©0 ploto in tl^e stubble, for noto is t^t season 

 for sotoing of titc^is, of teanes, antr of peason 



tSctot runribals tiinelie, antr all t^at be grag. 

 but sotoe not \f)t totiite till 5. ffiregeries Hap. 



jSoto prason antr beaius in tl)e toane of tbe moone 

 to^o soiDctfj tijem sooner, i}t sotort^ too soone 



^^at t^ep toiti^ tbe planet mag rest anil arise, 

 aniJ Sourish tsitf) bearing most plentifulltoise. 



33ott pcason anlr beanes sotoe afore i)e Iroo ploto, 

 tf)e sooner gc fiatvoto, tf)t better for goto. 



^^f)iU peason so gootr for if)t purse antr tf)c pot: 

 let tbcm be toell useli else fcoell troo ge not. 



<Stick plentg of bobas among runribal pease 

 to dimber tbcreon, antr to branct at tfieir ease, 



<So trooiiig more tentrer antr greater tl)eg toex, 

 if pearltocfe antr luifecg leabe jobbing tf)eir bei. 



From Thomas Titsseo-'s "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandeie." 



[Edition o/1580 collated with those of Ibid and 1577.] 



