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28 Pinch neuer thy wennels of water or meat, 
if euer ye hope for to haue them good neat : 
In Sommer time dailie, in Winter in frost, 
if cattel lack drinke, they be vtterly lost. 
29 For coueting much ouerlay not thy ground, 
and then shall thy cattel be lustie and sound. 
But pinch them of pasture, while Sommer doth last, 
and lift at their tailes er an Winter be past. 
30 Get home with thy fewell, made readie to fet, 
the sooner the easier carrege to get: 
Or otherwise linger the carrege thereon, 
till (where as ye left it) a quarter be gon. 
31 His firing in Sommer, let Citizen buie, 
least buieng in Winter make purse for to crie. 
For carman and collier harps both on a string, 
in Winter they cast to be with thee to bring.? 
3z From Maie to mid August, an hower or two, 
let patch sleepe a snatch, how soeuer ye do, 
Though sleeping one hower refresheth his song, 
yet trust not hob growthed for sleeping too long. 
33 The knowledge of stilling is one pretie feat, 
The waters be holesome, the charges not great. 
What timelie thou gettest, while Sommer doth last, 
thinke Winter will helpe thee, to spend it as fast. 
34 Fine bazell desireth it may be hir lot, 
to growe as the gilloflower, trim in a pot, 
That ladies and gentils, for whom she doth serue, 
may helpe hir as needeth, poore life to preserue.? 
1 “Tn our Author’s time, and not long since, the Yarmouth and Ipswich 
Colliers were laid up in the Winter, and then the Spring Market was always 
dearest.” —T.R. 
2 “Most people stroak Garden Basil, which leaves a grateful Smell on 
the Hand; and he will have it, that such stroaking from a fair lady 
preserves the life of the Basil.”—T.R. 
Let not 
cattel want 
water. 
Ouerlay 
not thy 
pastures. 
Get home 
thy fewel. 
Husbandrie 
for Citizens. 
Sléeping 
time. 
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Stilling 
of herbes. 
