Mates husbandrie. sii? 
14’ Sowe buck after barlie, or after thy wheat, 
a peck to a roode (if the measure be great) ; 
Three earthes see ye giue it, and sowe it aboue, 
and harrow it finelie if buck ye doo loue. 
15' Who pescods would gather, to haue with the last, 
to serue for his houshold till haruest be past, 
Must sowe them in Maie, in a corner ye shal, 
where through so late growing no hindrance may fal. 
16 Good flax and good hemp for to haue of hir owne, q 
in Maie a good huswife will see it be sowne. Pownce 
ax an 
And afterward trim it, to serue at a neede, hempe. 
the fimble to spin and the karl for hir seede. 
17 Get into the hopyard, for now it is time,? 
to teach Robin hop on his pole how to clime: 
To follow the Sunne, as his propertie is, 
and weede him and trim him, if aught go amis. 
18 Grasse, thistle and mustard seede, hemlock and bur, a neigh- 
ours to 
tine, mallow and nettle, that keepe such a stur. the hop. 
With peacock and turkie, that nibbles off top, 
are verie ill neighbors to seelie poore hop. 
19 From wheat go and rake out the titters or tine, 
if eare be not foorth, it will rise againe fine. 
Use now in thy rie, little raking or none, 
breake tine* from his roote, and so let it alone. 
zo Bankes newly quicksetted, some weeding doo craue, Wéeding of 
the kindlier nourishment thereby to haue. eV ae 
Then after a shower to weeding a snatch, 
more easilie weede with the roote to dispatch. 
1 Sts. 14 and 15 are not in 1577. 
2 «*T am told that 20s. an acre is the common Price for looking after 
a hop ground.” —T.R. 
5 Misprinted ‘‘ time.” 
