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1 Lay drie vp and round, for barlie thy ground. 2 Too late doth kill, too soone is as ill. 3 Maides little and great, pick cleane séede wheat. Good ground doth craue choice séede to haue. Flaies[E101] lustily thwack, least plough séede lack. 4[1] Séede first go fetch, for edish or etch, Soile perfectly knowe, er edish ye sowe. 5 White wheat, if ye please, sowe now vpon pease. Sowe first the best, and then the rest. 6[2] Who soweth in raine, hath wéed to his paine. But worse shall he spéed, that soweth ill séed. 7 Now, better than later, draw furrow for water. Kéepe crowes, good sonne, sée fencing[3] be donne. 8[4] Each soile no vaine for euerie graine. Though soile be but bad, some corne may be had. 9 Naught proue, naught craue, naught venter, naught haue. 10 One crop and away, some countrie may say. 11 All grauell and sand, is not the best land. A rottenly mould is land woorth gould. 12 Why wheat is smitten good lesson is written. 13 The iudgement of some how thistles doe come. 14 A iudgement right, of land in plight. Land, all forlorne, not good for corne. 15 Land barren doth beare small strawe, short eare. 16 Here maist thou réede for soile what séede. 17 Tis tride ery hower, best graine most flower. 18 Grosse corne much bran the baker doth ban. 19[5] What croppers bée here learne to sée. 20 Few after crop much, but noddies and such. 21 Som woodland may crake, thrée crops he may take. 22 First barlie, then pease, then wheat, if ye please. 23 Two crops and away, must champion say. 24[6] Where barlie did growe, Laie[7] wheat to sowe. Yet better I thinke, sowe pease after drinke. And then, if ye please, sowe wheat after pease. 25 What champion knowes that custome showes. 26 First barlie er rie, then pease by and by. Then fallow for wheat, is husbandrie great. 27 A remedie sent, where pease lack vent. Fat peasefed swine for drouer is fine. 28 Each diuers soile hath diuers toile. 29 Some countries vse that some refuse. 30 For wheat ill land, where water doth stand. Sowe pease or dredge belowe in that redge. 31 Sowe acornes to prooue that timber doe looue. 32 Sowe hastings[E102] now, if land[8] it alow. 33 Learne soone to get a good quickset. 34 For feare of the wurst make fat away furst. 35 Fat that no more ye kéepe for store. 36 Hide carren in graue, lesse noiance to haue. 37 Hog measeled kill, for flemming that will. 38[9] With peasebolt and brake some brew and bake. 39 Old corne[10] worth gold, so kept as it shold. 40 Much profit is rept, by sloes well kept. 41 Kéepe sloes vpon bow, for flixe of thy cow. 42 Of vergis be sure, poore cattel to cure.

[43] Cisse, haue an eie to bore in the stie. By malt ill kept, small profit is rept. [44] Friend, ringle thy hog, for feare of a dog. Rie straw up stack, least Thacker doe lack. [45] Wheat straw drie saue, for cattell to haue. Wheat chaffe lay vp drie, in safetie to lie. [46] Make handsome a bin, for chaffe to lie in. [47] (Séede thresht) thou shalt thresh barlie to malt. Cut bushes to hedge, fence medow and redge. [48] Stamp crabs that may, for rotting away. Make vergis and perie,[E103] sowe kirnell and berie. [49] Now gather vp fruite, of euerie suite. Marsh wall too slight, strength now, or god night. [50][12] Mend wals of mud, for now it is good. Where soile is of sand, quick set out of hand. [51] To plots not full ad bremble and hull. For set no bar whilst month hath an R.[E104] Like note thou shalt for making of malt. Brew now to last till winter be past.