80 Fanuaries husbandrie. 
Eeiypen 21 By brembles and bushes, in pasture too full, 
poore sheepe be in danger and loseth their wull.' 
Now therefore thine ewe, vpon lamming so neere, 
desireth in pasture that all may be cleere. 
22 Leaue grubbing or pulling of bushes (my sonne) 
till timely thy fences require to be donne. 
Then take of the best, for to furnish thy turne, 
and home with the rest, for the fier to burne. 
23 In euerie greene,’ if the fence be not thine, 
now stub vp the bushes, the grasse to be fine. 
Least neighbour doo dailie so hack* them beliue, 
that neither thy bushes nor pasture can thriue. 
Stubbing 
of gréenes. 
24 In ridding‘ of pasture with turfes that lie by,° 
fill euerie hole vp, as close as a dy. 
The labour is little, the profit is gay, 
what euer the loitering labourers say. 
25 The sticks and the stones go and gather vp cleene, 
for hurting of sieth or for harming of greene.*® 
For feare of Hew prowler, get home with the rest, 
when frost is at hardest, then carriage is best. 
26 Yoong broome or good pasture thy ewes doo require, 
eeeng warme barth and in safetie their lambes doo desire. 
Looke often well to them, for foxes and dogs, 
for pits and for brembles, for vermin and hogs. 
1 “Targe Ant-Hills is much the best shelter for Ewes and Lambs.” 
—T.R. 
2 «This is understood of Hedge Greens . . . . a space next the Hedge 
of a Rod or more in breadth.” —T.R. 
Semaken sali 
4 «* When you rid it of Bushes or Ant Hills.”—T.R. 
5 with turnes so bye. 1577. 
6 «edge Greens.” —T.R. 
