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10 Who abuseth his cattle and sterues them for meat, 
by carting or plowing, his gaine is not great. 
Where he that with labour can vse them aright, 
hath gaine to his comfort, and cattle in plight. 
11 Buie quickset at market, new gatherd and small, 
buie bushes or willow, to fence it withall. 
Set willowes to growe, in the steede of a stake, 
for cattel in sommer, a shadow to make. 
12 Stick plentie of bows among runciuall pease’ 
to climber thereon, and to branch at their ease. 
So dooing, more tender and greater they wex, 
if peacock? and turkey leaue iobbing their bex. 
13 Now sowe and go harrow (where redge ye did draw’) 
the seed of the bremble, with kernell and haw. 
Which couered ouerlie, soone to shut out, 
goe see it be ditched and fenced about. 
14 Where banks be amended and newly vp cast, 
sow mustard seed,‘ after a shower be past. 
Where plots full of nettles be noisome to eie, 
sowe therevpon hempseed, and nettle will die. 
15 The vines? and the osiers cut and go set, 
if grape be vnpleasant, a better go get. 
Feed swan, and go make hir vp strongly a nest, 
for feare of a floud, good and high is the best. 
1 “‘Runcival pease find now very little Entertainment in Gentlemen’s 
Gardens... =. In their room are got the Egg pea, the Sugar pea, Dutch 
admirals, etc.”—T.R., 1710. 
2 «A Peacock, altho’ a lovely Fowl to look on, . ... is a very ill- 
natured Bird.” —T.R. 
3 “A way of quicksetting or fencing Enclosures out of the common 
Field they had in the days of our Author.” —T.R. 
4 ««This is most in practice in Marshy Countreys.”—T.R. 
® « Those that thrive best with us are the small black Grape, the white 
Muscadine, and the Parsley grape.” —T.R. 
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Runciual 
peason. 
Sowe mus- 
tard séede. 
Cut or set 
vines. 
