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Decembers husbandrie. 
Both saltfish and lingfish (if any ye haue) 
through shifting and drieng from rotting go saue: 
Least winter with moistnes doo make it relent, 
and put it in hazard before’ it be spent. 
Broome fagot is best to drie haberden on, 
lay boord vpon ladder if fagots be gon. 
For breaking (in turning) haue verie good eie, 
and blame not the wind, so the weather be drie. 
Good fruit and good plentie doth well in the loft, 
then make thee an orchard and cherish it oft: 
For plant or for stock laie aforehand to cast, 
but set or remooue it er Christmas be past. 
Set one fro other full fortie foote wide, 
to stand as he stood is a part of his pride. 
More faier, more woorthie, of cost to remooue, 
more steadie ye set it, more likely to prooue. 
To teach and vnteach in a schoole is vnmeete, 
to doe and vndoe to the purse is vnsweete. 
Then orchard or hopyard, so trimmed with cost, 
should not through follie be spoiled and lost. 
Er Christmas be passed let horse be let blood, 
for many a purpose it doth them much good. 
The daie of S. Stephen old fathers did vse: 
if that doe mislike thee some other daie chuse. 
Looke wel to thy horses in stable thou must, 
that haie be not foistie, nor chaffe ful of dust: 
Nor stone in their prouender, feather, nor clots, 
nor fed with greene peason, for breeding of bots. 
Oe Se 1577. 
Looke to thy 
ling and 
saltfish. 
How to vse 
ling and 
haberden. 
Remoouing 
of trées. 
An orchard 
point. 
Orchard 
and hop- 
yard. 
Letting 
horse blood. 
Bréeding of 
the bots. 
