goeth. 1577.
[8] nere. 1577.
[9] lenger. 1577.
[10]
To lie under mow,
to rot under kow. 1577.
[11] This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.
[12] This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.
[13] liue. 1577.
[14] Gelliflowers. 1577.
[15] This and similar notes under other months do not occur in 1577.
16.
¶ _Septembers husbandrie.
Chap._ 15.
September blowe soft,
Till fruite be in loft.
Forgotten, month past,
Doe now at the last.[1]
1[2]
At Mihelmas lightly new fermer comes in,
new husbandrie forceth him new to begin:
Old fermer, still taking the time to him giuen,
makes August to last vntill Mihelmas euen.[E70]
2
New fermer may enter (as champions say)
on all that is fallow, at Lent ladie day:
In woodland, old fermer to that will not yeeld,
for loosing of pasture, and feede of his feeld.[E71]
[Sidenote: Ferme take or giue over.]
3
Prouide against Mihelmas,[3] bargaine to make,
for ferme to giue ouer, to keepe or to take:
In dooing of either, let wit beare a stroke,
for buieng or selling of pig in a poke.[E72]
[Sidenote: Twelue good properties.]
4
Good ferme and well stored, good housing and drie,
good corne and good dairie, good market and nie:
Good shepheard, good tilman, good Jack and good Gil,
makes husband and huswife their cofers[4] to fil.
[Sidenote: Haue euer a good fence.]
5
Let pasture be stored, and fenced about,
and tillage set forward, as needeth without:
Before ye doe open your purse to begin,
with anything dooing for fancie within.
[Sidenote: Best cattle most profit.]
6
No storing of pasture with baggedglie tit,
with ragged,[5] with aged, and euil athit:[6]
Let carren and barren be shifted awaie,
for best is the best, whatsoeuer ye paie.
[Sidenote: Strong and light.]
7
Horse, Oxen, plough, tumbrel, cart, waggon, & waine,
the lighter and stronger, the greater thy gaine.
The soile and the seede, with the sheafe and the purse,
the lighter in substance, for profite the wurse.
[Sidenote: Hate borowing.]
8
To borow to daie and to-morrow to mis,
for lender and borower, noiance it is:
Then haue of thine owne, without lending vnspilt,
what followeth needfull, here learne if thou wilt.[7]
* * * The stanzas of No. 16 are continued after the following
Digression.
17.
A digression to husbandlie furniture.
[Sidenote: Barne furniture.]
1
Barne locked, gofe ladder, short pitchforke and long,
flaile, strawforke and rake, with a fan that is strong:
Wing, cartnaue and bushel, peck, strike readie hand,
get casting sholue,[E73] broome, and a sack with a band.
[Sidenote: Stable furniture.]
2
A stable wel planked, with key and a lock,
walles stronglie wel lyned,[8] to beare off a knock:
A rack and a manger, good litter and haie,
swéete chaffe and some prouender euerie daie.
3
A pitchfork, a doongfork, seeue, skep[E74] and a bin,
a broome and a paile to put water therein:
A handbarow, wheelebarow, sholue and a spade,
a currie combe, mainecombe, and whip for a Jade.
4
A buttrice[9] and pincers, a hammer and naile,
an aperne[E75] and siszers for head and for taile:
Hole bridle and saddle, whit lether[E76] and nall,
with collers and harneis, for thiller and all.
5
A panel and wantey, packsaddle and ped,[E77]
A line to fetch litter, and halters for hed.
With crotchis and pinnes, to hang trinkets theron,
and stable fast chained, that nothing be gon.
[Sidenote: Cart furniture.]
6
Strong exeltred cart, that is clouted[10] and shod,[11][E78]
cart ladder and wimble, with percer and pod:
Wheele ladder for haruest, light pitchfork and tough,
shaue, whiplash[12] wel knotted, and cartrope ynough.
[Sidenote: A Coeme is halfe a quarter.]
7
Ten sacks, whereof euerie one holdeth a coome,[E79]
a pulling hooke[E80] handsome, for bushes and broome:
Light tumbrel and doong crone, for easing sir wag,
sholue, pickax, and mattock, with bottle and bag.
[Sidenote: Husbandry tooles.]
8
A grinstone, a whetstone, a hatchet and bil,
with hamer and english naile, sorted with skil:
A frower of iron, for cleaning of lath,
with roule for a sawpit, good husbandrie hath.
9
A short saw and long saw, to cut a too logs,
an ax and a nads,[E81] to make troffe for thy hogs:
A Douercourt beetle,[E82] and wedges with steele,
strong leuer to raise vp the block fro the wheele.
[Sidenote: Plough furniture.]
10
Two ploughs and a plough chein, ij culters, iij shares,
with ground cloutes & side clouts for soile that so tares:
With ox bowes and oxyokes, and other things mo,
for oxteeme and horseteeme, in plough for to go.[E83]
11
A plough beetle, ploughstaff,[E84] to further the plough,
great clod to a sunder that breaketh so rough;
A sled for a plough, and another for blocks,
for chimney in winter, to burne vp their docks.
12
Sedge collers[13] for ploughhorse, for lightnes of neck,
good seede and good sower, and also seede peck:
Strong oxen and horses, wel shod and wel clad,
wel meated and vsed, for making thee sad.
13
A barlie rake toothed, with yron and steele,
like paier of harrowes, and roler doth weele:
A sling for a moether,[E85] a bowe for a boy.
a whip for a carter, is hoigh de la roy.[E86]