Good 
haruest 
points. 
Parson 
looke to 
thy tithe. 
Kéepe hog 
from cart 
whéele. 
Mowing of 
barlie. 
130 Augusts husbandrie. 
10 Reape wel, scatter not, gather cleane that is shorne, 
binde fast, shock apace, haue an eie to thy corne. 
Lode safe, carrie home, follow time being faire, 
goue iust in the barne, it is out of despaire. 
11! Tithe dulie and trulie, with hartie good will, 
that God and his blessing may dwell with thee still : 
Though Parson neglecteth his dutie for this, 
thanke thou thy Lord God, and giue erie man his. 
12 Corne tithed (sir Parson) to gather go get, 
and cause it on shocks to be by and by set: 
Not leauing it scattering abrode on the ground, 
nor long in the field, but away with it round. 
13 To cart gap and barne, set a guide to looke weele, 
and hoy out (sir carter) the hog fro thy wheele: 
Least greedie of feeding, in following cart, 
it noieth or perisheth, spight of thy hart. 
141 In champjon countrie a pleasure they take, 
to mowe vp their hawme, for to brew and to bake. 
And also it stands them in steade of their thack, 
which being well inned, they cannot well lack. 
15! The hawme is the strawe of the wheat or the rie, 
which once being reaped, they mowe by and bie: 
For feare of destroieng with cattle or raine, 
the sooner ye lode it, more profit ye gaine. 
16 The mowing of barlie, if barlie doo stand, 
is cheapest and best, for to rid out of hand: 
Some mowe it and rake it, and sets it on cocks, 
some mowe it and binds it, and sets it on shocks. 
1 Stanzas II, 14, and 15 are not in 1577. 
