Amend 
marsh 
walles. 
Gelding of 
Tams. 
Gathering 
of fruit. 
Too early 
gathering is 
not best. 
Driuing of 
hiues. 
Preseruing 
ot bées. 
Stie up 
the bore. 
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1 Mighel. 
Septembers husbandrie. 
Saint Mihel! doth bid thee amend the marsh wal, 
the brecke and the crab hole, the foreland and al: 
One noble in season bestowed theron, 
may saue thee a hundred er winter be gon. 
Now geld with the gelder the ram and the bul, 
sew ponds, amend dammes, and sel webster thy wul : 
Out fruit go and gather, but not in the deaw, 
with crab and the wal nut, for feare of a shreaw. 
The Moone in the wane, gather fruit for to last, 
but winter fruit gather when Mihel!’ is past: 
Though michers that loue not to buy nor to craue, 
makes some gather sooner, else few for to haue. 
Fruit gathred too timely wil taste of the wood, 
wil shrink? and be bitter, and seldome prooue good: 
So fruit that is shaken, or beat off a tree, 
with brusing in falling, soone faultie wil bee. 
Now burne vp the bees that ye mind for to driue, 
at Midsomer driue them and saue them aliue: 
Place hiue in good ayer, set southly and warme, 
and take in due season wax, honie, and swarme. 
Set hiue on a plank, (not too low by the ground) 
where herbe with the flowers may compas it round: 
And boordes to defend it from north and north east, 
from showers and rubbish, from vermin and beast. 
At Mihelmas safely go stie vp thy Bore, 
least straying abrode, ye doo see him no more: 
The sooner the better for Halontide nie, 
and better he brawneth if hard he doo lie. 
1577. 
2 «Tf Fruit stand too long it will be mealy, which is worse than shrively, 
for now most Gentlemen chuse the shriveled Apple.” —T.R. 
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