[Sidenote: [The sixte met{ur}.]]
++Whan þat þe heuy sterre of þe cancre eschaufeþ by þe beme of pheb{us}.
þat is to seyne whan þat pheb{us} þe sonne is in þe signe of þe Cancre.
Who so ȝeueþ þan largely hys sedes to þe feldes þat refuse to receiuen
hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust þat he hadde to hys corn. to acorns
or okes. yif þou wilt gadre violettȝ. ne go þou not to þe purp{er} wode
whan þe felde chirkynge agriseþ of colde by þe felnesse of þe wynde þat
hyȝt aquilon ¶ Yif þou desirest or wolt vsen grapes ne seke þou nat wiþ
a gloto{n}us hande to streine {and} p{re}sse þe stalkes of þe vine in þe
first somer sesou{n}. for bachus þe god of wyne haþ raþer ȝeuen his
ȝiftes to autu{m}pne þe latter ende of somer. ¶ God tokeniþ {and}
assigneþ þe tymes. ablyng hem to her p{ro}pre offices. ¶ Ne he ne
suffreþ not stoundes whiche þat hym self haþ deuided {and} co{n}streined
to be medeled to gidre ¶ And forþi he þat forleteþ certeyne ordinaunce
of doynge by ou{er}þrowyng wey. he ne haþ no glade issue or ende of hys
werkes.